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Microsoft points out that approaches to scalability sometimes create complicated logic structures. Windows Workflow Foundation was created to allow creating more versatile, unified and scalable applications.
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For example, Microsoft suggests creating unified applications that run on a single process to understand the value of scalable logic. Tutorials are available to help first-time users in creating custom applications in a step-by-step manner and in using the other important functions of the Windows Workflow Foundation. Share this:. Related Terms. Related Articles. Reinforcement Learning Vs. Create argument OrderInfo of type Order class.
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Arguments are similar to variables, but they are intended for passing data in or out of the workflow. You can think of them as method parameters. For Values, type OrderInfo. For Case 1 click on Add Activity and drag Sequence activity. Drag Assign activity under Primitive section. The purpose of this activity is add Shipping Price depending on shipping type selected.
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The purpose of this activity is to set the total price of order which is sum price of all items for an order and shipping price calculated in previous step. Purpose of this code is to create Order and Order Items as show in step 1 and 2. Create dictionary object of orders and pass that as an argument to workflow. Conditions can be expressed as declarative, or defined in code. Rules include a condition statement and collections of actions that are performed based on the result of the condition.
Rules are collected into rule sets, which support both simple sequential execution of rules, and sophisticated forward-chaining of rules. Rule sets are executed by the PolicyActivity activity. A key advantage of defining your logic with rules and declarative conditions is that they can be modified at run time by doing dynamic updates using workflow changes. In addition, rules let you separate your business logic from a workflow in order to share those rules with other workflows. Finally, defining business logic in rules allows for advanced tools, such as dependency visualization and impact analysis tools, to be built on top of the object model.
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Exceptions that occur in activities are handled asynchronously by the workflow runtime engine in a process called fault handling. Exceptions are scheduled in a queue to be handled later. If the exception type matches the one that is handled by a particular FaultHandlerActivity activity, that activity will handle the exception. If the exception cannot be handled, it is bubbled up through parent activities until it ultimately causes the termination of the workflow instance. Workflow markup, which is based on Extensible Application Markup Language XAML , enables developers and designers to model business logic declaratively and separate it from lower-level implementation details that are modeled by code-beside files.
Because workflows can be modeled declaratively, it is possible to activate a workflow by directly loading a workflow markup file into the workflow runtime engine at run time. Correlation is the mechanism for relating workflow service messages to each other or to the application instance state, such as a reply to an initial request, or a particular order ID to the persisted state of an order-processing workflow.
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Correlation can be protocol-based or content-based. Protocol-based correlations use data provided by the message delivery infrastructure to provide the mapping between messages.
Messages that are correlated using protocol-based correlation are related to each other using an object in memory, such as a RequestContext , or by a token provided by the transport protocol. Content-based correlations relate messages to each other using application-specified data. Messages that are correlated using content-based correlation are related to each other by some application-defined data in the message, such as a customer number.
Activities that participate in correlation use a CorrelationHandle to tie the messaging activities together.
For example, a Send that is used to call a service and a subsequent Receive that is used to receive a callback from the service, share the same CorrelationHandle. This basic pattern is used whether the correlation is content based or protocol based. The correlation handle can be explicitly set on each activity or the activities can be contained in a CorrelationScope activity. Activities contained in a CorrelationScope have their correlation handles managed by the CorrelationScope and do not require the CorrelationHandle to be explicitly set.
A CorrelationScope scope provides CorrelationHandle management for a request-reply correlation and one additional correlation type. Workflow services hosted using WorkflowServiceHost have the same default correlation management as the CorrelationScope activity. This default correlation management generally means that in many scenarios, messaging activities in a CorrelationScope or a workflow service do not require their CorrelationHandle set unless multiple messaging activities are in parallel or overlap, such as two Receive activities in parallel, or two Send activities followed by two Receive activities.
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After more then a decade and with an almost forgotten goal that I wanted to make my own webpage currently I has made a quick decision to configure a new WordPress site to host my original visions.
Of course such quick decision could not handle in its own all the requirements of the project but I also had made a decision not want to make it perfect in just one step.
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text: Tuesday: Textile: I think every bed needs a folded textile at the foot of the bed. It is a finishing touch. When you fold it it should drop at least 6 to 12 inches on either side. For example, if you have a queen bed, a standard throw will be too small. Instead use a twin size blanket which will fit perfect.


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LendInvest was founded with one mission: to make mortgages better
Now the UK's leading property finance marketplace, they provide specialist finance to professional property developers and investors, and offer multiple investment opportunities for individuals and institutions looking to invest in real estate backed loans.
Whether it's making it easier to get a loan, providing crucial funding to underserved borrowers, or creating an enhanced service for our intermediary partners, LendInvest combine deep industry knowledge with technological innovation to make it happen.
Since 2008, they have lent over £1.2 billion to their borrowers who have bought, built and renovated almost 4,000 properties worth in excess of £1.7 billion in 120 UK towns and cities.


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A senior care community in a Milwaukee suburb has agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former employee who said she was fired because she was pregnant. In the suit filed in U.S. District Court last August, the woman claimed that California-based Silverado Oak Village in Menomonee Falls violated the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The caregiver at the assisted-living facility stated in court documents that she was fired "because of her sex and pregnancy."
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission states on its website that "an employer cannot fire, refuse to hire, demote, or take any other adverse action against a woman if pregnancy, childbirth, or a related medical condition was a motivating factor in the adverse employment action."
The assisted living facility agreed with its former employee to settle her lawsuit for $80,000 earlier this month. The company denies that it discriminated against her.
In the woman's lawsuit, she claimed that she had a doctor's note describing medically needed work restrictions due to her pregnancy. Despite the physician's note, the woman was fired. A few days after her employment was terminated, the company granted a request for a lifting accommodation from another employee (one who was not pregnant) for light work duties.
The EEOC notes that the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act all protect the rights of pregnant workers.
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Japanese earthquake sends shock waves through Vancouver
"There aren't many casualties (damages) here, but the aftershocks continue. The first quake, the buildings were all wobbling violently, and the sky was suddenly an extremely bright colour, it was very creepy. I haven't contacted my friend yet but figure she's all right," a woman who lives in the Bunkyo district of Tokyo, wrote in an email to her friend in Vancouver.
"The Northern region is really a tragedy," Sakura wrote. "This time, it feels like all of Japan was shaken by this quake."
"The Japanese community here in Vancouver is shocked," Angela Hollinger, Director of the Canada-Japan Society of BC, said in a phone interview. "We are all concerned. We've been glued to the TV."
The 8.9 magnitude earthquake is, according to The Globe and Mail, the largest ever to hit Japan and the fifth largest quake on record since 1900.
Like many locals trying to get in contact with their loved ones in Japan, Hollinger has been resorting to e-mail, Facebook and Twitter.
"I was able to contact my parents a few hours ago by e-mail and all is fine," Hollinger said. "They are close to Tokyo area, but I have a few family that have been in the Sendai area that has been hit really hard. I can't keep in touch with them. It's horrifying."
Holinger has lived in Vancouver for the last 25 years, but was born and raised in Japan.
It took Hollinger's sister about six hours to reach her home, when usually it is just a short train ride away.
Many people trying to make calls to Japan have been having a difficult time getting their calls through.
"Right now both cells and land lines have been almost impossible to get through. They are jammed," said David Iwaasa, executive director of Tonari Gumi, the Japanese Community Volunteers Association. "And I think that also the authorities have probably limited calls into the area because they need to concentrate on the relief and rescue efforts. And so they don't want to have the lines jammed."
Although destruction in Tokyo was relatively minimal, many trains were shut down causing many people to sleep at their offices or resort to returning to their homes in the very early hours of the morning.
The earthquake seems to have frightened local Vancouverites and got them thinking about the possibility of a local disaster.
Anne Ward, President and C.E.O. of Krasicki & Ward Emergency Preparedness in City Square, said that their store has been "very busy."
"We deal mainly with corporations and that's been really good for us," Ward said. "But normally the walk-in traffic doesn't really get it. They don't want to think about it. But today has been totally busy. We ran out of water. Everything is just flying off the shelf. People are panicking."
Ward said that not all earthquakes or natural disasters around the world prompt this kind of response from locals to get prepared for an emergency.
"It happens when we have a little one, say in Seattle, but the one that really was significant for us was Katrina. But Chile, it didn't trigger people. Haiti, didn't trigger people. But this one, I don't know why, but its just gone right off the Richter scale."
The last major earthquake to hit Japan was a 7.2-magnitude earthquake in 1996 and had a death toll of 6400.


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By 1944 anything is possible. These Landesschützen Battalions did initially draw manpower from their local area, and their local Divisonal unit, but they were also fed piecemeal into any gaps elsewhere. It's quite feasible for an Austrian or two to end up with them.sirjahn wrote:Sulzbach is in south Germany so I am trying to noodle out how POWs report that they were guarded by old Austrian and Polish guards. Do the LS Battalions draw personnel from areas other than their Wehrkreis?
I don't see the LS 13 in that other post regarding troops in the Britanny area. Are these guys falling under a different reporting structure than the Kommandtur?
Yes I've seen your similar request on Triggertime. Have you obtained any records from the International Committee of the Red Cross? They will have made a report on the hospital at Rennes at some point. Although it will not include mention of supporting guard units it will include more names of medical staff that were there.sirjahn wrote:The POW reports seem to indicate that the guards were either Austrian or Polish and that the Polish got the worst guard duties like walking the perimeter. The only names I have are for two doctors that were there and maybe one NCO.
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I am trying to find out more detail on the guards to flesh out the hospital history for my Father story I am writing. He was an 82nd AB trooper wounded and captured on D-Day and kept at Rennes Military Hospital until he escaped during the bombardment of Rennes on 1 August 44.


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NonprofitReady.org (NPRO) is a website of 43 interactive E-learning curriculums and 385 online classes and videos on a wide variety of nonprofit best practices, all at no cost to any user. I took one of the curriculums (Management Essentials) and was impressed with the content and interactive presentation. More importantly, sixty thousand people have used the site in the past year, and six thousand new users join each month.
In my opinion, the more people in a nonprofit who know nonprofit best practices, the more effective that nonprofit is likely to be. NPRO best practice trainings can be accessed at no cost, at any time, from anywhere, for as long a session as the user has time for at that moment. It is, by far, one of the most convenient and cost effective methods that I am aware of for acquiring know-how in nonprofit best practices.
Here is a sampling of a few of NPRO's most popular online courses, videos and curriculums:
- Managing Expectations This 8-minute micro-learning online course on managing expectations contains a 3 minute video, quiz, summary document and additional short audio clips. Managing expectations is a crucial part of any professional relationship, from your colleagues to your customers.
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- Introduction to Proposal Writing This 27 minute video is designed for anyone involved in the proposal writing process. Course Objectives: • Understand the basic components of writing and submitting a project proposal
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- Grantsmanship Essentials Pack In this 1 hour and 50 minute curriculum from the Foundation Center, you will learn the basics on how to find grant programs and funders as well as how to write a proposal that aligns with the funder's criteria. Objectives: To understand how to identify funders aligned with your organizational mission and cause, To articulate what is required in receiving and managing grant funds, To identify the best practices for writing a successful grant proposal.
Please visit NonprofitReady.org to learn more.
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If you are going to have a surgery you want an elite surgeon, similarly you want your country to be governed by an elite and not by ordinary people. There are several reasons for this
-it takes a lot of effort to figure out the best solution when it comes to political issues.
-the incentive for an individual to vore correctly is too low.
-most people lack the mental capabilities to vote in a rational manner.
-democracy makes people obsessed with trying to influense others "for the good of the country".
-with elite rule people can just focus on their own lives instead unless they get selected.
There are several types of elite rule, it can be the economic elite or an aristocracy, the number of people can be as low as 15.
One simple system is to have 15 people governing that selects their own successors, ideally at least 8 people should be awake at a given moment allowing for instant decision (within 10 seconds) at any given moment, this has a huge military advantage.
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President Erdogan has invited Trump to visit Turkey in 2019: White House
WASHINGTON - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has invited U.S. President Dοnald Trump to visit Turkey in 2019, a White House spοkesman said οn Mοnday.
"While nοthing definite is being planned, the President is open to a pοtential meeting in the future," White House spοkesman Hogan Gidley said in a statement.
The cοnflict in Syria fοllowing Trump's annοuncement of a U.S. pullout, the fallout frοm the murder of a U.S.-based Saudi journalist in the Saudi cοnsulate in Istanbul, and Turkey's demand fοr the extraditiοn of a Muslim cleric frοm the United States are amοng the main issues occupying the two NATO allies.
The Turkish presidency said Trump and Erdogan agreed during a phοne call οn Sunday to cοοrdinate to prevent an authοrity vacuum frοm developing as the United States withdraws frοm Syria.
Erdogan welcοmed Trump's abrupt decisiοn last week to withdraw American trοops frοm Syria, which has upended U.S. pοlicy in the regiοn and would remοve a source of frictiοn between the two cοuntries.
Washingtοn has backed Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters while Turkey brands the grοup a terrοrist οrganizatiοn.
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Trump and Erdogan have taken different tacks in their respοnse to the Oct. 2 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
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RSS feeds on private sites need user names and passwords. For security reasons the RSS password is a hashed version of the account password. The last time I checked, the password was given on a page of My Account called "Notifications - online & private RSS & email". It looked like this:
Although that only mentions account notifications, it was used for private site feeds as well.
Following the extensive Dashboard rewrite, that page no longer exists, and I cannot find the RSS password anywhere else.
Has it disappeared? That would be a significant problem for me.


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text: Each year at Ruskin High School several students work hard to produce a Black History Program to be performed in front of their peers. The achievements and accomplishments of black leaders are put on display through poetry, prose, song, and dance. This year September worked with the students through many rehearsals as they prepared for the big performance. She is pictured above with some students before they took the stage.


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ELWOOD, Ind.-- Investigators are trying to determine what led to a toddler's death in Elwood.
The Madison County Prosecutor says they are waiting on the final autopsy report for the toddler, around 2 years old, but a preliminary cause of death appears to be blunt force trauma.
"Impact to the child's body that resulted in death, the kind of impact and trauma that children that age should not experience," Madison County Prosecutor Rodney Cummings said.
Last week, police said the toddler was found unresponsive in a home on South K Street. An officer started CPR and the child was rushed to the hospital.
Authorities were later notified he died.
"There's a lot of investigation that's still due on this case but highly suspicious and the police with some of our deputies are doing what they need to do to get to the cause of the child's death," Cummings said.
Sadly, it's far from the first death of a young child to come across his desk. Cummings said there have been four children this year who have lived in or have ties to Madison County who have died from overdose, abuse or neglect.
"It's heartbreaking, it makes you angry and it's heartbreaking," he said.
The toddler's death was heartbreaking news for neighbors, too.
"Broke my heart to hear something like that happened so close to home," Karen Childress said.
"I couldn't believe anybody would do anything like that to a little boy," Pam Wyatt said.
Cummings reminds people if they see something, especially involving children, that doesn't look right, to contact police or report it.
"It's so troubling when you're talking about children dying and the people we as a society should take the greatest effort to protect, and what we don't seem to be doing very well in this community," he said.
The case is still under investigation in Elwood.


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MLW Radio Network presents the VIP Lounge! Wrestling superstar MVP takes you through the red velvet ropes and gives you all access to his world. Hang with MVP and former WWE head writer Alex Greenfield as they talk pro wrestling, culture, jiu-jitsu and whatever MVP has on his hit list for the week.
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After 115 episodes MVP has decided to pack of up the velvet rope for a while and take a break from podcasting. But we don't mourn here, we celebrate and what better way to celebrate the Grass and Grappling Podcast than by throwing a live party at Planet Paradise, a Cannabis lounge in Toronto Canada. And as they say, everyone comes out for a funeral so this week MVP is joined in the lounge by fill-in co-host Damian Abraham, (actual co-host Alex Greenfield couldn't make it but several were lit up in his honour) Scottish Wrestling icon Grado, former WWE Superstar/ owner of Battle Arts Santino Marella and electronic music heroes A Tribe Called Red. So join the sesh on last time and say goodbye.


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Some like it healthy and plain, some like it brown and chocolatey. I belong to the latter group that would never say no to anything with chocolate. So this healthy, moist and delicious Zucchini bread got a small dose of chocolate. Then there were those whole walnuts we collected last Autumn and we still had plenty left. So some of them went in to this bread too.
The result was a super moist bread with crunchy walnuts in between. This bread can very well go for a cake too with the addition of little more sweetness. But this was baked in a loaf pan and hence it shall be called a bread.
Prepared loaf pan ready to go into the oven
On a different note, weather in my part of the world is getting better and better. Although the temperatures are pretty much low, we have beautiful sunny days heralding the arrival of spring. Days are getting longer and it feels good to wake up in the morning and feel the early rays of sun through the window. Yay! :-) I'm so looking forward to vibrant Spring which would also mean more cooking and blogging!
Coming back to the recipe, this was pretty much easy and straight forward. I adapted this recipe from here. The bread was an instant hit at home. This recipe for me is a keeper and I will definitely be making it more often from now on.
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 tsp cinnamon powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cup grated zucchini (I used 1 medium sized zucchini)
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
3/4 cup thick plain yogurt
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees C
In a large bowl, mix together flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking soda, baking powder, salt and sugar.
In another small bowl, whisk together yogurt, oil and vanilla extract. Pour this into the dry ingredients. Mix well with a spoon.
Add the grated zucchini and mix. Fold in the chopped walnuts.
Pour into a greased and floured/lined loaf pan. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 1 hour or until a tooth pick inserted in the center of the loaf comes out clean.
Allow to cool to room temperature before cutting and serving.
Yields: 1 loaf
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Baking Time: 60 minutes
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A five year project is to support voluntary organisations in preserving their archives. Led by the Institute of Education in partnership with NCVO and Northumbria University, 'Digitising the Mixed Economy of Welfare' is funded by the British Academy.
This collaborative, interdisciplinary project will digitise and make available key documents that will enhance understanding of the role of voluntary organisations in our mixed economy of welfare.
Details from British Academy http://www.britac.ac.uk/arp/digitising-mixed-economy.cfm, and NCVO press release welcoming the project is at http://www.ncvo.org.uk/about-us/media-centre/press-releases/705-ncvo-reminds-charities-of-importance-of-historical-archives.
The best starting point for sector readers is 'Eight reasons charities should be interested in their archives' from project director Dr Georgina Brewis, which applies to the sector in general not just welfare charities, http://blogs.ncvo.org.uk/2014/08/20/eight-reasons-charities-should-be-interested-in-their-archives/.


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LINDEN, NJ — An off-duty officer with the Linden Police Department was killed Monday morning when he was struck by a train, department officials said.
Daniel Kuczynski was hit around 7:30 a.m. It wasn't immediately clear what he was doing on the tracks. The Amtrak Police Department is investigating.
Kuczynski served as the director of the Linden Police Athletic League (PAL) for the past nine years.
"As Police Officers, we strive to make a difference, and through his work Danny had a profound impact on our city's children," Linden Police Chief Jonathan Parham said. "We ask that you keep Danny's family, friends, and coworkers in your thoughts and prayers as we deal with this painful loss. He will be missed."
There will be a candlelight vigil held in Officer Kuczynski's memory Tuesday night in Dobson park.


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While the West remains reluctant to confront Russia directly, Ukraine is unlikely to secure the levels of investment and support that it would like, writes Adrian Stones from the Yalta summit.
Unsurprisingly there were no official Russian delegates at the 12th annual Yalta European Strategy (YES) summit. But Russia's presence loomed very large. The stand-off between Kiev and Moscow is being called a frozen conflict and to say their relationship is frosty is quite an understatement.
The YES summit was held for the second year running in Kiev rather than in Yalta, the capital of Crimea, the Ukrainian state annexed by Russia in March 2014. The 400 or so delegates came together to debate possible solutions to Ukraine's problems which include a lack of investment, debt restructuring, institutionalised corruption and the hostile actions of its neighbour to the East.
The summit was also held on the eve of two important international events. President Vladimir Putin of Russia was soon to address the UN General Assembly in New York; and in early 2016 European sanctions imposed on Russia over Crimea are due to be reviewed.
But chatter about possible improvements for Ukraine tended to overlook a giant obstacle that was generally only tacitly acknowledged: the West's lack of will or capacity to deliver what Ukraine wants.
The crux is that Russia tends to feel secure only when its neighbours feel insecure. And at present Russia remains as insecure as ever about the West's ambitions, while the West, distracted by Syria, Iraq, Iran, Europe's biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War, China, the global economy, and more, is not ready to add direct confrontation with Russia to that list.
Kiev is increasingly drawn westwards as its democracy matures, its economy improves, and its security status deteriorates. Russia wants it to remain if not loyal, then certainly no closer in alignment to the West than it is at present.
This is not a new situation. At the first YES summit over a decade ago, just 30 delegates discussed military and economic issues, even the prospect of Ukraine joining NATO. This year the summit was a stage for Ukraine to seek to attract investment and keep the world's attention focused on the country.
Investment from the West is not just held back by the situation with Russia, it is also hampered by widespread corruption.
Some 20% of Ukraine's GDP is controlled by just 10 oligarchs. Such inequality must be tackled as without reform, including of the judiciary and of the energy sector, inward investment will stall, despite the lure of huge gas reserves that could make the country self-sufficient in energy for decades.
Even then, finance will be hard to come by. It was Dominic Strauss Khan, the colourful former head of the IMF, who put it most delicately, saying the international donor agencies have a lot on their plates, telling Ukraine to do what it can without necessarily expecting much in the way of international lending.
Some, however, believe aid should in time become part of a wider strategic policy. Indeed, Larry Summers, the former Treasury secretary, insisted that aid now could be regarded more as an investment in security, which will yield a dividend in terms of greater sums not being needed in the future.
So there was plenty to discuss. Those present, including Jose Manuel Barroso, Strobe Talbott, Shimon Peres and various retired five-stars, were not today's powerbrokers but they do still have influence and their presence brought much needed international attention.
Back home, they may be able to work behind the scenes, lobbying and advising the frontline politicians. They are also in pole position to influence like-minded investors – those with deep pockets who might be able to help to build Ukraine's infrastructure and profit from investment in the energy sector.
With the UN General Assembly and the sanctions review approaching, the timing of the summit could not have been better. But do not hold your breath waiting for the West to engage comprehensively with Ukraine, or to take stronger action against Russia to protect the legal and internationally recognised border of Ukraine.


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College Football
2018 Cure Bowl: Teams, Facts, and Pick
Bowl number one of 40.
The first of 40 FBS bowl games kicks off with the 2018 Cure Bowl.
This is that to which the regular season transitions: 37 exhibition games and three contests that matter. Needless to say, the Cure Bowl, first on the docket for 2018 bowl season, is one of the exhibitions. Pride, however, is important, as is the exposure for the school, the extra game to play, and the payout.
In 2018, this is a Sun Belt vs. American matchup as the Ragin' Cajuns of Louisiana-Lafayette face off against the Tulane Green Wave. Who wins this all-Louisiana showdown?
2018 Cure Bowl: This Year's Bowl Info
|Saturday, December 15, 2018, 1:30pm ET (10:30am PT)
|Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida
|Broadcast on CBS Sports Network
|$751,115 payout (Link: College Football Poll)
|Tulane is a 3-point favorite
2018 Cure Bowl: Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns
|7-6 (5-3 Sun Belt); Sun Belt West champions
|Lost Sun Belt Championship Game to Appalachian State
|Best Win: Arkansas State
|Offensive Ranks (out of 130): Scoring Offense T-39th, Total Offense T-39th, Rushing Offense 19th, 3rd Downs 10th, Time of Possession 84th, Turnover Margin 86th, Sacks Allowed T-39th, Red Zone 23rd
|Defensive Ranks (out of 130): Scoring Defense 104th, Total Defense 95th, Rushing Defense 107th, Opponent 3rd Downs 115th, Sacks Per Game 86th, TFL Per Game 124th, Interceptions T-99th, Opponent Red Zone T-66th
|Special Teams Ranks (out of 130): Field Goal Kicking T-25th, Punts Per Game T-118th
2018 Cure Bowl: Tulane Green Wave
|6-6 (5-3 American); American West Division co-champions
|Best Win: Memphis
|Offensive Ranks (out of 130): Scoring Offense 94th, Total Offense 71st, Rushing Offense 30th, 3rd Downs 114th, Time of Possession 33rd, Turnover Margin T-68th, Sacks Allowed T-104th, Red Zone T-25th
|Defensive Ranks (out of 130): Scoring Defense T-72nd, Total Defense 81st, Rushing Defense 50th, Opponent 3rd Downs T-24th, Sacks Per Game T-15th, TFL Per Game T-53rd, Interceptions T-48th, Opponent Red Zone T-20th
|Special Teams Ranks (out of 130): Field Goal Kicking T-64th, Punts Per Game T-16th
2018 Cure Bowl: Head-to-Head
Tulane leads the all-time series vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 22-4. This will be the 27th meeting all-time between the two programs. (Link: Winsipedia)
The Green Wave and Ragin' Cajuns last played in 2016, with Tulane winning, 41-39.
2018 Cure Bowl: Most Likely Standout Player
Andre Nunez (Sr), QB, Louisiana. He has been the most productive offensive player on the better offensive team in this bowl game. Nunez completes about 64 percent of his passes and threw for 2,136 yards in his 13 games so far. He had a subpar day against Sun Belt champion Appalachian State, but App State also boasts one of the best pass defenses in the nation. Tulane, on the other hand, owns one that allows on average 266 yards per contest. The Green Wave have allowed 24 passing touchdowns and 51 pass plays of 20 yards or more, which is near the bottom of FBS.
One potential pitfall is that Nunez is prone to throw interceptions, and Tulane has shown some adeptness at catching them.
2018 Cure Bowl: Pick
This is a fine Louisiana football game (in Florida) to start bowl season. On paper, two six-loss teams from Group of Five schools appear evenly matched.
The better offense belongs to Louisiana-Lafayette. Nunez is not Kyler Murray but he has had success throwing the football, but the team has also done well running it. Trey Ragas has 1,141 yards on the ground and eight touchdowns this season as part of an FBS top-20 rushing attack.
On defense, one would have to give the nod to Tulane, though it's a closer fight. Whereas the Green Wave are more average, the Ragin' Cajuns are just bad. If Justin McMillan and Tulane get anything going, this could morph into a relatively high-scoring game. Should defensive lineman Zi'Yon Hill not play for the Ragin' Cajuns, they are that much worse. (Link: Daily Advertiser)
Offense rules the day here as the defenses each get gashed for several big plays. The Ragin' Cajuns keep up and take it in an upset.
Pick: Louisiana-Lafayette


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TEC Hosts 70th Annual Loss Control Conference
May 2, 2016
Safety became a mantra for the 405 linemen, managers and safety specialists gathered for the 70th annual Texas Electric Cooperatives Loss Control Conference in San Marcos, March 30–April 1.
"The biggest deal is: Don't get complacent," said first-time attendee Cramer Basham, a CoServ Electric foreman who has been a lineman for eight years. "Respect the electricity."
Attendees learned about their industry during presentations and breakout sessions on topics including the history of linemen in America, emergency management and Occupational Safety & Health Administration inspections.
The conference was also a celebration of safety. Six employees whose co-ops or organizations participate in the TEC Loss Control program received Lifesaving Awards (watch them describe their experiences here).
Ray Beavers, CEO of United Cooperative Services, received the Ray Pantel Meritorious Service Award for his contributions to the safety culture at United and the TEC Loss Control program.
"I'm as honored as I've ever been," Beavers said. He also offered his appreciation to the many linemen in attendance.
"The priority of cooperatives is safety—no ifs, ands or buts. You guys are a special breed. Some of you aren't housebroken, but you're a special breed."
That got a good laugh, and celebrations of the lineman brotherhood continued after the conference's instructional sessions ended for the day. An exhibit show allowed participants to visit with 37 vendors and sponsors, and check out new products and equipment. An auction of donated items raised $47,155 for the TEC Loss Control Scholarship program. Mulligans sold at the golf tournament before the conference and the sale of TEC merchandise brought the total contributions to the scholarship fund to nearly $50,000, a record amount.
Texas pride and lineman pride extended beyond the border when John Hernandez of Bandera EC introduced a utility worker whom he and co-workers Garrett Clark and Jay Rasberry met while volunteering in Haiti through NRECA International.
Gimps Louis-Charles, a Haitian lineman, expressed his appreciation for the training, labor and equipment that American co-op linemen provided as crews worked to build the first electric co-op in Haiti. Louis-Charles' home was the first in the territory where he lives to be energized.
"I had a lot of people at my house every night, watching TV," he said. He encouraged Texas co-ops to continue their involvement in Haiti, saying: "There's a lot of people out there waiting for you."
See a slideshow of 2016 TEC Loss Control Conference photos here.
For more information, please contact us at (512) 486-6226.


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A city unites to remember Grenfell Tower disaster
One by one, the great and the good at the Grenfell Tower anniversary memorial service yesterday gave up their VIP seats in favour of grieving survivors and families of the 72 victims of the west London blaze.
Even the Duke and Duchess of Kent vacated their places in a ceremony that focused less on protocol and more on those still suffering because of the fire.
At 12.54am on June 14, 2017, the emergency services received their first call telling them of a kitchen fire in flat 16 on the fourth floor of the tower. Those who witnessed that morning, as the blaze ripped apart the building and the lives inside, will never forget it.
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During the next several days ending on Sunday, March 27, 2016, we will be celebrating several events here in America that encompass one of the greatest themes known to humankind–deliverance. Also known as "Passion Week" (the last week in the life of Jesus Christ), it starts this Sunday, March 20, 2016, which is Palm Sunday, and is followed by Good Friday on March 25th, and Easter on Sunday, March 27th. Thrown into the middle of this week is the Jewish holiday of Purim (based on the Old Testament book of Esther), which starts at sundown on Wednesday, March 23rd, and ends at sundown on Thursday, March 24th.
For the past couple of years I have reposted a blog post I first wrote at Easter 2013. That post is titled, "On the Road to Emmaus" (click here for link to last year's reblogged post). I've also posted two other blog posts on Easter titled, "He Is Risen" (click here), and "The Resurrection of Jesus Christ" (click here). Also, I have posted a blog post originally written on Purim 2014 with the latest version, "Celebrate Purim 5775 (2015)," published last year (click here for post).
The holidays of Purim and Easter are two holidays celebrating this theme of deliverance. Back in 2005 when Purim and Easter fell on the same day, Day of Discovery published a video titled, "Two Holidays of Deliverance: Purim and Easter" (click here to watch the video). Here is a brief description of Purim from Wikipedia.com:
Purim (Hebrew: פּוּרִים) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people in the ancient Persian Empire where a plot had been formed to destroy them. The story is recorded in the Book of Esther (Megillat Ester מגילת אסתר in Hebrew).
According to the Book of Esther, Haman, royal vizier to King Ahasuerus (presumed to be Xerxes I of Persia) planned to kill all the Jews in the empire, but his plans were foiled by Mordecai and his adopted daughter Esther who had risen to become Queen of Persia. The day of deliverance became a day of feasting and rejoicing (quote source here). [The entire story can be read in the Old Testament book of Esther].
Easter, of course, is the Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead–giving new life to all who believe in Jesus as the One and Only Son of God (see John 3:16-18):
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God's one and only Son. ~John 3:16-18
While I was tempted to repost my previously written blog posts on Purim and Easter from past years again for this year, the subject of deliverance is one that is too important to overlook. So let's start by finding out what the Bible says on the subject of deliverance. GotQuestions.org states:
Deliverance is defined as "a rescue from bondage or danger." Deliverance in the Bible is the acts of God whereby He rescues His people from peril. In the Old Testament, deliverance is focused primarily on God's removal of those who are in the midst of trouble or danger. He rescues His people from their enemies (1 Samuel 17:37; 2 Kings 20:6), and from the hand of the wicked (Psalm 7:2; 17:13; 18:16-19; 59:2). He preserves them from famine (Psalm 33:19), death (Psalm 22:19-21), and the grave (Psalm 56:13; 86:13; Hosea 13:14). The most striking example of deliverance is the exodus from Egypt (Exodus 3:8; 6:6; 8:10). Here is God defined as the Deliverer of Israel who rescues His people, not because they deserve to be rescued, but as an expression of His mercy and love (Psalm 51:1; 71:2; 86:13).
In the New Testament, God is always the subject—and His people are always the object—of deliverance. The descriptions of temporal deliverance in the Old Testament serve as symbolic representations of the spiritual deliverance from sin which is available only through Christ. He offers deliverance from mankind's greatest peril—sin, evil, death and judgment. By God's power, believers are delivered from this present evil age (Galatians 1:4) and from the power of Satan's reign (Colossians 1:13). All aspects of deliverance are available only through the person and work of Jesus Christ, who was Himself delivered up for us (Romans 4:25) so that we would be delivered from eternal punishment for sin. Only Jesus rescues us from the "wrath to come" (1 Thessalonians 1:10).
Another aspect of deliverance concerns the temporal. While believers are delivered once for all time from eternal punishment, we are also delivered from the trials of this life (2 Peter 2:9). Sometimes that deliverance is God simply walking through the trials by our side, comforting and encouraging us through them as He uses them to mature us in the faith. Paul assured the Corinthian believers that "no temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it" (1 Corinthians 10:13). In these cases, rescue is not immediate, but in due time, after patience has had its perfect work (James 1:2-4, 12). God makes the way of escape simultaneously with the temptation which, in His perfect will and timing, He permissively arranges or allows for His people.
Deliverance is often sought from evil spirits or the spirit of lust, jealousy, etc. It's important to understand that, as believers, we already have eternal victory over Satan and demons. But we can be delivered from their influence in our lives by using two weapons God has given us as part of our spiritual armor with which we battle "against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms" (Ephesians 6:12-17). The believer defends himself with the shield of faith and uses the offensive weapon of the Word of God. Against these two, no spirit can prevail. By holding up the shield of faith, we extinguish the flaming spiritual arrows they send against us, arrows of lust, doubt, guilt, jealousy, evil speech, and all manner of temptations. With the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God, we overcome the evil one by proving his temptations to be lies because he is the father of lies (John 8:44). John's second letter commends the young Christians whose spiritual strength came from the Word of God living in them. By the offensive weapon of the Truth, we overcome the evil one (1 John 2:14).
Deliverance from sin, rescue from trials, and escape from the influence of a world in the control of the evil one come only through Christ, the Son of God who has come and "has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true. And we are in him who is true—even in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life" (1 John 5:19-20). (Quote source here.)
It is God who delivers. When we find ourselves going through very trying times that never seem to end, no matter how hard we may try to coerce or plead with God, or try to work it out on our own or manipulate our circumstances, it is only God who delivers in His way and in His timing. He sees the whole picture, and it's always much broader then we can possibly know, conceive, understand, or imagine it to be. And it is always far greater and wider reaching than what we as individuals are personally going through at any point in time, although what we are personally going through is also of great importance to Him, too. Everything in this life is connected in one way or another, and in ways we cannot possibly understand. God didn't create this world and then decide to leave it up to us to run. After all, we know what happened in the Garden of Eden when left on our own, and we haven't done much better on our own down through the ages to today.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945), a German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church during the reign of Adolf Hitler in Germany (1933-1945), wrote a statement in his diary in 1939 at a time when he was contemplating returning to Germany after spending only 26 days in New York City. While he was "safe" in New York City from the reach of Hitler, he was compelled to return to Germany in spite of Hitler's growing reign of terror. While making the decision to return to Berlin, Bonhoeffer wrote the following in his diary:
It is remarkable how I am never quite clear about the motives for any of my decisions. Is that a sign of confusion, of inner dishonesty, or is it a sign that we are guided without our knowing, or is it both? . . . Today the reading [a passage of Scripture not noted in this diary entry] speaks dreadfully harshly of God's incorruptible judgement. He certainly sees how much personal feeling, how much anxiety there is in today's decision, however brave it may seem. The reasons one gives for an action to others and to one's self are certainly inadequate. One can give a reason for everything. In the last resort one acts from a level which remains hidden from us. So one can only ask God to judge us and to forgive us. . . . At the end of the day I can only ask God to give a merciful judgement on today and all it's decisions. It is now in his hand. (Quote source: "Bonhoeffer Abridged: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy" (2014), by Eric Metaxas, p. 130).
Now I assume some people reading this blog post may not believe in God or at least think it is crazy that a God "out there somewhere" (if he even exists) would care about the decisions we make, or even on some level unknown to us, that this God could be directing our steps. However, God is not surprised by any of our actions whether good or evil, but only God can use everything to fulfill His purposes in this world which really does belong to Him. That is not to say we are robots as we certainly do make our own choices, even those choices that turn out to be extremely detrimental to us. When sin showed up in the Garden of Eden, it was passed down to all of us, and we all succumb to it on a very regular basis. The Bible is filled with the history of people who accomplished His will unknown to them on a personal level (even people who never claimed to believe in Him). However, it is also filled with many stories of people who loved God and sought His will on a regular basis.
Here are a couple of verses to get us thinking in this direction:
"The Lord works out everything to its proper end—even the wicked for a day of disaster." ~Proverbs 16:4
"For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose." ~Philippians 2:13
While scoffers are everywhere, for those of us who believe in Jesus Christ, we know that Romans 8:28-30 are key in understanding the very thing Bonhoeffer wrote in his diary on that day he made his decision to return to Germany:
And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to his purpose. For those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers and sisters. And those he predestined, he also called; those he called, he also justified; those he justified, he also glorified. ~Romans 8:28-30
For the Christian, the more we love and follow after Jesus Christ (and I'm not talking about putting on a religious show), the more He shapes us into what he wants us to be and do in this life. Psalms 37:3-4 states the following:
Trust in the Lord and do good;
dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.
Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.
"Safe pasture" isn't always what we think it might be, but if we trust in the Lord with all of our heart (see Proverbs 3:5-6), the safe pasture can be found even in a hotel room. It is not in the externals of life (e.g., a hotel room) where we find safe pasture, but in Who we trust to take care of us during this journey through life. And, in looking at the second verse, as we learn to delight in the Lord even when fear is stalking our paths, we find that the desires of our heart change to His desires for us, and our faith and trust in Him grows exponentially.
Let's look at the two verses in Proverbs I mentioned above–Proverbs 3:5-6:
Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding;
in all your ways submit to him,
and he will make your paths straight.
Being human, our tendency to lean on our own understanding is as automatic as breathing air. I can't tell you how many times over these past almost seven years now since I lost that job in Houston that I have thought something would work out one way and what actually happened could not have been further from what I thought would happen. It is so hard to "let go" of our own understanding when our world gets pulled out from under our feet. It requires total trust in God that the inner compass he provides will lead us on even when we don't understand, just as Bonhoeffer stated in his diary entry on that very important decision-making day in his life. And, as we learn to trust that inner compass and submit ourselves totally to God on a daily basis, He makes our path straight, even if that path includes living in hotel rooms temporarily in two different cities as has been my circumstances for the past 17 plus months. And there have been times when I have experienced exactly what Bonhoeffer wrote about when he was making his decision to return to Germany. As we experience God bringing us through each day according to His will and not our own, the world around us opens up in amazing ways we would never have seen and experienced in any other way. And all of the people mentioned in Hebrews 11 (the "Hall of Faith" chapter in the Bible) knew the power of following God without knowing where it was leading in this life, but with an eternal perspective in mind.
Returning to the Easter story, Jesus Christ was both fully human and fully God (see John 1:1-18). Imagine being in his shoes from a human perspective during that last week of his life (click here for the chronology of the last week). Imagine what he must have been going through during the last 24 hours before he was crucified. Imagine what he must have been praying in the Garden of Gethsemane. We know part of what he said as it is recorded in Matthew 26:39 when he prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will." Yet he knew the balance of the whole human race was about to change forever through his death by crucifixion, his burial, and his resurrection again on the third day. "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God" (2 Corinthians 5:21). And for the past two millennium people from all the nations around the world have been coming to him and trusting in him as Savior and Lord.
As Hebrews 12:1-2 states:
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses [the people mentioned in Hebrews 11], let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
As we start into the Passion Week, the last week of Jesus' life before his resurrection on Easter Sunday, may we commit to . . .
Running with perseverance . . .
The race marked out for us . . .
Fixing our eyes on Jesus . . . .
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SpaceX launch of a Falcon 9 Full Thrust (Block 3) Rocket
SpaceX was scheduled to launch a Falcon 9 Full Thrust (Block 3) rocket as part of the JCSAT-14 mission. The launch window for the Communications mission was on Fri, May 6th, 2016, 1:21 AM EDT from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, FL. The status of the launch was Success with a 90% chance for favorable weather conditions. Don't miss this exciting rocket launch! Watch the launch video of the Falcon 9 Full Thrust (Block 3) and experience the excitement for yourself. The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed on the ASDS, OCISLY, stationed of the east coast.
Built on the LS-1300 bus by SSL, JCSAT-14 will replace JCSAT 2A in geostationary orbit. Positioned at 154 degrees east, the satellite will provide high speed connectivity for maritime, aviation and resource exploration in Asia, Russia, Oceania and the Pacific. The craft contains 26 C and 18 Ku-band transponders, which are powered by 2 solar arrays for its 15 year lifetime.
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, FL
Falcon 9 Full Thrust
The Full Thrust variants first stage includes all systems necessary for an operational re-use of stages while the second stage is operated as an expendable rocket stage.SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX has many pads, on the East Coast of the US they own SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral and LC-39A at the Kennedy Space Center for their lower inclination launches. They also own SLC-4E at Vandenberg, California for their high inclination launches. Another site is also being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
The first stage of the Falcon 9 landed on the ASDS, OCISLY, stationed of the east coast.
First recovered booster from a GTO mission, in storage, and due to be retired after ten test cycles
Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY)
The second ASDS barge, Of Course I Still Love You (OCISLY) services launches in the Atlantic Ocean and was the site of the first landing of a SpaceX Falcon 9 first stage during CRS-8, the launch of a Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station.
Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship (ASDS)
An autonomous spaceport drone ship (ASDS) is an ocean-going vessel derived from a deck barge, outfitted with station-keeping engines and a large landing platform. Construction of such ships was commissioned by aerospace company SpaceX to allow for recovery of rocket first-stages at sea for high-velocity missions which do not carry enough fuel to return to the launch site after lofting spacecraft onto an orbital trajectory.


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The MEETinLEEDS events team are proud to be hosting the University of Leeds Suppliers Easter Fair 2015.
Where: The University of Leeds Exhibition Centre
When: Tuesday 22nd March, 10:00 – 15:00
The Suppliers Easter Fair 2016 takes place in our Exhibition Centre and all staff at the University are invited for an opportunity to speak to over 50 exhibitors; including colleagues from MEETinLEEDS, Great Food at Leeds, The Edge and The Print & Copy Bureau who are all on hand to answer questions about their support and services.
The Suppliers Fair has been a successful, well attended event in the University's calendar for the last 15 years, and is one of the largest events of its kind within the UK. Organised by MEETinLEEDS, the University of Leeds' conference service, and in collaboration with the Finance & Procurement Department. The event provides a unique opportunity for staff to speak to suppliers directly enabling them to highlight, explain and showcase their products and services in a tailor made forum.
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Step into Orbit for an immersive experience inspired by the solar system and the vast, unexplored space beyond. Watch as the orbiting planets of the installation surround you and lift you from reality.
3M retroreflective materials — the focus of Orbit — are found on the surface of these planets. By manipulating light, this installation challenges perceptions and interactions from each viewer.
LiteWerkz presents Orbit in collaboration with global science company 3M.
This installation is awarded under the Singapore Night Festival's Open Call.
About the Artist
LiteWerkz is a design collective consisting of students, artists and art enthusiasts with a common passion in creating larger than life light installations showcased in public. LiteWerkz made their debut light installation at Singapore Night Festival 2016 in its first ever Open Call, and this year marks the group's third consecutive participation.
3M is a company uniquely rooted in its expertise to apply science to improve lives. The collaboration with LiteWerkz aims to inspire future generations of artists, scientists and innovators in the pursuit of making communities attractive places to live in.
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Success Stories and Project Reports
ARCONDIS has already proved it over 2.500 times: With our cross-functional consulting teams, we develop perfectly integrated solutions for the Life Sciences industries Pharma & Biotech, Medical Devices as well as Agricultural, Chemical & Food and lead projects to success. Thereby, we inspire with holistic customer orientation and uncompromising readiness to provide quality. But see for yourself and take a look at our success stories and project reports — you can find a selection here!
Quality Change Management – Practical insight November 4, 2019
Abstract: Patrick Zahnow talks about how quality change management can be successfully implemented and put into practice. ARCONDIS supported a leading provider of products and services in the healthcare and life sciences industry in digitalizing ... More
More efficient processes with SAP S/4HANA – a project report November 4, 2019
Abstract: Implementation and validation of SAP S/4HANA within 12 months, following a company split. In the life sciences, mergers and acquisitions is everyday business – but they also require much effort in terms of the overall infrastructure. A ... More
Chatbot chaperones company acquisition – a project report November 4, 2019
Abstract: Introduction of a chatbot that supports employees during a company acquisition. When one company acquires another, generally two entirely different worlds meet, often resulting in significant changes with major uncertainties at the ... More
Globally harmonized validation for digital twins A project report May 28, 2019
Digital twins are virtual representations of physical products, systems and processes. The physical counterpart can already exist or still be in development. Many life sciences companies are taking advantage of this NASA technology to reap its ... More
The ITSM processes are ready to support further growth a project report May 28, 2019
Our client quickly grew from a start-up to a medium-sized biotech company. This put them up against certain external challenges. The IT department was struggling to cope. On top of ensuring audit readiness, the IT team had to demonstrate their ... More
Iterative prototyping Iterative prototypes for a harmonized global platform March 4, 2019
Globalization and sales of products in more and more countries result in growing regulatory requirements. To meet these requirements, a world leading supplier of products and services for patients with chronic organ failure has set its sights on ... More
How to achieve "security by design" in your production network – a project report March 4, 2019
Streamlining processes, for example in production, by networking previously autonomous equipment is one of the most common digitalization projects. But integrating the manufacturing infrastructure and processes into a network must be carefully ... More
Milestones in serialization How a Swiss pharma CPO meets current and future requirements March 4, 2019
allpack – a leading Swiss service provider for pharmaceutical packaging – has specialized in the requirements of pharma companies for 15 years. Active on international markets, the company began relying on country-specific track-and-trace ... More
How Syngenta developed a smart reporting solution with Scrum and Lean Experimentation - a Success Story October 24, 2018
Innovative thinkers and teams frequently find themselves frustrated with rigid processes and project management methods that keep their ideas on paper for too long. Everything is analyzed and rethought ad absurdum before anything is implemented ... More
How Acino achieved lean, future-proof IT quality management - a Success Story February 26, 2018
Acino is a Swiss pharma company providing proven, innovative pharmaceuticals and is a leading manufacturer of state-of-the-art oral administration forms. Their current IT quality management system (IT-QMS) no longer satisfied the rapidly growing ... More
Efficient Quality Reporting for Vifor Pharma - a Success Story October 31, 2017
Price pressure and tough competition are driving pharmaceutical companies to higher quality and continuous improvement. The quality management department of Vifor Pharma is making its own contribution and prescribed a slimming diet to its own ... More
Migration of an Application Environment Following a Company Split October 23, 2017
Company mergers and splits are constant occurrences in the life sciences. They require a restructuring not only of the organization but also its infrastructure. During a recent project, ARCONDIS demonstrated how to achieve this: when an ... More
Creative Solutions Instead of Work-To-Rule October 23, 2017
Adapt tens of thousands of labels to the current regulations within the shortest possible time – that was the challenge issued by one of ARCONDIS' customers, a major international medical device manufacturer. This was preceded by an audit, which ... More
From Design to Implementation - Agile Project Management in a Rigid Framework July 19, 2017
Despite a prescribed, traditional project management framework that takes quality requirements into account, agile project management is challenging but possible; This project example demonstrates that it can be very successful. ARCONDIS was ... More
Fixing a Critical Compliance Gap Under Time Pressure April 5, 2017
During an internal audit at an international manufacturer of medical devices, a complex master data system developed in-house was found to have critical flaws in terms of its compliance, IT security and data integrity. The system manages the ... More
Project Health Check – A Project Audit How to get your project back on course! August 17, 2016
What is the difference between the Berlin-Brandenburg Airport and the railway tunnel through the Gotthard? Or in other words, what have the people in charge of the construction project done better to not only complete their project successfully, ... More


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This work is the part that completes and complements my human vision and my work as a dance & stage artist. Working socially and directly with children and people of all ages, colors and flavors supports a continuous feedback of experiences and ways of feeling, thinking and seeing life. At the same time it puts me in a constant research to find on one hand the format of the project (that can go from one day to one year project) and its scenic or film creation. Each project means a new world to create with those who are part of it.
I am thrilled to be invited by artists from different artistic areas and to explore together with them and with the members of each new ensemble. It is really an enriching work in all senses and it takes a lot of planning and a way figure it out things…
And the truth is that this work fills me with joy to be a direct witness of the development of the presence and personality that each member in all the projects I have done so far occurs. It is truly exciting to be able to guide children and people of different ages to create, to play as when we are children, to remember how we imagine and how we abstract Ideas and we accommodate them in such a way that they tell us something more. With the methods of dance, theatre, music and video, new worlds can be created that inspire us and at the best of times make us reflect.


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MONTVILLE TWP., Ohio -- Authorities are sharing a video of what happened when a drowsy driver got behind the wheel in Montville Township last week.
The Montville Police Department shared the video from the Ohio State Highway Patrol, which shows a driver nearly striking a trooper and a person on I-71.
The trooper was changing the person's flat tire when the drowsy driver swerved and struck his patrol car. An investigation revealed the driver was tired and falling asleep. Thankfully, everyone is okay.
Police said, "We are glad that Trooper Harrison and the motorist are okay, but we plead with you to please pay attention when you are driving and don't drive when you are tired."
A study from AAA that came out just last week says driving on less than five hours of sleep is like driving drunk.
The report also says missing just one or two hours of sleep can double the risk of a crash.


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I'm still managing to stay away from soda. I'm finding out again, like other times I've managed to go more than two weeks avoiding it, that it gets to where I'm not sure why I wanted it in the first place. I'm at that point now - where a sip of DHs Cherry Coke doesn't even tempt me.
As far as the Daily Dozen - I'm still doing fairly well with it. I think I may modify it a bit ... such as making beans a 1/2 cup per day UP to 3 servings. Eventually I may work up to 3 servings daily, but most nights all I want is something simple like a bowl of cereal and maybe some fruit. When it gets colder, it'll be easier too ... soup or a sweet potato w/beans, etc.
DH didn't like the spaghetti squash too much. We have 3 mo I'm going to try making a spaghetti squash "pizza" and see if he'd go for that. I had lots of leftovers to eat this week because DH wasn't too keen on any of what I made on Sunday. I'm going to have to toss some of it, because I couldn't even eat it all.
One thing going to work on this weekend is coming up with a meal plan mainly using what we already have on hand, but using it in a different way (to make it more palatable to DH.) He was mentioning to me that he thought we shouldn't be buying more perishable items until we used up what we have. (I didn't say that if BOTH of us were eating them ....)
*Exercise - Fallen a bit short on this this week, due to 2 days of evening meetings and a road trip. Got in a 30 minute walk today though!
DH may have found his winter vehicle - just an hour away! Thursday when I got off work DH called me and asked me if I wanted to take a road trip to O city to see the car. Although I was pretty tired and really wanted to get a walk in, etc., I said yes.
It's a 98 Subuaru - not sure how many miles - $1400. Needs new tires and a driver's side mirror and the windshield replaced. DH was supposed to call the dealer today to talk to them - I forgot to ask him if he did or not.
I really hope this car is workable. A 1 hour road trip is much preferable to a 12 hour roundtrip!
One of our local gyms is running a contest starting on Monday for a trip to Vegas. You enter as a team of 4, and earn points based on exercise, tracking food, weight loss, participation in nutrition events, etc. You get free access to their gym for the duration of the contest.
The winning team of 4 gets a 3 day/2 night trip to Vegas. Airfare and hotel only.
So ... I got the light duty lady to agree to partner up with me - we'll be assigned two more people.
Doubt we'll win, but it'll be fun anyway.
(This contest is mainly a marketing gimmick to get people to join their gym - it's a new company taking over the locations a defunct gym.)
It's free. (Although you can earn more points by buying stuff at some place, or also by scheduling a chiropractic consultation / visit (sponsors).) I may go ahead and do the chiropractic thing - check to see if a visit would be covered under insurance.
I ended up getting 6 hours of overtime this week! Two meetings from 5 - 7, and then a 3rd meeting I wasn't supposed to be at initially, from 3 - 5. Due to my union contract, that 30 minutes of OT HAS to be 2 hours.
2 of the meetings had about 125 people each, and one had 49 .... lots of twiddle the thumb time at that one.
I received my signup bonus for the AE Charge card - 25000 points plus another 1000 for my "purchase." (paid medical debt) Let's just say I'm underwhelmed at the choices.
Most likely we're going to go with using it as Amazon credit. 26,000 points translates into $182 at Amazon.
Or we may keep it around in case we do some traveling, and then we could use it on a more dollar for point basis at hotels com.
I'm going to try contacting N e l n e t again tonight to see if they accept a 3rd party check. I've already sent them two emails through my husband's account (that I set up for him online ...) with no response. (student loans)
DH and I agreed that if we don't get a response within two weeks this time, that we'll send the $600 in rewards from Citi to the mortgage instead. That'd be more than a one-month payment. (The mortgage company responded to my inquiry within about 6 hours!)
Once that finally clears out the rewards points, then I'm going to check into having that card changed into the Double Cash back card (that doesn't have an annual fee.)
DD 17 - 19; Short Road Trip, Vegas Contest
I'm still managing to stay away from soda. I'm finding out again, like other times I've managed to go more than two weeks avoiding it, that it gets to where I'm not sure why I wanted it in the first place. I'm at that point now - where a sip of DHs Cherry Coke doesn't even tempt me.
11 Responses to "DD 17 - 19; Short Road Trip, Vegas Contest"
September 24th, 2016 at 03:17 am 1474687056The Vegas contest sounds fun, good luck!
September 25th, 2016 at 12:27 am 1474763237Gimmick or not, free use of a gym, woohoo!
September 25th, 2016 at 12:45 am 1474764309Good luck on the Vegas contest!
September 28th, 2016 at 10:54 pm 1475103265I'm convinced there's something addictive about Diet Coke. I mean, I haven't purchased it for at home use in YEARS, yet I STILL have a craving for it. Just THINKING about it now makes me want some. It's just darned refreshing. I still can't resist sometimes ordering it if I'm eating out, but I really try to minimize that.
Eating beans daily is hard. I know it's great for you but I may manage a few times a week, even though I'm mostly vegan already. But you're right, it's easy to add them to soups and stews, and actually they're pretty good right out of a can in a big green salad.
Artichoke hearts are supposed to be really good for you too. And berries, every day. Are these on your daily dozen list?
September 28th, 2016 at 11:42 pm 1475106170vs, Alice, Rob - Sorry I didn't respond before! Thanks! (though I decided not to do it)
PS - I definitely agree that there's something addictive about Diet Coke. My mom can go through a 12 pack in two or three days ...She's very health aware in everything else, but just CANNOT give up the DC.
One thing I'm doing to get a serving of beans every day is to eat hummus as an afternoon snack with some cut up veggies or fruit. I also have been taking a serving for lunch. Once I get roasted chickpeas perfected, then I can snack on those too. Then I'll have my 3 servings.
The Daily Dozen - berries (1); other fruit (2); whole grains (3); beans (3); cruceferious vegetables (1); greens (2); other vegetables (2); turmeric (1/4 tsp); ground flaxseed (1 TBSP); nuts (1), spices; drinks (5 12 oz); exercise (90 min)
September 29th, 2016 at 12:55 pm 1475153701That's very close to my ideal diet plan except for a few things:
I have eliminated meat, dairy, eggs.
Also, I try to eat about a quarter cup of nuts daily, preferably unsalted, and seeds are also nutritional powerhouses. They say a single Brazil nut gives you an entire day's worth of Vit. E, but there are a lot of there reasons to eat other nuts as well, like walnuts, especially.
If you look into the veggie category, which is very broad, you can also focus on eating veggies that give you the biggest (nutritional) boost, since you can only eat so much, and if you fill up on, say, potatoes, you won't have room for more nutritional veggies like ONIONS and MUSHROOMS.
I have an excellent book on the nutritional value of spices and how to work them into your diet; i can give you the title if you're interested.
90 minutes of daily exercise is a huge goal; i can hit that occasionally, but not every day...so good for you if you can do it!
I take daily turmeric supplements and the ground flaxseed is part of my homemade granola, which i eat daily. You can buy mixed seed packets at Trader Joe's, and it's great when sprinkled on hot steel cut oats, for instance.
Which book(s) did you say your diet is based on? Just curious.
September 29th, 2016 at 01:27 pm 1475155652PS - Our diets are actually very similar. I've been a lacto-ovo vegetarian for many, many years. Stopped drinking milk (though will use it in cooking once in a while) at least ten years ago. I haven't 100% eliminated eggs and cheese and ice cream ... but am limiting them quite a bit. About the only time I eat cheese anymore is on pizza .... Eggs I go back and forth on, but currently haven't had one in at least 6 weeks. Ice cream, if I eat it, is only on Saturday nights and in small portions.
The daily dozen list isn't the only foods I eat, it's more of a list of basics to attain. I got the list from the book How Not to Die by Dr Greger.
I'm eating 5 or 6 Brazil nuts a week now (no more than 2 in a day) both for the heart healthy benefits, and the thyroid control benefits. My morning smoothie currently consists of 1 cup of mixed berries, 1/2 cup of old fashioned oats, 1/4 tsp of turmeric, a couple shakes of black pepper, a couple shakes of cinnamon, a banana, a 1/2 scoop of pea protien powder, and enough water to make it blend. I was adding 1/2 cup of beans to it too for a few days, which I may do again. (Just have to figure out how to have beans ready for the blender and also ready to eat normally without using canned beans constantly.)
Yes, I would love the title of the spice book. It's very interesting to me seeing how spices can affect our health so much. I'm just starting to drink green tea with ground ginger, and am planning on trying hibiscus tea.
September 29th, 2016 at 05:24 pm 1475169895Oh, that's right..i loved the Dr. Greger book too. That's a key component contributing to my diet strategies.
I hear ya on the eggs. I love eggs and while i haven't had any in months, i'm sure i will again, but if i do, i buy them locally farm-rasied never store-bought. The only cheese i eat semi-regularly is parmesan on pasta, and as soon as that is done, i'll switch over to the vegan version...hoping it tastes decent.
The spice book is called "Healing Spices: How to Used 50 Everyday and Exotic Spices to Boost Health and Beat Disease" by Bharat B. Aggarwal, PhD. I like the book a lot. BTW, a half teaspoon of cinnamon daily is very helpful in terms of moderating high blood pressure and may help prevent Alzheimers. I'm sure you already know about turmeric. Even my dad's mainstream doctor has him taking turmeric supplements now, so that's saying something.
September 29th, 2016 at 05:26 pm 1475169971When i was working, i would make cold hibiscus tea with lemon in my thermos instead of water. I need to figure out how to incorporate cranberries into my diet more without a lot of added sugar. They're very tart.
September 29th, 2016 at 05:28 pm 1475170089Thanks for the spice book.
It looks like our Peep has laid her first egg. So now I can eat eggs from my local farmer (DH)
September 29th, 2016 at 05:35 pm 1475170536Would an overripe banana offer enough sweetness, or a couple of prunes? Cranberries aren't something I'm looking at yet. Eventually will though.