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When I was teaching at the Pathways world school, School website, I had a routine where the first thing in the class was that I used to give feedback on their HW and grades. This is something all of them looked forward to for it gave them an instant feedback and gratification.
I developed a great relationship with one of my grade 7 section. One fine day, I told them, ''Why should I decide what your grade should be? You decide it yourself.''
They looked at me jaw dropped, "But how?"
I realised that they need step-by-step instructions. So I gave them a rubric —accuracy of work; amount of work finished; effort put to do whatever they had done.
The results were outstanding. I had students coming and telling me:
- "I didn't finish it all, but I deserve a B for I really worked at it."
- "I did it...but it was too easy for me, so a B minus is ok."
- "I did it all, and I didn't give up! I deserve an A plus."
- "I am not very sure...I have done part of the work. It is correct. But I took a lot of time."
- "I have done it. But I was late due to laziness. I choose a B."
- "I have done it. But I was late due to illness. I choose an A minus."
And on and on it went. It was pure 99% honesty, sincerity and healthy self-reflection. That is what I got from the students. So slowly, I could let go of them with confidence that they can self-assess themselves very well.
They did not measure themselves to any standard, but to their own capacity and hard work.
We looked forward to meeting in each Maths class!

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Alright color lovers, don't get scared by all this white. Bright white happens to be the absolute perfect canvas for all sorts of color and pattern (see the Miller House for reference). While this place may be a bit hard to swallow for those without a bit of imagination, to me it's masterpiece just waiting to be finished.
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One of the more robust Internet trends has been reimagining the well-loved Disney Princesses in different situations. From the imaginative Disney Princesses Reimagined as "Real Life" Women to the provocative Disney Princesses Reimagined as Different Races to the absurd Disney Princesses Reimagined as Hot Dogs, these iconic characters seem to be useful in revealing aspects of our world that might otherwise go unrecognized.
In this spirit, Ethan Edwards puts this lens to the design of elearning to shed new light on some problems and risks that we face and have become blind to by illustrating 12
Disney Princesses Reimagined as eLearning Disasters:
- Belle, the Page Turner
- Cinderella, Cursed to Tedious Activities
- Ariel, Drowned in a Sea of Meaningless Frills
- Princess Aurora, Driven to Sleep From Boredom
- Snow White, Distracted by Too Many Little Details
- Jasmine, Overwhelmed by an Overabundance of Elaboration
- Pocahontas, Obscured by a Misconstrued Message
- Tiana, Left in a Worse Place Than She Started
- Mulan, Having Her Unique Perspective Ignored
- Merida, A Victim of Misaligned Objectives
- Elsa, Misapplying Her Talents
- Rapunzel, Accumulating Gifts With No Value


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A re-post from visibleprocrastinations.wordpress.com March 4, 2016;
While researching a scenario used in a Remote Area First Aid course last weekend, I have been introduced to a whole new area of Outdoor Education literature that exists with respect to fatality analysis and the outcomes which inform fatality management – a process above, and separate to, safety management, risk assessment and risk management;
Safety planning can be mired in trivial detail, distorted by institutional practicalities, diverted by the requirements of insurance claim managers, confused by optimistic jargon ('best practice', 'quality assurance', 'legally covered') and captured by the promoters of particular training or accreditation schemes. It may be based on theories which have paid insufficient attention to the available empirical evidence from the outdoor education field and the wider literature on safety management. [Brooks (2003a)]
The focus has shifted too. The emphasis in the current standard (Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, 1999) is very much the protection of organisations themselves from 'something happening that will have an impact upon objectives' … The possibility of serious physical harm seems very much tacked on the end in this description. I'd argue that in a hierarchy of adverse consequences, death or serious injury to persons involved is right at the top of things we want to avoid. [Hogan (2002)]
The primary references for this have been published by Dr Andrew Brookes (see reference list below), and includes Scouting within the description of Outdoor Education. The fatality analysis papers lists known Scouting fatalities within the data sets but would not be a comprehensive collection of these incidents. I recommend reading through the papers in order as they build a clear picture from the incident analysis. I feel that this set of papers gives an interesting view to then reapply to our standard risk management process to double check – 'have we allowed for fatality management?'.
Why is this important?
For many Venturer level activities the program not only recommends, it defines, the removal of direct supervision of activities (eg. Queen's Scout level Expeditions). The Outdoor Education literature is pretty clear that we are organising a high risk activity with this requirement;
Some would argue that there is educational gain in teaching individuals, or a group, outdoor skills and then slowly removing the supervision of those learners so that the students become increasingly dependent on their own skills and judgment. My contention is that society is not sympathetic to this approach when safety is compromised for the sake of education. This sentiment is supported by recent coroners' reports into the death of participants on outdoor education programmes.. I find it difficult to justify the removal of direct supervision of activities involving high levels of risk. Further, I believe that management personnel who condone such practices are placing themselves at risk of criminal prosecution by doing so.. [Davidson (2005)]
In some instances the boys were unsupervised as part of a deliberate program aim, in one or other variation of the 'boys taking an adult role' theme that has entered some forms of outdoor education from the early twentieth century youth movements. … 'Indirectly supervised' (i.e. not directly supervised) expeditions for teenagers present a clear fatality risk if there is a possibility of the group encountering moving water or steep ground. [Brooks (2003b)]
From a Venturer Leader's perspective this means;
i.) Enhanced supervision is required if encountering moving water or steep ground, and it is best avoided if supervision cannot be guaranteed. This includes if this terrain is at the periphery of a planned activity;
The tight supervision that organized instruction necessitates (in activities such as abseiling, or canoeing) should be in place while students are near steep ground or moving water, i.e. not only while the activity is in progress. The fact that students may actively escape supervision or take advantage of a supervisor's inattention should be considered. [Brooks (2003b)]
ii.) An examiner, having worked through the training, planning, equipment and competence of a QS Expedition should also ensure that a deviation from the planned route does not result in an unaccompanied party encountering moving water or steep ground; there would be a legal debate regarding Duty of Care owed if an unaccompanied party was to get into trouble under these conditions "a knowable event". Has the examiner met the task of minimising the risk exposed by the identified hazards, such that the risk is reduced to an acceptable and justifiable level for the educational outcomes achieved?
The literature is also very clear that a supervisor should have local knowledge of the area being used for the expedition. These issues have also been given further weight via coronial reports (see Davidson (2005)).
In the two examples, both groups had received training prior to the unaccompanied trip, had been well equipped and had been deemed competent to undertake the trip by an experienced instructor who had observed them in similar terrain. In both cases, when hazardous terrain was encountered, and the group made poor judgments on the ways to deal with those hazards, no experienced leader was able to intercede and prevent serious injury from occurring. [Davidson (2005)]
Teenagers generally are more willing than adults to gamble what they can't afford to lose. It is not that teenagers feel invulnerable, or do not weigh up risks and benefits, but rather they will make bad choices more often than adults if left unmonitored, and might be willing to try things adults would not contemplate. [Brooks (2007)]
This would require that all unsupervised expeditions have an analysis of what hazards exist if the group were to get off route. (In practice, the easiest way to ensure the hazards are managed is to shadow the group and move into the group when hazards are encountered. This method is now the recommended practice outside of Scouting.)
Several extremely important precautionary recommendations come from Brookes' research;
1.) SUPERVISION: Teenagers, especially boys, must be effectively supervised around steep ground and moving water, especially at times when they are not involved in an organised activity. In hazardous conditions they (particularly boys) can tend to take risks that adults would not, most specifically around steep drops and moving water.
Teenagers generally are more willing than adults to gamble what they can't afford to lose. It is not that teenagers feel invulnerable, or do not weigh up risks and benefits, but rather they will make bad choices more often than adults if left unmonitored, and might be willing to try things adults would not contemplate. [Brooks (2007)]
2.) The importance of planning how to coordinate an emergency response, including being able to detail your exact location and how it can be accessed by paramedic assistance. Fatality prevention requires emergency communication to be planned and tested, including contingency arrangements should the preferred method fail.
… the incident reinforces the observation that an emergency involves a 'change of state' from what may be a well-planned activity to a new and different activity that might not be well planned. Trip planning should include planning access for emergency services, and working through how to communicate locations unambiguously and effectively. [Brooks (2007)]
3.) ALLERGIES: The need for supervisors to understand and be prepared for severe allergic reactions. The timely use of an Epipen can save a student's life.
4.) To view large-scale visits to pools or other swimming locations with considerable caution (particularly 'end of the year' celebrations)
5.) BULLYING: To be aware that outdoor activities might offer particular opportunities for bullying or worse, as "these particular behaviours tend to occur when the attention of supervisors is otherwise engaged, even if momentarily".
6.) WEATHER: Weather can render a usually safe activity unsafe.
Environmental circumstances, including weather, remain paramount. A change of weather can move an activity beyond the boundaries that were planned for, creating a new unmanaged activity.
Many of the incidents here occurred when weather conditions transformed a planned activity into something completely different. [Brookes (2004)]
7.) ENVIRONMENT: The environment is a more important factor than the activity undertaken for educational activities involving dependent youth. There are exceptions (such as downhill skiing), but in many instances the only relevance of the activity is that it explains why the group or individual were in the fatal location. Activity skill might be a more important factor in some forms of adult recreation.
Outdoor education fatality prevention, at least in principle, should focus primarily on environmental hazards. Activity expertise is not sufficient to ensure fatality prevention. For fatality prevention, supervisors must have the knowledge and experience to recognise, and avoid or neutralise hazardous environmental conditions.
Rescue situations involve what is often a sudden 'change of state' from normal operations. Teachers or supervisors can find themselves transported from a situation that is well-planned and comfortably within their experience to a situation that is unplanned, unplanned for, and outside their experience in a matter of minutes. Rescue planning requires specific, deliberate attention in any fatality prevention process; it cannot be assumed that because a program runs smoothly and has a good record it will not descend into chaos in a rescue situation. [Brookes (2003b)]
… outdoor education involves novices; fatality prevention can hardly be based on presumptions of expertise. All students make mistakes, and most students learn only some of what they are taught. Students may become ill and unable to exercise skills they have. Participants in some forms of outdoor recreation may seek out situations in which there is little margin for error, but outdoor education, like all education, requires situations in which it is safe to make mistakes. [Brookes (2004)]
8.) To prevent fatal incidents supervisors must attend to supervision and environmental hazards for the entire duration of an outdoor education excursion. Safety planning which focussed just on the activities would fail to account for the many incidents which occur before and after planned activities, or which involve a victim who was not actually participating at the time.
9.) Adult supervisors can be victims
10.) FIRST AID & RESCUE: First aid failures are hardly ever identified as contributing to a death, but rescue glitches (i.e. logistical problems) sometimes are. First aid can save lives in certain kinds of situations, but most incidents are not of that kind. If a Risk Management Plan is only covering first aid and is ignoring rescue/evacuation it is not managing the higher risk issue;
… it is clear that not many, if any, fatal outcomes were contingent on the quality of first aid provision. Rescue is another matter. Rescue and first aid are linked to the extent that 'seek qualified medical assistance promptly' is a first aid imperative, but rescue also includes retrieving a situation before it becomes a first aid matter or worse. I found evidence to support the view that better planning for a possible rescue could have saved lives. [Brookes (2003b)]
11.) Informal excursions can be prone to problems due to lack of clarity about supervision responsibilities
Brookes, A. (2003a). Outdoor education fatalities in Australia 1960-2002. Part 1. Summary of incidents and introduction to fatality analysis.
Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 7(1), 20-35.
Brookes, A. (2003b). Outdoor education fatalities in Australia 1960-2002. Part 2. Contributing circumstances: supervision, first aid, and rescue.
Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 7(2), 34-42.
Brookes, A. (2004). Outdoor education fatalities in Australia 1960-2002. Part 3. Environmental circumstances.
Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 8(1), 44-56.
Brookes, A. (2007). Research update: Outdoor education fatalities in Australia.
Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 11(1), 3 – 9.
Brookes, A. (2011). Research update 2010: Outdoor education fatalities in Australia.
Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 15(1), 35 – 55.
Davidson , G. (2004) Unaccompanied Activities in Outdoor Education
New Zealand Journal of Outdoor Education, 1(4),
Hogan, R. (2002). The Crux of Risk Management
Australian Journal of Outdoor Education, 6(2), 71 – 79
Rather than list other references, it is worthwhile using the reference lists within these papers to expand the reading list.


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Matthias Ettrich: Integrating Qt Apps with KDE
Matthias Ettrich is proposing a new strategy for more strongly integrating Qt-only applications into KDE. It's an intriguing proposal and relevant to KDE, considering the growing number of cross-platform but Qt-only applications becoming available. The initial "not-perfect but simple" basic idea is that a small libQtKDE proxy library would invoke KDE functionality when available, or otherwise fall back to Qt functionality. This would not involve changing Qt or KDE, but would require the programmer to link against the libQtKDE wrapper. The benefits for the former Qt-only developer is that KDE functionality would be made available cheaply without giving up the Qt-only cross-platform approach. The benefits for the KDE user is that what would have otherwise been a pure Qt-only application could now potentially integrate much more strongly with KDE. Good thing or bad thing? Read on for the full details of the proposal.
From: Matthias Ettrich <email@example.com>
Some time ago there was a rant somewhere about the emerging number of
Qt 3.0's style plugins will improve the situation somewhat, but not
One suggestion was to go cross-platform with parts of KDE and to
There's another solution, which I'd like to promote here.
KDE from the perspective of a cross-platform toolkit like Qt, is
The main reason why this isn't so easy, is the circular dependency: Qt
However, we don't need to start with a perfect solution. If would be a
Technically, the simplest approach does not even require changing Qt or
We write another small library libQtKDE, that wraps KDE
The library contains a dummy application-class (so that it's possible
In addition there are a bunch of static functions like
Later, the static functions in Qt itself (like
An application using libQtKDE is somewhere in the middle between a standard
Opinions? Do you think that would be useful at all?
Re: creating new platform
KDE has always been a platform on top of X11. KDE is sometimes refered to as not only a DE but as an development platform.
So I don't se a problem whit this if you are running the Qt apllication on
By Morty at Wed, 2002/01/23 - 6:00am
Drop qt-layer!
Why does kde uses the qt layer in back?
Qt have many classes that a kde-program newer will use, it only waist memory!
why dont strip out all unnessesary classes from qt and put them into libkde.so ?, It will save you memory, and improve startuptime!
Then you can make a kde-libqt.so that is a qt-compatible library.
Sorry for my realy bad english.
By Jimmy W at Wed, 2002/01/23 - 6:00am
Re: Drop qt-layer!
Well, KDE uses a lot more of Qt than you may think, but it is a valid option for KDE to fork Qt.
There's one big problem though: licensing. Right now, KDE isn't committed to either of the Qt licenses, so KDE isn't tied to the GPL license Qt offers. If KDE were to fork Qt, then KDE would have to use the GPL. This would severely limit the licensing options of KDE apps, and damage KDE development momentum.
On the other hand, it'd put the community firmly in control of its core library.
Ultimately what will keep KDE from forking Qt is the amount of work involved. Until a fork of Qt is actually made by somebody, and that fork gives a compelling reason to switch, it's just not going to be worth the effort in the eyes of most KDE developmers.
By Neil Stevens at Wed, 2002/01/23 - 6:00am
Re: Drop qt-layer!
Since GPL QT only allows you to link against GPL programs, you could not write programs for it using other open source licenses. I consider that a big drawback.
By ac at Wed, 2002/01/23 - 6:00am
Hi! I am not sure if all developers or companies will use a libQtKDE.
By Henning at Wed, 2002/01/23 - 6:00am
Wow, the discussion has sort of went all over the place. And Ben, your posts are way too long :P
Anyhow, it seems there are two ideas floating around.. let me re-iterate what people are saying, and then I'll give my take.
A) KDE should become another platform for Qt (which is circular, as Matthias put it), just like Windows and Mac.
B) kdelibs should be more portable, so that people may use them on other Qt-supported platforms.
Both of these are good ideas, but they are both very different as well.
I really like (A). Just look at the FileDialog. On Windows and Mac you get the native dialog. On KDE you get a stripped-down Qt-based one. This is ironic, because it means KDE is the least supported environment by Qt. As KDE grows and takes over the Unix desktop (IMO, of course), potential customers of Trolltech are going to find that the lack of KDE support in Qt makes Qt/X11 less viable. X11 is barely a desktop platform. Why should there not be Qt/Windows, Qt/Mac, and Qt/KDE ? And what Matthias talks about is doing it via a plugin, so that all you hardcores out there that want Qt/X11 would still be able to have it. Qt/KDE would be a bonus.
(A) is helpful to Trolltech, because it makes Qt more viable. It is also helpful to application developers, like myself, who use Qt for both Windows and X11. Why should my app work best elsewhere? I want it to work best on Linux/KDE, my primary platform!
I have less to say about (B), since it is a more clear argument. Basically, it says we should take KDE everywhere. This makes it a library layer on top of Qt (which it is) that application developers could use wherever they go. This is not a bad idea, although it makes KDE seem like less of an integrated desktop if it is so movable like that. KDE layered over X11 isn't quite so bad, since there really isn't anything to X. But layering KDE over Windows could be strange. Users might not understand why their FileDialog looks so different.
If you haven't figured it out from the above text, I choose (A) as the route of choice. The downside people have mentioned are that developers wouldn't use specific KDE-API's since they would be trying to maintain a cross-platform app. This is true, and is no different than avoiding direct use of the Win32 API either. However, I don't think there is anything wrong with an #ifdef here or there. I already do it for enough things on Win32 and X11 (like user-idle, system tray, etc), do you think it would stop me from adding KDE specifics as well? Absolutely not, I am just waiting for KDE3 :)
But a proxy library "libQtKDE" would make commercial developers more interested in using KDE-specifics, since otherwise they need multiple binaries.
By Justin at Wed, 2002/01/23 - 6:00am
Re: Discussion
Ok, so the first comment was way too long and a bit wacked. But as stated in my second long post the problems comes from developers who have (or want) to cross-developer, but dont' care to have hundrededs of ifdefs around places that use kmainwindow vs qmainwindow and other simple stuff. Why can't those ui classes be taken out of kdelibs and made cross-compilable in their own lib? In the windows version it will use windows file dialog and in unux it would use kde's. They they are not hindered about which the widget set to use.
-Benjamin Meyer
By Benjamin C Meyer at Thu, 2002/01/24 - 6:00am
Re: Discussion
"In the windows version it will use windows file dialog and in unux it would use kde's. They they are not hindered about which the widget set to use."
Note that if you are developing primarily for windows (with the linux/mac port a bonus), I see very little incentive to use the kdelibs extenstions as Qt already has native dialogs under Win32.
By drawoc suomynona at Thu, 2002/01/24 - 6:00am
Re: Discussion
Point taken, but those are not the primary target of this. The primary target is all of the little open source projects that were created to run under linux, but are kept qt only so that they will work under windows.
By Benjamin C Meyer at Thu, 2002/01/24 - 6:00am
Re: Discussion
> Users might not understand why their FileDialog looks so different.
Just a suggestion: What if one would port the kwin window manager to Win32 and use that as an alternative shell for windows (instead of explorer). LiteStep and others take this approach, why couldn't KDE? I think the portability of it all can do more good than harm.
Just my two bits,
By Coolvibe at Sat, 2002/01/26 - 6:00am
KDE needs its "own" toolkit in the long run
The implications of basing KDE on Qt have been described before. Using Qt for KDE has been a good solution and probably will be a good solution for some time, but earlier or later KDE should get its own toolkit. This is of course a big task, but has to be done, its inevitable. This doesn´t mean all work on KDE3.0 should be halted, but one should aim at a replacement in a few years. The KDE developers have already shown that the can create a good framework. Why not carrying on extending it until Qt is obsolete. lib by lib, class by class.
By Marc at Wed, 2002/01/23 - 6:00am
Re: KDE needs its "own" toolkit in the long run
>Why not carrying on extending it until Qt is obsolete. lib by lib, class by class.
That is not the right question.
The right question is why, not why not.
By Roberto Alsina at Wed, 2002/01/23 - 6:00am
Re: KDE needs its "own" toolkit in the long run
Nobody is motivated to do it, since there is no real reason to do it (no "pain pressure").
If you want to, do it, nobody keeps you away from doing it.
By aleXXX at Fri, 2002/01/25 - 6:00am
This sounds wonderful! I'd love to use it.
I absolutely adore the KDE file dialog. Funnily enough, it's one of my favorite
By TomL at Thu, 2002/01/24 - 6:00am
Why not provide a "Gimp/Gnome" integration to KDE?
For the Gnome desktop, GTK applications integrate naturally (such as "the Gimp"). Why not provide the same functionality to KDE ?
Apart from the technical discussion, I'm considering "the growing number of cross-platform but Qt-only applications becoming available" that would benefit from it.
There are already "The Kompany" products (as highlighted by Shawn Gordon) and the most obvious to me are:
I hope others could complement this list with Qt applications they love, use often & would greatly appreciate to integrate better in the KDE desktop.
By Phil Ozen at Thu, 2002/01/24 - 6:00am
Welcome to OS/2 Workplace shell :-)
In the workplace shell you could insert a new class/object into an already existing (even running) inheritance hierarchy!
When Windows 95 entered the scene with the famous X to close an application - a Xit application that inserted itself (read KApplication) above Object class (QApplication) showed up within a few days. This worked for ALL programs AND folders!
Couldn't this be done with Qt only applications? You are able to replace system calls via weak(?) linking...
[checkout Stardock - started with games and Object Desktop for OS/2 (zip folders, etc...)
By RogerL at Sat, 2002/01/26 - 6:00am


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Research Paper: HR Best Practices
Pages: 8 (2837 words) · Style: APA · Bibliography Sources: 8 · Level: Master's · Topic: Accounting · Buy This Paper
HR Strategy Plan
The author of this report is charged with concocting a fictional organization of some defined type and industry and then laying forth a human resources plan for that organization. The human resources plan in question will have several major components. These components will include an overview of the organization, a description of the organizational structure and how the organizational will and should work. Questions that will be answered will include how the organization will operate, whether the organization will be domestic only or international in nature, who the competitors will be, the critical success factors that will exist, what the culture will be like, the information that will be communicated and why people would want to work for the organization. Three major parts of all of that will include recruitment and selection practices, performance management and ancillary topics such as diversity programs, succession planning and how employee retention will be garnered. While writing an effective human resources plan is not rocket science, it is something that has to be done carefully and thoughtfully so as to avoid any potential ethical or legal pitfalls.
The Plan
The organization in question will be a certified public accountant (CPA) firm. Services will include bookkeeping and tracking tasks that other firms need done because there needs to be (or should be) an unbiased third party involved. Really, the firm is a small business form of larger CPA firms like Ernst and Young, Deloitte and Touche and so forth. Rather than serve national and international clients, the firm will serve local and regional clients in the area of Houston, Texas. The firm totals about 250 people in total and is mostly the accounting professionals in question and their managers. However, there are also some entry-level clerical people and other low-skill workers that maintain the building and do menial tasks that the accountants are over-qualified to do. The firm in question is knowledge-sector only and does not produce a physical product. Rather, it is a service-oriented form that performs services that are related to compliance, tax filing and auditing (Davis & Matson, 2014).
The firm operates like most firms of its type and size. There are a modest amount (about two to three dozen) managers and executives that manage everyone else. There is a modest but not over-sized payroll and human resources department that manages all of the affairs and needs of the firm on an in-house basis. There is a general counsel that assists in legal matters and the human resources staff that helps craft and enforces the policies that are created in conjunction with the executives and legal eagles of the firm. External advice is sought when needed but this is avoided whenever possible due to the costs involved. Good for the firm is the fact that Texas is fairly low-key when it comes to human resources and payroll laws. However, compliance with federal laws is something that always shifts with the recent Affordable Care Act (aka ObamaCare) being a good example and this is especially true for small business (Kautter et al., 2014).
The competition to the firm will be similarly sized CPA and accounting firms that operate for clients in the Houston area. Most of the national companies are in the mix as well but they generally go for the "bigger fish" and likely do not scale down to the size of client that this firm will be involved with. As such, most of the competing firms will be local in nature or at least regional and will normally be in the Houston metropolitan area or it will be a semi-national firm that has a regional office in the area. Basically, this firm will serve clients who are too small and/or cannot afford to be served by the "Big Four" account forms or other firms that are similar in size and scope like Grant Thornton and so forth.
Critical success factors to the firm are the rapport that local and regional firms have with local client as compared to larger firms who are often guilty of using a cookie-cutter approach. The larger firms do not have the time (or often the inclination) to customize service and interface options to smaller firms due to their desire and preference to just get as much revenue as possible. Indeed, the larger firms have to avoid customization a little bit as doing otherwise would hurt their bottom line. The accounting firm covered in this report is small enough that the "little guy" can get the higher level of service they need without hurting the services being rendered. It is like the difference between people who want a Corolla, a cheaper Toyota, versus people who want a Mercedes. Both salespeople and companies will work hard but the former will have to have higher service standards due to the car being cheaper and less prestigious (Closs et al., 2014).
The culture of the firm is low-key in that it is not cutthroat or aggressive but it is one that demands mutual respect, high attention to detail and a high standard of work. People will not be intimidated into being good workers but good work will be expected and work that is faltering on a consistent basis will not be tolerated. Indeed, accounting standards are what they are. However, many audits and other investigations are random and ill-motivated in nature. Thus clients have to be assured that the firm will take care of it when the need arises and that some audits are simply unavoidable. That being said, best practices will always be employed to avoid all of the above as much as possible. Information will be communicated in a paperless and online fashion when it comes to pushing out to employees but will be done through standardized (or remedial, as needed) training to employees. People will be cross-trained and taught so there is less discord and problems when someone departs the company or is shifted to another role. Succession planning will be used to ensure continuity when it comes to higher-level non-executive positions and all managerial positions. Basically, the higher the position, the more planning in advance that will be done to facilitate a smooth transition to a new person holding the role, whether that be someone internal or external but it will usually be the former rather than the latter whenever possible. Deference will be given to internal people when it comes to higher positions but an infusion of external talent will be used when necessary to keep the talent pool stocked and the firm operating as it should be. If a position's filling requires an external hire, the firm will not shy away from that (Ellinger et al., 2014).
People would want to work for this firm because it is one of the better (if not the best) CPA/accounting firms in the area and the pay scales certainly match. Again, those pay scales will require strong work ethic and quality work overall. However, there will be an extremely strong link between performance and pay. However, it will not be so strong and unwatched that it leads to people cutting corners to get more work done and/or to make more money. Indeed, this is an ethical pitfall that CPA's are trained and taught to avoid and the firm will make sure that it does not happen. There will absolutely be a trust but verify approach. People will be paid for both the quality and quantity of their output and concern will be extended to anyone that has issues with either. Lastly, it should be clear that some people will have 10 clients while others will have 50. Indeed, some clients are very extensive in what they need and require and this will often mean that more time should be allocated and there is nothing wrong with that. So long as the client and the firm are on board with the extra billable hours and the extra billable hours are indeed needed, that is the way it should work. It is like the difference between an individual taxpayer who just needs a simple 1040EZ vs. someone who needs an extensive amount of time and filings rendered due to the complexity of that person's tax situation. The 1040EZ will probably take less than an hour and the second person will probably require several days of service (Yeoh et al., 2014).
On that note, performance management will be done through a regimented annual review process. However, there will also be ad hoc and intermittent reviews done along the way. When someone does a very good job, it will be pointed out. However, when someone does a substandard job, it will also be pointed to. Of course, people do make mistakes as we are only human. However, so long as mistakes are learned from and progress is sustained over time, the firm will not hassle or demean the person and feedback will always be constructive. There will never be a "gotcha" mentality but rather a "just make sure… [END OF PREVIEW]
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Pakistan's first-ever Games Emerge Conference (GEC) is slated to happen in Islamabad in December 2016.
Designed to promote video game development and creative industry in Pakistan, GEC will run over three days and include industry talks, workshops, networking opportunities, and a two-day game jam.
GEC is helmed by Sadia Bashir, the founder and CEO of the PixelArt Games Academy (PGA). PGA is the first institute in Pakistan to provide specialized education and training to games industry aspirants. PGA is funded in part by Pakistan Center, which is in turn funded by the US State Department and aims to provide support and training for entrepreneurial women.
"The biggest barrier to growth of Pakistan's video game development industry is the lack of relevant education and awareness regarding development of video games," Bashir said during a recent interview. "PGA aims to overcome the educational deficit in the video games sector of Pakistan over the next decade but in order to attract sufficient pool of talent we believe events like GEC 2016 are necessary for creating awareness."
Other PGA leaders include Irrational Games co-founders Ken Levine and Jonathan Chey, former Ubisoft Montreal AI programmer Brie Code, and noted speaker, traveler, and Vlambeer Games co-founder Rami Ismail.
"I can't wait to see what the academy grows into. I can't wait to meet the people who will get involved in the academy and I can't wait to see the product they are eventually going to create," said Levine via press release.
Courtesy Jason Imms
IGN Pakistan
Pixelart Games Academy (PGA) will be organizing the first Games Emerge Conference and World Wide Impact Jam in Pakistan on the 2nd December 2016, which is aimed at bringing Pakistan to the center stage of global video game development community.
The goal of the event is to promote video games development and creative industry in Pakistan. It aims to provide learning for Students/Industry personals in Pakistan. GEC will also provide an opportunity for gathering people at one place to provide networking opportunity among industry stake holders. Community development will play an important role to foster video game industry in Pakistan.
GEC 2016 will feature talks by Rami Ismail and Brie Code on the first day of the event followed by a 2-days World Wide Impact Jam. It's a "World Wide Impact Jam" which aims to create games that has a social impact. WWIJ is being organized by multiple countries around the world and PGA is responsible it's organization in Pakistan. The event will conclude after presentation of the games on the 3rd day of the event.
Special talks will be held by Rami Ismail, Brie code and other industry professional from Pakistan. The conference talks will cover art, animation, game design, programming, networking, storytelling, production, marketing and more. The sessions will be the mix of presentations, panels and hands-on workshops.
World Wide Impact Jam is a 2-day marathon in which participants around the globe take part in creating games about social issues.
PGA will organize the Pakistan chapter of the World-Wide Impact Jam 2016 (WWIJ). The event aims to bring together game developers of Pakistan to learn, share, collaborate and create games on social issues being faced in Pakistan, all in just 2 days! Find more details: http://wwij.gameimpact.fr
The goal of the PGA Game Jam is for the participants to create a game from scratch about a social issue relevant to Pakistan with in a prescribed maximum time of 48 hours. The participants can make the game individually or by forming a team of 2 or more participants. The brief time span encourages creative thinking and innovation as participants rapidly prototype game designs. Such collaborative experience can inject new ideas to help grow the game industry while creating awareness about social issues.
The theme selected by PGA for WWIJ (Pakistan Chapter) is Peace which is a very important social issue within the context of Pakistan.
"What I'm really excited about in terms of the video game industry now is how much more possible it is for many different people all around the world to make video games…We're going to see a lot of great, interesting new game ideas, a lot of new stories, groundbreaking new ideas." said Brie Code, former AI programmer and founder of TruLuv Media, in video message to PGA.
In another video message Ken Levine, the co-founder and creative director of Irrational Games, said "I can't wait to see what the academy grows into. I can't wait to meet the people who will get involved in the academy and I can't wait to see the product they are eventually going to create."


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Situational Crime Prevention Is An Effective Guide For Security Practice
By: Lim Cheng Leong Wilson, MSc
Crime appears to be a commonplace as it is rudimentary that grave offense against morality or social order may occur any time and at any place; and without warning most of the time. It is clear that all security professionals and practitioners employ effective guide using efficient cum well fitted modes of crime prevention to preclude; if feasible, the violation of a rule, regulation, propriety, and so forth; especially a breach of the law.
This is inherent because situational crime prevention, also known as 'primary crime prevention' which University of Leicester, Centre for the Study of Public Order (CSPO); now known as Department of Criminology, (1998: 321). It has well indicated 'that it is the prime and principal techniques involving altering the condition in which offences are committed.'
Such preventive measures are excellent operatives as they are targeted to arrest any transgression by removing the chance to commit it.
The technology of situation restraint have had become the main instruments for security practice.
Moreover, it stresses that opportunities for the commission of crimes can be made less desirable by 'increasing the effort required to commit the offence, increasing the perceived risk of being caught, or reducing the anticipated rewards; and also inducing the guilt or shame involved in committing the offence.'
The systems of increment of perceived effort are target hardening, access control, deflecting offenders, and controlling facilitators. The methods of the growth of perceived risks come in the form of ingress cum egress screening, formal surveillance, surveillance by employees, and natural surveillance. The procedures for diminishing expected rewards can be efficaciously undertaken by target removal, identifying property, reducing temptation, and denying benefits. The final category of technique is the inducing of guilt or shame that includes rule setting, strengthening moral condemnation, controlling disinhibitors, and the facilitating of compliance.
The importance of such circumstantial offence inhibition can be seen as productive cum efficacious lead for security practice, because many of these crimes can be well prevented if primary measures are in place;
As CSPO Text (1998: 7); quote 'Some of the more basic functions of security such as awareness, avoidance, planning, protection, alarm, deterrence and reaction appear to be as old as mankind. They originated in the survival instincts and the related impulses of self-defence.'
Increasing the Perceived Effort
The increment in the degree of such awareness, through the senses, (i.e. see, hear, feel,) in order to expend any or even much more physical and mechanical energy to get illegal things done and/or produced by exertion would be a prudent move. The solidification of target is well recognised and applied for such basic prevention, as cash and precious consignments can be guarded by strengthened safes and toughened glass; while motor vehicles can be hardened by using reliable locks, approved and tested steering column locks, and graded immobilisors. The chief aim of such strengthening is to deter, thwart and prevent the commissioning of crime.
The birth of the Cash In Transit (CIT) is very effective as the Auxiliary Police in Singapore are armed with hand weapons and armoured vehicles are used to convey cash and precious goods.
Access control is also one of the historical form of primary crime control; namely fences, gates, locks, bars, and grilles. Such methods involves the exercising of authority over any act of coming near a passage or approaching an entrance; so as to be able to restrain, curb, regulate or verify bona-fide access.
Fences are basically structures of rails and wire erected as an enclosure, barrier, or boundary. Gates are movable barriers that closes or opens, as a passage through the fences or walls. Locks are mechanical fastening devices having bolts secured or released by keys, dials, and the like, to occlude unauthorised entry. Bars are commonly evenly shaped metal long in proportion to its width and thickness, widely used as levers, barriers, and fasteners. Grilles are gratings and open metalwork, frequently serving as screens, and dividers.
Deflecting of offenders are ideas to make offenders turn aside or causing them to swerve from their course of felony, and such measures are tender form of access control. Efficient guides to foil any intrusion would be the effective grooming of territoriality, natural surveillance, safe image, and; a steadfast and protected milieu. (CSPO: 326). Territoriality is employed to limit the jurisdiction of a locality and being well organised for security defences. Examples are: constricted street entrances, dead ends, and blind alleys, Natural surveillance belongs to or exists in its nature of good architectural design such as overlooked entrance lobbies and well-placed windows, which permit one to identify and observe movements. (Ibid: 327).
Matt Hopkins (1998: 301) states that 'if incidences of abuse and violence do occur in the business, the shop layout may be altered to protect members of staff. For example, the shop counter may be raised and made wider to create greater physical space … …' It was opined that such modifications could enhance natural surveillance. A safe image is rather indispensable, as it is the way a territory or locality should be popularly perceived as safe and secure.
Moreover, a safe environment and surroundings that are well separated to preclude, lessen, or isolate intruders, would be competent. Effective traffic controls like the systems of barriers and one-way manoeuvre can lessen the quality or condition being permitted to gain access. (CSPO: 327).
The installation of road humps and anti-speeding strips are worthwhile measures.
Facilitators are elements make easier or convenient, and it does assist the ease of committance of offences. Therefore, removal or restraint of such element would increase the exertion to expedite. Weapons like handguns or pistols shall be duly prohibited as a sentence of 'outlawry'. (Ibid: 329).
However, Michael North (1998: 314) argues 'A gun in the hands of a good person is no danger to anyone except the bad guys … … It is impossible to predict if, when and for how long a "good man will turn bad".'
Increasing the Perceived Risks
The continuous growth of sensed chance of encountering harm, peril, hazard, or any loss incurred while committing the offence are capable tactics to hinder would be offenders.
This is largely due to the fact that such preventive measures are capable of being persuaded or submissive to concealed working and schemes for crime prevention purposes. (CSPO: 330).
Entry and exit screening are useful forms of guarding, security and protection. The automatic car park barriers is one sophisticated system that count on egress screening techniques; capable of tracking the elapsed time, payment due and the authentication of the driver and vehicle's owner, and the like.
Comparatively, as for the retail trade, the advent of electronic article surveillance (EAS), commonly known as 'tagging', are essentially security items supplied, adorned, fitted, or marked, to merchandise for protection against pilferage, and akin crimes. However, its limitations are probably observed in busy stores where entrances and exits are always crowded; and it can be hard to find out; even by experiments and/or preliminary investigations when there are activation of alarms. It was evaluated that EAS, when effectively deployed and exercised can occlude unnecessary decrease in value and/or quantity of goods, for example, which has an understandable profit being reaped. (Ibid: 330).
Bamfield (1994: 159) highlighted that 'Some shoplifters may be deterred by any EAS system; but other more skilled or more daring thieves will be much more resistant to change in their criminal behaviour.'
Formal surveillance that are based on established methods or forms of vigil cum close watch kept over one, as a suspect; to increase the risks of prospective offenders.
It was seen that bobby on the beat; which was analysed as functional as they are able to screen through by vehicle or foot in a locality, for the purpose of guarding or inspecting.
Security monitoring via camera, especially by Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) as a good course of action complemented with other forms of physical and manpower security were seen to have deterrent cum detective credits.
However, it was evaluated that if CCTV of lower end value were procured and installed; and mediocrely superintended, the decadence of preventive measures will preponderate. (CSPO: 335). Beck and Willis (1994: 193) states that 'Nearly three-quarters of customers (73 per cent) stated that they were reassured by the presence of CCTV. This is a considerable vote of confidence.' It was evident that; '91.9 per cent of staff attitudes towards CCTV after its installation were very reassured and assured.' (Ibid: 196).
Disputedly; 'If would-be shoplifters are able to calculate that the chances of apprehension are very small or negligible, the deterrent potential of CCTV is reduced.' (Ibid: 198). The authors discussed that; 'CCTV may be seen as operating to the detriment of privacy, free association and other civil liberties. This study offers evidence that shoppers and retail staff alike generally find CCTV reassuring and perceive it to be an effective weapon in the fight against store crime and shoplifting.' (Ibid: 200).
Burglar alarms are of paramount value in arresting crimes; especially thefts, because it is able to draw or cause 'gatekeepers' in the control room or personnel on prowl to respond.
Such physical force will enable the apprehension or cessation to unwarranted actions that are dangerous or unlawful. The arrival of panic or duress buttons and alarm monitoring systems, reinforced by the round the clock operations control room and the alarm response teams deserve credits.
There are also disadvantages if the response time exceeds the time taken to commission the offence and flee from the scene. (CSPO: 335-336).
Surveillance by employees are vital as the yieldings from positive gate-keepers, for example; if 'passive' roles are materialised, that it would be effective to prevent shoplifting; frequently resulting from one's own impulse; since staff of a retail establishment are vigilant on duty. It was also noted that blind corners of a store might be less robustly monitored. (Ibid: 336).
It was argued that many incidents of abuse and violence occur when employees are alone. An easy solution to this would be to reduce the times that they are alone, thus increasing guardianship and deterring assailants.
However, for small businesses this may be difficult due to a limited number of staff, though steps could be taken to ensure that workers are not alone at times when the business feels there may be high risks of abuse or violence occurring (Matt Hopkins, 1998: 301-302). It is obvious that more staff on duty would increase the effectiveness of employees' surveillance.
Employees are frequently allocated to act as 'place managers' if CCTVs are installed to improve the security effectiveness; because employees feel more assured. Conversely, if CCTVs are deployed without in-depth analyses, it definitely bound to be destined for failure (CSPO : 337).
Natural surveillance can be achieved through 'defensible' space and 'Watch' schemes.
Defensible space is a good cum structured form of natural vigilance as it is capable to defend and/or protect an area or interval between points, localities, and objects; from perils.
But, it is not useful if employed in industrial estates because it tends to be forsaken and 'abandoned' during hours of darkness. (Ibid: 338).
'Watch' schemes are renowned as these projects and systems are able to look after a locality attentively and also constantly be on the alert.
However, such schemes are to be assisted by the local police; if not it is deemed ineffective. (Ibid: 339-342).
Reducing the Anticipated Rewards
Precautions to cut down expected rewards are to be employed to make offenders cease from committing crimes.
Reward reducing strategies are target removal, denying benefits, reducing temptation, and identifying property. (CSPO: 342).
The system of target removal lies behind the precaution to decrease; for example, the amount of cash in the safe or tills against burglary or robbery.
However, such measures can be inefficient if it is not accompanied by conspicuous notices and/or signages; which are formal written or printed communication publicly displayed in the act to forewarn in order to make aware of a caution of diminished returns if robbery strikes.
Denying benefits are essentially, the refusal to give profits to the offenders' advantage and a long term of withholdment in general.
Cash; for example, can be competently secured using safes and/or brief-cases capable of covering their contents with permanent ink, leaving marks or stains which are very difficult to erase. The set back is that even the cash in the safe can be ineffective if it is poorly secured or located. (Ibid: 344).
Reducing temptation is fundamentally the decrease in the act or state of being tempted; i.e. a direct or indirect attempt, to coax one to do something wrong, unwise or illegal, etc.
The concealment of valuables in the cars' boots and to carry along the parking ticket instead of leaving it in the vehicle is in fact prudent preventive measures. (CSPO: 346). Moreover, the limitation of the former is that if burglars who have trail the victims and are keys and locks masters, then leaving cash and precious items in the cars' boots will defeat conditional crime prevention. Moreover, it would be diligent for Singapore's goldsmiths and jewellery shops practice situation crime prevention by not printing their trade names onto the hand-carriers for their customers because it can divulge tell-tale signs of precious items are its contents.
The identification of property is one sure way of lessening the value of property and/or goods using permanent markings.
The engraving the vehicle's registration onto the front and rear window screens to ascertain as being the particulars and/or description for recognition; and also serving as means of identifying it.
Inducing Guilt or Shame
The induction of guilt or shame is the causing to act by convincing or coaxing; in order to influence feelings of remorse arising from a real or imagined commission of an offence.
It could also be a painful sense of degradation caused by conscious of guilt or anything unworthy or immodest; i.e. the ability to induce regret or disgrace, etc. The various types of these preventive techniques are: rule setting, strengthening moral condemnation, controlling disinhibitors, and facilitating compliance.
It was noted that such shame-inducing, must be complemented with other forms of situational measures; if not; it would not be productive. (Ibid: 347).
Fiddles such as under ringing, and bar padding are being committed by the employees; who is/are usually the sole beneficiary. These fiddles are not tolerated by employers as they are recognised as being fundamentally against the organisation, and if discovered, it usually result in instant dismissal. (K.M. Gill, 1994: 128).
The act of rule by way of an authoritative direction respecting the doing namely: workplace punctuality, overtime and mileage claims, misuse of computers, and the like.
Essentially, it is a prescribed form of set of regulations and/or rules. (CSPO: 348). It would be unsynergised if there is/are no proper enforcement by the workplace management. Moreover, periodic briefings and newletters can incorporate the rules to abide as refresher, apart from the employees' handbook; (which lays the rules and regulations to abide), distributed during the orientation programme when the employees were recruited.
Strengthening moral condemnation is the encouragement and growth of guilty feelings related to misconduct, misdemeanor, or mortal sin.
Signages at the supermarket; for example, can forewarn that "shoplifting is an offence, and offenders shall be handed over to the Police"; can be very effective and influential.
Bamfield (1998: 259) states 'Civil recovery is rather practical and functional as it is able to forewarn offenders of payment in reparation to the victim, in accordance with theories of restorative justice. Therefore, notices erected to warn shoplifters of it would be effective.'
Controlling of disinhibitors is vital as it impedes anyone who does not qualify to procure the particular item.
One example is the licensing of shops selling liquor and tobacco products. Facilitating compliance is fundamentally the promoting of ease cum convenience of the act of obeying, yielding, or conforming, etc. (Ibid: 350). In Singapore, the broadcasting authority has included the payment of vehicle radio licences by incorporating it into the road tax payment, which is regulated by the Land Transport Authority; which is a Statutory Board. However, it would be ineffective if there is/are inadequate enforcement against vehicle owners who choose not to pay the radio licence fee or those who claim that radio are not installed or they merely have CD player and the like.
The effectiveness of increasing perceived effort through target hardening, enforcing access control which are acceptable and functional, efficacious dissuading of offenders, and resultant control of facilitators are choice modes of precautions to partake. Crime, nuisance, and criminal threats are prevalent; hence, research evidence suggests:
Beck and Willis (1995: 5) 'as regards the use of security shutters in town-centres, both town-centre managers and the shopping public see them to be an effective security option.'
Managing crime prevention conditionally and competently is by applying the techniques of increasing the perceived risks and hazards. And also, by applying good screening systems; formal, natural, and staff surveillance.
With the reduction of expected returns to criminals through procedural target removal, denying benefits and the like; would be excellent suppressive actions to arrest transgression and its recividism. Its importance can be envisaged as appended:
As Johnston, Leitner, Shapland and Wiles (1994: 106) state 'It is known that one expensive burglary could be devastating for a small business.'
The fruitful induction of guilty feelings and painful degradation can be, as the concerted efforts by discouraging anyone who wants to break the rules. Security practices ushering effectual circumstantial crime precautions would be able to curb crimes, nuisances and pollution. It is obvious that the basis for the commission of crime is/are motivated offenders, complemented with appropriate cum worthwhile targets, the absence of reliable security personnel and vigilant staff who are unable to exercise due diligence.
Hence, it would be prudent to overcome these obstacles by applying and adhering and practising situation crime prevention that is remarkably deemed an effective guide and pathfinder.
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|Inglot 409 on the left, Nars Kalahari on the top, Urban Decay Smog in the middle and Mac Tempting (with the huge bit of pan showing!) on the right!
Saturday, March 30, 2013
Bronze Eyeshadow Swatches: Mac Tempting, Urban Decay Smog, Nars Kalahari, & Inglot
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Smog is one of my favorite shadows! Love it!ReplyDelete
- Doctor PrettyMarch 30, 2013 at 2:52 PM
I'm also obsessed with Smog, I agree that it is the perfect tone of golden bronze!ReplyDelete
- chrissaaaMarch 30, 2013 at 4:33 PM
Look at all that pan! I have yet to try Inglot pearls; I really must one day.ReplyDelete
- OPI AddictMarch 31, 2013 at 12:54 AM
I love UD's Smog! Their liquid liner in that shade is also amazing :)ReplyDelete
Ooh, I'm a sucker for bronze eye shadows so these swatches are super helpful! Don't own any of these shades at the moment, but UD Smog and MAC Tempting have both been in my makeup bag in the past. Kalahari looks lovely as well :)ReplyDelete
- missashii.xApril 1, 2013 at 11:00 PM
They are all such pretty colours and so similar, I think I prefer Smog the most, as it is the only one I have out of these anyway haha. These colours look beautiful on you so I can see why you love them! xxReplyDelete
Smog is hard not to love!! hahaReplyDelete
yay another person who loves Smog! It really is perfect!ReplyDelete
Definitely, they are a fantastic formula!ReplyDelete
Ooh a liquid liner version of that color sounds beautiful!!ReplyDelete
Definitely go for Smog if you can!! Great thing is Urban Decay has Smog in a handful of their palettes so you can get a nice deal on a bunch of other colors too!ReplyDelete
Aw thank you! Yeah Smog is amazing!!! :)ReplyDelete


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NOTE: complicated, and yes there are proxy sites to get around rapidshare, however there are none currently that'll get around rapidshare.com:
Okay, here is a quick tutorial on how to get around those annoying "Wait X minutes before downloading" messages, as well as the one-file-at-a-time limits that are frequent on Rapidshare and similar sites. This tutorial uses Opera (because it has the best download manager), but can probably be adapted for any browser
Step 1. Since this will slow down each download quite a bit, pick 4 or 5 Rapidshares that you've always wanted. This will give you the most speed boost.
Step 2. Start the biggest one as you normally would, by clicking the "Free" button.
Step 3. Go to
and pick a proxy. configure your browser to use it. (In Opera, Tools/Preferences, Advanced tab, Network on the right, then click the Proxy Servers button.
Before the colon is the IP, after is the port.
Step 4: Finally, test it for speed. If the proxy seems pretty fast, start the next download, and repeat Step 3&4 until you have all your files downloading. If it seems too slow, repeat step 3 until you find a fast one.
That's all! Most of you will already know about this, but it's cool anyways.


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As with any material, the visual differences between granite and quartz are a matter of taste. Some people prefer the natural and unique look of granite. Others like the wider variety of patterns and colors offered by quartz.
Granite is often cited as the most durable natural countertop material available and is known for resisting cracks and chips. As a manmade material, quartz rates a bit higher on the hardness scale and is slightly more resistant to damage.
With proper annual re-sealing, granite is very resistant to stains. Minor scratches or dings in granite can be filled in with color-matching epoxy or resin. Quartz is a nonporous material, which allows it to repel coffee, oil, and even food coloring without sealing.


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The Boeing Company has recently awarded ViaSat Inc., a global provider of secure networking services and high-speed satellite broadband services covering commercial and military markets, a contract for the production of around 90 Link 16 Small Tactical Terminals (STT). These Small Tactical Terminals will be used for the Lots 5 and 6 on the production line for the AH-64E Apache Guardian Attach Helicopter.
The AH-64 Apache is used by the United States Army as well as various other international defense forces and is the world's most advanced multi-role combat helicopter. The contract awarded by Boeing will cover the full-rate of STT production for Apache helicopters for the next two years. The STT has also been chosen by the United States Government as the long-term radio solution for Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) and Link 16 capability for the AH-64E Apache helicopters. The loyalty to the STT is due to the terminal's capabilities to save the United States government around $250M while simultaneously meeting the ongoing needs of current warfighters over the life of the program.
"The AH-64E Apache award is a significant milestone for ViaSat in that it enables us to deliver critical communications capabilities for Army aviation while providing a logistically common solution for Link 16 needs across multiple applications," said the general manager and senior vice president of the Government Systems.
Division at ViaSat, Ken Peterman. "Our strategy in the defense market has been to recognize critical warfighter needs and apply our commercial model to develop inventive solutions with availability years ahead of, and at a fraction of the total cost of traditional DoD programs of record. We see this AH-64E Apache award as validation for our strategy and a key first step in laying the groundwork for future terminals that will provide key operational data to warfighters but in form factors previously considered unimaginable."
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Sugar in our modern food supply is super sneaky. Because it's in so many processed foods and labeled under different names, you might easily fail to recognize it as sugar….Life without sweeteners would be rather bland and a difficult call for the family, however there certainly are better choices!
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Three Day Menu Guide 2 – New Year's Sugar Resolution
Check out this helpful three day menu guide for healthy meals for the whole family.
Braised Beef Short Ribs
This is a great cold weather, slow cooked meal for the entire family.
Lentil Soup with Portobello Mushrooms & Spinach
Lentils are a great, inexpensive way to provide quality protein in your family's diet. This is a delicious recipe that everyone will love.
Baked Eggs in Ham Cups with Sauteed Mushrooms
Weekend brunch can be a great time to entertain friends and family, yet finding an egg dish to make 'en masse' can be a challenge. Here is a super easy idea that looks really great on a plate.
Recipe: Grilled Asparagus with Coconut Oil
It's all about fresh flavors for old favorites to make them new and exciting again. High in Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A and Vitamin C, asparagus is a great go-to vegetable for families on the go.
Recipe: Quinoa with Toasted Pinenuts
This ancient grain is rich in nutrients and high in protein. Plus, it cooks super-fast! Here it is lightly scented with turmeric.
Recipe: Turkey and Zucchini Cakes
These are a snap to make and great as cold leftovers. A kid friendly food that's fun to eat with your fingers. A favorite in my household,
The New Year Sugar Resolution
Beginning at Halloween it seems the holidays are a time of a continuous stream of sugary treats and family favorite baked goods. Traditional recipes, holiday cookies and mugs of steaming cocoa make up a huge part of the joy of the season. The New Year is a great time to swap out some of the […]
Recipe: Balsamic Chicken Bake
Prunes, garlic and balsamic vinegar …when cooked together with chicken, these ingredients create a delectable sweet and sour, savory flavor. This is a family "pleaser" and a great make-ahead recipe.


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The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at UMass Amherst invites tech-loving and even tech-skeptical folks to attend the 4rd biannual Circuits & Code event – a celebration of technology, engineering, science, mathematics and creativity.
Saturday, 1 December 2012 – 12 Noon – 4 PM – Marcus Hall, Room 5 at UMass Amherst.
Please get your free tickets >> HERE <<
Your online registration will be a great help to us as we plan for adequate refreshments.
Please read about the projects >> HERE <<
Come and see projects which demonstrate the power of electronics and computing!
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.
T. Baird Soules
Director of M5
Marcus Hall Room 5
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst MA 01003-5215 USA


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The Carlos Torano Vault line of cigars is actually called blend A-008 in the family's blending book. They have been writing down their blends in this book since 1982 and Vault is the first release.
Carlos Torano Vault has a rich and flavorful taste of earthiness and spice. With two different Nicaraguan tobaccos plus a Honduran tobacco in the binder Carlos Torano Vault is a very complex cigar that will leave you wanting more.


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Cain and Abel
Free Quilt Block Pattern
The Cain and Abel quilt block is a five patch block as it is built on a 5 X 5 square. However, it is sewn together as an uneven nine patch as the construction is easier. This quilt block is one of a series of biblical quilt blocks.
This quilt block is easy to make, containing only squares and half square triangles. I have included instructions for making four different sizes of this quilt block.
The sample quilts illustrated show how different two quilts with all the same blocks can be when you create your heirloom.
Similar Blocks:
~ Farmer's Daughter
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Hello and welcome to our short Valentine's special newsletter, featuring:
– New car at Newcourt – Greenacres finally! and more coming soon
– Co-bikes update – new locations and now join for £1
– Fuel prices – mileage rate being held at 15p per mile
– A member's love story – Vanessa loves Co-cars!
We hope you all enjoy your Valentine's day and look forward to you booking your next lovely Co-car's trip!
from Mark and the team
New Car at Newcourt
We now have two cars in Newcourt (Greenacres), Exeter, with a Toyota Aygo (manual) in Beatty Avenue, available at £3.75 per hour, and a Toyota Yaris hybrid (automatic) in King Avenue, available at £4.25 per hour. Our thanks to Exeter City Council and the developer, Persimmons, for making this possible. Pictured: our newest Newcourt member, Gareth Jenkins, and his daughter out for the day.
More cars coming very soon
Bays are being marked out for Rougemont Park and Rydon Lawns in Exeter, and Pydar Street car park in Truro, as well as Newton Abbot, Plymouth and Truro GWR train stations. There will be more details in our Spring newsletter.
Co-bikes update – new locations and now join for £1
We now have over 120 members and the fourth terminal of this ground-breaking, self-service, electric bike hire scheme goes live on 1st March at the Civic Centre, in the heart of Exeter city centre, opposite Tourist Information. Our fifth site, at County Hall, goes live later in March. It's now even easier to join, you only need to deposit a £1 credit to register. Pictured: Matt Wiessler, our Co-bikes Project Manager, completing the installation of the new terminal.
Fuel Prices
We expect you may have noticed the fuel prices steadily increasing at the pumps and wanted to reassure you that Co-cars is holding the mileage rate at 15p per mile for now.
A member's love story
One member who loves Co-cars is Vanessa Miles, a professional photographer. She says "I'm Co-cars' number one fan because being a member has really enriched my life and that's no exaggeration! I've been a member for about two and a half years and it has enabled me to get rid of my own car which had been giving me large maintenance bills. I'm also able to let out my car parking space so I'm really financially better off."
"I've found that joining Co-cars has made me re-assess what I'm doing so I don't make so many short journeys by car, and use my bike and walk more, so I'm fitter and healthier too. I spend more time on trains which is relaxing (and reduces road rage!) and I am getting good at spotting bargain fares.
When I do use a Co-car I know it will be reliable, clean, safe and trouble free. It's also good to know I am a member of such an ethical company. I'm always spreading the word and will continue to do so. I'm looking forward to trying the new Co-bikes too. Keep up the good work!" So why not book a lovely trip yourself.
Come along and say hello on:
1st March – launch of the Co-bikes terminal opposite Exeter Tourist Information Centre
11th March – community fun day at Hayes Square, Cranbrook
If you have an event that you would like Co-cars to attend please email
email@example.com and we will check our availability.
Social Media
We'd love to connect with you and we regularly post news, so please follow us at @Cocars and @CoBikesElectric and Like our Facebook Co-cars and Co-bikes pages.