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New State Bill Could Hold Retailers Liable For Future Port Truck Driver Wage Theft Claims
Legislative efforts to combat wage theft at the California port complexes continued this week as a bill targeting those companies who contract work to trucking companies found in violation of not paying its drivers fair wages was introduced by State Senator Ricardo Lara.
SB-1402, titled the "Dignity in the Driver's Seat" bill, would make retailers jointly liable for abuses of port truck drivers if they're found to have hired a trucking company that is not paying fair wages, has unpaid final judgments due to a wage theft suit, imposes unlawful expenses on its employees and those who misclassify its workers as independent contractors.
The bill also seeks to create a list of past offenders for which retailers would be held liable for future claims against those companies if they enter into contracts with them. The bill was co-authored by State Senator Steven Bradford (Gardena) and Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez-Fletcher (San Diego).
The bill has gained the support of port city mayors including Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Oakland's Mayor Libby Schaaf. Lara said the state of port truck drivers can be improved if retailers become part of the fight to enforce wage theft.
"Port truckers are driving the global economy and delivering for the biggest brands but they can barely afford to buy clothes for their families," Lara said. "These used to be good jobs, and they can be good jobs again if retailers join us in improving labor conditions here in California and putting dignity back in the driver's seat."
Lara's district includes Long Beach which shares a port complex with the City of Los Angeles that makes up the largest port property in the United States.
Justice For Port Truck Drivers, a coalition of unions, drivers and advocates that have already successfully lobbied the United States Congress to introduce legislation to address wage theft at the national level, expressed support for Lara's bill.
Long Beach port truck drivers move a massive amount of cargo for a large swath of major retailers including bix-box giants like Costco, Walmart, Amazon and Home Depot. Randy Cammack, president of Teamsters Joint Council 42 said that putting part of the onus on retailers to shore up wage disputes is the first step toward eliminating wage theft.
"Until the major retailers like Amazon, Sony, and Home Depot are held jointly liable for the unconscionable and systemic lawbreaking by their harbor trucking contractors, we will not be able to solve the problem of having thousands of immigrant drivers being treated as 'indentured servants' by their employers here at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach," Cammack said. "With the bold leadership of Senator Ricardo Lara, this will change, paving the way for port trucker jobs to become good jobs."
Local efforts to address the issue have sped up in the past year. Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer filed a lawsuit against three trucking companies operating at the joint port complex for misclassifying its drivers and charging them fees to drive the trucks they need to work.
Los Angeles Files Lawsuits Against Port Trucking Companies to Stop Wage Theft, Misclassification
In February, the Long Beach City Council voted unanimously to back future and existing legislation targeting the issue and to instruct its city attorney to explore potential options for regulatory enforcement. At that meeting Garcia said the system needed to be fixed to ensure the dignity of a living wage.
"While we have some great trucking companies working at the ports, we need to fix our system to make sure all truckers are treated fairly," Garcia said. "We need to raise standards, and wages, in the industry while increasing efficiency to make sure our ports continue to be engines of growth."
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Spotlight Drama Camp, a new addition to the NJWA Summer Arts Workshop (formerly known as the Westfield Summer Workshop), is proud to provide students, in grades 6 through 12, the opportunity to sing, dance and act in a full production of Mary Poppins this July 9-27.
The day camp, which will meet on Mondays through Fridays from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm, will be held at the First Congregational Church of Westfield, 125 Elmer Street.
This production of Mary Poppins, based on the Mary Poppins children's book, the Disney film and the Broadway musical, will be directed by Stefanie Santoro. Ms. Santoro holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the John J. Cali School of Music. She is a professional flautist and flute teacher. She has directed such musicals as High School Musical, Wizard of Oz, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid and Grease.
Registration for this exciting summer day camp is ongoing. Interested participants should visit the Summer Arts Workshop website at www.njwasummerworkshop.com for more information and to register online.
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The primary goal of "Learning to Speak—Speaking to Learn" is to improve students' oral communication skills through the practice of public speaking in disciplines across the curriculum. A secondary goal of this QEP is to enhance students' confidence in their ability to speak in public through the process learning and developing better oral communication skills.
Good oral communication skills are essential to our students' learning and lives because the ability to speak clearly and eloquently transcends work in the classroom and allows students to communicate ideas of value both personally and professionally. Graduates with effective oral communication skills have a competitive edge in networking and the workplace, as well as the capacity and confidence to participate in and lead public discourse. According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, "Ability to communicate verbally with people inside and outside an organization" ranked as the third most important skill desired by employers for graduates of the class of 2015. Commonly, Sewanee alumni who had the opportunity to learn and practice public speaking remark that in the years post-graduation, their education in oral presentations had a significant, very positive impact on their professional careers. The ability to speak well and without fear is often at the top of the list of items university graduates wish they had learned while in college.
The Center for Speaking and Listening will serve as a hub for QEP activities. The Center will be home to a director, student tutors, faculty members who are working on developing Speaking (SP) courses, and interested others. The Center will host workshops, lunches, talks, training, and other activities for faculty and students. It will also provide access to audiovisual and computer technology and small and larger spaces in order to meet needs for larger meetings and tutorials.
To enhance accessibility and to coordinate the use of resources and facilities, the Center for Speaking and Listening will be located in the duPont Library building in close proximity to the Center for Teaching, the Writing Center, and the Ralston Music Listening Center. Initially, a former seminar room (measuring approximately 324 sq. ft.) will be used as the Center. There will be sound-proof cubicles (120 sq. ft. and 72 sq. ft.) available in an adjacent space for speaking practice.
Media Services and the Help Desk will support the QEP by recommending, pricing, purchasing, and maintaining the media equipment for the Speaking Center and, conceivably, the departments participating in the speaking across the curriculum initiative. This equipment will include, at least, digital video camcorders, camera stands, digital audio recorders, and video playback equipment for the Center as well as similar equipment to be housed by departments in various venues around campus.
Faculty Speaking Fellows are those faculty members who have volunteered to work with the Director of the Center for Speaking and Listening to restructure their course syllabus to incorporate one or more assignments devoted to teaching public speaking skills.
Up to five new faculty members will be named Speaking Fellows each year.
Each Faculty Fellow will receive a $4,000 stipend for participating in the Faculty Fellows program. The program will include participation in a faculty development workshop as well as regular interaction with the Director of the Center for Speaking and Listening and the other faculty Speaking Fellows. An additional $1,000 will be available for student-related enrichment activities in the course. Stipends will be paid at the end of the semester in which the Speaking (SP) designated course is taught to allow time for the final course assessments to be submitted.
Yes. You can join the QEP Implementation Committee, which will serve as the chief collaborative faculty group overseeing the QEP over the next five years and will work with the Director of the Center for Speaking and Listening. The Committee will have 11 members: two Associate Deans (Elizabeth Skomp, Associate Dean of the College for Faculty Development; and Richard G. Summers, Associate Dean of the College for Assessment) who will co-chair the committee, four members of the college faculty (one each from the college's four divisions: Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Sciences and Mathematics), and the directors of the Speaking and Listening Center, Writing Center, Center for Teaching, and representatives from the Office of Institutional Research and LITS.
The QEP Task Force considered a variety of rubrics currently used by other institutions in developing the following assessment procedure. Among others, these include The Oral Communication VALUE Rubric developed by the American Association of Colleges and Universities (Rhodes 2010), Tusculum College's Rubric for Public Speaking (Tusculum College 2014), and Marquette University's Speech and Presentation Grading Rubric (Marquette University 2005). The VALUE rubrics, along with the other two college tested rubrics were adapted and molded into a new rubric that is specifically tailored to Sewanee's "Learning to Speak—Speaking to Learn" student learning outcomes.
We will use the Personal Report of Public Speaking Anxiety (PRPSA) by J.C. McCroskey (2013) or a similar instrument, administered as a pre- and post-test in courses that are
designated as Speaking (SP), as a means of evaluating our secondary QEP goal: in the process of learning and developing better oral communication skills, students will gain greater confidence in their ability to speak in public (Table 5.5). While we understand that there is always some level of anxiety about public speaking, it is our hope that we will see an average decline in the magnitude of this anxiety as students develop their public speaking skills.
Students will be given the opportunity to evaluate the speaking component of the Speaking (SP) Courses developed as part of the QEP. These evaluations will either be given in class and submitted to the QEP Implementation Committee, or will be included as extra questions on the formal Banner course evaluation form submitted for all courses at the end of each semester. Students will respond to up to three questions focused directly on the speaking assignment in the course.
All members of the faculty who teach Speaking (SP) courses will fill out an end-of-semester assessment report for the class as a whole (Table 5.4). This report will indicate how students scored on each of the five Student Learning Outcomes in the speaking assignment for the course. In courses that require more than one speaking assignment, the assessment would typically only cover the final speaking assignment for the semester. The form will assist in determining the percentage of students demonstrating overall competency in public speaking in the course, in revealing specific areas of weakness and strength to assist instructors in the development of future courses, and in helping the Director of the Center for Speaking and Listening develop programming to address specifically those areas in which students are having the greatest amount of difficulty. While the form may be initially be completed on paper, the long term plan is to create an electronic form that can be submitted online, and also summarized more easily for use by the Director of the Speaking and Listening Center and the QEP Implementation Committee in tracking the program's success in improving student learning outcomes.


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BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) - One person is dead after a shed caught fire early Friday morning, according to officials.
The East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office said the victim is presumed to be Earl Howard, 61. A final confirmation of identity is pending dental record verification, which is standard for cases involving fire victims.
The Baton Rouge Fire Department reported it happened on Madison Avenue near North Foster Drive around 2 a.m.
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Non-Mendelian Inheritance
This post will discuss non-Mendelian inheritance, but first let's recap Mendelian inheritance.
Mendelian inheritance relies on three laws:
- the law of segregation
- the law of independent assortment
- the law of dominance
It's important to stress that Mendel was referring to the segregation and independent assortment of what he termed 'factors', what we now call genes. His results suggested that these 'factors' of heredity behaved as units, or particles, that segregated and assorted independently of, and which were completely uninfluenced by, each other. One unit was as likely to end up in an organism with any other, unrelated, unit as not.
It wasn't until 1902 that the concept of chromosomes and their being the carriers of multiple 'factors' (genes) was even suspected. In other words, genes did not exist as isolated particles, but instead resided on chromosomes with other genes.
Up until now this discussion has glossed over chromosomes as being the carriers of multiple genes, and focussed instead on tracking four alleles each on its own chromosome during meiosis. Showing these chromosomes independently segregating and assorting inferred the same behaviour on the alleles they carried — if chromosomes assorted independently, it made sense that the alleles did too.
Chromosomes do independently segregate and assort. But because they carry multiple genes, Mendelian inheritance doesn't always apply at the gene level, so let's explore the concept of non-Mendelian inheritance further with examples.
In the diagram below you'd expect the 'Y', 'y', 'Z' and 'z' alleles to stick with their respective homologues, ie you'd expect 'Y' and 'Z' to be inherited together and likewise for 'y' and 'z':
Here we say that the Y and Z loci are linked as they are on the same chromosome. Mendel's first law of segregation still applies, as the 'Y' and 'y' alleles, and the 'Z' and 'z' alleles, will still separate when their homologues separate during meiosis. But how do the genes at the Y locus independently assort from the genes at the Z locus if they are inherited together? This linkage of genes is the exception to Mendel's second law.
Even so, this is an exception and not a complete breakdown of the law, for chromosomes have a tendency to cross over! This is when homologues exchange equivalent pieces of themselves during prophase 1 of meiosis before the chromosomes separate into separate gametes. Here, segments around the Y loci have been exchanged:
As the break occurred between the Y and Z loci, those alleles are now linked in a different combination — 'y' is now with 'Z' and 'Y' is now with 'z' — and we say they have recombined. The genes at the Y and Z loci have still independently assorted as if they were on separate chromosomes the whole time. But there is a caveat.
Multiple crossovers are actually common during prophase 1, and loci that are far apart are the most likely to recombine often. There is less chance of breakages occurring between loci that are closer together, and thus more chance that closely linked loci are inherited together. This is represented below with the multiple loci bunched together at the tip of each chromosome having the same background colour as the respective Y locus:
Thus closely linked loci are more likely to be the exception to Mendel's law of independent assortment.
Mendel's third law of dominance is also subject to exceptions. This law assumes complete dominance, where one inherited allele is expressed and to the exclusion of its recessive counterpart. But as genetics progressed through the 20th century, it became more and more clear that other types of dominance existed.
Partial dominance, also called incomplete dominance, is where the expression of the heterozygote is somewhere between that of the two homozygotes. A classic example in animal breeding is the Andalusian fowl. Black feather colour is partially, not completely, dominant over white feather colour. A homozygous black chicken is fully black in colour and a homozygous white chicken is fully white in colour. Crossing the two produces offspring with slate-blue feathers. The white gene is a dilution gene which partially dilutes (washes out) the black colour. An all black chicken thus has no dilution of feather colour while a white chicken has fully diluted feather colour.
Codominance is where the expression of the heterozygote is exactly midway between that of the two homozygotes. Both genes are expressed equally. A classic example occurs in cattle: crossing a homozygous red bull over a homozygous white cow produces a roan calf, one with a coat of evenly mixed red and white hairs.
Overdominance is where the expression of the heterozygote outperforms that of the homozygous dominant genotype. An example is warfarin resistance in rats. The gene for resistance is dominant, and both heterozygotes and homozygotes for this gene are unaffected by warfarin. Warfarin thins the blood and prevents blood from clotting and in high enough concentrations will cause fatal internal bleeding. Vitamin K is a blood-clotting agent essential in the diet and counters warfarin's action. Rats homzygous for warfarin resistance need a higher level of vitamin K than they can get naturally. Thus rats homozygously not resistant to warfarin as well as rats homozygous for resistance will both succumb to warfarin. Those that are heterozygous for resistance are unaffected. The warfarin-resistant gene is overdominant with respect to rat survivability: rats heterozygous for warfarin resistance outperform (survive) rats homoozygous for warfarin resistance.
Sex-linked inheritance is another example of non-Mendelian inheritance. The sex chromosomes in mammals are named X and Y. Females are XX and males are XY. Of genes found exclusively on the X chromosome (called X-linked genes), XY males will only have one copy while XX females will have two. A classic example of sex-linkage involves tortoiseshell cats. Tortoiseshell is a mixture of black and orange patches. All tortoiseshells are female*, because the gene for orange colouration is found only on the X chromosome. Possible genotypes in females are OO (orange), Oo (tortoiseshell) and oo (black). Males can only be O (orange) or o (black).
* In very rare cases a male may be XXY (this would be called Klinefelter syndrome in humans) and thus tortoiseshell, but also sterile.
And then there is epistasis, still another cause of non-Mendelian inheritance! Epistasis is where genes at one or more loci determine how genes at another locus — and this could be on a different chromosome — are expressed. An example is Labrador Retriever coat colour. 'Labs' come in three colours: black, yellow, and chocolate. These colours are determined by genes at the B (black) locus and E (extension of pigmentation) locus.
A phenotypically black Lab could be genotypically BBEE, BBEe, BbEE or BbEe. A yellow Lab could be BBee, Bbee or bbee. From this you can see that the expression of the 'B' allele is dependent on the presence of at least one 'E' allele. A dog homozygous for 'e' will always be yellow regardless of whether it also carries the 'B' allele. But dogs with at least one 'E' allele but homozygous for 'b' will be chocolate — possible genotypes in this case are bbEe and bbEE.
These are just some examples of non-Mendelian inheritance. But from the ones outlined above you'd be getting a good feel for just how complicated patterns of inheritance can be, and how fortuitous Mendel was to have chosen the pea traits he did to have been able to unravel the mysteries of inheritance at all! You may also be getting a feel for just how random genetic inheritance can be, and next week we'll explore that randomness some more with a bit of maths.


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A Good Man Stamp Set
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Hello Friends,
With Father's Day just around the corner, I thought that it would be fun to start our crafting week with the A Good Man stamp set by Stampin' Up! to make a card. Today's card could be used for Father's Day and beyond. I love this simple card because it pulls together simple stamping techniques to make a fabulous card.
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The first technique is coloring. Oh, how I love my Stampin' Blends for coloring line art images. I used Night of Navy, Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sea Foam, Petal Pink, Daffodil Delight and Crumb Cake Stampin' Blends to color my fellows.
To add some texture to my background, I used embossing paste and my brick stencil to add some textured bricks to my card base. The is an old technique that adds a lot of punch. Simply apply the paste over the stencil, remove the stencil and allow to dry. You can speed up the drying process with your heat tool.
The third technique is super duper simple. I stamped my sentiment on 3 different card stocks and simply cut around the words that I wanted on each color. I then arranged them for a pleasing colorful display.
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Download PDF file: Cable Europe Position Paper on Electronic Evidence
Cable Europe members recognise the importance of law enforcement in cross-border criminal matters. Nevertheless, the Commission's proposed regulation on e-Evidence[1] raises a number of concerns related to the fact that, for the first time, a foreign "authority" (anywhere in the EU) would be entitled to directly address binding requests ("Orders") to an operator established in another Member State.
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Definitions ("access data", "transactional data"). It is difficult to distinguish the proposed definitions of "access data" and "transactional data". According to the eEvidence proposal, both include "electronic communications meta data" within the meaning of the ePrivacy draft regulation. We consider that the proposed definitions lack clarity which will make it difficult to determine which rules under the eEvidence regulation will apply.
Authority authorised to issue "Orders" ("issuing authority"). According to the draft regulation, an "issuing authority" could be any competent authority as defined in the issuing Member State. However, Cable Europe considers that only courts/judges should be able to issue such orders. Neither prosecutors nor the police or other authority should be able to do so, despite the validation procedure that is foreseen by the draft regulation (validation by a court, a judge, an investigating authority and in some cases, by a public prosecutor). Issuing an order should be a genuine court decision. Furthermore, in a cross-border context an operator has not the ability to check whether the requesting party is entitled to ask for the information and whether it is a valid order (coming from a competent authority and not from a fraudster). At national level some of our members have detailed procedures to avoid these types of situations. Similar procedures at EU level are needed.
Time-frames. We consider that the proposed time-frames to transmit the data to the issuing authority (at the latest, within 10 days upon receipt of the European Production Order, and in emergency cases, at least within 6 hours upon receipt) are too short, especially during weekends and bank holidays. In emergency cases, 6 hours may also be too short especially where extensive research in our members' systems needs to be made. A possible solution could rely on a requirement to provide the data "as soon as possible".
The absence of a definition of "Criminal Matters". The experience around the application of the EU Data Retention Directive, which has been declared invalid by the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU), has shown that relying on national laws to determine what was "serious crime" under that directive, was not the right way forward. Once again, in the draft regulation, the EU legislator does not define the range of criminal offences for which Orders could be issued (with the exception of Production Orders for transactional or content data). Instead, this will depend on what is punishable as a criminal offence in the Member Sate of the issuing authority. However, differences at national level could ultimately require an operator to execute an "Order" in relation to an offence which in his Member State is not considered a criminal offence but may even impact constitutional guarantees and fundamental rights (for example, cases of slander or libel v freedom of expression).
Absence of local checks. Article 9 on the execution of the European Production Order Certificate (EPOC) foresees non-execution based on a "manifest violation" of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights or on the "manifestly abusive" nature of the EPOC. No other grounds for non-execution by an operator are foreseen, such as, non-execution as a result of the (un)lawfulness of the EPOC under the national law of the Member State where the operator is addressed (for example, "ordre public"). Also, article 10 on the execution of the European Preservation Order Certificate (EPOC-PR) does not even refer to the "manifest violation" of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights or to the "manifestly abusive" nature of the EPOC – PR. Furthermore, articles 14§4 and 14§5 foresee very limited grounds for opposing the enforcement of a EPOC and a EPOC-PR.
In extreme cases, an operator could be required, under the draft regulation, to execute politically motivated "Orders". This is certainly not the intention behind the proposed rules.
In extradition requests, the rule is that extradition is only possible when the act committed is a criminal offense in both countries. The recent example of the extradition of Carles Puigdemont from Germany to Spain is telling. A German high court has decided that extradition could only be based on the charges of misuse of public funds and not for the crime of rebellion (as also sought by Spain). A possible solution in the context of e-evidence could involve a similar approach.
More generally, in order to prevent possible abuses of the regulation, a thorough justification of the "Order" (including the absence of alternative means to gather the requested evidence) should also be provided, in the absence of which, the service provider should be allowed to oppose execution and enforcement.
Absence of a compensation mechanism. Article 12 of the draft regulation foresees that a service provider may claim reimbursement of costs from the issuing Member State if this is provided by the national law of the issuing Member State (for domestic orders in similar situations). However, it should at least be possible for a service provider to claim reimbursement if such possibility exists in the Member State where the "Order" is addressed. Furthermore, it is particularly important that compensation is not claimed abroad, which would be particularly burdensome in case of large numbers of requests. In any case, there should be a mechanism in place to ensure that reimbursement takes place (ultimately, by allowing the service provider to hold back the production of the data – while ensuring its preservation).
Unclear relationship with data retention obligations. The draft regulation is based on the assumption that the data is already stored by the service provider. The recitals of the draft regulation explain that the future rules will apply to the data that has already been stored by the service provider at the time of receipt of a EPOC or EPOC – PR. They also explain that the proposed rules do not stipulate general preventive measures or data retention obligations but relate to concrete investigations.
However, the status of the data retention obligations currently in place at national level – following the invalidation of the EU Data Retention Directive by the CJEU – is unclear. Some Member States have taken steps to amend their national laws while others have not. The service provider may well not hold the data requested by the issuing authority.
The proposed regulation should not lead to a de facto retention obligation. Cable operators are not opposed to providing electronic evidence when they are lawfully in possession of the requested information, and the request and disclosure of that information is made in accordance with data protection and privacy laws, including any court orders. Our members would however stand fierce against any obligation to provide information that would require them to override EU fundamental rights as well as Union or national laws.
About Cable Europe
Cable Europe is the trade association that connects leading broadband cable TV operators and their national trade associations throughout the European Union. The regulatory and public policy activities of Cable Europe aim to promote and defend the industry's policies and business interests at European and international level. The European cable industry provides high speed broadband internet, TV services, and telephony to more than 65.8 million homes in the European Union. www.cable-europe.eu
[1] Proposed regulation on European Production and Preservation Orders for electronic evidence in criminal matters (COM/2018/225 final – 2018/0108 (COD)).


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Vietnam Under Strict Government Censorship: Since Years, Vietnam is a country which has enjoyed its growing economy. Right from the 1980's, their economy has been growing at a rapid pace.
According to the PricewaterhouseCoopers, Vietnam economy can be the world's fastest-growing economy to date. However, despite such a flourishing economy, Vietnam Under Strict Government Censorship. And, the citizens are facing some really harsh measures for the same.
According to the Freedom House's, "Freedom in the World 2018", Vietnam's score was just 20 out of 100. It is given as "Not Free" which is truly not a good thing.
For years, Vietnam is under the control of the one-party state i.e. the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV). Currently, the Communist Party of Vietnam holds around 473 of 500 seats which is a whopping number. The remaining 29 seats are held by the other parties.
However, other than the CPV, remaining parties are illegal and the Vietnam Fatherland Front sets all the candidates.
Vietnam Under Strict Government Censorship & Surveillance
For retaining its hold over whole Vietnam, the CPV is spending much of its efforts to control the flow of information in Vietnam. In the year 2017, Humans Right Watch found that 100 people are protesting and criticizing the government. For maintaining the authoritarian ecosystem, this country has introduced different policies to limit online freedom.
Decree 72, Internet Censorship Bill
In September 2013, the National Assembly passed the Degree 72 Tax. Under this tax, the Internet Censorship upgraded the online censorship by banning Vietnam Users. Among these users, bloggers and social media accounts are the main ones.
The law states that Twitter and Facebook are only capable to provide and exchange personal information.
Blogger Imprisonment
In 2016, a severe imprisonment case was a matter of debate. In this case, a blogger and his assistant came under the radars of the government. They were running a successful blog and reached over a million Vietnam users. But, he was sent to prison for 5 years for "abusing democratic freedoms to harm the interests of the state." Further, during the trial period, other bloggers were not made the witnesses. And, even the family members were restricted from such activities.
How Can You Protect Your Digital Privacy?
During Vietnam Under Strict Government Censorship period, this city is said as the "Enemy of the Internet" by Reporters without borders. Many of the websites such as Blogger, Twitter, YouTube, and Google are inaccessible in Vietnam.
With such massive levels of Internet Censorship, the citizens of Vietnam can face some stringent challenges. Hence, for the citizens, who want to access the inaccessible websites, still, there is one way. You can go for the best VPN Service providers in this case. Yes, Vietnam Under Strict Government Censorship scenario will vanish with the use of a VPN. Using VPN, you can hide your IP Address and can enjoy tons of other features. However, you must stay away from the Free VPN's which can steal your personal data and leave you all in vain.


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MLB report: Twins' Hughes in doubt for rest of season
Chicago White Sox
LHP Carlos Rodon (2-5, 4.41 ERA) will take the mound Sunday against the Royals after being pushed back from a scheduled start Thursday (sore neck).
Minnesota Twins
Pitcher Phil Hughes has a broken bone above his left knee that's expected to require six to eight weeks to heal, raising doubt about whether the struggling righthander will return this season after being struck by a line drive.
An MRI test on Hughes revealed an impaction fracture on his femur, a tiny crack caused by a line drive by Miami's J.T. Realmuto that hit him Thursday.
Pittsburgh Pirates
The club placed catcher Francisco Cervelli on the 15-day disabled list Saturday with a broken left hand that is expected to sideline him four to six weeks.
San Diego Padres
RHP Andrew Cashner was placed on the 15-day DL with a strained neck. He left Friday's game against Colorado with upper back and neck tightness after throwing six pitches.
San Francisco Giants
RHP Matt Cain will come off the disabled list and start Monday in the series opener against Milwaukee. Cain has been sidelined since May 28 with a right hamstring strain.
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Church Staffing and Volunteer Team
Chris Dickens
Chris Dickens and his wife Holly came to First Baptist with many years of ministry experience. Chris received his Bachelor's in Biblical Studies from Faith Christian Bible College in 1999. He has been involved in youth ministry for 18 years and has also helped with the music programs of his previous churches.
Holly Dickens
Holly has worked with kids and youth off and on since she was 16 years old by leading classes, teaching/organizing VBS, and helping to arrange youth activities. Together, they bring this experience, their love for the Lord, and their willingness to serve to First Baptist in hopes of reaching our community with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Noel Murphy
And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things.
Administrative Assistant & Treasurer
Debbie Howes
Debbie Howes has been a member of First Baptist since 2011. She is Widowed and lives with her 2 dogs, Glacier and Cinnamon. Debbie has 1 son, 1 stepdaughter and 7 grandchildren. Debbie works for MCC Nashville, a total office communication company that deal with copies, mailing machines, CCTV, and security.
Sharon Lairson
Sharon joined First Baptist in 2012. Sharon is in the church choir and helps out as a Sunday School teacher. What God calls you so – He will equip you to do. Best advice from the pastor – Don't go into the class as a teacher, but to learn with him.
Carl Mayton
Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all. Peter replied, "Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Mike Kinle
Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. Then Jesus came to them and said, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.
LeNard Simmons
LeNard Simmons became Ordained March 3, 2016, and a member to FBC of Hermitage in May 2018. He believes in connecting with the community by offering assistance and sound advice. LeNard owns and operates a website development company and is capable of understanding several programming languages.
Sunday School Volunteers
Ladies' Bible Study
Romelle Henry
Romelle Henry is a Christian, mother of two adult sons, and grandmother of eight. She retired in 2009 after a 38 – year career in public education. She loves when folks gather to open God's Word to learn more about Him.
Faye Murphy
For God did not give us a spirit of timidity, but a spirit of power, of love and of self-discipline. Surely he took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows, yet we considered him stricken by God, smitten by him, and afflicted. God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
Barbara Tayes
Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you. For we are God's workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. 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.
Grades K-2
Debbie Bullington
But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
Grades 3-5
Timnesha Massey
Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God—this is your spiritual act of worship. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
LeNard Simmons
LeNard will be helping 3rd-5th grades learn about the Lord and build their Christian faith. Formerly a volunteer of the Salvation Army Disaster Emergency Relief Team (D.I.R.T), he has helped in the reconstruction and natural disaster assistance of Homestead, Florida due to the effects of Hurricane Andrew making landfall, on August 24, 1992.
Holly Dickens
Holly has worked with kids and youth off and on since she was 16 years old by leading classes, teaching/organizing VBS, and helping to arrange youth activities.


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Groundman Needed!
Job Description
Distribution Experience a must!
Reports To:
Foreman/General Foreman
The Groundman position is your first step to a rewarding career in the construction and maintenance of our nation's Power Grid. You will assist your team in building, repairing, and maintaining overhead electrical distribution systems.
Essential Functions
Securing the safety of yourself and others
Assisting fellow line-workers in meeting project objectives
Readily joining storm restoration efforts in times of need
Operating vehicles and equipment in a professional manner
Continuing training to improve technical and leadership skills
Works safely while performing new construction, maintenance, or repair work of energized and de-energized overhead work
Properly inspects rubber goods and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
Understands when to wear personal protective equipment
Strings overhead wire
Sets poles and anchors
Assists with installing transformers, lightening arrestors, cutouts, cross-arms, insulators, switches and switchgear
Assists in replacing fuses in transformers and clears faulted circuits and systems
Frequently works with energized high voltage systems requiring skill and care to protect the lives of themselves and others
Maintains company vehicles, equipment and tools in good working order
Able to perform rigorous physical labor
Understands proper use of company radio
Understand basic rigging, hand lines, and lineman knot tying
Understand the proper use and maintenance of hand tools
Capable of receiving and following directions
Possess a basic knowledge of materials used in line work
Able to identify primary and secondary voltage on a circuit
Must be familiar with induced voltage
Capable of assisting with the installation and hook up of a single-phase transformer
Capable of performing basic bucket rescue/escape
Understands the basic concepts of equipment set up and grounding
Capable of working at heights and/or confined spaces
Understands minimum approach distance
Understands excavation and shoring requirements
Capable of checking voltage on transformers
Capable of installing and removing a service
Must be able to climb different types of structures (wood, steel, etc.) and possess the necessary tools to do so
Able to identify different types of materials used in line work
Must be able to work outside, frequently in inclement weather
Does all other related work as required to complete the job
Customer Service Focused
Ethical and Honest
Dutifully follows established Safety Rules and Company Policy
Physical Demands and Work Environment
The physical demands described here are typical of those that must be met by a team-member to successfully perform the essential functions of their job in powerline construction.
While performing the duties of this job, team-members are regularly required to talk or hear. The team-member is frequently required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle and feel; and reach with hands and arms.
The team-member is frequently required to perform rigorous physical labor; sit; climb different types of structures (wood, steel, etc.); or balance; and stoop, kneel crouch or crawl. Team-members frequently lift or move up to or in-excess of 50 lbs. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. While performing the duties of this job, team-members may frequently be exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration. Team-members are occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme conditions at construction job sites. The noise level in the work environment can be loud. Powerline construction work is performed outside and is subject to diverse weather conditions.
Minimum Qualifications
High School Degree, or equivalent, with 3 years of experience.
Valid CDL Class A driver's license.
Understanding of basic and/or advanced electrical principles, including knowledge of electricity and how to safely work around it.
Knowledge of customer's specifications and proficiency in all phases of line construction.
Ability to assume full responsibility for completed work.
Ability to comply with proper safety standards, procedures, and work practices.
Ability to establish, manage, plan, and think strategically.
Ability to build and foster collaborative relationships.
Clarity of vision with the ability to judge distance and space relationships, hand-eye coordination, and the ability to identify and distinguish colors.
Ability to work outdoors, even in extreme weather conditions.
Available to work weekends and/or nights.
Willing to work out of market or away from home as work demands, traveling extensively when needed.
Preferred Qualifications
5 years of experience.
OSHA 10 and Buck Squeeze Certifications a plus.
All applicants must pass a background check and pre-employment drug screen.
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Adriaan Nühn (1953) is former Chairman of the Management Board of Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts and CEO of Sara Lee International. He started his career in Marketing in 1978 at Richardson-Vicks in Belgium where after he was transferred to South Africa. In 1985 the company was acquired by Procter & Gamble and he was transferred as Area Manager to Scandinavia and later to Austria. In 1990 he joined Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts in the Netherlands where he became an Management Board Member in 1995 responsible for the worldwide Household Personal Care Division (a.o. Sanex, Zwitsal, Prodent). After 4 years he became responsible for the Coffee & Tea Division (a.o. Senseo, Pickwick) and in 2003 he was appointed as Chairman of the Management Board. Since 2009 he has hold internationally several Non-Executive positions. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Puget Sound in the USA and a degree from the Hogere Economische School in Eindhoven.
Current positions
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Board of Directors:
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A great night was had by all those who attended the Richmond Motor Club Adult and Youth A Presentation Evening on Friday 18th January at Wensleydale Rugby Club. A Pie and Peas supper was enjoyed before the awards were handed out by President Paul Terry.
Congratulations to all those winning awards, but especially to Guy Kendrew who won the Tradesman Trophy for the Top Expert Rider in 2018.
A full list of award winners is available to download here: Richmond Motor Club Adult Championship Awards 2018
Many thanks to Charlotte Brown for the photo's!


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This uses ideas from my "slime seasons" and "frost prairie" ideas, it also take some inspiration from don't starve together's lunar island. Also my next idea will be my biggest one yet
Lune Lotus Lakes
"An island from the midnight sky"
A meteorite from space that crashed into the far far range. It eventually became an island. It has purple crystals on land and white lune lotuses on the water
Fill all chill slime statues, activating the portal here
Sub Areas
Great Lune Lake: A giant lake filled with puddle slimes and huge lune lotuses
Luneflower Meadow: An area off the main path with lots of luneflowers
Lesser Lune Lake: A smaller lake filled with smaller lotuses
Lunetree Forest: A forest of stumpy lunetrees with white blossoms
Palegrass Path: A path leading to the oddly overgrown portal, It has meteor gordo around a slime key
Oddly Overgrown Portal: A portal blocked by a slime gate, has 5 meteor statues around it
Seasonal Progression
Spring, Spring, Spring, Spring
New Resources
Meteor Slime
"It's such a star it pulls you in"
Description: A purple slime with a yellow, five-pointed star in front
Secret Style: Glimmer, Star becomes silver with 6-points while main color becomes black
Diet: Meat
Favorite: Creamy Hen
Slimeology: The meteor slime is thought to be from space. This slime can survive in the vacuums of space and thus temperatures and humidity cannot effect it. This is quite helpful for many ranchers out there
Rancher Risks: Meteor slimes are known for having an odd, metal core inside their bodies. Over time, the metal starts reacting strangely and soon the slime will suck up everything around it, including other slimes, in a strong gravitational pull. After a few second of the strong pull, the core will reverse its effects and violently launch everything around it away. This is always inevitable and can never be avoided, only temporarily prevented by a splash of water.
Plortonomics: Meteor plorts are very useful in gravity-altering technology due to retaining a bit of the pull the slime has
Creamy Hen
"Not pre-buttered"
Description: Like a regular hen hen, but with cream colored feathers. Its nests have white petals near them
Type: Meat
Favored By: Meteor Slime
Entry: The creamy hen is very much alike to hen hens in appearance, but very different in genetics. This is probably due to their immunity to the meteor slimes' gravitational pull. Other than that, the difference baffles scientists
Creamy Chickadoo
"They always look spooked, poor things"
Description: A chickadoo that is white instead of yellow
Type: Future Meat
New Slime Science Gadgets
Lavender Warp Depot
Class: Warp Tech
Materials: Pepper Jam x3, Meteor Plort x20, Slime Fossil x3, Lava Dust x1
Effect: Same as other warp depots
Lavender Teleporter
Class: Warp Tech
Materials: Strange Diamond x1, Hexacomb x5, Pepper Jam x10, Meteor Plort x25
Effect: Same as other teleporters
Lavender Slime Lamp
Class: Decoration
Materials: Primordy Oil x8, Pepper Jam x8, Meteor Plort x12, Phosphor Plort x12
Effect: Same as other slime lamps, but produces lavender light
Lavender Firework
Class: Curio
Materials: Pepper Jam x3, Meteor Plort x2, Battery Pack x1
Effect: Same as other fireworks, but produces a lavender mortar
Class: Decoration
Materials: Tangle Plort x10, Meteor Plort x15, Royal Jelly x2
Effect: None
Lune Flower Patch
Class: Decoration
Materials: Meteor Plort x12, Puddle Plort x18, Wild Honey x23
Effect: None
Land Lune Lotus
Class: Decoration
Materials: Meteor Plort x12, Deep Brine x15, Puddle Plort x9, Spiral Steam x6
Effect: None
Lune Rock
Class: Decoration
Materials: Slime Fossil x10, Indigonium x12, Meteor Plort x18
Effect: None
Lunetree Sapling
Class: Decoration
Materials: Tangle Plort x5, Meteor Plort x8, Royal Jelly x1
Effect: None
Slimes: Pink, Tabby, Rock, Phosphor, Puddle, Meteor
Fruit: Pogofruit, Cuberry
Veggies: Carrot, Heart Beet
Meat: Hen Hens, Chickadoos, Rosteros, Stony Hens, Stony Chickadoos, Creamy Hens, Creamy Chickadoos
Drill: Jellystone, Slime Fossil, Strange Diamond
Pump: Primordy Oil, Spiral Steam, Lava Dust
Apiary: Buzz Wax, Hexacomb, Royal Jelly


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The Alfredo sauce in this recipe mimics cream but doesn't have any dairy so you can enjoy classic pasta Alfredo even if you have a dairy intolerance or just want to cut out some cholesterol and saturated fat without feeling like you're cheating.
Tip: The sauce needs to simmer for 30 minutes, but if you cook the pasta, peas and shrimp while the sauce cooks, you can have dinner on the table in a little over 30 minutes.
- 12 shrimp
- 1 cup fresh or frozen English peas, cooked until just tender
- 1 pound pasta, preferably orecchiette
- 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes (optional)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Sea salt
Alfredo Sauce
- 1/2 cup raw cashews
- 2 cups water
- 2 shallots, finely diced
- 4 large cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
For the shrimp:
Season shrimp with salt and red pepper flakes. In a pan large enough to hold all of the shrimp, heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp and sauté, stirring, until pink and cooked through, about four minutes.
For the Alfredo sauce:
In saucepan or large sauté pan, sauté shallots and garlic until tender, 1-2 minutes. Add cashews, water and salt. Simmer 30 minutes, then purée in blender until smooth.
For the pasta:
Cook pasta according to package directions. Toss cooked pasta with sauce, then add shrimp and peas and toss again. Serve.


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- Push-out Score determined
- After less than two and a half years in the position
- Praise and thanks for Vemuri
- Search for a successor
- Vemuri spoke at length and said 142 words
(exechange) — Florham Park, New Jersey, May 8, 2019 — Ashok Vemuri, chief executive of Conduent, leaves. As announced by Conduent Inc. in a news release and in a regulatory filing published on Wednesday, May 8, 2019, Ashok Vemuri leaves his post as Chief Executive Officer at the digital interactions company after less than two and a half years in the role.
Among the 3,000 largest publicly held companies incorporated in the U.S. based on market capitalization, the average tenure of the CEOs who departed over the past 12 months was 7.8 years, according to data compiled by exechange. Only 23 percent of the CEOs who departed over the past 12 months left the position within three years.
To ensure an orderly transition, Vemuri will continue in his current role as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors until his successor is appointed, which the Board expects to occur during the third quarter of 2019.
Conduent will undertake a search for a successor.
"Accelerate the pace of our progress and deliver enhanced shareholder value"
A reason for Ashok Vemuri's departure from the CEO post was not explicitly provided. William Parrett, Chairman of the Conduent Board, said: "We are focused on identifying a leader with the expertise and capabilities to leverage Conduent's unique strengths to enable the Company to achieve its next level of growth. Through our search process, we will focus on identifying a leader who shares our vision for the power of digital-interactions, can accelerate the pace of our progress and deliver enhanced shareholder value."
Precise information regarding Ashok Vemuri's future plans was not immediately available.
"Intends to step down"
Conduent said: "Ashok Vemuri intends to step down as Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors."
Share price decline
The announcement follows a decline in Conduent Incorporated's share price of 45 percent since September 2018.
Chaired by William Parrett
Conduent Incorporated is chaired by William Parrett.
In the position of CEO since 2017
Vemuri has served as the Company's Chief Executive Officer since January 2017.
He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Xerox Business Services, LLC and as an Executive Vice President of Xerox Corporation from July 2016 to January 2017.
Vemuri previously was President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of IGATE Corporation, a New Jersey-based global technology and services company now part of global technology and outsourcing company Capgemini, from 2013 to 2015.
Before joining IGATE, Vemuri spent 14 years at Infosys Limited, a multinational consulting and IT services company, in a variety of leadership and business development roles, including Member of the Executive Council, Head of Americas, Global Head of Financial Services from 2003 to 2012 and Global Head of Manufacturing and Engineering Services from 2012 to 2013.
Prior to joining Infosys in 1999, Vemuri worked in the investment banking industry at Deutsche Bank and Bank of America.
Push-out Score determined
The Push-out Score™ determined by exechange gauges the pressure surrounding the management change on a scale of 0 to 10.
exechange reached out to Conduent and offered the company the opportunity to comment on the score.
Read the full story in the exechange report 19.2019 ($).


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There's the Orlando the world knows and then there's the real Orlando. Beyond the parks and the palm trees there's a place, a people and a culture that's distinct, authentic and only Orlando. Novel Lucerne puts you in the middle of it all. Located just on the cusp of downtown Orlando and the SoDo neighborhood, it's the perfect contrast of the familiar and the unexpected. The old and the new. The active and the relaxed. It's the blending of these differences that make life at Novel Lucerne rich and rewarding.
Experience the SoDo Lifestyle
Make the most of Sodo with Novel Lucerne. Once an industrial area, the SoDo neighborhood has transformed into a thriving urban community offering it's residents quick access to shopping, dining, trails parks and more.See more
Easy Access to Downtown Orlando
Getting where you need to go is easy. Novel Lucerne is just a short walk from downtown Orlando. You'll have unbeatable access to work, the arts, music, sports and more.See more


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Here at Cool Power LLC we know that comfort is one of your top concerns. And we take pride in the fact that our home comfort products are the best out there at providing that comfort along with the energy efficiency you've come to expect. Whether you have a furnace or AC emergency that needs the touch of an expert right away or you want to schedule some routine maintenance as the seasons change, you've found the right place.
Unfortunately, ACs can falter in the middle of summer. Sometimes, a furnace can't make it through a cold winter. When one of these problems occurs, you shouldn't have to wait around forever for someone to show up and hopefully be able to fix it. When one of your home comfort systems suffers a malfunction of this magnitude, you need it serviced ASAP.
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The Coalitions' Abolition of Legal Aid and Legal Restrictions against Workers Suing Management in Pre-Revolutionary Russia
A few weeks ago the Conservatives and their Tory Democrat accomplices abolished legal aid. This has the effect of making legal action by the poor prohibitively expensive, so that they are effectively denied justice due to the sheer cost involved. This has naturally caused indignation and protests, not least from the legal profession itself. In Bristol the lawyers went on a one-day strike against its abolition.
this attempt by the government to prevent the poor suing the rich also has a parallel in the legal restrictions and double standards the Tsarist government in pre-Revolutionary Russia used to oppress the workers in its attempt to protect and promote the country's capitalist development. Lionel Kochan in his Russia in Revolution (London: Paladin 1970) describes this legal double standard. Workers, who left their job before their contract was due to expire, were liable to criminal prosecution. However, if they wished to sue their…
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Serving size – 6 / 8
Time – 45 mins
Ingredients :
- 3 cups of rice
- 2 large onions
- 2 medium tomatoes
- 2 medium carrots (sliced lengthwise)
- 1 medium potato (sliced in small pieces with skin)
- 100 gms of green beans 1 medium size of green capsicum 4 cloves of garlic
- Small piece of ginger
- 4 whole cinnamon sticks
- 4 bay leaf
- 10 / 12 black pepper corns
- 4 / 5 whole green cardamom
- 4 /5 whole star anise
- 10/12 soaked raisins
- 1 tspn of cumin powder
- 2 tspn of briyani masala
- 1 tspn of garam masala
- 1 tspn of fennel powder ( sauf powder)
- Salt to taste
Method :
1. Rinse the rice well and soak it in sufficient amount of water for at least 30 mins.
2.Make a paste of onions,tomato , garlic & ginger.
3. Boil sliced carrots and cut green beans for 10 mins or till they are cooked.
4. Roast the whole spices for few minutes till they realise their aroma and then add the onion paste.
5. Add some water and let the paste get cooked nicely. 6. Add the garam masala and rest of the masala to it.
Keep adding water till everything cooks well and it starts to realise water and oil of its own.
7. Drain the water from the rice. Add the rice and mix the masala well into it.
8. Add just enough water to let it cook in the pressure cooker. Add salt. After 2 whistle , switch off the gas and let the steam out.
9. Open the lid and mix everything together again.
10. The rice grain should be tender and separated from each other. They shouldn't be sticky.
(If you think the rice needs further cooking , just give one more whistle and let the steam out)
(You can make the same thing in a rice cooker as well)
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Aviation authorities have grounded an Australian-made aircraft involved in a crash in Sweden in which nine people were killed.
Key points:
- The plane has been grounded for 15 days while the crash is investigated
- The skydiving flight crashed in northern Sweden on July 14
- There are 228 of the aircraft in service worldwide
The Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has suspended operations of the GippsAero GA8 aircraft for 15 days as a precaution, as investigations continue into the cause of the crash near Umea in northern Sweden on July 14.
All nine people on the skydiving flight died in the crash.
"While we gather more information about that, we thought it was prudent to put them on the ground," CASA spokesman Peter Gibson said.
Swedish authorities have expressed concern that the aircraft may have broken up during the flight.
The GA8 is manufactured in Australia by GippsAero, which is based in the Latrobe Valley.
CASA said there were 228 of the planes in service globally, including 63 in Australia.
Spokesman Peter Gibson said the GA8 was first certified in 2000 and had not had a difficult safety history prior to the crash.
He said GippsAero held a production certificate issued by CASA to manufacture the GA8 and was subject to regular surveillance and safety checks by the authority.
The GA8 is a single-engine high-wing aeroplane with fixed tricycle landing gear.
It is used in Australia for a range of purposes, including charter flights and skydiving.
CASA has written to all Australian operators of GA8 aircraft, advising them of the suspension.
It has also written to all national aviation authorities who have GA8 aircraft operating in their jurisdictions.
In response to CASA's suspension, the European Union Aviation Safety Authority has issued an emergency airworthiness directive to European GA8 aircraft owners and operators to not fly the aeroplane except for ferry flights — for example, to return the aircraft to base.
CASA has sent an airworthiness engineer to Sweden to observe the accident investigation.


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Holograms – A User's Guide to Blowing Minds
From CX Magazine – August 2017
Whether you call it a 'hologram' or the 'Pepper's Ghost' illusion, projecting video that looks three-dimensional on-stage is now part of the production repertoire. While the technique was first described in the 16th century and popularised in the 19th, we now associate it with high-tech implementations like Tupac's posthumous performance at Coachella in 2012. With two competing toolkits on the market, we ask two leading Australian practitioners for their tips, tricks, and opinions on the state of the holographic art…
Haycom, the multi-city AV company that are now part of the NW Group, have been the exclusive Australian agents for London-based Musion for ten years.
Musion are largely responsible for the modern phenomenon of live holograms, with their Eyeliner foil and rigging system the solution of choice for the majority of globally-watched events that used the technique, from Coachella to the Grammys.
On paper, it's simple – Eyeliner is a clear foil that is stretched at tension over a proprietary frame. This is rigged above a stage at a 45 degree angle. A reflective surface is placed on the stage, and a projector beams on to it. The projected image reflects into the foil, et voila, a hologram! Of course, it's nowhere near that easy to get right.
Height, Width, Depth
"For a start, it doesn't go up quickly," said Mario Valenti, Director of Sales at NW Group. "Our crew need a minimum of six hours. Ideally, you want to do it in a venue that has height, width, and depth.
"It really works when it's built into a set, which stops it looking 'boxed in'. We've had great success with it at venues like The Hordern Pavilion and the old Pavilion at Randwick – ceiling height is really important.
"We've also used it from fly bars at the Sydney Theatre Company and at the Opera House. Tiered seating is a challenge, as you have to make sure the audience aren't looking down onto the reflective surface on the stage.
"Having the audience spread 36 degrees either side of the illusion is optimal. When we've got a large audience and the angles are restrictive, we'll increase the foil to 12 metres wide, which increases the viewing angle. The ideal audience size is 400 to 500."
With the Eyeliner foil and the patented rigging, Haycom then need to provide their own projector, media server, and high-gain surface for the stage.
These can be anything suitable for the job, and Haycom chooses to use Christie 20K projectors with short throw lenses, Dataton's Watchout for media, and front-projection screens from their regular stock. "With Musion, it's important to have depth behind it," continued Mario.
"You need space and lighting that creates the extra dimension of looking through and behind the image. Sometimes we get asked to do Musion in venues where it won't work, and we have to say 'no' because it would look two-dimensional.
"When we do a six-wide and four-high Eyeliner screen, four metres high, at 45 degrees, with a 20×11 reflective surface, that gives us an optical height of 2.9 metres."
Content is King
The Eyeliner foil is the most expensive part of any Musion gig – and it's a one-shot deal per screen. After being tensioned, it's disposed of.
"It is the big ticket item," Mario pointed out. "It's a clear acetate-type plastic surface that comes on a big roll. The rigging is part of the license and is patented. It's an expensive product. It creates the 'Wow!' factor, but it's not for everyone's budget."
Even more important though, is the video content.
"Never underestimate the importance of the content," cautioned Mario. "We work with production company Shooting Star for content production. Every now and again a client thinks they can do the content themselves, but it's usually a disaster.
"There's all sorts of basics for hologram content that Shooting Star understand. For example, when filming a person on a green screen or black background, the lighting is really important – you need to create a silhouette around the subject for the illusion to work.
"The hardware's great, but content is where it's at. When you have both done well, the results are fantastic."
Silver Machine
The emerging challenger to Musion is Holo-Gauze, a patent-pending fine polymer gauze coated in pure silver, developed by English multi-media artist and inventor Stuart Warren Hill. It's a portable, easily rigged front-projection surface that's rapidly gaining popularity.
The Gold Coasts' IKONIX, a projection mapping, bespoke content, production, and set design firm helmed by Richard Saunders and Zachary Burton, is the first in Australia to have multiple Holo-Gauze surfaces for hire.
"The Holo-Gauze is hung flat off a pole or piece of truss with no angling and little tension," explained Richard. "It takes 10 to 15 mins to set up. Projector wise, we won't go lower than 14,000 lumens. Most shows we use one or two Christie 20Ks, depending on budget and room.
"We install the projector close and high, pointing at a 30 to 35 degree angle down at the screen. The projected image passes through the gauze and falls behind the stage so it can't be seen by the audience. We position lights in a way to enhance the effect – we use a lot of profiles and beams to control directivity and spill."
Go Deep
"If there's any interactivity of performers with the video, we use side booms to light up the performers," he continued, "or light from above depending on the venue. There's a lot of hard shuttering to control the edges.
"For the best illusions, the bigger the gauze the better, which gives you a seamless image from left to right and top to bottom. A bit of backlight gives depth, and some people have been using LED walls at the back of the stage to give the illusion of depth – something going on behind the illusion makes it seem more real."
Like Haycom's Musion system, IKONIX provide their own projectors and media servers. "A pure black background in the content is key, so it's all about the quality of the projector and its ability to project true black," Richard elaborated.
"We only use Christie projectors, and I believe the majority of our competitors do the same. Media servers don't have to be anything crazy; we use Avolite's Ai and on occasion QLab. If we're doing real-time interactivity with Kinect sensors, we might use Notch, Resolume, or d3."
Kid Gloves
With recent notable Holo-Gauze outings including Eurovision, Beyonce at The Grammys and superstar DJ Eric Prydz' 'Epic' tour, the product is rapidly gaining traction. "Its main point of difference is the brightness of the illusion," observed Richard.
"It's also the only surface that can produce true stereoscopic 3D with glasses. However, because it's coated in pure silver, it's very expensive. We handle it with cotton gloves because the acid on your fingers can tarnish silver, so it's quite delicate.
"You can treat it like a gauze, but you have to maintain the etiquette of how you put it up. It travels in special bags and doesn't leave our sight."
From CX Magazine – August 2017
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OpticsValley selected to join the US-EU cluster matchmaking event in Hannover
- Mar 28, 2016
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OpticsValley, a founding partner of the LASER-GO partnership, has been selected by the ECCP team to participate in the EU-US Cluster Cooperation Seminar and Matchmaking Event which will bring together 24 clusters from the EU to meet their US counterparts for the initial round of introductions. The event will take place in conjunction with the Hannover Messe on 25-26 April.
Opticsvalley represents over 200 SMEs and research organisations based in the Île-de-France region and mainly specialised in the field of photonics, electronics and software. The cluster as well as the LASER-GO partnership it represents is focused on getting to know the US clusters active in the field of health technologies aiming to pursue two objectives of LASER-GO: 1) to search for the application areas related to photonics-enabled technologies in health-related uses and 2) to link up with other clusters active in the areas which can increase the cross-sectorial scope of the present partnership and open up access to new value chains in mobility, smart cities, active and assisted living. In order to fulfil these objectives OpticsValley together with partners from LASER-GO (Human Technology Graz and LITEK Vilnius) will organise over the period of the next 12 months two missions to the US to explore the possibilities of establishing contacts with the clusters in the US involving companies using photonics in their products for health uses.
The first mission is being planned for October 2016. It will be organised with a side event in Minneapolis (Human Technology Graz will coordinate the mission) in conjunction to the participation at the AdvaMed, a yearly event of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (http://advamed2016.com/) due in Minneapolis on 17-19 October 2016. The goal of this mission is to create leads for future activities involving companies from LASER-GO clusters and their US counterparts to develop new product application ideas for medical devices, diagnostic products and health information systems. The second mission is planned to be organised with the help of the French Tech Hub, a subsidiary of Paris Region Enterprises, in collaboration with the Île-de-France regional authorities. The mission will explore the Greater Boston Area (where a French Tech Hub is located) and the Research Triangle Park in Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill, looking for potential cluster partners in the high-tech areas which have a high concentration of health tech companies. This search will start already at the EU-US Cluster Matchmaking Event in Hannover.
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Mr. Penumbra's 24 Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan( 4 out of 5)
What a quick, delightful little book. I liked this- not as much as Ready Player One, but it reminded me a LOT of Ready Player One. Not enough to get 5 stars, but that explanation is forthcoming.
Our hero of the story is a graphic designer out of a job due to the crummy recession(points for reality). He charms his way into a job at the local bookstore, which is, in itself, a rare place to shop, as it's 24 hours. Yes, it never closes. I think that delightful idea was probably why I wanted to read it. Well, that and the Ingram Advance catalog was very kind to it. And the bright yellow cover is very eye-catching(and like any good bookseller, I love a good book cover!). And did I mention that the book cover glows in the dark? GLOWS IN THE DARK.
Sorry, a bit off track there..but you get the reasons I picked up the book. It's a love letter to the book business. That's how I viewed it, despite the fact that the dreaded Kindle(any e-reader is dreader when you're a die-hard hard-copy devotee) makes an appearance several times in it. I love the fact that Penumbra has an ancient computer whizzing in the store. Anyway, Clay gets the job and sets out to figure out the mystery of the store. Why only a few clerks work there, why there is an ancient library card type check out system, why Penumbra is so insistent upon having a log book meticulously kept on all the customers(if the customer wears a new hat, what sort of hat is it? Details make a huge divot in the book.). Clay really thinks something is off here, and enlists several tech-savvy friends of his into doing computer-analysis of the customer clientele and boom! Several pertinent things happen. Secrets suddenly come out of the hallowed walls, like bats out of the belfry. The mysterious Penumbra becomes more involved and vocal, and there's even a trip to New York City involved and secret societies. It's not lame like DaVinci Code-style secret society, but the book reads like a love letter- to the book business, to the technological advances we have today, to the joy of picking up a book and smelling the glue and feeling a physical book in your hands, as opposed to a paper-thin computer screen. It goes on endlessly, but it's quirky, it's addictive, and the characters are awesome. The end is spectaculuar.
So why only 4 stars out of 5? I don't know, I still feel like there could have been another chapter or two in there. I think I mostly subtracted a star from the fact that it didn't go on longer….. but Robin Sloan has written a light, funny read that I will highly recommend to anyone who likes a novel out of the ordinary. That is definitely the case here(and it's a great thing!).


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Willow Bough
- Object:
- Place of origin:
London (printed)
- Date:
1887 (made)
1887 (published)
- Artist/Maker:
Morris, William, born 1834 - died 1896 (designer)
Morris & Co. (publisher)
Jeffrey & Co. (printer)
- Materials and Techniques:
block-printed in distemper colours, on paper
- Credit Line:
Given by Morris & Co.
- Museum number:
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level C, case DW, shelf 5, box 2
Object Type
In Britain, paper printed with patterns has been used for decorating walls since the 16th century. By the late 19th century wallpapers were widely used by all classes, in homes and also in public buildings. William Morris designed a number of wallpapers, all with repeating patterns based on natural forms.
Design & Designing
Many of Morris's wallpaper designs were based on plant forms which he studied at first hand. Some of his patterns, such as 'Trellis' and 'Garden Tulip' were drawn from plants in his own gardens. Others - such as 'Willow Bough' - were inspired by wild flowers and trees which he had seen on country walks. In 1881 he gave a lecture entitled 'Some Hints on Pattern Designing' in which he argued that the ideal pattern should have 'unmistakable suggestions of gardens and fields.' Morris also found ideas for his designs in the simple woodcut illustrations in 16th-century herbals (books describing plants and their various uses in medicine and cookery). He owned several books of this kind, including a copy of Gerard's Herball (published 1597) in which a willow branch is illustrated.
Subjects Depicted
The willow was one of Morris's favourite motifs and he used it in several of his designs for wallpaper and for textiles. Sometimes he used a small-scale pattern of simplified willow leaves as a background to other motifs, as in 'Lily' (1873) and 'Powdered' (1874). Also in 1874 he designed 'Willow', a simple stylised representation of willow branches on a dark ground. 'Willow Bough' is a more naturalistic version of this earlier pattern.
Physical description
Specimen of 'Willow Bough' wallpaper, a foliate pattern of intertwined willow leaves, green on pale-blue ground; Block-printed in distemper colours, on paper; Inscribed on the back in ink with title, number and price.
Part of 'Volume 2', a pattern book containing 27 Morris & Co. patterns from 1862-81 (E.530-608-1919).
Place of Origin
London (printed)
1887 (made)
1887 (published)
Morris, William, born 1834 - died 1896 (designer)
Morris & Co. (publisher)
Jeffrey & Co. (printer)
Materials and Techniques
block-printed in distemper colours, on paper
Marks and inscriptions
Willow Bough 229 / 6/-
Inscribed in ink on the back
Height: 68.6 cm unframed, Width: 53 cm unframed
Object history note
Printed in London by Jeffrey & Co. for Morris & Co.
The willow branch motif is basd on direct observation from nature. May Morris describes a walk with her father that inspired this design (see V&A Morris Catalogue, L.24).
Descriptive line
Specimen of 'Willow Bough' wallpaper, a foliate pattern of intertwined willow leaves, green on pale-blue ground; Block-printed in distemper colours, on paper; Designed by William Morris; Printed by Jeffrey & Co. for Morris & Co.; Part of 'Volume 2', a pattern book containing 27 Morris & Co. patterns from 1882-96 (E.530-608-1919); England; First issued 1887.
Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)
Parry, Linda, ed. William Morris London : Philip Wilson in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996. Published to coincide with an exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, 9 May-1 Sept. 1996.
Oman, Charles C., and Hamilton, Jean. Wallpapers: a history and illustrated catalogue of the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. London: Sotheby Publications, in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1982.
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Labels and date
British Galleries:
This late design shows Morris's favourite natural theme, willows. His daughter May Morris wrote 'We were walking one day by our little stream that runs into the Thames, and my Father pointed out details and variety in the leaf forms and soon afterwards this paper was done, a keenly observed rendering of our willows'. It became the firm's most popular wallpaper. [27/03/2003]
Production Note
Within pattern book Volume 2 (1882-96).
Paper; Distemper
Block printing
Subjects depicted
Foliate; Leaves (plant materials); All-over pattern; Willow leaves
Wall coverings
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection