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I decided to write this post in order to warn those of you in the UK area concerning the new station that is set to launch on the 5th of January 2015, which is just a few short days away —TBN UK:
Around six years ago, someone in the UK shared with me how excited those of you who are true 'born-again' Christians were when you first heard the news that you were finally going to begin receiving Christian programming after hearing that GOD TV was going to begin broadcasting in your area. I also heard how extremely disappointed and discouraged many of you became when you realized just how unbiblical the teachers and their teachings really were! So, when a dear sister-in-Christ in the UK sent out a tweet on Twitter a few days ago announcing that a 'TBN TV station was starting on the 5th of January,' I decided to write this post in order to send out a strong warning to those of you in the UK on behalf of the many (but sadly, not all) Christians here in the United States who "earnestly contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints" (Jude 3) concerning the programs you will soon be viewing on TBN UK.
According to the information I have read, up to 95% of the people in your area will be able to view all these programs! So before those of you who are true followers of Jesus Christ get all excited, I'd like to strongly encourage you to watch the following series by Justin Peters, who knows first hand, the devastation that can come from the Word of faith teachings that many of those on TBN present in their programs, so you can prepare for what's coming your way.
I'd also like to share the following series with you, entitled, 'Christianity in Crisis,' in which you will again hear — in their own words — the actual teachings of many who will be on TBN UK. People such as, Benny Hinn, Kenneth Copeland, Joyce Meyer, and many more.
If you are true followers of Jesus Christ, and not followers of a man or a woman and his or her ministry, then I know you will appreciate listening to all of this information that I have posted here for you.
If you are a Christian who has not yet realized the importance of testing the words of those who claim to teach and preach in the name of Jesus Christ, this is meant to be a strong wake-up call to you so that you will not be deceived or devastated by the many teachings that you will soon find on TBN UK.
Many of the teachers on the TBN network — therefore many of the teachers who will soon be on TBN UK — preach what is commonly referred to as the 'prosperity gospel,' which stems from the 'Word of Faith Movement.' In short, they teach that "faith is a force," and "your words are the containers of this force." They teach that "you can create your own reality," and that "you can become God." The teachings of those in the Word of Faith Movement are not based on Biblical Christianity, but rather on New Age mystical teachings. What many of their teachings actually do is demote God and deify man. If you take the time to listen to the videos I posted here, you will see without a doubt that all of this is true!
I once attended an Assembly of God church and know from experience how many can be led astray by the Word of Faith teachings. If you'd like, you can read the first portion of my post entitled, WARNING YOU WITH TEARS, in which I shared some of what happened during the 16 1/2 years while I attended that church.
I have done my part to warn you. Now I pray that no matter where you may live in this world, that you will now realize the importance of testing all you hear, see, and read in light of Scripture, so that none of you will be deceived by the teachings of those men and women on TBN, TBN UK, and elsewhere, who preach 'another gospel' and 'another Jesus.'
Thank you for stopping by and taking time out of your busy day to read some of my posts and poems.
God Bless You
~Mary Dalke/Living4HisGlory
"I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel — which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let him be eternally condemned! As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let him be eternally condemned!" (Galatians 1:6-9)
"I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. I promised you to one husband, to Christ, so that I might present you as a pure virgin to Him. But I am afraid that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent's cunning, your minds may somehow be led astray from your sincere and pure devotion to Christ. For if someone comes to you and preaches a Jesus other than the Jesus we preached, or if you receive a different spirit from the Spirit you received, or a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it easily enough." (2 Corinthians 11:2-4)
"Preach the Word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage–with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears from the truth and turn aside to myths." (2 Timothy 4:2-4)
"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ." (Colossians 2:8)
"Watch your doctrine and your life closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers." (1 Timothy 4:16)
"Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true." (Acts 17:11)
"A man of many companions may come to ruin." (Proverbs 18:24)
"Bad company corrupts good character." (1 Corinthians 15:33)
"Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour." (1 Peter 5:8)
"Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. By their fruits you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? Likewise every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Thus by their fruit you will recognize them. Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven." (Matthew 7:15-21)
"The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full. I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for his sheep. The hired hand is not the shepherd who owns the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away. Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd; I know My sheep and My sheep know Me — just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father –and I lay down My life for the sheep." (John 10:10-15)
"The visions of your prophets were false and worthless; they did not expose your sin to ward off your captivity. The oracles they gave you were false and misleading." (Lamentations 2:14)
"This is what the LORD Almighty says: Do not listen to what the prophets are prophesying to you; they fill you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD." (Jeremiah 23:16)
"How long will this continue in the hearts of these lying prophets, who prophesy the delusions of their own minds? They think the dreams they tell one another will make My people forget My name, just as their fathers forgot My name through Baal worship. Let the prophet who has a dream tell his dream, but let the one who has My Word speak it faithfully. For what does straw have to do with grain?" declares the LORD. Is not my Word like fire," declares the LORD, "and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces? Therefore," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who steal from one another words supposedly from Me. Yes," declares the LORD, "I am against the prophets who wag their own tongues and yet declare, 'The LORD declares.' Indeed I am against those who prophesy false dreams," declares the LORD. "They tell them and lead My people astray with their reckless lies, yet I did not send or appoint them. They do not benefit these people in the least," declares the LORD." (Jeremiah 23:26-32)
"For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth) and find out what pleases the Lord. Have nothing to do with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret. But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you." Be very careful, then, how you live — not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil." (Ephesians 5:8-16)
"But there were also false prophets among the people just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Sovereign Lord who bought them –bringing swift destruction on themselves. Many will follow their shameful ways and will bring the way of truth into disrepute. In their greed these teachers will exploit you with stories they have made up." (2 Peter 2:1-3)
"For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly ; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple." (Romans 16:18)
"Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you –unless, of course, you fail the test?" (2 Corinthians 13:5)
"Therefore, I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of all men. For I have not hesitated to proclaim to you the whole will of God. Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He bought with His own blood. I know that after I leave, savage wolves will come in among you and will not spare the flock. Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them. Remember that for three years I never stopped warning each of you night and day with tears." (Acts 20:26-31)


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NECC Meningitis Infection Lawsuits Consolidated in Federal Court
All fungal meningitis outbreak lawsuits filed against the New England Compounding Center (NECC) in the federal court system will be transferred to the District of Massachusetts for coordinated pretrial proceedings as part of an MDL, or multidistrict litigation.
According to an order (PDF) issued by the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict litigation (JPML) on February 12, complaints filed in U.S. District Courts throughout the United States on behalf of individuals who contracted fungal meningitis or other infections after being injected with NECC epidural steroid injections will be consolidated before U.S. District Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV.
The consolidation immediately affects four cases, with two each pending in the Eastern District of Michigan and the District of Minnesota. However, the JPML indicated that there are another 120 related cases that have been identified for transfer into the fungal meningitis MDL, and as lawyers continue to file lawsuits on behalf of individuals who received the contaminated injections, they will also be transferred to Judge Saylor in Massachusetts.
Meningitis Outbreak Killed Dozens, Likely to Cause Hundreds of Lawsuits
The complaints stem from a nationwide fungal meningitis outbreak that killed more than 40 people and sickened hundreds of people throughout the United States. The infections were traced back to thousands of contaminated epidural steroid injections distributed by NECC. The pharmacy has been shut down since October, after it was identified as the source of the outbreak and a recall was issued for all drugs compounded by the pharmacy.
The epidural steroid injection recall issued in early October affected about 17,000 vials distributed to 23 states. Some government estimates suggest that 14,000 patients in the U.S. were injected with the potentially contaminated vials. An FDA inspection of the company's Framingham, Massachusetts facility found sealed vials of the drugs with visible fungus floating in them.
The company has declared bankruptcy under the weight of the anticipated litigation and in late January a federal judge froze the company's assets to keep its owners from making money from it.
The creation of an NECC fungal meningitis MDL means that all lawsuits filed in federal court will be consolidated for pre-trial proceedings. However, if the parties fail to reach a settlement or otherwise resolve the litigation, the cases will be remanded back to their districts of origin and be resolved through individual trials.
The MDL is designed to reduce duplicative discovery proceedings, avoid contradictory rulings from different judges and to serve the convenience of the parties, witnesses and the courts. Both plaintiffs and defendants supported the creation of the MDL, though they disagreed where it should be located, with some plaintiffs calling for the litigation to be centralized in Minnesota.
"We conclude that the District of Massachusetts is an appropriate transferee district," the JPML ruled. "The principal events giving rise to the alleged claims occurred in Massachusetts, the facility at which the contamination allegedly occurred is located there, and the federal and state investigations into New England Compounding Pharmacy are focused there."
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The filming of the upcoming UK Zombie movie Welcome To Essex has almost finished. There is one epic final scene which is going to filmed and YOUR help is needed. This scene will be taking place in Brentwood High Street on the 15th of September at 5am-10am and 1,500 zombies will be needed. For further information please check out this facebook event page by clicking here.
K-Rod from Lost Entertainment has appeared in this movie in an earlier scene which was filmed in a shopping center in Romford and will be appearing again for this next epic scene. Don't miss out on your chance to become a zombie as it is a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Check out the movie's trailer while your here, it looks amazing!


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Moving to a new place can be fun but challenging! So far there are two groups in Bergamo that try to offer international English-speakers here a bit of a social network.
There is a Meetup group for English speakers, and a Facebook group. Please note that in order to join either you will need to speak English very, very well. Many members are English teachers and have no interest in seeing their private, social spaces used for free English lessons.
You will obviously also find other groups, both on Facebook and Meetup, and if you work in Bergamo, you will likely make friends in your workplace, as well– especially if you teach English. If you have moved to Bergamo with children, that will often open doors for you too, as your kids' daycare or school will bring a ready-made social circle with them (you've just got to infiltrate!).
You can find the Bergamo English Speakers' International Meetup group here, and you can ask to join the Living in Bergamo Facebook group through Facebook. You will be asked to introduce yourself in both before you are added. People who live in Bergamo are given priority.
If you know of any other groups that you think should be added here, please let us know in the comments!
If you live close to Milan or visit often enough, you might also like to check out the Benvenuto Club (for ladies, only).


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When ever I discussed some issue related to file access, most people didn't have a clear understanding what it means, when u see file permissions as -rw-r--r--. Or how it is different from drw-r--r-x
As a developer, I always need to know this when I have to look and debug issues on dev/qa/prod servers running on linux. Based on my experience, in this tutorial, I'll clarify the concepts involved.
ls -l
total 160
-rwxrwxrwx 1 ashishsharma3 staff 1040 May 5 13:10 deploy.sh
drwxrwxrwx 5 ashishsharma3 staff 170 May 5 13:04 hcmscripts
-rw-r--r-- 1 ashishsharma3 staff 50267 Aug 24 13:11 pom.xml
-rwxrwxrwx 1 ashishsharma3 staff 211 May 5 13:06 realestate-fe-test.recipe
Understanding Position
In say -rw-r--r--, what is at what position
1 directory flag, 'd' if a directory, '-' if a normal file
2,3,4 read, write, execute permission for User (Owner) of file
5,6,7 read, write, execute permission for Group
8,9,10 read, write, execute permission for Other
Understanding values
- in any position means that flag is not set
r file is readable by owner, group or other
w file is writeable. On a directory, write access means you can add or delete files
x file is executable (only for programs and shell scripts - not useful for data files). Execute permission on a directory means you can list the files in that directory
s in the place where 'x' would normally go is called the set-UID or set-groupID flag.
For a directory, the set-groupID flag means that all files & subdirectories created inside that directory will inherit the group of the directory.
Otherwise, a file takes on the primary group of the user creating the file.
Octal Text Binary Meaning
0 --- 000 All types of access are denied
1 --x 001 Execute access is allowed only
2 -w- 010 Write access is allowed only
3 -wx 011 Write and execute access are allowed
4 r-- 100 Read access is allowed only
5 r-x 101 Read and execute access are allowed
6 rw- 110 Read and write access are allowed
7 rwx 111 Everything is allowed
Easiest way to remember - It is always in order rwx
r = 100 = 4
w = 010 = 2
x = 001 = 1
Triplet for u: rwx => 4 + 2 + 1 = 7
Triplet for g: r-x => 4 + 0 + 1 = 5
Tripler for o: r-x => 4 + 0 + 1 = 5
Which makes -rwxr-xr-x: 755
chmod [options] mode file(s)
chmod -R 777 mydir
-R = recursive, affects the subdirectories and files as well.
chmod 100 myfile
chmod g+rwxs mydir
give full group read/write access to directory "mydir", also setting the set-groupID flag so that directories created inside it inherit the group
chmod g-rw myfile
remove read and write access to "myfile", leaving all other permission flags alone
chmod -R g+rw .
give group read write access to this directory, and everything inside of it (-R = recursive)
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Barnes & Thornburg attorneys Oni N. Harton and A. Elizabeth Underwood have been selected to participate in two national programs of the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD).
Harton, a partner in the firm's Indianapolis office, has been named an LCLD Fellow, while Underwood, an associate in the Fort Wayne office, has been selected for the Pathfinders program.
LCLD is a national program that identifies and trains the next generation of diverse leaders. The Fellows program is a year-long structured training program designed to build relationships and leadership skills that involves peer-group projects and in-person training. The Pathfinders program gives early-career professionals the opportunity to learn about leadership, career development and how to build professional networks.
"We have a great deal of pride in seeing our teammates participate in these prestigious programs," said Dawn R. Rosemond, Barnes & Thornburg partner and director of diversity, professional development and inclusion. "Positioning our talent to win is central to our mission. As such, we are excited about this investment because we know that Oni and Elizabeth will benefit greatly from this unique experience."
Harton is a litigator who assists clients through virtually every stage of the litigation process, from pleadings, to trial, through appeal and in providing pre-litigation advice and risk assessments. Her litigation practice focuses on product liability defense as well as commercial litigation.
Underwood is also a litigator who has defended multinational companies and governmental entities at all stages of the litigation spectrum (including trial), in a broad range of commercial, personal injury, and product liability matters, including multidistrict litigations and coordinated proceedings in federal and state courts.
The LCLD Pathfinder Program is now in its fourth year as a full-scale program. It is an initiative that has expanded LCLD programming by targeting junior associates and the youngest members of corporate law departments.
The LCLD Fellows program, which has trained more than 1,000 mid-career attorneys since 2011, is one of LCLD's most notable initiatives. The program aims to increase diversity at the leadership levels of the nation's law firms and corporate legal departments.
With more than 600 attorneys and other legal professionals, Barnes & Thornburg is one of the largest law firms in the country. The firm serves clients worldwide from 14 offices in Atlanta, California, Chicago, Delaware, Indiana, Michigan, Minneapolis, Ohio, Texas and Washington, D.C. For more information, visit us online at www.btlaw.com or on Twitter @BTLawNews.


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ai, June 2 (Desi-Box) Superstar Shah Rukh Khan prefers taking everything with a pinch of humour — and he did the same following the death hoax around him.
Earlier this week, the 51-year-old became a victim to a death hoax when an European news network titled El Pais TV reportedly announced a 'breaking news' that Shah Rukh was "killed along with seven others when a private jet he was travelling in crashed".
The "Fan" star had also escaped an accident on the sets of his upcoming film being helmed by Aanand L Rai on Tuesday when a portion of the ceiling fell off.
Shah Rukh on Friday took to Instagram and Twitter, where he shared a photograph of himself holding his head. A caption on the photograph read: "Phew".
"Survived the week in spite of a plane crash, fatal accident on sets and yet another title of Imtiaz Ali film," he wrote further.


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Movie Review: Wolverine05 · 01 · 09
By @katiedoyle
So, last night I went to see the midnight showing of Wolverine. There are two main reasons I like seeing movies at midnight. First, I like being an elitist who has seen the movie before most other people. Second, I like being in a theatre with a lot of people who are there because they want to see movie a WHOLE LOT. And the people who see comic book movies are the best.
I could start this review off with the boring stuff like who the characters are and who plays them and blah blah blah. But I think that most of the people who are going to be reading this, heck, most of the people in the world know all of that so I'll just dive in.
The short version of this review is I really liked the movie. And the friend I went to see it with really liked it as well, despite the fact that she has no real prior knowledge of the X-Men other than seeing one of the movies.
I think the biggest pros of this movie is its marketability. First we have the people who read the comic book and are going to see the movie because they love X-Men. Next we have the people who saw the X-Men movies, liked them, and want to see the "next installment." And last we have the people who were maybe just drawn in by the trailer and don't know all that much about the franchise. I think I'm going to break this review up into what each of these groups can expect.
First I'll talk about the movie for people who are not in the know at all. I think the most confusing part of this movie for these people are the characters. Yes, it's a movie about Wolverine, but it's also based a world full of mutants. This movie comes with a huge supporting cast of mutants who have a lot of abilities. Some people you'll need to remember, like the characters on the mercenary mission in the beginning of the movie. Make sure you pay attention to them, because they'll be coming back. The cast is very clearly introduced and they're also very distinct. The biggest thing you need to look out for is when you are introduced Wade Wilson played by Ryan Reynolds. He's in the part of the government group in the beginning of the movie, pulls some badass moves, and then kind of disappears. But you're going to need to know who he is because he is mentioned for the rest of the film. The movie has a good plot that is full of big explosions, romance, revenge, and my personal favorite, morally grey situations. I'm fairly positive those going into the movie with no prior knowledge will enjoy.
Next we'll move on to people who have seen the original movies. Pretty much what I said above still applies, though you're at an advantage being a little more in the know. There are a couple of characters whose names and abilities you might recognize from the first three X-Men movies, but for the most part, there's a whole new cast of characters who do things that may be even cooled that what the X-Men team can do. If you're going to see this movie because you want to learn more about the characters you met in X-Men, X2, or Last Stand, you're going to be disappointed but keep an open mind and I think you'll enjoy it just as much as the movies you know and love. And if you're interested in learning more about X-Men, I highly suggest checking out the comics. If that sounds daunting to you (It should! There are a lot of them!) The first and second series of X-Men: The Animated Series just came out on DVD and you can find them for under $20 if you look.
Last we'll move on to a review for the people who read the comics and this is where we're going to get nitpicky. X-Men writers, as we know, have always taken great liberties with Wolverine's origins. Well, the movie is no exception. They take advantage various origins, as well as creating and exaggerating relationships between characters.
First we have Sabretooth, who has always been hinted that he and Wolverine are related. In the movie, it is explicitly explained that they are in fact brothers. The two are very chummy and go off fighting in wars together in a really awesome opening credit sequence. When they are recruited to the government's program to go off killing people, they do it together, and quite happily. At this time, we also meet Wade Wilson (not Deadpool, but we'll get to that in a bit), Blob (before he's blobby), John Wraith (Kestrel), Chris Bradley (Bolt), and Agent Zero. Another kick-ass fight sequence, shit goes down and Wolverine moves to Canada. There he falls in love with Kayla Silverfox who isn't actually Silver Fox. She has none of Silver Fox's abilities (that is, her artificial rapid healing). She is also Emma Frost's sister. Who knew? We also meet Gambit in this movie and HE IS AWESOME. That might just be me, but as soon as he starts dishing out the cards, I was done. He has always been a favorite of mine and seeing him in "real life" made my night.
This is getting a bit lengthy so I'm going to wrap it up with a brief explanation on Deadpool. Deadpool is in the movie. But so is Wade Wilson. Wade Wilson is the one you first meet. He's not wearing a cool outfit, but he does have cool ninja swords. He's funny like Deadpool is, but they had Ryan Reynolds and did not take advantage of what an awesome character he could have been on screen. At the end of the movie, we find out that Deadpool is Weapon XI. He is created after Weapon X and Wolverine successfully has adamanteium bonded to his skeleton. As more of a marketing ploy for people unfamiliar with the comics, Wade Wilson becomes Deadpool only after he completes the process Weapon XI.
*end spoilers*
Depending on how sensitive you are to the liberties made by movies, hard core X-Men fans will either be so disappointed with the liberties made in order to create a better movie plot, or they'll be like me: so excited that you get to see you're favorite characters on the big screen that you can overlook a little bit of change to make the movie marketable.


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Press reports on Wednesday said Arab states and Western countries, including Egypt, Jordan, France and the United States, made contacts at the highest levels of israel to prevent the Jewish state from launching a wide-scale military strike against the Lebanese army following the armed clashes last week in southern Lebanon.
French sources told Asharq Alawsat newspaper that the Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak told French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in a telephone conversation after the deadly clash in southern Lebanon, that Israel was "intending to carry out a major military operation to discipline the Lebanese army and to "retaliate for the killing of a senior Israeli officer."
According to these sources, these contacts were made at the highest levels, including French President Nicolas Sarkozy and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
According to the sources in Paris, the fact that Hizbullah was not part of the confrontation prevented new war. The sources in France told the newspaper that Israel "has no interest in launching war against the Lebanese army" because its is the only side that can "solve the problem of southern Lebanon and impose the state authority in this area."
According to the sources, Israel approached Paris through diplomatic channels to alert it about the weapon provided by France to the Lebanese Army and asked to stop supplying Lebanon with further arms, arguing that it was used against Israeli forces, or it can fall in the hands of Hizbullah.
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Robert Budac
Robert Budac is a Master of Arts student in Humanities Computing at the University of Alberta, with a background in Computing Science. His research interests lie in Game Studies, with a specific interest in the potential for pacifist play within violent video games. Despite having a lifelong fascination with the field, Robert is relatively new to the humanities, and is always excited to see new ways in which computing science and the humanities can contribute to one another.
Kaitlin Cruz
Kaitlin Cruz is a PhD student of German at Washington University in Saint Louis. She received her B.A. in German at Wayne State University in Detroit and her M.A. in German at McGill University in Montreal. Her research interests include Romanticism, fairy tales, World War 2 history and propaganda, graphic novels and digital humanities.
Ryan Heuser
Ryan Heuser is a Ph.D Candidate in English at Stanford University, and Co-Associate Director for Research of the Stanford Literary lab. His research focuses on the linguistic and generic transformations of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries in British literature, developing methods in the digital humanities in order to address questions regarding book history, print culture, and historical formalism. In the Literary Lab, he has developed and participated in a number of research projects, including the "The Trans-historical Poetry Project" and "Mapping the Emotions of London."
Gabrielle Kirilloff
Gabrielle Kirilloff is a Ph.D. student in the English Department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She received her B.A. in English from the University of Pittsburgh and her M.A. in English from the University of Rochester. Her academic interests include digital humanities, new media studies, gender studies, and 20th-century literature. Gabrielle has worked on a number of digital projects, including the William Blake Archive, the Walt Whitman Archive, and the Willa Cather Archive. You can read more about Gabrielle's work at her website: http://gk.obdurodon.org/
Nigel Lepianka
Nigel Lepianka is a PhD student at Texas A&M, where he studies textuality, Pre-Civil War American literature, and digital humanities. Other scholarly interests include preservation, big data and topic modeling, and critical game studies.
Abi Lemak
Abi Lemak is a Ph.D. student in Literary Studies at the University of Guelph. She is returning to Guelph after completing her M.A. in Book History and Print Culture at the University of Toronto. Her current academic interests include eBibliography, digital humanities, gender studies, late-Victorian book history, and small letterpress culture in Canada. Abi is a member of The Orlando Project, Canadian Writing and Research Collaboratory (CWRC), and The Humanities Interdisciplinary Collaboration (THINC) Lab.
Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon
Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon is a PhD student enrolled in the programs of Humanities Computing and Comparative Literature at the University of Alberta. His areas of specialization are Game Studies and East Asian studies, he is primarily doing research on the culture surrounding video games in Japan. His PhD thesis project consists of an examination of Japanese game centres (arcades) through the perspective of the social affordances provided by the assemblage of game cabinets, game software and the space of game centres itself. His previous work has revolved around other aspects of video game culture in Japan such as the practice of game localization, the close readings of specific games and the exploration of the history of censorship in Japanese erotic video games.
Sonja Sapach
Sonja Sapach is a PhD student enrolled in the Sociology and Humanities Computing programs at the University of Alberta. Primary research interests are in Game Studies, Classical Social Theory, Critical Social and Political Theory, and Social Solidarity. Other research areas include theories of big data and topic modelling in the social sciences, autoethnographic methodologies, terror management theory, alienation, and disability studies. You can read more about Sonja's work at her website http://sonjasapach.ca/
Kevin Schenk
Kevin Schenk is a Masters of Arts student in Humanities Computing at the University of Alberta, where he also finished my Bachelor of Science degree in Computing Science. He is currently working on the Novel-TM project as a Research Assistant under Geoffrey Rockwell. His other scholarly interests include digital mapping and data visualization.
Brooke Shafar
Brooke is a graduate student at Washington University in St. Louis, where she received her Master's degree in 2011. Her interests generally include 19th-20th century literature, particularly pertaining to imagination and the fantastic, as well as narrative theory and the digital humanities. Additionally, she is completing a certificate in film and media studies. Brooke's dissertation aims to analyze the representation of imagination and affect in literature ranging from E. T. A. Hoffmann to Thomas Mann, particularly with regard to adolescent socialization.
Koustuv Sinha
Koustuv Sinha is a Computer Science Master's student at McGill University, working at the Network Dynamics Lab under the supervision of Dr. Derek Ruths. His academic interests are focused on Natural Language Processing, Applied Machine Learning and understanding human behaviour through social networks.
Lisa Teichmann
Lisa Teichmann is a PhD student in German and part of .txtLAB at the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at McGill University. She holds an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from Leiden University and a BA in Oriental Studies from the University of Vienna. Her research focuses on the question of how computational text analysis methods and tools can form a repository for cross-cultural comparative literary analysis. She is especially interested in literary geography and the translation of spatial concepts in Turkish and German literature. Read more here!
Greg Whistance-Smith
Greg Whistance-Smith is a Masters of Arts student in the Humanities Computing program at the University of Alberta. He is concerned with the relationship between technology and culture, and how this is mediated by design practice, particularly in the context of consumer electronics and videogames. During a previous Masters of Architecture, he explored how buildings embody and communicate cultural values to their inhabitants.
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Stefan Dimitrov
Stefan Dimitrov is a Computer Science Master's student at McGill University. He works at the Network Dynamics lab headed by Dr. Derek Ruths. His academic interests are focused on Big Data analysis, text mining, social networks and machine learning. Applying computational methods to help solve real world problems and gain insights in fields such as humanities and social sciences, are some directions of his graduate research.
Hardik Vala
Hardik Vala is a M.Sc. student in the School of Computer Science at McGill University. He received his B. Sc. in Honours Mathematics and Computer Science at McGill University and is scholarly interests include data science, natural language processing, and digital humanities.


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Remodeling a garage to a room is often a cost-effective way to add living space to your home. Once this is done you can rest easy once you start on the remodeling down below and not have to worry about any damage to your freshly painted ceilings. 2015) a deck remodel and installation of wood flooring in our kitchen. One of the most general additions that individual homeowners make when remodeling their kitchen is new cabinets.
Cost is an especially important factor when remodeling the house, mainly because there are all sorts of things which could change the price. Whether you're hiring a contractor or doing the bathroom remodeling yourself, you have the final say as homeowner on the materials to be used for the project, but a lot will be dictated by your budget.
We'll look at a few areas where you can make environmentally friendly choices when remodeling the kitchen. Remodeling of the bathroom is an expensive work, make sure to get it done by experienced and qualified workers. Shrewd owners use skillful interior remodeling and selective upgrades to create a luxury RV at a fraction of the cost of a new high-end model.
The process of remodeling the bathroom is quite complicated and challenging. If it's an easy and small home remodeling project, then you may visit some stores, workshops, galleries, etc., that will teach you on some tips to guide you in your project. Whether it's a partial upgrade or a complete overhaul, a bathroom remodel is one worthwhile project you should seriously consider investing in.
The fee for contractors varies according to the work, place, time, etc, so keeping in mind these factors, choose a qualified person for your remodeling project. A fourth way to begin to think about remodeling is to be aware of the sources of frustration with your house.


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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) _ The Florida Supreme Court has denied corporate indemnity for a foreign bank employee but approved it in some cases for board members who were sued by their own condominium association. The justices Thursday reversed $3.5 million in court-ordered indemnity for back pay and lawyer fees from a Venezuelan bank to a Miami employee who had been charged with money laundering.
The high court ruled the payments were invalid because Florida's indemnity law doesn't cover out-of-state corporations.
The justices also reversed an appeal court decision that said three directors of a Pompano Beach timeshare condo association cannot seek reimbursement for their legal expenses.
The ruling reinstates the directors' indemnity claim against La Costa Beach Resort Condominium Association Inc., which had sued them for breach of trust.


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22We know that the whole creation has been groaning in labor pains until now; 23and not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly while we wait for adoption, the redemption of our bodies. 24For in hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what is seen? 25But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
− Romans 8:22-24 (NRSV)
I have never had children, but I've watched and listened to my friends. I think without exception they agree that pregnancy is at least one month too long. In a way, that's sort of how I'm feeling right now about Lent, now in its sixth and final week – at least one too many.
Since Ash Wednesday, this thing, Lent, has been growing in me, this seed of what will be Risen life. The rush of desire and good intentions that started then have faded (if not vanished entirely), and I'm left slogging through, ungainly shape, swollen ankles, sciatica, heartburn, and all (as it were). There are still preparations to be made, but it's hard to see how all will get done, everything seems to take longer than it should, and what do I really know about the joy to come except that it will be hard work getting there and it will HURT. I'm tired. I just want to put my feet up and rest. Can't we just skip that difficult part and cut to the good stuff?
I'm not alone in this, I know: Can't the cup just pass me by? Just this once? We've had Palm Sunday: hail, hosanna, and all that – sort of like the baby shower − can't we just get the baby born, have done with it?
I know the answer. It's the same one Jesus – and every mother who has every lived – got. And I know, too, that the joys of birth, new life, Easter, are not the end; they are a new beginning, one that will include more hard work, if a different kind. But I'll still take the joy when it comes. Meanwhile, I wait.


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(Left)Dawn L. Troupe as Blues Speak Woman and Anthony Michael Peterson a.k.a. Tru as Guitar Man
(Right)L. Peter Callender as Slang Talk Man and Tyee Tilghman as Jelly in Cal Shakes' SPUNK, directed by Patricia McGregor; photo by Kevin Berne.
SPUNK: Three tales by Zora Neale Hurston, adapted for the stage by George C. Wolfe with music by Chic Street Man (Tru) and directed by Patricia McGregor. California Shakespeare Theater, Bruns Amphitheater, 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda. (510) 548-9666 or www.calshakes.org. July 7 -29, 2012
Before seven brilliant African-American actors take the stage to bring Zora Neale Hurston's shot stories to life with a Word for Word type performance filled music and dance, Chic Street Man (Tru) on rear stage right platform warms up the crowd with riffs on his acoustic guitar encouraging audience participation. They loved it and you will also when you go to see this stunning show. Hopefully, the weather will be as perfect as it was on opening night.
This theatrical piece first appeared in 1991 and this production with local luminaries is a lyrical tribute to Huston's trio of tales focusing on the African-American experience in the early 20th century in the rural South and Harlem. The stories are titled "Sweat", "The Gilded Six Bit Piece" and "Story in Harlem Slang." Wolfe's adaptation of the stories is bridged by song and dance featuring stunning, sexy powerful voiced Dawn L Troupe as the Blues Speak Woman accompanied by Tru and often joined by other cast members.
In "Sweat" Margo Hall wrings every ounce of pathos as Delia the abused wife of womanizer Sykes (L. Peter Callender). It is a gritty story of the developing strength of Delia who overcomes her subservience supporting Sykes through the sweat of her brow doing white folk's laundry. Sykes' vicious demeanor is palpable in Callender's strong acting making him no better than the rattlesnake he uses to intimidate Delia. Long before the denouement, it is apparent that the snake will "attach' itself to Sykes. The visceral tone of the story is lightened by jazzy musical interludes and the clever insertion of a porch scene of two black men commenting on the action and the rattlesnake appearing as an oversized puppet.
The second story "Story in Harlem Slang." lightens up the evening and is riotous when two Harlem "pimps" (in Harlem lingo means gigolos) one who has adopted the name of Jelly 'cause Jam don't shake like that' (Tyee Tilghman) and Sweet Back (Aldo Billingslea) with the help of interloper Callender, all three decked out in Zoot suits (costumes by Callie Floor) while using jive talk and walking the walk (Paloma McGregor staged the dances). As they preen and strut and tell lies about their sexual prowess, they don't have a dime between them. When they surround their 'target' (Omozé Idehenre) they meet their match and must get ready for the next mark.
In the finale of this engrossing evening Omozé Idehenre as Missie May and Aldo Billingslea as husband Joe give Tony Award winning performances in "The Gilded Six Bit Piece." It is bittersweet tale of love, trust and redemption and you will never be able to un-wrap a Hersey candy Kiss without remembering the charming ending. Whereas the opening tale had a dark bitter basis this tale fits perfectly the lyrics of "Unforgettable" that is sung in the back ground. Before the evening ends director McGregor has inserted the jitterbug classic "Shake, Rattle and Roll."
The evening does not end at the conclusion of this must see production. On opening night, and every Friday night, the audience is invited onto the wide stage to dance under the guidance of Traci Bartlow.
Kedar K. Adour, MD
Courtesy of www.theatreworldinternetmagazine.com.


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This setup is currently printing at 20 micron layers ;p
This is a re-designed nozzle assembly for Ultimaker. No additional materials were required to fill gaps like PTFE tape or extruding ABS to fill gaps- as is the way for Ultimaker setup. Simply turn-up the white PTFE part tap some threads and screw together/ assemble.
PEEK PDF drawings now available. NOTE# Only use Makergear 36mm heater barrels and nozzles. The UM versions don't work with this design! There are 3mm and 1.75mm (BETA) versions of this design.
#Note: if you unscrew and remove the Bowden tube for matinence. When reassembling unscrew the four long M3 screws and lower the entire print head assembly then insert the Bowden tube through the top hole and screw it back into the PTFE part and refit the print head. This avoids over tightening the Bowden tube into the PTFE part to much!
You can purchase PEEK for RS in Australia.
The M6x36mm brass tube and 0.35mm nozzle are from www.makergear.com and do not require PTFE tape to seal there presision machined and bed properly -
The following flickr image http://www.flickr.com/photos/scottmayson/6858896762/ has notes for the relavent dimensions. Central filament hole is 1/8"
I will post a drawing soon if you want a shop to do it for you. In the meantime I had a play with tinkercad the students in our rapid class were talking about it. It's not bad Solidworks is my platform but they should be worried. https://tinkercad.com/things/iLvjDceNMLc I'll supply a solidworks part soon! dont fully trust the tinkercad part please ;p
However, this part was machined to fit the existing Ultimaker bowden tube with M6 x 10mm thread cut by hand, alloy plate with four holes that fixes the nozzle in place and Makergear brass tube and nozzle.
"Variation" The Bowden tube could have an M7 thread if cut by hand and matching M7 thread in PTFE component, The top will need to be shorter and rounder to allow for the M7 thread.
Heater block recycled from Ultimaker.
Tools required:
M6 tap intermediate and end
M6 Die
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The journey of growth that an entrepreneur goes through is like the journey Khaleesi undertook with her dragon eggs – from incubating the dragon eggs, to believing in the idea of dragons flying again over Westeros to helping them grow and finally seeing them to their maturity. Just as she faced unique challenges in her journey, similarly an entrepreneur has his/her set of struggles basis which wave of business cycle they are riding. And each phase should be handled with care, because the parenting technique one adopts for a toddler would be no way like a teenager.
Phase 1 – Jumping in the fireIs your idea good enough for you to quit your job? Is the idea good enough for you to get someone else to quit their job and join you?An entrepreneur must be a passionate believer in what they are doing and must often be THE primary proponent for the idea. Startups are brutally difficult and founders must be tough from get go to weather the storm. If a founder can't even convince themselves to quit, it's probably never going to get off the ground.
Phase 2 – Is the idea good enough? Building the Market IntelThe idea phase is an emotional rollercoaster for any entrepreneur. One minute you may be convinced that you have the next million-dollar idea, and the next minute those self-doubts creep in, and you will start to feel like a failure before you've even put anything into action. To douse the fire of self-doubt one should spend a significant amount of time into the market research, collecting data about primary & secondary audiences. This helps in answering key market variables – is the idea based on a compelling value proposition, is the market timing correct and is the market size big enough for the idea. And most importantly, at the end of this stage one should know, who would pay for the product & service & why?
Phase 3 – Business PlanningWhile assembling the building blocks of the business, battling feelings of loneliness and vulnerability are likely going to be the order of the day. The key to surviving this phase is to appreciate the concept of delayed gratification. For now, you must focus on putting in the groundwork that will facilitate that success. What is essential in this phase of the journey is to create the actual business plan with key company milestones for the next 2-3 years and identifying the core team. The business plan should be able to answer the following questions:
- Can you find a scalable way to acquire customers?
- Can you then monetize those customers at a significantly higher level than your cost of acquisition?
Phase 4 – Building the productA phase full of mixed emotions. Have you simply proven that you can get a few customers, or have you proven that there is a real business to be built here?
Essentially, here the startups are starting to prove the business concept, but it may not feel all that good because the end goal is still a long way off. This is the stage of building the MVP or Minimum Viable Product to test the business idea. This is an opportunity for learning about deficiencies in the product, critical features, and, most importantly, to get real-world feedback from someone not on the core team. In many cases, the entrepreneur may learn that the potential customer uses the product in ways that they did not expect.
Phase 5 – ValidationThis phase is perhaps the most challenging mentally and physically, because the entrepreneur will be working around the clock with very little letup. This is the validation or proof of concept stage, where the entrepreneur must show maximum value to all stakeholders starting from its current customers, its employees to current angel (if any) & potential investors. On one side, there is the struggle to find the right product strategy & brand positioning that would allow to attract potential Series A/B venture investment, and on the other side, there is a continuous pressure to show some running profits and ensure customer delight. Incidentally, most of the startups lose their plot during this stage of business.
Phase 6 – Scaling up and growth pathSo, is it smooth sailing from here on out? Business unfortunately doesn't work like that, and always there will be challenges on the horizon. Finding successful financing, maintaining the cash flow till the company achieves its key milestones, hiring key resources, marketing the product in the target markets to key audience, and accelerating the quarter on quarter revenues are just some challenges a startup has to deal with. Once the startup has achieved a critical mass of customers, they enter the growth stage in which they can diversify the business through possible acquisitions of smaller companies or can enter newer markets by raising more venture fund. Fundamentally, there is no fixed time duration to this stage as most of the startups want to remain in the startup mode for a long timeBut although some of those challenges would make anyone think was it all worth it, the entrepreneur has earned his/her battle scars by then and is obviously far tougher because of it.
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5 ways 'Big Data' can boost your Digital Marketing Success!
We have come a long way in Digital Age and Big Data has firmly established its footing in marketing departments across the globe. Not only has it helped in assessing the interactions of the customers at a granular level but also in analyzing the past trends and predicting the future behavior of the customers – thus unlocking new opportunities.
Digital age has bought with it tons of data. Businesses are increasingly evolving by extracting information from this sea of data and –
- Predicting behavioral patterns of their customers,
- Making informed strategic marketing decisions and
- Unlocking new trends
"In marketing, there is only one strategy that never fails – market to your best customers first, your best prospects second and rest of the world last"
Data-driven marketing has become the norm of today's businesses. Rather than trusting assumptions or gut feelings, modern marketers are making decisions based on numbers. In fact, spending on data-driven marketing has risen over 70% in last couple of years making it imperative for marketers to use this extensive data for-
- Analyzing and Capturing Leads,
- Fine-tuning their campaigns and
- Growing the bottom lines of the businesses they represent.
Below are the 5 ways of using Big Data to boost your Digital Marketing Campaigns:
- Shifting gears from Content to Context: Big data plays a major role when it comes to timing and content distribution. With a detailed data on followers, you have the best window to reach them and squeeze in most out of each and every piece you publish.
- Conversion Optimization: Big Data helps in understanding how the leads and traffic moves from Point A to B i.e. what are the bottlenecks in the sales funnel and where the lost traffic is dropping off. It makes you understand the customer behavior in terms of "when" and not "if" – thus optimizing your business operations.
- Personalized Services: Big data gives more personalized information about customers and helps you tailor your offerings thus building more meaningful relationships.
- Proactive Decision Making: Even though it could be overwhelming analyzing the large amount of data and information but it actually offers deeper and clearer insights leading to efficient decision making that is proactive and not reactive.
- Boosting Digital Sales: Even the most minor details in digital sales could result in major profits or losses. The information provided by big data could help in optimizing pricing strategy, predicting demand trends and analyzing why certain product/services are falling flat.
Building up a highly qualified and purchase ready digital audience and converting them into loyal customers by anticipating their needs and offering true value is the dream of any business.
And one thing that nurtures this dream is BIG DATA – one can easily capture the attention of their target consumers in real time from their competitors and leverage the same to their advantage.
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Stop being defensive! An Offensive Mindset is paramount to Growth
"The best defense is a good offense."
Many entrepreneurs strongly believe that in this 'age of entrepreneurialism' a mindset and determination is what carries them to the finish line and distinguishes them from the crowd of hundreds (if not thousands) of other business providers in an industry.
Difference in mindset of two entrepreneurs plays a major role in their entrepreneurial success. Some people believe to be defensive on their part and struggle to get the attention whereas many leaders proceed with an offensive mindset to create a momentum and determine the operational performance of their business.
Getting offensive in their strategy-execution process brings them increased visibility, more engagement and eventually, higher revenue. Also, business leaders who take a reactive posture under those unfavorable circumstances when time is tough get better market share as well. They're able to navigate this potential competitive landscape with the minimum self-inflicted wounds.
I strongly believe that entrepreneurship is not about being offensive or defensive. In today's dynamic business world, business leaders must behave in a proactive way to every uncertainty.
By adopting a more collaborative and transformational mindset, leaders add value to their business objectives and achieve the best outcomes. Proactive mindset makes entrepreneurs to anticipate the disruptive changes without any knee-jerks reactions.
The choice to be proactive or reactive is all yours.
"The most valuable thing you can make is a mistake. You can't learn anything from being perfect."
As a business leader, having a perfectionist's eye can surely drive you to that extra mile. But aspiring to outshine in something you do and aspiring to be perfect are two different attitudes which are often perplexed.
Though having high values, principles and targets are a great strategy to achieve the business vision and make it profitable but perfectionism can, in fact, be detrimental to your achievement, accomplishments as well as employee motivation.
In business marketing, initially marketers used to chase for that 'first-mover-advantage' in the market where the first in market used to get an edge over the competitors. But as we evolved to a more technology and digital driven era, it's not the BIG that eat the SMALL but it's the FAST that eat the SLOW. Business leaders should understand that the 'fast followers' take the market by storm and emerge as the real winners and not the first-movers.
Why? Because they improved on these newly launched products/services and overcame any inefficiencies with reduced cost margins. What really matters in today's world is ' being the best and not being the perfect'.
Beware of these Perfectionists' Evils:
Perfectionists can often get fanatic over every little detail, thus directly affecting productivity of the business –
1) Robs the Dynamism of the Project: Innovation and creativity are essential for any business success but they do involve an element of risk. To stay competitive, it's important to take risks and adapt to ever-changing market scenarios. Shift your mentality from perfectionism to optimism. Try to shift your rigid approach towards your business goals and become more adaptive. This will make your business more productive and keep you protected from unnecessary struggle you endure to get perfectionism under control.
2) Makes you the 'dictator' of the team: Try to keep your perfectionist tendencies in check and stop behaving like a Bully Boss. Emphasize on collaborative leadership and gain advantage of group synergy. For the solitary leader, it is really important to involve everyone from your respective teams and welcome their ideas. Team synergy plays a major role in accomplishing those great feats that would be impossible for an entrepreneur to attain as an individual. Work with your team, listen to their ideas, have trust and give them freedom to do their jobs. Because even if your thought process is flawless, it can be improved by an insight of other team members. Only then, you'll be able to achieve success in your business.
3) Destroys Creativity: Innovation, Creative Thinking, and Curiosity are shaped from uproar, something perfectionists hate to the core. Perfection paralyzes creativity as the perfectionists are more likely afraid of taking risks associated with criticism and rejection. Instead of chasing to an impossible 'perfect' business strategy, all those prototypical Type As should settle for something 'good' and let go of the idea of idolizing the pinnacle of perfection.
4) Prevents from meeting Deadlines: From its initial requirement phase to its delivery phase, a business plan constantly evolves. It's important to set milestones to have that sense of accomplishment and to feel inspired to work for the next stage but not at the cost of stiffness. A business has to be flexible enough to update their plans and reach out to new customers. So set realistic milestones keeping in mind areas of improvement at every step. If you are always thinking about that perfect outcome, you are sure to skip your deadlines.
If the hare would not have waited for that perfect time to reach the finish line, he would have won the race far before the tortoise. So strive for steadiness and not perfection in your business and it will prosper, irrespective of the competition and environment.
Wrapping it with a very apt saying –
Perfectionism says,"Don't start (it won't be good enough),
Don't finish (you'll be criticized),
Don't take risks (you're going to fail) and
Don't collaborate (they'll never live up to your expectations)!
Perfection is 'not' an entrepreneur's friend. It will kill your dreams, dampen your spirit and disrupt your entrepreneurial flow. Take back your power from this confidence destroyer and you'll be unstoppable for your success.
Have you ever noticed those indoor navigation maps in shopping malls that say, "You Are Here"? The navigation maps exist to guide you in the right direction in an unfamiliar space and help you to reach the desired location.
Our journey at the workplace is precisely like a shopping mall with no clear destination. This journey is not always about the rainbows and unicorns. Sometimes, it pulls you down by great storms of failure, and you get lost on a bumpy road of tough challenges with this unerring sense of direction.
The winning weapon is INTELLIGENCE
Just like a navigation map in the shopping mall, intelligence orients you in organizational structure, and the true potential ensures that you're as good as you can possibly be for the role you're hired for. Your capacity to understand and process knowledge in right way helps you to know where you are, where you want to go, and how to reach the desired location.
INTELLIGENT hiring is the order of the day
Gone are those days when recruiters were blindly hooked for the magical numbers i.e. years of work experience at the time of recruitment. High-potential talent and intelligence are beating years of irrelevance hands down.
The HR professionals are gradually evolving from the age-old hiring trends to better talent acquisition to address changing market dynamics. They're looking forward to induce people who are potentially trained with the right skill-set and ready to take on their challenging roles in the workplace. Also, millennials (Generation Y) are a passionate pool of employees who bring an enormous amount of positive energy in an organization.
Some differentiating factors of hiring the Millennials in the workplace are:
- They're the young growth-oriented workforce who are always curious to learn new things and intense to master their area of interest. Generation Y has greater focus and dedication towards work.
- They're ready to walk that extra mile willingly to achieve the work-related goals and let their organization thrive for long.
- They're quite flexible and ready to adapt to tough working conditions very smoothly. Long working hours never demotivate them.
- They focus on incentivizing productive behaviors within an organization instead of concentrating on non-productive behaviors.
- They look at opportunities and challenges as their best companions to enhance their capabilities.
From the biggest corporations to struggling startups, everyone is willingly replacing the traditional steady generation of the workforce with a dynamic workforce of millennials to become more responsive in today's increasingly complex business environments.
Because it's not about the HOW or the WHAT but, what truly matters the most in today's new era of talent spotting is the 'WHO'. There is no point recruiting someone with five years of irrelevant work experience. Sometimes that six months experience is more valuable than those so called magic numbers.
Start a Business , not a Startup
Startups are that special breed of companies that get a lot of attention especially in the tech world. No doubt, they bring new ideas to market and can give people an exciting opportunity to change the world on their own terms.
But, the importance they get from the tech world doesn't make them as special as they are believed to be. Obviously they are not born out of big bang moments where the laws that govern other businesses don't apply.
Feeling that a startup is a place where you can spend other people's money until you figure out a way to make your own is akin to spoiling a child and shielding them from the outside world – They're far less prepared when they eventually have to leave the house for the first time.
But the reality is, from the moment they go live, startups are as real as any other business. They are governed by the same set of market forces and economic precepts that wrap around any other company, new or old.
Anyone who walks around with an attitude that "we'll figure out how to profit in the future" is just being ridiculous. It's like building a rocket ship but starting off by saying "Let's pretend there is no gravity"
A business without a path to profit isn't a business, it's a hobby.
At the atomic level, all businesses need to generate revenue to pay their bills, to grow and to survive. The sooner they find themselves in the black, the better chance they'll have to survive. Call it a business survival instinct but businesses have to feed themselves or they'll die.
A wonderfully run startup is a wonderfully run business and a poorly run startup is a poorly run business. At the end of it, it may be a great IDEA, but may not be a great BUSINESS.
So if you want to start something, 'Start a Business, and not a Startup.'
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We're glad you've enjoyed the latest Clutch. Note: some of the Clutch ads are actually "real", for example "Pinnacle Text" by the friend Alison. I hope you consider participating in the "COVID 19K" in August and stop by Rachel's Soup Kitchen on Highway 102 if you do a road trip some weekend. It's always good to get some fresh outdoor air and escape your COVID-infested neighborhood!
Dare Ms.Li Araki, Would like to simply underscore your praise for the artist Jack Lattemann of Cascadia Artpost. I also find him to be habitually playful, amusing & inventive. Thanx for posting & sharing here at the IUOMA . Best to you. Richard Canard
Li, you're welcome. The Coffee Clutch was a "spontaneous project" - done on the spur of the moment after picking up a Coffee News at a local restaurant. All of the addresses in Coffee Clutch are real, in the Cascadia Diorama. And LoJack is a real sock monkey who just got into real estate. The response to Coffee Clutch is so great that another Coffee Clutch will surely appear again this fall, and you'll be on the list to receive it!
a small world indeed!
Glad that you liked the postcard, Li. Here's wishing you and David a great summer, too!
Bill @ The Olathe Poste
Thank you Li!
Happy Birthday, Li !
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Glad you enjoyed the Famous Postmarks! I hope Carl will reconsider at least creating artistamps again, but he seems right now to be having fun moving in new directions, based on his Facebook page.
Hi Li, thank you for posting!
Lo spero Cara Amica ma non viaggio molto... e mia moglie non vola i areo... e ... a nuoto è molto lontano !!! ah ah!
I hope Cara Amica but I do not travel much ... and my wife does not fly the areo ... and ... swimming is very far !!! ha ha!
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For their August show, Pascal and Derek look at two works whose creators may be largely unknown here in the states. They begin with Carole Maurel's Luisa, Now and Then, one of the first books published as part of Humanoids' new Life Drawn imprint. As the guys point out, this is a time-travel narrative where an individual confronts herself from another time. While this is a popular trope, Maurel gives it a different spin. Instead of time-traveling backwards, as found in most such narratives (e.g., Peggy Sue Got Married), in Luisa, Now and Thenthe movement is forward in time. This story is filled with intriguing scenarios, given the premise, and also a lot of humor. One could argue that it's one of the best introductions to the Life Drawn imprint.
Next, Derek and Pascal check out Green Almonds: Letters from Palestine, written and drawn by the sisters Anaële and Delphine Hermans (Lion Forge). This is an epistolary travelogue, the story of Anaële's 10-month stay in Bethlehem volunteering for a youth organization. She and Delphine corresponded during the Anaële's sojourn, and then Delphine used her sister's letters as a basis for her art. It's an intriguing concept, but as Pascal points out, there are potential problems in the visual representation, given the fact that the artist wasn't the one experiencing the time in Palestine and Israel. As a result, there are several unanswered questions imbedded in the narrative. There are various contexts that weren't addressed (apparently) in Anaële's original letters, so those are absent in the text.


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Jenett was born in Winnipeg on July 27, 1944, to Louis and Mary (deceased).
She will be lovingly remembered by her son Michael (Jenn) and their children, Madeline and Alexander; their son Christopher; brother Bob (Judy) (deceased) Behnke, and niece Donna (Tim) Moran and their children, Andrew and Jason; and nephew Paul.
Jenett was a devoted wife, a proud mother and loving Baba. She was a Registered Nurse and after time out to raise her children, became a paraprofessional in early and middle years schools in Winnipeg.
She loved to cook, play golf and travel, taking many trips throughout North America, the Caribbean and Europe with family and friends. After retirement, Jenett spent winters in Mesa, Arizona. When not heading down south, Jenett loved seeing and taking care of her grandchildren.
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Evidence-based empowerment program for girls throws biggest annual Girls Without Limits event so far at Thirty-One Gifts home office.
Evidence-based empowerment program for girls throws biggest annual Girls Without Limits event so far at Thirty-One Gifts home office.
What started a decade ago as a research study at Ohio State University is now touching the lives of girls across the country. Ruling Our eXperiences (ROX), an evidence-based nonprofit equipping girls to traverse the perilous path of adolescence, has extended its reach in central Ohio and across the nation.
ROX Founder and Executive Director Lisa Hinkelman, ROX Board Chair Tammy Roberts Myers and board member Suzanne Kiggin shared the exciting news at the nonprofit's annual Girls Without Limits charity and educational event on Oct. 13, which saw a crowd of hundreds of women, many of whom were swathed in the organization's signature electric pink. Girls Without Limits has attracted a growing number of attendees, moving from Kiggin's home to Thirty-One Gifts' office this year, its fourth. With attendees comes sustaining cash: 2014 brought in $33,000, and then $77,000 in 2015-30 percent of the program's operating budget for 2016.
The community financial support is mirrored by Hinkleman's continued passion for the program, which works to counteract negative messages girls receive with positive reinforcement, empowering experiences and skill development in a safe, all-girl setting. "(We have) a really great opportunity and intense responsibility not only to make the world safer for girls, but to make girls stronger," Hinkleman says.
Now, over 100 schools in the nation-50 in central Ohio-use the ROX program. A decade ago only three schools were using it. These triumphs have been achieved through the efforts of Hinkelman and her small staff of one-and-a-half.
To maintain its cutting-edge curriculum, ROX has begun a process to survey thousands of girls nationwide about topics such as social media and social pressure. This empirical approach is the heart of ROX. Says Myers, "the research shows, time and time again, (that it) is making an impact." The decision to survey girls from different areas and backgrounds also strengthens the value of the program, which focuses on issues all girls share. "All girls can benefit from ROX, regardless of neighborhood or socioeconomic status," Myers says.
These new horizons are coupled with a loyalty to the "fidelity and integrity of the program," says Hinkelman, whose first priority is on making sure program facilitators, who take the curriculum back to a school or group, are thoroughly trained to implement the 20-week course.
The event ended on an emotional note for Hinkleman as attendees pledged money to support ROX. Asked to donate $100, which covers the cost of one girl joining the program, nearly every member of the crowd raised their paddles.