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Joint Government-Executive working group sets priorities for work to promote lending and increase support for NI businesses
The joint ministerial task force on banking and access to finance in Northern Ireland met officially for the first time today, chaired by the Secretary of State, Rt Hon Theresa Villiers MP.
The task force was announced by the Secretary of State last week as a forum for addressing the challenges faced by Northern Ireland businesses in accessing vital finance.
Alongside the Secretary of State, Business Minister Matt Hancock and HM Treasury's Director of Financial Services were joined by NI Finance Minister Simon Hamilton MLA and Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster MLA at the meeting, which took place in the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in Westminster.
Theresa Villiers said:
"Since we published the economic package, we have already taken steps to help businesses in Northern Ireland access the finance they need to grow and expand, including by extending the £117 million Start-up Loans scheme to Northern Ireland. But we are committed to doing even more to support the efforts of local people who want to work hard and get on, and to boost the private sector.
"I set up this task force as a means to promote lending and increase support for Northern Ireland businesses. The group will examine whether tailored assistance is required for our banks, and it will consider what more can be done to ensure UK-wide finance schemes have the maximum impact here. This work is absolutely crucial if we are to rebalance our economy away from over-reliance on the public sector, and enable Northern Ireland to compete in the global race for jobs and investment."
Arlene Foster and Simon Hamilton said:
"We made very good progress at the meeting today. The joint ministerial task force on banking and access to finance is one of the most strategically important elements of the Building a United and Prosperous Community document. Banking matters are not devolved and we have been pressing the Government for action for some time now.
"Our economic recovery depends on businesses in Northern Ireland being able to access the finance they need to invest and grow. There are a number of constraints at the moment that mean this process is not working as well as it should. Our banking structure differs from that in other parts of the UK and the legacy issues from past property investment are more severe. We need tailored solutions for these problems and this task force can deliver that."
The ministerial task force was established following a commitment in the economic package, Building a Prosperous and United Community, published by the Government and the Executive in June. The package noted the significant challenges facing Northern Ireland businesses in accessing finance and recommended the Government and the Executive agree a concerted approach to understand and address the causes.
The package also acknowledged that UK-wide schemes to boost growth have not always been as effective in Northern Ireland as they have been elsewhere in the UK.
The group will meet three times a year to discuss these issues and co-ordinate detailed work programmes. At today's meeting, Ministers discussed their priorities for early engagement and agreed the terms for reference for the task force.
Later this week the Government and the Executive will jointly publish an update on the economic package, ahead of Friday's Investment Conference at Titanic Belfast, which the Prime Minister will attend.
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How The Heck Did I Take That Photo?! Checking Picasa For Camera Settings
One of the things to do before buying a camera is to check out sample photos taken by the camera and lens combination. It's as easy as doing a Google Search these days. Come to think of it, one of the more hands-on ways to learn about the art and science of photography is by looking at photos and the data that comes with it.
The data that comes embedded (usually) with every digital photograph is called EXIF. The Exchangeable Image File Format is a bunch of meta-data (data that describes other data) or a standard format for storing information about a digital image file. It is also simply written as Exif and can be found on JPEG image files, and also on RAW and TIFF image formats. The good thing is that the data is easily viewable and understandable. Both of these give us the best 'learning tool' for photography.
How Does EXIF Look Like?
If you don't know how something looks like, you won't really understand it. Here's how EXIF data looks like for any photograph:
How did I get this? Well, it's as commonly available in your own computer as in any other. Click a photo (or take one that's already clicked) — right-click on the photo to go to its Properties – click on the Summary (Win XP) or Details (Win 7) tab. In Mac OS X, you can also open the photo in Preview and choose Show Inspector (Command+I).
A single glance shows you that Exif data is nothing but a complete description of the photograph in terms of its physical characteristics – width, height, resolution, and other camera specific information like shutter speed, aperture setting, ISO setting, flash, the focal length and much more.
A site like Flickr also displays it under its Actions menu:
As each camera writes this data differently, sometimes some information may be there, sometimes not. For instance, data and time may be missing in some cases or location info if geotagging is disabled. But rest assured that the data available usually is sufficient to understand how the photo was composed.
What Are The Ways We Can Use To Look At EXIF?
In brief – more ways than I can mention here. Apart from the Properties tab of the image itself in your computer, here are some more:
- Adobe Photoshop /Adobe Lightroom
- IrfanView (with EXIF plug-in)
- Free online viewers (e.g. Jeffrey's EXIF Viewer)
- Firefox Add-ons (Exif Viewer)
- Chrome Extensions (Exif Viewer)
- Flickr
- Google Picasa
…and the list goes on.
My fellow author Tim Brookes has also gone into the details of What EXIF Photo Data Is, How To Find It & How To Understand It What EXIF Photo Data Is, How to Find It & How to Understand It Pretty much every digital camera available today records EXIF data within each image you take. The data is useful for improving your photography and can also be quite interesting, especially if you're a geek. Read More .
He covers the basics of Exif data completely. Now, let's look at how we can use it to improve our photography using Google Picasa.
Making Sense of Exif for Perfect Photos
I am going to use Google Picasa to check the data on camera settings that's stored inside each photo…and hopefully learn a bit while 'stealing' from the skills of others. You can view Exif data by opening the Properties panel of a photograph as seen below. Select the photo – by default the Properties panel should be displayed – if not, click on Picture > Properties. You can also click the Show/Hide Properties Panel button to view the metadata. Plus, you can also right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac) a photo and select Properties (Windows) or Get Info (Mac) to open the Properties panel.
Note: You can view all the Exif data in the software. If you upload any photo, Picasa will remove any and all Exif information except for the location information.
Here's what Exif tells us about an image:
- Camera Model & Make: The camera is a Nikon Coolpix S210.
- Date and Time when photo was taken: If this parameter is disabled from the camera, the date and time is not encoded into the photo. Some cameras also come with geotagging which adds the location too.
- Exposure settings: Learning about exposure and how one slight change in one setting affects the others is one-fourth of your camera education. The F-stop indicates the dimensions of the aperture – for instance, each decrease in F-stop is in turn a decrease of light by half of the previous intensity. The aperture is at the wide end in this case, leading to a greater depth of field.
- Shutter speed and ISO: Exposure also depends on shutter speed and ISO numbers, both of which are indicated in the Exif data. Being an automatic compact camera, the exposure time is short at 0.003 seconds. A longer exposure time in whole seconds generally indicates the use of a tripod to negate hand vibrations on the camera.
- Use of flash; Exif data also shows if flash (artificial light) was used or not.
- Focal length: The focal length of the camera is similar to that of a normal film camera. Being an auto-focus camera, the image has lesser definition in its colors.
The basic principle of photography is about composition i.e. how the picture is set up. Exif doesn't help in that, but then that's why the picture is open in front of you and observation gives you factors like angle of view. If you understand the angle of view, you can estimate the type of lens you will need to replicate or better the shot.
Picasa also displays a histogram – though not part of Exif data – which is a bar chart plotting how the pixels in your image are distributed between dark and light. You can adjust the colors of your image using the histogram in a full-fledged photo editor like Photoshop.
Understanding Exif data would be a bit too much to expect from these brief points. Let it suffice as an introduction to the Picasa way to read Exif data of your photos. The one true benefit of knowing the bits and pieces of Exif is that it will give you the confidence to move away from automatic scene modes of your camera and experiment with manual options.
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The plans are part of a new defence ministry strategy designed to enhance Seoul's offensive capabilities, in a bid to counter a North Korea which has been increasingly aggressive online of late.
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As a new company created when two great organizations came together as one as the result of the merger of Sonus and GENBAND, we at Ribbon are more grateful than ever for the support of our team, our customers, our partners, and our communities. Even as our industry continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace, even as new technologies continue to disrupt traditional communications networks and inspire new applications, we know that life will continue to change in all good ways when we can connect the world in new ways.
This year, our companies and now combined new company supported community efforts all over the world, including helping to rebuild networks in Puerto Rico following the devastating hurricane, building an Internet access network in Mexico for an orphanage there, and holding dozens of events during our giving back and volunteering days
At Ribbon we are fully committed to being strong members of our communities and helping to give back to those who may be our neighbors or who may live in the same cities, towns, states and countries as we do. All over the world we want to foster a culture of year-round compassion, but it is this time of year especially when giving to those who may be a little less fortunate is at the top of many of our minds. So I thought it would be appropriate to highlight just a few of the charitable activities that Ribbon employees around the world are involved in.
Employees in our Toronto office gathered donations at their annual holiday party to benefit The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Toronto, Canada. Team members in our Plano, Texas office collected toys and donations that benefited the Children's Medical Center of Plano. Ribbon employees in our Ottawa offices are contributing to their annual United Way Campaign. Since 2011, Ribbon Ottawa employees have donated nearly $150,000 to this and other worthy causes. Our Research Triangle Park (RTP) team members in North Carolina participated in their annual Angel Tree drive where they helped local kids' Christmas wishes come true. RTP team members also worked with Durham Social Services to sponsor several local families in need, providing daily essentials and gifts for the holidays. Ribbon Galway employees are contributing to the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Giving Tree. There are countless other examples throughout the world that I can cite, but I think you get the picture.
Giving back to our communities isn't a philosophy that is shared by our employee base. It cascades from our senior leadership team throughout the entire Ribbon organization. A great example is that our recently appointed CEO Fritz Hobbs sits on the board of UNICEF, an organization focused on ensuring children everywhere are protected, encouraged and supported, particularly those children facing challenges in countries struggling with conflict and post-conflict environments, in countries where clean water and safe food supplies are scarce, in countries where education and access to opportunities are limited, and even non-existent.
I am so grateful to contribute to and be a part of a company which has been built on values including business integrity, honesty, hard work, passion and most important - commitment to customers.
I am also thankful to be part of an organization committed to communities as well, and to a greater global good. #WeAreRibbon and we are fortunate to spend our days at work improving the way people communicate with each other, the way they receive healthcare, the way they are protected in safer cities.
It's very special to be part of the real time communications industry at this moment in history, and we look forward to working with all of you to find new ways to contribute to a better world, as part of what we do each day.
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This is not a new idea, but it is always a hit! For the last day of school, we wanted to let Mrs. Cassidy know how much we loved and appreciated her so we decided to go B.I.G. We used a poster board, folded it in half and measured 2 inches from the fold and folded it again so when it was full of candy, it would close right- plus we liked how her name would show when it was open as well as closed- plus I didn't want to do math to get it all centered.Definitely use a bone folder (or a make-shift one like the handle of a pair of scissors) for this as poster board does not fold pretty on its own. Using coordinating paper, a ruler, trimmer, adhesive ribbon and the trusty Cricut (we used the Cuttin' Up cartridge), we made a simple cover to the card. It needed to be simple because, seriously, I am the WORST card maker. Then came the inside. I seriously had spent a couple of weeks collecting candy with names I thought we could use, then spent a few days writing and revising what we wanted to say... Abby helped with this part, of course. The night before the last day of school, it was put together. It was all layed out ahead of time, then written out sentence by sentence in a different coloured Sharpie marker (they are my first love I think- LOVE the Sharpie!) to help with the flow. The candy was also traced and labeled so when it was eaten, she would know what had been there and could still read it. Finally, the candy (and a couple of other things) were stuck on with regular tape- I didn't know which glues were toxic, plus I didn't want it to be too hard to disassemble). I took pictures of this the night before, but if you look closely in the following pictures you will notice the candy stickers Abby finished it with. I must say, it was a great finishing touch. It was so sweet when she presented it to her teacher before school. Mrs. Cassidy read it right then and there and gave the most precious hug and we all shed a couple of tears- that was a bit unexpected. We will miss having her as a teacher and next year's Kindergartners will be so lucky. This turned out to be more than a gift, but an experience for both teacher and student and I'm about to start getting WAY too sentimental so I think that's all I'll say about that!
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This article could also perhaps be called "How to Better Manage People's Expectations." It's been a little bit of a cranky week: I've done articles on the power of telling people no and also how people are getting more and more distrustful. But I think this is a point worth making, especially since I run into it a lot in the freelance writing world.
Even if you're a lone gun, you want to please the people you work with. No one wants to disappoint anyone, and this is totally out of whack with the fact that we're all doing way too much. We work too many hours for too little pay, don't want to let anyone down and are not willing to let the ball drop anywhere – even though, inevitably, it does, somewhere. Whether we're aware of it or not.
Something that surprises me, though, is that a lot of people I know, when given the opportunity to set their own deadlines, set themselves up for failure. How? By promising something too early and then waiting until the last minute to even start. If you're their boss and are lucky, they'll let you know, shoot, they just won't be able to make it. More often, though, in my experience as an editor, people will try to duck you. Not only does that breed friction between a manager and their employee, freelancer or what-have-you, but it's just downright rude and completely transparent. It's like when you had a huge paper due at school and you stay home that day, thinking you'll be able to avoid the pendulum of due dates. Deadlines are called deadlines for a reason.
So, rather than set yourself up for failure, and if you're given a choice, artificially inflate your deadline. I do it all the time and almost always deliver the article, pitch, whatever early. That's more of a win-win situation than a lose-lose, and while I realize it isn't always possible, it's apparently something that isn't quite common sense. It should be, but you really can't make assumptions about anything anywhere anymore.
In short: If you want to please someone, set their expectations a little lower (ask for more time) and then surpass them (turn stuff in early).
David Wolinsky is a freelance writer and a lifelong Chicagoan. In addition to currently serving as an interviewer-writer for Adult Swim, he's also a comedy-writing instructor for Second City. He was the Chicago city editor for The Onion A.V. Club where he provided in-depth daily coverage of this city's bustling arts/entertainment scene for half a decade. When not playing video games for work he's thinking of dashing out to Chicago Diner, Pizano's, or Yummy Yummy. His first career aspirations were to be a game-show host.


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Resolution and Resolves
I am not one of those big new years resolution kind of people but I do love setting goals and challenges for myself. When it comes to social media I have a few tips for how to keep yourself in check all year-long. The end of the year is a great time to look back on things you have accomplished in one year. It also helps it you have an entire blogging community to keep you accountable.There are tons of tools to help you setup your new year's resolutions but my tips will help you to create realistic goals you can complete in one year.
Setting Goals >> 2018's was one of my most popular blog post so I decided to do a recap and renew my goals. If you want to read about my goal from last year check it out My 2018 goals.
Personal Social Recap:
Feel free to skip this part and go start to "My Tips for Reaching your Social Media Goals"
When looking back on my social post for the last year it's pretty clear just how far you have come in one years time. I love all the memories that pop up on my social profiles to remind we of the timeline of my social media life. 2018 was for self-improvement and travel for me. As i wrote in my blog on my goals from last year. I needed to learn to be present take criticism and be ethical. Over the year I have learned that these things were far more complex than I had intended. There where many dips in my roll-a-coaster ride like dealing with a boss that didn't believe in me or my goals. Like many thing i have overcome that struggle but being present led me to realize just how unhappy I was in my career and with some of the friendship I had made. I quickly learned that the goals i set where going to intel a few other steps i did not anticipate. So this year i am going to take my time with create and launching my goals for the new year.
…Ultimately all of the goals and a mix of a few other things lead me into a depression which in turn made strong points for my goals for 2019.
What's new for 2019
I am trying a new approach this year. I wanted to come up with a clear idea of what I wanted the next year to turn out. So I took some quiet contemplation time and tried to think of all the things I want to accomplish and other goals i just want to get closer to.
I can break down each of my goals into one of 2 categories:
- Self awareness
- Exploration
Instead of laying out my goals for this year I wanted to share how I was able to complete my goals for last year.
3 tips for Reaching your Social Media Goals
#1 Tip Writing it down
Writing this blog has given me so much accountable to these goals. Also writing it down you can always come back to it and continue the work or evaluate the progress. This will also help you focus on what you really what your end goal to be. When I look at the written form of my goals I feel like I went about thing very differently. I drew lots of photos and icons to go along with each goal. This gave me the chance to sit and think what I envisioned saw each goal as
I tried to make it interesting and descriptive a lot with making sure each goal is direct and actually accomplishable. You can also tell that I spent time creating this list with each developed drawing.
I think that one of the biggest challenges was making the time to just think about the future. That is why I always take a little time at the begin of the year to evaluate where I want to at the end of that year.
#2 Tip It's not a Race Take your Time
Giving yourself enough time is a huge part of why people fail. They set unrealistic goals and timelines that you just might not be able to make. Really think about how long it might take you to complete a project. You want to feel like you are progressing so it is key to feel like you are created progress in the long run. There are tons of ways to stay organized and help you successfully complete your goals For example I launched this blog almost 1 year ago. I set small goal of posting one blog every 2-3 weeks( giving myself some wiggle room). Leading up to completing the bigger goal of publishing my first 10 blogs. Every month i would go back to my goal sheet and see what progress i had made. I actually keep a google document with all of my personal KPI's for various goals. My tip would be to try our something to track what is happening within you goal.
*Giving yourself too much time also might be deadly, if you forget about a goal or lose motivation.
#3 Be very clear what your end goal is
Setting goals is just one way to accomplish your goals there are tons of other helpful ways to reach goals like these apps that can help you plan and build good habits. When I am setting my own goals I would set up an end goal for every month for each goal. This helps to set up the when you are making progress and you know where to focus your time. Some goals are larger than other so you have to be kind to yourself so that we give yourself enough time for the task.
What I like to do is create a mind map on each goal, Coogle.com is a way to create a visual of your goal and intention. This will help you write the most detailed goal outline.
In conclusion, don't give up!
I think that setting goals a key way to make sure you are accomplishing your goals in a timely manner. We just need to be more forgive and our timeline of the goals.so remember to write down your goals along with a plan on how you plan to accomplish them. Create a timeline and detail out each step you will need to complete. Late but also most important Make your goals as detailed as you possible can. If you follow these steps you will most certainly work your way towards you goal, whatever that may be.


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mount -o loop /home/me/CentOS-5.2-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso /media/CentOSThen I change enabled=0 to enabled=1in file /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Media.repo. And finally, I could install software from CentOS dvd.


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Photography Classes in Chazy NY
Are you looking to learn about photography in Chazy NY? Whether you are a professional, beginner, or hobbyist, the most effective approach to improving your photography abilities is through hands-on classes with knowledgeable instructors.
There are many accredited and recognized photography schools in New York. Photography classes teach subjects like digital capture, lighting techniques, exposure, composition, outdoor photography, and many other basic and advanced camera techniques. Growing into an accomplished photographer can pave the road to a lifelong hobby or a prosperous professional career.
There are numerous Photography Classes in Chazy NY:
- Chazy Photography 101
- Chazy Digital Photography Classes
- Chazy Nature Photography Classes
- Chazy Editorial Photography Classes
- Chazy Studio Photography Classes
Chazy NY Photography Classes
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Burlington, Vermont 05401
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I wrote this article when I worked at IBM. I'm now working at VMware supporting partners and clients with Workspace One. See here for further details.
Many organisations provide mobile access to corporate email/calendar services. Enabling more advanced collaboration services can be more complex and expensive to deploy. MaaS360 offers a new approach to deploy a range of new mobile collaboration services:
- Secure Document access (SharePoint, Fileshares, CMIS, Box, One Drive for Business, Connections, Google Drive)
- Web Browser Intranet access
- Mobile Application Intranet access
These services can be accessed without the need to deploy a more powerful and typically expensive VPN solution.
Clients love MaaS360's unified mobility management features and new mobile application and App Catalog look and feel as shown below:
Mobile collaboration is enabled by deploying the MaaS360 Cloud Extender/Enterprise Gateway on-premises. This provides a micro-VPN service from your company Intranet to the MaaS360 application on each device protected by FIPS 140-2 compliant / AES-256 encryption. Regardless of the security of the mobile device, MaaS360 protects all information inside of the encrypted MaaS360 application.
This article steps you through the steps to enable this capability in less than 30 minutes.
Step 1: Start your free 30 day MaaS360 production trial
If you haven't already, go to MaaS360.com/trial and enter your details to start a MaaS360 trial. This is a production trial so everything you configure / setup is available beyond the trial period without any activation charges.
Once you've started a trial, enrol a number of devices and get familiar with the MaaS360 portal. The MaaS360 administrator portal is very easy to use, however you can also review this video which provides a great overview.
Step 2: Install the MaaS360 Cloud Extender
Next install the MaaS360 Cloud Extender (CE) on an internal Windows server. This allows you to connect on-premises resources such as Active Directory, Certificate Authorities to the MaaS360 SaaS service. You can follow the instructions here to install and configure the CE.
Step 3: Install and configure the Mobile Enterprise Gateway (MEG)
The following instructions detail how to enable the Enterprise Gateway as a feature within the Cloud Extender.
- Next contact our ops team via the 24×7 technical chat service and ask for the Enterprise Gateway service to be enabled for your trial account. Also advice them to select either the US, Europe or AP hub if you use the MEG in relay mode.
- Next select Setup – Services and enable Enterprise Gateway
- Start the Cloud Extender Configuration Tool and select Enterprise Gateway. Select either Active Directory or LDAP directory using the same configuration you used for User Authentication/User Visibility.
- The config tool will perform a number of checks for connectivity and Active Directory authentication:
- Next select the Standalone configuration mode, choose a name for your MEG gateway (ie. in my case I chose MEG1-AP) and the gateway Relay mode. You should then see in the drop down box the correct relay server.
- It's important to ensure you select WebDav Server Setup for Network File Share access. You might also like to select the checkbox to re-use the user's credentials.Ensure you do not select Internet Proxy Settings. This will route all requests for your intranet to a proxy first. Only select this feature if really needed.
- Next within the MaaS360 Workplace persona policy, enable the following services:
- Next under Browser – Enterprise Gateway, select your MEG gateway and choose the DNS wildcard for all your Intranet services.
- From your mobile device using the MaaS360 secure browser, you should be able to access your company Intranet as shown.
- Next from the MaaS360 administrator portal, select Docs – Content Sources. Add a Windows File share using the example below. It's important to get the Folder path correct including upper/lower case letters. Ensure you can browse to the file share without any issues from the Cloud Extender server itself.
- From your mobile device, you should be able to also access the documents from the file share from with the MaaS360 Docs application as shown:
That's it ! As you can see, it's quick and easy to provide company information securely to your mobile workforce. With the comfort that this information is protected and leveraging additional mobile services such as MaaS360 Threat Protection (integrated anti-malware for iOS and Android).
If you would like further information, please ask a question on the new MaaS360 forum or contact me directly via my blog contact page.


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Greater awareness and better sources of reporting online crime are required for the general public.
According to the UK Home Affairs Committee report on e-crime for 2013-2014, a dedicated and state-of-the-art espionage response team should be established so that British companies, media and institutions can immediately contact it to report an attack so that effective action can be taken.
Its report called for greater awareness, saying that it was of "great concern that the majority of cyber crime could be prevented" by better user awareness. The committee called for "all organisations, businesses and schools must provide users with appropriate information and risk management training". This was especially the case for the government and the private sector, which it said "have a strong incentive to educate users and maintain awareness of cyber crime".
Further on in the report the committee called on better education of children about staying safe online, and said that this was as important as learning about crossing the road safely. "We welcome teaching about online safety and security taking place in schools and initiatives such as 'safer internet week'," it said.
Adrian Culley, EMEA technical consultant at Damballa and former e-crime lead at Scotland Yard, said that what is needed for children is a form of the cycling proficiency test but for the internet. He told SC Magazine that this could be adapted for primary and secondary school children, but also for all ages.
He said: "It doesn't have to be expensive or complex, but it could give the public some skills and how to know when you are safe, as this will strengthen the economy.
"I'd like this to be run by government agencies, including the department for education, Home Office, Foreign Office for GCHQ and while it is not connected, MI5 should be involved."
To help the public report e-crime, the committee recommended the establishment of a dedicated espionage response team that British companies, media and institutions can immediately contact to report an attack, and who can also provide training in order to counter attacks.
It also called for an improvement in the way in which e-crime is reported and recorded, as it was important that there was an up-to-date and accurate estimate of the threats from e-crime. It also said that the government should "publicly distance itself from the £27 billion estimate of the annual cost of e-crime to the UK economy".
To help analysis and reporting of e-crime the committee called on the government to commission a working group of experts, to include representatives from the cyber security industry and independent experts, to produce annual figures that show the incidence of e-crime and any observable trends.
However, it questioned why the government continues to use "highly controversial figures" in its basis for policy-making, but welcomed efforts to form a single National Cyber Crime Unit.
Klaus Gheri, vice president of product management for Europe at Barracuda Networks, said: "The growing threat of internet crime is not specific to the UK. It is the same everywhere. Law agencies are ill equipped to protect against cyber warfare.
"The government has the biggest responsibility here. It needs to pass legislation for all businesses to have a prescribed minimal amount of cyber security. There should also be an obligation for businesses to report any hacks and data loss."
Darren Anstee, solutions architect global team lead for Arbor Networks, said: "Any organisation operating online in the UK is a potential target, and it was recently reported by the GCHQ that the UK faces at least 70 sophisticated cyber attacks a month. To stay on top of this authorities in the UK must look to develop a cohesive strategy for dealing with cyber crime."


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The South West and Parliament Event
The History of Parliament Trust and the Devon and Cornwall Record Society are delighted to invite you to our joint conference 'The South West and Parliament'. It takes place on Saturday 11th May in St Stephen's Church, High Street Exeter, from 10am to 4pm.
Four presentations across the day will explore aspects of the relationships between Cornwall, Devon and Parliament over five centuries.
- Hannes Kleineke, "The beginning of troubles": the parliamentary representation of Devon and Cornwall during the crisis years 1449-1453
- Stephen Roberts, Cornwall, Devon, Parliament and the English Civil War, 1640-48
- Robin Eagles, "Nothing should have tempted me to concern myself with such an affair": Devon and Cornwall and the opposition to Walpole and the Pelhams c.1727-1760
- Martin Spychal, The representation of Devon and Cornwall after reform, 1832-68
To book please send a cheque for £10 by the 4th May payable to: The Devon and Cornwall Record Society. Address: The Cottage in Hayes, Cheriton Fitzpaube, EX17 4JG. Please include an email address or stamped SAE for acknowledgement if required.
Alternatively email: firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.
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Friday, March 22, 2013
Kim Coates - Sons of Anarchy
Kim Coates was doing a movie premiere and Q&A in New Westminster for his new movie "Ferocious." He was super cool and signed a whole bunch of photos and chatted for a bit. When I got my picture with him, he made sure to hide the bottle of liquor he was holding in his hand from sight. Really awesome guy.
Just like Charlie Hunnam, Kim had some choice words about Kurt killing off Ryan Hurst in the show.
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When you or baby are sick ...
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The whole team at the Nappy Shoppe would like for you to stay home and get well when you are sick. We will see you when you are well!
PSA – It appears that the back-to-school illnesses are already upon us. We at The Nappy Shoppe strive to make our store a safe environment for babies of all ages, especially newborns and pregnant moms.
Staff has a strict sick policy – if we suspect ourselves or our children to be ill, we do not come in to work or make alternate care arrangements for the kiddos for a full 24 hours past last symptom. We do this to prevent staff kids from passing illness back and forth, but more importantly to keep them from passing their illness on to customers. We ask that you, as customers and friends, afford us the same courtesy. If staff kids get sick and start sharing their germs with each other, then our small staff becomes even smaller and we have difficulty covering all the hours that the store is open.
Staff understands the risks of illness associated with having their kiddos around other kids, but we need your help to keep everyone healthy. If you suspect that you or your child may be ill, even if you do not think it is contagious, please consider postponing your trip to the Nappy Shoppe.
If you need something immediately, like detergent or Punkin Butt Teething Oil, then please wear your little one and refrain from touching the toys or other merchandise. We can also take your order and payment over the phone and bring it out to your car. We can answer many cloth diaper and breastfeeding questions over the phone, as well.
Sometimes illness strikes unexpectedly, and we understand that some things are out of our control. However, if you or your child become ill at the store, we ask that you clean up after yourself and go home for the day. Our staff does not have the necessary gear (masks, etc) to clean up bodily fluids without risking getting sick ourselves. We ask this courtesy from you to help keep everyone's kids healthy throughout cold and flu season, but also so that new moms can feel comfortable bringing their newborns in to get lactation help from the Cafe.
If we all follow these guidelines, we can avoid unnecessary exposure to germs for all our kiddos.
Thank you. The Nappy Shoppe Team.


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Isaac Gindi, Chief Financial Officer for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, discussed what it takes to be a "tech-minded CFO" during his presentation at the 2014 Chief Financial Officer Leadership Forum in Los Angeles on Oct. 22. According to Gindi, one size fits all cannot meet the needs of everyone, and CFOs who recognize the value of technology can find innovative ways to connect with their target audiences.
Gindi pointed out an organization that invests in its culture can find better ways to listen to its customers. It's important for an organization to experiment, Gindi added, as this allows an organization to brainstorm and test ways to ensure its customers get the support they need and improve its culture: "We have to really listen to the customers and know what their needs are rather than forcing a solution on them. In terms of innovation we have to be willing to take some risks. We have to be willing to experiment. Pilot is really the key here. Work with the business; get the business champion to work with you on a pilot."
CFOs, however, must understand how to explain the value of experimentation to their superiors, Gindi said. Innovation is vital, Gindi noted, and social media also can help an organization better connect with its target audience: "Social media is another area where a lot of the older generation didn't grow up with and the new generation does. We look at it mostly as a newer generation thing, but it's quite effective and it's really being forced on us by the constituents."


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"2015: That which was hidden will emerge and manifest revealing the true Light"
2015: 2X15=30 The Year of Emerging Maturity"
The spiritual crossing has now been completed, and the mature sons and daughters are emerging and are learning to be properly seated. This phase of headship has been unnerving for many, and has challenged and stretched their inner being to the core, but it has also caused their dependence upon their flesh to be fully rent, so that the true positioning the Father has for them in 2015 can now be solidified.
Their individual sphere's of authority that they have grown up into will now transition into them establishing sphere's of corporate authority as the corporate Body also matures. The wisdom that began to be released from heaven in earnest in 2014, will now be accelerated and the challenge for their spiritual and natural positions will also increase by the darkness still rooted around them.
The enemy strategies that are resisting the maturing saints will also be brought to the light, so that the Body can learn to corporately stand and more effectively fight. What the mature sons have been progressively learning, will now be brought out unto the corporate Body, so that the full army can be properly equipped and also matured.
The Fathers will now train the up and coming sons in advanced tactics revealed to them from heaven. An intense spiritual boot camp in 2015 will bring the church into true alignment and effectively transform her into the overcoming harvesting force that she is.
Council from behind the veil will flow in progressive stages over 2015-2017, so that the saints can spiritually shift, mature, and cooperate fully with Heavens host and the Father's purpose for this generation. There will be a corresponding response from the earth and also from creation as the Sons and as the saints all take their places.
Natural upheavals and societal changes will bring forth great instability at first, as the old root systems are dealt with, but with the progressive release of heavenly wisdom and council, the masses will be eventually stabilized and brought further into the light in this generation.
2015 to 2017 will be a 3-year shift into the high call for this generation. The Father is not only bringing forth the Sons, the Fathers, and the saints, but He is looking for the generational revelation that He is going to release to also take root in this period, so that He can bring forth the fullness of His plans in the decades to come. There is a great governmental scroll that will be given in 2015, to those who will embrace Him and fully obey Him.
This governmental release will also bring forth deep foundational earth changes in such a way that it will cause fear in the earth, but these releases and changes will also shift the earth back into the synchronicity and into a necessary stability that will be needed for the sake of the harvest to be brought in. These shifts in the starry heavens and in the earth will cause the people to awaken, and to wonder, and to seek for the Father again.
Psalms 24:6 This is the generation [description] of those who seek Him [who inquire of and for Him and of necessity require Him], who seek Your face, [O God of] Jacob. Selah [pause, and think of that]! 7 Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be lifted up, you age-abiding doors, that the King of glory may come in.
Romans 8:22 We know that the whole creation [of irrational creatures] has been moaning together in the pains of labor until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves too, who have and enjoy the firstfruits of the [Holy] Spirit [a foretaste of the blissful things to come] groan inwardly as we wait for the redemption of our bodies [from sensuality and the grave, which will reveal] our adoption (our manifestation as God's sons).
Ephesians 1:9 Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (of His plan, of His purpose). [And it is this:] In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him, 10 [He planned] for the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and head them up and consummate them in Christ, [both] things in heaven and things on the earth. 11 In Him we also were made [God's] heritage (portion) and we obtained an inheritance; for we had been foreordained (chosen and appointed beforehand) in accordance with His purpose, Who works out everything in agreement with the counsel and design of His [own] will.
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Art for Art's Sake vs Functional Art
And there was a Knittyboard discussion about altered books. In essence, one takes a book and uses the pages like a scrapbook. It's not a scrapbook per se, which contains photos and mementos, nor is it any longer a readable book. It has become an objet d'art.
Is it only the process that is important in art? Artists and crafters do what they do (what we do) as a form of self-expression. Art is a way of working through personal issues, expressing our personalities, among other things. And for some of us, we can't imagine our lives without some form of creative outlet.
But I've discovered that I prefer functional art. I like to look at paintings, but I have no interest in painting one. In the same way I like to do embroidery, but on functional things like garments or bags, or even shoes. Wall hangings or pictures leave me feeling empty when I'm done. Unless I'm giving them as a gift or making them for sale, which apparently in my mind gives them a purpose.
I like to sketch and draw, not just for the sake of drawing, but because I'm planning out something in another medium that I need to visualize first. I don't enjoy sitting down to draw a bowl of fruit or rough out a sketch of one of the kids, but I won't hesitate to draw a quick picture of a sweater as I see it in my head.
I like to knit and crochet, but I prefer to make items that will have some usefulness and be nice to look at as well. I like to see my sweaters walking around, or my mittens and socks keeping hands and feet warm in the snow. A pretty pineapple doily under a glass pitcher protecting an antique table from scratches is art to me.
I cannot fathom knitting a motorcycle.


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- 4 Beds
- 3 Full, 1 Half Baths
Property TypeResidential – Single Family
SubdivisionSUMMIT ESTATES
Listing Date06/09/20
Year Built1998
Lot Size2.40 Acres (104,544 SqFt)
Property Description
Privacy, serenity and sophistication in this meticulously designed and decorated home in Summit Estates, one of Breckenridge's most prestigious neighborhoods. A perfect, entirely unique balance between mountain elegance and relaxed living in an incomparable listing. Fully furnished; buy with peace of mind that this flawless property has been maintained as if it was your own. Move-in perfect, one of a kind on 2.4 acres, offers stylish family living for today and for your family's future.
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About Breckenridge
Victorian, family-oriented, and breathtaking natural beauty describe the classic Colorado ski town of Breckenridge. Enjoy countless outdoor activities, in both winter and summer, because Breckenridge averages over 300 days of sun each year and over 300 inches of snow each winter! With over one-million skier visits last year, Breckenridge is one of the most popular winter resorts in the country. Highlights include Breckenridge's historic main street, thrilling terrain parks, boutique restaurants and shops, and the Riverwalk Center. Throughout the year, cultural events like the Breckenridge Film Festival, the Backstage Theatre, weekend farmers markets and art festivals will entertain you. Quaint streets feature fine dining and endless shopping opportunities. With an array of ski-in/ski-out housing opportunities, you can throw open your front door and go. The resort ski runs come right down into town, so you can even ski home for lunch! A perfect mountain town!
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While we'll provide you with plenty of information, this is a snapshot of your market data and there are real people behind the high-tech and automated tools. If you would like more detailed information or help in understanding the results we are here to help.
Until then, enjoy the tools!
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Copyright © 2020 Vail Multi List, Inc. (VMLS). The information displayed herein was derived from sources believed to be accurate, but has not been verified by VMLS. Buyers are cautioned to verify all information to their own satisfaction. This information is exclusively for viewers' personal, non- commercial use. Any republication or reproduction of the information herein without the express permission of the VMLS is strictly prohibited.
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You will be SHOT! Yikes. It kinda makes the subversive in me put a welcome mat right underneath that. 🙂
aloha spiritt
A couple months ago I saw this when we were walking around Hanapepe with the boys and grandma- it made me feel pretty good, like I was at home but a downpour walloped us right after and it was so humid I paraded around for the next hour or two like a top contestant in the Hawaii Man-Boobs Wet T-Shirt Showdown, which is normally dominated by Samoan gents as their island is a mere few thousand miles away and hence it's basically a home match for them. A friend of mine is visiting Kauai next week for her first time and she asked me for recommendations and I described a handful of my favorite places, hopefully she won't wander too close here and get shot in the leg.


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HireVue's New Team Acceleration Software Puts the Power to Build and Coach Teams in the Hands of Managers Everywhere Digital Video & Data Science Help Create the World's Best Teams Salt Lake City, Utah – June 2, 2015 – HireVue today unveiled its Team Acceleration software to empower team leaders to build and coach the world's best teams. The software includes new products that leverage HireVue's proprietary digital video and predictive analytics solutions. The Team Acceleration suite is built on HireVue Iris(™), a patented deep-learning analytics engine that analyzes more than 100,000 audio, video and behavioral attributes for more informed, data-driven people decisions. HireVue customers outperform their peers with 50 percent higher productivity, 25 percent faster cycle times and 27 percent less turnover.* Leading publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt reported significant benefits using HireVue's Team Acceleration software, including:
- Approximately $70 million in additional revenue
- 100 percent of new inside sales reps hit quota
- 60 percent reduction in sales turnover
- Sales vacancies filled 50 percent faster
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TCP stack on most of the Linux distributions are tuned for the desktop. Using Linux distribution on servers having high load require some tuning on TCP stack. Here is what I found.
Add the following lines into /etc/sysctl.conf
# tcp tuning
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem=4096 65536 16777216
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem=4095 87380 16777216
sudo sysctl -p
Restart your application(s).
This is effective especially when clients are on slow connection. These configuration change will change the tcp write and read memory size so that lot many bytes can be sent over to client in a single packet.


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Peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and books remain the 'gold standard' for scholarship. Since 2013, social and digital media have matured and now play a crucial role in supporting and communicating research and scholarship.
This new found maturity of platforms and uses signals a move in publishing beyond on what Dunleavy has called "unnecessarily obscure platforms" and into the embrace of popular solutions.
Using Medium and Creativist as examples, this presentation will investigate the impacts and implications of using multiple media to increase research visibility and amplify awareness of traditional scholarly record.
Using "Pest Controller, Shock Absorber: 40 years of the Prime Minister's Chiefs of Staff" digital project (2014)- http://t.co/WJ4Ru0eZvD as a case study, I will show how using these platforms and employing interactive features – especially as a supplementary/support resource of traditional scholarship – can enhance the scholarly narrative and further, how the distribution networks at play across both platforms can amplify its visibility to both academic and non-academic audiences.
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Pistol Bay Mining releases zinc-copper assays from Ontario, prepares for new drilling
by Greg Klein | June 13, 2018
As a long-overdue modern exploration program continues on northwestern Ontario's Confederation Lake, Pistol Bay Mining TSXV:PST released assays for an initial three-hole 1,555-metre program on the property's Arrow zone. The results "confirm the consistent nature of mineralization in the Arrow zone and give us more confidence in the existing mineral resource estimate," noted president/CEO Charles Desjardins. The assays show:
Hole GL18-01
- 0.73% copper, 2.22% zinc, 12 g/t silver, 0.307 g/t gold and 0.03% lead for 4.34% zinc-equivalent over 10.9 metres, starting at 432.7 metres in downhole depth
- (including 0.69% copper, 4.49% zinc, 22.2 g/t silver, 0.217 g/t gold and 0.1% lead for 6.65% zinc-equivalent over 2.9 metres)
- (and including 1.16% copper, 1.48% zinc, 12.8 g/t silver, 0.64 g/t gold and 0.01% lead for 4.91% zinc-equivalent over 3 metres)
- 0.13% copper, 1.13% zinc, 3.3 g/t silver, 0.044 g/t gold and 0.02% lead for 1.54% zinc-equivalent over 12.9 metres, starting at 563.1 metres
- (including 0.2% copper, 1.93% zinc, 4.3 g/t silver, 0.083 g/t gold and 0.04% lead for 2.54% zinc-equivalent over 3.8 metres)
- (which includes 0.11% copper, 2.69% zinc, 3.4 g/t silver, 0.04 g/t gold and 0.07% lead for 3.09% zinc-equivalent over 1.5 metres)
- (and also includes 0.48% copper, 2.92% zinc, 8.5 g/t silver, 0.15 g/t gold and 0.05% lead for 4.28% zinc-equivalent over 1.3 metres)
True widths weren't provided.
In early May the company released the program's first hole, showing 5.15% zinc-equivalent over 12.85 metres.
Last year Pistol Bay filed a 43-101 resource for Arrow, with a base case 3% zinc-equivalent cutoff for an inferred category showing:
- 2.1 million tonnes averaging 5.78% zinc, 0.72% copper,19.5 g/t silver and 0.6 g/t gold, for a zinc-equivalent grade of 8.42%
Contained amounts come to:
- 274 million pounds zinc, 34.3 million pounds copper, 1.33 million ounces silver and 41,000 ounces gold
As the rig moves to the project's Fredart copper-gold zone, the team keeps busy re-compiling all Arrow drill results and incorporating new surveys of collar locations and azimuths using differential GPS equipment, Pistol Bay stated.
Although Fredart underwent extensive drilling between 1965 and 1985, the zone lacks a 43-101 resource due to uncertainty about drill hole locations and the lack of previous core to confirm historic assays, the company added.
The drill campaign follows the 15,000-hectare property's first survey by modern geophysics which, in another first for Confederation Lake, was conducted on a regional scale.


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Push Notifications service enables you to send and manage mobile and web push notifications using an intuitive UI, client SDK's and simple REST API's to configure, monitor and send notifications.
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Create a Notification service
Create the service instance that will manage and deliver the push notifications to mobile and web clients.
Monitor Notifications
The IBM Push Notifications service extends your ability to monitor push performance by generating graphs from your user data. List all the sent push notifications, or report on all registered devices and analyze information on a regular basis.
Integrate with Cloud Functions
Common use cases require push messages to be sent on events like transactions, delay in flight arrival, salary credit etc. Leverage the Push Notifications action in IBM Cloud functions to achieve this.
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With the Push Notifications service, choose to receive alerts on information that has changed. Changes to the enterprise information create events, for which you are notified by registering them as webhook events.
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It's easy to quickly create a native Android application with high-value mobile services like push notifications and mobile analytics on IBM Cloud. This tutorial walks you through the creation of a mobile starter application, adding mobile services, setting up client SDKs, importing the code to Android Studio and then further enhancing the application.
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Once the customer provides feedback, the feedback is analyzed using Watson Tone Analyzer service and a relevant message is delivered using the Push Notifications Service, offering a discount if the customer is disappointed as assessed by the tone.
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A news channel app owner want to send a broadcast alert to all users about an upcoming storm. The news channel app owner can quickly send notifications to all the users about the storm alert using a simple GUI interface with few clicks.
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Rare grilled tuna loin on a bed of fennel,cucumber and radishes served with a fragrant thai dressing.
Peel and roughly chop the garlic cloves. Remove the outer layers of the lemongrass and finely slice. Place the lemongrass, garlic and sugar into a pestle and mortar and pound until you have a smooth paste. Add the soy sauce and the juice from the limes. Mix together and adjust with more sugar if necessary. Keep to one side.
Cut the fennel in half and remove the tough core. Slice the fennel on a mandolin.
Peel the cucumber. Cut in half lengthways and remove the seeds with a spoon. Cut the cucumber into thin batons.
Peel and finely slice the shallots. Remove the stalks form the radishes and cut into quarters.
Cut the red chilli in half and remove the seeds. Finely slice.
Peel the ginger and cut into very small dice.
Pick the leaves from the mint and the coriander and keep the leaves whole. Place them in iced water to keep them fresh.
Roughly chop the peanuts.
Heat a griddle pan until very hot. Rub the tuna loin with the olive oil and season with Maldon sea salt and lots of ground black pepper.
Cook the tuna loin on all sides for 30 seconds. Remove from the heat.
To serve:
Mix together the salad ingredients and dress with half of the vinaigrette. Fold through half of the mint and coriander leaves last. Place a nest pile of the salad in the centre of the plate.
Cut the tuna loin into thin slices and season each slice with a pinch of Maldon sea salt.
Place the tuna slices on top of the salad and finish the plate with a drizzle of the remaining dressing and a few mint and coriander leaves. Serve with a wedge of lime.
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Many of you have not heard enough about Reddit and might be searching for getting information about this social media which is also known as "front page of the internet". It has started just in June 2005 and currently it is one of the biggest sites on the internet.
Businesses need reachability to the people. Marketers always try to leverage the massive platform to get visibility and brand awareness. Reddit had 542 million monthly visitors and ranked 11th as the most visited website in the US. It has undoubtedly helped many businesses through its features. You can even share your content with fans and followers with Reddit. It is a source of valuable content.
The members of Reddit's community can submit content such as direct links and text posts. Registered users can submit their votes as upvote or downvote to organize the posts and determine their position on the site's pages.
Karma is a simple way to evaluate a user's contribution. Everything on Reddit is driven by karma which is nothing but individual positive and negative point (Upvotes and downvotes) given and received by the member of the website. If your karma is more, the more Redditor would respect you, pay attention to your post and communicate with you. Your growth of the business from Reddit website depend on how much karma you have.
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RedditDominator has Voter module where you can input the settings to give upvote. You can set multiple of URLs to give upvote to the person you wish. This software can help any businesses by maximizing upvote as it would increase their karma.
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As I told you, I met this family from Guayaquil who also were going back with the same flight as me and offered to show me a little bit of their city this evening. The family also let me stay in their house in Guayaquil this night! I'm soo lucky!
Guayaquil is the largest and the most populous city in Ecuador. I thought it was going to be a much smaller city, but it's actually bigger then Quito! Still it's not the capital..
I woke up this morning in San Cristóbal with this eye infection again, similar as the one I had in Isla Mujeres in Mexico… So I was crying all the time the daylight hurt… If I would have been alone I would never have been able to walk around alone finding all these places because I couldn't use my lenses and neither my eyeglasses, I had to wear my sunglasses all the time.. haha. And also the time was to short in this city, only one evening, so I wouldn't had the time get to know the city and find these places. It's also quite unsafe to walk around in Guayaquil… I think it was meant for me to meet this wonderful family.
First, they fed me a good typical Ecuadorian meal at their home. Later we took the car downtown and visited the Iguana park, which is as you can hear, home to many land iguanas. It stroke me the difference of Galápagos, here both locals and tourists were touching the animals and even feeding them, even if there were signs saying that it was prohibited. In Galápagos, nobody would ever touch or feed them, everyone is very aware of the rules and the consequences. Anyhow.
After that we took a walk around the Malecón, the boardwalk close to the Guayas river. It's really big and crowded! Also since it was Sunday and everything else is closed, people gather in el Malecon to take a walk.
A funny thing Patty told me, is that this area was really unsafe and ugly before. The old boardwalk from the 19th century had started to fall into the river itself and was an unsafe place with thieves, muggers, drug dealers etc…
But the ex-president of Ecuador, had the goal to create spaces that would encourage urban renewal.. but the government didn't want to pay for it. So to make this possible, they created the Malecón 2000 Foundation, a private non-profit entity to raise money to build this boardwalk. This foundation consists of the most representative public and private businesses in the city and are the administrators of the park.
A beautiful idea! Now it's one of the most visited and safest places in the city, with museums, restaurants, galleries, lagoons, parks for the kids, walk paths etc…
From the malecón we walked to the north towards Las Peñas, which is a neighbourhood on top of a hill. All the old houses have been restored and painted in different colours making it the artistic centre of the city. It is beautiful, the stairs are numbered, there are round 430 steps up to the viewpoint over the city, and on the sides of the steps there are restaurants, art galleries, shops, discos etc. Very cozy neighbourhood.
I've told you before that there is a Barcelona team here too, right? Josue is a football fanatic and knows everything about them. They are based here in Guayaquil and were founded in 1925 by a Spanish immigrant who decided to name the club after his hometown Barcelona in Spain. A funny thing is that they have only played once the Spanish Barcelona football team, and it was in 1987 for the opening of the Ecuadorian Barcelonas football stadium… and guess who won?? The Ecuadorian Barcelona!!! Haha, yes, 2-1!
Even if I'm from Barcelona.. I'm a Real Madrid-fan if I have to choose.. I was sort of raised to hate barça… but now I can say that I'm a barcelona fan, but of the team of Ecuador! ;) Haha!
I'm amazed that they are both footballs teams with the name of Barcelona, and that their shield is almost exactly the same!! So weird!
At night, I was really tired in my eye and it hurt a lot. Patty lent me her room to stay in to rest my eyes in the dark for a while. They came with a wet towel and a bowl of ice water to help me bring down the swelling…. Oh, so lucky to be here and have someone taking care of me. Later, the father and mother of the family came into the room to say a prayer for me. So sweat. They kneeled and put their hands on my shoulders and on my eyed and prayed to the Lord to heal the eye for me and get me healthy to keep on traveling. It was so beautiful, and it actually did feel a lot better afterwords. I'm amazed.
I had a good nights sleep, and next day it was better. The mother had made breakfast for me (6 in the morning), and the father gave me a goodbye-gift (a dvd and something to read about faith). I'm the one who should give them gifts!! They even paid the taxi for me back to the airport.
I'm totally amazed about how great people can be. I'm speachless. I'll never lose faith in people, that's for sure! And I will definitively return this favour to someone else when I get the possibility to do it.


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Image Emerge Of Drastic Step Arsenal Face Took After Spurs Defeat
Goonersden brings you news from top football news sites from the likes of ESPN, SkySport, Daily Mail, Daily Star and Metro… We also Analyse football, player, transfer and predict Arsenal starting line-up.
There's always that one club supporter that takes his frustration too far, and this Gunner fan surely has done that after being left frustrated after the loss to City rivals Tottenham Hotspurs in the North London derby yesterday.
England international striker Harry Kane netted the lone goal of the match early in the second 45 minutes to secure the maximum points for Tottenham at Wembley Stadium, and ordinarily, it would have been a huge disappointment for Gunners supporters to lose the match against their bitter City rivals.
However, France international striker Alexandre Lacazette came in from the bench for more stick than most Arsenal players for the team, as he missed two goalscoring chances at the end of the match which could well have allowed the team to snatch something from the match.
Instead, the former Lyon striker missed both chances and cut a despondent figure after the final whistle as his struggles at his new club continue this season.
The Frenchman has managed to find the net just nine times in 29 matches so far this term, and coupled with the New year arrival of Gabon striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the pressure is increasing having been left on the bench for the last two matches since the ex-Dortmund forward arrived.
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— Brusk (@Bruskk_) February 10, 2018