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When we arrived home late last night, the street was pretty quiet. There was little commotion and most of our neighbor's lights were out for the evening. We pulled into a parking spot near our building.
My husband and I realized the house next to ours was completely bare and vulnerable to gawkers. The two large trees that once gave secrecy and distance were finally removed from sight and the dangers of them falling and collapsing into our roof was alleviated.
Taking in the surroundings a little bit more, we saw no sign the workers would return. All debris was removed; the street was clean and the parking area once again open and free to the public.
But, there it was. Straight in front of me. There was no getting around it. As I leaned forward in the passenger seat to grab my bag and slide out the door, I couldn't help but stop and stare. A sight for sore eyes.
Right outside my front gate.
The look my husband and I gave one another said it all. Time for a night cap and slumber to erase the image of blush nausea. Little did I know the disaster was only beginning to wreak its havoc on my street.
This morning as I looked out the window, crossing my fingers it had been taken to it's resting grounds, I was left with a bitter taste in my mouth. Overnight wind activity (or rowdy teenagers) left us with sidewalk ruin for some Saturday morning blessings.
Bikers and pedestrians are in for a weekend treat. A hurdle of rose colored monstrosity makes it almost impossible to navigate the usually clean and clear path. Instead of staying on the straight and narrow stones, one must be diverted to the road less traveled.
It's just too bad we don't have nose plugs.
Until tomorrow –
Simply live,
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When it comes to galaxies, it's survival of the largest. Monster galaxies grow by cannibalizing their smaller neighbors, instead of birthing new stars on their own.
In a new study, led by Aaron Robotham of the University of Western Australia, that looked at 22,000 galaxies, astronomers found that the more massive the galaxy, the more it grows in size by gobbling up their smaller "dwarf" counterparts.
"All galaxies start off small and grow by collecting gas and quite efficiently turning it into stars," said Robotham in a press statement. "Then every now and then they get completely cannibalized by some much larger galaxy."
This galactic cannibalism appears to be self-perpetuating, since as the galaxies grow they gain more gravitational strength and therefore more easily pull in their neighbors, according the study released this month in the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
And it turns out our own home galaxy, the Milky Way, may now be tipping the scale on the obese side—growing only by snacking on wayward islands of stars.
"The Milky Way hasn't merged with another large galaxy for a long time, but you can still see remnants of all the old galaxies we've cannibalized," Robotham explained.
"We're also going to eat two nearby dwarf galaxies, the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, in about four billion years."
Andromeda Big Bully
What goes around comes around, however, and the Milky Way too may fall victim to galactic cannibalization. Our neighbor, the Andromeda galaxy, now some 2.6 million light-years away from Earth, will likely approach and devour the Milky Way in about five billion years.
"Technically, Andromeda will eat us because it's the more massive one," Robotham said.
Eventually, a similar fate may await most monster galaxies. At one point in the distant future, the cluster members will slowly merge together into only a few supercolossal galaxies that will end up dominating the cosmos.
"If you waited a really, really, really long time, that would eventually happen, but by really long I mean many times the age of the universe," which is about 13.8 billion years old, said Robotham.
See for Yourself
Even if you can't wait for the Milky Way merger, other opportunities abound to see galactic smashups. One of the best examples of interacting galaxies is the famous Whirlpool galaxy in the northern constellation Canes Venatici. It is a small stellar pattern just beside the famous constellation Ursa Major, the Great Bear.This image of the Whirlpool galaxy was captured using the WIYN 3.5-meter telescope on Kitt Peak, Arizona. Credit: K. Rhode, M. Young, and WIYN/NOAO/AURA/NSF
Visible with small telescopes throughout the Northern Hemisphere, the Whirlpool galaxy, also known as Messier 51, is a spiral galaxy that has a visible bridge of gas, dust, and stars that connect it to a smaller, irregular galaxy known as NGC 5195.
Under dark skies you may even be able to glimpse the magnitude 8.4 galaxy with binoculars.
You can find M51 by looking 3.5 degrees southeast of the star Alkaid. Alkaid marks the end of the handle of the Big Dipper.
The Whirlpool is estimated to contain over 150 billion stars, making it at least as massive as our own Milky Way.
While you watch, ponder the amazing fact that its ghostly pinwheel structure sits a whopping 27 million light-years away from Earth.
Happy hunting!
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I thought that scene was missing. I thought it was my fault that I missed it somehow. That was a bad pick to take out. It's such a warm scene. You should name him Jack, Jack's a good name. *swoon* Not his forte. Is he crazy?!Yes, the one that started my obsession! Fevah! I was disappointed that Sci-Fi cut out the chit-chat in the bathroom when Mick and Leni talk about children and what she'll name her kid. Stupid commercials!
Fleur de Lisa wrote:Seriously? They didn't keep that scene in last night? What is up with that.
I only watched the first 15 minutes--my husband was with me saying "Oh no, not again, even I have seen this episode about 8 times." So, in the interest of marital harmony, I switched the channel to Friday Night Lights.
It is Valentine's Day after all!
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There are numerous myths regarding the basics of managing an academic enterprise. Through them all shines one inexorable truth, "Curriculum drives enrollment, enrollment drives revenue, revenues drive everything else!" Because the curriculum generates the primary source of revenue, the relationship between revenue and expenditure per unit is the primary area of concern. In the case example below revenue are tallied by course section (as the primary unit of accounting), expenditures include direct section costs and the section share of overall institutional costs to sum to expenditure. The condition where revenue meets or exceeds expenditures, the difference between revenue and expenditure is called a margin. The difference is called a deficit when expenditures exceed revenue. When the average section size is lower than the break-even section size, the deficit is said to be structural.
This case example of the margin is a highly distilled illustrative study from a client engagement. It shows that the actual revenue for the 5,000 enrollment institution was $44.3 million and could support for example 1,443 sections averaging 20.68 students per section. The actual expenditures for the institution were $57.4 million, the institution offered 1,871 sections and enrolled on average 15.96 students per section. This real scenario generated a structural deficit of $13.1 million offset by deferred maintenance, a suspension of non-essential travel, a hold on new hires, a reduction in staff, a reduction in benefits, the sale of real estate, increased cost recovery from grants and contracts, and creative cash management.
The curious element in this case study was a report to the Board of Trustees that mentioned a positive cycle developing in the economy and the potential for more favorable economic circumstances ahead. I offer Bill Gates observation on the subject,
…the second biggest pot of money, which is the education pot, both K-12 and higher ed, gets raided. And, so, on a per student basis, that money has gone down, and there's no likely prospect that it will go back up. Some people have thought of it as cyclical, but, in fact, if you look at the last several cycles, it goes down in the cycle and then, during the good years, it stays at that level, and then, as the next cycle is hit, it's gone down again. – Bill Gates, on The Future of College, NACUBO, August 8, 2014
Managing the margin requires massage of several variables including tuition, enrollment, the number of sections offered and average enrollment in each section. Every institution should calculate and know what their break-even sections size is given their other variables. Every academic should understand these basic relationships and the concepts of margin and structural deficit. Each institution is different in how revenues and expenditures are managed so talk to your Chief Financial Officer and get the facts.


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Recently MIT Sloan alumna Judy Lewent was inducted into the Financial Executives International Hall of Fame. A former executive vice president and chief financial officer of Merck, Lewent was recognized for her performance, leadership and integrity as a financial professional who has made significant contributions to the betterment of her organization and profession. The following […]
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MIT Sloan Alumna Judy Lewent on the future of finance
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Why a rating agency should be concerned about the survival of the company it's assessing
June 13, 2011 – 9:00 am
My latest paper* focuses on the difficulties that rating agencies face in setting a credit score that accurately reflects the credit quality of a borrower, but also takes into account the effect that score will have on the borrower's credit quality in the future. When a rating agency cuts a given company's credit rating, investor […]
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Debate about public pension plans should include understated funding levels
March 1, 2011 – 2:34 pm
As a former pension consultant-turned MIT Sloan professor, I get asked to speak at my fair share of pension conferences. I recently spoke at a symposium for trustees of Taft-Hartley funds, which are pension funds for unionized workers jointly trusteed by union representatives and management. After my talk, something unexpected happened: the audience gave me […]
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Sometimes we get so caught up in the political ping pong between the governor and state legislature that we forget the role courts play in the budget process. The discussion is anything but academic.
And by now, you'd think that state policy makers would have enough of a handle on the process to know better.
Last week, a federal court issued an order preventing the state from reducing payments to recipients of In-Home Supportive Services by $100 million for the remainder of the current fiscal year.
The funds go to the disabled, low-income and blind people. If the order is upheld, the state will be on the hook for another $200 million annually.
Governor Jerry Brown had ordered the reduction as part of the state's mid-year one billion dollar budget retrenchment due to the well-publicized revenue shortfall.
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But in response to a law suit over the change, a federal judge ruled that the cuts were in violation of federal laws such as the Americans with Disabilities Act and Social Security Act.
Combined, court rulings have had a serious impact on the current state budget. The California Department of Finance estimates that over the past year court orders and the lack of federal approval for other programmatic cuts have cost the state $2 billion.
Now we're talking real money.
Most instructive about these rulings is that they are not new. Routinely, California policy makers adjust social services payments downward, only to see the courts toss those cuts back in their faces.
During the Schwarzenegger years, the Republican governor operated much like Brown. He often attempted to balance the budget through cuts that the courts also rejected.
During his last three years of office, federal courts rejected $4.5 billion in cuts to various health and welfare programs signed in to "law" by Schwarzenegger because the new payment schedules also violated federal laws.
Practitioners and academics alike can debate the merits of whether the federal government should intervene in these state decisions, but such a discussion, while potentially enlightening, misses the point:
The track record is clear. If state leaders want to pass an honest budget, they should do so in a manner that avoids "give backs" down the road.
Let us know what you think. Comment below, send us your thoughts via Twitter @PropZero or add your comment to our Facebook page.


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It's done! The bag, I mean. I finished it 5 minutes before we left to go to my mom's birthday and it doesn't have an inside pocket yet (so, yes, I know, that means it's not 'done'-done. Shush.) but I'll add that later.
Here it is!
I folded the lining fabric over the edge and sewed it together that way, because I'm a noob and can't measure a square piece of fabric. I had a bit too much fabric left at the top... Sewing the lining together was a Bitch, but together with the bf, I managed to get a sturdy lining. The handles gave me a headache (did I mention that for some reason, the yellow-pink-red one was much longer than the green-blue one? And that I have no idea how that happened?) and the bag itself rekindled my RSI, but it's done, and my mom is very happy with it. I'll call her tonight to see if it survived her taking it to work yesterday.


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McCain Bill Would End DTV Transition by 2009
Senate Commerce Committee chairman John McCain (R-Ariz.) is advancing legislation that would end the digital-TV transition by 2009, setting up a clash with the broadcast industry over control of valuable airwaves sought by public-safety groups and wireless-communications providers.
McCain's bill -- scheduled for a vote Wednesday in his committee -- would implement recommendations of the 9/11 commission, which found that public-safety crews that responded to the World Trade Center site ran into interoperability problems that access to a clear block of spectrum would help to solve.
The legislation, still in draft form, would reclaim 108 megahertz of beachfront spectrum used by dozens of TV stations, with 24 MHz parceled out to public safety. A big block would be auctioned for commercial users in a sale that could reap the U.S. Treasury a whopping $70 billion.
McCain's approach would track with a digital-TV-transition plan under review at the Federal Communications Commission. The FCC is expected to vote on the plan Nov. 9, one week to the day after the presidential election.
Termination of analog broadcasting would require TV stations to rely on their digital signals and force consumers with analog TVs not connected to cable or satellite to acquire new digital-TV sets or digital-to-analog converter boxes.
Analog-TV sets, because they are incompatible with digital-TV signals, would go dark. If connected to cable or satellite, those TV sets would continue to function due to a cable or satellite set-top box or because the cable operators had converted the digital signal to analog at the headend.
Broadcasters have opposed the FCC plan, saying that it would end the transition prematurely before millions of households have had time to acquire digital-reception equipment.
Broadcasters have said that the FCC plan ignored not only the 21 million homes that are analog-broadcast-only, but also the 18 million pay TV homes that have 28 million analog sets that are not connected to the pay system.
"[We] oppose the bill on the grounds that tens of millions of Americans could lose access to local TV stations if the McCain bill become law," National Association of Broadcasters spokesman Dennis Wharton said.
Like the FCC plan, McCain's bill would end the digital-TV transition Dec. 31, 2008.
In a new twist, McCain would set aside $1 billion in auction proceeds to subsidize converter boxes for priority use by low-income broadcast-only homes, filling a gap in the FCC plan that broadcasters had also identified as a serious flaw.
The subsidy program -- overseen by the Commerce Department and the Office of Management and Budget -- would also allow consumers to use the federal money to pay for a one-time installation of cable or satellite TV as means of receiving their local-broadcast signals.
In a another provision, the bill would require TV-set makers, no later than Sept. 30, 2005, to place labels on analog-TV sets saying that the units won't work after Dec. 31, 2008, without additional equipment. TV-set retailers would be required to post the same information in their stores.
Like the FCC plan, the McCain bill is silent on whether cable and satellite operators will be required to carry digital-TV stations' multiple programming streams. However, the bill would require the FCC to issue a final decision on a multicasting-carriage requirement by Jan. 1, 2005.
The FCC might decide the multicasting issue at the Nov. 9 meeting. In January 2001, the agency ruled that a cable system had to carry just one digital-TV signal per station, even though digital technology allows each digital-TV station to transmit five or six programming services. Powell voted to limit cable carriage to one signal.
"[We] oppose the bill on the grounds that tens of millions of Americans could lose access to local TV stations if the McCain bill become law," National Association of Broadcasters spokesman Dennis Wharton said.


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Montreal native blows engine in his Racing Point car in first free practice session and has to go back to old engine before qualifying 18th.
Lance Stroll's qualifying hopes go up in smoke at Canadian GP
For the seventh time in seven Formula One races this season, Lance Stroll has failed to get past the first qualifying session.
This time, it definitely wasn't his fault.
The new engine in Stroll's Racing Point car exploded during the first practice session Saturday at the Canadian Grand Prix on Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve and burst into flames. Stroll's mechanics had to put the old engine back in and managed to do it in time for the first qualifying session, but the Montreal native was only able to qualify 18th ahead of Sunday's race.
Stroll has now failed to get past the first qualifying session in 11 straight races dating back to last season, when he was with the Williams team. At last year's Canadian Grand Prix, Stroll crashed his Williams car on the first lap of the race after qualifying 17th.
"It's racing," Stroll said after Saturday's qualifying session. "You can't pick and choose your moments of luck or results. It's just the nature of the sport. It was definitely an unfortunate start to the day. First lap of FP1, engine blow-up. It cost us all of our running in FP1 and from there the guys did a great job to get the old engine back in the car within a couple of hours and get the car out for qualifying.
"In the qualifying we were really back foot, not only in terms of performance, missing a couple of tenths (of a second per lap) from the new engine," the 20-year-old driver added. "From my side, building up to (qualifying) laps in FP3 is really always critical. In hindsight, I think it was a pretty good recovery. We didn't miss much to get into Q2 and in hindsight also with the engine that was definitely very doable today (with the new engine)."
When asked what happened to cause the new engine to explode in flames, Stroll said: "It doesn't look like it's hydraulics. It could be something else. I don't know yet because we haven't figured out exactly what happened. It was very sudden. When it happened it happened, so I didn't really feel much leading up to the explosion."
Stroll noted he finished 17th in qualifying for his first Canadian Grand Prix in 2017 and ended up finishing ninth in the race, earning his first two career points in the F1 drivers' standings. Going back to the old engine will definitely put him at a disadvantage for Sunday's race with Stroll figuring he will lose about two-and-a-half-tenths of a second per lap.
"It's definitely going to change some elements of the race," he said. "Strategy's going to probably be a little bit different. We have to look into it. We haven't had a strategy meeting or anything like that yet. We're definitely going to have to be quite open-minded going into tomorrow and grab places where we can when we can."
Heading into Sunday's race, Stroll sits in 16th place in the drivers' standings with only four points this season.


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Thank you for all your support during 2018.
Randburg Raceway Indoor Karting will be closed on 25 & 26 December and on 1 January 2019 to give everyone a break and some well-deserved family time this Festive Season.
We will be open as usual on all the other days and look forward to seeing you.
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I saw one of my coworkers had a Saint-Saens CD and she let me borrow it. I remember dancing (using the word very loosely) to the ancient record of it my parents had when I was a little girl. I didn't realize or remember that one of the movements was called fossils.
Apparently Ogden Nash was hired to write a series of short poems to go along with the movements. Some of them are pretty bad/badly dated. But the introduction one is excellent and I very much like the images of his fossils poem!
by Ogden Nash
At midnight in the museum hall
The fossils gathered for a ball
There were no drums or saxophones,
But just the clatter of their bones,
A rolling, rattling, carefree circus
Of mammoth polkas and mazurkas.
Pterodactyls and brontosauruses
Sang ghostly prehistoric choruses.
Amid the mastodontic wassail
I caught the eye of one small fossil.
"Cheer up, sad world," he said, and winked-
"It's kind of fun to be extinct."
A charming reading and performance. And because I'm a sucker for the imagery: a series of fossil stamps from around the world set to the same piece. (Oh, and I want most of those stamps!)
Along the fossils theme–I visited the Page Museum at the La Brea Tar Pits weekend before last. Had a few hours to kill before a family wedding so decided to go take a look despite everyone saying it was just a pit and not worth it.
Apparently they didn't notice the museum you have to walk around to see said tar pits and not a one went in… It's a nice little museum, I went in and goggled at the fossils they've found in the pits. They range from the huge Columbian Mammoth they have on display to the teeny mouse toes in their Fishbowl Lab to the vast quantity of dire wolf skulls on the wall…yes, dire wolves were real creatures and weren't invented for fantasy novels….
Basically the tar pit is just that-natural asphalt. Animals would get stuck to the tar, and not all would be able to escape. Those that got stuck would attract predators and scavengers, and some of those would also get trapped. So it's a whole ecosystem of life, predation and death from 11,000 to 50,000 years ago preserved in a smelly sticky mess! (How the La Brea Tar Pits Work for more details.)
I didn't have enough time to take one of the tours, so I can't vouch for those. But the atrium was lovely, and the displays were very nicely done. They have some assemblages of bird fossils and then a painting of what it might have looked like right behind it in the display case.
A short photo essay I found on the museum. (Their photos turned out better than mine!)
(Okay, the animatronic mammoth is seriously dated besides being the wrong species, but kids seemed to love it.)
So if you're in the area and up for braving the insanity of traffic in LA, stop by and go inside. Take time to walk through the park too.


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Media and Information Culture: Literature+
Digital technologies and methods have recently become important in the humanities as scholars use the new tools not only to help read and write about literary, historical, and artistic materials in traditional ways but in new ways influenced--not just communicated by--the new media forms. Literature+ (Experimenting With Digital Approaches to Understanding Literature) is a course that draws on the new fields of "digital humanities" and "new media studies" to ask students to think about, and experiment with, how new digital methods enhance the study of literature.
Students choose a literary work and use digital methods to model, map, visualize, text-analyze, social-network-analyze, blog, or otherwise interpret it using new tools and media. How can such methods augment or change our understanding of literature by comparision with other methods of literary interpretation? What is the relation, for example, between "close reading" of literary texts and "distant reading" methods that identify trends in language or themes across thousands of texts?
The course begins with discussion of selected readings and demos of digital tools to set the stage. Readings include: Franco Moretti's Graphs, Maps, Trees, Ryan Heuser and Long Le-Khac's "A Quantitative Literary History of 2,958 Nineteenth-Century British Novels," Lisa Samuels and Jerome McGann's "Deformance and Interpretation," and Stephen Ramsay's "Toward an Algorithmic Criticism." Demos include online or downloadable tools from a Digital Humanities Resources for Student Project-Building site made available to the class (most can be used by non-programmers to create interesting projects).
After the initial unit of the course, students break into teams, choose a literary work, and collaborate in workshop/lab mode to produce a proof-of-concept digital project. Collaboration will occur both face-to-face and virtually in the class wiki. Individual students also create an annotated bibliography, research reports, and a final essay reflecting on their project.
This course counts for the English Department's Literature and Culture specialization and also welcomes students from the College of Creative Studies and other majors.
Once this course is full/closed, you can sign up to the wait list at:
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By G. K. Adams
Absurd, that's what was. Absurd as sticking a funnel up a piggy-wigs' ass. But here they were, in a pea-green boat seesawing across the ocean.
"Catherine, darling," he said. "Pass the honey."
"Al, dear, reach it yourself."
"You're closer than I."
"You're taller than I," she said, "and you didn't polish the anchor yesterday as you promised."
"What use is polish?"
"What use is an anchor out here?" she asked, waving her hand. "Just an ornament – to be polished."
"Your logic is twisted," he said.
"At least I have logic. I'm not the one who wanted to set to sea with nothing but love and tea and honey."
"And quince jam," he said. "Don't forget the quince jam."
"I hate quince jam."
"I had no idea, darling."
"You never asked. You never ask anything."
"Foul! And untrue."
"True!" she retorted. Then she added, "A year and a day! A YEAR and a day! That's how long it's been."
"Now, dear, we'll reach harbor soon."
Catherine preened her soft brown hair, then drew a jeweled compact from her purse and freshened her hot magenta lipstick. "What time is it?" she asked.
He studied the boat's little mast and its shadow. "Quarter past four," he replied. "Time for tea."
She snarled in his direction, but fetched the kettle and teapot, and began to heat the water. She spread white linen on the table and measured tea into the pot. When the kettle came to a boil, she transported the pot to the kettle and carefully poured.
"Tea will be ready shortly," she said.
"Thank you, dear. You're such a pussy. Speaking of which . . . ."
"Not til after tea."
The tea was brewed and drunk; the dishes washed and stowed. The sun began to sink toward the horizon. Long lavender and pink clouds stretched starboard and port.
"Now?" he asked.
"Now," she said.
He carefully untied her sailor's knot and slipped the blouse from her shoulders, which he kissed.
Soon a full moon rose above the sea. And they fucked by the light of the moon, moon, moon.
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I started making videos with my friends in middle school. Nothing fancy, whatever made us laugh really. It wasn't until high school when everything sort of clicked, I knew I wanted to make videos for a living. My dad was also a big inspiration, he encouraged me to pursue that dream. Fast forward twelve years later and I'm actually pretty good at making videos, with over eight years of professional video production experience.


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The Story
So the story takes place after the events of the first film, Ralph and Vanellope are friends, they usually see each other at night. Unfortunately, an accident takes place at Vanellope's video game.
Both our main protagonists makes a trip to the internet, where we many of our beliebt and resourceful sites, like Facebook, Instagram and the Liste keeps rolling on! Not to forget the Disney Princesses making a cameo appearance after the House of Mouse.
I was really sad Von the ending because both Ralph and Vanellope part ways, but they still keep in contact with each other!
The Characters
Now, we see our favourite characters once again. Only this time, both Felix and Tamora are trim to minor characters, honestly I actually like the latter since seeing her in the first film.
The new characters are extraordinary in their own ways, first let me start of with Shank, she is voice Von Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot). In fact, Shank looks A LOT like Gadot!
Secondly, Yesss is another character that I took a liking on. Her mannerisms reminds of Ru Paul! But, she's very likable and animated at the same time.
Finally, the Disney Princesses are the highlights for the film. They also save the day, but one of my favourite shots was when Ariel did a somersault in order to do her long hair with the water!
The Songs & Musik Scores
I was actually surprise that Alan Menken Schreiben only 1 song in this movie overall, but for me the song was like the typical 'I Want' song for Venellope. He also Schreiben another song which is place in the ending credits for the film.
We also get to hear Demi Lovato's rendition of Let It Go from Disney's Frozen playing partially, it was during the scene when Vanellope was at the Disney Universe.
Finally, the scores is dramatic at certain moments of the movie. It is very unusual for a Disney film!
A Happy Ending
So, here is my review on the Wreck It Ralph sequel. For those who haven't seen Traci Hines' rendition of "When Will I See Du Again?", go ahead and check it out on Youtube.
In fact, I made a prediction back in 2010 that all of the princesses are going to be together. This movie made my wish come true!
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Limited edition souvenirs and gifts
The Royal Mail have revealed the next instalment in their Music Giants Special Stamp series: a tribute to David Bowie, one of the most influential music and cultural figures of all time.
Alongside the Special Stamps, First Day Covers and Presentation Pack, this issue will feature several limited edition David Bowie souvenirs, some of which have an edition limit of just 950.
What stunning artwork for such an iconic legend - who can forget such greats as Space Oddity, Life on Mars, Starman and Ashes to Ashes to name a few.
Look out for them on your letters from 14 March 2017 or why not distract clients from your invoice by using them on your letters?
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Creativity is organisations' last competitive advantage. Why? Because business has never been as fast-paced, disruptive, competitive and complex as it is now.
There is a clear business case for a creative mindset. Creativity differentiates businesses. It allows them to adapt faster and more effectively, it reduces costs and increases engagement, boosts efficiencies and ultimately creates more value in organisations. It also starts and stops with the workforce.
Organisations must realise that creativity is not just for creative "types". Creativity can – and must – be learned by everyone.
It needs to be part of everything that businesses do, from creating new business models to leadership, processes to customer service and engagement.
And the way to do that is to build a creative mindset across the entire organisation. Here's how Mr Ingenious did it...
Understand what creativity is
Mr Ingenious wanted a creative team. But he also wanted a productive team. When he saw team members surfing the internet or chatting about what he considered weren't work issues, he called them up on it.
What he didn't realise was that creativity can look like the opposite of productivity. But it does not mean that it's not as important to organisations as productivity.
Creativity is about honing the random, disparate thoughts that often occupy our subconscious brains into unique and novel ideas. It's combining divergent thinking – the spontaneous, non-linear generation of ideas – with convergent thinking – the logical, speedy and accurate solving of problems by recognising concepts and focusing on stored information.
Assess the individual capabilities of your team members
Each member of Mr Ingenious' team had the skills of a marketing professional. They'd either joined the company already with qualifications and experience from other organisations, or they'd been trained up within the department. But they were all different when it came to creativity.
Everybody has the capacity to be creative and innovative. But people do it in different ways. Some are really good at asking the right questions to stimulate change. Some are talented at interpreting insights and what they mean.
Some can effectively generate their own ideas. Some are best at analysing ideas to work out the best ways forward. And some excel at helping others to generate ideas. Organisations must map out their creative DNA in order to enable a creative mindset.
Show that your organisation values creativity
Mr Ingenious knew that the he had to demonstrate to his team that he valued creativity. He worried that creativity was not measurable in the same way as productivity is but recognised that it was crucial for the department to operate as effectively as possible.
If organisations really want to be creative they need to demonstrate a belief in the business that creativity is something that is always on and the door is always open. Leaders need to set boundaries, of course, but they need to show in their own behaviour that they value creativity. Creativity must never be left to a brainstorming day. Nor must it be considered time-wasting.
Train people to be creative
His experience had taught Mr Ingenious that brainstorming events disengaged his team-members and closed off their creativity. Instead he needed to give people confidence to be creative.
This means training people to dwell on even a germ of an idea and have the confidence to know that they will get closer to a clear solution. It means coaching people to be curious and not worried about making mistakes. It means changing processes so people aren't bogged down by distractions or discouraged from having conversations.
Make creativity part of everything your team does
Mr Ingenious realised that setting aside time for his team to be creative or to brainstorm would not work. In fact this would do the opposite and shut down creativity.
Instead he needed to ensure that his team were deploying creativity in everything that they did. Whether they were presenting to clients, writing, forward planning or dealing with external stakeholders, creativity had to be embedded in their processes and outcomes.
On a practical level, this means making sure people are asking the right questions to inspire change in processes and practices, generating new ideas and evaluating them effectively, and using feedback as a learning process. It also means creating and executing new and successful propositions.
- Creativity needs divergent and convergent thinking to combine.
- Everyone is creative in different ways.
- People should not feel guilty for taking the time to be creative or try new things.
- Enforced creativity doesn't work.
- Creativity should be a part of every one of the business' operations.
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This motion is similar to the motion for relief from default, but this is where the court made the mistake. Usually, it is the clerk prematurely entering your default because they don't know what the law is, and the landlord's lawyer gave them the default papers they always get and do what they always do. Often, it is the judge who makes an erroneous order, and that has to be corrected by using this motion.
Usually, this motion also requires a separate ex parte application to stay execution, and shortening time for the hearing, which is NOT included in this motion. Also NOT included are any related phone calls, email, faxes, scans or mail concerning this motion, which are best addressed as a consultation.


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This information describes the work of the Leicestershire and Rutland Moth Group in recording moths in VC55. The VC55 status information we have used for moths has been compiled by the LRMG and a full description of the A,B,C and D ratings can be read below. All moth records submitted to NatureSpot will be made available to the LRMG so it is not necessary to send them again. If you would like to find out more about the LRMG, why not join the LRMG Yahoo Group.
Moth Recording in VC55
All data collected by the Leicestershire and Rutland Moth Group is forwarded to the Leicestershire Lepidoptera Recording Scheme and then submitted to the National Biodiversity Network. It is essential that the records are a reliable source of information, and this is especially important where the information may be utilised in support of any conservation initiatives. For this reason, VC55 moth species have been assigned a category letter (A, B, C or D) to give guidance as to the amount of detail and/or verification required for any record of that species to be acceptable. It should be noted that the micros are generally under-recorded, and as such many species fall into categories C & D although they may be common nationally.
Records are collated by the County Recorder, and if necessary are assessed by the County Lepidoptera Panel. The panel members include some of the most experienced and well-regarded lepidopterists within the County, but where appropriate the panel will consult with outside expertise for comments and assistance.
General record submission notes:
Records should be submitted to the County Recorder (all NatureSpot moth records will be passed on).
Dates for light trapping/nocturnal records should refer to the evening that the trapping/collecting method was started.
Records for species encountered during daylight should be clearly annotated as such.
Six-figure OS grid references for sites should be given wherever possible.
The term 'readily identifiable' infers that the species can usually be identified by external features/markings alone. However, the ever-applicable caveat is that the specific identification of poorly marked or worn specimens (especially the pugs, Eupithecia spp.) should be considered with care.
Where the category is suffixed (G), this indicates that records should wherever possible be supported by confirmation that the specimen's genitalia has been examined to distinguish it from otherwise similar species. Records of such species may otherwise be accepted as aggregates only.
If retaining/providing a specimen to obtain a subsequent identification, please ensure that all supporting detail is recorded on an attached label (date, site, trapping/collecting method).
If you are unsure as to how much detail to provide - remember that more is far preferable to not enough!
Category A
resident; common/abundant throughout VC55
readily identifiable (unless marked with suffix G)
species in this category will not require verification by the Lepidoptera Panel.
summary records from each site are sufficient for these species as a minimum, e.g.: Large Yellow Underwing, regularly recorded from site 'xyz' during 2001, first date, last date, max. 'n' on date. Additional comments to indicate any perceived changes in status would also be beneficial; fully detailed records of these species are, of course, welcome.
Category B
scarce resident or restricted distribution in VC55
common/occasional migrants
readily identifiable (unless marked with suffix G)
species in this category will not usually require verification by the Lepidoptera Panel.
detailed records of these species are required so that any population or distribution changes, or occurrence patterns, can be readily determined. Information required includes as a minimum: site(s), date(s), number(s) and method(s) of attracting/locating (eg MV Light, sugar, dusking).
Category C
very scarce residents or rarely occurring migrants
may not be readily identifiable; genitalia examination required where indicated
infrequently recorded species of micromoth
species in this category will usually require some verification by the Lepidoptera Panel.
detailed records of these species are required so that any population or distribution changes, or occurrence patterns, can be readily determined. Information required includes as a minimum: recorder, determiner, site, date, number and method of attracting/locating (eg MV Light, sugar, dusking).
confirmation of the record via verification by another experienced recorder, or photographic evidence, is desirable to assist the Lepidoptera Panel where necessary.
Category D
species rarely recorded from VC55
any species which does not appear on the list is to be considered within this category
species in this category will require full verification by the Lepidoptera Panel.
records for these species should be submitted at the earliest opportunity after the occurrence.
unless indicated otherwise, a voucher specimen will be required in support of a fully documented record. Information supplied must include: identification determiner, site, date, number, method of attracting/locating (eg MV Light, sugar, dusking). Additional information, such as weather and temperature, is desirable.
pressed leaf-mines, or photographs, are required to support any category D leaf-mining species in the larval stages.
for nationally rare species, or species with a known conservation concern, confirmation of such species should be obtained via verification by another experienced recorder, or photographic evidence. A voucher specimen should only be taken where there is absolutely no alternative. Such species are identified by suffix (X) after the category letter.
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Thursday, December 3, 2009
Unearthed Panettone
Abbie who represents Unearthed sent me their range of panettone to try and as I love panettone on its own, with a cup of coffee or in panettone bread and butter pudding, I think she chose well!
I am always drawn firstly to the fragrance, then the soft texture, followed closely by the fruit, and not forgetting I love the paper it's baked in too.
Classic Panettone, this was the first one to be opened and I decided to eat this alongside a freshly made coffee latte, (because the milk knew I was about to photograph the latte, it decided not to foam very well!). The Classic Panettone didn't disappoint and I really enjoyed this. The single Classic Panettone is only available in Waitrose Coffee Shops, as is the single Double Choc Panettone.
Panettone is always a coffee shop favourite of mine and has the added advantage that they are individually wrapped.
For our enjoyment Unearthed sell a Twin Pack Choc Chip Panettone and also a Twin Pack Classic Panettone with Sugar Nibs in Waitrose Stores.
A recipe for Panettone Summer Fruit Pudding on the website caught my eye, what a great idea - simply take a classic panettone and scrape out the middle (I already like this recipe because it means I can eat some of the panettone whilst I am making the dessert), fill the centre with blackberries and serve with custard.
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In terms of technological innovations, magnetic stripe cards have existed for a long time, since 1960 at least. According to Wikipedia, IBM was the first company to place them on the now ubiquitous plastic cards that we all carry around in our wallets. The information on the card is encoded in three horizontal lines, running lengthwise, called tracks. Mostly only tracks 1 and 2 are used. Indeed, this is where Burger King (and all other merchants) store the data that represents a unique gift card code.
Due to magstripe technology now being so wide-spread, card reader/writer devices have drastically fallen in price. From what I understand, a decade ago writers cost $400. Today they can be found on eBay for about $70, which is where I bought mine.
This article discusses how to source cheaper electronic gift codes, decipher the Burger King magstripe, and write that code to a gift card for easier use.


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Those of you who've read our story "A Mother's War" already know that Saralee Trimble is a woman of immense faith. But it is both faith and a strong constitution that give her the strength to carry on in San Antonio, supporting a badly wounded son far from home and family.
A lifetime of dirty work has made her tough.
Before coming to Fort Sam Houston last fall, Saralee ran a Jani King cleaning franchise while living in New Orleans. Her family probably wouldn't have resettled there if not for the economic downturn, which drove them out of the small town in Canada they'd called home for years.
Saralee's husband, Dan, came to New Orleans from Florenceville, New Brunswick. Out of a job, he arrived in town after Hurricane Katrina to do some charity work and eventually landed full-time employment. They had been in Canada since 1997 and had made a home there. And Saralee, indeed, had a great job, working as a researcher for McCain Foods, a $1 billion manufacturer known for producing the French fries sold by McDonalds.
"I worked in the research and development lab and they were working on the low-fat fries," she said. "What they were working on is putting a certain type of cornstarch coating on the potato, the actual fry, so that as the water boiled off the oil could not come in, and so it made a lower-fat fry.
"They could shave off maybe 30 percent of the calories that way."
It was a much better job than the one before that, where she washed heavy-duty trucks 10 hours a day, four days a week.
But of course, you wouldn't hear Saralee Trimble complain.
"That was very hard work. These car washes they used for the big trucks, they feel like they are going to knock you down, and I couldn't drive the trucks so I had to always go into the shop and ask the guys to move them for me. And they didn't like that a whole lot because I was pretty good, I was always interrupting them. About every 45 minutes they'd have to pull that truck and trailer out, and pull the next truck and trailer in," she said. "We used Tide to wash the trucks and then we used an acid on the trailers."
If this was work that others wouldn't want to do, so be it. There is no sense that the truck-cleaning business was beneath her or that she hated it.
"I think I've enjoyed just about everything I've ever done," she said.
You probably never forget a dirty job. They may have been the ones that kept people going back to college after the end of every summer.
If you wonder why Saralee Trimble found something good in those jobs, it goes back to lessons learned in childhood. And those experiences also explain why she'd had no second thoughts about uprooting her life and that of her family to be with her son, Pfc. Kevin Trimble, a triple amputee.
"I've worked on a farm. Both sides of my family are farmers," said Saralee, who spent long hours tending livestock from the time she was 14. "My dad's side of the family are dairy farmers and my mother's side of the family are farmers also in various degrees. My grandfather was a county agent in Alabama, and he had a farm.
"We always enjoyed the farm, and when you grow up around animals you don't mind being dirty. It's just part of life," she said. "I think when you have a sense of responsibility, it's a part of you."


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"Father," Langdon said, his tone challenging, "we're all familiar with the Revelation of Saint John and the literal meaning of the Apocalypse, but biblical prophecy hardly seems—"
"Oh, heavens, the Book of Revelation is a mess!" the dean said. "Nobody knows how to read that."
In this scene from Dan Brown's latest thriller, The Lost Symbol, Professor Robert Langdon and the Reverend Colin Galloway engage in a classic scriptural debate: just what on Earth (or in Heaven) does this book mean? Is Revelation in fact a divine message or just a godawful mess?
Much of the action in The Lost Symbol hinges on the tension between the literal interpretation of codes and ciphers, and the layers of true meaning which underlie the literal. For thousands of years many have tried to read John's Revelation as a coded guide to unfolding history. Numerous schemes have sought to decipher the number '666' to reveal the name of a pope, a potentate, or a president. All, thus far, in vain, because at the heart of all the would-be mapmaking and codebreaking is a desire to do what is plainly warned against here in chapter 22: to add manmade words to the divine Word.
This is the end of The Book. There will be no further words of Holy Scripture. Enough has been written and the message now goes out to the seven churches in Asia (Minor) and from them to the wider Church: Come. Here is your share in true life and in the community of all the saints. Come as you are--no more but no less. Just Come.
"The Apocalypse is not the end of the world, but rather it is the end of the world as we know it."
--Peter Solomon, in Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol
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In our R&D department, the heart and the brain of our company, our engineers and craftsmen plan and develop innovations for a wide range of products. It has been the "Magna Carta" of our company in over 50 years existence, that apart from highest quality, all of our products should be easy to install. This guideline accompanies our R&D department in every thought and step.


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OECS rejects own consumer protection body
Leaders at the just concluded 60th Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority meeting in Martinique have rejected a proposal for the establishment of the Eastern Caribbean Competition Commission, which would serve as the main consumer protection body for member states.
Instead, they have decided to use the existing CARICOM Competition Commission, based in Suriname.
The decision comes against the backdrop of a major push by telecommunications giant Cable and Wireless to buy out Columbus International; the parent Company of FLOW.
Telecommunications regulator ECTEL, has expressed concern that the deal could lead to a monopoly in a number of services in the sub-region, including cable TV and Internet.
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Charlie Birch is the Co-Founder at Rebel + Connect, a company that designs custom retreats for remote teams. Remote workers can suffer from loneliness, burnout and being too sedentary. We discuss how businesses can use retreats as a playful, strategic way to build the team and create a healthy company culture. For more stories, visit www.CollaborationSuperpowers.com.
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Nail fungus hydrogen peroxide is a home remedy that many people hear about. Unfortunately, using hydrogen peroxide doesn't help. Hydrogen peroxide is unable to penetrate the nail, and therefore unable to reach the fungus. Like most home remedies, using hydrogen peroxide on nail fungus is not effective.
There are many treatments for nail fungus. The important thing is to get treatment as soon as possible. By wasting time using home remedies like nail fungus hydrogen peroxide, you are actually allowing your condition to worsen.
We will now go over which treatments are safe, and which work best.
As we said, using hydrogen peroxide for nail fungus does not work. There are however, effective alternatives.
Before discussing the best and safest treatments, it is important to go over prescriptions medications and their safety. Unfortunately all of the currently available prescription medicines can have extremely serious side effects. Some of them have even caused death. Here is a description of them:
Sporanox capsules and Lamisil tablets are the two most popular prescription medications. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a public health advisory in May 2001 concerning Sporanox (itraconazole) capsules and Lamisil (terbinafine hydrochloride) tablets for the treatment of nail fungus. The FDA concluded that there is strong evidence of congestive heart failure and hepatic adverse events with the administration of these therapies. Hepatic toxicity includes liver failure and death. Given the possible risks associated with both drugs, you need to look at better and safer alternatives.
Griseofulvin must be taken for 6-12 months, and is taken orally. Every 3 months blood work needs to be done because this medicine has risks associated with bone marrow and liver damage. The most common side effects include nausea/vomiting, headaches, increased sunburn potential and diarrhea.
Penlac is a topical antifungal therapy. Penlac is not very effective, and after the medication is stopped it is very common for the fungus to return. Common side effects include: redness around nails, nail shape change, irritation, ingrown toenail and discoloration.
Now that we have gone over the unsafe treatments for nail fungus, including using hydrogen peroxide for nail fungus, we will go over the safe and effective treatment for nail fungus.
One of the biggest mistakes we see in nail fungus treatment is trying a home remedy for nail fungus. Many patients spend months trying treatments like vinegar, bleach, rubbing alcohol, Listerine and nail fungus hydrogen peroxide. Unfortunately except in rare cases, these home remedies don't work. Some of them are also dangerous. And while you are wasting time trying them, your fungus is getting worsen.
There is a safe nail fungus treatment that is extremely effective. It involves using certain key natural ingredients. These natural ingredients work extremely well, and have no side effects.
There are many fungus treatments available that contain one or two of the key necessary ingredients needed to successfully eliminate nail fungus. There is only one treatment available that contains them all. That treatment is Zetaclear. Some of the key ingredients in Zetaclear include Tea tree oil, Jojoba oil, Lavender oil and Clove oil, all of which have well-known anti-fungal and soothing properties.
The manufacturer of Zetaclear is so confident in the effectiveness of this product, that they give an unconditional 30 day guarantee. It works, or you get your money back with no questions asked.
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We have seen even the worst cases of nail fungus eliminated. You just need to start your nail fungus treatment immediately, and use the right safe natural ingredients.
If you have any questions about using nail fungus hydrogen peroxide, please contact us.
When it comes to treatment, the sooner you start using the right natural ingredients, the sooner you will get relief. And remember, hydrogen peroxide for nail fungus does not work.
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…Plaques and Tangles
The album comprises nine songs, each with its own distinctive atmosphere and perspective. Plaques & Tangles takes its name from the corrupted proteins found in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease. Lindsey has worked with people suffering from schizophrenia and these songs reflect her interest in the human psyche.
This collection doesn't tug on a retrospective vibe – it's our own – we try to create atmospheric musical landscapes that are enduring without being derivative…
Lindsey writes:
"These songs have punctuated our lives like children. For a while they were separate rooms we spent time in and it was only as we threaded them together that we understood how coherent they were. They show who we have become, still full of hope, yearning, disbelief and defiance. Looking inward and outbound, they are calls to action to be bold and true to everything we love. Imagine yourself hanging in the exosphere, holding the things you love the best, no sound…"


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Riviera Beach, Florida – August 1, 2017 – The Port of Palm Beach is pleased to welcome Congressman Brian Mast (FL-18) to Palm Beach County on August 2, 2017. Congressman Mast's visit to the Port of Palm Beach in Riviera Beach will include a presentation with an overview of the 162-acre Port, a tour of the Port, and lunch.
Congressman Mast previously met with the Port's Executive Director Manuel Almira and Commissioner Katherine M. Waldron, during the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) Spring Conference in Washington, D.C. earlier this year to discuss the state of the cargo and cruise business.
"The Port currently has projects underway – and in the pipeline – that are crucial to operations and viability," said Blair J. Ciklin, Chairman of the Board of Commissioners for the Port of Palm Beach. "The staff and I look forward to welcoming Congressman Mast and providing updates on the Port's projects, on Wednesday."
About Port of Palm Beach
Port of Palm Beach is a full-service, diversified port, offering cruise and cargo services to more than 30 onsite tenants and users. At 162 acres, the port's efficiency is unparalleled, processing more than $7 billion in commodities, 2.5 million tons of cargo, and 500,000 cruise passengers annually. As one of the largest employers in Palm Beach County, the Port of Palm Beach and its tenants employ more than 2,850 people. Through the contribution of more than $185 million in business revenue and $17.5 million in tenant-contributed state and local annual tax revenue, the Port of Palm Beach is one of the largest economic engines in South Florida. For more information, visit www.portofpalmbeach.com.
About Brian Mast
Congressman Brian Mast is in his first term representing the 18th Congressional District of Florida. Prior to his election to Congress, Brian followed in his father's footsteps by serving in the U.S. Army for more than 12 years, earning medals including The Bronze Star Medal, The Army Commendation Medal for Valor, The Purple Heart Medal, and The Defense Meritorious Service Medal. While deployed in Afghanistan, he worked as a bomb disposal expert under the elite Joint Special Operations Command. In Congress, Brian strives to serve as he did on the battlefield: without regard for personal gain or personal sacrifice. He is a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, where his priorities include fixing the pressing water quality issues stemming from Lake Okeechobee, and the Foreign Affairs Committee, where he uses his military expertise to help strengthen the safety and security of the United States. Brian lives in Palm City, Florida with his wife Brianna and three children, Magnum, Maverick and Madeline. For more information, visit www.mast.house.gov.


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Rajib Roy met American historian Peter Heehs during his visit to Shillong
WHILE GRADUATING in a college in Philadelphia, the idea of Vedanta and general spiritual thinking started making sense to American historian Peter Heehs. He was in Shillong for a seminar – Interrelation between Sanskrit and Indian culture with special reference to Sri Aurobindo – jointly organized by New Delhi-based Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan and the city based Sri Aurobindo Institute of Indian Culture (SAIIC) on its campus. His paper was on Aurobindo as a forward looking traditionalist.
Addressing a select group at Asian Confluence in Laitumkhrah, Heehs said how he was influenced by Aurobindo's philosophy, which made him visit Pondicherry for the first time in 1971 at age 22 and making Sri Aurobindo Ashram there his home for more than 40 years now.
Asian Confluence is an initiative to promote an open space for creating a better understanding of the northeastern region. It is a space for cultural and intellectual exchange, which acts as a hub for civil society initiatives and is the brainchild of Sabyasachi Dutta, son of former Shillong parliamentarian BB Dutta.
Heehs was born in Illinois and spent most of his boyhood in Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, New York and New Jersey before coming to India. He developed an interest in India after coming across Indian swamis, spiritual gurus and sitar exponent Ravi Shankar in Philadelphia. He then got associated with Indian Cultural Centre in New York where the in-charge was an India-enchanted French lady. "I read about Aurobindo and made up my mind to visit Pondicherry. There I was entrusted with setting up the archives of Aurobindo's works," said Heehs.
Heehs' works fall into four categories – studies of the life and thought of Aurobindo, history of modern India, history of Indian philosophy and religion, general historiography and the history of ideas. He has authored several books and is being acclaimed as an outstanding authority of Aurobindo and Divine Mother's vision and thoughts. He has a permanent residency stay visa sponsored by the Ashram.
Working at this archive was a learning process for Heehs as he was involved in identifying and sequencing the personal manuscripts of Aurobindo helping him get a close look at the life of the great yogi. "I was given work under Jayantilal Parekh, a longtime disciple of Aurobindo and his French collaborator, the Mother (Mirra Alfassa). In 1973, the Mother authorized Jayantilal to set up an archive and research library as a department of Sri Aurobindo Ashram. I was among those who were given the task of building up the resources of this institution. Jayantilal asked me to collect biographical material from the National Archives of India, the Baroda Record Office, the West Bengal State Archives and other places in India," he said.
Heehs who later continued this work at archives and libraries in the UK, France, USA and Bangladesh said, "This was my initiation into biographical and historical research. At the same time my colleagues and I were completing an inventory of the manuscripts of Aurobindo. We made sequences of the books and his personal manuscripts and discovered that like Bhabani Bharati, which was talked upon largely in the seminar, much had not yet been published and we launched the semi-annual journal Aurobindo: Archives of Research, in which we brought out some of these new materials along with biographical documents and research articles. This journal ran from 1977 to 1994, after which we began work on The Complete Works of Sri Aurobindo."
But collecting material for setting up this archive was not an easy task as Heehs had to gather data about Aurobindo's political career for which he had to make a study of the Indian freedom movement in general in order to place his contribution in context. However, this research has served a dual purpose for him because apart from material collection for the archives it also resulted in several books published by different university presses, as well as numerous articles published in historical journals and magazines.
The study and research undertaken by Heehs also gave him a deep insight into Indian spirituality, religions and traditions. He found that although Aurobindo's teaching was not a religion, it draws on various spiritual traditions, especially the Vedanta tradition of India as preserved in the Upanishads and Bhagavad Gita, and the earlier Vedic tradition. "Following his lead, I studied the texts of these traditions in English translation and to some extent in the original Sanskrit. This reading led me to the texts of other spiritual traditions as well. Although uninterested in conventional religion, I found much of interest in writings that are usually regarded as religious, and I wrote several articles and one book on Indian religious traditions," he said.
Aurobindo referred to western science monolithic knowledge and yet at the same time he would refer to Indian model predated to the western models, such as Sankhya, Tanrtra evolutionary development then he took the model of the ten avatars of Vishnu as evolution not to side of western authority but to do with an ancient Indian model. "So it is a kind of mixture of both, taking the idea of Vedanta and giving it an evolutionary dynamism. He was a synthetic thinker and so his approach," he said.
However, Heehs was completely surprised by the quality of Aurobindo's works as the yogi did so much of writing and learning. "He (Aurobindo) was not only a man who sat down with a pen and wrote the stuff out but if you look at his manuscripts there was no cutting marks as everything from start to finish was fresh. To put it in a nutshell in between 1920-21, he started a monthly journal Arya of which all the 64 pages were handwritten in immaculate texts as he had greater fluency in writing English besides he was simultaneously working on his various other disciplines, such as, The Life Divine, The Future Poetry, Translation of Vedas, The Ideal of Human Unity and more in addition to the 64 page monthly journal. He was incredible," said Heehs adding he would start working again on Arya's next edition.
Heehs sported questions on his book "The Lives of Sri Aurobindo" that created controversy and a furor recently. He said that there is a small dissident group in Pondicherry Ashram which is always interested in discrediting the Ashram Trust and capture power and he being a foreigner with greater access to the archives and records and thereafter writing critically, became an automatic target of this dissident group.
Heehs shared his experience of meeting the Mother a couple of times. His upcoming books are on encountering various problems of historiography in his research into India's political and religious history. He has also published several articles on the subject in American and Indian journals.


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Direct Access
What is direct access??
'Direct Access' means giving patients the option to see a dental care professional (DCP) without having first seen a dentist and without a prescription from a dentist.
Dental hygienists
What it means- Dental hygienists and dental therapists can carry out their full scope of practice except tooth whitening without needing a prescription from a dentist.
Information for patients
Clear information for patients is vital.
- What treatments are available via direct access – Any of our hygiene appointments
- The arrangements for booking an appointment with a hygienist – Bookings to be made over the phone where the patient will be informed that it is direct access
- What will happen if the patient needs treatment which the hygienist or therapist cannot provide. – The hygienist will refer the patient to one of our highly skilled dentists.
Consent must be obtained from the patient for all treatment undertaken and for any referral to other members of the dental team.
There will be a "direct access" consent form that will need to be signed upon the patients arrival.
Hygienists and therapists practising under direct access are not expected to make a diagnosis beyond their scope of practice. They should refer to a dentist when they identify areas of concern or when treatment is required that is out of their scope of practice.
The need for referral should be explained to the patient and their consent obtained. The reason for the referral and the fact that the patient has consented to it should be recorded in the patient's notes. Relevant clinical information, including copies of radiographs, should be provided with the referral.
If a patient refuses a referral to a dentist, the possible consequences of this should be explained to them and a note of the discussion made in the patient's records.


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Lillafüred Forest Train
Free trip with Miskolc Pass (24-hour, 48-hour, 72-hour, 120-hour tourist card) (in the direction of Garadna and then back to Dorottya Street in Miskolc).
Official website of the 'State Forest Railways of Lillafüred': www.laev.hu.
More information:www.eszakerdo.hu, andwww.kisvasut.hu.
The official ticket prices
The official schedule
How to get there?
Dorottya Street
The train's final destination is on Dorottya Street in Diósgyőr.
The easiest way to approach it is from the Miskolc-Tiszai Railway Station with tram number 1.
Those who travel with a coach will arrive at Búza Square. Next to the square is the Szinvapark (shopping centre), at the tram stop of which you can get on the tram number 1.
The'LÁEV (kisvasút)' is the stop where you have to get off the tram, or if you go by bus then the 'Diósgyőri Gimnázium' is the stop where you have to get off.
In Lillafüred, the train stop of the forestry railway is by the Palotaszálló – Hunguest Hotel Palota. You can get there by getting on the bus number 5, which departs from the 'Felső-Majláth' stop. Then you have to get off the bus at the 'Palotaszálló' stop.
In the valley of Garadna Lake is the forest train's final destination.
You can get there by getting on the bus number 15, which departs from Felső-Majláth and goes all the way to Ómassa. If you travel by the tram number 1 from the Tiszai Railway Station, then you can get off at 'Felső-Majláth' tram stop, and get on the bus number 15.
Then you have to get off the bus at 'Garadna vasút' stop.
You can get more information about each line's departure from the schedule of MVK Ltd.


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So it was with considerable interest that I read about the founders of Sipura starting up a fresh new venture to build easy-to-use VoIP hardware for Everyman. Their new company, Obihai Technology, manufactures what can be regarded as the technological and spiritual successor to the PAP2T-NA, and it offers lots of additional functionalities and service possibilities, including such service possibilities as Google Voice and their own associated calling service, OBiTalk. They even offer apps for iOS and Android devices.
Lots of possibilities there. Plus, the company is fully supportive of "Bring Your Own Device" (aka roll-your-own) VoIP. Which makes their new adaptor ideal for a review here.
|The OBi110 is available at Amazon
The company kindly provided their compact OBi110 adaptor for me to play with. It's about the same size as the PAP2T-NA, meaning about the size of two packs of playing cards. Connection could not be simpler: there's a cable to attach to your router, and a port for your phone (connected, in my case, to my home's phone wiring.) This model has an additional port for connection to a conventional phone line if you still have phone-company service; in that case the unit will switch between both services intelligently. The whole purpose of our VoIP adventure is to eliminate that and its monthly costs, so that port is not connected to anything in our case.
As with any device of this breed, there's an impressive array of parameters-- some might say bewildering. Fortunately, very few of these need fiddling when setting up with a VoIP wholesaler. I'm a happy voip.ms customer, and that company provides a simple and helpful guide to setting the very few parameters that need changing.
The OBi110's web interface is clean and sparse, and it's easy to navigate since it uses a familiar expandable-tree motif for organization.
here) only my voip.ms (sub)account number and my selected voip.ms server address needed to be entered. A small quirk: you must uncheck the "Default" box to the right of any box you fill in, and you must scroll down to the bottom of any page you modify and click the "Submit" button before navigating to a new page. In the example shown, I unchecked the Default box and typed in the identifier for the specific subaccount (i.e., phone-line) that I'd configured on the voip.ms site for use with my home line. In my case, this identifier is "[MyAccountNumber]_home". Scroll down, click submit. On clicking the submit button, a notice appears that the change has been stored but the device must be rebooted for it to take effect. Okay, point noted: there's a "Return" button to send you back so you can make more settings. One simply iterates to enter in the required settings on each page, then submits that page, then return, and so on until all the needed settings have been entered. Finally, there's a reboot button. Click that, and within a few seconds your new settings will have engaged.
For voip.ms, the sum total of your settings is:
- You enter their server address in two places,
- Your (sub)account number in two places, and
- Your voip.ms password in one place.
- If you're smart, you'll change the OBi110's web password.
- Finally, voip.ms recommends going to the Physical Interfaces page and setting the Phone Port to default to SP1, meaning the service provider (in my case, voip.ms) set up in the first step. There are fancier options as well.
Throughout, the OBi110's setup pages offer little question-mark symbols which, when you hover over with a mouse, provide definitions and hints. That is a huge step forward for newbies and those wanting to stay afloat in the sea of VoIP acronyms.
Here's a specific example illustrating how much friendlier the OBi110 is versus the older PAP2T-NA design. Like most people, I'm sure you've been annoyed at the fiddling the U.S. Congress and other governments have been doing with Daylight Savings Time. In the past few years there have been several changes which our digital gizmos need to accommodate. In the case of the PAP2T-NA, you can accommodate Congress' creativity by typing-in arcane character strings to define the begin and end time of your region's time-change:
...Easy! Except, that format might look puzzling. No problem, just hover over the question-mark symbol, and up pops the information you need:
|Pop-up help and definitions represent a significant step forward in usability
All told: armed with voip.ms' instructions, it took me less than five minutes to get the OBi110 set up.
We've been using this system for a while now and have been entirely satisfied with the sound quality and ease-of-use of the OBi110. Firmware updates couldn't be easier: if you're taking advantage of the OBiTalk service (which I haven't yet explored), the process can proceed automatically with a couple of clicks. Or, go to Obihai's support page and download the firmware from there. Follow the instructions-- any computer and any browser running on any operating system can perform the update. That's as it should be.
Summarizing: the OBi100/110 adaptors are my new top recommendations for homes and small businesses needing a single phone line. The OBi110 has unusually flexible capabilities for bridging a variety of telephony technologies ranging from VoIP wholesalers like voip.ms and Callcentric to Google Voice and even your legacy phone service, so your single phone line can partake of the best and cheapest technologies. These adaptors are easy and quick to set up and are agnostic towards your computer and OS. Once set up, no computer is needed for everyday use. These units are inexpensive to purchase and well-supported, and designed by people whose past work remains well-regarded and has stood the test of time.
UPDATE: A correspondent asks if the Obihai adaptor is compatible with the live VoIP-status monitoring trick I documented in another post. Answer: Sure-- that trick queries the voip.ms server and does not interact in any way with the adaptor.
UPDATE: As is typical of analog telephone adaptors, the OBi110 provides a wealth of flexibility for configuring how outgoing calls are dialed and routed, for example among its various ports. Importantly, its default configuration routes 911 calls to the plain-old-telephone-service (POTS) line, which it assumes is connected. But since the whole point of Roll-Your-Own-VoIP is to get rid of POTS services and all their costs, the OBi110's default configuration needs to be changed to route 911 calls properly. (This also assumes you have subscribed for your VoIP provider--e.g., voip.ms--to provide "e911" capability, which automatically sends your address to your local emergency services provider. Now, the practice in the industry is to specify the call routing via strings of characters, which gives a lot of flexibility at the cost of incomprehensibility. In the case of the Sipura/Linsys/Cisco PAP2T, these strings are called "call plans"; in the case of the OBi110 they're called "DigitMaps" and there are several of them. For most situations the one you'll want to modify is the OutboundCallRoute one. Open up the OBi110's configuration webpage and navigate through Physical Interfaces -> PHONE Port -> OutboundCallRoute. In this field you'll see a bunch of rules, each contained in {curly braces}. Look for the one which states, "(<#:>|911):li" ...What this tells the OBi110 is: "If the number dialed is '911', dial it out the POTS (line) port." Change "li" to "sp1" and it will dial your 911 call over your VoIP service provider instead.


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Synthos S.A. strategy implies establishing the company value by increasing the level of innovation, and by introducing modern, technologically advanced products. Our R&D activities are concentrated on the development of our three strategic areas: synthetic rubber, (dispersible) polystyrene plastics and dispersions, adhesives &latex.
The company's portfolio is extended based on the work of the Research and Development Center, created in 2010. Synthos S.A. also cooperates with numerous scientific institutions in Poland and abroad.
In 2014,
several projects were completed, resulting in the introduction of five new products. Next ideas will be implemented successively in the following years. Today R&D team is working on more than 20 projects.


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The City Council agenda for March 13, 2018 includes an ordinance authorizing the ceding of private activity bonding authority, by transferring of 2018 home rule volume cap to Western Illinois Economic Development Authority.
Sec. 5.
Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Western Illinois Economic Development Authority Act.
(Source: P.A. 93-874, eff. 8-6-04.)
Sec. 10.
The General Assembly determines and declares the following:
(1) that labor surplus areas currently exist in western Illinois;
(2) that the economic burdens resulting from involuntary unemployment fall, in part, upon the State in the form of increased need for public assistance and reduced tax revenues and, in the event that the unemployed worker and his or her family migrate elsewhere to find work, the burden may also fall upon the municipalities and other taxing districts within the areas of unemployment in the form of reduced tax revenues, thereby endangering their financial ability to support necessary governmental services for their remaining inhabitants;
(3) that the State has a responsibility to help create a favorable climate for new and improved job opportunities for its citizens by encouraging the development of commercial and service businesses and industrial and manufacturing plants within the western region of Illinois;
(4) that a lack of decent housing contributes to urban blight, crime, anti-social behavior, disease, a higher need for public assistance, reduced tax revenues, and the migration of workers and their families away from areas which fail to offer adequate, decent, and affordable housing;
(5) that decent, affordable housing is a necessary ingredient of life affording each citizen basic human dignity, a sense of self-worth, confidence, and a firm foundation upon which to build a family and educate children;
(6) that in order to foster civic and neighborhood pride, citizens require access to educational institutions, recreation, parks and open spaces, entertainment, sports, a reliable transportation network, cultural facilities, and theaters; and
(7) that the main purpose of this Act is to promote industrial, commercial, residential, service, transportation, and recreational activities and facilities, thereby reducing the evils attendant upon unemployment and enhancing the public health, safety, morals, happiness, and general welfare of the State.
(Source: P.A. 93-874, eff. 8-6-04.)


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Over the past twenty years, anti smoking education has become a priority of governments, educational institutions, health professionals and parents. While people were initially reluctant to blame cigarettes for cancers, heart disease, emphysema and countless other maladies, in today's day and age hardly anyone argues that smoking is anything but horrible for your physical health and well being.
While smoking was once considered sexy, sophisticated and ideal for weight loss, it is now often regarded as smelly, reckless and downright trashy. If you are a smoker who is considering quitting (or if you have been thinking about starting this habit) read through this helpful information below for some useful facts and strategies to quit.
Health risks
Chances are, you probably know about at least some of the tragic health risks of cigarette smoking. Here is a brief list of the risks inherent in smoking.
- Erectile dysfunction – Smoking reduces blood flow to the genitals.
- Heart disease – It is the number one leading cause of heart disease.
- Cancers – Lung, mouth and throat cancer are caused by smoking, as are many other cancers.
- Emphysema – Smoking causes damage to the small airways in the lungs.
- Strokes – One of the leading causes of fatal and paralysing strokes.
- Peripheral Vascular Disease – Damage of your blood vessels, including those that supply your brain.
Who starts smoking? Why?
Commonly, people start smoking in their teens, often citing peer pressure, 'coolness,' and stresses in their family and school life as a catalyst for their habit. Since the 1940s, girls in the UK have been more likely to start smoking, as cigarettes are often touted as a great way to stay slim.
The good news? It seems that fewer and fewer teenagers are starting this habit. Over the past twenty years the percentages of kids who had started smoking between the ages of 11 and 15 had dropped from 11% to 3% – a massive decrease that is really something to celebrate. That said, girls are still slightly more likely than boys to foster an addiction to tobacco and so there is definitely room for improvement.
Ways to Stop Smoking
It seems like everyone (and their nan) has an opinion about the best way for a person to quit smoking! Here are just a few of the most popular.
- Cold Turkey – This method is undoubtedly the most difficult and requires a ton of self-control. Smokers set a date and then simply white knuckle through their withdrawal period. This method might not be safe for everyone, as it can cause severe withdrawal side effects – consult your doctor.
- Medications – Myriad prescription medications (mostly SSRIs) are on the market that are said to assist those who want to quit smoking, including Zyban. These all require a doctor's prescription, and may not be appropriate for everyone.
- Electronic Cigarettes – E-cigarettes are becoming increasingly popular, and can help even the most seasoned long-term smoker to quit by replacing their cancer causing smoke with a flavoured nicotine vapour. Some companies do starter kits that can kick start your journey to giving up smoking for good such as the SMOKO e-cigarette starter packs that can be purchased online and delivered straight to your door.
- The Nicotine Patch – The nicotine patch is a slow release product that you adhere to your skin and can ideally help you to avoid the most uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. These can have dangers if used improperly – consult your doctor or pharmacist.