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The Seward County Democratic Party will meet on Thursday, July 26, at the Masonic Lodge, 16 E. Fourth St. The potluck dinner will start at 6:30 p.m. and the meeting will be at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include introducing Senate candidate Johnny Dunlap II and upcoming elections and events. Dunlap is the Democrat candidate for the 38th State Senate District. With no primary opposition, he will be running against incumbent Republican Senator Garrett Love for the November elections. Dunlap graduated from Dodge City High School and has a Bachelor's degree from Hays State University. He works at Newman University where he helps students enroll to become teachers. An active volunteer, he has chaired the Ford County Democratic Party since 2010. He lives in Spearville, KS with his wife Niki and his ten-year-old daughter, Lily. For the potluck, drinks, plates, napkins, plastic ware and cups will be provided. Members are asked to bring a main dish, side dish or dessert to share. Anyone interested in the Democratic Party is invited to attend. For more information, call 629-0203.


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I have got the master degree of Solid Mechanics in University of Science and Technology of China. Actually, I have taken several courses related to this subject, such as strength of materials and the theory of elasticity. So, my strength may be that I have some knowledge about it, but my poor ability to solve PDE or even ODE could be the specific obstacle for studying this course. I will do research in Suo's group(http://www.seas.harvard.edu/suo/), and my research may be related to soft matters, such as gels. Obviously, this course is essential for my future research, especially the topic about finite deformation. I think all of us, no matter which major you are in and what your future goal is, can be benefitted from this course. Some concepts and results in this course, such as stress concentration, stress wave propagation, plastic deformation, are very helpful for us to understand both crucial engineering designs and natural phenomena and even can give us some proposal for everyday life.
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We are looking for papers for a session at the XXVI European Society for Rural Sociology Congress (http://www.esrs2015.eu/WG2 )
The session is: Post-neoliberal food transitions
1: Wageningen University, Netherlands; 2: University of Gloucestershire; 3: Aarhus University; 4: University of Innsbruck; 5: University of Pisa
There is growing recognition that neoliberal food system models, dominant since the late 1970s, may no longer be 'fit-for-purpose'. In this regard, 'business as usual' responses are being seen as no longer able to deal with increasingly complex sets of food system pressures (e.g., climate change, peak oil, food security) and a new 'post-neoliberal' paradigm of food system governance is arguably starting to manifest. This paradigm recognises the need to enact more 'radical' changes across food system practices and is made visible through a number of new initiatives that have emerged with the aim to re-organise and re-embed food practices and markets into wider social relations. These practices span from agro-ecological approaches on the producer side and to new dietary practices on the consumer side.
From this starting point, this working group will examine recent food system practices through multiple lenses, including post-neoliberalism, transition and post-normal science. It questions:
- How is the dominant food system developing rules, regulations and actions to respond to new challenges and greater complexity?
- Which types of niche activities are emerging to support a transition towards food-related practices that are more just and sustainable?
- How do neoliberal arguments such as individual responsibility, local substitutions to former welfare state schemes, or the replacement of public by private regulations correspond to arguments focused on civic virtues like fairness and solidarity?
This session will bring together researchers from across the social sciences to present and interrogate a range of food-related transitions. We invite the submission of abstracts that engage with one or more of the following themes:
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- Post-normal science and food chains
- Theories of innovation, complexity, social practice, resilience, transition
- Methodologies for assessing food chain performance
- Food system transitions in rural, urban and/or rural-urban contexts
- Global, national, regional and local food chain dynamics
- Sustainable intensification
- Sustainable diet
- Agro-ecology, food sovereignty, smallholders, family farms
- Territorial agri-food initiatives
- New partnerships and governance arrangements between food chain actors
- Arguments and visions endorsed by stakeholders in "transition arenas"
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Haddie Winters Will Participate in Intensive Study of French Language
BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—A senior from Gardner-Webb University has been selected to receive a scholarship from the National Security Education Program (NSEP). As a recipient of the David L. Boren Scholarship, Hadassah "Haddie" Winters of Lancaster, S.C., will participate in an intensive language study program and then fulfill a one-year service agreement with the federal government.
Winters grew up in West Africa, where her parents served as missionary linguists. Because her closest friends were from Senegal and other countries, she developed a passion for international affairs. She came to Gardner-Webb because the global studies program offered three concentrations and several course options. Her advisor, Dr. Casey Delehanty, assistant professor of global studies, encouraged her to apply for the Boren Scholarship.
"I wasn't so sure of my chances of success, since it is such a competitive scholarship, but Dr. Delehanty kept telling me I should apply, assuring me that he would work with me every step of the way," Winters shared. "I started my application essays in late November and submitted the final drafts in February. This semester I am interning as a grade-school teacher in Cameroon until late May, so I submitted the final application from here, and completed the required French oral proficiency interview over a long-distance phone call from New York."
Her six-month study of French and the Wolof language begins this summer at the University of Florida in Gainesville. In the fall, she will continue her studies at the West African Research Center in Dakar, Senegal. After graduating from GWU in December, she will complete the service requirement of the scholarship. Winters is hoping to work with the U.S. Department of State in a French-speaking African country.
Winters praised everyone who contributed to the success of her application. Delehanty and Dr. Joseph Moore, assistant professor of history, proofed her essays along with her parents and some friends. Dr. Tamara Cox, professor of French, completed her language proficiency form. Her letters of recommendation were written by Cox, Delehanty and Dr. Don Berry, professor of religious studies.
"I was absolutely floored when I received the email informing me that I had won the scholarship," Winters disclosed. "It was a Gardner-Webb team effort and it is a Gardner-Webb team celebration. I am expecting to make rapid progress in advancing my French, and also grow through the myriad of cultural experiences this scholarship will enable me to have."
Boren Scholarships, an initiative of the National Security Education Program, fund opportunities for U.S. undergraduate students to study less commonly-taught languages in world regions critical to U.S. interests, and underrepresented in study abroad, including Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East. For more information, visit borenawards.org.
Located in the North Carolina foothills, Gardner-Webb University is a private, Christian, liberal arts university that prepares students to become critical thinkers, effective leaders and compassionate servants in the global community. Emphasizing a strong student-centered experience and rigorous academics, Gardner-Webb ignites learning and service opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students. Ignite your future at Gardner-Webb.edu.


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Our 2019 DRAMS User Group will take place in Glasgow on 6th June. Huge thanks to Whyte & Mackay for generously offering to host this event.
As always, the User Group will bring together DRAMS customers from around the world to meet, learn how to take advantage of the latest developments in DRAMS, share best practice, and of course to catch up with friends and colleagues new and old.
Our 2018 event took place in July and was hosted by John Fergus and Co at the impressive InchDairnie distillery. Key topics covered include DRAMSPrint, Cask Assessment and Wood Management, DRAMS Dashboard, new Mobile Hardware, and developments in Customer Care.
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Some of my Favorite Screenshots
I was taking some screenshots for use on Garrosh's blog and started going through all my saved ones. Man, there sure are a lot of things I had forgotten! Anyway, I thought I'd share a few of my faves.
"I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine and he shall be my Squishy. Come on, Squishy! Come on, little Squishy!"
Pandaria was so very beautiful.
Escorting an injured Saurfang through Siege of Orgrimmar.
My DK taking on a bit more than she could handle…
Keeping watch in the Blasted Lands during the Warlords of Draenor pre-launch event.
Glory of the Hellfire Raider
We Might Have Killed Heroic Paragons? It's Complicated…
Last night we were working on our current progression boss, Heroic Paragons of the Klaxxi. (We skipped Heroic Blackfuse and are going to work on him next.) It was intense! We were nearing the end and suddenly a few DPS died, and then our Disc Priest died so that I was the only healer, and then our Monk tank died, and then I didn't see the amber pool forming under my feet and I died like an idiot, but by then we only had one boss left to kill and he was about half dead. So with one tank and 2-3 DPS alive they were ahead of the enrage timer and everything looked good… But then the boss jumped into the air to throw the amber pools, and while he was out of range they fell behind the enrage. However we knew it wasn't a hard enrage, so people spread out so he would have to kill them one by one and everyone loaded the boss up with as many DoTs as possible.
As the boss ran around one-shotting the last few DPSers we were counting down the remaining health on vent… 1% health… 500k health… OMG they could do it… Then the last DPS died and we were filled with despair.
But suddenly– what's this?! Victory music from Big Wigs and a bonus roll popped up! WOOT! The boss had died from DoTs just as he killed the last DPS! We were victorious!
At least someone got bonus roll loot. Heaven forbid it should be me. Stupid gold.
We didn't get any achievements.
The body of the boss despawned.
Because the body had despawned, we couldn't loot.
There were probably two pieces of BiS Resto Druid loot too.
Well, that's sure weird. But the Paragons WERE dead… The door to Garrosh was open. We had been allowed to roll on bonus loot, and several people won gear from the rolls. The Guild News page listed us as having killed the Paragons. WoW Progress updated and said we had killed them. But the armory was not showing credit for the kill on anyone's individual page.
The best we can figure is that the last boss died from DoTs just as he was resetting, which bugged out the credit for the kill. Somehow it ended up giving credit to the guild but not to the individual players.
At least our guild rank should be accurate, and that's what really matters, right?
So, now what happens?
We decided to put in a ticket to Blizzard to see if they can sort it out for us. We'd like for them to give us the loot that was on the boss, which they should be able to see in the files, since raid loot is generated when the raid instance is generated. However, I'm not going to hold my breath for that, because once we killed Elegon during the phase when the floor had disappeared, leaving the loot chest floating in mid-air, unaccessable, and Blizzard's response to our ticket was basically, "We know this bug happens, but we're not going to give you loot, because we don't care."
Those 10 achievement points are very important to me.
No, getting them next week isn't good enough, geez!
More importantly, we'd like to get our achievements for the kill. Also, we aren't sure if we should go on to kill Garrosh in this lockout or not, because maybe Blizzard can just re-set the Paragons this week so we can kill them again, but better this time. (We still have one more raid night on Monday.) We're not sure what Blizzard does in these sorts of situations. Maybe they'll strip us of the bonus roll loot and say our kill was invalid! That would be sad. 😦
I hate those little yellow "incomplete" bars. Someday, all the bars will be green!
(Healers… always obsessed with making the bars green.)
We were recording the kill, so a video will be available at some point, but it hasn't been uploaded to Youtube yet.
(What's this? Two blog posts in two days? Madness!)
I Design Raid Encounters In My Sleep
*dusts off blog* Oh, hey! I have a blog! Fancy that. Hi, everyone!
I have a lot of WoW related dreams. Originally, they were about questing, or practicing my rotation, or farming herbs, or other mundane things that I was actually doing in-game. However, more recently my subconscious mind has started designing raid encounters (and other new game features) in my sleep, sometimes in surprising detail. Last night I dreamed of an encounter that was especially "complete", so I feel like I should write it down. For posterity, or something.
The Setting
I obviously don't have screenshots of a boss fight that doesn't exist, so here, have some rocks.
This encounter takes place in a large, rocky arena; either a bowl-shaped valley surrounded by steep cliffs or a subterranean cavern with a high ceiling. It's a bit larger than the chamber Tortos was in. In the center is a large, mechanical contraption with various valves, tubes and machinery, digging into the earth and putting out tendrils of pipe that meander across the room, sometimes disappearing underground and then reappearing in other places. The rocks are all colored in rich browns, rather like the rock formations in Thousand Needles.
Around the room there are several chambers or alcoves set back into the cliffs. Each alcove contains 4-5 caster mobs with low health pools, but which deal very high damage if aggroed. These casters are trash mobs, which do not participate in the boss fight unless you get too close to them.
The boss stands just to the right of the room entrance and has a fairly large aggro radius, so you can't get very far into the room before he pulls. This prevents you from getting near the alcoves to kill the casters before engaging the boss.
Phase 1
Pretend this is a rocky alcove full of caster mobs.
The boss is immobile, so is tanked right where he stands. My dream didn't provide me with much detail about the boss itself at all — I blame the fact that I don't tank. I have no idea what it looked like, or what it was doing besides standing there meleeing the tanks. It probably had a tank swap mechanic, because every recent boss has had a tank swap mechanic, so why not? I do remember that the boss was partially protected by a mechanical shield contraption that caused him to take 50% less damage in this phase.
Otherwise, the first few seconds of the fight is pure tank n' spank. About 30 seconds into the encounter the boss becomes inactive and big mechanical construct-type adds spawn around the entire room, spaced about 30 yards apart from each other. There are about 6 adds per 5 players. These constructs are also immobile, as well as untankable, doing nothing but channeling a single spell. They have to be killed before they finish the channel, which lasts about 20 seconds, or else they drop a large explosive boulder where they were standing. Each explosive boulder has about twice the health of a construct, and must be killed within 10 seconds of spawning. If not killed in time, the boulders explode for massive amounts of AoE raid damage.
Killing the constructs in time requires a fairly high amount of DPS. It also requires DPS to quickly spread out around the room to kill the constructs at the opposite end from where the boss is standing. In my dream, we had every person assigned to a construct, with DPS players helping tanks and healers kill their constructs after their own were dead. Then everyone worked to quickly kill any leftover constructs or dropped boulders. It might be possible to survive 1-2 boulder explosions using strong raid cooldowns.
After the constructs and boulders are dead, the boss re-activates and needs to be picked up quickly by a tank. This is back to tank n' spank mode, except approximately every 20 seconds the boss does a raid-wide knockback. This is a lot like Iron Juggernaut's knockback, in that it knocks you back until you are stopped by an obstacle. Luckily, there's a giant piece of machinery in the center of the room to stop you. However, if you miss hitting the machinery, you can easily be knocked back into one of the alcoves and aggro the casters there. This is nearly guaranteed to wipe the raid, as the casters will likely kill the person knocked into them, and then run out of the alcove to pick off other raid members. (If you are reminded of Onyxia's whelp caves, so am I.)
At this point the tank n' spank/knockback part of the phase alternates with the construct/boulder phase until Phase 2 is triggered. Each tank n' spank section lasts about a minute, with constructs/boulders taking about 30 seconds.
The Gimmick That Triggers Phase 2
This doesn't look like the machinery in my dream at all, but it'll do.
In order to trigger Phase 2, you have to destroy the machinery in the center of the room. The machinery cannot be DPSed — instead you must collect explosive resources that spawn randomly around the room and place them into the machine. When enough resources have been collected, someone can pull the lever on the side of the machine to detonate the explosives. In my dream we assigned a Disc Priest to run around collecting explosives, because there wasn't a lot of healing required in Phase 1, (unless boulders exploded), and because he could use Angelic Feathers to keep up a near constant speed boost to help him get to resource spawns.
Detonating the explosives also prevents more constructs from spawning, and (more importantly) removes the boss's damage reducing shield.
Phase 2
I don't have a picture of a boss burn phase, so here — have a picture of Frank casting Hellfire.
This is a pure burn phase, very much like the final phase of Galakras or Shannox. The boss deals increasing raid-wide AoE damage until it overwhelms the healers and wipes the raid or you manage to kill the boss. The key here is to whittle enough health off the boss in Phase 1 to be able to finish him off quickly once his shield is gone. Since players have control over when he transitions, it's a matter of balancing how many construct phases with their high burst damage requirements you can handle vs. how much raid-wide AoE damage you can survive at the end. It would probably be a good idea to save Bloodlust/Heroism for Phase 2, as well as to transition to Phase 2 after a tank n' spank section instead of after constructs, so that you have as many DPS cooldowns available as possible.
Of course, in addition to the soft-enrage of increasing raid damage in Phase 2, there's also a hard enrage at about 5-6 minutes, which should help prevent people from simply remaining in Phase 1 forever.
Don't Quit My Day Job?
So, what do you think? Did my subconscious mind do a good job? Do I have a promising future ahead of me as an encounter designer? Or is this just a sign that I definitely play too much?
Plushie Lil' Derpion
*tap tap* This thing on? *blows dust off of WordPress*
Hi there! Apparently, I still have a blog. I've just become really, really bad about writing things up. You see, when something interesting happens or I have some sort of thought, I usually just whisper or IM a couple people about it and then it's out of my system and I no longer feel like taking the time to type it up. I know, I know, I'm so very lazy.
But this HAS to be a blog post, because it was inspired by another blogger. You see, back in February, Kamalia posted about finishing her quest to make little plushies of all the WoW dragon whelplings. They were so cute and awesome that I wished out loud for a sewing machine so that I could make some too. My husband was like, "Would you really like a sewing machine? Would you make stuff with it?" And I was like, sure! Why not? So he totally bought me one for my birthday! (I think he just wants to encourage me to have more non-gaming hobbies, heh.) And since Kamalia had kindly posted her whelpling pattern, I was good to go!
Of course, I hadn't used a sewing machine in decades, so I knew it would take a bit of practice to figure things out. My plan was to start off with simpler projects, and I did sew together a nice little pillow with a sort of quilted pillowcase, but then I just threw caution to the wind and dove straight into dragon making.
The mostly completed pillowcase. I'm far too lazy to go take a photo of the finished product.
Introducing Derpion, Aspect of the Derp Flight!
He's sittin' so pretty for the camera.
Since the little guy is a bit awkward looking, I was going to name him something like Derpy, or Derptar, or Derpistrasz. When I mentioned this to Prinnie, she yelled, "DERPION! Aspect of the Derp Flight!" Which is far too perfect, I must agree. So little Derpion he is.
Anyway, because I knew my first attempt was probably going to really suck, I didn't want to use very expensive fabric. So I just bought the cheapest cotton I could find to make a practice dragon. And yeah… I made quite a few mistakes and there are a number of things I'd do differently next time.
Hanging out with himself and showing off his side views.
First of all, I didn't read Kamalia's instructions very closely or study her photos to see how she'd done things. I had a pattern, what more did I need?! So I uh, totally didn't notice that she hadn't included seam allowances on the pattern. >.< So the body and hind legs turned out smaller than they would have been otherwise. I finally noticed the lack of a seam allowance when I tried to sew his little front legs and my sewing machine tried to eat them. I had to redo those and allow for a proper seam, so his front legs are proportionately bigger than his hind legs, at least compared to Kamalia's whelps. I also re-drew the wings to include allowance for both the seam and the pipe cleaner armature-thing.
Secondly, I forgot to add the little top piece for his head. I don't think it's noticeable unless you know it's supposed to be there though. His head is just smaller and narrower than it should be. I think it looks a bit more like a dinosaur or a turkey vulture this way.
Thirdly, I kept getting better as I went along, so the second of each pair of legs/wings turned out better than the first one, and usually slightly larger too. It's especially noticeable in his wings.
The left wing is clearly better constructed than the right wing. Poor lop-sided Derpion!
Fourthly, I wasn't sure how the feet were supposed to be sewn together, so I tried two different versions on the front and the back legs. I'm not sure which I like better. There's probably an even better way to do them that I just don't know about.
Finally, I had no idea how Kamalia had intended to sew the limbs on, so I kinda just made it up. I used buttons to attach them, which makes them semi-poseable.
Such a big world for such a little dragon.
However, there are some things that I think work well. The quilting-type thing I did on the wings looks pretty good. The zig-zag stitching in particular helps give the wings a bit of texture that I like. The semi-poseable legs are also pretty cool, in my opinion.
I'm sure I'll try again using different fabric and trying different techniques. I may even look up how to do things next time!
Taken at the Moment of my Death
Our guild is now 10/13 heroic Throne of Thunder. The only bosses we have left to kill are H. Dark Animus, H. Lei Shen and Ra-Den. It would be nice if we could get them down before 5.4 drops, but there's not a lot of time left. Also, these encounters are HARD.
Like, "Well, at least we're wiping quickly" hard.
Stomping on our bodies to add insult to injury.
Last night Dark Animus went something like this:
OW! Ow ow ow! Why are they hitting so hard?! Oh god, why?!?!
SPLAT! Tank dead.
SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT! One healer and two DPS dead.
RUN AWAY! Try to brez someone but– SPLAT! Now I'm dead.
"This is a wipe guys." NO, REALLY?!?!?
"You have wiped on Heroic Dark Animus at 1 min 4 sec. You have 20 wipes on this difficulty."
…Thanks for rubbing it in, boss mod.
Beautiful Image of Death
In between wipes I was chatting with Prinnie from That Was an Accident! on Real ID and she reminded me to take some epic screenshots of fail to post for everyone to enjoy. I'm usually really terrible about remembering to hit Print Screen, especially when I'm in combat. (I mean, come on, I'm trying to keep everyone alive, hitting Print Screen is dangerous!) But there were a few moments (warning: understatement!) when death was inevitable and it really didn't matter if I stopped to document our demise. Though I had to be quick, because the wipes happened so darn FAST.
My favourite is this one. I think it really gives a sense of what a clusterfuck last night was.
I don't think healers are supposed to have aggro on ALL the things.
I'm taking melee hits of over a million. Also, I grabbed the shot just as I died. Xperl is showing me as dead but Healbot hasn't quite got the memo yet.
We did improve over the course of the evening though. We're hoping that if we get the first two minutes of the fight down the rest will be relatively easy. *fingers crossed*
Heroic Twin Consorts Kill Video
I know this video is long, but I just love how even on progression our raid atmosphere is usually so calm and full of banter. And if nothing else, you should really skip forward to about the 10:15 minute mark for some after combat hilarity.
I have a whole list of blog posts I want to write. I really need to get around to writing them…


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Passages was my thesis project in my final year at the School of Fine Art at the University of Manitoba. This was done c. 1999-2000. I like to think I have significantly improved in my art since this time. I don't go for the rough, less defined line art style, I use a computer to do the lettering (my handwriting is a barely legible normally), and this was done before Google Image searches. I would hang out in the libraries for hours looking up material. I would (very rarely) go out and draw from the source. Now, I can draw almost anything based on material from the Internet (for good or bad). I do miss wandering the aisles of the libraries though…..
The first 3 images are covers for Passages (there are colored versions, which I had painted, but I don't have copies at this time), and then the remaining images are the first several pages from Passages.


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Caroline Manzo has defended the cast of Jersey Shore, according to Us Weekly.
The Real Housewives of New Jersey star claimed that she is not offended by the hard-partying antics on the MTV show.
The cast of Jersey Shore have been criticised for their heavy drinking and representation of Italian-Americans.
"They are young kids doing their thing," Manzo told Us Weekly at the Bravo network's Upfronts in New York. "Let them be kids and one day they'll just look at it and realise."
The 50-year-old mother-of-three added that she is not worried that the cast will give the state of New Jersey a bad name because they all hail from New York.
"They are not from Jersey so I don't care," she quipped.
The second season of Real Housewives of New Jersey will premiere this June.


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How to Decide on a Career (Even If You Don't Know What You Want)
Follow our tips for thinking about your career direction!
Editor's note: Times have changed since this was first published! This post was geared to candidates when our economy was considered a "recruiter's market" – job seekers were abundant, work was scarce. Now, Brazen and the world has shifted: the economy has cranked up, jobs are being filled rapidly, top talent is snapped up like fish in a barrel. Our blog now focuses on how to help recruiters and HR managers find the best candidates for open positions. That is our mission with our chat platform. Recruiters, we think this article is a great one to share with your potential candidates who are still in-between careers, struggling to decide where to put their energies, or job seekers who don't recognize their own soft skills and how to put them together in a career. Take a look, and tell us what else you think your candidates need to know in the comments!
Choosing the right career is tricky. Economist Neil Howe estimates that only five percent of people find a good career match on the first try. And even beyond this chilling stat, there's so much external pressure to land the perfect job, follow your passion and be super successful by the end of your 20s. No wonder most people break into a cold sweat when asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
But deciding on a career can be simplified into three basic problems. Conquer these, and you'll dramatically up your chances of finding the job that's right for you.
Problem #1: You don't have enough information
There are literally thousands of careers out there—some of which could be at the perfect junction of what you're good at, what you love, and what's in demand. It's amazing how many successful people didn't know their dream job even existed when they were younger.
To combat this problem, try this: devote one hour every day for a week (or heck, a month!) on pure research. Check out career exploration sites, top job lists, your favorite blogs or even a new section of the newspaper. Your mission? Write down any and every job that catches your eye.
This minimal routine will skyrocket your list of career ideas.
Problem #2: You don't know what you want
There are many great jobs in the world. But there are fewer great jobs that are right for you. Making a good connection between yourself (your values, interests, personality, etc.) and a career can be tough.
For some people, personality tests to discover if you're an introvert or extrovert, or heart-to-hearts with a career counselor can jumpstart this stage. But if you're short on time, money or patience, assess career ideas with this practical checklist:
- Does this career sound interesting?
As author Cal Newport has so eloquently advocated, you don't have to be passionately head-over-heels for a career in order to thrive. (In fact, following a passion can be a big mistake.) However, a career should genuinely interest you on a gut level. It's a good sign if you hear about a job and think, "Yeah, tell me more about that!"
- Does this career involve work that you could be good at?
Many skills can be learned if you commit the time, but pursuing a career that actively goes against your natural tendencies is a giant fail waiting to happen. If you're an introverted research type, don't force yourself into a sales job—no matter how cool it sounds. Likewise, big-picture people will not find happiness in a tiny-details job. If the work itself clashes with your personality or skill set, move on.
- Does this career fulfill your essential needs?
What you need from a career can include everything from basic salary and education requirements to more complicated concerns related to disability, family situation, religious beliefs and beyond.
Once you've nailed down what you want from your job, you can match those needs to career options. For example, if a six-figure income tops your priority list, choose a field where you can feasibly make that kind of money (think science, healthcare, technology, business) and avoid lottery industries (like filmmaking and fashion design) where only a lucky few will strike it rich.
- Does the world need this career?
Practically speaking, you need a job. So before diving down a new career path, see if there's a reasonably good chance someone will hire you at the end of it. Check out employment projections or industry chatter to gauge if your career is in demand.
Problem #3: You can't make a decision
You're 99.99 percent guaranteed to find multiple career choices where you can shine. In this situation, it's easy to fall into a perpetual motion machine of angst and second-guessing. What if you don't pick the right career?
But here's the secret: don't worry about choosing the best option; choose any (well-researched and practical) option. "Just pick one thing to do," suggests Brazen Careerist founder Penelope Trunk. "And if that doesn't work, then pick another. Making a choice and trying it is an important career skill."
So be brave and take action—and you'll be that much closer to finding a job you love.
Annie Favreau works for Inside Jobs, a site that helps people discover strong careers and connect with the right education to achieve their goals. Follow her on Pinterest.
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Ryan R B Chatterton says:
I'd emphasize your final point the most. It's totally okay for people to change careers, especially early on.
If we pull some of that idea into your first "Problem," we could say people would be much more likely to learn by doing the thing they want to do. If they think they want to design, they should design. If they want to build furniture, they can rent some tools over a few weekends and give it a go.
I'm hard-pressed to think of any careers (perhaps not medicine :S) where we cannot try it before we "buy" it.
Overall, though, I enjoyed your thoughts on the matter. Some good sources too.
Annie Rose Favreau says:
Thanks for your thoughtful comment Ryan. You hit the nail on the head in pointing out that actually trying out a career (in a low-commitment way) is one of the fastest ways to determine if it's really what you want to be doing. There's often a big gap between our expectations of a career and the realities it entails. Thanks again for sharing!
Cindy says:
I recently sold my hair salon and now just work behind the chair, unable to decide if this is what I truly enjoy, been a year and still feel guilty selling when I don't think I was ready, im going crazy! Any suggestions cindynmarc firstname.lastname@example.com
Carol Christen says:
Great list. Hope this list gets printed out by the dozens. Those projections are why high schools could use a class just for Job Shadowing. Since high schools don't do it, this is an important experience that now falls to parents.
Rìtch Elle says:
I have fallen into the trap of thinking the sole point of work is to bring home enough money to live comfortably. While adequate compensation is important in any job, it's not the whole story. If you are unsatisfied with what you do every day, it takes a toll on your physical and mental health. You may feel burned out and frustrated, anxious, depressed, or unable to enjoy time at home knowing another workday is ahead. What's more, if you don't find your work meaningful and rewarding, it's hard to keep the momentum going to advance in your career. You are more likely to be successful in a career that you feel passionate about.
Whether you're looking to enter the work force for the first time or contemplating a career change, the first step to choosing a fulfilling career is to uncover the activities that get you excited and bring you joy…:)
Cara Christine says:
Why not just try to find an internship to give it a try first? much less risk.
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Ideen Solhtalab says:
Best advice I ever got was from reading a book — The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran. His poem on "Work."
"Work is love made visible.
And if you cannot work with love but only with distaste, it is better that you should leave your work and sit at the gate of the temple and take alms of those who work with joy.
For if you bake bread with indifference, you bake a bitter bread that feeds but half man's hunger.
And if you grudge the crushing of the grapes, your grudge distils a poison in the wine.
And if you sing though as angels, and love not the singing, you muffle man's ears to the voices of the day and the voices of the night."
Ben Fanning says:
Nice Article, Annie. Another tip is to think about a career where you'll be surrounded by people that get inspired by the same things you're into…a big momentum builder!
Judith Gargyi says:
The best careers are the ones that choose us. Do the work you love and the career finds you 🙂
Ryan R B Chatterton says:
What about kids that don't know what work they love?
Razwana Wahid says:
Hi Annie – great article. I would add to take this one step further. If you think of a job that may interest you, then speak to someone doing the job already to give you insider info on what it is really like. It gives you more information, and builds your network.
– Razwana
Humor That Works says:
One of the best ways to find out more about a career is to ask people who are currently doing it. "What's your average day like?" "What do you like about your job?" "What do you dislike about it?" From there you can start to piece together what the experience might be like for you.
Nirav Vyas says:
Some people know from an early age exactly what kind of career
they want to have. They have a laser like focus, start picking up
skills when they're young, and fall right into their niche. But most of
us aren't so lucky. We roughly know what we want to major in at college,
manage to get our degree, take the first full time job offer we can
find, and then start to question everything we're doing. So what do you
do when you don't know what you want to do with your life?
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frankie says:
What do you do when you already know what you like, but there is no way to get a job in that field. How you make connections when you know nobody in that field?
yadda says:
it's not the career so much as it is the lifestyle you are subscribing to. if I could (without judging myself, and allowing the opinions of others to influence me, and if the job paid enough) I'd work at Subway. I don't want to own a franchise, I would just work as a sandwich artist. I LOVED that job, I loved the creative aspect and made every sandwich deliberately with care and attention (I'm not joking). I would also however, love to visit headquarters and also travel to the different conventions and meet other people in the industry. Nothing else, I don't care to move up in the company, just travel and make sandwiches. No stress. I'd also work for some of my favorite food companies somehow and help them out. But see, that doesn't fit with my lifestyle. I go to the gym everyday, and I love exercising. I also love weight training, but I don't know if I want to do that for a living. I have tried it and I did like it, but is there enough work/lifestyle balance? It is imperative I go everyday, I love it, but it's not the same as doing it for a living. I would study "Athlete Health" (as you can at my Uni) and I could see myself helping others in that field. Perhaps I will train athletes in nutrition. I'm all over the place. I am obsessed with health and wellness, but only for me.
michael says:
this is exactly how i feel! my main interest would have to be within the sports fitness industry and i love working out and trying new things which have scientific evidence behind them and i also like to keep track of my progress to the smallest details. i suppose i also have an innate obsession with statistics but dont find them interesting but i just have to analyse things to find any patterns or information that might be useful but not obvious. i say innate obsession because even when i was young and used to watch formula one racing i used to make forecasts on how the drivers and constructors would perform if they kept going at the rate they were performing at and how many points they would end up with. also i used to try and work out how many races my favourite driver needed to win to guarantee the championship etc… this is when i was like 11/12 years old. having said that i cant see myself working with numbers day in day out like an accountant or something… i would need it to be something i am very interested in… the more time i waste thinking of what the ideal job for me is the more confused i become. i think i might just succumb to the pressure and get any decent paid job that i can get with an economics degree. dont know why i did economics.
william cunanan says:
I'm in total breakdown right now. I finished mechanical engineering, i, already worked a year in my first job, then im currently working here in my 2nd job for almost a year too, my 2nd job is already a very good position, but still not happy with it. Im thinking of changing my career path, i thought that i will never be happy in pushing the job related to my course even if the salary is high. I want to be in a pure office environment where i can dress up, im into computer since i was young so no matter how busy it would be, i think that would be my satisfation. But still, im asking myself myself if is it a good thing to do? Or is it too late to try?
Pri says:
I am 19 and currently doing Cambridge A-level. I love to read and write stories. I started writing poems when I was 13 and started writing stories in 15. I read approximately 300 stories a year, online stories and also books. But i have a problem. My parents are totally against of the idea me writing stuffs or even reading. They want me to persuade a medical degree. I am very confuse in which path to go. Help me. Thank you.
Jordan says:
Heh, I used to think I wanted to do game design, but something changed when I was a kid and I stopped caring about it. I used to day dream, draw, and think of concepts for games. I lost the feeling of inspiration, the maddening sureness that I knew what I wanted to do in life; and a great deal of my happiness. People told me for years that you work for inspiration. At first I blatantly ignored the advice. However I gave it a try after a while. I could never achieve inspiration. At most I felt reminiscent feelings that died early on. I still try multiple avenues of creativity.
Flash forward, I am now 26, I still hop from job to job. There's not much meaning in my life now. Spare for brief moments where I laugh with my friends, tiny sparks of life that make me feel alive like inspiration did. It's getting to be more of a money thing for me than what I love to do. I almost need 2 jobs to get by now. I find I start a job thinking it will be terrible and slowly I realise its not so bad. However over a long enough time line I begin to hate the job. I continually look for better work as well as expanding my hobbies and honing useful ones. Perhaps this is good enough, having the funds to afford rent and the occasional beer or joint.
Dana says:
I've scoured the Web for advice on what to do when you don't know what you want to do and this article alone has actually given me the answer I've been looking for all these years. Thanks a million for this – I'm going to print it out, stick it on my wall and read it everyday until the penny drops.
Emily says:
So… you are saying I cannot be a dentist/dental assistant if I am introverted and shy?
Ozlem says:
I wanna be a PE teacher and in achieving and succeeding in life, it's just my parents are always complaining I don't know what to do , I'm trying to ignore but I have to and want to go clubs after school they ask the same questions over and over again why? It's to do with my career I say, I say I'm interested in it but they start talking about me being something else then that's hits me so bad, I've tryed talking to them they won't understand
Maite says:
Hi Anne!
Thank you for the article.
I would like to ask you what do you think about the main roles that schools, high-schools and universities may take in order to try to guide and pursuit young people to find their own ways and choices.
Considering the fact that we are living a tricky situation by which is difficult to find a proper job and companies request high experience and qualifications, it makes the career options reduced.
Thank you!
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That part of the narrative that the Progressives pushing the war on America's law enforcement do not want Americans to see or hear, for that matter.
The usual suspects are protesting a police shooting at the University of Chicago last week, and others since last week's of twenty-one-year-old Charles Thomas shooting at night in a darkened alley appears to be justified.
Thomas was neutralized but not killed when, as witnessed by police body and dash cams, the student suspected of breaking apartment windows with a pipe and appearing to be on edge began to dangerously wield what appears to be a pipe as he walked towards police who repeatedly urged Thomas to put the pipe down.
Failing to yield to their warnings, Thomas continued walking towards the three officers and at one point, it appears in the video that he attempted to rush the officers prompting an officer to shoot him in the shoulder. Thomas, then went down, wounded and began to curse at the police officers, repeatedly yelling "f–k you all!" (Video below-warning: language alert)
Charles Thomas, 21, of the 5400 block of South Kimbark Avenue, was charged with one felony count of aggravated assault of a peace officer, two felony counts of criminal damage to property more than $300,000 and two misdemeanor counts of criminal damage to property, Chicago Police said.
Thomas was shot by university police after reports of a burglary Tuesday night in the alley between South Kimbark and South Woodlawn Avenue near 53rd Street in the South Side Hyde Park neighborhood, according to Assistant Vice President for Communications Jeremy Manier.
When officers arrived they found a man "with a long metal pipe, breaking car and apartment windows," Manier said. Body camera footage released Wednesday night shows the student wearing a visor over his face and rubber gloves on his hands while holding the pipe[…]
BREAKING: 'Don't come at me!' Video shows University of Chicago officer shooting student, @NaderDIssa reports. https://t.co/OUhmwaBcpv pic.twitter.com/ECMt1dZuaM
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) April 5, 2018
In spite of the disturbing events that unfolded, the usual suspects are accusing campus police of mishandling the situation, dog whistle for "dude, you didn't have to shoot the guy." Balderdash. What were they to do, let someone who at the time was appeared to be in a state of agitation bash their heads in?
Rally organizers have a list of changes that they are demanding the University of Chicago implement, one of which is disarming the police.
According to Thomas' mother, the student was having a psychiatric episode.
…Rally organizers said they want to see several changes from university police, including some funding for the department rerouted to mental health resources.
"This event and many others can be avoided if we just had a 24-hour mental health responder that was trained in handling crisis intervention and de-escalating situations like this," student Tunisia Tai said[…]
The rally was scheduled to have taken place this past Friday. The motto: Never Let a Good Crisis Go to Waste. [my emphasis on the latter.]
Student Protesters Want University Of Chicago Police Disarmed
The Elephant in the Room: Chicago's Crime and Murder Problem.
In the meantime, number of those shot, wounded, killed and homicides throughout Chicago last week (April 1-April 7),
Number of those shot, wounded, killed and homicides throughout Chicago during the last month, i.e., March 10 thru April 7, 2018:
Number of those shot, wounded, killed and homicides throughout Chicago this year to date:
Source: Hey Jackass! (See also: The Weekend's Shoot-o-Rahm-a)
Number of protests this year in response to those killed in Chicago in robberies, home invasions, drive-bys, black on black violence, etc. —
H/t The Conservative Moms: The Next Army of Davids – [Check out TCM's series of articles: RATINGS GOLD…EXCEPT IN CHICAGO.]


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Beautiful photographs. Snow makes it all so poignant. I hope you dig out soon.
Very nice, my man!
I love the arctic picnic table. Way cool.
Unfortunately, that snow finds my Frencher Half on your side of it and me across the vast frosty expanse in NoSnowLand. Perhaps Santa will bring him back to me in his sleigh?
Merry Christmas and Happy New Reflection Hunting!
I also have one of those meringue pies on my patio. It is still being made as I speak write oh whatever.
Could I get an iced coffee to go with my pie, please?
super shots
Gosh Owen, and I thought the snow was bad in Lancashire. I loved the chimney stacks behind the trees image. Great stuff as always. Now, get some sleep!
Whoa that is a lot of snow. Sadly my own meringue only rose to half that amount...
You sure have winter there also ;) In Helsinki there is now 61 cm snow and that is lot more than we here in north have. But it is snowing here and wind is hard and of course there is still -18 C.. not nice at all. Beautiful photos you have taken, I like them very much.
Have a nice day ;)
Put some fruit on the top and you have a pavlova!
Loved the reflection shot.
The snow is quite beautiful. Also, everyone's photos. Mother Nature is on a rampage on the west coast here!
Happy holidays!
Oh yes....your shots are stunning and with a perfect title! Keep warm and don't venture out too much.
I love your meringue pie ! the Polar snows didn't come down as far as the South West this time.... they hardly ever do ! Must be the breath of the ocean !
Hi Owen!!
Your photos are as beautiful as ever!!
I hadn't stopped by in quite a while... (Not a good thing...)
Just wanted to wish you a very happy holiday season!!
Warmest greetings from Mexico City!
Très inspiré Owen !
Couvre-toi bien...
Ta table de jardin meringuée donne très envie :) Yummy !
Tu m'en garde un petit bout ? ;)
That first shot says it all. I marvel at the perfection of the shape the snow has created out of that flat surface! I would love to see that one framed. It would grace any wall with its elegance. The last 2 poetry in form and verse for those of us to whom Christmas will never be the same as the one's we used to know. And your reflection shot is so lyrical and tells a different story. I too am indebted to both James and Roxana for opening doors of perception that I may not have otherwise walked through.
Il faudra attendre les beaux jours pour s'installer à ce salon de jardin!!!!
Quelle idée généreuse de partager ta si parfaite tarte au citron meringuée ! J'en ai reçue jusqu'ici ! C'est le dessert du moment. Chaque matin en tirant mes rideaux je me demande, auront-nous cette fameuse meringue ou reviendront nous à la buche ? Garde à l'indigestion, néanmoins.
J'apprécie ton oeil de photographe qui détecte autant de grâce dans un simple reflet auprès duquel beaucoup seraient passés sans rien remarquer. Sur ce plan très serré, c'est assez magnifique !
Superbe, la pièce montée façon meringue ! Vous m'en mettrez deux douzaine, une par week-end pendant tout l'hiver ! Vous êtes bien partis.... keep smiling.
Hi Joanna, many thanks, and I'm wondering, maybe the table was covered not in meringue, but in white chocolate mousse ?!
Hi Pliers !
Glad you like the snowy table, it is perfect for serving dishes that need to stay chilled, like seafood platters with oysters... and as for the champagne and white wine, no ice bucket needed, just plop the bottle down somewhere in the middle of the table. Warm parka required though.
So what's this about your Frencher half being somewhere up this way while you are not ??? If he's still here after Xmas, please ask him to give me a shout... and you, where are you spending Xmas ? When you say no-snow-land, is that somewhere inside the hexagon, or is that back in balmy souther CA??? or elsewhere?
Take care and happiest of holidays to you both !
Lorrene, I hope your meringue will prove to be as deliciously lovely as ours was ! Happy holidays !
Louciao ciao, you certainly may ! And would that be with or without a shot of Irish whisky in it ???
And where's that Saj ??? She hasn't placed her order yet...
JJ, many thanks !
Hi Laurie, I think the snow is bad everywhere. Was just reading about all the stranded passengers at Heathrow. What a MESS ! Will be catching up on sleep shortly !!!
Dear Steve,
Maybe you didn't beat it enough ? A meringue has to be beaten just enough in order for it to rise to its full potential.
Hei Elisa,
61 cms ! and -20C !!! If you keep talking like that you are going to drive me south for the winter...
Might just have to start thinking about going back to la Réunion for a month or two or three, until this crazy cold and snow have gone back to Siberia and Canada where they belong !
Stay warm and very happy holidays to you...
Dear Fly,
Correction, a frozen fruit Pahlova...
Do you have any spare rooms in Costa Rica we could come stay in for a month or three ??? Or a spare guest house we could rent ?
For me this bitter cold and snow gets old in a hurry... I've about had my dose already, and winter only officially starts today. With a full moon to boot for the solstice...
We are due apparently for at least three more days of rain, freezing rain, and snow on the forecase... am getting a little weary of it already... hope things are better where you are.
Stay warm and happy holidays... happy solstice too, which I suppose is what the original holidays this time of year were really all about, the days start getting longer again from here on out. Then the old traditional feasting and partying got hijacked to serve other purposes. I like to celebrate the original reason...
Hi Jilly, thanks so much, believe me, we are little tempted to go out these days... although I may go out to howl a bit at the full moon tonight, if it's visible...
Hi Namaki,
I think I'm going to move south then !
We heard yesterday and today that here on Mammoth Mountain, we have the most snow in Northern America!!! My house is slowly being buried in snow...our deck...well let's just say that our patio table is under about 6 feet of snow right now!!! At least the internet is still working (the tv isn't!)
Stay warm Owen!!!
Hi Lena,
Many thanks for dropping by, am happy whenever you can make it... oh glamorous but not dumb one... That latest tatoo is quite amazing, hope it didn't hurt too much. And also hope you'll get over the bronchitis fast, that's no good for a singer...
Happy holidays ! And happy full moon !
Chère K'line, bien sûr je garde un petit bout pour toi, je vais aller le tailler et le mettre au congelo, ce petit bout, ok ? Et au mois d'août quand il fait bien chaud de nouveau, on sortira ce petit bout pour toi... faudrait juste passer le réclamer...
Bonnes fêtes !!!
Hi Stickup, indeed, indeed, that's exactly why I wanted to shoot the photo, so we could frame it, and keep a memory of that incredible meringue... it never snows this much here !!! This winter is already bizarre, and it wasn't even winter yet... that happens today. And for sure we are very fortunate to have James and Roxana helping us see certain things along the road...
Bonjour Chrys ! Mais, mais, je ne veux pas attendre... le froid, c'est trop... c'est trop... c'est trop froid ! J'ai entendu parlé que l'homme a inventé une machine qui permet de monter dedans, et dans moins de douze heures, on peut se retrouver sur une île tropique comme la Réunion, où il faut mettre un peu de crème solaire avant de sortir, mais où il fait chaud actuellement...
Ca fait rever un peu, non ?
Salut Catherine,
J'ai vu que tu es très attentive aux décorations, ton balcon saupoudré de sucre de patisserie est magnifique, on a presque envie de croquer un peu dedans... aie ! Ca fait mal aux dents !
Merci bcp sinon, et en espèrant que ton chauffage est efficace ces jours-ci, je te souhaite le meilleures des fêtes, au cas où d'ici noel je n'arrive pas à revenir ici... ces derniers jours avant noel, c'est un peu la folie au boulot..., un peu, beaucoup, à la folie même...
Bonjour Nathalie,
Si tu passes ici tu pourrais découper autant de parts que tu voudrais, il y en a pour tout le monde, et encore ! Faudrait juste être équippé avec une grosse boite isotherme pour les transporter jusqu'à dans le sud...
Bonnes fêtes à toi Nathalie !
Hi Chieftess, that sounds amazing ! Hope you don't get totally buried ! Well at least the net is still connected, to be cut off with no net and no tv and only white out the windows could be a problem. Do you have a snow mobile to go shopping with ?
Happy holidays !
Definitely amazing!!! And we only just moved up here in July, from sunny Southern California!!! Just found out that this is the worst December storm EVER in Mammoth...Mammoth is one of the premier ski resorts in California, and for that matter, the US...known for it's heavy snows and sunny skies...well, we've got the heavy snow right now, but I'm beginning to forget what the sun looks like!!!
This will sound just crazy, but I do have to admit, Owen, that I envy you your weather. We're having a bit of a warm winter, here in Texas... at least where I live. And it's really quite irritating. Lots of fog in the morning... and brilliant sun throughout the day. Now, why should I be complaining, right? But I do love my seasons. I remember, when I lived in Singapore, growing up... I loved it! But I hated the fact that we only had one season all-year round. I feel as though I'm living through a repeat performance of that, this year.
At any rate, I am not here to rant about the weather but to tell you, instead that I am quite haunted by the view from between those gnarly branches and that very last "I miss you" has brought back such bittersweet memories for me.
It is always such an experience visiting you, Owen.
Wishing you and your loved ones a beautiful and glimmering holiday season filled with bright hopes for the coming year!
As a child growing up in east Tennessee we would delight in such a snow fall. I have fond memories of making snow-icecream. Unfortunately, snow is so toxic nowadays such delights are unthinkable. Great Photos!
Hi Dee,
Scary to think that even snow could be toxic... but if rain can be acid, I guess snow, that most virgin of precipitation could also be polluted. What a mad world...
Some poignant images there, Owen. My sympathies to you for the awful weather, which we Canadians do tend to snicker at, but which does create real hell when one isn't equipped for it.
If I don't come back here before the end of the week, I do wish you and La Grenouille and your children a joyful Christmas, and hope that you'll be snug and toasty warm together in front of your tree. Many good wishes to you for the New Year, Owen!
Dear Nevine,
Maybe we could organize an exchange then ???
I would love to do some field research in rural Texas, although I fear some of the places I'd like to go explore, like the Big Bend area, may not be exactly safe these days... sad times, when so many places are off limits due to too many people running around with guns and hate in their hearts. So much for the Christmas spirit.
But you are welcome to come partake of the snow, there is plenty of it going on across Europe these days, and another major storm is predicted in the Paris area for Wednesday night... just bring your snow shovel and chains for the car tires !
Haha, what a pie!! and you wont believe it, i even thought in take a slice of it =)
My dear friend Owen, you know how these times of the year keep one so busy and such, so then i am not sure if it will be possible for me to be in the extraordinary and beloved blogworld of mine the coming years. Thus, i want to wish you a very Merry, white, shining, happy Christmas!! May not only these days, but all your life be one of health, happiness, wisdom and love. Receive a big hug and all my best wishes, and extend these wishes to all of your family and beloved ones. Keep well and enjoy so much dear Owen and yes, i hope you haven´t been a mischievous kid so Santa can bring you some magical presents (i hope the old bearded man includes France on its itinerary) =)
all the best for you !! and see you soon.
The meringue pie looks really nice, but I believe I prefer the one I had at the restaurant last night! :-)
Your table does look like a giant iced cake! It's actually very pretty. I would be tempted to grab some other outdoor items to decorate it.
I really adore the image of the trees - timeless and haunting.
Stay warm and have a lovely holiday.
Tu devrais pas repeindre ta table et tes chaises ?...(:[
La rouille c'est pas très jojo lorsqu'on a des invités ! ! !
Bonnes fêtes sacré Owen du Nord !
Sorry I'm late but I ditched the internet and went to NYC for a few days. It looks like you have plenty of snow to deal with. What a cool shot, no pun intended. :) I love your Père Lachaise photos. They always put a smile on my face.
Oh I love that pie! What a great shape, did you have to make it that way or did nature do it for you? Stunning photos again, sorry I'm late....
Howdy Owen...
oui jeff n'a pas tort..:o)un petit coup de peinture peut être..
Et as tu pensé que nous allions nous geler l'arrière train sur tes chaises glaçons..Es ce là que tu bois courageusement ton petit café du matin?:o)
plaisanteries mises a part il y a là une belle épaisseur de neige..le ciel ne vous a pas épargné..
j'étais passée en fait , pour te souhaiter une belle fête de Noel..
Et je trouve que tu as raison de rappeler que certains se sentent très seul ce jour là..
je t'embrasse ..
a bientôt..
I just wanted to say thank you for all these great posts you do. I'm here often,,,and so greatly appreciate seeing what you see.
Last year at this time we also had this much meringue, but so far this year, none. I like it best on your table.
Hope you're able to dig out soon.
Merry Christmas,,,,and I look forward to seeing more of your world in 2011!
It might take a while, yet there's Beauty and the Good to be found, even beneath the white of snow.
It has been years since last I saw any with me own eyes. Craving.
Please excuse this late arrivel, yet without any mean of transport at all ;) for now nearly two weeks ... may you all have a good Thursday.
oh Owen, i thought i was making bleak posts in the Christmas week, and here you go so hard on us, my heart is aching, broken reflections, crematorium smokestacks behind tangled black branches which look eerie, as if cut out from a horror's forest, lass and longing (the Bridge finds a lot of inspiration here, those are usually my favourite topics :-)...
i don't know how i inspired you for that lovely shot, but if it is true, then i am honoured and humbled... thank you, dear friend...
my love at first sight is however the first picture, i adore wrought iron furniture and the snow makes the entire atmosphere simply amazing... yet i don't feel sadness in that picture, because i imagine all the more the warmth of the house, the tenderness and intimacy shared by all those sheltered within...
Ah merci Clo et Jeff, vous êtes passés pendant que j'étais au boulot ces derniers jours de noel, et je n'avais même pas vu... mais là, en soufflant un peu dans l'après noel, je retrouve vos messages ici avec le plus grand plaisir, et souhaite en profiter pour vous envoyer plein de voeux pour d'excellents jours de fêtes, entourés de vos proches... que de bonnes choses !
Alberto, Peter, Amy, James, Saj, Babs, Robert, Roxana,
Ah, and you too, all passed while I was slaving away the last days before Christmas, and even Christmas eve and Christmas day I still was working working working... but now finally breathing again for a few days, before it starts back up again in January.
My deepest heartfelt thanks to you, may your holidays be full of good cheer and good beer, err, champagne, well, whatever gives you pleasure, hot chocolate even... hope you aren't all too snowed under wherever you may be, well, some of your are at the beach smirking while some of us freeze our little tootsies off... who said life was fair ?
Best wishes, hugs, happiness to all...


text: > Hey there. I was hoping to brick some brains here... so here goes... :) > > I'm trying to find a way of carrying "inheritable" (OO-like) code > snippets attached to ldap entries. "like what??" > > ok. here's the idea > > writing an ldap overlay. it intercepts results etc. etc. from ldap and > can OPTIONALLY process a result modifying it (or completely rewriting > it) based on dynamic data. this of course requires a way of 1. storing > the procedures to apply to the entry (E.g. perl, python, or whatever), > and 2. retrieving these stored procedures, being able to modify these > procedures (remotely via ldap commands) and inspect them, without > specially configuring the ldap server (E.g. back-perl). the aim is to be > able to use an ldap client to add, delete and modify the scripts that > affect the output of an entry and to be able to have a script apply to 1 > particular entry, an entire subtree/class of entries or the entire > database too (ie every level in the ldap tree). what language the script > is in is not really relevant at this stage - but just think that it > could be perl, python, java bytecode, C# bytecode or anything else - as > long as it can be machine independent and interpreted, it doesn't > matter. > > an example is an entry that has someones age AND date of birth as values > in the object, but since the age will change over time, you > auto-calculate the age field BASED on the date of birth information > before handing it off to the next layer up. another example may be "last > account payment" field. if the last account payment is greater than 90 > days ago, the account is AUTOMATICALLY locked and the account validity > filed in the account object returned is set to FALSE automatically by a > script for all members of the "users" directory - BUT some users are > special (company employees who don't need to pay, or special customers > with special deals) so you want a different script that ALWAYS lets the > account be active for these special account entries (thus the need to be > able to have a script per-entry than can override a more general > script). > > now that i've given the idea of what i'm trying to achieve, i am a bit > vexed as to the best way to go about it. sure - i have a test overlay > working, and i am assuming an overlay is the best method, as it means > the back-end db is independent of any modifying scripts. but now i need > a way of storing the scripts. i need to store them in a db accessible by > at least a "manager" user. i have a few ideas. > > 1. a new type in a schema that you can add to inetorgperson/orgperson > etc. schemas (or make a new schema that inherits from these actually and > adds 1 field) and this new field contains any script to be run per > entry. if that field is non-empty, that code is run. > > the problem is that the CODE is also returned. is there a way of nicely > making SOME entries visible and others masked/empty depending on the > user who is authenticated? (if not i could just add that to the > subsystem that automatically empties the script var entry if the user is > not the Manager or on a list of users allowed to see the script) > > i could also put this in a parallel database under a different top > level... but that just seems a little nasty. > > so what i'm wondering is: > > 1. how far off the planet am i? a bit > 2. some signposts pointing back to earth would be useful > 3. seriously - am i going down the right path or what? :) it may work. I have a couple of suggestions. 1) I suggest you make these attributes you add operational; 1.a) they are operational, since they act on values 1.b) you don't need to modify objectClasses, since operational attributes apply to any entry 1.c) this way, they are returned only when explicitly required 1.d) you may easily protect them from unintended access by ACLs 2) note that the order of attributes is not guaranteed to be preserved, so if you intend to allow more than one value for scripting attributes, be sure you implement a mechanism to sort them when they're used. A syntax like "OID SPACE SCRIPT", with the prerequisite of executing them after ordering by OID would be a possible approach 3) you may also want to add a scoping to your scripts, since you talked about the possibility to having them run for a subtree 4) you may use manageDSAit to handle entry access without triggering the scripts execution > > i will contribute back patches once this doesn't look so ugly anymore - > so any help is appreciated. :) One final comment: what you're trying to do has little to do with a DSA, it has rather more to do with a client; however, it's reasonable that one wishes to have special borderline features customizable at will; in my opinion, this is the added value of overlays (or SLAPI; overlays essentially are native SLAPIs). Enjoy! p. -- Pierangelo Masarati mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com SysNet - via Dossi,8 27100 Pavia Tel: +390382573859 Fax: +390382476497


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KATHMANDU, Nepal - Glaciers in the Himalayas are shrinking fast at half a metre every year since the year 2000. These findings are revealed by Cold War-era spy satellite images.
Over a quarter of the ice which was still present in 1975 has been wiped out in the past 4 decades.
Annual losses, as per recent data, equal to an average of 8 billion tonnes of water, which is tantamount to 3.2 million Olympic-size swimming pools.
Although the temperatures vary in every region, the average temperatures were 1.8F higher from 2000 to 2016 than the temperatures in from 1975 to 2000.
Besides the rising temperatures, other reasons for this phenomenon include reduced rainfall rate and fossil fuel burning in the region.
This only shows how at risk the Himalayan mountain range is if climate change persists at the same rate in the next few decades.


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I'll be at the British Library on Tuesday, talking about how digital technologies help in our understanding of children's minds, and what the costs and benefits are for children themselves. In an earlier post, I talked about how the selectivity of the video record might lead children to mistrust memories for which they don't have documentary evidence. If recent posts are anything to go by, they would be right to mistrust those memories. The point is that this is one respect in which adults have an obvious part to play in shaping children's autobiographical narratives, through those sometimes thought-through, sometimes haphazard decisions to record this and leave the camcorder switched off for that.
I'll also be talking about how digital technologies can bring us closer to the small child's point of view. Here, I'll be developing a theme from the 'Lightning Ridge is Falling Down' chapter, in which I describe Athena's early attempts at movie-making. In preparation, I have this afternoon been going through some of the video clips she took when she was two. Oh, that Aussie accent. I found the clip I mention in the book, in which she is videoing the courtesy light in the roof of our Toyota Camry. When she wants to check if the camcorder is switched on, she puts the whole thing down on her lap and inspects it all over. The machine keeps running, filming the weave of her orange trousers and the canvas of its own strap. Her fingers are all over the lens, and I'm sure the whole thing falls to the floor at one point. How offhand she is with her technological eye on the world, and how poignant the digital record.


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Liberal City Commission Meets
KSCB News - December 29, 2010 8:22 am
The Liberal City Commission met Tuesday evening at 6:30pm for their regularly scheduled meeting. Among the items on the agenda, the Commission approved housekeeping items in the Financial Department. Approved were Budget Amendments for the Employees Benefits Fund, Debt Service Fund, the Wastewater Fund and the 1% Sales Tax Fund. Also approved were Deliquent Accounts Receivable and Utilities Classifications and the 2011 Financing Limitations. At Tuesday's meeting the Liberal City Commission Designated the Leader and Times as the Official Newspaper for the City of Liberal, approved the Final readings of the Standard Traffic Ordinances and Uniform Public Offense Codes, directed staff to continue to pursue Federal Highway Funds for a project on Highway 54 in front of the new Fellowship Baptist Church, tabled an agreement with Anadarko pending more information from legal council, and approved the final plat of the Sea Moore Addition. Commissioners also approved the final plat of the Dollar General Addition. This will allow the Dollar General Corporation to build a new 9000 square foot store in the south end of town. As a member of the Southwest Kansas Coalition the Liberal City Commission has partnered with Dodge City and Garden City the past 2 years in hiring Robin Jennison as a lobbyist for the Coalition, however at Tuesday's meeting the Commission felt the weren't getting a whole lot for the money spent, and voted not to participate in the re-hiring of Jennison Governmental Services. Commissioners remained in support of the coalition and its misson, and will continue as a member of the SKC. Wrapping up the meeting the commission appointed Steve Leete to a 1 year term, Bob Grant to a 2 year term, Bob Keating to a 3 year term, and Cheryl Collins and Gary Dearing to 4 year terms on the Mid America Air Museum Advisory Board, and reappointed Don Witzke to a 3 year term on the Joint Economic Development Council Board. The Next meeting of the Liberal City Commission will be January 11, 2011.


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San Jose, CA (PRWEB) December 16, 2005
Remoba Inc., developer of software solutions for mobile phones, releases its latest build of "Remo". Remo is a software application that provides access to email, contacts, and calendar on every day mobile phones with synchronizing capabilities to your personal or corporate computer. Remo is compatible with Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Lotus Notes, and Palm Desktop software. The email application accepts POP, POP3, and IMAP formats as well as any internet based e-mail account such as Hotmail, Yahoo, and gMail. With Remo, regular mobile phones become high-end PDA/Smart Phones for a fraction of the cost.
The Key Features of Remo are:
- Easy to install, little to no IT support, no upfront fees, and no annual contracts
- Get emails from up to ten different e-mail accounts, including corporate POP, POP3, IMAP, and free internet based email accounts such as Hotmail, Yahoo, and gMail.
- Receive, read, compose, forward, reply, organize into subfolders, and delete emails
- Capable of storing 50 customized Quick Messages with 22 ready to use messages provided by Remo
- Integration with your email address book. No need to manually type in an email address, just pull it up in contacts and hit send.
- Access to an unlimited number of contacts from your personal or corporate computer to your mobile phone and vise versa.
- View, update, or delete events from your personal electronic calendar when and where you need it.
- Receive text alerts before meetings or other important events such as birthdays or anniversaries
- Search and call contacts by last name, first name, company name, e-mail address, or any combination by highlighting and pressing dial.
- Access more than just phone numbers: get e-mail and personal addresses, company names, or anything in the notes field.
- "Two way sync": Back up the existing calendar and contacts from your mobile phone to your personal or corporate computer and download the new calendar and contacts from your personal or corporate computer straight to your mobile phone at the same time.
- For security, Remo supports corporate firewalls, various proxy configurations, and up to 128-bit SSL data encryption to prevent interception of data. E-mails stay on the original server and are not permanently downloaded to your mobile phone
"Remo is a perfect cost and time saving solution for a gadget-cluttered world. From the student who wants to keep in contact with their friends to the business professional who needs mobile accessibility to their e-mails, calendar, and contacts when on the go, Remo is the perfect alternative to bulky PDA's or Smart Phones" says Guru Thalapaneni, President & CEO of Remoba Inc. Remo is available at Verizon Wireless and many other mobile phone carriers. Verizon customers may download Remo from the Get-It-Now section. For more information about Remo, please visit http://www.remoba.com/remo.html
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Remoba, with headquarters in Santa Clara, California (Silicon Valley), develops affordable software solutions for mobile phones that provide secure access to critical data and information. Remoba's goal is to provide simple to use software solutions for busy mobile professionals and consumers whose lifestyles demand constant connectivity to e-mail, electronic calendars, and their contacts without cost-prohibitive proprietary devices. For more information please visit http://www.remoba.com.


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"We plan to develop sophisticated science-based information and change people's perceptions to help create a vibrant market for this versatile fish." -- UNE Marine Science Director Barry Costa-Pierce, Ph.D.
Biddeford, Maine (PRWEB) April 01, 2014
The University of New England will soon be investigating ways to create a culinary market for the spiny dogfish, an abundant shark in Maine and northeastern U.S. waters, with the potential for a multimillion-dollar boost to the economy.
The NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service's Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program has funded a $245,000 grant for UNE to study "Optimum Utilization of Spiny Dogfish, Squalus acanthias, through Industry Partnerships and Product Development and Marketing."
Principal investigators on the project are Barry Costa-Pierce, Ph.D., chair of the UNE Department of Marine Sciences, and director of the Marine Science Center; Eric Brazer, Deputy Director, Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance; and Nancy Civetta of the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance.
Costa-Pierce says, "Maine's marine economy presents outstanding opportunities for growth. Spiny dogfish populations have successfully rebounded, but it is still an underappreciated species and fisherman discard millions of pounds of these fish each year. Working collaboratively with scientists, fishermen, consumers, chefs and seafood processors, we plan to develop sophisticated science-based information and change people's perceptions to help create a vibrant market for this versatile fish."
The project has several goals – to increase domestic quota utilization for spiny dogfish, boost the consumer market for the fish, increase revenue and jobs for fisherman from North Carolina to Maine, and help restore an improved ecosystem balance.
The team projects that the domestic market for spiny dogfish could generate $12 million in economic benefit to fishermen and an additional $26 million in increased economic activity throughout the supply chain and create 470 new harvesting, processing, harvesting and wholesale jobs along the East Coast.
With existing concerns about PCB concentrations in some seafood, including spiny dogfish, the researchers also aim to analyze samples from a wide variety of locations in order to better understand dogfish health risks and benefits by collecting and analyzing data and testing for contaminants.
The goal of the project is to create several new consumer-friendly seafood products and to build U.S. market interest and demand through education and marketing outreach to thousands of chefs, consumers and buyers.
Says Costa-Pierce, "Maine waters have an abundance of spiny dogfish – a healthy, sustainable and, we think, tasty source of protein. We look forward to connecting research, education and business partners to optimize this opportunity and create a thriving new market, more jobs, and contribute to the rapid expansion of Maine's seafood economy."
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UNE is an innovative health sciences university grounded in the liberal arts, with two distinctive coastal Maine campuses and unique study abroad opportunities, including a vibrant new campus in Tangier, Morocco. UNE has internationally recognized scholars in the sciences, health, medicine and humanities, and offers more than 40 undergraduate, graduate and professional degree programs. The university educates the most health care professionals in Maine, and is one of just a handful of private universities with a comprehensive health education mission including medical, pharmaceutical and allied health programs.


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As A 29-year-old newlywed, not being able to have children was Sara D'Angelo's first concern when she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in May 2011.
"I'd just married in 2009 and we were looking at having a family," she said.
"It hadn't hit me that it was cancer, and my life was probably more important at that point."
Mrs D'Angelo said that while doctors were weighing up her treatment options, her main concern was finding out how she could preserve her chance of having a child.
Victorian Assisted Reproduction Treatment Authority education officer Kate Bourne said discussions about fertility preservation were too often overlooked following a cancer diagnosis, with research by the Victorian and Tasmanian Youth Cancer Network showing that fewer than half of young patients were informed of their options.
The network recently audited the medical records of 171 patients aged 15 to 25 who were diagnosed with cancer in 2009, and found evidence of a discussion about fertility in just 39 per cent of cases.
Ms Bourne said advances in cancer treatment had improved the long-term survival of cancer patients, but the effects of chemotherapy and radiotherapy on eggs and sperm rendered many of them infertile.
She said young people with cancer needed to discuss their options with fertility specialists before treatment, but that many oncologists failed to raise the subject because they didn't have a good understanding of the options, or of where to refer patients.
For Mrs D'Angelo, her determination to find the options led her to a fertility preservation service at the Royal Women's Hospital and the Melbourne IVF clinic, where she chose to freeze six embryos before undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy.
The clinic's medical co-ordinator, Kate Stern, said it saw about 150 new patients a year made up of men, women and teenagers from throughout Australia.
She said freezing ovarian tissue and eggs was among the options for women, along with freezing embryos if they had a partner. For men it was possible to freeze sperm, or take testicular tissue from boys who had not yet undergone puberty.
Dr Stern said fertility specialists were becoming increasingly optimistic about the ability of cancer survivors to conceive using preservation methods, and discussing them was becoming an expected part of their management.
"A lot of the survivorship studies talk about this anger and regret and resentment. They are cured from their cancer and they just feel really angry that no one discussed [fertility]," she said.
Mrs D'Angelo was cleared of cancer in May and is grateful she had the chance to store embryos before her treatment. She is now considering surrogacy, which is her only option for conceiving a child with her husband, due to damage to her uterus from radiotherapy.
"It was an absolute blur for us. You've got a life-threatening illness and then there's the impact on your fertility thrown in," she said. "We were told straight up that surrogacy would be our only option. Now I'm better, if I didn't have that option I don't know where we'd be at, because adoption is so difficult.
"We've had offers from people around us and we are exploring those. It's a long, lengthy process, but we're looking at going on that journey with another couple."