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"Although the tracking system of vehicles is in use for only a few years, the service has received immense popularity. Vehicle Tracking System is used to send specific information about any vehicle through a device that has Global Positioning System (GPS) using satellites supported to deliver this information to the user and displayed in front of the system and the map," Eng. Mahmoud said.
This system has enabled many companies from tracking the movement of vehicles on the road immediately and be able to know how fast the driver at any time. Vehicle Tracking reduces the expenses of the companies, as they are provided with the information of the location and speed of vehicles on the road and time of arrival to the required destination. This ensures the safety of personnel and vehicles in addition to efficiency.
The fleet managers know the exact mileage of each vehicle with the number of hours worked per driver as well as reduce the cost of fuel consumption. The main interest of the companies is to reduce expenses and increase profits and regain all the reports on any vehicle at any time.
Business Development Manager Mr. Ahmad Bourini talked about the projects carried out by Ideal Solutions Company in 2009. Mr. Ahmad has elaborated that the company plays an important role in providing information technology solutions to major institutions, the State of Qatar government and private, where the company has successfully implemented several projects during the year. Its most important project is the implementation of the first phase of the Port Management System delivered to QAPCO port in Messaieed Industrial City for the control containers and ships in the port with QAPCO and Qatofin.
Mr. Ahmad also mentioned the implementation of the project "Vehicle Tracking System and Fleet Management System" delivered to Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation "Kahramaa" and design of a special Control Emergency Room for Dispatching, where Kahramaa has relies on the system in the maintenance and management of emergency water department.
When the customer try to contact Kahramaa at the emergency number 991, it is recorded the case for the emergency center by turning it to the nearest maintenance vehicles equipped with state of the event, and is received through a particular situation and we provide special MDT along with applications designed and installed in the vehicle through which to view the statements of case and location on a digital map navigation to infer the location of the situation as soon as possible, and can thus Webmaster in KM to send details to address the situation and shut down through this system. Thus, this project meets many of the benefits and privileges provided for the company KM using the latest technology to address the water problems and respond to citizen requests quickly and efficiently as possible with high quality enable the company to the continued development of services through the daily performance reports.
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2- Land Information System – ISC developed a complete A-Z LIS system that includes all modules required to capture and quality control both tabular and spatial data from original hard copy documents. This includes data entry and update of land registers and contracts, map scanning & digitizing, edge matching, and geocoding to national grid. After conversion of valuable registration records and maps, ISC offers a full functional software application solution to automate all existing Real Estate transactions and procedures. LIS was developed using Oracle Client/Server architecture and web enabled thin client based on our long experience in Land and Real Estate. LIS is a true transaction processing system, where transactions are verified thoroughly before they could proceed into further processing. LIS application system programs are modularized into sub-systems. LIS handles all of the following six sub-systems: 1- Transactions (Parcel Reshaping, Ownership Transfer, Restriction, and Services; 2- Queries, 3-Reports, 4- Fees, 5- Statistics, 6- Maintenance. LIS uses Oracle and ESRI ArcGIS technologies to integrate tabular data with spatial applications. LIS caters for maintenance and processing for parcel history that covers parcel archiving for keeping all changes applied on each parcel with periodic historical information and changes from a known point in time. LIS also includes standard GIS functions like maintenance functionalities for parcel boundaries, nodes, labels and annotations, symbology management functionalities, and map generation and printing functionalities.
3- Satellite Imagery – Ideal Solutions established an exclusive business relationship in Qatar with Space Imaging Middle East (SIME) to offer satellite imagery in many schemes, resolutions, accuracies, and projection. Our offering includes specialized imagery management software and training to ensure full utilization of imagery data to better way in which to view and control your projects and areas of interest.
4- Location Based Services – ISC is specialized in providing such services and applications that extend spatial information processing capabilities to end users via the Internet and/or wireless network. It is a business and consumer service, which offers possibilities to locate other persons, machines, vehicles and resources. The most widely used Location Based Services can be summarized into: Dispatching & Asset Tracking to monitor & Dispatch valuable mobile assets, vehicles, parcels, coworkers, and taxis; Locators where carriers and retail business offer services for the nearest outlet; and Field Force Automation that enables real-time update of a central databases by field workers.
5- Automatic Vehicle Tracking Solutions – Our Fleet Management solution features an interface for accessing management information on drivers, vehicles. It is fully configurable according to the specific requirements of each installation: Tracking only, Dispatching, Call Response or Service Jobs. In addition our AVL solution provides a group of tools to evaluate the events when they occur: open an instant report of the current situation, follow a vehicle on the screen, play back the previous positions, monitor specific zones in the map, establish watch points. Any change is instantly shared by all the running client application instances. In addition we provide a good selection of IVE, MDT and AVL units with different capabilities and sensors to meet the various demands.
6- EFT Solutions – Ideal Solutions is the Hypercom distributor in Qatar. Key personnel within Ideal Solutions have been involved and trained in many aspects of the POS industry in order to provide a full range of Hypercom POS terminals with added-value applications and support services.
ISC is also the distributor of OpenWay the vendor of Way4 Switch for credit/debit/private payment processing over ATM, POS, Kiosk, Mobile and web devices, Way4 Card and Merchant Management with risk management & RBS/CRM/bill payment and Way4 EMV Card Personalization. Those payment solutions are fault-tolerant open platform software solutions with proven EMV Issuing, Personalization and Acquiring capabilities. The extensive product family is built on common Way4 framework, designed for high-speed transaction switching and intelligent product engineering. More than 70 banks, telcos and governmental agencies in 14 countries have selected Way4 solutions.
Ideal Solutions is the business partner of STS the regional vendor of intelligent e-Payment Solutions catering for a number of out-of-the- box products like PayONE the e-Payment Solution that facilitates Electronic Payment Transactions processing using multiple payment methods (Credit/Debit Cards, Bank Accounts, Local Schemes…etc) through multiple payment channels (PC, Kiosk, Mobile Phones, EFT Pos…etc),and m-Token the m-Payment Solution that facilitates Mobile Payment Transactions processing using multiple payment methods (GSM Accounts, Bank Account, Credit/Debit Cards…etc) through Multiple Payment Channels (Mobile Phones , PC, Kiosk, , EFT Pos…etc).
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I was going to get him, but the only thing that bugs me is that his Q W E all need AP to get stronger. Is he still a good ADC?
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Yes man be passive early game build ad items then use W lategame an destroy just be careful he is made of cardboard an visually focused fast in team fights. Get some Cc on ur team an ur good to go
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Let's see... Q - 30% AS passively R - %HP damage steroid R - Spammable AD scalar nuke In general kog is a weak laning carry, but he's one of three ranged hypercarries (next to tristana and vayne) and possesses some of the best carry DPS in game. Scalin g with AD =/= carry
kog is great but you must learn good positioning with him because he has no escape skills and is pretty slow otherwise he blows people up late game
Kog is great but you need a team that can protect him. Kog in solo q doesn't do as well as when you are with a pre-made. Don't worry about his ap ratios
I would NOT recommend him for Solo Queue unless you know what you are doing. He has no escape skills whatsoever and having a laning partner that doesn't understand that only makes it worse. HOWEVER, if you manage to be uber skilled at him or get yourself a great laning buddy/team, you'll kick ass x100. You'll basically be able to take down the whole enemy team by yourself as long as you're behind some good tanks that prevents dives.
Kogmaws an amazing adc.
Hes great, very good, but not too easy too use. 1 Madred's = Instant Win
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Very Pretty!!! And it looks so good there! I also LOVE your 1/2 cup on the wall!! |
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Very pretty doody! What kind of paint did you use and did you seal it when done before hanging it outside? |
I used acrylic paints like you get from Walmart and since the paint-side is not facing where the rain would hit I decided not to seal it.If the paint should ever come off ,well,I'll redo it in half-marbles..... |
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Looks really good there, doodys! And your whole area there looks so darn cozy! I'd like to sit & read for awhile in that pretty rocker! TFS! Jeanne S. |
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That gives me an idea. Thanks. |
Looks almost like flowers painted on are real. Nice job!! I really like color of your rails, what did you use on them? Looks very inviting & I also like the half cup, very cute!!Jan |
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I adore this idea and love your painting. So many ideas... Thanks for showing! You've inspired me! |
its an oak stain,I believe,we used.... |
- Posted by luna_llena_feliz 5B (My Page) on Sat, Jun 12, 10 at 17:50
It looks like you did a lovely job painting on the window. I sure wish I had that talent! I don't think stick figures would make a good painting. he-he I like your embellishments on it too - the butterfly and lady in the corners. I think I have a little butterfly like that. Is that a gourd underneath the candle sconce on the wall? |
Yep, that's a gourd from last year.I painted a face on it and hung it there.Got quite a few left from last year but stuck them in a basket.Just never done anything with them.The half-cup on the wall came from the dumpsters and a family of wrens were raised in there this year.Saw all three babies fly but sadly one little egg was still unhatched.DH cleaned it out and now waiting for more to raise in it.I call it a very 'high-ended' home for birds due to the fact it is made of ceramic and out of the weather. |
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I went to a pumpkin patch/petting zoo today and while petting the goats with my GD I couldn't help but feel the protruding backbone on 3 of the goats and I could easily feel every rib. It was so bad I could grasp the spine with my hand and my fingers wrapped under it.
So, what is normal weight for these goats? I know some animals can appear thin yet be perfectly healthy and wonder if this is typical of the breed, or are they being starved. Other than being skin and bones, they were alert and bright eyed and waiting for every morsel of food that came their way! |
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The average weight of a pygmy is about 35 pounds. They sound very under fed. I would call someone. Better safe trhan sorry |
Yeah........those were my thoughts also jenny. I'll leave it in the hands of the humane society to determine if they're not being fed correctly. I'm hoping they rescued these goats and they just haven't had time to put weight on them. The owners take in a lot of animals that have been cast-off/neglected. |
I have two pygmy goats. I know I not suppose to do this, but I have large automatic gog feeder that hangs and I keep it full of feed all the time plus three bowls. I have them in with one small sheep. They are over a year old now and fat and happy. Don't really know what a healthy weight is for a pygmy is, but mine seem happy and very active. The billy is probably about 60 pounds and the nanny is about 55. The little sheep girl that I have I think was stunted because she was sick when I bought her and didn't know it. She is about 75 pounds but the size of the goats. They play together all the time and love to be petted or for you to run with them. I would call the humane society on the petting zoo people. They seem really underfed to me. I sure most of those places do not feed their animals, only what they get from the people that are visiting. |
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10 And at the end of three years they took it; in the sixth year of Hezekiah's rule, which was the ninth year of Hoshea, king of Israel, Samaria was taken. | 10 At the end of three years the Assyrians took it. So Samaria was captured in Hezekiah's sixth year, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel. |
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This GPS-enabled bike computer tracks your time, distance, speed and the path you traveled. Edge 200 is easy to use and there's no setup required. Just place it on the included bike mount and you're ready to roll. It's ideal for training, club rides or any adventure you want to relive later.
Data from the Edge 200 can be uploaded to Garmin Connect to see your ride on a map, analyze it, share it and view more detail. Edge 200 helps you bring new life to old rides with Courses, a feature that lets you challenge your times on previous rides. A digital cyclist shows your speed relative to your past performance, along with an indication of how far ahead or behind you are. You cam also download rides from other Garmin Connect users for a virtual competition. The Edge 200 does not have cadence, heart rate or power - get the Edge 500 or 800 for those features.
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JOHNSBURG Pendragon Theatres staging of Jean Anouilhs classic drama Antigone is slated for presentation at Tannery Pond Community Center in North Creek on Friday, February 23, at 7:30 p.m. Based on the third tragedy in Sophocles Oedipus Trilogy, Anouilhs 1944 version was inspired by the courage of French Resistance fighters during World War II. Anouilh retained the original plot and Sophocles focus on civil disobedience and the exercise of power demonstrated through the conflict between Creon, King of Thebes, and his niece, Antigone. Director Bob Pettee explains the particular relevance of Anouilhs Antigone to contemporary audiences: The character of Creon we see more clearly as a figure who understands the kitchen of politics, the ruthless exercise of power and the need to control the featherheaded rabble. This contrast of the public versus the private, the need to maintain power versus the need to exercise personal power locks these two in a tragedy which moves inevitably to conclusion and we find that even the winner doesnt win! Sponsored in North Creek by Our Town Theatre Group, Pendragon is the Adirondacks only year-round professional theatre. Tickets for the North Creek performance may be obtained by calling Charlotte McLain at 251-2938. Tickets are $15 for adults and $8 for students and seniors.
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I own this car - My approximate mileage is 48,000
overall rating 10 of 10rating detailsPros: "Good price, practical, economical"
Cons: "Locks unpredictable. Poor pick up at standing st."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"A good reliable car and well admired. Mileage good. Minor complaints include the back looks all doors apparently at random when closed and the rear doors, again, at random, remain locked when exiting the car."
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By Peter D. on Sunday, December 07, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 115,000
overall rating 9 of 10rating detailsPros: "Peppy and responsive from start to highway speeds."
Cons: "Vehicle is 8 yrs old. Headliner is falling out."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 8
"Volkswagon has maintained its state of the art mechanics and design efficiencies with the PASSAT. The vehicle is extremely reliable and roadworthy. Vehicle handling is extremely responsive and safe. Unfortunately, the installed 2006 auto transmission is sealed and cannot be routinely serviced."
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By Kyle on Saturday, September 20, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 83,000
overall rating 10 of 10rating detailsPros: "Price, power, comfort, build quality"
Cons: "A bit higher cost to maintain."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"This car has been nothing but joy since I bought it used in 2012. Ive had the car for a little over 2 years and have only had one issue. The Check engine light came on one day but no worries! Took it to the dealer and they fixed it for free under a recall VW had sent out. Nothing else popped up. Compared to my wifes 2011 camry se, this thing takes it on every level. Power, comfort, road noise, even fuel economy. I highly recommend to anyone looking for a great intro luxury car. You will not be disappointed."
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By SeniorFuego on Tuesday, September 16, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 82,000
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Cons: "You wont' ever want to sell it."
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 10
"With every option but the AWD/4-Motion & Dynaudio I have found this car to be the best VW I've ever owned and I doubt I'll ever let it go. The interior of the car is that of a cc with remarkable quality stittching and amazing comfort and control. This is the first DSG car I've owned and its exteemly responsive when shifted into Sport Mode. Paddle Shifting...WHAAAATT? VR6 Power and often up to 30 MPG when I'm not "DRIVING" it like Andretti. Reliability has been AMAZING...no issues but I do maintain the car well. VW really stood behind everything on the CPO "World Auto" cerrtified program... Most of these were made in the 2.0 Turbo variant but this is the VR6...virtually indestructable and FarvegnuQuick!"
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By Dot on Saturday, September 13, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 55,000
overall rating 1 of 10rating detailsLikely to recommend this car? (1-10): 1
"Very low quality interior. Plastic parts were blistering and headliner fell apart within 2 years despite being parked in a garage. No dealer or factory warranty compensation Have test driven other VWs and I see no change in quality in past 8 years. New car's interiors are falling apart while on the lot. Never again I grew up with VW including buying a 78 bus in 1986 and putting 150k miles in 9 nines before selling it for move than I paid for it."
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By Bob on Monday, May 19, 2014
I own this car - My approximate mileage is 92,000
overall rating 7 of 10rating detailsPros: "Drives great, lots of power"
Cons: "goes through tires, value loss"
Likely to recommend this car? (1-10): 3
"It has been a good car, put over 60000 miles on it. We put tires on it every 20000 miles, it wears the tires fast. We have had to have some of the injectors replaced before 90,000 miles. The interior is comfortable but has rattled since 30000 miles and the dealerships couldn't ever replicate the issue. The car did not hold value like we were told that VW's do. This is disappointing."
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24 These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah; he is the Anah who found the springs in the wilderness, as he pastured the donkeys of his father Zibeon. | 24 The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. This is the Anah who discovered the hot springs in the desert while he was grazing the donkeys of his father Zibeon. |
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3 In which also we all conversed in time past, in the desires of our flesh, fulfilling the will of the flesh and of our thoughts, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest: | 3 All of us also lived among them at one time, gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts. Like the rest, we were by nature objects of wrath. |
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Membrane lipids are arranged in the form of a bilayer, but the bilayer is interrupted by embedded proteins.,
He was in hospital with five bullets embedded in his body.,
There is glass embedded in the cut.,
The thorn was embedded in the cat's paw.,
The rudder was embedded in mud.,
The fossils are embedded in hard sandstones.
a deeply embedded feeling of guilt,
This agreement will be embedded in a state treaty to be signed soon.,
The cult of youth is embedded in our society.,
Racism is deeply embedded in our culture.
Many embedded reporters in Iraq and Afghanistan became little more than public relations auxiliaries.,
Western journalists are all embedded with the attacking US forces.
Children soon begin to create remarkably complex sentences, with embedded clauses, tag questions, and sentences combined with conjunctions like 'and' and 'but'.
The company markets its technology for embedded applications directly to potential licensees,
The smartcard uses an embedded 8-bit microprocessor running at 5 MHz.
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Every embedded journalist is obliged to sign a three-page list of "ground rules" with 50 restrictions on what they can report.Globe and Mail (2003)
Part of that culture is deeply embedded in the academy It's unnecessary.Globe and Mail (2003)
Posy's fingers were still embedded into the soft leather sleeve of Flynn's jacket.Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)
Scales make up the patterns on the wings and are embedded in the wing membrane, where they overlap like tiles on a roof.New Scientist (2004)
She could see more of the icon's depth now, embedded in the wood.Clive Barker COLDHEART CANYON (2001)
Then, the structures embedded in the sandstones catch my eye.Richard Fortey THE EARTH: An Intimate History (2004)
Unable to wait any longer, he rose and sank into the warmth of her, his body embedded deeply in hers.Lawson, Jonell Roses are for the Rich
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Wedding: 6/14/2014
Maria was so amazing to work with and our photos are beautiful! She took both our engagement and wedding photos and all are stunning!
She was very accommodating as well, my husband and I live out of state and she was very easy to communicate with over the phone and through email.
Her service was above and beyond, she captured so many great moments for the wedding and didn't miss any details. It also is worth noting that the morning of our engagement shoot was very cold, since we were only in town for the day, she did half the shoot then and then met with us later in the day so we weren't freezing! She really went out of her way to make sure the whole process was wonderful for us.
Wedding: 8/30/2013
I planned my wedding in OH from CA and Maria was wonderful to work with. She was super quick to respond to emails and had everything set and ready to go on the wedding day. She was really receptive to my ideas and really captured our photos the way I wanted them, they're so beautiful! One of the best parts was how quickly our pictures were ready to view after the wedding!
Wedding: 11/23/2013
I absolutely would recommend Maria for any photography needs you have! She is so professional, yet very flexible and friendly. We keep getting compliments on our photographs and we couldn't be happier! She is an amazing photographer!
Wedding: 9/28/2013
It was my pleasure working with Maria. She made the whole process fun and the photographs turned out amazing! Maria exceeded my expectations. I highly recommend Maria Hall Photography for any special occasion.
Wedding: 6/21/2013
I was super happy with Maria and actually took other reviews from happy couples into consideration when choosing Maria for our wedding day photos. She was great to work with, super easy to get in contact with and re-touched our photos and sent them back to us very quickly. She traveled to multiple locations for our engagement pictures and day of the wedding and was always prepared. I loved the fact that we received CD's of all of our photos she took and have them to print how, when and whatever way we want. I even did a boudoir photo session with her, and my husband loved them! She was awesome to work with, I would highly recommend her. Thanks Maria!!
Wedding: 6/29/2013
Maria Hall photography was my favorite vendor I chose for my wedding, very down to earth, im very camera shy and they made it easier for me to feel comfortable around a camera, the photos were amazing, I hope to work with her again
Wedding: 12/31/2012
I wish I had more good things to say because I really enjoyed Jon and Maria. However, my husband, our families and I were disappointed with the outcome of our pictures. There were some shots that would have been good but either we were not centered or there were People behind us who could have easily been avoided if we moved over a step or two or if they shot us from the other direction. There were also many shots we didn't get such as both families together, pictures of just me with my sister or mom or dad. Overall there are some good pictures but I am disappointed with the pictures.
The worst part of this was our decision to use their friend and partner Troy as our DJ. Troy seemed unprepared and confused at many important parts of our evening.
Seconds before our grand entrance he came out into the hall to find
Us asking if I had the names of the bridal party for him to announce? I told him all of that information was on the timeline given to all of the vendors. He acted like he didn't know what I was talking about. Jacob form the Hilton gave him his copy saying the names are right here. So we began our entrance...he didn't play the song we had asked for as our bridal party and our grand entrance. They entered to no music at all and when he announced us he began to play our first dance song which we had a choreographed dance to making us rush to the dance floor me basically throwing my bouquet to my sister so we could begin our dance on time with the music.
The confusion continued, he was unsure of when other big moments were happening including the speeches, the cake cutting, and our dances with our parents. As for the dances with our parents he played the incorrect songs for both my dance with my father and my husbands dance with his mom. Both songs he played were on the possible play list earlier in the planning but they were not the final songs chosen and on the final emails and timeline.
As the night went on he was not playing many of the songs we requested. My cousin who was getting very annoyed checked in with him and he said his reason was he didn't have Internet access, she said he could use her room code if he wanted. Jacob from the Hilton assured my cousin that the DJ did indeed have the code but checked with him again. I was too busy meeting and greeting guests that I could not deal with this drama and had to just let it go but at the end of the night I was disappointed that many of the songs we requested were not played.
My suggestion if you choose to use this company would be to not rely on email communication and have someone not directly involved in the day there with a copy of all the details checking in with both the pictures you want taken and the songs you want played.
Wedding: 6/1/2013
Maria and her assist (Rita) did an amzing jon photographing our wedding! She posted a "Picture of Day" on Facebook and we got a sneak peek of some shots! She did great at capturing specific shots we asked for and was very creative with the rest!
Wedding: 5/25/2013
We met with about 5 or 6 photographers before our wedding and Maria was, by far, the best choice! She was very professional, friendly, and blended seamlessly into the atmosphere at my wedding. Her assistant Rita was great at getting the kids' attention even when they were starting to get restless. We ended up with fabulous shots and high-quality photos!
Wedding: 5/11/2013
Maria did an amazing job! She was able to capture every moment and include sweet moments with each of our guests.
We had been in many past weddings where the photos took hours and the total process was chaos. This is not the case with Maria. She is very prepared and knows exactly how to make everyone look their best. My husband and I even got to spend some time at our cocktail hour (which was planned time for photos) because Maria did such a great job with time management.Our final DVD & online gallery was beautiful and we would highly recommend Maria!!
Wedding: 6/8/2013
We had the pleasure of working with Maria for our downtown Columbus wedding. Maria is a true professional- she was on schedule, kept the flow of pictures moving, and had great photo ideas. But most of all her pictures are fabulous. She has a wonderful way of catching emotion and using lighting, postures, etc... to really create a powerful picture. I would highly recommend her.
Wedding: 3/30/2013
Maria has a knack for being in the right place at the right time! She was wonderful to work with and made me feel so comfortable with the camera
My pictures are beautiful !
Wedding: 9/29/2012
We hired Maria for our Fall wedding and it was one of the very best decisions we made for our wedding! Maria is professional and easy-going, and her work is absolutely breath-taking! She is abundantly talented and her enthusiasm made our wedding day so relaxed and fun; she followed through on every request we made and had so many original ideas. Maria also had both our engagement and wedding pictures back to us in a very short timeframe, she was so efficient! Our memories will last a lifetime because of the beautiful way in which she captured them! The value you get way exceeds the price you pay!!
Wedding: 9/1/2012
My wedding day was something I always thought about. I planned every detail. I had a vision from beginning to end and I wanted pictures that captured those magical details that we worked so hard on. I absolutely love taking pictures! I always have. So it was extremely important to me to have a photographer that was extremely talented and just as dedicated and passionate. When I met with Maria Hall, her passion for photgrapghy was immediately noticeable! And when I looked through the numerous gallerries of the weddings she shot her talent also absolutely clear! During my wedding, Maria managed to capture every magical moment from party favors to every crystal on my wedding dress! She was also punctual and professional. She did not miss a single moment! At the end of the day I cannot go back and relive the most magical and amazing day of my life but I am confident I have pictures that will instantly bring me back to that wonderful day and I have the so very talented Maria Hall to thank you for that. So, thank you Maria for capturing my wedding in exactly the way I envisioned it! Thank you!
Wedding: 4/7/2012
Maria's service was fabulous. She made excellent recommendations for our photos, was kind, caring, and went with the flow of our VERY large group! We'd highly recommend her.
Wedding: 8/4/2012
I wish I could give Maria more than 5 stars because the photos that she has presented my husband and I with are phenomenal!!!
Back story, my husband and I were looking for a photographer, like all newly engaged couples and I happened to stumble across Maria's website after searching for other weddings that had taken place at the loft at dock580.
We loved what we saw and I quickly set up an appointment! She brought several albums to our appointment and after flipping through them we knew she was the one we wanted to use!
Maria also played a key part in our decision to have a "first look" before the ceremony, which was the best thing that we did.
Knowing that we wanted to take advantage of the Columbus skyline and the views, we also decided to take about two hours before the ceremony to take some fabulous pictures!
A week before the wedding Maria and I chatted about where we should go and she recommended so great spots, and her pictures attest to it!
Maria, John and Rita were so very professional and FUN to work with! They have a great dynamic and it was so easy to take direction from them!
My husband and I had a "viewing party" last night of all the pictures and we can't pick just a few favorites! They are all stunning!!
Oh and one more thing, she posts a "picture of the day" on her Facebook page and that has been so much fun to check in on bc we were able to see some sneak peeks!
Bottom line: Maria Hall Photography is top notch!!!!
Wedding: 11/19/2011
My wife and I found IQ foto through The Knot website. We narrowed down to three photographers and interviewed them all. Maria at IQ foto stood out the most. Her portfolio is stunning. The albums she showed us were amazing. Since we were on a budget, we decided not to get one and opt for DVDs only. However, we might get one down the road. We went with the classic collection and we were happy with the engagement set and the wedding set. Maria's website has a lot of useful information and beautiful images. Check them out.
Wedding: 3/26/2011
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Putin's imperial hangover
President Vladimir Putin's impulsive incursion into Ukrainian territory has left Russia more isolated than at any time since the Cold War. Predictably, the European Union and the United States have loudly objected. More to the point, however, no country has rallied to Russia's defense.
Such deafening silence reflects the degree to which Putin's thinking is out of step with the modern world. With this action, Putin has revealed himself to be an imperial thinker in a post-colonial world.
Putin grew up at a time when Russia was the unquestioned center of a communist empire that had managed to suppress national challenges for decades. So while the rest of the world was dismantling their empires and transforming colonies into nations, the Soviet Union retained its empire until 1991. Putin — as the leading representative of the last Soviet generation — acquired the mindset of Russia's natural hegemony and never accepted the post-Soviet republic's place in the expanding community of nations.
For centuries the world order was built on the "imperial right" of the strong to rule over and "take care" of weaker peoples and lands. Colonies contributed to the wealth, prestige and power of the imperial center, and the last two great overseas empires — British and French — inherently believed in their rights to intervene militarily if certain fundamental national or economic interests were at stake.
In the aftermath of World War II, however, the British and French empires both collapsed. Though political and cultural ties remain between the former imperial nations and their ex-colonies, France and Britain no longer assert a mandate to control other countries.
Russia has been the one outlier in this process of decolonization. Its continental empire had expanded steadily under both tsars and Soviets to incorporate the surrounding national and ethnic groups. Like colonies, these conquered regions contributed significantly to Russia's economic wealth and defense.
The Soviet Union further extended its military empire after World War II to include Eastern Europe. This external empire fell apart in 1989 and two years later the Soviet Union finally collapsed, replaced by 15 new sovereign nations.
Putin has at times expressed nostalgia for the Soviet Union and its old imperial ways. With the noticeable exception of his invasion of Georgia, however, Putin has been reluctant to play the imperial card in his foreign policy.
Even the creation of the vaunted Eurasian Union has been painstakingly slow and overly bureaucratic, as Moscow has tried to convince Belarus and Kazakhstan to integrate the three economies. Kazakhstan, in particular, does not want to be treated like a former colony. President Nursultan Nazarbayev insisted at the most recent meeting of the three countries that any new Eurasian Union should not be able to bind its members in international agreements and that each state must retain sovereignty.
The potential loss of Ukraine as a member of the Eurasian bloc, however, unleashed Putin's innermost imperial thoughts. Ukraine strikes a unique chord in the heart of many Russians. It provides a historic and civilizational link for Russia — extending back to its origins in Kievan Rus.
A Ukraine aligned with Russia also represents Moscow's last chance at great power status. That is why Putin wants Ukraine in the Eurasian Union, and why Putin could not allow Ukraine to sign a free-trade agreement with the European Union.
So Putin responded reflexively to the crisis in Ukraine, dismissing more than two decades of national sovereignty and asserting Russia's imperial right to defend ethnic Russians anywhere it so chooses. Such an outlook is an anachronism to the modern world, long separated from 19th and 20th century colonial rule.
Putin however, represents a generation that was raised and educated when the Soviet empire was at its height. He even worked as an imperial functionary (a spy) during his time in East Germany. There should be little surprise that he still harbors an imperial mentality.
But the serious problem now is that Putin has acted on these beliefs. And they have produced a backlash that will define his presidency.
Ironically, by violating Ukraine's sovereignty and threatening its borders, Putin has now done more to promote Ukrainian identity than any current national politician could have ever imagined. He has also forced the European Union and the United States to make a major financial commitment to Ukraine's economic development — making it almost certain that the new Kiev government can now pursue the free trade area with the European Union that Putin so desperately tried to stop.
His decision to treat Crimea like a colonial outpost and accept the flawed referendum's results means that he will facilitate a violation of international law that no other country will recognize.
Russia may soon find itself on the outside looking in — starting most obviously with the G8 — after it has struggled so hard to be recognized as an essential member of the international community.
In addition, Putin has opened a Pandora's box that will undermine the country's federal construction. The Russian Federation possesses major ethnic divisions within its borders — its own internal empire, as it were. Following Crimea's example, other national groups in Russia may feel equally empowered to demand increased regional sovereignty, if not actual independence. Russia now has adopted a principle that works directly against its own internal unity.
Putin's imperial overreach also comes with real economic costs. His $50 billion investment in Sochi as a tourist attraction disappeared in a week. He will instead have to subsidize a rival tourist location in Crimea — where vacationers (if they come) will have to contend with an occupying army for the immediate future.
International investors will also view the Russian market with increased skepticism, especially after the Duma threatened foreign companies with the confiscation of their property if Western sanctions were imposed. Russian citizens will continue to vote with their money and send it abroad, depriving Russia of the very resources it needs to expand its economy and become a global power.
Putin believes that he can survive all these developments. His political grip on the country is still so strong that, in the short-term, he may be right. His decision to play the imperial card, however, shows a man who is out of touch with the times. The people of Crimea, Ukraine and Russia will pay a heavy price for his imperious gesture.
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(ras)Putin had his military lease. He chose, in addition, to start a war with Ukrainian slavs and annex Crimea. (ras)Putin has started a war with 1 million Ukrainian partisans (40 thousand new national guard signed up in the last 2 weeks) , in a country he can't possibly control , which hosts his pipeline of gas to feed Russia's war machine.
Will Ukrainians fight to stop Putin's theft and murder of Ukrainian soldiers? I think at this moment everyone in the Kremlin is holding their breath to find out. Only the Ukrainians can answer this question. Putin I think has bitten off way way more than he can chew.
what i find a little terrifying that no one seems to know how "serious" the KGB Colonel is about "his intentions" here. Certainly no one in the media is asking these questions. Is he actually going to launch a full scale invasion of Ukraine? The questions abound here…Chancellor Merkel has already said "he is out of touch with reality"…that strikes me as "more important than a Malaysian jetliner."
I think you can only judge Putin in so far as he seeks to emulate the international style of the United States.
However, in this specific case, Russia's manoeuvring has been totally correct in terms of protecting their interests. They will still have final words on energy transport through the axis and will still control the South Sea project. There will be no pro-EU antagonist messing with their oil deliveries across the Black Sea, or heaven forbid, promoting the competition.
In all this snooty commentary in the Western outlets, I hear the underlying whine of a kid who almost got to have his and his classmates' cake.
Ukrainians, 1 million of them with loaded guns, beg to differ. Case closed.
If Putin has an imperial hangover, then the political establishment in Washington is completely inebriated.
The USA has 1,000 military bases around the planet. How many does Russia have?
There's only one possible justification for a military-industrial complex as large as that of the USA, or for its massive military presence abroad: World domination.
Dear UScitizentoo, please stop writing nonsense. Use your own head if you have one.
I hope the author, William Pomeranz, is correct that his thinking is out of touch with the times. I fear the partial restoration of the Soviet Union.
What the article says is quite simply what the rest of the world already knows and understands. Mr Putin has cut his own nose off to spite his face and now millions of Russians will have to suffer, (again) Well done for such a clear and concise article.
The whole of the US was annexed. Return it to the native Americans please.
Ukraine will fight Russia over Crimea? there there, little @UScitizentoo, don't cry. I know you are scared but you should really calm down and face reality.
Where are the adults on this forum?
It is good for a man to be serious in his intentions, rather than just writing Rock-Star lyrics
that make it sound like he's serious when in reality he's 'just not that into you', and really it is
all just about sex (or the spilling of lots of blood) and exploitation. Of course, we all know that
'lyrics and lies' work better for implementation of the 'shock-and-awe' technique, but that technique is not
a long term, sustainable approach and in the end makes a people (or a woman) start looking around for
the real thing. So much for the hook-up scene and the attraction of sincere sounding, but empty popular culture. Signed, I'm still angry.
aren't china and the utd states both empires too?
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"What Peter says about Paul says more about Peter than Paul" ― Baruch Spinoza
Dr. Pomeranz let readers realize that (some? many?) British people perceive the dissolution of Soviet Union in general, and the current events in Ukraine and Crimea particularly, via analogies with British history.
There are deep analogies, indeed – but there are also important differences, where analogies not only do not help, but lead to wrong conclusions.
Like British Empire, Russian Empire used to have at least two distinct sorts of colonies. One set consisted of countries and territories with a big local population, and/or substantially different cultures and climate. India, Malaya, Burma, Egypt – and Central Asia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, etc. Relatively few British or Russian people moved there. The second set of territories was colonized in the classical sense of the word: the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand by British – Volga region, Ural, Siberia by Russians.
Now the first big difference: The oversea territories colonized by British settlers effectively split from UK even earlier than India or Malaya. On the other hand, territories that originally were similarly colonized by Russian settlers did not split, because their population feel being a part of Russia. The underlying reason, probably, is a difference between a continental, territorially contiguous empire and a maritime one, with far away territories feeling as separate countries.
The second mistake in Dr.Pomeranz reasoning concerns specific cases, Ukraine and Belorussia. The best analogy for British would be not colonies, but countries of UK proper: England, Scotland, and Wales. It would insult a common sense to treat Scotland and Wales as English colonies. They are just too close for this culturally, historically, and geographically and too intimately intertwined by marriages, kinship, friendship, family, business, language and other relationships.
"For centuries the world order was built on the "imperial right" of the strong to rule over and "take care" of weaker peoples and lands. Colonies contributed to the wealth, prestige and power of the imperial center, and the last two great overseas empires — British and French — inherently believed in their rights to intervene militarily if certain fundamental national or economic interests were at stake."
Yes, Putin's actions do mirror this somewhat and Crimea is doomed to become a holiday destination. However, those exact same words could be used to link to American Imperialism during the late 20th and early 21st centuries?
Putin Is a dummy- hanging tough as he admires himself in the mirror. I am boycotting anything Russian other than the news.


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We recently received sad news that some misinformed committee members of a local Gurdwara Sahib has banned members of the Sangat from performing various sewas in their local Gurdwaras; including doing nitnem, parkash, sukhasan, Ardas, even carrying Guru Maharaj to and fro Sachkhand; amongst other sewas. Various Sikhs of the local community were verbally reprimanded and abused while doing it and even afterwards; and one of them also got 'warning' letters through registered mails telling her to stop these sewa. She feels strongly that being a woman; she is being told to not do these sewas: "as I am dirty". Are women not equal to me in Sikhi Another young Sikh, who till recently was not keeping his hair and has started to wear his turban and come back on the path is now totally disillusioned as he was also reprimanded for doing sewa. We do not want him to back-slide away from Sikhi again, do we The committee members, who themselves rarely partake in sewa, simran and satsang; sit in their high abodes and make illogical, irrelevant and irresponsible decisions, policies and rulings. They want to limit these sewas to the salaried employees of the Gurdwara only. Sikhi allows sewa to be done by anyone, doesn't it In this time and age when our young ones are sliding away from Sikhism due to external influences, we do not need a new enemy within to make matters worse. So please forward this to all fellow Sikhs all over the world and please sign this petition to : 1) Allow the sangat to do All Sewas 2) Allow Women to do Sewa on par with Men 3) Allow Sehajdhari Sikhs(Sikhs without long hair) to do Sewa. 4) Sewa to be all inclusive, all embracing and open to All. We need at least 10,000 signatures to support this petition to break the ego and the vote bank of the narrow minded committee members - the masands of today! Please join us and get all your friends to support this petition. Thank you.
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