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(Sorry I've given up with the linky this week, it won't show up and it appears to have attributed last week's comments to this post and eaten last week's posts – grrr).
Alexander Residence has been nominated for the MADs blog of the year, a little bird told me this was because of Little Legacy. Great oaks from tiny acorns grow, and whether or not this goes any further it's lovely that Little Legacy has been honoured in this way. Thank you x
Tinned peaches, toasted teacakes, crumpets, crinkle cut chips. This week I want to honour my maternal Gran, who will always be fondly remembered for her love of convenience foods. She lived round the corner from both my primary schools, so we often went to her house for lunch, or after school. When we were too ill to go to school we were wrapped up in a tartan rug on her huge sofa, part of a gigantic three piece suite which totally dwarfed her tiny bird like frame. It had big block like cushions, perfect den building apparatus.
She had a wicked sense of humour and loved silly songs, which I still like to sing, especially when in the car on my own, or when the kids are creating a fuss in the back.
We're off we're off we're off in a motor car, fifty bobbies are after us and we don't know where we are.
On song will always remind me of watching Gran, loading up the last of her possessions in a Pork Farms van my Dad had borrowed from work. I think she was finally leaving our old house in Neston, which she lived in for us when Dad got a new job in Staffordshire, but the house wouldn't sell. She moved lots, following her daughters around the country after the death of my Grandfather, who died before I was born, perhaps that explains why this music hall moving day anthem was one of her favourites.
My old man said "Follow the van,
And don't dilly dally on the way".
Off went the van wiv me 'ome packed in it,
I followed on wiv me old cock linnet.
But I dillied and dallied, dallied and I dillied
Lost me way and don't know where to roam.
Well you can't trust a special like the old time coppers
When you can't find your way 'ome
And she would tell me and my little brother silly stories…
Three robbers sat in a cave, and one of them said to Antonio, Antonio tell us a tale, and Antonio began as follows. Three robbers sat in a cave…
And if we became too wild, or too excited by den building and leaping off sofas she would suddenly hiss Hush! before pausing dramatically and barking Harkee! Then there would be another long lingering dramatic pause and we would wait, nervously giggling, watching the glint in her eye and trying to predict when she would finally cry out, as fast as a bursting balloon:
Hush! Harkee! Chickadeeto! I have no idea what it means or where it comes from, but it sounds awesome.
Although she didn't provide me with Gran's trademark crinkle cut chip recipe, Mum stuck a picture of Gran in the Bridge Street Vegetarian Cookbook she made me, next to the recipe for Crisp Apple Crumble. I'm not sure where the recipe came from, but it was one we often ate together. Here's Me, Gran, Mum and Grandma, and a fab recipe.
Little legacy is a remembrance project , a positive and creative space, to celebrate small things handed down by inspiring people. Feel free to link up a little legacy you've been thinking about this week, or to leave one in the comments. Here's the code and here's more on Little Legacy. Memory Book is my plan to make a family book of these memories, join up and see where it takes you?

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Very pleased that we can now access our customer accounts from the web. However, this has brought to light some navigation issues.
I realise that one can be a member of the PP Community without being a PP customer, and that the Community site (1) is separate from the main PP website (2) and customer accounts (3). And I believe one needs to log in separately for the Community and one's PP account; one login would be nice.
It would be helpful to be able to navigate amongst the three. Right now, there are links from the main PP site (1) to (2) and (3), but no links from (2) or (3) to either of the other two sites. After login, the browser should know whether you're a PP or Community member and allow you access to the relevant site(s).


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Welcome to the Linux Foundation Forum!
Multiple IP Address on a single NIC
jtboeder Posts: 1
edited April 2017 in Network Management
I need to have 4 ip address on one nic but can only get two working?
I have added the IP Address, Subnet Mast, gateway and broadcast information to the Interfaces file, but still only able to get the first two to work. The 192 address can ping as well as the 10.x.2.x network but nothing from 10.x.3.x and 10.x.4.x networks.


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Hardship payments rise as students struggle without the bursary
Nursing Standard investigation reveals alarming, yet predictable personal cost in England
- Student numbers have fallen since the bursary was scrapped in England
- RCN says burden of debt makes students think twice about nursing
- Nursing students are now eligible for more financial support than in 2016-17, says Department of Health and Social Care
Hardship payments intended to enable nursing students to remain in their degree programmes have risen since the NHS bursary was cut in England, a Nursing Standard investigation shows.
in hardship grants and funding has been paid to struggling nursing students at 49 universities across the UK since 2016
Responses obtained from 35 of 62 universities surveyed in England showed the hardship payments they made rose 6% to 3.47 million in the academic year after the bursary in England...
Nursing Standard investigation reveals 'alarming, yet predictable' personal cost in England
- Student numbers have fallen since the bursary was scrapped in England
- RCN says burden of debt makes students think twice about nursing
- Nursing students are now eligible for more financial support than in 2016-17, says Department of Health and Social Care
Hardship payments intended to enable nursing students to remain in their degree programmes have risen since the NHS bursary was cut in England, a Nursing Standard investigation shows.
£8.95 million
in hardship grants and funding has been paid to struggling nursing students at 49 universities across the UK since 2016
Responses obtained from 35 of 62 universities surveyed in England showed the hardship payments they made rose 6% to £3.47 million in the academic year after the bursary in England was scrapped in August 2017.
In a few cases the universities were unable to separate the figures for nursing students and midwifery and allied health professional students, but these groups are also affected by the bursary cut.
'Sadly predictable'
RCN acting chief executive Dame Donna Kinnair, pictured left, says: 'These alarming yet sadly predictable figures show the enormous personal cost of the government's decision to scrap the bursary.
'Nursing students are not like other students – they face the additional costs of travelling to clinical placements, and they are often unable to supplement their income with part-time jobs due to the workload involved in a nursing course.
'But this disastrous policy doesn't just have a huge personal impact on the students affected. Student numbers are down 8% since the bursary was scrapped.
'The burden of debt is yet another factor that makes potential students think twice about studying for a nursing degree'
Dame Donna Kinnair, RCN acting chief executive
'The burden of debt is yet another factor that makes potential students think twice about studying for a nursing degree.'
In the other three UK countries, 14 universities paid an additional £2.2 million in hardship funds over the same time period.
'The money was eaten up by rent'
Sheffield Hallam University third-year adult nursing student Katie-May Taylor, pictured right, applied for a hardship grant at the start of this academic year to cover rent and living costs.
She says that without this assistance she would have had to drop out of the course or ask her parents for help. 'The money was just eaten up by rent,' she explains.
She was in the last cohort in England to receive the NHS bursary, but says that even that did not cover her rent.
'The government should not have cut the bursary,' she says. 'They have done it without understanding the situation, and that students were already struggling, even with the bursary. It's putting a lot of people off nursing.'
The Nursing and Midwifery Council requires students to complete 2,300 practice hours, in addition to their academic work, to qualify to join the nursing register.
This does not leave much time for part-time work, as many clinical placements take place during anti-social hours and what would be holiday time for other students.
However, because of financial pressures, many nursing students are forced to work.
'Something needs to change'
Learning disability nursing master's programme student Alice Waddington, pictured left, receives a £1,000 annual NHS bursary but still works two part-time jobs in the evenings and at weekends to help pay for her living costs.
She is in her final year of the programme at Edge Hill University in Ormskirk and lives at home with her parents, without whose help she would be unable to continue her studies.
Ms Waddington has not applied for hardship funding from her university and is ineligible for student loans because she is doing a master's course.
She says: 'If I really needed money for something I would go to my parents, but I don't like asking them because I am an adult and should be able to pay my own way.
'Something needs to change if they want people to carry on with nursing studies.'
'Set to go from bad to worse'
Unite lead professional officer Obi Amadi says Nursing Standard's findings are no surprise.
'Many students run out of money, leaving them with few options – either leave or source a hardship loan'
Obi Amadi, Unite lead professional officer
'This is what we predicted,' says Ms Amadi, pictured right. 'Many students can't afford their loan and run out of money, leaving them with few options – either leave or source a hardship loan.
'This is not the way to train a professional workforce – there should be parity across the professions.
'The government needs to seriously review this system, as the situation is set to go from bad to worse – we have a nursing shortage and this will not encourage anyone to pursue nursing as a career.'
- RELATED: No U-turn on nursing student bursary
'Funds could help encourage more into nursing'
A recent report on tackling drop-out rates among nursing students recommends that prospective students – particularly mature ones – have access to hardship funds to encourage them to consider a career in nursing.
The Health Education England RePAIR report (Reducing Pre-registration Attrition and Improving Retention) says survey responses from 3,447 students reveal that finances are the top reason why they consider leaving courses.
Many said that they are not able to earn enough, or any, money while studying and are either getting further into debt, or are dependent on others to support them.
Others noted the financial challenges associated with clinical placements, such as travel and parking costs, and said that working shifts meant they struggled to find part-time paid employment.
Falling numbers of mature students applying for nursing degree programmes is a source of concern – 1,225 fewer were accepted onto courses in 2017, compared with 2016.
A recent Universities and Colleges Admissions Service analysis of mature students over 21 said the removal of the NHS bursary had contributed to a fall in nursing degree applications from this group. It said this group was 'more debt-averse', with decisions driven by financial considerations.
While the total amount of hardship payments has increased in England since the bursary was cut, the number of students receiving these payments has fallen slightly. Some suggest this may correlate to a drop in the number of student applications in 2017-18.
The number of mature nursing students in England has dropped by 16%, from 7,450 to 6,260, since 2016, the last year of bursary funding
Source: UCAS
There were 2,716 students who received hardship funds in 2017-18, down 90 on the previous year.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson says: 'Nursing students are eligible for more financial support than in 2017 and, as these figures show, fewer required the hardship support this year compared with last year.'
At Birmingham City University, 103 nursing students received just over £103,000 in funding assistance in 2016-17. In 2017-18, the number of students who received assistance fell to 77 but the payments rose to more than £156,000.
'Mature students are more risk-averse'
The university's head of adult nursing, Kevin Crimmons, believes the biggest effect of removing the bursary has been a significant decline in applications, particularly by mature students aged over 25.
Mr Crimmons says: 'We have seen that reflected in the number of applications at the university, particularly in that demographic.'
'The government did not run any kind of national campaign to make the students affected aware of the allowances and support measures in place'
Kevin Crimmons, head of the department of adult nursing, Birmingham City University
He says mature students are more risk-averse, so the certainty of accruing student debt is putting them off applying–especially those who already have first degrees or have responsibilities such as children, mortgages or jobs.
'The government did not run any kind of national campaign to make the students affected aware of the allowances and the support measures in place around student loans,' he says.
'Ministers are still wringing their hands about the huge number of nurse vacancies but doing little to support us in addressing that. The real message should be around the financial support available for students.
nursing students in the UK received financial help in 2017-18, compared with 4,121 in 2016-17
'Few students know they can claim their travel expenses or receive a childcare grant.'
Needs and budget
Birmingham City University is trying to address this by employing a childcare consultant to help students with children understand what support is available to fit their needs and budget.
Mr Crimmons says nursing and subjects allied to healthcare are the only areas in which funding is available for a second degree.
'We will always do everything we can for our students, but I feel there is more the government could do aside from making money available,' he says.
'It's about making sure those wanting to come into the profession understand the financial support within the package the government has put together.'
Other universities saw a rise in both overall payments and the number of nursing students receiving them. The University of York paid £69,339 to 50 students in 2016-17 and £87,653 to 60 students after the bursary was cut.
But a spokesperson for the university says: 'It is too early to establish a link between the removal of nursing bursaries and a rise in hardship payments, as there is currently only minimal data, which is still being assessed.'
How to access financial help
- The RCN provides a money guide for nursing students, and says students experiencing hardship who have already contacted their university's welfare department could contact the college's Lamplight Support Service
- Most universities offer financial grants or loans that nursing students may be eligible for. A London South Bank University spokesperson says it strives to ensure that hardship funding is awarded in a timely and targeted manner to those who need it most. The university also offers students practical debt advice tailored to their individual situation
- The RCN Foundation is an independent charity that offers support, in the form of grants, scholarships and bursaries, to nursing students, nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants
- Graduates with a non-nursing degree who are starting nurse training before March 2019 can apply for the RCN Foundation Margaret Parkinson Scholarship awards, worth up to £2,500 per year. Applications must be made by 5pm on 19 October
Stephanie Jones-Berry is a health journalist
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Harassment - Intimidation - Bullying
Westwood Regional School District
The Board of Education prohibits acts of harassment, intimidation, and bullying and abides by the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act. A safe and civil environment in school is necessary for students to learn and achieve high academic standards. Harassment, intimidation, or bullying, like other disruptive or violent behaviors, is conduct that disrupts both a student's ability to learn and a school's ability to educate its students in a safe environment; and since students learn by example, school administrators, faculty, and staff have all received mandated training regarding the State's new H.I.B (Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying) law, and will continue to demonstrate appropriate behavior, treating others with civility and respect, and refusing to tolerate harassment, intimidation, or bullying.
The district will also continue to promote character education, positive behavior, and anti-bullying through curricular, instructional, and staffing decisions. Some examples of work currently being done in the district include the following:
The Westwood Regional Middle School will be entering the seventh year of a PBSIS (Positive Behavioral Support in Schools) program, which is a school-wide initiative to increase positive behaviors in middle school students.
In the last several years, the district has created the positions of K-5 Elementary Guidance Counselor, District Behaviorist, and Elementary School Psychologist, all of which will help to drive anti-bullying initiatives at the elementary schools.
All students in grades 4-5 will receive explicit instruction in anti-bullying and social skills via a program called Second Step, and all students K-5 via a program called Cybersmart.
District schools will continue to work with building-based PSOs to schedule assemblies that focus on character education.
The district has improved the I&RS (Intervention & Referral Service) for students who exhibit behavioral and social challenges.
The High School will again provide students with opportunities to participate in contests that enable them to showcase their thoughts, feelings, and understanding of anti-bullying through artwork.
On this page you will notice the district's revised Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying policy, which aligns to the State's new regulations, as well as copies of our forms used to document allegations and/or complaints regarding bullying, as well as investigations.


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Whether they are caddying for golfers during the weekend at the local country club, or carrying the bag of golfers who are playing in major tournaments and competing for thousands of dollars, the responsibilities of golf caddies are largely the same. Carrying golf bags and handing golfers their golf clubs are among the most visible aspects of the job of golf caddies, but there are many more responsibilities.
Carrying golf clubs
The main job of golf caddies is to carry the golf bags of golfers. In some instances, golf caddies will carry the bags of two golfers. In addition to carrying the bags, caddies also hand golfers the various clubs they use, and put clubs back into the bag after golfers have hit their shots.
Golf caddies are expected to clean the golf clubs and golf balls of the golfers for whom they are caddying. Many golf courses include mechanical club and ball washers, but caddies also should carry a towel and use it to wipe clubs after each shot. Caddies most commonly clean golf balls on the green and at the beginning of each hole.
Caddies are responsible for raking bunkers and sand traps. This responsibility kicks in after golfers hit their balls into bunkers or sand traps, forcing them in to the sand. Caddies should rake the entire disturbed area.
Measuring yardages
Golfers often want to know how far it is from the ball to the green; it is the job of caddies to tell them. Some caddies use an automatic range finder, but the most common method for measuring the distance is to find the nearest distance marker. These are located in the fairway and have written on them the distance to the green. By pacing off the distance from the golf ball to the marker, then adding or subtracting it from the distance on the marker, caddies can tell golfers the distance to the green.
Replacing divots and ball marks
When golfers make divots on the fairway or in the rough, caddies are responsible for replacing them. Caddies retrieve the chunks of grass and place them in the spot from where they came.
Tending the pin
Once golfers have hit their ball onto the green, caddies are responsible for tending or removing the pin. If the golfers cannot see the hole from where their balls are, caddies stand near the pin, hold it in one hand, and remove it only after the golfers have hit their shot. If the balls are near the hole, caddies should remove the pin before any putts are hit. The pin must be replaced once all golfers have hit their ball into the hole.


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Familyrelatives.com is a secure site and requires browser cookies to login, purchase units and search, please make sure your browser cookies are enabled.
How to change your browser privacy settings;
1. In Internet Explorer, on the Tools menu, click Internet Options.
2. On the Privacy tab, Select Sites (for Windows 98 select Edit)
3. Enter Address of website http://www.familyrelatives.com
4. Click Allow and OK to close window and Apply and OK to close Internet Options window
You are now ready to view all the familyrelatives.com pages and images.
If you have a PC Firewall, the settings may be active and may not allow you to access parts of the website, therefore this needs to be set up correctly.


text: The Don Isaac Ezekiel Combination was formed by three ex-members of Fela Kuti's 1960s highlife-jazz band, the Koola Lobitos (Don Kemonah -former Amaechi-, Isaac Olasugba and Ezekiel Hart). This extremely accomplished musicians formed the D.I.E. Combination band just at the same time when Fela was beginning to revolutionise the mus… Read More


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Manchester United are preparing a move for Japanese striker Yoshinori Muto in January to alleviate their problems up front. The Red Devils have had a disappointing run so far this term, scoring only 22 goals in 17 league matches.
The Mirror reports that United have earmarked the forward position as the main culprit behind their indifferent form, having failed to win in any of their last six games in all competitions, having lost three and drawn the rest. The run of form also included falling out of the group stages of the Champions League and a massive downgrade in their league position, going from first to fifth in the matter of a month.
United have been keeping a close eye on the Mainz striker through the length of the season and are planning a £10m ($15m) bid to bring him to Old Trafford. The Bundesliga man has scored seven goals in 14 appearances thus far and will add some much needed pace and quality to the United side, which currently has only two recognised strikers in Wayne Rooney and Anthony Martial.
Rooney has been in woeful form of late, scoring only two goals in the league thus far, while Martial scored his first goal in the league against Norwich City in two months, with his last goal coming against Southampton in September. The 23-year-old was heavily linked with a move to Chelsea last summer but decided to move to Mainz where he has a contract running till 2019.
However, with United interested, the club may be forced to consider selling the player only six months into his appointment in Mainz. Sir Alex Ferguson is believed to be a huge fan of the player and has watched him develop since he was in charge of proceedings in Manchester. Ferguson retired from his services in 2013 after he won his 13th title with the Red Devils, with David Moyes taking charge.


text: On Thursday, October 7, 2004, 7:09:10 PM, Brian wrote: > I suppose Ruby could make finding these problems much easier if there were a > way of distinguishing a method end, and a class/module end, from a block > end: > class Foo > def m1 > ... > enddef # ? > ... > endclass # ? Yeah, but that's ugly :) > Being forced to write that could be annoying too. But actually, just having > a way to test at compile time whether you're outside a method call, or > outside a class definition, would be good enough for me: > class Foo > def m1 > "foo" > end > method_boundary <-- raise error if inside 'def' method_boundary := "raise unless self == Foo" or (more general) method_boundary := "raise unless Class === self" > Sprinkling a few "method_boundary" and "class_boundary" statements at > strategic points in a file would easily localise the problems. I wonder if > there is a clever way to implement this directly in Ruby? To localise the problem, I use % in Vim to jump between "end" and the corresponding "class", "if", "def", ... statement. Doesn't take long to find the sucker, usually. Gavin


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NEW YORK: Shares of Tesla fell Wednesday following reports US securities regulators have subpoenaed the electric car maker's Chief Executive Elon Musk over his statements about taking the company private.
Shares finished down 2.6 percent at $338.69 after news of the formal demand for information was published by Fox Business and The New York Times. Shares fell as much as 4.5 percent earlier in the session, reports AFP.The development suggests the oversight by the US Securities and Exchange Commission — which was characterized in previous news articles as an inquiry — has "advanced to a more formal, serious stage," said The Times, which cited a person familiar with the matter.
A subpoena "typically requires the approval of top SEC officials," the newspaper added.
A Wall Street Journal story published after the stock market closed said the subpoena sought information from each of Tesla's directors.
A Tesla spokesperson declined comment.
Musk has been under scrutiny after disclosing a proposal to take the company private on Twitter and saying that financing for a transaction was "secured," a claim that analysts viewed skeptically and has looked shaky based on several news accounts.
Some Tesla board members were reportedly caught off guard by Musk's tweets and have urged the controversial chief executive to stop using the social media platform.Tesla's board of directors said Tuesday it had formed a special committee to consider the proposal.


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Transparent Glycerin Soap Base / Soap Bar - SLS Free 1.25kg
- Vegetable based
- Good foaming
- High moisturizing content from glycerin which provides a pleasant skin feel
- Neutral odor provides compatiblity with wide range of fragrances and emollients
- Suitable for slicing or molding.
- SLS free which makes it non drying.
Refer to photos for the transaprency!
pH (1% Aqueose Solution): 9.5-10.5
Physical Form at 30C: Solid
Recommended melting temperature: 55-65C
Transparent soap is also known as Glycerine Soap. It is made from 100% vegetable oil, in this case palm oil. The ingredients used for making Transparent Soap, apart from imparting the transparency, contribute many beneficial effects that conventional soaps are lacking.
Furthermore, no SLS is used, no materials of animal origin is used.
1. Mildness: Transparent Soap is a significantly milder than conventional soap. As such it is suitable for sensitive skin and problems associated with sensitive skin. On the on other hand, conventional tends to be more irritating and causes allergic reactions even to normal skin.
2. Moisturizing: Transparent Soap contains a high percentage of Glycerine, a strong moisturizing agent. It is particularly beneficial for dry skin due to sickness or old age or caused by detergents and other chemical agents.
3. Optimum Cleansing: Transparent Soap does not "over clean" the skin as conventional soap does because of its mildness. It cleans the skin of the "dirt" that is accumulated externally (from contact with the environment) or internally (discharges from the body), but not the layer of wax that is naturally present on the skin. In this way, it helps to ensure that the skin keeps its natural moisture and its natural tenderness, elasticity, and firmness.
Transparent soap is the universal soap suitable for all ages, all conditions and all occasions.
Other advantages of Transparent Soap:
1. It is more classy in presentation.
2. It can be made into more varieties of colours and moulded into more exotic forms.
3. By incorporating with specialty ingredients, products of unique selling points can be created.
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I'll be speaking on a Sacramento Public Relations Association (SPRA) Professional Speakers Series panel about "Defining Your Digital Strategy" on May 23, 2013. Josh Morgan from Edelman will also be on the panel, as will Phil Tretheway of Position Interactive. It should be a great conversation; I hope you'll join us.
Venue: Cafeteria 15L
Date: May 23, 2013 11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Address: 1116 15th Street, Sacramento, CA, 95814
Cost: $25 members / $30 nonmembers
More details and the RSVP Eventbrite form is here.


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Clue: Adriatic wind
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Hi, friends! It looks like I have a lot to say in my catch-up post, so it's taking longer than originally thought. No biggie. I'll just share something else fun with you today.
One of the (many!) reasons I love teaching power yoga classes is the music. The creativity of a playlist can send me right into whatever particular mood fits the class theme. Music can bring a new dimension to a yoga flow, helping me to get lost even more deeply into the poses. And, let's get real, a killer playlist can be the driving force to help push through a vinyasa for the umpteenth time. Am I right?
To come up with my playlists, I have listened incessantly to various channels on Spotify…adding songs to my personal lists whenever something grabbed my attention. Occasionally, I would come across a web or blog post sharing a rocking playlist to take inspiration from as well…but those were few and far between. Which is exactly why I want to share mine.
Maybe you're a fellow instructor and will find a song for your classes. Or maybe you come across a song you just love and can use for your workouts or personal practice. Or maybe you're a student (hi!!!) who heard a song in one of my classes and had to know what it was. Whatever the reason, I'll regularly share my power yoga playlists. Starting with this one from my class last night. There's no particular theme to this one – simply a mix of some songs I've really liked over the past month. Enjoy!
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What is a song you've been loving this month?
Find even more playlists on my Yoga Playlists page!
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Without specifically calling any particular journalist out (is he too chicken? why not a link to prove his point?), eWeek columnist Guy Kewney is taking to task any journalist who has claimed that PalmSource's lukewarm support of Java is the PalmOS licensor's leading ailment. Said Kewney in this week's column:
Some have argued that Java was the right alternative to Garnet. This is a little like suggesting that a fleet of a thousand 50cc moped bikes is a sensible cargo-shifting alternative to a 60-ton truck.
Garnet was the old PalmOS. It was replaced by Cobalt (the new PalmOS). I'm not sure who the "some" are. I wrote an e-mail to Kewney to find out who he was referring to but haven't heard back. I Googled "Palm Java" to see if there was anyone but me saying this. If you do it too, you will get 2.76 million results. I looked at all of them this morning between my first and second cup of coffee. I found a lot of people asking about Java development on Palm and plenty of banter about the various decisions (PalmOne, PalmSource, etc.) to support Java (invariably via a partnership with IBM). But as far as I know, I'm the only one that has singled out this issue as the most important linchpin to PalmSource's future (or lack thereof). Not that there aren't others. But computer industry's version of "it takes a village" is "it takes an ecosystem."
For close to four years, I've argued that the PalmOS must become more of a pure Java environment in order for the platform and the company to truly endure. And by pure Java, I mean a wholesale swap: Leaving the look and feel of the built-in applications in place as best as possible, but completely rewriting them in Java and giving the 400,000 or so existing PalmOS developers (claimed by PalmSource) whatever help they need to migrate their software. I first suggested the idea in December 2001, then hinted at it in January 2002, mentioned it in July 2002, said it in October 2002, pressed PalmSource CEO David Nagel about it in July 2003, said it again later that month, discussed the bigger Java picture in June 2004, said it again in August 2004, then again in September 2004, responded to PalmSource VP of product marketing Charlie Tritschler about it in October 2004, reminded everyone of it again in November 2004, then again and again in December 2004, and finally, again, earlier this week).
According to Kewney, the real reason for PalmSource's woes is that the old Palm, in all its glory, became such a fat cat that it couldn't move fast enough to keep up with the Joneses, much less keep its licensees up with the Joneses. 3Com let it whither on the vine. Evidence Exhibit A is the way PalmOne continues to include the the old Garnet OS (which is unable to multitask real-time communications) in its newest Treos. Kewney pins PalmSource's decline on the "It's not dead yet Jim" donkey. PalmSource is apparently haunted by Garnet's legacy.
The OS version mish-mash is clearly a problem and always has been. So too is the fact that the company stuck too hard and fast to the simplicity ethos that put Palm on the map in the first place. The first Palm Pilot did only a few things but did them extraordinarily well. The designers accepted the limitations of the handheld environment and never came close to exceeding them. But when the limitations changed, the PalmOS deliberately did not. Palm truly believed that simplicity would continue to prevail over other, obviously overly ambitious projects (destined to repeat the mistakes of others) like Microsoft's PocketPC. Back in April of 2001, the company's chief competitive officer Michael Mace told me that the Pocket PC is too big, too complex, and requires too many pit stops at the recharging station to be appreciated by anybody but the techno-elite who are typically willing to make such sacrifices to own a pocket rocket. "Handheld technology is immune to Moore's Law," he says. "The situation is not about to improve for Pocket PC any time soon."
Indeed, the newer better PalmOS (Cobalt) that acknowledges a change in the limitations (or Moore's Law) may have been too long in coming. Had it been here three years ago and battle-tested by now, maybe there would be more of the more capable devices in the market today. More than zero that is. You see, it's not just that the new Treo doesn't have the Feb 2004-born Cobalt (also aka PalmOS 6.0). It's that almost 18 months after it was announced, no shipping devices have it (at least not according to the lists of supported smartphones and handhelds on PalmSource's Web site). In the interim, Cobalt and PalmSource's time-lines have not been that impressive.
Better than half a year passed (and well before any devices have shipped), and the company released version 6.1 of the OS (see the review), a version specifically optimized for smartphones. Days later, PalmSource announced a more mobile-capable Web browser for Cobalt. With no devices under Cobalt's belt, doubts were cast upon PalmSource's ability to deliver when news surfaced that PalmOne (the hardware guys) was pondering its Linux and Microsoft options. Doubt about Cobalt's roadmap was exacerbated when, in December 2004, PalmSource announced the acquisition of China Mobilesoft with the intent of building a Linux-based version of the PalmOS. A full year after Cobalt first shipped, a smartphone reference design (based on 6.1) was finally released. But, then, the April 2005 headline First Palm 'Cobalt Smartphone Reportedly in Works, well into year two of Cobalt's life, isn't exactly an encouraging sign of the operating system's adoption rate.
When you review history, you may not help but come to the same conclusion that Kewney did -- that this success-induced gaping hole in innovation has turned a golden egg into charcoal briquette (one that has yet to fully flame out). But Kewney's explanation still misses the bigger picture. The history speaks for itself. But even if, at the present moment, the Cobalt or even a Linux-based version of the PalmOS were well into the market, the result would be no different.
Sure, device prowess (multitasking, multithreading) plays a role. But no platform survives without a thriving ecosystem where more applications beget more users and more users beget more developers (who want to make money off those users) and more developers beget more applications, and so on. Today, the only two seriously thriving ecosystems are .Net and Java -- moreso now than before now that the two can talk to each other (thanks to Web services). Sure, there's a fair amount of work being done in C/C++ (right on top of OSes like Windows and Linux) and stalwarts like Perl and Python are holding their own. But, there's hardly a computer-using human on earth who isn't also a target for .Net or Java developers. Think of it this way: Imagine a budding developer looking to enter the job market with marketable skills. Or one that wants to shrink-wrap his or her software for resale. Which target will most of them go after first and then second? .Net? Java? Linux? PalmOS?
Granted, 400,000 developers is nothing to sneeze at. But if PalmSource (or its ancestry) decided to go the Java route four years ago (or even five, before I had some insight into the situation), those 400,000 developers would instead be the 3 million developers that are developing Java applications. It might even have been 3.4 million (if you add it up). Imagine 3.4 million developers, all in a position to develop applications that run on your operating system. Which would you prefer in the face of the threat from Microsoft? That, or 400,000 developers?
Final word: Kewney is right. PalmSource slipped up in terms of innovation and as result, is not in the market today with a contender. But that slip-up started with the failure to set its sights on Java. Had it done that, and done so on a timely basis, everything else would have fallen into place as it has so done for Research in Motion which began its Java march in early 2002 and which continues to mature its Java offering to this day.


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Fellow patriots, please listen to this short, inspiring message from General Flynn. General Michael Flynn exemplifies patriotism, courage, and love of God and country - despite some of his own countrymen relentlessly attacking him. Donations for his defense are greatly appreciated. If you can only give $5.00, please do so - every little bit helps. Thank you so much, and God bless. Letter from General Flynn.
Bad days…we all have them. Some days it just seems that you should not have gotten out of bed. Then there are those days that are not as bad as that, but you still want the day to be done!
Some days qualify for epic bad day status, a loved one passed away, we receive really bad news like a cancer diagnosis, we suffer a severe injury etc. These days are tough to deal with no doubt about it.
Our common enemy Satan will do all he can to ensure we have as many bad days as possible and to make them as bad as he can through his influence. If you are one who serves the Lord in any capacity on a regular basis, you can be assured you are a target of the evil one.
When you are in the midst of trials and tribulations what do you do? It is easy to let yourself be carried away by the frustration and anger, to get caught up in why me? syndrome. I have done this and still do at times to be honest, I'm human and I fail. What purpose does this serve though? Does any good come from getting caught up in negative thinking and being carried away on the tide of emotion? Obviously the answer to that is a resounding no! Well then what should we be doing when calamity strikes, when Bad Day Himself (there is such a spirit running around right?) 🙂 darkens our doorstep?
First thing to do, VERY first thing we need to do…before even asking God to help us. Call out to God yes, but praise His Holy Name and give thanks to Him for all things…including your present circumstances. Sounds insane doesn't it? Why on earth would I want to be thankful for bad things? Ever hear of a sacrifice of praise? If praising God was always easy, there would be no sacrifice involved right? Your praise to God in the midst of severe trials and pain means more to Him than does the praise you offer on Sunday morning. In the same way, an offering made to God in the collection plate on Sunday that cost you something also means more than giving out of abundance does.
Hebrews 13:15 By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is , the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
God has allowed bad things into your life and will allow more, count on it. I can hear you saying it, "but why would God allow bad things to happen to me, I don't deserve this"? Sometimes God will allow bad things to happen because we DO deserve it because of something we have done against Him. However, there are plenty of things that can happen, that are allowed in your life that have nothing whatsoever to do with what you do or do not deserve.
God allows many things into our lives for a simple reason and it has nothing to do with sin; to teach us something. I'm sure you have heard the old adage seeing is believing? Well maybe you are a little to dependent on your fleshly senses…and need to learn to walk by faith; what you do not see. Maybe you are living in a particular sin, so God allows some things to happen to get your attention so that you will learn that you need to stop doing this thing. Maybe your trust in God is lacking, you are too disobedient (can we ever be obedient enough?, I doubt it), maybe you are to judgmental. The list could go on forever. The point is God often allows something to happen in our life and will continue to allow it until we learn what He is trying to teach us!
This is simply another way that we know how deeply God loves us. Crazy right? God allows things that hurt us and this is good??? YES it is! Think of it this way; you have kids and are raising them right you hope. Often we as parents will try to prevent our children from doing things that will hurt them because we love them. That being said however, if we are truly good parents we will intentionally let our children fall down and get hurt though it pains us to do so….why? Because often the best lessons learned are learned by way of pain and hardship, if the lesson is easy, we tend not to learn it. We love our children enough to allow them to fail so as to learn and grow as people…this is a very loving thing to do. God loves us more than we can ever love Him or our kids spouses etc; and He does the same thing with us! Ever see the child, young adult etc that gets away with everything, never seems to have to pay the piper for wrong doing?? No one likes this person but secretly we all have wished we could get away with everything. This is the one that mom and dad always cleaned up the mess for, never allowing that person to fall down and get hurt. It is also the same one who when on his or her own some day will not know how to live in the world and will be in serious trouble when no one is around to fix it.
Has God allowed turmoil and problems in your life? Be thankful…He loves and cares about you enough to try to teach you the error of your ways. Read the following scriptures about what God allowed in the Apostle Paul's life.
2 Corinthians 11:20-33
20 For ye suffer , if a man bring you into bondage , if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself , if a man smite you on the face. 21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak . Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold , (I speak foolishly ,) I am bold also. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool ) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods , once was I stoned , thrice I suffered shipwreck , a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; 27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. 28 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily , the care of all the churches. 29 Who is weak , and I am not weak ? who is offended , and I burn not? 30 If I must needs glory , I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison , desirous to apprehend me: 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
Listen to the following song by MercyMe and concentrate on the lyrics:
Bring the Rain
I can count a million times
People asking me how I
Can praise You with all that I've gone through
The question just amazes me
Can circumstances possibly
Change who I forever am in You
Maybe since my life was changed
Long before these rainy days
It's never really ever crossed my mind
To turn my back on you, oh Lord
My only shelter from the storm
But instead I draw closer through these times
So I pray
Bring me joy, bring me peace
Bring the chance to be free
Bring me anything that brings You glory
And I know there'll be days
When this life brings me pain
But if that's what it takes to praise You
Jesus, bring the rain


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October 30, 2014
School has started!
A God-sized task that has seemed overwhelming is finally taking shape. A year ago, we had an unfinished building and a big, unfulfilled dream to begin a school for boys.
Part of our desire has been to provide the many street boys in our city with a trade that enables them to escape a spiritually dark religious system that requires them to live in forced poverty, begging for alms.
The other half of our dream is to provide trades for young believers, who are marginalized in the job market because of their choice to leave this region's predominant religion. We want to train these youth to take the gospel into other parts of Africa that are closed to us. Equipped with a vocational skill, they can go and make disciples while supporting themselves and their families.
Our dream is larger than our abilities and resources but to have come as far as we have is a miracle. None of us have ever started a school, but God made it happen.
On Monday, October 20, six students arrived at our boys' vocational center here in northwest Senegal to begin a new auto mechanics course. Several of our church and Alliance team members are teaching Bible, French, and literacy classes. Basse, a former street boy, now the children's ministries director for Yoonu Njub Fellowship, is translating the lessons from French into the local language.
Please pray for our school ministry. We want to start small since we have no director and just one vocational instructor, but in the future we would like to add instructors to offer courses in welding and carpentry.
Multipurpose Venue
Along with the new course in auto mechanics, we sponsor a number of additional activities at the center to demonstrate God's love to this community. Every night the facility is crammed with kids who come to play and hear stories about our loving Heavenly Father. Our girls' vocational school students display their crafts and use the center for large ceremonies.
On many Thursdays (their day off from studies in the predominant religion), the street boys arrive at the center for breakfast and wound care (as needed), play games, and hear Bible stories. We often recognize these boys around town, and they greet us enthusiastically.
Sharing the Good News
An awakening is taking place among our Yoonu Njub (Way of Righteousness) Fellowship brothers and sisters with whom we partner; there is a new urgency to share the good news. Youth from our church use the rooftop sports area and the basketball court for play and meetings. Our church also has a reading room through which community members learn about the gospel and obtain resources to assist in their studies.
One of the fathers from the community, who recently registered his son for the auto mechanics class, spent several minutes thanking my husband for all that the Yoonu Njub has done for the local people. We praise God for the privilege we have to partner with such a dedicated group of believers.
—Based on reports from an Alliance international worker serving in Senegal
- "Please pray. We still need more equipment and financing—at least one car engine and a vehicle for various labs and practical application," the author adds. "We also need more personnel who are trained to teach language, literacy, and the vocational courses we plan to offer in the future."
- Join the Alliance family in praying for our international workers in West Africa and worldwide, who are taking the good news to some of the most spiritually dark places on earth. Use the Alliance Prayer Requests to assist you.
- Give to the Great Commission Fund (GCF) and support Alliance workers, like our team in northwest Senegal, who are creating access to the gospel for those living under the weight of physical and spiritual poverty.
- Give now
Learn More
- Read "Watering the Neighbor's Garden" in the October 15 issue of Alliance Life magazine, which describes additional innovative ministries Yoonu Njub Fellowship provides, "allowing us to build relationships and find those with open hearts to the gospel," says Brian, the Alliance team lead.
- Check out our work in Senegal.


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The time for potential investors to fulfill that potential is now, according to Phil Dow. The director of equity strategy for RBC Wealth Management told CNBC:
"There's a ton of cash on the sidelines -- $3.5 trillion -- the hedge community, by and large, is on the short side of neutral, you've got fair valuations, and we're looking at a situation now where you could see the dollar stabilize; that could cause international investors to come into our market. I think it's a great time to take risk..."
He admits the economy is not entirely out of the woods, but he says it's all part of the timetable of effective investing.
"The troubles aren't over," he said. "You don't buy stocks when the clouds part and the bluebirds come out. ...Our guess is, the middle of next year...things look better."
Dow finds quality investments in technology and natural gas.
The tech stocks he likes are Cisco and Amdocs Limited; in natural gas, he picks ConocoPhillips and Patterson-UTI Energy.
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Early in the UTSA game, Ferguson looked like he was playing at 2x the speed he's played most of the year. I think he's been hurt.
Arkansas hired SMU coach today (14-22 record at SMU) how does that happen??
I think a huge game by some of our seniors in the DXL Frisco Bowl might get them a late invite to a senior game - maybe Secdrick Cooper or Boston Scott.
Cooper and Scott didn't do anything to hurt their stock in the bowl game. In fact, they both had good games, so I guess we will see if it makes a difference. I think the fact Woods is having a good year in the NFL could result in Cooper getting a few more looks. But time will tell.
I don't know. But what I do know is, LA Tech FRESHMAN Israel Tucker had a tremendous game last night. He had 5 solo tackles, and I think he made all of them on special teams kick returns that he made by himself. Tucker was an absolute BEAST on special teams last night. And get this.....he tackled the runners BELOW THE WAIST!!!! YES!!! It's amazing how that still works in football.
I'm telling ya, Israel Tucker was fun to watch last night. If he continues playing like that, he'll be All-CUSA next season.
Didn't Tucker get some trash time with Elliot that last series? The only "known" RB we have returning is Dancy.
Cooper is going to play in the East-West Shrine Game. https://twitter.com/Shrine_Game/status/945798944831000576
Cooper definitely has the skills and work ethic to earn a free agent contract. I think he will impress on special teams wherever he winds up, just as other free agents from LA Tech have done in the past.
I believe Israel Tucker is a scholarship player not a walk-on.


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After Ewan Pearson, Luciano and Alex Smoke made their way for some excellent mixes, Funk D'Void has prepared 17 fresh monster tracks for this new compilation.
His remix work is stellar; New Order, Kraftwerk, Underworld, Laurent Garnier and Kevin Saunderson have all asked for his unique take on their music, with a host of others to numerous to mention (check discogs.com for full listing).
Track list:
01 Itamar Sagi - Black Gold
02 Beroshima - Horizon (Funk D'Void's Hope Mix)
03 Alex Moran - Earth Women Are Easy
04 Joel Mull - Klangfarben
05 Lusine - Drip (Apparat Remix)
06 Cloud - Those Days (Jimpster's Deep Dub Mix)
07 Quince - New Era
08 Vector Lovers - Melodies & Memory
09 H-Foundation - Tonight (King Britt Remix)
10 Dirt Crew - Deep (Francois Dubois Remix)
11 Ski Oakenfull - Illuminations (Milton Jackson Remix)
12 Ozy - Sequential Dub
13 Giles Smith - Track 5
14 Sian - R U Aware
15 Blakkat - Deeper
16 Artec - Communicate
17 Vincenzo - Timeout (Atmosphere 320 Dub)
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'"For indeed you have a choice. You can flee and hide, and wait to be found. You can live out your days in terror, without meaning. Or you can take the harder choice, and you can save them."'
If you remember my post from a couple of weeks back, I explained how I barely ever read randomly any more, and that I had picked this book on a whim at the bookshop to try and remedy that.
And I fell so lucky with my random read, because this book was absolutely AMAZING! Set in Celtic Britain, Daughter of the Forest tells the tale of Sorcha and her six brothers, who are the children of the stern Lord Colem of Sevenwaters (an Irish lord). When their father is captivated by the beautiful but sinister Lady Oonagh, Sorcha's beloved brothers are enchanted by their new stepmother and are forced to take on the form of swans until their sister can complete the terrible task that has been set for her. Her task is complicated when she is taken prisoner by a band of Britons, and she is taken from her home in Ireland to the British mainland. Finding herself torn between her duty to her brothers and a growing love for her captor, Sorcha struggles to complete her task…
This book genuinely had some of the most beautiful writing I had ever read in it, and I was captivated by the mysterious characters and intrinsic sense of place from the very beginning of the novel. Whilst the plot is slow-building, and it takes over 200-pages to get to the main plot point described in the blurb – Sorcha being taken captive by the Britons – I didn't mind when the writing was so engaging, and the characters were developed so well.
I loved Sorcha as a heroine and adored her close, almost magical relationship to her brothers from the start. Whilst all six of her brothers have vastly different personalities, their bond proves itself to be unbreakable, as the lengths Sorcha is willing to go to to break the curse upon them is incredible.
Part of this curse-breaking task was that she has to stay silent until she breaks the curse, and I really liked that aspect as it makes it all the more interesting when she is captured. She refuses to speak to her captors, and communicates only in a rudimentary with hand signals, yet she still manages to capture the heart of Red, a British Lord who is in Ireland searching for his missing brother.
I really liked Red as a character, as he was fairly untypical of a fantasy hero. Whilst he's a little moody, he is also kind and gentle, and would rather be helping on the farms on his estate than riding to war. His growing feelings for Sorcha are heart-warming to read, but this is complicated by the reactions to her from his family and household.
As the Irish are thought by the Britons to be no more than savages, and are in fact at war with them at the time, Sorcha is spurned by Red's family, and isn't trusted by the people of his estate, especially due to her apparent inability to speak. However, she does manage to make some friends during her stay, and I really liked her relationships with Margery, John, Ben and Megan. Red's uncle, however, is an absolutely abhorrent character, and you find yourself truly fearing for Sorcha's safety on the couple of occasions she finds herself alone with him. His comments to her make your skin crawl, and there's always a certain menace about him.
I liked the ending of this book, and am pretty excited to see that this is the start of a trilogy. I will definitely be trying to get hold of the second book soon, and after reading this book I would pretty much read anything by Juliet Marillier! The writing was so beautifully crafted and had such an enchanting, magical feel to it that reminded me of a fairytale (I think the story is in fact based on a Germanic fairytale called The Six Swans), and the characters were well-developed and incredibly likeable (or loathable in the case of Lady Oonagh and Red's uncle Richard).
Reading this book has also shown me how random reading can be nice sometimes, and that you can discover some amazing books that way. Whereas I generally already know what I'm going to the bookshop to buy beforehand, I may occasionally try a random book based off the blurb as well when I have a bit of spare money (and I will now be adding the rest of the Sevenwaters Trilogy to my extensive TBR list).
Rating: 5/5


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P.O. Box 12068, State Capitol
Austin, Texas 78711
Tel. (512) 463-0112
January 11, 2007
AUSTIN -- In response to reports of rampant fraud in a federal day care assistance program, Senator Jane Nelson, R-Lewisville, today filed legislation calling for fingerprinting and background checks to reduce abuse in the system.
"There is no excuse for putting taxpayer dollars in the hands of convicted criminals, especially for the purpose of child care. This bill closes the door to unsuitable providers so that the funding truly benefits the individuals for whom it was intended -- single parents eligible for day care assistance in order to remain in the work force," Senator Nelson said.
SB 206 by Senator Nelson requires that any relative who is providing self-arranged day care under the federal Child Care Development initiative submit to fingerprinting and criminal background checks. A recent investigation found multiple examples of self-arranged relative day care providers with felonious records receiving payment for child care under this program.
This is the second bill related to day care filed by Senator Nelson this session. SB 21 will require that anyone who works at a day care in Texas submit to fingerprinting, along with criminal background checks that are already required. It also strengthens procedures for unannounced inspections. "This bill is designed to root out pedophiles who may have been able to deceive their way into positions working with children. They can fake their identity but not their fingerprint, which is why we need to take this step to protect children," Senator Nelson said.


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Written by: Stephen Hsu
Primary Source: Information Processing
Some perspectives from a Berlin tech guy who has also worked in China.
To some extent Europe is like the Midwest of the US: a source of human capital for SV and other places. Europe and the Midwest have strong universities and produce talented individuals, but lack a mature tech ecosystem which includes access to venture funding, exits (acquisition by big established companies), and a culture of risk taking and innovation.
See also The next Silicon Valley? (another German guy):
My meeting in Beijing with Hugo Barra, who runs all international expansion for Xiaomi — the cool smartphone maker and highest-valued startup in China, at around $45 billion or so — was scheduled for 11 pm, but got delayed because of other meetings, so it started at midnight. (Hugo had a flight to catch at 6:30 am after that.)
In China, there is a company work culture at startups that's called 9/9/6. It means that regular work hours for most employees are from 9 am to 9 pm, six days a week. If you thought Silicon Valley has intense work hours, think again.
For founders and top executives, it's often 9/11/6.5. That's probably not very efficient and useful (who's good as a leader when they're always tired and don't know their kids?) but totally common.
Teams get locked up in hotels for weeks before a product launch, where they only work, sleep and work out, to drive 100 percent focus without distractions and make the launch date. And while I don't think long hours are any measure of productivity, I was amazed by the enormous hunger and drive. …
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The Daily Beast Swallows Up WaPo's Lois Romano
WaPo's Lois Romano is leaving the publication after 29 years to go to work for The Daily Beast.
See the extremely flattering internal memo…
To: NEWS – All Newsroom <email@example.com>
We regret to announce that Lois Romano is leaving The Washington Post, after 29 extraordinary years, to join Newsweek/the Daily Beast. Lois started her Post career in 1981 after the Washington Star folded, and wrote for the Style section until 1995. During that time she became a specialist at writing political profiles and covering the Washington scene. She pioneered what became and remains the premier Washington gossip and personality column, "The Reliable Source."
Lois has been a National correspondent anchored in the Southwest, covered the Oklahoma City bombing trials, and has been critical to our coverage of national politics and presidential campaigns for the past two decades.
She is a smart, fierce reporter known for her skill at getting people to open up to her. We will miss her greatly but wish her success.


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Some teachers like to send a reminder to parents that lessons are starting back in September. Although I email parents regularly, some of my parents don't check their email, or the email gets lost in their inbox when they are on vacation. There is something about physically having a reminder in your hands that is better than an email or phone call. I thought it would be fun to make a post card using the same design that I made for this year's binder cover.
This postcard is approximately 3 1/2 by 5 inches, so it meets USPS specifications. There are 4 post cards on the page, so you can print as many as you need. There is a very thin white line between each individual card, and that is your cutting line.