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Here's something I bet you don't know about me. I was a rugby league referee- back in the 80s when there was no space for women in rugby league except for…well, some things haven't changed a lot!
Anyways, I wrote about it here.
The point is, this happened when Uranus- the planet of rebellion, break-aways and break-throughs- transited the Midheaven. I very publicly made a stand. And it was hard work- which I would expect given that Uranus was also squaring my Ascendant, then the Sun, then the Moon. By the time the transit was done, so was I. My point had been made, I was moving on.
A couple of years later, when Uranus was sextiling each of these points, I was promoted to the position of a Bank Manager. My own branch. I was 27, so not only the youngest the region had appointed, but also the first woman. As in the nature of a sextile, an opportunity presented itself and I went for it. By the time the transit was done, so was I.
But it got me thinking- what have you done while under the influence of a Uranus transit? Anything ground breaking? Break though-ing? Break away-ing?
I've asked the question over on the Facebook page as well, so drop in on the discussion.


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How I Even Got Here: A Definitely True StoryAs the last intern at MCM to jump onto the blogging bandwagon, I thought I'd follow the trend of my predecessors by writing my first blog about, well, myself. I might as well start from the very beginning and tell you the story of how I found MCM and became an intern in the first place. You might not believe me at first, but I promise that everything in this story is totally definitely true.
I first encountered Montgomery Community Media when I was flying in outer space. My dad is an evil mad scientist, so he makes me all sorts of cool gadgets and gizmos when he's not plotting to take over the world. Back in April, for example, he gave me my own rocket-powered space suit! You see, back then, my dad was obsessed with using the power of asteroids to bring the earth to its knees. So when Take Your Child to Work Day rolled around, he had to give me a space suit in order to be able to take me to his secret Lunar Laboratory and show me his latest dastardly scheme.
On our way to the moon, I accidentally bumped into a satellite, which really hurt. When I looked at the satellite to make sure I hadn't dented it, I noticed that it said MONTGOMERY COMMUNITY MEDIA: ACCESS.19 in big, red letters on the side. "Isn't that funny?" I thought, "I'm from Montgomery County, and this satellite is from Montgomery Community, wherever that is. What are the odds??" The rest of the day went smoothly, but I couldn't stop thinking about that satellite.
When I got home, I used Elizabeth, my sentient supercomputer, to research this mysterious "Montgomery Community Media." It wasn't long before I discovered that it was actually a television station, which was so cool because I have always wanted to pursue a career in television and film! I emailed one of their executive producers, Jon Sullivan, and asked about their internship opportunities. Before I knew it, I was in the offices of MCM, signing papers to start my internship the next week!
So that's my totally true story of how I got this internship. Not a single detail was fabricated or exaggerated. I'm an honest journalist. I'd write more, but I'm going to lunch now. My pocket-sized robot chef made me chicken parmesan and he hates it when I let my meals get cold.

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Treatment may help dog — and humans
A&M experiment could pay off in battle against bone cancer.
When Kate Cordts noticed swelling on the foreleg of her Great Pyrenees, Rowdy, she knew exactly what it was. Bone cancer.
"One of my previous dogs had the same disease. We had to put him down because it was too far along," said Cordts, a librarian at the San Antonio Public Library.
A trip to the vet confirmed her suspicion, but this time she wasn't ready to give up without a fight.
Putting her research skills to work, she found an experimental treatment at Texas A&M University's veterinary school that could save her dog's leg — and one day maybe the lives of children suffering from osteosarcoma, or bone cancer.
On Friday, Theresa Fossum, a veterinary surgeon at the Texas A&M Institute for Preclinical Studies in College Station, injected radioactive isotopes into Rowdy's bone using tiny drills about the size of two human hairs. Researchers will watch the results carefully to see if the cancer shrinks and if the treatment could hold promise for humans.
"One of the reasons it costs $1.2 billion to get a new drug on the market is that most fail in clinical trials," Fossum said. "Many get tested in mice with no immune system so they can grow a human tumor. Dogs are good models; they probably get cancer for the same reasons as humans and have an intact immune system."
Around 10,000 dogs a year develop osteosarcoma, which seems to favor large dogs like St. Bernards. The disease strikes about 900 humans each year in the U.S., many of them children under 15.
The standard treatment for dogs is to amputate the leg, but the cancer commonly spreads to the lungs and kills the dog within a year of amputation.
It was this grim fate that inspired Stan Stearns, a Houston entrepreneur, to seek a different approach.
Stearns is president and founder of Houston-based Valco Instruments, which makes very small, precise instruments used in laboratories. When Stearns' St. Bernard dog, Gabriel, developed bone cancer in 2007, he started reading up on alternative treatments such as radioactive isotope therapy, and thought his instruments could help make it a viable option for dogs.
"I am a bad loser. I really didn't want to give up on him," Stearns said. "Something hit me. Darn it, we have tools that we are not using."
Stearns developed a drill that could deliver a tiny amount of radioactive isotope to the tumor, and he teamed up with Fossum and Texas A&M, which has one of the best medical imaging devices in the world to allow for better definition of the tumor.
According to Fossum, the procedure allows doctors to target the tumor without damaging healthy tissue or bombarding the entire body with chemo.
Though Gabriel died in 2008 after the cancer spread to his lungs, experimental trials with a handful of other dogs have given cause for hope. Since A&M's institute opened in 2009, Fossum and her colleagues have treated eight dogs, including Rowdy.
Many have since died, but often of other causes — the life expectancy of large dogs is only around 10 years. The treatment seems to help relieve pain and to stop the spread of cancer to the lungs, Fossum said, but more testing is needed.
The therapy costs about $6,000 per dog. Stearns' foundation, the Gabriel Institute, is picking up the tab for dog owners like Cordts.
"Many people say it is ridiculous to spend money on a pet. But in fact, we learn so much in treating these dogs and having them observed, it becomes an invaluable part of the overall research program," Stearns said.
Plus, some pet owners would not blink at that amount, Fossum said.
"Having dealt with people with animals that needed surgery for many years, I learned never second-guess an owner as to what they might want to spend," Fossum said. "Pets are family members to many people and they simply cannot put a price tag on it."
Cordts, however, was grateful for the help. She will be happy if Rowdy gets another two good years out of life.
Of the family's six dogs, he is the favorite, a scavenger who would eat a paper bag to get at a Whataburger chicken strip, and who races to the bed every Saturday for his weekly afternoon nap with Cordts.
"He is my sweetie. He is a goofball. I want to keep him around," Cordts said.


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OK, so Eater beat us to the big news this morning. The Shack, as it has always done, is pulling a two-day early soft opening TODAY. We took a stroll over to Madison Park and watched the new team shoveling a path through ice. We acted all innocent and asked when they were opening. "11–Well, 11:30," a nice man told us. So, get ready people. School's out for summer.
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Don't be surprised if you start seeing women young and old sporting cut-up Elmo t-shirts soon, because the furry red guy has never looked as good as he did stretched across Katy Perry's chest on Saturday Night Live last night.
She took on the whole controversy over her Elmo skit that was censored from Sesame Street after parents complained she revealed too much cleavage. If you missed it, check it out here:
Who knew how funny Katy Perry could be? And you're tempted to Google Elmo t-shirts, aren't you?
Perry's breasts are lovely, truly they are, and she certainly loves to show them off.
We've now seen them spew frosting from her cupcake bra in her "California Gurls" video and encased in plaster to be auctioned off for charity.
We've seen them squished into dresses and almost falling out of pretty much anything she wears.
But now that we've discussed and analyzed Katy Perry's boobs beyond ad nauseam, can we please move on?
She's a singer; they're just boobs -- about 50 percent of the population has them. And while hers are nice, they're not that remarkable really. They have just been marketed really well.
I'm not knocking her, or her knockers, because clearly they're working for her. In fact the whole Elmo fiasco has led to her appearance with another cast of fictional characters -- The Simpsons. According to Entertainment Weekly she'll appear in a December 5 special as her herself along with puppets of The Simpsons characters.
Lord knows what she'll wear then to bring the attention back to her boobs just in time for the holidays ... if the attention has ever even left them.
So good for her, but I'm a little bored with her bust. So if we can we just move on or go back to discussing Kim Kardashian's ass or something, that would be great.
Are you sick of hearing about Katy Perry's boobs?
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After your invention is designed, created and marketed, orders will begin to come in, and it can be difficult for individuals without the means to manufacture their ideas in mass quantities to keep up. As an alternative to running their own business, many inventors choose to license the idea to a company. Licensing your invention idea means that another company will manufacture and sell the invention, and you will still earn profit from each sale. Inventors often choose to approach companies about their product ideas through a letter of intent.
Step 1
Research companies within your invention's market sector that are potential clients. Create a detailed list that outlines all the information you may need to refer to in your letter. Include similar inventions, important contact names and information, mailing addresses, email addresses and the company's business sectors. Know the business of the clients you are approaching well so that you will be able to pen a letter genuinely stating how your product fits into their line of products. Consult the company's annual reports if they are a public corporation. Call the company's Human Resources department to determine which employee is the proper contact for accepting new licensing requests.
Step 2
Type a template for your letter of intent. Format it like a professional business letter (see Resources), and include sections explaining the main purpose of your invention, its similarity to other products and the niche it fills in a market. Explain what stage of the patenting process you are currently in, such as filing or completed filing, and mention which law firm is representing you in this matter. Finish your letter outlining your direct contact information, and include a statement about your desired outcome of sending this letter. This may include a phone call or meeting to discuss licensing options.
Step 3
Review the letter with a patent attorney to ensure that you did not reveal too much information about your invention, which may lead to your intellectual property being stolen.
Step 4
Fill in the information in the letter template you created in Step 2 for each company on the list you created in Step 1. Create a separate letter for each company. Type each letter, and print on your personal letterhead. Sign each letter individually in ink.
Step 5
Mail your letter to the respective representatives at each corporation with a brochure about your invention if you have one.
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Top 3 Action-Packed Team Building Activities in Hong Kong
Gone are the days when team building was all about closing your eyes and throwing yourself backwards, whilst hoping that your colleagues were holding their hands tightly enough to catch you before you hit the ground. Today, there are so many cooler and more active ways to foster good relations amongst your workforce.
Here are three of the best action-packed team building activities in Hong Kong:
War Games
The ultimate in team building activities. Where having someone's back and them having yours can literally be the difference between life and getting hit by a rubber bullet. Not only are war and combat activities a great way to encourage teamwork, strategic thinking and leadership, they are also a fantastic way to get some exercise. Amazing how fast you can run when being chased by a colleague with a gun!
Check out http://www.impactforcecqb.com/if-wargame-activities for one of Hong Kong's best known combat game providers. They specialise in team building events to suit companies of all sizes.
Adventure Games
If the idea of running around shooting at your co-workers doesn't appeal, then how about being locked in a room with them? That's what is on offer at http://www.losthk.com/ which terms itself as "a series of reality escape rooms." Players are locked inside pre-set scenarios rooms and basically have to get out. The escapers are limited to use only the elements inside the game along with their abilities to find clues, solve puzzles, and perform actions in order to escape within 45 minutes. Whilst the main aim (apart from making it home) is to have fun, there is definitely an element of teamwork, communication, cooperation and leadership development.
Fun and Games
What better way to get your team laughing at themselves than have them jump around on a massive indoor indoor playground? Whether it's playing dodgeball, running up bouncy walls or just fine tuning your 'free-jumping' skills that takes your fancy, then you should check out the amazing http://www.bounceinc.com.hk/. Not only are there proven health benefits to trampolining, but with Bounce catering for large parties with a wide variety of activities, your team are sure to take their team spirit to new heights.
Last but not least.. Music and Team building?
Team Music® in Hong Kong provides corporate clients the latest indoor music team bonding and team building innovation – BANDINC® – The Ultimate Corporate Rock Band Experience. This is a great proposition for any corporate team organiser or human resource managers, searching out for the best corporate event ideas and fun activities for their colleagues, here in Hong Kong. BANDINC® is flexible as a Collaboration or Competition program. With absolutely no musical experience required at all, our participants play 2 songs as a band in 3 hours. The 7 musical instruments include Drums, Bass, Guitar, Keyboard, Ukulele, Percussions, Singing. We have customised BANDINC® to include CantoPop music, Mandarin Pop music, English Pop music, in order to suit the corporate participants here in Hong Kong.


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I don't know what it is with tie dye, but I am always drawn to it! It is just such a fun and carefree look that I feel it is perfect for the spring/summer season! I picked up these pants from the Gap about a year ago and I have been living in them on the more brisk summer days!
Abram and I went for a walk along one of the many beautiful pathways in Edmonton and snapped these photos – I loved the long line of benches! So fun!
I've linked some similar pants below! Take a peek!
Free People 'Sunever' Leather Gladiator Sandal (Women)
Free People 'Oliviera' Gladiator Sandal (Women)
Topshop 'Fig' Cutout Lace-Up Gladiator Sandal (Women)
Caslon® Oversize Stripe V-Neck Tee
Pleasant Surprise Heather Grey Tee
Pyknic Life in the Breakfast Lane Tee
Rag & Bone/JEAN The Classic Tee
Billabong Midnight Hour Black Tie-Dye Pants
MICHAEL Michael Kors Tie-Dye Wide-Leg Pants, Petite
White denim jacket:
Mavi Jeans 'Samantha' Distressed White Denim Jacket
Hudson Jeans Denim Jacket (White 2)
Hope you enjoyed the post!
With Love, Meg


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Yolo CountyHome Sitemap Contact
Facilities Directory
To find a County facility use the drop down menu below.
- By category (County building, Library or Park)
- By department (For example, Assessor or District Attorney)
Camp Haswell
- Address:1999 Highway 16
Rumsey, CA 95679
- Phone:(530) 406-4880
- Parks
- Address:1999 Highway 16
Located 2 miles north of the town of Rumsey along State Highway 16. This old Boy Scout Camp is ideally situated to enjoy Cache Creek, have a picnic, or just pull off the road for a rest in the summer. Potable water is not available. Portable restroom is available in the summer. This park is heavily used by rafters as a take-out site. Overnight Camping is prohibited. Closed at sunset.Return to full list >>


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Do you live near your parents?
Children of Aging Parents Are Often Nearby, Study Finds
Who moves?
For decades, demographers and gerontologists have investigated the senior migration. Researchers talked about "amenity moves" when healthy retirees head for places with gentler climates and lower costs of living, and "assistance moves" when those same people return, less healthy and more needy, to live near family. They published articles about the so-called J-shaped curve.
"It wasn't until later that people began to ask, 'What about the kids?'" said Michal Engelman, a University of Chicago gerontologist and an author of a new study that helps answer that question. "We had a hunch there was more to this story."
Isn't there always? Much of what we think we know about who lives where as people age — a key factor in this country, which plunks elder care responsibility so squarely on family shoulders — is simplistic or plain wrong. more>>
Source: Paula Span/The New Old Age


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Protecting key people should be an essential part of any business plan. You probably already protect many of the important things that keep the business running smoothly, like property, fleets and stock. So it makes sense to insure your most valuable assets: your staff and business owners.
This short video helps explain why this type of insurance is important and can help you identify your key people.
To find out more about Key Person cover, please speak to your financial adviser.
Business as usual can suddenly become very difficult if one of your key employees, someone the business heavily relies on, dies or suffers a serious illness.
How long could your business survive without them?
Different types of businesses will have different key people.
They could be your best performing sales person, a software engineer, one of the business owners.
And the risks associated with losing a key person can include:
Key Person cover is a type of insurance that can protect the survival of your business.
It pays out a lump sum if your key employee dies or is diagnosed with a critical illness.
You can use the money to:
Key Person cover can give your business the breathing space needed during a period of instability and uncertainty.
To find out more, please speak to your financial adviser.


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Taylor Swift and Selena Gomez's friendship remain stronger than ever.
As the reputation stadium tour headed to Los Angeles this weekend, fans were hoping the "Delicate" singer would have a few surprises up her sleeves. As it turns out, she had some famous friends ready to take the stage.
During Saturday night's sold-out show at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Taylor brought out her longtime bestie for a performance of "Hands to Myself."
"I want to say thank you to my best friend of about 12 years, almost 13. And the reason why she has been one of my best friends is because this person has never, ever judged a single decision I've made," Selena shared with the audience while wearing a jumpsuit from Osman. "She's always met me where I've been. She's encouraged me when I've had nothing to be encouraged about. And I don't know if I would be as strong as I am if I didn't have you and your family because you changed my life."


text: Athanasios Tsiouris, M.D. Athanasios Tsiouris, M.D., is a board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon. He attended medical school at the University of Thessaly, Greece, and holds membership with the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He completed a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine; and completed his Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency at St. George's Hospital, London. He also completed his general surgery residencies at both the Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Mich., and the Royal Free Hospital, London. Dr. Tsiouris has authored numerous publications and book chapters on a variety of cardiothoracic concerns and is a reviewer for multiple peer-review scientific journals. He has numerous certifications, including advanced Trauma Operative Management. He has particular interests in valve repair and replacements, aortic disease, off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), arrhythmia surgery, lung cancer and diseases of the pleura, mediastinum and chest wall. For an appointment, please call 913-596-7224.


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October 20th, 2011
Scene from David Lynch´s famous movie Mulholland Drive? No, David Lynch´s new nightclub Silencio in Paris. Apart from nightclub, Silencio is also restaurant, bar, concert hall, art library and private screening room and above all a private member´s club. Rates: €780 regular membership a year, €1500 premium and €420 under 30´s and non French residents.
Club Silencio, 142 rue de Montmartre, Paris


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10 Design Tips & Hacks for PowerPoint
Ahh yes, you know, the one program designers just absolutely love. The one program we did not realize we would be using at least 25% of the time when we signed up for our designer role, which explicitly called out for skills needed in Adobe Creative Suite but voilà, here we are again battling PPT's constraints and gritting our teeth designing in a program not designed for designers.
Hopefully the tips below can relieve some of the pain. For all else, we still got our Excedrin, coffee, or whatever your preferred vice may be.
Design Tips:
- Stop using templates. No repeating elements on every slide. We are no longer in 1997 and obligated to have the damn title, logo, slide number, and your mother's maiden name on every slide. If you do choose to have an element repeat on every slide, just make it the slide number.
- Use a clear navigation. If a Table of Contents is present, make the listing of contents hyperlinks for easy access to slides.
Use prominent, consistent slides throughout the presentation that distinguish a change in sections.
3. Consider making it interactive if the PPT is being distributed for individual use instead of used in a presentation setting.
4. Less text, more imagery for clarity of content (think photography, infographics, icons to separate info).
5. HOWEVER if the presentation requires a lot of text, make sure the color scheme and overall theme is simple, therefore the focus is still on the text and the viewer is not overly distracted by competing visual design elements.
Tech Hacks within PPT:
- To create a splash photography background that isn't going to compete with the content overlaying it (and without having to edit in an external program i.e. Photoshop), create a shape over the entire image and experiment with the opacity in the transparency settings (Format Shape> Solid Fill > Transparency). You could try a white, black, or even solid color overlay.
2. A coworker of mine taught me this one. When wanting to copy formatting in PowerPoint or MS Word, highlight new texts, bullets, or headings and hit (Crl+Shift+C) to copy your desired format, and paste it by pressing (Crl+Shift+V).
3. Navigation shortcuts are your best friend. "F5" Starts the presentation. "N" changes to the next slide. "P" moves back a slide. Jump to a certain slide by entering the # of the slide and then hit "Enter."
4. Input a specific color using a hex code or RGB in the color settings. (Color> paint bucket icon> More Colors…> Select slider icon [second to left] > Choose whether to input RGB or Hex code in provided fields.)5. To duplicate more than one object, but keep them aligned, simply hold down Shift while selecting all of the desired objects, then ALT and drag either vertically or horizontally.
There you have it! (For now, until I discover even more methods of cheating PPT's ridiculous ways, muahaha) I'd also love to read any hacks that you may have discovered along your amazing PPT journeys! Leave a comment below to share.
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Nicolette Shasky is a creative soul with a specialty in visual storytelling and UI/UX Design. She currently works as a Visual + Analytics Designer at Interactions Marketing in San Diego, California.


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It's time to take charge of our digital identity
By Christopher Harris — School Library Journal, 01/01/2010
It's 2010. Do you know where your personal information is? Unless you rang in the New Year from some off-the-grid cave, much of your digital identity is out there floating freely around the Net. Going online requires a careful balancing act, in which users must weigh both privacy and participation, caution and convenience. Luckily, there are tools to help you.
The first step is gaining some understanding of privacy issues in the digital age. Sure, there's a lot of fearmongering, but at the same time, don't be naive about the realities of living a connected lifestyle. Your mobile phone, for instance, has GPS location services that track your every move. Sprint received more than eight million requests for location information from law enforcement in a year, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. EFF has joined a lawsuit against the government in an effort to gain more information about how social networking data is being used. One major concern is the different level of protection enjoyed by a physical diary one keeps in a bedroom versus an online journal maintained on a blog or social network profile.
To help inform the public about digital privacy, the American Library Association's Office of Intellectual Freedom has launched a new Web site,PrivacyRevolution.org. Proudly declaring "I am not an open book" on its front page, the new site offers privacy-related news, as well as related tips and tools for libraries and patrons. The site is still evolving, but, already has a great selection of videos and content from "privacy allies," such as author and blogger Cory Doctorow and the Freedom to Read Foundation. Then there's Choose Privacy Week (May 2–8, 2010)—take advantage of the planning tools on PrivacyRevolution and get involved.
You can also take responsibility for your digital identity on a more personal level. As online citizens begin to demand more control of their privacy, technology companies are responding. Google recently announced a new service called Dashboard. The tool displays all of your personal information that Google holds across its many applications. So from one site, I can easily manage my two Google calendars, 13 profile entries, 387 contacts, and 10,238 email conversations. While the new service is a solid step forward, even more important is Google's assertion that when you delete something from its services, the content is, in fact, gone (to the extent that something can generally be considered deleted; forensic analysis of a hard drive will reveal traces of data).
So how do we make 2010 the year we take back our privacy? An essential step—and our biggest challenge—will be education. We have to find the right tone for discussing privacy with students. Lecture too severely and we risk alienating a population that we know is going to be online anyway. Engendering fear won't work either; yet students must understand the consequences of poor digital choices.
From social network profiles that share too much information to the moe potential for harm posed by sexting, privacy is the next frontier of our explorations online.
Author Information
Christopher Harris (firstname.lastname@example.com) is coordinator of the school library system of the Genesee Valley (NY) BOCES.
Courtesy: http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com
Filed under: Online safety Tips, online privacy


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For 'natural media' painters, MyBrushes for Mac and iOS was developed by EffectMatrix, with a popular Windows version already in circulation -- it has a simple and easy interface -- you don't need knowledge of color system such as RGB, HSV and others.
There are more than 100 preset realistic brushes to simulate the effects of brush painting, watercolor painting, oil painting, chinese painting, drawing, chinese calligraphy, and so on. Even without much knowledge on painting, MyBrushes allows anyone to easily create their own artworks by choosing from a large selection of background templates. The software is designed to be simple and fast at what it does.
Packed with an ultimate fast drawing engine, MyBrushes Pro is the smart choice for both professional illustrators and occasional doodlers, adults and kids. It turns your iPad into a powerful sketchbook!MyBrushes features highlights:Layering system:
- 1 Unlimited layers -- every layer is UNLIMITED size!
- 2 Create, delete and re-order layers.
- 3 Duplicate and clear a layer.
- 4 Copy and paste layers.
- 5 Support Layer's Translation, Rotation, Scaling
Unique Painting Studio Features:
- 1 Unlimited size canvas.
- 2 Record and Playback your drawing videos. Previous painting and undo actions were saved. You can enjoy it or re-edit it during the playback.
- 3 Powerful painting engine to support fast painting, smooth and responsive painting (precision & performance).
Image Editing Studio:
- 1 Text input.
- 2 Import images or photos from your devices and draw over your images.
- 3 Instant image processing.
- 4 Image alpha channel
- 5 You can import lots of image formats to Mybrushes: JPG, BMP, PNG, GIF, PDF, PSD, PNT, RGB, ARW, BMPF, CUR, CRW, CR2, DCR, DNG, EPSF, EPSI, EPI, EPS, EXR, EFX, ERF, FPX, FPIX, FAX, FFF, GIFF, G3, HDR, ICNS, ICO, JP2, JFX, JFAX, JPE, JFIF, JPF, MPO, MAC, MRW, MOS, NRW, NEF, ORF, PICT, PIC, PCT, PS, PNTG, PNGF, PEF, QTIF, QTI, RAW, RAF, RW2, RWL, SR2, SRF, SRW, SGI, TRIC, TIFF, TGA, TARGA, TIF, XBM, 3FR, 8BPS
Advanced Brush System:
- 1 Continuous auto-save -- never loose work again.
- 2 Pressure-sensitive could be adjusted.
- 3 100 shapes high-quality natural brushes: brush, pencil, pen, airbrush, watercolor brush, chalk, charcoal, neon pens, special effect pens...
- 4 Rapidly adjust the brush size.
- 5 Preview the final effect of each brush style.
See just a few examples of users' work
|Portrait painting
|rural landscape
|summer clouds
|Tim Burton bride
|Wet cherry
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Review: A White Post Farm Birthday Party
Last week was mainly spent celebrating the birthday of our beautiful baby Bug, who recently turned three! The celebrations came to a close on Sunday, with a party for close friends and family at White Post Farm in Nottinghamshire. Anyone who knows Bug will... Continue reading →


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Friedrichshafen is unquestionably one of the most beautiful cities on Lake Constance and is known worldwide, thanks to the achievements of its most important son: Graf Zeppelin. He was an aviation pioneer who designed the futuristic Zeppelin airship, which had a decisive influence on the city's fortunes. His work can be seen in his own Zeppelin museum, which houses all kinds of wonderful exhibitions of art and technology. Beyond this, a beautiful lakeside promenade, a modern city centre and a newly built exhibition hall not far from the airport offer many more reasons for taking a flight to Friedrichshafen. The Lake Constance region has a warm, temperate climate and visitors will find the lake's waters very pleasant for bathing in the summer months. There are several recommended bathing places, including the Friedrichshafen outdoor swimming pool. When temperatures are cooler, visitors can explore Lake Constance aboard one of the excursion boats offering tours all over the lake. Generally speaking, the climate around Lake Constance is always mild and very low temperatures are rare, even in the winter months.
Furthermore, overnight stays in the Lake Constance region's business hotels can be arranged at the exhibition hall. Book a cheap flight to Friedrichshafen with SunExpress now, and come and discover the city where the Zeppelin was built, or visit one of the many trade fairs!
Friedrichshafen airport (FDH), which was opened in 1913, is also known as the Bodensee Airport and lies to the north of the city, just 3 kilometres from the centre. Its proximity to Friedrichshafen and other towns in the Bodensee region makes it a popular destination airport for Lake Constance holidaymakers. SunExpress also offers flights to Turkish destinations from here, and with other airline traffic included, the airport accommodates around 600,000 passengers per annum. In addition to passenger flights, the airport also serves the needs of the business sector, carrying around 7 tonnes of freight each year. Cities such as Lindau, Ravensburg, Meersburg and Konstanz are all close by and are popular with tourists and business travellers alike.
On a visit to Friedrichshafen, tourists will notice a distinctive city-centre landmark – the Palace Church (Schlosskirche). It was heavily damaged during the Second World War, and having since undergone extensive reconstruction, now serves both as a memorial and as one of Friedrichshafen's most iconic emblems. On the city waterfront, a 22-metre-high observation tower on the harbour pier offers visitors excellent panoramic views across the city. Elsewhere, Friedrichshafen's museums feature some interesting and unusual exhibitions. Alongside the famous Zeppelin Museum, the School Museum (tracing the history of school education) and the Dornier Museum of aviation are also well worth seeing. A stroll along the lakeside promenade, beginning at the Graf-Zeppelin-Haus and then following the shoreline, is the perfect way to unwind. There are small shops and restaurants all along the promenade, and a cup of coffee in the sun while enjoying the view across the lake is the ideal way to relax after a business meeting or a busy day of sightseeing. The waterside park, which lies directly behind the promenade, is another quiet area. Several mammoth trees were planted here more than 100 years ago and have now become one of the highlights of an extensive park.
After flying into Friedrichshafen, travellers can reach the city centre by various means. One possibility is to journey via the Southern Railway (Sudbahn) or the Lake Constance/ Upper Swabia line (Bodensee-Oberschwabenbahn). Each have stations at the airport, and there are buses taking travellers to the centre and other Friedrichshafen destinations. Of course, visitors can also hire a taxi, or if you prefer to use a rental car, you can travel via federal highways B30 and B31.
Friedrichshafen airport travellers often use waiting times to conduct business via their mobile devices, and to facilitate this, the airport offers free Wi-Fi across the whole site. Those who wish to meet with their business partners can do so without leaving the airport, since various on-site meeting rooms have been specially equipped to accommodate business consultations, presentations and conferences. Anyone planning to attend a trade fair, which is often the reason for a business trip to Friedrichshafen, will find their business destination is not far from the airport.


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Video: Fabric haul
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Yes, I've been shopping some fabrics again! I think I'm on a one in, one out situation right now. I've indeed sewn a lot from my stash this year (I think 14 garments in total, but some of those were for my kids) – but I have also bought some fine fabrics. In today's vlog I give you the goss of latest fabric shopping finds (though I forgot the eyelet fabric I bought in Spain, maybe I was denial of exactly how much I've been buying lately!).
Anyways, this particular fabric haul includes a printed cotton voile "Italian style", a big batch of colourful workout fabrics plus a sensational folklore inspired wool jersey.
About my fabric shopping trip in Helsinki, including information about the stores
The activewear Meryl fabrics and the wool jersey were bought at a local store in Göteborg called Tygaffären
Also, I would love to know if you have any suggestion for good sewing patterns that will fit these fabrics!


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Taking It Home
What is done here at home in my heart is my religion. — Margaret Fuller (1810-1850)
Focus your intention to try and notice yourself or someone else struggling to keep their personal integrity intact—that is, struggling to take heart. What can you do as a practice of your faith to help yourself or someone else stay the course?
Decide, after doing the project, whether a faith in action theology of the human heart strategy should become part of your spiritual practice.
Faith in Action
Investigate ongoing social justice and service projects that engages a number of people in your congregational community, or a local interfaith project (food pantry, soup kitchen, advocacy for fair housing, and voter registration are some possibilities). Invite some who regularly give time to the project to come speak with the group. Ask them to describe the beginnings of their own involvement and share what sustains their involvement over time. Have they, like Fuller, embodied "hope" in their actions? Are there other emotions that call them to involvement in the project? As a group, volunteer time to help with the project.


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A review of lessons from past EMMER/COPE successes and failures demonstrates two factors commonly observed in implementations that achieve positive (versus negative) outcomes: 1) designing a system that is usable by clinicians n the clinical work context, and 2) adequately preparing users to adopt changes associated with the implementation. Based on this, a framework for User-centered Implementation (GUCCI) is presented.
This framework combines methods from user- centered design and change management to provide an implementation methodology that addresses these factors during implementation and improves the likelihood that positive outcomes are achieved. Next, this study examines clinician acceptance of an EMMER/COPE system implemented in a pediatric hospital system, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta (Children's).
Children's was selected for this research because they have employed an implementation approach founded in user-centered implementation principles and methods. The study examined physician, nurse, and other staff perceptions about the system's usefulness (performance expectancy (PEE)) implementation. The pre- and post-implementation models demonstrate that the factors that influence PEE change over time. Compatibility with work practices was important both prior to and following implementation.
Prior to implementation, users who perceived a greater need for the system and felt that their needs were represented in the sign process also had xi higher expectations of the impact the system would have on their Job performance. After implementation, PEE ratings were influenced primarily by characteristics of the system. These characteristics included how well the system supported clinical decision making, facilitated sharing information, and how easy it was to use (E).
One aspect of the roll process, the support provided by super users, also had a positive impact on PEE and E after implementation. This finding highlights the importance of having front-line support resources available on the units. Because Children's employed a GUCCI-based implementation approach, it was expected that good levels of user acceptance of the EMMER/COPE would be achieved. Study results indicate Children's implementation achieved positive perceptions of system ease of use (E).
However, this ease of use did not consistently translate to favorable ratings of the systems' impact on individual Job performance. Post-implementation PEE ratings remained neutral or positive for most user subgroups, a finding likely related to the fact that during this intermediate stage of the implementation both the paper hart and EMMER must be used. Managing these dual locations for patient information may be contributing to predominantly neutral, rather than positive, PEE ratings since this limits the ability of the system to contribute to gains in personal efficiency and effectiveness.
The findings on factors that influence PEE and E, two aspects of technology acceptance, and the PEE and E levels achieved with Children's EMMER were applied to provide further guidance for using GUCCI to achieve clinician acceptance of EMMER systems. Designing EMMER/COPE systems that are usable within the clinical work intent is important because it enables clinicians to focus time and energy on the patient, rather than on using the system. Accomplishing this in practice is difficult given the complexity of these systems and the dynamic clinical care processes they must support.
However, the GUCCI framework presented here can be effectively applied to EMMER/COPE implementations to ensure the usability, utility, and, consequently, acceptance of these systems. INTRODUCTION safety. As a result, many healthcare, government, and business groups are encouraging healthcare providers to adopt EMMER and COPE. For example, in the US the federal government, some state governments, and the Leap Frog Group, a consortium adopting these systems (2003).
These groups advocate adoption of EMMER and COPE because research on adoption of these systems demonstrates a number of benefits associated with their implementation. These benefits, reported in a number of studies and reviews (e. G. , Puissant, Peppier, Tambala, & Kewaskum, 2005; e. G. , Rothschild, 2004; van deer Meijer, Tangent, Troops, & Washman, 2003; Walker & Prophet, 1997), include: Reduction in the incidence of serious medication errors and adverse drug events DADS) Reduced length of patient stay Reduced cost of care (e. . , medication cost) Improved compliance with patient care guidelines Increased completeness and standardization of patient documentation Improved documentation efficiency for nursing staff Improved accessibility to/awareness of/interpretation of patient data (with caution about potential for information overload) Increased time spent with patients Improved communication between departments/professionals Despite some limitations (Berger & Kick, 2004; Orin, Shaffer, & Gullied, 2003;
Rothschild, 2004), the EMMER and COPE literature provides significant evidence of the benefits of implementing these systems. In addition to the reported benefits reviewed previously, these systems provide an infrastructure that truly enables transforming how 1 healthcare is delivered. EMMER/COPE facilitates standardization based on best practice care processes (All et al. , 2005) and COPE has the potential to resolve many current problems in medication prescribing (Shift & Rocker, 1998). For example, Lesser and colleagues (1997) found that the factors most commonly associated with prescribing errors were:
Knowledge and the application of knowledge regarding drug therapy (30%) Knowledge and use of knowledge regarding patient factors that affect drug therapy (29. 2%) Use of calculations, decimal points, or unit and rate expression factors (17. 5%) COPE, especially COPE including dose guideline support, can significantly reduce the potential for all of these factors contributing to errors. Note that while the literature provides evidence of the benefits of EMMER/COPE, these benefits are not reported consistently across all EMMER/COPE implementations.


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The Phantom in the Boardroom: Why You Shouldn't Be Scared to Work With a Ghostwriter
In this session, Chantielle will bust out the proton pack and provide you with an inside look at how to properly engage a ghostwriter within your organization. Citing real-world examples from her role as the Lead Content Strategist at Hyperwallet Systems Inc., Chantielle will educate session participants on:
- how a ghostwriter can improve the quality of your organization's content,
- the benefits of including ghosts in strategic planning,
- and tactics/tools for executing ghosted projects.
You'll leave the session armed with road maps for managing executive/ghost interactions, as well as actionable approaches for nurturing phantoms into fully visible members of your content team.
Chantielle is the Lead Content Strategist at Hyperwallet Systems Inc., a payments technology company headquartered in San Francisco. The former Head Honcho of Inklyo, an online content development platform designed to connect marketing consultants, agencies, and brands with professional writers, Chantielle has spent the better part of a decade ghosting on behalf of individuals and corporate entities. A huge fan of coffee, dinosaurs, and sarcasm, you can creep Chantielle on Twitter at @chantiellemac.


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Those nights when you just lay in bed and stare at the ceiling and try to make sense of it all. You try to figure out why certain things in your life happen and if there really is some greater scheme at the end of this all. Some kind of plan that has been put into place, and all the good and bad experiences that happen are simply meant to bring you closer to that end goal. Is it that? Or is life just purely coincidental and accidental? Yup it's one of those nights.
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So True..
"Just because you miss someone, doesn't mean you need them back in your life. Missing is just a part of moving on…"
Dear Human…
You've got it all wrong. You didn't come here to master unconditional love. That is where you came from and where you'll return. You came here to learn personal love. Universal love. Messy love. Sweaty love. Crazy love. Broken love. Whole love. Infused with divinity. Lived through the grace of stumbling. Demonstrated through the beauty of… messing up. Often. You didn't come here to be perfect. You already are. You came here to be gorgeously human. Flawed and fabulous. And then to rise again into remembering. But unconditional love? Stop telling that story. Love, in truth, doesn't need ANY other adjectives. It doesn't require modifiers. It doesn't require the condition of perfection. It only asks that you show up. And do your best. That you stay present and feel fully. That you shine and fly and laugh and cry and hurt and heal and fall and get back up and play and work and live and die as YOU. It's enough. It's Plenty."
Courtesy: A.Walsh
"Life is good, sometimes I forget."
Trapped – Laughing At Life's Ironies. Undeniably, bittersweet.
…It all seems like a blank page…. an empty canvass….a black place- dark and scary! Nobody's around. I can shout to my heart's content and no one can hear me- my pleas, sentiments, my non sense tell tales even. Suddenly, it dawned on me, I am alone, confused, terrified, and questioning- Am I supposed to be here? Do I belong on this bare pavement? Don't I deserve soothing much better? A lot of thoughts are running in my head, contrary to the hollow tarmac that I am in. The silence is deafening but reassuring, and finding safety in my solitude…
Funny how comforted I am by writing melodramatic and dark posts, like I am someone emotional and troubled young girl in her teens! These are just exaggerations of my tormented heart and disappointments on life's tragic turnarounds, and a by-product of my mind's flare for thought provoking embellishments of words and circumstances.
Well, actually, I am just a plain drama queen!
Truth be told, my darkest hours are probably about frustrations on dreams yet undone, promises broken, caving and frightened on something immaterial and perhaps because of my uber analysis and pessimistic imagination of "what-ifs", whining on my life's stony road and feeling lost, hating my life-style (literally not) and the fact that I don't bloody know what to do with my life (read: not being the person I want to be) at sixteen! (too young!)
Comparing your life with somebody is possibly not a good idea, but having a benchmark is for me a great push from being plain mediocre to be somebody who can make a difference. To leave a good legacy is probably what we all aim to accomplish in this world. And I believe not everybody is given the privilege. And I refuse to be not included on the few fortunate list. Thus the reason why I am so effing dying to do something epic in life- and start it by making all my dreams come true (that is getting out of this place!). It all seems so easy, you think? Bloody no! Even a mere grasp is still beyond my reach!
…And so as the sound of the leaves swaying and the kiss of the cold wind wakes up my senses, and brought me back to reality, I am slowly consumed with thoughts of bitter truths of how life easily come and go. Looking through an almost empty street overlooking my window made me realize of how one person and one incident can easily leave us hanging- without a warning, and there's no way going back but move forward….
Definitely I believe, we are shaped and are defined by our choices. My shallowness towards life can be irritating and non sense to many, but it echos my easy-going-attitude in appreciating even the most trivial and superficial things in life. Perhaps depressing over the past is too petty to be troubling when there are other more serious problems at hand, but the gist of this- which not many may understand- is breaking free from the grave events and circumstances in this world. Life in itself is already a serious business, and redundancy in dealing with it can be mortifying, so let's choose the other way around. As I said, one wrong, clouded decision can change our lives forever. Nobody said, it's going to be a walk in the park nor a stormy path, but dancing in the rain. The key is how you choose to react when things don't go as expected.
…Rain started to fall, and the maddening silence was filled with drizzles and whoosh breeze. From afar, I can hear girls screaming and running in the rain. My seclusion and deep thoughts have been invaded. And as the rain came in a jiffy, so is its abrupt stop! Indeed a close metaphor to life's uncanny certainties. There is no use denying, isolation is my best friend, and melancholia is my sedative. I am safest in my own little world, and my burgeoning thoughts, my comfort zone…
As another day has come an end, so are the negative feelings and unpleasant memories, which now belonged to the past. We may have stumbled and fall, yet what's important is how we came out strong and courageous after it. Yes, life is about dancing in the rain. Whatever's the tune, enjoying every sway is what matters the most. And it's totally not bad to be moving like jaggers!
Indeed, I am always lost with my thoughts, and perhaps trapped in this place- for now, yet I still firmly believe, I am free and liberated in many ways! Freedom can be overrated. But whatever it is, being able to run easily, go crazy, and do things I deem want defines exactly what independence and liberty is all about. It's priceless and essential. (Thankfully)
Laughing at life's ironies. Undeniably, bittersweet.


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James Woodfill11/11/2011 - 03/01/2012
In conjunction with the exhibition 2011 "Narrow Margins: 2011 KCAI Faculty Biennial" the Artspace invited artists within the KCAI community to submit proposals for the Artspace Project Wall. The selection committee included Ayla Rexroth, Jason Pollen, Katherine Pill, Archie Scott Gobber and Cara Megan Lewis. The committee chose the work of Kansas City artist and KCAI alumnus and instructor James Woodfill.
Woodfill's image originated from an ongoing series of composite photo work started in 2007. According to Woodfill, this body of work explores the graphic perceptual presence of architecture and the dilemma of trying to remedy visual dissonance in the environment. Implicit in this visual disarray are the chaotic, organic social and cultural conditions that cause it. This work, as well as a variety of sculptural installations over the past few years, is an attempt to mentally reform these conditions, allowing coherent structures to emerge from the chaos. Woodfill has lived and worked as an artist in Kansas City since his graduation from KCAI.
For more information about the artist, visit jameswoodfill.com


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Wednesday, April 27, 2011
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Bachmann won't raise debt ceiling
With the recent budget deficit debates and now today's Debt Ceiling Summit at the White House, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann timed the release of her first 2012 election TV ad perfectly.
The 30-second ad, which will begin airing in Iowa later today, starts out on a time-lapse beauty shot of Bachmann's hometown of Waterloo, Iowa. The video scans over family Kodak photos as she touts her Hawkeye roots and staunch fiscal conservatism.
"As a descendent of generations of Iowans, I was born and raised in Waterloo. As a mom of five, a foster parents, and a former tax lawyer and now a small business job creator, I know we can't keep spending money that we don't have," Bachmann states in the ad. The spot ends with her pledge, "That's why I fought against the wasteful bailout, against the stimulus. I will not vote to increase the debt ceiling."
After Tim Pawlenty, the congresswoman is now the second Republican presidential candidate to air a TV ad in Iowa. Yesterday, Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced a $75,000 radio ad buy.
According to the latest major polls in Iowa and New Hampshire, Bachmann came in second place in the first two primary states, just behind Mitt Romney in Des Moines Register Iowa poll released in late June. The ad comes weeks before next month's Iowa Straw poll, a key moment for Bachmann's campaign.


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|"We are rebirthing a region," says Paco Lara Sirvent
of Cuna de Tierra winery in Dolores Hidalgo
Four miles from the art galleries and boutique hotels that line the cobblestone streets in San Miguel de Allende, cactus-studded country roads lead to the vineyards at Dos Buhos, an organic winery where art and agriculture intersect inside a barn transformed into a rustic tasting room.
Woden foundry molds from old train cars decorate stone walls hung with paintings by local artists. Classical guitar music plays in the background as winemaker Diane Maycotte lays out a spread of plum marmalade, home-grown olives and local cheeses. She pours glasses of what she calls her "Not-shy rosé," a dry, Provençal -style wine with enough "punch'' to stand up to spicy Mexican food. Later comes a fruity Cabernet Sauvignon/Tempranillo blend, and finally a sweet Moscato paired with carmel and salt macaroons made by a new French bakery.
|Diane Maycotte at Dos Buhos near San Miguel de Allende
"We are really reviving history," says Texas native Maycotte, of her decision to plant grape vines ten years ago on a ranch that has been in her husband's family for 50 years. She's not alone. Estimates are there are 20-plus vineyards in the state of Guanajuato, a high-desert area in central Mexico, where just as in neighboring Querétaro, the Spanish conquistadors imported vines from Europe, and introduced wine-making in the 16th century, technically making Mexico the oldest wine producer in North America. I report on the latest trends in the November issue of Virtuoso Life Magazine.
"You don't think of Mexico as a wine destination," observes Adamarie King, owner of Connoisseurs Travel, an agency specializing in travel to Mexico and Italy. "But it's becoming more of one, certainly as the food scene explodes in Mexico. While nearly 90 percent of the wine produced in Mexico comes from the Baja region, "the climate (and altitude) around Guanajuato and Queretaro tends to be very user-friendly for growing grapes."
High government taxes hinder exports, the reason why most of the wine coming from this region - mainly young, low-alcohol red blends and a few whites - is available only locally. Family-owned wineries such as Dos Búhos and others lure visitors into the countryside for tours and tastings, gourmet picnics, private candlelight dinners in underground barrel rooms and lots of innovation.
"It's all so new here, we're not bund by a lot of the laws you have in Europe and the U.S.," says Maycotte, taking a sniff of port aging in her barrel room. "You'd be crazy if you weren't experimenting."
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Around the corner from Dos Búhos, Mexican women hover over clay pots, dishing out tacos filled with organic wild greens, zucchini and mushrooms. The makeshift lunch counter adjoins Vinícola Toyan, an organic farm and winery where all 35 workers are women. Like Maycotte, owner and winemaker Martha Molina García began growing grapes - six varieties in all - ten years ago. She released her first 2009 vintage in 2012, and currently offers a Sauvignon Blanc and Cabernet/Merlot blend in bottles decorated with handmade pressed aluminum labels.
|Martha Molina Garcia in the vineyard at Vinicola Toyan
The highlight of a visit here is a tour or a private tasting inside a cellar dug 45 feet underground. A meterorite sits at the entrance, which Garcia believes provides "calming'' energy for the wines. Watching over the barrels and bottles are 24 stone statues of monks tucked into niches glowing with blue lights.Tastings take place at a long table inside a working winery crammed with bags of corks piled on top of each other. "Wine is magic,'' says Garcia as she pours from a bottle of Lux de Lux, a sauvignon blanc decorated with a label of pressed aluminum.
|Statues of monks watch over the
wine in the cellars at Vinicola Toyan
Twenty-five miles from San Miguel, in the colonial city of Dolores Hidalgo, Juan Manchón, winemaker at Cuna de Tierra, revived a tradition of grape-growing started by his father 35 years ago on a farm where the owners continue to grow olives, corn, beans, poblano chiles and strawberries.
|The tasting room at Cuna de Tierra
Experimenting with 18 varieties of grapes, Cuna de Tierra began selling wine commercially in 2009, and now produces six reds and one white in a two-year-old winery built of concrete, iron and wood. Tours start in the vineyards on a wooden carriage pulled by a tractor. After a stop at an observation tower for chilled glasses of rosé, tastings continue inside the winery over platters of mesquite honey, farm-grown table grapes, Serrano ham and cheeses from Querétaro, the neighboring state where vineyards and wineries are bigger, older and more established than in Guanajuato.
Among the biggest is Spanish vintner Freixenet's Mexican operation, known for its sparkling cava. With tour buses crowding the parking lot and vendors hawking tacos and grape-shaped earrings, Freixenet feels like a theme park for wine enthusiasts. Smaller and more relaxed is Bodegas de Cote, opened next door to Freixenet last November. Customers enter a softly-lit lobby next to a glass-enclosed winery opened in November of 2014. A restaurant with a wrap-around terrace overlooks the vineyards where the owners are experimenting with 24 varieties of grapes. Avan Flores, a young chef from Mexico City, composes "tapas'' lunches, pairing the bodega's six wines with six small plates. Afterwards, visitors can tour the vineyards with a guide on foot or by bike.
|The terrace restaurant at Bodegas de Cote
Newest on the regional scene is Caminos D'Vinos, a winery, restaurant, hotel and housing complex with a social purpose. Located ten miles along a remote mountain road from the city of Guanajuato, and developed by the Lintel Group, a large Mexican construction company, the project's aim is to combat poverty in surrounding small towns with sustainable development.
|Caminos D'Vinos aims for community impact
It will be a few years before Caminos produces wines from its own French-imported vines. In the meantime, winemakers plan to use grapes grown by others to start production next year in a dome-shaped winery built on the ruins of an old silver mine.
"What we try to do is have an impact," says Lintel president Ricardo Betancourt, who often shows up at the site in khakis and a hard hat. "Grape vines lives 100 years or more. Because of that, you can change an area for life."
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How to visit: Some wineries have regularly scheduled tours and tastings; others welcome visitors by appointment. Call ahead, or ask a travel agent to work with a local tour operator to set up private tours that include transportation, tastings and/or lunches or dinners catered by local chefs. Guanajuato Tourism publishes a booklet with maps and information on the region's wineries. Ask for the "Circuito de Vino Guanajuato." Queretaro Tourism has wine and cheese route information on its website.
"I recommend getting a good (Spanish-speaking) guide," says King. "The wineries are spread out...Generally, they're not set up the way they are in Napa where you can go just wander form winery to winery and do tastings."
When to go: Harvest season generally goes from late July into September. Many of the wineries sponsor vendimias - wine festivals- with music, food, concerts and special tasting events.
Weather: Parts of Guanajuato and Querétaro are 6,000-8,000 feet above sea level. Mornings and evenings are cool while days are hot and dry.
Where to stay: Three top-end choices:
Book a table at the Rosewood San Miguel de Allende's rooftop bar, and take in the views while sipping mezcal spiked with a Serrano chili. The 67 rooms, most with fireplaces, surround flowered courtyards and art-filled arcades in a quiet area near the Parque Juarez.
The Belmond Casa de Sierra Nevada's 37 rooms are scattered throughout a cluster of historic mansions in the heart of San Miguel. The hotel has a cooking school and a pool in a courtyard surrounded by flowered gardens and shade trees.
The Villa María Cristina is a 33-suite boutique hotel built in 1849 as a private home in Guanajuato's posh La Presa neighborhood. Open-air balconies and tiled patios simulate life as it was century ago. After day day of sightseeing, relax in the indoor Roman bath-style pool or outdoor terrace Jacuzzi.


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Virtual Assistant (Office-Based)
SG Interactive, Inc.
- Makati, PhilippinesUnit 11-A Valero Tower, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines, Makati, Metro Manila, PhilippinesMakatiMetro ManilaPhilippines
- Full time
Posted 4 months ago and deadline of application is on 17 Jan
Recruiter was hiring 2 days ago
Job Description
As a Virtual Assistant, you will be providing support to our clients and employees, assisting in daily office needs and help manage company's general administrative activities. You will perform a variety of administrative and clerical tasks.
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide general administrative and clerical support
- Perform data entry and file maintenance
- Help develop a filing system for company's historical data
- Create and modify various documents in both Microsoft Office and Google Apps
- Help in generating reports for the clients
- Update records in Salesforce
- Reviewing and managing business contract
Minimum Qualifications
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Excellent command of the English language (reading, writing, listening, and speaking)
- Requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, good judgment, and the ability to work on confidential documents
- Must be able to maintain professionalism and positive service attitude at all times
- Willing to work the night shift
Perks and Benefits
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Vacation Leave
- Paid Sick Leave
- Paid Bereavement/Family Leave
- Maternity & Paternity Leave
- Single Parent Leave
- Medical / Health Insurance
- Transportation Allowances
- Free Lunch or Snacks
Preferred Courses
- Psychology [Psychology]
- Business Administration [Human Resource Development Management]
- Political Science and BS Legal Management
Jobs Summary
- Job level
- Entry Level / Junior, Apprentice
- Job category
- Administration and Coordination
- Educational requirement
- Bachelor's degree graduate
- Recruiter response to application
- Sometimes
- Office Address
- Unit 11-A Valero Tower, Makati, Metro Manila, Philippines
- Industry
- Graphic Design / Web Design
- Vacancy
- 5 openings
- Website
- http://www.sginteractive.ph/
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About SG Interactive, Inc.
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Transcript Is Care-Fronting the Answer
Antagonistic behaviors such as: Gossiping, undue criticism, Innuendo, scapegoating, Weinand, M. R. (2010). Horizontal violence in nursing: history, impact, and solution. JOCEPS: The Journal Of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, 54(1), 23-26. Undermining, passive aggression, Bickering , blaming behaviors Sabotage Emotional dumping, indiscriminate venting Why susceptibility among nurses • Antagonistic behaviors among oppressed people i.e.: women • Nursing predominately women • Antagonistic behaviors, a form of self-hate • Demonstrated in the classroom with faculty dominating student nurses. • Nurse managers and supervisors cited as frequent users of bullying culture & top down style End Product from HV • Overwhelming sense of negativity cultivated • Aggression breeds aggression • Low morale • High turnover • Increased absence • Low productivity Formal training in teamwork, positive feedback, conflict management and confrontation skills Solutions to the problem Embrace transformational leadership Inspire and challenge staff; Utilize active listening, Advise and coach staff; Have a positive vision Reward resolution vs. identification of problems King-Jones, M. (2011). Horizontal Violence and the Socialization of New Nurses. Creative Nursing, 17(2), 80-86. • overt and covert nonphysical hostility, • criticism, sabotaging, undermining, infighting, scapegoat, and bickering • unkindness, discourtesy, divisiveness, and lack of cohesiveness • belittling gestures, verbal abuse, gossiping, sarcastic comments, faultfinding, devaluing comments, • disinterest and discouragement, and controlling behaviors HV stems from oppression HV is how oppressed people cope with powerlessness HV, a display of powerlessness & negative emotions Knowledge is power -- a cycle of power and resistance To resolve HV, address the dynamics of power and conflict Hahn, J.A. (2011), Managing Multiple Generations: Scenarios From the Workplace. Nursing Forum, 46(3), 119-127. • Increased numbers of generations working together creates more opportunity for misunderstanding • Veterans, [born before 1945] • Baby Boomers, [born 1946-1964] • Generation X, [1965-1976] • Gen Y/Millennials [1977-1997] Veterans – before 1945 Grew up in times of political and economic uncertainty, lived experience of the Great Depression and World War II Nursing as a helping profession and unselfish Expect rewards for hard work Baby Boomers – '46 to '64 Strong sense of duty, called workaholics Lived experience of prosperity Look to empower Arrive early to work Generation X – '65 to '76 Millennium/Gen Y – '77 to '97 Independent, self-directed, and techno-savvy Technology and instant communication Latchkey kids Accepting multiculturalism Grew-up quicker and stayed adolescents longer After-school activities, such as swimming, soccer, dance Quality of life important their parents work long hours and experienced downsizing Want work-life balance Generation Veterans <1945 Generational styles Stable Reliable Practical Loyal Baby Boomers 1946–1964 Generation X 1965–1976 Millennials 1977–1997 Involvement Personal growth Optimism Mentors Think globally Techno-literacy Pragmatic Asynchronous communication Skeptical Multitasking Technologically savvy Outcome driven Determined Kupperschmidt, B. (2006). Addressing multigenerational conflict: mutual respect and carefronting as strategy. Online Journal Of Issues In Nursing, 11(2), • Kupperschmidt argues that professional nurses must care enough about their patients, profession, colleagues, and themselves to 'carefront' disrespectful behavior Treating each other with respect is a nurse's ethical responsibility Carefronting, a model of communication used when professional nurses care enough about themselves and their patients to confront disrespectful behavior face-to-face The goal is the ability to work together to provide safe patient care in an environment based upon mutual respect A newly registered nurse Renee is working alongside Jeanette, a nurse of twenty five years in a busy trauma emergency room. Patient Glendale, a frequent flyer, presents complaining of chest pain radiating to his right arm, his history includes hypertension managed with a beta blocker and drug seeking behavior. Jeanette blurts out, "Back so soon. Ran out of your Percocets in three days did you?" Renee goes to his bedside places him on the cardiac monitor, performs and EKG and tells the physician the patient may be experiencing a heart attack. Jeanette waltzes over, rolls her eyes, sighs and sarcastically says, "This rookie needs to go back over there and complete his history and physical before jumping to conclusions. Embarrassed Renee walks away. Later she seeks out Jeanette and asks to speak to her in a private area. Yvonne Bivins MSN RN Nadia Primus MSN RN Carefronting Techniques based on Kupperschmidt (2006) When you called me a rookie and said I jumped to a conclusion (what was the action). I felt humiliated (your reaction). Because it portrays me as someone in a rush (what does it look, sound or feel like). Was it your intention to embarrass or humiliate me? (repeat what the action was, STOP! wait for a response) In the future talk to me in private (what behavior you want to see). Are you committed to treating me as respected colleague? (What you want them to do?) If there isn't a change, I will arrange a meeting with the supervisor to discuss your actions (what is the consequence). 16 16 14 12 10 8 6 7 5 4 2 0 Associate Degree Bachelor's Degree Number of Participants Graduate Degree Pre-test Post-test Baby Boomer RNs 7 4 Generation X RNs 17 8 Yvonne Bivins MSN RN Nadia Primus MSN RN compared pre and post mean scores of the participants' perceived ability to utilize Carefronting • pre-test M= 40. 75, SD=4.15 • post-test M= 43.08, SD=3.08 • Highest possible score being 50 and the lowest 10 • Alpha set at p<0.05 • There was no significant difference t(11) = -2.17, The 95% confidence interval for the mean difference between the two means was -4.70 to 0.03. Yvonne Bivins MSN RN Nadia Primus MSN RN compared Baby Boomer to Gen X mean scores on perceived ability to utilize Carefronting • No significance difference in the Baby Boomer & Generation X mean scores • pre-test t(24) = .992, p = .33 • post-test t(11) = .154, p = .88 Carefronting Techniques based on Kupperschmidt (2006) When you called me a rookie and said I jumped to a conclusion (what was the action). I felt humiliated (your reaction). Because it portrays me as someone in a rush (what does it look, sound or feel like). Was it your intention to embarrass or humiliate me? (repeat what the action was, STOP! wait for a response) In the future talk to me in private (what behavior you want to see). Are you committed to treating me as respected colleague? (What you want them to do?) If there isn't a change, I will arrange a meeting with the supervisor to discuss your actions (what is the consequence). Take home Message 1. Horizontal Violence and Generational Conflict are a problem within nursing 2. Both are highly detrimental to the body of Black nurses Caring enough to confront may help Carefronting comes from a place of love, not bitterness or hate


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Yoshihiko Inoue-sensei (1928-2015)
Born in 1928, Inoue sensei was an accomplished author and a full time kendo leader. He was the current president of the 'All Japan Kendo Federation' for the Kendo Kata section.
This inspiring man lived in Japan and visited the Auckland Kendo Club once a year. He has been a true friend to New Zealand Kendo for the past 20 years, bringing knowledge, life experience and joy to New Zealand Kendoka. His teachings and philosophy about Kata were priceless and brought another dimension to everyone's practice.
Inoue Sensei took time from his busy schedule every year for many years to visit and instruct at massively successful seminars, in the Auckland Kendo Club and at National Camps.
The Sensei was truly a walking encyclopedia of knowledge, which was demonstrated continuously at his seminars or instructed by him individually during a class. His ability to lift all those he instructs to another level came from the fact he has trained countless struggling Kendoka over his many decades as a Kendo Icon.
- Yoshihiko Inoue (Inoue Sensei)
- Author and Kendo Instructor
- Hanshi Hachidan (8th Dan)
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Dogs and babies are the ultimate best friends pairing. They're both too adorable for words, and all they want to do is play. In footage posted on Reddit, this adorable little girl decided she was going to pretend to be a dog and play like one ... and her actual dog was super duper into it.
All she had to do was fake lunge at her pup a few times and he went bananas. These two friends probably entertain each other for hours.
The sweet dog could have gotten overly excited, but he totally knows how to be gentle with a baby. Perfect all around.


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Yesterday was awesome on several levels: hung out with my former UCLA TA (Dr. Paul Y. Chang), guest lectured for his class *Social Change in Modern Korea* on the topic of *Transracial Korean Adoption: History, Issues & Representations*, ate 팥빙수 with my dear friend Kyunghee at 청계천 (see image header and read "about the header" on my about page), and had dinner with my cousin Banghee's family. And then ate 팥빙수 again. Awesome, I tell you.
I gave my website address to Dr. Chang's students, so I'm posting this entry just to say HELLO to you all! I really enjoyed chatting with you during the break and after class. For more information about transracial Korean adoption, check out the links on the left sidebar (under Adoptee Organizations and Adoptees Speak) or feel free to email me (firstname.lastname@example.com) with questions. Study hard and good luck on your finals! ^^


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The state Senate passed a bill that would allow utilities to make political contributions. The bill's proponents say continuing to keep entities such as power companies out of politics violates a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Republican Senators who voted for the bill said the Supreme Court ruling known as "Citizens United" protects the right of utilities such as Georgia Power to give money to candidates.
Sen. Don Balfour of Gwinnett County the Supreme Court decision gives companies the same rights to freedom of speech as individual citizens have. And he said the state must bring its laws in line with the federal ruling:
"The Supreme Court has said corporate contributions are legal," Balfour said after the vote. "And therefore it's the law of the land and therefore if you have a state law that says you can't give corporate contributions, it's illegal."
But some question whether there's a conflict of interest because the bill would increase the influence of utilities among politicians. Speaking on the Senate floor Thursday, Democratic Senator Vincent Fort of Atlanta says there's already too much corporate money in politics.
"I don't think we know what we're doing," Fort said. "I think we ought to be talking about taking more money out of politics. We are going in the wrong direction."
Balfour says there's no conflict of interest because state law still bans contributions by utilities to the state Public Service Commission, which regulates power companies and other entities.


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P.E.I. scraps business immigration program criticized for oversight problems
CHARLOTTETOWN -- Prince Edward Island is scrapping a controversial business immigration program which prompted federal investigations alleging hundreds of applicants never settled on the Island.
The provincial government said Wednesday it will no longer accept applications from immigrants looking to set up a business on the Island in the entrepreneur stream of the Provincial Nominee Program.
The immigration program has faced criticism for granting permanent residency status -- a coveted step towards full citizenship -- before businesses were set up and people actually moved to P.E.I.
Under the program, the applicants provide the Island government with a $200,000 refundable deposit, and commit to invest $150,000 and manage a firm.
A spokesman for the Office of Immigration says in 2016-17 over half of all the 269 applicants who had "completed their agreements" forfeited their deposit and never opened a business, raising $18 million for the small province.
In addition, last year The Canadian Press reported on how three international students were asked by owners of businesses created under the program to return a portion of their wages to the business immigrants. In one case, a student said he was fired when he refused, and in two other cases, the students said they agreed to give back a portion of their income in cash.
Progressive Conservative Leader James Aylward said Wednesday the program bred public distrust and should have been cancelled years ago.
"It never passed the sniff test," he said in an interview.
"Our retention rate was dismal ... The government raked tens of millions of dollars from defaulted deposits."
The province had said it was conducting a review into the program, shortly after a series of investigations by the Canada Border Services Agency became public.
The Canadian Press also recently reported on a search warrant application by the agency that alleged hundreds of people gained permanent residency in Canada by using local addresses where they didn't live, using the PNP entrepreneur stream.
An investigator alleged 462 applicants to the provincial nominee program used Charlottetown homes belonging to two Chinese immigrants over the past four years as "addresses of convenience."
The investigator also said she suspected the immigrants didn't come to the Island and settle, contrary to the requirements of the provincial program.
Those allegations, which have not been proven in court, came two months after two Charlottetown hoteliers were charged with aiding in immigration fraud, with the CBSA alleging 566 immigrants used the addresses of the siblings' hotel and home.
The siblings have pleaded not guilty to immigration fraud charges, and their lawyer, Lee Cohen, has said there will be discussion with prosecutors about the sworn statements provided by the two accused.
Cohen says he's suggested "the possibility that the statements were not voluntarily given" in the case.
Chris Palmer, the province's minister of Economic Development, said in an interview that he wasn't forced by the federal government to shut down the program, despite the high-profile investigations.
"The feds didn't intervene and tell us to do this, no," he said.
Rather, he said it was due to his department's disappointment with its results in retaining immigrants on the Island.
"We weren't satisfied with it as our rates of retention weren't as high as we wanted them to be," he said.
However, Richard Kurland, an immigration lawyer based in Vancouver, said he sees a relationship between Ottawa's probes and the shutdown of the program.
"Trials involving the P.E.I. program start soon, so no surprise to see the P.E.I. government shutting down the program before all is revealed," he wrote in an email.
Kurland has long argued the Island's system should mirror British Columbia's program, which approves a business project first, makes the person spend two years on a work permit to ensure business success, and then requires the applicant to live near the business at least nine months a year.
"Only after that is done and the business is successful will the province hand over a 'nomination certificate' that lets the person apply for a permanent resident visa," he wrote.
"P.E.I. had it backwards, handing over the 'nomination certificate' first. That's not the way to go and the ... design flaw gave rise to a lot of problems."
"Keep the candy until the person lives up to their promises."
The province is noting that the entrepreneur stream is only a small part of the total number of immigrants it nominates.
It will continue to have a program where it nominates immigrants for work permits, where they will only be granted permanent residency if they fulfil their commitments to set up a business.
It will also continue to nominate immigrants who fill the province's labour needs.
The number of nominations accepted under the nominee stream currently totals about 150 people, which is about 15 per cent of the roughly 1,070 provincially sponsored immigrants expected to be nominated this year.
-- By Michael Tutton in Halifax.


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Objects and Collections: ArrayLists
Compile-Time vs. Run-Time
In Listing 4, you saw that the compiler actually issues an error when the code attempted to add an integer to an ArrayList that had a generic specification of a String. The major benefit here was that the compiler caught this and not the run-time environment. Why is this such a major advantage to software developers? Consider the code in Listing 5.
Listing 5: TestArrayList.java
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; class TestArrayList{ public static void main(String[] args){ ArrayList myList = new ArrayList(); myList.add("One"); myList.add("Two"); myList.add(3); Iterator i = myList.iterator(); while (i.hasNext()) { System.out.println( (String) i.next()); } } }
System.out.println( (String) i.next());
When you compile this code, you get the expected warnings.
C:\column26>"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\bin\javac" -Xlint -classpath . TestArrayList.java TestArrayList.java:10: warning: [unchecked] unchecked call to add(E) as a member of the raw type java.util.ArrayList myList.add("One"); ^ TestArrayList.java:11: warning: [unchecked] unchecked call to add(E) as a member of the raw type java.util.ArrayList myList.add("Two"); ^ TestArrayList.java:13: warning: [unchecked] unchecked call to add(E) as a member of the raw type java.util.ArrayList myList.add(3); ^ 3 warnings C:\column26>
The key term here is warnings. They are not errors, thus, the compiler completes and the application can now be executed. However, when you do execute this code, you have a problem, as seen below.
C:\column26>"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_06\bin\java" -classpath . TestArrayList One Two Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassCastException: java.lang.Integer at TestArrayList.main(TestArrayList.java:17) C:\column26>
Rather than receiving a compiler error, and then having to fix it before the application is released, you now have a program crash. Instead of the problem being dealt with early in the development cycle, you now have a serious problem that actual users have to deal with. Crashes occurring after release of an application are infinitely more expensive than attending to these problems prior to the release. Designing code to catch potential problems early is one of the basic tenets of Object-Oriented development. In this case, the development system itself, Java SE 1.5, now has the infrastructure in place to enforce certain type checking.
Iterator vs. Foreach
You have already used the Iterator interface in Listing 2. However, the SDK now provides yet another way to work your way through a List—the Foreach statement.
Note: Even though this statement does not actually use the keyword Foreach (actually the keyword for is used), it is called the Foreach statement to fall in line with similar statements in other languages).
The syntax for the Foreach statement is as follows:
for (String d : myList) System.out.println(d); }
The design of the Foreach is intended to make it a lot easier to use than the Iterator. It is interesting to note that the Iterator itself was an improvement over an earlier technique called an Enumerator.
Listing 6 walks through the list using both an Iterator and a Foreach statement.
Listing 6: TestArrayList.java
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; class TestArrayList{ public static void main(String[] args){ ArrayList<String> myList = new ArrayList<String>(); myList.add("One"); myList.add("Two"); System.out.println("Using an iterator"); Iterator i = myList.iterator(); while (i.hasNext()) { System.out.println(i.next()); } System.out.println("\nUsing Foreach"); for (String: myList) { System.out.println(pos); } } }
When you execute this program, you can see that the output is identical.
C:\column26>"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_07\bin\java" -classpath . TestArrayList Using an iterator One Two Using Foreach One Two C:\column26>The colors identifying parts of the following code fragment will help in understanding the syntax of the Foreach statement. In this case, the generic is <String> and the name of the list is myList. The use of the identifiers must be consistent.
ArrayList<String> myList = new ArrayList<String>(); for (String i : myList) { System.out.println(i); }
It is expected that the use of Iterators will diminish as Java SE 1.5 gains widespread use. However, just as with the discussion on Vectors in the previous article, developers still need to understand the use of Iterators because Iterators will be encountered in code wriiten prior to the adoption of the Foreach statement.
More ArrayList Methods
Now that you have looked at some of the more interesting aspects of using an ArrayList, you can explore some of the other syntax for an ArrayList. For the most part, the design decisions made when using ArrayLists are similar to those of a Vector.
You have seen that, once the ArrayList has been created, you can walk though the list with a Foreach statement and process all the elements in the list. However, you also can update specific locations within the list by using the set() method as seen in listing 7. Note that, when this application is run, four distinct items are added to the myList collection. The set() method then is used to update the element at location 1, replacing the string "One" by "1".
The first parameter specifies the location in the list and the second parameter contains the actual value that the element will be set to. Be careful not to confuse the number '1', which represents the location of the ArrayList, and the parameter "1", which represents a string argument. The similarity is intentional to make you think about what the arguments actually are.
Listing 7: TestArrayList.java
import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.Iterator; class TestArrayList{ public static void main(String[] args){ ArrayList<String> myList = new ArrayList<String>(); myList.add("Zero"); myList.add("One"); myList.add("Two"); myList.add("Three"); System.out.println("\nInitial List"); for (String pos : myList) { System.out.println(pos); } myList.set(1,"1"); System.out.println("\nUpdated List"); for (String pos : myList) { System.out.println(pos); } } }
When you execute this program, you can see that the element in location 1 of myList has been successfully updated.
C:\column26>"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_07\bin\java"
-classpath . TestArrayList
Initial List
Updated List
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This article was originally published on September 11, 2006
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