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Hey all,
I just started programming C++, (only formiliar with matlab/mathematica for image processing) . I like to find the min of my grayscale image. My image is a part of frame token from a webcam. But I don't even know what type of object my image is. Is it an array, or do I need to convert it first to a 2D array? So I can use a min loop over the pixels?
int main( int argc, char** argv )
CvCapture *capture;
int key;
/* initialize camera */
capture = cvCaptureFromCAM( 0 );
/* always check */
if( !capture ) return 1;
/* get video properties, needed by template image */
frame = cvQueryFrame( capture );
if ( !frame ) return 1;
/* create template image */
tplLeft = cvCreateImage( cvSize( TPL_WIDTH, TPL_HEIGHT ),
frame->depth, frame->nChannels );
//load color image specified by first argument
source = tplLeft;
// create new image structure
// for the grayscale output image
destination = cvCreateImage(cvSize( source->width, source->height ), IPL_DEPTH_8U, 1 );
// set type CV_RGB2GRAY to convert
// RGB image to grayscale
cvCvtColor( source, destination, CV_RGB2GRAY );
So if you look at my code, destination is my 12 by 12 grayscale image (because tplLeft is 12 by 12). I like to find the min of this image. I'm ussing openCV by the way. Don't know if there any nice functions that will do the trick for me?
thx for looking at my question,

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(CNN)–The latest volley between Democrats and Republicans as they try to gain the public relations momentum in the battle of the budget comes from the House Republicans. On Tuesday the National Republican Congressional Committee, responsible for electing Republicans to the House, went up with a campaign aimed at 13 Democratic incumbents.
The committee, launching a similar effort to its Democratic counterpart, is launching radio ads, robocalls and other measures to try to put pressure on the Democrats.
The back and forth comes over the proposed House budget, pushed by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin), that passed earlier this month. The plan would cut the nation's debt by dramatically reforming Medicare and Medicaid as well as cutting taxes. Democrats have been hitting the GOP saying that proposal would kill those programs while Republicans argue major changes are needed to keep them growing.
"The federal government is $14 trillion in debt. And what did Congressman [insert name of Congressman] do to cut spending? Drum roll please." The drum rolls and ends with a thump– at which point the announcer in the NRCC ad states: "That's it, nothing. In one day [insert name of Congressman] refused to vote for any of the budget proposals that would cut spending or reduce the deficit. Five separate plans."
Among those targeted in the GOP campaign are: Reps. Jason Altimire (Pennsylvania); John Barrow (Georgia); Dan Boren (Oklahoma) Jim Costa (California); Ben Chandler (Kentucky); Peter DeFazio (Oregon); Joe Donnelly (Indiana); Larry Kissell (North Carolina); Jim Matheson (Utah); Mike McIntyre (North Carolina); Mike Ross (Arkansas); Kurt Schrader (Oregon); Heath Shuler (North Carolina).
Many of those members belong to the "Blue Dog Coalition," a largely fiscally conservative group of House Dems who are more conservative than others in their party.
Several Republican-leaning groups have also weighed in promoting the Ryan budget while several Democratic organizations have launched media campaigns warning of the dangers of that proposal aimed specifically at vulnerable House freshmen.
The guy that goes under "The Day of Financial Reckoning is HERE – The Great Democrat Welfare Society Ends" is the typical example of what is wrong with the present US society. Individualistic and self-centered, as long as the problem doesn't touch them directly who cares. Well, guess what? If there are hundreds of thousands of people that work directly for the government and millions that work for companies that get contracts from the government. You might feel safe and cozy with your private company salary or your self-owned business, but sooner or later these cuts will impact every single one of us even you Mr. "The Day of Financial Reckoning is HERE – The Great Democrat Welfare Society Ends
" That is, unless you are a fat cat with foreign accounts to store your bonuses and your tax breaks money! The Republicans campaigned on jobs but are delivering very divisive ideologies. Can you immagone what the Republicans would have said if the Democrats were to propose 500,000,000 USD spending on a lawyer to defend poor people (like has been done by Mr. Boehner for DOMA)?
.....hmm so republicans expect me to vote for a party that is ready to take away my insurance and use that money to give it to their rich buddies who somehow cant live off of multi-million dollar salaries?....NO THANKS....i voted for them in 2010 yet i made a mistake- ill admit it....and i hope to rectify that mistake by voting solidly for democrats in 2012
Obama/Biden 2012
The Republican/Tea Party made a gianormis mistake. Period.
The got elected witht he "Jobs" mantra- and did nothing on that.
Their "path to prosperity" was only for the very wealthy and will ADD $6 trillion to the deficit-so much for fiscal reality.
They want to use the "we're broke" line to pass a radically social agenda- ending Social Security and medicare- essentially sticking it to the other 98% of Americans.
AND NOW, they want a new war in Libya.
Sorry, go away.
I am no longer a Republikan! Its like I woke up and smelled the Odor of Racism that is strong in gop and tea? When they said and did Racial things in the past 1and 1/2 years,that really "Turned me off!!!! Their attempts at Killing Medicare and Medicaid was the last "Straw for me!! Calling Medicare an "Intitlement" was complete Lunacy!!! I payed into social security for 30 years, its my "Money" Not Yours? Obama2012
who do you trust......neither one.....america is like the roman empire ...on the way down....
This American economy is not about Black folks..
It's about all LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS..
POTUS Obama and the Congress have failed the American People... They were too busy building golden parachutes for Wall Street, Car manufactures and ACORNS around the country.
Not investing in US MADE IN AMERICA PRODUCTION.
WHICH would have given all Legal American citizens a possible job.
The POTUS and Congress failed to concentrate on US Businesses that continued to outsource from other countries and not stop the outgrowth which took away US Jobs.
POTUS Obama and Congress failed to control the US Budget to create income flow and not using the US Credit Cards... If the US government brings in 2. 5 Trillion That should be our budget or less.
POTUS Obama and Congress Failed to bring in extra income to US by Raising Tariff for imports which would force US Companies to build US Manufacturing in the US. Raising Tariff and using it to pay off the Deficit.
POTUS Obama and Congress failed to do away with the TAX loopholes which US Businesses and Citizens have relied on.. An across the board tax in individuals Rich and poor of 15 percent, business tax at 25 Percent.
POTUS Obama wasted hundreds of Billions on nothing but his clients and supporters.
A failed POTUS and Congress.. A National Threat to our nation. He and his leaders know this and want this to happen..
"Truth knows no lies, truth only knows truth." Dgon
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"You can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig."
I have to take umbrage with that. That's way too kind for Ryan's plan. It's more like when you spray Glade after a good grunty and all you end up with is the fresh scent of turdblossoms.
You can't unring a bell -– or take back the votes to kill Medicare for our children and grand-children. Talk about leaving them debt? How about millions a year each for insurance? IDIOTS
Any Republican that voted for Paul Ryan PLAN cut there on throat. And that mean all you Republican, so say good by IN 2012. Paul Ryan most likely won't win In his State of Wisconsin.
The smallest governments (relatively speaking) on this planet oversee the most unstable and/or oppressed societies, on this entire planet. Power is concentrated in the hands of a few, and so is the wealth. Sound familiar?
Republicans want to end Medicare! They've been against Medicare since it's inception. Now all of a sudden they want to "preserve" and "protect" Medicare? Yeah right. They want to private everything! Republicans=Fascists
Hit back? They can't stand behind it so it's talking points attack ads time? Fact is they screwed the pooch, media comes out declaring Ryan is heroic for putting this POS out...House repubs think they are on a roll and vote to pass it, then find out at home they blew it. Nothing left for "RNC Campaign Strategy 2012" other than seeing how many jobs they can CUT between now and the next presidential elections.
I enjoy when republicans call out democrats for being fiscally irresponsible. When in the Reagan era( if care about facts) *In January 1981, when Reagan declared the federal budget to be "out of control," the deficit had reached almost $74 billion, the federal debt $930 billion. Within two years, the deficit was $208 billion. The debt by 1988 totaled $2.6 trillion. In those eight years, the United States moved from being the world's largest international creditor to the largest debtor nation.* And lets not even talk about former president Bush and what he did to the nations debt. So when republicans chime in about debts, remind them of the *Reagan deficits and the Bush Deficits* and watch them go back to their usless talking points. The truth is this, republicans use the trickle up policies with tax payers money and democrats use common sense in fiscal policies. Republicans want a nation of nobels where wealth only goes and democrats wants opportunity for all. Simple choice for 2012 unless you are into nobility and you think you are one.
CNN (Corporate News Network) is trying to shape this into a PR battle for the Repubs benefit is a shallow attempt at legitimacy.
It's clearly a battle of two ideologies.
The GOP wants our corporations to control our country.
The Dems want our government to control our country.
So it boils down to who do you want or trust controling our country – big business or elected officials?
Ryan's plan that turns over our medical care when we reach retirement age to a profit driven business. And we all know there is no profit in insurring old people, so how will they make it profitable – maybe that is the real question we should be asking the GOP?
It is always easy for some to live on other people's money. But that gravy train is fast coming to an end. Who do you think pays the bills? Somwone else? Better get a clue. All those Entitlements? Broke. Out of money. There is nothing but tons of Red Ink in all those Accounts. You think the 1030's were bad? Well none of you were there but you will be soon. Don't believe me? Look at Employment. Look at Food Prices. Look at the 14.5 trillion dollar debt. Look at Gas Prices. Have fun.


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I read with interest your recent article "Helicopter complaints spur offer of free rides." (July 31, Portsmouth Herald). History does indeed repeat itself.
Aug. 1 — To the Editor:
I read with interest your recent article "Helicopter complaints spur offer of free rides." (July 31, Portsmouth Herald). History does indeed repeat itself.
Back in the late 1970s, I was strapped with two fellow council members (as I recall, Jim Splaine and Mary Keenan) into a four-person helicopter which had landed on a square of land that is now occupied by the Sheraton Portsmouth Harborside Hotel. The full council was offered "free rides" by a helicopter service that wished to establish a base on that land, presumably for the same reasons being advanced today, although probably also with an eye toward serving Congoleum and its top management which had recently relocated just down the road. In any event, three of us took the offer.
I remember the ride well. We lifted off, flew over Market Square and along the river, ran the length of New Castle and the beaches in Rye, and even flew over the half-completed and open dome of the Seabrook nuclear power plant before returning. It was remarkable to see the immediate and very green Seacoast, where I had grown up, from the air.
The trip had an instant effect on me, but it wasn't about the convenience of local helicopter service. It was about — pre-Google Earth — seeing the fragility and environmental dependency of our Seacoast, sitting as it does interlaced with marsh, estuaries and ocean. For that reason alone, the ride was well worth it.
I hope that several present council members take the opportunity for the "free ride" being offered now. They may just see more than they expected.
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Junaid ibn Amjad at Muslim Matters posts his list here.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Polygamy and Creation
Sometimes we just need to appeal to God's creative order to get the point across!
Birds Don't Fly Over Mecca
A Western Christian friend of mine was having a heated discussion on matters of faith with an Arab Muslim friend of his when suddenly the Muslim said forcefully, "You know what- birds don't fly over Mecca," as if to prove once and for all that Islam is the true and final revelation of God.
This was humorous to me until I read this:
The concept of baraka pervades Muslim minds. It matters not whether it is a question of fulfilling the formal, religious duty of hajj, or of giving expression to the more magical attitudes towards Baraka as a power for healing.
Baraka is seen as 'good'. It could, however, be 'too good' for one. At the very center of Islam, in Mecca itself, is a very dangerous possibility that must be avoided. If a pilgrim were to look up into the sky right above the ka'ba, he might have a glimpse into paradise and as a result suffer mental derangement; he would have been exposed to too much Baraka. That is why, if you look carefully, you will see that doves never fly across the roof of the ka'ba. It is, consequently, the place pilgrims choose to walk round and round constantly. If human pilgrims are not available, then angelic ones replace them. The gate to heaven is above the ka'ba. Never could a believer be physically closer to God. Precisely there, however, where Baraka exists in its most concentrated form, it is also unpredictably dangerous. Baraka is not to be played with.
From The Unseen Face of Islam: Sharing the Gospel with Ordinary Muslims at Street Level by Bill Musk, pgs. 238-239 (emphasis mine).
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
What is a missional hermeneutic? (The Mission of God, Wright)
Hermeneutics is the art and science of interpretation. It provides a map that guides the reader to a meaning of a text. All maps aim to simplify and represent reality, and there will necessarily be limitations in any map. But a good map is essential if you want to accurately understand where you are and where you are going.
In The Mission of God: Unlocking the Bible's Grand Narrative, Chris Wright demonstrates how a "missional hermeneutic" is a map that approaches the whole Bible from the perspective of mission. This is the perspective which enables us to grasp the driving dynamic of the Bible's grand narrative.
According to Wright, it is not enough to recognize the Christological focus of the Bible. (And also not enough to recognize the plain, historical, and grammatical hermeneutic.) Of course Jesus is the central interpretative key by which we understand the overall significance of the Old and New Testaments, but we must also recognize the missiological focus of the Bible because God in Christ is on a mission.
A key text in biblical hermeneutics says, "Then [Jesus] opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, and said to them, "Thus it is written, that the Christ should suffer and on the third day rise from the dead, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins should be proclaimed in his name to all nations"" (Luke 24:45-47). Wright comments that Jesus "seems to be saying that the whole of Scripture… finds its focus and fulfillment both in the life and death and resurrection of Israel's Messiah, and in the mission to the nations, which flows out from that event… he was setting their hermeneutical orientation and agenda. The proper way for disciples of the crucified and risen Jesus to read their Scriptures, is messianically and missionally" (30).
Here's the point- it is fundamentally inaccurate to attempt to find a biblical basis for mission. Let that sink in for a bit…! Instead, it is more appropriate to speak of a missiological basis for the Bible. "The whole Bible itself is a missional phenomenon" (22). The Bible is a product of the mission of God and thus guides and empowers his people to their participation in his mission. Mission is what the Bible is all about. This perspective brings clarity and richness to its story. For me, re-reading the Bible in light of the missional hermeneutic has been fun and enlightening.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Vision for MBB Discipleship
Don Little says, "Part of the reason for our poor success in discipling BMBs [Believers from Muslim Backgrounds] has been that we have had an inadequate understanding of how discipleship works and what is the objective of discipleship. When our discipleship vision is weak then our practice will also be weak."
So, what is the vision for discipling MBBs?
From Little's Effective Insider Discipling: Helping Arab World Believers From Muslim Backgrounds Persevere And Thrive In Community, pg. 227:
We endeavour to see believers from Muslim backgrounds (1) living in loving mutual submission within believing church groups that (2) experience together the transforming grace of God through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit. (3) They live their lives together in submission to the scriptures and in obedience to their Lord, (4) developing individual and corporate routines that fortify their faith (5) so that their worldviews are transformed in ways faithful to the reality of the great biblical story of creation, fall and redemption. (6) Further, they live out their faith in obedience to Christ in ways suitable to their culture and society. (7) Growing increasingly into Christ-like holiness together, (8) they compassionately serve and (9) reach out with the gospel to people in their families, social networks, communities and beyond, bringing Glory to God (10) as they grow and multiply.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Different Views Concerning Relationships and Money
Financial issues are the most difficult thing I have experienced in discipling MBBs. I found the table below to be very helpful. I wish I would have seen this a couple years ago.
From the new Perspectives edition (2009), page 483, by Joseph Cumming:
Muslim and Western views on money can be very different. These observations apply not only in Muslim cultures, but in many places of the non-Western world.
All true friendships involve a financial element. The healthiest, happiest friendships are those where money does not change hands. The way to refuse giving should not be by saying, "No." The refusal must be indirect, so there is no embarrassment to the one asking. It is appropriate to be truthful and say, "No." Rules should be honored, but to show mercy is more important because of the high value of maintaining good relationships. Rules are rules. Period. When you request and receive financial assistance or help with a job or strings pulled with government bureaucracy, this places certain obligations on you. You must become a loyal supporter of your patron. A supporter only within ethical and moral boundaries. If a needed person receives gifts for a particular need, and then an even more pressing need arises, then it is legitimate to use those gifts for a the more pressing need. This is morally wrong unless explicitly authorized by the donor.
From an article by Joseph Cumming of Yale University, inspired by David Maranz's book African Friends and Money Matters. Cumming has lived 15 years in a Muslim country.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Two Parallel Errors
- Asking Muslims to become "Christians"
- Telling Muslims who want to follow Jesus to remain "in Islam/as Muslims"
Why do these two errors commit the same fallacy?
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Dirty Little Secret of Missions
"The dirty little secret of missions is that we are sending missionaries all over the world who have not demonstrated the ability to make disciples who can make disciples."
-Rick Wood, A Discipleship Revolution: The Key To Discipling All Peoples
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Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Missions is About the Worship of Jesus
From Of First Importance:
— David Mathis
Missions is about the worship of Jesus. The goal of missions is the global worship of Jesus by his redeemed people from every tribe, tongue, and nation. The outcome of missions is all peoples delighting to praise Jesus. And the motivation for missions is the enjoyment that his people have in him. Missions aims at, brings about, and is fueled by the worship of Jesus.
"Missions: the Worship of Jesus and the Joy of All Peoples" in Don't Call It a Comeback
(Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway Books, 2011), 225
Sunday, April 3, 2011
When God's Kingdom Grows Like Yeast
In the July-August 2010 issue of Mission Frontiers "Setting the Pace" is an article called When God's Kingdom Grows Like Yeast: Frequently-Asked-Questions About Jesus Movements Within Muslim Communities by John Travis and Dudley Woodberry.
From the intro:
In Matthew 13:33 and Luke 13:20 Jesus likens the Kingdom of God to yeast, a substance that transforms from the inside out. In the days surrounding His death and resurrection, Jesus instructed His followers to proclaim the good news of the Kingdom to all peoples of the world. Today numbers of Muslims have accepted this good news, allowing the yeast of the Kingdom to transform their lives and their families, while remaining a part of their own Muslim communities. Since there is a variety of perspectives on this phenomenon, even among the Islamic Studies faculty where we teach, we here seek to address some frequently-asked questions about it.
The article answers the following questions:
- What are some examples of this type of movement to Jesus within Muslim communities?
- If Muslims confess Jesus as Savior and Lord, why would they not simply want to join the Christian religion?
- Why is the phenomenon of Jesus movements within Muslim communities only being observed in recent years?
- It is an interesting idea that the Kingdom could move like yeast within a person's original religious community. However, are there not risks associated with Jesus movements remaining inside such communities?
- How do movements remain faithful to Jesus and the Bible when Islam contains teachings that are not compatible with biblical revelation?
- By not calling oneself a Christian, could not this be viewed as a form of denying Christ, the very thing Jesus warned of in Mark 8:38 and in Matthew 10:32-33?
- What does it mean to retain an official, social and/or cultural Muslim identity?
- Are Jesus movements within Muslim communities the only type of movement among Muslims today?
- What is the C1-C6 spectrum?
- How do these movements start?
- Scripture teaches that in Christ we are "one body" (Ephesians 4:4-6). Even though Jesus-following Muslims do not join traditional Christian churches or denominations, do they see themselves as part of the Body of Christ?
- Fellowship and commitment in a local expression of the Body of Christ is central to life in Christ. Do Muslim followers of Jesus gather together, or are they simply individuals who have believed in Jesus?
- Some have said that Jesus movements within Islam exist so that Muslims can avoid persecution and suffering for their faith in Christ. Is this true?
- It has been said that some Christians have assumed a Muslim identity in order to relate to and have an audience with Muslims. Does the existence of Jesus movements within Muslim communities suggest that Christians should take on a Muslim identity in order to reach Muslims with the Gospel?
- What about the traditional Christian sacraments of baptism and communion? Are these followed in Jesus movements within Muslim communities?
- Would Jesus-following Muslims still repeat the confession, "There is no god but God, and Muhammad is God's Messenger"?
- Do Jesus-following Muslims still refer to God as Allah?
- How do Muslims who follow Jesus communicate with fellow Muslims about Jesus and the Bible?
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Qur'an Burning and Deadly Protests in Response
Sad news of many dead in Afghanistan after the recent Qur'an burning in the US. Let's keep in mind three things as we respond to these senseless acts:
- Burning another person's religious book is mean and childish and wrong.
- The Pastor who burned the Qur'an should not be blamed for the killing that followed. Those who killed are the ones to blame.
- Calling those murderers "Muslims" or identifying them with Islam would be the same mistake as calling the Pastor a "Christian." Of course he is a "Christian," but he does not speak for Christianity in the same way those murderers do not speak for Islam. Certainly Muslims around the world will rightly condemn those killings.
See these related posts, especially American Muslims Make Video to Rebut Militants.


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Whether you want to deck yourself in turquoise from head to toe is a personal choice because this vibrant colour is sure to get you noticed. If a full turquoise outfit is too much for you, it can be worn as an accent colour – think a scarf, shoes, a purse or jewellery. Turquoise jewellery it great to offset an all-black or all-white outfit and most pieces are affordable. If they are not, cheaper, synthetic versions are available. Turquoise mixes well with browns, neutrals and deep blues and is very trend-setting with yellow-greens. This season the colour should be worn boldly for a strong Bohemian statement. (taken from this link)
So if I take turquoise as my starting point I can then go off in one of these directions
1. Monochrome + turquoiseBlack and white pieces teamed with the turquoise accents - think East's Avignon Collection.
2. Browns
Turquoise and brown is absolutely lovely. I do fear a little though that its getting to be a slightly dated combo and isn't as fresh as the black and white. Having said that it is in the Pantone report for Autumn Winter as Lagoon and Chocolate Truffle, so maybe more of a cool weather combination.
3. Neutrals
This is more of a summer take on the turquoise and brown. The lighter neutrals - all those taupe, stone, beige type colours imply warmer weather. I don't have a lot of stash in those colours though as its not something I can wear around the face, though its just about OK for trousers.
4. Deep blues
Turquoise and deep blue is a lovely combination. The only minus is I love it so much I did it last year already. I do wear a lot of that stuff, and I think the blue undertones are particularly nice with the turquoise, they contrast but in a nice way.
5. Yellow greens
Ooooh now this has a little bit of spice to it. I have to say I really like the way chartreuse type colours pop with turquoise.
Designs In Paper and think it could really work as the basis of a wardrobe.
The blue could be deepened further and work with the turquoise and the chartreuse, and I think that really does say Spring/Summer. East have a collection which uses similar colours - East's Mosaic Collection I would replace their wedgewood blue with the turquoise.


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Nationally the Conservative Government promised to plant more Trees. See here at this article on the BBC Website.
We have an opportunity here in Bramcote if we allow the building of houses on the Playing Field off Coventry Lane we could insist upon a strip of land 50 metres wide along side and to the West of Moor Lane. On this strip of land Trees could be planted to enhance the area and provide a Wildlife Corridor linking the Trees by the Old Canal and Railway Line in the north with the Bramcote Ridge in the south.
This page from a Forestry Commission Booklet might interest you. Forestry Commission – Why Trees are important .


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Tip #20 – Minimize channel specific dependencies and behavior
If you want to build assets that are reusable across distribution channels you should encapsulate channel specific data attributes and behavior from the rest of the logic. Often times I have built assets without taking this into consideration and have gone back and refactored the channel logic out of the domain components. If you know that an asset is going to be offered via multiple channels you can certainly take it into account earlier. How will know this? The first place to look will be your systematic reuse roadmap. Is your business planning to offer a capability in a new distribution channel such as interactive voice response or for mobile/iPhone users? Even if it's too late for the current iteration you always add it to the list of planned refactorings.
Below are examples of channel specific couplings and suggested design alternatives:
|Coupling Example
|Suggested design alternative
|Online Portal (Self-Service)
|Your asset assumes that the caller will provide a certain input identifier always. E.g. login user name
|Define an enumeration to support login user name and other kinds of identifiers as input. E.g. your interactive voice response might use social security number as input while your call center might use a customer identifier instead.
|Your asset assumes that the caller will only want a subset of data.
E.g. asset only provides name and address data for a customer
|Offer multiple flavors of data objects. Based on channel's preferences a particular flavor can be returned. E.g. Online portal could use a full customer profile while a call center could use a partial customer profile with certain data attributes masked for privacy.
|Your asset assumes that the caller will be invoking from a particular technology platform that is specific to the branch. E.g. the asset takes a workstation identifier as input.
|If you must capture workstation identifier put it as an optional parameter or a generic name/value pair type data structure.
This list is just an example and obviously your environment might contain additional channels and different types of channel couplings. As with everything else, you don't need to rush into fixing them. If a user story requires an asset that has a certain coupling, you can refactor just in time.
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believe in yourself essayI am remodeling our master bedroom into a little rustic/western haven. The rest of our home is farmhouse but I wanted our space a little different. I have several projects on my list and this is probably the easiest. Right now for our laundry I am using a tall, skinny wicker basket. I wanted something more rustic but didn't want to fork out the money for what some sites were charging for laundry storage. I love http://farmgirlblogs.com/persuasive-essay-examples-for-kids/ galvanized containers. We have used them for our animals, displays in Farm Girl, etc. and I love the simplistic, industrial touch that the galvanized look gives. You can use it for several decorating styles.
What you will need for this project:
- Galvanized Trash Can (We got this 31 Gallon at Home Depot)
- Four Casters (size is your preference)
- Screws
- Drill
- Liner (unless you want to cut a board for the bottom, then you will need sander, wood, and jigsaw)
As mentioned above, I am just using a liner for my can so the screws sticking up a little from the bottom won't bother me. However, if you do not want to use a liner and just throw your clothes in, I suggest buying a wood round, measure, use a jigsaw to cut the appropriate size, and screw into the bottom.
Next I placed my casters in quarters around the bottom of the can and screwed them in using my husband's Milwaukee drill.And, that's it! I plan on stenciling our brand as well as other cattle brands and spray painting them all over the can to add a different touch to it. :)


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The declaration for independency was given out by American representatives. American. so. being a settlement of the Great Britain. American by so was constituted of bulk being the slaves captured from other parts of the universe and sold to merchandisers in the slave trade in the Great Britain who were subsequently set free and allowed to settle in far lands which subsequently came to be called America. America remained the settlement of Great Britain until the Declaration of independency in 1776.
The declaration encompasses a figure of doctrines. Assuming that I am soon a Virginia plantation owner and break one's back holder. this paper seeks to turn to how the philosophical ideals embodied in the Declaration of Independence. the similarities and differences of doctrines in the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution. impact my false function as a Virginia plantation owner and break one's back holder. The paper besides seeks to set up a constitutional confirmation for and against my false function.
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To get down with. the doctrines in the Declaration of Independence include the powerful proposition that all work forces were created equal and each one of them has a right to life. right to believe for oneself i. e. right to liberty and compensate to pursuit of felicity ( Jefferson. 1964 ) . This doctrine of idealism. which believes in the built-in good of humanity. affects my false function in that as a holder of slaves whom I use for free labour in my farm. I go against the really human rights spelt out in predating philosophical stance. I deny the slaves I hold. their right to liberty i. e. hey need to assent to working for me as opposed to my usage of force.
My retention of the slaves besides seeks to demo one thing: that I have failed to recognize that all work forces were created equal. the built-in good in humanity and that no 1 or nil gives me the right to keep them against their wish and consent. This does non intend that no 1 can hold people working for him or no one can exert power over persons. All this is possible merely if the topics are in consent otherwise it is slavery Any imaginable authorities begets its power from the concurrency of the topics ( Jefferson. 1964 ) .
The cardinal difference between the Articles of alliance and the fundamental law is that whereas the articles were constructed by 13 provinces that the fundamental law of the US. by so. superseded ( In fact. it is more of a pact between the 13 provinces ) . the fundamental law was constructed to govern the whole state constituted of many provinces. all the provinces. as one state. The articles were parochial but the fundamental law is non. Another difference is that. in the articles. the authorities had no power to straight revenue enhancement the people. This was because the people were leery of the authorities for they saw it as a great menace to their autonomies.
The fundamental law gives the authorities power to straight revenue enhancement people and the people are more receptive to and swear the authorities to make most things for them. Further. the articles had the provinces given one ballot no affair how big the province was. This is non the instance with the fundamental law which allows a big province a proportionate vote power. Finally. the articles are oriented to the dreamer doctrine which believes in the built-in good of humanity whereas the fundamental law is oriented to the matter-of-fact doctrine which doesn't trust that people can make the right thing.
On the portion of similarities. it is seen that both. the Articles of alliance and the fundamental law. supply for the Congress declaring war and directing embassadors. As a Virginia plantation owner and break one's back holder. the articles of alliance and the fundamental law may prefer me or endanger me at the same clip. Even as the articles of alliance fought to advance general public assistance. to guarantee domestic repose and to guarantee the approvals of autonomy. they ever had a via media to allow bondage go on because most of the people. by so. owned slaves.
It was to take centuries subsequently before the slaves could eventually bask the approvals of autonomy spelt out in the fundamental law when the fundamental law could subsequently clearly stress award of unalienable human rights to slaves and Godheads likewise. This was of class no good intelligence to any Virginia plantation owner and break one's back holder because it meant that they could lose the free labour from the slaves therefore no productiveness or expensive cost of production and they stood a opportunity of traveling to prison if they continued to maintain the slaves.
This explains why Virginia delegates failed to subscribe the fundamental law during the constitutional convention. Bondage is seen traveling against the Torahs of human law. The gap phrase in the American fundamental law. insurance of autonomy being portion of the phrase. serves as a precursor to antislavery stance of the fundamental law. However. the fundamental law may hold failed in its ain ways and supported bondage or any act close to bondage. A figure of bookmans argue that the fundamental law at its construct at the constitutional convention was pro-slavery.
The laminitiss created a national charter to cover with the slavery issue. when they realized that radioactive dust was high based on the issue of bondage. It is noted that the slave proprietors were monopolising the authorities offices and ordering policies that trampled on human rights. For this logical thinking that constitutional confirmation appeared ill-defined on the issue of bondage. a Virginia plantation owner and break one's back holder could non sign the fundamental law until he was certain that slaves were merely counted as belongings and non citizens lest they could pull the protection the human rights enshrined in the fundamental law accordingly doing slavery illegal.


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Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 200989 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com.
Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1000745.1.
Release Phase
Solaris 9 Operating System
Bug Id
Date of Workaround Release
Date of Resolved Release
Solaris 9 systems running as NIS servers containing secure maps and with patches 113579-02 through 113579-05 (for SPARC) or 114342-02 through 114342-05 (for x86) installed may allow local or remote unprivileged users (in an NIS environment) access to secure map information. Secure maps such as "passwd.adjunct.byname" are typically used to store encrypted passwords and other sensitive information and are not viewable to unprivileged users.
Patches 113579-02 through 113579-05 and 114342-02 through 114342-05 have been WITHDRAWN and are no longer available on SunSolve.
Contributing Factors
This issue can occur in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
x86 Platform
Note: Solaris 7 and 8 are not affected by this issue.
This issue only affects NIS servers containing secure maps. NIS secure maps are stored on the server as dbm(3UCB) files with YP_SECURE as one of the keys in the database. Standard default secure maps (if they exist on the server) would be:
audit_user group.adjunct.byname passwd.adjunct.byname
The following script when run as "root" can help in finding secure maps that may be present:
#!/bin/bash for i in `ls -1 /var/yp/*/*.pag | sed -e s/\.pag//` do makedbm -u $i | grep YP_SECURE 2>&1 > /dev/null; if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo $i is a secure map fi done
Unprivileged local or remote users may be able to view secure maps using commands such as ypmatch(1) or ypcat(1). For example, if "audit_user" is configured to be a secure map on the NIS server, then the following command can be run by any user on an NIS client system:
$ ypcat audit_user
to determine the contents of the map, which is typically visible only to the "root" user.
To work around the described issue, back out patches 113579-02 through 113579-05 (for SPARC) or 114342-02 through 114342-05 (for x86). After backing out the patches, NIS services must be stopped and restarted using the following commands:
# /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypstop # /usr/lib/netsvc/yp/ypstart
Note: Systems installed with Solaris 9 Update 12/03 and 4/04 cannot back out the affected patches.
This issue is addressed in the following releases:
SPARC Platform
x86 Platform
Modification History
Date: 12-MAY-2004
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I had an interesting phone call this morning from Miss Two, my grand-daughter Calais. I could not understand much of what she said but she was obviously happy to be having a chat with Papa bless her. She waffled on for about five minutes and gave me a good chuckle, I love that little girl so much.
This afternoon I met son Number 3 Blake for a quiet father and son lunch at the Midway Tavern. We both had the "Roast of the day" which was not too bad, a couple of drinks, and a good long chat. I just wanted a little Dad time before Blake leaves for Alice Springs in a few days time. Bloody hell I miss him already, he is the first to move away, and hopefully the last. Number 4 Wade did try living in Darwin a few years ago but he was very young and it did not last long. I cried when Wade left and I will cry when Blake leaves, what a sook.
This morning we had our house and yard inspected for termites, great news, the house is termite free, bad news, live termites in both the front and back yards. Next step is a chemical treatment. No use complaining about it, this is all part of owning a house, if we do not maintain it we can not expect top dollar when it comes time to sell it.
The next thing is that we have to get rid of the wooden front steps and replace them with concrete, this was recommended by the termite contractor, there is some wood rot to repair in the gables, the pergola timbers are completely rotten and need to be replaced, and the concrete paths around the house have dropped in places. The big problem with the paths is they have dropped towards the house which means the rain runs under the house. Anyone remember the movie "The Money Pit", it's not that bad but it could be if we don't do some repairs now.
On the plus side I am loving this cooler weather. Goodbye Summer, don't hurry back.


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MARTIN LIGHT--Ex-supervisor of Leaf River Township, and proprietor of Elmwood Farm, Ogle County, Ill. There are in this township a number of
well-to-do men of middle age who were born here, have practically passed their lives here and who have been so successful in every way that, as one
of them has expressed the idea, "it is a good enough place for them," These men have grown up as neighbors and friends, and many are highly esteemed throughout the county. Conpicuous among this class is the progressive farmer and stockman whose name appears above. Martin LIGHT, was born in Leaf River Township, May 23, 1847, a son of John and Catherine (SCHUCKER) LIGHT. John LIGHT was born in Lebanon County, Pa., and came to Ogle County in 1837. Catherine SCHUCKER was born in Schuylkill County, Pa., and came to Illinois some years later than her husband. They married in Ogle County in 1845 and settled in Leaf River Township, where they passed the remainder of their lives. He died April 18, 1901, in his eighty-ninth year, and she on May 4, 1907, in her eighty-third year. Mr. LIGHT kept a country store at Lightsville and was the first Postmaster there, the post office having been known as Wales. His interest in the community led him to erect a school house at that point entirely at his own expense, and that was only one of many public spirited acts of his from time to time. Mr. LIGHT laid out the town of Lightsville and the same was named after him. Mr. and Mrs. LIGHT were devoted members of the River Brethren Church and were active and most efficient in all church work. Except for the few years while he was merchandising at Lightsville, Mr. LIGHT devoted himself exclusively to farming. In this connection some mention of the seven children of John and Catherine (SCHUCKER) LIGHT will be of more than passing interest. TENA is the wife of Henry SCHRADER, of Leaf River Township; MARTIN is the immediate subject of this sketch; JOHN died in Stephenson County; CATHERINE is the
wife of J.C. PANNENBORG, of Hammond, Ind.; HENRY lives at Rockford, Ill.; MARY married Riley MOTTER and lives in Stephenson County, Ill.; JOSEPH, the youngest died in Stephenson County about 1899; Martin the eldest son, was reared and educated in Leaf River Township, and has lived there all his life except during two years when his family had its home in Stephenson County. He was brought up to farming and stock-raising--knows his business thoroughly and conducts it on a liberal scale and quite profitably. He is the owner of 200 acres of land, most of which is well improved and on which he has a good residence and ample outbuildings and accessories. December 24, 1867, Mr. LIGHT married Miss Harriet J. SCHRADER, a native of Leaf River Township, born September 20, 1846. They had three children: JOHN H.; JOSEPH FRANK; and CORA A. The latter is the wife of Fred ALDEN of Winnebago County, Ill. Mrs. LIGHT died on June 20, 1887. Mr. LIGHT was married October 22, 1890, to Miss Lizzie HILLER as his second wife, born in Leaf River Township, January 15, 1864, a daughter of the late Edward And Mary A. (SCHREIBER) HILLER. An article giving in considerable detail the life of Mr. HILLER, has a place in this volume. By his second marriage, Mr.
LIGHT has six children named, respectively: WILBUR F.; EDITH; LYMAN M; MARION; MILDRED; and SHELBY J., all at home. Mr. LIGHT adheres to the principles of the Republican Party. He is devoted to the township and county affairs and is deeply interested in local schools. He held the office of Supervisor of Leaf River Township nine years and was a School Director five years. Mr. and Mrs. LIGHT are members of the United Brethren Church, to the various interests of which they are helpfully devoted.
"Encyclopedia of Illinois & Ogle Co., Vol. II" Published in 1909 by Munsell Bros., Chicago, IL
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Let we start from the name itself. Peponina stands for "peponi" and "ina". Peponi means heaven/ paradise (a Swahili word) and ina is short from Indonesia.
Peponina appreciates beauty (that's why we choose 'paradise'), and starts here in Indonesia. Not it claims Indonesia is the beauty itself nor confining its creativity only with what found in Indonesia. Therefore we plays our imagination to create some unique ethnic organizer mostly from Indonesian traditional fabrics along with the others. We use hand-woven from Yogya, Baduy, Timor, Kalimantan; also experimenting with the UNESCO Heritage: Batik from many regions in Indonesia; and in meantime we also create some other Indonesian ornaments using screenprinting or embroidery techniques.
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A small prayer request for my friends.
Dominic's has a lazy eye (left side). What is a lazy eye? you might asked. Well it has a tendency to go inward (ie toward the nose). So we need to see a specialist for this and I won't get an appointment until mid-october. My family doctor said it could be either glasses or a patch. We shall see. In the meantime, I pray that it will correct itself or at least not get worse.
Thanks for praying for him!


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McKenzie Friends in Sheriff Courts are delayed until 2011. MCKENZIE FRIENDS in Scotland are back in the news today as it was revealed Scotland's Sheriff Courts are to take several more months before introducing similar rules already implemented in the Court of Session during mid-June 2010 which allowed the internationally acclaimed courtroom helper into Scotland's civil courts some forty years after McKenzie Friends first came into existence in England & Wales. It had been thought McKenzie Friends would have appeared in the Sheriff Courts by the end of summer 2010.
Lord Hamilton enacted ban on McKenzie Friends being paid in Court of Session, Sheriff Courts may take different approach. The eight month delay has been caused apparently by considerations of issues such as whether expenses should be recoverable by a litigant who has the support of a McKenzie Friend. McKenzie Friends can already receive remuneration for their services in English courts, however the Lord President's introduction of McKenzie Friends to Scotland's court of session saw a ban on McKenzie Friends being able to charge for their services, a restriction some observers believe came about after the legal profession voiced concerns over their loss of business.
A statement (pdf) given to the Scottish Parliament's Petitions Committee by the Sheriff Court Rules Council secretariat in response to questions over the timetable of implementation revealed : "I can confirm that the Sheriff Court Rules Council considered draft rules for the use of a McKenzie friend in civil proceedings in the sheriff court at its meeting on 6 August. The Council agreed with the recommendation of its working group that a different approach to that of the Court of Session was necessary namely that the procedure involved should be less formal with no certification as regards the suitability of the individual which the party litigant wishes to assist in the conduct of the proceedings being required. An amended draft will be considered by the Council at its next meeting on 5 November."
The statement to the Petitions Committee continued : "The delay has arisen as the Council wishes to adopt a similar approach in principle to that of the Court of Session but at the same time wishes to reflect the different practices and procedures that operate within the sheriff court. In particular, there is a question whether expenses should be recoverable by a litigant who has the support of a McKenzie friend. This has been excluded in the Court of Session Rules. A decision has still to be taken as to whether this exclusion should also apply in the sheriff court."
The statement concluded : "The Council will consider other draft rules in relation to the recommendations contained within the Civil Courts Review. Subject to the drafts being approved by the Council, it is anticipated that the rules will be submitted to the Lord President with a view to the draft instrument being made in January 2011 with the rules coming into force in February 2011."
Legal insiders & consumer groups today criticised the long process of bringing McKenzie Friends to Scottish courts.
An official from one of Scotland's consumer organisations said the implementation process "could have been handled better, ensuring McKenzie Friends came into play in the Court of Session & the Sheriff Courts at the same time".
A solicitor pointed out today while it had now been the case for some months that party litigants could apply for a McKenzie Friend to assist them in the Court of Session, party litigants in Scotland's Sheriff courts were continuing to face a long wait on being able to use a McKenzie Friend, thus raising the possibility Sheriff court users may be facing a 'loss of access to justice'.
On the subject of expenses & remuneration of McKenzie Friends, he said : "Personally I have no difficulty with McKenzie Friends in Scotland being able to charge for their services, so long as their service is a valued one and productive for the party litigant."
He continued : "Allowing McKenzie Friends to be paid may well encourage groups such as law students & others willing to act as McKenzie Friends, assisting access to justice and giving some of our solicitors of the future valuable experience in court from the perspective of those who choose to represent their own interests."
I have previously reported on the differences between Scotland & the rest of the UK on the remuneration of McKenzie Friends, here : Lord President softens rules on Scottish McKenzie Friends, remuneration issue still out of step with England & Wales
The Petitioner, Stewart MacKenzie raised the issue of the Sheriff Court delay, writing in a letter (pdf) to the Petitions Committee : "Whilst I am very pleased that the Sheriff Court Rules Council propose a less formal process for McKenzie Friends in Sheriff Courts, with "no certification as regards the suitability of the individual which the Party Litigant wishes to assist in the conduct of the procedure being required", I am however very disappointed at the amount of time that the Sheriff Court Rules Council are taking to bring McKenzie Friends into force in the Sheriff Courts, particularly where they say that it could be February of 2011 before matters are finalised."
Mr MacKenzie continued, critical of the delays : "That being so and given the fact that Lord Hamilton brought McKenzie Friends into force in the Court of Session on 15th June 2010, the Sheriff Court system's implementation of McKenzie Friends will be at least eight months behind that of the Court of Session. I would also say that this may not have been fair to Party Litigants, whose cases are currently in the Sheriff Court system."
Clearly there should have been a more uniformed approach to bringing McKenzie Friends to all of Scotland's courts, particularly considering the time many agencies have taken to input on Petition 1247
You can read my earlier coverage of the campaign to bring McKenzie Friends to Scotland, and how having a McKenzie Friend in court may assist party litigants here : McKenzie Friends for Scotland : The story so far.
I reported on a useful guide for party litigants in the Court of Session, which includes the use of McKenzie Friends, here : Access to justice improved : McKenzie Friends advice now included in guide for Court of Session's party litigants
All written submissions for the McKenzie Friend petition (Petition 1247) at the Scottish Parliament can be read here : Written submissions for Petition 1247, McKenzie Friends for Scotland


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PULSE Kicks Off Awareness Month with ATM and Debit Card Safety Recommendations
June is ATM & Debit Card Safety Awareness Month; PULSE offers tips to help protect consumers
HOUSTON, TX – Jun 3, 2009 — To launch its annual ATM & Debit Card Safety Awareness Month, PULSE today released tips designed to help keep consumers safe and secure while using debit cards at ATMs and point-of-sale terminals. Debit continues to be a convenient and secure way to make purchases, and informed consumers can take an active role to minimize risks associated with these transactions.
"ATM withdrawals, cash back during point-of-sale transactions and PIN-based purchases are convenient ways to spend and access your money whenever you need it," said Steve Sievert, PULSE senior vice president. "However, any time you conduct a transaction, whether it's with a debit card or cash, it is always a good idea to take precautions to protect yourself."
When you are about to use your debit card, whether at a store, ATM or other location, here are some helpful safety reminders:
- Protect your PIN: ATM transactions and PIN debit purchases require the use of a personal identification number (PIN). Memorize your PIN; never write it on your card or store it with your card. Never let someone else enter your PIN for you. When entering your PIN, block the view of others by shielding the PIN pad.
- Survey your surroundings: Before making a withdrawal at an ATM, take a look at your surroundings. Watch for any sort of suspicious activity and, if anything appears to be out of the ordinary, or if the ATM is obstructed from view or poorly lit, leave the area and try another location.
- Keep an eye out for terminal tampering: If you suspect the ATM or POS terminal you are using has been altered, go to another terminal. Signs to watch for include unusual-looking card slots, plastic overlays on the PIN pad, or the appearance of damage.
- Report a lost or stolen card at once: If you misplace your card, leave it in a public place or your card is stolen, immediately call your financial institution to limit the chance that it will be used improperly. Quickly notifying your financial institution also will limit your potential liability for unauthorized transactions.
- Take someone with you: Whenever possible, it is a good idea to take another person with you when using an ATM or outdoor POS terminal, such as at a gas station. This is especially true when visiting an ATM at night, even if it is indoors.
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- Have your card ready: Minimize your time at the ATM by having your debit card out and ready to use. Do not let a stranger assist you in making a transaction, even if you have trouble or your card gets stuck. Never count your money while at the ATM.
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Envato (formerly Eden) operates a group of digital marketplaces that sell creative assets for web designers, including themes, graphics, video, audio, photography and 3D models.[3] It has over 1.5 million active buyers and sellers and over 8 million community members, along with over 5 million items for sale.[4] Its highest-trafficked marketplace, ThemeForest, is the 204th most visited site in the world according to Alexa.[5]
Prior to founding Envato, Ta'eed grew up in Papua New Guinea, eventually moving to Australia to study mathematics and computer science. While at high school he befriended Jun Rung who studied design at University. Rung introduced Ta'eed to design, which quickly became a passion. Ta'eed soon left behind mathematics and computer science to focus on graphic design, teaching himself via online tutorials, magazines and design books, an experience which would later provide the inspiration for Envato's online learning service, Tuts+.[11]
Collis Ta'eed found work as a web designer and it was during this time that he met Cyan Ta'eed, a fellow graphic designer and eventual co-founder of Envato. The pair married. Soon after, Collis Ta'eed began selling Flash files on iStockPhoto, making around $400 a month.[12] It was from this experience that he developed the idea for FlashDen, a dedicated marketplace for Flash files. FlashDen became the first of what would eventually become eight marketplaces. Its name was changed to ActiveDen in 2009 after a trademark claim from Adobe.[13]
With no technical co-founder, the team hired a developer to build the initial version of FlashDen. Launching the business cost $90,000 in total, financed by credit card debt, borrowing from family, and freelancing on evenings and weekends.[10] The company's first office was Cyan Ta'eed's parents' basement garage. Envato has remained bootstrapped since its founding,[14]despite repeated interest from VC firms.[15]
FlashDen launched in 2006. In 2007 Collis Ta'eed's brother, Vahid Ta'eed, joined Envato as the fourth owner. Envato also launched Psdtuts+, a Photoshop tutorial website, and FreelanceSwitch, a blog about freelancing. In 2008 the company launched ThemeForest, a web templates and themes marketplace, and AudioJungle, a marketplace for stock music and audio.[4] In 2009 the company launched VideoHive, a marketplace for motion graphics, stock footage and video files, and GraphicRiver, a marketplace for stock graphics. In 2010, after several years of traveling, Collis and Cyan Ta'eed settled in Melbourne, Australia, to work alongside the company's Melbourne-based development team.[10] The company also launched CodeCanyon in 2010, a marketplace for scripts and plugins. It launched PhotoDune, a stock photography marketplace, and 3dOcean, a 3D models and accessories marketplace, in 2011.
Since the launch of Psdtuts+ in 2007, Tuts+ has expanded to offer approximately 18,000 free tutorials on graphic design, web design, illustration, code, music, audio, video, photography, 3D, motion graphics, game development, computer skills, crafts, DIY and business.[16] In 2011 it added a monthly membership service which grants access to a library of video courses and technical eBooks.[4]
Envato launched Microlancer in 2013, a freelance services marketplace where buyers can purchase fixed-price services like logo design, illustration and WordPress customization. The product rebranded to Envato Studio in 2014.[4]
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Envato Studio is a community of hand-picked designers, developers and digital talent, available to work on your project. From logo design to web development, to video production, we make it easy to connect and work together to get your job done. See how it works.
In April 2013 we launched a beta version called Microlancer, focussed on small design and development jobs with up-front pricing. Over the first 12 months our community of talent and buyers quickly grew, as did the size and type of jobs they completed. So, on our first birthday we changed our name to Envato Studio to better reflect who we are and what we do.
We believe there is a better way to get digital projects done. Buyers should have easy access to talent all around the world, select who they wish to work with, and have quality work completed without any surprises. We are equally passionate about providing genuine opportunities for our talented community to do the work they love.
We're located in an awesome space in Melbourne, Australia.
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Building community is a core pillar of the MGH Center for Global Health. This year, we are taking the steps to build our Faculty Associate Network. If you are an MGH-MGPO faculty or fellow in good standing and engaged in substantive global health activities as part of your career, we hope you will consider joining the network by becoming an Associate in Global Health or Fellow in Global Health. In doing so,
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Your participation will allow us to more easily acknowledge your work, facilitate connections, offer feedback, connect mentors and mentees, and offer information on global health research and programs to our external partners. In return, we ask Associates to be active participants in the MGH Global Health Community (e.g. service on committee, participate in public seminars, mentor trainees or students, participate in research in progress sessions, collaborate in CGH activities and programs, liaison with home department) and keep an up to date program profile on our website.
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A reliable leakster, Evan Blass, @evleaks, has taken to his social media page to leak the Coral Blue colour variant of the upcoming flagship smartphone from Samsung, the Galaxy S9 Plus.
The device which has been revealed to be coming in four color variants of Midnight Black, Lilac Purple, Titanium Gray and Coral Blue was yesterday showed off in its coral blue variant.
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Following a series of accusations related to the race for House District 28, The Secretary of State's Investigations Division is continuing to pursue an ongoing investigation into potential instances of voter fraud.
"Eliminating voter fraud is essential to strengthening the integrity of Georgia's elections, which is why I am committed to fighting against crimes that undermine our most fundamental instructions and sow doubt in our communities," said Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger. "Voter fraud has no place in Georgia's elections, and my office will exhaust every avenue to investigate instances of abuse and prevent further injustice."
Superior Court Judge David Sweat has ordered a second redo election in response to evidence of voter fraud in the recent election for House District 28 conducted on December 4, 2018.
"Preventing electoral fraud is central to the mission of the Secretary of State's office, and our investigators will continue their important work in guaranteeing free and fair elections for all of Georgia's communities," said Deputy Secretary of State Jordan Fuchs. "We look forward to a conclusive result for the voters of House District 28 and will assist in providing support to local elections officials as required."
The election to select the representative from House District 28 will not be set until a date is ordered by Judge Sweat.


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This is this year's most requested nursery school song.
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This is this year's most requested nursery school song.
Thanks for the video, Daša. 🙂
This week I finished the nursery school year with two end of year shows. We sang head, shoulders, knees and toes and Jelly on a plate. We recognized colours and animals. We stood up, sat down, turned around and jumped. And we even played rockets and counted backwards from 10 – 0 before blasting off. The children were really great, and it really gave the parents a little window into what we had done during the year.
Thank you children and nursery school teachers, it was fun working with you. I hope we can do it again next year.
I haven't posted a progress report on the English sessions for a long time, but I must say that classes have been amazing. I really do feel that our sessions will have a positive impact on the children's future English learning.
In both the 2nd and 3rd year classes we have sung our best loved songs, counted forwards and backwards with our fingers, learnt animal names, and pretended to be trees, flowers and grass. We have woken up with a very loud 'GOOD MORNING' and gone to sleep with a soft 'good night'. We have been the Sun, the stars, and the rain. And more importantly we have had fun doing so. 🙂
It was a very productive week. 🙂
Again I apologise for the lateness.
My first update of the year. 🙂 And this is what we have been doing:
Another great week at the preschool. The children really seem to be enjoying it. 🙂
During our sixth session this is what we did. 🙂
This week was another good one. 🙂
On Friday we held our 4th preschool English session, and it was great. 🙂 As well as teaching the nursery's third year, we also began classes with those in the second.
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Nungas is another World class Kite and Windsurfing wave when that strong afternoon wind blows perfectly cross-shore from behind. Nungas begins to peel off in a mini version of a G-land line. A long left hander that can often run for 200 meters plus with a couple of serious bowl sections and lots of whack able sections to play with. Under 8' the wave breaks down into several sections of 50 meters or so, one or all may be surf able. But at 8' the sections start to connect offering rides of 200 meters or more, with flat spots, hot-dog walls, full-on barrels all thrown into one ride. Best take-off spot is determined on an hourly basis. A lot of surfers start off walking down to Periscopes, take one look at Nungas and go out there instead. This wave also lets you ride the wave all the way into a big calm bay. A longer paddle out, but well worth the effort. Nungas is the area's big wave spot - a long fast, wrapping left-hander that has been ridden up to 15 feet.
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Last week the news broke that Denton's Hailey's Club would be closing its doors on December 31, much to the dismay of the club's most loyal patrons, and, well, the rest of us. The uproar from artists and fans alike was hard to miss while scrolling through social media, with many of those comments predicting a quick, sudden death for the hip-hop/rap scene in Denton.
Amidst the disbelieving posts regarding the impending closure of Hailey's was a status posted by #Baconomic's Wesley Nusbaum aka Blaze Won. The status read, "With Hailey's closing ... the end of a lot of local rap careers is upon us Lol." The first few comments were nothing to bat an eye at, but the fourth one from the top, from Oaktopia's founder Matt Battaglia, sure was. Battaglia said simply, "Not once I open my venue." Sure, maybe Battaglia's comment was a knee-jerk reaction. But it certainly raised a few questions.
So, was Battaglia serious? (I asked. He is.) But really, it's not surprising, considering the 20-something has already established himself as a thrower of righteous shows and a pretty kick-ass festival. Oh, and then there's the fact that he has been saying he has big plans for Denton for awhile now. He's humble and totally owns up to the glitches he has encountered while throwing Oaktopia, as well as elsewhere along the road. And he's not so naive as to think that running a venue would be the same as masterminding one weekend out of the year.
"The thing about a venue that would be different than a music festival is that you could be tweaking it throughout the year until you get it right — instead of making a mistake and having to wait an entire year to try again," Battaglia says.
But most important, Battaglia sees an opportunity to continue to provide a platform in Denton for some of the more underground, experimental and underrepresented music genres — like hip-hop. "Andy's quit doing hip-hop and now Hailey's, so there's literally nowhere for it in Denton," Battaglia explains. And he's not the only one who feels that way. DDFW Master of the Mic contender Ritchy Flo admits that the folks at Hailey's have always been supportive of everyone in the scene, and that with their departure, it may be difficult for some newer rap artists to gain traction.
"Andy's always used to let us perform, and Rockin' Rodeo now, but Hailey's has been consistently throwing hip-hop shows for awhile," Flo says. Flo's biggest concern for the scene is the new generation and where they will be able to get their start. "When Hailey's closes, it's going to force these artists to look outside of their comfort zone for a venue in Denton, because there's not a lot of other choices."
However, not everyone feels as though the closing of Hailey's means that Denton's hip-hop will disappear. As AV the Great puts it, "It always sucks to lose a music venue in a city, regardless of what genre it is. But it doesn't really effect the music scene as far as hip-hop goes." AV went on to say, "People have been doing hip-hop shows at Andy's, Rubber Gloves, White House and all over during Hailey's existence and even before it was allowed in Hailey's." And he should know: He has been around longer than most hip-hop aficionados in Denton.
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And speaking of Rubber Gloves, ask owner Josh Baish about his feelings on "the death of the hip-hop scene" and he'll tell you to stop being a whiny cry-baby. While Baish does admit that Rubber Gloves is not known for its vast hip-hop lineups, he says he's never been opposed to it. "We've had hip-hop and rap for a long time. We've always hosted hip-hop, we've always been open for it." But if you're going to take your rap game to Rubber Gloves, whatever you do, don't walk across the stage during someone else's set and don't take your beer to the wrong part of the house. More specifically, Baish says, "Just don't suck. Respect the venue and don't suck."
From AV's perspective, though, the breaking down of social barriers and the inclusiveness of Denton's ever-expanding artistic vibe is what's really starting to allow for more possibilities for new musicians and artists.
"The more that the locals and the college people start to mix and mingle, the more the tension in the city stopped," AV says. "And more people banded together and realized how much we could do together in this art scene." Furthermore, AV says the growth of performance spaces is not only inevitable, but may come sooner than we all think. "I know of about three situations brewing with new venues popping up here. As Denton grows, there's going to be more development and more venues, so I wouldn't even worry about it."
Any way you slice it, it sounds like a lot of new and exciting things are starting to heat up in Denton. For Battaglia though, his dream of owning a venue is still up in the air. He and his team are scouting out locations, getting their business plan prepped and continuing to look for investors. "Right now it's just in the very beginning stages of brainstorming on it and finding a good location," he says. "We've found some potential investors, but they won't invest until we have a good location and plan in place." But if anyone can handle a venture like this, it's the guy who gave Denton one of the best weekends of the year.


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