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Starring Paul Rudd, Michael Douglas, Michael Peña, Patrick Wilson, Evangeline Lilly, and Corey Stoll, Ant-Man opens July 17, 2015. Hit the jump for more, including the first look at the film's official synopsis.
Here's Marvel's official confirmation of Reed and McKay joining Ant-Man's filmmaking team, along with the film's synopsis:
When Marvel's "Ant-Man" hits theaters July 17, 2015, director Peyton Reed will help shepherd the hero into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with a cast led by Paul Rudd and Michael Douglas, with writer Adam McKay contributing to the film's script.
Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, con-man Scott Lang (Rudd) must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym (Douglas), protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.
It hasn't been all that long (two weeks) since Wright exited, even though it seems like an eternity due to all of the rumors and speculation flying around. Whatever your reaction to Reed as the new director may be (and feel free to share that in the comments), at least the film is now back on track for its July 2015 release.
Now, as for that synopsis, it paints Rudd's Scott Lang as a con-man rather than a more traditional thief, and it also sets him up as the apprentice to his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym (Douglas) rather than having them meet through fate alone. Perhaps more interesting than this take on the characters' relationship is the revelation that they'll actually be working together in the heist, though whether Douglas, at nearly 70 years old, will be in on the action or remain behind the scenes is still up for debate.


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The junior of Tennessee's two high-profile U.S. Senators, Bob Corker, resolved the long-running suspense about his 2018 intentions on Tuesday with a formal announcement that he will not be seeking reelection.
The Senator's announcement made no reference to any alternative political plans for the future, though there has been a good deal of conjecture over the years that, whatever he chose to do about reelection, he has considered making a run for the Presidency at some point.
Corker's only reference to the future was in a portion of the statement averring that "the most important service I have to offer our country could well occur over the next 15 months, and I want to be able to do that as thoughtfully and independently as I did the first 10 years and nine months of my Senate career."
That, of course, seems to cover only the remaining portion of his most recent Senate term, his second, which will end at the close of 2018.
After a highly successful career as a builder and businessman in Chattanooga, Corker made his first bid for public office in an unsuccessful race for the Senate in 1994, finishing second in that year's Republican primary to eventual winner Bill Frist.
He would then serve as spell as Commissioner of Finance for Governor Don Sundquist and would later run successfully for Mayor of Chattanooga, serving from 2001-2005. In 2006 he tried again for the Senate and, as the Republican nominee, defeated then Congressman Harold Ford of Memphis in a close race that drew considerable national attention.
As Senator he developed a reputation for expertise in both financial and foreign issues, serving on the Senate banking committee and on the Senate foreign relations committee, which he now chairs. Corker also made a point of his willingness to work across the aisle with Democrats and maintained an independent voice on specific issues.
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Most recently Corker created something of a sensation in the national media when he said publicly, in the wake of President Trump's controversially even-handed reaction to neo-Nazi and Klan activity in Charlottesville, Virginia, that the President seemed to lack the "stability and competence" required by his office.
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"After much thought, consideration and family discussion over the past year, Elizabeth and I have decided that I will leave the United States Senate when my term expires at the end of 2018.
"When I ran for the Senate in 2006, I told people that I couldn't imagine serving for more than two terms. Understandably, as we have gained influence, that decision has become more difficult. But I have always been drawn to the citizen legislator model, and while I realize it is not for everyone, I believe with the kind of service I provide, it is the right one for me.
"I also believe the most important public service I have to offer our country could well occur over the next 15 months, and I want to be able to do that as thoughtfully and independently as I did the first 10 years and nine months of my Senate career.
"Serving the people of Tennessee in this capacity has been the greatest privilege of my life. And as I spent the month of August traveling across our great state, I was reminded that we live in a unique place full of people who care deeply about the direction of our country.
"I am grateful to the people of Tennessee for the opportunity to serve my state and country. I have been fortunate to do so with an extraordinary staff, and I want to thank them for their incredible dedication. I know that we will continue to have an impact for the remainder of our term, and I look forward to finding other ways to make a difference in the future.
"Finally, I want to thank my wife, Elizabeth, and our family, who have made many sacrifices in allowing me to serve. Nothing I have done would have been possible without their love and support."
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Steven Pinker – Psychologist, Cognitive Scientist, and Linguist at Harvard University
How did humans acquire language? In this lecture, best-selling author Steven Pinker introduces you to linguistics, the evolution of spoken language, and the debate over the existence of an innate universal grammar. He also explores why language is such a fundamental part of social relationships, human biology, and human evolution. Finally, Pinker touches on the wide variety of applications for linguistics, from improving how we teach reading and writing to how we interpret law, politics, and literature.
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Originally released September, 2011
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Language Is a Window into the Mind
What I basically try to do is understand human nature, how the mind works, what makes us tick. What are the patterns of thought, and emotion and motivation that characterize our species? I focus on language partly because you can't make a living out of studying human nature.
How We Speak Reveals What We Think, with Steven Pinker
Language is one of the fundamental topics in the human sciences. It's the trait that most conspicuously distinguishes humans from other species, it's essential to human cooperation; we accomplish amazing things by sharing our knowledge or coordinating our actions by means of words.
How Children Learn Language
Children can't memorize sentences because knowledge of language isn't just one long list of memorized sentences, but somehow they must distill out or abstract out the rules that go into assembling sentences based on what they hear coming out of their parent's mouths when they were little. And the talent of using rules to produce combinations is in evidence from the moment that kids begin to speak.
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At the Federal level, the Government is headed by an elected President. As provided for by the Constitution, the President is the Head of State, the Chief Executive of the Federation as well as the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces. He is also the Head of the Executive arm in the tripartite.
The office of the President is, undoubtedly, a concentration of considerable powers and a repository of vast responsibilities. As Head of State, the President is the ceremonial head of the Nigerian government. As the Chief Executive, he/she bears ultimate responsibility for the smooth and effective running of the government on a day-to-day basis and must accept the ultimate blame for any failures or shortcomings that may occur therein. As Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, he/she is responsible for how those forces are organised, trained and equipped and is accountable for how they are deployed to ward off external aggression and guarantee internal security. As the position is paramount in the making of foreign policy, he/she is also the country's chief diplomat.
Furthermore, although not explicitly specified in the Constitution, the President must share responsibility with the National Assembly in the making of laws for good governance of the Federation and the public looks up to him as the leading formulator and expounder of public opinion in the country. In the same vein, the public looks up to him/her as the overall manager of the nation's economy, in which capacity he may claim credit in times of prosperity but must surely suffer unsparing criticism for any failures of economic performance.
The President is not a member of the National Assembly (the legislature). But he may attend any session of the Assembly either to deliver an address on major national issues, including fiscal measures, or to make such statement on the policy of government as he considers to be of crucial national importance. The office of the President is an elective one and no President is allowed to hold office for more than two terms of four years each.
A Vice President assists the President. The Vice President is nominated by the presidential candate as his running mate for election to the office of President. This nominated presidential associate, or running mate, automatically becomes the Vice President if the President is elected. The Vice President's tenure of office is concurrent with that of the President. He assumes the office of President if that office becomes vacant before the expiration of their term, by reason of death or resignation or the removal of the President from office on the terms provided for in the Constitution.
The President is empowered by the Constitution to appoint Ministers after due screening and confirmation of the list of nominees by the Senate, and to assign to them responsibilities for any business of the Government of the Federation, including the administration of any department of that government. The Constitution enjoins the President to appoint his ministers from all the 36 States of the Federation. No Minister appointed to the Federal Executive Council or Cabinet from a Legislative post is allowed to serve concurrently as a member of the National Assembly. Where a member of the National Assembly is appointed a Minister, he or she is deemed to have resigned his membership of any of the Assemblies on his taking the oat of office as a Minster.
The President and his miniters form the Federal Executive Council, with the President as the Chairman. This body initiates the policies and programmes of the Federal Government and ensures that they are properly implemented after they may have been passed into law by the legislature. Besides the Federal Executive Council, there are also a number of other executive bodies at the Federal level, namely;
a. Code of Conduct Bureau
b. Council of States
c. National Defence Council
d. Federal Civil Service Commission
e. Independent National Electoral Commission
f. National Judicial Council
g. Federal Character Commission
h. Federal Council of Traditional flulers
I. Federal Judicial Service Commission
j. National Economic Council
k. National Population Commission
L. National Security Council
m. Nigerian Police Council
n. Police Service Commission
o. Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission
p. Public Complaints Commission
q. National Mass Media Commission
r. Judicial Service of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja; and
s. National Assets Investigation Panel
The Constitution vests on the President varying decrees of authority in the composition and operation of these councils and commissions.
- The Structure of The Nigerian Government
- The Federal Legislature
- The Judiciary
- The State Government
- The Local Government


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A new report funded by the Nuffield Foundation has found that 80 per cent of 17-year olds disagree with the idea of making maths compulsory post-16 even though there is evidence that those with A level maths earn more later in life.
The report also shows that an increase in the number of pupils achieving A* and A grades in GCSE maths has led to an increase in the numbers taking A level maths. This means the changes to the GCSE grading structure could lead to a decrease in the number of pupils choosing A level maths, as fewer will achieve the top grades at GCSE.
The study 'Rethinking the value of Advanced Mathematics Participation' (REVAMP), was undertaken by Professor Andrew Noyes and Dr Michael Atkins from the School of Education at the University of Nottingham and set out to investigate the value of A-level mathematics from several viewpoints.
Experts looked at four different strands of analysis within the project – the economic returns to A level maths, the changing participation in A level maths from 2005-13, the relationship between A-level maths and degree outcomes, and a national survey of ten thousand 17-year-olds.
The researchers found compelling evidence of a continued wage return of up to 11 per cent to those who have studied A level maths.
Professor Noyes said: "The findings of our research do raise a number of concerns that will need to be addressed if the Government wants to get the 'vast majority' of young people continuing their study of mathematics to 18. One clear way to encourage take-up is to communicate to young people that there are economic benefits in choosing maths as a subject.
"Unfortunately, the economic benefits of studying maths are overshadowed by the differences between men and women and according to where they live. These are figures that need addressing," adds Professor Noyes.
"There are also the additional challenges of the current qualifications and assessment reform processes. As our figures show, if mathematics was made compulsory post-16, this could act as a deterrent to young people choosing the subject as an A level rather than encourage take-up."
Key findings
On economic returns to A level Mathematics
- There is compelling evidence of continued wage returns of up to 11% to A level Mathematics.
- The economic benefits of A level Mathematics are overshadowed by the differences between males and females and according to where one lives. For example, for those with A level Mathematics in this sample born in 1970, females earned around 20% less than their male contemporaries at age 34.
On changing patterns of A level Mathematics completion
- The main driver of increased A level Mathematics participation is the rising number of A* and A grades in GCSE Mathematics. The new GCSE 1-9 grading structure that will be implemented in 2017 is likely to have a detrimental effect on student self-perceptions and A level Mathematics uptake, in particular where students who would have achieved the top grade(s) are now less likely to do so.
- At each GCSE Mathematics grade, the proportion of students who then proceed to complete A level Mathematics has changed very little, particularly for GCSE grades A-C.
- A key factor in the increased engagement with advanced mathematics is the rise in numbers completing AS Mathematics, in particular girls and those attaining GCSE A and B grades. The decoupling of AS and A Level is, therefore, a threat to advanced mathematics participation.
- GCSE Mathematics A* students have been increasingly likely to study A level Mathematics or A level Mathematics with AS/A level Further Mathematics, though this is heavily biased towards boys. The decoupling of AS and A level, and changes to funding that encourage schools to focus on 3 A levels are likely to reverse this trend.
- There is continuing evidence that, all other things being equal, girls are less likely to choose A level Mathematics.
On the educational value of A level Mathematics for science undergraduates
- Whether school mathematics prepares students well for undergraduate chemistry and biology degrees is contested in the international research literature.
- There is little evidence that A level Mathematics completion has much effect on the likelihood of attaining the best degree outcomes in biology and chemistry. Those with the top grade in A level Mathematics did, however, have some small advantage.
- The effect of high attainment in A level Chemistry upon undergraduate biology degree outcomes and vice versa is clear. This may have implications for those advising students on their educational choices.
- For a given student, the greatest influence on their chances of achieving a first class degree is the university attended. The differences are striking and have serious implications, for example in how initial teacher education bursaries are awarded, which is a particular concern for STEM teacher recruitment.
On young people's attitudes to studying mathematics post-16, in particular A level Mathematics or equivalent
- Students are generally opposed to the idea that they should be compelled to study 'some maths' post-16 (78%) but are less opposed to being 'encouraged' to do so;
- Amongst the target group for Core Maths, i.e. those not currently studying AS/A level Mathematics, 80% disagree with the idea of making mathematics compulsory post-16.


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|Parasoul Renoir
|Gallery | Quotes | Move List
|Crown Princess
|December 22
|5' 10"
|156 lbs.
|Logic, Wine, Chess, Fencing, Training, Tennis, Diplomacy, Philosophy, Black Egret troops, Secretly watching "Annie: Girl of the Stars," Her sister Umbrella
|Overly emotional people, Relying on others, Those who speak ill of her family, Injustice, The Medici Mafia, The Skullgirl, Her sister's antics
|Voice Actor:
|Erin Fitzgerald (English)
Rie Tanaka (Japanese)
|Skullgirls Mobile
General InformationEdit
Parasoul is one of the playable characters in Skullgirls. Her homestage is the Glass Canopy as of Skullgirls Encore, where she also appears as an NPC if not chosen to be played.
Krieg is a Renoir family heirloom.
Parasoul, unlike her deceased father (who was a complete tyrant), is a firm, fair, wise, and diligent leader who vows to protect the kingdom with the Black Egrets by her side. Her childhood was centered around becoming a warrior that was worthy of her father's legacy. Underneath her serious personality is a noble leader who is thinking about what is best for her kingdom and her family. She attacks with grace, poise, and cunning to defeat her opponents and complete her missions. She prefers to take action over doing paperwork. Although she maintains a solemn demeanor, she tends to be furious whenever someone puts her loved ones in danger. For example, when Double and Valentine kidnapped Umbrella after realizing she has a unique bond with the Skullgirl, she was very determined to get her back.
When seeing the pain of others, Parasoul shows sorrow toward those who are suffering. This is evident during her quotes against Painwheel. She will notice her horrible disfigured body, saying to her "You poor girl... I never authorized this!". When she defeats Painwheel in battle, she will either apologize to her or states that "No one deserves this...", showing that Parasoul is a very caring leader and a kind ruler.
Character BasisEdit
Parasoul is a portmanteau of "parasol" and "soul".
Krieg is German for "war", and follows the theme of the Renoir royal family's Living Weapon umbrellas being named after the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The pistol Parasoul uses is a Luger P08, a German 9mm semi-automatic pistol used during both World Wars, and a replacement for the earlier Mauser C96.
In earlier incarnations, she had an affinity with the Black Tree, a possibly discarded concept from lore drafts. Its power would manifest through her right eye, the side which is hidden by her bangs.
The symbol that Parasoul wears on her necklace and has engraved into the side of her pistol is the Cross of St. Peter, also known as the Petrine Cross or simply as an Inverted Cross, which is a symbol of the Trinity. The necklace is identical to the one her mother wore.
Few know the terrors of the Skullgirl as intimately as Parasoul does: seven years ago her own mother became the Skullgirl that nearly destroyed the world. This tragic past has made her fiercely protective of both her country and her family, and these two priorities frequently come into conflict.
Parasoul is now the crown princess of the Canopy Kingdom and leader of its elite military squad, the Black Egrets. Wielding the living umbrella, Krieg, she fights with grace, poise, and cunning to defend her family honor and destroy the Skull Heart so no one can repeat her mother's terrible mistake.
After defeating Marie the Skullgirl, to save Umbrella who got too close to the Skull Heart and would die in its explosion if Parasoul were to destroy it, Parasoul wishes that her sister will never become the Skullgirl. Thus, causing Parasoul to become the next Skullgirl. In preparation for this eventuality, she orders the soldiers that she will personally train her sister Umbrella , in order for her to be able to combat what Parasoul is destined to become. They were last seen in a fencing lesson.
Abilities & Fighting StyleEdit
Parasoul is a strategic charge fighter on the battlefield as her moves have range and can keep her opponents at bay. Her living weapon Krieg is capable of shedding Napalm Tears that can be placed around the stage when Parasoul shoots it with her luger or twirls it around. She also has the option to detonate one or all of them. She can float in the air with Krieg and any tear that explodes while she still floats propels her upward. Also, her soldiers are more than eager to help her gain the upper hand by defending her from projectiles, drag her opponents away, or even momentarily distract her for her cancel, among other things. She also attacks with kicks.
Color PalettesEdit
- "Sheltered" - Default colors
- Original colors
- Mireille Bouquet (Noir)
- "No Egrets" - Original colors
- "Princess Pride" - Original colors
- Original colors
- Parasoul's fencing uniform
- "Heavy Reign" - Black Egrets uniform
- Kneesocks (Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt)
- Original colors
- Mitsuru Kirijo (Persona 3)
- "Regally Blond" - Olivier Mira Armstrong (FullMetal Alchemist)
- Original colors
- Kula Diamond (The King of Fighters series)
- "Shadow Ops" - Alruna (Gaia Online)
- Luka Megurine (Vocaloid)
- "Risky Ginger" - Jessica Rabbit (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
- "Primed" - Samus Aran (Justin Bailey cheat code) (Metroid)
- "Ivy League" - Poison Ivy (DC Comics Batman #181) - Indiegogo backer color
- "Summer Salt" - Umbrella - Indiegogo backer color
- Char Aznable (Mobile Suit Gundam) - Indiegogo backer color
- Jean Grey (Marvel Comics X-Men 90's appearance) - Indiegogo backer color
- Kyoko Minazuki (Rival Schools: United by Fate)
- Captain Commando (Captain Commando)
- "Star-Crossed" - Annie
- Daphne Blake (Scooby-Doo)
- Widowmaker (Overwatch)
- Parasoul's napalm attacks are named after a thickening agent often mixed with petroleum or similar fuels to make incendiary bombs, like ones used during the Cold war and Iraqi war.
- The design of Parasoul's 4th and 11th alternate color palettes were changed in a patch implemented on May 13th 2014, changing the coloration of the red crosses on her necklace to appear silver and white respectively. This change was announced on May 2 2014[1] after the Skullgirls Encore publisher Marvelous AQL couldn't guarantee legal action against a potential copyright claim regarding similarity to the Red Cross' emblem, which involves any red cross against a white background.
- In an unused alternate ending, Parasoul decides to shoot the heart and Umbrella gets caught in the explosion. Parasoul sadly apologizes to her sister, saying it was the only way to save the kingdom, and Umbrella assures her that she "always does the right thing" before presumably dying.[2]


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AI Legend Ray Kurzweil Starts Today As Google Director Of Engineering
Ray Kurzweil, AI pioneer and futurist, is now at Google as a head of engineering
Ray Kurzweil, renowned pioneer in artificial intelligence (AI), and controversial believer in the "singularity" when superhuman AI will emerge, has gone to Google as a director of technology, working on machine learning.
Kurzweil will be also working on language processing, a long-term interest of the 64-year old inventor, who has worked on pattern recognition, and created synthesizers and text-to-speech systems in a long career, where his belief in non-human intelligence has provoked criticism and controversy. Google has not yet given much detail on his role at the search giant.
Ray Kurzweil – apocalyptic visonary
"I'm excited to share that I'll be joining Google as director of engineering this Monday, December 17," read Kurzweil's announcement. "I've been interested in technology, and machine learning in particular, for a long time: when I was 14, I designed software that wrote original music, and later went on to invent the first print-to-speech reading machine for the blind, among other inventions. I've always worked to create practical systems that will make a difference in people's lives, which is what excites me as an inventor."
Google didn't give any more detail on actual projects: "Ray's contributions to science and technology, through research in character and speech recognition and machine learning, have led to technological achievements that have had an enormous impact on society — such as the Kurzweil Reading Machine, used by Stevie Wonder and others to have print read aloud," said Peter Norvig, director of research at Google. "We appreciate his ambitious, long-term thinking, and we think his approach to problem-solving will be incredibly valuable to projects we're working on at Google."
Ray Kurzweil developed the first optical character recognition software which worked with any font in 1974, and the Kurzweil Reading Machine for blind people in 1976 – before the arrival of mass-market computers. His text-to-speech business was sold to Lernout and Hauspie, and is now owned by Nuance.
His next field was music, creating very popular synthesisers from 1984. He then worked on speech recognition – a much harder task than text-to-speech.
In recent years, he has been better known for his futurism, writing several books and films predicting the exponential acceleration of computers will lead to a "singularity" and the creation of AI which is smarter than humans, with a subsequent shift in the role of human beings referred to as "transhumanism".
He follows a controversial health regime and, predicting that people can live forever, has booked in to have his body cryogenically frozen at the point of death for subsequent resurrection.
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Elon Musk should let results speak for themselves
Elon Musk does not appreciate criticism it seems.
Billionaire tech entrepreneur Elon Musk, the CEO of several high-profile American companies, broadcast to his 22 million social media followers on Sunday an unfounded and disparaging claim about an expert caver who criticized a miniature submarine he made.
Musk attacked Vernon Unsworth, who helped in the rescue mission that saved 12 boys and their soccer coach from a flooding Thai cave.
He called Unsworth, a British caver, who lives in Thailand, a "pedo" or pedophile in a now-deleted tweet. The unfounded claim came after Unsworth called Musk's miniature sub a "PR stunt."
When I saw Musk launch a car(!!!!) into orbit atop his Falcon Heavy, I was blown away. We seemed to be entering a new era of space travel – maybe soon we will see regular manned flights to the moon.
But for all his impressive achievements, Musk has a lot of projects which aren't quite so impressive. And his reaction here is going to make a lot of people take a second look at his achievements.
For example, the Hyperloop. Thunderf00t has several videos on the technology, and it turns out to be an incredibly bad idea. And of course, while his Tesla cars are great, his production problems don't seem to be going away any time soon.
Maybe more engineering, and less ego is in order.


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25 Years of HBP Systems' – Our History
As HBP Systems' enters its 25th year of business, it has a long, rich heritage, starting with David Smith & Sue Dixon founding the company through a management buyout to sell and implement accounting software to local businesses. The company has grown to become one of the largest, IT & Software Providers in the area supporting over 600 customers and employing over 50 staff in various departments.
"For the past 25 Years, we've been lucky to hire staff who have played a key role in bringing HBP Systems to where it is today. Our IT Support, Software Support, operations, commercial, finance and management teams have never been stronger; in 2016 we recorded our best financial year in the company's history, and we are already growing on that in as we enter 2017; we are extremely well positioned to grow HBP in line with our 5 year growth plan."
Joanne Dixon, Managing Director of HBP Systems Ltd.
HBP Systems' History (1991 – 2016)
1991: HBP Systems is formed following a management buyout involving David Smith and Sue Dixon
1992: Joanne Dixon joins HBP Systems Ltd
1993: HBP Systems begins to sell Pegasus Opera, a new accounting package
1996: HBP Systems moved to Haldenby House in Scunthorpe
1997: Tony Pearson joins HBP Systems Ltd
2001: HBP celebrate 10 years in business
2004: Kamarin Computers Ltd of Peterborough joined the HBP Group
2004: HBP started to sell Exchequer, an accounting package
2006: HBP begin selling KCPOS
2007: Joanne Dixon becomes managing director replacing David Smith
2007: Phil Denham joins HBP Systems Ltd
2007: Move to Woodhouse Road
2007: HBP become a Microsoft Gold Partner
2008: HBP begin to sell Sage accounts software
2013: Joanne Dixon wins Business Person of the Year at the North Lincolnshire Business Awards
2014: HBP open new office in Hull
2016: HBP celebrate their 25th Birthday with a record financial year
Today HBP Systems' are:
- 55 people strong
- Growing at a rapid pace
- Supporting over 600+ customers
- Supplying products from HP, Microsoft, Sophos, Sage, Pegasus, Exchequer and more
In 5 Years HBP Systems' will be
- 100 people strong
- Continuing to grow at a rapid pace
- Supporting over 1000+ customers
We can say without hesitation that the most exciting times are coming up, and we certainly couldn't be where we are today without our team.
Here's to another 25 years!


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Wednesday, November 23, 2005
From the Early Church
A Prayer from the Early Church in Syria, ....worthy of memorizing.
"Hold me worthy, O Lord, to behold your mercy in my soul before I depart from this world, may I be aware in myself at that hour of your comfort, along with those who have gone forth from the world in good hope.
Open my heart, O my God, by your grace and purify me from any association with sin.
Tread out in my heart the path of repentance, my God and my Lord, my hope and my boast, my strong refuge, by whom may my eyes be illumined, and may I have understanding of your truth, Lord.
Hold me worthy, Lord, to taste the joy of the gift of repentance, by which the soul is separated from co-operating with sin and the will of flesh and blood. Hold me worthy, O Lord, to taste this state, wherein lies the gift of pure prayer.
O my Saviour, may I attain to this wondrous transition at which the soul abandons this visible world, and in which new stirrings arise on our entering into the spiritual world and the experience of new perceptions."
Isaac of Syria, lived in the ancient church times.
The transcendaecy of the spiritual life is brought out very profoundly in this prayer, so opposite of the hustle and bustle I experienced today while out and about. I pondered if anyone thought on things such as these.
My prayer......Lord, may I connect with this prayer in such a way to be a point in this world that this may reach others. Maybe I will never know if I have or not, but may your servants enter in and remain in this place.
Desert Pilgrim.
Posted by Desert Pilgrim at Wednesday, November 23, 2005
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- Ted M. Gossard said...
Desert Pilgrim,
A good and profound post. Some of it escapes me, and is at least somewhat foreign to my theology and thought.
We begin to see now- and this is surely an important part of our sanctification. But then we'll see clearly, and the vision will be complete, though not static, but dynamic and ongoing.
I appreciate too the thought about the path of repentance being tread in our hearts by the Lord. As Scot McKnight mentions in his book, "The Jesus Creed: Loving God, Loving Others", conversion, in a true sense, is to be ongoing in our lives.
Thanks for sharing this, and your own reflections about it.
- June 17, 2006 8:41 PM
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End of Oct one of our good friend Chris & Raychel held their wedding @ Sandakan
We take AA fly to Sandakan with 2 1/2 hrs
We went there for 3 day 2 night.
1st day reached there already at night about 8pm+ due to flight delay and we went to groom's house have buffet dinner.
And we stay at Hotel D'Northstar hotel for 2 day.
Next day is actual day got to woke up 6am + be jie mui..
Once everything done we just back to hotel take a rest. Never visit any place at Sandakan.
At night have wedding dinner, and next day morning flight back to KL.
Wish them Happy Marriage... =)
The hotel room we stayed for 2 night
This hotel clean,and new
Me and little b (Week 15)
2nd day after morning session we went back hotel rest and we walk to near by shop lot have pan Mee.
Taste no good :P
Going to wedding dinner - Sweethut , I & little bb
I know it look obviously, everyone will ask the same quest when they saw me! =)
This dress is can cover my big belly!
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Author: Jason Hawes, Grant Wilson and Michael Jan Friedman
Publication Date: 2009
Genre: Non Fiction Paranormal
Pages: 273
Series: 2nd book by the authors
Publisher's website: Pocket Books
Book Acquisition: bought new paperback
TV's POPULAR GHOST HUNTERS REVEAL ALL-NEW, NEVER-BEFORE-TOLD STORIES FROM THEIR SPOOKY EARLY INVESTIGATIONS!
For the first time ever, Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, founders of The Atlantic Paranormal Society (T.A.P.S.), share their most memorable and spine-tingling early cases -- none of which has ever appeared on television. Beginning with the previously untold experiences that sparked their passion for ghost hunting, Jason and Grant's bone-chilling investigations uncover:
• A Connecticut woman who seems to exist in two places at once
• A little girl whose invisible playmate retaliates
against her father's punishments
• A man overcome by an evil entity as Jason and Grant survey his home
• A little girl whose invisible playmate retaliates
against her father's punishments
• A man overcome by an evil entity as Jason and Grant survey his home
• A distraught woman who dreams of paranormal events
before she experiences them...and much more!
before she experiences them...and much more!
Jason and Grant didn't always have the fancy scientific equipment and experienced team that fans now watch on their smash-hit television show. As they share their hair-raising first experiences, they offer essential tips for budding paranormal investigators -- including how to use an electromagnetic field (EMF) meter and an infrared camera, determine if a supernatural phenomenon is good or evil, and deal with spirits. Whether you're a skeptic or a believer, these fascinating and frightening true stories will keep you up at night!
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If you read my review of Jason and Grant's first book - Ghost Hunting - then you know that I am a huge fan of the show! I was not disappointed with this, their second book. This book was awesome! I say that as a fan but also as someone who enjoys a good ghost story.
Jason and Grant are very passionate about what they do. They are also very compassionate. Everything they do they do because their ultimate goal is to help people. People like them who have had paranormal experiences that they can't explain.
I think I have seen just about every episode of their show so I really liked that this book contained cases that were never on TV. Most are older cases, before Jason and Grant teamed up with the Syfy Channel.
In particularly liked the Introduction by Grant in which he shares with us a personal experience he had in his young. It's a pretty cool story and I'm thankful to him for sharing it with us.
Overall, this book was a really good read for me. I would recommend it to anyone who is a fan of ghosting hunting or the paranormal in general.
5/5 stars
Other Books by the Authors:
Ghost Hunting by Jason, Grant and Michael -- MY REVIEW
The Ultimates: Tomorrow Men by Michael Jan Friedman
Wolf Man: Hunter's Moon by Michael Jan Freidman
Linkage Love:
Ghost Hunters on the Syfy Channel
The Atlantic Paranormal Society (T.A.P.S.)
Michael Jan Friedman's site


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FWDNUG Mono Presentation
Tonight I had one of those I-wish-I-could-spend-more-time-playing-with-Mono moments. Paco Martinez (his blog is here), a Mono contributor, gave a very interesting presentation to FWDNUG tonight (on Mono, of course). It was an hour and a half drive for me, but it was worth it.
Highlights? Here are a few. First, he explained how the two stacks of Mono. As any of you who are familiar with the project know, Mono is built off of the .NET standards submitted to ECMA. Everything there is free for them to implement with no real fear of possible lawsuit. On top of that, though, they have two different "stacks", or library sets. The first set includes Windows Forms, ASP.NET, and ADO.NET. The other set includes libraries from the non-Microsoft world (GTK, a Novell library, etc.). This is to protect them in the case of someone raising the issues of legality. If such appears, they would have a large set of libraries to use that could not be affected. Smart thinking.
Second, I really enjoyed how he showed us that code compiled on Windows ran on Linux. Mono/Microsoft .NET code (C#, VB.NET, whatever) is compiled to IL (Intermediate Language). The Mono and Microsoft compilers output compatible IL, which means that an exe or dll compiled on Windows can be brought directly into the Linux environment and ran, without any extra compilation. I really thought that was cool. He said he was going to bring a Mac to the PDNUG meeting in March. I'm looking forward to that.
Third, I'm just glad I got to meet him. I really enjoy meeting people in the blogosphere, especially when they work on such cool stuff! Enjoyed it and looking forward to March.
For all you programmers out there, here's a good solution for cross-platform development. Here's a good solution for programming in general. You should take a look at it.


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An introduction to using white balance in your photography, something many of us just leave to our camera auto setting. The article is from Digital Photography School and is written by Russell Masters is a photographer, blogger and international man of meetings.
White balance can be a tricky subject to master and as a beginner I found both the concept and application difficult. Getting to grips with white balance was a landmark in my early learning, gone were the days of funky looking indoor shots and chilly looking portraits, from then on the world of warm sunsets and natural skin tones lay at my feet. It's amazing how different an image can look with and without white balance correction applied and consequently the impact on your images can be profound. The basics of white balance adjustment are relatively simple, what takes more time is training your eye to know when you've got it right. In doing this you will not only improve the quality of your images but will also save a whole load of time. Here to help you is a basic run down of practical white balance.
Follow the link to read the full article Practical White Balance and Why You Should Learn It!


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Unlike their main competitor, Pepsi, Coca-Cola have kept the same classic logo ever since their inception in 1885! They have however changed a few things along the way. Particularly the design of their bottles and cans. The bottle design that most of us recognise was praised by none other than Andy Warhol, as "a design icon". We take a look at the morphology of the fizzy stuff over the years.
When Coca-Cola started out, it was sold it in a standard glass bottle called a 'Hutchinson', which would have been corked or plugged with porcelain until the invention of the bottle cap nearly a decade later.
[Via Trendland]
By 1915 the Cola-Cola directors had become concerned that the brand was vulnerable to copy-cat competitors, and set out to make...
"A bottle which a person could recognize even if they felt it in the dark, and so shaped that, even if broken, a person could tell at a glance what it was".
Earl R. Dean of the Root Glass Company, was the man for the job. His innovative Contour design was inspired by the curves and grooves of a cocoa bean.
The mid-section of the prototype was wider than it's base, making it unstable, particularly on conveyor belts. As such it never made it to full scale production.
[Via Creative Quarterly]
Several iterations of the Contour would make their appearances, but the basic shape remained the same.
[Via boxmeshipme]
One of the early can designs.
[Via diamondcokecans]
This can inherits the Contour's curves.
[Via diamondcokecans]
1993 - The 'Polyethylene Terephthalate'
Hardly a thing of beauty, but the plastic bottle was a hit. It didn't break; was re-sealable, lightweight and recyclable to boot.
[Via metalminer]
"While the aluminium hid the fizz, the bottle became a canvas for limited edition artwork," says Daniel Canetti, Planner at Top 100 London branding agency, and self proclaimed 'Coca-Cola Head'.
[Via highsnobiety]
2008 - Christmas Special
Babule shaped bombs of fizz. Coke's commercial love affair with Christmas has inspired some innovative designs over the years.
[Via stuffpoint]
And here's some bonus material for all of you bottle geeks out there: a video of some of the very early items.
This week, we're celebrating the many facets of modern design on Gizmodo UK, with a design theme week. Bookmark this page for all related stories, features, interviews and competitions, or contact us here with tips.


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Service Desk – Faculty/Staff
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"Ch'oe spread the notion that the west could be warded off by using its' strongest weapon, GOD (Ch'onju), for developing national power, and he proclaimed himself the savior of the nation." This quote from the early 1860's was intended to inspire the Korean people to unite against the intrusion of foreign ideas and influences controlling Korea's government seen as the precursor to colonialism. Ch'oe created a tool through which the peasants could voice their discontent on issues of heavy taxation, official extortions, and widespread corruption all of which added to the instability and tension of the region. This tool was Tonghak which was a movement designed to dismantle the privileges of the establishment and replace the greed and selfishness of power and wealth with reflections of the divine respecting equality and dignity. Ch'oe implemented the teachings of Tonghak through a social revolution which he spread as he traveled amongst the peasant farmers and other members of lower strata gaining popularity by talk of easing their social and economical barriers placed upon them by the government.
Implications of Tonghak focused on freeing the Korean society of it's ills with the abolishment of discrimination, creation of civil rights, and removal of dictatorial control by the government over the people. Ch'oe instated his ideas through protest and peasant uprisings aimed at the oppression placed upon them by both the government and its political alliance with foreign powers such as Japan and China. These demonstrations eventually led to the government suppression of the Tonghak movement and the execution of Ch'oe and faithful followers in 1864. His death was however not the end, but rather the beginning of an underground community still devoted to Ch'oe's simplistic message of a Korea free of oppression.
At the same time, the religious aspect of the Tonghak, the Chondokoyo ( Society of the Heavenly Way), which embodied features selected from other religions such as Confucianism's disregard of immortality, Buddhism's law of heart cleansing, Monotheism from Christianity along with elements of shamanism, provided a common bond among the many sects within the populace. Like the Tonghak, the Chondokoyo was designed to instill a greater feeling of nationalism. The followers of the Chondokoyo and Tonghak can be branded as patriotic religious warriors with issues of economical and social equity as there template for a new improved goverment. Unfortunately, it too was seen as subversive and therefore outlawed by the government forcing it underground with the Tonghak.
Chondokoyo continued to receive widespread acceptance as a popular faith, and gained strength from the martyrdom of it's founder Choe in 1865. Gatherings of followers loyal to Chondokoyo massed at Poun in Ch'ungch,ong province 1893 and protested against the government calling for the punishment of corrupt officials and the expulsion of Japanese and western influences. The result of this demonstration brought about the freedom of the Chondokoyo religion, but was to be only a temporary peace. The hostilities of the peasants were, however, not eased by this as they remained in bondage and indentured to the wealthier and more powerful Yangban class, and more specifically the Min Clan oligarches. Numerous attempts were made by the peasantry to voice their grievances and feelings of discontent, but to no anvil. This led to the armed insurrection led by the leader of the Kobu perish of Tonghak, Chon Pong-jun in 1894 where occupation of the Korean government offices occurred seizing weapons and the supply of illegally collected rice from the people . Then destroyed a newly constructed reservoir which the peasants had built under serfdom.
Once the government was informed of the rebellion an official was dispatched to investigate. The leader, Chong Pong-jun was charged along with other Tonghak faithful for instigating the event with some being imprisoned and others executed. Chong Pong-jun, enraged by the investigators unjust actions, rallied the peasants and local Tonghak perishes to rise up and protest which swelled in ranks to several thousands. On April 26,1894 the peasant masses and other Tonghak followers eventually had no other course but to physically purge the corrupt Min government and drive out the Japanese from Korean soil. The insurrection was met by armed government forces, but the peasant spirit, or lack of choice, defeated the army and approached the powers-that-be with a list of demands in a manifesto issued by their leader Chong Pong-jun: " (1) Do not kill the [innocent] people; do not destroy [the people's] properties (2) Fulfill the duties of loyalty [to the sovereign] and filial piety [to the parents]; sustain the nation and provide for the people.
(3) Drive out and eliminate the Japanese barbarians and thereby restore the Way of the [Confucian] Sages.
(4) Storm into the capital in force and thoroughly cleanse [the government of] the powerful families-so as to strengthen [Confucian] moral relationships, to rectify names and roles, and to realize the teachings of the Sages." This pronunciamento forced the government to make concessions and reformed much of its policy on foreign influences which might have been successful in leading Korea in the direction of a truly independent state, However, the untimely arrival of both the Chinese and Japanese in the protection of their interests within Korea resulted in a state of war and the ultimate suppression of Korea by Japan.
The Tonghak and Chondokoyo movement was successful in uniting the Korean people, but it was too little too late for a people surrounded by the massive countries bordering them, with their own colonial ambitions for Korea.
Bibliography Eckert, Carl. Korea Old And New A History. Seoul: Ilchokak Publishing 1990 Chandra, Vipan. Imperialism, Resistance, and Reform in Late Nineteenth-Century Korea. Berkeley: University of California 1967 Osgood, Cornelius. The Koreans And Their Culture. New York: Ronald Press Company 1951 Robinson, Michael. Cultural Nationalism in Colonial Korea, 1920-1925. Seattle: University of Washington Press


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The health of people living with HIV who get tested, are in care and adhere to treatment has dramatically improved with minimal risk of AIDS-related complications. Indeed, today's first-line HIV treatments are potent, very well tolerated and rarely associated with serious toxicity -- allowing individuals to have an excellent quality of life. In this setting, focus is appropriately shifting to long-term health risks for people with HIV.
Among these concerns, it's been known for some time that people with HIV have more frequent cardiovascular disease (CVD), including heart attacks and stroke. A myriad of reasons have been proposed for this, including both HIV-related and traditional factors (such as tobacco smoking, high blood pressure or diabetes).
Our own work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention HIV Outpatient Study showed that a significant risk factor in developing CVD is having a low pre-treatment CD4 cell count. Others have shown that hepatitis C virus coinfection is a risk factor for CVD among people with HIV.
Among traditional risk factors, emerging data suggest that people with HIV are particularly at risk of tobacco's negative effects, having greater risk of heart attacks than HIV-negative people who smoke, and the majority of heart attacks in people living with HIV may be attributable to smoking tobacco.
Appreciating that the life expectancy of people with HIV who have access to care and treatment is approaching normal, it is of special interest to estimate the burden of CVD in the HIV-positive population. A new study looks at this question by comparing simulated populations of people: the U.S. general population, HIV-negative people at-risk for HIV, and people with HIV. The second is a particularly relevant group to compare with, since many people with HIV have increased rates of CVD risk factors, such as tobacco smoking or hepatitis C virus infection. The analysis looked at rates of CVD cases (both pre-existing and new events) and their effect on survival and death. For the HIV-positive population, the investigators assumed a relatively young average age of 36, pre-treatment CD4 count of 351 and adherence to antiretroviral treatment with a current CD4 of 751.
The study results suggest that life expectancy for people with HIV approaches that of HIV-negative, at-risk individuals (70 versus 76 years for males; 67 versus 73 years for females), but there is still an estimated difference of about six years. For new cases of CVD ("incident cases"), People living with HIV were at greatest risk, with an estimated 21% of males and 14% of females affected by age 60. Male individuals with HIV had lifelong increased CVD risk compared with the general population, but it decreased for females over the age of 70, when the risk in the general population increased. Overall, 65% of male and 44% of female individuals with HIV were projected to have a lifetime risk of CVD.
This study reinforces the important health risk of CVD for people living with HIV. The authors estimate that, even with successful antiretroviral therapy, nearly one in two individuals with HIV may have CVD in their lifetimes -- a risk greater than in either the general population or HIV-negative, at-risk people. Indeed, the increased CVD risk in people with HIV is comparable with the effect of diabetes.
The study has several important implications. While getting tested (preferably early), getting on and adhering to modern antiretroviral therapy, and achieving durable HIV viral load suppression are the first critical steps toward improving health and quality of life for people living with HIV, we must all (policy makers, care providers, educators and people with HIV) fully appreciate how commonly the serious health implications of CVD can impact the lives of people with HIV.
For people with HIV, this means talking with your doctor to address the following:
- Assessing CVD risk and risk factors.
- Changing behavioral risk factors such as tobacco smoking, diet and exercise.
- Diagnosing and treating underlying health risks (such as diabetes or high blood pressure).
- Curing hepatitis C virus infection.
Given the important role that tobacco smoking plays in CVD risk, you and your doctor should prioritize quitting smoking. While completely quitting tobacco remains a laudable goal, reducing tobacco use is also considered a good thing and should not be seen as a failure.
Long, healthy life is possible for people living with HIV who have access to care, but CVD may negatively affect that prospect for many. Proactive steps to deal with CVD prevention and harm reduction should help reduce the burden of CVD for people living with HIV in the future.
Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D., is senior vice president and chief medical officer of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC) and provides care for people living with HIV at APEX Family Medicine in Denver.


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Crowdsourcing infrastructure Data. Impressive. But a big security issue here?
Infrastructure data for everyone
05.12.2016, Research news
How much electricity flows through the grid? When and where? Where are the bottlenecks? What happens when wind turbines and solar cells feed in additional energy? The answer to these questions are essential for the global energy turnaround. However, for a valid planning, one first needs a solid understanding of the infrastructure. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are now collecting information via an open source platform accessible to everyone.
Hundreds of volunteers are already underway, and their numbers are growing every day. Armed with the OpenGridMap app on their smart phones, they meander through Munich, Berlin, Tokyo and even Teheran. Just another cell phone game? "No, we aren't chasing Pokémons," reassures Jose Rivera, director of the OpenGridMap project. "What we are interested in is the electrical infrastructure: High-voltage and low-voltage power lines, transformer sub-stations, wind turbines and solar power plants." .... '
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|There are 2 sections of this class.
|Web Registration Dates
Resident: 08/03/2020 @ 12:00A - 12/20/2020 @ 12:00A
Non-Resident: 08/10/2020 @ 12:00A - 12/20/2020 @ 12:00A
|This is a Co-ed activity.
|Open to These Ages:
|18 months to under 3 years
|Open to These Grades:
|Notes for this activity:
|Jen Rowley
Grab your little one and come join us for some movement
and fun! Moms and Tots will work together in an energetic
and upbeat atmosphere. This class does not participate in
the May recital.
Jennifer Rowley