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Armstrong World Industries, Inc. today announced it has acquired Intalite Inc., operating under the name Simplex ("Simplex") and based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
The acquisition of Simplex strengthens Armstrong's capabilities in the North American specialty ceiling market and supports the company's overall growth strategy, which includes expanding its global leadership and manufacturing presence in targeted markets. Terms of the purchase were not disclosed. Simplex will become part of the Armstrong Building Products division.
Simplex designs, develops and manufactures specialty metal ceiling systems for a wide range of market segments and applications, with sales primarily in the United States and Canada. BD+C


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During the UNIGIS International annual network meeting, held this year in Salzburg, Austria, the 2012 winner and runners up in the UNIGIS Academic Excellence prize, awarded to the networks top Master's theses, were announced:
First Place, and Winner of the Academic Excellence Award - Samuel KRUEGER (UNIGIS - University of Southern California), for a thesis entitled: Delimiting the postmodern urban center: an analysis of urban amenity clusters in Los Angeles. See USC news release!
Second Place - J P GLUTTING (UNIGIS - Amsterdam), for a thesis entitled: Excess heat-related mortality in micro-urban heat islands: a case-only study in Barcelona.
Third Place - Agnieszka WYPYCH (UNIGIS - Krakow), for a thesis entitled: Spatial modelling of climatic water balance using GIS methods.
The award jury, comprising members from UNIGIS Krakow and Lisbon, and chaired by Richard Armitage from UNIGIS UK, acknowledged the high standards achieved by all the Master's theses entered for this year's award from across the UNIGIS International network. The final decision on the award winner and runners up was based on assessing all entries against criteria comprising: literature review, technical and methodological quality, relevance, presentation and originality. The final decision between the top three was extremely tight. Congratulations to all the winners!!!


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To describe what it is that I do isn't always easy. If you asked members of my family what I do for a living, there's no telling what they'd say. One might say, "computer stuff" while another could say, "he's a teacher" or "he makes web pages." What I do is more than any of those alone.
I'm the type of person who likes to see the "big picture" in my career. In other words, I have a lot of interests and talents that most people see as separate but that I see as working together.
If you are a potential client who is looking for contractor with a narrow focus and equally narrow vision, then I'm not the person you want to talk to. But if you are in desperate need of a professional with the willingness to face a wide array of situations and the desire to help you find the best solution for your current needs, then I challenge you to find someone more qualified!


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Tips for Shelton Theater
520 Shelton Theater Tips
The weather was cool since it was a night show.. I wore A black dress and matching boots, with a leather jacket..
Monica Baptista
Went with friends, we took muni from the Outer Richmond- got off at Powell and walked few blocks.
A Streetcar Named Desire
We found street parking. Super easy and quick!
Several great restaurants within walking distance. Check Yelp!
Stockton/Sutter St. garage. Cost us $5.50, for dinner and a show. A short walk to the theater.
Small theatre, on site purchased drinks are allowed inside.
The Book of Liz
Parkinf, after business hours, is easy and relatively cheap at Sutter/Stockton garage. From there is a 5 minutes walk to Shelton Theatre.
The Book of Liz
Easy walk up Powell St. from Powell Street BART station.
BART was the way to go. Lots of dining options from BART to the theatre
Drinks are available you can take inside
The weather was San Francisco nights. I wore Shirt, pants, jacket .
Try Parkwhiz.com for $10 Marriott Hotel on Post, We ate at Cesario's, get table near window.
Eat sushi at Akiko's on Mason - best sushi around, get a sumo roll... Then the theatre is 1 minute away on foot!
Foodies! The Musical
Theater is tiny and you wonder how all those actors will fit on stage but they do. Set design is fabulous. I cannot recommend this show too highly.
Sutter/Stockton garage and Union Sq garages are both 1 block away. Stockton is cheaper. Many restaurants within one or two blocks.
Dress to stay cool. Venue is small and heats up!!
There is a 10 min intermission, so hold the bathroom break until then.
The weather was cold out, but the small theater gets warm. . I wore layers. Jeans, nice shirt, light jacket..
The "Noises Off" actors shout a lot, making the words impossible to understand. I took my hearing aids out in order to muffle the volume. Bring ear protection if you are sensitive to loud noises.
Beware: When turning right after walking down the entrance hall there is a small ramp-style step in the floor, leading to a slightly higher floor level. This adjustment is not signed or lit with glowing strips. I tripped on this unexpected rise, and a second member of my party tripped and fell down. A lawsuit waiting to happen! The stairs leading down to the bar are dim as well and need glowing strips to guide the theatergoers.


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Oregon Law offers a rigorous and comprehensive legal education with a curriculum that provides the fundamental intellectual and analytic skills for the practice of law, an introduction to advanced and frontier areas of law, knowledge of the persistent values of law and the legal system, and opportunities to develop hands-on legal skills. Special centers and programs provide additional resources for students and link the law school to the community at large in areas that include Business; Environmental and Natural Resources Law; Ocean and Coastal Law; Family, Child and Elder Law; Appropriate Dispute Resolution; Law and Entrepreneurship; and Public Interest-Public Service. The Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics is a university-wide center housed in the Law School that brings world-renowned scholars and activists to Oregon each year for interdisciplinary research, publication, teaching and public discussion of critical topics in the fields of law and politics.


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Pine Lake Trail and Recreation Site
Pine Lake Trail and Recreation Site
Access: From Terrace, drive west along Highway 16 about 200 meters past the Kalum River and turn north onto the first road (West Kalum Forest Service Road). At 11.3 km, turn left and follow along road for approx. 800 meters where a short road leads to the right to the site and the trail.
Site Description: Two small scenic forested sites, with 5 developed camping spaces. Good opportunities available for hiking and canoeing.
Trail description: An easy 6.1 km loop trail around Pine Lakes. The trail offers scenic views of the surrounding mountains, wetlands and lakes. Caution is required during wet periods as trail has extensive board walks and bridges which can be slippery.
For more information on conditions and trail maps Click Here to visit the BC Recreation Site and Trail website.


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For a recent project, I had the need to cluster groups of Twitter users. After researching several algorithms, I decided to implement Markov Clustering to see how it would go.
I wrote this in PHP as the rest of the project was in PHP and it was a good test to see if I could implement the algorithm from scratch.
The algorithm is detailed here: http://micans.org/mcl/ and an example is available here which explain it much better than I could.
The basic steps are:
- Create matrix representing the nodes in your graph as rows and columns with the elements representing the paths between them.
- Add self loops to the nodes
- Normalise the Matrix
- Expand by taking the (Expansion Parameter)th power of the matrix
- Inflate by taking inflation of the resulting matrix with the inflation parameter
- Repeat steps 5 and 6 until a steady state is reached (convergence).
- Interpret resulting matrix to discover clusters.
The algorithm takes two parameters in addition to the matrix, an expansion parameter (which the matrix will be raised to the power of) and an inflation parameter (which all elements of the matrix will be raised to the power of).
Once the algorithm has completed, you should end up with a sparse Matrix (full of mostly 0) and then can interpret groups by looking at rows and columns that have values at their intersection (implying they are in the same cluster).
Code is available on GitHub at https://github.com/jrowlandsnz/mcl-php


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I illustrated a travelogue as my thesis work in KyAMK. Here is a process video of one of the illustrations…
FIRST!Sunday, May 16th, 2010
So… FINALLY, welcome to Massikka2010! In this blog you will find some new stuff (/old) I have done. I'll try to keep it as fresh as I can and not as my old website where I posted new images once a year. My old website was too slow and annoying to update, so I wanted an easier and faster way to post my new stuff. Friend of mine suggested me to use a blog application… So a very big thanks goes to Mr. Lasse toimela who helped me to get this wordpress based blog monster up and running! Thanks Lasse, I owe you big time…
The main or the index page of massikka.com is my portfolio page. I won't make updates to it, so It will look the same for a long time. All new updates will happen here at my BLOG! If you want to follow the stuff I make, bookmark my blog. Thanks.
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Since we live in a day and age when nobody in their right mind has the attention span to read an actual deposition transcript, here is a powerpoint presentation prepared by Max Gardner's Bankruptcy Boot Camp excerpting the deposition of GMAC Mortgage employee Jeffrey Stephen in which he essentially confirms that the firm executes up to 10,000 fake documents per month. The punchline:
Q. So other than the due date and the balances due, is it correct that you do not know whether any other part of the affidavit that you sign is true?
A. That could be correct.
We could be wrong, but this is about to become a national level scandal.
Full must read summary (ppt link, feel free to send to all your friends and neighbors who may have had a GMAC mortgage):


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Cellucor C4 Dynasty
Fruit Punch Cellucor is well known for putting out a great tasting fruit punch as it is a flagship flavor next to their blue raspberry. Fruit Punch is an array of flavors as it feels like you taste the rainbow in this experience. When the first sip hits your taste buds there is a dense combination of passion fruit and orange. As you get into the aftertaste there is a hybrid of pineapple, papaya, guava, and strawberry. While these are not very strong the subtle flavor pairs very well and is noted even being naturally flavored. This is not a pure Hawaiian punch you would drink as a kid, but it is still delicious and refreshing to sip on as a pre-workout cocktail. This is easily one of the best ever fruit punch flavors I have had.
C4 Dynasty features 18 raw actives and 10-patented ingredients. With such a large profile I expected to see a lot of particles floating at the bottom of my shaker cup, but that was not the case. Right away this did foam for a few moments, but that quickly passed. After letting it sit in the fridge overnight I did notice it mixed quite well, but with a little residue to be found on the bottom of the shaker cup. Overall I have been very pleased with Cellucor and Nutrabolt with their Mixability over the years.
350mg Caffeine (Stim)
6g Citrulline Malate, 3g L-Citrulline, 1g Citrulline Nitrate (Pumps, Performance)
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1g Taurine (Recovery, Hydration)
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Tech Support for Parents
May 13, 2011 at 2:18 pm 2 comments
I am an empathic and helpful person. I hold open doors, I help carry groceries to cars, I retrieve grocery items from the highest shelf for the vertically challenged, and I entertain young children on airplanes while their doctor parents tend to on-board medical emergencies. So why then do I have such a hard time giving tech support to my parents?
I know I am not alone in this predicament. Google even recognized this problem with the launch of their TeachParentsTech.org website last December. A great concept – basically a family of how-to videos on Computing basics. I know I raised my hands to the sky thinking my saviour had arrived! I came back down to Earth however when I realized that the videos were filled with college sophmores speaking a mile a minute about how your parents can sign up for the wide spectrum of Google services. They might as well have ended each video with, 'It's just so easy!' Is there no such thing as plain old community service anymore?
Back to square one, I enlisted my generous husband to spend more than an hour on the phone and Skype with my mother trying to exorcise her laptop of a very annoying pop-up virus. I mean, if you want to see patience in action, there was my husband calmly repeating the required steps to share her desktop on Skype. And when that didn't work, asking my 65-year-old mother to take a mirror from the wall and show him her desktop backwards in the video camera! I am sweating just thinking about it.
That's when it dawned on me. It's not that I have disdain for the technically challenged, it's just a dna thing. I could also spend an hour teaching someone else's mother how to attach a file to an email for the 18th time, just not my own. The other problem is that I don't live in the same city as my parents. Therefore, could I find someone in their neighbourhood, even their building, to provide them the occasional tech support? And in turn, could I provide the same service to someone else's parents where I live? A sort of ripple effect to get our parents using tech to improve their lives.
What about you? Do you avoid phone calls from your parents because their recent purchase of a new iPhone has already sucked up many hours of your life this week? If your answer is, 'never', then you are a better person than I. On the other hand, if you already have an ache in your neck from nodding vigorously in agreement then tell me this: What do you think about a community tech support website for the 55+ set where the users (your parents) can get tech support from someone in their immediate neighbourhood? I know, the stranger danger thing is an issue. With all of the fancy technology available we could certainly figure out some kind of solution.
I think it's brilliant. But I just need to know if I am in some sort of geographically-displaced-parental-tech-support-burnout euphoria. Feel free to bring me back to reality.
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The Celebration of Spring Pottery Studio Tour is my most FAVORITE event of the year! The countryside is green, the flowers are blooming. It's a perfect time to get the spring cleaning done in the gallery, rearrange inventory, and put out new pots.
Happy couple with a new vessel sink for their bathroom remodel
It was super busy day. Barely enough time to eat lunch in shifts. We still have some nice pots available and day two starts tomorrow. If you are in the area, please stop in!


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In this second volume of Fingerstyle Guitar From The Ground Up, Buster B. Jones continues to show you all the tricks of his trade so that you'll be able to fingerpick in the style of Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. Buster's clear and down to earth explanations help to teach this style of playing in a language that you will find easy to understand.
These two DVD lessons will help to establish a strong country fingerstyle foundation. You'll find phrase by phrase instruction for all the exercises and songs. Split-screen techniques are featured so that you can study and clearly see what each hand is playing.
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I'm back! We decided to take a Summer break and now I have so much to share and do!
One thing I meant to share much sooner was this uniform I made Carter, he turned 8 this Spring and with that he also started cub-scouts, hence he was in need of a uniform.
Carter needed a uniform to participate in many of the badges to pass them off and, as much as I hate to say this part because it sounds like I am playing a pity party, we didn't have the money to spend on a uniform. I have been looking for a used one high and low for a year but simply haven't found one! So in desperation I decided to make him one.
I am going to share all the details of making it so if are in the same situation (with any type of uniform) you too can make your own!
To start I looked very closely at what I needed to do according to pictures online and at the other boys uniforms. I found that this pattern (affiliate link) was a great match to the type of shirt I needed. Also I had made it already and so it was easy to do. Alternatively my button-up shirt tutorial would have also been a perfect match and you can make it exactly the size you need.
For the pattern I used I made it 2-3 sizes bigger since I need it to fit for 3 years. I also made the hem straight instead of on a curve. I lengthened the sleeves and made cuffs for the hem. For the pockets I made two instead of one and made a mock flap by sewing a triangle shape and sewed it on top with a button but I didn't make it a working button, too many button-holes, lol!
For them name of his organization (above the pocket) I actually was able to use an existing shirts tag even though the shirt itself was no longer usable I was able to salvage that.
By going to the site where our uniforms are sold I was able to see if they sold any patches that are required and they did! Luckily though I did have some extra from Broc so I didn't actually need to buy them ;0)
I reinforced all the seams since I want this shirt to last. I then sewed on all the patches he needed.
It was a process but I love how it turned out and it when he is through it will become a keepsake that will mean more since I made it!
I love this silly boy of mine!
That's everything I did! If you have any questions feel free to ask by email or in the comments :0)
*I read a lot of info on doing this myself I didn't want to be in trouble for copyright issues and as far as I could tell it was fine as long as it is used for only that particular organization, if you are wanting to make your own for a different one you will need to check their policy's.*


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Attending public meetings
Speaking at full Council meetings
You can send us a request to speak if you would like to ask a question at a full meeting of Council.
You can only make one request for each meeting, and must not make a request on behalf of anyone else. You should send your question in writing to:
You must send your request by 5pm, at least 6 working days before the meeting.
We will let you know if your question has been accepted, and may suggest changes for legal reasons – read our guide to questions and statements.
If you would prefer to make a statement rather than ask a question, you must do this at an overview and scrutiny meeting instead of a full council meeting.
At the meeting
If you've been given permission to ask a question, we will help you through the process.
The agenda for each public meeting sets out the order in which subjects will be discussed.
At the start of the meeting you will be invited to sit in the public gallery.
When the time comes for you to speak, you will be called forward by the Chair – the person who is in charge of the meeting. A member of staff will guide you to your seat and show you how to use the microphone.
You will have 3 minutes in which to ask your question.
A councillor or council officer will then give a response.
Afterwards, you will have the option to ask 1 follow-up question, which must relate to your first question or the response you were given. You will have 3 minutes to ask the follow-up question.
The councillor or council officer will answer your follow-up question. You will then be thanked for your time and you will be guided back to the public gallery.
If we run out of time
If there's not enough time for you to be given a response at the meeting, a councillor or council officer will send you a formal response in writing.


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Sunday, 31 May 2015
Review: The Imitation Game (2014)
This unassuming biopic of British scientist and father of modern computing, Alan Turing, is warmly and delicately told from his time as a schoolboy prodigy to his last days as a convicted, chemically castrated outcast.
Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek Into Darkness, The Fourth Estate) brings his other-worldly strangeness to the obsessive cryptographer and builder of the code-breaking Colossus machine at Bletchly Park.
British war-time period drama it may be, but there's invention enough to lift it out of the ordinary, adding drama to the tragedy of the man who broke the German Enigma code.
Sunday, 24 May 2015
Review: Ex Machina (2015)
Shy, awkward programmer Caleb wins the company lottery; a week with his reclusive boss Nathan, the brilliant, billionaire founder of the world's largest search engine, at Nathan's isolated private estate in the wilds of Alaska.
On arriving, Caleb finds his prize is in fact to run the Turing Test on Nathan's ground breaking artificial intelligence, to discover if it is truly a sentient being. Not an easy task; the AI is the alluring android-shaped Ava; former programming prodigy Nathan, the Mozart of the Internet, is a manipulative sociopath; and Caleb himself may not be quite the innocent he appears.
Screen writer Alex Garland's directorial début is a chilly, tense, claustrophobic sci-fi drama of subtle performances concerning the moral and ethical questions of creation, conciousness and free-will. From the very first power-cut in Nathan's total-surveillance bunker, you know that this is not going to end well...
Monday, 18 May 2015
Full Circle issue 95 out now
The creators of Full Circle Magazine are pleased to announce the release of Issue 95.
This month:
- Command & Conquer
- How-To : Program in Python, LibreOffice, and Using LaTeX
- Graphics : Inkscape
- Linux Labs: Syncthing
- Review: BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Phone & Able2Extract Pro 9
- Competition: WIN a copy of Able2Extract Pro 9
- Ubuntu Games: Penumbra Necrologue & Perfect Golf
- My Story special on handling molecules in Linux
Friday, 15 May 2015
How-to: Generate Good Passwords Part II
For those of you on the front-line dealing with user accounts and password resets in large organisations, we return to the thorny issue of passwords.
We will soon be implementing a tougher security standard for encrypting passwords within the our events database. It should occur invisibly behind the scenes and I won't bore you with the technical stuff, but if we do have any glitches, I'm going to honestly advise this is going on and quietly iron those out. Everybody loves a bit of improved security.
Tuesday, 12 May 2015
Review: Blackhat (2015)
The question is, can master of style over substance Michael Mann (Heat, Miami Vice) overcome the worst movie title this decade as well as make computer hacking gripping and exciting? The answer is - no. So instead he churns out a third-rate Bond movie in his his favourite cop-show format.
Redoubtable Chris Hemsworth (Rush, Thor) makes the least convincing hacker since Angelina Jolie (Hackers) and is acted off-screen by Chinese leading lady Tang Wei.
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Journey to Yellowstone National Park, where wolves, grizzlies, beavers and owls survive one of the greatest seasonal changes on the planet. As the temperature swings 140 degrees, cameras capture how the animals cope. The series is hosted by renowned paleontologist and author Kirk Johnson.
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Cameras continue to follow the wildlife dramas in Yellowstone as spring brings many new challenges. A family of beavers is busy making the most of the spring vegetation. A mother grizzly and her cubs – and explains that the biggest dangers come not from other predators, but surprisingly from their own kind.
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The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center recently added to its real estate holdings with the purchase of the building on Main Street located between Bridge and Arch streets.
The museum now owns a contiguous triangle of properties, starting with its headquarters at the former Union Station.
In late 2015, it bought 11 Arch Street, the 19th-century brick structure that formerly housed a machine shop and electric substation.
"We have dreamt up big, exciting plans that involve the redevelopment of that property" and the museum's two other buildings, said Danny Lichtenfeld, museum director.
Museum officials will soon hire an architecture firm with museum expertise and, within the next nine months, they will have preliminary plans for the entire project.


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After a trickle of good news from Iraq yesterday…
Haider Ajina sends a flood of "Good News from Iraq" today that you probably missed in the mainstream media.
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Haider also points out that there is a new website, www.IraqPartnership.org to help American citizens learn more about official U.S. assistance for Iraq and make contributions to high-impact development projects. Iraq Partnership is a cooperative effort of USAID and GlobalGiving.
What follows in this post are the articles that Haider translated from the Iraqi media. Thank you, again, Haider, for your generosity and time in sharing this under-reported uplifting news from Iraq!
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The following is my translation of a headline and article in the September 13 edition of the Iraqi Arab newspaper "Alrafidayn"
"Iraqi Schools start without Saddam's picture and Baathist Ideology"
"Iraqi children have returned to a new school year to find their curriculum containing every thing except Saddam Hussein. After two years of negotiations the education ministry finalized new Iraqi school curriculum to replace the Baathist vision of history.
"Examples are that history books no longer call Iraq the victor in the Iran Iraq war. Nor do the books call for fighting the Zionist enemy. Nor do elementary school children learn how to read by reading sentences that read, "I love Saddam Hussein".
"The curriculum rarely refers to Saddam, and it refers to his regime as a time when many Iraqis considered it oppressive and some sympathized with it. The first page of the old books had Saddam's picture. Since the fall of his regime in March of 2003 schools used the old books but removed his picture and pages, which contained strong Baathist ideology. The Baathist had full control of the old curriculum and teachers complained about having to teach history, which does not acknowledge 50 years of Iraq's history. The new curriculum does not mention the gulf war of 1991. While student used to study that the brave Iraqi Army forced the U.S. into a seize fire. The books also referred to events of 2003 as returning matters in Iraq to their foundations or roots.
"Mr. Mohamed Hannon of the education ministry said: "We do not want to discuss matters which will create problems under current conditions. We prepared subject to get away from bigotry, ethnic polarization and enticing violence and war".
The tremendous success of the military offensive in Tal Afar was also a political success:
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The following is my translation of a headline and article in the September 12 edition of the Iraqi Arab newspaper "bentalrafedain" (a newspaper targeting women in Iraq)
"Iraqi & U.S. Liberation of Telaafar increases confidence of Iraqi street in Government"
"In an interview with Iraqi national assembly member Abbas Albayati, regarding Telaafar's latest developments, Albayati Said:
"Iraqi forces from the interior & defense ministries entered this city defeating the terrorists and criminals after killing them or arresting them. The city is mostly safe and under the full control of the Iraqi forces. Terrorist have been nesting in the city for 8 months and eventually controlled the city and life in it. This halted normal life and commerce in the city due to lack of security and government. We hope that gradually life in the city will return to normal, now that security and control have been restored, and locals will have the chance to elect suitable leaders.
Iraqi Reconstruction Updates:
* Several water projects in Fallujah have been completed despite the difficulties of working in a conflict area. With the support of local water officials, OFDA and its partners have repaired or replaced many major components of the city's water infrastructure.
* Public education on the Constitutional Process enters the next stage. To ensure that a maximum number of Iraqis will be introduced to the constitution and its key issues prior to the national referendum, USAID partners and local NGOs outlined a program expected to reach between 150,000 and 200,000 Iraqis between the end of August and early October.
* In coordination with the Iraqi Ministry of Health (MOH), USAID implementing partners, including UNICEF, launched an emergency polio immunization campaign to prevent the resurgence of the disease. The campaign reached 4.7 million children in five days. Detailed micro-planning and micromapping of all districts was conducted to ensure comprehensive coverage.
* USAID trained 183 Iraqis in beekeeping basics in an effort to help vulnerable groups gain a sustainable income. The relatively inexpensive costs of maintaining an apiary and the sustainable income produced from its products makes beekeeping an ideal income generator for populations with few options.
Iraqi Sunnis kill one of Zarqawi's top aids:
The following is my translation of a headline and article in the September 1st edition of the Iraqi Arab newspaper "Alitijah Alakher"
Iraq's Alramady tribes kill "Alhajery" one of Alzarqwi's aids
Alramady tribes (mostly Sunni) kill one of Alzarqawi's main aids, he is a Saudi citizen called "Abu Mohamed Alhajery". The killing was in revenge for the killing of two tribes' men during an armed conflict between Alzaraqwi's followers and tribal members in one of Alramadi's neighborhoods. This took place on the 15th of August as Alramadi tribes (mostly Sunni) defended Iraqi Shiite families in Alramadi against threats from Alzarqawi supporters to leave the area or be killed.
Alhajery's body with the bodies of three Iraqi followers were found last Friday, all were terminated by the local tribes, eye witnesses said.
The armed conflict between Alzarqawi's followers and four Alramadi tribes occored when four Alramadi tribes were defending and guarding 3000 Iraqi Shiite who wear threatened by Alzarqawi's supporters to leave Alramadi or be killed. Two tribesmen and five of Alzarrqwi's followers were killed in this fire fight. After which Alzarqawi's followers were chased out of the city.
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Haider's comments:
Alramadi is a predominant Sunni area of Iraq. Many Iraqi Arab tribes have Sunni & Shiite members and tribal loyalties are very strong. This is an incident where Iraqi Sunni Muslim Arabs are protecting Iraqi Shiite Muslim Arabs from a non Iraqi Sunnis (Alzarqawi & his followers). This is not unusual nor unexpected but commendable.
I wish to point out, however, that the Iraqi Sunnis in this case had little trouble finding Alzarqawi operative to take their revenge. Now if even more Iraqi Sunni Arabs to do the same for the rest of Alzarqawi's operatives it would cripple the terrorist movement in Iraq. I believe we are heading in that direction.
Haider translated this poll that came out two weeks ago:
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The following is my translation of a headline and article in the August 29th edition of the Iraqi Arabic newspaper "Alhayat"
"New Iraqi Poll shows 88% will vote for constitution.
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oll taken by "The Iraqi center for national development & dialog", which is headed by former Planning minister Mahdi Alhafith. Reveals 88% of Iraqis polled said they will participate in the next vote (for the constitution) on the 15th of October. 5% said they will not vote 6% had not decided yet.
This next piece contradicts Kofi Annan's remarks from Thursday, September 15th:
Iraqi Interior ministry confirms a decline in terrorist activities.
The Iraqi interior ministry confirmed that terrorist activities have declined markedly during the final days writing and the birth the constitution. This was evident by the statistics presented to the ministry from all over Iraq. This also shows that the steps taken by the ministry to improve security during that time have succeeded.
The spokesman for the ministry also added that we cannot compare the security situation during Saddam's rule to the current one. Saddam's oppressive dictatorship had over 11 security agencies, supplied with all kinds of weapons with no regards to the law or citizens. Members of the interior & defense ministries have been able to improve security in spite of terror threats, terror activities, and a shortage of weapons. Further the spokesperson affirmed that the current security forces respect human rights if they arrest or interrogate an individual. Member of the Iraqi security forces insist on protecting and guarding polling stations them selves, with no outside help. This way they can assure the success of the constitutional vote & subsequent vote. (Whether for or against the constitution).
Celebrations broke out in Iraq as the Constitution was agreed upon:
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The following is my translation of a headline and article in the August 30th edition of the Iraqi Arabic newspaper "Azzaman"
"Iraq's Alnaseriah has spontaneous rallies in support of the constitution"
In Alnaseriah a number of jubilant street rallies supporting the Iraqi constitution broke out spontaneously after mid night, night before last. These rallies were showing the peoples jubilation and celebration of this historic achievement.
The celebrants expressed their hope that this historic occasion is a pivotal point in their lives towards advancement and implementation of freedom, equality, justice and peoples rights after 3 decades of suffering.
Haider comments:
Such rallies have been reported in Nejaf, Karbala, Basrah, some Baghdad areas, and most southern and south central Iraq. Including Jubilant headlined in dozens Iraqi newspapers. This reminds me of the headlines I read when the Berlin wall came down and later Germany's reunification on October 3rd 1990.
Why have I not read, heard or seen any of this in the main U.S. media?
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Once again, a thank you to America, this great country of ours from the Ajinas in Iraq and us in Mckinleyville,CA for bringing hope, freedom and optimism to Iraq, a land which desperately needed it.
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The motorhome is still parked at Heron Lake State Park about 20 miles south of Chama, New Mexico while I am recovering from my May 27th accident.
The poppings, with the associated pains, in my chest have finally stopped! My right ribcage area remains slightly swollen and tender to the touch. The mild, constant burning chest muscle remains. I recently started my morning walks once again. Every day a vigorous two-miles with moderate up and down hills. I believe it's causing a slight increase in my chest muscle pain, but I also believe that it is more benefiting my general overall recovery. It feels good to be out walking again.
I continue taking Ibuprofen, icing my ribcage area 2-3 times a day and wearing an elastic bandage abound my chest. The doctors told me to expect 6-12 weeks for recovery. The accident occurred nine weeks ago today. Can you tell I'm ready for the recovery to be finished and be back on the road again?
A few days back I took the Bronco and drove through the hamlet of La Puente, New Mexico. La Puente in Spanish means The Bridge and this is where people long ago crossed the Chama River on a bridge that has long ago been washed away and not replaced.
Here are a few photo that I took…
As always you may left click upon an image to see an enlarged view and then click once again to see an even larger view…
Wandering through small hamlets is another joy of the full-time RVing lifestyle!
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Cover the unreachable bottom part of the island with CLIP should help.My map is colossal, about as big as they get. It's a series of floating snowy islands, in seven separate areas. In Hammer the current WIP version looks like this. Almost all floating islands are func_detail, by the way, just to clarify the large amount of pink in that screenshot
I'm using vluzacn's ±16384 unit gridhack so it may seem that the map could be bigger, but everything I built thusfar is very, very close to the ±4096 unit boundaries.
I've done some optimization with CLIP brushes, as you can see in that pic. I have yet to optimize more, though.
Basically the most detailed part of the map (which is, fortunately, already finished and therefore won't be eating more clipnodes) is a massive tower (click) on one of the floating islands.
For the rest, the map mostly looks like this and this.
This map is actually an updated version of an older map I made. Most of what I have yet to do is entity work, but in terms of clipnode-eating additions I still have ahead of me:
- A large bridge on three floating islands (pic of old version here, without floating islands)
- Some ruins here and there to spice things up (pic of old version here, pre-really-snowy version)
- Monsterclips in a lot of locations to prevent monsters from falling off the islands
The bridge will eat up lots of clipnodes. I'm not really concerned about the monsterclips and the ruins (and foliage) here and there. Still though, it's a pretty ambitious project and I'll probably be pushing against the clipnode limit once I'm done.
Edit: I just compiled the bridge section (only) of the old version of this map, and it only eats up 2154 clipnodes ('simple' cliptype + clipnode economy mode), or 6.6% of the limit. I'm actually optimistic now!


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We need jobs, economic recovery, repeal of Obama Care and deficit slashing. We cannot survive more wasteful spending, "big talking" and broken promises. We're moving away from our Constitution, our liberty and our free market economy.
We need a truthful President who accepts responsibility for his mistakes. We're all human, but Obama walks on water so he doesn't own up. Does he really think we're fooled?
The debates revealed an untruthful, evasive, petty and rude President. Romney created an atmosphere of diplomacy even in the face of Obama's rude insults and unpresidential behavior. Romney was respectful, patient and courteous. Obama never did answer the questions about the four deaths at the our consulate in Libya. He lucked out that Romney didn't press him on it. Obama's "cover-up stories are an insult to us. We shouldn't expect him to produce the facts when he still hasn't produced his own college transcript.
A heartbeat away? I'd rather rely on Paul Ryan rather than Joe Biden. Ryan is well-spoken and serious minded with a good plan to fix our economy and balance the budget. Joe Biden is a loose canon. He stated that he always means what he says and within a week or so he asked an audience how many served or know someone who served in the Iraq or Iran conflict. The "Iran" conflict?
Obama knows how to organize communities. Romney knows how to create jobs and get the economy going again. For our children and grandchildren, join me. Vote Romney-Ryan!
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Although giving customers more to choose from can hold great value. I think a lot of the time we overlook the fact that giving more choice can sometimes do more harm then good.
There seems to be a strong tendency in Service design towards what I would call scenario agnostic services. By this I mean services that consist of loosely coupled touchpoints that can serve a purpose as standalone components. The goal is to design the touchpoints so that they interact seamlessly with each other without predefining the sequence in which a customer goes through the touchpoints. This gives customers great freedom to create their own path through a service using the touchpoints that they find most suited at that time and place.
Now this seems great as you can create very flexible services. But there are a lot of situations where giving customers more choice actually decreases the service experience.
The more elaborate a service gets, the more likely it will have an increasing number of function overlapping touchpoints (FOTP). FOTP are 2 or more touchpoints a customer can use to perform the same task (eg. the drive-through and the counter inside where you can both order your big mac).
One might argue that a touchpoints only exist at the moment of actual interaction between a customer and organization (the touch). In my definition touchpoints exist beyond the moment of actual interaction. A touchpoint is the possibility to have the interaction.
It's very common in Service design to map the touchpoints in a journey and try to optimize every single one. Designing for the perfect balance in the number FOTP is often overlooked (or forgotten) while it holds great potential to even further improve a service experience.
Providing the right number of FOTP is a key element to creating usable services. Before you know it you're adding complexity to your service instead of creating value. Always ask yourself the question: does this touchpoint really add value? Can we make our service simpler and thus more usable by removing touchpoints?
The expert and the newbie
Lets take the good old trainride as example. At a certain point in the journey the customer is faced with the task to buy a ticket. If you look at the journey map below, he can choose out of 5 different touchpoints to buy his ticket.
This situation is great for frequent user of the services who know their way around. They have gathered enough experience to make confident choices about which touchpoint serves them best in a certain situation. By giving a wide range of FOTP you empower your customers to let them decide whats best for them.
Now imagine the same situation but with a customer who is very new to the service. Even if he is supplied with enough and adequate information at the right time (which is very unlikely) to make a choice on which touchpoint to use, the customer still lacks experience. By the lack of experience he lacks confidence. Doubt and uncertainty are more likely to be his overwhelming feeling rather than feeling empowered by the flora of choice. His mind probably lingers between questions like "did I make the right choice" and "what will happen if I made a mistake"?
Now lets consider that the user only has 2 possible touchpoints instead of 5 to buy his ticket.
This situation is much more suited new users of the services. By reducing the number of FOTP you reduce uncertainty and increase the overall feeling of safety and guidance. The customer will still need to make a choice but it's less likely he will get lost in the service. We should note that this does put more pressure on the remaining touchpoints as there is less margin for error and fallback if things go wrong.
Even with little to choose from, an experienced user probably won't experience this as something bad or negative. He might feel that the service could be more flexible and adaptable to his personal scenario. Pleasing experienced users is the process of taking a good service an turning it into an excellent one.
Is there really something to choose from
Having FOTP doesn't mean they all apply in each and every scenario. Even if there is a touchpoint to check the train departure times at the main station hall, it's of no use to a customer who is sitting at home and planning his trip behind his computer. Consulting the company website for this information is the more likely touchpoint in his scenario.
It's not about how many FOTP there are in total but how many are useful in a specific scenario.
Don't make me think
The "we-know-what-best-for-you" company attitude is not always a bad idea. In situation where for instance speed is more valuable over choice it might be a good thing for a company to dictate what direction a customer should go in a service.
If you you're in a rush to catch your morning train you might not want to have a dozen options to buy a ticket. You just want one that is quick, reliable and enables you to walk effortlessly through the process while you're still half asleep.
Of course an excellent service will have a well designed set of touchpoint specifically for this scenario, without compromising the diversity of touchpoints!
In general, more FOTP provide more choice and freedom, less FOTP provide more guidance and safety. Finding the right number of FOTP is always about making a trade off between creating A) a more compelling and personalized service experience for small groups and B) a more generic and standardized experience for a large group.
As a lot of the time, the real message here is that you need to who your customers are and what they value in your service. In this case, is it freedom and choice or is it guidance and safety.
Putting theory into practice
I'd like to finish off with some practical takeaways that should help you apply the theory into practice.
- Start of with some indepth research to get an clear overview of the current function overlapping touchpoints in your service. You can't create an improvement plan if if you don't know the current state. You can learn a lot by just listening to your customers…
- Create and communicate a clear default journey through your service for unexperienced users. You can build anything using LEGO but there's a good reason they supply a example of how your creation could look like. What ever you do, don't scare your customers off. They wont come back!
- Think of how you can make your default journey more intuitive. How easy is it for new customers to accomplish a their goal. Are they fine on their own or do they need a lot of guidance?
- Consider creating "Service Navigators". A Service Navigator is anything that helps your customers find their way through the touchpoints of your service. These can be very real and physical things like signposts and service counters or they can be more subtle like putting a bright spotlight on important areas or creating places where groups gather.
- Develop and offer various scripted journeys. A journey that takes your customer through your service using all sorts of shortcuts or a journey that is very elaborate and offers maximum personal attention.
- Increase the predictability of your touchpoints by providing clues about the outcome. Help the the customer envision the consequences of his choice. Be careful, give too much clues and you run the risk of overloading your customers with too much information.
- Look for unofficial touchpoint. Customers are creative creatures, they will find ways to tweak and hack your service so that it's more usable to them. It's not unlikely they will create touchpoints that you don't have in your original design. It's worth exploring how you can embrace and incorporate these touchpoints in you're current service.
I'd love to read your feedback on this subject as it's open for debate and discussion!
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Thanks for an excellent article Marc!
Your train-ride argument is possibly more compelling, however it is something I have often thought when ordering a sandwich …do these additional touchpoints really add value? For example, at one *particular* American franchise, it can take up to three staff members to make one sandwich, each asking a series of questions, when all I really want is to order that one right there… you know… like the one on the picture!
Sometimes too much choice can be overwhelming, especially when you're a newbie to the process! Let's face it – neither lunch or a train-ride should really involve a detailed decision making process… it should be a straightforward customer experience, one where the outcome is expected and the touchpoints are clear and simple to comprehend.
Keep up the good work!
– Chris
Another aspect of this issue is the impact that the customer interaction has on your ability to deliver service excellence. Since delivering a service is a two sided process requiring participation from both provider and customer, the customer is an intrinsic part of the overall experience creation. If the customer has too many choices then it will be impossible or extremely expensive to deliver service excellence in every case. This is why restaurants have menus, because you have to have some boundaries to the service you provide in order to be able to deliver consistent excellence.
Good discussion topic, thanks, Aidan
Good piece and a good point. There tends to be a general mentality out there that more choice (and more personalisation) is always better, whereas the tendency seems to be that actually people start to get paralysed by too much choice and end up making no choice in case it's the wrong one. Barry Schwartz's book, The Paradox of Choice is worth taking a look at. Or if you're feeling lazy/pressed for time, he did a TED talk on it: http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice.html


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On 7th February, Conservative councillors announced they had left the residents led, cross-party campaign to Save Our Hospitals and admitted they had been in private talks with government health chiefs since 2012.
Residents have now accused Conservative councillors of "betrayal" when details were release that only 13% of the current Charing Cross Hospital will be used for NHS care; that 60% of the Charing Cross Hospital ground-site will be sold to property speculators; that the numbers of beds will be cut from 500 to just 60 and that both of the Borough's A&Es at Charing Cross Hospital and Hammersmith Hospital's will close.
Labour have called for an independent health expert to assess these proposals and is questioning the propriety of the Conservatives' behaviour for not calling an emergency Health Select Committee to assess their deal before they agreed it and for spending an estimated £20,000.00 on council hospital leaflets which it says are "filled with false propaganda."
Cllr. Stephen Cowan, the Borough's Labour Leader, said
"It is both surprising and disappointing that our former Conservative colleagues went behind the backs of all of us working on the Save Our Hospitals Campaign and secretly agreed this deal with government health chiefs. It is a bad deal which sees us losing both of the Borough's A&Es and nearly all acute services from Charing Cross Hospital. I'm sure they know how weak their deal is which is why they have been so sneaky in putting it together and are trying to hoodwink residents with their glossy, tax-payer funded leaflets. It's an awful shame they didn't stick with the campaign as there is a lot to fight for if we really want to safeguard residents' health in this Borough. I think most people who trusted and worked with them feel betrayed."It's like to be a feisty affair as our Council are in no mood to apologise. Here's Cllr Marcus Ginn, Cabinet Member for Community Care:
"The campaign to save Charing Cross has helped secure the future of the hospital, ensuring that the vast majority of people who currently use it for their everyday health needs will carry on doing so. The original proposals would have meant the hospital being demoted to little more than a health clinic. The new proposals would mean that the hospital will be four times bigger than the original plans, with many services protected and new services delivered. Services that have been protected or enhanced include cancer care, ante natal and post natal care, social and elderly care, renal care (kidney disease), CT scanning, MRI scanning, Endoscopy, ECG, physiotherapy, podiatry and audiology. The new proposals would mean that Charing Cross has its own specialisms focused around delivering expert elderly and social care and will take its place in a local hospital network offering very specialist care. This expert care network will see people with heart attacks continue to go to Hammersmith Hospital which has world class cardiology unit. We have not secured everything we wanted, but we have achieved a lot. This new specialist network of care will save lives. The NHS does have to change and burying our heads in the sand accepting 'no change' would have resulted in the worst possible outcome for Charing Cross and local residents."


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Maxxim Vacations, a 19-year-old travel company based in St. John's, N.L., works with 700 suppliers, from B&B and bistro owners to iceberg-spotting outfitters. Since the company makes custom itineraries to suit travellers' interests, it boasts that its staff "know Atlantic Canada like the back of their hand." Here are Maxxim staff's Top 10 favourite things to do Down East.
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"As a hands-on owner operator, I believe in providing every customer with the kind of conversation you would like to have with a friend. A friend who has the inside track on that destination you are considering. Having developed one of the most unique experiential tourism products in Canada in Lighthouse Picnics, I believe I have a special insight into what makes travels memorable and why there is a journey of self-discovery around the corner."
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On March 16, out director Nisha Ganatra's new film, Beholder, will premiere as part of the ITVS/ PBS series FutureStates. FutureStates is a modern day Twilight Zone series for which ten filmmakers were selected to each make an episode that takes place in the future and explores a political idea in the realm of a fictional film. Beholder stars Jessica Paré (of Mad Men and Lost and Delirious) Elaine Hendrix (from Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion and Superstar) and Michael McMillian (True Blood), with Rupak Ginn (Royal Pains and Private Practice). In this article, the first in a series that takes readers behind the scenes in the making of the film, Ganatra writes about developing the screenplay for her episode and the obstacles faced when predicting an anti-gay future for a publicly-funded channel based in San Francisco.
It's been awhile since I've had the fortune to direct a film with a majority of gay content. Since Chutney Popcorn it seems it's been even more of an uphill battle to get a movie about lesbians made. So when ITVS called and told me that they were doing a modern day Twilight Zone series and asked if I had any ideas, I let my built-up gay frustration get the best of me. I immediately set my tale in a world where gays were the majority and we were voting on taking away the rights of straight people to marry, to adopt and to just exist in general.
OK, I have to admit that it was just really raw revenge fantasy and not a well-constructed story. The point I was trying to make was "Hey straight people! This is insane that you think you can vote on our civil rights!" But the point that seemed to be coming across was "F–k you, straight a–holes that took away my rights!" So I set about writing another draft.
If you care about this journey, please read along and I promise to lead you to a place where you can see the final film, Beholder, and what I ended up with after network notes, gay feedback, lesbian processing, anger management and a lot of rewriting.
I have to say I'm really proud of the final product. So many times we hear a snippet of how this movie was conceived, but I thought maybe the readers of AfterEllen.com — so many of you being artists yourselves — might enjoy riding shotgun with me on the road from conception to delivering a finished movie.
Nisha Ganatra
After realizing that the old switcharoo concept was wearing thin even at the script stage, I had to set about cracking the story in a different way. The story broke open when I thought "What if Prop 8 isn't the worst thing to happen? What if it was just the beginning?" From there, the future became a world where we had gone back to the 1950s, because the Palin Dynasty had ruled America for generations.
The central characters were a lesbian couple living intricately constructed closeted lives. (Think Far From Heaven but in the future) and when the couple finds out that the child they are expecting carries the marker for the gay gene – their relationship goes into crisis. One partner believes that they should get the inoculation and change the fetus to ensure it will be heterosexual. Why, she reasons, subject their child to the kind of secret and fearful life they have chosen to lead? The other partner just can't bring herself to deny the fetus the right to be who it is supposed to be just because our culture isn't a welcoming place for people that are different.
That draft was better — it was getting to the heart of the issue — but it was still really not reaching the straight audience. And while I normally don't give a crap about that, I also didn't want to waste time preaching to the choir, so to speak. Especially since if I was just going to preach to the choir, I would have stuck with my revenge fantasy!
So I thought about how to include the straight audience. Let me be clear, I don't think it's our job or responsibility in any way to educate or include ignorant audiences. I like to live in a world where people educate themselves and take it upon themselves to understand an issue without asking me banal questions about it. But that's not the world we live in, not right now. And PBS has a largely non-gay audience, so this was a "teachable moment."
The problem is this: who the hell wants to be taught anything by a movie? How can I get across the incredible hurt and frustration I was feeling without causing the movie to devolve into a preachy mess? I decided to get back to focus on the story — if the story is right and the characters are true, then all of this other stuff usually falls into place. So I must have a problem with my story. And I found it. There had to be suspense. You had to wonder if the main character was going to get the shot or not. And if the main character was a lesbian, I found that almost no one believed she might actually turn her fetus straight.


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The horses competing at this year's London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will benefit from the preparations that have been made to ensure their fitness and welfare at the 100th anniversary of equestrian Games in London, some of which — such as the cooling of the horses – have been developed with help from World Horse Welfare. The charity has released this short film featuring interviews with Team GB eventers William Fox-Pitt and Nicola Wilson speaking positively on the welfare preparations for the Olympics. Find out more about World Horse Welfare's involvement in equestrian sport; bit.ly
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Users asked for it, and Facebook responded. The social network announced Thursday that its native applications for iOS and Android devices now include a share button. Both apps also got upgrades Thursday, with emoticons coming to Apple and better photo tagging coming to Android.


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June 1, 2020 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
28th January 2015
Estate agents reported the highest number of registered home buyers per branch of any December for a decade last month.
Stamp duty reforms announced at the start of December helped to boost the middle market and encourage prospective home buyers, according to the latest National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) Housing Market Report.
Agents reported they saw a rise in the number of properties sold in the bands of up to £250,000, and £251,000 to £925,000.
NAEA members reported the number of house buyers registered in December was on average 360 per branch, the highest level for this time of the year recorded in the last 10 years.
The seasonally high figures suggest the changes made to stamp duty announced in December helped to encourage prospective buyers in a typically quieter month for the housing market.
In addition, NAEA member agents reported some positive movement in the middle market, with a fifth saying that they saw an increase of sales of properties in the £251,000 to £925,000 band, while one in ten members saw an increase in sales of properties up to £250,000.
Mark Hayward, managing director of National Association of Estate Agents, said: "Reforms to stamp duty was one change that NAEA members predicted would influence the market this year, and from our latest housing market survey it seems that we are starting to see the initial impact of these changes.
" December is typically a quieter month for the property market however it would seem prospective home buyers have been left feeling encouraged, while agents have also reported activity in the middle price mark picking up. The changes are obviously in the beginning stages of giving the market the boost it needs, making buying more affordable for many."
NAEA member agents reported the percentage of sales made to first-time buyers increased by two percentage points, from 24 per cent of total sales in November 2014 to 26 per cent in December.
Out of those sales made to first-time buyers in the month, almost half (48 per cent) were aged 18 to 30, suggesting a higher proportion of younger first-time buyers had been encouraged onto the market than the previous month, when just 38 per cent of sales were made by first time buyers aged 18 to 30.
While there was uplift in the percentage of sales made to first-time buyers and a seasonally high number of eager house hunters on books, the number of houses available for sale on NAEA member agents' books in December did not follow suit.
The number of houses available per NAEA branch was seasonally low at just 45 properties per branch, compared to 50 in November 2014 and 47 the year before in December 2013. The lack of supply, and ultimately lack of choice for prospective buyers, saw NAEA members' record on average just five sales per branch in December compared to eight the previous month.
Mark Hayward added: "While demand is particularly high at present, owing to the recent changes, the process of putting a house on the market for sale takes a little longer, and so the fact that we have not seen supply immediately increase following the reforms is not really surprising.
"Typically, a lull in activity is expected for this time of year, so the seasonally high level of demand is unusual in itself. This is just the start of the changes to the market – we would hope to see the new reforms eventually balance the see-saw of supply and demand, so it will be interesting to monitor the true impact over the course of the next few months."


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A lot of my friends who are not members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have expressed an interest in my book. The Road Show is a story about the healing power of Jesus Christ, and is not written exclusively for Mormons. However, because it is about Mormons, the book uses terms and refers to beliefs that might be confusing to those from other backgrounds. Like every group, Mormons have their own jargon and terminology. So, if you read any of the sample chapters and find yourself confused, I've prepared a handy little glossary of terms and explanation of practices.
I want you to know, I've had a blog post going through my head for a couple of weeks that is almost this exact subject, although I treat it with the same delicacy and seriousness with which I treat, as a ferinstance, the subject of Israelite women and their "girl weeks".
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While on the ship, you will attend three continuing education sessions with Elana Rosenbaum, a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) expert. Elana was trained directly by Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Each session will focus on transformative power of MBSR skills.
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Present the core beliefs of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) as they relate to clinical treatment.
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MBSR Foundations, Goals, Principles
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Elana Rosenbaum, MS, LICSW,
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Mr. Dangote's influence is growing in Africa and the world
The founder, Dangote group, Aliko Dangote, has been named by Forbes magazine as the 64th most powerful person in the world.
The survey also put him as more powerful than all African heads of state, including President Goodluck Jonathan.
The 56-year old Kano born richest man in Africa is the only African on the first 70 names on the list, closely followed by Sudanese born telecoms magnate, Mo Ibrahim.
Mr. Dangote and the founder of Oracle, Larry Ellison (number 58) are the latest billionaire-entrepreneurs to join the list alongside 27 CEOs.
The businessman has a networth of $16.1billion and diversified interests in cement, sugar, flour, salt, petrochemicals, oil and gas.
The self-made billionaire announced in May his ambition to overhaul Nigeria's petroleum industry, with plans to build Africa's largest petroleum refinery in the country at estimated cost of $2billion.
The 2013 list, which was released on Wednesday featured no African President while 17 other heads of state that run nations with a combined GDP of some $48 trillion made the list.
Russian President, Vladmir Putin topped the list as the most powerful man in the world ahead of American President, Barack Obama, whilst the general secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping, made the top three.
This is the first year that Putin is wearing the crown. Obama has been on the top of the list for every year with the exception of 2010, when Hu Jintao, the former political and military leader of China, was No. 1.
According to Forbes, "the Most Powerful People in the World list is an annual snapshot of heads of state, financiers, philanthropists and entrepreneurs who truly rule the world."
"It represents the collective wisdom of top FORBES editors, who consider hundreds of nominees before ranking the planet's top 72 power-brokers – one for every 100 million people on Earth — based on their scope of influence and their financial resources relative to their peers."
There are nine women on the list; representing 12% of the world's most powerful. Recently elected President of South Korea, Geun-Hye Park joins other female heads of state German Chancellor Angela Merkel (No.5), Brazil's Dilma Rousseff (No. 20) and de facto head of India Sonia Gandhi (No. 21).
Forbes notes that two of the world's most important NGO's are run by women: Christine Lagarde (No. 35) with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Margaret Chan (No. 59) steers the World Health Organization.


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Hey ya'll!
Things are a down right mess a few states down.Word is that some of the local gvt engineers had noticed that the levees aka dykes were too weak and wanted to have them strengthened but due to politics was over-ruled.That sounds alot like home.Also there was a warning for people to leave town like 24 hours earlier but the poor,old and sick could not and would not.The response time cant be faulted but the idea of putting people in the astrodome was only good for 24 hours no longer.things are so bad there mpaka a jamaa committed suicide.Also total anarchy is reigning.
Authorities are announcing that looters and criminal behavior will be dealt with in the harshest possible manner.
This is all well and good, but no one has power, radios, cell phones or any way to receive these messages. Rumour and false information rule the ground in New Orleans.Hospitals and aid workers watch as supplies are looted. They have to suspend aid operations to arm themselves and teach those who don't have guns how to shoot and defend themselves.
Fires are being set outside the Superdome, and people are shooting at the National Guardsmen and Evacuation Helicopters. Turning on those who are there to help and rescue them.
Watching the interviews of those refugees removed to safety, I am struck by how unintelligent many of them seem in manner, speech, diction and vocabulary. Many dull glassy eyes. No one is home. This seems to be Darwin at work, where the poor, lower 20% of the socio-economic strata, less-educated people stayed in the city because they lacked money or common sense.
So there you have it. 72 hours and a major American city is reduced to anarchy, chaos and roving bands of armed, uneducated, poor young men raping children, pillaging at will, looting stores, shooting guns randomly, murdering for sport and setting fires.
Estimates I see indicate that there are 60,000 - 100,000 refugees in the city of New Orleans. They are evacuating 14,000 - 15,000 per day, which will take 4 - 7 days. This is not fast enough. Beginning tomorrow morning, day 5, people will begin to die from dehydration. If they drink the standing water, they will get diaherria and accelerate their dehydration and die even faster. Compound this with the murders, rapes and roving gangs.
Tens of thousands of people are going to die if they are not evacuated by Saturday.
This makes it official. The United States is now a third world country.
Toa Maoni
Our Worst Foe Is Civilization
3 weeks ago


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