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Weather in Wuthering Heights
Throughout Wuthering Heights, weather serves as a twofold symbolism, characterizing the tumultuous physical estate of the Heights, as well as foreshadowing conflicts and events. Upon his first visit to Wuthering Heights, Mr. Lockwood notes the severe "atmospheric tumult to which [the estate] is exposed" (2). This tumult is not only literal weather, as the house is... Continue Reading →
Lockwood's Dream
I find Lockwood to be sickeningly arrogant with little to contribute to the story other than his haughty opinions and self-proclaimed misanthropy. Though it is because of his curiosity that we get to hear the story of Wuthering Heights from Nelly, so I suppose he does play a role. In addition, his dramatic dreams (I... Continue Reading →


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Are you a straight woman falling for your lesbian friend?
Opposites attract and so are lesbians. Lesbians attract women of all types sometimes even without them making any advances. But while it is seldom heard of, it does happen in some mysterious and surprising ways.
So, are you a straight woman falling for a lesbian? You are not alone. There are many women who are into the same situation. Women would rather not talk about it if they fall for their lesbian friend. These women would prefer keeping it a secret rather than endangering their reputation or fear of rejection.
Falling in love?
No matter how straight you are, there is a great possibility that you will fall for a lesbian. This happens when you are with lesbian friends. When you become close to one of your lesbian friends things can get tricky that the line between pal and passion becomes too cloudy.
The best solution is to come out in the open rather than compromise your emotion. It can break you down, emotionally. Talk to your lesbian friend and let your feelings be known. It's better to come clean and be honest with your feelings to a friend you treasure.
Be true to yourself
Being true to yourself is good but there are times when you have to protect yourself from destruction. Yes, it is wise to come out clean because falling for a friend is a normal occurrence, but beware as true confession can sometimes be dangerous. There is that risk that you will get rejected or the risk that your lesbian friend will not react to your admission. When that happens, there is a chance that it will ruin the beautiful friendship.
Cover up
Secrets have a habit of slipping out when you least expect it. You may thought you have complete control of your emotion but when you come to terms of who you fancy with you can end up doing things out of your character.
Deal with it
No matter how emotionally painful it is to fancy someone, sometimes the best solution is to deal with the falling out. It is still best to be open if you want to come out clean and relieve yourself of the emotional burden.
Move on
Sometimes it is helpful to talk to a friend you consider very close to you and whom you can trust. Best of all, if you feel you are still strongly attracted to your lesbian friend, talk to a helpline or some lesbian club or association in your area. Or better still, go to a gay club where you can chill out and meet new friends. It does not mean you have to be gay, but giving yourself a break can sometimes help you move on. Be that as it may, you may want to consider detaching yourself from who you fancy with.
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Here in the heartland of the South, as well as the rest of the northern hemisphere, the first day of summer was a few days ago. This has led to an interesting question: "If you could have any type of vehicle to drive until the first day of autumn, what would it be?" I know each reader will have his or her own idea of what this ideal vehicle would be, but I hope I can create a small list that we can all agree would make for fantastic summer vehicles. One assumption I must make is that all vehicles referenced are exactly as they were when they rolled off the assembly line.
Before I begin the details of this list, I would like to make a list of features I would or would not want on any vehicle in my list. The first item in the list of features is leather seats. Some may enjoy leather, but as someone who has had leather in the summer, I know how incredibly unpleasant it is to sit on when has been heated to 120ᐤF or above. For a summer only vehicle, I would choose cloth seats. The next item is air conditioning, for obvious reasons. I may want to enjoy summer, but sometimes I also just want to be cool. The final item is a sound system in good working order. When I drive, I need to listen to the radio. I prefer to have one that can be heard if I am driving with the windows down. Some may say most of the items in this list are standard features, but I include them because some of the vehicles I reference are not new, and may or may not have these features.
The first vehicle type I would like to mention is the Jeep Wrangler. I have considered this vehicle for two reasons. First of all, I categorize it as a vehicle type because very few vehicles can be taken apart in the way a Wrangler can. With an older model Wrangler, the top, doors, and windshield can be taken down in about a half hour. Note I do not endorse driving without a windshield, but I included it because it is an option. Second of all, the Wrangler is the posterboy of the great outdoors. Jeep markets the Wrangler as a the great tamer of the wilderness, and the Wrangler has proven itself as a capable offroad vehicle. The Wrangler makes a great summer vehicle because a driver can easily remove the top. This allows the driver to be engulfed in the summer season. All Wranglers come with four seats, so there is ample room for friends. If you do not have an Unlimited, the cargo room can seem slightly cramped. Luckily the rear seats fold up for more space, but that presents a tradeoff between storage capacity and people capacity. The Wrangler's offroad capabilities also allow you to navigate rough terrain to get to any certain point you wish, including a secluded beach or lake, for example.
The next vehicle type is probably at the top of the list for most readers: the convertible sports car. Convertible sports cars come in two classes, full convertibles, and t-tops/targa tops. I personally favor t-tops, such as the Nissan 300zx had, but full convertibles, such as a Chevrolet Corvette, Mazda Miatta, or Porche 911, would also be fantastic. The convertible sports car allows one the experience the season, but differs from the Wrangler in that it also allows for ridiculous speeds and provides a symphony of noise from the exhaust. Convertible sports cars are best on twisting country roads at the height of summer. The speed provides an adrenaline boost, but is contradicted by the relaxing and scenic views of the countryside. One thing the sports car does not have is very large capacity for people or storage. They are typically two seaters, and most storage space is occupied with the vehicle top. This vehicle type is best for those with few friends, or a very special one.
The final vehicle type I would like to mention if the pseudo-SUV/hatchback. This is a very large type of vehicle, so some examples I would like to give are the Honda Element and the Subaru Crosstrek. This type of vehicle has seating for 4+, and usually a good amount of storage. These vehicles also more often than not come with a sunroof, so the passengers are more insulated from the environment. This insulations can be a good thing, if driving in an area prone to frequent changes in the weather. This vehicle type is also usually pretty fun to drive. It may not be able to attain the speeds of the sports car, but it can still be driven aggressively, so as to get some of the adrenaline boost mentioned before. They are spunky, but without being the monsters that the sports cars are. This vehicle is best suited for long drives to camping grounds, concerts, etc. With these vehicles, drivers can bring friends on longer trips, thanks to the higher storage and people capacity.
These are three vehicle types I think are best for the summer months. They all provide the passengers with the ability to experience the summer in all its glory, though each has its strengths and weaknesses. I know everyone may not agree with this list, but I hope they can see how I came to the conclusions I did.
Please feel free to leave your own list in the comments.
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Reversal of multidrug resistance by magnetic Fe3O4 nanoparticle copolymerizating daunorubicin and 5-bromotetrandrine in xenograft nude-mice
Authors Chen B, Cheng J, Wu Y, Gao F, Xu W, Shen H, Ding J, Gao C, Sun Q, Sun X, Cheng H, Li G, Chen W, Chen N, Liu L, Li X, Wang X
Published 18 March 2009 Volume 2009:4 Pages 73—78
DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IJN.S5093
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Baoan Chen1,* Jian Cheng1,* Yanan Wu1, Feng Gao1, Wenlin Xu2, et al
1Department of Hematology;2Department of Hematology, The Affiliated People's Hospital, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, PR China *These authors have contributed equally to this work
Abstract: In this paper we establish the xenograft leukemia model with stable multidrug resistance in nude mice and to investigate the reversal effect of 5-bromotetrandrine (5-BrTet) and magnetic nanoparticle of Fe3O4 (MNP-Fe3O4) combined with daunorubicin (DNR) in vivo. Two subclones of K562 and K562/A02 cells were inoculated subcutaneously into the back of athymic nude mice (1 × 107 cells/each) respectively to establish leukemia xenograft models. Drug-resistant and sensitive tumor-bearing nude mice were assigned randomly into five groups which were treated with normal saline; DNR; NP-Fe3O4 combined with DNR; 5-BrTet combined with DNR; 5-BrTet and MNP-Fe3O4 combined with DNR, respectively. The incidence of formation, growth characteristics, weight, and volume of tumors were observed. The histopathologic examination of tumors and organs were detected. For resistant tumors, the protein levels of Bcl-2, and BAX were detected by Western blot. Bcl-2, BAX, and caspase-3 genes were also detected. For K562/A02 cells xenograft tumors, 5-BrTet and MNP-Fe3O4 combined with DNR significantly suppressed growth of tumor. A histopathologic examination of tumors clearly showed necrosis of the tumors. Application of 5-BrTet and MNP-Fe3O4 inhibited the expression of Bcl-2 protein and upregulated the expression of BAX and caspase-3 proteins in K562/A02 cells xenograft tumor. It is concluded that 5-BrTet and MNP-Fe3O4 combined with DNR had a significant tumor-suppressing effect on a MDR leukemia cells xenograft model.
Keywords: 5-bromotetrandrine, magnetic nanoparticle of Fe3O4, multidrug-resistance, xenograft model
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HAMBURG: May 07, 2019. Hamburg-headquartered Eurogate Intermodal (EGIM) has launched an updated version of its TRoad app.
First launched in March 2015, it simplifies route planning for local transport in and around the Port of Hamburg. The app communicates directly with the driver's smartphone via push messages and assigns trips to them.
The updated version of TRoad simplifies the scheduling and control of truck transport with an automated algorithm that calculates the most efficient transport solution for each order based on past journeys and the current traffic situation.
EGIM says it can now make optimum use of the slot booking system at the Port of Hamburg while increasing its efficiency.
TRoad was first developed to improve internal processes at EGIM. Due to its potential to increase the efficiency of transport processes, it is now also available to third parties via the company's IT department.
Customers also have the option of integrating their data flows directly into the EGIM system via digital interfaces explained Lars Hedderich, managing director of EGIM. "With TRoad, we offer our partners a complete digital package that incorporates all transport processes and creates synergies. These more efficient processes create a win-win situation – for EGIM, freight forwarders and drivers. With the new TRoad, EGIM is once again consolidating its position as a driver of digitisation in combined transport."


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5 Things Alaska: Gov. Walker's budget, Shawn West, 1115 waivers
Session is now underway, and Gov. Walker is out with his budget proposal for FY 2019. We're also tracking a series of other contextual items beyond health care in Alaska, which we have curated for you below. Here's what we've got our eye on for health care in the state for January, 2018.
1. Gov. Walker releases his FY 2019 budget
"Due to budget gridlock, Alaska now takes the most time to produce the least legislation at the highest per capita costs of any Legislature in the country." Gov. Walker is out with his 2019 budget proposal this morning, which includes a bill to reform to the budgeting process. It moves the state to a two-year process instead of one, and includes penalties for public officials if a budget isn't done in 90 days. Withholding legislator salaries is probably unconstitutional, but it's quite a shot across the bow heading into the new session.
Medicaid funding is up only slightly at 4%, though a significant amount of new dollars has flowed in from the federal government as a result of Medicaid expansion.
The mental health budget, which goes primarily through the Trust, is up $13.8m to $231.9m overall. Most of the recommendations from the Trust for operations and capital expenditures are included in Walker's proposal.
2. Health care initiatives dropped
Two initiatives meant to codify certain ACA provisions into Alaska state law have been dropped. The Healthcare for Alaskans Act of 2018 would have protected Alaska's Medicaid expansion. The Quality Health Insurance for Alaskans Act of 2018 would have kept some of the more popular components of the ACA, including no discrimination for pre-existing conditions, letting adult children remain on their parent's plan, and requiring maternal and pediatric coverage.
I'm told that the initiatives were pulled due to a lack of institutional support among health care players and progressive groups. The money was there, according to my source, but there wasn't the interest among the health care community to run these policy initiatives.
3. Video: Shawn West, MD
Dr. Shawn West is the Medical Director for Provider and Customer Engagement at Premera Blue Cross. He collaborates with network clinicians toward improving quality, risk-adjustment and value-based contracting activities, all with the quadruple aim in mind. He joins us in this edition of "What They're Watching" to discuss the achieving the quadruple aim.
"How can we figure out ways to both share information so that they [providers] can figure out which patients need the most attention? How do we arrange payment so that we're basically allowing them to do what makes the most sense for their patients? But also, how do we remove the administrative hassles that don't necessarily add value that the physicians don't have to do?"
4. JP Morgan: a window onto ourselves?
JP Morgan's conference for investors in health care was last week. There were about 10,000 attendees that were in or "around" the event. It's one of the biggest events on the bio-pharma and digital medicine calendar. It's also "a mosh pit of power and insecurity — along with sleeplessness and excessive consumption of alcohol." Nevertheless, it's something of a mirror for an industry that continues to generate more money than good sense, sometimes.
Sadly, there were more CEOs named Michael presenting than all of the women presenters combined.
"We are in the middle of a bubble in all health care asset classes. Everyone knows it, but no one knows how it will end."
The disruptive threat from Amazon is a primary driver of increasing M&A activity, not efficiency.
Shockingly for non-scientists, one "panel on gene therapy acknowledged that reimbursement might just be the trickiest part of these innovative therapies."
5. CMS: no more money for new 1115 waivers
On December 15th, CMS issued a letter saying the would not make any more federal funds available to support new 1115 waiver proposals. This does not impact existing FMAP funds, but rather funds for new, innovative Medicaid designs or programs (DSHP funds).
That may pinch the 1115 waiver that DHSS plans to submit. Their draft plan to reform Alaska's behavioral health system left blank Section 6 where it was to show how to it would use federal funds to improve the system. In other words, whatever the DHSS ask would have been for federal funds, that window now appears to have been closed.


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Cover story: The case for dividend stocks has rarely been stronger. Lower interest rates—especially with the Federal Reserve signaling that it will not raise rates this year—provide support by making bonds less of a threat to dividend stocks; Barron's found seven that investors should consider—they all possess good prospects for growing payouts, thanks to strong free-cash flows and sound capital-allocation priorities by their management (Positive on SRE, JPM, NEE, APD, HON, MKC, MSFT).
Features: 1) Cautious on UBER: Ride-hailing company's first day of trading after its initial public offering was the worst first-day performance for a giant U.S. IPO by a wide margin, a sign investors are hesitant to buy into what Uber called its "massive" global market opportunity; 2) Positive on UPS: Wall Street isn't entirely enthusiastic about the delivery giant, but at $100, its shares look appealing after changing very little during the past five years, and bulls like the company's conservative balance sheet and high credit ratings; 3) Positive on JBHT: Company known as the "king" of intermodal shipping—transporting goods on containers via low-cost rail, then switching to higher-cost, shorter-distance trucks—faces negative trends in the railway and e-commerce sectors, but the decline in share price is an overreaction, and the stock now looks cheap; 4) Cautious on Brown-Forman, MCPI: Sales of Kentucky bourbon and Tennessee whiskey have elbowed aside beer to become a favorite of millennials worldwide—revenues doubled for American whiskey suppliers in the past 10 years, but the trend, while it may not have peaked, will eventually slow down, and investors "should eye the exits."
Tech Trader: Positive on MTCH: The diminishing threat from FB's plan to enter the online dating space has provided a tailwind for Match, which "has achieved a rare feat in the world of social-networking: persuading people to actually pay for the service," many of whom may be wary of privacy issues at Facebook.
Trader: The U.S. economy could get hit by a slowdown in demand due to the Federal Reserve's previous interest-rate hikes and higher prices triggered by tariffs, says Michael Darda of MKM Partners—to prevent the worst-case scenario, the Fed might have to lower interest rates; Companies continue to spend large amounts of money on buybacks, but investors shouldn't overlook spending on research and development—and how much they stand to gain by favoring the most innovative companies; Positive on GM: The latest round of investment in the automaker's Cruise division, amounting to $1.15B, barely budged the stock, but investors should be more excited—autonomous driving is a major trend with the potential to remake the car business.
Interview: James Anderson, head of Scottish investment firm Baillie Gifford's global equities business, believes that a group of founder-led companies "of the utmost ambition" has the potential "for greatness at an extreme scale" (select holdings: AMZN, TSLA, BABA, Tencent).
Profile: Winslow Capital chief executive and chief investment officer Justin Kelly doesn't hire anybody without an implied agreement they will spend their entire career at the firm, based on the belief turnover can damage the portfolio (MainStay Large Cap Growth Fund top 10 equity holdings: MSFT, AMZN, GOOG, B, UNH, CRM, FB, MA, PYPL, NKE).
European Trader: Replacing Mario Draghi as president of the European Central Bank may well be the most important task for Europe's leaders this year—but that doesn't mean the most qualified candidate will get the job, which requires somebody with a serious résumé, political acumen, a vision of the ECB's future, firm views on monetary policy, and a deep understanding of financial markets.
Emerging Markets: Investors are unsure about how to react to South Africa's general election—pundits assumed the African National Congress would win re-election, but president Cyril Ramaphosa may not have a large enough margin of victory to neutralize rivals loyal to his predecessor, Jacob Zuma.
Commodities: "Copper's recent decline looks to be a temporary setback, as the industrial metal readies for a potentially significant supply shortage in the coming years."
Streetwise: Investors should nonetheless consider putting some money in RSP or the smaller RVRS—doing so can produce handsome returns while providing a hedge after a long S&P 500 run that is "looking equal parts wonderful and weird," says columnist Jack Hough.


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Sharing a few of the good resources you may find useful. You may find them useful too. Periodically, I clean them up. If you find anything irrelevant do let me now.
Indian Language Digital Tools, Portals & Mobile Apps
Entrepreneurial Resources
Startups are on the rise in India. It is good to see a new and bold breed of entrepreneurs in India. The startup eco-system in India has improved a lot over the years, we are yet to catchup with Silicon Valley but the journey has started.
While angel & VC funding in India is out there, lately startups are getting help from incubators and accelerators. We list a few of them here.
- Crowdfunding India – helps fund medical patients, NGOs and even social enterprises
all with the generosity of thousands of donors online
- Indiegogo – Find, fund, and shop the next big thing
Incubators / Accelerators in India
- Axilor Accelerator Program, Bengaluru. One of the fastest ways to build a high growth business and get funded.
- BLS Accelerator, Delhi. Creates opportunities to scale through its accelerator and market access programs curated for both local and international startups. Backs innovation through the seed and growth stage.
- Excubator, Bengaluru, a startup incubator who help you position your idea in a competitive environment using Excube360 platform.
- Gastrotope is a catalyst/Farm to Fork accelerator which is a joint venture of 3 companies: Mistletoe, GSF India, and Infobridge.
- GSF Accelerator, New Delhi
- India Accelerator is the only GAN partnered, mentorship-driven, incubation program in India.
- Jio GenNext, Mumbai. a startup accelerator backed by Reliance Industries. Advises and mentors exceptional founders for launching their startup in the Jio ecosystem.
- NSRCel at IIM Bengaluru. Incubating early-stage ventures across various stages, sectors, and scope.
- Oracle Startup Cloud Accelerator, Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai
- Qualcomm Ventures, Bengaluru. Provides domain expertise, connections and global presence.
- Silicon Road, Mysuru. The main focus is on retail and food technology. Has tie-up with their US office.
- Target Accelerator, Bengaluru. The focus is on retail. It is a four-month program in Minneapolis and Bengaluru.
Incubators / Accelerators in the US
- ATDC: Advanced Technology Development Center is an accelerator launched by Georgia Tech in 1980.
- PlayGround: based in Palo Alto, Calif., founded by Andy Rubin (Founder of Android), invests in and incubates startups building software-based hardware, helping them develop products from prototype to manufacturing.
- Silicon Road, Atlanta. The main focus is on retail. Has a branch in Mysuru.
Incubators / Accelerators in Canada
- Digital Media Zone, Toronto, Canada
- Velocity, Waterloo, Canada
Open Data
- Open Data Institute – The ODI was co-founded in 2012 by the inventor of the web Sir Tim Berners-Lee and AI expert Sir Nigel Shadbolt to address today's global challenges using the web of data.
- Open Data Incubator Europe (ODINE) is a 6-month incubator for open data entrepreneurs across Europe. The program is funded with a €7.8m grant from the EU's Horizon 2020 programme.
- TV guide across various streaming services (Netflix, Amazon Prime etc) & TV channels: JustWatch, ReelGood (Trak.tv gives good movie / TV recommendations)
- SplitWise: An easy way to split expenses with your co-travelers
- TimeShifter: An app that creates a personalized itinerary for beating jetlag
- TripCost: Discover the cost of your upcoming holiday
- TripIt: Forward all your tickets to TripIt to view your itinerary in an organized manner
- Trippie: Track your flight and airport gate in real-time
- Visit A City: Helps you come up with an adjustable plan for your holiday based on the number of days you can spend in each city
- WordPress – The most popular open source blogging platform.
- Codeable – a leading outsourcing service for WordPress
- Plugins
- Broken Link Checker – This plugin will monitor your blog looking for broken links and let you know if any are found. Hogs lot of memory.
- Post Type Switcher – Convert Page to Post, Post to Page, Page to Attachment, Post to Custom
- Relevanssi – This plugin replaces WordPress search with a relevance-sorting search.
- TablePress – a nice plugin to add professional tables to your posts and pages.
- Yoast SEO – The leading SEO plugin for WordPress
- WP Optimize – cleans up the WordPress database.
- WP Super Cache – Very fast caching plugin for WordPress.
- Themes
- Studiopress – this blog uses Studiopress themes
- Awesome Screenshot – a great image grabber
- DomainHunter – Checks for broken links on the page you are browsing
- Evernote – a must for those who want to make quick notes, bookmark URLs
- Ghostery – protects your privacy
- QR Code Generator – This extension generates a QR Code from the current page, link or selected text through a quick and easy right-click menu.
- The Great Suspender – Auto-suspend inactive tabs to reduce memory usage of chrome
- unpayWall: Skip the paywall on millions of peer-reviewed journal articles. It's fast, free, and legal
- WhatFont – a nice way to check which font is being used on a page
- Thunderbird email client
- Folder Pane View Switcher
- Lightning – a neat Calendar within Thunderbird.
- QuickFolders – easy way to search folders without having to scroll thru a big tree of folders
- Remove duplicates – at times when you import mail from a client like Eudora/Outlook to Thunderbird there could be a chance of having duplicate emails/folders in Thunderbird. Get rid of those duplicates
- XPunge – This compacts and empties all your Trash folders. You can set a timer to do this task or do it manually.
- Mail Summaries – Adds a summary of mail accounts and folders to replace the account central pane and the empty folder preview
- Top Level Domains (TLDs) – get to know what are the other domain extensions other than .com, .in, .net
- Checking Availability of Domainname Availability
- iWantMyName – lets you check the availability of a domain name against most of the international domains from one place
- Domainname/DNS Tools
- ViewDNS – the DNS propagation tool is useful
- Domain Monitor Service – Monitor the daily status of any domain and receive daily email alerts when one or more of your domains changes its status.
- Free Images / Photos for your blog
- Online Image Editor
- PIXresizer – a neat Windows utility for resizing images.
- Photoshop Alternatives
- Cleaning up malaware etc
- CCleaner – is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system – allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner.
- Glary Utilities – It offers numerous powerful and easy-to-use system tools and utilities to fix, speed up, maintain and protect your PC. Includes cleaning of registry and fine tuning your startup.
- MalwareBytes – has developed a variety of tools that can identify and remove malicious software from your computer.
- Disk Space Fan – is a freeware and it is a nice disk space analysis tool for Windows. It helps you to free up disk space by quickly finding and deleting big, useless files. It displays disk space usage with a nice chart. You can navigate the folders easily with the chart. It is also intergrated with Windows Explorer to open, delete and browse files or folders.
- Everything – Search for any file/directory on Windows, far better than Google Desktop.
- Fences – Is a program that helps you organize your desktop and can hide your icons when they are not in use
- Flux – makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day. Available for Mac, Linux too.
- Notepad++ – a better notepad
- Uninstaller – Revo Uninstaller kills all registry keys, folders efficiently
- Wordweb – is a one-click English thesaurus and dictionary for Windows that can look up words in almost any program.
- Email
- GmailKeeper – for backing up your gmail and Google Apps account.
- MailStore – backups emails from various types of servers including Gmail, Yahoo (free!)
Social Media Related Links
- dlvr.it – Feed your blog's or site's RSS feed into a Twitter account
- Twitter Followers
- DoesFollow – You know whom you are following but do you know if a particular person is following you?
- Untweep – Unfollow those who don't tweet often. Rather I would want to unfollow who tweet way too often
- Twitter Clients – helps you use Twitter as a Pro User
- BufferApp – takes care of sharing that content on a schedule your followers will love.
- Hootsuite – shortens URLs, can manage upto 5 profiles for free, talks to Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn
- Macaw – For iOS only. Curates the best tweets from your the handles you follow.
- Tweetdeck – one of the most popular Twitter clients, owned by Twitter
- Twitter Management Tools
- ManageFlitter
- Audiense – The app lets you manage your lists, see your community on a map and browse your community conveniently based on their engagement. On top of this, the app allows you to bucket your followers according to time zones which is very useful to know when to best reach them.
- Reports / Analyzing Tools
- Audiense – The app lets you manage your lists, see your community on a map and browse your community conveniently based on their engagement. On top of this, the app allows you to bucket your followers according to time zones which is very useful to know when to best reach them.
- TrendsMap – is a real-time mapping of Twitter trends across the world.
- FollowerWonk – Grade your Twitter account
- Keep – manage & sync contacts across devices
- Peazip – extracts various formats
- Alternate Software – Find which are the alternate solutions to popular software packages like Photoshop, Word etc for Windows, Mac, Linux and online platforms.
- Convert file formats
- Podcasts – few interesting ones


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Law #2 of Agency Success…Always sell recurring / auto bill retainers (no one-offs/deposits).
In this video series, I'm outlining the 10 Immutable Laws of Agency Success. The 2nd Law is above… If you want the other 9 you can get them here:
In this video, I explain why selling one-off/project based work could be killing your agency and how shifting your focus to only monthly recurring based client relationships will completely change the economics and growth of your agency.
To get the other 10 Immutable Laws go to www.SevenFigureAgency.com/Laws


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Four years ago I fell in love. This was the kind of love where it makes you a better person. The kind of love where you begin to realize your own worth, capabilities and shortcomings. After years of not loving myself, of walking with my head hung low I finally found love. A love that was selfless, a love that made me grow, smile and often feel proud of myself.
In the beginning I could not believe my luck. I of all people had found love. It was not the "Hollywood" type of love, where it's loud like thunder but fleeting like lightening. It was the type of love where the fire burns steadily with ease. The type of love where I could go home and be in love enough to be angry, sad, or scared. Be vulnerable. It was the type of love where I mattered. What I thought and felt mattered, and I would always be listened to.
However, as is often the case with such great loves I ruined it. I got comfortable and began to take being loved and valued for granted. Further, because of my new found confidence I began to try more and push myself even more. I began to do better in things I had always wanted to do but had never summed up enough courage to try them. I did well. So well that other people began to notice and I enjoyed the attention. I fell in love with the crowd and forgot what had propelled me to the stage in the first place. I valued more what other people said instead of what my true love made me feel. I got carried away.
I left my love and went with the world. I tried out all the things I knew would give me the attention I now craved. I forgot who I was and where I had come from. But as is with such situations people eventually got bored. They wanted younger and more provocative people, I became last weeks hashtag. The dress from last night. It was in that moment that I remembered my love. The one person who had loved me even before I knew what I was capable of: my blog.
This year, for me my year begins in February seeing as I was born in February. Yes for those of who had forgotten this is a gentle reminder. I am coming back to my first love, my blog. I am coming back with my head hung low, and with my tail in between my legs.
I am truly sorry, that I neglected you. I am not worthy of your love but this year I will try and be the person who you saw when I fell in love with you.


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Mumbai: An employee working with a leading software company was fired today by an enraged boss after he made excuses for being late while sharing the same cab with the boss. Reportedly, software engineer Anurag took a shared cab to his office, from Chembur to Airoli. Anurag, being a social media addict, kept looking at his phone while boarding the cab and didn't notice his boss was sitting in the same cab.
A few minutes after boarding the cab, Anurag got a call from his boss to which he replied that his friend has been admitted in ICU so he'll come late. Anurag didn't realize that his boss was sitting at the front seat of the same car. The enraged boss then didn't even wait to reach the office and fired Anurag in the car itself.
When Anurag tried to counter his boss with the argument that both of them would reach the office at the same time, his boss fired him from the job and opened his laptop to type Anurag's termination letter. He used the cab's Wifi to send the email across.
Faking News reporter spoke to the recently jobless employee, Anurag. He said, "I am going to escalate the case, I have been fired with no fault of mine. If my boss and I shared the same cab that clearly means I am not reaching office late and even if I do my boss will also reach late. Hence, he should also be fired."
We also managed to connect with Anurag's colleague, Chaman, who was on leave that day. Chaman said, "I had no plans of taking any leave. In fact, I had started from my place for office, I had also taken a shared cab. However, the cab took me everywhere but close to my office. I realized that I won't be able to reach the office on time so I texted my boss that I am taking a leave. I survived my job," said Chaman merrily.


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The Board of Diabetes SA are pleased to announce the appointment of the following co-opted specialist advisors who will join the Diabetes SA Research Sub-Committee to review applications received in the second round of the Diabetes SA Research Grants Program.
Senior Consultant Endocrine and Metabolic Unit and a Coordinator for the Thyroid and Parathyroid Clinic at the RAH; Endocrinologist; Principal Investigator at SA Endocrine Research Pty Ltd
Dr Anthony Roberts is currently the Medical Coordinator of the Royal Adelaide Hospital's Thyroid and Parathyroid Clinic. He is a Principal Investigator of SA Endocrine Research Pty Ltd and has conducted over two hundred international clinical trials. He is very committed to post graduate teaching and give numerous lectures each year. His areas of interest include type 1 and type 2 diabetes specifically – insulin pump therapy, continuous glucose monitoring, diabetes related complications, diabetes in pregnancy and new agents available in clinical trials. Other areas of interest include adrenal disorders, thyroid and parathyroid disorders, osteoporosis, Paget's bone disease, gender identity disorder, pituitary disorders and male hypogonadism. Dr Anthony Roberts is the Honorary Consultant Endocrinologist for the Association and regularly gives of his time to support the Association including the awarding of Kellion medals to South Australian recipients at the Annual General Meeting of Diabetes SA.
"Diabetes affects a diverse age range of people across the world. Those who have diabetes, and their families, experience significant physical, emotional and financial health concerns.
"Supporting diabetes research is vitally important for the whole community, as
such research will make day-to-day life for people with diabetes easier.
"It is my great pleasure to assist Diabetes SA as we assess 18 outstanding applications for funding. This is a rigorous and painstaking process and we have an excellent team in place. I guarantee your investment in this research will make a difference in future treatment
and education."
- Dr Anthony Roberts
Director of Diabetes & Endocrinology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital
David is the Director of Diabetes & Endocrinology at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital and a former Director of Endocrinology for Country Health SA. David has a strong interest in treating diabetes in the Aboriginal population and provides visiting services to the Aboriginal Community Controlled Centres in Ceduna, Port Augusta, Coober Pedy and Yalata. He is the co-chair of the Diabetes Leadership Group of the South Australian Aboriginal Chronic Disease Consortium.
David's clinical and research interests are in the areas of diabetes and bone disease. He is the lead investigator at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital of the large NHMRC sponsored T4DM (Testosterone therapy to prevent type 2 diabetes mellitus in at risk men) which was completed recently with a report due in 2020. Of recent David has formed a research collaboration to study the drug safety of the SGLT2 inhibitor class of drugs for diabetes. David has a strong interest in osteoporosis and bone density reporting and has contributed to national guidelines on osteoporosis management.
David is delighted to be accepted as a member of the Diabetes SA Research Sub-Committee and stated that "if we are to continue to improve our understanding of diabetes and provide better treatment for our patients, it is vital we fund as much research as possible in South Australia. Diabetes SA and its supporters should be congratulated for making these generous grants available to help all of our patients with diabetes."
Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Adelaide; Full-time Clinician Scientist at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, Renal Transplant Nephrologist
Toby is a full-time clinician-scientist in the Central Northern Adelaide Renal and Transplantation Service at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and a Renal Transplant Nephrologist, and a Clinical Professor in Medicine at the University of Adelaide. He undertook his PhD in Transplant Immunology at the University of Adelaide supported by National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Post Graduate Medical Research Scholarship (1997-2000), Don and Lorraine Jacquot Travelling Fellowship and Post-Doctoral studies with Angus Thomson at the Thomas E Starzl Institute at the University of Pittsburgh supported by a CJ Martin Fellowship from the NHMRC (2001-2003). Returned to Adelaide in July 2003 as Renal Transplant Nephrologist. He is past Honorary Secretary of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand. His total research funding since 1st July 2003 is over $13 million, including 2 CIA project grants from the NHMRC and Project grant funding from the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) for Clinical Islet Transplantation. In June 2016 he received JDRF USA funding for development of alternative sites for islet transplantation and was appointed to the International JDRF Islet Encapsulation Consortium. He is currently the Director of South Australia's first (and only) Nationally Funded Centre for Islet Transplantation and the Head of Kidney and Pancreas Islet Transplantation at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. In 2013 he was the lead clinical investigator in the $59 million Collaborative Research Centre for Cell Therapy Manufacturing (CRC-CTM) to manufacture new technologies to support islet transplantation (2013-2018). He is passionate about developing beta cell replacement therapy for diabetes treatment and is an active clinician involved in care of patients with diabetes and renal involvement.
Head of Diabetes & Endocrinology Department at
the Women's & Children's Hospital
Jennifer is a paediatric endocrinologist who directs the Diabetes and Endocrinology Department at the Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide and the Discipline of Paediatrics at the University of Adelaide. Jennifer also leads the National Health and Medical Research Council JDRF Centre for Research Excellence for the Protection of Pancreatic Beta Cells and the national ENDIA (Environmental Determinants of type 1 diabetes) consortium.
Director International Centre for Allied Health Evidence; Podiatrist
Dr Helen Banwell is a lecturer in podiatry at the University of South Australia with over 20+ years' experience teaching, working and researching in lower limb concerns, including those related to diabetes and diabetes-related foot disease. As an active member of the Podiatry profession, Helen has held many titles, including as a member of the Advocacy Committee for the Australian Podiatry Association, a consultant podiatrist Correctional Services SA and Diabetes SA (2004 to 2008) and held the academic role for the Podiatry Board of South Australia (prior to nationalisation). With previous clinical positions in public hospitals 'high-risk' foot clinics and a continuing position in her own private practice, Helen has vast experience in identifying and managing foot complications too often associated with diabetes. Helen's recent appointment as the director of the International Centre for Allied Health Evidence (iCAHE) is allowing her to use this experience to develop research that aims to make real differences in the health of people with diabetes. She looks forward to the contribution and learning opportunities the grant panel will afford.
These five co-opted specialist advisors along with Vice Presidents Monika Kruger and Geoff Weeks will review applications in terms of fit to priority research areas, the ability for the project to be completed in two years or less, the potential timeframes for outcomes of research to be implemented and the extent of involvement of other funding sources.
Applications will be reviewed from late January until early March 2020 followed by a meeting of the Research Sub-Committee on 10 March with recommendations provided to the Board on 24 March and a final decision by 10 April 2020.
In 2018 the Association launched the inaugural Diabetes SA Research Grants Program and awarded $270,750 to six researchers in South Australia and in 2020 this has been increased to $300,000.
Our vision is to fund more research through the Diabetes SA Research Grants program, enabling us to change the future through research.
Whilst we can do so much, we do also need your support and the support of the wider community including our government organisations to ensure that we can continue to fund the Diabetes SA Research Grants program and grow research funding into the future.
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The co-design group charged with creating a new disability support system has reviewed and finalised a high-level design.
During the latest in a series of workshops, the group spent more time working on funding allocations, the delivery team's roles and descriptions, and simplifying the design.
Associate Minister of Health and Minister for Disability Issues, Nicky Wagner, came to the latest workshop to meet the co-design group, excluding its officials, and listened closely to what they had to say about issues currently outside the scope of the system transformation.
The transformation aims to provide disabled people and their families/whÄnau with more choice and control over their lives and their supports, and will be initially rolled out in mid-Central.
Five members of the co-design group then presented the high-level design to a Ministerial Group including Ministers Ministers Adams, Tolley, Woodhouse, Ngaro and Wagner, and provided answers to many questions raised.
Leading the work is the Ministry of Health's Sacha O'Dea.
You can find out more about the latest workshop on the Enabling Good Lives website.
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Water has its own soul in the way that beautiful light can stir intense feelings.
Together with a good lens, water and light can delight the senses and feed the artist's hunger for something new. Water's kaleidoscopic texture and hue and the interplay of light provide endless, inspiring variations in photographing the same subjects, in the same places.
Once I realized the powerful combination of water and light, my documentation of moments and faces began to become more artful interpretations.
On their own, water and light give a beautiful effect, but the lens can freeze the interaction in a way we miss with the naked eye, and perhaps add another layer of interpretation of the subject or scene.
Whether it's the sun's warm glow reflecting off a pond in a close-up or a child playing in the spray of a hose in a spirited lifestyle session, water and light are my preferred backdrop for almost every kind of portrait.
As you can see in the images here, water can provide varying energy and mood. You'll always find me taking photos of my kids or holding my portrait sessions next to ponds, pools, lakes and beaches. Add a little wind and I'm in love!
I know it's a little ironic that as a portrait photographer, nature's elements are my biggest inspiration. But it's that special unseen quality in a person or a moment that I'm trying to depict — the heart and magic of it — and water and light always help articulate the unspoken story.
Fresh Water & Dreamy Light
When I moved to a house with a pond in the front yard, I had no intention of starting a photography business. A few months later I couldn't not start one.
The sunlight would strike the water beside the dock, flooding my lens with a divine light. It seemed serendipitous, yet I wanted more, more!
I could track the light on this familiar pond, but finding golden-lit water elsewhere is far less predictable. My neighbor's pond, while more beautiful in ways, didn't get the intense glow at sunset that ours did.
It all depends on the direction of sun and its relationship with the water and shore. I think looking for amazing light is worthy of a good search, and when found, it's important to visit frequently and get to know the timing of the light's effects like a best friend — someone who is changing and growing and never fixed or fully knowable, but always intriguing and invigorating!
I didn't tell my clients I was driven by the desire to merge their moments with water and light when we planned afternoon sessions at my dock. And they might have wondered why I paused as we hovered around the dock for a spell. I was watching the sun's descent with anticipation.
Fresh Water Tips
My favorite lens for working with pond light is my speedy Nikkor 85mm f/1.8. I use a polarized filter to diffuse the flares, and lend an even color to the light (less chromatic aberration).
I generally shoot at an aperture of about f/2.5 because I like to isolate my subject in a soft background. I often use a reflector in backlight shooting to give my subject's face enough light to compete with the otherwise overpowering backlight.
The Beautiful Sea
My love for the ocean runs deep for many reasons; in terms of water and light, it's second to none. The waves reflecting the light on an open horizon and the low, low sun, the minimalistic palette of sand and water that so effectively isolates your subject — it's portrait heaven if you ask me.
That light I had to search for at ponds and lakes is in abundance on the coasts at sunrise or sunset. There are no trees and structures and geography to interrupt the scene. It's an open conversation among you, the water and the sun, if you want it to be.
As with all bodies of water, there are no better times to shoot the intensity of feeling between people than dusk and dawn, when a golden glow is reflecting off the water. I'm always after the golden flares and the sparkles in the water — the bursts of light that seem to dance — but I've seen spectacular shots by the sea taken at all times of day.
For maternal shots, the beach is the perfect way to depict the limitless love we have for our babies. And the scene has such breadth that we don't have to corral the kids. They can be and play freely, the way we want to remember them at that age.
Beach Tips
Shooting at the beach can be dangerous for a camera, thanks to the sand, water and unpredictable splashing of children. I recommend using a simple rain shield around your camera for general protection of the body. I think a polarized or UV filter is a must to protect the lens.
I rarely change lenses on the beach because the wind can blow the sand into the camera body in an instant. That makes me a one-lens shooter on the beach, always the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art lens, which handles the light and flare beautifully, while the wide angle emphasizes the scene's expansiveness.
Below the Surface
The inherent dreaminess of underwater shooting captivated me from the moment I tried it. It gives me a new genre to love after more than a decade into my photographic journey.
It's somewhat involved to take a nice DSLR camera underwater, but even a point-and-shoot with raw file capability allows me to capture the underwater antics of my kids. I discovered that my children achieve a grace underwater that's not so apparent on land. Suspended mid-water in a pool's deep end, they seem to be in their element, a place of quiet, purity, innocence.
I still find golden hour appealing in underwater shooting, because the side light is gentle and the rays can penetrate the water and provide a complementary blend of orange and blue. But it's midday with cloud coverage that I prefer.
Absent are the harsh rays of direct sun that, while interesting, can complicate the scene and the in-motion subject you already have little control over. Instead, there's soft, subtle highlights in the little details, such as the bubbles, that are so intriguing to the eye.
Underwater Tips
I've yet to invest in a high-end underwater housing, being satisfied with both the Olympus Tough TG-4 and a DiCAPac Bag for my Nikon D800.
I shoot for 1/500 second in aperture-priority mode and stop-down more than I do above water, because my underwater subjects are constantly in motion, and focusing can be tricky with the bubbles, lighting and action. The Sigma 35 is the lens I use here too, and I think it works well for both close-ups and full-body shots.
Never Miss the Water
Even when you don't have a body of water at your disposal, the magic of water is usually within reach. I've noticed the interesting water-lens-light relationship with the sprinklers, puddles and hoses in my own backyard. Bathtubs, showers, even the sink spray can make interesting captures.
And I just recently discovered spray-bottle photography (how's that for a genre!) thanks to my talented photographer friends on Instagram. When the sun is rising just outside my family room, the light pours in and this is the perfect time to spray into a beam and see what happens. My boys love the experiment, too!
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Film20th November 2018The recording team in Studio Three, from L to R; Jess Stubbs, David Rivas Mendez, Gavin Kearney, Calum Armstrong and Mirek Stiles.
Earlier this summer, Abbey Road had the pleasure of once again hosting the fine team from University of York led by Dr. Gavin Kearney along with one of his students working on his final project, David Rivas Mendez. David's research was focusing on how to record, mix and render 6 Degrees of Freedom for a band in VR. This concept expanded on the last collaboration with UOY which covered 3 Degrees of Freedom, or in other words recording and mixing for VR but listening from a static position. This new research project takes that concept further by enabling the user to walk around the band in VR as they play in Studio Three at Abbey Road. Quite a challenge…A four-piece jazz band was chosen, as they would mostly likely be able to balance themselves well in the room as opposed to a rock band in which the drums could overwhelm the overall room sound. The band was set out in a square configuration with the usual close micing along with two First Order Ambisonic microphones per musician to create sound zones. The centre of the room was captured with a High Order Ambisonic microphone for directional information at head height and a Hamasaki cube 3 meters in height to capture the overall room sound.
For reference, we captured a video of each performance using the new Go Pro Fusion 360 camera, but as the idea of this project was to allow the user to walk through the room, a static camera angle was not going to cut the mustard. We could have a used Lidar and volumetric capturing techniques to achieve this, but as this project was focusing on sound the expense of such techniques seemed beyond the scope of this project. Instead David decided to mock the studio up as a graphic model using Blender. This process involved David spending a day measuring every panel and corner of Studio Three to ensure he could get realistic dimensions in the virtual world.
The main Unity scene editor window. Each sound source is represented by the white speaker graphics.
Once the graphic model had been achieved David imported the render into the game engine Unity. Avatars for each musician were then added into the scene in which mono and stereo audio pre-mixes of the close microphones could be attached as audio object. Next, we added the FOA microphone zones along with the centre HOA microphone (this had to be down mixed to FOA, as unfortunately Unity currently only allows for up to FOA import of audio files. Although there are third party options to get around this limitation, the time frame for our project did not allow us to fully explore these options and I hope Unity will rethink this limitation in the future) and the Hamasaki cube.
For spatialisation, David decided to use the Google Resonance Unity plugin as this had a set of flexible tools and created highly realistic sound environments for us to create our 6DOF world. There are many parameters in Resonance that greatly effect the end results and at first might be unfamiliar to traditional music sound engineers, including things like Min/Max Distance Volume Roll off, Listener Directivity, Source Directivity and Occlusion, to name just a few.
For the final Virtual Reality experience, we decided to use the Vive/Steam VR workflow as the Vive system with its flexible room sensors loaned itself to 6DOF in a very intuitive and flexible way.
The end results for this joint research project have been nothing short of stunning. The experience is very realistic, and it really does sound as if you are in the room walking around with the band as they play. This project has opened up a lot of questions that need to be explored (that's the nature of R&D) and also opened my eyes to new workflow opportunities for the studios.
The main message I would like to communicate through this post, is that from an independent music maker's point of view, you can go ahead and download Unity and Google Resonance for free and start experimenting with this technology right now. You can just use normal mono and stereo sound sources to give it a go: you don't need fancy Ambisonic or spatial array audio files. Although the learning curve might seem steep at first, it's surprising how quickly you can absorb these unfamiliar workflows as almost second nature once you play around with them. There are some amazing tutorial videos on YouTube for both Unity, Resonance and Steam VR so you never really feel alone and if you do get stuck help is usually at hand.
I hope this post inspires you to explore beyond your comfort zone, as we need more musicians and producers pushing the boundaries with this technology – have fun!


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Five years after charges, trial of former EMDC staff to start next week
Almost five years after they were charged, and several court decisions later, two former Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre (EMDC) employees are finally headed to trial Monday.
Jury selection in the joint trial of former operational manager Stephen Jurkus and former correctional officer Leslie Lonsbary is set to begin Jan. 14, the Superior Court office in London confirmed Wednesday.
Given the roundabout path of the case, though, nothing will be certain until the proceedings actually start.
"I'm relieved, but the long process has been hard on my family," said Deb Abrams, mother of the man whose death prompted the charges. "We just want this to actually happen, and make changes for others."
Her son, Adam Kargus, 29, was murdered by cellmate Anthony George overnight Oct. 31, 2013. George pleaded guilty to second degree murder four years later.
Jurkus and Lonsbary were charged in March 2014 with failing to provide the necessaries of life to Kargus.
It was the first time that Ontario correctional officers had been charged with the crime and the news prompted protests from fellow officers and ensuing lockdowns at several Ontario jails.
A third now-former correctional officer, Gregory Langford, was also charged. His charges were withdrawn at the start of the preliminary hearing in May 2015 and he is expected to testify at the trial of the other two men
The case against Jurkus and Lonsbary was delayed by that long preliminary hearing, a three-month wait after for the judge's decision on committing them to trial, scheduling mixups and regular court adjournments.
The two men were set to go to trial in May 2017. But before that could happen, their lawyers went to court to argue the men's rights to a trial within a reasonable time frame had been breached.
In February 2017, London Superior Court Justice Alissa Mitchell agreed, and the charges were stayed.
The province appealed that ruling and in May 2018, the Ontario Court of Appeal agreed with the province's stand, ordering the trial back on.
The lawyers for Jurkus and Lonsbary then sought leave to appeal that decision to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Had the Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal, the criminal trial would have been delayed even further.
But the Supreme Court dismissed the leave to appeal in December 2018, paving the way for the trial to proceed next week.


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A selective critical checklist of notable Monday TV:
McCarthy (9/8c, PBS, check local listings at pbs.org): The words still resonate some 65 years later: "Have you no sense of decency? At long last, have you no sense of decency?" With this statement, Joseph N. Welch, chief counsel for the U.S. Army, stood up to and ultimately deflated the bullying demagoguery of Sen. Joseph McCarthy in his reckless and unchecked anti-Communist crusade of the 1950s. Thus ended an especially dark chapter of American politics. A new two-hour American Experience biography is possibly too decorous in its depiction of McCarthy's rise, but it provides a necessary cautionary tale of how ambition and hubris, inflamed by an eager media seizing on outrageous and often false claims ("McCarthy was good copy," a historian notes), can destroy lives and threaten the very values of democracy. Let's just be glad Twitter didn't exist back then.
Manifest (10/9c, NBC): Off the air since last February, the supernatural thriller resumes with Ben (Josh Dallas) heading off to look for two missing passengers of mystery-shrouded Flight 282. Just as well, since wife Grace (Athena Karkanis) is still dealing with the ramifications of a pregnancy that appears to have been conceived while Ben was MIA.
The Bachelor (8/7c, ABC): Can airline pilot Peter Weber learn to fly on the wings of love? Yes, this show is that cheesy. As a new season begins, with a three-hour orgy of introductions, Peter greets 30 potential soulmates before cutting them down to 22 on the first night. There's also a group and other romantic dates, said to be a first on a Bachelor premiere. Hearts, be still.
Inside Monday TV: 40 acts from around the world, and from past seasons, compete on a second round of NBC's America's Got Talent: The Champions (8/7c). Terry Crews hosts, with Simon Cowell judging alongside Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel and Britain's Got Talent alum, Alesha Dixon… The CBS lineup is all new, including All Rise (9/8c), in which Judge Lola (Simone Missick) begins questioning her style of creative justice after her encounter with the Commission of Judicial Performance… Streaming highlight: Acorn TV launches a sixth season of feature-length episodes of New Zealand's The Brokenwood Mysteries, starting with "The Power of Steam," in which Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Shepherd (Neil Rea) and his team go inside a local Steampunk festival to solve a murder. Three more mysteries follow, on consecutive Mondays.
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Augmented Reality has started making inroads into the mainstream and has found many use cases across industries. This immersive technology has been around for many years. But it wasn't until 2016, it became a buzzword; thanks to the Pokemon Go game. It is considered one of the hottest trends of the tech world in recent times. Brands and advertising companies have started adopting Augmented Reality to create immersive and interactive ad campaigns.
Below are the reasons for adopting Augmented Reality in advertising:
Connect with Audiences
The immersive nature of augmented reality ads helps in captivating the attention of the audience and connect with the brand. Augmented Reality ads are more lifelike and interactive than the print ads. This allows the customers to interact with them. Customers will get the feel of playing a video game when interacting with the AR ads and this helps in building an emotional connection with the brand which ultimately leads to increased sales. In addition to promoting sales, the aspect of emotional connection also helps to enhance brand awareness.
Cost Effective
Placing print ads in popular newspapers and magazines is an expensive affair whereas Augmented Reality advertising is more affordable and far more effective making it an attractive and cost-effective option.
Enhanced Sales
AR advertising isn't just a promotional tool for marketing products & services. It also offers brands the means to increase sales volume in the form of virtual try-on. This option allows the customers to virtually try the products before purchasing them making Augmented Reality an effective tool to increase sales and revenue.
Local Advertising
AR ads provide marketers the opportunity to leverage the capability of hyper-local advertising. Integrating Augmented Reality in hyper-local ads helps the brands to provide truly immersive experiences by showing objects right on a user's smartphone screen. This means the customers not only get information about places that may be of interest to them but are also guided on how to reach the place in an interactive way.
If your goal is to have a competitive edge over your rivals and reap profits through advertising, it is high time that you adopt Augmented Reality. SMACAR Solutions will help you to step into the fascinating world of AR advertising. Contact our team and we'll help you to get off to a good start in implementing AR into your marketing strategies and reap the benefits of AR advertising.Tags: AR ads AR advertising Augmented Reality ads Augmented Reality advertising Augmented reality in advertising


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Wednesday, March 21, 2007
New Images, Positive Directions
I am so excited to have lots of new images to post. First I have the two sketches with my son's art materials that pointed me in a new direction for my paintings. It is a way of working with varied lines and shapes and thick and thin color applications until a form emerges. I attempted some of the methods from them in a large painting of a bird, I entitled "Looking for Home". The narrative developed during the process which is fun. I like the painting but think maybe I should have attempted a smaller one first, this is about 3.5 feet tall. I am pleased with it though. I am also posting a plein air painting I did during the Paint Out my cooperative gallery is hosting. This is not my usual genre but I was pleasantly surprised how it turned out. All in all, getting out of my comfort zone and trying some new things was stimulating and hopefully beneficial to my work.
Posted by Carol Barber at 12:53 PM
Labels: acrylics, art blog, Carol Barber, images
3 comments:
- Jacie Wiggs said...
Hey there, Thank you for your lovely comments Carol. A nice Surprise! Wow! You have some very interesting working happening here. Great color combinations, loads of interest!
- Jayné Grant said...
Outstanding Carol! We are really looking forward to your exhibit in the Santa Fe Gallery. You and your works bring a breath of fresh air to Gainesville and our surrounding communities. Keep up the hard work. Your growth as an artist has been truly exciting to follow. I love your new pieces, great colors!
- Karen said...
I just love this painting. All of these really make your eyes pop and your mind start ticking...I wish I had a pinch of your creativity!!!
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Culturally and educationally, the United States specializes in the production of kinds of persons described first by ethnic, racial, and lingustic lines and second by supposed mental abilities. Overlaps between the two systems of classification are frequent, systematically haphazard, and often deleterious. An examination of classrooms around the country shows shifting currents of concern and tension that invite the attribution of labels for mental andlor minority-group status. This article introduces a language for a cultural analysis-a language of people interpreting the interpretations of others-and pursues an example from a classroom where both the good sense and the dangers of categories for learning-disabled and minority-group status are on display.
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Baker, L. (1998). From savage to Negro. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Coles, G. (1987). The learning mystique: A critical look at ALearning Disabilities. New York: Pantheon.
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CRA Small Business/Small Farm Reporting – Ending the PainWith Kathleen Blanchard
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Course description
Learn how to efficiently identify and categorize loans for your annual CRA submission or for your examination if your bank does not submit your annual data. Sometimes banks make CRA small business and small farm loan reporting more difficult than it has to be. This webinar will show you how to leverage work already being done (or that should be done) at the bank to gather the loans for the annual submission or an exam.
Kathleen Blanchard works extensively with CRA data, assisting banks with annual reporting and providing analysis of data and examination preparation assistance. In this webinar, Kathleen will share with participants how to streamline this process to save time and improve accuracy in submissions and examinations. Regardless of bank asset size, the CRA Rating is critical to the bank's success and ability to open new branches, expand market areas, introduce new lines of business, and engage in mergers and acquisitions.
The importance of this rating should drive the efforts made to report data accurately, reducing the risk of mandated portfolio scrubs and resubmissions. Even banks that do not submit the annual data can be required to scrub the files in order to allow an effective examination to take place. A needs to improve or unsatisfactory rating will affect the bank's future activities and cause additional ongoing quarterly reporting until the rating can be changed.
Banks spend a great deal of time on this necessary task, some of it needlessly. Understanding the rules for categorizing loans and reporting data will help banks streamline this ongoing effort. You will learn about the direct relationship to the Call Report and how using existing coding being done in the bank can speed up this process.
During this webinar, we will consider the following topics as well as others:
- Identifying loans that must be reported as small business and small farm
- Identifying the loans that cannot be included in small business and small farm even though they may be managed in those portfolios
- How to report:
- Loans to not-for-profit companies
- Loans to municipal governments
- Loans to Individuals
- Loans fully or partially secured by residential real estate
- Identifying other loans that can be used in an examination to further demonstrate the bank's lending performance in its assessment area
- The interrelationship between CRA and HMDA
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- CRA Officers and staff
- Compliance Officers
- Auditors
- Lending Line Managers and staff and Loan Operations staff responsible for coding loans
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Unlimited, personal access to our webinar library for as little as $167 a month.
Kathleen Blanchard has over 32 years of experience in banking. She has developed lending and regulatory processes as a banker and consultant and presents detailed regulatory training that is very process specific. Her banking background includes commercial and private banking lending, credit review, credit policy and procedures, risk management and regulatory compliance at both community, regional and large international banks.
Kathleen has been providing training and consulting services for banks, credit unions and non-bank lenders on their regulatory compliance processes, HMDA and CRA reporting, process development and training since 2006. She is a Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager and a BOL Guru for BankersOnline.com. Kathleen presents her views and advice on HMDA and CRA and other regulatory matters at her website, www.kaybeescomplianceinsights.com
Since 2015, Kathleen has been delivering in depth regulatory compliance consulting and training via The HMDA Academy, a unique personalized combination of consulting, training and resources delivered online to assist financial institutions and vendors in learning and applying the revised HMDA process and rules going into effect in 2017 and 2018.


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What You Need:
-2 cups strawberries, quartered
-1/4 cup sugar
-Mason jar (or other container for storage)
What To Do:
1. Wash your strawberries. Cut off the tops and quarter them.
2. Pour the berries and sugar into a saucepan and stir over high heat.
3. Once the mixture is boiling, turn the temperature down to low/simmer and let it boil for 5 minutes.
4. Turn off the heat. If you want smaller chunks of berries, mash them gently with a wooden spoon.
4. Pour into a mason jar!
5. Let cool on the counter until the jar is only warm to the touch. Do NOT put the hot jar into the fridge or the glass will shatter 😬
6. Put into the fridge to cool completely.
This strawberry "jam" contains no pectin in it to make it firm up, so it is more of a strawberry sauce... However, I have found it to be absolutely delicious on top of plain greek yogurt, ice cream, oatmeal, and even pancakes. As it takes less than 10 minutes to make, I would definitely recommend! 🎉
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As these figures are from the same sculptor who created Pendraken's 10mm Fantasy range I decided to invest in sufficient additional Hill Dwarves to build another HotT army.
|10mm Dwarf Army for HotT
|Dwarf King borne by Dwarf Monks - The Army General
- 1 x Dwarf King (General) @ 4AP
- 10 x Blades @2AP
- 4 x Shooters @2AP
|10mm Dwarf Bowmen (Shooters)
|10mm Dwarf Warriors (Blades)
Vallejo sepia wash, some highlights on the bushes and a decent base job and Bob's your Uncle! Altogether I'm very pleased with the outcome - and the whole lot only came to a little over £10.
Come on Colin there's no excuse you can even download the rules for free (WRG).......time for a game I think!


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LGBT Wedding Rings and Commitment Rings
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Jennifer Cobb
Founder & Board President - Director of Events/Team Fox Representative - Team Gateway To A Cure
I became involved with the Micheal J Fox Foundation years after my Dad, Ty Cobb, had been suffering from Parkinson's Disease. I started a 5K Run/Walk called Soul To Sole to raise money and awareness for Parkinson's disease. Over the past 2 years I have raised over $50,000 for the Michael J Fox Foundation/Team Fox. My 5K Run/Walk was the only Parkinson's fundraiser in the Illinois Metro East area.
Tim Petterson
Honorary Board Member - Team Gateway To A Cure
I am a local IL/MO business man who founded two companies and we have been going strong for 24 years now. For the last year I have been looking for some kind of foundation to join because I'd like to give back to the community for all it has done for me. I've known Jen for some time now and have been watching her start this from the beginning. The energy and excitement surrounding Jen and Team Gateway To A Cure's link with the Michael J. Fox Foundation peaked my curiosity, which led me to research foundations in the area and I knew I'd found the one.
Cody Beck
Technical Support - Team Gateway To A Cure
I became involved with the Michael J. Fox Foundation after Team Gateway To A Cure approached me for technical support. My love for helping people combined with the love for technology allowed me to join this incredible organization. Bringing the attention of this chronic disease to the public was something I felt passionate about and helping TGTC helped me do that.
Tim Brunette
Director of Strategic Partnerships - Team Gateway To A Cure
As the Director of Strategic Partnerships for Team Gateway To A Cure, Tim brings 20 + years of experience in Strategic Partnerships, Sales, Marketing, New Business Development, National Account Sales Management, Promotions, and Advertising. Tim has worked for Anheuser-Busch, NBC Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures and has been a Media Consultant since 2010. Tim has also volunteered with the following charities and organizations: The Albert Pujols Family Foundation, Responder Rescue, Special Olympics Soccer Coach, CYC (Catholic Youth Council) Coach for Soccer, Softball & Baseball, as well as a Select Baseball Coach. You can find more information on Tim at LinkedIn.com/in/TimBrunette.
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"I'm very excited to join Team Gateway To A Cure so I can assist them locally in St. Louis, regionally and nationally in raising money for Parkinson's awareness, research, and education."
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I am a Registered Nurse specializing in research and hemodynamic monitoring and passionate about improving the outcome of patients.
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I have known Jen for a number of years and greatly admired her tireless work with the Michael J. Fox Foundation and now with Team Gateway To A Cure. As an ophthalmologist specializing in cataract surgery, I have encountered many patients with Parkinson's Disease in my career and seen the multitude of challenges they face along with their caregivers and loved ones. Something as seemingly simple as putting in eyedrops for glaucoma can be no small task, and I often find myself wishing I could do more to help these wonderful people and their families.
When I got the opportunity to join Team Gateway To A Cure, I jumped at the chance. The positivity and creativity of the organization in finding new ways to highlight Parkinson's Disease and raise awareness of ways to help was something I knew I wanted to be a part of. I'm looking forward to seeing where TGTC goes next in the fight against this disease.
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Honorary Board Member - Team Gateway To A Cure
Ashlee Ogrzewalla is a Wealth Management Advisor at Archford Capital Strategies. She has been in the financial industry for 10 years. Her passion for people and dedication to helping women is prevalent in both her work and volunteer activities. Ashlee's clients who have been impacted by Parkinson's Disease inspired her to start championing for Gateway for a Cure. She believes increasing access to emotional and financial support for these families is critical during this life changing experience.


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One of the goals of the Living Cities organization is to revitalize urban centers across the country. The organization has just released its newest report on urban centers, Green Cities: How Urban Sustainability Efforts Can and Must Drive America's Climate Change Policies (PDF).
The report looks at green building, green jobs and transportation and how they will need to change in order to help the country's urban centers lead the nation to a green economy. However, this report isn't just geared towards having the middle- and higher-income urban dwellers be a part of this change but having the low-income individuals take advantage of the programs for change as well.
In the report's introduction, Ben Hecht, president & CEO of Living Cities says, "We are also supporting some of the first large-scale attempts to develop green jobs training programs for low-income and low-skilled populations by extending grants and planning support to six cities." Source: Green Cities (PDF)
The report ends with several recommendations including building retrofits, reengineering the workforce and reorienting real estate markets to take advantage of public transit options.
Read the entire report: Green Cities (PDF).