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A quickie oldie from the archives. This was shot nearly a year ago in Brick Lane London, both were wearing wayfarers. It's a trend I didn't pick up for a few more month and then Rayban brought out their new old wayfarers and now they are just bloody everywhere. I still like them though, I just wouldn't splash out for the real thing, why? Because everyone has them!
A quick post to let you all know that I am still alive. Barely perhaps, sore throat, not enough sleep, too much traveling and walking around all day, not enough coffee, not enough vegetables and fruits and definitely missing my boy and Sydney. But alive nonetheless.
I will be traveling around Europe for the next month or so then head off to the US of A! Woot! I will try to bring you some more street fashion from Europe in the mean time, but don't hold your breath and count on my sore throat. Nothing promised, but I'll try.
For now, let's do bold patterns and florals! I went and bought the Christopher Kane for Topshop killer croc dress, how could I resist wearing these giant teeth, awesomeness.
PS. Yesterday I went to the opening of Paris Uniqlo, all for the +J, Jill Sander for Uniqlo collection and I didn't leave empty handed. I've always always liked Jill Sanders designs but like most people, her clothes were of course out of reach but now alas I had a chance and I clutched at it with my 2 little paws.
I took almost a whole afternoon to find and buy the 1 perfect black peacoat thanks to the crazy queues (queues to get in, queues at the changing rooms and then queues at the paying counters). The collection is very Jill Sander, though the trench coats and skirts didn't excite me much, but coats and jackets though are perfect for this season.
I am officially happy and ready to hit the NY winter now :D
Have you been noticing the surge of red trousers or jeans in London and especially on guys? Well I certainly have and here's a little collection of them :)
I promise I'll write more next time but I've been feeling a bit worn out lately and need to take it easy, which will come very very soon. So bear with me beautiful boys and girls and I'll write proper very soon.
Oh, I'm getting a haircut tomorrow, wish me luck!
People don't wear enough hats these days. It makes you stand out, but it certainly also makes an outfit. Even though it's summer here, but felt hats are aplenty and they are always more elegant and chic.
Get your hat on!
Brick Lane again you say? No no, of course I just happen to pass by on Sunday and of course there a few just happen to catch my eye… Yeah sure. The girl said her outfit is from the party she went to the night before, but she looked right at home in Brick Lane.
Just a quick candid shot from today. I got many good style hunts today. Will check in again soon. Right now, it's my beauty sleep time :)


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I know after reading this article you will classify as a Jordan fan boy and a Lebron hater; I am a Jordan fan but not really a Lebron hater. I hope that you give my article a read first and I am pretty sure at the end you will be in agreement with me.
When Lebron was on the Cavs I was actually a fan of his until "The decision". I am not a Cavs fan but I was pretty sure he was staying with them. Although this cannot be proven I believe that Lebron by his grumblings to ownership probably cost Mike Brown his job. It is very sad when a coach who has won 66 and 61 games in back to back seasons is released. Aside from that the self proclaimed 'King' left his hometown not in search of winning but in search of greatness.
To a non sports fan the things I am about to say may sound weird or stupid rules but most sports fans would accept these in judging greatness. To start it off in the prime of your career ONE OF THE GREATS never leaves his team to go and try win a ring; people come to him. It is acceptable however for someone like Malone or Nash on the near end of their career joining a next team in search of a ring; strange huh? Truth is he abandoned a very good Cavs team who were probably like one or two players away from winning a title. On the surface people believe Lebron left to win but Lebron really left to try and be better than Jordan. He knows that to even be in the conversation he has to win at least 4 titles because Kobe has 5 and MJ has 6.
On the basketball court in a normal community what Lebron did by going to the Heat would be called cheating. Why I say that because whenever you are picking teams; the two best are usually the ones who pick the teams and it would be unfair for them to be on the same team. When the Heat first came together the "Big 3" were 3 of the best 15 arguably best 12 players in the league. The concept of having that much talent on 1 team in just 3 players was unheard of before. To their credit they have won 2 titles but they have lost one which is somewhat a failure seeing the team they had.
One of my biggest issues with Lebron is his inability to really take over a game. Sure if you look on his stat sheet you will see great numbers but if you watch the games he never really takes over the game like he does have the ability too. I look at a player like Kevin Durant and I am just in awe. When they said Westbrook would miss another 20 or more games I was like o ok that is it for OKC they might keep an 8 seed but KD has been unguardable and put his time in prime position. When it comes to physical talent Lebron probably has more than MJ, Bird, Magic, Jabbar, Wilt but he doesn't have the heart those guys had.
When Lebron made the statement that he would be on the basketball Mt Rushmore it disturbed me because that statement showed he is missing the point. Jordan never went out there trying to be the greatest he went out there trying to win. Just like in any walk of life if you are great then people will make that decision not you. With two championships and some MVP's Lebron is far from one of the greatest. And make no mistake championships goes a long way in evaluating this if not he would have even more competition from players like Iverson.
In the end Lebron needs to play basketball and try and worry about his team and their struggles and not his legacy.

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Mutually destructive.
"The earliest battles were internecine and costly, piles of dead crowding battle-lines that barely moved."
Note: Internecine comes from internecinus, the Latin word meaning 'very deadly, murderous, destructive', a definition that is still common. [EtymOnline.com]
Modern usage, however, often connotes internal conflict, as in, "Internecine power struggles within the regime led to its eventual downfall."
Taking these variations into account, it's best for the internal conflict to be a little… murderous.
"The internecine sibling rivalry took an unexpected turn during a church outing to the axe-throwing venue."


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GYO Politics: Europe's outdoor cannabis capital.
Albania has become the largest producer of outdoor-grown cannabis in Europe. The potent plant has been described as "green gold" for struggling farmers. In a poor nation, it's a billion-euro industry.
Off a dirt road, in a small village north of Tirana, there's a half-built, tumble-down, brick house. It stands alone and looks abandoned. It isn't. The sweet, heady odour that seeps from one of the rooms reveals its current function: cannabis production. Inside, more than half the floor space is covered with buds of the drying drug.
"There's about 20kg here," says the man who owns it. He is young – late 20s maybe – dressed in skinny jeans, a tight top and trainers. And he is one of thousands making money from the cannabis boom.
A kilo of this illegal drug sells for between 100 and 200 euros (£85 to £170). In Italy it will fetch about 1,500 euros. And most of the country's cannabis crop is trafficked out – north through Montenegro, south to Greece, or west across the Adriatic to Italy. There is no significant home market. One source estimates the illicit industry may be worth five billion euros (£4.25bn) per year – about half of Albania's GDP.
The 20kg of stinking greenery slowly drying in the sunlight that streams through an open window does not represent this man's entire crop.
"I've produced 350kg," he says. "This year almost every single house in the village grew cannabis – tons and tons have been produced in this community alone."
This man employs 15 people to pick and process, and armed guards to defend his crop. He says he is in charge here, but he probably belongs to a wider network. So if everyone is growing it, and that seems to be common knowledge, why has there been no police raid?
"I pay the police 20%. Everybody has to pay. If you don't pay they will take you to jail," he says.
Then, he gets defensive.
"This is our curse – there are no jobs, no work here. There's no money in growing anything else. I know it's not a good thing I'm doing, but there's no other way."
For decades Albanians lived under a punishing, closed regime. Then, after communism fell, came a period marked by civil unrest and the rapid growth of organised crime. Twenty-five years later, unemployment is still high and corruption rife – conditions that enable the cannabis trade to flourish.
The government has had some success in its fight against the illegal industry. It says more than two million cannabis plants have been destroyed this year, and now that the growing season is over, police are concentrating on confiscating the drug as it is prepared for trafficking out of Albania. Some of the hauls have been huge.
In a vast warehouse in the town of Rreshen, tucked into the foothills of the mountains north of Tirana, tier after tier of drying cannabis is laid out on mesh shelves. On the concrete floor, there are more waist-high mounds of the drug. Sacks of it lie around, and it spills out of the open back doors of a transit van.
In the middle of this sea of weed – his woolly hat pulled low, his glasses on the end of his nose, and a gun at his hip – is the police officer in charge, Agron Cullhaj, who describes it as the largest ever find in this area.
If you compare figures for 2015 and 2016, they reveal a five-fold increase in the area cultivated with cannabis
In this one location there are more than four tonnes of cannabis, with a street value in Italy of some six million euros (£5m).
"When I took office in 2013, I started to plan huge action against the illegal cultivation of cannabis," says the Home Minister, Saimir Tahiri.
In their mission to rid Albania of the cannabis scourge, the government has the support of the Italians. The Guardia di Finanza pays for aerial surveillance to identify plantations, and it is their statistics that Albanian politicians quote.
"From 2013 to 2016, the figures show more than a 30% decrease in the area of Albania cultivated with cannabis. That means we're on the right path," says Tahiri.
The 30% decrease came about largely because a mammoth police operation in 2014 destroyed the well-entrenched cannabis industry in Lazarat, a southern village once notorious as the drug capital of Europe. In the raid – employing firepower, special forces and armoured vehicles – many tonnes of cannabis were seized and thousands of plants destroyed.
But if you compare the Italians' figures for 2015 and 2016, they reveal a five-fold increase in the area cultivated with cannabis. Sources within Albania suggest many communities have turned to drug production for the first time this year.
Corruption is critical to the success of this illicit business – something the Home Minister recognises.
As a waiter I got paid only a third of what I earned [working] with cannabis
"For sure police have been corrupted," he says. "Since my first day in office, more than 3,000 police officers are under criminal or disciplinary investigations. That's nearly 20% of the whole troop."
Not all of those officers have been fingered over cannabis, though. Corruption in Albania bleeds into so many cracks of everyday life.
Another reason the cannabis trade is hard to stub out is that it pays well – about 20 euros (£17) a day in some places.
"As a waiter I got paid only a third of what I earned with cannabis," says a 20-year-old, whose parents stopped him going to work when they found out what he was doing.
He lives on the outskirts of Tirana, in a suburb that rural families migrated to when the communist edifice collapsed in the early 1990s. They came looking for work, but more than two decades later it is still hard to find regular, legal employment. Weed has filled a gap.
"At 4am you see crowds of people outside going to work," says the young man. "The streets are full – women, men, young people – even children…"
Fleets of minivans carry workers out to the countryside. In the growing season they labour in the plantations. After the harvest, they prepare and pack the drug ready for its illicit export.
Critics say it's these daily workers who are most likely to be caught in police raids, while the big fish escape. And that even if someone connected to organised crime is picked up, there are few prosecutions on serious charges, such as membership of a criminal network.
Police take care to remain upwind of the smoke from a cannabis bonfire in Kurvelesh
The minister, Saimir Tahiri, says that is not true.
"We haven't chosen to go after villagers who plant small areas to kill their poverty. We go after those who, in our analysis, are 'big fish'. We have nearly 1,600 ongoing criminal proceedings, and we've made more than 400 arrests, which shows we're going after those who finance, organise and gain profit from this business."
There is widespread concern in many quarters in Albania about the wider impact of cannabis production, and how young people – ambitious and impatient for a better life – can be persuaded not to get involved.
"There are too many young people in prison. I think they are victims," says Catholic priest, Father Gjergj Meta.
"Many of them – men and women – are convinced they can make a lot of money. So the cultivation of cannabis doesn't give us a culture of work. People are desperate. They don't see a future."
Father Gjergj penned a letter that was published online, and went viral in Albania. He addressed it to an imaginary youth.
"You may not be able to read this letter," he wrote. "Perhaps you're guarding cannabis in a field, processing it, carrying it in sacks, or maybe you're even in jail…" Then in beautiful prose he described how Albania's troubled history – communism, the cult of strong men, and organised crime – has reduced opportunity. The letter ends with an appeal to young people to turn their backs on the cannabis fields.
With few alternatives, it is a plea that may well fall on deaf ears.


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I think there's a bigger contrast within Europe than between the U.S. and Europe. The countries in Southern Europe were very conservative, really grounded in tradition, but they stopped going to church and started engaging in debt.
What problems are you interested in right now?
Kenny Smith, BOSTON
Figuring out antifragility, defining it. But another problem that comes with it is, Why is it that we humans denigrate the system's ability to correct itself? We act as if we are necessary. We always tend to think we're smarter than nature.
Besides attending parties and visiting bookstores, how do you escape the noise of the media?
Marko Acosta, SÃO PAULO
I take very long walks. Find someone argumentative and take a walk with them. It definitely would be distracting enough, particularly if the person is irritable.
To watch interviews with Nassim Taleb and other newsmakers, go to time.com/10questions


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New, convincing evidence indicates global warming is caused by cosmic rays and the sun — not humans
The science is now all-but-settled on global warming, convincing new evidence demonstrates, but Al Gore, the IPCC and other global warming doomsayers won't be celebrating. The new findings point to cosmic rays and the sun — not human activities — as the dominant controller of climate on Earth.
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The research, published with little fanfare this week in the prestigious journal Nature, comes from über-prestigious CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, one of the world's largest centres for scientific research involving 60 countries and 8,000 scientists at more than 600 universities and national laboratories. CERN is the organization that invented the World Wide Web, that built the multi-billion dollar Large Hadron Collider, and that has now built a pristinely clean stainless steel chamber that precisely recreated the Earth's atmosphere.


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Standing Ground
Alice Rachel
When the authorities strike to regain control over the riots in Eboracum City and use drastic measures as retaliation against the civilians, the citizens are forced to fight back to survive. A virus has spread through the Underground, taking down the refugees one by one, soon contaminating the rebels. If Thia wants to save the ones she loves, she will have to retrieve the cure, quickly. But certain decisions are costly, and not all actions are free of consequences.
About the Author
Alice Rachel is the author of the YA Forbidden Romance/ Dystopian Romance Series "Under Ground."
Her time is divided between teaching French, writing, reading, drawing, and spending time with her hubby and guinea pigs.
Alice loves talking to readers, so send her a message…
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This is just a reminder to everyone who signed up (or hasn't signed up yet) for the Yoko Shimomura project. The due date for your submissions is November 1st, that's in just 6 days. Hopefully you at least know what you want to tab out by now ;) But if you haven't signed up it's still not too late. The more submissions the better. Just post in this thread that you're interested in the project. I'm looking forward to your submissions.


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In 2015, a survey was conducted to see how patients reacted to their CBD treatments, whether they were combined THC and what the general effects were on minor pathologies as well as their general wellbeing. The findings showed that the majority of people were pleased with the results that they experienced.
- Medical marijuana patients are using CBD-rich cannabis for a wide variety of conditions, including serious and incurable diseases, and conditions that may respond poorly to FDA-approved pharmaceuticals. Over 12% are using it to address the side effects of cancer treatment.
- Patients with psychiatric illnesses, mood disorders, neurological diseases and CNS injuries favour CBD-dominant cannabis medicines. Patients with pain and inflammation favour CBD-rich cannabis medicines with more equal levels of CBD and THC.
- THC matters. Patients using the 4:1 CBD-to-THC were the most likely to report a reduction in pain or discomfort, and improvements in mood and energy. Patients using the 2:1 CBD-to-THC ratio reported the greatest improvement in overall wellbeing. This finding is consistent with scientific research indicating that CBD and THC interact synergistically to enhance one another's therapeutic effect.
- CBD-rich cannabis appears to be remarkably good at ameliorating pain (particularly in patients with fibromyalgia, headaches and migraines), and at improving patients' sense of wellbeing, particularly for patients with PTSD.
- Given that people using CBD-rich cannabis for "general wellbeing" are the only group who reported a decreased feeling of wellbeing and the most likely to report a worsening mood, it's possible that CBD products may not be appropriate as a supplement for people who are otherwise healthy.


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I have bought more than my fair share of highstreet foundations/tinted moisturisers/BB creams over the past six months. Purely with the expectation that hundreds of online reviewers can't be wrong in giving rave reviews to the likes of Rimmel's Wake Me Up, Boujois' Healthy Mix Serum, and so on and so forth.
And this may well be the case. Light foundations may be working out well
for everyone else. But lads, nothing was really hitting the spot for me.
Why, oh why, I thought. I was gutted. Wake Me Up, while lovely formula-wise, was too dark in even the lightest shade. Healthy Mix Serum, on the other hand, was nice, but got rather drying over the day and contained no SPF. Which was the nail in the coffin there for me. I am not altering my Michael Todds morning routine for you, Boujois, mate.
After mulling over it for a while, I came to the conclusion that my hard luck with highstreet brands basically comes down to their limited ranges in colour. As an Irish lass, I am naturally
white as a ghost pale, and quite like to embrace that other than the very occasional layer of tinted moisturiser for special occasions or bronzer on the chest. That's the height of my glow. The main problem I have with pale foundations is that they can leave me looking unhealthy or gaunt, like I've not had enough sleep.
I really had succumbed to the idea that I would have to return to more upmarket brands with which I've had success in the past. So when I got my pale claws on Botanics' brand spanking new BB cream back in April, I practically had to sit on my hands not to review it before having tried and tested it thoroughly.
Lemme-tell-ya, I was blown away. I even bought it for my mum for her birthday. She loved it too.
Does it Deliver?: While evening skin tone, this BB gives a radiant effect. But fear not, oily-skinned friends, as this is not like most other coverage that promises radiance and ends up leaving you looking like your face has been dipped in glue.
With relatively high coverage for a BB, this comes in three shades; the light being my choosing of course. I am really impressed with the colour, and think its something in line with the No7 Foundation match test's Calico shade (coincidence? I think not!). On the hand, the product comes out much darker than it actually it is. It blends into the skin magically, giving a healthy glow. See below, ta da!
In the shot, I've not yet used any concealer on blemishes. Not bad, huh? These were quickly tidied away with a bit of Collection concealer.
I have been using this BB cream every other day for two months now, after moisturiser, and have never had a break out or a bad makeup day. If you have naturally oily skin, you may get away with no moisturiser underneath. What has really filled a void for me is that this BB seems to be something of a compromise between hydrating and oil-minimizing for my combination skin (which is often dehydrated but prone to some blemishes in the t-zone). FYI, I only recently in fact learned that there is a notable difference between dehydrated and dry skin. Cursing myself to not have known that sooner. I probably could have saved myself heaps of spots.
Packaging: This comes in a hygienic white tube, and releases very little product which I find just wonderful as it avoids waste.
Skincare Claims: Yes! Yes! Yes! Protective Gingko biloba leaf extract, as it says on the tin, which is renowned for its antioxidant properties. SPF30, which will do nicely for summer, thank you. I am not an expert on organic properties, but in general the Boots Botanics line tend to market themselves as a more sensitive skin-friendly, organic brand.
Price: About €12 (but pssssst, it can often be had as part of a 3 for 2 deal!)
Availability: This is available at Boots across the UK and Ireland.
If anyone's tried this BB, I'd love to hear what you think. Particularly anyone whose tried the light shade and found it a match, I'd be grateful for any foundation suggestions!


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So in the latest change-set, I've upgraded our framework CodeIgniter to 3.0.4. Wasn't hard since the custom code footprint was relatively small and nothing was changed in the core files.
Next I want to complete the multiplayer part as soon as possible. Before that some challenges, that I can see are:
- How would someone keep track of all the rooms that he has been in
- What happens when a user exits a room. Do we save the room data? If yes, then how is that accessible.
- Need a proper sanity process of the real time feature so that nothing is breaking.
Also in my list are some infra changes
- Doing JS and CSS versioning during deployment.
- Keeping environment related config items separate from the common config items.
There are some feature addons as well :
- A performance card at the end of every run.
- An option to mark a track as difficult or easy.
- The progress meter to be based on characters instead of words.
- Better UI
Security Measures:
- Applying continuous sync with server to prevent hacking of score.
- Setting a max value for speed, just to make sure data does not get corrupt.


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Paul Corman-Roberts' new book is 'Notes From an Orgy'
Twenty-one years ago, Paul Corman-Roberts left Las Vegas for San Francisco, hoping to reconcile a troubled relationship and build a career in theater. But he landed at New College of California, where opportunity and close engagement with an inspired cast of professors led him to a deep connection with the Bay Area writing scene.
"I was loving it. It was such a great place, it was such a wide open forum. You could do anything, be anything," Corman-Roberts said recently at the renovated south end of Lake Merritt.
"It's like the ultimate story of faith," he said, referring to the fact that his car broke down on the way to S.F. "You just go on, you just keep moving forward to where it is you're headed. Whatever it takes. And yeah, you break down along the way, but you get your repairs and you keep on going. And you will get there and it will happen."
Even if "it" is different than you imagined. Corman-Roberts remained at New College until just before it closed in 2007, having joined the administrative staff in 2001. He speaks of classes with Genny Lim, David Meltzer and Gloria Frym, and of Bob Randolph, who introduced him to Eldridge Cleaver - an early leader of the Black Panther Party. Being surrounded by so much activity has had a profound impact on Corman-Roberts.
"These legends become human, all too human. And that's something that as an artist you have to process. Like, I am among these people now. It doesn't make you a legend ... it doesn't make you superhuman, but it certainly opens your experience up to stories of humanity that you just can't get out in, say, Fresno."
He laughs, and with good reason. The author of three previous collections - "Coming World/Gone World," "Neocom(Muter)" and "19th Street Station" - Corman-Roberts celebrates a new book just published by Youssef Alaoui's Paper Press, "Notes From an Orgy," which contains work both new and as dated as his time here.
"Being a writer takes time," says Corman-Roberts, the founder of Oakland's annual Beast Crawl festival. "It isn't just about having life experiences to write about - it's having the time to build up the writing, build up the pieces. You get to be older, you find out you have a lot of pieces. My grandfather, a mechanic, basically worked on cars and worked on contraptions. He never got more than a fifth-grade education, but he had a big ol' scrapyard, a big ol' junkyard that he was always pulling parts out of to put on the latest contraption. He was always tearing apart and building and putting back together.
"Writing is kind of like that; I've got a scrapyard of writing. And I go through it every month or so, say, 'All right, what do we got in here? What's in the ol' closet that can be put to use, that's just waiting to be useful?' Pieces will sit in there for years and years and I'll think, 'Why don't I just get rid of it?' But I tell you: Never get rid of it. Never get rid of it, because sooner or later you're going to find something for it."
If you go
Paul Corman-Roberts: 6 p.m. Saturday. Free. Naked Bulb, 2518 Grande Vista Ave., Oakland. http://on.fb.me/1hCr7NQ.
Evan Karp is the founder of Quiet Lightning and Litseen.com. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @Litseen


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This extraverted middle child has suffered from a significant case of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) for most of my life. As a teen and young adult my FOMO primarily obsessed over social events and finding the right husband. In my thirties, missing a great business opportunity occupied much of my FOMO real estate. At … Continue reading A New Kind of FOMO
Category: Vision
"Who, Me?"
Depictions of the Annunciation are perhaps my favorite of all Renaissance paintings. My husband and I joke that Mary looks like she is asking, "Who, me?" in just about every one of them. I would imagine this teenage girl from a poor family in a small town did not expect too much out of life. … Continue reading "Who, Me?"
Face Your Goliath
You want to step out into your purpose but you may as well slay a giant…. My daughter and I often listen to the Jesus Bible Story Book on CD on the way to school and one morning we heard the story of David and Goliath. The narrator always keeps us laughing with his dramatic antics and … Continue reading Face Your Goliath
The Missing Link (in Your Prayer Life)
"But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you." John 14:26 As a child, I remember hearing that the Holy Spirit is like our conscience. I'm sure whoever said that meant well, … Continue reading The Missing Link (in Your Prayer Life)
Looking for Direction?
Go directly to the Source. Psalm 139:1-16 "O LORD, You have searched me and known me! You know when I sit down and when I rise up; You discern my thoughts from afar. You search out my path and my lying down and are acquainted with all my ways. Even before there is a word … Continue reading Looking for Direction?
What is Holding You Back?
Have you seen the picture floating around social media of a horse chained to a plastic chair? It seems so ridiculous that the horse doesn't even try to break free, but we all do it, especially as Christians. We have the same Spirit Who raised Jesus Christ from the dead living inside of us (Romans … Continue reading What is Holding You Back?
Do You have a Good Idea or a God-Idea?
You have a sudden inspiration and wonder whether it is Divine. Now you have a decision to make: what do you do about it and when? According to Myers Briggs Type theory, the timing of our decisions depends at least partly on our personalities. Those who have a "judging" or "J" preference tend to be … Continue reading Do You have a Good Idea or a God-Idea?


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Research Output
Geometric Group Theory: Proceedings of a Special Research Quarter at The Ohio State University, Spring 1992Charney, R. (ed.), Davis, M. (ed.) & Shapiro, M. (ed.), 5 Jul 1995, Berlin, Germany: De Gruyter. 186 p. (Ohio State University Mathematical Research Institute Publications ; vol. 3)
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology
Group Theory Down Under, Proceedings of a Special Year in Geometric Group Theory, Canberra, Australia, 1996Cossey, J. (ed.), Miller, C. (ed.), Neuman, W. (ed.) & Shapiro, M. (ed.), May 2011, De Gruyter. 332 p. (De Gruyter Proceedings in Mathematics)
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology


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Freshly baked cinnamon rolls with apples are delicious! My mom loves them with coffee, and my daughter and I like to have them with a glass of milk.
But it really doesn't matter what you eat with them, they're so delicious and spongy that no one will believe you when you say it only took you 30 minutes to prepare them. Make sure you make a lot of them, because everyone will love them, and they'll eat them as soon as they're ready!
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text: This paper presents the results of archaeological investigations conducted in Punta del Monte cave site (Aisén Region,Central Patagonia). The evidence was obtained through surface collections,a rock art survey and a test excavation. Despite caution is needed when considering 14C information from this site,results suggest that the evidence is framed within the last 5,660 calibrated years. Data are discussed in a regional scale and intended to exemplify the occupation of areas where different environments,such as the forest and steppe,adjoin. Based on these preliminary results,we discuss the possibility that evidence is reflecting a situation consistent with geographical marginality.


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Talks continue to resolve bitter Southern Railway strike
Talks aimed at resolving the Southern Railway drivers' dispute will be continue at the conciliation service Acas on Thursday.
Live updates
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Southern trains grind to halt for third day this week
Autistic schoolboy says Southern delays threaten his education
Southern Rail services are at a standstill once again today in the final day of action by drivers this week.
It follows protests by commuters in London last night, after talks with the union ASLEF ended without agreement.
But workers aren't the only ones affected- Matthew Collett-Leslie has autism and is struggling to get to school and is concerned about his exams:
Southern strike resumes causing misery for rail passengers
Hundreds of thousands of passengers face another day of strikes on Southern Rail.
They're being urged not to attempt to travel on Southern routes as drivers from the ASLEF Union walk out in the ongoing dispute over Driver Only Operation trains.
Talks between the union and Southern Rail ended yesterday at the conciliation service ACAS without reaching a compromise to end the industrial action.
The 24 hour strike on Friday follows a 48 hour strike which took place on Tuesday.
Southern services to be severely disrupted on Thursday
Passengers on Southern and Gatwick Express have been warned to expect services to be severely disrupted tomorrow, Thursday 15 December, following today's industrial action.
Southern Passenger Services Director Angie Doll said: "We will be working hard to run as many services as possible tomorrow, but regrettably I have to warn passengers that services will be severely impacted, with reductions and cancellations across all routes.
"With today's strike ending at midnight, despite our best efforts, some trains and crew will still not be in position for tomorrow's service; and the overtime ban will continue to have a serious impact."
The train operator is advising passengers to check the Southern website (www.southernrailway.com) before they travel on the day.
On Friday, 16 December, when ASLEF drivers will again be on strike, there will be no Southern services and Gatwick Express will run every half an hour, instead of every 15 minutes, while Thameslink will run a normal timetable. Passengers are advised not to travel on Friday.
Theresa May says Southern strike is "appalling"
Conservative Tim Loughton, East Worthing and Shoreham MP, has asked for an assurance everything will be done to end a "nonsense of a strike" and "give our constituents their lives back".
At Prime Minister's Questions, Theresa May agreed that it was an "appalling strike" and suggested that Jeremy Corbyn should call Aslef, who donate to Labour, and tell them to call the "strike off immediately".
MP asks for end to "nonsense of a strike"
Conservative Tim Loughton, East Worthing and Shoreham MP, has asked for an assurance everything will be done to end a "nonsense of a strike" and "give our constituents their lives back".
At Prime Minister's Questions, Theresa May agreed that it was an "appalling strike" and suggested that Jeremy Corbyn should call Aslef, who donate to Labour MPs, and tell them to call the "strike off immediately"
RMT leader barred from peace talks in Southern dispute
Transport union leader Mick Cash has been barred from taking part in peace talks on the Southern Railway dispute at Acas.
The Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union leader had been due to join talks with officials from Southern to seek a resolution in a bitter dispute over driver-only trains.
Mr Cash said that the company had "refused" him access to the talks, which also involved the Aslef union. He branded their behaviour as "absolutely disgraceful" and "counter-productive" today.
Southern's parent company earlier today said that they had offered to meet Mr Cash "later today" over the dispute.
A planned strike went ahead despite the talks, with another 24-hour stoppage planned on Friday, and a week-long walkout planned in the new year.
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling has refused to rule out taking action to prevent future stoppages like the one which brought all Southern Railway services to a halt.
Southern's parent company bottom of the list
All lines run by Southern's parent company, Govia Thameslink Railway, were bottom of the list for the same period (Southern Metro, Great Northern, Gatwick Express, Southern Mainline and Coast and Thameslink), with between 23.1% and 36.7% of trains arriving late at their destinations. Source: Network Rail, Office of Road and Rail.
Southern Rail to meet train unions at ACAS in last ditch effort to end strike
Southern Rail passengers are set to endure a second day of major disruption as a drivers' strike enters its second day.
No Southern trains will be running, causing other services to be over-crowded and heavier than normal traffic on the roads.
However, the owners of the train company and the ASLEF union representing the drivers have agreed to meet at the conciliation service ACAS later this morning.
The industrial action centres around a row over the role of guards.
- ITV Report
Talks resume to resolve Southern Rail strike
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There hasn't been much cooking going on at our place these days. Between a big project at work and getting ready for vacation, our meals have fallen somewhere between assembling things on a plate and ordering pizza.
We're in New York for an extra long weekend, my very favourite place to eat! It's easy to let vacation mode get the better of you and come home feeling less than stellar. But at the same time you want to let your hair down and not worry about every calorie. Last week Holli Thompson shared her tips for travelling in nutrition style, aka travelling like a boss and coming home feeling great. I know I'll be keeping these top of mind while we're here. Check them out and have a great long weekend!
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Finally, you are ready to hire the third-party accounting services Singapore for your growing business. Getting ready to switch to an outsourced firm is not as hard as you consider. Make the process of transition a smooth sailing experience by following a few important tips. Before diving deeper into the tips, let us discuss how important the outsourcing accounting is for Singaporean companies/business.
Why is Outsourcing Accounting Essential for Singapore Business?
When doing business in Singapore, you must make sure to fulfill the compliance requirements. The government of the Republic encourages the companies to remain compliant so as to maintain a prosperous and healthy business environment within its jurisdiction. No one can assist you better than a professional when it comes to complying with statutory obligations. There are plenty of professional accounting & bookkeeping services Singapore available. Getting started with the right services provider can be a challenging feat unless you know the procedure.
Make the Switch from In-house Accounting to Outsourcing
At present, you are more likely to have either in-house staff and Doing-It-Yourself to complete the accounting tasks. Also, chances are there that you have not kept the accounting books in order considering it to be small in volume. But as the business scales, the need for timely accounting records arises to maintain a healthy cash flow.
Over the years, outsourcing has proven to be more beneficial for businesses when compared to in-house staffs and DIY method. If you want to have a more stable business, make sure to hire a third-party accounting firm in Singapore.
At the foremost, make sure to have a right process in place to make the transition as smooth as possible. You do not need to take stress about the changes. After all, the third-party accounting services Singapore is there to make your business life easier. When you entrust an accounting firm with the task of handling your financial records, plan for 15 days – 1 month before things get rolling in. They may require even more time if your books are lagging behind.
You also ensure to ask the firm about their process for setting up a new client. A good and reliable firm will firmly answer your question and will explain it. Contrarily, the wrong one will dodge the question.
Here are the few tips to be taken into account before hiring the accounting services Singapore:
Hire the firm during the off-peak time in the year:
If you have a fair understanding of accounting and taxation, you might be aware of the fact that how busy the accounting firms are during the tax or audit time of the year. It is better to avoid the peak time and make the switch during down time.
This is an important tip which deserves to be mentioned. Make sure your business get time to get accustomed to the change and you and professionals of the firm discuss the requirements in detail. They must not be in a hurry when you initiate the outsourcing process. The experts of the firm must dedicate time and listen to you. After all, you are in the process of building a strong financial system which will scale as your company grows. That is worth the focus and attention.
Develop an accounting plan:
Create a roadmap for the accounting activities with the help of the expert team of the accounting firm. Set the goals and make the calendar of the activities to be completed in the accounting year. Let the person with accounting knowledge of your company work directly with the accounting team so that they could get everything they want about your company's accounting records as soon as possible. Make sure to be in liaison with the accounting team throughout the year. It helps you keep track of the on-going activities.
Get the core accounting activities within few days:
Although it takes some time (approx. 15 days to 1 month) to get into the full swing, let the experts work on core accounting issues within few initial days. This way the outsourcing team will be able to get accustomed with the essentials quickly.
Now that you have an overall idea of the process of switching to outsourcing accounting services, the next important thing for you is to go and actually hire a good accounting firm in Singapore. Not all accounting firms are the perfect choice for all business. The right choice must be made considering a few crucial factors such as the size of the business, requirements, budget, industry expertise and so on.
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With a growing membership of 120 million worldwide (40 million U.S. members), survey data indicate that LinkedIn is becoming the preferred social networking site for B2B sales prospecting and customer acquisition.
HubSpot's 2011 State of Inbound Marketing survey reports that 61% of B2B respondents state that they have acquired a customer using LinkedIn. The site, according to survey results, significantly outperforms Facebook and Twitter by 20% and 22%, respectively, for B2B sales lead generation and new customer acquisition.
eMarketer's 2010 B2B SalesPulse Survey reports that, among U.S. B2B sales professionals surveyed, the most effective social network for prospecting and research is LinkedIn. The site's effectiveness has, according to OneSource, translated into a significant increase in usage. Nearly half, or 47.8%, of the respondents say that they use LinkedIn more now than compared to a year earlier. An additional 14.7% of previous users will continue with LinkedIn for prospecting and research. Combined, 62.5% of B2B respondents find LinkedIn useful for prospecting, a statistic nearly identical to HubSpot's 61%.
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April 30, 2009
What a Thing Is
April 25, 2009
Sometimes a word is just a word; one sound, one meaning is enough. There are no backstories, no tales of travel down odd byways.
No need to walk out along the word's edge or backflip into its depth and watch the interesting old fish swim slowly by. Perhaps. I just haven't found one yet.
Take thing. Or let it take you. Thing, the overused hyperbland generic of generics. The universal non-descript. The word that stands for everything, and anything. A place holder, a filler, a word your English teacher would cross out. "Be specific!" "Use picture words, sense words!" Any old thing. The thing is. He has a thing for her. There is going to be a thing. Thingamabob. Thingy. Thingamajig.
But take the shallowest of dives into thing and where are you but in a picture, and a very specific place, in medieval Iceland, and you are walking, not swimming, in a mass of people gathering in a great hall or outdoor amphitheater. The whole village has turned out, and the villages surrounding, and those farther afield. Some pressing matter is at hand, a big decision affecting everyone, perhaps a new law is being considered, or a new venture to Greenland is being planned, or violence has broken out between two communities, or a disease is ravaging the sheep — some matter (now there's a word, matter) or matters of importance. And the way medieval democratic Icelanders made policy was through the ultimate Town Meeting, the Thing, the Althing. The Thing to which all were invited. In Old Norse and Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon and other Germanic languages, a thing or ting or ding was an assembly, a group of people called together to make decisions. And they did. And after a while the meaning of the word migrated, spread, from the deciders, the assembly, to the issues they were deciding or discussing. Things, as it turns out, decide things, talk about things, think about things. And released from its heavy booted palaverous root the meaning of thing spread rapidly in many semantic directions. A thing can be an object, an idea, a desire, even an unnamed body part and tool of desire. It can be of value, or an ideal, or a mere thing. There are even things that aren't things (see the bumper sticker*). And a when a word can be what it isn't …. that's a truly wonderful word (and thing).
And, while we're still in the shallows, swim over to England and the Husting, which is to say the House-Thing, the gathering of the King's House, his ministers. The US President may have a Cabinet but the English King has a House-Thing. And follow Husting as its meaning shifts and sails the Atlantic, decapitalizes, democratizes, and enters the jargon of political campaigning, being used now to mean the places and platforms where candidates for election gather and where they travel, from husting to husting, stump to fat stump, delivering their speeches, and once in a while, hopefully, talking about real things.
Optional deeper dive for the thrill-seekers:
You may ask, "Well, that's all fine and dandy, Mr. WordMan, but why was that heavy booted Icelandic assembly called a Thing to begin with? And why was it a Hus-ting and not a Hus-someting-else? Did they just pull ting out of 'tin' air?" No, they didn't. This word is not just a word. There was a thing before the thing, below the ting, inside the ding, and though the deeper you dive the darker the waters the strange fish that floats by is our familiar friend time. The root of time and the root of thing turn out to be the same, two leaves on the same great tree. And this long before Einstein put time and space into one equation. It makes sense, of course, because you can't actually have a grand meeting unless everyone shows up at the same time (and the same place). Which is exactly the earlier meaning of ding ting thing: appointed time. A point in time. A point and place where people gather to be counted, to talk, to decide. And a good time was had by all. Till next time.
* the bumper sticker reads "The best things in life aren't things."
April 23, 2009
cross and easter sunrise
April 22, 2009
stop and shop lights
April 22, 2009
a fresh breath of poison, or, the oxygen holocaust
April 21, 2009
"Oh, you mean the oxygen holocaust," he said, almost glibly, glad for the occasion for a startling phrase, as he rested his fiddle and elaborated. Doug was sitting just in front of our new pellet stove, its red flame and hot air bathing his back. I love high school biology teachers, especially those that also play old-time music. Big picture people– who know about time. Really big picture, old picture.
Between tunes I had asked him about sex, about when it had appeared on the planet, and one thing led to another and pretty soon we had tumbled back to the first billion years of Earth's existence. Of course it wasn't called Earth back then, but it was already teeming with life, uncounted zillions of tiny microbes bonding with uncounted jillions of nucleic acids, proteins that were forming in the churning hot seas (though of course they weren't called microbes or acids, or proteins back then…).
For hundreds of millions of years (imagine that) these little cells were splitting and gobbling/cobbling protein chains, splitting and gobbling, splitting and cobbling, until one cobbled together a new molecular chain that reacted to sunlight and was able to create its own energy inside its cell. A new process, a new kind of microbe that had an easier go of it, didn't have to work as hard as his/her (whoops, no sex yet) its grandparents, it could just laze around in the sun and sea and produce its own food, incidentally breaking apart water molecules and farting a terrible poison into the air.
It would take more hundreds of millions of years (microbial farts are very tiny) but eventually these newfangled microbes would fill both the ocean and the air with this toxic gas, killing off most of themselves as well as most of their non-photosynthetic cousins. The first life crisis, the first mass extinction, though some did survive, and still exist, living in sulfur springs, crowding around hot steam vents beneath the sea, in what we would call hostile environs, what they would call home sweet home. Some even burrowed into the more complex creatures that came later, living in their gills, their gut. Here's an interesting fact from a biology textbook: there are more microbes living in one human mouth than the total number of human beings that have ever drawn breath.
It wasn't until 1777, a couple billion years later, that that poison gas got named — oxygen – by the French chemist Lavoisier, but by that time many extinctions had occurred, many "holocausts,"and organisms had evolved chemical processes to protect themselves from the highly reactive, explosive, corrosive gas. Some organisms even developed ways to exploit oxygen's qualities and learned to harness its power to actually fuel their own cellular life processes. Nowadays we think of oxygen as necessary for life, but early in Earth's history it almost destroyed all life.
Lavoisier used oxy in his new word because its root meant 'sharp' the same root gives acid and acute. Gen is related to generate. Oxygen basically means 'acid-generating' since it is the gas that causes so much corrosion, oxidizing, rust. (Oxymoron is an interesting example of itself, meaning 'sharp-dull'.)
Holocaust is an older term, from at least the Middle Ages, meaning literally 'entire-burnt', 'whole-caust', as in caustic, totally consumed, first used to describe a sacrifice to a god, an animal burnt to uselessness on an altar, later it came to mean a great fire that destroys vast numbers of people, often one group of European Christians destroying another group of Christians and, more often, European Christians destroying Jewish communities, by some twisted theology believing that killing the people who produced Jesus was an act of service to their god.
Since Hitler it has become a deeply charged term, capitalized and controversial, since its core meaning comes from pagan and Christian sources and revolves around sacrifice and the divine, yet it has been assigned to the genocide of Jews and the worst excesses of European Christian/Pagan Nationalism. In response to that awkward contradiction Jews increasingly use the word Shoah, a Hebrew term that translates as catastrophe (from the Greek, meaning down-stroke, struck-down).
We picked up our instruments to play again, the oxygen sucking pellet stove blasting heat, our lungs breathing in time, our oxygenated blood feeding our finger muscles and ears and neurons, we the descendants of survivors of one mass extinction after another, survivors of holocausts, adapters and perpetrators, living in a new time of crisis, of new and larger scale and faster farting, the filling of the air with carbon. Ten million years from now, a hundred million, will our descendants/replacements take a break between tunes and speak of a carbon holocaust?


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Johns Hopkins Hospital to pay victims of gynecologist with spy cameras
When Jyllene Edwards Wilson had a problem — a cold, an ache or odd pains — she called her ob-gyn of 20 years. When he changed offices, she followed him. When she and her husband's hopes of conceiving a child ended in an ectopic pregnancy, the doctor held her hand and cried with them both.
Nikita Levy, she said, was like family.
So when police discovered in February 2013 that Levy, the Johns Hopkins gynecologist Wilson thought of as "gentle and caring," had been secretly taking thousands of sexually explicit videos and photos of his patients with a tiny camera hidden in pens or key fobs, Wilson at first didn't believe it.
Now, she is too ashamed to face the host of friends and relatives she enthusiastically referred to Levy. And she has yet to see a doctor again or step foot in the East Baltimore clinic where Levy practiced. "I trusted this man with my innermost parts and my innermost secrets," she said. "Now, I'm not trusting anyone. Not at all."
Wilson is one of about 8,500 women who are part of a class-action lawsuit against Johns Hopkins Hospital alleging a grotesque violation of their trust and their privacy. On Monday, Hopkins agreed to pay $190 million to settle their claims.
In court papers filed last week, the women also allege that Levy performed unnecessary and excessive pelvic examinations, touched them in inappropriate ways and sometimes saw them alone, without following the routine practice of having another medical staffer in the room.
Wilson said she is not the only one who hasn't been to the doctor since the investigation was made public in February 2013. Levy took his life shortly after.
"These women are distraught. They're in fear. Angry. Anxious. They feel betrayed," said the women's attorney, Jonathan Schochor. "Many of them have just dropped out of the medical system. They're not going to physicians. They're not getting tests done. And many are not taking their children, either."
Levy, who was 54 when he died, was a graduate of Cornell University Medical College and had worked at Johns Hopkins's East Baltimore Medical Center since 1988. It is a community clinic that serves the largely low-income and African-American neighborhood.
Although 12,500 women signed on to the class action, Schochor said that some names may be duplicates. He estimates that 8,500 women will ultimately be compensated. The women will be assessed by a forensic psychiatrist, he said, divided into four classes, from mild to severe experiences, perceptions and symptoms, and an allocation team will recommend amounts for each plaintiff.
Schochor said the settlement, which received preliminary approval from Baltimore City Circuit Court, will proceed to a fairness hearing Sept. 19. And if there are no appeals, it could be finalized in mid-October. Schochor, who said he has been filing medical malpractice claims against Hopkins since 1974, said he and the other plaintiff attorneys have been in "brutal negotiations" with Johns Hopkins for 18 months. He commended the hospital for signing off on the settlement agreement.
"This is a significant step forward," Schochor said. "Everyone is very hopeful that the final fairness hearing will end in fair compensation for Dr. Levy's patients, so everyone can put this catastrophic event behind them."
Johns Hopkins Hospital spokeswoman Kim Hoppe said funds for the settlement will be paid through insurance and would not affect patient services.
"It is our hope that this settlement — and findings by law enforcement that images were not shared — helps those affected achieve a measure of closure," she said in a statement. "We assure you that one individual does not define Johns Hopkins."
But Wilson, Levy's longtime patient, said she is far from closure, much less understanding. "I wish I could have some closure. This was a person I knew and grew to love. He was the only doctor I ever gave Christmas presents to," she said. "But then he killed himself and left us all wondering: Why did he do this? I feel like such a fool."
A co-worker contacted Johns Hopkins Hospital's security department Feb. 4, 2013, about Levy, and within a day, according to hospital officials, they determined that Levy had been taking photos and videos of his patients without their knowledge or consent. He was fired Feb. 8 as Baltimore police began to investigate.
Police seized six cameras concealed in pens, two cameras hidden in key fobs, four computers and external hard drives from Levy's Towson, Md.-area home. He was found dead Feb. 18. There was a helium-filled plastic bag over his head, and he had left a note of apology to his wife. Police concluded their investigation in March 2014.


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Hello to you all. As the title says what a week we are having. To start it all off, my mum had a freak accident which resulted in emergency surgery and now what appears to be a fairly long recovery period. After a few days in hospital, she is now home and predicting we'll have a lovely summer as she'll be in a sling for a while.
I also think I couldn't write a post and not mention the awful events in Manchester last week. A truly horrific attack has left many in shock and sadness ( me included). I think in times like this you actually need to look for the kind acts of people, that seem to cement everything together. The emergency services were amazing, as to the brave actions of the two homeless men near the arena that went in to help. Closer to home a little girl has been selling her toys to raise money for the Manchester victims. This moved me so much, believe me there are good people out there.
On a happier note, everything is growing well in the gardens but I have been faced with this, this is my speckled lady, and she has been read the riot act. I guess I'll ( sort of) forgive her, as slugs are her treat of choice.
Also the elderflowers are starting to blossom, and I really want to try to make elderflower champagne, my first attempt ended in a broken light bulb where the bottle cork exploded.
So where does that leave me? Well there just might be a give away over on my Facebook and Twitter pages this week to celebrate National BBQ Week ( yep it's a thing). And some new recipes and a review should be up as well.
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Integrity Management for Gas Pipelines
Safely Managing the Lifecycle of Pipelines
An SGA / P-PIC workshop
What past attendees are saying about this workshop.
"This was a very informative session and we even got to interact and understand what different companies do.""Enjoyed the conversations and learning from everyone.""The two main facilitators were excellent. Their knowledge of the indursty and subject matter was excellent."
Who Should Attend
This workshop is intended for individuals who are familiar with integrity management programs. Recent hires and staff recently given IMP responsibilities are welcome to attend this workshop, but should have a basic understanding of integrity management programs. Operations and maintenance engineers, senior technicians and regulatory compliance personnel responsible for aspects of their company's transmission integrity management program will find this workshop informative.
This workshop goes beyond understanding U.S. PHMSA IMP regulations and ASME B31.8S, Managing the Integrity of Gas Pipelines, and focuses on the future of IMP. Workshop instructors will provide an overview of IMP basics as well as regulatory requirements and processes. Instructors will then look specifically at the impact of IMP regulations that are on the horizon. This workshop also includes an interactive discussion centered around learning from past history and looking beyond.
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Prior Knowledge Recommendations
Students should have a fundamental understanding of natural gas pipeline facilities, their design, construction, operation and maintenance. While instructors will provide a brief overview of IMP, it is recommended that students review the following materials to familiarize themselves with some of the key components of integrity management programs:
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Laurencia algae—manatee and turtle grass
If you like ice cream, well, you probably like algae. Substances called carrageenans extracted from several types of seaweed (a subset of the world's algae) thicken and stabilize some popular ice creams and give them their gelatinous texture.
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Algal extracts are also mainstay ingredients in toothpastes, in shampoos … even in JELL-O. One BioBlitz inventory team was delighted to discover algae right off shore in the muddy waters of Biscayne.
The Collado-Vides team from Miami's Florida International University began identifying algae at the Biscayne BioBlitz yesterday. Biscayne National Park had no prior documentation on its algae, so anything they found would comprise a new species for the park.
Acetabularia algae blooms derive from a single cell.
Within minutes of the start of the 24-hour inventory, the team had identified six species. They've now found 22.
Sometimes algae can harm other plants and animals, as occurs with red tides, or when algae overgrow a coral reef.
Batophora algae provide habitat for small invertebrate larvae.
The algae identified at Biscayne over the last few days support other marine life, anchoring coral larvae, generating oxygen, and more. Learn more about them on the NatGeo News Watch blog.
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cthia wrote:The Manticore Binary System
There is also a notion of minimum density.
minimum density
If a living square has no other living squares nearby, the rules say it will die of loneliness.
If a living square is surrounded by more than three other living squares, the square will also die, of overcrowding.If a dead square is surrounded by three live squares, it becomes linked. The Manticore Binary System—Manticore, Sphinx, Gryphon.
Dead square = unsettled Binary system.
Yeah, see, this is what I mean by tortured analogy. In this analogy, what's a system with a single inhabited planet? What about one with 4 settled planets? What does the study of cellular automata say about them? Do they die off, or cause overcrowding leading to eventual extinction?
And what does this say about the Star Kingdom and its annexation of Basilisk and the incorporation of San Martin?


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Adam Sandler has been making Blockbuster movies for nearly two decades. Along the way he's faced his share of criticism yet continually proves that his films keep fans coming back for more. With his new movie set to open Friday June 15th, we decided to look at the catalogue of work he's put together in the 17 years since the debut of his comedy cult classic Billy Madison.
What we noticed, besides the fact that Sandler has an affinity for playing the role of bachelor millionaire, is that his simplistic comedies make the most money at the box office but it's his more serious (often dark) films that are received better by fans and media (as per Rotten Tomatoes ranking system).
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Gedoumaru (外道丸) is a Shikigami of the Ketsuno Clan. She was given to Sakata Gintoki of the Yorozuya as a precaution, during the Exorcist Chapter, by Ketsuno Ana, who had requested the Yorozuya's assistance.
She has straight, black hair and dark red eyes. On the top of her head, she has two small, yellow horns. Her usual attire consists of a black robe. She wields a giant, fortified club which she carries with ease.
Despite her innocent and cute looks, she is extremely strong and cruel. Gedoumaru will do anything to beat her opponent, as seen in Episode 195 when she tricked the other Shikigami into thinking her mother had just died, when it was all just an act to get them to lower their guard. If her master shows any sign of weaknesses, she will turn on him. She is loyal only to Ketsuno Ana. She also seams to respect Sakata Gintoki to some extent.
Gedomaru was caught by the Ketsuno clan when she was tearing up Mt. Oe during the Heian period, and was forced to serve them ever since, as told by Gedomaru herself in Episode 195. Ketsuno Ana was the only one who considered her as a friend.


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Bill Sullivan, the subject of our bad-boyfriend story "Operation Cock Block," is now claiming he's innocent of participating in a $15.7 million Ponzi scheme.
"The preponderance of facts support a dismissal of the case against Defendant Sullivan and all monies in his accounts unfrozen and returned to Defendant Sullivan in total," he wrote in a court motion in April.
But the judge did not grant Sullivan's request. Instead, court documents suggest that the civil case against Sullivan is moving toward trial.
Sullivan was accused of fraud last August for allegedly helping to carry out a Ponzi scheme that solicited money from "unaccredited and unsophisticated investors," according to a press release from the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. Sullivan had worked for the company involved, Bridge Premium Finance, since February 2011. Michael Turnock, the owner of the company, was also charged with fraud and has since admitted guilt. The case against him has been settled.
Not so for Sullivan. Earlier this year, U.S. District Court Judge John Kane rejected efforts to settle the cases against Sullivan and Turnock because the so-called final judgments didn't require the men to admit guilt. Though Turnock eventually did so, Sullivan did not. In early April, Kane ordered Sullivan to respond -- and the response he received was essentially a request from Sullivan to drop the case against him altogether.
Sullivan gives several reasons, including that Turnock wrote him a letter "exonerating" him, that his involvement with the company was minimal and that he "did not financially gain from the Ponzi scheme." Sullivan apologizes to the judge for his late response but explains that he didn't know one was required. Because his bank accounts have been frozen, he writes, he can't obtain a lawyer and is therefore representing himself.
A brief order from Judge Kane indicates that a settlement of Sullivan's case is now off the table. Instead, a document in the court file lays out pretrial and trial procedures, suggesting that Sullivan will now have to argue his case in court.
Sullivan has found himself in court before. In 1998, he was charged with theft for stealing close to $1 million from a laserdisc and DVD company where he was bookkeeper. The company failed and Sullivan pleaded guilty to a single count of felony theft. He was sentenced to ten years in prison, but ended up serving two after a courtroom apology.
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BMI and Waist Circumference
Putting aside vanity or any preconceived notions of what a person should or shouldn't look like, maintaining a healthy weight is a lifesaver. In fact, keeping your weight in check helps lower your risk of heart disease, cancer and stroke [source: Mayo Clinic]. Even if you don't care about any other reasons to maintain a healthy weight, this should do it for you.
So how do you determine if you are a healthy weight? Have your BMI -- body mass index -- and waist circumference measured. BMI is an indicator of your body fat achieved through a calculation using your weight and height. Different BMIs indicate whether you're underweight, normal, overweight or obese. You can run the calculation online at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Web site.
In addition to BMI, Cathy Becker and Raquel Hecker for ABC News suggest pulling out a tape measure and letting your waist circumference give you an idea if the weight you are carrying around your middle is an issue. A measurement of more than 40 inches could indicate increased risk for heart disease [source: Becker, Hecker].


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To all of the Knight Reader family.
Kelly passed away on July 08, 2017. She so much enjoyed reading and sharing her thoughts on so many books. This was only one of many outlets she used to share her love for books. This site was very special to her. Thank each of you for your comments. She will be missed not only by her family, but by the ones she shared that love with.
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