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Tobias M Curtis a.k.a Toby is all set to confront Walter O'Brien and Happy Quinn for hiding their secret wedding from him in episode 5 of Scorpion season 3 titled Plight at the Museum. The sequel is scheduled to air on CBS this Monday, October 24, at 10pm EST.
Here is the official synopsis for the next episode: Team Scorpion's simple job at the Los Angeles Natural History Museum will turn deadly when they discover thieves robbing a rare gem exhibit in order to get materials needed to enrich a nuclear bomb.
Although the short description does not reveal anything about the team's personal lives, the official trailer shows the behavioural psychiatrist confronting his friends on their secret wedding. In the clip, he is seen trying to figure out the intensity of their relationship and what forced them to hide it from him.
In another promo, Eddie Kaye Thomas's character is seen taunting his leader when he is asked to accompany Paige Dineen to the garage. He even instructs the mechanical engineer to keep a distance from Elyes Gabel's character.
Since executive producer Nick Wootton has already revealed that Walter-Happy wedding will have certain reverberation through the entire team, the fans can expect some emotional stories coming up in the show.
The followers of CBS drama can also expect to watch some origin stories and meet a few former team members in the upcoming episode. According to creator Nick Santora, it will be interesting to see the team in their early days. "We just have to find the right time to do it and the right way to do it," TV Line quoted him as saying.
In order to find out what lies ahead for Sylvester Dodd and Agent Cabe Gallo, watch Scorpion season 3 episode 5, titled Plight at the Museum, live online here. The sequel will also be available online on the official website of CBS.
Check out the official synopsis for Scorpion season 3 episode 6, titled Bat Poop Crazy, below:
Before Halloween, Team Scorpion must infiltrate a deep, vast cave system in order to prevent a bat population from destroying the North America ecosystem. Also, the team dons costumes to stage photos from Halloween's past for Walter's upcoming immigration inspection.


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Diamond Plaza Department Store
March 23, 2007Diamond Plaza is Saigon's premier department store. The complex includes a 22-story building and a 15-story building and serves as shopping center, 6 cinema lounges, restaurants, bowling center, a mini mart, cafe and hospital. The complex was completed and open for business in 1999. There is a helicopter pad on the roof of the building.
Diamond Plaza opens at 10:00 am, and are closed to the public on Mondays considering the city's street stalls are busy from 6:00 in the morning. The prices are fixed so you can't bargain, but you will find genuine designer clothes from Vietnamese designers as well as imported brands. The famous brand 'Made in Viet Nam' can be found on the 2nd floor and KFC on the 3rd floor.🌸 If you like this post, please click the links below to SHARE! Thanks.

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With insight that can only be developed from years of professional experience and detailed research, counselor and clinical director Alexandra Katehakis provides a comprehensive account of sex addiction from a neurobiological perspective. Dr. Patrick Caines hails the book as a 'touchstone…for understanding addiction', and the detail and depth with which it provides an overview of the field leaves me in no doubt that he is correct.
In Sex Addiction as Affect Dysregulation, Katehakis suggests that sex addiction needs to be understood in detail as an addiction that can be engaged with in a way that brings people back into healthy relationships with others. She engages with different therapeutic theories, providing insightful anecdotal illustrations from her own clinical practice. For those unfamiliar with neurobiology, Katehakis' first couple of chapters may be a tough to follow, due to the sheer quantity of information given. Figuring out exactly what Psychobiological Approach to Sex Addiction, or PASAT (a combination of Twelve Steps CBT treatment with affect regulatory psychotherapeutic engagement), involves took a bit of time for my non-counselling background. However, I found that as the book progressed, a clear structure develops that accessibly outlines its many facets, eased with the inclusion of charts and illustrative references.
The book starts with an in-depth analysis of research and approaches to addiction. Katehakis acknowledges the complexity of engaging with this concept, even though she has limited the discourse to sex addiction. Of this complexity she says that though 'unifying substance and behavioural addictions behavioural addictions through a grasp of their identical neurological workings yields a powerful paradigm for understanding and healing SA…no universal, formal recognition of SA pertains' (p. 37). While the jury is still out amongst researchers as to whether addiction is, in fact, a 'chronic brain disorder' (p. 6), Katehakis' account shows how difficult the experience can be for people, and details the depth of work required for healing.
Particularly helpful in this book was the exploration of a healthy concept of self-love; a part of addiction therapy that can be overlooked in more behaviourally inclined accounts. This is especially relevant to treating sex addiction and addressing the patterns of shame that activity can elicit in a person. Katehakis' own narratives of her struggles with engaging effectively with clients, and the powerful synergy between the interdisciplinary therapies engages the reader in the synchronicity of the treatments developed. Also of help was the clarification between forms of addiction, such as the distinction between love addiction (LA) and sex addiction (SA).
The book is extensively referenced, with a solid bibliography for those who are interested in reading more. It works through the intricacies of a particular form of addiction in a way that is respectful to clients, while addressing their experience neurobiologically and relationally. An insightful and thoroughly informative account.
© 2017 Anna Westin
Anna Westin, PhD candidate and visiting lecturer, Arts and Humanities, St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London
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Radio Host, Chad Benson, Speaks Out About Snapchat IPO
Hello Readers!
I'm Chad Benson, a talk radio host. I want to inform you about the benefits of precious metal investments like gold and silver and why I personally believe investing today is the smartest choice you can make for your future…
Just a couple weeks ago, the company behind Snapchat, Snap Inc., went public. The valuation was a little over 29.3 billion dollars by the end of day one. While that may seem appealing to investors, we have to keep in mind that they lost 514 million dollars last year; that is a lot of money to lose.
I'm telling you this because I want to draw attention to the overvaluation of the stock market right now. A company can be worth 29 billion dollars, but not be able to produce any revenue in the long run. This is exactly what we saw with Snap, Inc.
I can't emphasize enough how gold is a great long-term investment, one that is tangible and real. Those who invested their money in gold 10 years ago with prices nearing 300, would be very pleased with their returns today with the price that gold is at now.
I will guess that the marketplace is right for a downturn and gold is right for another run. Think of gold like you would think of a blue chip stock; an investment that you buy and hold on to that you keep as a downside protection, but also one that has a lot of potential to make you money, not just protect you from a downturn. The smart thing to do is to jump into a marketplace like this right now, with so many stocks being overvalued.
When investors are uncertain, they flock to gold. The reason being: It's a safe place that offers upside value and opportunity. When you are thinking about investing as we all are, you should think about spreading it out over many different sectors inside the investing work. Smart investors should never limit themselves to stocks and bonds that could easily lose their value when the economy plummets.
Unfortunately, most investors do not understand the importance of diversification. For this reason, they allow their financial broker to guide and handle all of their investments for them. That's not smart. Your financial broker legally does not have a fiduciary duty to provide you with the advice that will benefit you. In fact, it's quite the opposite. They'll recommend anything that will make them profits, not you.
In a market that constantly fluctuates, we need to keep in mind that stocks could collapse at any time. It's only a matter of time, but when they do, don't be surprised if you see a huge loss to your retirement savings. This is why we really need to think about how we can protect ourselves from inevitable downfalls before it's too late.
In times of uncertainty in a downward market, gold serves as your safety net. Therefore, now is the best time to invest in precious metals like gold and silver. Regardless of what happens to the stock markets, you can count on gold to keep you and your family safe financially.
Till next time. Thanks for reading!


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The best varicose vein cream will help minimize the appearance of veins and reduce swelling without harsh ingredients or the risk of side effects. These creams often use natural ingredients such as vitamin K, which can lessen the appearance of varicose veins. If the cream is effective, some reduction in the appearance of varicose veins should be seen within several weeks. You might need to try several types of cream in order to find the one that works best for you.
Varicose veins are veins that are gnarled, bluish in color and often close to the surface of the skin. They typically occur in the legs but can appear in other areas of the body as well. One theory is that varicose veins occur because the valves in the veins are not functioning properly. Normally, varicose veins are not a serious medical problem and often are a solely cosmetic issue.
An effective varicose vein cream should offer relief from swelling and therefore pain relating to varicose veins. It also should prevent or reduce broken blood vessels and capillaries. Overall, your legs should appear smoother and tighter. The results might depend on the severity of your varicose veins.
A variety of natural or anti-inflammatory ingredients are often used in varicose vein creams. Always read the ingredients of the label to rule out any known allergens. This is particularly true of some creams that are sold with pills that are taken internally.
Horse chestnut seed extract has been found to be an effective way to reduce the swelling and pain that can accompany varicose veins. No serious side effects have been reported. Horse chestnut seed extract is found in some varicose vein creams, and it is also taken internally. It is advised that people with diabetes use caution in using horse chestnut seed extract, however, because it might lower blood sugar levels.
An advantage to using a varicose vein cream is that it is less risky and less expensive than surgery. Some health insurance programs might not cover procedures to eliminate varicose veins if it is considered cosmetic. Surgery also can be painful and carries the risk of infection or other complications.
In mild cases, varicose vein creams can be used in place of surgery or injections. These creams are not miracle cures, however, and the results can vary by person. Keep in mind that most varicose vein creams are considered to be cosmetics, not drugs. These creams can help improve the appearance of veins, but they are not comparable to injections or surgery.
In addition to using a varicose vein cream, other steps can be taken to help minimize the appearance of veins. Daily aerobic exercise can help improve poor circulation, which can lead to varicose veins. Those who work in an occupation that requires standing for long hours every day should stretch their legs or go for short walks during breaks. Compression stockings and elevating the legs while sitting also can help relieve varicose veins.
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Not to post the same subject twice, but sometimes I just can't believe the amount of unnecessary restoration is on the paintings when they arrive at Lowy! Take a look at before and after ultraviolet photographs of this picture.
To Drop or Not to Drop…
Your paintings can be dirtied by a lot of things we tend not to think about, and an old painting will have generally collected years of dirt and pollutants. Unless you've had it cleaned recently, who knows what's gathered on there over the years? In this case, and many others, it's fly droppings. What, what? Fly droppings, you say? How do enough flys get into your home to create this kind of nastiness?
Sure, it's hard to imagine in this luxurious and sanitized world we now live in, but remember that not long ago, there was no glass or screens in our windows, and flys and all other sorts of insects could come in at will and go to town all over your artwork. It's actually quite common. So there's a good chance that if you've got an old painting that's not been seen by a conservator lately, it too is faced with a fly dropping problem, and it may be time to bring it on in and make it dropping free. Just look at the before and after shots!


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The winners of the annual Webby awards were announced today. There were three financial services categories with Mint, Xero, NW Mutual taking top honors.
Financial services category
Mint won the main Webby and the People's Choice beating BillShrink, Lending Club, Portfolio.com and Wikinvest.
Banking/bill pay category
Xero, a New Zealand-based online accounting service (screenshot below), won the main Webby and the People's Choice in the category Banking/Bill Pay beating Billeo, Rudder and Schoneleij, a text-based payment service from Rabobank.
NWMutual's Let Your Worries Go microsite won the main Webby and Allstate's Garage won the People's Choice beating Blue Shield of California's Uncovered microsite, Pemco's We're a Lot Like You microsite and Compare the Meerkat, a microsite from Compare the Market.
Webby winner Xero's attractive account interface and iPhone app
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Law & Order does Eliot Spitzer story on May 21; different ending tho
In the world of Law & Order, the governor (and his wife) execute a series of clever manipulations, and the governor survives (so far). The governor (in the Law & Order version) was seeing a high priced call girl (from Brazil, not New Jersey) and, in that capacity, was witness to some pertinent information, relevant to a murder investigation of McCoy and cohorts. McCoy was going to call the governor as a witness, but the murder defendant suddenly pleaded guilty, eliminating the need to call the governor. The implication was that the governor would later pardon the incarcerated defendant. A sub-plot involved the feds also going after the governor, which plan ended when the gov leased some land (in White Plains) to the feds for $1 a year.
The Law & Order version seems more Hobbsian than the real world version.
CNN discussed the episode in a story titled: Ripped from the headlines: Eliot Spitzer?
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Wednesday's episode is racier, as a murder investigation leads police to a prostitution ring whose clients include New York Gov. Shalvoy (Tom Everett Scott). That creates a quandary for District Attorney Jack McCoy (Waterston), whose political fortunes may be tied to Shalvoy's.
Waterston says the "Law & Order" episode diverges sharply from what happened with Spitzer.
"It goes in all different directions," he said. "`Law & Order' raises questions about what's fair, what's right, what's justice, that aren't necessarily raised by the original story or ... can't be gone into in just a news story."
Different directions, yes, and different outcome. In this episode of Law & Order, New York City has been transformed into Gotham City, and we might be expecting Batman to be added to the cast next season.


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Home Live Art's interactive literary salon event sold out quickly, but when she met the audience Mimi Banks was surprised. She reflects on the difficulties of marketing interactive live art.
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At Home: a 21st Century Salon took place at Angel House in Brighton, taking the form of a traditional-style literary salon – a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase the knowledge of the participants through conversation.
The 21st century ingredient was exploring contemporary concepts of home, family roles and stereotypes through a range of multidisciplinary performance art pieces.
As producers we spoke to a number of people attending who really understood the concept, got the subtle subversions of gender stereotypes…
We presented five works for audiences to engage with in different ways. The 'Boy Stitchers' project, curated by Trevor Pitt, took place in the master bedroom where four male artists were doing needlework. Audiences sat informally on the carpet or on the bed, listening to them discuss their practice as they stitched, which sparked many lively conversations.
'A Memory of Bricks' by artist Seth Kriebel took place in the downstairs parlour room. Groups of 30 took part in a performance memory game collectively determining the outcome of an imaginary journey through the house.
An audience of 90 people visited for a two-hour set, and aside from having specific times to engage with two time-based performances, they were encouraged to discover the installations and performance interactions at their own pace, as well as take the time to have a drink, enjoy their surroundings and socialise with the artists and the owner of the house (the host).
Audience expectations
At Home was promoted as part of the Brighton Festival programme and the shows sold out within a couple of weeks. We thought hard about the information we needed to get across to audiences: it was taking place in a house and home, they would be engaging actively with performances, and it was to be a quiet, relaxed event generating ideas and conversation.
Obviously thrilled that we sold out so quickly, we were expecting a mixed audience that would be up for a slightly different interactive arts experience. Events like this can divide potential audiences. The knowledge that you are stepping into something that requires more than passive engagement can be intimidating for some and a barrier from booking tickets, whereas for others it offers the thrill of something new and unexpected.
We never underestimate this, understanding the need to strike a careful balance between making experiences that challenge and question without pushing people too far out of their comfort zones. We also recognise that the positioning of this balance is a moveable feast, shifting in relation to the type of audience that you are expecting. A performance (or live art) audience expects challenge while a non-arts audience expects entertainment.
Knowing your audience
We had a largely positive response from our audience members. One visitor told us: "I liked the atmosphere very much, the low-fi conversational style of the work was my thing. It was a fab house and I thought the curation was very good."
As producers we spoke to a number of people attending who really understood the concept, got the subtle subversions of gender stereotypes and relished the opportunity to engage in a social way with the artists about their work.
Then there was a very small handful of people who had a strong reaction against it. "Ill-conceived and lazy" was one comment. With further enquiry it became evident that they were expecting some immersive, punchdrunk-type theatrical experience and the low-key aspect was therefore disappointing.
This was interesting to us as it took us right back to the idea of knowing your audience and being in a position to manage expectations. The audience demographic was a complete surprise – one that you'd see at a festival classical concert, and not the mix of ages and social backgrounds that we were expecting.
We quickly realised that some of our audience members had made assumptions about what the event would be like, presumably without looking closely enough at the marketing copy. It was listed in the Festival programme as an offsite site-specific piece, in a magnificent heritage space. It would be interesting to see who would attend if the listing was taken out of the festival programme.
This was our first foray into producing the salon concept for audiences outside a specialist arts niche. We pride ourselves on our expertise around knowing, preparing and looking after our audiences, but we fully acknowledge that this will always be a continual learning process.
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This is how we shoot hoops at the University of Hawaii Hilo.
UH Hilo student Jackson Meyer's writes:
I am on exchange to the college in Hilo on da Big Island of Hawaii, My roomate and I decided to do some crazy trick shots, took like 10 hours and was well worth it. Filmed at UH Hilo with my Canon Rebel
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Concert Photography Series: In this series I will discuss things I have learned along the way from both my experiences and from other photographers. Topics will include lighting, camera settings, equipment and how to obtain the elusive photo pass.
Living in Tempe, AZ I am at both an advantage and a disadvantage with concert photography. Cons: we are a small market. Not every band has Tempe / Phoenix on it's touring radar. Quite often when I research tour schedules it's common for a band to go from Los Angeles to Dallas or to Las Vegas and skip the whole Southwest. Pros: This is a smaller market and there are not a lot of photographers specializing in live music. So there are less requests from media for credentials. We have a vibrant local music scene and the bands are very lax with photography and the small clubs are very photo friendly. We have a number of smaller venues (i.e Marquee Theater, Dodge Theater or The Orpheum) where with the right credentials you will be able to photography national acts. (Please replace the names of venues etc. with your local venues that have a capacity of up to 10,000 people.)
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I happen to be LOUD. I happen to have a naturally loud speaking voice, loud singing voice and an even louder drunk voice. I also have almost no filter, I say what's on my mind no matter how crude or brash it may be. These are things I've come to know about myself. I have always had a boat load of confidence, not really sure where it came from but I've always been myself and shown it off no matter the social situation. Having said this, it doesn't mean I'm accepted without question-especially by men. I've struggled my whole life trying to embrace my weirdness knowing it's not necessarily attractive to the opposite sex. I love that I'm not the typical girl who just giggles shyly and agrees with anything a boy says OR who spreads my legs like butter at every opportunity presented to me. I do the opposite. At halloween or costume parties I opt for the fat man with a beard over the bunny with her tits out. When I meet people for the first time I may over share and mention that I can't go out for a coffee date cuz it makes me shit within minutes (True. Turns out coffee is a diuretic. Why does no one mention this?!)
None of these are overly attractive qualities. So why must I continue to act in such a way?
This is what I know. People on the surface are often not always who they fully are on the inside. I understand there is a time and place, at work of course you have to be professional. What I don't understand is why most people put on their "social personality", put on a polite smile and not show who they are in public.
When I was dating my first boyfriend ever I pretended to LOVE Lord of the Rings, said I had read the books and it was my favorite even though I never had- just because it was HIS favorite.
(It actually is one of my favorite books and hands down favorite movie series NOW but that's besides the point).
Why did I lie? I wanted him to like me. That's a trivial example but in the past there are countless examples of where I changed parts of my personality so someone might like me more. I went through phases where I tried to be quiet and pretty. Calm and aloof. I did it because I thought it would make people like me more- not just men- everyone. I thought for a time if I could just change that part of my personality people would like me more. Problem was, I couldn't do it! Every time I'm in a social situation, I like to talk. And talk. And talk. And be loud and tell ridiculously personal and funny anecdotes. It's me. I'm an extrovert and I can't hide it and frankly, I don't want to. I could put on a facade and be someone else on the surface when I'm out and about but what good comes of it? I suppose temporarily not annoying people haha but when someone would get to know me they would realize that's just not who I am. Maybe they would be surprised and unhappy to discover this extroverted side. Maybe they wouldn't like my faux personality from the start and never take the time to get to know me better. I don't know and I guess I'll never know.
I suppose my point is if we were all more ourselves around each other I feel we'd be happier and healthier for it.
I've come to accept the fact that I'm crazy! Nut balls! Some people will never like me. That's ok. Some people will love me. Even better.
At least I'll be me and from the get go and anyone who meets me will know the real me too.
So when I stop writing this I'll likely go play some music and sing really loud, then dance around my place a bit to some ridiculously way too pop music while I get ready, then I may go play with my dogs and make loud scream/yodeling noises so they howl with me LOL I know for a fact my neighbors can hear me. Know what? I don't care!
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Kognito (kognito.com, based in NYC) makes role-playing games where players engage in simulated conversations to learn how to lead similar conversations in real-life. We build 3D games that run on our proprietary web-based distribution platform. Our games are available to more than 9 million people. Our team of 75+ people includes game designers, software engineers, psychologists, graphic artists, and writers.
Kognito is seeking a developer/scripter to join our growing team in NYC. In this position you will be using Unity 3D, HTML 5, and other web/mobile technologies to create social impact games and interactive simulations. You will work with our team through the full development life cycle. This position requires a well-organized, team-oriented individual with a basic understanding of Unity 3D. Applicants should be eager to learn and apply new skills in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Build high-quality interactive products using our Unity 3D and web/mobile platforms
- Analyze requirements to create technical specifications and build plans
- Work with our QA team to ensure maximum stability, performance, and quality
- Manage the release of our products
- Create and improve internal tools
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in Related Field
- Minimum 2 years' experience
- C# and .NET programming skills
- Experience in building tools to manage the content pipeline
- Experience in debugging and diagnostics
- Python experience
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
Skills and Abilities:
- 3d math skills
- Understanding of the Unity 3d game engine
- Research and analytical skills
- Understanding of character animation
- Familiarity with server communication standards and protocols - HTML5, AJAX, XML & JSON
- Strong understanding of character animation
- Familiarity with Mercurial Source Control Management
- Familiarity with game A.I. techniques
- Proven demonstration of leadership skills and ability to teach less technically knowledgeable teammates
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, with strong organizational skills
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Required to work onsite in our NYC office
Kognito is a division of Ascend Learning, LLC.
Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S. based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
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Title: The Inevitability of Stars
Author: Kathryn R Lyster
Published: Harlequin MIRA August 2013
Status: Read from August 01 to 04, 2013 — I own a copy {Courtesy the publisher}
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Kathryn R Lyster's debut novel, The Inevitability of Stars, tells the poignant love story of Sahara and Rip. Inseparable as childhood friends, they later become lovers, but when Sahara ends their relationship to pursue her love of art, fleeing Byron Bay for Sydney, Rip is devastated, unable to imagine his life without Sahara by his side.
The Inevitability of Stars is a unique re-imagining of Romeo and Juliet's star crossed love story. Exploring the notions of fate, of love and the conflict of want and need, the novel has a strong element of mysticism which doesn't compromise the contemporary issues the protagonists face.
The narrative alternates between the perspectives of Rip, who lies in a hospital bed after a suicide attempt, and Sahara who is ensconced in art school in the city. Slowly Lyster unravels the difficult path they each take away from one another as Rip struggles to come to terms with Sahara's absence and heal his wounded soul, and Sahara, believing Rip is dead, buries herself in the drug fueled, materialistic world of a new lover and begins to fall apart.
The writing is richly descriptive of senses and emotions. I have to admit I found the use of italics for speech disconcerting and never really got used to it, but that is a minor quibble which is easily overlooked.
I liked The Inevitability of Stars, but I think it will resonate most strongly with young adults who will relate best to both the intensity of emotion and the challenges of negotiating the fate that awaits them.
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"I am not a politician but a professional soldier. "
-Idi Amin, quoted in "When Illness Strikes the Leader: The Dilemma of the Captive King, by Jerrold M. Post, Robert S. Robins
(above) Forest Whitaker plays Idi Amin in the 2006, award-winning film, "The Last King of Scotland," based on a novel of the same name.
Idi Amin has been portrayed in at least nine films and twelve books since his "Autoportrait", in which he played himself. Sometimes, he is depicted as an African Hitler, and in others he is an amiable, murderous buffoon. In the image above, he is shown with some of his approximately 30-45 children. In real life, one of his sons, who describes Amin as a loving father, is on a mission to explain some of his father's faults and give his side of the story. Although he has yet to make any significant change in the public's opinion of Idi Amin, it will certainly be interesting to see if he eventually does. Does Amin really deserve all the bad publicity, or is there another side to him?
I have chosen the letter "F" to represent Idi Amin. Possible interpretations such as "ferocious" and "father" came to mind when the letter was chosen, although there may be others.
Blackwatch was chosen because it is the most well-known Scottish tartan and Amin was depicted wearing it in the film, "The Last King of Scotland". I haven't seen any actual photographs of Amin in his kilt, but am guessing that this was his tartan of choice.
The letter "F" is two-toned like Amin's personality. One side of him is charismatic and effervescent, a pure white, and the other side of him is deadly, which is why I accented the "F" in red.
"Sometimes people mistake the way I talk for what I am thinking."
-Idi Amin, quoted in in "Leaders and Their Followers in a Dangerous World", by Jerrold M. Post


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The ZigBee Alliance: providing consumers with smart home technology productsPosted by: | Comments
You may have already seen consumer products with designated as ZigBee Smart Energy Certified Products. According to ZigBee, "these products represent solutions across the entire efficiency ecosystem energy services portals, meters, displays, thermostats and load controllers. Each product may wear the ZigBee Certified logo and the green ZigBee Smart Energy icon so that they may be easily identified in the marketplace."
What may be more relevant to consumers are the products designated as ZigBee Home Automation Certified Products.Per Zigbee's website, "Only ZigBee offers an established, competitive marketplace providing the core technology for simplifying common household tasks. ZigBee Home Automation is the affordable and easy way to control and monitor energy use, while adding safety, security. With ZigBee Home Automation products, your home will be more convenient and smart."
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Sunday services are: The Third and Sixth Hours at 9:10 am, followed by Divine Liturgy at 9:30 am.
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On the Fence by Kasie West
I finally, finally got this book from Amazon! It was supposed to ship in two days but it took eight. I was basically checking my doorstep for a box every two minutes.
This book, not unlike The Distance Between Us, was super adorable. However, if I had to choose between On the Fence and The Distance Between Us, I would have to choose the later because there were more "aw, so cute moments." However, we do get plenty of "aw, so cute moments" in On The Fence.
The main character of this book is named Charlie, and she is everything that a typical teenage girl is not. Her mother passed away in a car accident, so her whole life has been spent with her dad, her brothers, and her next door neighbor, Braden. She has quite the lack of femininity in her life. She loves playing sports, from disc golf to basketball to football. She considers herself the queen of all tomboys.
Then, after one too many parking tickets, her dad tells her it is time to get a job. The job she lands is quite the opposite of her personality.She is thrown into the world of fashion, makeup, and modeling.
And to her surprise, she kind of likes it.
She's confused about who she is and who she wants to be. The only thing she is sure and stable about in her life is her late night fence chats with Braden. And as the chats become a regular habit, she realizes she has fallen for Braden. Hard.
But the only thing he sees her as is his sister.
Can Charlie figure out who she is? Is she the tom boy that plays football with her brothers? Or is she a girl, deep down, that wants to wear makeup and sparkly shirts?
Or can she be both?
"Hey guys,' I said. 'Don't be idiots. This is Evan. Evan, the angry-looking one is Jerom, the constipated-looking one is Nathan, and the goofball on the right is Gage.'
Gage laughed. 'Constipated, Nathan? We said to look fierce."
This was an adorable story about family, friendship, and love. Charlie's brothers were awesome. Family is definitely one of the main themes of this story, which I love. Nowdays the importance of family in our lives has faded. This story shows us that our family can become our closest friends.
And OMG I totally ship Braden and Charlie. Their ship name is Bradlie. Yes. Don't question my weird ship names. Just go along with it :-).
Braden was one of those guys that you can't help falling in love with. He's funny, sweet, overprotective, concerned, and {occasionally} adorably awkward. Every time he and Charlie had their Fence Chats, I did a mental
And the end of the book is so. Cute. It was everything I could have asked for and more.
I hope you guys will take my word for it and pick up On The Fence. It is a perfect summer read and you will not be disappointed.
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The Universal Panacea? The number one shift in UK education I wish to see in my lifetime.
Kenneth Baker's Spitting Image puppet. Photograph: ITV/Rex Features
As other more distinguished and articulate contributors have already pointed out, a panacea is fantasy.
It is sound bite material from the mouths of politicians.
A cure-all does not exist.
But reading these posts has been engaging and inspiring and I never tire of hearing or reading somebody in full flow, passionate about their subject. So I have read with enthusiasm and share many of the items on the collective wish list (especially @teachertoolkit 's on building in time for CPD). I have also cast my mind back over the last couple of decades to the various pretenders to the crown of panacea and one thing comes up time and time again. Choice.
Choice (or the appearance of choice) was a central and essential element of Thatcherism and therefore the 1988 Education Reform Act. Without choice you couldn't have competition and without competition you wouldn't raise standards or so we were led to believe.
Choice brought us city technology colleges and grant maintained schools and more recently specialist schools, academies, free schools and studio schools.
Choice brought us a plethora of qualifications, exam boards and degree courses.
Choice brought us league tables.
My intention here is not to dissect the various arguments for and against these developments but to suggest that the system is still flawed. We still have much to do. Choice has not been the cure-all.
We were told it was what parents wanted but, all the parents I have ever spoken to about it say they just want their local school to be good. Which brings me to my own sound bite. The education system needs to change and the system we need should be 'of the teachers, by the teachers, for the students'.
The number one shift in UK education I wish to see in my lifetime? A system set free of political point scoring, led with vision by an independent body of education professionals and based on evidence.
In answer to@kennypieper – the thing that I'm afraid of is that politicians are making massive changes that have long lasting effects without any real consultation and based largely on ideology as opposed to evidence.
I agree wholeheartedly with @aflpie that a key part of this (or any panacea for education) should involve a real discussion about what we want our education system to do. Some time ago I was fortunate to take part in a SSAT Leaders for Tomorrow programme and we spent time articulating our vision for 2020. The SSAT have continued with this good work and it is from organisations and campaigns like Redesigning Schooling, The Headteachers' Roundtable and Purpos/ed that we can take inspiration.
I love working in education and I think there is so much to be positive about. It is such a shame that so much time and energy is wasted on negativity created by using education as a political football.
We need to build trust and collegiality in our profession so that we can remove fear and develop leaders who will take us forward.
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To Mitch Cay for her blitzkrieg performance at the Philosophy Circle of the Philippines's Panel Discussion on the "Poetry and Language of Care" held at the Ateneo De Manila University last August 27, 2011
Husserl's self-criticism over the psychologism of his first work, Philosophie der Arithmetik (1891), can help us understand the horizon that Plato had seen when he exposed the limitation of mathematical rationality. Husserl earlier proposed that the validity of mathematical truths is independent of how the knowing subject learns them. When Husserl argued against his early work he correctly discerned that human imagination, the auto-affection of the subject is transcendent even to mathematics. But only a properly intending consciousness full to its capacity and aware of its limits can transcend the accomplishments of reason. Consciousness must therefore be the proper object of philosophical analysis.
From the Platonic standpoint it may be argued that Husserl saw the limitation of mathematics in the same way that Plato did but neglected the content of the Platonic criticism of mathematical or instrumental reason, namely, the intention of absolute difference that motivates its quest for truth. Even still, from a Levinasian standpoint, Plato would have criticised Husserl's Cartesian bias. The Platonic concept of the Good beyond Being furnishes us not only Plato's criticism of mathematical knowledge, but also his guarded stance towards the achievements of even contemplative reason. The notion of the Good beyond Being invokes a limit to reason's power of differentiation, its capacity to concretize its adventures in categories and logical predications, its consummate empiricism in terms of the saturation of existence with existent structures reproducible by either force or habit. This Platonic notion has acquired a linguistic expression in contemporary thought as ethicality, an ethic of difference based on a peripheral sense of existence that interrupts the complacency of the concrete, the substantive stability of the what is and the what are, the working structures of existence as they are known to be premised on differentiation. In traditional philosophy this has come to be known as the difference between being and non-being, in short, the centrality of being. This ethic of difference is opposed to a familiar ethic of difference based on the differentiation of existence and non-existence, of being and non-being that reason sharpens into ontological truth. This ethic of difference is strictly non-ontological and non-epistemic, hence, properly ethical.
Within the immanence of reason differentiation is an internal ontological and epistemic adventure, that is to say, freedom, bound by synchronicity and the vertical movement of existence. Differentiation enacts difference from within a supposed unitary structure, that is, existence or being. Outside or around being is the sphere of nothingness, the sphere of in-difference which threatens to reduce being to the absurdity of its quest for completion, self-emancipation and individuation. Lying outside, in-difference encircles difference, confines being within its immanent boundary, seals the site of being against the possibility of escape, emancipation and transcendence; reduces being into a tedious process of immanent differentiation without the support of non-being, to be precise, of time which is non-being. Around the sphere of difference is the supposed in-difference of the beyond-being, the full density of non-being, the indifference of time, the thickness of the Same, the In-different. But insofar as the differentiation of existence is contingent on time, this interior determination is forced to enact an interior sense of time, consciousness, that is, vis-a-vis the unconditionality of a time that moves in diachronicity, outside of the interiority of existence regardless of its determination. Ex-istence is therefore forced to divide itself from within, between existence and the outside of it within an interior determination. This only shows that freedom never rests even at the price of absurdity.
Heidegger's breakthrough in exposing this sense of interiority without the support of time which leads to inauthentic existence must be acknowledged for laying bare the absurdity of pure immanence. Also, the notion of thrownness (Geworfenheit), itself a conceptual tour de force (despite its Christian connotation) which breaks open the immanent boundary of differentiation that allows being to get a glimpse of the outside—something that remained unthought in philosophy until the publication of Being and Time. Let it suffice to say that the notion of thrownness opens a hole in the immanent circle of existence—Man can only be thrown from outside being, from a dimension of time. If He is thrown from within and into some place within then the origin of thrownness, which is Man's origin, can easily be discovered within being. The origin is being itself—which is the heart and soul of immanentism. The origin is positivized as the primacy of being over non-being which justifies the supremacy of being over time. Since time is immediately discerned as non-being, the inferiority of time is carried over into the logic of differentiation between and among beings which are in essence differentiated. This explains the goal of differentiation to establish a hierarchy of Being, a vertical structure and movement of time which ignores the unassumable, the open, the unguarded, the vulnerable and exposed condition of being or existence to such an extent that the key to an effective assumption of positive existence, of shelteredness and strength of being lies in a progressive form of self-enclosure. In the history of knowledge, this self-enclosure has created the divide between low and high culture, between the pedestrian and the elite, etc., in which relationality is strictly defined by vertical strength, by ontological and a strictly ethical differentiality based on competence. On the one hand, differentiation enacts a politics of Being. On the other hand, it creates a metaphysic of time, that is, a concept of time that results from the intention of absolute difference.
The 2oth century phenomenology propounded by Husserl did exactly just that. On the one hand, phenomenalization is an attempt to saturate the conceptual possibilities of differentiation from within the immanent determination of existence. On the other hand, temporalization is the extension of absolute difference from being into non-being, provided that difference is located within being. But the plane of immanence is an overcrowded place of vertical determination. The temporalization of being in terms of the upward movement of time, the synchronicity of a time-structure, is a means to keep the sense of interiority alive, the sense of freedom, unwilling to yield existence to nothingness. But this notion of time can work if autonomy, emancipation and individuation are denied in favour of a hierarchy of being—a far cry from what immanence claimed to defend against the enduring threat of time (the threat of nothingness). In the final analysis Husserl's notion of the transcendental ego commits itself to this immanent differentiation in which an otherwise than epistemic and ontological consideration of time as the outside of immanence, outside of absolute difference, time as the Indifference of the Same, is lacking if not intentionally overlooked.
Excerpt from a paper read during a seminar on "Ethics of Care" sponsored by Societas Philosophiae, PUP, as a prelude to the PCP seminar on the same theme.


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Ordered mesoporous materials have tunable pore sizes between 2 and 50 nm and are characterized by ordered pore structures and high surface areas (~1000 m2/g). This makes them particularly favorable for a number of membrane applications such as protein separation, polymer extrusion, nanowire fabrication and membrane reactors. These membranes can be fabricated as top-layers on macroporous supports or as embedded membranes in a dense matrix. The first part of the work deals with the hydrothermal synthesis and water-vapor/oxygen separation properties of supported MCM-48 and a new Al-MCM-48 type membrane for potential use in air conditioning systems. Knudsen-type permeation is observed …
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Weeks 1 & 2 - Absolute Beginners
Even if you are a beginner, unless you have an injury or illness, anybody can get in shape to walk 8km! So if you are going to take on the challenge of the Streets of Galway, why not challenge yourself to run the whole way. You have around 12 weeks to build up your training so if you are consistent, it is realistic to run the whole way even if you have not run before. The key is consistency in your training. To be consistent you need to stay healthy so increase the training very gradually. I suggest you start with a mix of walking and running to allow your body chance to adapt to the rigours of running. Get a good quality pair of runners that are comfortable. Apart from shorts and t-shirt you should be good to go. The one other thing that would help though is a sport watch. It doesn't need to be a fancy GPS watch, a simple stop watch will do the job or worst case the stop watch on your phone. It is important to monitor your progress by timing yourself. If you can record the training that you did in a diary or journal, then that can serve as a great source of motivation as you plot your progress. If you can do some cross training such as Pilates or swimming that will help your recovery and ability to stay injury free.
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Is air conditioning harming your skin?
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Mon, Apr 30, 2018
What a relief it is to step out of the hot, soaring heat and into a cool air conditioned office, right? Wrong. This sudden change in ambient temperatures, form one extreme to another is stressful for the body. Facial skin is affected by this sudden change in ambient temperatures. Pollution, diet, seasonal changes and our lifestyle choices are all constantly affecting our skin. So our skin is constantly struggling to maintain itself amidst these external stressors.
Air conditioners work on the principle of drawing out humidity from the air. They are not selective about what moisture they pull out and end up pulling out moisture form our skin as well. This sends the skin's moisture balance out of whack. What this means is that the air in an air conditioned room is very dry and arid. This makes our skin feel dry and stretchy, and can aggravate skin conditions like eczema, psoriasis and rosacea. Also, an air conditioner that has not been maintained can be detrimental to our health because it propagates the growth of bacteria. Protect your skin from the drying effects of air conditioning in the hot months by following some simple guidelines.
Drink water or find interesting ways to keep hydrated
Drink a minimum of eight glasses of water. Or you could opt for fresh vegetable juices; fruit juices (both without sugar) or go for coconut water. Make your own detox water by seeping cucumber, ginger and mint in a bottle of water and keep sipping it through the day.
Keep a facial mist or facial oil in your desk
Spritz your face with a refreshing facial mists to keep dryness at bay. Or apply a dry facial oil, one that is absorbed easily and completely by the skin because you do not want your skin to look oily at work. Dab over the dry patches to avoid your skin drying.
Avoid stressing out your skin
If you feel your skin is acting up in the AC, keep the strong perfumes, the heavily scented soaps and lotions away. The scented products are harsh on the skin, so opt for milder, non-fragranced products.
Take regular break from air-conditioned spaces
Your skin is highly adaptive, so when you move out of an air-conditioned space, it will change according to the environment you are in. Much of the effects of air-conditions can be reversed by stepping out from air-conditioned spaces for regular breaks. Get used to staying without switching the AC on at home for some time. Regulate the use of AC at home.
Use a humidifier
Use a humidifier when you have to use the AC for prolonged periods of time. An easy hack to substitute a humidifier is place an open bucket of water at home near the AC when it is turned on. The water will slowly evaporate and maintain the humidity in the air.
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Six days after the shooting spree in Colorado that killed 12 people, President Obama made his first extended remarks on gun violence.
Speaking Wednesday night to a gathering of the National Urban League in New Orleans, Mr. Obama extended his focus beyond the movie theater in Aurora, Colo., and into the streets of Chicago and Atlanta, where guns take the lives of young people daily.
In a bow to political reality, Obama didn't call for any new laws. Instead, he highlighted measures already taken that don't require legislation, such as background checks for the purchase of firearms that are now "more thorough." What he didn't say was that the background check on the alleged Aurora shooter, James Holmes, turned up nothing to deny him his weapons. All of his firearms were obtained legally.
As has become customary for Obama in statements on gun violence, he made a bow to the Second Amendment right to bear arms, and the "cherished national heritage" of which hunting and shooting are a part.
But, he said, "I also believe that a lot of gun owners would agree that AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers, not in the hands of criminals."
Since becoming president, Obama has been walking a fine line on guns. Even as he calls for better enforcement of existing laws, and mourns the victims of gun violence, he has also expanded gun rights. In 2009, for example, he signed legislation that allows the carrying of concealed weapons in national parks and another bill that allows people to carry guns in their checked bags on Amtrak trains.
The unspoken presence in all the president's actions and statements is the gun lobby and its most powerful player, the National Rifle Association (NRA).
Mitt Romney, Obama's Republican challenger for the presidency, has also been playing it safe in his public statements on Aurora, as a former Massachusetts governor who used to support gun control.
In an NBC interview Wednesday in London, Mr. Romney said more restrictive gun laws likely would not have prevented last week's tragedy.
"Political implications, legal implications are something which will be sorted out down the road," Romney told NBC's Brian Williams. "But I don't happen to believe that America needs new gun laws. A lot of what this young man did was clearly against the law. But the fact that it was against the law did not prevent it from happening."
Romney suggested that it would take changing hearts to prevent similar attacks in the future.
"We can sometimes hope that just changing the law will make all bad things go away. It won't," he said. "Changing the heart of the American people may well be what's essential, to improve the lots of the American people."
Both presidential candidates' caution on guns frustrates big-city mayors, who formed the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns in 2006. After the Aurora massacre, the group's leading voice, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York, called on both Obama and Romney to move beyond "soothing words" and propose concrete actions to prevent future mass shootings.
On July 24, the mayors group put out a survey of NRA rank-and-file members by GOP pollster Frank Luntz that found strong support for certain gun-control measures, including criminal background checks for anyone purchasing a gun. NRA members also strongly support allowing states to set eligibility requirements for people wanting to carry a concealed weapon in public. The group's suggestion was that the NRA leadership is more hard-line than NRA members.


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Good Things Come in Threes
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James Howlett?.... whatever LOGAN!!!
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Hey guys here is my contribution to my friend Jamar's BBWW Fat Wonder Woman blog
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Monday, October 15, 2007
late night capcom session inspired by Les, cheeks, Philly, and all the sony guys who posted those badass akuma sketches.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
EPISODE IV, Pa
I just got back from a short but enjoyable visit to New Hope, Pa. My waiter at the restaurant we ate at tonight looked just like chunk from the goonies... and it was a chic, so dinner was filled to the brim with hilarious. (thanx Joe you are one funny down syndrome having motherfucker)
and yes yes I got some sketching done too
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My question concerns the ability to know the time that the redness of the sunset is no longer visible in the horizon. Is there a certain degree at which the redness/yellowness/whiteness disappears? I'm aware that the whiteness disappears at 18 degrees but i'm more interested in the redness.
To the best of my knowledge/understanding, there is no well defined angle at which these colors/light will disappear. In general the last light from the horizon would be red since it has to go through so much atmosphere and it would just fade to black. I don't think that there would be a specific angle, since that would depend on the amount of dust and particles in the air you're looking through which changes from place to place. So, for lack of a mathematical answer, I'd probably just measure it. I'd probably just wait till the sky was clear and then take digital pictures from Sunset on every minute. Then I'd measure how many pictures/minutes it took for the horizon to change from what I'd call "yellow" to "red" (this is probably the loss of more and more blue scattered light), then how many pictures it took for the red to fade out and be "gone"/black. Then you just have to convert your minute/picture counts to degrees. Each minute/picture is worth 0.25 degrees. So if one of those transitions was 32 pictures after sunset then it's 32×0.25=8 degrees. You said 18 degrees from the Sun the white faded. That's 18/0.25=72 minutes (1 hour and 12 minutes). So you're looking at 72 pictures at most.
I hope this helps. Sorry I couldn't give you an equation or a hard answer. But this is so complex and interesting a problem that it'd be easier to measure it.
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August 11, 2006
It's always Bushitler's fault
A colleague just e-mailed me about the reaction of the Far-left wing of the Democratic Party to the just-revealed plot to down numerous airliners using liquid-based explosives.
Bottom line: Blame Bush -- and his crony, Joe Lieberbush.
Bush just invoked a Code Red terrorist emergency, our first ever.
And isn't it queer that the emergency is declared within a day of Republican party leader Ken Mehlman launching an all-out offensive against Democrats following Joe Lieberman's loss in Connecticut, an offensive in which Mehlman, the White House and Republican operatives are claiming that Democrats no longer care about national security or the war on terror.
And just at that moment we get our FIRST ever red alert. Beam me up, Scotty.
Do I sound as if I don't believe this alert? Why, yes, that would be correct. I just don't believe it.
Bottom line: Joe Lieberbush lost. The message is spreading across the land that incumbents who embrace the president are in serious trouble. And the Republicans needed to divert attention, to stop this meme in its tracks, and lo' and behold we have our first terror alert that I can recall since the last election, and it's our first ever Red Alert! What a coincidence!
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, the voice of America's ultra-liberal left.
Or, as I prefer to think of them, Moonbats on Parade.
Posted by Mike Lief at August 11, 2006 10:14 AM
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George W. Bush is indeed hated and despised. Bush may not be "self-aware" relative to his narcissistic personality disorder. A lot of mentally ill people are oblivious and/or in denial of their mental illness. But Bush is probably aware that he has psychological problems. Bush may quibble over semantics or interpretations or opinions about whether it would be appropriate or fair to say that he has psychological problems of "clinical significance."
George W. Bush is gravely mentally ill and needs help.
It is on the Internet: people are "counting the days til Bush leaves office."
The American people can hardly wait til Bush leaves office. The presidency of Bush has been a nightmare for the American people and for the world. The narcissistic personality disorder of Bush has certainly contributed to what is almost his inability to do anything right.
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B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993
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Taweez Coded Dua for Quick Marriage
This Coded dua for quick marriage is very effective for male and female.
If a single male or female is looking to get married my Naseeha is they should first make and focus on a real niyyah for marriage it sounds strange but many people dont focus when making niyyah and focus on it or any other need-(hajaat) to be fulfilled and then read Surah Yasin at Fajr for 70 Needs are fulfilled a day when Surah Ya-sin is read at Fajr and worldly needs are meet. Understand Marriage is Half your Deen and the biggest worldly need is Marriage.
Give Sadaqah for marriage
Just like making Dua for someone else to get married and hoping the rewards are answered from the angels that are making reciprocally Duas for you, this is finanically helping others by giving Sadaqah and making the Niyyah for marriage which is very important when putting the sadaqah into jar or box. Make sure this is done every day even if its only a penny as Sadaqah again focus and makes niyyah for spouse to enter into yours lives


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Dirk "Mont" Campbell: Music from a Walled Garden
Music from a Walled GardenCampbell's long overdue follow-up to Round Toweris a logical successor, demonstrating not just growth, but clear assurance that Campbell's voice, which helped shape the Canterbury sound of Hatfield and the North and National Health, remains intact and unmistakable.
That's not to say the references are direct. Walled Garden's largely acoustic landscape is distanced from Egg's higher volume, electrified music, despite its similar penchant for irregular meters and episodic composition. Campbell does expand sonically on Round Tower, however, playing more than 50 instruments from around the world and including, this time, a broader array of percussion instruments. Still ethnic in nature, Walled Garden remains a far more ambitious effort; redolent, perhaps, of Campbell's inherent classicism, albeit more deeply subsumed.
Walled Tower is also a sonically denser project that, in contrast to Round Tower's miniaturesonly four of its predecessor's twenty tracks exceeded three minutesis composed of fewer, mostly longer compositions. Like Round Tower, Walled Garden's twelve primary tracks hang together like the 55-minute suite it is, and in contrast to Micus' lighter spirituality, Campbell darker proclivities are asserted from the get-go on the opening, episodic "Afraslab," ranging from drone-driven duduks to dense, dissonant voicings and softer flutes.
It may have only taken Campbell four months to record Walled Garden, as opposed to Round Tower's three years, but it's a far more complex work that, harmonically and structurally, relates more closely to the Campbell of Egg, despite its more inherently organic context. Even the shorter tracks reference greater classicism, with "The Almanac of Azarquiel" a mixture of meters, dynamics, and textures, as Campbell blends flutes, whistles, percussion, clarinet, violin samples, bass duduk, ukulele, kora, zurna, and nyatiti to traverse a broad landscape recalling, on a deeper level, earlier work like the wind quartets on Egg's The Civil Surface (Esoteric, 1974).
While his voice was, perhaps, a little harder to detect on Round Tower, Music from a Walled Garden clearly reflects Campbell's unmistakable vernacular, making it a far more compelling listen. Here's hoping Campbell won't make his fans wait another 12 years for the next installment.
Track Listing
Afraslab; Armadillo Mythology; Glass Butterflies; The Edge of Sleep; Zeno's Phantom Island; The Salmon of Wisdom; Provlepsi; The Almanac of Azarquiel; Calakmul; Oecinial Reckoning; Pibroch for the Midwinter Sun; Sunrise over Firle Beacon; The Star Trek Theme (bonus track).
Dirk Campbell: fujara, filimbi, bansuri, duduk, bass duduk, Irish whistles, Irish flute, Greek floyera, clarinet, cello, ukulele, percussion, kora, nyatiti, uillean pipes C chanter, kaval, assorted kitchen percussion, string effects, gaida effects, cello harmonics, tongue drum, large bamboo chimes, percussion effects, zampogna, treble recorder, violin, launeddas, dudy, oud, laouto, viola, Bb kaval, Iranian ney, memesht, shenai, rabab, mezouerd, Highland pipe chanter, sorna, zurna, violin samples, Chau gong, Caral flute, singing bowl, suling, bugle, kudu horn, cow horns, coach horns, dungchens, zither, low whistle, gaida, fujara; Blackadder Brass: cornu samples (1, 8, 10-12); Julia Bishop: violin (6); Barbara Gaskin: voices (7); Jonathan Chappell: orchestra samples (8); Gill Emerson: cello samples (8, 10, 11); Origins: ambient metal hits (9).
Album information
Title: Music from a Walled Garden | Year Released: 2010 | Record Label: Self Produced


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By Conor McGrath
Last month, Canada's Liberal Party swept to electoral victory, ending Stephan Harper's 9 year-long Premiership. The Liberal's victory garnered the party an impressive 184 seats, enough to form a Parliamentary majority with Justin Trudeau at the helm. However, a majority of Canadians did not vote for Trudeau's Liberal party. Because Canada uses first-past-the-post voting (FPTP) to elect its MPs, the Liberals were able to win 54% of seats in Parliament with just 39% of the vote. In FPTP voting, the candidate who receives the most votes wins the election, regardless of how small that margin of victory is. If many candidates take part in an election, one only needs to win a small share of the vote to be declared the winner. Because three or more parties compete against each other in most Canadian elections, MPs are frequently elected with less than 50% of the vote, with some margins of victory as low as 28%. As a result, FPTP is considered by many to be a highly unrepresentative system of voting that stifles small party voices, especially in countries like Canada that have a strong multiparty political tradition.
To illustrate just how unrepresentative FPTP voting is, one can compute an election's "misrepresentation error" by finding the difference between the proportion of seats a party won to the share of the popular vote it received. Because the Liberals won 54% of the seats with 39% of the popular vote, the party's victory had a misrepresentation error of 15 percentage points. Add up the errors for the entire 2015 election and the discrepancy grows to 28.2 points.
FPTP voting is not unique to Canada. The United Kingdom and the United States use it as do dozens of other countries. In fact, the degree of misrepresentation in the most recent UK election was even more skewed at 47 percentage points. To visualize how much of a discrepancy that is, consider that in 2015 the Scottish National Party won 59 seats in Parliament with less than 5% of the popular vote while UKIP garnered 15% of the total vote but only managed to pick up one seat. Misrepresentation also occurs in the United States. In the 2012 elections for House of Representatives, the Republican Party was awarded 54% of seats despite only winning 47% of the vote nationwide.
Fortunately, there are other voting systems that are more representative. One is the "alternative vote" (AV) where voters rank a set number of candidates by numerical preference. If no candidate receives more than 50% of first preference choices, then the lowest scoring candidate is eliminated and the votes are tallied again accounting for second choices. This process repeats until one candidate reaches the 50% threshold. Under AV, majority support for a candidate is always guaranteed. Smaller parties also benefit because voters can choose the candidates they most agree with first while still indicating they support a more mainstream party as a "safe" option.
Others suggest adopting the more majoritarian-friendly two-round system. If no candidate wins more than 50% of the vote in the first round, then another election is held some weeks later between the two candidates who receive the most votes. In Canada, this would prevent the left-leaning Liberals and New Democrats from stealing votes from each other. Like AV, a candidate will always receive a majority of the votes, guaranteeing a stronger mandate. Two-round voting is also more soundly established in North America than other systems of voting. The US states of Louisiana and California employ a variation of two-round voting as do dozens of municipalities.
Recognizing that FPTP is unrepresentative and outdated for the 21st century, momentum is growing in Canada, and the United Kingdom to move towards a fairer election system. Perhaps more people should be having that debate in the United States as well too.
Conor McGrath is a senior studying International Affairs with a concentration in Comparative Politics. He spent a semester abroad at Sciences Po, Paris where he studied European politics and the EU integration process. After graduating, he plans to pursue a Masters degree in Public Administration.


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My grandpa henry passed away somewhat suddenly last Wednesday, March 26th.
Let me tell you how much I saw God's hand in my life last week.
Last sunday, march 23-24th, I was having a discussion with a good friend about loss, death, family, eternal life and the things that really matter. Looking back, I feel like that talk with him prepared me for Wednesday. Tuesday night, my friend Carrie posted on our ward's facebook page if it was fast/testimony sunday (yesterday) and I thought, "yeh I am not going to go up for testimony since I just did a few weeks ago). This will come into play later. My mom happened to have vacation from work last week and we had planned for her to come visit me two weeks prior for the 26th. On wednesday, my mom and I went to Rubio's for lunch, one of our favorite places to eat. As we were waiting for dialride to pick us up to go there, my cousin steph called but I don't like talking on the phone when I am with other people, so I texted her and told her i'd call her back later that I was with my mom. Well, about 10 minutes later, my phone is vibrating and it's my dad calling, but I didn't answer because I was literally going down the lift on the dialaride bus and it was too loud for me to answer. My mom and I order food and get settled at a table and start eating when my dad calls again. I had to pick up. I knew something was going on to have him and my cousin be calling me at the same time. I answer, say, "hi dad." and my dad replies, "hi brittany. um, grandpa henry passed away this morning. yeh, my dad passed away." what felt like a minute, was probably just a couple seconds that it took to register in my brain that grandpa was dead. I immediately start crying, which quickly turned into sobbing. my mom is crying too and got up to stand and hug me to the side and picked up the phone because I couldn't even talk to my dad.
I cried and couldn't believe this happened (the shock factor.) Different thoughts crossed my mind including, "everyone in rubio's is probably wondering what happened to that girl." Then I didn't care, my grandpa just died. After I settled down a bit, in crying I asked my dad what happened. how did it happen? He said, "i don't know. all i know is that natalie (his girlfriend) found him and that we got to get his body to the mortuary right now."
After I got off the phone with my dad, I cried off and on more and just gushed out to my mom how thankful I was that she was with me that day. It's rare that my mom visits me during the week and just the fact that she was there with me was such a blessing. Later after we got home, I had a group of friends show up as we had a meeting planned for 4pm. I completely spaced it after talking with my dad. My elder missionaries and my friend J gave me a blessing which was so comforting and my girls (aka my teachers) gave me hugs and just let me know they were there for me. My friend stayed and talked with me for an hour and I cried more. Then, later that evening my friend Des stopped by unexpectedly and we talked and cried together for a little over an hour. It was such a Spirit filled conversation I just felt so strongly God's love for me that day.
Personally, I've had many condolences offered and prayers offered on behalf of me and my family. we truly appreciate it so much. I've had many texts and phone calls and facebook comments and messages left offering words of comfort as well as just communicating with family near and far. It was honestly overwhelming those first few days, not to say that I am not grateful. it's just that my grandpa was a popular, friendly, funny guy. I am so blessed to have so many who love me. Also, i think it was thursday evening that my friend carrie stopped by with flowers for me and was good to chat with her about other things too and then my friend rachel came by saturday and again, was so therapuetic to talk about my grandpa and just his life and the last two days of memories I have with him which I'll share in another post.
So about testimony/fast sunday? Yeh, after wednesday, that night, i just knew that I had to go up and share my testimony, the things I know and believe. I did and I went up for my grandpa. To share a bit about him and even though this is a time of saddness because we miss him, there is hope in Christ and the atonement.
In Mosiah 16:7-9,
"And if Christ had not risen from the dead, or have broken the bands of death that the grave should have no victory, and that death should have no sting, there could have been no resurrection.
But there is a resurrection , therefore the grave hath no victory, and the sting of death is swallowed up in Christ.
He is the light and the life of the world; yea, a light that is endless, that can never be darkened; yea, and also a life which is endless, that there can be no more death. "
It comforts me to no end that death does NOT claim victory over us. Because of Christ and his sacrifice and resurrection, He overcame death and it's such a blessing to know that death will not conquer us either and that we can have eternal life and live in a perfect paradise with our creator, God. I know I'll see my grandpa again, someday.
It's monday now, and it still hasn't quite hit me that my life is completely changed with my grandpa gone. This is my new reality: that I must keep going forward and living my life wholeheartedly and passionately as he did. I do know that I've just gone through and am going through a major life defining moment. I know everything will be good because of my Heavenly Father and the promises he has made. My faith and trust lies in Him and my grandpa would want each of his family members and friends to not be sad so much, but rejoice and honor his life and that's what we will be doing later this week. Forever yours grandpa.


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Are you a brussels sprouts lover or hater?
My love for brussels sprouts has been a work in progress. In fact, if you had told me 5 years ago that brussels sprouts would become one of my favorite vegetables I would have laughed in your face. I would have laughed even harder if you told me that I would become a farmer and stop at nothing (even freezing temperatures) to spend my afternoons picking this crazy vegetable.
This photo was taken over two years ago after an early snowfall at Hutchins Farm. It was on this day that I fell head over heals in love with brussels sprouts. It was also the same day that I got frostbite on my fingers. But that's not the point here!
My first experience eating brussels sprouts was in a school cafeteria. Needles to say it did not go over well. Lukewarm mushy sprouts is never a good thing. Years went by and I never thought I would eat them again. However, on this particular afternoon I decided to give them a second chance. After all, mine and Taylor's body temperatures had dramatically dropped while picking the sprouts and we needed something warm to eat once the day was over.
As always, Henry agreed.
Taylor and I wobbled home from the farm that day with a bucket of fresh brussels, a mild case of hypothermia, and definitely a little frost bite. We walked through our front door and immediately cranked up the oven. After quickly scrubbing and chopping our sprouts we mixed them with some garlic, salt, pepper, and olive oil. We popped everything into the oven and that's when the magic happened. The sprouts got a little crispy, the garlic was fragrant, and with just a dash of salt and pepper we felt like we were eating a 5 star meal. This has been our go to side dish ever since. It's better than popcorn and it heals frostbite!
However, as the years go by I have started to play around with my sprouts. The recipe below for roasted grapes and brussels sprouts is definitely a keeper. I am a huge fan of sweet and savory flavors and this salad nails that combination!
Balsamic roasted grapes and brussels sprouts quinoa salad (serves 2)
I pretty much eyeballed this recipe and I encourage you to do the same. Taste test as you go!
1 cup of cooked quinoa
1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
1 lb of brussels sprouts, sliced in half
1 cup of red seedless grapes
a small handful of walnuts
For the Dressing:
1 shallot, minced
2 tsp grain mustard (roughly)
2 TBS of balsamic vinegar (roughly)
1/4 cup of extra virgin olive oil (roughly)
salt and pepper to taste
Preheat the oven to 400. In a bowl toss the grapes and brussels with 1 TBS of olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for about 25 minutes (or until the sprouts are tender)
Cook quinoa according to package directions.
In a bowl mix the shallot, vinegar, mustard, olive oil, salt and pepper together. Set aside.
In a toaster oven or in a skillet toast the walnuts for a couple of minutes.
Once sprouts and grapes are done roasting mix them with the quinoa, walnuts and a drizzle of the dressing. Enjoy!
You can also find my recipe for this dish on Taste and Tell.


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The European AOG Loan Borrow Forum (EALBF) is an open community of airline members sharing and discussing ways to improve AOG's & loan and borrow processes to maximize operational reliability with cost effective solutions. As a non-profit organization, the EALBF focuses on establishing contacts between members through regular Forum meetings. The Forum is a proven process that facilitates the discussion of common loan & borrows management practices by sharing day to day concerns in coping with operational and administrative problems.
The structure of the EALBF is a proven process that will assist in resolving differences in interpretation of common and shared processes while effectively supporting aircraft reliability and cost reduction.
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Each set of three images is a single snowflake viewed from three angles by the Multi-Angle Snowflake Camera developed at the University of Utah and spinoff company Fallgatter Technologies.
Credit: Tim Garrett, University of Utah.
The system consists of three high speed cameras, separated by 36◦ but all aimed at the same spot. If a snowflake falls through the sweet spot at the focal point, the cameras are triggered by near-infrared motion sensors. Those same detectors measure the falling speed of the snowflake as it passes by. It took two months of continuous operation and a shutter speed of 1/25,000th of a second to obtain images like the one above.
Besides providing fascinating images, the MASC gives new insight into storm formation and duration, which depend in large part on the types of hydrometeors they contain. Snowflakes can also scatter electromagnetic waves to a greater or lesser extent depending on their shape, making this sort of data important for a variety of commercial uses.
By the way, you can buy your own MASC, if you're so inclined, from Fallgatter Technologies.


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UNESCO will be hosting the 8th meeting of the UN Inter-Agency Support Group for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (IASG) at its Headquarters in Paris from 25 to 26 November 2013. IASG, which has two chairs - the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN OHCHR) - and one yearly co-rotating chair, has also previously been ensured by UNICEF, ILO, the World Bank and other Agencies.
IASG, composed of all UN Agencies, was created to facilitate and coordinate the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and covers a diverse range of activities and initiatives related to disability issues. The IASG meeting is, therefore, intended to sustain a dialogue between different UN bodies working in this area in order to ensure a coordinated and comprehensive strategy to protect the rights of persons with disabilities.
Among the items to be discussed in Paris will be a debate on the implementation of the Outcome Document of the High Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Realization of the Millennium Development Goals for Persons with Disabilities, which took place during the UN General Assembly meeting on 23 September 2013. The IASG meeting will thus be instrumental to carving out the vital role that disability-inclusive development will play in the post-2015 development agenda.
The first day of debates will consist of a closed internal meeting only to enable technical discussion between UN Agencies. The second day will be an open discussion that will involve non-governmental organizations and disabled people organizations working on issues related to disability. The second day will also include a thematic workshop in the areas of inclusive education; access to information and knowledge; ICT accessibility and disaster preparedness and response; as well as social inclusion and internal disability policies and practices.
UNESCO promotes the rights of persons with disabilities to access information and knowledge using ICTs as their inclusion stands at the heart of UNESCO's work. The brochure, New Avenues for Empowerment: Access to Information and Knowledge for Persons with Disabilities, provides more information about UNESCO's work in this area.


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Thomas William Hiddleston was born in Westminster, London, to English-born Diana Patricia (Servaes) and Scottish-born James Norman Hiddleston. His mother is a former stage manager, and his father, a scientist, was the managing director of a pharmaceutical company. He started off at the preparatory school, The Dragon School in Oxford, and by the ...
Born: February 9, 1981
Star sign: Aquarius
Height: 6' 2" (1.88 m)
Known for: The Avengers (2012), Thor (2011), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Isgyvena tik mylintys (2013)


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By Alan Duffy
Chelsea 2-1 Everton – Premier League – 19th May 2013
Rafa Benitez's eventful reign as Chelsea's 'interim' boss finished at Stamford Bridge with a win which saw the Blues secure automatic qualification for next season's Champions League.
Juan Mata opened the scoring early on, only for Steven Naismaith the level the scores soon after. However, after the break Fernando Torres netted the winner to give the home side a deserved win.
As well as being Rafa's last game, this fixture also saw David Moyes end his Everton days, with Old Trafford awaiting the Scottish tactician. I wonder where Rafa will turn up next?
Photos: PA