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Illinois recognizes security professionals in a variety of roles, including employees of security contractor agencies, employees of proprietary security forces, and private security contractors. Requirements vary according to employment circumstance. Some state mandates apply to professionals in multiple categories while others apply to only one.
Requirements are particularly stringent for private security contractors. They hold licensing as opposed to registration. In order to be license-eligible, security professionals must have supervisory experience. The licensing process is more expensive; licensees are required to carry insurance policies and pay higher fees.
An employee or guard who will be carrying a firearm will need an additional credential: a firearm control card.
Illinois has a basic training requirement for employees of security agencies (whether armed or unarmed) and for employees of proprietary security forces (when armed). The worker will need 20 hours of basic training during his or her first 30 days on the job (http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068012400F05050R.html).
Guards employed by private security contractor agencies will need an additional eight hours of training within their first six months.
An individual who is working in an unarmed capacity may be as young as 18 years old. He or she must meet fitness requirements. A criminal history is not always disqualifying. The Division will consider a number of factors (http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068012400F05250R.html).
The individual will submit the application along with background check materials and a $55 fee. A photograph will be required unless the applicant is granted an exception for religious reasons. Application materials and instructions are available online (http://www.idfpr.com/Renewals/apply/perc.asp).
There is a $55 registration fee.
Armed security employees must be at least 21.
A security employee who will carry a firearm will need to complete a 40-hour training course.
The prospective armed security employee can expect a written test and range test .
The Illinois firearm training requirement can be waived on the basis of law enforcement training. If the training was completed out-of-state, the professional will need to submit detailed description.
An individual who holds Illinois firearm instructor registration can also be granted a waiver.
Firearm control card application materials are available from the IDFPR (http://www.idfpr.com/renewals/apply/FAC.asp). There is a $75 application processing fee.
Background checks are required for contractor licensure and for employee registration.
In-state candidates have their fingerprints made electronically through the Illinois State Police. The Division has provided a vendor list (https://www.idfpr.com/LicenseLookUp/fingerprintlist.asp). Out-of-state candidates should request a fingerprint card from the Illinois State Police. They may call 1-800-560-6420.
An out-of-state candidate who uses hard copies will need to submit a certifying statement; the form is found in the application packet.
Private security contractors must be at least 21 years of age. They must have supervisory experience, though business or police-related education may substitute for a portion of the usual experience requirement.
Without qualifying education, a professional will need fully three years of experience at the supervisory level. The licensing agency can accept experience with a contract security agency or a security fleet that has at least 30 individuals registered. The licensing agency can also accept supervisory experience in 1) the security unit of a corporation that has at least 100 employees or 2) a military police/ security unit or law enforcement unit; the latter category may include political subdivisions such as the public defender's office.
The licensing agency may credit security supervisory experience accrued in another state if it is determined to be substantially equivalent.
The licensing agency can credit two years of experience for a baccalaureate degree in police science or a field related to police science. An individual with a business degree can also be credited with two years of experience. If the business or police science degree is at the associate level, the professional can be credited with one year. A non-degree police science (or related) program may be credited as a year if it is judged to be comparable to an associate program.
The applicant cannot have been convicted of a felony during the prior ten years. Additionally, he or she must be judged to have good character. Applicants can be disqualified on the basis of criminal history even if they have not been convicted of a felony during the prior decade. However, the process is not automatic. Various factors may be taken into account.
The contractor will need to take out a liability insurance policy. The amount is established in administrative code (http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068012400C02000R.html).
The prospective contractor will need to pass an examination with a score of at least 70% (http://www.ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/068/068012400C02000R.html). The security contractor examination includes state and federal law, security practice, and license and practice requirements. A study guide is available online (http://www.idfpr.com/renewals/apply/securityCont.asp).
The examination is taken after application. It is available from Continental Testing Service (CTS). Individuals can visit the CTS website to find the date of the next available examination (http://www.continentaltesting.net/ProfDetail.aspx?Entity=2&ProfID=26). The fee is listed as $298.
A prospective contractor may download application materials from the website (http://www.idfpr.com/renewals/apply/securityCont.asp). The applicant will select either the "experience" application packet or the "education and experience" education packet. The applicant may submit an application online through CTS.
The experience form is to be included in a sealed envelope.
A security professional who is using the education and experience pathway will need to have the educational form completed by a school official. The completed form is to bear the school seal (or notary seal/ signature).
A professional who has held private security licensure in another state will need to have a form filled out by the state(s) of licensure.
The licensing agency no longer issues licenses by endorsement; candidates must, in all cases, pass an examination (http://www.idfpr.com/News/2013/DetAlrmEndorsementNotice08092013.pdf).
The license fee is $500. An individual who has passed the required examination has the option of deferring licensure and fee payment.
Licensing and registration information is available from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (http://www.idfpr.com/profs/info/SecurityCont.asp). Individuals with questions may call 1-800-560-6420 or use the IDFPR email contact form (https://www.idfpr.com/PROFS/EMAIL/prfgrp04.asp).


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Are You Trying or Experimenting?
I experiment a lot. I attempt something, measure my results, use those measurements to see what's going on, reassess and change my attempt for the next time. I do this with my weight training at the gym, my writing, my book writing and production, and my work. When I experiment, I can inspect and adapt. I can refine. I can improve.
I did this when I was a developer. I noticed the kinds defects I wrote. I kept a log. What kinds of infinite loops did I write? I used a log to keep a list. That is a kind of measurement. As a writer, I notice what my copyeditors notice. I keep a list. As a speaker, what kinds of feedback do I receive? I keep a list. These are measurements. I can experiment with my work, get the feedback, and try something else.
As a writer, I experiment "internally", too. I've experimented with writing fast and writing slow. I discovered that writing fast, getting the words out without editing is faster and better for me. I do a better job at getting my ideas across to my readers when I write in Markdown, just getting the words out. When I write in a text editor, I am slower, and I tend to edit as I go. My results are worse.
At the gym, I often think, "I can't." That's my default position. (I keep saying I'm a work in progress :-) But I have learned that I probably can. I have learned to think of the first set as an experiment. "If I experiment with this first set and see what happens, I can use these results to inform my second and third sets." That's also the growth mindset.
But notice, I said experiment, not try. I said I measured, and used the results of those measurements to reassess and change, based on the results of my measurements. That's how I know I'm experimenting.
If I was "trying," instead of "experimenting," I wouldn't be measuring. I wouldn't be adapting based on my measurements.
When we solve problems, sometimes we try—an effort-based approach. Sometimes we experiment—a measurement-based approach. I find it useful to discriminate between the two.
Trying is an attempt without measurement behind it. Experimenting adds the idea of measurement. We will inspect, measure, assess what we have completed. We might even adapt what we do, before we abandon it.
If you're eating, trying is fine. You don't have to experiment when you eat. But to learn, to change, to grow? You need to experiment. How else do you know what works, as opposed to what you think works?
This week, I'm at Agile 2014, the big conference about agile. Some people are confused about whether they are trying or experimenting. They call what they do experimenting, but they aren't measuring anything. They aren't using measurements to assess and change, based on their results. They try something, declare it a success or failure, and continue. But they have no data.
The problem is, you can't inspect and adapt without knowing your data. Well, you can. That's called randomness. You can do anything you want. But if you want to experiment, based on reality, you need data.
Trying new things is great. Experimenting is great. Let's not get the two of them confused. When you try, you make an attempt. You don't necessarily have any data to back you up. With experiments, you have a hypothesis, you collect data will explain your hypothesis. Let me rephrase Yoda, "There is no try; there is only experiment." Okay, my geekiness is showing. Experimenting is a form of doing.
I met someone briefly yesterday who said, "Our developers always lowball their story estimates for an iteration. They can't break their tasks down enough. How can we help them to not do that?" (For my non-software readers, stories are the requirements, and the iteration is a one- or two-week timebox.)
I asked, "Did they talk about this in the retrospective? Because this is not an estimation problem. Well, it might be. But it's almost always a story-is-too-big problem. I would start by looking at the stories, and not by breaking down the tasks. What experiments have you tried?"
She looked at me with that Oooohhhh look. You know that look, the one where someone says something to you that you know you should have thought of yourself, but you didn't. One of the big transition problems in agile is that teams have trouble making small stories. We know this. Teams need to experiment with their right way to break the stories down.
Try is one way. Without data, you cannot win. Experiment is better. Measure and improve. Inspect and adapt.
So, gentle readers, the question of the week is: Are you trying or experimenting? If you know the difference, your adaptable problem solving could improve.
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As 2014 draws to a close, it's time once again to round-up the most popular Seasons and Suppers recipes of the past year! To start with, here are the 5 recipes that were published in 2014 and received the most visits in the past year.
Chicken ruled the top 10 this year, and this rustic chicken dish with a whole lot of garlic hit the right notes for a lot of people. One of my favourites and a must-try for garlic lovers!
This one was one of those dishes that was both easy enough for weeknights and special enough for company. Delicious served with pasta.
The perfect cake to celebrate peach season. I'll be making this one again when peach season rolls around again.
I've made this dish several times since I first posted it. It's possibly the most delicious pork dish I've ever eaten - so moist and that gravy is memorable.
This salad was in regular rotation throughout the Fall months. I loved the flavours and the fact that it's chock full of super greens doesn't hurt either :)
And to round out the top 10, here are 5 older recipes, that are still proving popular!
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DJ Wade-O is, and has been a staple DJ, personality, and brand in Christian Hip Hop for over a decade. I recently had the privilege of chatting with DJ Wade-O at Elements Church in the Bronx. Here's what he had to say on topics such as CHH in NYC, the distinction between business and ministry, and balancing family life with his career.
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DOD's Smart Power Infrastructure Demonstration for Energy Reliability and Security (SPIDERS microgrid program) prime integrator Burns & McDonnell has produced an outstanding white paper for anyone wanting to better understand the why's and how's of microgrids.
Overall it's a great paper, but two parts jumped out at me immediately for their value to decision makers. Here you go, the first is from a section on mission drivers:
By allowing multiple generation assets to provide power for a common load, microgrids greatly increase both the reliability of power and its efficiency of generation. Typically, the greatest beneficiaries of microgrids are customers with large, mission critical facilities or large power consumers in areas prone to frequent and/or prolonged outages (e.g. hurricane zones). Although facilities like these have utilized on site generation in the past, they are starting to migrate towards microgrids due to the many examples of single generators failing during prolonged outages thereby leaving the entire mission in jeopardy.
Unless you absolutely have no choice, you never want to bet the farm on a single generator, but until now there's been little choice. SPIDERS has gone from an aspiration in the minds of the Defense Science Board (2001, 2008) to reality in 2013. See these before and after results reported by Burns:
Prior to SPIDERS, critical loads were individually served by isolated generators which were oversized for the normal load, and thus ran inefficiently. Also, renewable energy assets such as PV arrays were of no value upon loss of utility power. When connected to the microgrid, generators are decoupled from their individual loads allowing a single generator to serve multiple loads and allowing the PV to support the loads. Under operation of the SPIDERS microgrid, critical loads were served continuously duringThink: Nellis AFB's 14.1 MW solar installation, an Air Force renewables showcase, that's of exactly zero use if/when the local power fails. It's only wired to shoot electrons into the off-base grid.
a 3‐day simulated power outage and testing indicated that the system served the loads using 30% less diesel fuel by operating fewer generators at more efficient points and by integrating renewables into the power island.
My 2 centavos: All DOD renewables should be deployed in microgrid configurations from now on. It should become the rule, not the exception.
You can (and should) read the full paper (HERE).
You can (and should) read the full paper (HERE).
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Road Map Dubai to Muscat
Highlighted route is from Dubai to Hatta, crossing the border at Al Wajaja and then along the coast road to Muscat. An alternative route is via the Al Ain (Dubai) and Al Buraimi (Oman) border crossing and then down to the coast road.
Map is sized to fit on one A4 page if you print page 2 only.
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Toni Everard, Coach, Therapist & Trainer of NLP and Hynotherapy Dedicated to helping individuals, business owners and entrepreneurs get extraordinary results! Personal growth and change is what I'm passionate about. Essentially, I help people rework their thinking to allow them to let go of behaviours that aren't working for them, and replace them with new powerful strategies to achieve their goals. My mission is to inspire everyone I reach to have the power to ask for what they truly want out of any area of life, and to give them the crucial tools to accomplish what they desire.


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During the summer (20.6.-31.7.2016) the Espoontori district office is open: MONDAY 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. TUEDAY 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. WEDNESDAY 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. THURDAY 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. FRIDAY 8 a.m. to 11.30 a.m… Read more
Seasonal influenza vaccinations
Seasonal influenza vaccinations are available from 16th of November. VACCINATIONS WITH APPOINTMENT Book in advance to get the vaccination at your best: In health centres, we vaccinate adults. Book an appointment online here. In neuvola (maternity and child health clinics),.. Read more
Mediverkko opened Oma Lääkärisi health station in Espoo
On Monday 6 May, Mediverkko opened a new Oma Lääkärisi health station in Espoon keskus, the central district of Espoo. Oma Lääkärisi Espoontori is the first private health station in the capital region that is part of the public health.. Read more


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In this session Abby talks about our Ancestral lineage and how it has an impact on our energy. We then work through Shamanic Journey and Active Visualisation to hold a party where we can invite in all our Ancestors that wish to be healed. It's a remarkable experience, with tears, laughter, joy and friendship, resolution of old conflicts and forgiveness. It's an opportunity for closure, and for peace. By listening to this audio replay you can take advantage of the space created by the group healing session, to allow it to facilitate a healing for you, and for your ancestors too.
Abby closes with a past-life healing technique and leaves you with a simple technique that you can use to clear your energy, help you relax and be at peace with yourself.
This webinar took place April 24th 2017. The healing is just as powerful in the audio replay as it was in the live session. Do not attempt to journey while driving a car or operating machinery. If you play this audio more than once you will open deeper to the healing and it will have a more profound effect.


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Baked eggs are an old favourite of my childhood. Popped into the oven topped with cheese, a simple dish that makes such a comforting breakfast. Of course there are many ways to bake an egg and this indulgent creamy recipe makes for a fabulous light lunch – or even a starter for dinner.
This easy recipe with few ingredients tastes absolutely stupendous. I added one chilli for a bit of bite but if you're a fan of hot food experimenting with your chilli-ness.
I cooked this in Spain where I bought these beautiful little dishes in the local ceramico for €1.30. I'm sure they made the eggs taste even better!
Serves 4
20g butter
1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped
150g mushrooms, chopped
1 dried red chilli, crushed
100g ham, chopped
200ml double cream
Ground black pepper
4 eggs
150g mature cheddar, grated
Preheat the oven to 180C.
Melt the butter in a pan and fry the garlic, mushrooms, and chilli over a medium heat for 10 mins.
Add the ham and fry for another 5 mins.
Remove from the heat and stir in the double cream. Season with black pepper.
Divide the mix between four ramekins and leave to stand for about 10 mins to let the flavours develop.
Make a hollow in the middle of the mixture and carefully break in an egg.
Bake in the oven for 20 mins until the egg whites have set.
Remove from the oven, sprinkle the grated cheddar on top and bake for another 5 mins.
Serve immediately.


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Category Archives: Tiger
Are you getting 'Your network settings have been changed by another app'?
You can find the solution with Jona here. Excellent work. "This currently reported problem, which manifests after applying Security Update 2008-06, can be fixed permanently by removing the following preferences files:
Go to Library/Preferences/SystemConfiguration and delete the following (suggest make copies to the desktop first if in doubt):
All these files will regenerate as necessary when the associated system features are accessed. If you're using Airport or Internet Sharing you'll have to reestablish the appropriate settings, because these will have been lost when the preferences files are removed. Small price to pay, however for a permanent, and very simple solution to this irritating problem. "
Mac OS X 10.4.3 or later: iMac G5 fans run at full speed after using single-user mode
From the Apple Knowledge Base. What an easy solution!
- Type "exit" at the single-user mode command line prompt.
- Press Return.
Need to keep your Mac awake?
Do colors seem out of Wack on your Mac?
It may not be the calibrate monitor settings you need. Good detective work here.
Limitations to observe with names in MAC OS X Server
It lists them in this article. Still its not too much to ask if you limit the size of the path to 255 for an all Apple environment and 89 characters for a mixed environment.
Need help to determine where the problem on the Mac is?
Then you might want to download fseventer and it will tell you the following:
- Observes filesystem changes using the same underlying API as Spotlight
- Provides a graphical representation of the file activity
- Example use could be to determine what files are changed via software installation, preferences, etc
- Requires admin access & will only work on Mac OS X 10.4+ i.e. "Tiger", "Leopard", or "Snow Leopard"


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Mini 002: Welbeck Street Car Park
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Hand cast concrete miniature of Michael Blampied's Welbeck Street Car Park, London- comes gift boxed. Perfect for lovers of brutalism to celebrate an unsung architectural gem of London
Material: Cast concrete.
Size: 4cm high x 4cm wide x 5cm deep
Please note:
Our concrete sculptures are individually hand cast in solid concrete. This means that each piece will have distinctive markings and minor blemishes due to air bubbles in the concrete. This is a natural part of the material and will mean that no two pieces are every exactly the same.


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Training Courses – Data Privacy, Data Engineering & Data Science
What's another popular item you have for sale or trade? Talk about it here in glowing, memorable terms so site visitors have to have it.
Analytics Consulting Services
Don't think of this product or service as your third favorite, think of it as the bronze medalist in an Olympic medals sweep of great products/services.
The Data Story
Every byte of data has a story to tell. The question is whether the story is being narrated accurately and securely. We focus sharply on the trends around data with a goal of revenue acceleration but commonly forget about the vulnerabilities caused due to bad data management. Data possesses immense power, but immense power comes with increased responsibility.
In today's world collecting, analyzing and build models to predict future around data is simply not enough. Not only should the data processors and controllers handle the data securely whether it is at rest or in transit, they should legally notify the involved parties as soon as a breach has been detected. Until recently businesses have focused on looking at data over long stretches of time, made possible by Big Data. With the advent of Internet of Things (IoT) analyzing real-time data has gained immense importance as well. However the consumer is finding it difficult to balance the benefits they get from surrendering personal data against the risk involved with providing them. A right balance needs to be met.
We are in times where history is being made. While giants like Facebook, Google and other are looking at innovative ways to collect, handle, use and share data the legislators are drafting and enforcing new regulations around data privacy and ownership. Legislation like the European GDPR attempts to define the legal accountability of data controllers and data processors. The regulation put greater focus on ata governance polices around personal data portability, retention and destruction.
We at Datafence are trying to help customers come up with the correct blend of data innovation and data governance in a security-conscious world. As the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence gains strength we help our customers adopt frameworks like Privacy by Design to make their future data roadmaps simpler as well as cost-effective.


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20010 Orange Terrace ParkwayRiverside, CA, 92508
Description: Discover effective self-defense techniques of Traditional Shotokan Karate. Develop awareness and improve posture, attitude, balance and technique. Achieve fitness and make new friends through competitions and much more! Note: A material fee of $45 is due and payable to the instructor at the first class meeting.
Biography:Sensei Amy Hung is a 3rd dan in Shotokan Karate. She has been involved in karate for several years as an international competitor, national instructor and international referee. She believes strongly in the strength of the dojo, family and the organization. The mission of her program is to educate children through an activity promoting discipline, confidence, responsibility and self-defense. Some of her credentials are: - Europe & USA AJKA-I Instructor?s Program Licensed Graduate - Internationally recognized instructor and examiner - Specializes in karate instruction for youth and special needs - Team Captain of UCR Karate Team 2004-2008. - Female Team Captain for USA Shotokan Karate Team since 2007 - National & International Referee Licenses - Secretary and Membership Director for AJKA-International - Students have won at several local, national and international tournaments including youth champion Cole Ortiz, whom was the most junior member, on the 2013 USA Karate Team that competed in World Ippon Cup hosted in Berlin, Germany.
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Turning into a veterinarian or veterinarian technician (vet tech) is the lifelong ambition of many animal lovers. An experienced technician with the correct abilities can prevent cash in the long run by informing you of extra inexpensive choices or work arounds then spending hours of labor making an attempt to repair an un-fixable or un-solvable problem. Ideally, students will attend CAAHEP accredited schools which are available in every state and consists of classroom and clinical instruction.
Although "If it ain't broke, don't repair it" is a well-liked saying, it ought to by no means be utilized to the management of enterprise technology. Marketplace Tech host Molly Wooden talked with her about how on-line propaganda influences our real-life interactions and the way a lot duty social media firms ought to bear.
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• Arsitektur high tech tidaklah murni fungsional namun juga tidak representatif, bahkan ada sebuah artikel yang memuat tentang high tech bahwa setiap desain yang diputuskan haruslah memiliki nilai fungsional. Students will take part in a four-week session of lectures, palms-on coaching, and day trips to technology firms to receive an immersive and supportive introduction to the interdisciplinary area of cyber security.


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The work entitled L'Ingratitude is penned in grammatically incorrect French and is the first known piece of homework set by her Belgian tutor Constantin Heger.
Brontë, who studied under Heger in Brussels alongside her sister Emily, became infatuated with the married tutor, writing several love letters to him after returning to England.
The manuscript was discovered by Brian Bracken, a Brussels-based archivist and Brontë expert, in Belgium's Musée Royal de Mariemont.
The story was last heard of in 1913, when it was given to a wealthy Belgian collector by Heger's son, Paul, Mr Bracken said.
Writing in the London Review of Books, which will publish the story this week, Mr Bracken said: "By all accounts a gifted and dedicated teacher, [Heger] gave Emily and Charlotte homework … based on texts by authors they had studied in class.
"They were to compose essays in French that echoed these models, and could choose their own subject matter.
"It [L'Ingratitude] was finished a month after Charlotte arrived in Brussels and is the first known 'devoir' of 30 the sisters would write for Heger.
"It contains a number of mistakes, mainly misspellings and incorrect tenses … he [Heger] often returned their essays drastically revised – sadly, there are no comments on this copy of L'Ingratitude."
The story is dated March 16, 1842 and is about a thoughtless young rat who comes a cropper after escaping his father's protective care and heading off into the countryside in search of adventure.
The fable compares and contrasts the father's devotion with the recklessness of his ungrateful offspring.
Bracken suggests it may have been inspired by the works of the celebrated French fabulist, Jean de La Fontaine.
The Brussels period is recognised by Brontë scholars as being pivotal in the careers of both sisters.
Brontë, who stayed in Brussels during the early 1840s, is believed to have drawn inspiration for her novel Villette from her relationship with Heger.
Her feelings for her tutor were disclosed in 1913 with the publication of love letters she sent to him.
"Charlotte's novel Villette, published in 1853, reworks her experiences in Brussels, with the difference that the teacher returns the heroine's love," Bracken said
Teacher/pupil relationships receive further attending in her novel The Professor, written shortly after her return from Belgium which was published posthumously.


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A friend mentioned that Mercury's in retrograde today. That squared up with my day, which was a BGP one. Then another friend sent me a pretty harried end of day recap email that ended with LOL. And since I have SOOO much extra time I started musing (thinking) and then laughing and wondered if she (or anyone over 40 really) knows what LOL means? Personally, I learned what it meant on an NPR interview that had me laughing so hard I almost had to pull the car over. The interviewee had been using it as a endearment ending during IMing from room to room with his son – evidently it was the only real conversation he (the son) would have with his Dad whereby he'd share his day with his Dad (can you say teenager). Dad learned from said son that it meant Laugh out Loud. He (Dad) thought it meant Lots of Love. They now have an 'understanding' (that only boys and men can have) that Dad says LOL and means Lots of Love and said son knows this and thinks it means Laugh out Loud, when it really means Lots of Love. Dad's philosophy? What ever it takes for your kids to know ya love 'em. Use it. Which made me laugh out loud. Seriously.
In other earth shattering news (not). I took a break from working on three trade shows that happen in the next seven weeks and spent a great Saturday with a group of women in an Alabama Chanin workshop at the ACE Hotel (love that bar!). An editor friend of mine at STC Crafts turned me on to her first book about six months ago. Which I promptly fell in love with and read cover to cover. Second book? Same. Except in my case, second time was the charm. When I heard a lecture and workshop were to be had in Portland I just couldn't pass them up. I've sewn and done hand needlework for as far back as I can remember. Those were the crafts my grandmother and mother taught me. Along with basic, classic garment construction. This knitting thing? I picked it up on my own. I chose the Corset in tonal browns. I'm hooked enough that I'm working on my budget to see if I can treat myself – for my Birthday – for the November retreat in Florence. This is the jacket (duster coat) that I'd love to do. Can you say covet? It could be a road trip. My traveling feet are getting a bit antsy.
On the upswing, T and I started ending our day with listing three things to be grateful for in that day. It's a great way to end the day on a positive note. Not that they have to be earth shattering or anything. Sooo… at about 3:00 pm today I was struggling, really struggling. It's sad, I know. Some days are not as easy as others. You try it. Then tell me other wise. Ok, enough whining. I mentioned it's been a BGP day right? At about 3:15 I had em. They are,
- That my spinal surgeon didn't mess up any more than he did and that I can lift a two pound weight. So Sad. So True. Don't laugh. Six months ago I could barely do bands. A year ago. Walk. Bands? Resistance? Nada. Two years ago. In a collar barely able to walk around the block.
- That for all my fussing T has been there every step of the way. Other than my sister and brother-in-law, I've never had that type of devotion and 'stick to' in my life. Pretty wonderful guy huh?
- Three? That's a stretch today. You?
If anyone's wondering what a BGP day is, it's a saying we have were I come from (not the west coast) of put on your big girl panties. We use it when someone (or yourself) is whining, bitching, in general not wanting to talk to people etc. kind of a day.
Like my girlfriend mentioned. Mercury's in Retrograde. Works for me.


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how fit do I need to be for this trek?
Trekking the Great Wall is a reasonably tough challenge, but one that is very achievable with the correct training. It requires a good level of strength, stamina and determination. Your training should incorporate aerobic (endurance building) and anaerobic (strength building) exercises. Most importantly, you should get in some good hill walking, in the boots you are going to be wearing on the challenge. We also recommend taking the stairs instead of the lift, or going to step classes at gym!
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Swine flu is expected to spread more rapidly and extensively in Japan after the virus reached Tokyo, one of the world's most populous metropolitan areas, with 35 million people.
Two high school students were confirmed as the first two swine flu patients in Tokyo Wednesday. The two girls are students of Senzoku Gakuen High School in Kawasaki who traveled with four other schoolmates and a teacher to attend a United Nations-related event held in New York from May 11 to May 18. One of the girls, a 16-year-old who lives in Hachioji, western Tokyo, was diagnosed with the new flu strain upon her return from the U.S. trip, according to Kyodo News.
Outside Tokyo, a 23-year-old male University student who lives in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, was also confirmed to have caught the new flu virus after a weekend visit to Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture.
Meanwhile, another 29 new swine flu patients, including a female medical clerk who works for a hospital designated for infectious diseases, were confirmed Wednesday in Osaka and Hyogo prefectures where a sudden domestic outbreak was reported over the weekend (See "Swine Flu Outbreak Reaches Japan").
The new cases boosted the total record in Japan to 267, making it the world's fourth most infected country after Mexico, U.S.A and Canada.
The swine flu panic has interrupted business at some Japanese firms. Pharmaceutical firm Eisai Co has instructed employees to avoid sales runs and business trips in the infected Hyogo and Osaka prefectures, Nikkei business news reported Thursday. Business and individual travelers have cancelled or postponed their trips to the Hyogo and Osaka prefectures, which has hurt the business of tour operators and hotels in the region.
The number of swine flu infections around the world has broken the 10,000 level. According to the latest update from the World Health Organization, 41 countries have officially reported 10,243 cases of influenza A(H1N1) infection, including 80 deaths, as of Wednesday.
Besides human lives, swine flu has also taken toll on the economy. Mexico, the epicenter of the swine flu outbreak, which began in early May, saw its economy shrink 8.2% in the first quarter, even before accounting for the impact of the swine flu. Finance Minister Agustin Carstens, who earlier declared Mexico was in recession, revised Wednesday his annual growth forecast to -5.5% from -4.1%. The central bank of Mexico also forecasts a 4.8% contraction for the year 2009.
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A Graceful Exit won "Best Internet Connected Hardware" by building a beautiful, functional LED visualization of bus arrival times. Below, the team members share their technical journey during the 2-day Silicon Chef 2014 hackathon and reveal that a small production run may be in the works!
At the 2014 Hackbright Silicon Chef Hardware Hackathon hosted at Stripe, we formed a team of six which included Hackbright alumni Meghan Hade, Ashley Lorden, Kyla Farrell, and Kieu Tran, along with Kelsey Stemmler and Tiffany Lee. The hackathon was exclusively for women and open to people who were new to hardware, which describes most of our team.
We arrived with just our computers and received a hardware kit which included an Arduino, an Electric Imp, and a variety of sensors, cables, and other tools to get started hacking. Meghan captained our team, which we named "A Graceful Exit". She drew on her background in urban planning, mapping and design to propose an object that would visualize bus arrival times in an abstract and beautiful form. The proposal focused on the utility and delightfulness of the object rather than aestheticizing the technology. We all loved the concept and were excited to get to work!
Our primary challenge was to figure out how to control 30 individual LEDs, which would represent the time until the next approaching bus, and connect them to the NextBus XML feed. After an afternoon of experimenting with the Arduino board and the Electric Imp, we had some LEDs blinking — thanks to step-by-step tutorials and the help of the many roaming mentors — and some idea of how to proceed, but had hit a roadblock regarding the number of LEDs we wanted to control. Ideally, we would use only the Electric Imp board to drive the LEDs since it included the essential WiFi connection, but it had a limited number of I/O pins. At some point, the term "charlieplexing" was mentioned by a mentor. With a little research, we discovered that using this technique (n) pins could drive (n * n-1) LEDs. That meant that the six pins on the Electric Imp board could, in fact, be employed to drive all 30 of our LEDs! A couple of hours later, we were charlieplexing experts and had a diagram drawn up of how to connect our LEDs to our Electric Imp.
Sunday morning kicked off a day of masterful teamwork. We had several tasks that needed to be achieved by demo time.
Ashley learned Squirrel, the Electric Imp programming language, and coded an agent that connected to the NextBus XML feed, parsed the number of minutes and sent it to the Imp device, where Kyla had written the code to control each of our 30 LEDs.
We couldn't have done it without Gino from Electric Imp, who provided troubleshooting and support. Thanks Gino!
We had decided to include one outside element in our project to meet the aesthetic focus we were going for, a canvas. Meghan and Kelsey set to work on the "front-end" of our project — precisely calculating the size of the fibonacci spiral and the spacing of the LEDs and drawing it on the canvas.
Meanwhile, Tiffany, Kieu and Kyla had 60 wires to keep track of and solder together in a specific sequence.
We organized, labeled, tested, checked and double checked all of our wires — we would only have one shot at soldering everything together, and troubleshooting a bad or wrong connection right before demoing was not a good scenario.
All of the organizing payed off! Meghan and Kieu glued the LEDs to the canvas and Tiffany and Meghan soldered the wires to the LEDs.
The final LEDs were tricky to reach and we all lent a hand.
Fingers crossed, we plugged in the Electric Imp board and like magic, the LEDs lit up, as planned! And just in time for our demo!
Kieu read the description she had prepared: "A Graceful Exit is an 'enchanted object' that blurs the line between data visualization and decorative art. It uses the Next Bus API (not fake data!) to display the bus schedule of the 38 Geary inbound bus at Gough and Geary, but can be easily personalized. We decided to push the boundaries of the Electric Imp board by driving the maximum number of LEDs off the 6 embedded pins in the board. We used a type of multiplexing called charlieplexing to drive 30 LEDS off of only 6 pins, so that we were able to not use the Arduino board. As you can see, the design is based off of everyone's favorite recursive spiral, the fibonacci sequence. Each square of the design accounts for 5 minutes, for a total of 30 minutes and every lit LED represents an approaching bus. Our project turned out to be a challenge of organization, soldering, and creativity."
We were very proud of what we had achieved in such a short time, and with limited previous hardware experience. We won "Best Internet Connected Hardware" and are considering a small production run of the Graceful Exit product.
The Electric Imp was key to the success of our project, and is a super interesting technology that we're excited to experiment with further. For several team members, this was a first hackathon, and Hackbright's Silicon Chef was a great experience!
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In the wake of the tragic Boston bombings, there were numerous individuals and companies that sprung into action to answer the question of, "How can I help?" While I understand it is in the spirit of being an American to come to the aid of our neighbors when they are most in trouble, I wondered about the channels that were being formed to facilitate just that.
It is not unusual to hear about millions of dollars being donated in the wake of a major hurricane or earthquake and then discover that years later, those who most needed the help, are still suffering. It is apparent that the old system isn't serving us well. A recent HBR article echoes my sentiments and goes even further.
In the piece, author Mara Einstein points out, "in the case of Boston, who are you raising money for? Unlike Hurricane Sandy, for instance, where the Red Cross was an obvious recipient, this was an event where individuals' homes weren't destroyed; their bodies were."
After what happened in Boston, Adidas provided a focus by creating the Boston Stands As One tee-shirt. The product sold out within a day according to Businessweek. Through the sale of this shirt, Adidas donated more than $1 million dollars, a company spokesperson told the Huffington Post.
Sounds great, right? Not so fast.
Einstein goes on to say:
Why create the t-shirt and not simply give a donation? With a market cap of $21 billion and more than $2 billion cash on hand, it's not like Adidas couldn't give the money themselves and take the accompanying tax write-off.
In the end, each individual company needs to think long and hard about their own expertise and how they might use it for good after this tragedy and others. Now is not the time for gimmicks; it's the time for tangible, transparent help that actually makes a difference.
WOW! I must admit, she is right on the money with this one. There's got to be a way when it comes to companies responding to tragedies.
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This is a short piece of Russian propaganda. Pretty heavy handed, but then 20 million Russians did die in WWII.
Soviet propaganda of the best sort. The use of Prokovieff's score from "Alexander Nevsky" was a happy surprise, as well as historically appropriate. The graphics were exciting, This was made at a time when the outcome of the war was unknown. The Soviet Union was still reeling from the disasters of 1941--for which Stalin was responsible.
Americans refuse to accept the fact that it was those dirty Commies who defeated Hitler by breaking the back of the Wermacht. Our role was more to divert the
Germans, which we did.
Ok exhortation to fight after the Hitler-Stalin pact.
Just what I was looking for.
Forward, Comrades!!!!!!
Amazing, scary, and kind of hilarious.
Cool old USSR WWii propaganda cartoon. Worth the three minutes.


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Diamond Colours: What are the Different Colours of Diamonds?
Naturally coloured diamonds are precious stones that have a tint or hue caused by natural processes in its development. Formed when foreign particles are present during the crystallisation process, the white gem takes on a coloured hue. Heat and pressure is also able to alter the colouring of a diamond. This article takes a look at the different shades along the diamond colour scale, and the processes unique to their creation.
Green DiamondsGreen diamonds are formed due the stone being exposed to natural radiation within the soil located just before the earth's crust, known as the continental crust. This natural radiation is what causes the diamond to reflect red and yellow light, and therefore give the diamond a green hue.
Violet and Purple DiamondsPurple diamonds are created as a result of lattice distortion within the stone. New studies are revealing that the presence of hydrogen during the crystallisation process may also result in diamonds gaining a purple or violet tint.
Orange and Yellow DiamondsDiamonds that are naturally yellow or orange in colour are created when nitrogen is present during the crystallisation process. Nitrogen atoms arrange in such a way during the diamond's formation that blue light is absorbed, and gives the diamond a yellow tint. The resulting, often brilliantly coloured, yellow stones are also known as Canary Diamonds. Orange diamonds are created in a similar way using a specific nitrogen formation which absorbs both the blue and yellow light to produce an orange stone.
Grey and Blue DiamondsBoron is the active element which creates blue coloured diamonds. The boron bonds to the carbon within the crystalline structure to absorb red, green and yellow in the colour spectrum and produces a blue diamond.
Brown, Red and Pink DiamondsThese diamonds get their natural colour from the intense pressure and heat which is applied during the formation process. The heat and pressure causes distortion within the crystal lattice, which is what absorbs green light and therefore gives the stone a pink, red or brown hue.
Beyond the above shades, natural coloured diamonds are available in an unlimited amount of hues and intensities. The crystallisation process, trace minerals present in the soil, heat, and natural radiation levels in the earth's mantle are some of the many factors that make up a stone's colouring. Because scientists are unable to observe natural diamonds being formed, the exact properties that are required to create a specific coloured diamond are almost impossible to determine.
Natural coloured diamonds are available in 11 base colours forming the diamond colour chart; yellow, green, brown, orange, purple, pink, blue, red, violet, white and black. Diamonds are also further graded by the intensity of their colour. There are nine standard intensity levels:
- Fancy vivid
- Fancy intense
- Fancy deep
- Fancy dark
- Fancy
- Fancy light
- Light
- Very light
- Faint
As such, a fancy intense pink diamond will appear very different from a faint pink diamond. White diamonds are also graded in 17 ways, as each stone is given a grade from D-Z based on how close to "colourless" the stone is. A single diamond can also have dominant colours, secondary colours and third colours. Taking all of this into consideration, there are over 7000 different types of diamond colours available (by grading standards).Diamond cuts will also affect the appearance of the colour of a diamond, changing the way it reflects light and its own natural hue.
Diamonds can also be colour treated and enhanced in order to alter their colour. The main method used to colour precious stones is called high-pressure high-temperature processing (HPHT). The same process can also be used to remove the colouring from natural stones and is commonly performed with light brown diamonds, which are typically cheaper than white diamonds, with HPHT processes removing the natural colouring to create a more sought after white diamond. Diamonds which are naturally coloured are often more valuable than synthetically coloured stones, both for their authenticity and natural rarity.


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Christmas Spectacular 2018
6th November - 23rd December 2018 2.00pm & 7.00pm
Bookings can be made online or over the telephone. The booking office is open from 9.00am -4.00pm on 01328 878477. https://www.thursford.com/christmas-spectacular/
Our Christmas Spectacular is the largest Christmas show in the country!
Set in the magical surroundings of mechanical organs and fairground carousels, with a cast of 130 professional singers, dancers and musicians – many of whom are West End performers. The 3 hour performance delivers an extravaganza of non-stop singing, dancing, music, humour and variety. It's a fast moving celebration of the festive season featuring an eclectic mix of both seasonal and year-round favourites, with famous and much-loved chart toppers being sung alongside traditional carols.
Word of this amazing show has spread and it is now generally recognised as being the largest show of its kind in the country, if not Europe. Up to fifty coaches per day travel from all over the country and many of our patrons have visited year on year, turning the trip into a mini holiday staying in the county's hotels, guest houses and holiday cottages.


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Do you want to work on side projects with friends? Learn a new skills from other students? Eat free food? Come to Project Hub!
Project Hub meetings occur biweekly and consist of a talk or workshop about a particular technology or skill (either by industry professionals, Launch Pad members, or someone else from the UBC community), followed by an open workspace where everyone can work on their projects, ask for help, network, and explore new ideas - complete with snacks and refreshments! 🍪
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Sarah's passion for hairstyling began with her love of hair design for special occasions. Today, Sarah is well known for her skills in upstyling and she is often recommended, including by fellow stylists, for weddings and other special occasion styling. Sarah has also won numerous awards for her unique and beautiful upstyling design work so you are in the best hands and will have a truly exceptional experience starting your special day at Love One Hair Studio.
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This organization outfits unemployed, low-income women and helps them update themselves and their confidence for successful job interviews with appropriate clothes, hair and makeup treatments. I've provided my professional services to this organization since 2007. Making someone feel good from the inside out is something I love to do. These women are valued clients at Love One.
Sarah is an active member of our community, participating in events such as the Santa Parade in support of The Mustard Seed; and since being the proud winner in the amateur category at the annual Gingerbread Showcase supporting Habitat for Humanity in 2012, she continues to wow audiences with her delicious gingerbread creations.
Love One loves the planet and makes every effort to recycle and reuse all products possible. Even cut hair is reused as a weed deterrent in gardens and believe it or not, I am asked for hair by an alternative builder who adds hair to finish plasters, just like in the olden days. We recycle all paper, plastic, metal and foils and compost all biodegradables. Love One is proud of how little it contributes to our landfill and continues to work towards further reductions.
Offering three new trends in upstyling for the season! Sarah's classes allow stylists to be up on their game. Offering the very latest in upstyling, make sure your clients are prepared for Christmas, weddings and graduation by having this award-winning stylist share her passion for hair design with your staff. Call for more details and for the next available dates and times. $300 per three hour class (per salon).
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I believe life is meant to be spent living to the fullest, loving as much as possible and caring for others to the best of my ability. I'm often asked why I don't keep regular business hours. My answer is: because I'm not a regular business. I work around what life brings me. If it is a sick family member or a beautiful day and I'm not booked with clients, I won't be in the shop. I work to live, love and laugh, not live to work. But that being said, if you have small kids and need a late appointment, I would be happy to come back in especially for you. It is no problem, in fact, it is my pleasure because then you are understanding my life and I'm understanding yours. Life isn't 9-5 its full of abundant blessings, and so, thank you in advance for your understanding my "business hours".Sarah
Sarah received her certification as a stylist, esthetician and makeup artist in 2001 and has trained in Las Vegas, Mexico, the Caribbean and New York just to name a few. She has performed in trade shows from Vancouver to the high seas aboard Carnival cruises.
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Speaker Chatfield is the youngest Speaker in Michigan history in more than 100 years, and currently the youngest serving in the country. He was first elected to serve the 107th District in the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2014. The 107th District encompasses Chippewa, Emmet and Mackinac counties, and in Cheboygan County: Koehler, Tuscarora, Beaugrand, Hebron, Mackinaw and Munro townships and the city of Cheboygan.
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Lee was born and raised in Northern Michigan and is a high school graduate of Northern Michigan Christian Academy. He married his high school sweetheart Stephanie in 2008 and they live in Levering with their five children—four sons and a daughter.
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There are several neighbourhoods in Castegar including downtown, Oglow Subdivision, WSouthridge,Grosvenor, Kinnaird, and Blueberry Creek. The outskirts of Castlegar include Brilliant, Pass Creek, Robson, Robson West, Raspberry, Ootischenia, Tarrys, Thrums, and Genelle.
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Iron X Male Enhancement Review : At the time 25-30 age sections, we have a tendency to have less quality and virility. The body loses its quality and you have a tendency to wind up greasy with a gut that is lump out. What takes after is a reduction of the sex power which can takes gigantic toll on your sexual coexistence. This is down to one certainty: lessening of the level of testosterone in your body.
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NASA's Orion spacecraft preludes how spacecraft windows will look like in the future. When astronauts travel with Orion to Mars, they will get a good view of Earth and space through Orion's windows. Typically, spacecraft windows are made of multiple panes of glass. Orion is designed to have its windows include interior panes of acrylic plastic to improve the integrity of the windows.
Space exploration with vehicles like the International Space Station and space shuttle had humans go beyond the limits. Engineers make sure spacecraft windows are lighter, cheaper and sounder in structure than on previous aircrafts.
The Orion spacecraft, built by Lockheed Martin for NASA, will be the exploration vehicle which will take humans farther into space. Officials hope that its future versions will transport man beyond Earth, such as to Mars. It will provide emergency abort capability, safe re-entry from deep space return velocities, while sustaining astronauts during the space travel.
The use of acrylic in the NASA Orion preludes how spacecraft windows will be in the future. Spacecraft windows are highly-significant. Manager Lynda Estes at Johnson Space Center, Houston, of the Orion window subsystem said, glass windowpanes have been historically part of the pressure shell on space probes that hold the cabin pressure to keep the people inside it alive. They provide thermal protection from entry through the atmosphere of the Earth.
According to Estes, the bad thing about glass is its poor structure as it gradually loses strength. Hence, engineers have been searching for other materials which are better than glass. Some are structurally sound, but not transparent. A polycarbonate material has been considered during Orion's development, but it has no optical properties for high-resolution imagery.
The engineers use acrylic material instead, since it gives a clear view and comes with a qualified strength. Acrylic is used in aquariums as it can protect the plants and animals from wear and tear of exhibit visitors who at times, press against them, while enduring loads of water.
Orion has currently four windows on the crew module or back shell cone, plus on the docking and side hatches which the crew will use. Each cone window has three panes, the innermost of which is acrylic. When Orion was flight tested in December, the windows were of acrylic panes and engineers will do more testing of its thermal integrity this year. The aim is to have windows made of a glass pane and two acrylic panes.
Estes and her team will test the acrylics on how the panes made by them can handle pressure loads in 270 days. Acrylic panes also help the Orion become lighter as they are not as heavy as glass. It will not jeopardize its strength with its enhanced structural integrity.
Using acrylic panes gives cost savings as well, since plastic material costs lesser than glass. NASA also shares its works on Orion's lightweight window materials with the Commercial Crew Program, which facilitates the development of commercial crew space transportation systems for reliable, cost-effective and safe access to and from low-Earth orbit and ISS.
The acrylic still has to undergo more tests before NASA engineers can make sure it applies to every spacecraft pane. The application of acrylic in the works makes NASA Orion preluding spacecraft windows as window modifications are giving a fresh outlook of Orion's future.
By Judith Aparri
Photo courtesy of NASA's Marshall Space Flight – Creativecommons Flickr License


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