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Last week, writer Cheryl Strayed stopped by Los Angeles' Zocalo Public Square to talk about her book, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail. The tale she tells is unusual in a couple of ways: it's about an experience she had nearly two decades ago – a far cry from the live-blogging world of today's adventurous exploits – and she was quite possibly the least prepared person imaginable to hike 1100 miles through some of North America's most diverse and torturous terrain.
Strayed was 26 years old, her personal life in a dark downward spiral; one day, she needed a shovel, and decided to stop by REI, a slightly unusual but ultimately fateful shopping choice. In the checkout line, she saw a map of the Pacific Crest Trail – a path that stretches from the Mojave Desert to northern Washington – "and something called to me…a few months later I was on the Pacific Crest Trail." Never mind that she had never been backpacking before. "This book is certainly not a guidebook," Strayed noted wryly.
The story has all of the hallmarks of a well-worn genre of wilderness memoir – broken, confused protagonist seeks grand revelations through a challenging physical experience. In her own words, Strayed dropped everything and bought a one-way ticket to Southern California "in order to save myself." The premise is an echo of Walden, or *Into the Wild *(though, spoiler alert: she survives), a projection of personal struggles onto the grand American wilderness. And it begs the question, Why? Why do we go into the wilderness for therapy?
As British explorer Benedict Allen notes, the wilderness offers a stark, primitive test that demands to see what you're made of. To gauge the outer bounds of your capabilities, your tolerance for hardship and pain, nothing beats a self-sufficient wilderness experience. "Each day on the trail was the only possible preparation for the day that followed," Strayed writes, and it's clear that she was way outside of her comfort zone. From this limit-probing, the thinking goes, we bring strength, confidence, and a renewed sense of priorities back into the "real world."
The wilderness is the most popular backdrop for this type of soul-searching transformation, but I would argue that such journeys are not wilderness-specific. Physical and emotional challenges seem conflated in the "into the wild" model. In fact, for regular climbers, hikers, and backpackers, perhaps the real way to see what you're made of is to trade the carabiners for cufflinks and work a 9 to 5 job. In energetic terms, it's the displacement from our personal equilibrium that generates the most potential energy for transformation, and there's no reason this must follow a nature-based template.
If you're looking to heal rather than merely probe the outer limits of your disposition, time in the wilderness offers some advantages. The freeing aspect of asceticism forces you to jettison the trappings of the comfortable life. You return to something more essential, and the absence of distractions creates space for reflection, for wandering thoughts and indirect conclusions of what really matters in your life.
Of course, spending time in nature doesn't need to be the ultimate Rorschach test, and Strayed was conscious of not over-selling the life-changing aspect of her experience. "I did feel transformed by the journey, but the transformation was discreet," said Strayed, "and I still am the same person." This perspective is refreshing from the wilderness genre; the profound-ization of nature-based experiences is an easy and tempting trap to fall into. Almost every climbing, surfing, and skiing video makes these activities seem like the most profound thing since the Big Bang, privileged peek into a new corner of the universe. It's ok if it's merely fun.
Whether it's a cross-country backpacking trip, a new relationship, or a difficult job, growth is really about challenging ourselves in new ways. Strayed's transformation was particularly literal, but it doesn't have to be that way. The wilderness is an appealing, effective avenue for personal growth, but it's not the only one.


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The Ancient Hula Hoop Buildings of China
Jerome Melan
That's what Environmental Graffiti calls them. They are more accurately known as Fujian Tulou, and were built starting in the 12th century as the ultimate gated community.
Those exterior walls are rammed earth, mixed with sticky rice as a binder and bamboo poles as reinforcement. Remarkably, the walls are designed to lean in toward the center, acting like a horizontal arch to give it extra strength.
According to Wikipedia, the design "followed the Chinese dwelling tradition of "closed outside, open inside" concept: an enclosure wall with living quarters around the peripheral and a common courtyard at the center."
The residential units were like townhouses rather than apartments, each with its own stairs. They were also a form of co-housing: "it [has the] unique characteristic as model of community housing for equal. All rooms were built the same size with same grade of material, same exterior decoration, same style of windows, doors, and there was no "penthouse" for "higher echelon", small family owned a vertical set from ground floor to "penthouse" floor, larger family own two or three vertical sets."
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They were built to last as well; in 1934 a group of peasants were still able to hold off an attack of modern cannon.
While it was probably a bit noisy in that central communal courtyard, there are some interesting lessons to be learned in how to build secure, dense and communal housing.
Sources: Environmental Graffiti, Wikipedia, Green Homebuilding and Sustainable Architecture
More on Co-housing in TreeHugger
Green Co-Housing Community Development In Nubanusit
Cohousing for Aging Boomers
More circular buildings in TreeHugger:
A Use For Every Building Dept: Martello Tower
More Rammed Earth in TreeHugger:
The Dirt on Rammed Earth
Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre: Rammed Earth Wonder

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So, even though short story writing isn't my forte, I recently wrote a short story again. And today I decided, why not share it? I'm focusing on my novels and on researching agents, and I've stopped submitting short stories to magazines and e-zines, so why not? I hope you enjoy the story.
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Short Story: The Laughing Coffin
I've noticed something: I'm not good at writing short stories. I struggle with them much more than I do with novellas and novels. When I reread them, something always seems to be missing. But The Laughing Coffin, that's a short story I wrote that I actually like. Sure, it's not my best work, and it got rejected by Fantasy magazines I submitted to a bunch of times, but it's entertaining at the very least. It was my first real attempt at a humorous short story too! That's why I've decided to share it on this blog.
Writing Update #4
It's been a while since I've been writing steadily, and even though I am right now, it's not on a story. I'm busy writing my Bachelor thesis; I can't divulge my topic yet at this time. Let's see if I get a high grade and I actually graduate this semester. I'll dole out a little hint: it has to do with manga, anime and Fantasy.
Hell in a Handcart – Chapter six
Chapter six: Like a boss
In the end, Ivan Beastly was forced by their college to pay the interns what he owed them. He was also immediately put on the college's internship black list.
"Serves him right," Left-Angel said as he twirled on her shoulder. Continue reading
Hell in a Handcart – Chapter five
Chapter five: A still tongue keeps a wise head
Soon they'd started a new project: making short videos about some of the institutions. The interns would go to a university, take pictures, shoot some film and interview some students, to get a quick look at the atmosphere.
This was something Mae had truly looked forward to. But even this didn't go off without a hitch. The girls would be provided with cameras by the company, but Beastly suddenly decided otherwise. This meant that the interns had to ask their college for cameras; they had to borrow them at the last minute.
Their travel expenses also weren't being covered completely, despite Beastly saying he would. It would take him a very long time to go through their receipts and even then, the numbers didn't always match up. Mae was truly ready to explode, as was that burning pit in her stomach!
"Can't say I blame her," Left-Angel murmured. Continue reading
Hell in a Handcart – Chapter four
Chapter four: Don't trust someone further than you can throw them
The other girls also had their complaints and the interns found solace in their friendship. They often aired their complaints to each other and swore that they weren't going to let him use them like that.
But the other interns' supervisors didn't get notified until after Beastly refused to pay their salary for the month. He tried to make it sound like his "man" was out of the country on vacation, and he would get in touch with him as soon as he came back.
"Yeah, sure," Right-Devil said.
"Can't believe he thought they would take him on his word, after all he's done," Left-Angel added.
Well, he wasn't the sharpest tool in the box, that is true. And of course, the girls didn't believe him for a second. They all emailed their supervisors that very same day.
After a bit of pressure from the supervisors, the money was in their accounts a few days later. Funny how he suddenly was able reach his man on vacation, right? Continue reading
Hell in a Handcart – Chapter three
Chapter three: Bad workers always blame their tools
The time came for their first progress meeting, where they would individually discuss the internship with Ivan Beastly and he would give them feedback. At this point, Mae was getting quite frustrated with his behaviour towards the interns. Sanne, Monique and Elyse had already had theirs and Mae was the last to go in.
"It's never fun to go last," Left-Angel said.
No it isn't. But Mae steeled herself and thought to give him a piece of her mind, professionally. But boy, she had no idea that would have been so hard. Continue reading


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Promoting British Values
As a Catholic School we actively promote values, virtues and ethics that shape our pupils character and moral perspective, through the teachings of the Church. We are confident that our continued focus on the Gospel Values will give our pupils the necessary awareness of what it means to be a good citizen in Britain today, and embed in them the building blocks of a future successful and productive life.
At Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School we believe in celebrating the increasingly diverse cultural backgrounds of our community whilst also promoting and holding true to what we recognise to be British Values. Democracy, rule of law, individual liberty, mutual respect and tolerance of those of different faiths are taught explicitly through assemblies, PSHE, Citizenship and RE curriculum. It also permeates all aspects of the curriculum.
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An agreement between Cameroon and its western neighbor, Nigeria, is serving as a model for the peaceful resolution of border disputes.
The Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission was created a decade ago to map out the boundary between the two countries. It consists of representatives from Nigeria, Cameroon and the United Nations. The commission says it will soon be out of business.
Prince Bola Ajibola, head of the Nigerian delegation, says the commission has accomplished almost everything it was assigned to do.
"We?ve done it. So we can beat our chest and say, 'Mission accomplished!' We should by 2012 finish all this assignment," he says.
The land and maritime boundary demarcation began in 2008. So far, hundreds of pillars have been implanted, with the consent of both sides. In all, some 3000 pillars will mark the borders.
The border mapping is the final phase of a UN-backed process to end decades of antagonism between the neighbors over ownership of several territories straddling their common border. In the 1980s and 90s, the quarrels, especially over the oil-rich Bakassi peninsula, often spiraled into armed skirmishes. In 1993, Nigeria invaded and occupied the peninsula.
A year later, Cameroon sought arbitration from the International Court of Justice. In 2002, the court ruled in favor of Cameroon, giving it sovereignty over Bakassi. Elsewhere, several villages along the border were to be shared by the two countries.
At first, Nigeria rejected the verdict. The UN intervened, urging the countries to abide by the judgment. That led to the creation of the Cameroon-Nigeria Mixed Commission.
It was to oversee the boundary re-demarcation process, the demilitarization of occupied territories, the protection of the rights of affected populations and promotion of joint economic ventures and cross-border cooperation. In 2008, Nigeria pulled out of Bakassi.
Looking back, the commission members say the process is an eloquent example of precautionary diplomacy and the peaceful settlement of border disputes. Commission Chairman Said Djinnit is the UN Secretary General's special representative for West Africa.
"Beyond the physical demarcation of the border," he says, "we need to start the implementation of projects that bring people together along the common boundary." He says the border "should not create a gap between the two countries, but rather a bridge."
Cross-border cooperation deals underway include oil, gas and palm oil production. The African Development Bank is funding the construction of a multinational highway link between both countries to boost trade exchanges. Elsewhere, military forces of the two countries are holding joint training and considering joint patrols in the Gulf of Guinea to combat piracy.
The commission?s latest session was held in the Cameroonian capital, Yaounde, in early March. Officials saluted the growing ambition, especially by Nigerian investors, to set up businesses in Cameroon. They agreed to continue soliciting funds for the cross-border projects and begin them as soon as possible. Sensitization campaigns have also been scheduled to explain the benefits of the venture to the remaining skeptics among the populations lining the common border.
Meanwhile, Nigerians who have opted to stay on in Bakassi still complain their rights are not fully protected. Traders crossing the border also allege harassment and extortion by security officials in both countries. And Cameroonians continue to blame Nigeria for doing little to root out Niger Delta militant groups and pirates who raid Bakassi other localities, seizing hostages for ransom.
Commission members say they will address these lingering concerns and other issues when they meet again in Abuja, Nigeria, in June.


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After dinner this evening...
"Joshua go upstairs now for bath time. Hurry up." I said this because he was laying on the stairs whining about not wanting to go up. "I'm going to count to five backwards and you better be at the top of the stairs: fiiiive, foooour, threeeeee, twoooooo, oooooone, now getyourbuttinthebath!" He made it to the top by one but he wasn't happy with me rushing him.
"Mommy, you don't count backwards from five," in a pouty tone.
"Fine, I'll count forwards then."
"No, you don't count forwards either," same pouty tone
"Then how should I count?"
"You don't- you should count sideways." And as if on cue, Rusty chimed in,
"Three, three, three, three, three."
This confused Joshua but highly amused me. :-)
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my blog. I have missed you greatly and promise to blog more! I just haven't had anything of relevance to talk about because Harry Potter is over. But that has quickly changed!!! Thanks to my dear friend Jonothon, I am constantly bombarded with amazing videos and music and I had to share this one because it is just SO SO cool.
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Ms Rice told journalists in the US that everyone recognised that some things in the UN needed to be fixed.
She said John Bolton, a long-time critic of the UN and nominated as the next US ambassador to the body, would help update, reform and strengthen it.
Her comments come as the UN is embroiled in a scandal over corruption in its oil-for-food programme for Iraq.
It has also been dogged by accusations of sexual abuse committed by UN peacekeepers in Africa.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has accepted that change is urgently needed, and has proposed a series of sweeping reforms.
'Not so great'
Speaking to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in Washington, Ms Rice said: "As important an institution as it is, one has to say that there are some things that are not so great about the United Nations right now.
"Everybody recognises that, and we've got to fix it.
"It is no secret to anyone that the United Nations cannot survive as a vital force in international politics if it does not reform."
Ms Rice said Mr Bolton, who has pledged to work to improve UN accountability and has complained of overlapping programmes and mandates, was needed to help update and reform the organisation.
Mr Bolton has said that the UN needs US leadership to get it back on track, and that it should focus more on human rights violations and international terrorism.
Ms Rice's remarks were one of the sharpest attacks to date on the UN by a senior member of the Bush administration, says the BBC's Michael Voss in New York.
Relations between Washington and Mr Annan have been strained since the UN Security Council failed to back the US-led war in Iraq, and more recently over revelations about corruption in the oil-for-food programme.
The $60bn (£32bn) programme allowed Saddam Hussein's Iraq to sell oil in order to buy civilian goods and ease the impact of UN sanctions imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
US Senate investigators have alleged that the Iraqi regime received some $4bn (£2.13bn) in illegal payments from oil companies involved in the programme.
Another $14bn (£7.5bn) allegedly came from "sanctions-busting" - the illegal sale of oil to neighbouring states such as Jordan and Turkey.
Tensions were further heightened on Friday after the secretary-general suggested that the US and Britain may have closed their eyes to the oil smuggling.
Washington and London both deny any impropriety.


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The BIA Senior Apps Developer Analyst designs and builds databases to support applications and build foundation designs for implementation of future business rule changes. He/She harvests and analyzes data from various sources to evaluate content, consistency, usability, and reliability and to collect data for research and analysis. This position summarizes resource utilization and goal timelines to support BIA senior management decision-making on department resources and expectations. The BIA Senior Apps Developer Analyst will also investigate user application issues to provide resolutions and to ensure applications meet user expectations.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Manages SQL programming to generate usable and meaningful data and data flow to ensure applications are readable and easily understood
- Manages front-end language development to provide clutter-free user interfaces for accessing information easily
- Creates scalable solutions based on business specifications, knowledge, and current data to support UPS departments and senior management decision-making
- Analyzes data for information and trends to establish dataset value, uncover data meanings, and identify trending for decision-making
- Acts as a data subject matter expert to ensure project teams understand data meaning and methods for extracting information
- Evaluates process methods and available resources to create automation, build routines and schedules, and to identify data tools
Knowledge and Skills
- Designs information organization, accessibility, and security to create databases based on user needs, using available database management software; devises procedures and schedules to maintain and update databases; installs and updates databases
- Creates disaster recovery plans for own environment and helps document procedures; plans and tests recovery procedures in a remote backup environment
- Demonstrates knowledge of the existence of foundation architecture standards; supports the need to adhere to standards; knows who to ask for information and guidance
- Synthesizes information and facts to draw supported conclusions and insights; demonstrates logic, rationality, and objectivity in drawing conclusions, defining solution options and decision making
- Applies in-depth knowledge of products, services, and internal systems; works cross functionally to understand and articulate internal business processes (e.g. system requirements, training) for internal systems; applies analytical skills and advances recommendations on alternative systems solutions with different cost / benefit equations and tradeoffs; coaches others in developing creative, workable solutions to complex system issues; coaches others in the development of logical business cases; evaluates impact of solution on service, cost, and quality
- Demonstrates a general understanding of ways to identify and measure the current needs of the customer or business; uses the business need to help define the project's requirements
- Participates in evaluation of emerging industry technologies. Understands technologies' impact on current IT architectures and infrastructures
- Guides the development of applications to ensure goals and objectives of projects are met; participates in the architecture definition process; translates requirements to designs for large and highly complex applications; identifies and designs non-functional requirements; designs and develops system interfaces and databases; applies multiple testing techniques to minimize defects and deliver quality code for large and highly complex applications software
- Demonstrates an understanding of basic project planning processes, including planning action items and resources
- Uses experience and appropriate tools to diagnose and manage complex problems; revises and communicates changes to procedures when necessary and provides input on changes to the tools available for diagnosis; provides recommendations for the resolution of complex technical problems; participates and manages walk throughs, tests, and the execution of processes and applications in order to identify inefficiencies and deficiencies; proposes solutions to improve processes and applications and to correct problems and improve efficiency; makes agreed upon changes and reviews changes contributed by others on the team; communicates resolution of problems to the appropriate audience in a timely fashion
- Bachelor's Degree (or internationally comparable degree) in Computer Science or Management Information Systems (MIS) - Preferred
- Experience with JavaScript, C# and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) - Preferred
- Experience with ExtJS (or other similar JavaScript frameworks) - Preferred
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Word for Word makes high court transcript into high drama
For a company accustomed to making theater out of literary short stories, Supreme Court transcripts might seem like an unlikely source of inspiration.
Equally unlikely, though, are the origins of Word for Word's "SCOTUS Theater Live," whose second staged reading will be held at San Francisco's Harvey Milk Center for the Arts on Saturday, March 25. The event is a co-presentation with Z Space, the Center for New Work and the Cultural Arts Department of the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department. The source material this time is the case of Peña-Rodrigues vs. Colorado, which considered whether a juror's racial bias might invalidate a verdict.
Last year, theater director Becca Wolff was at a party with her wife, Lisa Stern, who works for Planned Parenthood, and the conversation turned to Whole Woman's Health vs. Hellerstedt. That 2016 Supreme Court case, whose oral arguments had just taken place, eventually struck down a Texas state law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital, which the court found constituted a restriction on the delivery of abortion services.
"Lisa and a couple of her friends were talking about the arguments and kind of quoting the justices," Wolff remembers over the phone. "The female justices in particular were just on fire." All of a sudden, the notion of a reading came up; Wolff says everyone "just looked at me."
Wolff produced that reading in June 2016 with Word for Word, which brings works of literature to the stage without changing a word — i.e., keeping every "he said" or "she said" intact. Her cast included both union actors and a lawyer, former associate White House counsel Kathleen Hartnett.
She learned from that event that, mostly, Supreme Court justices vote based on written briefs that lawyers supply. "What they're doing in the arguments is talking to each other," she says, but their conversation is at a very high level, in a way that demands a public forum. In other words, it's inherently theatrical, performative — in a mode that lends itself at least to a reading, if not to a full production.
After that reading, Wolff says, "we just decided it was too interesting not to do again." She contacted all the audience members, many of them lawyers, who came to the first event and invited them to vote on which case to next perform as a reading. The winner was Peña-Rodrigues vs. Colorado — Wolff thinks because it has such broad applicability.
In choosing which excerpts from the Peña hearing and decision to perform, Wolff says many cuts were easy. "Forty percent of the time, you're like, 'What in the actual hell are you talking about?' Not only are they talking about documents within documents and precedents within precedents; they also have these off-the-cuff parentheticals."
That's where what Wolff calls "law-maturgy" (a pun on "dramaturgy") comes into her rehearsal process. Just as the lawyers in her cast (Meredith Dearborn, Ali Loeb, Justin Lee and Laura Lee) help educate the professional actors about the Sixth and 14th Amendments, as well about the judicial principal of strict scrutiny, so do actors give the lawyers a lesson in making these "parentheticals" work in a theatrical context. "You have to find a way to let the audience know what they really need to listen to," Wolff says, "to set (the parentheticals) off somehow."
If these oral arguments have any concrete purpose, Wolff says, it's "getting Justice Kennedy on your side." Robert Parsons has played the court's notorious swing vote in both "SCOTUS Theater Live" readings. You can tell, he says over the phone, that in much of the oral arguments, "it seems like there's an attempt to sway Kennedy," which offers fertile ground for him as an actor: "It's fun to just sort of sit back and let all that come at you." His interpretation, he says, is that while Kennedy "plays it pretty close to the vest," keeping himself enigmatic, "my feeling is that he enjoys the hell out of it."
For Parsons, performing a reading of Peña in this political climate gets at broader questions: "How can you brand a whole culture" — as some jurors explicitly did — "without looking at yourself first?" That question is especially relevant, he adds, when our justice system is part of "why we consider ourselves the greatest country in the world."
Lily Janiak is The San Francisco Chronicle's theater critic. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @LilyJaniak
"SCOTUS Theater Live": Directed by Becca Wolff. 7 p.m. Saturday, March 25. Free; donations benefit Public Counsel and the ACLU. Harvey Milk Center for the Arts, 50 Scott St., S.F. www.zspace.org


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Engineering and Design
Our approach is the same for every project: work closely from assessment through delivery to prioritize and meet your needs. In all our services, from concept design to animation, our project development approach focuses on providing value at every stage.
We are an engineering firm that goes beyond a typical consulting role, becoming a partner to our clients by aligning our team with the goals, processes, and people at each organization.


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Levator recession with adjustable sutures in management of upper eyelid retraction
Omar Mohammed Ali, Abd El-Nasser A. Mohammed, Hazem Abdel EL-Motaal Hazem, Shymaa Kamel Ibrahim
Department of Ophthalmology, Assiut University, Egypt
Correspondence Address:Shymaa Kamel IbrahimDepartment of Opthlmolgy, 6th Floor, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut 71516 EgyptSource of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: NoneCheckDOI: 10.4103/JCMRP.JCMRP_27_17
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PurposeTo assess the efficacy of levator recession with adjustable sutures in treatment of upper eyelid retraction.Patients and MethodsPatients with upper eyelid retraction were included in this prospective, non-randomized, interventional case series study. All patients underwent correction of upper eyelid retraction with levator recession using adjustable sutures ,and were followed up every week for a month, then monthly for three months. In each visit, the margin reflex distance (MRD1) and palpebral fissure (PF) were measured.ResultsThe included patients of the present work were classified into 3 groups: Group A: lid retraction secondary to over correction of ptosis, group B: thyroid related lid retraction, and group C congenital lid retraction. Among the 17 patients that participated in the follow-up examination, mean age ± SD was 21.12 ± 13.73 years (range 7–52 years). Eight were males and nine were females. Mean ± SD (range) of central height of the palpebral fissure was 13.79 ± 1.37 mm (10–16 mm) preoperatively, and 11.04 mm (9–12 mm) at follow up. Mean ± SD (range) of MRD1 was 6.77 ± 0.86 mm (5–8 mm) preoperatively, and 4.78 mm (4.5–5 mm) at follow-up.ConclusionLevator recession with adjustable sutures is effective technique in treatment of upper eyelid retraction of all degrees with different causes. However,increase the number of cases with long term follow up are recommended.
Keywords: contour, eyelid surgery, keratopathy, lagophthalmos and symmetry


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Hungry? Bored?
A lot of people tend to overeat when they are bored, just sitting in front of the TV or watching Netflix… Don't you catch yourself ever grab a bag of chips and eat until it's all gone?
One of the eating disorders that is common, is stress eating. Especially now, during finals, I know a lot of people would "treat themselves", eat cookies while studying, order pizza to the library etc. Nothing wrong with treating yourself once in a while. Don't let it destroy your progress though. Yes, it's winter, some extra pounds won't hurt you but, summer is coming.
Interval training helps you avoid stress eating. This is proven by a research conducted at the University of Alabama. Mentally demanding work drains your brain's energy, which could make you hungry.
However, exercise can offset that effect. The study showed that people who did intervals after mental work ate 25 fewer calories than usual; those who did not exercise ate 100 calories more.
Don't let stress get to you. Just work it off.


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La Bri Syrah 2010
By Christian Eedes, 3 October 2013
Do awards stickers sell wine? Well, I noticed the Syrah 2010 from Franschhoek property bearing a Shiraz SA Wine Challenge decal selling for R98.99 a bottle at Liquor City Claremont and was consequently intrigued to try it. It's a blend of 96% Shiraz and 4% Viognier and the wine was matured in 94% French and 6% American oak for 24 months, 12% new.
Very ripe black fruit, floral perfume, dried herbs, some black pepper – it's unmistakably Shiraz. Rich and full, a touch sweet, relatively thick textured, moderate acidity. Some tannic grip kicks in right at the end and prevents it from being entirely facile. Flavourful but not very detailed.
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- Assist with rural village patients alongside a visiting Doctor or Dentist. Interact with families, children and health professionals.
- Construction
- Dental
- Medical
- Nursing
There will be several sight seeing experiences during your time in the beautiful Northern Philippines
Insurance - For Long Term and Short Term positions: Accident, Sickness & Personal Effects & Baggage (PEB) Insurance Protection for Volunteers. For international volunteers serving in NAD: Short-Term Travel Insurance.
This is a self funded call. Volunteer will need to bring $1700.00 USD to give to the organization. This will cover medical supplies, in country travel, visiting doctors & dentists, accommodations & food.
Passport must be valid 6 months past date of returning home.
Photo by Rainier Ridao on Unsplash
Be a part of both an active mission medical clinic as well as rural temporary clinics in medically deprived villages.
Pagudpud, Philippines
On site
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September 1, 2020-Sept 15, 2020
Age 18-70
VividFaith is getting ready for your participation. But while we're working on a streamlined application process, click here to apply for this assignment directly through Adventist Volunteer Services.


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Sweet Fabriquer Un Barbecue Brique Refractaire
If youve got a present day property plus strong scheme piece, then you dont desire a rustic, country-scheme kitchen. Its not rocket-science, its just common sense.
Think about the scheme of your flat plus come up plus one central scheme for your kitchen scheme. By doing this early on, youre more likely to get the flow right. Get technical. Theres so most that present day technology can do to help you construct a well-crafted kitchen scheme.


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Tarah is a Charleston creative with a passion for graphic design, prop styling and photography. These talents have led her work into publications like Martha Stewart Weddings, Charleston Weddings Magazine, Brides Magazine, The Everygirl, and Style Me Pretty. She is most likely seen on social media rearranging her ever-changing condo decor, brunching on the peninsula, or traveling with her fiance, Clint.
Praise for Tarah
See Tarah's bachelorette pad on The Everygirl
See Tarah's graphic design work on Martha Stewart Weddings


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Wild weather
Designed for KS3 (11-14 years) this unit of work looks at the impact of climate change, in particular flooding and drought, and how science can be used to mitigate against it.
Comprehensive teacher's notes, pupil worksheets and a range of support materials, including Powerpoints, technical briefs and videos, reduces preparation time to a minimum and results in a series of rich, engaging, enquiry -based lessons backed up by secondary sources of information.
The unit is divided into three pairs of lessons. Individual pupil worksheets and all support materials are available on the pages below.
Wild weather is one of four units which make up the Make the Link teaching package.
Other units are:
Water! Water! - KS2 ( 7-11 years)
The meal deal - KS3 ( 11-14years)
Food Preservation - KS4 ( 14-16 years)
For more details of units please go to the Make the Link homepage
This project is funded
by the European Union.


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Modern technology has made it incredibly difficult to completely sever all ties with your ex, notes Today expert Denise Ngo. It is easy to stumble upon a picture or an update of your ex via Facebook or Twitter, which can quickly fan old flames. It is equally easy to shoot your ex a text during your greatest moments of weakness. If you want to stay broken up with your ex in modern society, you will need to do some internal work in order to sever the bond at its root.
Relationship expert Miss Alpha suggests that you sit down and write out a list of reasons you chose to break up with your ex. Be specific; be brutally honest. Keep this list in a place where you have easy access to it. Read it in moments of weakness when you're feeling lonely and want to call your ex for a friendly chat.
Dr. Phil suggests that you leave no gray area when breaking up. Tell your ex that you need to completely cut off all contact in order to solidify your breakup. Stick to your guns and refrain from all social media, telephone, or in-person exchanges with your ex. Block or "defriend" your ex on social media sites if you lack self-control. Erase your ex from your cell phone contact list if it's the only way you can keep from sending a text.
Miss Alpha advises that you do not suppress feelings of grief as they arise. Give yourself a few moments to experience each new sensation of pain, loneliness, anger or fear. Then consciously release yourself from the feeling by saying out loud, "I choose end my relationship with [my ex]. I choose to to let [my ex] go." Do this each time a new wave of emotion arises, until you have fully completed your grieving process.
The Breakup Survivor website encourages readers to re-enter the dating world when they begin to experience feelings of loneliness. Call all your friends and family members to get leads on eligible love interests, sign up for speed dating in your local region, or enroll in a class such as swing dancing that requires you to interact with the opposite sex.
Forgive and forget your ex's sins against you, and you will be able to walk away with a heart ready to love again.
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- If you must communicate with your ex for some reason after your initial 60-day fast, commit yourself to keep the conversations impersonal and short. This will help you to avoid forming new emotional attachments to your ex.
- Do not let bitterness over old offenses fester in your heart as this will only keep you tied to your ex in a toxic manner.


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Sigma provides a straightforward way to add your company logo to your reports. You can make this a default setting in your reports, and the logo will be shown in the upper right-hand corner of all reports.
1. Click on the Reports tab in the menu bar.
2. Click on the button Settings.
3. In the Edit report settings dialogue box, click on the Logo tab.
4. Click on Browse….
5. Find and select your logo file, then click on Open.
6. In the Edit report settings dialogue box, click OK.
NOTE: We recommend that the default settings for height and width be accepted. Also, it is sometimes necessary to reset report variables before the logo will show.


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Letaba Helen Franz identifies learners with physical disabilities who are studying at Letaba, Helen Franz and
What we Do:
- We instill independency in the lives of people with disabilities.
- Prepare them to face the future and survive.
- Family support in terms of advice.
- Facilitate the mainstreaming of people with disabilities.
- Mentoring and giving support when needed.
- Guide people with disabilities to prioritise education rather than depending on social grants.
- Job placement and linkages.
What Motivate What We Do
The gap (social, economic etc) that exist between people with disabilities and the so called able body people.
The potential which people with disabilities possess.
The misunderstood perception on people with disabilities and the differentiated community.
Level of poverty within families of people with disabilities.
Lack of literacy, responsibility, morals, economic opportunities and professionalism in the community.


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I was reading about new tech start ups this week and a company called visual.ly caught my attention. Visual.ly offers infographics, statistics and data displayed with enhanced graphics. These are not your father's pie charts. This is data made beautiful so that non-business/tech/financial geeks can digest and actually enjoy the information too. Infographics have been growing in popularity for this very reason. Companies and individuals can now effectively get their point across with the supporting data that just wasn't as effective when it was 5 pages of graphs or worse, a 10 page written report.
How does this relate to you?
Most of our clients have looong pages of informational copy that they want on their website. Often times, they are adamant about this information or data being important for their potential client to know because it might sway their decision. The problem is, potential clients have a short attention span. People want their information FAST. They want your website to load fast and they want to be able to know what you do, why you do it and how you do it, you guessed it, FAST.
Enter infographics.
If you can narrow down the most 1-3 important points you believe are necessary for someone to know that your product or service is right for them, than you can make an infographic. The best part is infographics can be fun. Be creative. Use images and typography(different fonts) to make it visually appealing and keep their attention. One suggestion would be to graphically show what this person's life is without you and what it will look like with your product or service.
Imagery is more powerful than words with first impressions. Your website design needs to be appealing, but when you make sure the content is appealing all the way to the order form, that's when the cash register starts ringing.
* Need help sprucing up your content? Consult a ProfitGeek at 914.407.4335 or email firstname.lastname@example.com


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Photo Galleries
The photos below depict events from our church's life, both of events at the church itself, and others of fellowship events. You can click on any of them for a larger version.
Easter Sunday 2016
Confirmation 2016
Bishop Orji visits Christ the Redeemer
A Visit by Christi & Bryan Wiehoff
On April 3, 2016, we were blessed with a visit by Christi & Bryan Wiehoff, two of the missionaries that Christ the Redeemer sponsors. They were here to talk to us about activities relative to their mission in Honduras.
Pancake Supper 2016
Feb 9, 2016
Bowling Night
On January 30, 2016, several members of Christ the Redeemer spent a couple of hours bowling at Shenaniganz. Here are a few pictures from that event.
Christmas Pageant
On December 20, 2015, the youth of our church performed a Christmas Pageant, telling the story of the birth of Jesus.
2015 Chili Cook-Off
On November 7, 2015, we had our annual Chili Cook-off, where various members of the congregation brought their chili to be judged.
Bishop Orji Visit
On July 26, 2015, Bishop Felix Orji visited Christ the Redeemer, and gave a formal blessing to our new building. Here are selected pictures from that day.
In July 2015, Christ the Redeemer held our annual Vacation Bible School. The theme this year was "Everest".
Men's Breakfast
Every third Saturday, the men of CTR gather for food, fellowship, and bible teachings. These pictures are from a couple of different Men's Breakfasts.
Easter Egg Hunt 2015
Here are some photos from our annual Easter Egg Hunt.


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On Saturday, a 7-year-old girl was air-lifted to Vermont's largest hospital after sustaining injuries in a car crash.
The call came in at 3:15 p.m. for the single-vehicle crash on Battle Row Road in Hyde Park, Vermont.
Chris Cole, 39, was operating the vehicle when it crossed into the east bound lane and struck a tree.
The 7-year-old, female passenger was transported to Copley Hospital and then air-lifted to Fletcher Allen Hospital for treatment.
The accident remains under investigation. Police say speed and alcohol were not factors in the crash.


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If you click the Facebook Share icon under a Service or Event and you encounter the message: "User opted out of platform: The action attempted is disallowed, because the user has opted out of Facebook platform" it's due to a setting which you'll have switched off on your own Facebook profile.
Instructions on how to switch on this setting are below, however, if you do not wish to switch on this setting, you can share a Service or Event by opening the Service or Event, copying the website address for that Service or Event and pasting it into a post of Facebook manually.
How to switch on the Facebook setting:
Visit: https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=applications (having logged into your Facebook profile) and click Edit (marked on the image below) in the grey boxed which says:
Apps, websites and games
This setting controls your ability to interact with apps, websites and games, both on and off Facebook.
Then click Turn On.
Once you've done this you'll be able to share a Service or Event using the Facebook Share icon under the Service or Event on AChurchNearYou.com


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Network Troubleshooting with Oracle Linux
by Robert Chase
Published June 2014
Use built-in Oracle Linux tools to troubleshoot network connectivity problems.
When applications that use network connectivity for communication are not working, the cause is often a mystery. Despite advances in modern operating systems, many users believe there is no way to directly "see" what's going over the wire, and that often leads to confusion and difficulties when something goes wrong.
The reality is that you can actually see what's going over the wire, and there are a number of tools built into Oracle Linux for troubleshooting network issues. This article will help solve some of the mystery and make network connectivity a bit more user friendly.
Tools for Network Troubleshooting
The most basic test you can perform to determine network connectivity is the
ping test. The
ping application is a simple utility that sends an Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) packet to a remote host on your network to see whether you get a reply. ICMP is part of the TCP/IP stack.
In the example shown in Listing 1, we are going to ping the
test2 system from the
test1 system to see whether
test2 responds on the network. The
ping application will continue to run until you terminate it by pressing Ctrl-C.
[root@test1 ~]# ping test2
PING test2 (10.0.0.2) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from test2 (10.0.0.2): icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.268 ms
64 bytes from test2 (10.0.0.2): icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.191 ms
64 bytes from test2 (10.0.0.2): icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.235 ms
64 bytes from test2 (10.0.0.2): icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.214 ms
64 bytes from test2 (10.0.0.2): icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.211 ms
64 bytes from test2 (10.0.0.2): icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.191 ms
--- test2 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 5180ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.191/0.218/0.268/0.029 ms
Listing 1. Example of using the
ping utility
In the output shown in Listing 1, you can see that
test2 is responding. It was sent six ICMP packets and responded to all of them and had an average response time of 0.218ms.
ping command can also be used to identify network latency issues. If one of the packets had an abnormally long reply time, that might be an indicator of some type of network congestion or issue.
Many networks are quite complicated, and packets move through many different layers of routing and switching equipment to reach the intended destination. The
traceroute application can show us the path that packets are taking to reach their destination.
The example shown in Listing 2 uses
traceroute to trace the path to a popular search engine from the demo cloud instance. The IP address of the cloud instance has been replaced with
x.x.x.x in this example.
[user@test1 ~]$ traceroute google.com
traceroute to google.com (220.127.116.11), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets
1 x.x.x.x (x.x.x.x) 0.553 ms 0.594 ms 0.624 ms
2 core1-Aggr301a-3.ord1.rackspace.net (126.96.36.199) 1.072 ms 1.135 ms 1.135 ms
3 corea.ord1.rackspace.net (18.104.22.168) 1.132 ms 1.162 ms
corea.ord1.rackspace.net (220.127.116.11) 0.636 ms
4 edge1.ord1.rackspace.net (18.104.22.168) 0.670 ms edge1.ord1.rackspace.net
(18.104.22.168) 0.930 ms 0.901 ms
5 188.8.131.52 (188.8.131.52) 1.146 ms 2.081 ms 1.018 ms
6 188.8.131.52 (188.8.131.52) 1.151 ms 126.96.36.199 (18.104.22.168) 1.262 ms
188.8.131.52 (184.108.40.206) 1.310 ms
7 ae-1-51.edge3.Chicago3.Level3.net (18.104.22.168) 1.180 ms 1.163 ms 1.312 ms
8 GOOGLE-INC.edge3.Chicago3.Level3.net (126.96.36.199) 1.363 ms 1.649 ms 1.519 ms
9 126.96.36.199 (126.96.36.199) 1.404 ms 1.549 ms 1.515 ms
10 188.8.131.52 (220.127.116.11) 1.721 ms 2.014 ms 2.205 ms
11 ord08s11-in-f8.1e100.net (18.104.22.168) 1.495 ms 1.609 ms 1.520 ms
Listing 2. Example of using the
traceroute utility
ping and
traceroute are quite useful on their own, but in a lot of cases, they can provide only limited information based on a short duration of time. A very useful application for looking at network latency is
mtr. (mtr stands for My Traceroute, although it originally stood for Matt's Traceroute because the application was written by Matt Kimball in 1997.)
mtr application can provide real-time data about latency and routing changes for end users. Figure 1 shows an example of the output from the cloud instance to the same popular search engine used in the Listing 2.
Figure 1. Example of output from the
mtr application
Have you ever had a situation in which you could contact a host but were not sure you were communicating with the correct host or using the correct IP address? The
nmap utility is a very powerful tool for network scanning and diagnostics, and it can provide exactly that information.
In example shown in Listing 3, we are verifying that the
ocfs2-2 node is actually the node we are looking for. You can verify you have the correct node by looking at its running services and its OS fingerprint. The
nmap utility can identify a number of operating systems based on their fingerprints if the fingerprints are contained in the
nmap database of known operating systems.
[root@ocfs2-1 ~]# nmap -A ocfs2-2
Starting Nmap 5.51 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-09-27 16:14 EDT
Nmap scan report for ocfs2-2 (10.0.0.2)
Host is up (0.00019s latency).
Not shown: 997 closed ports
22/tcp open ssh OpenSSH 5.3 (protocol 2.0)
| ssh-hostkey: 1024 5c:f8:d8:b1:c9:5b:f7:08:ae:f4:b5:78:d6:a0:9e:c0 (DSA)
|_2048 a1:2c:e2:f5:b8:b6:b8:cc:da:41:08:3c:f7:e1:24:06 (RSA)
111/tcp open rpcbind
7777/tcp open tcpwrapped
MAC Address: 08:00:23:89:00:9D (Cadmus Computer Systems)
No exact OS matches for host (If you know what OS is running on it, see http://nmap.org/submit/ ).
TCP/IP fingerprint:
Network Distance: 1 hop
1 0.19 ms ocfs2-2 (10.0.0.2)
OS and Service detection performed. Please report any incorrect results at http://nmap.org/submit/ .
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 18.02 seconds
Listing 3. Example of using the
nmap utility with a host's name
The example in Listing 3 is quite useful, but what if you did not have the correct host? That's no problem for
nmap. You can scan the entire subnet and
nmap will report back which hosts are responding on the network.
In the example shown in Listing 4, we are using
nmap with the "scan and ping" option (
-sP) to scan 256 IP addresses using a /24 subnet with the mask of 255.255.255.0. The output shows that we get a response back from three hosts that are up: 10.0.0.1, 10.0.0.2, and 10.0.0.3.
[root@ocfs2-1 ~]# nmap -sP 10.0.0.0/24
Starting Nmap 5.51 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2013-09-27 16:14 EDT
Nmap scan report for ocfs2-1 (10.0.0.1)
Host is up.
Nmap scan report for ocfs2-2 (10.0.0.2)
Host is up (0.00015s latency).
MAC Address: 08:00:27:89:00:9D (Cadmus Computer Systems)
Nmap scan report for ocfs2-3 (10.0.0.3)
Host is up (0.00087s latency).
MAC Address: 08:00:27:15:DD:5F (Cadmus Computer Systems)
Nmap done: 256 IP addresses (3 hosts up) scanned in 2.34 seconds
Listing 4. Example of using
nmap with the "scan and ping" option
Once you know what hosts are available on your subnet, you can do an additional scan on the host that you want to explore further.
Firewalls are indispensable tools for securing systems, but they often pose a problem when you inadvertently block traffic you are not intending to block. To further complicate matters, sometimes you don't have full administrative rights to the systems that you are connecting to, so you can't verify the firewall settings and make any needed changes. Even with these challenges, there are ways of determining connectivity through a firewall by using simple tools.
One of the first tools that you can use is
telnet. Let's say for example that you want to check whether port 7777 is open on another host. You can use
telnet to do this, as shown in Listing 5, which indicates you were able to connect to remote host 10.0.0.3 on port 7777.
[root@test1 ~]# telnet 10.0.0.3 7777
Trying 10.0.0.3...
Connected to 10.0.0.3.
Escape character is '^]'.
Connection closed by foreign host.
Listing 5. Example of using
telnet to check whether a port is open
If a firewall was blocking access, the output would instead look like Listing 6:
[root@test1 ~]# telnet 10.0.0.3 7777
Trying 10.0.0.3...
telnet: connect to address 10.0.0.3: Connection refused
Listing 6. Example of
telnet output when a port is blocked
A much better way to check your ability to connect would be to use a utility called
netcat. Before you can use
netcat, you need to install it on your system by running the following command.
yum install nc
netcat is installed, you can try to connect to remote host 10.0.0.3 again, just as you did in Listing 5 and Listing 6. Listing 7 shows the successful connection.
[root@test1 ~]# nc -zv 10.0.0.3 7777
Connection to 10.0.0.3 7777 port [tcp/cbt] succeeded!
Listing 7. Example of using
netcat to successfully connect to a remote host
The output shown in Listing 8 is an example of a failed connection using
[root@test1 ~]# nc -zv 10.0.0.3 7777
nc: connect to 10.0.0.3 port 7777 (tcp) failed: Connection refused
Listing 8. Example of
netcat output when connection to a remote host fails
These are just some of the techniques you can use to troubleshoot issues you are experiencing on the network. There are many other tools available and many other techniques that work just as well, depending on the specific needs of the environment that you are working in.
See Also
About the Author
Robert Chase is a member of the Oracle Linux product management team. He has been involved with Linux and open source software since 1996. He has worked with systems as small as embedded devices and with large supercomputer-class hardware.
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October 20, 2011
Alternatives To Bankruptcy
Anyone who has had a call from a debt collection agency knows that this can be a very confusing and frustrating experience. Part of the collection agency's strategy is to deliberately overwhelm you with legal terms and threats, so that you'll just give in to their demands without considering what is really best for your overall situation. Their aim is to get you upset so you'll be more pliable. Plus the normal response when you receive a mail notification from a collection agency is to immediately hit the panic button. So what can you do to get out of this uncomfortable situation, without making decisions or agreements that you later regret?
As an attorney, I have helped many people successfully file for bankruptcy and wipe out their debt. Plus once you file bankruptcy, the collection calls and threats will stop. But are there alternatives to filing bankruptcy? Yes – the main alternative to filing bankruptcy is credit negotiations and/or debt settlement. This can be a minefield if you don't know what you're doing. So, if you decide you'd like an alternative to bankruptcy, I offer a credit negotiation service that may be right for you.
Many consumers are unaware of their risks with unpaid debts. Yes, it's true that a creditor could sue you in court and win a judgment, allowing the creditor to garnish your wages or hire a sheriff to come get your property. However, the chances of this happening are not as great as you would think.
It's true that collection agencies are turning to lawsuits more and more these days, but once you make the creditor aware that you know the law and have an attorney on your side, they are more likely to leave you alone. With savvy consumers, many debt collectors think it is simply too much trouble and expense for them to take legal action against a debt. They look at the cost of filing a suit versus the amount that they are likely to recover.
Many consumers feel that their debts are overwhelming and there is nothing they can do other than file a bankruptcy. They believe those awful tales spun by collection agencies of impending doom, especially about garnishment and seizure of property. Collection agents fail to mention (surprise!) that in order for these actions to take place, the creditor must first go to court. Due to lack of information, many consumers get panicky and assume that bankruptcy is their only option.
So if you have debts that are out of control or are being harassed by a collection agency and don't know what to do. Please contact my office for a free 30 minute telephone consultation where we can go over you options and you can decide if credit negotiation might be the best option for you.


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Eligible Candidates
Candidates who are eligible to be considered under this policy must have provided all detail required by the application process and satisfied the criteria under the HEAR and/or DARE schemes. Further details on the application process and the criteria for the scheme are available at www.accesscollege.ie. Candidates can only be considered for admission to the university of Limerick where they have included university courses in their Central Applications Office (CAO) application.
Entry Requirements
Candidates who are eligible under HEAR and/or DARE must satisfy the minimum entry requirements for admission to the university and the specific subject requirements for the courses to which they are applying. There are additional requirement for the following courses:
|CAO Code
|Additional Entry Requirement
|Bachelor Of Science in Physical Education
|Minimum of 400 points
|Bachelor of Science in Physiotherapy
|Minimum of 400 points
Admitted students may also be subject to university and, where applicable, professional fitness to practice policies.
Places Available for Entry to 2019/20 Academic Year
The university reserves a number of places that are available to eligible HEAR and DARE candidates on a reduced points basis. The number of reduced points places are calculated on the basis of a quota for each scheme as follows:
In the case of some programmes a fixed quota applies.


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Hart Research Associates recently conducted a quantitative research project to explore and better understand the online behaviour of teens, parental supervision of their teen's online behaviour, awareness among teens about parental supervision and attitudes of both pertaining to online safety. Two surveys were conducted, one of 511 teens in the age group of 13-17 and the other of 500 parents. While reading the report, one significant factor that jumps out is that teens are not much aware of parental supervision of their online activity.
84% of parents monitor their teen's online and mobile activity while only 39% of teens believe their parents do so.
There is a significant gap of 45% in perceptional difference in what parents actually do and teen awareness. 11% of teens say their parents monitor their online activity very closely while parental survey reports of 31%. Again, 28% of teens believe that their parents monitor somewhat closely compared to 53% of parents in actuality.
91% of parents say they are informed about what their teens do online and on their cell phone
37% of parents say they are very well informed, compared to teens' perception of 21%, a 16% of gap here. 54% of parents are somewhat informed of their child's online activity while only 41% of teens think so, again a difference of 13%.
Perhaps the biggest difference between teens knowledge about their parental supervision pertains to their access of social networking sites
Among the varied social networking sites, 38% of parents know well about their teens' Twitter usage, while only 14% of teens think so.
Notable differences exist among other social networking sites too.
- Face book – an 18% gap
- Pinterest – a 14% and
- Tumblr – a 15% gap
For other online platforms the gap between teen perception and parental supervision is nil or little
- Online gaming - teens are aware that their parents know they game.
- Texting awareness speaks of a 3 point gap,
- Instant messaging a 7 point gap and,
- Teen YouTube usage reveals a 10point gap.
Online Safety – Teen and Parental Perception
Parents and teens are more or less on the same page pertaining to online safety.
- 95% of teens feel safe online, and 94% of parents agree with this.
- An open ended question was asked to know what safety meant to the different groups. 25% of the teens said being safe was having their online privacy well protected, while 17% equated safety to prevention of harm or harassment.
- Parental perception of safety involved avoiding stranger danger situations, said 29%, and 26% said it was ensuring their children's online privacy and protection of personal information.
Both, parents and teens are similarly concerned regarding potential outcome of teen's online activity. However, attitudinal differences are evident in their sensitivity to stranger danger scenario and access to inappropriate content.
- Parents and teens widely differ about the fear of exposure to inappropriate concern. 79% of parents fear this compared to just 53% of teens.
- Similar differences are exhibited by both in the stranger danger situation. 78% of parents worry a stranger might learn of their teen while just 59% of teens view this as a threat.
An online posting might bring trouble, worry parents and teens, though in varying degrees.
- 57% of parents and 43% of teens fear electronic bullying for a posting made by a teen.
- 50% of parents worry their children may be teased for their online postings compared to 41% of teens.
- Teens and parents are equally worried about posting made by teens which might affect their relationship with their educators, and impact future college admissions or job potential.
Parents and teens identify identity theft to be the biggest online safety issue
- Teens protect their online privacy especially for social networking sites.
- 81% of teens have set privacy settings on their social networking account.
- 65% place a limit on whom they share their posts with, and
- 54% have removed a tagged photo.
Despite these precautions 51% of teens have done something by which an outsider can access their information like
- commenting on a blog
- sharing recommendations for TV shows
- mentioning the place they lived
- sharing their name, address or passwords, which are really dangerous or
- planning to meet a stranger which is very risky
Parental worry over their teens' safety on the internet is justified in most cases. As concerned parents ourselves, we fully empathise. We at Mobicip therefore work to provide a safe, secure and customised internet for your family, which can be accessed from any mobile device.
The Mobicip crew lauds parents taking steps to provide online protection to their children. But we recommend keeping your children informed about the steps taken. Parents check browsing history, log on to their children's face book accounts and read messages, but there exists a great gap in how much their teens are aware of this supervision. 93% of parents say they converse with their teens about online safety precautions taken by them, while only 61% mentioned their parents ever spoke about this. If you are a parent, that is a statistic worth thinking about.


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Some kids spend their summer vacation at camp. Some kids spend it at Grandmas house. Wallace Bleff spent his out west...on a ride, a rope, and a roundup hell never forget.
A schoolboy tell his class about his summer vacation, during which he joined a group of cowboys and stopped a cattle stampede.ife and daughters.


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Indie vets Thomas Haden Church and Toni Collette celebrate after the premiere of Lucky Them hosted by Sweetwater Social.
Diane Lane and Danielle McDonald pose at the party for Every Secret Thing at Thom Bar.
Gabby Sidibe and Gillian Jacobs at the after party for Life Partners at Liberty Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. Underwood made an appearance after the premiere of NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage at The General on Bowery.
Director Jeremy Whelehan, Kevin Spacey, and the cast and crew of NOW: In the Wings on a World Stage.
Even the cast of House of Cards made it out to celebrate.
Quincy Jones and TFF 2014 Juror Whoopi Goldberg are inseperable at the after party for Clark Terry music doc Keep On Keepin' On hosted at 121 Fulton Street.
The legendary Robert Duval with director of Miss Meadows Karen Leigh Hopkins at the after party for sponsored by VDKA® 6100, at No. 8.
James Dolan, star of the thriller Miss Meadows Katie Holmes, and Zach Posen lounge together at the after party sponsored by VDKA® 6100.
Intramural stars Nick Rutherford, Nikki Reed, and Jay Pharoah show Beck Bennett some love at the after party hosted by Neuehouse.
Funny woman Kate McKinnon cracking up Nikki Reed after the screening.
Intramural co-stars Nikki Reed and Jay Pharoah pose for a selfie.
The beautiful on and off-screen couple Ryan Piers Williams and America Ferrera after the premiere of X/Y sponsored by Heineken®, at Parlor.
Aubrey Plaza looking chic at the after party for About Alex hosted at Kutscher's.
Ed Weeks, director and star of Alex of Venice Chris Messina, Max Greenfield, and Tess Sanchez enjoying the after party hosted at The Cabanas at The Maritime Hotel.
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Jim Sturgess, Isabel Lucas, and director Tristan Patterson celebrate the premiere of the thriller Electric Slide at Troy Liquor Bar sponsored by Pepsi and hosted by BR Guest.
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It's amazing how simple and delicious dishes in the Airfryer can be. Take this breakfast soufflé with a little kick. A change from the same old boiled egg!
Servings 2 persons
Wouldn't it be great to surprise your father on Father's Day with an XXL hamburger? This real 'man' burger is made in the Airfryer, without adding oil or butter.


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Before I call everyones attention to the Ireland related Sellafield issues, I will just wade through this bit of excitement, but briefly. The last 3 posts on the blog documented some surveillance and blocking that seems to be occurring with blogs connected to Ireland. It seems some of the blocked links became unblocked (at around the same time) except for the Sellafield link (which has been re blogged in the UK without Google blocking it, So no harm done). I urge Irish blogs to check their headlines with Google search to find the full extent of the blocking. A reblog on the Sellafield post in Nuclear-news.net has had its Google search block lifted also (After nearly a month)
I have to commend the Gardai (I presume it was them) for their clear warning and sense of humor (you had to be there). It seems the original story is now starting to break and it looks like a call for reform (without any waste of time Inquiries I hope, The corporation/Governments best friend to "manage" bad news ).
Image source; https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/04/25/windscale-moorside-sellafield-accident-impact-fallout-map/ (NOTE the diagram shows the full extent of contamination but the really hot spot gets to some 150 Km from the plant easily hitting Ireland depending on the weather and winds.
The overt surveillance has now stopped, Phew! As they realised We were heading towards some less contentious (but not too much) storyline`s in the near future. With this in mind my rant against overt, Stasi like surveillance is done. Normal service will resume (and so will our Google hits I hope 🙂 ).
So we are waiting and hoping for a transparent and crime free future in Ireland and it looks like the ball is rolling on that issue (that might attract the Japanese etc business fleeing the UK in search of a new European HQ – NOTE; they are leaving one of the most surveillance prone countries in the world where they can have no private communication , can Ireland offer them something like that? Iceland has plans for safe encryption and strong free speech laws, I hope we take a lesson from some of the ideas that are floating around).
Sellafield, the big radioactive fish in the room!
Image source; https://climateviewer.com/2013/11/24/10-most-radioactive-places-on-earth/
To finish, There is something really fishy about the Sellafield meetings in Ireland (Due in the next week approx). The Irish Government did not join other boundary/downwind countries around the UK in a recent ESPOO (Cross boundary contamination from nuclear sites) Convention statement in connection with the Hinkley nuclear power plant plans in the UK . Has the Irish government been lobbied by proven UK nuclear lobby "liars" and "Spin merchants" (the Sellafield management and attendees of the UK Parliamentary Committee 2014)?
Friends of the Earth Ireland have written a damming critique of the use of the UK biased contamination Plume projections and respected nuclear expert John Large has stated that a radioactive plume could reach some 150 km (or more), thereby, destroying the good name Irish Agriculture has earned itself worldwide. Also, such an accident would destroy the lucrative Japanese market for clean Irish Seaweed (Post Fukushima).
In a recent spate of to and fro, between the nuclear lobbies experts and the Independent experts, it appears that the main spokesperson for radiation dose and health (Prof, Geraldine Thomas – currently touring Australia) has been slammed by Prof. Keith Baverstock (Ex World Health Organisation) in Fissionline #45, a few months ago and her Fukushima claims were debunked and the BBC reluctantly took the offending and embarrassing video of her in the Fukushima exclusion zone in March 2016 down).
Also, The pro nuclear lobby are desperately trying to increase the allowable annual dose so as to mitigate the thousands of contaminated areas in many countries from excessive claims against health and environmental damage. From 1 mSv/y to an incredible 100mSv/y!! Watch this space!
The Irish government has all these facts as some were widely distributed in the media and others have already been mentioned by the stakeholders. Does Dublin deserve such a massive risk on its doorstep, some quarter of the population in the Republic at risk within hours?
Will the 1 million odd people in Dublin have access to Iodine supplements? The UK nuclear lobby would state that there is no risk!…. Just like the Japanese said before Fukushima Some 300 odd billion Euros are being used in only the first phase of the so called clean up. Compensation claims to residents and business are pitiful in the most part and there is still 100,000 internally displaced refugees from the nuclear accident areas.
It is likely that health effects are kept quiet because of non disclosure agreements that are signed prior to getting money for hospital treatment etc but the new Secrets Act also threatens imprisonment to any one disclosing information about Fukushima and related health issues (especially Doctors and health professionals)
Be wary Ireland! There are wolves at the door! Say NO to Sellafield !! and share this with your friends (especially if they live on the East coast of Ireland or 100 Km inland from there) .
Regards, from the trenches, Shaun and Jimmy
Source evidence of Claim against the Ministry of Defence radiation health "expert" getting it terribly wrong here;
Link to Fissionline #45 extensive and damning critique on UK health risk advice from MOD "Expert" May 2016; https://issuu.com/fission/docs/fissionline_45
Update; Fissionline link dead
PDF for evidence (for download) can be found at the bottom of this article;
Link to the end of the Fissionline nuclear info website and nuclear expert Prof Geraldine Thomas`s OBE? #RIP and #RIPA


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Making conservation profitable
17 March 2017
By Asaye Asnake, Coordinator of Farm Africa's SHARE Bale Eco-region Project and Libby Plumb, Head of Communications & Advocacy
Encompassing mountains, lush rainforests and arid lowlands, the Bale Eco-region of Ethiopia is both stunningly beautiful and incredibly diverse – home to unique species of threatened animals and plants that cannot be found anywhere else on earth.
At Farm Africa, we are deeply concerned with environmental protection. We want to make sure that we're reducing poverty for the communities we work with for the long term – and that means helping farmers to secure bigger profits, while also protecting unique ecosystems and natural resources for generations to come.
So in Bale, a region which is not only home to thousands of farmers, but also provides water for an estimated 12 million people living downstream, we aim to make conservation profitable.
Currently, many farming practices are unsustainable, as farmers cut down trees and overgraze land as they try to make a living and feed their families. But a profitable farm doesn't have to come at the cost of the environment.
Community land management
In the lowlands of Bale, pastoralists are reliant on their livestock to make a living – mainly cattle but also camels, goats and sheep. So it's vital that there is enough water and grass available for them to keep their livestock healthy.
But population growth is putting pressure on communal grazing land, meaning that during the dry season there is often no grass left. This is a problem that will only be compounded by climate uncertainty. That's why we've been helping to set up both forest and rangeland management cooperatives, which bring local communities together to make a long-term plan for the protection of their land.
And by providing training, supporting with office construction and brokering links with local government, we're making sure that pastoralist communities will be able to continue with these activities long after Farm Africa leaves.
By cutting back on thorny weeds that prevent grass from growing, and agreeing which parts of the land can be used for grazing and at which times, farmers can work together to improve the quality of the pasture. The end goal is to make sure that cattle have pasture available all year round, so that their health improves and farmers aren't forced to relocate for three months of the year in search of grassland – long journeys which endanger the health and safety of both herd and herder.
We also work with communities living in the forests in the highlands – good water management in the highlands benefits everybody living downstream. So we're delivering training to help local communities to increase their ability to protect the forest. They have formed participatory forest management groups, and based on these plans, are developing coffee, honey and frankincense businesses.
Building businesses
Natural resource management is only sustainable if communities are prospering. The other central focus of our work in Bale is building livelihoods and access to markets. For example we're helping women to produce milk products that they can sell at market – butter for the time being, and we plan to introduce cheese later. Equipped with milk churners, cream separators, jars and related tools for milking tools, local women are now on their way to setting up their own successful dairy businesses.
A new livestock market will prevent pastoralists from having to travel miles to sell their cattle, while the introduction of other varieties of bull will mean that the breeds of the cattle can be improved. For example, local cattle may produce just one litre of milk per day, whereas improved varieties can deliver up to 15-16 litres per day. It takes time, and the farmers will need to wait a few years for the calves to grow and start producing milk, but this will hopefully help to reduce the number of cows in the long term, which, in turn, will improve pasture quality even more.
Protecting forests without helping people make the links between their decisions on family size and the environment would not ensure the sustainability of natural resource management. To this effect, we're also working with the Population, Health, and Environment Consortium to promote family planning. One of the major accomplishments in this regard is the attitudinal change that has been achieved by breaking the long-standing socio-cultural taboos - identified as the main barrier to use of family planning services. As a result, the Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) has increased from 24% to 36%, which is a 12% increase from the baseline. More than 5,000 women have started taking long- and short-term contraceptives. Moreover, due to continuous and extensive awareness education given to communities and religious leaders through Village Health Committees (VHCs) significant change has been seen in communities' perceptions, attitudes and action in family planning.
We believe that taking a more holistic approach to development is vital if our interventions are to have a lasting impact. By prioritising both natural resource management and livelihood development we can successfully enhance the drought resilience, food and nutrition security of an estimates 878,000 people living in the Bale Eco-region, as well as up to 12 million people living downstream, whose water resources will be improved by the conservation of trees and forests in the highlands.
Proper management of resources in the Bale Eco-region has wide-ranging benefits – and by generating a better understanding of the links between sustainable environmental management in the highlands and lowlands we can better support local communities and fight poverty effectively for the long term.
This three-year project is funded through the European Union's Supporting Horn of Africa Resilience (SHARE) initiative and the Jersey Overseas Aid Commission.
Photos: FZS / Daniel Rosengren and Farm Africa / Nathan Siegel


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Facebook Integrates Bing, Social & Search
Every once in a while something Bing happens, whoops, I mean something BIG happens to rock the search industry, and while it is usually Google related, this time all eyes are on Bing. Microsoft and Facebook have announced plans to integrate Facebook "Like" data with Bing search results. This new development will not only make Bing search more social, it will also strongly dictate which search queries are clicked.
Starting on October, 14 2010, Bing users will feel the effects of the Facebook/Bing integration. Now, when a person searches for a query Bing will feature a Facebook widget that displays what your Facebook connections have liked regarding that search. To give you a visual idea of what this will look like, image you search for a new movie such as Unstoppable by Fox. Each corresponding search result will display how many of your friends have "liked" it. This will let users make judgment calls on queries based off of how many of their friends support that web page.
To take it a step further, when searching for a person's name Bing will now display the name of the person who you share the most connections with higher on the page. So for instance, if you search for Adam Smith, and you have more friends who know one Adam smith opposed to another Adam Smith, that Adam Smith will be displayed higher in the search results.
Bing feels confident that this data will be useful. According to Mashable, at this point Facebook has grown to over 500 million users strong and the like button is now being used on more that 2 million websites. This integration has allowed it to capture impressive data.
This new development regarding Bing and Facebook integration strongly supports the business decision to have a social media presence. Consumers will rely on the "like" data displayed next to queries more and more when determining which link to click. Imagine searching for a search engine optimization company in San Diego, Bing will display multiple results, but you will probably only click on the result that most of your friends have liked.
Google has yet to release any similar plans to integrate social media into query results. However, we do know that they are accounting for social media links in their algorithm. At this point, it would appear that both of the search engines are indeed, going social – all the more reason to reach out to a company that specialized in both social media marketing and SEO, like SEO Inc.
Have thoughts on the Bing and Facebook integration? Add them below!


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Google Webmaster Tool Now Provides Insight to Blocked Content
Google has announced that starting today, Webmaster Tools will include a Blocked Resources Report to help identify these types of issues. The report is designed to first show you where the blocked resources are being hosted, then clicking on the host will reveal a drop down list of all the blocked resources along with the pages where they're embedded. The report will also guide you through the steps you need to take to resolve the issues. Click here to continue reading this story.
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As if the outstanding vulnerability in Adobe's Reader and Acrobat products were not excess to our requirements, another vulnerability, this time in Adobe's Flash Player, has been reported, and is apparently being exploited. Flash Player versions 10.1.82.76 and earlier are affected, for all platforms (Mac OS X, Linux, Windows, and Solaris), as is version 10.1.92.10 for Android. This vulnerability, which Adobe rates as Critical, also affects Reader and Acrobat, versions 9..3.4 and earlier, for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux/UNIX. Further details are in Adobe's Security Advisory [APSA10-03]. The vulnerability has been assigned CVE-2010-2884.
Adobe indicates, in the Security Advisory, that it intends to release a patch for this vulnerability for Flash Player during the week of September 27. They have not provided any mitigation advice or work-arounds.
Adobe has also updated their Security Advisory [APSA10-02] for the earlier vulnerability, indicating that they plan to release a patch for Reader and Acrobat during the week of October 4. This patch will also include a fix for this latest vulnerability [APSA10-03].
I will post updates here when I get any new information.
Update Saturday, 18 September, 23:45 EDT
Adobe has updated its Security Advisory [APSA 10-03] to indicate that a patch will be available for Flash Player on Monday, September 20, 2010, for all platforms (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, and Android. A patch in already included with the Flash Player built into the latest version of Google Chrome, 6.0.472.62.


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This traffic light is fun for parties, dances, or even decor in your man cave. College students love these lamps to decorate their dorm room. This lamp also makes a really cool addition in a car/vehicle themed room. . Black lamp with lights displayed on 3 sides red, yellow, and green. Order of lights is the right order just like a normal traffc light. Measures 11 inches tall by 3.5 inches across. Lights blink randomly between red, yellow, and green. On/Off switch located on the plug in cord. Each lamp is packaged in a retail colored box and UPC coded. - 24 pieces per case
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