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|Banoeng-Yakubo, B.K.
|Water is fundamental to the survival of mankind and has played critical roles in the management of our ecosystem. Water predominates the earth's surface and covers 71.4% of the Earth. Fresh groundwater is the source of 30.1% of all fresh water on Earth. (Fitts, 2002) and contributes 95% of available freshwater. Many cities in the world, including in the United States of America, Europe, China, Indonesia and Africa depend wholly or partially on groundwater for domestic, agricultural and industrial water supplies. In the USA, 22% of total national withdrawals come from groundwater sources. In Africa, the Great Manmade River of Libya was created from the Nubian Sandstone aquifer and supplies most of Libya for domestic, agricultural and Industrial uses. Groundwater is the main source of water in all Sub-Saharan countries for domestic and agriculture purposes. In Ghana, the whole of the Keta basin towns, Wa, Breman Asikuma, Nkawkaw, Axim and most towns and district capitals rely on groundwater for domestic water purposes. The expanding suburbs of our cities and the struggle for water in these peri-urban areas have driven those residents who can afford to seek alternate water supply in groundwater. Governments, over the years, have tended towards the provision of groundwater as key to the socio-economic development of the large rural population. Ghana's water policy recognizes water, in all its various occurrences, its management and uses, as an essential component of human development. Ghana's effort to provide groundwater as a sustainable water supply source is being hampered as a result of a number of factors, including the current population dynamics which continue to dilute the achievements. The 1984 population census placed Ghana's population as 12,716,228 with a growth rate of 3.32%. The current projected population figures by the United Nations is 29,463,643 (WPP, 2017) with a reduced growth rate of 2.18%. The rapid population increase is affecting gains in government effort to improve rural water coverage and living conditions of the poor and vulnerable. Ghana is underlain by metamorphosed crystalline rocks such as phyllites, schist, metavolcanics and granitoids as well as indurated to consolidated sedimentary rocks and many others which are together termed hard rock in hydrogeology, and Quaternary to Mesozoic sedimentary basins, such as the Keta and Tano Basins. These rocks define the groundwater resources of the country. The occurrence of groundwater in these rocks, therefore, depends on secondary permeability developed from fractures, veins and faults as a result of past tectonic activities. These rocks have been deformed variously as a result of past tectonic activities and the extent and degree of deformation defines the aquifer characteristics in the country. Weathering is largely enhanced by secondary fractures to develop enough permeability for the storage of groundwater for rural water supply. Using data from some of the boreholes drilled through these rocks to analyse for the characteristics of the aquifers and results of the Hydrogeological Assessment Project (HAP) (Carrier et al, 2008), Banoeng-Yakubo et al (2011) zoned the country into five Hydrogeological Provinces on the basis of geology, structure, borehole, aquifer and water quality parameters. Generally, groundwater in the basement aquifers such as the Birimian metasedimentary and metavolcanic rocks, and the Tarkwaian sedimentary rocks are the most productive, followed by aquifers in the Pan African Province. Groundwater in the Crystalline Basement Provinces occurs mainly in the saprolite, saprock and in the fractured bedrock and is the third most productive while aquifers in the Volta Basin Province are the least productive. The Coastal Sedimentary aquifers are the overall most productive in quantity but must be developed with care to avoid intrusion of salt water into the aquifers. The classification is important as it can be used as a guide in the procurement of consultants and contractors in a cost-effective process to ensure clean and adequate sustainable water supply to achieve SDG goal 6. In 1994, Community Water and Sanitation Division (CWSD) of GWSC was created with the remit and responsibility for water and sanitation in rural communities and small towns. The Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) which was created in 1998, by Act 564 to facilitate the provision of safe water and sanitation services to rural communities, also had a mandate to promote sustainable water supply in the communities and small towns. Rural water supply was decentralized and responsibility transferred to the Municipal/District Assemblies. As one of the key mandates, CWSA was to prescribe standards and guidelines for safe water supply and provision of related sanitation services in rural communities and small towns and support the District Assemblies to ensure compliance by the suppliers of the services. A National Community Water and Sanitation Project (NCWP) as a vehicle to implement government policies on community water supply. During the process of the implementation of the NCWSP, it became abundantly clear that there was no cross-sectoral link between CWSA and WRC. In order to sanitize borehole drilling and ensure efficiency in the management of groundwater resources in an organized and co-ordinated manner the Drilling Licence and Groundwater Development Regulations (LI 1827) was promulgated. The situation in the country is that borehole drilling costs are high and highly variable. Some of the boreholes are poorly constructed worsened by lack of oversight by the District Assemblies and non- compliance of the Drilling Licence and Groundwater Development Regulations (LI 1827). The role of Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) as the technical backstop to the District Assemblies in the provision of rural water supply for local communities and small towns appears to have been weakened due to lack of capacity and accountability at the District Assembly levels. The responsibility of geoscientists as consultants to lead the scientific location of sites for drilling and as supervisors of groundwater development projects is being eroded by the non-compliance of LI1928 and the procurement Act at the Assembly. NGOs, churches and governmental organisations, who through their own efforts, secure funding for groundwater supply projects, do not work through CWSA but place their own adverts to procure turn- key consultants/ and contractors to execute such projects. They work independent of the law or any existing protocol for the provision of groundwater supply to their intended targets. Ghana, therefore, does not benefit from the use of qualified hydrogeologists to provide good quality data and geological logs to help update the country's geological maps and hydrogeological data required by LI 1827. The District Assemblies are therefore not discharging their roles in implementing water programmes to the benefit of the communities. The chain, from the development of policy by the Ministry responsible for water through co-ordination, facilitation and technical oversight by CWSA and the delivery at the community level by the Assemblies, is very weak and is as strong as the weakest link and the weak links are many. There is, therefore, the need for strong monitoring of the District Assemblies to revamp the collapsed structures established for the implementation of efficient rural water system in Ghana. It is recommended that the Water Resources Commission and the Community Water and Sanitation Agency should strengthen their monitoring and evaluation departments in order to assess the full situation of the rural water sector to ensure compliance of laws governing rural water delivery. The Ministry of Water Resources and Sanitation should strengthen its oversight role to ensure the bidding/tendering process is fully complied with in accordance to the law; WRC should ensure that all contractors meet the criteria for qualification and comply with the conditions for the grant of the licence. Breaches must not be tolerated and enforcement regimes put in place to stop good money going into the wrong pockets while the work is poorly done. Similarly, the CWSA must tighten and strengthen fiduciary responsibilities and liaise with the respective District Assemblies and if necessary, the Regional Co-ordinating Councils, to bring discipline to the procurement processes at those levels. The respective committees such as District Water and Sanitation Teams (DWSTs), which are to ensure co-ordinated community participation in the management of rural water at the community levels be up and doing and the District Chief Executives must be made to understand that they have direct oversight responsibility over the DWSTs in their districts and as such they will be held responsible for any failures. The structures of the WATSAN Committees should be reactivated and strengthened. Training programmes have to be reinstituted and original concepts of Village Level Operation and Maintenance (VLOM) of the facilities redesigned for efficiency and sustainability. Ghana has adequate groundwater resources which should also be harnessed for conjunctive uses such as agriculture and livestock rearing. Planting for food and Jobs programme of Government will achieve its full objectives, especially in the northern sector and dry parts of the country, if more boreholes are drilled for food and horticultural cropping and animal rearing to provide the necessary jobs, move the youth away from illegal mining and sustain the rural economy. Environmental stewardship and the need to map out and protect the aquifers systems is necessary for sustainable management of our groundwater resources.
|University of Ghana
|Groundwater Resources Development
|Groundwater Resources Development in Ghana: Past, Present and Future
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Maybe Chief Brown needs time to get his ducks in a row, since Dallas seems to be having more and more shootings involving the police shooting citizens. Like the officer-involved shooting this past Saturday in Oak Cliff, where the Dallas Medical Examiner has confirmed that the man was shot in the back by the Dallas police officer.
That's right. Shot in the back.
Dallas Police Traffic Stop for Failure to Use Turn Signal Ends Up With Driver Dead
John Robert Husband died on Saturday from a Dallas police officer's bullet after the police pulled his car over because Husband reportedly didn't use his turn signal. He was 21 years old.
So, in a routine traffic stop someone died. [Read more about traffic stops on our web site resources page.]
The reports thus far are that Dallas police officer Leland Limbaugh smelled marijuana as he approached the vehicle and accordingly ordered Husband to get out of the car. The passengers, Xavier Bryant and Derrick Epps, remained inside.
Conflicting Stories on What Happened in Saturday Night's Officer Involved Shooting
As Dallas officer Limbaugh patted down Husband, the officer's story goes, Husband started to resist when Limbaugh tried to cuff him and tried to pull a pistol from his belt. Limbaugh feared for his life, and accordingly drew his weapon and shot Husband in the back, the bullet entering his body via his left shoulder blade.
The two passengers don't agree with this version of events. Their story is that Husband got scared and started to run from the car, and the Dallas police officer pulled his gun and shot the young man in the back as he ran away. No struggle. No reason for the police officer to "fear for his life."
What about the electric eye, the dashcam video? Wouldn't it solve the conflict between the officer's version of events and the witnesses' accounts? Sure it would: but this police car didn't have a dash cam installed.
On Monday, the Dallas Police Department published its official statement of these events on the DPD Facebook page. The Dallas Observer provides that statement online in its coverage here, for those who don't access Facebook.
Husband's Death is Sixth Fatal Officer-Involved Shooting in Dallas in 2012: What's Going On?
Saturday's shooting brings the tally of Dallas Police Department officer-involved shootings of citizens to six (6) since this year began -- a ratio of someone dying from a Dallas law enforcement bullet approximately every 2.5 weeks in 2012.
That's unacceptable. That's scary.
When is Dallas Police Chief Brown going to talk to us about this?

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Earlier this year 81-year-old comedian Bill Cosby was convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault for drugging and sexually molesting Andrea Constand at his home in Pennsylvania back in 2004 [click here if you missed that].
Now the state board wants Cosby to register as a sex offender and be labeled as a sexually violent predator....
From USA Today
The judge in Bill Cosby's sexual-assault case must now decide whether the comedian should be classified as a "sexually violent predator" on the recommendation of a Pennsylvania state board. The designation would require him to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life and undergo treatment.
The findings were revealed Tuesday when Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin R. Steele filed a motion asking Judge Steven O'Neill to set a hearing where he will decide whether or not to accept the board's recommendation.
Such a recommendation signals that Cosby demonstrated a number of the traits of a sexually violent predator, which state law defines as "a person convicted of one or more of a sexually violent offenses specified in the law and who has a mental abnormality or personality disorder that makes the person likely to engage in predatory sexually violent offenses."Bill Cosby's sentencing date is set for Sept 24 and 25, 2018.


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E-commerce in South-East Asia
Home-field advantage
The global online-shopping giants may not find it easy to conquer the region
TROPICAL rain pounds on the roof of a cavernous warehouse near Jakarta, Indonesia's capital. Inside, youngsters in orange T-shirts haul around clothes, luggage and electrical goods for Lazada, an e-commerce firm, which has just moved in. The 12,000 square metre space is three times the size of the depot it has vacated, but it already looks full. Three years ago Lazada's entire stock filled a storeroom the size of a studio flat, recalls Magnus Ekbom, its twenty-something boss in Indonesia.
在印尼首都雅加达,热带大雨滂沱之下,密布着洞穴一样的仓库。印尼电商Lazada刚刚进驻于此,来来往往的年轻人穿着橙色T恤,运输着衣服,箱子以及电子产品。这片区域占地12000平方米,是Lazada旧仓库的三倍,但如今看上去也满了。二十多岁的印尼老板Magnus Ekborn回忆说,三年前,Lazada的全部库存也不过是个小单间大小。
Internet shopping accounts for less than 1% of all purchases in South-East Asia—a region twice as populous as America, where the proportion is nearly 10%. But surging smartphone use and a broadening middle class mean the market is set to multiply; perhaps fivefold by 2018, reckons Frost & Sullivan, a consulting firm. Since it launched in 2012 Lazada has laid claim to six South-East Asian countries, largely unchallenged by e-commerce giants such as Amazon of the United States, Alibaba of China and Rakuten of Japan. It may soon have to fight them for its territory.
Lazada was created by Rocket Internet, a Berlin-based investor and incubator that cranks out startups designed to dominate emerging markets. Rocket still holds a 24% stake, though Lazada has now raised more than $600m from investors including Tesco, a British grocer, and Temasek, a Singaporean sovereign-wealth fund. These deals appear to value it at about $1.3 billion, which could well make it South-East Asia's dearest technology firm.
Lazada是由总部位于柏林的投资和孵化公司Rocket Internet创立的。该公司扶持创业公司以主宰新兴市场。尽管Lazada已经从诸如英国零售企业乐购,新加坡主权基金淡马锡等机构募集到了6亿多美元,Rocket仍然持有其24%的股份。这些交易似乎将Lazada估值为13亿美元,可能是东南亚最贵的科技公司了。
Like other Rocket companies, Lazada is run by a gaggle of young European expatriates, plucked from finance and consulting. It seems ready to stomach years of losses. In the first half of 2014—the only recent period for which results are available—it lost $50m before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation, on revenues of $60m.
Again like other Rocket companies, its critics say it is just a copycat, in this case a mere clone of Amazon. Lazada's bosses say such charges underestimate the sophistication and gumption required to succeed in places such as Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Online marketing is trickier there than in America or Europe, because locals use a much wider variety of search and social-media sites. The region's diversity means constant tweaking of online portals to suit local languages and cultures. It also means battling a hotch-potch of customs rules.
By far the biggest challenges are payment and delivery. Fewer than one in ten South-East Asians has a credit card, and those that do have them tend not to use them online, for fear of fraud. So a big chunk of Lazada's customers prefer to pay in cash when their goods arrive, which requires more sophistication from delivery partners. Postal services are often sluggish and unreliable—especially in the vast archipelagos of Indonesia and the Philippines—and local logistics firms are still unused to handling high volumes of small packages. About a third of Lazada's orders are delivered by its own fleet of vans and motorbikes, which now serve more than 80 South-East Asian cities.
Lazada's rapid growth has started to rouse competitors, including the big conglomerates whose shopping centres dominate the region's retail markets. On February 25th Lippo Group launched MatahariMall, a new e-commerce venture, in partnership with the Matahari chain of department stores, in which Lippo owns a stake and which are anchor tenants of some of Lippo's shopping centres.
Messaging services and web portals are turning to e-commerce to boost their profits. In February, Line, a popular messaging app owned by Naver of South Korea, started selling groceries in Thailand. Last October Softbank, a Japanese internet and telecoms conglomerate, and Sequoia Capital, an American investor, put $100m into Tokopedia, a sort of Indonesian eBay.
But the most serious threat to Lazada comes from the overseas e-commerce giants. After Lazada was set up, Indonesia passed a law banning further foreign investment in e-commerce firms which hold their own inventory (Tokopedia does not)—but politicians have recently talked of repealing it. Amazon has begun offering free delivery to big-spending South-East Asian shoppers who don't mind waiting for wares shipped from America. Last month Alibaba opened an Indonesian outpost of Aliexpress, which helps shoppers import goods from Chinese manufacturers. In May it took a 10% stake in Singpost, Singapore's state postal service—perhaps in preparation for a more vigorous assault.
Max Bittner, Lazada's overall boss, thinks it would take time for these firms to replicate his firm's local knowledge and delivery networks. One of his priorities is to expand relationships with suppliers and manufacturers in China, the better to compete with the bottomless catalogue of cheap products which Alibaba, in particular, could bring to the region. South-East Asia may still prove big and diverse enough for several large e-retailers to co-exist—but investors will spill a lot of red ink finding out, thinks Paul Srivorakul of aCommerce, which processes online orders for consumer brands and retailers. "It could be a bloodbath," he says.
Lazada总经理Max Bittner认为,这些公司想要复制Lazada当地的知名度和运输网需要时间。他目前的重点之一是扩展同中国供应商和制造商的关系,以更好地同廉价产品,特别是阿里巴巴可能引入这个地区的,来竞争。东南亚市场很大,也很多样化,可能足以让几家电子零售商共存,但是电子商务的Paul Srivorakul认为,投资商会不遗余力地争夺在线订单,树立客户品牌和零售商口碑。他说"可能会打得头破血流"。翻译:赵兴昊 校对:李燊
1.set to 开始
I was set to shut out anyone else who came knocking.
They are set to make a big fat profit.
2.such as 例如;譬如;诸如
Issues such as these were not really his concern.
They offer tips on topics such as home safety.
3.appear to 似乎,好像
By all accounts, Rodger would appear to be a fine fellow.
Most doctors appear to recognize homeopathy as a legitimate form of medicine.


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Internship placement
Magulu Daniel made this Access to Information request to Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.
From: Magulu Daniel
Dear Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development
I am pursuing a bachelors degree in commerce at Makerere University year three with respect and honor to the institution, I would like to submit my request for an internship placement to this institution since i want to enhance my skills and knowledge as an accountant.
I shall be grateful if my request is highly recommended
Yours faithfully,
Magulu Daniel
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Bramston, James Yorke (DNB00)
BRAMSTON, JAMES YORKE, D.D. (1763–1836), catholic bishop, was born 18 March 1763 at Oundle in Northamptonshire. He came of an old and well-to-do race of landowners in that county, his family being staunch protestants. He was educated at a school near his birthplace, and at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was first intended for the Indian civil service and then for the navy, which latter intention was abandoned at the desire of his invalid mother. On 26 April 1785 he was entered as a student at Lincoln's Inn. Although he was never called to the bar, he studied for nearly four years under the distinguished catholic, Charles Butler. He frequently conversed with Charles Butler on religious matters, and in 1790 publicly joined the catholic church. Bramston was bent upon at once becoming an ecclesiastic. He yielded, however, to his father's entreaty that he should remain at least twelve months longer in England. In 1792 he went to Lisbon, where he entered himself as a theological student at the English college. He remained between eight and nine years in Portugal. In 1796 he was ordained to the priesthood. His last five years at Lisbon were given up entirely to his missionary labours, chiefly among the British then in garrison there. While he was thus engaged, early in 1800, a terrible epidemic broke out in the city. For six weeks together Bramston never once took his clothes off to retire to rest. His father died while he was yet at Lisbon. In 1801 he returned to England, and in 1802 had entrusted to him, by the then vicar apostolic of the London district, Bishop Douglas, the poorest of all the catholic missions in the metropolis, that of St. George's-in-the-Fields. There he remained as the priest in charge for nearly twenty-three years. In 1812 Bishop Poynter, then vicar-apostolic of the London district, appointed Bramston his vicar-general. During that same year he acted as theologian and counsellor at the synodal meeting convened in the city of Durham by Bishop Gibson. In 1814 Bramston went to Rome with Bishop Poynter, and on 5 April 1815, at Genoa, the latter asked Pope Pius VII to constitute his vicar-general his coadjutor. Eight years elapsed, during which Bramston again and again declined the proffered dignity. On 29 June 1823 he was solemnly consecrated by Bishop Poynter at St. Edmund's College, Hertfordshire, as bishop of Usulæ in partibus infidelium. On the death of Bishop Poynter, 27 Nov. 1827, Bramston succeeded him as vicar-apostolic of the London district. Nearly the whole of Bramston's life was embittered by a cruel disease, and from 1834 be was yet further afflicted with constantly increasing weakness. Added to this, in the spring of 1836 he began to suffer from erysipelas in the right foot, which from that time forward rendered walking an impossibility. He died at Southampton in his seventy-fourth year, 11 July 1836. His conversational powers were very remarkable. His discernment was acute and his knowledge profound, but his chief characteristic was his tender charity. His singularly large acquaintance with the national life of England, his exceptional experience and skill in the conduct of business, and his intimate familiarity with the laws and customs of Great Britain peculiarly fitted him to conduct the affairs of the catholics of that period with discretion.
[Gent. Mag. July 1836, 221; Annual Register for 1836, 209; Ordo Recitandi pro 1837, 1-7; Brady's Episcopal Succession, 187, 189, 191, 195-200, and 231.]


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Bill Buckler: "It's GIGO Time On Wall Street"
Bill Buckler
"GIGO" means Garbage In – Garbage Out. It is a particularly apt acronym in computer programmer circles. According to the Wikipedia: "It is used primarily to call attention to the fact that computers will unquestioningly process the most nonsensical of input data ('garbage in') and produce nonsensical output ('garbage out')." Trading desks on Wall Street, in the City of London and all over the global financial system have been happily ignoring GIGO for a very long time now.
Four years ago in 2008, the "computer models" which had made the big investment banks huge piles of money turned around and savaged them as the entire credit system froze up. The programmers who had installed the trading software on the computers of the traders had never seen such a thing so they made no provision for it. The problem then and the problem now is that without the capability of computers and their "models", most of the methods of modern market trading would simply not be possible. The vast majority of all trading is done via computers. The most popular of these methods, "high frequency trading", did not get properly started until late 1999, just as the markets were peaking. The most recent surveys show that in the US, high frequency traders represent 2 percent of all financial trading firms but contribute almost 75 percent of market volume. All of this is ENTIRELY dependent on computers.
Here is the conclusion of a US study of computer-generated trading recently concluded: "Financial markets are alive, but a model, however beautiful, is an artifice. …To confuse the model with the world is to embrace future disaster driven by the belief that humans obey mathematical rules." The powers that be have been embracing future disaster on this belief in a manner which goes far beyond financial markets. But in that shrunken context, individuals everywhere have already abandoned that belief. Wall Street and its global counterparts have been trying to do that too, but their problem is that they have nothing to replace it with. The "belief" that humans can be managed by obeying arbitrary rules of any kind is the last bastion of our rulers. It is waning on the financial markets, just as it is everywhere else, with results that no computer program can predict. That's why the "market model" no longer "works".


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IXIA Solutions walk-in for .Net Developer
Company :
IXIA Solutions
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Job Role :
.Net Developer
Eligibility :
Any Graduate
Experience :
2 - 5 Years
Job Location :
Navi Mumbai
Walk-In Date :
29 & 30 Nov 2019
Walk-In Time :
09:00 AM Onwards
Company Profile:At IXIA we develop e-Learning content for K thru 12 grades across a range of subjects for major US publishers. These publishers in turn sell the content to US schools. We have a team of over 200 with diversified skills including instructional design, curriculum planning, instructional writing, graphic design and software programming.
Responsibilities:- Deliver quality code that meets the business requirements in a timely manner (in line with the project schedule).
- Participate in, and contribute to, technical discussions for development framework strategies.
- Understand and follow standards, guidelines, and best practices adopted in the project.
- Technical demonstration of self developed components.
- Contribute to the successful implementation of the project.
- Work with the team to learn the processes and business and mentor fellow team members if needed.
Skills:- Comprehensive understanding of the .NET Framework with over 2 years of experience.
- Understanding of Object-Oriented Development.
- Knowledge in Angular JS will be an added advantage.
- Good Concept in Jquery, oops.
- Comprehensive understanding of developing scalable applications with NET 3.5/4.0 Framework, including Visual Studio 2010/2008, C#, ASP.NET, WCF Web Services, and Entity Framework.
- Understand UML notations (class diagrams, sequence diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, activity diagrams, etc.).
- Experience in building multi-tier, transactional web applications with n-tier architectures (UI, Business Logic Layer, Data Access Layer) along with some experience with service-oriented architectures (SOA).
- Experience in design and optimize LinqToEntity / LinqToObejct / LinqToXML / SQL queries.
- Experience of Unit test tools like (N-Unit/Ms Unit) for code quality metrics.
- An understanding of Design Patterns (GOF) concepts is preferred.
- Working knowledge of Enterprise Architect and TFS is highly desirable.
- Understanding of Agile/Iterative development methodologies is highly desirable.
- Experience with Test-Driven Development is highly desirable.
- Should Have Good Knowledge and Experience of MVC, C#, LinQ, Jquery, oops, Entity Framework, Angular, Javascript.
Venue Details:IXIA Solutions LLP, Unit No 3,
I Rise building, 2nd Floor,
Loma-Auram IT Park, Gen 4/1 TTC MIDC Industrial Area,
Ghansoli, Navi Mumbai 400710, Landmark: opposite to McDonalds.
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Price: $8.49
When: October 9, 2016, 11:45 AM
Reservations: n/a
Verdict? Not recommended
It's a super-sunny Sunday morning at Disney California Adventure, and breakfast is wearing off. We're in need of a pick-me-up, a calorie boost. Something to hold us through the early afternoon. As luck would have it, we're in Hollywood Land.
Time for a dog at Award Wieners.
On our last trip to Award Wieners, we tried Dog #1 – the Chili Cheese Dog. This time, we're going up by one: Dog #2 – the Barbecue Hot Link.
I have semi-high hopes for this dish. I've been pretty happy with Disney's spicy hot dogs (especially the Hot-Link Corn Dog at Corn Dog Castle), and I've had good luck with the various barbecue sauces around the park. If I can get a spicy dog, slathered in barbecue and topped with some grilled onions … well, that sounds mighty fine. Mighty fine indeed.
Turns out this dog is actually pretty disappointing.
The dog itself is surprisingly generic. Yes, the spicy dog has more snap and oomph than a regular hot dog. But it's pretty boring. There's just not much to it other than chewy texture.
Second: the barbecue sauce. It's weak. This is more "slightly tangy ketchup" than honest-to-goodness barbecue sauce.
Third: the bun. Slightly stale, super bready. As a result, it dominates the dish. Whatever mild goodness might be happening with the dog and the sauce are smothered to death by the bun.
Lastly: onions. They're physically present … but that's all I can really say. They're that forgettable.
I wanted to like this dish, but it's just too mediocre. If you're at Award Wieners, stick with the Chili Cheese Dog.
Not recommended.
UPDATE: As of March 2017, this dish is no longer available.


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One of the biggest questions I get asked over and over again is how I handle mistakes in my Bullet Journal. Or if I even make mistakes at all! The short answer is "YES, I make mistakes", but I thought it was high time to show some of them up close for the entire world to see… eek!
Today I'm going to be flipping through just a few of the mistakes that I've made in ALL of my Bullet Journals so far.
Ready? Let's do it!
Before I start showing you the Bullet Journal Mistakes I've made, I think it's important to talk about mistakes in general. They are ultimately what make us human, after all.
I want you to sit there for a second and imagine what the world would be like if we were all perfect.
"Perfect is very boring, and if you happen to have a different look, that's a celebration of human nature, I think. If we were all symmetrical and perfect, life would be very dull." – Natalie Dormer
Mistakes allow us to learn, improve, and give us the experience we need to move forward in life. As Natalie Dormer said in the quote above… life would be pretty darn boring if we were all perfect creatures.
Here's a great article about why mistakes are a good thing!
So, today I want to celebrate the mistakes that we make…
One of the most common Bullet Journal mistakes — at least for me — is to write the wrong day of the week for my daily header. It happens more often than I'd like to admit, but I like to have fun with it! Here are a few ways that I've "fixed" those mistakes while still being able to celebrate them and laugh at myself a little bit:
It happens more often than I'd like to admit, but I like to have fun with it! Here are a few ways that I've "fixed" those mistakes while still being able to celebrate them and laugh at myself a little bit:
The second most common mistake that I make is diving in without a plan and messing up an entire page. If I was to flip through each of my journals page by page, you'd see a lot of failed experiments.
Instead of looking at them as a failure, though, I like to think of them as learning experiences :)
In the picture above, I was just starting off on my journey to learn hand lettering. My spacing was totally off, and I made the "mistake" of diving straight in with a pen instead of laying everything out in pencil beforehand.
But that's OK! I learned from it, put an "X" through the page, and moved on!
If you look closely under that washi tape, you'll see some writing. Yet another failed attempt at lettering a quote. Instead of scratching the whole page, I decided to cover it up with a bit of washi and turn the page into something else :)
Can you see what's wrong with the above picture? Yup! I decided there needed to be an extra "O" in Europe for some reason! What's funny is I didn't even notice it until hundreds of people started commenting about it in this YouTube video.
At first, I really let this get me down. I even thought about fixing it and re-shooting the entire video! Luckily I've grown a much tougher skin over the past year and a half, and I decided to leave it as is. Now, I look back on it and giggle… I even have a good internal chuckle every time I write or type the word "Europe!"
So far, I've shown you the "little" mistakes that I've made. But what about when you screw up the entire page?
My favorite fix is to print a coloring page on sticker paper and cover the entire page with it. It's such a great way to turn what could have been a source of agony into something beautiful instead.
Making mistakes is how we learn. They are what make us human. Sure, mistakes can be a nuisance in the moment, but just think of how much experience you're gaining along the way!
How do you handle mistakes in your Bullet Journal? Let me know in the comments below :)
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We are heading to Pleasant Grove and Tuscaloosa, AL in a few minutes so that I can do a Photojournalism piece on the aftermath of last years deadly tornadoes. I am looking forward to meeting Jami, Mandy, and Jami's dad…along with everyone that has agreed to let me interview them. Also, thanks to Garon for all of your help too!
After coming to N'Awlins four years ago, I saw firsthand the desperate need for help years after the media had packed up and our government failed to do what they said they would for the folks. The one thing that I want to try to prevent is the same type of thing happening in the areas hit by the tornadoes that tore through the United States last year. This can only be done if we continue to raise awareness and educate others to the reality of what is really happening AND reach out during a spare time and vacations to "Give a Hand Up and Not a Hand Out!"
One of the most rewarding things that I have discovered is community service and service learning! There is a lot to be said for reaching out to others that are in need as we may one day need that same help! I will be collecting information from various organizations to provide to any college/university and/or anyone that wants to reach out to help others!


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Last year on Martin Luther King Day, I helped out at this community service initiative, and posted this on Facebook several days later. It was a very special experience, very appropriate to Dr. King's legacy, and definitely worth a re-post.
"Here's what I tell people about the photo release," said one of the volunteer coordinators of the Hetrick-Martin Institute to a few newcomers. "Imagine that this picture could get to literally anyone. Anyone. If there is anyone out there that you can think of who could get their hands on this picture and that would be unwanted, and that would make you feel uncomfortable or unsafe, don't sign the form."
"But we're just helping make supply bags for homeless kids," said one of the volunteers, confused. "Why would that be a problem?"
I wanted to high-five that lady for her confusion. Because it shouldn't be a problem. Helping people in need should never be a problem. Sure, in the internet age, some people are wary of putting any images of themselves online, but this wasn't really about that; this was about the demographic we were helping, and how associating yourself with the LGBTQ community can still sometimes get you into varying degrees of trouble.
For instance, five years ago, I probably would not have been so unquestioningly willing to sign that release. I'd have been worried that the pictures might find their way to my Modern Orthodox Jewish parents or other very religious members of my Orthodox community, and I'd have been extremely uncomfortable at the thought of having to withstand their scrutiny or answer their questions. Now, after several years of being very clear about my allegiances to this cause, that's no longer a concern. But I still don't talk about it with certain people, because I know it makes them uncomfortable.
Which is a shame, because this event, and other work done by the Hetrick-Martin Institute in Manhattan, is really wonderful, and I don't use that word lightly.
The event I attended was organized in honor of the Martin Luther King Day of Service, and it involved assembling bags of essential supplies for New York City's homeless LGBTQ youth. A donation drive had been held previously, and the first thing we did was dump everything out of the donation boxes and sort them into other boxes and piles, which we then put into bags: soap, shampoo, socks, gloves, Chef Boyardee cups, toothbrushes, toothpaste, razors, disinfectants, condoms, and a miscellaneous box with items ranging from sunblock to earplugs to shoehorns. There were a few kosher snacks, but kosher food was clearly not a priority here. I chuckled to myself at the thought of what some people I know might say about the idea of handing out condoms to kids on the streets, but hey, it can be really important. (The most homophobic religious people I know would joke that "we should just let them all get AIDS and die out" but since that's not remotely funny, I made triple-sure my bags had condoms in them.)
Each bag was also given a pamphlet small enough to fit in the palm of your hand,with information about the Hetrick-Martin Institute. One of the other event coordinators, June*, explained that the bags are part of their outreach program. Homeless LGBTQ youth are understandably not the most trusting people, and HMI hopes that having something to give them, something that comes with no strings or expectations or pressure, will encourage these young people to investigate further and eventually take advantage of the other services offered by HMI. It's been a successful strategy for them.
June took some of us volunteers on a tour of "the space" to see these other services.That's what she called it, nothing clinical like a "facility" — just "the space." HMI is located on the 3rd floor of 2 Astor Street, and during the day the space is shared with the Harvey Milk High School, a transfer high school for LGBTQ youth who earned at least 60 credits elsewhere but for whatever reasons could not complete their educations there. After the school day ends, HMI offers programming and services for anyone who walks through the door. This includes access to professional counselors like June, who showed us her small office, and "the pantry," which is fully stocked with clothes, shoes, food, and other essentials like the ones we'd put in the bags.
June mentioned that they make an effort to stock "gender-affirmative" clothing, for young people who may not otherwise be able to access or wear clothing that affirms their gender identity or matches their preferred presentation. "Sometimes we'll have a young person come in, pick out an outfit, and just wear it for a few hours," she explained. "Because out there they may not feel comfortable presenting themselves that way, but here they feel safe." I found that beautiful and gut-wrenching at the same time, since I do know plenty of people who'd be uncomfortable at the thought of what they would see as enabling "cross-dressing" (although that term implies a gender binary that is fairly antiquated at this point), and I know it's a complex issue in Jewish law. But I just can't bring myself to be at all religiously concerned in any way about something like gender-affirmative clothing, that causes no harm to anyone and helps with the comfort and psychological well-being of a person who needs it.
When asked what people could donate to the pantry, June suggested clothing, toiletries, and large women's shoes, "but really anything. We get some wild donations — someone once donated a clown nose, and a young person saw it and was like, 'that's exactly what I need right now!' " (June always used the term "young person," not "child" or "kid," a word choice I support because referring to someone as a "child" immediately takes away some of their agency as well as the validity of their opinions and rights, which is the last thing these young people need.) I would add that they could probably use some kosher and halal food, because you never know who might walk through those doors and what that food option might mean to them.
As a community-entrenched observant Jew, I have a great appreciation for the concept of extended, non-blood family. HMI and the Harvey Milk High School share this idea. They offer a High School Equivalency (HSE) program (the apparently very new name for the GED), and, knowing that there is no official way of celebrating an HSE, they hold a proper graduation ceremony twice a year for those who earn one, to which all family and friends are invited. They also organize events like family retreats, and June explained that they operate with a flexible definition of family: "it can be chosen family, biological family, or friends," because if that is what you have, that is your family, no question about it.
The décor for the space is striking — vibrant colors, murals of super heroes and super heroines, the HMHS of Harvey Milk High School painted in rainbows on the walls. June's office has an enormous Hello Kitty poster tacked up. The place exudes warmth and safety.
It makes me so happy to know that such a place exists and that all this work is being done. That people care about this cause, that people are invested, and that they're passionate and empathetic and creative in the ways they tackle the numerous issues. But it's bittersweet, because you can't help but remember that the all the warmth, compassion, and rainbows are needed to combat a much harsher reality that exists just beyond the edges of the safe space. And it can be upsetting to know that people who follow my religion's doctrines are sometimes responsible for some of that harshness.
Attending this kind of event, clearly, has the potential to be uncomfortable. It involves working with people who have no familiarity with the complexities of my cultural and religious background, and of the prejudices I've seen in my community, which I may have absorbed and that I work continuously to overcome. It's certainly not an event that caters to any religious affiliation, least of all mine.
Which begs the question that my mother always asks me: "There are Jewish organizations that do these types of things too; why don't you volunteer with them?"
And the truth is, to me, it's about the cause. This is a cause that transcends religion. It transcends race or culture or class or any other divisions we institute in other parts of our lives. There are LGBTQ youth in every community imaginable. I am aware that specific, nuanced needs will vary — the needs of Jewish LGBTQ youth will differ from the needs of Latino LGBTQ youth, just as both of those will differ from the needs of African American LGBTQ youth, and so on — but I personally can't waste this opportunity to overcome differences and see shared cross-cultural humanity.
While I have the utmost respect for those who fight the Jewish LGBTQ rights fight with all the nuances therein, volunteering my own time is a more personal decision. Narrowing the lens of these issues to focus only on fellow Jews feels antithetical to why I'm drawn to this cause in the first place, which is why I donate my time to places that are non-denominational. But I hope people will continue to give their time and energy to Jewish and non-Jewish causes, because both can always use it.
(*Name has been changed to preserve anonymity.)
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This week is the UN Global Road Safety week. Here's some chilling stats about the global carnage which just seems to be seen as 'collateral damage':
- Road deaths are now the leading cause of death worldwide for 10-25 year olds
- 1000 people under 25 die on the world's roads every day
- Every minute of every day, a child under 15 is killed or seriously injured on the world's roads
- 96% of child road deaths occur in developing countries
- 70 children a week are killed or seriously injured on UK roads
Seventy children a week KSI in a highly-developed Western country? Imagine the outcry if this was caused by two or three minibus crashes, or a train wreck. Every week. Year in, year out. But no, most of those 70 children get killed or injured singly, their families grieving alone- no national outpouring of grief, no charity appeal, no public inquiry. Few headlines mark their passing.
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Last night was the best night of sleep I've had in at least a week; I slept for nearly ten hours, uninterrupted and deeply. This morning I do not feel groggy or like I need to go back to sleep at any time soon; which is an absolutely lovely feeling. I was very tired yesterday–the gym, errands in the heat, a week of feeling groggy and unrested–and also in the mail yesterday I received a bottle of pillow spray from a company called ThisWorks: a pillow spray that the posher airlines pass out to their first class cabin travelers to help them sleep. I sprayed my pillow lightly with it last night before i took to my bed, and along with my usual sleep assistants I slumbered deeply and well. Today, I feel like I can conquer the world, which is a wonderful feeling I've not had in a very long time.
Much to our surprise, we discovered last night that we'd forgotten about the BBC series Sherlock and there were actually two seasons ('series,' as they say in Britain) of the show we'd not seen; so we snuggled in our respective seats and started watching. I'd forgotten how much I love the series, due in no small part to the excellent casting. I read the Holmes stories when I was a kid–there was a Whitman edition of The Hound of the Baskervilles I'd purchased for eighty-nine cents and it was shelved with the Trixie Beldens; Holmes is so much a part of the popular culture that I of course knew who he was, and as a fan of mysteries, I felt it behooved me to read the Holmes stories. I wasn't completely taken with them, although I enjoyed them–although it does occur to me that I may want to give them a reread–there's an entire group of crime writers/fans who are quite literally obsessed with Holmes and Watson, and of course the terrific Laurie King has written her own tales, from the point of view of Mary Russell–and the awesome Lyndsay Faye has as well (I really need to read both King and Faye; I love King's Kate Martinelli series, and Lyndsay is one of my favorite people on the planet).
So many books, so little time.
I was so tired yesterday that I didn't get as much cleaning done as I would like, so I am going to try to do that today around some revising and rewriting. I am itching to get to the WIP, and to possibly finish "Quiet Desperation" and send it out into the world. My goal is to get the revision of the WIP finished by the end of June as well as to get at least three short stories finished in that same amount of time; that's quite a lot of work, but I also know I can do it. I also want to get more reading done. Reading is crucial to being a writer; I am always amazed at aspiring writers who claim they don't read. A love of reading, at least for me, is integral to my wanting to be a writer in the first place; I love books, and everything about them. (Which reminds me, I need to get a library card.)
Also on the agenda for this weekend (probably tomorrow) is reading the manual for my car and teaching myself how to use all of its tricks. I've slowly figured out some of them, but it seems silly to have a car that has functions I don't use because I don't know how to when all I have to do is read the damned manual and then sit in the car and go over them all. Heavy sigh. I even forgot–until I got the manual out of the glove box yesterday–that the car has a CD player (seeing the CD's in the glovebox–both by Fleetwood Mac–reminded me).
And on that note, it's back to the spice mines with me.
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8:36 am in Extreme Weather, Forecast Discussion by Ted Keller
We are going into the hottest stretch of weather this summer!
Unlike last summer when hot temperatures disappeared after June, we have managed to keep things toasty this time around. June ranked as sixth hottest in Springfield and other stations in the area ranked even higher.
Today will mark our thirtieth day of ninety-degree high temperatures this summer.
Through Wednesday, we should have the hottest temperatures of the season with upper nineties possible on both Tuesday and Wednesday, rivaling some of the temperatures we experienced just about two years ago to the day in early August 2008.
A heat advisory is in effect. As always, the danger in excessive heat is when your body cannot regulate its own temperature. You can read about the risks in summer heat here.
The pattern is expected to break down later in the week. You can view my take on this week's weather with this weather review video. Stay cool!


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Edible Crawlies for Kids
Edible Crawlies for Kids
Usually ants, beetles, and other creepy crawlies are not welcome in the kitchen. But that's not the case with these fun snacks. Grab the kids and eat some bugs!
Note: Where peanut butter is used in these recipes for "gluing" edible body parts together, frostings may be used as a substitution for those children who are sensitive to or allergic to nuts.
Ants in the Sand
graham crackers, crushed
chocolate sprinkles
snack sized resealable plastic bags
To crush graham crackers, place inside a large (gallon size) resealable plastic bag. Using a rolling pin, smash crackers through bag by rolling back and forth over them until they are all in crumb form.
Fill snack sized resealable bags halfway with graham cracker crumbs. Add a small handful of chocolate sprinkles to the bags and seal.
Bugs on a Log
celery stalks
peanut butter
Spread peanut butter onto washed and drained celery stalks. Top with raisins. For children who are allergic to peanuts, try using cream cheese or processed cheese spread in place of the peanut butter.
Cookie Spiders
black or chocolate licorice twists
fudge sandwich cookies
chocolate frosting
red cinnamon candies
Cut licorice in half. Remove the top of each sandwich cookie; press 8 licorice pieces into the fudge center to resemble spider legs. Spread a little chocolate frosting over the licorice; replace cookie tops. Frost the tops of the spider cookies with frosting. Place red cinnamon candies on top for eyes.
Muenster Beetles
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muenster cheese (or other soft block cheese)
Cut cheese into 2″ x 1″ rectangular blocks. Gently insert three chow mein noodles on each side of cheese block for legs. Using two broken chow mein noodles, insert into "head" as antennae.
Note: Cheddar makes a bright and colorful beetle, but can be very frustrating for little fingers as the cheese is a bit too hard to press the noodles into without breaking. Use softer cheese such as gouda, havarti, monterey jack, or even mozerella.
Peanut Butter Caterpillars
peanut butter
chow mein noodles
Peel and slice a banana. Join the slices together by "gluing" them with peanut butter. Carefully poke two chow mein noodles (or break a pretzel stick in half to make two pieces) through the top of the grape. Use more peanut butter to attach the head (grape) to the front of the body, with antennae (chow mein noodles) pointing up.
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1 orange
6 – 8 medium-sized ripe bananas (pisang raja, mas or berangan)
1 – 2 tbsp butter
Sugar to sprinkle
Ground cinnamon
1. Using a sharp knife, peel a few strips of rind from the orange. (Be careful not to take too much of the white pith). Stack and shred finely – you want about 2 tablespoons of rind. Squeeze orange to obtain juice.
2. Peel and split bananas into halves lengthwise. Choose a not-too-large heatproof dish (any shape) with a depth of about 4 cm/2 inches.
3. Arrange a single layer of bananas on the base of the dish. Sprinkle half the shredded rind, about a loose tablespoon of sugar and a dusting of ground cinnamon. Dot with bits of butter. Arrange another layer of bananas over. Pour the juice over and sprinkle on the rest of the peel, more sugar and cinnamon.
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LEPAT PISANG (Steamed banana parcels)
300 g (peeled weight), ripe bananas (pisang mas, raja or rastali)
Pinch of salt
60 g palm sugar (gula melaka), finely chopped or shaved
3 tbsp thick coconut milk
4 tbsp plain flour
2 tbsp cornflour
2 tbsp grated coconut (optional)
1 frond banana leaf
1. Mash bananas in a small mixing bowl. Add salt, palm sugar, coconut, flours and grated coconut (if used). Stir, without beating, until well mixed.
2. Cut two sides of the banana leaf away from the stem. Quickly pass over a gas flame (the heat will soften the leaf and make it more pliable for use as a wrapper). Cut leaves into rectangles approximately 15 cm X 10 cm, trimming the pieces with scissors.
3. Position a sheet of banana leaf on a work top in front of you – long side facing you. Place 1 – 2 tablespoons of the mixture (depending on size of packets you want) in the middle of the leaf. Fold top and bottom towards the centre, overlapping them. Neatly fold left and right ends, tucking them under to enclose the banana mixture completely.
4. Arrange packets on a steamer tray in a single layer, leaving a little space between the parcels for steam to come through. Cook over rapidly-boiling water for 15 – 20 minutes.
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When I first made my blog II titled my blog "Don't Open That Door…." with a sub line "See now you did it." At the time, I thought it was a great way to convey the horror/mystery genre of writing that I am doing. Then I realized something, It also had to do with exploring my own inner self, too. I've been on this journey for about six months seriously and a lifetime, truthfully. The journey to accept my introversion in a world that didn't celebrate it. From Dale Carnegie to Tony Robbins, the idea of extroversion is great and the only way to be has been around for a very long time. I never fit into it. But I was taught that there was something wrong with me if I didn't fit in, so I better make myself fit in. Sort of like coming out, in a way, the process has been long and, at times, tortuous.
I am an introvert, but I love change. I thrive on new challenges and if I can't get new challenges in my life, then I get bored. When I get bored, bad things happen. In the past, boredom caused me to drink and do drugs, almost to excess, but then I was given a challenge that totally consumed my time and I didn't need those crutches anymore. More challenges came, I overcame them, excelled at them, mastered them as far as I wanted, then got bored…and well, you get the picture.
Some people called it looking for greener grass. I called it keeping me sane. Monotony drives me completely, utterly, and destructively insane.
Then came the chance to write. To explore new territories and challenge my resources and abilities every single time. Every. Single. Time.
After over 40 years of searching for that one thing that would keep me occupied and not bored, and therefore not self destructive. I'd found it and at the same time, I realized something. Being an author, just like every other thing I tried, is a business. It's a small business.
That's what I'm going to blog about (mostly) in April. Introverts guide to small business according to Marlie Harris. There might be some other posts sprinkled in, but that's my main focus. So wish me luck!


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Grants to USA and International companies, research and industry organizations, IHEs, government agencies, and NGOs for innovative projects related to geothermal energy. Applicants must submit an LOI prior to submitting a full application. In order to be eligible, three applicants from at least three participating countries must be in consortium.
The objective of GEOTHERMICA's second call is to launch projects that accelerate the piloting, demonstration and validation of novel concepts of geothermal energy supply within the energy system, and to identify paths to commercially viable deployment. Projects may also address oriented research that underpins novel concepts and paths to commerciality.
The objective is set against the backdrop of demonstrating geothermal energy as a secure, sustainable, competitive and affordable energy source for Europe, and of demonstrating geothermal energy to have a significant role within the energy system through a wide range of novel concepts. Projects demonstrate the significant role that geothermal energy can have in the energy system, at a scale common to GEOTHERMICA countries. Often the untapped potential stems from a lack of awareness of the versatility and benefits of geothermal energy supply.
GEOTHERMICA's ambition of accelerating the deployment of geothermal energy, that is to reduce the time to market for novel geothermal energy concepts, will require industry involvement in research, innovation and demonstration activities.
Consortia is encouraged with a wide geographic spectrum but at least three eligible applicants from at least three participating countries must be in consortium. Each project consortium must demonstrate the alignment with the national interest of the respective funding bodies (see also Table 3) and must demonstrate the applicants' competence to undertake the project within the specified themes.
The budget that is available for this Call from each national funding agency is a total of approximately €19 million.
Participating International countries include France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey.
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GrantWatch ID#: 186864
GEOTHERMICA considers that proposals requesting a contribution of between €1.5-4 million each would allow successful projects to address the scope appropriately. Nonetheless, this does not preclude submission and selection of proposals requesting other amounts. Especially projects that include demonstrations might require higher budgets.
Funded projects should be completed within three years and should not run beyond 31 August 2023.
Before starting your grant application, please review the funding source's website listed below for updates/changes/addendums/conferences/LOIs.
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When my alarm went off at 4:45 this morning, I knew that even after a few snoozes there was no way I was getting my butt out of bed because I felt like..well, butt. My head was a balloon and I couldn't breath out of my nose, at all. I slept until 7 to see if I felt any better, but even going to work then seemed out of the question, so I unfortunately had to use one of my vacation days. We get a lump sum that includes vacation, personal, sick, etc. so I still have enough left.
Joe didn't have to work today (technically) but he had a few meetings later in the day, so it was nice to sleep in with him. We got up around 10 and saw that it was beautiful outside! Almost 80 degrees today. I decided that laying in bed all day would only make me feel worse, so I attempted the gym to get myself moving a little bit. I ended up completing a 5-4-3-2-1 workout with 5 minutes being incline walking and the 4-3-2-1 minutes being 6.5 to 8.0 speed. I did this for an hour and Joe ran the full hour, followed by a 5 minute cooldown. I usually do about 7.5 miles running the whole hour, so for being sick, 6.35 wasn't too shabby. Although, somehow I feel I shouldn't have done this while being sick, but Joe always says "Your body will tell you when it needs a break", and I felt like I got enough sleep and was well energized!
It was so hot in the gym today, we both looked like wet dogs when we got home. We had to hang our clothes outside to dry. I usually bring a towel but jeez. Time for AC people!
My last mile at the gym consisted of my saying o-ver-night-oats….I couldn't wait to get home to my dark chocolate oats and add peanut butter for the first time after Lent. I swear, PB tastes even better now!
After Joe left for work, I went to the grocery store since our kitchen was bare from my not being home this weekend. I bought the usuals as well as some sick person goodies, but somehow I ended up leaving with a few extras.
I was also excited to find these. My mom told me about both. Pizzelle's are amazing. They are only 23 calories and 1 gram of fat per "cookie" and they're perfect for spreading PB on or breaking up in yogurt. Plain with tea is great too! As for the natural PB, I just wanted it, it's a totally different story than Skippy all natural.
I immediately cut myself up a monster california navel orange.
Then, I got crackin' on the soup. I stole the recipe from Julie over at PB fingers. It was so easy and so yummy! I subbed Carba Nada noodles though. I served it with toasted wheat portuguese bread.
I downed two bowls! Now for some tea and TV. Let's hope this cold gets what it has coming! No more stuffy nose at 5am! I want to enjoy this beautiful weather. Speaking of which, the tulips in our backyard bloomed and they looked so pretty today as I walked out to goto the store, that I had to snap a pic. I hope you are all well and not sick like me! I do have to say that my sick day wasn't all that terrible though! 🙂


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We all know that Noel Gallagher has an opinion about everything around him and usually his opinions are not so gentle.
Obviously Sheeran's fans on Twitter went mad, but the flame-haired singer texted Noel after reading the interview. He said "I read what he said, I texted him because I have his number and asked him if he'd like some tickets. He wrote back, 'You cheeky so and so. My daughter would love some.'"
Ed then added: "He's always going to be the guy who's outspoken. I wasn't offended. I found it quite cool to be in his interview."
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Our performing arts are organized under the Lucille Caudill Little Performing Arts in HealthCare Program and bring performances by renowned artists and UK School of Music faculty and students to our auditorium. In addition to the auditorium, performers can be found in UK Chandler Hospital's Barnstable Brown Atrium Lobby, the Pavilion H lobby and in Kentucky Clinic during the holidays and on special occasions.
The Performing Arts Program includes ongoing music in the Barnstable Brown Atrium Lobby on Tuesdays at Noon. Local performers, Kentucky Arts Council performing artists, School of Music students and UK HealthCare's music therapists and music therapy students perform for visitors, patients and staff during lunchtime throughout the year. The series offers a wide variety of genres and performance styles. The desire is to include other art forms in the series as it matures.
For information about performing in the atrium, contact Jason Akhtarekhavari at 859-323-9896.
Teresa Garbulinska Annual Premier Concert Series
As part of the Lucille Caudill Little Performing Arts in HealthCare Program, the Teresa Garbulinska Premier Concert Series was founded with a grant from Dr. Ronald Saykaly and Mrs. Teresa Garbulinska. The series brings an internationally renowned artist to Lexington biannually.
The program is made possible by a challenge grant from the W. Paul and Lucille Caudill Little Foundation, the State of Kentucky Research Challenge trust fund and the sponsors and patrons of UK HealthCare's Overture to Healing Gala in April 2010.
The initial concert presented a special evening of music on April 17, 2010, to benefit the Lucille Caudill Little Performing Arts in HealthCare Program and the Lexington Philharmonic. Overture to Healing featured internationally acclaimed classical violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg and the Lexington Philharmonic Orchestra at the Singletary Center for the Arts. It was the inaugural concert of the Teresa Garbulinska Premiere Concert Series, which will be a feature of the Lucille Caudill Little Performing Arts in HealthCare Program.
The second Teresa Garbulinska concert featured internationally renowned violinist Midori, on October 1, 2011, and was the first performance of this caliber performed in the auditorium in Pavilion A of Chandler Hospital.
In addition, the Saykaly Garbulinska grant supports the Saykaly Garbulinska Performer in Residence Series. This series presents a musician with the philharmonic, but their visit also includes a master class with the UK School of Music and a children's educational demonstration in the Pavilion A auditorium. Cellist Johannes Moser was the first artist to participate in this series in April 2013.
Guitarist Pablo Sainz Villegas performed in February 2014.
The auditorium in Pavilion A of UK Albert B. Chandler Hospital supports UK HealthCare's commitment to providing the best that medicine has to offer within a healing environment that conveys the unique spirit of Kentucky.
Conveniently located just off the Barnstable Brown Atrium Lobby, the 305-seat auditorium serves as a high-tech education center where physicians and staff can take part in grand rounds and other learning opportunities. It also provides a venue for music and other artistic performances.
As the centerpiece of the Lucille Caudill Little Performing Arts in Healthcare Program, the facility will serve as a performance venue for UK music, dance and drama students, community groups, and renowned artists.
For more information about the auditorium, contact Laura Atherton at 859-323-5982.


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Donna, Paula, Sarah, We loved your mom dearly are share your sorrow and loss. She was an amazing woman who set a strong example for us all for standing up for what she believed in and making a difference. Her candor, care, and compassion will always be with you and everyone her life touched. Let us all draw from her strength and inspiration. We will miss her dearly. God bless.
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Eleanor L. Koravos
Eleanor L. Koravos, 78, a member of a well known Lowell family, passed away peacefully Wednesday evening September 26, 2018 at the Westford House in Westford, Massachusetts.
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, a daughter of the late Nicholas and the late Annette (Brodeur) Koravos, she attended Lowell schools and was a graduate of Lowell High School. She went on to receive her Associates Degree in Finance.
Prior to her retirement, Eleanor was the Finance Officer at the Tsongas Arena for many years. Previously, she worked in finance at Control Data in Waltham.
An active member of the Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church as an adult, and Holy Trinity Church as a child, Eleanor was also a member of the Daughter's of Penelope. She went to Greece in 2000 and visted relatives in her native town, Grevena.
Among her many and varied interests, she loved everything about politics, both locally and nationally. She was instrumental in getting Koravos/Coravos square dedicated to our many family members who served in the Armed Forces, as well as campaigning for Niki Tsongas and Hillary Clinton.
She enjoyed playing golf, attending concerts and plays and was an avid Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and Bruins fan.
However, her greatest joy was when she was with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Eleanor is survived by three daughters Donna M. Allen of West Roxbury, Paula M. St. Jean of Nashua, NH and Sara M. Gagnon and her husband Russ of Andover, VT.; six grandchildren Shawnna St. Jean, Kyle Gagnon, Jake Allen, Tyler Allen, Derek Allen and Hannah St. Jean; two great grandchildren Jared St. Jean and Briella St. Jean; several nieces and nephews, among them Sandy Allard and also her former husband, Paul St. Jean of Lowell.


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After completing a visual analysis of the left of centre clothing and accessory store Mombasa, it was deemed that the existing brand did not fully encapsulate the company's core values and beliefs. Based on these findings, preliminary recommendations were made in order to reposition the company within the current market. This process was necessary in order to ensure the appeal of the new Mombasa brand to their desired demographic and to improve their market position.
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The new Mombasa brand identity is inspired by the four seasons of nature. Choices in colour palette and support graphics are all heavily based on natural elements, the weather and the animal kingdom. The tag line 'Quirky By Nature' epitomises the new Mombasa vision. It not only refers to a person's personality, it also links back to the primary brand inspiration — nature.
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I Am Alive and I Just Smell.
So through circumstances completely unrelated to matters of the heart, I am once again residing in the solitary. No need to get into the why and how. Just know I've spent the better part of this fall pretending to prepare for a Telenovela audition. Spoiler alert: I'm still white.
For those of you unfamiliar with Single Lena, I am taking this blog post as opportunity to fill you in on the raw essence of lovely you will begin to come in contact with on the regular. When I lived with another, I went to bed at normal hours, always brushed my teeth, and occasionally took out the garbage. Now that I live alone, I have uninterrupted conversations with myself about the origins of the term "whoopsie daisy," occasionally wear pajamas that resemble nudity, and learned to pee standing up. Only one of these things is a lie.
While in some ways my existence is improving, having attempted to make homemade cheerios and once again taken up the hobby of photographing my own breasts (only both of these things are true)…
I am still struggling with the acceptance of my unromantic status, as proven by the 53 episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond I've watched in the last week. But nevertheless, life is going on as if Breaking Bad and my relationship had never ended. I am back to my old unsettling ways and have already gone through a book of stamps, for all the letters I've been writing to prisoners. So I think I'm doing ok.
The girl whose probably under the influence of something special .
Organic pear and meth amphetamine…GRANOLA.
People who can accept a break up AND people who can't and continue to wallow in their own misery pretending there is still a chance when there isn't
I'm a professional. Or at least I like to think I am. Of what, I am not sure, but I want to believe that there is some sort of code of conduct I will be violating with this blog entry. Because really, it is only satisfying if I am crossing the line, killing the illusion, or breaking the fourth wall.
I say this because there comes a time in every professional's life, when they must take personal matters into their own frustrated, disgusted hands and rant about it in an online forum. I choose this very blog, (twosortsofpeople.com "like it" on Facebook!), to do just that.
Because, ladies and gentlemen, I discovered something tonight. Yes, yes, I did. Something many of you, formerly heartbroken individuals may already be quite familiar with. There is something called a "break up." For those of you familiar with the term, you may skip ahead. But for others, who have yet to experience such a travesty, continue reading, my sweet break up virgins. You shall quickly be enlightened. I'll start from the beginning.
Break up: (n.) A term used to describe the end of a relationship between two people due to one party's eternal lack of character, respect, and non-asshole behavior.
Straight out of Webster's, ver-f***ing-batim.
But if that does not characterize this situation well enough for your innocent minds to understand, allow me to consult Urbandictionary.com for further explanation.
On August 22, 2003, "Swampy", a fine bloke of prominent upbringing, explained that a break up is "the most probable outcome after your girlfriend finds you playing hide the sausage with her sister." Nice one, Swampy!
On July 21, 2006, "Babanash," a well-educated fellow from Newport, Rhode Island, reveals that a break up is "the time when the person who you love the most kicks you hard on your ass and tells you to fuck off." Poor, Baba.
On August 21, 2003, "EroticusPrime," a middle-aged white man who sold his daughter's Barbie collection on Ebay to buy the Full House dvd boxset, preaches that a break up is "when yo ho don't want you no mo, and/or you don't want her, you break up." Werd.
As you can see, there are some consistent themes among the definitions of this term. Yet there still seems to be a disconnect for some people. Because what I learned tonight is that there are two kinds of people in the world:
People who can accept a break up AND people who can't and wallow in their own misery pretending there is still a chance when there isn't.
I understand that there are varying levels of intelligence. I get it. I'm not here to judge. Some people are simply not as intellectually gifted as others. Perhaps there are some people who take phrases like "I never want to talk to you again," and "leave me alone," and "stop calling me, I hate you," as invitations for continuous contact, even, I don't know, twelve months after a break up. Totally normal! Or is it?
After yet another vague and unaccounted for study, conducted by anonymous researchers, it has been found that only 1 in 27 individuals think this is normal behavior. The other 26 think you need to safely and quickly remove head from rectum, check for your ball sack, and deal with the fact that it is over. Yes, over. There shall be no miracle of miracles here that will reunite you with that special someone who wants nothing to do with you. Let it go, and for God's sake, move on. It's just getting pathetic.
Now, I may sound like a heartless, scum sucking, ho bag. But I preach a gospel of truth and unquestionable accuracy. There's an acceptable amount of time you can contact an ex, before throwing in the towel and telling her to go die in a fire. A few weeks, of course. Three months, maybe. But twelve months later is not in that time frame.
SO for those of you who fall in the category of the kind of person who can't accept a break up and chooses to wallow in your own misery pretending there is still a chance when there isn't, I provide you with a top five list of ways, to NOT get over someone.
1. Three months after your breakup: Continue to text her several times a day, to no response, to remind her that she is a horrible person, and a whore for leaving you. Repeat this for the next several months, leaving her voicemails and sending her texts reminding her why no one will ever love her. Don't forget to explain that you hope she is abused in her next relationship!
2. Six months after your breakup: Start a serious relationship with another person, only to continue asking, to no response, for sexual favors and other inappropriate things from your ex. She will continue to reject you, but that just means it's working!
3. Ten months after your breakup: Impregnate your new girlfriend but pretend it is still your ex's fault that your relationship didn't work.
4. Eleven months after your breakup: Show up at your ex's apartment when she is not home, then leave her a voicemail asking where she is.
5. Twelve months after your breakup: Text your ex, and proposition her for sex. She will most definitely be offended and angry but that's ok! Just ask again! Explain that she is better than your pregnant girlfriend, because you're a scumbag who can't keep it in his pants.
These are five, surefire techniques to ensure you will spend a year staggering through life in a state of eternal self pity, unwilling to take responsibility for your own unhappiness.
This guy's got the idea:
However, if you want to become the other kind of person, the kind who can accept a break up like a mature, rational, human being, please take the following steps:
1. Stop texting your ex. She has been trying to move on for a long time now. Let it happen. Stop making her more miserable than she has to be.
2. Stop reducing her to a sexual asset you once had, and cease to ask her for anymore sexual favors. She is NOT interested.
3. Focus on your new girlfriend. It is not her fault that you are too much of a jackass to get over someone before starting a new relationship.
4. Pull yourself together. 'Nuff said.
5. Grow a pair and let it go. It's been a year.
So there you have. Follow these steps and you will surely live a life of happiness and less regret.
Thank you for reading, supporting my rant, and allowing me the opportunity for some long due vindication.
The girl you want to have a watermelon seed spitting contest with
***Please note. Nothing in this blog was taken from real life or directed at one specific person. Facts and situations were completely fabricated for the sake of the topic, with the only exception being the entire entry.


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Through the magic of electric space message telegraphs, I have the pilot episodes of new American network tv series SHARK and JERICHO here.
SHARK (which comes in at a healthy 44 mins, something I'll return to in a minute) is the first of the post-HOUSE shows. He's old, he's brilliant, he's a thoroughgoing prick, he has a single person in the world who likes him and who he treats miserably. He's a tired-looking James Woods, a defense attorney whose last successful defendant turns out to be a mad killer after all. James Woods' friend the mayor offers him a way out of his personal meltdown by making him the head of a high-profile special prosecutorial team, against the wishes of the DA, who's played by Sixty of Nine from STAR TREK: VOYAGER. Actually, that's not fair: Jeri Ryan's knowing, laconic performance isn't bad. She just gives up verisimilitude to setting up James Woods' lines. Which isn't a bad choice, given that Woods has rarely met a bit of scenery he hasn't wanted to chew the shit out of. There are three reasons we like to watch James Woods. One, he's super-verbal, and seeing him work a good script is a joy. Two, he's always a charming scumbag, so he's fun to watch. And three, he always gets crushed, and gets that look like someone's just slit open his chest and ripped out his heart, and we like that because he kind of deserves it. This being network tv, we get all three, but in the Lite flavour. He just looks tired, a lot of the time, and the writers refuse to take their guts in both hands and give us a real double-barrelled blast of James Woods inside what network tv will bear.
Only once does Woods really let it out of the box. He's got a fake courtroom built under his home, where he hones and perfects his arguments. To illustrate a point, he puts one of his team of attractive young
doctors lawyers into the witness box. He turns away from her, faces the camera, takes a deep breath — and suddenly his eyes go utterly dead. The barest glimpse of what it's like to have an honest-to-god fucking actor on the stage.
SHARK's going to be ordinary. It's going to be HOUSE with lawyers, with a production team who seem not to have the bravery of HOUSE's. If they find their balls, I bet you James Woods will wake up a little bit. If James Woods' attention was fully engaged by words he could dance with, this would be a brilliant bit of entertainment.
JERICHO clocks in at 38 minutes. This is for an hour-long show. That's a full six minutes shorter than SHARK. That's six minutes more ads for you to sit through in order to glean something from this thin little show. The first two minutes are beautifully photographed. After that, sadly, people start to talk. Skeet Ulrich is impersonating Adam Sandler for no reason I can see, as a thirtysomething ex-army indigent returned home to screw his inheritance out of his dad's clutches. Dad is George Hearst from DEADWOOD, so you know that's going to go badly. And, frankly, after a minute or so of Skeet's whining, I was hoping Dad would produce the pickaxe that took off Al Swearengen's finger.
Everyone in Jericho, Kansas hugs each other. A lot. It's because it's a nice place full of nice, well-meaning American people. Skeet doesn't get the cash, and pisses off out of it.
And then a mushroom cloud appears in the distance.
It appears that at least two nuclear devices have been detonated in the continental United States. The nearest knocks out power in Jericho, but with no hard flash, radiation or shockwave. All contact with the outside world is lost and everyone shits themselves. Except at the end George Hearst, who is the mayor, gives a little speech and everyone hugs again.
JERICHO is a post-LOST show: a microcosm of (American) humanity in a sealed geographic location. You could in fact call it LOST for Middle America, without any of those troubling Iraqis or Koreans to distract. It does seem at this early stage like it's going to be a paean to the indestructibility of the common man and the small town. It could pretty easily turn into a survivalist anthem. One of the dodgier choices is that the sole black face I saw could well be an absconded prisoner whose transport crashed when the power went out.
It annoyed me that Pamela Reed, who's just a terrific actor, had next to nothing to do. But what annoyed me more was that pretty much bugger all happened. There was very little meat, and very little virtuosity to distract me from that — I have no problem with lack of linear plot progression if you've actually got something to show or tell me. And that's partly, I suspect, down to some idiot hacking the thing down to 38 minutes so an extra six minutes of ads could be sold.
SHARK might get two seasons if someone there works out what they've got. JERICHO doesn't even raise the hope that PSYCH did — PSYCH being a show that really really bloody wants to be good but doesn't know how. JERICHO is a show full of misused talent that commits the worst sin in storytelling — it's just fucking boring.


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Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Foreign Affairs. It has to do with events in the San Alfonso Valley in Chile in recent days. I have written to the minister about this.
Earlier this day members of Parliament from three different parties held a press conference to express their concern that NOVA Corporation of Canada, the majority shareholder in GasAndes which is building the pipeline from Argentina through to Santiago, is associated with a police action against a blockade in the San Alfonso Valley that in our opinion is dragging the good name of Canada through the mud and is bringing Canada's reputation into disrepute.
Is it the minister's intention to express concern on behalf of the Canadian government at the way the Chilean police are behaving and the way in which NOVA Corporation is associated with that police action?


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Preparing your home and managing the keys for Airbnb vacation rental can be a real headache. Especially when you are in a different part of the world enjoying your vacation.
Here is where RenRen steps in. It is a peer to peer platform - an online community marketplace for cleaning and prepping services. In a similar manner as Airbnb connects homeowners with travelers, RenRen facilitates communication between homeowners and professional helpers. Home owners can find and book helpers in their area. And helpers can create a listings for their services and ultimately get jobs and payments for their work.
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