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I write this on the evening of Monday, 27 January and I still believe that Al-Sisi has not made up his mind on nominating himself for presidency. I wondered if this thought was due to what I read from the current political scene or is it what I am hoping for based on an accurate reading of what would happen if Al-Sisi ran for and won the presidency in the coming elections?
I will leave you to answer this question. I have written before in this subject in a previous article and I concluded that Al-Sisi will run for presidency and will win based on his popularity. This will support the idea of 30 June being a military coup, which would cause a lot of damage to Egypt's international relationships. On the other hand, if he wins, he becomes the person in charge of everything that happens in the country, and there are great expectations regarding the state of Egypt in the coming period.
Given the number of problems in Egypt, it is expected that Al-Sisi will not be able to achieve all of the Egyptians' wishes and demands. This will lead to the people thinking of him as a failure given the high ceiling of expectations. The problem is that the criticism to which he is subjected will extend to the armed forces given how people view him as the army's candidate. This could lead to military losing its role as a strategic line of defence. The military played this role twice in the past three years, during the 25 January Revolution and 30 June protests. We all remember how, under the leadership of Field Marshal Tantawi, the military failed to manage the country in the period between the removal of Mubarak and Morsi becoming president. It led to the people rejecting military rule and chanting "down with military rule".
We have to mention that democratic entities at the time strongly criticised the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) for its policies and decisions concerning the management of the country. The democratic parties were careful to highlight that this criticism was not concerned with the military, but only its management of the country. This kind of criticism was completely different from the Brotherhood's, which extended to the army to the point that some of the Brotherhood's chants included "the army and the people are one dirty hand".
Some of Al-Sisi's supporters, especially regular citizens, are very excited and hopeful concerning his and the army's ability to build a "heaven on earth". Once they realise that Al-Sisi will not succeed in making this a reality, they will turn on him and the army as well. It will happen very quickly and with the same kind of enthusiasm that will not differentiate between Al-Sisi and the army. The democratic entities, however, know how to separate between the political management of the field marshal and the army, as it happened during Tantawi's period.
A few years ago, an Islamist mentioned that he thanked God when Egypt lost the war in 1967 because if it had won, it would have meant that Abdel Nasser, a communist or infidel, had won. Even though I was not a supporter of Abdel Nasser, I did not rejoice when Egypt was defeated. Therefore, even for Morsi, whom I never liked or respected at all, I never wished for his failure, because it meant not only the failure of the Brotherhood, but more suffering for the people of this country. Therefore, I can never wish for Al-Sisi to fail. On the contrary, I hope for him and anyone else, that he succeeds. I am trying to point out that some of the supporters are trying to market him as a god rather than a viable candidate for presidency, capable in a few days to achieve security and stability for the country. These supporters are helped by a band of hypocrites and the people's general mood of frustration and desire for salvation. This all leads to Al-Sisi being considered as a hero and saviour. In reality, Al-Sisi has become a symbol of 30 June for both parties: for the Brotherhood, he is a symbol of the coup and for the rest, he is a symbol of a revolution that removed Morsi and got rid of the Brotherhood.
On the other hand, if he does not run for presidency, and several candidates ran against a Brotherhood candidate, the votes will be dissipated. Therefore, in the second round, it will become once again a standoff between the Brotherhood's candidate and a non-Brotherhood's candidate. Even though the non-Brotherhood candidate will win for sure, this will give the impression that the Brotherhood is strong, giving a boost to the Muslim Brotherhood's morale and reviving them. In return, it will be considered a defeat for Al-Sisi and the alliance of 30 June which toppled Morsi. This alliance is already falling apart due to the actions of the supporters of the old regime, beginning with the passing of the Protest Law until now.
In my previous article, I concluded that these two scenarios are the best of the worst. They are both not just against the country, but Al-Sisi as well. The scenario that I support and recommend is that Al-Sisi supports one of the non-Brotherhood candidates given that this candidate also gets the support of the democratic powers. The success of this scenario is provided that this candidate also enjoys a certain degree of popularity and credibility from the different entities in the country. This candidate should also depend on a democratic alliance in his political speech.
In the end, I should add that if Al-Sisi does not run for presidency, something I do not prefer for the many reasons I have mentioned, it is necessary that people differentiate between him and the army. It will be necessary that he acts as any other candidate by issuing a political programme for his campaign and provide the people with a clear political vision. He also should discuss his political programme with other parties and entities in the political scene. He should also declare himself a candidate for a certain political alliance so that it could bear the burden of ruling the country and its management with him. The parties which rulers create usually end up a combination of people trying to exploit political power for financial gains so that it becomes a fake political party that fails to improve the ruler's oppressive ways.


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I promised in my beet pancake post that I will be sharing more beet recipes. Here you go.
Though I made this for my baby girl and filing under "Baby Friendly" this is a delicious recipe and great for adult taste buds too. You may have to adjust the seasoning a bit if you are preparing this for the whole family.


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Sun-dried Tomato Cod with Greens, Asparagus, Gold Potatoes was a real hit around here. The original recipe calls for collard greens, but those scare some people around here. I substituted spinach and left out the corn. After nearly 30 years, the Inspector is just getting used to eating green stuff. Stubborn much? Anyway, it's a quickie dish that you can whip up in no time. I have a love affair with little potatoes. These are the Honey Gold variety.
This recipe is probably similar. They were so good. I don't usually eat sugar, but they corrupt me at work.
this recipe but minus that killer tomatillo sauce. I'll be making the full recipe once I score some tomatillos.
Tartini. Put pancetta, roasted grape tomatoes, ham and arugula on pizza dough and shove it in my face. Oh, and I'll have a runny egg right in the center of the pie. So good. Let's go right now, I'll drive.


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PENTICTON — The downtown lot that was not too long ago a teaching garden, is now a patch of levelled land. The city recently took back claim of the property after a temporary use license was not renewed by a local gardening organization.
The property at Ellis Street and Nanaimo Avenue was formerly the home of an urban garden, where members of the Penticton Urban Agriculture Association used their green thumbs to teach new gardeners how it's all done. They also donated the fresh produce grown in the garden to the Food Bank and Soupateria.
Back in March, Council discussed license renewal opportunities with the association but after a couple months, association members decided they weren't going to continue growing their garden on that property. So they packed up their tools and planters at the end of May and were on their way.
The city recently levelled the property by covering it with soil recycled from the capital works construction. Staff said it was a maintenance call, and council hasn't discussed options for the site since the gardening association declined a new contract.
"For zero cost we were able to take those millings, bring them to the site… straight, fresh off the grinder and address an issue on the site in terms of weed control," said Simone Blais, communications director for the city.
There was talk at previous council meetings about needing more parking, especially on Saturdays, but no decisions have been made, said Simone Blais, the city's communications director.
There is currently a parking lot beside the old garden space, directly on the corner of Ellis Street and Nanaimo Avenue. If the property in question was to become a parking lot, a large chunk of land between Robinson Street and Ellis Street would be 100 percent parking space.
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5 Pastel Cocktails for Easter Brunch
From rum to tequila, here are five pastel drinks for an incredible Easter brunch.
From rum to tequila, here are five pastel drinks for an incredible Easter brunch.
1. Agricole-Guava Cooler
Rhum agricole has a grassy flavor that's delicious with floral guava nectar and Navan, a Cognac infused with black Madagascar vanilla.
2. Limoncello Collins
Traditionally made with Old Tom, a sweet style of gin, this version of the classic cocktail is made with some gin as well as sweet-tart limoncello.
3. Pineapple-Sake Sangria with Jalapeño
A super easy jalapeño syrup adds fantastic heat to this refreshing punch.
4. Campari-Fennel Aperitif
Looking for a way to use up leftover fennel fronds? Make this cocktail.
5. Cucumber Margarita
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Truly, to tell lies is not honorable;
But when the truth entails tremendous ruin,
To speak dishonorably is pardonable.
--Sophocles, Fragment 323 of Creusa
Today was the first day in the federal government's perjury trial against former baseball star Roger Clemens. Clemens is accused of lying to a House committee in 2008 when he voluntarily appeared before them (oops!) and denied using performance-enhancing drugs. The 48-year-old seven-time Cy Young Award winner is facing up to 30 years in prison.
On the first day of voir dire I went into the courtroom café for lunch and immediately lucked into line behind the 'ole Rocket. While wearing a terrible lime green energy wristband to complement his conservative grey suit, he ordered a hot ham'n swiss and a glass of OJ. I sat at the table next to him, his six lawyers and his wife Debbie. Their conversation wasn't terribly enlightening (Yeh, what was I expecting?), though Roger told his lead attorney, Rusty Hardin, that someone's potential testimony would amount to hearsay. Rusty patiently and silently nodded.
Roger looks like a great white shark stuffed into a suit. I now understand why Mike Piazza and countless other hitters decided it was better to walk to first base than charge the mound after being hit by a Clemens' fastball. His wife looks much better in person than she does in the photo-shoot pics you find online. Rusty is charming and quick-witted, intense but calm, the kind of person you want to believe and would hate to disappoint.
And if you're interested, at the close of lunch Debbie confirmed they were grabbing a X:XX p.m. flight out of Reagan National Airport to Houston on XXXX--coach, but she bought the entire row of seats so you can't sit next to them. Roger thought that was fine; I hope you do too.
Here's the great white shark passing your blogger/poetry boy into court on day one of voir dire. As the poet Duncan Primeaux would say over his Boddingtons while picking a bar fight, "you take the guy with seven Cy Young Awards and I'll take the former division three baseball player from Wisconsin."
Excuse me L.A. Times but for the record I didn't ask him a question:
Clemens' lawyers did an impressive job of preparing potential jurors for the possibility that Clemens may not need to testify. This concept was confusing for a couple of them. Many of the potential jurors were dense and I'll let you decide if this will constitute a jury of Roger's peers.
One potential juror said he was a Yankee fan at the time Roger played for the Yankees but doesn't know when or if he retired. He thought Barry Bonds was guilty of perjury and that he pled guilty to the charge. (He wasn't and he didn't.) He was also clearly lying when he said he knew about George Mitchell and BALCO. When asked what exactly he knew about them, he said he didn't know anything. The juror didn't know where his own wife worked. He thought the government was always right. He thought Clemens was on trial because he's charged with taking steroids. His last name is Jeter but said he's not related to Derek. Really?!
A women said she was a Sammy Sosa fan and when asked if she knew of Roger Clemens said, "I've never heard of him." Sadly, the judge told the juror that Sammy Sosa is very unlikely to be called as a witness.
But the highlight was:
Q (Clemens' lawyer Rusty Hardin): What is your occupation?
A (Potential Juror Man who walked briskly in and out of the courtroom): I've been on complete disability since 2000 for my back.
Q: Do you have any hobbies?
A: Yes, I enjoy riding bikes.
Roger Clemens (thinking): And I'm on trial?


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bangunan rumah minimalis– Which vegetables grow best in the winter months? Well the vegetables that grow best in the winter time really are those that grow underground. I guess that makes sense right? nature has a way of protected things and this is the case since these vegetables grow underground. Before you can read list vegetables, you can visit another articles like:
Container Gardening: How to be Ready for Winter Months
Autumn Garden Maintenance be Ready for Winter Months
One thing to consider is where you live. In the southern states it does not get that cold in the winter way down south. So if you live in the north compared to the south things will be different. But here are a few things that you can grow in the winter months:
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Students Selected for NBC Olympics Internship Program
Four students from the Lawrence Herbert School of Communication were selected from a competitive pool of 2,400 applicants to participate in the NBCUniversal Summer Olympics internship program in Stamford, Conn.
Patrick Shay'16 (BS, video/television and film production) and Alison Bonaviso'18 (BS, video/television and business) are assigned to be shot selectors from July 29- August 21. Their responsibilities include reviewing, logging, and making basic highlight packages for nbcolympics.com.
Ashley Smith'16 (BS, video/television) and Alexis Sansone'16 (BA, film studies and production) will be production assistants during the month of August.
All four students applied for the program through Douglas Morrow, internship coordinator for the Herbert School and an adjunct associate professor in the Department of Radio, Television, Film, who worked with Michele Roberts '91 in the Hofstra Career Center. They students will be interning with the Olympics coverage team in the NBC Sports Group facility in Stamford. The Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from Aug. 5-21.
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With the myriad of ways nefarious types are able to get their hands on passwords these days, often times whether your information gets stolen is completely out of your hands. Rather than changing their sign-in credentials every time another leak or hack happens, many folks trust their online security to password managers such as LastPass. Dashlane is an alternative that can also get the job done, and for the next week, you can snag a premium account free for six months over at sharewareonsale.com. A yearly subscription currently goes for $39.99.
Dashlane relies on AES-256 encryption to protect your data, which it backs up and automatically syncs across your various devices if you have a premium account. In addition to passwords, which Dashlane can generate for you, the service also stores credit cards and other payment information so that you can make payments online with a single click.
The software works across Windows, Mac, Android, and iOS. There's an app in the Play Store, but to get things up and running, you need to first install the desktop software. Fortunately, you don't have to pay anything extra for that.
The offer is aimed at new premium users, but existing ones are still welcome to try. Included in the deal are six months of updates and tech support. The free coupon will expire in six days.
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Bracelets are an essential jewellery for both men and women but these days they are more popular among the females. Jewellery is also considered as the best friend of every woman. They are the vitamins and minerals to the trendy fashion of this era that brings a cute smile on everyone's face. The alluring collection of stylish bracelets at Jewelslane gives everyone the chance to shine like a star and buy gold bracelets online.
You will always find a beautiful piece to adorn your wrist from the range of dazzling bracelets; if you are looking for some spiritual symbol, a charm for your beloved or initial of your name. The large collection of stylish bracelets at Jewelslane include a variety of alphabets, charms, Ik Onkar, Khanda, Om bracelets, Om namah shivay, tennis bracelets, zodiac, Ganesh bracelets, and other friendship day gifts in the form of bracelets and bands. These accessories are appealing and well- crafted to fulfil your desire of wearing a perfect piece of jewellery on your delicate wrists.
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We all owe it to ourselves to get some pampering done once in a while, considering how busy our life can be. Taking some time off to enjoy the best Thai massage Melbourne session is not only good for your body, but it also leaves you feeling relaxed and rejuvenated for days.
To begin with, Thai massage is a one-of-a-kind therapy, more similar to yoga stretching as opposed to kneading. In fact, it is sometimes referred to as the "lazy man's yoga" due to comparable techniques used to relax tight and tense muscles by applying rhythmic pressure on different points on the body.
This type of massage has rapidly gained popularity as it is fast becoming the most sought-after alternative treatment. There are various benefits one can get from visiting Thai massage treatments Melbourne providers with the most noticeable ones being:
– A stress reliever as a nicely performed massage therapy rejuvenates your mind, body, and spirit.
– It boosts mobility and body stability. The stretching routines helps you to be more flexible.
– It detoxifies your soft tissues.
– It is an effective pain reliever from muscle tissues, cramps, and spasms.
If you are planning on experiencing the best Thai massage Melbourne session, you should consider the following tips and advice:
Preparation is the key.
In order to fully experience the benefits of a Thai massage, you have to be adequately prepared. This involves:
- Getting a medical recommendation. Massage therapies are considered as alternative medicine with no extensive scientific basis. That is the reason why doctors does not usually recommend this method especially if you have a medical condition such as high blood pressure, knee or hip replacement, cancer, or any serious heart condition. Therefore, before booking for a Thai massage session, it is advisable that you get a medical approval from your doctor, just to ensure that this exercise will not cause any health complications.
- Eating an hour or two before the session. If you must eat before starting your therapy, then a small snack is okay at least an hour or two prior the massage. Having a light meal will help you to experience the full benefits of abdominal compressions during the routine and this will also help you to have better digestion. On the other hand, avoid eating too much as the stretches can make you very uncomfortable.
- Watching what you wear. The good thing about Thai massage is that you do nott have to do it on your nudity. However, you should consider wearing loose clothes that are not too tight on your waistline so there are no constrictions with movements.
Choosing the right massage center
For you to enjoy the best Thai massage Melbourne session, the masseuse should be highly skilled, professional, and well-equipped. The massage therapy may be a little bit demanding on your body and at times, you may be pushed to your limits, experiencing a slight pain in the process. Due to the complexities aforementioned, you need to be assured that you are in safe hands.
Consider booking a session with Serenergy Thai, the leading providers of traditional Thai, Remedial Deep tissue, Swedish/relaxation, aromatherapy, and Thai foot massage Melbourne services. They are highly qualified and have been providing services since 2009. http://www.serenergythai.com.au/


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intr.v. sus·pired, sus·pir·ing, sus·pires
1. To breathe: "And from that one intake of fire / All creatures still warmly suspire" (Robert Frost).
2. To sigh.
[Middle English suspiren, to sigh, from Old French, from Latin suspīrāre : sub-, from below; see sub- + spīrāre, to breathe.]
sus′pi·ra′tion (sŭs′pə-rā′shən) n.
1. to sigh or utter with a sigh; yearn
2. (intr) to breathe; respire
[C15: from Latin suspīrāre to take a deep breath, from sub- + spīrāre to breathe]
suspiration n
v. -pired, -pir•ing. v.i.
1. to sigh.v.t.
2. to utter with sighing breaths.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Latin suspīrāre=su- su- + spīrāre to breathe]
sus•pi•ra•tion (ˌsʌs pəˈreɪ ʃən) n.
Past participle: suspired
Gerund: suspiring
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
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|suspire - heave or utter a sigh; breathe deeply and heavily; "She sighed sadly"
breathe, take a breath, suspire, respire - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
|suspire - draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs; "I can breathe better when the air is clean"; "The patient is respiring"
respire - undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide
respire - breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety
choke - breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion; "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
hyperventilate - breathe excessively hard and fast; "The mountain climber started to hyperventilate"
hiccough, hiccup - breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water"
breathe out, exhale, expire - expel air; "Exhale when you lift the weight"
breathe in, inhale, inspire - draw in (air); "Inhale deeply"; "inhale the fresh mountain air"; "The patient has trouble inspiring"; "The lung cancer patient cannot inspire air very well"
wheeze - breathe with difficulty
yawn - utter a yawn, as from lack of oxygen or when one is tired; "The child yawned during the long performance"


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Research experience helps guide career choices for undergradTomas Meijome | Biology, Undergraduate | Biology Department Tomás Meijome is quick to say that as an Argentine, he, of course, plays soccer.
What he can also say is that what he is learning in various IUPUI laboratories is preparing him for a career as a physician-researcher who may someday help bring discoveries from the bench to the bedside.
A School of Science sophomore, it was his anatomy and physiology teacher at Center Grove High School in Greenwood, Indiana, who turned him onto science. She constantly challenged him with novel and intriguing ideas, recognizing in him a certain spark and aptitude and ultimately encouraging him to go into the life sciences.
After living and attending schools in the outskirts of Buenos Aires and across the United States from Utah, Arizona and Oklahoma to Indiana, he elected to follow in the footsteps of his older brother Marcelo and attend IUPUI.
Once on campus Meijome headed straight for the School of Science where he enrolled in both biology and chemistry courses with plans to major in biology, apply to medical school and earn an M.D. degree. By his second semester he had been selected as a peer mentor for students taking introductory chemistry. By his sophomore year he was one of three program coordinators and training other mentors.
Exploring options for the summer between freshman and sophomore years, he had learned of the Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program at IUPUI, which gets students from groups underrepresented in the sciences into labs very early in their college careers. He'd never really thought about doing research but decided to give it a try. He applied for and was accepted by the program.
"I thought it would be interesting to try working in a lab, but had no idea what kind of basic science research I might want to do. The LSAMP Program was an ideal way for me to test the waters and see if I liked research, he recalls.
Under the mentorship of Fengyu Song, D.D.S., Ph.D., of the IU School of Dentistry and the School of Science's Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, Meijome spent the summer working in the rapidly advancing field of regenerative medicine. His research compared tissue characteristics in the axolotl, a salamander that has the unique ability to regenerate appendages following any level of amputation, with those of the xenopus laevis, also known as the African clawed frog, whose limbs do not regenerate. As limb regeneration in the axolotl occurs when cells dedifferentiate and accumulate at the amputation site under the skin of the wound, he focused on the muscle, skin and cartilage tissue.
"Dr. Song encouraged me to do much of my work independently, which appealed to me and gave me a bigger sense of achievement. I learned a lot not only about regenerative medicine in her lab, but also about myself. I really like research and I have decided that I would like to become an M.D./Ph.D.--a physician researcher," he said.
Clearly on the right path, in the fall he received first place for his scientific poster presentation at the statewide LSAMP research conference, competing against students from the other members of the Indiana LSAMP program: Ball State, Indiana State, IU-Bloomington, IU Northwest, Purdue University – Calumet, Purdue University – North Central, and Purdue University in West Lafayette.
He credits his LSAMP experience with his success in entering the IUPUI's Diversity Scholars Research Program, which provides scholarship funding and undergraduate research opportunities in preparation for graduate studies. As a sophomore, he is also a participant in the IUPUI Life-Health Sciences Internship Program and is working in the laboratory of Melissa Kacena, Ph.D., in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at the IU School of Medicine, where he is helping her explore the interaction of bone and blood cell formation with the goal of improving the treatment of metabolic bone disease and fracture healing.
Between the many hours in the lab and classrooms, Meijome's days are pretty hectic, but he is able to find time to play intramural soccer, lacrosse and flag football and to think about a career translating research into medical practice.


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I liked
the remote control included with the LVR-1001 much more then the remote
included with the 2001 model. For one thing, it's a matching silver color.
There are also countless nice additions to the 1001 remote that the 2001 remote
doesn't have, such as a handy navigational joystick. Below is a comparison
between the two.
performance was horrible with the remote. It had to be pointing right at the
drive in order to work...very annoying.
Let me
clarify that this player does not make DVD copies in VCD format!
LVR-1001 allows a connection from the player to an outside source, such as a
TV, camcorder, or VCR, via a composite or S-Video cable. It's easy to connect a
camcorder for quick recording in the front ports, but it's wise to connect your
TV to the back ports to always have access. It's very easy to actually record.
First, you turn on the drive and put it any (most will work) blank CD. I tested
with PNY and Memorex CD's. Then, you press the source button on your remote
control to use the correct output. Once that's selected, all you need to do is
press Record. The recording process will begin immediately as long as the disk
is already prepared. It compresses the video and audio into MPEG-2 format to
make it small enough to fit on a CD. Keep in mind that you can only fit 1 hour
of video on one CD, so in order to have a movie on CD's, you'll need two. But,
for TV shows, this works out to be just fine.
of the recorded programs was slightly less then VHS. It's not good at all for
distributing, but for home viewing, it's just fine. Some scenes of a TV sitcom
that I recorded were grainy, but still viewable. The quality never got bad, but
it was not exactly excellent either. Once again, it's fine for home viewing.
You can
also view the recorded video right on your PC since it is recorded in VCD
format. Windows Media Player should be able to view the video. Quality on the
PC was actually slightly better then on the TV.
I didn't
like the fact that the drive lacked a timer. This means that you can't set a
specific time to record something, so don't throw out your VCR just yet. You
have to pretty much be there in order to record a program, unlike VCR's.
Playback was exactly like the LVD-2001, excellent. All colors were rich
and vibrant, and there was no lag whatsoever when watching Gladiator and the
Matrix. There's not much I can say about playback performance, so bottom line
is that the quality was great.


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M-Power allows you to Attach or Link external files to various items within the system. These include Quote, Customer Orders, Bill of Materials, Purchase Orders etc.
Note that the File System Integration feature must first be set-up to point to the correct location within your computers file system in addition to the folder structure you require to be specified.Please see this knowledge base article for further information on setting up this feature.
To attach or link a file open the item (Quote, Customer Order etc.) to which you would like attach or link the file. Look for the Related Files button, note that Customer orders will have two buttons as shown below. One for attaching or linking to the Order, the other for attaching or linking to the Variation (Bill of Materials).
Upon clicking the button you would seethe dialog below.
**Note: Depending on the requirements of your company various elements of this dialog may be hidden. In particular some companies do not allow Attaching, only Linking of files.
1. Method (Attachment or Link)
2. File Name
3. Attach a File
(A copy of the file is saved within the database, the original file is unchanged)
4. Link a File
(The location of the file is save, the file is not copied or moved)
5. Remove a File
(If attached the file us deleted from within the database. If linked only the link is deleted, the file itself remains unchanged)
6. Open
(The file is opened using the default application (ON THE SERVER MACHINE) for that file type)
7. Save
(Opens a standard Save Dialog allowing the user to choose the location to save a copy of the file)
8. Save All
(Opens a standard Folder Dialog allowing the user to choose the folder in which to save a copy of the files)
9. Copy to ... & Link
(Copies the file to the automatically created folder for the Quote, Customer Order etc. and creates a link to the new file)
10. Open ... Folder
(Opens the automatically created folder for the Quote, Customer Order etc.)
Depending on how your companies installation is setup you may be able to view file paths from Jobcards and other reports.
Attaching/Linking FilesFollow
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Why it's simpler to bootstrap in India than Silicon Valley
Indian, Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants are packing up their great American dream and going back home to build new companies.
Indian immigrants across the world are flocking back into the country like migratory birds post winter. A recent study by Kauffman Foundation titled America's New Immigrant Entrepreneurs shows that while every third tech start up in the US has an Indian connection, thanks to the US' frigid immigration norms, the percentage of immigrant-founded startups has declined from 52.4 percent to 43.9 percent in Silicon Valley alone.
Indian, Chinese and Taiwanese immigrants are packing up their great American dream and going back home to build new companies. As, immigrant critic Vivek Wadhwa argues Indian immigrants who are increasingly getting the bitter taste of US' immigration norms are returning home for good.
Why now?
The start up ecosystem in India is coming of age and the world is taking notice of it. With a healthy number of investors and the steady rise of support in terms of accelerators and incubators across the country is making immigrants move homeward.
Prune or perish
It is why the world took notice of India during the dotcom boom -- cost arbitrage. It is simply cheaper to bootstrap a company in India than in the Silicon Valley or anywhere in the US. This is what made Mohit Garg come back to India after spending a decade in the US. Garg, a Stanford graduate moved to India to start Mindtickle, a gamification company in August 2011. "In India you can live on very little which is great for bootstrapping. I see many college grads starting companies here straight out of college because the cost of starting a company here is really low purely in terms of Purchasing Power Parity," said Garg.
Most such entrepreneurs like Garg prefer maintaining a development office in India and a few client facing sales executives in the US.
After remotely coordinating with an engineer in India, while in the US, Sunil Patro, CEO and founder of SignEasy, a digital signature startup thought it was easier for him to work out of India with a few of his marketing and sales colleagues based out of US and UK.
"I had to remotely collaborate with an engineer in India since it is expensive to hire people in the Valley. After the first version of the product was ready, I figured that it was much more cost effective to work out of India and decided to move. I knew I would find good talent here for my company and hence decided to move to India in March last year," he said.
SignEasy now has a development centre in Bangalore with five engineers and two customer-facing employees abroad. "You don't need presence in the US when you are bootstrapping. There are so many problems here that can be solved with technology. A lot of product companies are building global products from India. I believe that you have to live where the problems are," said Sunil.
Level playing field
When you have talent, infrastructure and the funding in place, in this world of cloud and web, any company becomes geography-agnostic. "For a product company like ours it is a level playing field and is very democratic. In that sense, base does not matter that much," said Garg who believes that his company is comparable to any other start up based in Texas or Boston.
With most VC funds out of the Valley including Norwest Ventures, Accel Partners and Sequoia Capital have India-focused funds for early-stage as well as growth-stage start ups. Some of these investing giants are bullish on India's entrepreneurs who are educated abroad and who have worked in the Valley.
Home is where opportunities are
If one were to go by Vivek Wadhwa's arguments or the aforementioned Kauffman study, one will be led to believe that Indians immigrants are coming back to India due to the visa concerns. However, people like Garg and Patro decided to come back inspite of being green card holders.
"After I came back, I realised that there is a lot of angel and seed investments here. Funds are putting seed capital. India is no more a disadvantage when from the investing perspective. I always looked at India as the land of opportunities. It was an interesting and an unexplored market and I saw growth in all directions," said Garg.
For Ashok Hariharan, who has worked in the US and in London, India was a place where he could solve easy problems. "Came back here because there are easy problems to solve and lots of money to be made from it. Contrary to popular belief, it is very easy to start a company in India. The venture capital ecosystem is maturing here in India and the increasing number of early-stage funds is an encouraging sign," said Hariharan, who is the CEO and co-founder of IDfy, a website that helps you create a consolidated online profile.
Experts like Vivek Wadhwa agree that the return of Indian immigrants is US' loss. "Indian students who are passing out of Stanford, Harvard are now going back by default. And, this is happening very rapidly. They are creating a mini Valley in India and it is only going to increase. Poeple like Vinod Khosla are investing in companies in India and many more are setting up accelerators," he said in a telephone interview with Firstpost.com.
However, there are challenges that have to be dealt with in terms of infrastructural support for these mushrooming companies, reforms at the policy level where the government fosters small businesses and help them grow.
What is also very encouraging is that not only do Indians in the US come back to start companies, there are some who have come back to invest in companies. Karthik Reddy and Sanjay Nath, after working in the US for over a decade moved back to start Blume Ventures, which provides seed capital to early stage companies.
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What does it mean to pray? When should we pray, what should we pray for, and is there a special way to do it? Most importantly, does it even matter if we pray—does God really hear us?
"In whom we have boldness and access with confidence through faith in Him." (Ephesians 3:12)
Praying—talking to God—is one of the most basic components of being a Christian. It is essential that we pray, because all relationships, including the one we have with God, are two-way streets. God speaks to us through the Bible, and we speak to Him through prayer. Just as a friendship in which you never email, call, or otherwise communicate will quickly deteriorate, our relationship with God suffers when we do not pray. But how should we pray?
The most important requirement of prayer is acknowledging your sinfulness before God, and agreeing with Him that it is only through Christ that you can approach Him. That is the message of today's verse. Jesus Christ is the one "in whom we have boldness and access [to the Father] with confidence through faith in Him [Jesus]." Hebrews 10:14, 17, 19, 22 tells us, "For by one offering [the death of Christ on the cross] He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified [us!]…[God says,] 'Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no more'…Therefore, brethren, having boldness to enter the Holiest [the very throne room of God's presence in prayer] by the blood of Jesus…let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water." We pray, not by merely tacking on "in Jesus' name" at the end of our prayers, but by approaching God through faith in Christ alone.
Jesus taught us what we should pray for in The Lord's Prayer: "In this manner, therefore, pray:
Our Father in heaven, [He is not a distant or angry pagan deity; He loves us as a father loves His children]
Hallowed be Your name. [We desire that His name be honored]
Your kingdom come. [We desire that everyone that will, come to a knowledge of Him]
Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. [We long for God's goodness to reign on earth in place of sin]
Give us this day our daily bread. [We ask for what we need-do we understand what we really need?]
And forgive us our debts,
As we forgive our debtors. [This is so hard; I find myself praying "better than I forgive my debtors!"]
And do not lead us into temptation, [Don't let it be easy for me to sin]
But deliver us from evil. [What is the biggest evil? That I turn away from God; that I stop hearing Him]
For Yours is the kingdom [authority] and the power and the glory forever. Amen." (Matthew 6:9-13)
This prayer is frequently prayed in church, and some families teach it to their children as a morning or evening prayer, but it is important to understand that while we are not restricted to this particular prayer, it does express what we should be concerned about.
Philippians 4:6 tells us to, "Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God" and gives the promise, "and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."(Philippians 4:7) We are to not worry, but let God know our needs and let Him give us the peace that"…all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose." (Romans 8:28) But are we told when should we pray?
Some pagan faiths prescribe prayer at certain times of the day, but we are to "pray without ceasing." (I Thessalonians 5:17) While this might seem ridiculous to some, it is actually an expression of the relationship we have with our Lord God. If we know Him, if we don't hide our sins from Him but quickly admit it when we sin and stop doing it, if we see Him for the incredibly good and loving heavenly Father that He is, the Holy Spirit—the Spirit of Christ in us—will increasingly prompt us to fellowship with Him. We will not be mouthing words at all times, but the lines of communication will be open, and there will be increasing times during the day when we will really truly talk to Him. If we understand that He is with us through the presence of His Spirit and open to hearing us, if we realize that He does love us, and that He wants us to talk to Him, it opens us up to actually live in His presence.
Furthermore, while much of what a new Christian prays for is need-based, a person who has spent some time getting to know who God is as He has revealed Himself in Scripture will find that more and more of his prayers are worship—a recognition of and praising who He is, and it is this that God is looking for from us. So while a legitimate goal of prayer is to communicate our needs to our heavenly Father, because He already knows this, asking is for the purpose of allowing us the experience of having Him provide, which strengthens our faith. Yet prayer becomes worship when we think about what God is like, and come to see Him for who He really is, because at that point we agree with Him and are blessed to be in His presence. Jesus said, "…the hour is coming and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him."(John 4:23) So, in answer to the question of whether it matters if we pray, the answer is a resounding yes, it certainly does matter that we pray, because through praying we both fellowship with God and have our faith strengthened as we experience His responses! Yet, is there ever a situation when God will not hear my prayers?
The answer to this is that God will not hear me if I am in denial, either about my sin—that it is wrong and I have to abandon it—or about Christ being my only forgiveness. Psalm 66:18 tells us, "If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear." Just as the sinner in Jesus' parable who said, "Lord, be merciful to me a sinner" went home justified, rather than the proud man who wouldn't even acknowledge his sins, we whenever we pray we must first submit to God's assessment of the situation, because it is only then that we can experience the genuine fellowship with our loving heavenly Father!
Dear Lord,
Thank You that through Christ I can boldly approach Your throne of grace. Help me increasingly see who You truly are, and thank You that I can know You and worship You. Amen.


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As I was writing my latest post on London as a site of architectural experimentation, I thought of a place where you can check out cutting-edge structures in the making.
The Serpentine Galleries, with an unbeatable location in the heart of Kensington Gardens, commission every year a temporary summer pavilion by an internationally renowned architect. This project started in 2000 with Zaha Hadid (who also designed the newly opened Sackler Gallery on the opposite side of the Serpentine lake).
This year the Serpentine Pavilion is one of the weirdest ever. Designed by Chilean architect Smiljan Radić and open until the 19th of October, it is a donut-shaped structure resembling a shell – or maybe a prehistoric egg – or maybe a UFO – with a café inside.
The Serpentine Galleries are free and definitely worth a look if you find yourself in the area.
And while in Kensington Gardens, go and look for Peter Pan's statue – less cutting-edge of course, but with the advantage of longevity: erected more than a century ago, it will outlive many more Serpentine Pavilions.
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Illumination Entertainment are the toon studio behind the Despicable Me films, including next year's Minions spin-off. They don't have the vocal fanbase of Pixar, or even Dreamworks, but they've certainly got a lot of good animators on the books. Recruiting Brian Lynch to write on their films was certainly a good move too.
The Illumination YouTube has turned out to be a little more offbeat than Universal's, offering not only trailers and clips from their movies but some other, more esoteric bric-a-brac.
Here, then, are:
- an animation test, comparing the original yellow minions with the new, evil purple ones
- the animated title card that will open Despicable Me 2
- and a fan tribute to one of the more… um… memorable trailers of recent years.
Despicable Me 2 opens in the UK on June 28th and in the US on July 3rd.


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The height of a tree is defined as the number of edges on the longest path in the tree. The function shown in the pseudo-code below is invoked as height (root) to compute the height of a binary tree rooted at the tree pointer root.
int height(treeptr n)
{ if(n == NULL) return -1;
if(n -> left == NULL)
if(n -> right == NULL) return 0;
else return B1; // Box 1
else{h1 = height(n -> left);
if(n -> right == NULL) return (1+h1);
else{h2 = height(n -> right);
return B2; // Box 2
The appropriate expressions for the two boxes B1 and B2 are:
In tree many variation of question can be asked like count no of internal nodes,no of leaf nodes,no of nodes which has only left child or right child , no of nodes with degree 2 and many more.
So next question how can we answer such problems??
so generally code will be given to us and they would left some blank space and out of given option we have to fill the blank space .
the best approach i can find as of now for verifying option is Stack method . In Tree generally node would be called preorder and execution will done postorder. So start running the code by pushing root (by taking a simple example)in stack it and and also keep in mind where you have gone to call next node (line no) continue this push and pop operation until you get the asked value.
if any one is having any other approaches then ...please share
Assumption: You have the required background knowledge of trees, recursion and stack.
We're using recursion to cut down our problem into smaller parts.
Height of a tree would be equal to height of it's immediate left or right subtree (whichever's maximum) + 1.
Now, that subtree can be treated as a tree in itself, and we call the function recursively with the root of this subtree as the tree.
This process goes on until we reach leafs.
We know that height of a leaf = 0.
So, we return from this recursive call, and keep adding the 1's that we encountered in our stack while placing those recursive calls. This fetches us the height.
Clearly, Option A.
Answer is option A.
From the diagram below we are able to see how this works :
I got a hint ; How to quickly approach this type of question :--In this type of questions where we already know we want to find something(i.e. Height ) then simply draw min possible tree which reach us upto the Given Boxes.
For Box1,Box2 tree will be as given in below img :-->
Now Analyse the code for above trees we get Option A as Ans.
1st if condition is true only if there is no node in binary tree.
2nd if condition told if there is only 1 node in the tree.Then height of tree is 0.
if the tree has at least one left node, then it is going to calculate B2
otherwise, if the tree has only right subtree, tree height calculated by B1 only
B1= right subtree+1 to get height of the tree
Now, h1= height of right subtree of a node
h2= height of left subtree of a node
height of a tree= 1+ max(h1,h2)
h1 is height of left subtree and h2 height of right subtree.
Now, to get total height of tree we have to add root with max (left subtree, right subtree) of the tree.
got it?


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Built to Spill House of Blues October 21, 2010
While Thursday's chatty House of Blues crowd mingled and awaited Built to Spill's 10 p.m. set time, most hardly noticed that the band was already strolling the stage, casually setting up their own gear. Such nonchalance may contradict a band that has been comfortably signed to a major label for the past 13 years (Warner Bros./ATP Recordings), but the humble Boise natives' lackadaisical vibe became a recurring theme throughout the evening.
In an era of once-defunct '90s bands now reuniting - so many it seems to be the unofficial musical trend of 2010 - it's common to witness bands who have parted ways reassembling, rearranging, reconfiguring. Built to Spill is not one of those bands.
Sure, front man Doug Martsch took a musical sojourn of sorts in the early '00s, releasing a solo effort, Now You Know; but in their near-20-year career, the band has consistently released albums and steadily toured to support them. Their most recent album, There Is No Enemy, was released late last year, marking Built to Spill's seventh full-length record since 1993.
And speaking of the '90s, the boys from Boise proved they weren't afraid to revisit the decade that was, promptly kicking the set off with "Three Years Ago Today," from 1993's Ultimate Alternative Wavers. And just like that, we were reeled in by Martsch's distinctive sing-song croon and atmospheric guitar tones.
Songs spanned the band's wide repertoire, as "The Plan," "Joyride" and the doleful "Things Fall Apart" easily enough kept the crowd's attention - and fortunately so, as BTS wasn't exactly playing up to their crowd; in fact, they seemed borderline apathetic.
But any lack of onstage enthusiasm was assuaged by absolutely flawless delivery. The band was indisputably "on" throughout the entire set. Any "imperfections" would only add to their charm; when Martsch's voice falters, it's endearing.
By the time the moody "Things Fall Apart" was played (mid-set, at least), we wondered if the restrained Martsch would ever address the audience. But suddenly, as if mirroring the song's lyrics - "into the darkness from out of the blue" - he spoke: A simple, Texas-friendly greeting. "Hey, how's it going, y'all?"
Following suit for their slapdash stage persona, Built to Spill plowed through another steady string of songs, including "Sidewalk" and the tender "The Wait," before closing out with 1999's "Carry the Zero," a by-the-book, near-flawless rock song, made more perfect by Martsch's wailing guitar solo.
The man of few words brusquely thanked the crowd, as he led his bandmates offstage, only to shortly return solo, an acoustic guitar in hand. The crowd, suddenly rowdy, must have downed their final beers in anticipation for the encore, as its roar was quickly approaching rambunctious territory. Martsch noticed this shift, shaking his head toward the crowd in mock disapproval.
After flashing a coy smile to his eager crowd, he began the first song of his intimate encore, "Dream" - appropriately, a track from his solo record. Fans cheered as the first few chords were strummed; but the remainder of the crowd had surpassed rambunctious territory, and was just plain loud.
Irritated, Martsch stopped mid-song, and pleaded with his audience, inviting those who preferred to chat to either "be quiet" or retire to the bar. "This is hard for everyone," he continued, before jumping back into "Dream," whose candid lyrics seemed to contradict such discourteous behavior.
As if tweaking the encore to better suit their loquacious crowd, the remainder of the band rejoined Martsch onstage, electric guitars in tow, for the (louder) final encore. "Big Dipper" and "I Would Hurt a Fly" received favorable responses from the crowd, which now seemed to thin out, leaving BTS's truest fans to sing along with their indie heroes.
But it was the evening's intrepid closer, "Goin' Against Your Mind," that provoked the biggest crowd reaction, as Martsch, backed by a unwavering bass line, closed out the set with yet another spacey guitar solo. The song journeyed through a series of build-ups and breakdowns, and was ultimately capped off by Martsch's proverbial one-liner: "Thanks."
Ultimately, Built to Spill upheld their title of nonchalance - in all ways but one: They ardently wove equal parts soulful folk, whimsical pop melodies and epic jams into one show, but with the underlying theme of undisputed, no-nonsense rock and roll.
There's nothing nonchalant about that.
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Personal Bias: With songs these good, who needs stage presence?
The Crowd: Was chock-full of burly bearded men, a la the Built to Spill convention.
Overheard In the Crowd: We think Martsch already answered this one for us.
Random Notebook Dump: Is it just us, or does Doug Martsch resemble an adorable marionette-meets-bobblehead when he sings?


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Protestantism has the method of Jesus with His secret too much left out of mind; Catholicism has His secret with His method too much left out of mind; neither has His unerring balance, His intuition, His sweet reasonableness. But both have hold of a great truth, and get from it a great power.
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So the holiday season is here and Christmas is right around the corner. Everyone is supposed to watch your weight and be careful what you eat during the holidays right? Whatever. This is a time to enjoy all those delicious foods out there. While I sit at work, I'm thinking of the cookies that are not far from me and trying to keep my hands from grabbing one or two or six. They remind me of the AWESOME cookies that my wife has made a few times recently. Just thought that I'd share with everyone the recipe in case you want to make these delicious amazing little bites for your holiday get together. I know this isn't "Road Rage" but hey, who can get mad over cookies? (more…)
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It is certain that the concept of attending an online course in DiSC, specifically one that deals with workplace environment, behaviors, and functioning styles of various individuals – without getting to meet or see fellow attendees – must be quite unidentifiable and queer.
However, the effectiveness of the course is intact on an online platform as well. Some of the primary features of Strengthscape's Online DiSC certification, with live trainer-led virtual classes that ensure all attendees feel similarly about are:
- An all-inclusive Everything DiSC manual
- Four weekly modules
- Final examination/assessment
The baseline of the Everything DiSC course is enhanced behavioral understanding and effectiveness of functioning in a group – ranging from workplace to a more personal front. It is an established theorem of functioning of individuals in a social setting that determines the related concept of collaboration.
Individuals of different DiSC styles have remarkably variant adaptation abilities along with a stark difference in the lag phase of professional growth. With time, the number of organizations incorporating DISC as a pre-requisite to business operation has only increased.
These organizations not only acknowledge the benefits of program itself, but also prioritize having a professional DiSC certified trainer to facilitate the incorporation.
The highlight of Strengthscape's Online DiSC Certification is the ease of access to each learner at their comfort. The program is designed to provide extensive learning material and knowledge enhancement tools. It is designed to suit individual learning styles and pace of learning.
The self-paced learning package also includes live collaborative sessions by the DiSC expert trainers. The highlight of the online material is how interactive and memorable it is in terms of representation and information flow.
An individual who undergoes the training session gains an overt self-confidence and competence that enables him/her to deliver DiSC based interventions to larger groups inside of their organization or elsewhere.
The program is highly relatable and provides real-life scenarios to allow individuals to apply the knowledge to work situations that demand behavioral integrity. The program most importantly focus on providing individuals with a clear insight to various behavioral traits exhibited by themselves and others at the workplace. These individuals also gain self-confidence to extrapolate this acquired skill to small groups initially and larger sessions eventually.
The most effective aspect of the program is the non-monotonous design where learners get a 'small group break-out session'. These programs ensure active engagement throughout categorically amongst learners of all DiSC styles. Majorly in these online sessions, one gets to read content that engages them rather than monotonous slide shows that break the individual connect. People from across the globe come together for these highly interactive sessions.
Overall, the effectiveness of Strengthscape's Online DiSC Certification largely relies on its relatable content, interactive design, self-paced learning, exhaustive knowledge bank, and expertise of the trainers. Learners are left capacitated in terms of insightful behavior and ability to impart knowledge to fellow workplace employees.
Visibly enough, the understanding of DiSC empowers effective workplace behavior and enhanced functionality. People, by nature, are different in perspective and experience. This, in turn, improves organizational growth and progress due to the new-found ease of interaction amongst the employees.


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The Digital Arts Experience Girls STEM Academy: White Plains, Westchester NY
Back in October, The Digital Arts Experience (The DAE) began their inaugural Girls STEM Academy class on Thursday evenings. This 12-week introductory program covered 3 different computer programming languages: Scratch, Python and Java where students spent 4 weeks on each topic. Each girl worked hands-on in a small, project-based classroom setting to explore these powerful coding languages with seasoned DAE instructor, Emily Angell.
Emily has been teaching classes at The DAE since its inception over 2 years ago. With a degree in audio engineering, she started out teaching music classes. Seeing Emily's excellent teaching skills and ability to connect with her students, The DAE wanted to challenge her even further. Soon thereafter, Emily started learning Scratch, a code free introduction to computer programming that empowers students to create stunning animations, games, interactive art and more, with the intention of teaching it at The DAE.
Fast forward more than a year later, Scratch has taken off as one of the most popular, successful classes run at The DAE thanks to Emily's ability to learn the material and translate it into an educational, challenging, but most of all fun program for the students! When asked to take on the challenge of learning Python and Java, Emily never once hesitated or gave push back. In fact, she was eager to take her teaching skills to the next level.
"Learning a new program, especially one that may not be in your wheelhouse, can be really intimidating," she says. "But knowing your resources and having confidence in your own ability to learn something new, even if it's difficult, is what we're trying to foster here. Sure, this class covers programming basics, but what I'm trying to do is teach these girls how to think."
The Digital Arts Experience (The DAE) is dedicated to providing quality and enriching STEM programs to young women and girls in Westchester County, NY. Being a strong proponent of STEM-powered programs, The DAE also strives to empower young women and encourage them to partake in non-traditional fields that are most typically dominated by men.
The DAE runs after school programs and summer camps for kids and teens in White Plains, Westchester NY using the most up to date digital arts tools and technologies. It's mission is to facilitate learning in an open, collaborative, hands-on environment that fosters creativity, critical thinking, and openness.
"If we're going to out-innovate and out-educate the rest of the world, we've got to open doors for everyone. We need all hands on deck, and that means clearing hurdles for women and girls as they navigate careers in science, technology, engineering, and math."
-First Lady Michelle Obama
(source http://gettingsmart.com/2013/11/facts-women-stem)
- STEM careers are the fastest-growing jobs in the United States, yet women make up only about a quarter (24%) of STEM workers.
- The 2013 average salary in Computer Science was $59,977. Nearly $10-$20,000 more than other fields commonly occupied by women.
- Although the number is increasing, there are still more men consistently earning Science & Engineering doctorates.
- In 1991, 17,214 men earned Science & Engineering doctorates compared to 7,481 women.
- In 2011, 15,364 women earned Science & Engineering doctorates compared to 20,887 men.
"When you give a girl a chance to build a robot when she's 5 or build a rocket when she's 10, she will have the inspiration and the know-how to become interested in those fields and see her future in those fields"
-Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
Interested in learning more about The Girls STEM Academy at The Digital Arts Experience? Custom and private classes also available. Feel free to e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Hopefully you heard the news that NBC has renewed its excellent series Hannibal for a third season, which is grand news since this show seems to get better each week. Tonight's episode, "Ko No Mono," was no exception. Rather than string us along any further, the powers that be have answered a few of the show's mysteries quite definitively in this latest hour. And while the murderous love triangle of Will, Hannibal, and Alana (plus a few stags thrown in for good measure) remains a compelling storyline this season, the Verger siblings are vying for the title of most messed up relationship. That's saying something. Hit the jump for my Hannibal recap, bones and all.
In no uncertain terms, Will's transformation into a cold-blooded killer under the guiding wing of Hannibal was marched out front and center for all to see in this episode's opening moments. And for the first time in the show's entire run, the production team presented a meal that didn't make me salivate. For those of you who missed this sadistic little dish, the tiny Ortolan Bunting is captured, force-fed a diet of millet, grapes and figs until it balloons up to a few times its size, whereupon it is drowned in Armagnac (brandy), roasted, and then eaten (nearly) whole – from what I've read, the head and beak remain uneaten. Neato! As in every case of Hannibal's many and varied dishes, the symbolism behind the meal is every bit as important as the meal itself and its presentation. This time around, it served to reinforce Will's coming of age as a cold and calculating killer under the tutelage of the veteran Hannibal, reinforcing the image of the rebirth of Will from the stag under the watchful eye of the wendigo.
Outside of dream sequences and controversial entrees, this episode also went all in on the evidence of Freddie Lounds' untimely death. The flaming corpse in a wheelchair landing squarely in Freddie's parking spot, the matching dental records, the funeral and ensuing finger-pointing when Will shows up because "his therapist suggested it," … it all came on a bit too strong, if I'm being honest. When a show tries that hard to make you face in one direction, all too often the reality is the opposite of their supposed intention. We'll get back to this red herring in a moment because…
Yay! Will's going to be a dad! Right? While Will and Hannibal were busy chomping on songbirds in celebration of each other's accomplishments, Margot Verger had a side plan of her own. It seems that her one-night stand with Mr. Will Graham has resulted in the next generations of Vergers, a plan Margot settled on when she discovered a loophole in her father's will that would put the estate in her control if she produced an heir. Pretty solid plan, right? Well it would have been, except tricksy Hannibal let slip (intentionally) to Mason that this was her plan all along. Cue Michael Pitt walking the line between Gary Oldman's performance of the same character in the movie version of Hannibal and that of Heath Ledger's Joker, or really any sociopath in movie and television history. Wherever he's getting his inspiration, I love it, because he is one sick individual. While I'm sure the fans of the book series have their own opinions about him, I like the chaotic and unpredictable way Mason acts on Hannibal, from telling a child the government is forcing him to move away from his kitty just so he can make a Child's Tears Martini, to visiting/stabbing the show pigs with his father, to his arrangement of what might go down as the most misogynistic moment in this show's history if not all of television. ("Happy Mother's Day!" from Hannibal!) Mason's a standout monster on a show populated by monsters, so his performance and the writing for his character are quite the achievements.
So by now, we're to believe that Will's been born again, and that Hannibal is the demi-god presiding over the transformation … but is that really the case? Viewers have lamented Alana's dimwitted behavior over the last few episodes because she seems to be convincing herself of the monster within Will while deluding herself that no such beast exists within Hannibal. Well, in this episode, she finally got her head on straight (which means Hannibal will probably twist if off before too long) and took both Will and Jack Crawford to task for their behavior. Jack's been playing the cool cucumber, often times looking like a bewildered hound dog, and at others, a shrewd wolf among members of his pack. Let's not forget that he hunts killers for a living, even if he must employ killers to do so. Sure, he's made mistakes along the way, but even if this scenario ends up being his last, he's played the cards close to the vest along the way.
Let's get it out in the open like the show itself does by episode's end. Freddie Lounds is very much alive, Will is a killer but not the type Hannibal thinks him to be, and Jack is in on the whole thing. Will has neither forgiven Hannibal nor given in to his own primal instincts to become what Hannibal has always wanted him to be. Rather, he has used Hannibal's own hungry desire to create killers in his image in order to draw the monster out and expose it. Just how that all works out in the end is anyone's guess, especially with a wild card like Mason Verger still in play. One thing is for sure: the body count will rise over the season's final two episodes.
Grade: A
Musings & Miscellanea:
Lots of Easter eggs for fans of the books and other works out there. (If you're not following Bryan Fuller on Twitter during these episodes, I highly suggest you rectify that now.) Not only did we get the rolling, flaming wheelchair scene, and the mysterious (or not so mysterious) Carlos, we also got a Dead Ringers nod for those David Cronenberg fans out there.
There was some beautiful imagery on display, which is par for the course, but the scene of the smashed teacup reforming was one of the few that doesn't rely on the grotesque. (Even though the Shiva statue was pretty damn cool, too.)
What this all had to do with "seasonal pickled vegetables," I have no idea…
Will: "I haven't been gorged, drowned, plucked and roasted. Not yet."
Will: "Bones and all?" Hannibal: "Bones and all."
Brian Zeller: "Little bit of kerosene and foom! Incendiary journalism."
Will: "She won't rise from the ashes, but her killer will." Hannibal: "He is the one to be noticed now." Jack: ::side-eye::
Mason: "Have a chocolate!"
Hannibal: "A boy's illusions are no basis for a man's life, Mason."
Mason: "Meat is, at its base, a people business." Oh, indeed.
Hannibal: "Will, should the universe contract, should time reverse and the teacup come together, a place could be made for Abigail in your world."
Will: "I prayed I would see Abigail again." Hannibal: "Well, your prayer didn't go entirely unanswered. You saw a part of her."
Hannibal: "Your education was an odd one."
Mason: "If we were truly considerate of a pig's happiness, we wouldn't eat them."
Hannibal: "Are you questioning my therapy?" Alana: "I'm questioning everything." Finally!
Mason: "They're going to find something wrong with your lady parts, Margo. Or so the record will state. The doctor will advise me that it's best to take everything. The only person you'll be celebrating Mother's Day with … is me."
Mason: "You must be the baby daddy. Excuse me if I don't offer you a cigar."
Will: "Dr. Lecter's the one you want to be feeding to your pigs."
Watch the promo for the next episode of Hannibal, "Tomewan" and remember kids, "dessert" is spelled with two "S" like "Strawberry Shortcake":


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Designed by Graz architect Volker Giencke, the Great Amber Concert Hall has been inaugurated on 7 November in Liepaja, Latvia. The first – and most momentous – phase of this multistage project envisioning the construction of a cultural urban district is thus completed. In 2003, Volker Giencke won the international architectural competition for a new cultural centre in this traditional seaport on the Baltic Sea. The construction work started in 2013. "Great Amber" is a monolithic, cone-shaped, slightly contorted structure with a transparent, amber- coloured façade. This façade envelops the irregular folded work of the concrete structure built around the building's most important architectural element: the grand Concert Hall providing seating for more than 1,000 visitors. The hall itself is surrounded by the rooms of the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra and the Music School's instruction and rehearsal rooms, thus producing a favourable blend of space to foster communication between artists, students and teachers. An additional Chamber Hall situated beneath the Concert Hall as well as a Ballet Studio and an Experimental Stage with a foyer, Bar & Music Club on the fifth floor complete the spatial concept.
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