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OBEX for dummies
On Linux it was never that easy to access your phone's memory, especially not using bluetooth. For a few years I had been using obexftp for this, but pushing files one by one was far from simple.
As a result if I needed a picture from my phone's memory, I either send it from the phone to my CentOS. This works fine for a single file, but is tiresome for a collection. Or (and this is the default at my place) let Brenda's thinkpad synchronize the new photos from my cellphone.
This is very convenient, because Brenda takes care of the photo-collection housekeeping anyway ! (thanks hon)
Still, yesterday I did not want to mess with Windows to get a picture or two so I renewed my knowledge of Obex, especially I reinvestigated obexfs.
Obexfs is a fuse-based filesystem that uses obexftp to connect to the phone and while I had been messing with it in the past, lo and behold it worked almost immediately with the newer obexfs.
On CentOS you only need to install the dkms-fuse and obexfs packages to get it going by: yum install dkms-fuse fuse-obexfs and start bluetooth: service bluetooth start
Then just get the device id from the hcitool scan output, then get the OBEX File Transfer channel from the sdptool browse 00:CA:FE:BA:BE:00 output and when you have both, simply do obexfs -b 00-CA-FE-BA-BE-00 -B 10 /mnt/obex
And then you can access the content:
[dag@rhun ~]$ obexfs -b 00-CA-FE-BA-BE-00 -B 10 /mnt/obex/
[dag@rhun ~]$ ls -l /mnt/obex/
total 4
drwxr-xr-x 1 dag dag 0 Jan 1 1970 Graphics
drwxr-xr-x 1 dag dag 0 Jan 1 1970 Images
drwxr-xr-x 1 dag dag 0 Jan 1 1970 Memory
drwxr-xr-x 1 dag dag 0 Jan 1 1970 Music files
drwxr-xr-x 1 dag dag 0 Jan 1 1970 Recordings
drwxr-xr-x 1 dag dag 0 Jan 1 1970 Themes
drwxr-xr-x 1 dag dag 0 Jan 1 1970 Tones
drwxr-xr-x 1 dag dag 0 Jan 1 1970 Video clips
Nothing more to it, really.
PS It is also possible to make it work with autofs and use obexautofs to automatically scan for any device. However, I could not make it work because it failed to accept more than one option in the config-files (because it does not accept the spaces and none of the workaround seem to work either). So for the time being I will have to use the commandline.
Update: I tried again with obexfs v0.12 and now it works fine. I noticed obexfs automatically detects the channel id for OBEX communication, so you no longer need to use -B option ! This is fantastic as it is much more convenient to use...
Using Spaces
Have you tried using the \0 character rather than a space?
I did.
And it failed too. But since obexfs v0.11 it autodetects the channel, so it is much more convenient and it now works from autofs as well as fstab (and the Gnome Disk Mounter applet) as expected.
Thank you
Thank you Thank you THANK YOU!!!
I've been trying for the past day and a half to get my mobile connected to Linux in a meaningful way.
After trying all manner of blind alleys, your elegant solution took no more than 5 minutes to install and implement.
When my phone's file system suddenly appeared in Dolphin, I very nearly fell off my chair - I was preparing myself for yet another disappointment.
Given that there seem to be hundreds of people wringing their collective hands over this (especially since the obex KIO stopped working in KDE4), I can't believe this information is not all over the forums.
I am just about to make at least some effort to rectify that situation.
Thank you again.
Thanks! I'm something of a
Thanks! I'm something of a Linux newbie and a total neophyte when it comes to Bluetooth. Once I got obexfs built, this worked like a charm!
Though I hadn't realized that Bluetooth would be so s-l-o-w for file transfers.
Great tip!
Many thanks for this! Kde 4.4.2 still doesn't seem to have an adequate handle for obex, but this works great. It's curios that no one is looking after bluetooth integration for kde.


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Harvesters 2013
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Date: January 9, 2013
The Studio staff, along with friends and family, spent an afternoon at Harvesters sorting and boxing canned goods for distribution. Although this fun effort is in no way a competition, our group is proud to say we efficiently worked through this task and were then assigned a new task of bagging carrots until our afternoon shift was completed. Our youngest volunteer is only 6 years old. Way to go, Cadence!
Each year our group has grown in numbers and it is such a positive experience, we are discussing ways we can do more. Harvesters does a great job of making the best use of everyone's time and we continue to learn more about how hungry our friends and neighbors in KC really are! If you want to join us the next time we go, just let us know!Back to News

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Thank you to our faithful readers who have been patient with our team while we had our team in Haiti. (See more on that here: www.cimhaiti.org.)
It has been almost 2 whole weeks since we have updated you on the powerful move of God STILL GOING ON HERE IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA!
Last night we visited and found another 3,000 – 4,000 people passionately pursuing God.
Todd Bentley and the Fresh Fire team from Vancouver, British Columbia has set up a semi-permanent tent to house over 10,000 people. Roy Fields continues to lead the masses into heart-felt worship, touching the hem of the Holiest of Holies.
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Sometimes, in reading various Traveller groups and forums, you can find cool things like this "Traveller - in Two Pages." If you find yourself trying to get people interested, it lays out a great basis that most OTU players and fans can agree on.
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The List 2012
7 years and still counting. Any explanations needed, I refer you to the 2011 list, or 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006. Though I'll include: "My 'Favorites' are based on the overall experience of the film- what impacted or enchanted me, not always objectively on what I think were the most quality films. My "Disappointments" have to do with unmet expectations, which is why bad movies I knew would be bad aren't on the list. Brackets [ ] mean films seen in the theatre."
What did we watch together?
**I'd like to make note that this was a very stressful year, which I think accounts for all the blockbusters and prosaic comedies, and the dearth of probing, intellectual, art films. My life was pretty much an independent film this year, so I went Hollywood with my viewings, I guess.**
Favorites of 2012
The Artist
Snow White & The Huntsman
Moonrise Kingdom
Magic Mike
Most Disappointing of 2012
The Five-Year Engagement
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Favorite First-View Series
Game of Thrones
Warehouse 13
Twin Peaks
Secret Diary of A Call Girl
Total Films: 205
Total Television Series: 66
Films Viewed in Theatre: 47
Most Watched Film of 2011: The Hunger Games (11)
Multiple Viewings:
Snow White & The Huntsman (3); Prometheus (2); Looper (2); The Amazing Spider-Man (2); Skyfall (2); The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2); The Muppets (2); Hook (2); Pirates of the Caribbeann: Curse of the Black Pearl (2); Jane Eyre (2011) (2); Thor (2); The Last Starfighter (2); Little Women (2); National Lampoon's CHristmas Vacation (2); Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban (2); Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2)
"Work Weeks" (40 hours) spent viewing: 24.24
The List 2012: Films
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
The Secret of Mooancre
The Romantics
Toy Story 3
[ ] The Muppets
Tron: Legacy
A Room With a View
Midnight in Paris
Guys & Dolls
Fever Pitch (UK)
The Tale of Despereaux
The Young Victoria
The Stone of Destiny
Vanity Fair
Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back
The King's Speech
My Summer of Love
The Princess Bride
The Tree of Life
[ ] The Artist
Jane Eyre (2011)
Star Wars VI: The Retun of the Jedi
The Last Starfighter
[ ] Beauty and the Beast 3D Edition
[ ] Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace 3D Edition
Morning Glory
Kissing Jessica Stein
The September Issue
P.S. I Love You
Tarzan (1999)
Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 1
Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 2
Another Earth
Tarzan (1999)
A Bug's Life
That Thing You Do
The Ides of March
Saludos Amigos/The Three Caballeros
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
[ ] The Lorax
Max Dugan Returns
Notting Hill
Pirates of the Caribbeann: Curse of the Black Pearl
My Week with Marilyn
Savannah Smiles
Pirates of the Caribbeann: Dead Man's Chest
Miss Representation
Watership Down
[ ] The Hunger Games
[ ] The Hunger Games
Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets
[ ] The Hunger Games
Higher Ground
[ ] The Hunger Games
A Dangerous Method
All Of Me
[ ] The Hunger Games
[ ] The Hunger Games
An American Tail
[ ] The Hunger Games
Ferris Bueller's Day Off
The Black Stallion
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
[ ] The Hunger Games
Winter's Bone
Teen Wolf
Back to the Future
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows 1
[ ] The Hunger Games
I Love You, Man
[ ] The Avengers
The Hangover
Sweet Land
[ ] Cabin in the Woods
Going the Distance
The Time Traveller's Wife
Sleeping Beauty (2011)
[ ] Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
[ ] The 5 Year Engagement
[ ] Snow White and the Huntsman
The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc
Star Trek (2009)
Harry Potter: Goblet of Fire
Albert Nobbs
[ ] Snow White and the Huntsman
[ ] Prometheus
[ ] Prometheus
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
[ ] Brave
The Music Man
It Happened at the World's Fair
The Phantom of the Opera
Jane Eyre (2011)
[ ] The Amazing Spider-Man
[ ] Magic Mike
The Decoy Bride
[ ] Snow White & The Huntsman
[ ] Moonrise Kingdom
[ ] Star Trek Next Generation
[ ] The Dark Knight Rises
[ ] The Amazing Spider-Man
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Harry Potter: Chamber of Secrets
21 Jump Street
John Carter
The Last Starfighter
Company (2007)
Love and Other Drugs
This Means War
Finding Nemo
[ ] Total Recall (2012)
Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban
Pirates of Penzance
Galaxy Quest
The Muppets (2011)
Safety Not Guarenteed
Star Trek First Contact
[ ] Anna Karenina
[ ] ParaNorman
City Slickers
Dan in Real Life
Harry Potter: Order of the Phoenix
Postcards From the Edge
The Princess Bride
The Dungeon Masters
[ ] Looper
[ ] Lawless
Year One
Never Been Kissed
The Cooler
[ ] Looper
[ ] The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban
[ ] Skyfall
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
[ ] Skyfall
Stranger Than Fiction
[ ] Argo
Harry Potter: Philosopher's Stone
[ ] Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2
[ ] The Master
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
[ ] Silver Linings Playbook
High Fidelity
[ ] Great Expectations (2012)
While You Were Sleeping
[ ] Muppets Christmas Carol
The Family Stone
It's A Wonderful Life
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Little Women
[ ] The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
A Christmas Story
[ ] The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Dances With Wolves
L.A. Confidential
The Adjustment Bureau
About A Boy
White Christmas
Little Women
Edward Scissorhands
The Nightmare Before Christmas
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Pitch Perfect
The List 2012: Television Series
Being Human (BBC): 3
Downton Abbey: 1
The Catherine Tate Show: 1
Doctor Who (RTD): 2
Star Trek Next Generation: 5
Shameless (UK): 2
The Tudors: 1
Shameless (UK): 3
Star Trek Next Generation: 6
Parenthood: 1
Shameless (UK): 4
Game of Thrones: 1
Horrible Histories: 1
Star Trek Next Generation: 7
Family Ties: 1
Dr Who (Moffat): 6
Spy (UK): 1
Ballykissangel: 3
Whites: 1
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: 1
The IT Crowd: 1
Battlestar Galactica: 4
Secret Diary of a Call Girl: 1
Secret Diary of a Call Girl: 2
Downton Abbey: 2
The Sarah Jane Adventures: 1
The Sarah Jane Adventures: 2
The Sarah Jane Adventures: 3
New Girl: 1
Warehouse 13: 1
Big Love: 5
Game of Thrones: 2
Warehouse 13: 2
Game of Thrones: 1
The West Wing: 4
The Inbetweeners: 1
The Inbetweeners: 2
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: 2
The Sarah Jane Adventures: 4
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: 3
Warehouse 13: 3
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: 4
Doctor Who (RTD): 3
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: 5
Parenthood: 2
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: 6
Modern Family: 1
The Office (USA): 6
Secret Diary of A Call Girl: 3
Portlandia: 1
Modern Family: 2
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: 6
Secret Diary of a Call Girl: 4
Gavin & Stacey: 3
The Catherine Tate Show: 2
Parenthood: 3
30 Rock: 6
Star Trek Deep Space Nine: 7
The Catherine Tate Show: 3
The Inbetweeners: 3
IT Crowd: 3
IT Crowd: 4
Twin Peaks: 1
Arrested Development: 2
Hyperdrive: 1


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The new Business and Property Courts created in October 2017 aim to cut costs and time for lawyers by setting up specialist courts in various regions of the UK. This will enable cases to be heard outside London thereby reducing waiting times.
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Biking the Coast of Maine
How two wheels and some of the best coastal scenery in the country can remake a person's point of view.
After four days spent pedaling past tiny lobster shacks and towering lighthouses on our way through quiet fishing villages, it's the final ride of the trip. When we cross the finish line, our Discovery Bicycle Tours group members will scatter back to our home states. We have our heads, fingers, and noses buried in all three of our maps, periodically looking up to see if the signage is pointing us toward Bar Harbor.
We've taken a detour to avoid a busy highway and now we need to decide if we should reverse the morning's directions and retrace our trail. If only the GPS would work! Instead, a handsome man on a bike—barely out of breath—stops at our group. "Did you just come from Bar Harbor?" someone asks. "Can we get there from here?" "Yes, of course," he says. "Just take a right, and then it's all lefts." With his directions, the ride back is downhill—and I am nothing if not an excellent coaster.
To be honest, I am not an adventure-seeker or a hardcore anything. I am an erstwhile runner, a sometime yogi, and lately a real couch potato. Looking back, jumping into five full days of biking around Maine seems a bit crazy, but I couldn't have found a better tour group. Vermont-based Discovery Bicycle Tours offers small-group cycling vacations around the United States and Europe. The six-day coastal Maine tour has had us rolling down carriage roads and into villages, and hopping boats to the islands around Bass Harbor. Each day holds new coastal views and a chance to redeem myself from the last ride.
Each night has meant a filling dinner, excellent conversation, and warm beds at either The Claremont Hotel in Southwest Harbor or the Manor House Inn in Bar Harbor. I am admittedly partial to our guides, David and Cindy, who became counselors, teachers, and coaches. I was never without one of them, which ultimately forced me to grit my teeth and spin out another mile—uphill. Someone rode in the back (read: with me), and the other drove a van, which amazingly I never used.
I am the youngest by about 20 years and the worst by about 1,000 miles. Each day, I've drug in at dark, legs shaking and sweaty, only to find the others—mostly couples—all showered and ready to eat. But I am leaving so inspired: I think that all of my new friends will agree that we each lost something on this trip—inhibitions, a pair of gloves, five or 10 pounds. But we gained so much more. Inspiration. Determination. Knowledge. (And yes, a sore rear.)
Rates for the six-day Coast of Maine Bike Tour start at $2,195; discoverybicycletours.com.
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Happy Hour at Home: 13 Amazing Basement Bars
Entertain with style in your own personal bar! See how these basements were transformed into the perfect place to serve up a cocktail.
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November 25, 2014
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Open Bar
An industrial-style plywood bar makes a great addition to this spacious basement hangout. It even includes a unique wine rack and built-in beer tap, as seen on Cousins Undercover.
Wet Your Whistle
A dark wood bar creates an essence of elegance in this stylish living space, while music note paintings add energy to the room.
Shaken, Not Stirred
This modern bar keeps things interesting by playing around with conventional design elements: half of one wall is covered in hardwood while and the other is splashed in orange. In addition, hanging stainless steel frying pans arranged in a flower-like pattern make for a quirky piece of wall art.
Line 'Em Up
A line of candles across the counter let this bar double as a piece of contemporary decor when not being used to serve up drinks. The versatility keeps the cool-blue basement feeling chic for any type of gathering.
On the Rocks
This basement bar bursts with glamour — from the iridescent walls to the extravagant Swarovski crystal chandelier.
Stylish Barcade
There's never a dull moment in this slick silver bar. It includes a built-in video game, offering hours of entertainment for homeowners and guests alike. To keep the decor from becoming too monochromatic, a vibrant painting adds contrast to the space.
A Refined Red
The punch of deep red on the walls gives an impression of luxury and sophistication, especially when combined with a dark wood bar and matching stools.
Make it a Double Feature
Decorative hanging film reels to add cinema charm to this basement, making it the perfect bar scene for a movie buff. It's the perfect setting to serve up drinks before screening a favorite film.
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JWR and HJL,
Sadly, we are about to experience the same bureaucratic wisdom here in NY's North Country and Adirondacks. Recently a well known engineering school had a student research panel present similar concerns in a public forum. I'm not quite sure how I've lived as long (or as warmly!) without their expertise. The old adage of "…wood heats four times" is still true. – RJH


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The society for all Student Teachers and students interested in Education at the University of Stirling. We are aiming to build the skills of Student Teachers, make connections with people who will give us more opportunity throughout and after our University Career and make people aware of Teacher Unions - an essential when going into the classroom. A further key aim of the society is bringing the Student Teacher community in Stirling together through meeting and regular events, both educational and social.
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Huskies clean up at Big East awards
Point guard
Renee Montgomery
was named the Big East Freshman of the Year and guard
Mel Thomas
was named the Most Improved Player of the Year at the league's awards banquet Friday night.
Montgomery is the eighth UConn player to win the award and the first since
The point guard likely solidified herself as the league's top rookie the past few weeks. She averaged 15.8 points the past four games.
"It was a surprise," Montgomery said of winning the award. "When I'm by myself, you don't see yourself getting an award when you have 16 teams and all of them have some type of good freshman on the team. I didn't think about it. It was a surprise."
Considering Montgomery's numbers, the award probably was warranted.
Montgomery finished the regular season averaging 8.7 points and 3.4 assists. In Big East games, she raised her scoring average to 12.0 points a game. She started 28 of 30 games this season and she is second on the team in steals with 53.
"Renee wasn't the preseason rookie of the year, but she, I think, had the biggest impact at the hardest position," UConn coach Geno Auriemma said. "So I think it's well deserved."
Thomas is the first player in program history to be named the league's Most Improved Player of the Year. Thomas, who also landed a spot on the All-Big East honorable mention team, went from averaging 5.6 points as a freshman to 12.4 points as a sophomore.
Thomas also leads the Big East in 3-point shooting at 45.4 percent, which ranks eighth in the country.
"I just tried really hard all summer and I wanted to improve a lot," Thomas said. "I guess other people noticed that as well.
"I think I worked hard and I think I deserved it, but I just didn't think that other people thought the same thing and noticed as much."
UConn guard Ann Strother and forward Barbara Turner were named to the All-Big East first team and second team, respectively. Forward Charde Houston was an honorable mention selection.
Strother landed a spot on one of the All-Big East teams every year of her career. She was a third-team selection as a freshman and sophomore and she was a unanimous pick for first-team honors last season. The only other player in UConn history to be named to one of the All-Big East teams all four years of their career was Svetlana Abrosimova.
"It is crazy to think about something like that," said Strother, the Huskies' leading scorer with 13.8 points a game. "Since I have come here, Coach has told me, 'You need to play like Svet.' She was the player I was supposed to kind of mirror a little bit."
As expected, Rutgers guard Cappie Pondexter was named the Big East Player of the Year and she was a unanimous pick for the award. Pondexter, the preseason player of the year, led the Scarlet Knights to their second Big East title in a row. She was second in the conference in scoring with a 21.4-point average, which ranks fifth best in the country.
Kim Barnes Arico of St. John's was named the Big East coach of the Year. She led the Red Storm to a 21-6 overall record and a tie for third place in the conference with an 11-5 record, the team's highest finish in 15 seasons.


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I worry.
A lot. I worry about everything. My kids. My family. The new condo building going up down the street from the elementary school. Politics. Whether or not my children actually remember their manners when they are away from me. (!!!) Bless their hearts we try hard. And sometimes I worry about myself.
I asked my cat to brush his teeth the other morning and I swear, I thought that was the end. I was sure my mind was going. You see, I am always trying new organizational techniques to try to find something that will help us get out the door, teach good habits and keep the children up with their chores, activities and homework. Plus – we have 1 ASD child and one 5-year-old, just to mix it up good. We've tried charts with stars, time outs (Who does this work for?? My children think its fun!), checklists and good ol'fashioned hollering. I think I have found something that seems to work for me though (for now)…. I made the children little schedule sheets for morning, afternoon and bedtime. They are all different according to responsibilities and age. They change every week, so that the chores change and on days where the children have activities after school the times are more like "guidelines".
A's Afternoon Schedule
4:00 PM Snack, Homework, Put away laundry,
6:00 PM Dinner
6:30 PM chore: Take Recycling Out
7:00 PM Freetime
They have to follow each sheet before any free time of any kind and I only give 1 reminder with a 10-minute time allowance to fix their chore, homework, etc. If the timer goes off, they then choose one of two possible consequences for their infraction. Now that I'm writing it out it sounds a little complicated, but really its very simple and it has cut down on my shouting at the children to do every little thing. The timer does most of the work. It either goes off and the work is done. Or it goes off and the child chooses their consequence. (I don't give a consequence if they're working on it when the timer goes off.) Anyway. It was day 2 of our new chore/work system and was going pretty well and I was giving Mr. M a first reminder about brushing his teeth and I just couldn't find him. The children run all over the house in the morning like little chickens and I dunno, I looked and the first face that I saw at about the height where Mr. M would be was George, our cat, so I said, "Go brush your teeth!". George glared at me in disgust and curled up again on his chair in the kitchen.
G was there! It was odd. He said, "I don't think that's something cats do honey". I thought well, that was it. It was a nice run, but the marbles are ready to roll. I'm a few colors short of a crayon box. Since then, I've made up with George and we've discussed how I shouldn't expect him to brush his teeth and he wanted to know if he could have more canned food. I said no. (Ok, maybe he didn't say that – but he was thinking it. I could tell.) I've chalked my missing marbles up to a lack of coffee and not getting out of bed earlier. A constant problem for me. Oy vey. I've even had my doctor tell me that my "disorganized brain" is due to being with several young children all day, every day and that over time, as they get older, my brain processes should return (hopefully) to normal. There is actually a medical term for it, I can't remember it at the moment. (Ha!) There really is though. Its an inability to go completely from one thought to the next because of constant and repetitive interruption. I have actually gotten better, but obviously, re: my conversations with George the cat, not back to normal. In the meantime, it helps to have an understanding pet.
Be Fierce. Organize those children! Holler at the babies less! Talk to your pets!


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I am slowly catching up on creating and posting my scrapbook pages. This layout is for my 2011 scrapbook. It was the first time that we took Dallas to a movie, we had no choice....Cars 2 was showing. My son has been a Disney Cars fanatic since he was 2 years old. We have almost every character, the bedding, both movies (and Mater's Tall Tales), a backpack, dishes, toothbrush......you get the picture. On a side note...we went yesterday to see Monsters University and there was a preview for a new Disney "Cars" movie called Planes. Dallas was so excited......great, thank you Disney....now I'm sure we will get to buy a bunch of new Planes charters too :)
Anyway, we had a lot of fun, and I am so glad that I thought to take a picture of him in front of the movie poster. Combined with the ticket stubs, it made a great scrapbook page. I also wanted to tell a bit of the story, but I don't like my handwriting, so I created a pocket using the picture and ticket stubs, and it fits nicely.
To make the page, I used my Cricut and the Disney Cars cartridge to cut out Lightning McQueen and the Cars logo. I added a sticker "2" to the logo to mimic the Cars 2 logo. Then for the background, I used chalk to create a winding road with grass and a sunset. I love using chalk, it's perfect for those times that you know exactly what you want, but can't find it.
Materials Used:
Cricut: Disney Cars
Chalk: Decorating Chalks by Craf-T Products
Challenges Entered:
Lasting Memories Layouts - Family Moments
Bitten by the Bug 2 - We Love Disney
Hiding in My Craft Room - Red and Green
Die Cuttin Divas - Ruby Red
7/8/2013 04:43:50 am
Love your layout. Spectacular cut of Lightnin McQueen. Thanks for joining us at BBTB2. Stephanie
Denise Pustelniak
7/9/2013 02:59:26 am
Love it! That car is fab, glad you were able to find the exact car!
7/9/2013 07:11:04 am
I love your layout. How cute. I love the cars image! Thanks for sharing at BBTB2.
7/12/2013 04:01:24 pm
Love how you did the background with chalk! The whole layout is fantastic-Lightning McQueen looks awesome!!!! My guys like the Cars movies too :) Thanks for joining our Disney challenge at BBTB2 :)
7/14/2013 11:54:48 am
super cute layout! i LOVE the cars movies too :) thanks for sharing with us at bbtb2 :)
1/16/2015 05:38:24 pm
I met new teachers and they were prtty mean at first but , then they were pretty cool.
3/18/2015 05:58:39 pm
I love using chalk, it's perfect for those times that you know exactly what you want, but can't find it.
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My name is JoNeita Kelly and I have been crafting for at least the last 20 years. I live in Forney, Texas with my son, Dallas. I am a High School teacher and Cheerleading Coach. I love to craft and to continue to improve my photography and editing skills whenever I have free time. What I love most is telling our story using pictures, it is the most important gift I can leave my family.
April 2020
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Storyboards for Amanda in Arabia
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I recently blogged about a wonderful visit I made to Tomsett Elementary School in Richmond, BC. You can read about it here.
A few weeks later I was invited back to the school by the teacher to view the storyboards the students had made for Amanda in Arabia – The Perfume Flask that lined the hallways. I was blown away by the creativity of these grade 4 -5 students. Here are some pictures of the work put into this project. There were 26 of them and they were all very good. I am just showing you a sample.
They all included heartwarming and encouraging letters
I particularly love the camel pictures
And this one depicting a mosque
I am astounded by the thought and creativity put into these storyboards and touched by the letters. These students have inspired me to keep writing!
What inspires you to keep writing, or to do anything creative?
46 Responses to "Storyboards for Amanda in Arabia"
Children are loyal fans. I can imagine they are anxiously waiting Amanda's next adventure.
Thanks Sheila. Just another good reason to write for children.
Hello Darlene, what lovely feedback. It looks as though there are a lot of budding young artists in writers Tomsett. I can imagine just how thrilled you were to see these.
I was thrilled beyond words. Thanks for stopping by Barbara.
Your young readers have certainly put a lot of efforts into their cards & letters! Congratulations on having written stories that stir their minds, Darlene. You must be thrilled and so moved by it all. 🙂
How wonderful to see this response to your book Darlene – you must have been thrilled. It's one thing writing a book but its quite another getting to see such a wonderful creative and artistic reaction to it.


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I highly recommend people, especially those new to Android, watch the Androidology series of videos put out by Google themselves. In particular, part 2 does a great job of explaining how Android (and really Linux) is different then most people's OS experience.In response to the vast amount of questions regarding Task Killers, I find this to be a valuable article/video in making a determination in whether or not to use a task killer on 'auto-kill' or manually killing apps just because they're open. A task killer is meant to shut down unresponsive apps, not EVERYTHING open.PLEASE READ THIS!!!
Good explanation of how the Android OS is designed to handle applications.
Make your decision from there
*quick cut & paste from the link*
from the developer who designed System Panel.
* Originally posted by Renthor @ DxF *
Please read this section FIRST. There are a great many misconceptions about how Android works with regard to
starting and stopping applications.
How to Use a Task Manager
Android was designed from the ground up as an operating system (OS) for mobile devices. Its built-in application and memory-management systems were engineered with battery life as one of the most critical concerns.
The Android OS does not work like a desktop operating system. On a desktop OS, like Windows, Mac OS X, or Ubuntu Linux, the user is responsible for closing programs in order to keep a reasonable amount of memory available. On Android, this is not the case. The OS itself automatically removes programs from memory as memory is needed. The OS may also preload applications into memory which it thinks might soon be needed.
Having lots of available empty memory is not a good thing. It takes the same amount of power to hold "nothing" in memory as it does to hold actual data. So, like every other operating system in use today, Android does its best to keep as much important/likely-to-be-used information in memory as possible.
As such, using the task manager feature of SystemPanel to constantly clear memory by killing all apps is strongly NOT RECOMMENDED. This also applies to any other task killer / management program. Generally speaking, you should only "End" applications if you see one which is not working correctly. The "End All" feature can be used if your phone/device is performing poorly and you are uncertain of the cause.
Process Types
The SystemPanel process listing groups applications into three categories: "Active", "Inactive", and "Internal":
- Active applications are actually running at the present time on the device. An active application may be running in the background and not have any information currently displayed on the screen.
- Inactive applications have been preloaded into memory, but are not actually using up any system resources. Such applications will not consume any battery power whatsoever. The memory used by these applications can be immediately reclaimed should other applications require it. As such, there is no need to manually remove these applications, as you will see no tangible benefit from doing so.
- Internal applications are those which are part of the Android operating system itself. Some of these applications may be terminated manually, but they will be immediately restarted afterward by the OS."
Now the video from Google.
Here's the link to part 2, "Application Lifecycle"
Bear in mind these videos are aimed at developers, but the gist of it is still applicable to everyone.
After watching the whole Androidology series, I decided to let the OS do its thing with killing/running apps and processes. I have a task killer installed only to kill unresponsive apps that the OS can't kill for whatever reason (which by the way, is a fault generally of the app's developer(s). Not the phone or OS). And the Android OS actually comes with it's own "Task Killer" for this purpose, I just prefer to have easy "one-tap" (or close to it) access to such things.
Here's the rest if you're interested (highly recommended. Especially if you're a dev) Videos | Android Developers
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In 1887 Russian anthropologist Nicolas Notovitch travelled to India in the hope to study Hindu culture. Notovitch arrived in Ladakh which is located on the northern border of India, as this was the point from where he would make his journey back home – through Karakorum and Chinese Turkestan.
During his stay in Ladakh, Notovich had been told about a Buddhist monastery where manuscripts recording the life of Jesus were to be found. These manuscripts were in Lhasa and was prohibited to 'white' man, as was the entire country of Tibet at that time.
During that specific point in time whilst Notovitch was in Ladakh, it was known that the British government were suspicious that any russian who set foot in India was suspected of being either an agitator or spy, hence Notovitch began his journey home as the British authorities were getting nervous about Notovitch's presence there.
Notovitch did not make it too far when he fell from his horse, broke his leg and this forced him to stay at the Himis monastery.
It was here that Notovitch took advantage of his stay and asked for the manuscript on the life of Jesus be brought to him.
Notovitch showed the text to leaders of the Russian Orthodox church and this was not received well. In fact he was advised that printing it could cause a litany of 'problems' so to speak.
And then a year later Notovitch presented it to a cardinal who offered to pay him for his efforts in exchange for the text to be suppressed.
In time though Notovitch did publish his findings The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ. The following is an extract of the original Text of Nicolas Notovitch's Discovery in 1887 and is of Jesus speaking about women.
When I read this excerpt for the first time, it brought tears to my eyes as I had always intuitively known that religions have played an integral role in keeping many 'truths' hidden from us – especially where women are concerned and their rightful place- their divine inheritance.
An old woman, who had approached the group to better hear Jesus was pushed aside by one of the disguised men, who placed himself before her.
Jesus said: " It is not good for a son to push away his mother, that he may occupy the place which belongs to her. Whoso doth not respect his mother – the most sacred being after his God – is unworthy of the name of son.
Harken to what I say to you: Respect woman; for in her we see the mother of the universe, and all the truth of divine creation is come through her.
She is the fount of everything good and beautiful, as she is also the germ of life and death. Upon her man depends in all his existence, for she is his moral and natural support in his labors.
In pain and suffering she brings you forth; in the sweat of her brow she watches over your growth, and until her death, you cause her great anxieties. bless her, and adore her, for she is your only friend and support on earth.
Respect her; defend her. In so doing you will gain for yourself her love;you will find favor before God, and for her sake many sins will be remitted to you.
Love your wives and respect them. for they will be the mothers of tomorrow and later the grandmothers of a whole nation.
Be submissive to the wife; her love ennobles man, softens his hardened heart, tames the wild beast in him and changes it to a lamb.
Wife and mother are priceless treasures which God has given to you. They are the most beautiful ornaments of the universe, and from them will be born all who inhabit the world.
Even as the Lord of Hosts separated the light from the darkness, and the dry land from the waters, so does woman possess the divine gift of calling forth out of man's evil nature all the good that is in him
Therefore I say unto you, after God, to woman you must belong your best thoughts, for she is the divine temple where you will most easily obtain perfect happiness.
Draw from this temple your moral force. There you will forget your sorrows and your failures, and recover the love necessary to aid your fellow men.
Suffer her not to be humiliated, for by humiliating her you humiliate yourselves, and lose the sentiment of love, without which nothing can exist here on earth.
Protect your wife, that she may protect you – you and all your household. All that you do for your mothers, your wives, for a widow or any other woman in distress, you will do for your God"
The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ
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Welcome to Flash Fiction Friday and the eighth piece of flash fiction in this weekly series. This week's piece is a 249-worder entitled 'Curbside' by writer Ken Weene.
The woman was without question flotsam washed into that doorway. Curled into an aged fetus, gray hair askew, rag coat cinched by clothesline and safety pins. Something to be avoided.
And avoided she was. Shifting their glances people slipped past. Not even a tut-tut or a so sad was uttered, for to do so might somehow obligate.
Carolyn would have chosen to do the same, but her Cairn terrier would not permit. Scruffy poked and prodded the derelict, smelling, biting, licking her face.
The woman didn't respond.
Faced with her own discomfort, Carolyn called the police.
"A homeless person dying isn't a police emergency," the operator said.
Carolyn persisted. Reluctantly an ambulance was dispatched.
Unexpectedly, the woman survived – at least until the next day, when Carolyn, feeling a Chinese curse of responsibility, visited her on the ward for the terminal and aged, for the indigent and hapless.
The old woman's breath was shallow and labored. Carolyn could hear the wheeze of her effort. Still the woman spoke. First there was appreciation. Then a promise of rewards to someday come.
When Carolyn took her leave, she asked the nurse how the old woman was doing.
"Let's say she's running her last dash."
"Aren't we always too late?" Carolyn responded.
On the way home she stopped at a florist. Yes, the bouquet could be delivered to her mother's grave. Yes, many years too late. Why then, Carolyn mused, did she feel it was she who had received something of precious value?
Wow. I asked Ken what prompted this piece and he said…
I was in residence at The Writers' Colony at Dairy Hollow, which is a place where writers can go to have time and place just to write without other distraction and responsibility. While I was there, one of the staff read one of my novels, Memoirs From the Asylum, and was sharing memories it evoked in her; her mother had been hospitalized for some time, and the then-young girl had spent countless hours at on that psychiatric ward.
That night I was thinking about her obvious pain but also the release she seemed to achieve by sharing her memory with someone – me – whom she felt would understand. It seemed that somehow in reading my novel she had achieved some greater capacity to love her mother despite the hurt of her youth.
Then came the story.
And what a story. Thank you Ken. 🙂
A New Englander by upbringing and inclination, Kenneth Weene is a teacher, psychologist and pastoral counselor by education. He is a writer by passion. Ken's short stories and poetry have appeared in numerous publications including Sol Spirits, Palo Verde Pages, Vox Poetica Clutching at Straws, The Word Place, Legendary, Sex and Murder Magazine, The New Flesh Magazine, The Santa Fe Literary Review, Daily Flashes of Erotica Quarterly, Bewildering Stories, A Word With You Press, Mirror Dance, and The Aurorean. Ken's novels, Widow's Walk and Memoirs From the Asylum are published by All Things That Matter Press. ATTMP will soon be bringing out Tales From the Dew Drop Inne: Because there's one in every town. To learn more about Ken's writing visit: http://www.authorkenweene.com.
If you'd like to submit your 1,000-word max. stories for consideration for Flash Fiction Friday take a look here.


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I got a new question in may new script
header("Pragma: public"); header("Expires: 0"); header("Cache-Control: must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"); header("Cache-Control: public"); header("Content-Description: File Transfer"); header('Content-Type: application/octet-stream'); $rr="filename.exe"; header('Content-Length: file source'); header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename='. $rr); readfile("file source");
This script worked correctly until I didn't upload a file which size was 700 Mb and I can't download it by this script!
In browser it's writing
Firefox can't find the file at http://up-club.com/dow.php?id=LUVzGT. * Check the file name for capitalization or other typing errors. * Check to see if the file was moved, renamed or deleted.
I think the problem is in file size-how can I solve it??
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William 'Bill' Leonard Neises
William "Bill" Leonard Neises, 77, of Patch Grove, succumbed to cancer on Jan. 2, 2019, at his residence, after a courageous nine-year battle.
He was born on Nov. 20, 1941, in Prairie du Chien, the first son of Leonard and Elsie (Graf) Neises.
Bill graduated from Patch Grove High School in 1959, where he had an outstanding high school basketball career. After high school, Bill worked various jobs and attended Milwaukee Area Technical College, where he received an associate's degree in diesel mechanics. He worked at Cummins Diesel in Milwaukee before returning to Patch Grove in 1968, to farm with his mother, Elsie, and brother, Leonard "Doc." Bill continued to successfully farm for 50 years. During these years, Bill also served on the Patch Grove Township Board, Patch Grove Fire Department, and 28 years on the board of Bloomington Farmers Mutual Insurance Company. Bill never saw a child he did not love. He was a loving and caring brother, uncle, great uncle, stepfather and grandfather.
Bill is survived by his sisters, Carol (Wayne) Kanack, Barbara (David) Rewey, Rita (Brian Fischer) Renner, and brothers Chris (Barbara) Neises and Leonard "Doc" (Kate) Neises; step-children, Kristen Hoffman and Dan Neises; six grandchildren; and 12 nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard and Elsie, and a grandson, Aiden Hoffman.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Jan. 12, at 11 a.m. at St. John's Catholic Church in Patch Grove, with Father John Meinholz officiating. Private family burial will be in St. John's Catholic Cemetery at a later date. After his funeral service, there will be a luncheon in St. John's basement. Following the luncheon, there will be a celebration of Bill's life at Lu Lu's Bar & Grill in Patch Grove. Family and friends may call on Friday, Jan. 11, from 3 to 7 p.m. at St. John's Catholic Church and on Saturday from 10 a.m. until time of services at the church. In lieu of plants and flowers, please donate in Bill's memory to the American Cancer Society or a charity of your choice.
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Despite pious promises in the past about 'looking East', it is clear that the Indian establishment, including the media and the foreign ministry, remain obsessed with the West and Pakistan. Events unfolding in Thailand have remained under the radar in India, even though the parallels are ominous, both regarding India and Nepal.
Consider: in Dantewada, Communist terrorists first massacred 76 policemen; they then proceeded to massacre 36 civilians riding in a bus. The first instincts of both the Congress and the media are to justify the terrorism based on the same tired clichés about poverty fomenting violence. Aren't they embarrassed to trot out this hoary old chestnut?
Also consider Hyderabad in the wake of the Telangana agitation: I am sure investment decisions have been put on hold and real estate prices have dipped along with consumer and investor confidence. Similarly, Thailand's economy will take a hit, as ASEAN neighbors Malaysia and Indonesia suddenly look more stable.
Finally, look at Nepal: a functioning monarchy has been replaced by an aggressive Communist regime, with the expected results -- political turmoil, and anti-national forces including Chinese proxies, missionaries and jihadis having a field day.
The roots of the Thai problem are murky, but the event that triggered off today's crisis was the coup in 2006 that overthrew the government of the billionaire industrialist Thaksin Shinawatra. I was in Thailand in 2006 during the revered King Bhumibol Adhulyadej's 80th birthday celebration -- and it was a grand gala affair. My previous visits had been over ten years prior, and I was impressed at how far Thailand had come in the interim: it had the makings of an intermediate economic power.
Thailand has left India in the dust in economic growth: an indicator is the exchange rate between the Thai Baht and the rupee. When I first went to Thailand, there was rough parity between the two; today the Baht is 40 percent higher. The ramshackle capital with run-down roads and unbelievable traffic jams (people used to carry portable urinals in their cars) was transformed by an elevated expressway. The skyline is impressive, and the city looks clean, orderly and prosperous, in a Singaporean kind of way.
This prosperity is based on small to medium industry, especially textiles, electronics and automobile components. Endemic political instability, including bloodless military coups, did not hurt because there was always a symbol of strength and continuity -- the royalty. Thais revere their monarchy, and the King could always resolve any problems.
Until now, that is. The army and police seemed helpless against a few thousand insurgents who barricaded themselves inside the city, urban guerilla warfare, the King hospitalised and silent -- this is a nation under siege, not the kind of place where locals or foreigners will risk their money. This will hurt the Thai economy.
Who gains from this? Malaysia and Indonesia, especially the former. There is a festering separatist movement in southern Thailand, which is ethnically Malay and Muslim. Given the Malaysians' increasing religious fervour -- they have been tyrannising religious minorities recently -- Malaysia may be offering moral and material support.
The apparent demand of the insurgents is justice for the poor who live far away from the glitzy capital, in the north and northeast. I suspect this is a slight exaggeration, along the lines of what Communists claim in India's tribal belt. The Red Shirts in Thailand may be acting principally on behalf of Shinawatra, who wants to be prime minister again, to ensure the survival of his business empire, not to mention avoid a $1.4 billion fine. The Communists in Jharkhand may be agents of China, intent on wrecking India from within. None of them is particularly interested in the poor, except for rhetorical purposes.
What alarms me about the Bangkok situation is that I can easily imagine a similar situation in New Delhi, with the capital held hostage by gangs of Communist insurgents, quite possibly barricaded inside the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, where they gain succour and support from armchair urban guerillas. Just as in Bangkok, we might watch on TV the hopes of a stable and progressing Indian economy going up in thick, black, acrid smoke -- welcome back to the dark ages of 'roti-kapda-makaan' and the rent-seeking neta-babu-journalist nexus, a preview of which we got with the 2G scam.
There are differences, of course. The Indian Army is not involved in business, whereas the Thai army is a smaller version of the Pakistani army in that context -- it runs many industries, and is not dependent on the national government for all of its budget.
But the eerie parallels to, say, Nepal, are many: the end result may well be a 'secular' movement to overthrow the Buddhist monarchy, which will then be portrayed as roundly corrupt, godless, feudal -- whatever else the spinmeisters can think of.
The destruction of the Thai State would be a tragedy. It was just about the only Asian nation that, through some fancy footwork, avoided being colonised. This has given the average Thai a certain self-confidence. Secondly, turmoil is likely to be exploited by vulture-like missionaries descending on the country, much as they did in the aftermath of the tsunami elsewhere. In Nepal, it is reported that a million people were converted to Christian sects after the Communists took over. Similarly the number of mosques, and presumably adherents, has soared. We might find the same in Thailand.
Odd, isn't it, that there are Communist revolutions in Hindu and Buddhist monarchies, but never in Christian or Muslim monarchies? Coincidence? Communists have been accused of being 'useful idiots' for others. Let us note that, according to reliable sources, the manifesto of the Communist terrorists in India speaks at length about extinguishing 'imperialism' and 'liberalism', but is silent about 'poverty' and 'tribals'.
The extinction of the State, neo-colonisation and neo-conversion -- these are the downsides of globalisation. India would be well-advised to watch the Thai example with great care.
Image: A shopping mall that was ransacked and set on fire during clashes in central Bangkok on May 19 | Photograph: Chaiwat Subprasom/Reuters.


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Can somebody please freaking help me? I'm about to pull my hair out. Never in my life have I been so frustrated. Tried registering on the forums and i'm not activated yet.
I've been trying to get a proper SMD file out of XSI for hours. After spending 8 hours learning softimage today and getting my animation ready, the export screws up. I've tried the steps here and I can't get the merge to not show a red error and say something about improper objects for that operation.
Softimage is THE WORST 3D software I've ever used, and I've coded my own 3D modeling studio from scratch using C++, and softimage is too hard for me to figure out. I'm about to throw my mac book across the room.


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Animal Themes
The printable filler paper on this page has images of animals combined with blue ruled lines. The approximate height of the rule is 0.285" and that means just over one-fourth of an inch and is close to the size of regular ruled notebook paper. On this page, the files that have margins are labeled.
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Camper is a Spanish shoe company founded in 1975 by Lorenzo Fluxa. They are known for their bold graphics and comfort and the brand was awarded the Spanish National Design Award in 1998. Camper shoes are a fashion statement but also comfortable and functional. Their design is typically Spanish and these are not the sort of shoes you will find elsewhere on the high street. They describe their style as ""a unique blend of ethics and aesthetics"" and pride themselves on producing good quality, comfortable shoes that are also the utmost in style and fashion. They offer a wide variety of shoes for men, women and children.
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Product Description
- Polygraphy
- Flexible & upgradable
- Home and hospital use
Simple and compact, with integrated oximeters, the Stowood Black Shadow series of respiratory polygraph devices are available in a number of variants and all download into the multi-platform Visi-Download software. They are designed for use in the home or hospital environments. Each device allows wireless communication to a PC, allowing quick and easy assessment of signal quality.
Black Flash is the entry-level model, with oximetry, nasal airflow, body position, movement, sound level and high quality audio. It is intended for use in the screening of sleep disordered breathing. Black Flash can be upgraded to a higher model at a later date if required.
Black Flash Plus includes all components of the Black Flash and adds two channels of respiratory effort and thermistry. It is intended for use in the diagnosis of sleep disordered breathing. Can be upgraded.
Black Shadow includes all components of the Black Flash Plus and adds electroencephalogram (ECG), pulse transit time (PTT), two leg movements and four auxiliary ports.
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That is such a big subject!
Things once again have been busy! We went up to Peterborough last weekend for my brothers birthday. It was the first time we have stayed over since having Luke and have to say he was a little angel! Totally took it in his stride! We went out for lunch on the Sunday to a lovely restaurant and he was so well behaved, that most of the other diner's never even realised there was a baby there!
I can't believe we are just 10wks away from Luke's first birthday, and whilst I don't want a huge party, I am trying to arrange a family get together for it, not always the eaiset and also then an afternoon when his other litter friends can come round! Not easy these days! Can't believe how far in advance peoples diaries get booked up. But I should really as ours does!
Luke is now pulling himself up on things, which is great, but also keeping me on my toes! I used to be able to still dabble in work in the afternoons when he got home from Nursery, but no more! Whilst I don't hang round him all the time, I need to keep my senses about me!
I seem to have woken with an awful cough this morning and am not feeling great, just hope it does not linger for long!
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To be effective & yield results for your business, performance management must be a year-round process with no end. A talented and skilled workforce is the key to the success of every organization. As the war for talent grows on, companies are quickly learning the importance of having the right people. Performance appraisal is just one piece of the talent management puzzle. In order to build an empowered and skilled workforce, companies need to do more than audit employee achievements. An organization should work towards a management cycle where judgment isn't the sole focus, ongoing support and improvement should be just as important.
Most organizations see a dramatic increase in employee and business performance when they effectively set individual employee goals and closely tie them to the company's overall strategy. Every employee needs a clear understanding of the expectations for their work. They also need context, which includes an understanding of where they fit into the company and how they contribute to the overall success of the organization. Goal Setting is the first step in Performance management which is one of the most important steps that aligns the entire workforce with higher arching business goals sets clear priorities and direction, which ensures individuals can feel ownership in the business through individual objectives.
"Coaching is releasing an employee's potential to maximize their own performance. It is helping them to learn rather than teaching them." Improved employee performance and engagement is a result of consistent feedback and coaching. It's common to hire for potential and not experience, so providing the proper training and development programs that address performance and skill gaps is necessary.
Basically, development planning refers to the strategic measurable goals that an employee plans to meet within a certain amount of time. Usually, the development plan includes time-based benchmarks. It generally also includes the criteria that will be used to evaluate whether or not the goals were actually met. Employees need
regular, quality feedback on their performance and specific details on how they can improve. Once skill gaps are identified, employees have a clear insight into the skills they need to develop if they wish to progress in their career. Be sure that your workforce knows the purpose of performance management is to aid in their development and give them control over their career progression.
"People work for money but go the extra mile for recognition, praise, and rewards." Recognition helps employees receive a balance of positive to negative feedback. A little-unexpected appreciation can go a long way. It satisfies our fundamental need for praise, reinforces the right behaviors and culture, and leverages social engagement. Rewards and recognition can improve employee retention and engagement, which creates ambassadors of your organization and its culture.


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Congratulations to everyone who graduated from UEA this summer, especially those who had been supported during their time here by our scholarship donors, three of which are featured below.
Joseph Pease, a recipient of the Medical Aspirations Scholarship, who began his degree in 2012, has graduated with distinction from the Norwich Medical School. He is now looking forward to starting an academic training programme in Norwich incorporating respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, gastroenterology and older people's medicine, as well as spending time in the high dependency unit which will provide valuable experience as he prepares to specialise in anaesthesia.
The Medical Aspirations Programme is generously supported by UEA alumnus David Tibble (SOC70) and enables students from non-traditional medical backgrounds to study for the MBBS degree in Medicine. In thanking David for his support, Joe said: "I am very fortunate and grateful to have been able to attend the Medical Aspirations Residential back in 2011, as I don't think otherwise I would have ever pictured myself achieving a degree in medicine and about to start my first job. To have had that opportunity to go into medicine, and then to not have to worry about the financial aspects of a five year degree, was incredibly important to me and very generous of you to support. It has always motivated me to do my best and seek out as many opportunities within medicine as possible. Thanks to you, there is now one more (very appreciative) new doctor in the NHS."
Lt Col Chuck Walker was a former Liberator pilot who flew 35 missions during the war, winning the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Croix de Guerre. In retirement, Lt Col Walker became a trustee of the 2nd Air Division Memorial Trust. When Lt Col Walker passed away in 2014, the 2nd Air Division Memorial Trust established a scholarship in his name.
In 2015, The Colonel Charles L Walker Scholarship was awarded to Kate Feenstra and Kate graduated in July with a BA (Hons) degree in American Literature with Creative Writing. Her scholarship supported her on her year abroad at the University of California, Berkeley. On her return to UEA Kate reiterated her initial thanks to the Trust: "I want to thank the Trust for their support and financial help throughout the year, which was a massive help when budgeting and organising my year abroad. It means so much that I received the award and I hope the next recipient realises how lucky they are to receive money from truly caring people!"
Liam Bird received the Panasonic Scholarship in Engineering when he arrived at UEA in 2013 and has graduated this year with a starred first class honours degree in Energy Engineering with Environmental Management. The Panasonic Scholarship in Engineering is one of two scholarships supported by Panasonic and Snellings Business Systems, the other being The Panasonic Scholarship which supports a student undertaking a degree in the Faculty of Science.
Liam said: "Receiving the Panasonic Scholarship in Engineering has been instrumental in enabling me to pursue my interest in graphene and related materials. Being part of a small and rapidly developing engineering department at UEA has presented unique opportunities, which I have been able to take advantage of thanks to the funding and support provided by the Panasonic Scholarship. The ability to purchase resources including an optical USB microscope, a molecular modelling kit and a variety of specialist textbooks and books providing entry-level introductions to topics I have not formally studied has enabled me to develop my knowledge and skills beyond the scope of my degree programme. The support I have received from Panasonic and Snellings Business Systems will continue to be invaluable as I continue to study this field in greater depth in the future and continue to develop my interests as a scientist and engineer."
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The State Superintendent adopted the ETS Computer Science Praxis test for the License Based on a Content material Test and the License Based on Equivalency pathways with a passing score of 171 effective June eight, 2015.
What genuinely impressed me with this certain screen saver was the realistic life-like behavior of the fish themselves. An additional truly cool monitor that's ultra-thin is the Asus VE228H. At around65 inches thick it has a space saving profile which is sleek and appears good in just about any workplace space. To allow students to develop the cultural sensitivity, ethical responsibility, and social consciousness required to become upright citizens of the Philippines and the planet. Once you have money in your stock broker account, you can then get any stock that is listed on the NASDAQ and New York Stock Exchange right from your residence computer. Moreover, you can now do it with most brokers right through their mobile app as well. Another photo of a standard desktop personal computer power provide. Never let all these wires intimidate you! Outstanding lens with lots of great ideas for parents of young youngsters. Blessings.
I need to admit I've never attempted any of these. We played Monopoly when we have been youngsters, but that was a extended time ago. It could be either. Google for some tips about speeding up your pc. You will locate anything that will at least increase it some, if not repair the problem. So far the highest quantity reportedly paid by a massive California primarily based health-related organization was 17 million dollars.
These games sound like anything my teenagers would take pleasure in – I'll wait till their spring break to let them know about these! No need to have for them to get hooked on a new game whilst they have so significantly homework! A machine that can be programmed to manipulate symbols. Computer systems can execute complicated and repetitive procedures speedily, precisely and reliably and can quickly store and retrieve big amounts of data.
You need to be careful when making use of the command prompt/MS-Dos and SFC /Scannow because there are no undos, and if you sort a incorrect command you can make Windows not perform any longer. I have owned computers for years and I have all those issues at a single time or an additional. Several were attributed to other items, but the principal cause seemed to be the RAM. I will certainly use these ideas the next time I have an problem with my RAM.


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Thursday, February 19, 2009
Eat this.
Lately, I've been obsessively debating the gloomy future of print media with just about anyone I come in contact with. However, despite my daily intake of wrist-slashing NPR news reports and mediabistro.com alerts on publication closures and massive layoffs, the discussion didn't quite reach a fever pitch for me until a few weeks ago. I was having dinner with a group of bloggers, when we got on the topic of print media vs. blogging. It went something like this:
Me: The New York Times cannot die! If it comes to the point where we have to make a choice between letting respected news media go or having to pay for it, I will gladly pay for it.
Blogger (who mostly posts stuff pertaining to race issues): That would never work. People expect content on the internet to be free. Global Voices Online is a great site that gives local, independent perspectives...
Me: Geezus, people blow money on stupid stuff from eBay all the time. More importantly, the press serves as a fourth branch of the government...checks and balances, democracy, the free world! Blogs can be useful and interesting, but they just don't hack it when it comes to reporting the news.
Blogger: But plenty of articles misreport information and have biases.
Me: You have a point.
Since it was a dinner hosted by my sister and her husband, or maybe because I was suffering from spring roll-induced lethargy, I let it go. In retrospect, as nice and funny as the blogger was, it's infuriating. As we all know, many blogs rely on a steady stream of information first reported by journalists from the mainstream media so that the blogger can aggregate/link/bitch about. Of course, there's the argument that some blogs scoop papers with intimate, on-the-ground info that reporters couldn't possibly dig up on their own in a similar time span. But there is a big difference between a pithy blog post with a fragment of key information and a well-researched, well-reported story that's been vetted by fact-checkers, top editors, copy editors, and any of the multitude of professionals who get a look-see before the story goes to print.
Our well-established news media, along with its savviest, experienced reporters and editors, must not go the way of the Columbia Basin Pygmy rabbit: extinct.
Upon further rumination, instead of fighting each other, perhaps the answer is uniting the best newspapers with the best blogs (Lockhart Steele's Curbed Network comes to mind), to strengthen content, keeping everyone relevant. The New New York Times, online paid subscription required.
And to fulfill my blogging responsibilities, this Time Magazine piece by Walter Isaacson couldn't have said it better. I share his sentiments, and have even ranted in recent weeks: "If iTunes can do it, then why can't the freaking L.A. Times do it, too??!!!"
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Eat the head.
I saw this ad for the first time yesterday on the local Chinese TV station and immediately laughed out loud. Whether or not Tmobile got their money's worth pimping it out to a largely 1st-generation Chinese-American demographic is another issue.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Je t'aime, Berlin
Many people, when considering the ultimate European city, think, "Why, Paris, of course." Non moi. As a cheese-obsessed, Godard-loving, Carla Bruni-listening, otherwise exuberant Francophile, my non-lustrous opinion of the croissant city has always confounded me. And that is why I return, time after time, looking for that moment of clarity where I raise a glass of Pernod over the glorious stench of an oozing cut of Camembert and say, "Ah, oui...Paree." Recently, in a moment of economic denial, I got a ticket to Charles de Gaulle and joined a friend for yet another attempt at love. The awesome Velib bikes almost sealed it, but ultimately, it didn't go so well (vomiting literally ensued). Eventually, I made my way east to visit some old friends, and while I haven't entirely given up on Paris, I'm still happy to say, "Ich bin Berlin, all the way, yo."
On my second night in, an American-expat friend of mine invited me to a birthday party, well attended by filmmakers, artists and ethnomusicologists. It was held at an intimate bar with a beautiful chandelier in Prenzlauer Berg, where the crowd passed around a bottle of Polish vodka masquerading as a fat feathered rooster. I was hungry -- having lost my appetite the previous three days when I was still in Paris. Their menu was beautifully simple, and painted on the wall:
Not feeling quite ready for a heavy meat sauce, the bartender/waitress prepared the most comforting, delicious bowl of spaghetti with a tangy cheese, cracked pepper, olive oil, and I think a little lemon juice. Here she is, working behind the cozy front counter:
I still think about that spaghetti.
Gulasch Bar:
Winsstrasse 9
Prenzlauer Berg
When I left the bar, the streets were quiet, the TV tower radiating overhead like a spindly, stainless-steel matriarch on Quaaludes.
For brunch the next morning, my friends Mareike and Achim had their usual Sunday fare: coffee, bread, assorted cheeses, butter, honey, pate, jam, muesli, yogurt, fresh fruit and a bouquet of fresh flowers.
Later, they took me to Mueggelsee, the city's largest lake. Due to the sub-freezing temperatures, it ended up being a magical walk on water alongside speeding ice sailors and skaters, culminating in hot ciders and mulled wine.
In the end, I didn't take nearly enough photos or spend nearly enough time, but you get my point.
Friday, February 6, 2009
2046: A world without blemishes?
Way, way back in high school, I sat next to a kid in science class who once prophesied that there would be no more ugly people. Natural selection, he announced, would have it so that the weak, stupid and unattractive would be weeded out of the gene pool. And launched today is Modelinia, a website all about, what else, but models -- here to prove that even though there are plenty of non superficially-beautiful people still evolving in the human race, the end for us might be near! ...You think I'm only kidding.
Wherever the truth lies, I, a self-proclaimed intellectual freak with a penchant for despising all things materialistically impractical and low-calorie, thoroughly enjoyed my viewing experience of Modelinia. My prediction? Bye-bye cable TV.
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While contracts, agreements and all the other legal complexities should not be the main thing you focus on, they should always be in the back of your mind.
In this week's session we learned about what you should look out for in legal terms when starting and a few pointers what investors look at when they are interested in investing in your start-up.
What does a founder need to know about law to launch a successful start-up?
• How do you pick a law firm to work with?
• What is the process of setting up a company?
• How much do you need to know about law?
• What agreements do you need to run a company?
• What are common legal mistakes?
• How do you handle intellectual property, including confidentiality, copyrights, trademarks and patents?
• How much does the law actually matter?
Our mentors this week
- Antti Perli, a former senior aasociate at Raidla, Lejins & Norcous and currently legal counsel at the Estonian Development Fund and member of the managment board at AS SmartCap;
- Mihkel Miidla and Paul Künnap, senior associates at Law firm Sorainen.
Practical tips about the legal side of a start-up and IP
Although every situation has its unique actions plan, here are a few practical pointers that our mentors shared with us:
• One of the biggest values of your start-up is the team. It is also one of the biggest sources of problems. When founding your business it is important that all the contracts and documents are correctly done between the co-founders. If not, it can be very hard to decide later who was right.
• If you do end up in court with your co-founder you also have to consider the resources that this is going to take. By the time you have settled your dispute your competitors could already have a huge advantage.
• It is not possible to protect an idea!
• When it comes down to copyright you have to make sure that your start-up owns the proprietary rights.
• When you make a confidentiality agreement with someone you have to make sure that all the people involved in the deal are somehow connected with the contract otherwise they are not legally bound to stick to it. Also make sure you are very accurate when describing the confidential information in the contract.
• When you are protecting your intellectual property you should make a registry so you mark down who made what when and which contracts have been signed with whom. So, when trying to strike a deal with investors they will have a complete overview of what contracts have been signed etc.
• When you're trying to get foreign investments then you should probably move your business to the UK or US because usually the investors can't be bothered to research the Estonian business laws.
• Potential investors will be more positive about your start-up if they see that you have used the help of a lawyer.
• When it comes to start-ups investors don't want to see a passive founder who still owns a piece of the business. They prefer start-ups where all the owners are actively developing the business.
• Investors also look at things like unusual contracts between third parties, e.g. a contract with someone saying you can exclusively work together with them.
• When looking for legal advice for your start-up you have to take into consideration that in Estonia the start-up field is quite unique and not everyone knows how to handle it. You should do a bit of research before you sign anyone on. Just because the person has signed big deals before doesn't mean that they know how to advise start-ups.
• If someone is offering you pro bono or a very cheap deal think twice. This might be an indication that the person involved doesn't actually know what's involved in working with start-ups. It can also be that since there isn't that much money involved your case might be at the end of the list of their priorities.
• If you lawyer is trying too hard to protect you from everything this might lead you to not striking a good deal. Also if your lawyer is too conservative and says some things can't be done in Estonia, he probably doesn't know how to do it. Remember, start-ups are a fairly new thing here!
• Talk to other start-ups and investors and see whose help they have used when it comes to legal matters.
Reading suggestion from the SmartCap team:
Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson


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Playing Catch-Up
CareGroup is rare among U.S.-based health care groups in using the Web to improve processes such as prescription ordering and ER care. The United States, in fact, lags other English-speaking countries in the use of electronic patient records within its health care system. Only 17 percent of U.S. primary care physicians use electronic medical records compared with 59 percent of primary care doctors in the United Kingdom, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive Inc., of Rochester, N.Y.
Part of the reason for slow adoption of Web technologies at U.S. hospitals is their concentration on complying with the security and privacy regulations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, said Lauri Ingram, an analyst at Meta Group Inc., in Trumbull, Conn. Within five years, though, she said she expects widespread adoption of Web applications to access clinical information as hospitals move beyond HIPAA compliance and as more off-the-shelf applications become available.
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Faced with a dearth of packaged Web-based applications for hospital functions, such as prescription ordering, CareGroups Halamka chose in-house development. His team created systems in Active Server Pages and Visual Basic Script running on Microsoft Corp.s Internet Information Services 5.0. Both systems access 21 terabytes of patient records and financial data. The patient records are stored on the Caché database from InterSystems Corp., of Cambridge, Mass., running on a Unix server. Financial records are on a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 database server.
As with the prescription systems, doctors and nurses can access the electronic dashboard through the Web on a PC or through their own handheld devices. The dashboard not only provides a snapshot of whos in the ER, but it provides immediate updates when lab results and X-rays are available or when a bed becomes available, Halamka said. Compare this to the old process, where ER staff would physically have to update a whiteboard every hour or so causing backlogs and confusion.
With both systems, security was a concern. So CareGroup uses 128-bit encryption in transferring data and audits all access of patient records. On top of those measures, doctors and nurses with access to the system are provided a log-in and a dynamic password, which is generated every 60 seconds by RSA Security Inc.s SecurID authenticators.
With a favorable prognosis for both systems early use, Halamka is planning to deploy them throughout CareGroup. He will begin deploying the online prescription ordering system for other group hospitals in January. All six will have it within a year. Other hospital ERs should begin using the electronic dashboard later next year.
As the Web becomes more pervasive at CareGroup hospitals, Halamka is confident that the next time he and other doctors there read medical- error statistics, theyll know they are at least bucking the trend.


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Letting go, and letting God, still holds challenge.
A lifetime of learning hasn't made it easier,
Just more imperative,
As my way just gets in my way.
Like a little lamb, I follow,
Though the way be set by trial ,
My shepherd walks before.
In hallowed steps
I plant my feet.
Surety and Covenant abiding
Your Way, my way, forevermore.
By Joann Nelander
Monthly Archives: August 2011
St. Bernard – Memorial
From a sermon by Saint Bernard, abbot
I love because I love, I love that I may love
Love is sufficient of itself, it gives pleasure by itself and because of itself. It is its own merit, its own reward. Love looks for no cause outside itself, no effect beyond itself. Its profit lies in its practice. I love because I love, I love that I may love. Love is a great thing so long as it continually returns to its fountainhead, flows back to its source, always drawing from there the water which constantly replenishes it. Of all the movements, sensations and feelings of the soul, love is the only one in which the creature can respond to the Creator and make some sort of similar return however unequal though it be. For when God loves, all he desires is to be loved in return; the sole purpose of his love is to be loved, in the knowledge that those who love him are made happy by their love of him.
The Bridegroom's love, or rather the love which is the Bridegroom, asks in return nothing but faithful love. Let the beloved, then, love in return. Should not a bride love, and above all, Love's bride? Could it be that Love not be loved?
Rightly then does she give up all other feelings and give herself wholly to love alone; in giving love back, all she can do is to respond to love. And when she has poured out her whole being in love, what is that in comparison with the unceasing torrent of that original source? Clearly, lover and Love, soul and Word, bride and Bridegroom, creature and Creator do not flow with the same volume; one might as well equate a thirsty man with the fountain.
What then of the bride's hope, her aching desire, her passionate love, her confident assurance? Is all this to wilt just because she cannot match stride for stride with her giant, any more than she can vie with honey for sweetness, rival the lamb for gentleness, show herself as white as the lily, burn as bright as the sun, be equal in love with him who is Love? No. It is true that the creature loves less because she is less. But if she loves with her whole being, nothing is lacking where everything is given. To love so ardently then is to share the marriage bond; she cannot love so much and not be totally loved, and it is in the perfect union of two hearts that complete and total marriage consists. Or are we to doubt that the soul is loved by the Word first and with a greater love?