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Multicultural diversity is one of the reasons why Australia is such a great country. Harmony Day is a celebration of our cultural diversity and belonging. Celebrated on 21 March, this occasion has been celebrated since 1999 and more than 70 000 events are held in workplaces, community groups, schools, childcare centres, churches and religious organisations as well as Government Departments. Given how culturally diverse Read3r'z Re-Vu is, this is one celebration we could not miss!!!
The theme colour for Harmony Day is orange as it represents social communication and meaningful conversations – the freedom of ideas and encouragement of mutual respect.
Some Facts as found from the organisers of Harmony Day
-Australia's cultural diversity is one of our greatest strengths and it is the heart of who we are.
-Approx. 49% of Australians were born overseas or have at least one parent who was.
-Australians identify with over 300 ancestries
-85% of Australians agree multiculturalism is good for Australia and more than 70 indigenous languages are spoken in Australia.
As part of this special occasion, this specific blog post is celebrating the books that relate to, promote or represent cultural diversity. The following are books as recommended by Read3r'z Re-Vu and our friends in the wider literacy community.
Read3r'z Re-Vu Committee
NJ recommends Freedom Swimmer by Wai Chim
"A heart-rending story set in real-life dystopian history of China's cultural revolution. A story of friendship, hope, and freedom… I have thoroughly enjoyed reading Freedom Swimmer, I was attracted to this book initially because there weren't many books written in English on the cultural revolution in China. During the revolution period of 1962-1976 people living in China had to use ration tickets in exchange for food, clothing and furniture. This was a period where family members turned against each other, teachers and business owners publically whipped and shamed for being "exploitative", and young students recruited to the Red Guard to spread the words of Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao). Mao Zedong's words and ideology brainwashed and manipulated a generation of young men and women, putting them through unimaginable suffering, separating them from their families and "re-educating" their ideals; in short, robbing people of their freedom to choose and think for themselves."
Meredith recommends Autoboyography by Christina Lauren
"Three years ago, Tanner Scott's family relocated from California to Utah, a move that nudged the bisexual teen temporarily back into the closet. Now, with one semester of high school to go, and no obstacles between him and out-of-state college freedom, Tanner plans to coast through his remaining classes and clear out of Utah. I can't believe that I just finished a book that took me on emotional roller coaster ride. It's been well over a decade since that has happened. The tears are still coming. Throughout Autoboyography I was crying my eyes out, squealing with joy, felt like my heart is braking in two and slowly mending again…"
Crystal recommends Who's Afraid? By Maria Lewis
"This Urban fantasy brings out a mix of Maori Culture and the supernatural. The protagonist is Tommi Grayson, a young Scottish woman living an ordinary life, who stumbles violently into her birthright as the world's most powerful werewolf. Werewolves are one of my many favourite mythical creatures so it's no wonder this book captivated me like it did. I couldn't help but be amazed at how the author managed to blend in street art, music and the colourful parts of everyday life so effortlessly. Tommi isn't your typical everyday woman & neither is her name, this book takes you on such a journey and I truly enjoyed how Tommi came across as such a feminine character and yet so powerfully adaptable. She has some sass about her but not the overwhelming kind which is why I found her to be such a loveable character & her hair being blue had me pausing while I resisted the urge to go out and buy some blue hair dye. Definitely a book for the girls with lots of shirtless male scenes and blushing moments."
Read3r'z Re-Vu is a network of readers and host sessions once a month. A time where we take a couple of hours out of our busy schedules to get together and talk all things books!! Rather than a book, a theme is assigned to each session so we can endorse wide reading. It is a reason why our TBR has sky rocketed over the years. Within our network we have made many friends with other readers, bookish entrepreneurs, authors and bloggers who catch up with us at our sessions and are based around Australia!!! Here are some recommendations from the bloggers in our network of readers…
Tien of Tien's Blurb recommends Laurinda by Alice Pung
"I loved Laurinda as it tells the story of Lucy Lam, daughter of Vietnamese immigrants who won a scholarship at a prestigious school for girls. It was absolutely intense as Lucy literally straddled East and West and had to basically adopt a double identity. Hiding the worst of each world from the other. On top of all of this, she has to navigate this new school in which she tried to cruise unnoticed but then discovered its sinister side. The author herself, Alice Pung, is a daughter of Vietnamese immigrants so those aspects of the book felt truly authentic to me. I also felt that the struggle between reconciling East and West to be very honest in this book and is something all us, immigrants, refugees, all had to struggle with on a day to day basis. I'd highly recommend this read to all and I am looking forward to its adaptation!!!"
Lyn of Storyline recommends the PsyChangeling series by Nailini Singh
'This series is set in 2080 has the most wonderful descriptions of her characters diverse genetics and an ongoing warning of the dangers posed by those that seek 'racial purity'"
And for the kids… Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
"Every day all over Australia, children are laughing and crying, playing and learning, eating and sleeping. They may not look the same or speak the same language, but inside, they are just like you. This story weaves its way across cultures and generations, celebrating the bond that unites us all."
Both Verushka of Edit Everything and Sarah of The Adventures of Sacakat both recommend When Dimple Met Rishi by Sandhya Menon.
"Seeing an Indian Girl on a cover, someone I could possibly identify with – yes, even though this is YA, it still means something to see myself (at that age) reflected on the cover of a book. Rishi might give me some reservatons but the cover and the book that revolves around an Indian girl, who is trying to forge her own path, is something I identified with."
"This book game me a warm and fuzzy overload (and I mean that's a good thing). There are bits of humour sprinkled throughout this awkwardly adorable love story about juggling parental expectations and following your dreams. I loved the positive examples of arranged marriage portrayed in the story. Everything about this book was a breath of fresh air to me."
Creators of The YA Room, Melbourne Sarah and Alex both recommend When Michael Met Mina by Randa Abdel-Fattah and Between Us by Clare Atkins
"We chose 'When Michael Met Mina' by Randa Abdel-Fattah and 'Between Us' by Clare Atkins because they are both such sensational novels that are set in Australia and they're equal parts gripping and realistic. It's s interesting and so necessary to read #LoveOzYA novels with a diverse range of characters, especially protagonists who are minorities. These two novels absolutely blew us away and we need more books like this – books about Australia and for Australian Teens that show what is going on in our own country. We cant recommend these two novels enough!!"
-Sarah and Alex
Vlogger Maisie whose booktube channel can be found on Sleepy Wired Studios recommends Pilate's Wife by Antoinette May and Emma Vol. 1 (Manga)
Pilate's Wife: "I really enjoyed this book, story about a daughter of privilege in the most powerful empire the world has ever known, Claudia has a unique and disturbing "gift": her dreams have an uncanny way of coming true. As a rebellious child seated beside the tyrannical Roman Emperor Tiberius, she first spies the powerful gladiator who will ultimately be her one true passion. Yet it is the ambitious magistrate Pontius Pilate who intrigues the impressionable young woman she becomes, and Claudia finds her way into his arms by means of a mysterious ancient magic. Pilate is her grand destiny, leading her to Judaea and plunging her into a seething cauldron of open rebellion. But following her friend Miriam of Magdala's confession of her ecstatic love for a charismatic religious radical, Claudia
begins to experience terrifying visions—horrific premonitions of war, injustice, untold devastation and damnation and the crucifixion of a divine martyr whom she must do everything in her power to save"
Emma Vol 1. (Manga): "This volume had a great introduction and the art is very cute as well. I also loved the character interactions. In Victorian England, a young girl named Emma is rescued from a life of destitution and raised to become a proper British maid. When she meets William, the eldest son of a wealthy family, their love seems destined. But in this world, even matters of the heart are ruled by class distinctions."
"This is a narrative that will resonate with Australian readers. A young part Indigenous boy is ostracised by the community of Corrigan, a predominately white town in the nineteen sixties. Jasper Jones is a harbinger of disorder, culpable for crime and leading their youth astray, his white father is an alcoholic who has abandoned his sixteen tear old son. Charlie is a Caucasian young man sharing experience, the town of Corrigan is fuelled by racial tension and exclusion during the Vietnam war era, experienced by Charlie's best friend Jeffrey Lu and his family, having migrated by Vietnam. Rural Australia prejudice and bigotry is confronting, although Charlie's white narrative tends to obscure the explicit nature for the adolescent audience. Indigenous Australians are often excluded from our discussions surrounding diversity in fiction and characters like Jasper Jones only further highlight the atrocities of colonisation and the continuing racism faced by our Indigenous population."
Jessica, Emily & Amber aka The Book Bratz recommend American Panda by Gloria Chao
"The book we chose is American Panda by Gloria Chao! You get exposed to a lot of culture in this book. We learned a lot about Taiwanese/Chinese culture, marriage practices, and language in this book, and it was really refreshing to be exposed to something like that — because we think reading diversely and expanding your cultural knowledge and experience is something that should be important for everyone — and as Gloria Chao says in her author's note, hopefully there will be more Chinese writers and storytellers coming forth in the future!"
Deanna of Deanna's World recommends The Last King by Katee Robert.
Ultra wealthy and super powerful, the King family is like royalty in Texas. But who will keep the throne? (The Kings, Book 1)
"I liked the diversity in this book because the heroine was Indian and the author was not shy about talking about her heritage even giving her a obviously Indian name like Samara. Both her parents had very traditionally Indian names as well and she called her mother "amma" which I think is Indian for "mum". You don't see many Indian characters in books, so I was glad to see it in this one."
Finally.. my own thoughts and recommendations…
I was born and raised in Australia. My mother is Indonesian from the Island of West Java which makes her Sundanese and my father is Australian of Irish ancestry. Growing up in a multicultural household can be challenging as one may feel trapped between two cultures but in all honesty, it is an amazing experience of having the best of both worlds. Having the ability to speak both languages (Indonesian with bits and pieces of the Sunda dialect and English) and getting in touch with both cultures is a wondrous experience a lot of us in Australia do take for granted. As an avid reader, one of my favourite themes is fantasy fiction, especially fantasy fiction stories that are inspired by culture – some may call it alternate history, some call it speculative fiction – I just call it awesome. There are a lot of books I have read over the years but just have a few recommendations here.
The first one I want to recommend is Snow, Fire, Sword by Sophie Masson. This was the first book I ever came across in my reading life that is derived from Indonesian culture and explores myths and legends that were told in my own family in West Java!!! This is a story that follows a perilous journey of a Kris (small dagger) apprentice and a Kampung (village) girl as they race against time to discover the heart of an ancient secret: the truth about Snow, Fire and Sword. Set on the backdrop of mythological Indonesia, the referencing to Indonesian culture, food, landscape – even language is so accurate, you can just imagine the fan-girling going on in my house as I was reading this book!!! A very special book as it was a book I was able to share with my Mum, we were forever talking about this book, going back to it and reading extracts that referenced legends.. This is definitely a collectable for me.
Throughout the blog, you would have seen quite a few recommendations. Most recently I read the final showdown of the Rebel of the Sands series by Alwyn Hamilton. This trilogy is inspired by the Arabian nights tales which are my absolute favourite – stories of the desert – a story with djinn.. swords.. sand.. amazing trilogy really worth investing in!!!
Taking it to contemporary YA now, there are a few books that have resonated with me: I Am Thunder by Muhammad Khan, Hate is such a Strong Word by Sarah Ayoub, and When Michael Met Mina by Randa-Abdel Fattah just to name a few that explore the struggle of cultural identity and our sense of belonging. One that resonated with me that explored Indigenous Australia was Nona and Me by Clare Atkins.
I would like to thank everyone who took part in this post, for being involved in Harmony Day – Read3r'z Re-Vu style and for your amazing recommendations and links to your fantastic blogs. Having beautiful people like you as part of the Read3r'z Re-Vu network makes it such an incredible experience!!!
Wishing you all a wonderful and happy Harmony Day!!
A day to celebrate culture and bringing everyone together..
For more information on Harmony Day, visit: http://www.harmony.gov.au/
Harmony Day special blog post compiled by Annie (Founder of Read3r'z Re-Vu)


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Director and producer Karan Johar is not only a favourite of his fans but also a favourite of many Bollywood celebrities. As the filmmaker turned 45 today, many people from the film fraternity extended their warm wishes to Karan on social media. These celebirities included Anushka Shetty, Prabhas, Siddharth Kannan, Raghuvendra Singh, Sangram Singh, Alia Bhatt, Varun Dhawan, Parineeti Chopra, Neha Dhupia, Maliaka Arora Khan, Manish Paul, Manish Malhotra, Gauri Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Anushka Sharma, among many others.
Karan Johar became a household name when he directed the 1998 super hit movie Kuch Kuch Hota Hai starring Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol and Rani Mukherjee in the lead roles. Soon after KKHH became a big hit, Karan was seen next behind the camera for the film Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham (2001), after which he has directed several popular and trend changing movies like Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006), Student of the Year (2012), Bombay Talkies (2013), etc.
Karan Johar also recently released his book 'An Unsuitable Boy', in which he wrote about his personal life along with his professional life. Karan, about his personal life, had said following the launch of his book: "I wanted to be very modern about it because there was so much talk about marriage being a crumbling institution and how divorce was the new marriage and infidelity was a part of every home. I experienced it around me, with friends, with family."


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Hello Everyone,
Today's page is inspired by Dina Wakley . I am reading her two books Art Journal Freedom and Art Journal courage, lot of techniques to learn from them.
Linking with: Art Journal Journey- Inspired by Masters
Love this Shilpa...I've just bought Art Journal Freedom, looking forward to reading it! Carol xReplyDelete
I love this page, the material and colour combination. And I like Dina Wakely too :-)
Great page dear Shilpa - so happy to have you with us at AJJ!
love this Shilpa, wish you'll share some tips too with this series of posts !!ReplyDelete
Fantastic page Shilpa, thanks for joining us at AJJ! ValerieReplyDelete
Wow - a fabulous new face for your journal. I love the pink against the kraft.
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Lovet this page shilpa,wonderful faces.ReplyDelete
Great journal page and I do love the symbolism of the dragonfly!ReplyDelete


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Black Industrialists Scheme Workshop23 November 2016
The BIS is an incentive scheme of the Black Industrialists Policy and is primarily geared towards manufacturing, industrialisation and inclusive economic growth. The policy and the programme are a key part of government's broad industrialisation initiative's to expand the industrial base and participation of Black Industrialists in manufacturing activities and the economy.
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Current word count: 136,479 (484 pages; +14,828 since the last update). Finished Chapter 31 yesterday, which means I only have 19 chapters to go! Chapter 32 only has three scenes, so I should finish it by the end of the week. I've finally hit a tipping point in the plot that will hopefully propel me toward the climax. Writing the middle of a novel is hard.
I've decided against traditional publishing for now and have composed a detailed marketing plan for this series. Gray Haze should hit the shelves in about two years! I'm going to take my time editing and promoting it. The first half of this year, I will finish the first draft, and I will do rewrites and edits in the last half of 2019. I'll try finding beta readers in the first three months of next year (Jan. – March 2020), so stay tuned!
The Read Test for Chapters 13 & 14 ends tonight! I haven't received any feedback yet, so if you have time, give it a shot! (It might be confusing if you aren't caught up in the story, though.) The Read Test for Chapters 15 & 16 begins tonight at 9 P.M. They are very short, but important to the plot. You won't want to miss 'em.
Once the Read Test for Chapter 25 ends (May 8th, 2019), I will delete all the sections from BookBoro, so Part 1 will only be available to read as long as the read tests are ongoing. Keep that in mind in case you fall behind at any point.
Here is the schedule:
Chapter 1: When The Lights Go Out – October 10th – October 17th
Chapter 2: When The Dead Linger – October 17th – October 24th
Chapter 3: When You See Them – October 24th – October 31st
Chapter 4: When The Leaves Fall – October 31st – November 7th
Chapter 5: When Lightning Strikes – November 14th – November 28th
Chapter 6: When They Come Back To Bite – November 14th – November 28th
Chapter 7: When The Sky Breaks – November 28th – December 19th
Chapter 8: When A Stranger Calls – November 28th – December 19th
Chapter 9: When Worlds Collide – January 2nd – January 16th
Chapter 10: When The Sun Sets – January 2nd – January 16th
Chapter 11: When A Storm Brews – January 16th – January 30th
Chapter 12: When Shadows Flee – January 16th – January 30th
Chapter 13: When They Can't Get Out – January 30th – February 13th
Chapter 14: When The Tide Turns – January 30th – February 13th
Chapter 15: When Nothing Happens – February 13th – February 27th
Chapter 16: When The Truth Is Revealed – February 13th – February 27th
Chapter 17: When Safety Is A Prison – February 27th – March 13th
Chapter 18: When Tragedy Hits – February 27th – March 13th
Chapter 19: When All Guards Are Down – March 13th – March 27th
Chapter 20: When The World Knows Your Name – March 13th – March 27th
Chapter 21: When Hope Turns Sour – March 27th – April 10th
Chapter 22: When Fear Is Deadly – March 27th – April 10th
Chapter 23: When Infection Spreads – April 10th – April 24th
Chapter 24: When Trolls Attack – April 10th – April 24th
Chapter 25: When Loved Ones Depart – April 24th – May 8th
If you are an editor, beta reader, or you simply have a passion for reading, please consider providing feedback when you can! It would help me tremendously!
Gray Haze is a fantasy novel with strong horror and romance. I plan to release it anywhere between January 2020 and May 2020. It should be appropriate for ages 14 and up.
MAY 2031: THE BEGINNING OF THE END – Forced to raise her four younger siblings alone after a tragic accident, Amora Dias, a 21-year-old waitress in a small-town diner, longs for freedom and a break from her routine. Her unspoken wish is granted with devastating consequences when an enigmatic stranger stays past closing hours.
Where the stranger goes, chaos follows, and overnight Fog Creek transforms from a quiet, small town in New York, to a hotbed of paranormal activity. It soon becomes apparent that this is no temporary change, and the town is lost forever to creatures from another world.
Amora and her siblings unite with the Driver family to survive the unholy storm. Marcus Driver, a 26-year-old software developer, quickly becomes a rock for Amora as she juggles protecting her younger siblings from various monsters and mastering her newfound abilities.
When the stranger returns to save them from certain death, he also sheds light on their unusual circumstances. Yet the question remains – is this powerful newcomer their ally, or their enemy?
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Jenelle Evans' Son Jace May Grow Up To Distrust Women — Expert
Jenelle's engagement to on-&-off beau Gary had us wondering what that would mean to her young son. Our expert says Gary better stick around, or else Jace might act out and grow up distrusting women.
Newly engaged Jenelle Evans might say she's the "luckiest girl in the world" to have Gary Head in her life, but what about her other man, little Jace? Dr. Gilda Carle, who does not treat the family, spoke to HollyBaby.com exclusively about what it could mean now that Jace has a new parent in his life.
Jenelle, 20, has had one of the most dramatic stories on Teen Mom 2. With all eyes watching her every move (i.e. breast implants), it's important for 2-year-old son to know that he's still the center of it all now, especially now that the mom is also focused on being engaged.
"A child like this very usually feels as though he's been neglected by mommy," said Dr. Carle the 30-second therapist for Today.com. "When mommy is not there for him when he needs mommy, he comes to grow up thinking women aren't to be trusted."
Dr. Carle said based Gary and Jenelle's on-and-off history, stability and consistency is extremely necessary for the child to grow up healthy: "If the child is used to Gary being in his life and he's off again when he should be on again, then major disappointment is set up."
As far as what effects it might have on the 2-year-old, the therapist warned that the tot might not get along with other children in school, he might act out at home, or get into trouble. He may also have a tendency to demand more attention if he feels neglected.
The doctor's best advice? She hopes Gary will stick around: "I hope that he gets a dose of maturity so that each time he has an argument he does't flee."
And for mom? "No matter what happens, mom has got to be a strong force in her son's life," she concluded. "The son has to know that he comes first no matter what."
We wish the best of luck for the new family!
More HollyBaby news:
- Jenelle Evans Engaged To Gary Head — See The Teen Mom's Tiny Ring
- 'Teen Mom' Jenelle Evans Post- Breast Implants Nude Pic Revealed
- 'Teen Mom' Jenelle Evans Is Reportedly A Sex Addict


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Model looks ace can't wait 4 it in game :D
Knight Rider made a huge impact when it blasted onto television in 1982 and ran for four seasons until 1985. It is one of the most famous shows from the 80's and is still popular with audiences today. Now, Knight Rider is coming back with a new movie, a new series and now, a mod for one of todays biggest games, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Model looks ace can't wait 4 it in game :D
dude i got this on all my computers! love it so much!
help krng i cant play gta sa when i install it help i have cleo4
oh and also i cant use the abilities on all the kitt cars
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We still don't know the significance of Clara's name or the phrase, run you clever boy and remember, but there are plenty of precedents for clues hidden in names and sayings. Epic spoilers ahoy for all modern-era Who.
Torchwood - The defunct spinoff's name was an anagram of Doctor Who. So what's an anagram of Vastra, Jenny and Strax?
Pond - In the latest Xmas episode The Snowmen, Vastra tasks Clara to come up with one word to explain why the Doctor should help her. I still haven't got the bottoms of my Santa suit clean.
River Song/Melody Pond – This is the big one. The climactic reveal of River Song's identity hinged on playing around with her name, specifically a mistranslation of it. Clara's name doesn't easily lend itself to such manipulation, however.
Saxon – Throughout season three, Vote Saxon posters appeared for an upcoming UK election. Turns out, it was evil timelord the Master masquerading as Harold Saxon the whole time! The swine! Don't blame me, I voted for Morbius.
Are you my mommy? - In the Moffat-penned Poison Sky/Empty Child stories of season one, a creepy little ghost kid asks this over and over. And in pretty much every episode since, a creepy little ghost kid repeats some phrase or other.
Bad Wolf – Rose, while TARDIS-possessed, leaves the words bad wolf throughout time and space as a message to lead herself to this final reckoning.
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Hello Sweetie - River Song's catchphrase. When these words appear she can't be far behind.
Smilers – A stretch to be counted as wordplay, more like a bad pun, but a very underrated creature from season 5, The Beast Below.
Silence will fall when the question is asked - The Silence did a bunch of stuff and then everybody forgot what it was. And who they were. And that they existed. Because that's what they did. Make people forget stuff. Was that arc ever satisfactorily resolved? I forget, but we know what the question is...
Doctor who? - The Doctor's true name has been teased, hinted at and given great significance for decades. River Song is evidently the only one who knows what it is, but the question remains outstanding. Maybe his real name is...Oswald.
CLASSIC WHO BONUS: Dalek/Kaled - Wordsmith Davros switched the first and last letters of his ethnic group's name to come up with a moniker for his creation. Then he taught them pretty much only only one word. Starts with E. Ends with ATE. HOLY CRAP IS THAT DAVROS' HEAD IN A JAR? HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN? I NEVER EVEN SAW THAT ONE!
So what other obscure and arcane wordplay has Doctor Who offered up? Was there something in Blink besides don't blink?
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I'm futzing with the pattern and trying to figure out a way to simplify it a bit. I also want to try to make a brimmed one. Bring on the cold weather. I'm ready.
So what would you make given the time and space?
"Aerodynamically, the bumble bee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn't know it so it goes on flying anyway." ~ Mary Kay Ash


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Rahim, Mir Munir Ahmed (2003) The molecular architecture of translational regulatory elements within the 5' untranslated region of the chloroplast psbC mRNA in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
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Translation of specific mRNAs of the semiautonomous genetic systems of mitochondria and plastids is controlled by the products of nuclear genes. Previous studies have characterized a particularly complex example of this control pertaining to translation of the chloroplast psbC mRNA in the unicellular eukaryotic alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii . psbC translation is controlled by interactions between its 547 nucleotides 5 ' untranslated region and the product of the nuclear loci TBC1, TBC2 and TBC3. This thesis extends our understanding of psbC translational control from the genetic level to the biochemical level. RNA structures involved in translation and its control by the nuclear gene products were identified using chemical and enzymatic probing experiments, oligonucleotide hybridization probing experiments, circular dichroism, and reverse transcription inhibition experiments. Results strongly support a large stem-loop secondary structure that was proposed over 13 years ago. Additional evidence indicates this structure forms a pseudoknot structure by hybridization of its apical loop with a proximal sequence. A mutation that removes two bulges from the stem of this structure drastically alters its structure. Evidence supporting 6 smaller stem-loop structures was obtained. Sequence elements and RNA structures in the psbC 5 ' untranslated region that interact with factors encoded or controlled by TBC1, TBC2 and TBC3 were identified by in vivo dimethyl sulfate protection analysis. Control by TBC1 and TBC3 is mediated by specific sequences that are dispersed throughout the 5 ' untranslated region. The TBC2 mutant has a DMS protection within the coding sequence. Models of translational control based on these findings are proposed
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Hoof, Please!
Horse training from the ground up: Asking politely for your horse's feet.
September 24, 2012
From AQHA's "Fundamentals of Horsemanship"
If you've messed with very many horses' hooves, most likely you've come across the type of horse who anticipates the request to lift a hoof, raising up his foot just as you run your hand down his leg. That's well and good, unless you're trying to doctor or wrap that leg.
You've also likely encountered horses who resist, either by pulling their legs away or leaning heavily on the person holding the hoof. That is also well and good, unless you want to take care of your back or your farrier.
The solution is to give the horse a specific cue that means: "I'd like you to give me your foot." From Step 1 of AQHA's "Fundamentals of Horsemanship," here's how to do it:
First, make sure you are able to rub each leg. Begin on a foreleg by standing in close to the horse's shoulder, with the lead rope draped over the arm closest to the horse and held in the opposite hand. Slide the closest hand down the horse's leg and begin rubbing his leg.
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If the horse picks up his leg and offers it to you, don't take it. Just keep rubbing the leg until it's still. You don't want the horse to anticipate because one day when you need to treat an injury or put on a bandage or protective boot, the horse will be lifting his leg when you don't want him to.
Once the leg stays still as you rub it, slide your hand down to the chestnut. Start pinching the chestnut very softly between your thumb and forefinger, and gradually increase the pressure until the horse lifts up his foot.
At first, release the chestnut as soon as the horse lifts his hoof. Then slide your hand down and take the hoof when he lifts it. Tap on the hoof with your hand to simulate farrier work.
Soon, a light pressure on the chestnut will be enough for the horse to lift his hoof, and this will be your "switch" to clearly tell him what you'd like and avoid having to pull his hoof up.
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Keep rubbing a back leg until it's still, then pinch the cap of the horse's hock. Very gradually, increase the pressure, and when the horse offers you his leg, take it and simulate farrier work.
Remember, it's not your farrier's job to train your horse; that's your job.
If the horse moves, continue rubbing his leg as if you were painting it and do not stop until he stops moving, then start again. You can not prevent him from moving, but you can make it less comfortable for him to do so.


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The Semantic Web is all about structuring data so that humans and computers can more easily interpret the Web and discover relevant data for a wide variety of purposes. Google, a company built on the ability to advertise based on contextual data, announced today a major acquisition in the Semantic Web space. As of today, Metaweb, maker of Freebase and a leader in the Semantic Web, has joined forces with Google.
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Freebase is a massive open-structured database of information about almost anything, including books, movies and music. In fact, Google already has a relationship with Freebase, pulling in its information to provide intelligent search results within Google News. With the acquisition of Metaweb, Google can now leverage the company's tools and data even further, especially within basic Web search results.
"This is a huge win for the Semantic Web," Alex Iskold, founder and CEO of AdaptiveBlue, the semantic technology company behind GetGlue.com (and occasional ReadWriteWeb contributor), told us. "It could not be bigger, because really, we had the biggest company on the Web buy the biggest player in the Semantic Web space."
Google already provides some smart search results, including basic math, sports scores and birthdays of public figures, to name a few. For the most part, however, Google merely serves up links to Web pages; knowing more about what is behind those links could allow the search giant to provide better, more contextual results. To get a better idea of how that could happen, have a look at the video below.
Microsoft made a similar purchase when it acquired Powerset two years ago. Since then, Bing has bested Google in terms of providing smart search results, and has been nibbling at its market share for search. In an effort to keep Bing from eating its semantic lunch, Google is taking Metaweb's technology and data under its wing.
"What about [colleges on the West Coast with tuition under $30,000] or [actors over 40 who have won at least one Oscar]? These are hard questions, and we've acquired Metaweb because we believe working together we'll be able to provide better answers," writes Jack Menzel, Google's director of product management.
Metaweb says that Freebase will remain free and open as always, and will be improved upon due to the Google acquisition. The service's quarterly downloadable data dumps will now be served up weekly, and the company hopes the acquisition will encourage more companies to contribute to Freebase.
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Many consider June 2007 to have been a pivotal moment in the history of mobile phones. Apple's entry with the iPhone has re-defined the market in many ways. However, there was a smartphone market before then. About 28 million smartphones shipped the quarter when Apple launched out of an overall phone market of 265 million. Apple's entry with 270k phones was a drop in the bucket.
I thought it would be instructive to chart what happened between that quarter, exactly three years ago and today. I collected the data from IDC, Gartner and Canalys and company reports to paint a few pictures.
First, the market shares (by units) of the top mobile vendors, Q207 vs. Q210. I highlighted the smartphone vendors by separating their wedges from the pie. Note that I also separated Nokia's smartphones from Nokia's regular phones as two separated wedges–Nokia ex-SP for no smartphones and Nokia SP as their "converged" units. I did the same with "other".
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Greg Vore isn't your usual travel photographer. Sure, he's shot beautiful images of sprawling landscapes and interesting looking people, but the project that really drives him is a series of images of just one thing: rickshaws. "It wasn't so much my photographic work but the subject alone that had such stopping power," Vore says of the moment the light bulb went off for him. "The character of the drivers and the pride they had in their work was striking. That sort of led to the whole obsession with the history and the development of the rickshaw."
As Vore tells it, the artwork then became a way to start the conversation about how to improve the situation of India's rickshaw pullers, a community of two million who are often exploited by money lenders and by those who rent them the rickshaws in the first place. "It's like a taxi driver [in New York]," Vore explains. "The guy has to rent a taxi and you don't make any money until you pay for gas, the medallion and all that. The rickshaw guys get exploited to a much larger degree—they take home maybe a dollar or two a day. When they originally get into it, they think it'll be a temporary job to make cash, but they find themselves in a cycle of poverty."
We featured Vore, who's based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in our May issue story "Color Wheels," and this week (on May 8), he's hosting a celebration to showcase his 'Rickshaw Wallah' images, raise awareness of the rickshaw pullers' community, and raise some funds for the very first rickshaw puller he ever photographed.
How did you get into travel photography?
I was working in the theater and didn't want to continue on the path I was on. I stumbled into photography and ended up working for a photographer here in the city, and learned the fundamentals and then focused on still lifes and travels. I was always into the concept of travel photography—I think anyone with a camera is—and anyone who is a professional photographer dreams of galavanting around the world and taking pictures of exotic lands. But the practical side of that is quite different.
So what changed your path?
I started really focusing on travel work around 2007. That was my first trip to India. I had done few things in the States, I had gone into the desert of the Southwest, done a few road trips but nothing exotic—and then I heard about the Kumbh Mela. It's the largest gathering of human beings in the world. I saw some pictures of that and thought, That is unbelievable, let's go there! I came back from that trip and immediately had some success [selling my photos], so that gave me the confidence I needed to pursue the travel work.
What was your impression of India on that first trip?
I think anyone who's been to India comes back sort of in awe of it. My dad's in the military and I traveled around as a kid. I've been to Japan and Europe—it's not like I'd just left the farm for the first time. But India is so different and overwhelming. It's like stepping back in time in a way; that feeling of transportation and otherworldliness is a little addicting. Everything is unfamiliar. I think that's what was so striking about India—and that it seems as though photo opportunities are everywhere. And [laughs], as I've learned from going back every year since then, it's also very difficult to navigate.
What happened to make you so interested in rickshaws?
[They had] caught my eye right away, but with the Mela happening in front of me and all of the millions of people bathing in the Ganges, the rickshaws kind of fell away because there was so much else happening. But as I was going through the 10,000 images or so that I'd taken in the month I was there, I kept seeing pictures of the rickshaws and they stuck out even more.
Greg Vore captures the art of the Indian rickshaw.
And the idea to photograph them as portraits on white, rather than in the streets?
I'd been doing so much catalog work and shooting on white at the time, and it was an easy solution to put the rickshaws on a white background—it separates them from the environment, because otherwise they kind of get lost. Then there were the technical aspects: I need a 30-foot backdrop that I can travel around with and it's not like I have a crew—that complicates things.
That ties into the fundraising aspect, because I ended up finding local labor that I could use. Moti ended up being my translator and helped find the labor who would sew the backdrop together. He became the first test shot and working out the kinks for how to do this and get away with it, navigating run-ins with the police and whatnot. It was that initial relationship with him that got me interested in more than just the folk art aspect. And it was that first trip photographing the rickshaws that took that unsuspecting turn toward being less about the artwork and more about the guys who do this for a living.
That also ties into the goal of this week's event, correct?
We thought it'd be a good idea to use the exposure of the magazine to celebrate the issue, and maybe we can also leverage that to draw some attention to the plight of the rickshaw puller. There are two wings to that: One is to helping bring awareness to the Rickshaw Sangh program of the American India Foundation, which arranges loans and microfinancing for rickshaw pullers so they can own their own rickshaw, establish savings, and get identification. And the other is to raise money for my grassroots fund for Moti, my assistant. We're trying to rustle up just enough money to keep his kids in school—and we're just talking clothes, food, school supplies. I think that is key to giving that family a chance to pulling themselves up out of poverty.
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September 2, 2013
Syria has asked the United Nations to prevent "any aggression" against Syria following a call over the weekend by U.S. President Barack Obama for punitive strikes against the Syrian military for last month's chemical weapons attack.
Washington says more than 1,400 people, many of them children, were killed in the world's worst use of chemical arms since Iraq's Saddam Hussein gassed thousands of Kurds in 1988.
U.S. military action will be put to a vote in Congress, which ends its summer recess on September 9, giving President Bashar al-Assad time to prepare the ground for any assault and try to rally international support against the use of force.
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Joseph in Cyrillic 2005 Aug 30
More travels through packrat-ism. In about 1994 I worked with a _very_ diverse staff of Respiratory Therapists. One of the women was a Russian, and I prevailed upon her to write my name, "Joseph" in Cyrillic. It looks pretty cool.
And now that I've scanned it, I've one less piece of paper! Yay for trimming and slimming.
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Issue 74 Aug/Sep 2013
One of the stars of The ARC Show @ May Design Series, KKDC's innovative products have been a hit with specifiers and consultants on major projects all over the world. David Morgan took a closer look at one of their new releases - the SIL window reveal light.
In the space of a decade, KKDC has emerged from relative obscurity to become a significant player in the global architectural lighting market. It originally developed its reputation by producing linear LED tape-based lighting systems that offered high colour consistency, high CRI and a wide range of colour temperatures earlier than its better-known rivals.
As it has grown, KKDC has created a strong brand identity and worked with high-profile architects on many projects, including the House of Stone in Milan with John Pawson and Salvatori. In 2011, KKDC managing director Tom Fairhall spoke of entering a 'hyper growth' period and, in the space of a few years, his organisation set up offices in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, France, China and Japan – not bad for a firm that began life as an OEM, producing products for Samsung.
KKDC's SIL light is a recently-introduced luminaire, specifically designed to illuminate window reveals. This niche lighting application, so popular with lighting designers, has already been tackled in recent years by other companies including Sill and Meyer. However, the KKDC product is smaller – incorporating a single 3 watt LED – and neater than these earlier products and gives the impression of being targeted at residential rather than architectural projects given its quite low light output and low efficiency. In comparison, the Sill 190 luminaire incorporates 9 x 2 watt LEDs, while the more recently introduced Meyer Arclight has 2 x 3 watt LEDs.
In its general appearance, the KKDC SIL is attractive with well-finished surfaces and integrated branding details. The satin anodised end caps and matt black body give a good impression of well-considered luminaire design. The product design was by Tim Young, Design Manager, based in the KKDC UK office while production, mechanical design and the PCB/Electronics design was by Minkoo Park and Sanghun Jung respectively, both based in Korea.
The LED source is a single Cree XT-e run at 700 mA, fitted with what looks like a Ledil Flare series lens. This lens produces a 180-degree arc of light from a single LED source and is very well suited for this application. The light output is a very narrow blade of light with roughly 180-degree distribution. The effect, when used in a typical domestic window reveal, is attractive and the SIL illuminates the window reveal quite evenly without much spill light. There seems to be a bit of a glare issue when viewed from within the building. Although the lens collimates the light output effectively, it has a frosted central element that acts as a glare source and, under certain circumstances; this could be irritating when looking out of the building. There is no mention of any add on anti-glare or anti-bird roosting accessories. At the moment only white light versions are available but possible fixed colour or colour changing versions may be introduced.
I was surprised to note the low efficiency of the luminaire with 3.79 watts input power producing only 72 lumens output, giving 18.9 lumens per watt. I assume that this is due to optical losses through the lens and cover moulding but perhaps thermal issues are also reducing performance.
The SIL incorporates a simple mechanical adjustment so that the light output can be adjusted to the desired angle. While the mechanism cannot be locked the hinge screws can be tightened after installation but this would be very fiddly in many situations.
Despite the small size of the SIL it incorporates a 4 watt mains voltage constant current driver to run the XT-E LED. This driver is from a little-known Chinese brand and is the smallest line voltage driver of this power I have seen so far.
The SIL has a single flying lead cable entry with a compression gland entry but no provision to terminate cables within the luminaire. The Meyer and Sill products both allow for looping wiring in and out with internal wiring connection which, although requiring much more space, is a useful feature for installers.
Although the luminaire is highly attractive and compact, the internal construction and LED thermal management in the sample I was given did cause me a few concerns but this was a pre-production sample produced rapidly for the ARC show so it would not be fair to comment about that in this review. Hopefully these concerns will be addressed prior to full production. However I did wonder if the insulating moulded plastic body that encloses the primary heat sink would limit heat from radiating to the outer atmosphere as this is an integral part of the design. I understand that the KDDC technical team in Korea have fully tested the product and that the LED is running within limits.
I also wondered what provision had been made to prevent UV yellowing of the clear window in the plastic moulding given the potential high levels of direct exposure to sunlight. The area around the clear window has been painted satin black and this paint has a three year warranty. The Meyer and Sill products incorporate glass windows that do not yellow with sunlight exposure.
I am sure that the KDDC SIL will be a very useful and successful product in smaller scale projects where limited light levels are required. The lit effect is very pleasing and the detail appearance and size of the luminaire are well considered.
David Morgan runs David Morgan Associates, a London-based international design consultancy specialising in luminaire design and development.
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November 30, 2010
Blast from Albany…a minute or two ago… Monday, November 29, 2010 11:28 P.M.
…the Assembly in Albany-at a special session called to deal with the deficit- in a surprise move-instead passed (94-44) an important moratorium on hydrofracking in the Marcellus shale. Now the bill goes to the governor for his signature.
Notable is the fact that this surprising move on the part of the Assembly is –in large measure-due to the advocacy of the amazing Lady ZEE, Susan Zimet, one of the founders of the Omnibus Tax Solution Consortium (Taxnightmare.org is another founding member).
We congratulate Zee and the legislators and the Speaker for this Albany miracle.
Hoping this is the first of many. Next up guys and gals, The Omnibus Property Tax Solution Bill…
November 29, 2010
Check out the podcast at this site for 11/24…..check out the last of three segments-the one with Ron Deutsch. It's important. It tells us where good government and property tax advocacy groups need to be going, and doing, and saying…. save the middle class.
This is how we should counter Cuomo's plans to help big business (not your neighborhood bike shop-think Wall Street) and his vague promises to perhaps give the working people crumbs from the table.
In light of Lt. Governor Ravitch's plans to reform Medicaid and others to save countless billions in taxpayer money, Cuomo's tomes offer conflicting promises and remind one –as Ron said – of the chronicles of Narnia.
Don't hold back now Ron:)
…and why the hell isn't Richard Ravitch governor????
It would have saved the state a lot of grief and conflict….here's a guy who is beholden to no one but himself and his finely honed ethics and standards and his dedication to the public welfare…all the public… and the ability to get us out of the hole the politicians dug for us.
…and why the hell are our politicians fronting for the super- rich…promising not to raise their taxes while they continue to raise taxes on the workers and middle income families via property taxes??
…and why are services cut and family bread winners fired instead of saving billions by cutting waste, corporate welfare, and streamlining systems so they work efficiently?? …as we propose for property taxes.
The shrunken middle class has suffered terribly in this recession- but it has a champion in charismatic leader Ron Deutsch of New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness and the Omnibus Tax Solution Consortium…and we will prevail…
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Monday, November 22, 2010
Before you break out the old bubbly at the latest rumor (planted) out of the corridors of power (joke) in Albany, let's do a fact check.
Rumor: Gov.- Elect Cuomo and Speaker Silver are said to have agreed on a "no increase" in taxes pledge…and cuts …. WHOOP DEE DO!!!
FACT: This is in fact cause for alarm bells to ring loudly throughout the state announcing- Here it comes suckers! Bigger and bigger property taxes.
Anybody who can read Dick and Jane or who has ever gotten a property tax bill knows that "No tax increases" does NOT mean no property tax increases which have risen about 60% while the banditos in Albany have proudly proclaimed they didn't raise taxes!!??? What are we middle class folks??Chopped liver??
Cutting means cutting Albany's funding of necessary services to us…thereby shifting that funding to property taxes…thereby raising them yet again…higher and higher until the entire middle class suffocates and all that's left in NYS are billionaire campaign contributors who are the only ones whose taxes have actually NOT gone up….
BUT…maybe I am being premature…
Maybe the Gov. and the Speaker mean it when they say there will be no tax increases…of course the only way to carry through on that pledge is to institute a circuit breaker which limits prop. taxes on individuals and families making 250,000 or less per annum…or isn't that demographic of any interest to these men?? We shall see.


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Latest opening: Ichiba
Ichiba, the largest Japanese food hall in Europe, launched in Westfield London this week, as part of the west London shopping complex's £600million expansion.
The venture is the result of a collaboration between Tak Tokumine's Japan Centre Group and the Cool Japan Fund. Tokumine –founder of 13-strong ramen chain Shoryu and Sakagura restaurant- launched Japan Centre in 1976, and it is now considered to offer the largest and most varied selection of Japanese food, drink and lifestyle products in the UK. Founded in November 2013 as a public-private fund, part owned by the Japanese government, the Cool Japan Fund promotes the development of overseas demand for Japanese products and services.
The vibe
Ichiba occupies a vast 17,400 sq. ft. site at the far end of Westfield in White City. The bright, high-ceilinged space has entrances from both inside the complex itself, and at street level from the square outside, allowing for both indoor and outdoor seating. The shopping areas of the space comprise larger and more varied versions of the offerings at the group's West End location. Pale, neutral wooden shelves are lined with endless varieties of ingredients from rice and miso to tea and snacks packaged in brightly branded boxes and bags. Fresh ingredients include hard-to-find Japanese items, such as fresh wasabi.
The food
The back walls of the store are lined with open kitchens, including a Shoryu ramen bar; a sushi station; a curry station; a sake bar; and a kiosk dedicated to freshly prepared noodles. A Japanese bakery and café offers matcha ice cream and dorayaki pancakes, and a central open kitchen specialises in okonomiyaki (savoury pancakes); yakisoba noodles; and takoyaki (balls of wheat flour batter with various fillings). All the food stations are open, allowing visitors to watch the theatre of the fresh food being prepared, and can be eaten at tables dotted around the 200-cover store, or at the outdoor seating by the front entrance. Diners can mix and match dishes from each station, and customise with products they can buy in-store.
And another thing
Now operating a respectable-sized group of restaurants, as well as Europe's largest Japanese food hall, Tokumine might be expected to be smug about his position, but the businessman and entrepreneur takes a decidedly zen and Japanese view of his estate.
"Fortune comes and goes," he says.
"Five years ago finding £10,000 was a problem, now I'm dealing with millions. Success comes suddenly and usually because you have taken a risk."


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Obsessions on parade....
Now, Rafey has pride of place in my timeline of celebrity crushes somewhere between River Phoenix and my dear David. So of course I had to email the girls my humiliating story about sending Ralph a white rose backstage when he was performing as Hamlet on Broadway during my senior year in college, (the guy who delivered the rose played either Rosencrantz or Guildenstern and also has a minor place on my timeline because when I was twelve he starred in "Young Sherlock Holmes", a movie I obsessed about for an entire summer and saw I think six times.) Then I went to the play, which was good and very long, and I wore a white rose on my lapel and waited for him after the show and he was on vocal rest so he wasn't speaking to fans, but I told him I thought he was wonderful and asked if he could shake my hand
because he was so wonderful, and he did, and he looked at me, and at my rose, and gave me an incandescent smile before climbing into a car with Alex Kingston who he later dumped for the woman who played Gertrude opposite his Hamlet, who was like twenty years older than him, which is kind of cool, though I feel bad for Alex, and after he got in the car I actually burst into tears.
And the fug girls wrote me back! I feel like I've been touched by a really awesome, bitchy angel. Thanks, fug girls!


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(Interest) When you're interested in something you take some action on it.
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(Reward) When you become good at it, you will succeed at it.
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That is why the analogy of "Do something you like and the money will follow" is a huge lie.
If you do something you like and you suck at it, the money will not follow.
It is "Do something you like and is good at it and the money will follow".
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Long-suffering Indian users of the Nokia Lumia 620 can now rejoice, as the feature-packed update has now finally started rolling out to their Windows Phone.
Seemingly the last model to get it, the update will bring a host of features to the device, including:
- App Folder. This brand new feature makes your Lumia experience even more fluid by giving you an option to further personalize and organize your Start screen. With App folders you can group similar apps and settings into one folder, a tile, on your Start screen.
- Nokia Glance screen 2.0. Helps you keep track of information in real time, making all your most important notifications including: phone, messages, email, outlook, calendar, or any apps that use notifications such as Twitter, Facebook, Whatsapp, or games; always visible at a glance on your screen. It saves time and energy.
- Bluetooth LE. Will now be enabled across the full Windows Phone 8 Lumia range for compatible gadgets like the Adidas MiCoach smart run watch.
- Nokia Refocus. The amazing Nokia Refocus comes to all Windows Phone 8 Lumia smartphones with 1GB of RAM and upwards.
- Nokia Beamer. Sharing what's on your phone is easier than ever with Nokia Beamer. You can now beam documents, presentations, anything you like, to any HTML5-enabled screen by simply scanning a QR code on the screen. It's coming to all of the phones with 1GB RAM upwards.
- Nokia Storyteller. The app arranges your photos for you, by date and by place, making it easier to tell the stories behind your pictures, and give extra context through the close integration of interactive maps.
- Nokia Camera. Combines Nokia Pro Camera and Smart Camera to simplify the photo-taking experience, and ensure you get the perfect shot every time. The app has been available for Lumia PureView smartphones since last year, but it's now coming to the rest of the WP8 Lumia range. The latest Nokia Camera update also brings raw DNG support for Lumia 1020 owners.
- Latest generation of imaging algorithms. The Lumia Black update further improves the image quality, especially in Lumia 1020. Among others, the improvements include a new oversampling algorithm, making your images more natural looking with reduced noise, while ensuring your photos remain wonderfully sharp.
The Lumia Black update also brings a series of enhancements from Microsoft to Nokia Lumia smartphones. These include safe driving mode – which cuts out unnecessary distractions when you're on the road; customized ringtones for each contact. You can now also close apps within the in multitasking view and lock the screen rotation if you wish.
To check if the update is available go to Settings > Phone Update and click on Check for Updates.
Thanks Aditya for the tip.


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Arlington Heights police and firefighter/paramedics responded about 8:38 PM Sunday, August 27, 2017 to a report of a person stabbed on Campbell Street near Vail Avenue in front of 14 West Campbell Street.
Police on the way to the Campbell Street address reported discovering a second stabbing victim stabbed in the neck near the parking garage at 22 South Vail Avenue. The victim was apparently just south of Harmony Park, but on the west side of Dunton Avenue. It is possible that one of the victims wasn't actually stabbed, but suffered another injury.
VIDEO of Crime Scene Investigation …
Monday morning police confirmed that one person was stabbed after intervening in a fight between two friends.
Police say two friends entered into a physical fight and one friend hit the other with a beer bottle Sunday night.
Police say the bottle-wielding friend tried to run, but a third person intervened and tried to stop him. Police say the stabbing suspect pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim, then fled from the scene. The suspect is not in custody.
At least one witness described the suspect as a male/black 5'9 to 5'10" thin build, with a buzz cut haircut and wearing a black hoodie. The suspect description had not been confirmed by police as of 10:30 p.m.
Police did not say where on the street the victim was stabbed or where the stab wound was located on the victim's body. Police also did not say whether the person that intervened knew or was known by the two injured victims.
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Police were gathering evidence and speaking with witnesses from about 8:45 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. from both victim locations. The crime scene was apparently in front of 14 West Campbell Street, where firefighters accomplished a biohazard cleanup near the curb on the south side of Campbell Street. A significant amount of blood was located near the curb behind a sidewalk bench, and this is presumed to be the location of the actual stabbing.
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again, thanks for all those who prayed for her and for those who sent me text messages to wish her well...
also, i would want to apologize for those who have requested for certain looks, tutorials and product reviews. i've been really busy with work as we have a project deployment this month. but i will get to that, ladies. please bear with me now. :)
i bet everybody knows that we are on a crisis right now. recession is really bad...a lot of big companies have closed and a LOT of people lost their job. and i think, i'd be one of them soon (geeesh, strike 2!?) well, i am still trying to be positive but i would need to start updating my resume and look for a job, just in case. when it rains, i really get wet! (sigh)
oh well...enough of that. like i've said, i am trying to be positive about things right now. besides, i still have a lot of things to be thankful for.
V-day is approaching...and yep, i do have a date! woot! i'd be having a dinner date in a hotel back home with my family! :)
hope you ladies have a blast on v-day!
God bless us all...


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Former Apple Exec on Innovation
We are very pleased to announce that LAI is now working with highly-accomplished former Kodak and Apple executive Don Strickland, who is the mind behind the world's first consumer digital camera.
As Apple's Vice President of Imaging and Publishing, Don led the development of Apple from traditional print publishing to "new media" including music, video, and online. After Apple, he became a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur, founding and eventually selling the startup PictureWorks Technology.
His speeches are full of insider stories and boardroom anecdotes from someone who's "done it," plus lessons for thriving in a time of unprecedented disruption and embracing change before it makes you irrelevant.
His speech topics include:
- How to Build a Really Great Company: Choose culture, strategy or innovation - and get it right!
- The Exponential Business Model: The new generation of business model is all about change, and lots of it!
- Leadership 3.0: Creating Values, Trust and Teamwork.
Don spends around half the time based in London so has good availability in Europe.
If you would like more information about Don's availability or fees, please complete the form below.


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As monitors get larger and more expensive, finding a secure way to mount them has become a priority. The GT-Plasma MT-12 Plasma and LCD TV Mount from Global Truss provides that security in a lightweight and convenient mount designed to let the video - not the equipment - be the star.
The heavy-duty, 2" diameter, meter-long brushed aluminum alloy bar is ideal for attaching any 42- to 50-inch plasma or LCD-screen TV to standard square truss. The bar's light weight and simple mounting allow for quick set-up and easy transport, while rugged strength and secure attachment offer confidence that the monitor is safely attached to the truss.
The GT-Plasma MT-12 easily attaches to square truss with two Narrow Clamps; a monitor is held securely in place with two Mini 360 Clamps. All required clamps are included with the mount. The placement of the clamps completely hides the bar behind the monitor while in use, creating a smooth, uninterrupted visual appearance, allowing viewers to concentrate on the video content, rather than the monitor set up.
Like other Global Truss products, the GT-Plasma MT-12 is made from high-strength 6082-T6 extruded aluminum alloy - a material used by the aviation industry for aircraft construction.
"Because video monitors are being used more in displays, and are getting larger and more expensive, we wanted to develop a product that would provide our customers with a worry-free, secure mount that was easy to use, just like our truss" says Ken Kahn, national sales manager of Global Truss. "With the introduction of the GT-Plasma MT-12, our customers have just that - a video mounting solution that's as reliable, convenient and easy to work with as our popular, dependable truss."
Global Truss offers a complete line of square, triangular, I-Beam and circular truss in a variety of lengths, along with corners, cross, T-junctions and other accessories. The truss is made from 6082-T6 extruded aluminum alloy and utilizes Global Truss' famous conical coupling system. Developed from "mouse key" technology used in oil rig structures, this unique connector adds to the overall strength of the truss by helping to maintain rigidity, particularly at key stress points. The conical coupling and genderless connectors offer greater versatility and more rigging options. One end of connecting hardware is included with each truss segment.
The MSRP of the GT-Plasma MT-12 Plasma and LCD TV Mount is $150.00


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Sage – Total Reward app
The challenge
Sage had gone through a cultural shift over the previous 12 months to a more performance-based culture. As a result, commitment within the Leadership team was paramount to drive success across the business and achieve sustainable long-term growth. Our challenge was:
- To motivate executives to understand their Total Reward and potential earnings
- Support a company-wide behavioural-change programme
The team reviewed Sage's internal channels which revealed employees were inundated with communication
Coupled with executives being time-poor in a fast paced, performance-driven environment, our specialists needed to streamlined communications and empower executives to achieve their potential
An interactive, immersive Total Reward App for multiple platforms
Providing push notifications to communicate changes to executive personal
Reward by web and mobile
Personalised user experience
Tailored to each user, the app featured two bespoke modellers to benchmark shares and bonus targets
Tailored content
Featuring tips on how to achieve and exceed their performance rating
- The Total Reward App exceeded expectations across the board
- Shaping employee behaviours and boosting performance in-line with long-term goals
"Just had someone come up to my desk and shake my hand to say how impressed they are with Sage Rewards – wanted you to know that. Great work!"
Lloyd Taylor
Director – Group Reward


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11:00am PT / 2:00pm ET
Big Data problems are quickly presenting themselves in almost every area of computing from Social Network Analysis to File Processing. Many technologies, such as those in the NoSQL space were developed in response to the limitations of current storage systems as an effective mechanism to deal with these mountains of data. And much of that data is interconnected in ways that, when organized properly, gives interesting and often valuable information.
InfiniteGraph, the distributed and scalable graph database, was designed specifically to traverse connections and provide the framework for a new set of products built to provide real-time business decision support and relationship analytics. This presentation examines the technology behind InfiniteGraph and explores a couple of common use cases involving very large scale graph processing.
Audio is streamed over the Internet, so turn up your computer speakers!