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debut album: VELA
"'the music of what happens'..... Uninterrupted, perpetual, music that takes in water, wind and kitchen things, the unstructured symphony of a day, or a night, in the world.
Francesca Baines' sensitive, versatile delivery, combines with ingenious instrumentation - banjo, dulcimer, lampshade, sifting pan, matches and teacups, 'prepared piano' (Cage's invention), 'whispering forests' and harbour sounds - to give us back the world in heightened resolution."
Permaculture: A Toolkit For Musicians
An ecosystem emerges as a web of living relationships - a network of interactions, nutrient cycles and energy flows. A musical culture is empathically the same thing. Throughout all the interactions of the music trade; learn how to develop the ecological art of connection through this imaginative written series.
Introducing muse-ecology
After touring across Europe with my first album in 2013, I began to yearn for a deeper ecological integrity with my work as a recording and performing artist.
An inquiry began, soon accompanied by the realisation that the industrialisation of music - music's mutation into consumer goods - was doing little now to serve music; its evolution, the thriving diversity of its makers, its ability to heal, to empower, to bring community together,
On an intuitive level, I felt a new consciousness emerging worldwide; an elevation in understanding and action that can meet our ever greater need to restore Earth and ourselves to Wholeness. To navigate these extraordinary times, I feel the call for Whole new qualities of musicianship to come into Being.
Drawing from life experience; from my understanding of permaculture and the transition town concept to the co-creating of Earth-conscious events; I am gathering a body of ideas and practices that I call ''muse-ecology".
I wish to share these little seeds, to nurture and develop them with you, so that together we grow to meet our potential….arising in community to restore a flourishing creative ecology.
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Online voting back on the agenda
Nine councils are looking at providing online voting for the next local government elections. An advanced notice for a Request for Proposal for an online voting trial was issued via the government's procurement platform this week.
According to the notice, the trial is prompted by a move by central government to pass legislation enabling online voting to proceed. "On the basis that the necessary changes will be made to the regulatory framework governing local authority elections, nine local authorities are seeking proposals from a firm by itself or in collaboration with other firms, to provide an online voting option as part of the 2019 local authority elections," the notice reads.
The nine councils participating in the collaborative approach are Auckland Council, Gisborne District Council, Hamilton City Council, Marlborough District Council, Matamata-Piako District Council, Palmerston North City Council, Selwyn District Council, Tauranga City Council, and Wellington City Council.
The "baseline expectation" is that online voting will be as secure as the current postal system. It would not replace postal voting, but the system would have to ensure that voters could only cast a single vote.
A list of requirements set out in the notice for the online trial demonstrates the complexity of the task, given the mix of local bodies and voting systems that need to be accommodated. The solution will need to enable voting for district, territorial and regional councils and district health boards. "Some local elections will also include other bodies such as community boards, local boards, licensing and land trusts. This means multiple permutations of voting options - the online voting system will need to be able to concurrently operate both First Past the Post (FPP) and Single Transferable Vote (STV) elections voting systems within a ballot paper for some regions."
A number of pre-conditions are likely to narrow the field of potential suppliers. These include being able to demonstrate they have implemented an online voting system which has resulted in a successful election, and the ability to host the online voting solution and store all related data in New Zealand.
This is the second time online voting has been mooted in New Zealand. A proposed trial for the 2016 elections was called off by then Associate Local Government Minister Louise Upston. She claimed that time restraints had meant that it didn't meet legislative requirements and they could not "cannot guarantee public confidence in the election results."
There was strong discussion about the security of online voting in 2016 and those councils involved in the pilot should expect a similarly robust debate this time around too.
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Leonard took the most brilliant photo ever at OSCON. He was so robbed if he didn't win.
There's also a pic of me being interviewed for the documentary. From here you can't see how greasy my hair is and how wrinkled my shirt is.
Leonard took the most brilliant photo ever at OSCON. He was so robbed if he didn't win.
There's also a pic of me being interviewed for the documentary. From here you can't see how greasy my hair is and how wrinkled my shirt is.
Remember when Paypal first came out, all those years ago? People used it to settle up their lunch-money borrowings on handhelds. It was a brilliant thing that really put them on the map in a crowded market.
Now Dan "Danda" Libby has revived and perfected that idea with JiffyBill. One of his genius touches is that you enter the whole bill — just grab it from the table and input it when you get home. It makes the whole thing much less like "you owe me five bucks" and much more like "you had the burger and coffee, I had the tuna melt and iced tea". It's also good for groups — so if you go out for dinner with 4 friends and pay with your credit card, now you can settle up precisely later.
Danda was, by the way, an unsung but huge influence on my career. He wrote the original RSS 0.9 spec way back in the day. He introduced me to RDF (painfully), and wrote the original PHP XML-RPC/SOAP extension. He was the first person who made me truly understand that the Web was going to be about a lot more than a request and a response to the browser.
When I first started doing Open Source, the average community member looked like a member of a third-rate ZZ-Top cover band on a bad Saturday night — and every conversation turned to Microsoft-bashing within 10 minutes. My, how times have changed. If OSCON is any indication, the average Open Source user is now a suburban dad in an XL logowear T-shirt who doesn't give a crap about anything but finding the most practical and cheapest way to get the job done. Every gain is also a loss, so I imagine there is far less of a single-digit-Communist-Party-card ambiance than there used to be.
The highlight of the conference for me, and I suspect a lot of other people, was the buzz around Parrot. Sterling and Thies gave their Pharrot talk, which was attended by Dan Sugalski, Larry Wall, and Jim Hugunin of IronPython. It gives me a nice warm feeling to think that the Perl, Python, and PHP communities are converging and cooperating to this extent.
I got interviewed for a documentary on Open Source — laughably, as the diversity candidate. I'm not sure what exactly I'm supposed to be representing, but I suspect I'm doing a piss-poor job.
I will be at OSCON 2004 in Portland all this week. Ping me — the easiest way is probably via Friendster message, my user id is 6678 — and we'll meet up for a drink.
Heh, Amazon recommended Bill Clinton's autobiography to me — based on the fact that I bought this.


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The Other Side of Auditions: Part 2
Interning at PR Casting was one of the best experiences of my career. I loved being surrounded by so many driven creative artists, and as was previously mentioned, the break from subbing twice a week was nothing more than a treat. And don't get me...Read More


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Four surprising ways to reclaim your free time and find greater satisfaction in your life.
IF YOU COULD design a perfect evening, would it involve three hours of TV, an hour perusing catalogs, and countless minutes checking your e-mail? Probably not. While these activities are fine in moderation, devoting too much effort to them burns through your leisure time without enriching your life. "If you reduce the energy and resources you spend on these habits, you're free to do things that have more meaning and lead to greater satisfaction," says author and educator Judith Wright, whose book There Must Be More Than This: Finding More Life, Love, and Meaning by Overcoming Your Soft Addictions comes out this month.
The problem is not what you're doing per se, but why you're doing it and how often. "It's perfectly OK to e-mail back and forth with your sister for an hour after an emotional day, or to flip through the Pottery Barn catalog to decompress," says psychologist Martin E.P. Seligman, Ph.D., author of Authentic Happiness. "These activities become problematic when they are the only way you know how to connect with people, relax, or otherwise fill your spiritual needs."
Below, four women speak out about what Wright says rank among women's top self-defeating behaviors, and leading experts weigh in on how to kick the habits.
Net addict
"I check e-mail when I wake up, after breakfast, every 10 minutes at work, after dinner, and again before I go to bed, even if I'm not expecting any messages."
--Miriam Reynolds, 32, Montclair, N.J.
People tend to overuse the Internet, including checking e-mail, reading news, or joining chat rooms, to manage stress, procrastinate, and interact with other people, according to a recent study at York University in Toronto. While it's certainly fine to e-mail friends, typed missives should not replace human contact. "When the Web becomes your only source of social activity, that's a problem," says study co-author Richard Davis. "Women in particular are guilty of depending on the Web for social comfort." Try taking Internet "holidays" once every few hours, he suggests. Get out of your chair and visit co-workers in person, or talk on the phone at home. Break away from the keyboard more and more until you feel comfortable logging off whenever you want.
Material girl
"You can't get Manolo Blahniks where I live, so anyplace I vacation has to have good shopping. When I go, I always pack my huge red duffel bag, and it's full by the time I get home."
--Mary Hilowitz, 42, Anchorage, Alaska
People who doubt themselves tend to define personal success by what they own, according to a recent study by Robert Arkin, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Ohio State University. "The quest is not for the things themselves, but for the status they convey," he says. For example, you might want a handbag because it's only available in Milan. "The bag then indicates that you have had an experience others have not, which may offset your feelings of self-doubt," Arkin says. The cure? Don't spend so much time evaluating yourself. Use this stop-and-go technique: If you're at a restaurant ogling the 3-carat diamond ring on a woman's finger and you think, "I would love that; too bad I'm stuck with this measly pebble," say "stop" to interrupt the self-doubting cycle. Then say "go" to shift your focus, in this case to your dinner conversation or the dessert menu.
Sex kitten
"I fantasize about sex a lot, maybe several times an hour. I also spend a lot of time at the gym--I get a sexual charge from it."
--Tania Evans, 34, Colorado Springs, Colo.
Flirting with friends, co-workers, or strangers and daydreaming about romantic or sexual encounters are perfectly fine if they enrich existing relationships, says sex therapist Sharon G. Nathan, Ph.D. But fantasy can escalate into mindless dating or loveless sex, often betraying a deeper need. "Many women are not really looking for men but for validation," she points out. "They want to feel desirable, to have something a man wants and be able to give or withhold it." Nathan suggests exploring the reasons you crave attention. If you feel you're not getting enough in your relationship, you may need to work on shoring up your self-esteem. "Give some thought to what messages or experiences you might have had that could be making you feel bad about yourself," Nathan says.
Too-busy bee
"I wake up at 6 a.m.to run, then begin my daily activities: I'm taking classes toward a master's degree, appearing on TV as a political commentator, and working with a women's political action committee I co-founded. I spend time with my husband at night, and when I can, I make jewelry, knit, or do crossword puzzles."
--Daedre Levine, 32, New York City
Why do women book their schedules solid? "They may be compulsive and want to avoid anxiety or uncertainty, they may have trouble saying 'no' to requests, or they may feel guilty just doing nothing," says psychologist G. Alan Marlatt, Ph.D., professor of psychology and director of the Addictive Behaviors Research Center at the University of Washington in Seattle. Regardless of why you overplan, the solution is the same: Balance the duties you must do with the pastimes you find personally fulfilling. "Schedule personal time twice a week, but don't fill it up in advance," Marlatt says. Instead, when the time comes, allow yourself to choose from a menu of favorite options, like soaking in the tub or riding a bike. To free up more time, gradually drop low-priority activities until your want-to-dos are better aligned with your should-dos.
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Marie's Blog – Holding Out For a Hero
Hello Internet!
Ever since Hank got hurt, people have been telling me how lucky he is to have me — which, yes, he is — and how great I've been doing — which, yes, I have. And if they happen to think there's something heroic about the way I've put all my energy into helping Hank get better… well, I guess we all need heroes, right?
You know who I admire? Working moms. I can rock the to-do list, but seriously, those ladies are some black-belt-level multitaskers. They start their day making breakfast for their families, get the kids off to school and daycare, put in a full day at a crazy-making job, and then go home, get dinner on the table and get everyone off to bed, homework done, diapers changed, dishes washed, the whole deal.
I can't even imagine how they do it. Where do they find the time? How do they get up every morning, knowing their day won't end until they've crossed everything off their list? And the thing that really stumps me: How do they stay focused on their job, knowing they have a perfectly adorable little baby sitting in some daycare center, wondering where her mommy is?
Because, of course, Hank and I have talked about having kids. Should we? Shouldn't we? Maybe now? Maybe wait? So far, we've always landed on the side of "not right now," because we can't figure out how to balance our careers with the demands of a new little person in our lives. I mean, if you've met Hank, you know how he feels about his work, and for me, radiology is not just a job, it's a calling. How can I walk away from something like that? Answer: I can't.
And yes, I know — there's always daycare, and working part-time. But as much as I admire the working moms I know… I couldn't do what they do.
Look, I'm not saying it makes you a bad parent if you put your kid in daycare, but if I had a beautiful, smiley little baby, I would never hand her over to a total stranger for eight hours a day. I don't care how many great reviews that lady has on Angie's List, or what kind of recommendations I had from other parents, I couldn't do it.
That's just me. And as certain people have pointed out, I'm not a parent, so who am I to say what I would do if I had kids? But you know what? Hank's not a football coach, and he has all kinds of opinions about what this team or that team should do when they've got the ball and it's sixth and five or whatever.
So yes, maybe I've seen a two-year-old in a grocery cart, with a full diaper and stains all over his shirt, drinking a can of Mr. Pibb and thought about calling Child Protective Services, but I didn't actually do it. And I would never just scoop up a toddler and run off with him because his Neanderthal dad is about to buy him some lead-paint-covered toy car made in China by underfed eight-year-olds. (Although, hypothetically speaking, if I DID? The dad probably wouldn't even notice, because he's so busy playing Tetris on his cell phone. Should there be a law that allows people to abduct children if their parents are clearly incompetent? Probably not, but really, I can think of worse ideas.)
What was I saying? Oh, right — working moms. I couldn't do what they do, and I'm not sure I could live with myself if I did, but they're doing the best that they can. Really, what more can we ask?Read More


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"Hidden within the unconsciousness is an insatiable desire for conflict."-Prof. Moriarty
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows is the most action-packed of both films – it retains the same deductive reasoning and slow-mo transitions that the first movie introduced in a most unique fashion. This will be elaborated upon in my full review.
"Unlike you, I repress nothing."-Sherlock Holmes (Robert Downey Jr.)"Perfectly normal."-Dr. Watson (Jude Law)
From a Christian and family perspective, this movie is a bundle of fun with a plethora of concerns. There is a gypsy woman whose occupation is fortune telling. The demonic is not, however, as fully pressed in this movie as it was in the first. Before she can even get out a word of Sherlock's fortune, Sherlock tells her he would like to give her fortune. He uses the cards while presenting his points, then rescues her from an assassin. Therefore, it is not as dark as one may suspect from the previews, yet the concept should be noted. There are many fights, such as those between Sherlock and Watson against various mobs, including at a place where gambling is taking place. This movie, taking into account the action, flirtatious content (to be discussed in the full review), should be suitable for children aged 15+ (Common Sense Media recommends age 14+, however, it may be a bit much even for fourteen year olds, depending on their maturity level and "tolerance").
Faithfulness to Conan Doyle
The film includes a scene or two which appeared within the original Sherlock Holmes stories, however, aside from those, the film has taken a different, one might say fresh, turn away from the original novels and characterization. Mycroft, Sherlock's brother, is much more outgoing than he is portrayed in the novels and is used for comedy relief. Sherlock retains his oddities and singularity, plus his deductive qualities, yet has changed in other respects. He has more of an interest in Irene Adler than he had in the novel – exchanging kisses and flirtatious notions. In the original, he merely had an admiration for her, bordering on love. Watson is… well, that is in itself a long explanation and I will save that for the full review.


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7 facts about beauty that will make you feel prettier
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We all obtain down about our appears, but there are facts about attractiveness that can applaud you up. It may be included like high-quality looks are everything, but who decides what's sizzling and what's not? Charisma is such a fragile, indecisive thing. If you don't believe me, here are some fascinating facts about attractiveness:
1. Changes with Time
Beauty is a social build, which means that it's theme to modify. In the past, being skinny and tan wasn't as recognized as it is now. People who were light and had extra meat on them were well thought-out wealthier and were more required after. Even though the media at present glorifies attach thin models, that doesn't mean that it'll keep on that way perpetually. One of the most significant facts about loveliness to maintain in mind is that society's idea of what's suitable is constantly changing.
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2. Photoshop Fakeries
You all be familiar with that models are photoshopped, so that they come into view to have no imperfections. However, still, a gorgeous woman like Scarlett Johansson has freshly been photoshopped for the new Captain America film. She's wonderful the method she is, and yet she was at rest photoshopped to look 'prettier' than she previously is.
3. Poor Perspective
What one person observes as dreadful, you may see as stunning. Everyone has a different view when it approaches prettiness. No two views are going to be similar, so don't fret if you don't believe you look gorgeous. There are plenty of people that will suppose otherwise.
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4. Frightened of Photography
If you hatred what you look approximating in photographs, and you're not only. You're used to considering yourself in a mirror, but you're not worn to seeing yourself from the different positions that photos can capture. Plus, in a mirror, you know a overturned image of yourself, which you've to turn out to be used to. By seeming at a photograph of yourself, you're considering yourself in a fresh light.
5. Frozen Photos
Another cause why you can't confidence photos to capture your original look is because it freezes you in connecting expressions. You may have ready a sure face for two seconds, but the photo caught it evermore. No one in actual life noticed what you appeared like in that instant because it passed so rapidly. So don't rely on photographs to prove you the actual you.
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6. Mixed mindset
Have you forever seemed at a photo and consideration that somebody looked stunning, but the next time you appeared to it, you weren't as impressed? Your brain controls your views, so your brains of prettiness are within your mind. Your thoughts are continually changing, and so is your explanation of beauty. Remember that everyone is in the similar boat, so what one person considers one day, they won't fundamentally think the next day.
7. Lousy Lighting
You can't control every feature of your appear. You can concern makeup and have on beautiful clothing, but you can't monitor the illumination in your ambiance. You may seem remarkable in one region of a restaurant, and then look fewer than attractive in an extra spot. It has nil to perform with you, and every to act with the lighting and shadows.
Don't be feeling guilty of your obsession with looking first-class, because prettiness is something we all want. Do you believe yourself attractive? Don't be frightened to say, 'yes!'
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Green Knights Pile Up Wins at UW-Whitewater
From Sports Information Director, January 14, 2011 | Women's Track & Field
by Dan Lukes, firstname.lastname@example.com, (920) 403-4077
WHITEWATER - St. Norbert College racked up seven event championships in its season-opening meet of the indoor track and field season in an unscored dual meet at UW-Whitewater.
The Green Knights fared well in the sprints, distance events and relays.
Kari Braatz won the 55-meter dash in 7.79 seconds and was second in the 200-meter dash in 28.19 seconds. Jaclyn Kerner won the 200 with a time of 28.10, while Anne Mueller was second in the 55 with a time of 7.87 seconds.
Megan Domnick picked up a win in the 600-meter run with a time of 1:41.08, while Hannah Andrekus was second in 1:45.68. Emily Schudrowitz earned the win in the 1-mile run with a time of 5:29.43. Sara Hasenjager won the 3,000-meter run in 11:21.71, while Amanda Whipple was second in 11:22.06.
St. Norbert swept the two relays. The Green Knights won the 4x200-meter relay in 1:51.74, and won the 4x400-meter relay in 4:19.46.
Sarah Albert had the squad's best field event finish with a second-place showing in the high jump with a leap of 9.64 meters.


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History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/4/Samuel H. M. Byers
SAMUEL H. M. BYERS was born in Pulaski, Pennsylvania, in 1838. Coming to Iowa in 1851 with his father he was educated in the schools of Oskaloosa, where his father was located. He enlisted in the Fifth Iowa Infantry and served in the army until March, 1865, was promoted to adjutant in April, 1863. He was in many battles and in a charge at Missionary Ridge was taken prisoner and for fifteen months suffered the horrors of Libby and other Confederate prisons. He finally escaped and returned to the army, where for a time he was on General Sherman's staff. At the close of the war he was brevetted major. While in prison at Columbia, South Carolina, he wrote the well-known song, "The March to the Sea," which brought him into national notice. It gave the name to Sherman's famous march and thousands of copies were sold immediately after the war. Major Byers was sent by General Sherman to General Grant and President Lincoln as bearer of dispatches announcing his great victories. He served fifteen years as American consul at Zürich in Switzerland and was under President Arthur, Consul General for Italy. Under President Harrison he served as Consul to St. Gall and later as Consul General for Switzerland. Major Byers has been a contributor to the leading magazines of the country. He is the author of "Iowa in War Times," "Switzerland and the Swiss," "Twenty Years in Europe" and several volumes of poetry.


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Here at Omens and Portents I look for opportunities to give back to the OSR community that I love so much. With that in mind and the current festivness of the holiday season, I have a giveaway to gift to one lucky Omens and Portents reader. Given our readership is relatively small at this point, I think that makes anyone's chances of winning pretty darn good.
Here is how this will work:
Anyone interested in a free copy of BioWare's Neverwinter Nights Diamond simply comment about your interest below along with a polite suggestion about how Omens and Portents can increase readership and become a more vibrant part of the OSR community.
We will accept entries until 12:00am on December 11th, 2016. At that time I will create a bell curve table of the entrants with the best ideas closer to the center of the curve. I will then roll whatever dice become necessary to determine the winner. That winner will be notified via email of the access code for the game on GOG.com.
Simple as that.
There may be more giveaways to come if this works out particularly well.
So apparently Neverwinter Nights is currently free on GOG.com, so the update to my first giveaway is that I'll be offering The Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Two instead.
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Mt. Jefferson, Three Sisters and Mt. Washington offer opportunities for hiking, cycling, horseback riding, fishing, camping and more. Smith Rock State Park even boasts world-renowned rock climbing.
The Deschutes River attracts rafters and kayakers to its exciting rapids and scenic floats. This region has 24 spectacular golf courses and hosts the Pacific Amateur Golf Classic every October. Mt. Bachelor and Hoodoo Ski Area offer downhill and cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing and even dog sledding.
The Museum at Warm Springs celebrates the rich culture of the Confederated Tribes and the High Desert Museum in Bend offers natural and cultural history as well as planned activities year round.
Central Oregon is high-desert country with less than 12" of rain a year. Summer days are warm and sunny, cooling quickly at night. Winters bring deep, dry powder snow in the mountains and occasional snowfall at lower elevations.
Free and ticketed events in the Les Schwab Amphitheater, Brewfest, community theatre, and music!
In this region, health care access is as diverse as the recreational opportunities. You'll find private practice, rural health clinics and Critical Access Hospitals, Federally Qualified Health Centers and a large hospital system. This region is popular for many reasons, so if you find a position of interest, apply now or it may be gone!
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The pattern is intended for non-stretch fabrics.
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Robert Sisilo, the country's new Permanent Representative to the United Nations, was commissioned yesterday.
Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade, George Milner Tozaka, officiated the ceremony.
The ceremony, held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade (MFAET), was witnessed by the Acting Permanent Secretary, Joseph Ma'ahanua and senior officials from the ministry.
Mr Tozaka told Ambassador Sisilo that his tasks are to represent and promote the interests of the Government of Solomon Islands.
"The Government and people of Solomon Islands expect you to provide sound advice and deliberation on all matters during your tenure of office".
Ambassador Sisilo in acknowledging his appointment highlighted that "the Mission is charged with a hugely ambitious and expansive goal of defending and promoting our interests in an international organisation that boasts a membership of 193 sovereign states and all, big or small, rich or poor, doing exactly the same thing".
Mr Sisilo is one of the country's senior diplomats previously posted as Solomon Islands' Ambassador in Brussels, Belgium, and has served as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and External Trade, and also Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services.
He was recently the Head of Solomon Islands Trade Negotiations Envoy and Lead Spokesperson for the Pacific Island Countries on the EPA negotiations with the EU and PACER-Plus negotiations with Australia and New Zealand.
The newly appointed ambassador is expected to depart for New York early next week.
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As a young girl I was highly idealistic about love and all its romance, it almost makes me sick to think about it now. I found myself watching way too many romantic movies, crying for the heroes sorrow, thinking that this kind of "movie love" existed. I daydreamed about being swept off my feet, about knights in shining armour and perfect long-winded passionate kisses. I dreamed about the perfect husband, the perfect house with its perfect little picket fence, with perfect little kids and dogs running around in our perfect garden. I know, enough to make you sick. I always thought that love started with a kiss, that when you kissed your soul mate for the first time, sparks would fly and you would know that you were meant to be together. That being said, my first kiss didn't live up to that dream.
It was a summer day, on the playground, myself and Christopher had been playing in the sand pit building an incredible home for lady bugs, when it started to rain. We desperately grabbed for the ladybugs we had spent the whole afternoon collecting, and stowed them in the barrel, which hung underneath the Jungle Gym. We crouched on either side of it and stuck our heads in. A few moments were spent with idle conversation about ladybugs and then he said it "hey lets kiss". "Ok" I said, and so we kissed. It was so awkward; my mouth was closed while his was open with his tongue stabbing me in the jaw, I was horrified and pulled away. As I popped out I was surprised by the delight of inquisitive bystanders who cheered and jeered. Although my first kiss was a disaster, I claimed it was because we weren't meant for love and that it was what I began to call; a technical rehearsal.
Years went by and I was still having technical rehearsals. I had boyfriends who I thought I loved, but there was always something missing. I didn't feel that spark, no matter how hard I tried to 'fall in love', I just couldn't. Perhaps I was trying too hard, or perhaps it just wasn't meant to be. I spent years single and independent, a few strays would come along, a kiss here and there, but still no lightning. It was at this point that I realised that I was looking in the wrong place all along; I didn't feel sparks with any of my boyfriends because I was feeling sparks for my girlfriends. I guess this had been a gradual change for me, because I never thought I was attracted to women until late into my university years, however looking back, the signs were certainly there.
I can pin point the day that my heart jumped for a woman for the first time and when the reality smacked me in the head. She was amazingly beautiful woman and super confident. I couldn't take my eyes off of her nor could I bring myself to have a conversation with her. Eventually we did talk, and we became friends, and I got a do-over of my first kiss. It was just as I imagined it would be when my knight finally arrived. We lay on our backs, side by side in the dark, the crisp morning sun only a few hours away, and yet we were both wide awake.
Before I knew it her hand was slid into mine, at that moment my stomach turned, my heart pounded, my palms began to sweat and my mouth went as dry as the Namibian desert, these were new symptoms for me and she was no knight. I was reduced to a babbling twelve year old, confused, excited and nervous, as if I had never ever kissed anyone. Our heads turned towards each other and we kissed, a movie kiss. At that moment every idea I had in my head about love was questioned. My world exploded with uncertainty, all this time I believed a man and woman would fall in love and then it would be easy sailing, but now I was feeling the rush of love for, god forbid, a WOMAN! So love is blind! I have been in meaningful relationships with women since that day and have been surrounded by nothing but love. Not the idealistic love I dreamed up as a girl, but a real and bonding love.
I've realised that as a girl I had this idea that love was not about a feeling, it was about subscribing to a set of conventions. When we talk of soul mates, its not that there is one perfect soul out there for us, it's that we fall in love with a soul. Love is the bond we create when we see the beauty in one another's souls. It is abundant and available to all of us, it is only owing to itself, so it does not judge or discriminate, or pick and choose loosely. When we love we acquire an understanding of minds and hearts and we help our souls to grow.


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6 Important Life Lessons You Will Gain from Moving AbroadMay 13, 2019 07:45
Moving abroad though will be favorable for you but off and on the thought may throw you off balance. The fear of not knowing anyone, adjusting to a new way of life leaving behind everything in your home country probably will put you in a baffling situation.
Here are a few motivating life-changing lessons you'll learn from living abroad:
Learning About Yourself
Moving abroad will make you find yourself in a different environment, adapting to the new culture and enhance problem-solving attribute. Ultimately it will allow you to grow and develop as a person as you are no longer by the side of your menage.
You may get to meet a set of new people and learn a lot about different cultures, but at the end of the day, you'll learn even more about yourself.
Breaking out of Your Comfort Zone
There will no more your people around you to come to the aid of you - may be for the visa runs and housing forms or for simply getting around. Moving abroad will test your confidence and your patience.
Pushing our limits and challenging ourselves is healthy, as well a great boost to our self-confidence and independence. Always be prepared for the worst to happen.
Developing New Skills
If you're moving to a foreign country so you will needless to say learn the language. Moving abroad offers so many experiences that you may have overlooked or been restricted to back at home.
Makes You More Open-Minded
Not a thing makes you more open-minded than being far away and living abroad. You will come across so many different cultures, traditions, and ideas, political and religious views that fill you with astonishment. Wherever you come from, you will be so accustomed to the views of how you were raised and your idea of 'normal.'
New Friends and New Connections
One of the best parts of moving abroad is meeting new people and making new connections. If you are an introvert, it might be quite challenging for you but, be geared up for becoming an outgoing person very soon. You will meet many amazing people with different natures. They help in inspiring you and have a positive impact on your life.
Cutting Back on Materialistic Things
Though the thought of leaving your stuff behind and start with the basics is tough nevertheless as soon as you move abroad you will realize that you didn't need them in the first place
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Wednesday, May 14, 2014
The Gift of Resentment
Well, here's what I've discovered: Every time I feel resentment about something someone has said or done, I uncover a place (and it takes a little work to drag this sucker up out of the depths where I've hidden it) where I've unconsciously made some kind of "deal" that I feel has been violated. Usually the deal involved me making some kind of sacrifice (keeping quiet where I wanted to speak up; taking responsibility for something or someone when I wanted to lay down and rest etc.) in exchange for some kind of reward (being loved or seen or forgiven, belonging etc.)
When these resentments arise around other people the first question we need to ask is: Was this ever an explicit deal made with the other? For instance, did s/he know that I was silent about being hurt by their comments so they would overlook any unskilful communication from me? The answer is usually, No. The other didn't even know there was a deal. Not that people don't sometimes break clear agreements- but I have found that those violations are easier to speak to (because they were explicit) and the feelings they stir are often cleaner and more short-lived than smouldering semi-conscious resentment.
Sometimes these secret deals (as in ones I often don't even acknowledge to myself) aren't with other people but with some kind of higher power- God, the divine, the Universe- that I am vaguely hoping will reward unasked-for sacrifice with things I know are not earned- like perfect health and inner peace for myself and those I love.
And I know I am not the only one secretly playing Let's Make a Deal with God. Recently, someone confessed to me that she was hoping that giving up chocolate would mean her house would sell quickly for a good price. She was a smart woman, but she gave up chocolate just in case.
Resentment is a gift because it points to something unconscious and gives me a chance to bring it to consciousness. When I bring a bit of gentle curiosity to resentment I discover unconscious deals made and broken. It usually makes me shake my head and quietly laugh. And quiet laughter dissolves resentment, lets us hold that small crazy inner deal-maker tenderly, reassuring her that she does not have to wheel and deal for the beauty of life with all of its inherent rewards and challenges. All she has to do is receive the gift of one small, spectacular human life.
Oriah House (c) 2014
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Thank you for such a deeply helpful post. This has helped me reflect on an issue i have been struggling for with some time in my life, and helped open me back up to hope. I wondered if you have written on gifts of some of the other challenging emotions Oriah? as I am new to your Blog and would love to read more about your reflections on the gift of various others - like fear, anger, self pity, jealousy...blessingsReplyDeleteReplies
Trisha, thank you- so glad your found it helpful. I am writing more on this kind of gift (from emotions that are often less than welcome) for the new book I am working on, and will continue to share snippets here. OriahDelete
wonderful...thank you for all you give the world Oriah. I will look forward to your next book, and the snippets you share. TrishaDelete
- AnonymousMay 18, 2014 at 3:12 PM
When I first started to read this post, I didn't think it would be applicable to me; I don't consider myself a resentful person. But as I continued to read, I realized that it was exactly what I needed!!! I don't know that I've been resentful as much as hurt and confused when my "deals" were broken. Realizing that the deals were not consensual or even logical is liberating! Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Interesting- I don't consider myself a resentful person either- but I do know that once in awhile there will be a little inner growl or snappishness that momentarily arises. Sometimes it's about a broken deal that wasn't with the person I am inwardly snapping at- but another situation altogether (but somehow echoing the current moment.) And if the deals are not consensual, logical (or even conscious) they are bound to tie up some energy in our psyche and/or gut. :-)Delete
I appreciate the gift of tenderness and care for Self inherent in this article. Beautifully said, Oriah.ReplyDelete
Oriah, Thank you!! I think my resentment comes when I have a need for my feelings and desires to matter to a person as much as theirs matter to me. This post is a changing moment for me.. I will decide to take each resentment as a gift to myself and my well being.ReplyDelete
Hey,I always wondered with all your faith in god, that must fill some of the holes in your life. the ones that depression might have dug at some point in your life. are you depressed? I always wondered that. because you speak of so much pain with impressive amounts of passion. I know because I use to do spoken word myself and the only time I could ever write something decent was when I was really upset or having really bad anxiety attacks. but anyways, I just thought I might ask! p.s. I am a huge fan of your work. have been for quite sometime now! keep up the inspirational words, and spreading the word of god.Thank you !!!!Zoe Smith...ReplyDelete
Zoe, there have certainly been periods in my life when I have been depressed (honestly, if you have a painful chronic illness for 30 years and don't have some periods of depression I think that might indicate that something is wrong.) Having said that, and mostly out of respect for the folks I have worked with who struggle with massive clinical depression, I don't think I have ever gone there (although I suspect this is more of a continuum than we think.). As to the writing I would agree- it is easier to write clearly and movingly about sorrow than it is about joy- which of course, might then offer a skewed view of my life, since I tend not to write as frequently when I am have a wonderful time. :-)Delete


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Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Color a Heart: An Alphabet Movement Game for Kids
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I love the simplicity and yet total enjoyment and creativity of this! I am working with a group of 4 and 5 year olds who are having trouble identifying the letters in their names and this will be so engaging!ReplyDelete
This is brilliant. I can really see my almost 4yr old enjoying it and my toddler loves making marks so will have fun too. The running around aspect will make it a great energy burner for afternoons when we can't get out. Lovely idea. I'm already thinking up variations with numbers.ReplyDelete
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Where did you get the big roll of paper?ReplyDelete
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In an attempt to honor Veterans Day, a writer for Yahoo! Shine gives it a decorative flourish with an apostrophe:
When she's not adding unnecessary punctuation marks to holidays, the writer is misquoting Dr. Jill Biden, who generally speaks in complete sentences:
Do I really need to explain what's wrong with being home from the holidays? Or that post-traumatic stress disorder isn't a proper noun, but it does sport a hyphen?
Oh, so now she uses a hyphen! But a hyphen is no substitute for an em dash — it just confuses me because a hyphen joins words. And it's still not Veterans Day with an apostrophe:


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The Cockpit Theatre in London has been hosting a new, monthly jazz night, hosted and (I think) curated by Jez Nelson, called Jazz in the Round – because the audience sit on all sides. A square rather than a round, but hey.
This makes it a pretty intimate venue – it seats about 200, but it feels much smaller. That said, it is a theatre rather than a club: it has a different, distinct feel. Nelson has a specific agenda, too – to mix things up. he aims for each event to have both familiar and less familiar names; he doesn't expect everybody to like it all.
For three bands a night, he charges only £7, all of which apparently goes to the musicians. (Personally I don't understand why they don't set the price to £10 – I bet they'd get the same number of people paying, and the musicians would get more money. I doubt anyone would object to paying less than the price of a pint of beer more.) One of the bands is a solo artist.
Strangely, there are no encores.
By chance, I've reviewed both nights for the LondonJazz blog. The first evening I bumped into Sebastian, who runs LondonJazz, who couldn't stay and asked me if I could put something together; the second, I'd been tweeting about the gig, and Sebastian again asked if I could write another review.
Being in the round means that there are always some musicians who are not facing you; which makes photography a bit of a challenge! It is hard to work out where is the best place to sit, since the different bands face different directions. Someone will always have their back to you. The bands seems to like the set up, though – it is unusual for them to have so much contact with each other and with the audience.
The first Jazz in the Round featured Blacktop – Steve Williamson on saxes, Orphy Robinson on vibes and Pat Thomas on keyboards and electroncs. Free improvisation – pretty exciting, one-off and original. Plus wacky electronic noises…
The second night had a beautiful solo set by pianist Andrew McCormack, and then the somewhat bizarre – but very exciting – Sons of Kemet, featuring Shabaka Hutchins on saxes, Oren Marshall on tuba and Seb Rochford on drums… and Tom Skinner on drums! (The first night had not one drummer; they were clearly trying to go two better.) Amazing, but pretty hard to describe music.


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Downloading Videos from Youtube using Terminal
I wrote earlier about downloading videos from Youtube using Yoda.
Trying to download using you-get and it seems to be working better!
First, couple of nuances ..
you-get needs Python 3. On my OSX, Python 2.7 continues to be standard, so I installed Python 3.5 alongside with an added symlink for
python3.5 in
Next, create a clone of the
you-get repo using
git clone https://github.com/soimort/you-get.git.
Downloading videos is as simple as issuing the below command ...
python3.5 you-get 'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4k8b9b4G8'
I am getting download speeds on 3-4Mbps! (good, despite the fact that I have a super fast internet connection)
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Hours: Lunch, Tue–Fri, 11:30 am–2:30 pm. Dinner, Tue–Thurs, 5–9 pm; Fri–Sat, 5–10 pm; Sat, 4–9 pm.
Price: $/$$
Style: Super cozy (seats about 40) one-room BYO off the beaten path in downtown Lawrenceville. Refined local art decorates the walls and a few tables on the patio allow for al fresco dining.
Don't Miss: Start with a Vidalia loaf stuffed with signature sweet Vidalia onions, seasonal Jersey veggies, garlic, oil, and melted mozzarella cheese ($5) or split one of the very large salads such as the Palermitana, with organic baby lettuces, fennel, oranges, pine nuts, and shaved parmigiano reggiano in a balsamic vinaigrette ($9). Pasta choices include excellent rigatoni vodka with prosciutto ($16), while dinner entrees feature Italian classics, seafood, and steak. Try the Pulcinella, boneless seared chicken or veal served with roasted red peppers, asparagus, and fresh mozzarella in a sherry wine sauce ($19) or the black angus New York strip steak, an 8-ounce marinated French-cut organic steak finished with portabella mushrooms and gorgonzola cheese in a Borolo demi-glazed sauce ($26).
Heads Up: The northen Italian cuisine is compliments of Sicilian-born chef/owner Salvatore Scarlata, who makes sure to visit every table. If you become a frequent guest (and you will), he's sure to welcome you by name.
The Scoop: The quaint eatery is a triple hit with an intimate atmosphere, flavorful food, and attentive service.
What's a Quick Bite? Short takes on casual, affordable dining.
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Published:05 October 2018
London | A short bout of sleep during the day may help weigh up pros and cons and gain insight before making a challenging decision, according to a study.
Researchers at the University of Bristol in the UK aimed to understand whether a short period of sleep can help us process unconscious information and how this might affect behaviour and reaction time.
The study, published in the Journal of Sleep Research, measured changes in people's brain activity and responses before and after a nap.
Sixteen healthy participants across a range of ages were recruited to take part in an experiment.
Participants carried out two tasks - the masked prime task and a control task where participants simply responded when they saw a red or blue square on a screen.
Participants practiced the tasks and then either stayed awake or took a 90-minute nap before doing the tasks again.
Using an electroencephalogram (EEG), which records the electrical activity naturally produced in the brain, researchers measured the change in brain activity and response pre-and-post nap.
Sleep (but not wake) improved processing speed in the masked prime task - but not in the control task - suggesting sleep-specific improvements in processing of subconsciously presented primes.
The findings suggest that even a short bout of sleep may help improve our responses and process information.
The results suggest a potentially sleep-dependent, task-specific enhancement of brain processing that could optimise human goal-directed behaviour, researchers said.
While it is already known that the process of acquiring knowledge and information recall, memory, is strengthened during sleep, this study suggests that information acquired during wakefulness may potentially be processed in some deeper, qualitative way during sleep.
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Imposm3 for ARMv7 on Odroid-XU4
Since yesterday I got hold of an Odroid-XU4. This is a mini-Computer similar to a Raspberry Pi, but with serious CPU power: 4 cores with 2 Ghz and additionally 4 cores with 1.4 Ghz. I already compiled a version of imposm3 for ARMv7 which can be downloaded here. I will report back, as soon as I have more to tell about my experiments.
High performance CouchDB uploader for Python
Today I want to talk about my very first python module that I did publish on PyPI, the Python package index. It is called mpcouch and performs a single task, I was surprised to find no module for. But first some theory!
Uploading to CouchDB as it is
To upload a documents to a CouchDB database, it simply gets pushd to the databases HTTP REST interface. If you have more than one document to store, you repeat this step. This can become a very slow process when you have to add thousands or even millions of documents.
Therefore, CouchDB supports to upload a set of documents as a whole. This is called batch-upload an performs tremendously faster than single document uploads. The existing couchdb module for python offers this way to upload data with its API.
The tedious part
This sounds very good so far, but here comes my problem: When using CouchDB I usually deal with a very high amount of data I have to initially fill the database with. In most cases this lookes like this: Take some data, perform some preparatory steps on it, make the document entry for the database ready, and finally push this single document to the database (or collect them to store them later as a batch). It would be very comfortable to just have to push a single document to the database and the database driver would only collect these documents. When enough have been collected, they would be batch-uploaded to the database while possible further documents are collected again. Ideally, this batch-upload would work in parallel to the collection of new documents, so the actual processing does not have to hold.
The mpcouch module
This is exactly what the mpcouch module does. After importing the module with
import mpcouch
you can create a new mpcouchPusher object that now represents your bulk-uploading interface to a CouchDB:
myCouchPusher = mpcouch.mpcouchPusher( "
http://localhost:5984/myDatabase", 30000 )
The first parameter is the URL to an existing CouchDB database. It has to be specified in this way so it is easy for the user to switch to a non-local CouchDB. The second parameter ("30000") represents the amount of doucments that have to be collected before a batch-upload is performed. This value seems to be a reasonable value for my system – it might be different with yours.
You now can save a document to the database by using the pushData function of the pyCouchPusher object:
myCouchPusher.pushData( MyPythonJSONDocument )
The document you push has to be formatted as a Python object representing a valid JSON document in the same way as the couchdb module would require. The mpcouch module now collects all incoming documents and bulk-uploads them as soon as 30000 of them have been received. One great thing is, that to do so, the module spawns an own process to perform the upload while it continues to catch new documents. Your program does not have to wait for the database upload to finish!
When you have generated you last document and want to finish your database upload procedure, it is important to call the method
This assueres all still running batch-uploading processes are finished and the last batch of accumulated documents is uploaded before the program is allowed to continue.
Still not perfect
Of course there are still many rough edges around this package. For example, a new uploading process is started every time when enough documents have been collected – no matter how many uploading processes are already running. If the upload performs to slowly more and more upload batches are started in parallel which in turn make the overall upload even more slower. By implementing a simple process-cap this could be solved quite easily. Until then one has to find the right limit value for the size of the batch upload for any given scenario.
Update on the OGD Cadastre of Trees of Vienna in OpenStreetMap
Nearly 2 years ago the OpenGovernment cadastre of trees of the city of Vienna was imported into OpenStreetMap. All trees existing in OSM were not imported to not damage already mapped data. The thing still missing is to check which trees are already mapped and did not originate from the original import.
This post is a short update on my way to a script to automatically align the not yet entered OGD trees with already mapped OSM trees. So far, I wrote a python script that checks for existing entries by location. Thanks to spatial indexing and the very easy to use rtree library, this check can be done within about one minute but I'm not yet convinced by its results. The image below shows an excerp of the results of this analysis.
One thing that can be seen is that the city of Vienna added some more small parks to the dataset. As stated above, don't take this image too seriously, it displays just preliminary results.
I'm currentrly thinking about re-implementing the script directly within the great QGIS Processing toolbox. This would make geographic debugging a lot easier since one can use the QGIS map window for outputting results while processing data.
The Complete World of OSM on limited Ressources
OpenStreetMap Data
For certain projects it might be necessary to work on the complete dataset of the OpenStreetMap project (OSM). My preferred way of using data from OSM is usually done by performing the following steps:
- download the OSM data
- selecting my area of interest by clipping it to my preferred extent
- importing the data into a PostGIS database
The complete database-dump of OSM is called the "Planet File" and weights at the moment about 36GB in its compressd form.
To clip the data I usually resort to a very handy command-line tool called Osmium where you are able to define a region of interest and/or specify certain tags to filter the data by. The import into a PostGIS database can be performed by multiple tools, of which I prefere one called Imposm3 because of its speed. But still, when using it on the complete planet file with limited ressources (I used a dual core CPU and 8GB ram), it gets terrible slow and does not complete without error. My guess is, that the index which is created during the import procedure to access the data itselfe becomes so large that the access to it is not fast enough. For the extract of alone the continent of Europe, the index is more than 20GB.
Split Data
The logical thing to do is to split the data prior to import and use different databases for each part of the dataset. When using the data later on, one will have to apply whatever further steps are taken to each database individually, but still – when not using too many splits, this should be not a lot of hassle.
What would be more reasonable than to split by continents? Luckily the company Geofabrik already offers extracts of the planet file split by continents and countries, if prefered.
Instead of splitting the complete dataset on my own, I wrote a small script which downloads each continent on its own and then goes on to import each file in a unique PostGIS database. This procedere was quite fast for all countries, except Europe.
Still too Large
If you take a closer look at the metadata of each extract by continent, you can see, that Europe is by far the largest one. While the import of the other continents was done in a matter of hours, the one of Europe took over a day before my computer automatically logged off and on again. Sadly, I have no idea what happened in detail since I was not present when this incident occured.
But then I got another idea. I observed that the import procedure of Europe was happening at an remarkably slower rate than the other ones. What if there was some kind of internal timeout? The amount of system ressources used during the import did not change during the firt two hours. Assumin it dit not change during the complete import procedure, this can not be the reason for stopping.
The complete import procedure was done on a traditional harddrive. The PostGIS database also is located on the same HDD. What I did next, was to specify the -cachedir parameter of Imposm3 to use my internal SSD drive. This should speed up sequential access to the readout of the index which happens a lot during the import.
And so it happened! The import itself was about 10 to 15 times faster when using the SSD as storage medium for the temporary index. This is still not as fast as with the other continents, but still ways faster than before. The source file itself as well as the PostGIS database remained on the HDD. This was great news, since the index is generated only once but accessed millions of times. As far as I know, only write access to SSDs wears them down.
Border Regions
A problematic situation migth occure when paying special attention to the areas on the border between two continents. Since the sliced data overlaps for a certain amount, there is redundand information. In case for the "places" layer shown in the image above, I merged all input datasets by the "Merge shapes layers" SAGA command in the Processing toolbox of QGIS. After that I could apply a cleaning algorithm to the dataset. This might not be practical (or even feasable) with very big layers, so there has to be found another solution.
To avoid this problem, one could split the planet file into regions by oneself and care to cut sharply.
I can recommend using the "continent split planet" way of importing OpenStreetMap data when not having access to a big server with loads of RAM and cpu-cores. The hassel of e.g. reapplying the same cartographic design to each of the continents individually is within limits, since there are only 7 (in case of the splits 8) of them.
Book: Schwarzplan
(for more information look at the books website or directly buy it at epubli.de or amazon.de )
Do you know what a "Schwarzplan" is? In English it is called "figure-ground diagram" and is a map showing all built areas as black and everything else in white colour (including the background). Here is an example of such a map for the area of Paris.
From such a map you can gain insights into many different aspects of urban structures. So it is for example possible to recognize hints of the age of parts of the city, their kind of reignship, their history of development, suspected density and many more. Furthermore, figure-ground diagrams have an aesthetically appealing effect and strongly underline the differences between different cities when comparing them.
Up until now, there was no atlas focussing on this kind of map which was sad . This might be due to the fact that one would have to get costly data about the buildings for each city individually But thanks to the OpenStreetMap Project I can present to you the atlas of figure-ground diagrams, a book called:
"Schwarzplan" is an atlas displaying figure-ground plans of 70 different cities all over the world together with some basic statistical information about their populations and extent on 152 pages made out of high quality glossy paper.
You can take a more thoroughly look on the books website or directly buy it at epubli.de or amazon.de .
Android: OÖ Quiz
Since a week ago you can download the Upper Austria Quiz from the Google Play store: OÖ Quiz on Google Play
I always wanted to learn how to program mobile devices. During Christmas holidays the government of Upper Austria called for mobile apps using their OpenGovernmentalData. So, the chance was taken and Kathi and me started to design an Android app. Actually it is an hybrid app. This means that you develop your complete app as an HTML5 project and bundle it with a small server. The result is a valid android APK which behaves like a native app. The advantages are that the toolkit we used to generate the package (Apache Cordova) is capable of producing running binaries for a whole bunch of operating systems, including Windows 7, BlackBerry, Symbian, WebOS, Android and, if you can afford it, iOS. Sinc we can't pay 100$ per year to be allowed to just push the Quiz to the AppStore, there is no version for iPhone.
Since we both own Android devices, the app is optimized for Android devices. Still, there were some difficulties. First, we had to decide on a framework. jQuery Mobile seemed to be a reasonable choice at that time since it is well known and I already are used to default jQuery. Next time, I will go with a toolkit supporting any kind of MVC architecture that avoides usage of HTML whenever possible. One of these would be e.g. Kendo UI. But we chose jQuery Mobile and stuck to it.
The size of the toolbar at the bottom was a perculiar problem: While it was easy to adjust the size of the font depending on different screen resolutions of different devices, the toolbar would not change its display height.
We decided that despite its fixed behaviour it will be usable in any case, even when being very small and optimized it for the lowest screen resolution we could find. This means the app runs on even very small devices.
Map Display
The map background is variable in size and automatically adjusts to the display size.
This is possible because we used the Leaflet JS library which is a GIS capable mapping library for JavaScript. The data displayed in this case are GeoJSON objects. So, it is easy to modify and add new information to the map at any time. Even the questions and their right answer are actually GeoJSON objects!
The questions are generated out of OGD and OSM data. The most work was not to generate the questions which was mostly a case of combining a fixed phrase with a word describing a location, but to manually filter these questions for plausability. It just does not make any sense to let the quiz ask for a very small mountain which only a few people of Austria know by name themselves. The same goes with lakes – in this case we filtered by their area.
Further Thoughts
It was a fun project and I find myself playing the quiz which is a good sign. Kathi and me, we already have ideas to extend the OÖ Quiz and even have plans for a quite advanced second version with multiplayer support – it depends on our free time whether we will implement it or not.
Analysing the OGD Vienna fire hydrants for OSM import
The Dataset
The OpenData initiative of the city of Vienna (http://data.wien.gv.at/) has released a dataset about all fire hydrants of vienna. On the 17th of April it contains of 12702 unique entries and no additional attributes.
One can see that the area of Vienna is completely covered. The dataset itself seems to be quite accurate.
OSM Data
In OpenStreetMap, a fire hydrant is marked with the tag "emergency=fire_hydrant". When filtering the OSM dataset of Vienna from the 16th of April the following hydrants (blue dots) are revealed:
The sum of all fire hydrants in the OSM dataset was 67. They are not placed as dense as for example trees, therefore it is easier to find out which of the fire hydrants in the OGD dataset should not be imported.
Preparing for Import
A quick analysis revealed that with a buffer of 20 meters, most of the already mapped fire hydrants (63) can be detected and omitted.


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USB mobile broadband adapters
Mobile data access using dongles and other plug-in hardware goes back about a decade. Novatel Wireless, for example, introduced PC card mobile adapters around 2000, according to John Ross, VP of product management for the company.
You can find USB modems from major (and minor) manufacturers. For example, Verizon Wireless currently offers two 4G USB modems, one costing $20 and the other $100 (along with a two-year contract); a data plan costs $50/month for 5GB and $80/month for 10GB. AT&T offers a single $30 device at $50/month for 5G. Sprint offers two modems, each free with a two-year contract, with data plans that offer $50/month for 6GB or $80/month for 12GB. And T-Mobile also offers two free USB modems for $40/month for 2GB, $50 for 5GB and $80 for 10GB (after you reach the maximum, T-Mobile will reduce speeds).
Many of these are using hardware from the same manufacturer. Pricing and service availability in the locations you'll be in are more important when choosing a service provider. If you're satisfied with your current carrier, that's probably the one to start with. (Or you may decide it's time to try a new carrier.)
- Transferability: The service associates with the USB adapter, so you can easily move it from device to device. (Or if you're doing IT provisioning, you can have several broadband dongles available to lend out, instead of paying for the built-in mobile broadband option when buying notebooks, as well as separate data plans for users.)
- You don't have to make potential-carrier decisions as part of doing a notebook purchase. The growing use of Qualcomm Gobi multi-mode chipsets in broadband radio circuitry has led to some flexibility for embedded broadband in laptops, but a given user may still need something that Gobi doesn't support.
- Using a USB dongle instead of tethering your smartphone means you're not putting any additional strain on your phone's battery.
- It is less expensive than a hotspot.
- You have to remember to bring it.
- It requires subscribing to a data plan separate from your smartphone's data plan.
- It can connect only one device at a time.
- If you're using a broadband dongle with a laptop, it may be difficult to position it for optimum reception (packing a short USB cable can help with this).
- Like anything poking out of a notebook port, it's vulnerable to being leaned on or banged.
Mobile hotspots
A mobile hotspot combines a cellular broadband adapter and a Wi-Fi router in a single remarkably compact package -- slightly smaller than a deck of cards (not counting the AC adapter). As the name suggests, a mobile hotspot creates an 802.11 wireless zone that can be shared by a number of Wi-Fi-enabled devices -- typically, up to four or five.
As with USB dongles, most carriers -- AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile -- offer mobile hotspots, as do other vendors like NetZero, TruConnect, Virgin Mobile and ZoomTel.
The reach of the hotspot will vary from device to device. For example, according to the manufacturer, the Wi-Fi network created by Novatel's MiFi 4620L (also marketed as the Verizon Jetpack 4G LTE mobile hotspot) "spreads up to 100 feet line of sight (radius, device to device), but is optimal for fast data throughput at 33 feet." Security will similarly vary among devices; the 4620L supports WEP, WPA and WPA2.
The first mobile hotspots began shipping in 2007, according to Jeff Orr of ABI Research, and were designed for the enterprise, offering features including VPNs, local storage and rights-and-permissions management. Newer ones are being aimed at consumers and individual business users, available not just from carriers and online but also in brick-and-mortar chains like Best Buy, Costco, Radio Shack and Target.
Mobile hotspots have yet to hit their sales stride -- according to Orr, only about 2.4 million were sold in the U.S. in 2011, about a sixth of the sales of the USB broadband adapters. But, Orr says, depending on what the carriers offer and promote, 2012 could be the year that mobile hotspots outsell USB adapters.
For carriers, notes Orr, mobile hotspots offer a couple of advantages compared with a user or group of users having multiple individually provisioned devices. First, they reduce the amount of device/network signaling traffic -- the activity that was responsible for a lot of the overload on AT&T's network in 2010 that, says Orr, conclude with an iPhone 4 patch to reduce signaling traffic. And they provide another source of revenue for carrier data products.
Prices for hotspots range from about $125 to slightly under $300, but the price can drop by 50% - 75% depending on the carrier's contract and other available discounts. The data contracts are usually the same as for a USB modem (however, because the data could be shared by more than one user, it's easier to meet or exceed your data limit).


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Saturday, Sept. 2, 2000 - 6-9 p.m.
Arts Alive! is presented
by the Humboldt Arts Council and Eureka Main Street to
321 COFFEE 321 Third Street. Mixed media by Neil Guthrie.
ALL UNDER HEAVEN 212 F Street. In memory of a painter, poet, world traveler and friend...paintings by Larry Laitman, "Blue-eyed Exotic Bali Soul Series." And selected poetry.
AVALON Third & G Street. "Don't you desire to... Don't you desire too..." Paintings by Richard Duning.
BABY GARDEN 228 F Street. Featuring the work of Mishell Swartwout.
BACCHUS' VINEYARDS 311 E Street. Dimitra Zalarvis-Chase, "Ancestrally inspired thrown and painted ceramics."
BELLE STARR 117 F Street. Recent works by Michael Stengl.
CHANGES 420 Second Street. "Residual Silence," color photographs by Lhiane Wood.
CHAPALA CAFE 201 Second Street. Photographs from India by Gary Neumann.
CONSIDER THE ALTERNATIVES 300 Second Street. Featuring the work of Yevonne Reynolds.
COTTON WORKS 226 F Street. Whimsy artist Noel Gayne Reynolds will present her one-of-a-kind, no-two-alike pins, cards and prints.
ELLIS ART & ENGINEERING SUPPLIES 401 Fifth Street. Two brothers: Earl and Merle Griffith, "Traditional and contemporary Native American Art."
EUREKA INN Seventh and F Street. In the Rib Room Corridor Gallery: Jim Lowry, digital photographs. Mezzanine Gallery: Watercolors by Shelly Mortensen. Bristol Rose Cafe Gallery: Jinx Victor, landscapes in oils and water colors.
EUREKA THEATER 612 F Street. Video tour of the theater building and restoration project in the lobby. Photographs and newspaper articles of old time Eureka will be on display along with hot popcorn.
GALLERY DOG 214 E Street. Paintings by Kim Pinches and Nancy Norman, silk paintings by Cindy Shaw, and mosaics by Louise Ditto. Reception on Saturday, Sept. 2, 6-9 p.m.
GEPPETTO'S 416 Second Street. Max and Bernard, from the magical childrens' book Where The Wild Things Are, will be at Geppetto's from 7-8 p.m.
GOOD RELATIONS 308 Second Street. Featuring the art of Autumn Baker.
HUMBOLDT ARTS COUNCIL, The Morris Graves Museum of Art 636 F Street.
Deng Shaoyi, "Three Gorges -- Yangtze
HUMBOLDT BAY COFFEE CO. 211 F Street. John Hall presents a montage of photography. Also live music by Andy Wright Jazz Quartet.
HUMBOLDT SENIOR RESOURCE CENTER 1910 California Street. "Representational painters of realism with spirit" by students of Michael Hayes.
HSU FIRST STREET GALLERY 422 First Street. HSU Faculty and Staff Exhibition. William T. Anderson, Don Anton, Joanne Berke, Maris Benson, Michael Bravo, Tim Buckles, James Crawford, Charles Dicostanzo, Vaughn Hutchins, Mark Isaacson, Ellen Land-Weber, Mimi La Plant, David Laplantz, Lou Marak, James Moore, Martin Morgan, Kris Patzlaff, Leslie Price, Diana Schoenfeld, Keith Schneider, Mort Scott, Maurice Shultz, Teresa Stanley and Bruce Van Meter.
HUMBOLDT'S FINEST 405 Second Street. Ingrid Brink: watercolors and watercolor collage. Alyssa Ravenwood: wearable art, neoprene masks.
"Tiger" mask by Alyssa Ravenwood at Humboldt's Finest
INDIAN WEST EMPORIUM 326 Second Street. Oils by Jinx Victor, "Studies of the Southwest."
THE INK PEOPLE 411 Twelfth Street. In the Main Gallery: "Organic Community," Thao LeKhac, Ingrid Brink, Suzi Haggerty, Hillary Ross, Elizabeth Albertson, Amanita Mollier, Robert and Moss Bittner, Chloe Peart, Annie Reed, Eddie Justiniano, Brent Jenkins and Art Brown. Opening reception Saturday, Sept. 2, 6-9 p.m. Poetry reading 7 p.m.
THE IRISH SHOP 334 Second Street. "Pinhole" Photography by artist Kelly Jo Brown.
THE LINEN CLOSET 218 F Street. New works by Jeanette Haxton.
LOS TRUCHAS GALLERY/LOS BAGELS 403 Second Street. Paintings by Juanita Larson.
MANY HANDS GALLERY 438 Second Street. Redwood burl hinged boxes by local wood crafter James Long. Wheat weavings by Kathy Reid.
NORTH SOLES FOOTWEAR 417 Second Street, Suite 102. "Heavy Horse Painting Series" by Sherri Dobay.
OLD TOWN ART GALLERY 233 F Street. Watercolors and pen and ink drawings of Jan Meninga.
ON THE GAZEBO Come meet Clifford, The Big Red Dog from KEET.
PIANTE 620 Second Street. Russell Smith: oils and acrylics on paper, canvas and wood panels.
RAMONE'S 209 E Street. Acrylic paintings by Doug Knight.
REDWOOD CONCERT BALLET 426 F Street. Showcasing different aspects of the Redwood Concert Ballet along with in-studio demonstrations.
SENSATIONS 425 Snug Alley. Libby Maynard, "Mixed media installations." Mermaids and Fairy Art by Amy Brown. Vivid watercolors by Katherina Woodworth.
TOMASO'S 216 E Street. Live music by Randy Strom: acoustic and electric guitar. Also a mural-in-progress by Duane Flatmo.
TRAVEL ADVANTAGE 1125 Third Street. Watercolors by Caryn Kime.
WILLIAM CODY ART & ANTIQUES Second & G Streets. Watercolors by Steve Porter.
Steve Porter's Watercolors of Eureka's marina and waterfront at the Cody Gallery
VANITY 109 F Street. "From The Artist's Garden," an exhibition of botanical and still-life paintings by Todd Telander. Opening reception Sept. 2, 6-9 p.m.
VINTAGE HOME ANTIQUES 531 Third Street. "Mirror, mirror, on the wall..."
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Monday, 28 March 2011
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LV Preview
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Sunday, 27 March 2011
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Wednesday, 23 March 2011
Tuesday, 22 March 2011
du cœur de bœuf
Mais il est aussi surprenant de manger du cœur de bœuf au cresson au petit déjeuner, de prendre des cours de hip-hop quand on habite en Chine, ou d'être le fier propriétaire de la plus grande collection de chaussettes roses. Voilà, à mon avis, quelques unes des raisons pour lesquelles il est exceptionnel.
Le Festival d'Hyères présente la première exposition du photographe Daniel Sannwald.
Hyeres 2011
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walking becomes a method of remembering
since i was a teenager i always had a cat near me. not that i ever wanted a cat, they always just been around.
similar to owls, i always believed that if cats could talk they would have really nice voices. dont you think?
they would talk alot of nonsense - for sure. because they are cats! and cats dont care about being too foolish or not...
but they would also tell you from time to time really clever things which make you think and wonder for a long time such as explaining you that
"walking becomes a method of remembering".
They would also teach you about voidness.
For cats, emptiness is a characteristic of phenomena arising from the cats observation that nothing possesses an essential - enduring identity.
just recently, i had to discover that being near a cat makes me feel very calm.
if i talk with marlon i feel calm too.!
just a few things in life make me feel calm - such as stones, trees or the universe.
today i wondered if marlon might be an enchanted cat.
i mean you never know... do you?
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ken x cassette playa
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Sunday, 20 March 2011
Saturday, 19 March 2011
Tuesday, 15 March 2011
help japan
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Sunday, 13 March 2011
japanese crew
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good and happy spirits
hello from japan. its daniel sensei ( teacher daniel) - i am here to teach again.
we are very devastated by the tragic situation here in japan. (and worried too)
but if you are devastated and worried you should call the good and happy spirits.
so my students and i did...
we are very devastated by the tragic situation here in japan. (and worried too)
but if you are devastated and worried you should call the good and happy spirits.
so my students and i did...
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Wednesday, 9 March 2011
Monday, 7 March 2011
its spring.
spring is wonderful to travel
so i will be gone for a while
traveling to
france and japan
spring is also about love
( and its great to travel if you can collect a kiss goodbye on your departure and a welcome one on your return... yuuhuu! i love spring)
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Saturday, 5 March 2011
Thursday, 3 March 2011
Cosmic Q and A ( for D,V and M)
Cosmic Q and A ( for D,V and M)
I know that,
if you are anywhere right now,
you are also receiving messages
from elsewhere.
You are, for example,
standing on that hill in Greenwich,
where there's always someone
telling someone
that any moment is
Exactly Now
Right There.
You focusing
on things seen
in the distance below
that just have to
be more than
just bits
of dust
lit up.
The sun is
a whole lot
of possibilities.
Or you could be
watching that satellite
in broad daylight,
thinking how oddly
banal for it
to be there
right now.
Or listening through an ear horn,
pointed at the sky, hoping outer
space itself will speak,
and it does,
because even silence is
just countless
voices combined,
so nothing is
not telling
is what
you're thinking.
Or you are looking through a telescope
until you spot those two white dots
on that black surface. Pops up
that silly thought:
if behind
thoughts you are bound to find
is beyond our brain somehow.
We are orbiting a point that's
in between us.
doesn't this all
I mean:
some white spots are not
silent holes of nothing
in an ink black field:
they are loud, rocky planets
trapped by something
we do not have
a name for
but gravity,
which is not
enough I say.
They could be
telling us
that it's not shutting up
that will make us see
things seen without us,
if we could
and would
like to do just that,
right now.
Darkness out there is
of nothing.
if ever there were such
a thing not there.
But imagine this here:
walking through this drizzle, this need
to go outside right now, this shoe
hanging loosely from that right foot
this floor, this sudden touch and this
doc extension keeping you here
at 15:33 and 15:59 still
and it all says a lot,
if not
too much.
(out of "Pluto and Charon" / Daniel Sannwald / LUDION PUBLISHING - more infos here )
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Wednesday, 2 March 2011
a house
I want a house
Built of old wood
You can paint it any color you like
Just so long as I can live with you
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What to expect from President Trump's tax plan
JEFFERSON CITY - Two nearly identical American taxpayers could have different returns because of the new tax plan President Donald J. Trump signed into effect December 2017.
"It's not a serve one serve all tax change. It's going to apply to each individual return on an each individual basis," tax planner Jeff Krieger said.
One factor that helps determine a taxpayer's return are dependents. Krieger said returns can vary from dependents being under 17 or in college. A taxpayer's home mortgage will also affect their return.
Although the plan varies from individual to individual, it gives both taxpayers and tax planners more time to prepare. Previous tax acts gave accountants only 10 days.
"I told you to buy blue shoes all along and then on December 22 I told you, you can't buy blues shoes. You have to buy red shoes," Krieger said. "We just wasted 11 and a half months of tax planning. We had 10 days to correct ourselves. That's not good for anyone."
Now tax planners have a year to advise their clients.
"Accountants like me are kind of jumping up and down right now," Krieger said.
He also said families that make less than $150,000 would potentially benefit from the plan. Families that make $175,000 and up would potentially experience negative effects.
Krieger read through the tax plan and came up with this list of significant changes:
Deducting business employee expenses using your own car, house, tools etc. is not allowed.
There is a ten thousand dollar cap for state and local taxes, which includes personal real estate taxes.
The marriage penalty is virtually eliminated.
Capital gains taxes experience very little change.
Deducting moving expenses is not allowed.
The standard deduction doubles, but personal exemptions are eliminated.
Mortgage interests, charitable contributions and medical expenses are all changing.
These changes expire in seven years.


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- Mds2123Asked on November 03, 2015 at 04:19 PMI already have items descriptions, pictures, etc in my jotform order form. I am trying to implement paypal using my order form, but it appears customers must enter the same info twice (once on my jotform, once on paypal screen). Is there a way to make paypal just summarize the info obtained from the jotform I created?
- JotForm SupportjonathanAnswered on November 03, 2015 at 04:55 PM
Please review the user guide: -How-to-pass-a-calculation-to-a-payment-field
You can setup your jotform http://www.jotform.us/form/53056493768164 to collect the Payment to your paypal account by passing the Calculated value from the Order form to the Paypal field.
You can try my demo form https://form.jotform.com/53066518282962?
Hope this help. Let us know if you need further assistance.
- Mds2123Answered on November 03, 2015 at 05:13 PM
1) Sorry I am not being clear enough, and I'm not sure of all the terminology so I apologize and thank you for your patience. I want my customers to actually pay using paypal on paypal.com so it is more secure. So I want the grand total/my products total (which are the same amount) to transfer to paypal.com so they can enter their payment information there, not on my website. Is this possible? The address/contact info on my form is for the delivery only, not payment.
Is there any way we can have a short phone call?
2) If someone is not 21 or older, I don't want them to be able to purchase my product. I added conditional rules which say it will go to page 4 (which is fine), but there is still an option to submit, which would "waste" one of my submissions. Is there a way to add a condition if they select "no" they are not 21, then the option to submit a form is taken away or hidden?
- JotForm SupportjonathanAnswered on November 03, 2015 at 06:36 PM
Thank you for the explanation.
In this case, you can just add the Paypal Payment Tool as normal.
Follow the user guide: -Setting-Up-Your-First-Order-Form
For more detailed Payment Form, this user guide should help as well
user guide: -How-to-add-options-to-Payment-Forms
Yes, you can simply REMOVE the Submit button in the form.
This way there is no other means to submit/send the form.
But take note that you will not be able to know either if an end user uses your form. You will not be able to capture/collect any data since the form was not Submitted at all.
You can test again on the demo form https://form.jotform.com/53066518282962?
- Mds2123Answered on November 04, 2015 at 11:40 AM
In response to question 1, I only want paypal to take the total from my order form. The way you are suggesting means my customers will have to enter the same info twice. I want customers to fill out the flavor/quantity on my jotform, and then I want that info to transfer to the paypal webiste (like on last image I sent you) will item summary, so they can make payment there.
- Mds2123Answered on November 04, 2015 at 11:44 AM
For # 2, that is exactly what I want, but I can't figure out how to do it from my end. Can you do exactly what you did on the link, to my form?
- Mds2123Answered on November 04, 2015 at 12:37 PM
Can we please schedule a call or something? I am going to launch a facebook campaign with this form so it is very important I get done ASAP. You have been very helpful.
- JotForm SupportjonathanAnswered on November 04, 2015 at 03:54 PM
Hi Mike,
Sorry for the delayed response. We do not have over-the-phone support though. So we cannot give you a call.
For #1
Since you will add the My Products using the Paypal Tool, then you can remove the individual fields for the Order Form you have created.
You can add the Quantity and Taxes as well on the Paypal tool.
user guide: -How-to-add-options-to-Payment-Forms
You can test my demo form http://form.jotform.com/53075910561958? . Submit this form to see the Paypal payment screen.
You can also clone this demo form http://form.jotform.com/53075910561958? to review it on your own Form Builder
user guide: http://www.jotform.com/help/42-How-to-Clone-an-Existing-Form-from-a-URL
For #2
I just placed the Submit button before the Page Break 4 (or before the page for the non 21+ years old)
See image below
Let us know if you need further assistance.
- Mds2123Answered on November 04, 2015 at 05:05 PM
How can I upload pictures like you did? I see that you can ad a upload option for the form user, but I am trying to upload a picture for the creation of the form. How do I do this?
- JotForm SupportjonathanAnswered on November 04, 2015 at 08:52 PM
When in the Payment Configuration Wizard, you can add the images to the products/items using the image URL option... like this
Example, I used your uploaded images from your original order form.
- JotForm SupportjonathanAnswered on November 06, 2015 at 09:43 PM
Your latest response did not get through on this thread.
But I was able to read it via the email.
---Answered by Mds2123
Is using stripe in this fashion considered secure? I feel like it wold be safer if the checkout went to the stripe website, but this is out of my league. I tried to apply a ssl certificate but my server won't support it. Please let me know your thoughts.
We will respond to it separately since its about a different topic
- JotForm SupportjonathanAnswered on November 06, 2015 at 09:48 PM
As it turned out I could not create a separate post for your other question. So I'll just answer it also here.
You can also use Stripe Payment Tool as an alternative to the Paypal Pro.
link: http://apps.jotform.com/app/stripe_integration
The Payment form setup should still be the same. It will just use a different payment tool (i.e. Stripe instead of Paypal Pro)
It is always secure because it will use the 3rd party Payment Gateway (either Payapl or Stripe is secure)
If you have other question please create a separate post for it using this http://www.jotform.com/contact/
- Mds2123Answered on November 09, 2015 at 06:57 PM
Please see attached picture
- JotForm SupportEltonCrisAnswered on November 09, 2015 at 09:22 PM
I have added that condition in your form for your convenience. Kindly check.
Here's the condition if in case you want to recreate it yourself.
Hope this helps!
- Mds2123Answered on November 16, 2015 at 11:34 AM
Thank you Elton.I know want to add various Cities to my form. I want people to be able to choose from Austin, Houston, San Antonio, or Dallas. Depending on what city select, they will only be able to chose certain days for delivery.
For example:
If they select Houston: The only deliver dates are 11/19 and 11/20
If they select Austin: Only delivery dates are 11/17 and 11/18, etc.
Can this be done?
Thank you
- BenAnswered on November 16, 2015 at 02:00 PM
Hi Mike.
Please do note that we can only assist with one issue / question per thread, meaning that you should always create a new thread for a different subject.
Having that said, I have moved your latest reply to a new thread here: http://www.jotform.com/answers/705737 where you should reply back shortly in regards to the same.
In future, please do open a new thread by going to here: http://www.jotform.com/contact/
Thank you.


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Mr. Guest cardigans look like the kind of thing you'd want to bundle up in on a cold winter day, and thanks to its chunky lambswool construction, it'll do the job. Made in Germany, it's knitted from sumptuous wool that's both insulating and breathable. Wear it with casual tailoring just as often as jeans.
- Navy washed lambswool
- Fits true to size. Take your normal size
- This cardigan jacket is designed for a regular cut
- Long sleeve cardigan jacket with shawl collar, 6 metal buttons, 2 patch pockets
- 100% Lambswool
- Hand wash
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