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This a front recovery point I fabricated for my 2001 Y61 Nissan Patrol, (after the stock on got bent).
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As people having had life experiences, there are moments of life that see calm and easy while at other times it feels as though you are dangerously dangling from cliffs edge without an idea of how-or when- your will be rescued. However, for the most of use, we are able to ground ourselves- at least somewhat- to move through these phases of living. We ask for help, begin a creative project, or decide to detach from it all and skim social media sites. Whichever fits our mood, these are emotional regulations strategies we have honed over time- effective or not- to brace stillness and challenges. But what about autism? For these individuals their self-regulation emerges in ways non-autistic individuals have a hard time 'getting'. So what's a parent to do?
Autisms balance
As previously discussed, we all fluctuate between a varying degree of chaos and rigidity, which we can even say motivates us, sparks creativity or specializes our interests into expertise. Generally speaking, we can see this arbitrary tipping point in those whom we spend a lot of time. Yet kids with ASD seem-from the outside- to be set off by unknown and unpredictable factors. Which often falls into one or two of these extremes for an undetermined period of time. This can include repetitive behaviors (rigidity) or constant movement (chaos), usually with little success at redirection. As parents and caregivers, how do we cultivate an internal sense towards self-regulation?
Getting grounded
If we look at these extremes, objectively these fall into the category of exploration. Too much newness and we shut down and not enough and we perseverate on the familiar. Part of cultivating emotional regulation is finding the individuals 'edge' of learning that fosters innate curiosity. From expanding how one views the world, we are modeling how to problem solve, ask questions, use support and at times learn from failures. Isn't that a similar process to your own emotional regulation? Time and practice cultivate habits-or in this case coping strategies.
Take aways
Here are a few quick take aways points to keep in mind when addressing emotional regulation. Remember-it is okay to ask for support and, when you do, what a powerful model of your own emotional regulation!
· Understand the tipping point. Too much = shut down. Note enough = preservation. Experiment with the "where" to know where to begin.
· Take things slow. This is how we don't 'miss' an important problem solving along the way.
· Take your time. Rushing doesn't demonstrate the nuance of 'how' to do something, rather highlights the outcome-, which is not the goal.


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Stone House has a fascinating history. It was built by Hugh Crallan who was born on 11 April 1867, the youngest of a family of two sisters and two brothers. His solicitor father died at the early age of 48 when Hugh was only eleven. He was educated at Sutton Valence School, took a pass degree at Cambridge and became a school master. He had never been particularly well-off until he inherited a considerable fortune in 1906 from his cousin, Hugh Parnell, solicitor, and proceeded at once to build his "dream house" on the "dream site" where it now stands.
Hugh chose as his architect the well-known London practitioner, P Morley Horder who had made a name for himself designing country houses in what he considered to be local tradition, with the use of local materials.
Though Hugh had married Edith Whittaker in 1901, they had no children and his principal interests became cricket (always a passion), horse racing, and living the life of a country gentleman. His greatest success in racing was winning the Chester Gold Cup with "The Guller", trainer John Osborne, jockey unknown to me, nor am I aware of the year but it must have been the early twenties.
During the 1914-1918 War, Hugh opened a shop in Hawes to "beat the profiteers" but as far as I know this philanthropic venture was of short duration!
Thanks to Hugh Parnell Crallan, Hugh Arden Crallan's nephew and godson for the above information.
An early photograph
The first plans
The Architect's plans
Hugh Crallan & The Guller
Mr Crallan's shooting party 1912
A shooting party
Mr Crallan employed a gardener named Percy Jeeves. He played cricket for Hawes and was reputed to be a "demon bowler" He was also responsible for the upkeep of the grounds and wicket. In 1910 whilst playing in a match he was spotted by the secretary of Warwickshire and asked to play county cricket. In 1913 he was playing against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham when a certain P.G. Wodehouse was so impressed with Jeeves' bowling that he remembered the name. Later, in 1916 when he started writing the "Jeeves & Bertie" sagas, he knew it was just the name he had been searching for!
1940s - 1980
In 1940s a lady called Dorothy Una Radcliffe owned Stone House, although we don't think she ever lived here, her main home being Temple Sowerby Manor in Cumbria. She was an author who wrote poems, plays and stories. One of her most famous stories is called "The Cranesbill Caravan" about her time spent in an old caravan near Askrigg. A copy of this can be found in the library at Stone House. Dorothy was also president of the Yorkshire Dialect Society and wrote regular articles for the Yorkshire Post and the Dalesman magazine.
In 1950 Mr & Mrs Gardner from Sheffield bought Stone House for a holiday home which they used mainly as a weekend retreat for 10 years. When Mr Gardner, a dental surgeon, retired they moved to Stone House permanently until 1980.
Mrs. Crallan, 1912
Jane Taplin with guests, 1982
Peter and Jane Taplin, 1985
1980 - 1992
In 1980 Jane & Peter Taplin made a life-changing decision to sell their home in Baildon and retail meat business in Bradford Market. The rapid expansion of supermarkets was beginning to have an effect on trade and it seemed the right time for a career change. Stone House was advertised for sale in the property section of the Yorkshire Post.
One visit was enough to convince them that Stone House had great potential and so, after moving in on the 1st December, the arduous task of converting a private home into a hotel began. In the spring of 1981 Stone House Hotel officially opened with four letting bedrooms available to book on a bed and breakfast basis.
The following year the kitchen was extended and evening meals were then provided. With the arrival of the popular TV show "All Creatures Great and Small", which was filmed in the Dales, rooms at Stone House were in great demand. In 1983 the Coach House was converted to provide accommodation for the family. This meant more rooms were available to let in the main house and the following year, with the help of a rural business development loan, 6 new bedrooms were added on the west side of the house. In 1989 Chris joined his parents in the business after completing a course in Hotel Management, including a year working at the prestigious Hotel Baur au Lac in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1992 Chris's brother-in-law Peter Westwood joined the hotel. Peter was instrumental in the success of his family business in Leyburn but was looking for a different challenge and a new partnership was formed with Chris, enabling Peter & Jane Taplin to leave Stone House in their capable hands and retire to Bishop Monkton near Harrogate.
1992 - 2014
Under the guidance of Chris & Peter, Stone House has seen many changes over this period in the hotel's history. Most notably the addition of more guest bedrooms, extensions to the dining room and car park and the completion of many environmentally friendly projects such as the installation of a Biomass Boiler. The family business continued to grow and develop and in 2010 was strengthened again with the arrival of Peter's son Josh to the team. With a keen interest in music and outdoor activities Josh was able to bring a new dimension to the business with the addition of music events and sporting facilities.
The announcement that the Grand Depart of the world famous Tour de France was to be held in the Yorkshire Dales in July 2014 was very exciting news and provided a much needed to boost to tourism in the region. The race weaved its way through the stunning scenery of the Dales and was filmed and shown live to a global audience. In readiness for the predicted increase in cyclists visiting the area, Stone House added another string to its bow with the creation of the Bike Barn -a secure stabling and maintenance facility for guests bikes. The boost in the number of hotel guests has also prompted the planning application for a new dining room extension, which has been passed and is now awaiting design approval.
In 2016, following the decision of Peter's son Josh Westwood to pursue a different career, a new management team was established with Josh's wife Zoe and family friend Chris Greig taking care of the day to day running of the hotel. This has allowed directors Chris & Peter to take a step back and control the direction of the business and to try and increase the general awareness of the Yorkshire Dales as a place to visit and enjoy. They are also looking to complete various sporting challenges – so keep an eye out for the Latest News section!
Refurbishments and improvements are carried out every year to ensure that Stone House continues to meet the demands of today's discerning guests, but the essence of Stone House remains the same and still retains the atmosphere of a family home in a stunning part of England


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Who's under the greatest surveillance?
Check out the witness list!
The cops must have taken a lot of statements...
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Molly's last known locations perhaps?
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We know Luc is a suspect!
We all saw the video of Molly giving him a lap dance! But does that mean he could have killed her?
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She's a Muggle-born rebel who needs to be a conformist. He's a pureblood conformist who wants to be a rebel. They're an unlikely team, but helping each other is essential if they're going to make it through Voldemort's new regime alive.
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For twins, Evelyn and Elizabeth are very different. Everything from their morals to their memories diverge. When disaster strikes, the girls remove to Hogwarts to live under the guardianship of their Aunt Minerva. With this move comes a mystery that exposes their duality and determines their fate.
Draco and Alice Malfoy are under far more stress than your average couple. With Alice's father watching their every move, things reach breaking point. During their seventh year at Hogwarts, they face far more than any seventeen year old should, death, destruction and a loss of love. Will things work out for the better, or be damaged beyond repair?
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It's Draco Malfoy's sixth year at Hogwarts and he has been given an important and deadly mission. He has no-one to turn to. In his darkest hour, he needs something to hope and live for. He needs her. Alice Lupin is coming to Hogwarts, much to the worry of her adopted father. This will be a year of discovery, of family and love. Will she follow her heart even if it does lead to darkness?
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When tragedy strikes, Lucius Malfoy is forced to make a difficult decision. He then hands his only son over to the Order of the Phoenix, in the hopes that they will protect him from Lord Voldemort. Now, with nowhere else to go, Draco Malfoy is stuck living at the Burrow with the Weasley's. But when another new witch from America moves in too, things start to get... interesting.
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To mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, The Chronicle Review asked a group of influential thinkers to reflect on some of the themes that were raised by those events and to meditate on their meaning, then and now.The result is a portrait of the culture and ideas of a decade born in trauma, but also the beginning of a new century, with all its possibilities and problems.
A sample From Memory by Lawrence Weschler:
Get a grip, I kept finding myself thinking, as the event grew ever more fetishized over the ensuing months—the gaping hole in the skyline acquiring an idol-like status, all political life (and prior common sense) seeming to get sucked into its yawning vortex. New York was not the first city that's ever faced a terrorist attack, I kept having to remind myself, nor the first city ever to have been bombed (hell, we ourselves, as Americans, had repeatedly bombed a good many of the rest of the world's cities).
Maybe it was just that we'd imagined ourselves immune from the forces impinging on other people's lives, immune from history (history previously being defined precisely as something we did to other people, not something they ever did to us); and now suddenly that old historical machinery was clanking away big time, the chains catching hold, and it didn't feel at all good.
Nor can it be said that, historically speaking, we went on to acquit ourselves with much distinction. Londoners during the Blitz had to endure this sort of thing day after day, for weeks on end, but they didn't crumple. Under Churchill's leadership, it was as if the more the Nazis threw at them, the greater their focus, the more uncanny their calm: Far from buckling, they bucked up.They retained perspective.
For when you're under murderous assault is precisely not the time to turn your entire political culture inside out. That's what the terrorists want you to do, that's what they are dying for you to do. But you're supposed to resist that temptation.
Sheldon Solomon: Death
Steven Pinker: Terrorism
Alex Gourevitch: Fear
Terry Eagleton: Evil Scott Atran: Enemies Victor Davis Hanson: Courage
Martha C. Nussbaum: Justice Todd Gitlin: Patriotism
Lawrence Weschler: Memory
Marjorie Perloff: Language
Richard Sennett: Cooperation
Barbara Frederickson: Resilience
Omid Safi: Tolerance


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Remarks of FCC Commissioner Robert M. McDowell - Prepared Remarks
2010 National Lawyers Convention
|Telecommunications & Electronic Media Practice Group
The Federalist Society's Telecommunications & Electronic Media Practice Group hosted a panel discussion on "Rewriting the Telecomm Act: Has the Time Come?" at the 2010 National Lawyers Convention on Saturday, November 20, 2010. The Honorable Robert M. McDowell of the Federal Communications Commission delivered an address before the panel discusson. Here are his prepared remarks.
Thank you Your Honor, for that kind introduction. It is terrific to return to the Federalist Society's National Lawyers Convention. Thank you for having me again. I'm looking forward to listening to what promises to be a lively discussion by some of America's foremost experts on communications law over whether Congress should rewrite the statute that covers about one-sixth of America's economy.
Only lawyers could look forward to spending an otherwise lovely Saturday morning with other lawyers to discuss the finer details of such a matter. And being an attorney myself, I have to confess that I, too, have looked forward to this day.
While preparing my remarks, I reviewed my speech from last year. And boy - was it long! Sorry about that. Any speech that touts 21 footnotes must have been a real stem-winder. I must have been thinking that I would get extra CLE credit for all of that work. But thank you for so politely staying awake throughout it all.
But as I read through it, I realized that I could give pretty much the same speech today. Don't worry, I won't - at least not all of it. In some ways, the debate over whether the FCC should regulate Internet network management hasn't changed much in the past 365 days. On the other hand, I have heard a lot of "chatter" from the communications bar, Wall Street analysts and reporters, just in the past 72 hours. This morning, speculation abounds. Let me say at the outset that, as a commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission, appointed by two presidents and unanimously confirmed by the Senate each time, I have absolutely no idea what's going to happen ... or when ... or even if. So I'm going to talk about what I do know.
One question regarding the Commission's authority to regulate Internet network management under Title I has been answered - and correctly, in my view - by the D.C. Circuit in its decision in the Comcast v. FCC case. Just to refresh memories, I dissented from the Commission's 2008 Comcast order because, for starters, I did not think that the FCC had the power to act as it did. In April, a unanimous panel of the D.C. Circuit thought likewise when it held that the Commission failed to show what underlying statutory mandate provided the legal foundation needed to claim Title I ancillary authority to regulate the Internet. The court did not go so far as to say that the Commission had absolutely no authority to act. It merely determined that the FCC failed to make its case. The court reminded the Commission that ancillary authority has to be related to some mission explicitly authorized by Congress. When it comes to regulating network management, however, Congress has passed no such law.
After repeated and exhaustive reviews of the statute and the record, I still can't find anything close to a congressional directive for the FCC to regulate information services as some have proposed over the years.
Although Congress has not passed legislation on the matter, it has not been silent either. In the past year, a large bipartisan majority of Congress (when was the last time you heard those words strung together?) warned the Commission against trying to issue net neutrality rules. More than 300 Members of Congress, including 86 Democrats, have demanded that the Commission abandon its proposed course and leave this issue for Congress to decide. It is my sense that the volume behind this message will only increase.
Some are guessing that the FCC could try to adopt rules that look something like the legislation recently drafted by current House Energy and Commerce Committee chairman HenryWaxman. In addition to barring a classification of Internet access services under Title II, the old telephone part of the 1934 Act, the Waxman draft bill contained a "sunset" provision that would end new Title I regulation of network management after two years. In short, the bill was designed to be temporary or interim.
Those who may think that the Commission will escape another appellate rebuke merely by labeling a new Title I order as "interim," should reevaluate their strategy. Although courts generally have been deferential to an agency when it issues an interim order, it helps an agency's case tremendously if it can point to some facts to justify such extraordinary action, such as an emergency - a real emergency.
In the case of regulating Internet network management, where is the evidence of an emergency? Should administrative agencies be allowed to regulate far beyond the bounds authorized by Congress merely by labeling an order as "interim"? If so, wouldn't agencies' legal powers essentially be unlimited? Wouldn't Congress become irrelevant in such a scenario?
Appropriately, this morning's panel is intended to focus on what Congress should do when it comes to updating American communications policy. (Before I go further, please keep in mind that I subscribe to the philosophy that I, as a commissioner, shouldn't tell Congress what to do. Congress tells me what to do.) But whether policy changes affecting broadband Internet access services emanate from the FCC or Congress, a plethora of important threshold questions abound, and I hope that legislators would ask all of them, and then some. Among them are:
- Is the broadband Internet access market broken?
- If so, can only the government fix it?
- In other words, where is the evidence illustrating that today's deregulatory model -- the same model that has been in existence since the Internet was privatized in 1994 - has failed? Hasn't today's model produced the open and freedomenhancing Internet that has thrived so amazingly precisely because governments have kept their hands off of it? Isn't it the greatest de-regulatory success story of all time?
- How has the factual landscape changed since this past January when the Department of Justice examined this market and concluded that no evidence of a concentration or abuse of market power existed that would warrant regulation?
- What would be the international implications of the U.S. expanding government intervention into this area by reversing hands-off policies that have existed since the Clinton-Gore Administration? Would U.S. regulation spark an international chain reaction of Internet regulation?
- How could the U.S. justify being more regulatory than the European Commission, when its chief digital agenda policy maker just last week announced that she opposes new regulation of Internet network management?
- Wouldn't some proposed rules cause irreparable harm to network operators by affecting their ability to raise crucial investment capital needed to modernize their facilities, not to mention irreparably harming their ability to innovate?
- If the Commission were to adopt such rules, couldn't a petition for stay of the order be granted due to a likelihood of success on the merits because of the lack of even implicit statutory authority?
Most importantly, one can't speak at a Federalist Society event without mentioning the ... Constitution. In fact, as luck would have it, do you know what happened 221 years ago today? New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights. So that fact provides a nice segue to one of the most important sets of questions lawmakers should ask: Would brand new government regulation of privately funded communications networks survive Constitutional muster, especially under the First and Fifth Amendments?
There is a way to avoid all of these pitfalls, however. I hope that, before the Commission takes a giant leap into a potentially dark and dangerous regulatory abyss, it would seriously consider an idea that I have suggested for several years now. For those fearful of anticompetitive conduct in the broadband market, in lieu of new rules, the FCC could create a heightened role for itself. It could lead a coordinated effort with similarly inspired partners such as already established, non-governmental, Internet governance groups, the Federal Trade Commission and other antitrust and consumer protection agencies, public interest and consumer groups, trade associations, academics, engineers, economists and others. This new alliance could spotlight allegations of anticompetitive behavior and use already existing consumer protection and antitrust laws to punish bad actors and aid consumers. Coupled with a continued drive to create new opportunities for broadband competition, such an approach could help preserve the open and freedomenhancing Internet we enjoy under today's deregulatory model, all without the uncertainty, costs and risks new rules always bring. My door remains open for discussing the creation of such a framework.
But back to today's panel. Personally I hope that most legislative efforts would involve issues unrelated to network management. Ideas I'm hopeful the panel will discuss include everything from reform of our bloated and inefficient Universal Service subsidy program, to updating the cumbersome Sunshine in Government Act, to voluntary incentive auctions to spur broadcast spectrum reallocation, to elimination of the 76-yearold statutory "stovepipes" that no longer bear any resemblance to the state of the marketplace.
For example, like the vast majority of American consumers, my three children, ages 3 through 11, don't care which platform or technology delivers their video and audio content, be it wireless, broadcast, coaxial cable, copper wires, fiber or satellite. To them, the delivery mechanism is meaningless. They just want the content when and where they choose. Shouldn't the law reflect these realities - realities that didn't exist just a few years ago?
Regardless of whether legislators pursue narrow bills or comprehensive rewrites, we should all remember that James Madison's separation of powers construct was designed to make it difficult to turn legislation into law. These tasks may be even harder with today's newly divided government.
Of course, when it comes to communications legislation, we should keep in mind that a newly minted Republican Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and a first-term Democratic president signed it. But that came about after an intensive bipartisan effort that stretched over 12 years, starting with the break-up of the Ma Bell monopoly. When it comes to new legislation, sometimes the best watchwords are patience, persistence and, most importantly, prudence.
One thing is for sure: the coming weeks and months will be fascinating for FCC watchers. So, enjoy the show!
Thank you again for having me today. I look forward to learning from our distinguished panel.


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Smartphone subscribers were expected to comprise 46% of the global population by the end of 2016 according to Forrester. The market opportunities will decrease quickly, but those who understand the trends will stay ahead.
2017 is not so much about new as it is about the increasing intimacy of our relationships with smartphones. This will only continue as mobile payments, wearables and AR/VR technology become more accessible and adopted.
But it's not the trends that are important, it's the core truth they are grounded in. The question to ask is, what do the trends tell you about how users are engaging with their phones and what they expect from it? Now on to the trends…
Trend 1: App stores will remain the hub of app discovery but…
Google is beginning to roll out Instant Apps to a limited number of users, opening an additional channel for app discovery. Instant Apps are the sample toothbrushes that you get from the dentist of the app world.
You don't have to install the app to use it and when close it, the app is gone. Consequently, none of the device's storage has to be sacrificed to test an app or for one that won't be used often, e.g. booking app.
How will this bode for the future of app development, especially the small- and mid-cap apps built to drive income? On one hand, Android users will be able to find suggested apps to go with their Google search.
On the other hand, you will be investing a lot of resources in creating an app that isn't truly able to be monetized just for the opportunity to entice the user to download the full version while still running the risk of losing them within 90 days.
Trend 2: Aggregation apps will become increasingly popular
How many blog posts do you think are produced each day? If you guessed around 2 million, you'd be right. That's just blog posts and doesn't take into account other forms of content such as infographics, videos and social media.
With brands entering the content fray and technology providing users the means to efficiently create all forms of content, user eyeballs will become evermore saturated with content. The solution? Aggregator apps.
These apps satisfy the two requirements of apps: to make users' lives easier and to entertain them. And they are getting better at what is fast becoming a third requirement: other- and self-personalization.
Get these three requirements right and you might just provide enough incentive for the user to download and keep your app. How do you accomplish the third? Use data for the former and provide tools and features for users to accomplish the latter.
Trend 3: Churn baby churn
Churn will continue to be a problem for app developers as 80% of users continue to leave apps within the first 90 days. The margin for error is even tighter considering that the majority of in-app time is spent within a small number of apps.
How can app developers/publishers beat the average? The Localytics research referenced above indicates that rich push notifications and in-app messaging are essential to encouraging engagement…and they must be personalized.
See those couples and groups of friends physically occupying the same space but with their noses firmly placed in-screen? The digital world will not only enhance the real, but it will replace many aspects of it.
But users are still humans with human needs…we will expect the same from the digital world. In this case, we will expect that our devices and apps know us to such a degree that they will even be able to predict our wants and desires.
Trend 4: Your app is only as good as your data and segmentation
Enter data: 2.5 quintillion bytes of it are created. Daily. How many zeroes are in a quintillion? 18. Simply put: that's a lot of data. Money may make the world go 'round but data makes the money go 'round.
Luckily for you, your app is the perfect data-capture solution: users willingly hand over data for access to your app. This provides you a unique opportunity to personalize the in-app experience.
The trick for you will be collecting data in a non-threatening way. Specifically, the permissions you request need to be relevant to the in-app experience. It'll be the difference between your user feeling taken care of or interrogated…
…no one likes to feel interrogated. Back to the data; you're getting a lot of it and you will need to segment it to make any sense of it. Only through effective segmentation will you be able to realistically provide a personalized experience.
Trend 5: Be one with the platform and use discretion
Remember those rich push notifications we covered in Trend 3; why are they more likely to encourage engagement than a textual notification? The technology. The technology we use shapes our expectations.
After all, if your users were accessing your app through a feature-phone, their expectations would be different. Let's consider how to work with the current technology while drawing from what worked in the past.
The record-breaking pre-registration numbers for the Nokia 3310 are not just the result of nostalgia, they are the result of something else: design. Its elegance lies in its purpose-built simplicity, complexity produced anxiety.
Hint: it's not complexity that users expect. Ask why rich push notifications engage users? Answer this and you'll get to the core truth of the technology; then you can ask how you can implement it into other app facets?
So, what core truth are these app trends grounded in?
There's no question that you have your work cut out for you; you face greater competition and other external pressures in capturing and maintaining users for your app. Luckily, the opportunities have never been greater.
Be aware of what is happening, yes; but dig deeper to understand where each year's trends are grounded in. In fact, review the trends of the past few years and you'll see that they are all grounded in one core truth.
So, what is the core truth of these 5 trends? The smartphone is a dynamic device that is more an executive assistant than phone. They become our extensions due to their knowledge of us and how they use that knowledge…to give us what we want before we even know it.


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522 Old Stage Rd., Centerville. Seth Hazard, same, president, treasurer and secretary. The sale and marketing of hand cleaners.
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100 Independence Dr., Hyannis. Jane V. Harper, F.N.P., 15 Webbs Ct., Ware, president and clerk; Phillip V. Harper, 15 Webbs Ct., Ware, treasurer. (Nonprofit) To offer healthcare related services as family nurse practitioner.
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91 Louis St., #3, Hyannis. Yair Horowitz, same, president, treasurer and secretary. Retailer of various products.
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2751 Falmouth Rd,, Osterville. Sarwat Rashid, same, president and secretary; Zahid Rashid, same, treasurer. Retail store operation.
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351 Main St., Centerville. Karen Elizabeth Quinn, same, president and treasurer; Matthew Thomas Pisano, same, secretary. Web based gift store.
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13 Conaumet Rd., Marstons Mills. Sean A. Gilbert, same, president, treasurer and secretary. Consulting, research and design for print and digital media, etc.
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52 Ship's Eagle Ln., Osterville. Deborah Doe, same, president; Anita Makar, 4451 Gulfshore Blvd., No. 8804, Naples, FL., treasurer; Jacqueline Bailey, 16458 E. Pentice Cir., Centennial, Colo., clerk. (Nonprofit) The prevention of cruelty to animals, provision of rescue, relief, shelter, etc.
Treadway Auto Sales, Inc.
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Tsi Co., Inc.
1550 Falmouth Rd., Unit 1, Centerville. Edward Giovannone, 43 Briarcliff Lane, Centerville, president, treasurer and secretary. Sale of new and used thermoforming machinery and parts.
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As Head of Mental Health Strategy Development, you will represent Wellcome externally, act on emerging opportunities, and provide strategic advice.
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We are exploring the idea of making mental health one of our priority areas – areas where we can give focused, intensive support to transform lives, or where we can drive reform to ensure that ideas reach their full potential. To this end we are establishing a small team that will spend up to a year asking how best we might use Wellcome's resources to make the most significant contributions to this area and thereby to transform mental health.
We are looking for an analytical expert, with depth and breadth of experience in mental health, to lead this work.
As Head of Mental Health Strategy Development, you will represent Wellcome externally, act on emerging opportunities, and provide strategic advice. Ultimately, you will make recommendations to our Executive Leadership Team and Board of Governors about whether, and how, we should make mental health a priority area.
The position is initially for 12 months – but, if Wellcome decides to take mental health forward as a priority area, you would be in a strong position to lead this area of our work on a permanent basis. For the initial 12 months, we are willing to consider candidates interested in taking the position on secondment, or on the basis of four days a week.
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New management has taken over yet again at this hotel, and they have some solid plans to turn this into a more contemporary destination. We had a chance to view the new rooms—sort of mid-century, retro, beach house chic. (How's that for a category?) For now the common areas are all in need of updating, and plans are in the works to do so. This is a resort in transition, and we will be back once it's done to re-review it. The restaurant is open-air on the pool deck, which is also slated for upgrades.
The view from their pool is wonderful, with an expansive vista from Diamond Head to part of Waikiki, and rooms facing the ocean or Diamond Head are most desirable here. It's a short block to the beach.
Rooms (175–355 sq. ft.) are $179–$269, suites (370–615 sq. ft.) are $279–$600. Few pay the rack rates.
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Death of a Salesman
In a sense there are two Willy Lomans in this play. There is the present broken, exhausted man in his sixties, soon to end his life. And there is the more confident, vigorous Willy of some fifteen years before, who appears in the flashbacks. One actor portrays both, readily shifting from one representation to the other. To some extent, of course, the personality remains constant. The younger Willy, although given to boastful blustering, does admit misgivings to Linda and loneliness to Biff. And the shattered older man, in turn, occasionally reverts to his former manner of jaunty optimism. Yet the changes are great and significant. The earlier Willy could never have been the idol of his teen-aged sons had he behaved in the perverse, distracted fashion of his older self.
Willy's agitation during his last day;s stems from a twofold sense of failure. He has not been able to launch successfully in the world his beloved son Biff, and he no longer can meet the demands of his own selling job. Although not altogether ignoring Linda and Happy, he is primarily concerned about the once magnificent young football star that at thirty-four drifts from one temporary ranch job to the next. Willy cannot "walk away" from Biff; problem, as Bernard suggests, nor can he accept Linda's view that "life is a casting off." Being over sixty, Willy is doubtless tiring physically. The sample cases are heavy. The seven-hundred-mile drives are arduous. And many business contacts, developed over the years, are vanishing as the men of his era die or retire. Yet the worry over Biff has obviously accelerated his collapse.
Actually, Willy's attitude toward Biff is complex. On the one hand, there is a strong personal attachment. He wants Biff to love him. He remembers yearningly the fondness shown for him by Biff as a boy, and he still craves this. At this point, however, relations are strained. Although Willy shies away from remembering so painful an episod…


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Monday, January 31, 2011
Cyclone Yasi
Poor Queensland just can't get a break. To all of my customers and friends in Queensland-I will be thinking of you as will the rest of Australia and the blogging community. Members of my family experienced cyclone Tracey and from their experience, I imagine there is a lot of concern and preparing going on now. So best wishes and heartfelt concern to you and yours.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
And it Rusts!
This is 3 days on from when I first wrapped the pristine white linen around the outdoor brazier.
Looks like some ribs to me.
Unwraping the soaking pile of linen and cotton, 2 days on.
Mmmmm, ok I guess. Needs more though, so wrapping it up again.
Into plastic and weighted down with stones to increase the connection with the rust.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Rusting Fabric and Maria Apostolou
Chosen piece of rusty outdoor equipment. A fire that keeps Dean warm when he is outside making his brews. Dirty and rusty! ( I mean the fire, not Dean)
Wet Linen wrapped around and held in place with plastic wrap.
Black garbage bag over the top to stop it drying out and encourage solar heat.
Dean called out from inside- "what are you doing?" I called back- "wrapping your fire grate in wet linen." What else would I be doing?
Tomorrow I go looking for more interesting rusty stuff for the rest of the fabric. Thanks to Rae for supplying yet more goodies from the op shop.
Here is Butterball relaxing no matter what. Taking a short break from attacking absolutely everything and anything. In my next life, I am definitely coming back as a cat.
And....I had to overdye Vespa mulberry silk. White patches! That's what you get when rushing. I know this too, but I still occasionally think I can get away with it. Have to say though I love anything I over dye. It always looks more yummy than when I get it right the first time.
This lovely piece is by Maria Apostolou. Her work is amazing and unique. Especially her silver jewelery.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Dyeing Paris
First pics are of the birthday cake I made for Tashi on the weekend. Heaps of chocolate.
There she is, sweet 15. Best friend of Brianna.
AAAANNNNNND, how I worked out the Paris colourway.
So here is the photo I love on the ipad. I've looked and decided that the most striking, or dominant colours are silver, blue, pale terracotta and stone. I asked Dean what he thought were the most significant colours and he basically said the same. Though he called the blue -grey!
Once I've worked that out, it's about selecting which dye colour I have that most resembles the colours I want. Then I mix, dilute, saturate and play with them until I get it right. I usually do this on silk yarn or wool fibre.
This grey is too dark, it's in the picture, but is too dominant and needs paling down. The first blue wasn't right either- which is why it's followed by a subtly different blue- so subtle you probably can't see the difference.
Trying it out on mulberry silk. It's the same dark grey but it comes out different on fibre.
Better blue and grey on the right.
Once I'm kind of happy, I set it in the microwave and check it when it is dry. Luckily it's a hot day. It can look so different when it's dry. I don't dare dye a big batch until I have checked it dry.
Yarns are silk, they wont get the cream colour that I set into the wool and slushie. There is only so much room on one hank. if I try and cram too many colours on, it becomes all about the secondary colours that are created at each transition.
The real test for me of whether a colourway works or not is when I twist it into a spiral.
So here is the slushie,
and here is the mulberry silk. Did I get Paris? I am thinking I wont know that answer until I visit in the flesh. What do you think?
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
What does a dyer do on her day off?
Dye of course! But, this time with tree resin and ash from the fire. Sorry no 'before' pics, or pics of the tree. I can tell you I picked red/ black resin off the bark of a Eucalyptus tree on the banks of the Goulburn river and placed it in an enamel pot to simmer with a handful of white ash from a fire made from Eucalyptus wood. I simmered the concoction for about 45 minutes and left it to cool. ( I did not stir or cackle like a witch in Macbeth. Rinsed it off in the river ( which is rich with tannins) and out with a lovely hand stitched linen (or cotton, I can never tell which) doiley that someone had lovingly stitched years ago. I found this treasure in a Warrandyte Op- shop. The shirt front is linen- very good quality, never worn. ( Buttons would not do up over a certain area) So any item of clothing that offends me by reminding me I am not a size 12 ( or 14, or......) gets ripped up and redyed. My other dye attempt with leaves sucked, so I will have to try it again. You live and learn....
Monday, January 17, 2011
Time to Breathe.
I took off Saturday for Jamieson to set up camp on the banks of the Goulburn river. It must be the only place in Victoria not in flood. Came back today to a full load of emails, then I realized I didn't actually let anyone know I was going....
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Strange Times
I spent the last week watching the horrendous pictures coming out of Queensland, floods, immense loss of property, livelihood, tragic loss of life. It is biblical in size, pictures of snakes and crocodile been washed into people's yards freaked me out. Floods in Queensland, bushfire in Victoria, both in New South Wales. That's how it goes, but it seems the patterns are changing. Anyway, I am fine where I am as long as I don't have a snake or crocodile knocking at my door anytime soon. Look out Perth, apparently you are in for some tropical humidity......
Monday, January 10, 2011
A Challenge
I bought this beautiful photo from Etsian Petekdesign because the colours were so sublime. So my challenge tomorrow is to interpret this in dye and create a new colourway for The Thread Studio for a new Series based on Cities. I will post pictures of how I go and the process I go through to get it right. That's if I get it right!
Friday, January 7, 2011
rusty blue door detail
rusty blue door detail, originally uploaded by Zé Eduardo....
I just wanted to direct attention to the fantastic colours in my favorite photographer's photo. This photo is by Ze Eduardo and the picture was taken in Peru. Pictures such as these are great for teaching you about colour- what works and what doesn't. I have found in dyeing that every potential colour goes can go with any other. The trick is to get the quantity right. In this picture the dominant colour is pale blue with various shades of blue. There is also a green, rust and very small amount of red/pink.
How I would dye this would be to make up dye of the deepest blue present, clear water, green the same strength as pictured, a rust and a small amount of red.
To apply the colours, I would start with the green, then deep blue, apply clear water, rust and then lastly the small touch of red.
If we broke the quantities down it would be mostly blue- pushed into the water to create the shades of blue- dark to light, a touch of green, a smaller area of rust and just a touch of red.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Stitching by the pool.
Remember this scarf? I had attempted to felt dyed vintage blanket onto the scarf. They stuck, but certainly didn't felt in. So this week, I have been taking Belle to swimming lessons so I finally got to stitch the circles with matching silk thread.
It's just a good old stab stitch, not blanket stitch. I have taken the yarn through the middle of the felt so the stitching does not show on the back.
Two more days of swimming lessons so I am looking around for something else to stitch. look out kids....
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Ooops a daisy, I dyed the cat again.
But this time, her fur was not attached! Princess Willow had been crawling through grass seeds again and I had to remove a lot of her underbelly fur. Willow is a Ragdoll cat and her fur is like silk to touch. I couldn't resist. I've sent it to Dale.
This is another dye job, this time cashmere. OOO LA LA. This stuff is divine. So soft. So I have kept some aside that I am either going to spin on a stick and weave, or needle felt a piece of jewelery.
One of Dale's needle felted batts she sells as flimsies. I had to leave it to set for another day. The raspberry colour is particular about staying put.
And another batt, in the mail winging it's way to Thethreadstudio wet as usual. It is hot in Perth, it will dry in a minute.
Silk rods of the same batch Indian Splendor.
Assorted silk fibres, silk strippings and some other silk product that feels like horse hair but takes the dye wonderfully.


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Let's say you learn of a Drupal security flaw. Let's say it permits an unauthorized SQL injection. Let's say you figure out how to insert a backlink into the Drupal link list using that exploit.
Drupal is a popular Open Source content management system, in use on hundreds of thousands of websites. Itis very good, and very flexible. It is free, but installation and configuration (customization) may cost a few thousdand dollars in consulting fees. Basically, it is free of licensing fees but a real, commercially used product.
So you go to Google, and search "password and instructions will be sent to this e-mail address, so make", and you find a list of 167,000 URLs of Druapl sites. Then you hit each of the first 1000 of those with your exploit URL .. one at a time… from a free or cheap web hosting account. And then you hit a different Google datacenter for another 1,000 sites.
Or, you could have narrowed your search for on-theme websites (more valuable back links?) by adding a keyword to that Google search such as "seo". That way you only get the best sites for your back link spam.
How long do you have to act on one of these newly-discovered security vulnerabilities? Many months, as many of the webmasters do not patch or update their Drupal installations once they are deployed. I can't blame them too much, because once you have customized the installation there is often plenty of work required following any update process.
Often a patch can easily be applied directly to only that part of the Drupal system that was flawed. However, application developers who deploy Drupal for their clients don't often see direct patching as economically beneficial to them, so they may try and bundle the patch in with some other unfinished (and billable) work for the client. No sale, no patch. In fact, many clients don't even know they are running Drupal. They paid a consultant for a CMS, and got one that worked.
Spam is not rocket science. Consequently, spamming can be stopped by some simple (albeit tedious) attention to detail. Usually, we are too lazy. Do we therefore deserve to be spammed?


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The Type III secretion system (T3SS) is an important virulence mechanism that allows pathogenic bacteria to translocate virulence effectors directly into the cytoplasm of eukaryotic host cells to manipulate the host cells in favor of the pathogen. Enteropathogenic Yersinia pseudotuberculosis use a T3SS to translocate effectors, Yops, that prevent phagocytosis by immune cells, and is largely dependent on it to establish and sustain an infection in the lymphoid tissues of a mammalian host. Translocation into a host cell requires specific translocator proteins, and is tightly controlled from both the bacterial and host cell cytoplasm. We aimed to investigate two of the regulatory elements, YopN and LcrV, to gain more insight into the translocation mechanism. Two separate regulatory complexes regulate expression and secretion of Yops, however, the processes are linked so that expression is induced when secretion is activated. A complex, including YopD, prevents expression of Yops, while YopN-TyeA and LcrG block secretion. LcrV is required to relieve the secretion block, by sequestering LcrG. We verified that LcrG binds to the C-terminal part of LcrV, which is consistent with what has been shown in Y. pestis. In addition to their regulatory roles, both LcrV and YopD are translocators and are assumed to interact at the bacterial surface, where LcrV promotes insertion of YopB and YopD into the host cell membrane. However, here we show that purified YopD failed to interact with LcrV, instead YopD solely interacted with a complex of LcrV-LcrG. This indicates that LcrV and YopD interact in the bacterial cytosol, which may be important for regulation of Yop expression and secretion. The established role of YopN is to block secretion prior to host cell contact. We found that deleting the central region (amino acids 76-181) had no effect on the regulatory role of YopN in expression and secretion of Yops. Interestingly, we found that, even though the YopN∆76-181 mutant secreted the translocators with similar kinetics as the wild type strain, translocation of the effector YopH, into HeLa cells, was significantly reduced. Consequently, the YopN∆76-181 mutant was unable to block phagocytosis, almost to the same level as the ∆lcrV mutant which is completely unable to translocate YopH. Our results indicate that YopN is involved in the translocation step in addition to its role in regulating secretion. Further, we show that the amino terminal of LcrV, in the context of translocation, is involved in the early intracellular targeting of YopH in order to block phagocytosis efficiently and sustain an in vivo infection. LcrV mutants that failed to efficiently target YopH intracellularly were severely attenuated also for in vivo virulence. All together, we show that LcrV and YopN are involved in more steps in the regulation of translocation, than what was known before. Our studies also highlight that early translocation is essential for Yersinia to block phagocytosis, which in the end is essential for in vivo virulence.
Type III secretion systems (T3SS) are dedicated to targeting anti-host effector proteins into the cytosol of the host cell to promote bacterial infection. Delivery of the effectors requires three specific translocator proteins, of which the hydrophilic translocator, LcrV, is located at the tip of the T3SS needle and is believed to facilitate insertion of the two hydrophobic translocators into the host cell membrane. Here we used Yersinia as a model to study the role of LcrV in T3SS mediated intracellular effector targeting. Intriguingly, we identified N-terminal IcrV mutants that, similar to the wild-type protein, efficiently promoted expression, secretion and intracellular levels of Yop effectors, yet they were impaired in their ability to inhibit phagocytosis by J774 cells. In line with this, the YopH mediated dephosphorylation of Focal Adhesion Kinase early after infection was compromised when compared to the wild type strain. This suggests that the mutants are unable to promote efficient delivery of effectors to their molecular targets inside the host cell upon host cell contact. The significance of this was borne out by the fact that the mutants were highly attenuated for virulence in the systemic mouse infection model. Our study provides both novel and significant findings that establish a role for LcrV in early targeting of effectors in the host cell.


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Friedman Vartolo represented the Plaintiff in a foreclosure action, under docket number F-18456-14, which resulted in a Union County Sheriff's auction on November 29, 2017. At the auction a winning bid of $238,000.00 was submitted by a third-party, and a deposit of twenty (20) percent of the winning bid was paid by the winning bidder to the Sheriff. Said deposit amounted to at least forty-seven thousand six hundred dollars ($47,600.00).
Upon learning that the winning bidder failed to remit the remaining balance within the requisite thirty (30) day period, our office aggressively moved to vacate the sale and retain the entire deposit as liquidated damages. Honorable Joseph P. Perfilio entered an order granting our motion on February 16, 2018. The full decision can be read here (Signed Order Vacating Sale and Awarding Liquidated Damages).
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A project addressing the Water Framework Directive, by restoring the natural flow of a stream, while preserving the local cultural heritage and protecting from floods.
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Set up an operational group to test different practices for optimal catch crop management and assess their efficiency in reducing nitrogen and carbon emissions.
The project aimed to improve farmers' soil management skills and know-how on profitable and resource-efficient farming.
A cooperation project brought together local farmers, inhabitants and public services managers to jointly define and promote soil preservation technics adapted to the local environment.


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South African Journal of Education
On-line version ISSN 2076-3433
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CZERNIEWICZ, Laura and BROWN, Cheryl. The habitus and technological practices of rural students: a case study. S. Afr. j. educ. [online]. 2014, vol.34, n.1, pp.1-14. ISSN 2076-3433.
This paper describes the habitus and technological practices of a South African rural student in his first year at university. This student is one of five self-declared rural students, from a group of 23 first-years in four South African universities, whose access to, and use of, technologies in their learning and everyday lives was investigated in 2011 using a 'digital ethnography' approach. Their digital practices, in the form of their activities in context, were collected through multiple strategies in order to provide a nuanced description of the role of technologies in their lives. The student reported on here came from a school and a community with very little access to information and communication technologies (ICTs). While the adjustment to first year can be challenging for all students, the findings show that this can be especially acute for students from rural backgrounds. The study provides an analysis of one student's negotiation of a range of technologies six to nine months into his first year at university. Earlier theoretical concepts provide a lens for describing his practices through a consideration of his habitus, and access to and use of various forms of capitals in relation to the fields - especially that of higher education - in which he was situated.
Keywords : Bourdieu; ethnography; higher education; practices; rural; South Africa; students; technology; university.


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County in Ireland Will Let You Drive Drunk with a Permit
Now I know their is a stereotype that the Irish love to drink, but this new law they are trying to pass is not helping change that stereotype.
The local council for Kerry County in south-west Ireland has approved a measure that would allow police to issue permits to people living in rural areas that would allow them to drive drunk legally. The new rule was proposed by council member Danny Healy-Rae.
Healy-Rae's unprecedented argument for more drunk driving stems from the fact that some of his older constituents "are being isolated now at home, and a lot of them falling into depression," apparently because they can't drive home a little sauced from the pub. That logic makes total sense.
The BBC reports that Healy-Rae, who had the truly surprising grace and good sense to stop his speech before suggesting that some folks might drive better when they've had a couple, brought the motion up for a vote toward the end of a council meeting from which more than a dozen voting members had already departed, and it passed with just five votes for to three against, with the seven remaining members abstaining.It just happens to be a coincidence, surely, that most of the 'Yea' votes came from council members who, like Healy-Rae, also just happen to own bars.
I will be now wearing a bubble wrap suit if I ever am in Ireland, if people are allowed to legally drive drunk in some areas.


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By now all regions of Germany and Austria have started school. Our regional groups that took summer break are in full swing again, and our blog is back in action. We'll be posting about all things writing related. We'll continue to showcase our regional members but will also visit with other writers and illustrators from other SCBWI chapters who we can learn from.
Today, I have the pleasure of introducing you to Baptiste Paul. His picture book debut, The Field, released in March of this year (as well as the German edition, Das Spiel). His second book, a non-fiction picture book co-written with his wife Miranda, Adventures to School: Journeys from Around the World, published in May. A third book, I am Farmer: Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon will be out next year. And that's just the beginning for this wonderful writer.
Welcome, Baptiste. Thanks for taking time to share a bit about yourself and your book. My first question is: What inspired you to write this story?
The inspiration for THE FIELD came from my life experiences as a child. The idea to write it as a children's book, however, came on a day that I was playing outside in the rain with my kids. Moments I spent playing in the rain (and mud) brought back happy memories. Imaginative play and sports were my escape from reality—the poverty and hardships I endured every day. It's tough to talk about the struggles, though, because people start feeling sorry for you. To be honest, most of my childhood memories were quite fun.
Wow, that is the perfect example of "Write what you know." We are often told to dig into our memories and experiences to find story ideas. THE FIELD is the perfect example of how to do so.
Though the story follows a girl and her brother, to me the main character is the girl. She shows up on every page. Yet, her name is never mentioned. Was that intentional?
I can't take credit for that, however, when I played as a child both girls and boys were out in the rain and the mud splashing. The main character can be any kid, really. Everyone deserves equal representation, and especially in books and media. Girls play outside in the rain and mud just like boys. By making the main character a girl it sets the tone that we are all equal and that girls can do anything. Boys need to know and respect that just as much as girls.
Excellent point. When I compare the literature of my childhood to those being published today one thing that has improved is diversity in books. More youngsters are seeing themselves represented. That's great.
Now, let's talk word count. Your text is really tight. With only 151 words you wrote a meaningful tale with simple yet poetic prose, and there's this perfect play between the text and pictures. How hard was it to pare it down to such a minimal text while still retaining the story and its meaning? Were you able to make more cuts after the illustrations were complete?
The story was written over four years. I made quite a few edits over that period. I even shelved the story for a few months. I liked the story but I couldn't feel it or was not in love with it at that moment. I could not see the world clearly on the pages. After a few months, I realized the missing piece was the use of Creole words. Introducing the Creole words allowed me to eliminate a lot of the English words.
The illustrator Jackie Alcantara captured the world I envisioned perfectly. There were no cuts made after the illustrations were complete. I just cried after I saw my world through her eyes.
Just look at cover. It drew me in right away.
The first draft was written entirely in English. The story went through many revisions. Although the story made sense in English something was missing — and that something was the use of my language — Creole. Creole (Patois) is a beautiful language, and it's mostly spoken rather than written. When I read and when I write I process everything in Creole first. When we played, we yelled out in Creole, or a mix of both. Being authentic to the story meant I had to use Creole words.
Most picture books cover more than the story. There is usually an underlying theme. I think The Field has more than one. It's not just about a friendly pick-up game of soccer. There is so much more. What do you hope readers can take away from this story?
My hope for this book is to ignite an enthusiasm for reading or writing, and a curiosity for connecting with kids from other cultures. I want every child to take my story and make it their own. Make time for play. Start conversations! Create memories!
I think they definitely will, Baptiste.
And one lucky SCBWI member can also do so. We are giving away a copy of THE FIELD. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by October 20th*. Tell us something related to this interview and let us know if you'd prefer the book in German or English. *Contest is international. Personal data won't be shared and all data will be deleted once the winner has claimed the prize.)
And one lucky SCBWI member can also do so. We are giving away a copy of THE FIELD. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by October 20th*. Tell us something related to this interview and let us know if you'd prefer the book in German or English. *Contest is international. Personal data won't be shared and all data will be deleted once the winner has claimed the prize.)
Also, check out this book trailer of The Field from NorthSouth Books.
Baptiste Paul is a Caribbean-born author of two books for children. His debut picture book, The Field, received starred reviews from Kirkus, The Horn Book, and Booklist. According to Kirkus, his co-authored book Adventures To School, will "will pique readers' curiosity." His forthcoming picture book biography, I Am Farmer, chronicles the work of Cameroonian environmentalist Tantoh Nforba (2019, Lerner/Millbrook). Born and raised on the island of Saint Lucia, Baptiste is a native Creole/Patois speaker who enjoys reading his books and sharing about his experiences with anyone who will listen.


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Was it a slow news day in Canary Wharf yesterday? Seriously, were the broadsheets short of stuff to fill their column-inches quota? The Guardian, the Telegraph, and the Times all reported in today's papers on a report from 5 weeks ago.
That report is the one produced by the Cabinet Office on what the process is in the event of a hung parliament. I'm not certain, but I guess a version is produced before every general election. Or at least every one that doesn't look like a runaway victory for one side or the other. This report states, if there is a hung parliament, Gordon Brown would be asked to stay as PM and form a coalition or minority government. He's the incumbent. That's what gives greatest stability. It's not that complicated.
So why are these papers reporting this now? More than a month after it was presented and first reported on by the Times and Guardian? Is it really such a slow news day? Or has this process story been highlighted for other reasons?
The Telegraph today have as their front page headline
Gordon Brown could lose and still be Prime Minister
A cynic might think that Tory supporting media might raise the profile of this story deliberately. Doing so strengthens an anti-Brown vote and makes a hung parliament seem scary. It also distracts from the stories of Tony Blair's destruction of the Conservative position and the hilarious Tory complaints of too much applause for Vince Cable at the Ask the Chancellors debates.
There's nothing "new" about this news. Custom has always been to allow the incumbent the first chance to form a government. Not only is the report not newsworthy, but it's already been not newsworthy on 24th February. So why drag it back out now? Makes me glad I don't pay to read the Times – oh, wait….


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Is the Openstack setup needs to install everyday?
Hi Mates,
I have recently bought this course, Every day I am doing practice for 2 hours. I observed that lab is getting delayed every day, that means every day we need to install OpenStack? if that is the case it is very annoying as needs to do same thing every day and need to spend valuable time on for installation only.
Please suggest me how to preserve the existing lab setup.
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Which lab are you trying to do? If you are doing lab 2 or lab 8, which are the install labs, then yes. Each time you restart the lab you would need to install OpenStack again. If you were to select a different lab, like lab 3-2, you would have a pre-configured environment ready for you. Each of the labs has a link with the prior OpenStack configuration ready.
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It's no doubt that the times have changed.
From the intimate secrecy of relationships, to the long conversations on the telephone, to the instant text messages, now the instant broadcast of feelings, love, and news and gossip,everything now comes quick and it's now easier to judge and talk about people.
A new party, what they're doing today, what they're eating or wearing, who they met, a new relationship status, a girlfriend or boyfriend, this generation (and the next) rarely keeps anything "unshared, unuploaded, or unposted". And when you're top story of the day, suddenly, it's like everyone wants to know about you and your story. Everyone is so interested in what you have to say. And everyone is subscribed.
Everyone's interested in a surprise relationship status change.
If you should pick up one sensible thing from this post, it's that you have to be careful of the things you share with others. It's hard to tell the difference between the people who are just in it for the gossip from those who actually care. You don't have to tell anyone about how you feel when you broke up with he-who-shall-not-be-named, you don't have to justify yourself or your actions online! No one needs to know, really. Some people just take pleasure in seeing misery, and drama, and… unhappiness.
If they really care, they would approach you. If they matter, you should tell them. Not all your 900+ friends matter. Not all of them would understand. Not all of them need to know.
You go ask any big time celebrity how they feel about their privacy. Cross out Kris Aquino, and you'll be surprised how many celebrities try their best to keep their personal life in hiding. Some people care so much about their actions, and come to the point of even mailing them hate mails to get their personal insight (usually of disappointment) across. Sure that might sound fun for people who need or crave the attention, but seriously. Get a life.
You need not come to that point that people (acquaintances, online friends, and soon… strangers) will actually intrude and suddenly feel that they have a responsibility to ask you or about your problems. Your problems are not meant to be shared online. Especially, everything about your new relationship status.
Social media makes it suddenly easier for everyone to judge. And everything you share can make or break you. For some people, they wouldn't even give you the time of day to explain what you meant in a post and judge you right away, sharing the link with other friends who will also inhibit the same judgement. And before you know it, you're a hot topic, a blind item, a bad kid.
You shout your feelings of affection or hatred, sharing a piece of yourself to billions of people online. To you, it's important and you're important. To billions of people, you're probably just another attention-seeker.
And you will regret it. Jessi Slaughter has.
Sure, I'm being a hypocrite here. I have a blog! But posting "He does not deserve me! He will forever rot in hell!" or just plain judging someone on why she's dating him… that's kind of another level. I do keep those things, and my evil eyes to myself. I suggest we play low-key. All of us. For the sake of the next generation (who as we all can assume… isn't doing very well either).


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HARTFORD - Amy Dauphinais is the current band director at Bristol Eastern High School where she teaches Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Music Theory, Music History and Piano. Amy completed the degree of Masters of Music in Instrumental Conducting at UConn. She had the experience of conducting the United States Coast Guard Band at the US Coast Guard Academy in New London. Amy is the Connecticut State Representative for Women's Band Directors International, the All-State Band Chair for Connecticut Music Educators Association, The National Association of Music Education, College Band Directors' National Association, and the American Bandmasters Association.
She recently won a competition to be one of only two conductors in the world to be a part of the annual "Cortona Sessions for New Music" in Italy this summer. She stopped by the Fox CT Morning Extra Thursday to talk about her experience.


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A couple should never more into one another's place. They should definitely have their own spot, especially if getting married. It's just better to come together in a place to insure that no one has the upper hand on anyone else. Then comes the fact that you have to then make the house a home for the both of you. Which this can be hard if styles don't exactly match up, so here are some tips to take yours and theirs and make it coincide in an actual home.
The Marriage Situation Coalition
TV and movies usually give us a casing of what marriage is without diving too deep because let's face it, we don't really want to watching every aspect of someone else's life. Okay, maybe reality TV debunks that statement but when I sat down and tried to think of one show or movie to showcase – I came back a little stumped. Hence, this being a day late. So sitting on the bumpiest bus and actually writing with a pen and pencil – I went with The Big Bang Theory because it's a show I as much. Plus, they have two married couples I love to dish about.
Finding Love in a Loveless Place
All around me growing up were families with two parents. Every friend I had growing up had a mom and dad at home. Even my cousins whose parents were legit addicts had both of them at home. They're clean now by the way, but the point is is that I had a lot of marriages around me, but was lacking one in my own home. My dad was married to someone else when he knocked up my mom, and they didn't seem to think they should be together when he then got her pregnant six years later with my brother…oh well, they taught me that sometimes it's better to just be friends with those you mated with than to actually live under the same roof. Nevertheless, i grew up never having that importance of marriage shoved in my face.
The Communication of a Lengthy Marriage
Being 14 means dealing with the tail end of puberty, learning algebra and realizing that soon enough high school will be a reality. For Maria Gorman it was about all of that, and meeting the guy who would wind up being the man she would be engaged to only five years later. While they're a good looking family with a strong marriage and two kids, she admits it's not all great all the time, "It isn't all rainbows and butterflies. We struggled a lot not with each other but with life experiences."
One of those experiences being cancer. Her husband Brett has beaten it once before, but recently got diagnosed again. Sticking by one another and being strong for each other has been their ammo since day one, and while I wish them the best as they go through this health scare a second time – I feel like they'll get through because reading what Maria had to say about their relationship, how they make it work and more – they got this.
All Hitched Up: Life After the Wedding
Fairy tales have taught us that once you find "the one" you'll live "happily ever after" but according to the latest statistics 41% of first marriages end in divorce court. That number rises for second marriages to 60% and by someone's third time down the aisle, it's 73%. With all that said, why are people still all about it? That's probably because at the end of the day we're still in love with the idea of love. Not only love, but finding that one person you can be comfortable enough with in life. That, to me, is what marriage is all about.