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12 April 2019 12:00 AM 21 April 2019 12:00 AMSkydive City's 1st Annual FlamingoFest is our last big week of the winter season and welcoming the Summer Season. 4-way Scrambles Skillz in the Hillz™ Camps Wingsuit Courses Free Load Organizers High Altitude (HALO) Night Jumps Saturday Night DJ Bar Games Tournaments with prizes
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15 April 2019 12:00 AM 19 April 2019 12:00 AMCome fly from Monday to Friday and enjoy discounted jump tickets!! Normal policies apply: non-refundable, non-transferable. Can be upgraded to single jump price when outside of SkySaver Weeks. -- Ven a volar de lunes a viernes y disfruta de todos tus tickets de salto con descuento. Se aplica la misma política que normalmente: Tickets no reembolsables. No se permite tampoco la transmisión de tickets a otro titular. Pueden convertirse previo pago de la diferencia en tickets de salto normales fuera de la semana Sky$aver Week.
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19 April 2019 12:00 AM 21 April 2019 12:00 AMPlease visit htpps//SkydiveRatings.com for course information, a full course calendar and on-line registration. Questions? Send a message to firstname.lastname@example.com or text/call to 813-312-5651 We use WhatsApp for foreign skydivers(0018133125651) Thanks and Blue Skies! SkydiveRatings is Bram Clement's instructional rating school
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19 April 2019 12:00 AM 21 April 2019 12:00 AMAn epic event celebrating the change of the season! Skydive Arizona welcomes summer with world-class organizers, discounted tunnel sessions, and a party in the desert that will rock your world. Don't miss out on this boogie of the season!
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Upcoming Events
09 July 2020 Until 15 July 2020
0Our course is the most thorough "modern" & relevant freefall instructor-training program. Our Freefall Instructor Course is an all-inclusive course requiring no pre-course. SDU runs a simple to complex progression that trains you in clear steps to gain the tools of a professional freefall instructor. The course is 5 days plus two weather days. For more info: 386-801-8510
12 July 2020 Until 12 October 2020
0SkyonStage is an artistic skydiving game involving 5 different contests:
Freefly/Freestyle 2 way (one performer one cameraflyer)
Freefly/Skydance 3 way (two performers one cameraflyer)
Freefly/Skydance 5 way (four performers one cameraflyer)
Wingsuit acro 3 way (2 performers one cameraflyer)
Skysurf (one performer one cameraflyer)
One jump only. One Free Routine. Create your contest jump at any DZ of your choice. Mixed nationalities welcomed. Enter one contest only or all of them. Register your Teams within October the 12th 2020 and send your final choreography within December 1st 2020. Any of your training jumps that cover the video requirements (check Rule Book on the website) could be used later on as the contest routine, so if you like, you can start creating your possible routine jump now and register later.
Awards and medals for the winning teams. Special award for the competitor who entered most of the games and placed best Overall.
10 Best choreographies per contest will be published on skyonstage website. All video routines will be pubblished on related skyonstage youtube and vimeo channel. Form your teams, have fun in creating a choreography, send your video
15 July 2020
0Dear skydiver, we invite you to the coolest island boogie in Estonia!
Parasummer 2020 will be taking place on 11 – 18 July 2020 in Kuressaare – the capital of the biggest island in Estonia – Saaremaa. Hosted by Skydive Estonia. Make sure you invite your fellow skydivers as well!
Why to attend?
Coolest and biggest boogies in the region Innhopp to Abruka Island Demo landing to Raiekivi Säär Beach landings Coaching and load organizing in formation skydiving, freefly, canopy formation and wingsuit Free load organising by Kate Cooper-Jensen (FS), Marco Arrigo (FS), Heidi Lindewall (FF), Matti Miilumäki (FF) and Pasi Pirttikoski (CF) Jumping with a wonderful island view Parasummer has been selected as one of three official training camps for preparing for the European canopy formation record But of course parties, sauna, beautiful island scenery, sandy beaches, good people, great vibes. In general, the best possible reasons to book your summer vacation for that week and come join us in celebrating Parasummer 2020! Take your friends and family with you!
15 July 2020 Until 16 July 2020
Our Active Piloting canopy course teaches you to be a pilot, not a passenger. Experience every control input your canopy has to offer, and learn to fly where you want to go in a range of wind conditions. Try out precision turns and start playing with front risers up high to fully understand the speed your wing is capable of. Gain the tools to deal with difficult situations. We'll even have you trying out some crosswind landings! Learn how to use your body position to control the canopy and keep you safer at the same time. Improve your flying more than you thought possible. You will leave a more capable and much more assertive canopy pilot. Fly with newfound confidence.
• For pilots who want to:
• Become a pilot, not a passenger
• Deal with different wind conditions
• Fly their canopy where they want to go
• Learn precise and accurate inputs
• Experiment with front risers up high
• Learn to use harness inputs
• Utilize their body position
• Know how to prevent a low turn
• Practice half-braked approaches
• Land crosswind safely
• Fly with confidence
COACH: Bruno Geada
Bruno Geada started skydiving in 1999 and began his professional skydiving career in 2004, since then has accumulated 5300+jumps.
Canopy control has always been a big passion of his, so in 2013 he created the Fly Safe Canopy Control Courses for Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced skydivers and in 2015 joined 'The Canopy School.' He's currently based in the Algarve, south of Portugal, where he works for Skydive Algarve as an Instructor and Canopy Coach.
2 day course, 8 jumps included: 408.20€
(non-refundable 75 € deposit to book)
Combined The Canopy School 1.1 and 1.2 Courses
5-6 hours
Completed AFF and consolidation jumps
To book your place, please go to the following link where you can book directly https://bookings.burblesoft.eu/index/3911/31
17 July 2020 12:00 PM Until 26 July 2020 05:30 PM
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A situation comedy centered on Caroline Duffy, a young cartoonist living in the Tribeca neighborhood of New York City. Each episode begins with a brief animated sequence reflecting the autobiographical nature of her syndicated newspaper cartoon strip Caroline in the City, explicitly compared with the real comic strip Cathy in several episodes. The first season hinged on the complicated romantic relationship between Caroline and Del, a divorced hunk with commitment problems, and a slowly evolving, understated romantic attraction between Caroline and Richard, her cynical colorist who, as a aspiring painter, is embarrassed by his job and at first resists becoming entangled in Caroline's personal life but slowly realizes he is falling in love with her. Comic relief is provided by Caroline's neighbor and best friend Annie, a professional dancer trapped in the endless run of Cats and an endless succession of unsuccessful relationships with men, and Del's bizarre underling Charlie.
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To mark #IslamicBookDay , we have asked a number of authors some questions in the hope that this will inspire a new wave of Islamic literature for children. If you have a desire to write, or have little ones who have shown an interest in writing, this may give you some motivation!
Zanib Mian is the founder of Sweet Apple Books.
1. What's your favourite Islamic children's book?
Tough one! As there are so many wonderful books out there now MashaAllah. I would have to say 'How Big is Allah' by Emma Apple, simply because my son is full of those sorts of questions!
2. As a child, what did you aspire to be?
I wanted to be a teacher, but I always loved writing and rhyming. I did become a teacher, and taught for five years before focusing full-time on writing and publishing books.
3. What advice do you have for children wanting to write a book?
I started writing when I was just a little girl, and I used to write about everything and anything and show it to everyone. I'd like to advise budding authors to do that too!
Thank you Zanib!


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Project Based Learning
Project Based Learning in the German classroom
The Goethe-Institut offerd a three days of advanced training for German teachers:
Project Based Learning in the German Classroom
Project Based Learning promotes creativity, critical thinking, self-direction, and teamwork to create solutions to real world issues or problems.
It also offers the opportunity to integrate different subjects. Through PBL, students will become more engaged with the subject content.
The advanced training focusED on
- What is Project Based Learning (PBL) and how can it be integrated into the German classroom?
- How different disciplines can work together
- How to integrate technology, i.e. the flipped classroom
- Various teaching methods
- Developing a project
The material will be available shortly.
Goethe-Institut Chicago
150 N Michigan Ave, Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60601
Tel: +1 312 263 0472
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Imagine if streets currently filled with cars and exhaust fumes were instead places where children could play safely and happily, where pedestrians and cyclists could travel without fear, and where we could all move without breathing in noxious air.
"That's the vision we have for our cities.
At present, many parts of London still suffer from illegal levels of air pollution, which is linked to a wide variety of illnesses ranging from diabetes and cancer to dementia and respiratory conditions. Children and babies are particularly vulnerable, as are pregnant women.
Mums for Lungs is a group of parents concerned about the effects of poor air quality on their families' health. We were set up a little over two years ago and now have groups across London.
We believe active travel plays an absolutely key role in tackling the air pollution crisis, and that it has multiple additional benefits for public health, safety, the environment and in addressing the wider climate emergency.
One way in which parents can help is by advocating for School Streets, where roads around schools are closed to cars at drop-off and pick-up times. This pioneering idea has taken off as public concerns about children's exposure to air pollution grows. More than 800 schools across London regularly breach air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide of 40µg/m3, while pollution exposure inside cars can be many times higher than outside.
Not only do School Streets make the area around a school cleaner and safer, but they encourage parents and children to use more sustainable and active forms of transport.
A School Streets trial at a primary school in Eltham resulted in a 54% reduction in cars driving to school, a 27% increase in cycling and 9% increase in scooting.
There are now dozens of School Streets across London and across the UK in cities such as Birmingham and Edinburgh, and many more going through consultation. We provide resources and support for parents who want to advocate for one in their area.
Our recent STEPtember campaign also encouraged people to reduce their car use for a month and to shift to more active forms of transport. Responses from participants have been very positive.
As well as these campaigns, we work to combat idling, respond to consultations that affect the mix of transport in the city and challenge misconceptions about air quality in the media.
We've also held fabulous street parties on closed-off urban roads to show people what our cities could look, feel, sound and smell like. Maybe in the future cars coming down your street will be the exception and children playing, cycling and running will be the norm."
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As I excitedly anticipate Spring I was inspired to share my top 10 favorite ways to wear a scarf. I just love how a scarf can completely transform an outfit and I hope you get some inspiration to spice up your look as Spring approaches. I apologize for the sound issues at the beginning of the video with the scarf touching the microphone during the demonstrations. Subscribe to my channel to see my new videos every week.
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Vicksburg, Summer 1862
In the summer of 1862 Vicksburg, Mississippi, became the focal point of Union and Confederate efforts in the western theater. Union naval forces converged on Vicksburg from the north and south. Flag officer David Farragut's flotilla captured New Orleans on 25 April and ascended the river to capture Baton Rouge on 9 May and Natchez on 12 May. Simultaneously, a Union fleet under the command of flag officer Charles H. Davis descended the river and captured the Confederate stronghold at Island No. 10 on 8 April and Memphis on 6 June. This series of events made Vicksburg and Port Hudson, Louisiana, the last remaining Confederate strongholds on the Mississippi River.
On 18 May 1862 the vanguard of Union naval forces under Cmdr. S. Phillips Lee arrived outside of Vicksburg as part of Farragut's fleet coming from the south. Lee demanded the surrender of the town and received a curt rebuff from both civil and military authorities. Although indignant over the Confederate response, Lee could only await Farragut's arrival with the rest of the fleet.
Farragut arrived on 21 May, but his forces faced significant obstacles. Vicksburg's natural bluffs were high, all of his vessels were composed of wood, and several of his vessels possessed deep drafts for ocean sailing. If the Mississippi River's water level fell, many of his ships would be trapped. Furthermore, only fourteen hundred troops under Gen. Thomas Williams had accompanied the fleet. Farragut called a council of war and, after much debate, ordered his larger sloops of war to return downriver on 26 May. A small flotilla of six gunboats remained to keep watch at Vicksburg.
Farragut was not gone long. The Navy Department ordered him immediately to return to Vicksburg and attempt to capture the city. Farragut reluctantly reassembled his fleet, including sixteen mortar scows to lob high-trajectory shots into the city. The flotilla arrived at Vicksburg on 25 June.
On 28 June Farragut attacked the Hill City in an attempt to silence the Confederate guns. Thick clouds of smoke from the discharge of cannons blanketed the river and limited both sides' visibility. Union cannoneers found that their guns could not elevate high enough to fire on most of the Confederate battery positions atop the bluffs. The fight, which lasted more than two and a half hours, inflicted little damage on either side. Seven vessels proceeded north past the city and anchored on the opposite side of De Soto Point. On 1 July, Davis arrived with his fleet from Memphis and rendezvoused with Farragut.
At the same time, Gen. Williams pressed fifteen hundred recently freed slaves into service to dig a canal across the peninsula opposite Vicksburg. By July the canal measured eighteen feet wide and thirteen feet deep, but the falling river level and mosquito-related diseases forced the end of the project.
To counter the Federal river menace, Confederates had begun construction of an ironclad in 1861 at Memphis. The city's fall necessitated the movement of the vessel to a safer location near Greenwood. Construction slowed to a near standstill until Capt. Isaac N. Brown of the Confederate Navy took command in May 1862. Brown moved the unfinished hull to Yazoo City and within five weeks finished armoring, arming, and equipping the vessel. The CSS Arkansas measured 165 feet in length and 35 feet abeam and drew 14 feet. The vessel carried a complement of ten guns and a crew of around 160 officers and men. Its armor consisted of railroad iron fitted to the vertical sides.
On 15 July the Arkansas emerged for a fight. Steaming down the Yazoo River, it encountered three boats guarding the entrance to the Mississippi River. The Arkansas ran one boat aground and chased the other two vessels toward Vicksburg. Emerging into the main river, the Confederate ironclad confronted the combined Union fleets. Fortunately for Brown, most of the Union vessels did not have adequate steam pressure to make way, and his boat ran the gauntlet to dock at Vicksburg. Farragut twice failed to sink the Arkansas at its mooring, but the boat was scuttled in August when its engines failed outside Baton Rouge.
By the end of July the falling water level on the Mississippi forced the Union vessels to retreat from Vicksburg, leaving a portion of the Mississippi River under Confederate control. Despite the US Navy's most energetic efforts, the Confederate forces at Vicksburg remained defiant.
Further Reading
- Edwin C. Bearss, Rebel Victory at Vicksburg (1963)
- Isaac N. Brown, in Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, vol. 3., ed. C. C. Buell and R. U. Johnson (1884)
- Tom Z. Parrish, The Saga of the Confederate Ram Arkansas (1987)


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I received the above error when I attempting to upload files to the Site Assets document library in my SharePoint 2013 site collection. My customer wanted to upload some files from another project into this folder. I thought, "This should be easy". And then this happened...
I first noticed this after I was able to copy a full folder of files but once I refreshed the folder, all of the files were no longer present. The document library was completely empty as if I had never uploaded anything. The size of the file didn't seem to matter.
I decided to filter on errors while uploading the files to see what my SharePoint ULS logs had to say. It appears my database is full.
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If you are not able to upload files to a document library and receive the error that "It may refer to a nonexistent file or folder, or refer to a valid file or folder that is not in the web". You may also see the files that you upload disappear regardless the size of the file.
We should check the SharePoint ULS logs to determine if our database is full. We should then check the disk space on the SQL server and clear the SQL log files.


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Vietnam Plans Second Remote Sensing Satellite - 13/05/2013
Having successfully launched its first remote sensing satellite as recently as 7 May 2013, Vietnam has already announced the launch of the second satellite, VNREDSat-1B, scheduled to go into orbit by 2017. Vietnam has become the fifth ASEAN nation to own a remote sensing satellite after Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.
Vietnam has reached an agreement with Belgium upon which Belgian companies under the auspices of Spacebel, a Belgian software engineering company operating in the Space and Earth monitoring applications sectors, will manufacture the VNREDSat-1B. The second remote sensing satellite will help to monitor natural resources and natural disasters, and improve management of the territory and main natural resources sources.
The VNREDSat-1B will be originated from a group of PROBA ( Project for On-Board Autonomy) satellites of the European Space Agency (ESA). The project will cost a total of over EUR60 million from Belgium's official development assistance (ODA) and the Vietnamese government's corresponding fund. The satellite has a weight of about 130kg.
Vietnam's first remote sensing satellite VNREDSat-1 was launched into orbit, together with two other satellites: a 140kg Proba-V satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) to map vegetation cover, and a 1.3kg Estonian micro-satellite, ESTCube-1 to test an electric solar sail by Arianespace from the Guiana Space Center, French Guiana.
The Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology has stated that the satellite successfully sent its first photos of Vietnam to the ground receiving station on 9 May. The ground stations can connect with the satellite from two to four times per day through the satellite signal receiving and transmitting station located in Hanoi-based Hoa Lac Hi-Tech Park.
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Disclosure for this color of the year posting: This posting does contain consultant links (which means I earn a percentage of the sale since I'm an Independent Consultant for Jamberry) but all opinions are strictly my own.
The color Marsala. It's the color of the year for 2015 and it's MY color. Why do I love this color so much? For starters I've been told that I'm a red kinda gal. Lots of people tell me that I look good in red. I've been hearing this for years. Even in my youth people were commenting on it. Red this and red that. That it's my color. But doesn't everyone look good in red? Seriously. Every hair color and skin tone looks great in red. No matter what people say about the gingers avoiding red… Everyone looks great in red!
So if you are a redhead I say go for it. Wear red! Still on the fence? Need an example to let you know that it's okay to make the leap? My favorite redhead in red blogger is The Freckled Fox. She's a redhead and she knows how to work the color red. Basically Emily–Can I call her Emily? I feel like we are friends? I mean I follow her on Instagram and once she responded to something that I commented on. So that makes us kinda on the first name basis, right?–she has all the fashion down. Not just the red options. What can I say? She's fashionable. Redhead or not and need some fashion advice: Check in with The Freckled Fox lady. Yep. Her looks transcend across all hair shades. I promise. Maybe I can convince her to one day more to St. Louis and become my personal shopper??? Who am I kidding? It's the day of the internet. She can just directly me from where she is. Emily, help a gal out. I need some outfits thrown together. Okay. Maybe if you just have the time to piece together one outfit for me? Please and thank you.
What exactly was the point that I was trying to make in all of the above? Basically? Everyone can wear red. You, me, EVERYONE. So I need to wear some more red in my life. I think that's why I purposely bought that red infinity scarf for our family pictures recently. It was a brilliant shade of red and it called out to me at the store. When I look in my closet I see tons of gray, black, and navy. All good staples. All good. But nothing that really pops. I guess that I'm always hesitant to have too many pieces in red? Which is funny if you really think about it because I have tons of the other colors in my closet! So imagine my happiness when I heard the Color of the Year for 2015… MARSALA!!! Now that's a red that I can endorse the purchasing of lots of. Why? Because Marsala is so very versatile. It's not just red. It's so many different shades of red. Basically it encompasses ALL the hues of red. Some might describe it as Burgundy. Others Maroon. The color Marsala can be found in lighter and darker shades. Here are a few of my style favorites:
(Style cred. goes to: The Gap, Shabby Apple, Bridgitte Bailey, Anne Klein, and Jamberry Nails.)
Now do you see what I mean about Marsala? I can flood my closet with it and it won't overwhelm as just one specific color. It's not just red red, but kinda red and kinda a lot of other colors. You can't go wrong with the color Marsala. It's a win-win in my book. Yay for 2015! The color of Marsala!
Want to get those Marsala nail wraps??? Remember I'm an Independent Consultant for Jamberry Nails so you know where to get 'em. *wink*
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A controversial Channel 4 documentary has caused outrage with its depiction of a 45-year-old British man's quest to lose his virginity to the professional "surrogate sex partner" who inspired the Oscar-nominated film The Sessions.
Clive, an IT worker and devout Christian, travelled to the US to enrol on "radical sex therapy" sessions with Cheryl Cohen-Greene, a surrogate sex partner who charges $300 for two-hour sessions in which she performs multiple sex acts on her client, and finally has intercourse with him.
Cohen-Greene, who makes $50,000 a year, focuses on helping Clive to overcome his fears of intimacy during the documentary, which was screened on Thursday 28 March. Her controversial work, which has been condemned as prostitution in all but name, inspired last year's film, The Sessions, starring Helen Hunt.
"I look at our work like this: If you go to a prostitute, it's like going to a restaurant. You read the menu, you choose what you want, they prepare, they hope that you love it, and hopefully you want to come back," said Cohen-Greene.
"With a surrogate, it's like going to cooking school. You get the ingredients, you learn to make a meal together, and then the point is to go out into the world and share that and not come back."
Around 10 percent of her clients were academics, or career-focused virgins who had neglected their sex lives, she told the New York Post.
"They're like, 'Oh my God, I don't want to come across as inexperienced'," she said. "They finally say, 'Life is too short. I've got to go into surrogate therapy.' "
The documentary, entitled 40-Year-Old Virgins, also features Rosie, a 29-year-old virgin who can't bear to be touched by men, believing they "smell like a cross between aftershave and ham".
"If you want the job done, get an expert," Rosie says of her plan to lose her virginity to Gary, 55, a former tennis professional who now works as a counsellor and sex surrogate.
Channel 4's chief creative officer, Jay Hunt, said of the documentary: "It's heart-warming. I've never seen anything like it.
"They talk in detail about what it's like to have never had any sexual contact with anybody."
Following last year's Oscar-nominated The Sessions, which told the real-life story of the late polio sufferer Mark O'Brien and his experiences with a sex surrogate, Cohen-Greene and other sex surrogates have lifted the lid on details of their controversial profession.
"People tend to be ill-informed about what a surrogate partner does. They think of it pejoratively, the same as a sex worker, but it's not," said Fern Arden, a sex therapist who provides treatment for psychosexual problems at the private clinic she founded in Central Park West, Manhattan.
"Just as you have legitimate massage therapists and people who run massage parlors, there is a huge difference between them.
"The focus is not sex, but familiarity and intimacy. We provide an environment, not for sexual pleasure, but for sexual learning."
Arden's staff of female surrogate partners give clients, mostly virgins in their 40s, one-on-one coaching in "caressing techniques, kissing, feeling relaxed with another person in the nude and, inevitably, the sex act itself", according to the New York Post.
Arden, who has a PhD from the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality, charges between $3,000 and $5,000 for a course of 12 to 15 sessions with herself and her staff.
There are 30 currently sex surrogates registered in the US under the International Professional Surrogates Association. Surrogates must complete a two-week training program with the society to become registered, and must also be employed by a licensed sex therapist.
The trade operates in a legally grey area, with some believing it amounts to prostitution. Clients "have agreed to pay money for a sexual experience, and everyone understands that's the transaction. In my view, that's prostitution", said Derrelle Janey, a defence attorney at the Manhattan law firm Gottleib and Gordon.
"It doesn't matter if the client is disabled, it doesn't matter if he is suffering from some kind of emotional distress - that just makes it kind of sad."
But Arden defended her practice.
"You would typically need a partner to resolve most sexual problems, and for single men that is obviously an issue," she said.
"Most of the men who come to my centre are sexually inexperienced, so the surrogate programme allows them to progress with their treatment.
"People have this perception of a sex surrogate as, 'Oh wow, I am going to have a sexual teacher and we're going to have hot sex', but it's not that way at all.
"The sessions with the surrogate evolve gradually. It's a very gradual, sensual process of getting used to holding hands, caressing and kissing. Clients could come into treatment for several visits before they even take their clothes off."
Staff and clients at the clinic are tested for STDs every two months.
Sarah, a member of staff with a background in sexual psychology and social work, said: "I usually begin sessions by working on eye contact and the way they hold their bodies.
"We use massage and touch therapy, so the client can learn to be in the moment, be comfortable with their bodies and become aware of the sensations.
"We take a mind-and-body approach and slowly remove anxiety out of the equation."
She refused to disclose whether she had penetrative sex with her clients.
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I haven't actually been very pro-active about configuring keybindings in applications.
When you're not using qwerty, the default shortcut keys can be pretty bad. Sometimes you get lucky and they correspond to the actions they're bound to, like "n" for "next". Other times, though, they're bound based on their position on the keyboard and how they relate to one another. If you don't use the keyboard layout they were designed for, the bindings will seem all over the place.
For those reasons, it's great if applications and websites allow you to change the keybindings yourself. Get that setup however best suits you and your hands. In simple cases, you might even be able to get away with configuring a one-handed scheme. Especially useful in places where you also still want to use the mouse often.
There's also situations in which you're just stuck with the defaults. Always sad.
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From the moment she arrived in Lebanon, Martha*, an Ethiopian woman in her twenties, was subjected to abuse by her employer and her three children – a 9-year-old and two teenagers. They beat her ceaselessly, verbally abused her, locked her in the house, and bolted the fridge door. "Imagine a 9-year-old child beating you. I cried," said Martha. Two months into her 'contract', she escaped to the Ethiopian consulate where she was followed by her employer, with children in tow, who tried to publically beat her. The consulate protected her and let her leave with an apparently apologetic member of the employment agency that had brought Martha to Lebanon.
Surprisingly, Martha was sent back to the same family and the brutal regime from which she had fled. "I tried to kill myself by drinking some cleaning liquid, but only my mouth burned. I did not try again," Martha smiled sadly. In fact, Martha lasted a year and escaped when her employer asked her to go out and buy a broom. "As soon as I was outside, I started to run."
Martha survived, but many other women who come to this country as maids, only find themselves hostages to brutality that ends up taking their lives. In the past two weeks, four Ethiopian women have died in Lebanon as a result of either suspected or confirmed suicide. Three – Matente Kebede Zeditu (26), Saneet Mariam (30), and Tezeta Yalmiya (26) – were reported in the media. Although Human Rights Watch's (HRW) figure of more than one death out of around 200,000 domestic workers per week created waves when it was released in August 2008, the Lebanese government has taken no substantial action, and maids keep dying needlessly.
"These deaths are the tip of the iceberg," says Nadim Houry, senior researcher at HRW. "It is only the most dramatic manifestation of a number of violations [of basic human rights] such as ill-treatment, and isolation of these workers."
For example, it is standard practice for Lebanese employers to 'retain' the domestic worker's passport, while many do not let them go out for years at a time. Verbal abuse is common as is the withholding of salaries.
Although most of these "standard practices" are illegal under the Lebanese constitution and the overwhelming majority of Lebanese, who employ domestic staff treat them fairly, the problem is that there is no law enforcement body to protect the most basic human rights of foreign maids and prosecute abusive employers.
As a result, many choose to end their lives. But even then, the suffering continues with the repatriation of the body. A Nepali woman who died at the end of August is still in the morgue. "There are some cases where a body is left in the fridge for a long time, and neither the insurance nor the employer wants to pay for the trip home," says Houry. The best way to stop these deaths, he says, is to hold the Lebanese government accountable. "What would be required are concrete measures by the government that would reduce the isolation that these workers feel."
Official police sources said that the Ethiopian woman who committed suicide by jumping from the seventh floor in Gemmayze, did so because of a soured relationship with her sister. Nevertheless, Broukti*, an Ethiopian domestic worker, who has worked for more than a decade in Lebanon and is also a local community organizer, is skeptical. "I don't believe it. If it was in Ethiopia, nobody would kill herself because she fought with her sister."
In fact, according to the deaths recorded by HRW, much more than half of all deaths are those of Ethiopian women who make up less than a quarter of the workforce. Broukti has two explanations. Firstly, the problem is that many of the women from her country come from rural areas and pay hundreds of dollars to smugglers believing they will work in white-collar jobs abroad. When they arrive in Lebanon, they find their situation unbearable. The Ethiopian government's ban on Ethiopians coming to Lebanon since last year has only exacerbated the problem.
Furthermore, for many of these women, the treatment as second-class human beings without family, friends, culture and humanity is insufferable. "We are Ethiopians with a history. We have never been colonized. We colonized until the border of Saudi Arabia. We're a very proud nation," Broukti says.
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text: Sea Water Could Hold Key to Fuel Demands Thursday, 07 February 2013 The answer to society's fuel demands could literally be all around us– in fact it makes up two thirds of the planet's surface. An international research team led by the University of Aberdeen, with partners including Oxford Brookes University, are hoping to make biofuels out of microscopic algae found in the world's oceans and seas. Currently biofuels are created from crops and land-based vegetation – something project coordinator Dr Oliver Ebenhoeh, from the University of Aberdeen's Institute of Complex Systems and Mathematical Biology, says is not sustainable.He said: "We need to find efficient ways of supplying our energy demand in a way that doesn't compete for valuable resources like arable land or fresh water. We can't just put corn in your car's gas tank because it's being used to feed millions already - it won't be sustainable. This is one of the key motivations to look into marine microalgae."Cultivating algae using water that can't be used for irrigation, like salt water or brackish water, makes sense because it's so vast – it's all around us and there's no competition to use the land to grow other things."The AccliPhot project is due to run for four years and is backed by €4million of EU funding and involves 12 partners from across the continent.The team will try to understand more fully how plants and microalgae respond to changes in light and other conditions and use that information to make new products.Dr Mark Poolman, Senior Research Fellow and principle investigator of the Oxford Brookes component, commented: "This is an extremely exciting project bringing together a unique group of scientists with expertise covering theoretical and experimental and industrial scale biology."A particular feature of this project is the fact that we will be training early career scientists, all of whom will be spending time learning at other partner institutions, not just the their host institution. Two of these will be employed at Oxford Brookes for three years each as part of the project."As well as addressing specific problems concerning biofuel production, the potential scope is more wide ranging, as we expect techniques developed as a result of this collaboration to be applicable to many other areas of applied biochemistry, and by the end of the project have a core of young scientists fully trained to use them."Whilst the main focus is on biofuels the study could also yield breakthroughs in antibiotics, nutritional supplements or even produce chemical compounds used in the cosmetics industry.Micro algae eat nothing but carbon dioxide, light and some minerals. Cells of microalgae typically measure between a few to several hundred micrometers across and can be grown in vast numbers in giant 10,000 litre water tanks called photo-bioreactors. So if they can be successfully cultivated to make biofuels they could contribute hugely to the planet's energy consumption.


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My name is Charlie, and my dad is Bryan King - this year on the 18th April Bryan "Kingy" turns 70 - and I am trying to put together a special present for him. He is a very hard man to buy presents for - so I have to really put my thinking cap on!!
This time around I am looking to put together a birthday messages DVD - and it will be made up of short video messages from people that want to contribute.
I have set up a special email, firstname.lastname@example.com and it's sole purpose is to receive the video messages sent by folk - this email address can be shared.
The aim is then to present the video to Dad on the 20th April when he is in the UK next as a surprise.
So I am wondering if - I can get your help in getting the message out there - inviting people that know him, worked with him, or watched him play to submit a short birthday greeting - a video no more than 15-20 seconds long - I am thinking a simple video shot on an iPhone or similar and sent over. If people would prefer to take a "selfie" holding a message then I can cut those in too.
If I get a great response - I will look to make it available through YouTube for example.
I will need a couple of weeks to put the end result together - so I am thinking of a deadline - of April 6th 2017


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As you may know, Rescube Robotics is competing at one of the world's largest Robotics Championship, the RoboCup in Leipzig, Germany. The prestigous event hosts 3500 competitors from around 40 countries, in the Rescue Robot League there are 19 teams from South Korea to Mexico.
Our apologies for the rare news: even at the last time everyone tries to do his best to make our robot even more dexterous, clever and reliable. We don't sleep much, but in exchange we are pretty happy each time we look at the scoreboard.
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- After the second day of the three day qualification phase we are at the 8th place
- This means we have a good chance to enter the finals on Sunday (probably the first 10 team);
Once we know the final results, we will let you know (and probably we will not sleep tonight again…).
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Microcontroller Based Sms Micro E-Load Vending Machine
A Thesis Topic Proposal Presented to the Faculty of the Department of Electronics & Communications Engineering College of Engineering, De La Salle University
In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering
By Cu, Joshua C. Uy, Jeckson T. August, 2006
Background of the Study
Presently, there has been a world-wide spread use of cellular phones. Cellular
communication plays an important role in our daily life. It helps us locate and be in touch with another person in a remote location. Since the Philippines being a developing country 33% of our population is under poverty (Senate Economic Planning Office, 2005). Wireless Telecommunications Company offered prepaid loading option that is highly suitable in the Philippine setting. Subscribers purchase consumable credits for their account in preset denominations. These gave subscribers limited option to choose the amount they will load up. Then in 2003, telecommunication companies addressed that problem by launching a nation-wide auto reloading stations through a retailer SIM card that vendors can use to pass an amount of load as specified by the subscriber starting at an appreciable amount of money with an increment of one peso. This new prepaid loading service was introduced to capture the interest of budget minded Filipinos or blue collared employees that prefers to load up in smaller denomination. It is difficult for these people to purchase prepaid loads amounting to hundreds of pesos in one transaction because of their daily budget. That is why people are in a day-to-day basis of buying prepaid loads and a wide-spread of auto loading services nationwide. Subscribers can reload from a minimum of P25 up to a
thousand with a P1 denomination. Business people are attracted to this service because it is a low investment business which a person can manage on his/her own.
Statement of the Problem
The current process of e-load reloading is typing the password, recipient's phone
number and the amount of prepaid credit. A mere "0" added to the amount could lead to an enormous loss of income. There will be no means to cancel the transaction once it has been sent. Considering that the earnings are small, any mistakes made are devastating. That's why it is very important to encode the proper amount and number to the GSM device. A prepaid load can also not be delivered properly when the vendor themselves commits mistake in encoding the recipient's number. Telecommunication companies are not liable to the mistakes done by the retailer. That's why there is a need to eliminate the cause of this error. There is a need to automate the current auto loading system implemented here in the Philippines. As seen in most stores, the prepaid auto reloading services are being done manually with the vendor using his/her cellular phone to make the transaction. Considering that the transaction is being processed manually, there is the chance for the seller to commit unwanted mistakes, mistakes which could lead to money loss or the loss of income. To avoid these unnecessary mistakes, there is a need to automate ("interview", 2006).
There is a need eliminate the cause of error in the conventional auto reloading services.
1.3.1. General Objective(s)
To automate the prepaid auto loading services implemented here in the Philippines by constructing a vending machine.
1.3.2. Specific Objectives
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It's About the Three R's
When are the politicians on both sides of the political spectrum going to realize that it is not the progressives/liberals against the obstructionists/conservatives? It is about the failure to apply in governing the country the principles of the Three R's: rights, responsibilities and reconciliation. Stated simply, this is a doctrine that espouses the notion that each right carries with it a responsibility, and individuals (or society on far-reaching issues) must reconcile these two in compliance with their moral and intellectual beliefs.
Before discussing this doctrine in more detail, I should delineate what the it is that I'm talking about. It is just about everything that enters the equation when people interact with one another: the rules, the coda, the ethics, the governance, the obligations, the laws, the regulations, the punishment, the rewards, the restrictions, the privileges, the compassion, the wants, the needs, the use of resources, waste, conservation, everything.
In the world around us, there is nothing more basic than the interaction of living entities with the environment or with other organisms. Within a cell, for instance, there are structures that wall off one organelle from others in order that the cell as a whole may survive; that is, there is something that governs the function of organelles and regulates their interaction for the greater good. The cell itself is walled off from the environment for similar reasons – survival. And there is a complex biological system within each cell that governs its interaction with other cells. At the multicellular level (the organ) there are neuronal systems that fulfill a similar function. Inherent in this stratification of parts is the principle that each cell or organ has the 'right' to exist; indeed, must exist in some cases for survival of the greater assemblage (for survival of organs in the case of cells, for survival of organisms in the case of organs).
To be sure, there is more going on than cells or organs having individual rights; there are feedback mechanisms in place that signal what cells or organs need from surrounding cells or organs to survive, that define the responsibility of one part to another. Cells and organs do not intuit this; there are simple biological laws that prevent encroachment of one cell on others or one organ on others. When these laws are violated, when cells in effect run wild, we have cancer or organ failure.
The trick for survival of complex organisms, then, is to reconcile the rights with the responsibilities.
This reciprocal relationship and balancing of rights and responsibilities is found in societies as well as organisms. Some conservative talk show hosts make a big deal about how the rights of individual A end when they encroach on the rights of individual B, or they deny there is a moral obligation of members of society to provide for one another. These hosts would get no dissent from me as far as their arguments go, although they might do better to go beyond focusing on rights and responsibilities and giving some attention to the fine art of reconciliation.
These host would do well to remember that the rights of one person do not trump those of others on an individual basis, especially when the individuals are more or less equal in their opportunities to thrive. But, rights create responsibilities that sometimes reach beyond interaction of individuals only. For society to survive (the common good), some rights must be modulated and when individuals are not created equal (those with disabilities, for example) it could be argued that some citizens are responsible for others. Look at the first case (the survival of society) in terms of public health; citizens have the right to free association, but when it comes to contagious diseases, this right properly may be limited. This is reconciliation for the public welfare. And, in dealing with citizens who are at physical or intellectual disadvantage, there is no doubt that the process of reconciliation between their rights and responsibilities of others must be finely tuned for the benefit of society as a whole. This latter is not a moral issue, but an 'organic' one.
Without being pedantic about it, let's look at the reconciliation between rights and responsibilities for several issues that seem central to current politics. Citizens have the right to practice whatever religion they choose, or none at all. In turn, it is their individual responsibilities not to interfere with religious choices of others; the only proper role of the government is to assure that no laws are passed that limit the right to choose. Citizens have the right to bear arms and the corresponding responsibility to exercise good judgment in doing so. No other citizens nor the government itself have the right or duty to infringe on this individual right. This is not to say that common sense controls, such as licensing or prohibition of certain weapons or at certain public functions, cannot be imposed for the public welfare, but this sort of reconciliation must be debated by citizens and mutually agreeable to them. Citizens have the right to free speech and the concomitant responsibility to be reasonable in exercising the right, by not doing such things as causing panic, avoiding slander, or promulgating treason. Reconciliation in the arena of free speech must be approached very carefully. Even common sense restrictions may be overreaching and such things as a 'fairness doctrine' or differential taxes on any type of communications media for purpose of diversity must be avoided. Rather than plodding through the entire Bill of Rights, suffice it to say that the point of all this is that reconciliation is where the action is and it varies from one right to the next in terms of its extent or the government's role.
Equally important as the notion of reconciliation is the issue of what are and are not rights granted to citizens by the constitution. In terms of current discussions, no person born outside the country has the right to citizenship, no citizen has the right to the property of others, and no citizen has the right to education, housing or health care. While these things are not rights, individuals do have the right to pursue them. Nonresidents can earn citizenship by following certain laws, any citizen may acquire by fair means the property of another, and all citizens are free to pursue happiness in terms of housing, education and health care (notice the references to laws, fair means, and pursuit of happiness).
The question central to current politics is how to deal with the issues mentioned above (those things that are not rights but still affect the common good) in a responsible way. Immigration, for instance, is not a bad thing and may be quite beneficial to society, but unfettered immigration (especially if there is an underlying political motive) does more harm than good; it dilutes the national character and resolve, overburdens resources, and is more harmful to wage earners than outsourcing of jobs to other countries. Free access to the private property of others (redistribution of wealth) undermines the motivation and innovation that leads to wealth in the first place; it creates an atmosphere of dependence on the part of those on the receiving end and despair on the part of the talented and ambitious. Reconciliation for these two issues is straightforward and needs no elaboration here.
It is harder to deal with housing, education and health care because it is not easy to reconcile the right of pursuit with the means of acquisition or provision of these things. Under the tutelage of a few misguided politicians, for example, the government has made a insufferable mess of housing. The mistaken notion that the right to pursue housing (earn wages and pay for domicile) equates to home ownership has led to distortion of the entire marketplace and a wide recession. The mistaken notion that the right to pursue education demands equal education for everyone, regardless of intellectual abilities or life goals, is undermining educational institutions and putting this country at competitive disadvantage in a global economy. And, the push for nationalized health care may very well bankrupt the treasury simply because the government has absolutely no conscience when it comes to controlling spending. These things put reconciliation between rights and common good to the test, and while I do not know what balance should be struck, I know that the process should not be entrusted to anyone who cannot define rights, who does not realize the connection between rights and responsibilities, and who believes that reconciliation is nothing more than strict government control.
A Pathetic State Of Affairs
The terrible truth is this: we the people are responsible for the sorry state of affairs of the union. More accurately, it is the apathy of we the people. You might argue that we are not an apathetic people and in some ways you would be right. As a whole, over the past couple of centuries, we have been an innovative people, well-educated, motivated, industrious, and sometimes selfless. But, we have been apathetic about the union that binds us together and the governance of our joint affairs. We have let the union degenerate and stray far from the guidelines (the Constitution and Bill of Rights) that set us on a course to unequaled prosperity and we have trusted blindly that our elected officials would keep us on the straight and narrow path of equal opportunity.
Why? Why have we let this great democracy slide so close to self-destruction?
Like every other question asked since Adam asked Eve why he should take a bite of the apple, there are many answers – many roots to the tree of apathy. I suppose the most obvious answer would be survival. Isn't survival one of the most primal urges – our survival and that of our biological families (it's those old selfish genes at work again)? Historically, each of us has had to produce in order to provide for ourselves and our children, sometimes long hours that sapped our strength and diverted our attention from governance of the larger family – the nation. Thus, we were more than ready to trust governance to a group of men and women who were not slaves to the proverbial time clock, who could meet at their leisure to debate and decide on courses of action to the pressing problems of society. Not a bad idea, you might say, and I would agree, until the appearance of the politician to replace the citizen-legislator. We should have known (would have if we cared) that full-time legislators would lose track of their concerns as citizens and would pervert the law to assure their leisurely ways of life. Slowly during our age of apathy, then, we watched as politicians accrued more and more power, deprived us of more and more individual rights, and figured out how to ensure their status by making more and more people dependent on them and the government for survival. We now have an underclass that defines their struggle for survival in terms of competition for government handouts.
Our success is another skid on which democracy has slid downhill. We came (from around the world – even those we call indigenous people), we saw and took advantage of the many ways to survive, and we conquered. We became successful, each according to personal ingenuity and effort. Then what? We had to protect the fruits of our victories, some of us by working harder to amass enough fruit to see us through the harshest of times, others by empowering politicians to watch over us by passing protective laws to assure our future comfort. And the more comfortable we became, the more apathetic about our guiding documents.
No great sin so far, at least nothing comparable to eating the forbidden apple. But, like the Garden of Eden, there were snakes with which to contend; the snakes are called greed and radicals.
Greed? It is nothing but overindulgence and evil as it might be, it is human nature (that is one of the lessons of the fall from grace). The overindulgence in creature comforts does not concern me; after all, there is only so much that can be accumulated before the wealth self-destructs or is seen for what it is and voluntarily distributed (charity) to others. What concerns me is greed for power – the greed of politicians, an appetite that cannot be appeased.
So, why am I not concerned for overindulgence in creature comforts? Perhaps because there is nothing one can do about others accumulating wealth and, despite claims by some members of society, wealth per se does not infringe on the rights of others. The greed for power, though, does infringe on such rights; it boils down to the insatiable desires of one or more members of society to control the actions and choices of fellow citizens. It is pernicious; power of the sort that bothers me can accumulate over years with no one noticing. Laws can be passed for the common good, laws that concentrate power of the greedy over the apathetic. Taxes can be levied for the public's benefit, the public benefit being decided only by those in power. Power itself can and will be perpetuated by manipulation of the media and the courts.
The apathetic lose at every turn, especially when well-organized radicals (the other snakes) appear with self-serving agendas to usurp power from even the politicians. Radicals can be conservative, that is, obstructionists (religious fundamentalists we call terrorists are in a way conservative radicals), or liberal, that is progressives who are nothing more than demolition experts. Remember that progressives do not have to rebuild society, just tear down what exists. In my book Bureaucracy for the Innocent, I call this sort of person a Utopian Revisionist or Pollyanna.
Herein is the nidus of the crisis in which we find ourselves today. We have been apathetic as a people by letting Congress run amuck, and reveling in their greater glory Congress has been apathetic by letting radicals steal the throne. Is there any doubt that radicals, Pollyannas, are running the executive branch of the government, and in their greed for power are incapacitating the legislative branch, directly (the power of veto, the power of appointment) or indirectly though progressive courts that spend more time on make-overs of law than properly interpreting law, completing the decapitation of Congress?
What can one expect? Congress is nothing more or less than a reflection of the people. An apathetic population has elected a Congress whose apathy has led, in the words of a much over-rated orator, to a crisis that could become a catastrophe if we do not act soon.
Maybe, just maybe, the overreaching greed and narcissism of recent presidents will be shock enough to galvanize Congress and the people, and revitalize the nation.


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Hello fellow Marvel fans! I'm so excited, it's April! Only a few more weeks until Endgame! Who else can't wait to get tickets tomorrow?!?
The Marvel movie countdown to The Avengers: Endgame continues in chronological order this week with Thor: Ragnarok
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Good god!!
Andy Burnham appears on Sky news, BBC news GMTV to advise us all about the safety of Tamiflu on children.
The Health Secretary appeared on breakfast television this morning in a bid to reassure concerned parents after scientists warned that children should not be given Tamiflu.
Instead he was confronted by a GMTV presenter who claimed that the drug had almost killed his daughter.
Andy Burnham insisted that the Government was right to advise children to take the anti-viral drug despite a warning from researchers at the University of Oxford who called on the Department of Health urgently to reconsider its pandemic strategy.
But he was tackled live on TV by Andrew Castle, who said his older daughter, Georgina, had a respiratory collapse after being given the drug as a precaution during the containment stage of the pandemic. "I can tell you that my child - who was not diagnosed at all - she had asthma, she took Tamiflu and almost died," he said.
Georgina, 16, was given Tamiflu when five pupils at Alleyn's School in south London were diagnosed with the illness in May. Castle, said he feared for his daughter's life as medical professionals backed away from the potentially contagious child. He said: "Nobody checked that she had swine flu beforehand. The Health Protection Agency just handed it out at Alleyn's School in south London and a lot of kids suffered in the school very heavily. "We saw a respiratory collapse through it and it almost cost my older child her life. "The doctor's surgery wouldn't take her. The doctor said 'No, we can't take her to A&E. So she's just on the floor having this nightmare of a situation. A lot of people are in this situation. They don't know what to do."
Mr Burnham was forced to break off from defending Tamiflu to offer his sympathy. "It must have been a very worrying situation for you," he said.
He also says its not his advice
Well Andy when it comes out your mouth, when you are the man incharge of health, when you are speaking on behalf of the government it is your advice.
What a cretin!!
Just watch in complete amazement.


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Taylor Vinters
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Rapid growth underpinned by Proact's Managed Cloud Services
Having experienced a period of rapid growth across all areas of the business, including the opening of two new offices in Singapore and London, Taylor Vinters found that its old and complex IT infrastructure was struggling to cope with the extra demands of its expanding business.
Taylor Vinters is a progressive legal services business with a team of entrepreneurially-minded people sharing a clear vision of excellence. The firm is committed to being one of the world's elite law firms operating in the areas of technology, investment and private client. With over 200 staff and offices in Cambridge, London and Singapore, Taylor Vinters prides itself on being honest and ambitious in its approach, offering first class legal services to clients across the globe.
Scales in-line with changing business needs
A dramatically simplified system which increases efficiency
Cost efficient
Monthly cost mode eliminates upfront capital expenditure
The challenge
With plans to accelerate growth even further, the company needed a scalable and agile IT solution that was flexible enough to grow with the business. The platform also needed to comply with the stringent security regulations that the legal sector must adhere to, ensuring the highest standards of data protection. Furthermore, Taylor Vinters wanted to simplify its operations as its existing architecture was overly complex and couldn't cope with the increasing demands of the business.
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Proact stepped in to discuss Taylor Vinters' business strategy, gaining a true understanding of its objectives and requirements. As a result, we implemented a comprehensive range of services including Infrastructure as a Service, Software as a Service, Disaster Recovery as a Service, Backup as a Service and Service Management. Supporting the firm's storage needs, these Managed Cloud Services dramatically simplified the IT system while enabling scalability for future business growth.
We needed a partner and a relationship that could evolve with us. Proact offered that and it was in stark contrast to alternative options in the market.
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BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:30 P.M.) – The spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Bahram Qasemi stated on Monday that Israel's accusations about Iran having a military presence and base in Syria are 'baseless' and 'misleading'.
"The Zionist War Ministry's comments are baseless, false, misleading, and an attempt to justify the failures of the regime in the region," Qasemi said on Monday, as quoted by the Islamic Republic's News Agency (IRNA).
Qasemi said that the Israeli forces were purposely lying and exaggerating in order to intensify their "psychological warfare to meet their ends."
"Iran does not have a military base and military presence in Syria and was present at the request of the Syrian government for advisory mission and fighting the terrorists," Qasemi added.
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"The Three Potters". An exhibition of pottery & mixed media by Donna Hitchcock, Margaret Foley and Robyn Smaller. Once again exciting & unusual works for these three artists. Sculptures, planters & zany works for the garden and unique pieces for the home. The Gallery shop also open with a variety of members' work.


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Course Length: 4,817ft
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Hole Length: Under 300ft: 12 | 300 - 400ft: 4 | Over 400ft: 2
West of Lansing and south of Grand Ledge. Take Hwy 69; exit 66. Go north one block to a left on Lansing Rd., 0.8 mile to Lake Alliance Park on right. In the park, take a left before the lake, into woods, past Lawn Mower Race Track to the lot on right - see disc golf signs.
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Artists Spotlight
Fabiola Torralba: I am a choreographer, educator, and activist that is dedicated to the transformation and empowerment of our communities. With deep conviction of the power of story and the power of people coming together, I facilitate opportunities for movers of all backgrounds to create and engage in issues that affect their every day lives. I value discovery and foster environments that encourage creativity, awareness, and connection.
I utilize dance as a vehicle towards holistic well being-of becoming physically, spiritually, culturally, and politically grounded. The ultimate goal of this vision is to build bridges across diverse communities and mobilize groups towards a better understanding of ourselves and each other to effect and inspire change.
Fabiola will be presenting a work with Alamotion.
For more information on Fabiola and her work visit https://fabiolatorralba.wordpress.com
Marques Mireles is a college graduate from UTSA with a BBA in Management. He has over six years of teaching in a dance studio as a Hip Hop Instructor at the School of Modern Arts and Hip-Hop (SMASH Dance) and was the Lead Choreographer for the HYPE Coalition for 3 years at SACADA. Marques is currently a full time teacher at KIPP Academy teaching Hip Hop to 5th - 8th graders. He is very passionate about providing a positive alternative for youth & adults to express themselves.
To learn more about Marques and NXG Dance Crew who he works with visit their Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nxgdancecrew/
Jamie Lynn fell in love with Middle Eastern Music. That in turn led to the discovery of bellydance in all it's amazing varieties: Egyptian, Turkish, American Vintage, Lebanese and the myriad other styles that have developed and diverged from them. Being grounded in the love of the music, she is drawn to the historical and cultural importance of this dance through its musical and movement history. She is dedicated to researching the meaning behind the songs, the lyrics and the styles of dance that have developed with them, providing a deeper understanding of what the music is "telling us" to dance. As a dancer, she seeks to "illustrate" the music with movements. Technique is the basis, but expression is the goal.
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Wisconsin People & Ideas editor Jason A. Smith and literary editor John Lehman host an evening of the best poetry and fiction by up-and-coming Wisconsin writers at the Wisconsin People & Ideas/Wisconsin Book Festival Short Story and Poetry Contest reading event during the 2011 Wisconsin Book Festival. This annual event takes place at Avol's Books in Madison and highlights the winners of our annual poety contest and short story contest, both accepting submissions from September 15 to December 15 and awarding prizes up to $500. More details on the annual contests can be found on our Contest page. Featured 2011 poets include Michael Kriesel (Aniwa), Kathleen Dale (Milwaukee), and Jessi Peterson (Eau Claire), and Allison Slavick (Cable), Marysa LaRowe (Madison), Kathryn Gahl (Two Rivers) read their prize-winning stories.
Fiction/Poetry Contest Reading at the 2011 Wisconsin Book Festival
Kathleen A. Dale was born in Kansas, though she has lived on the shore of Lake Michigan for many years. She and her husband have three grown daughters and two grandsons.
Kathryn Gahl is mad about ballroom dance, the color red, and compassion. Gahl's fiction, poetry, and nonfiction appear in many journals.
Michael Kriesel is the winner of North American Review's 2015 James Hearst Poetry Prize and past president of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. He served on the Wisconsin Poet Laureate Commission 2006-2008 and was the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Conference Coordinator 2006-2012.
Marysa LaRowe grew up near Chicago, Illinois, and attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her work has appeared in or is forthcoming in Isthmus, The Southeast Review, and Matchbook. Marysa is currently persuing her MFA in fiction at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.
John Lehman is the founder and original publisher of Rosebud, a national magazine of short stories, poetry and illustration for people who enjoy good writing.
Jessi Peterson lives in a hand-built cordwood house on land her great grandfather settled, surrounded by her family, far too many books, and an insufferable cat. She works at the public library in Eau Claire serving children and young adults.
Allison Slavick lives near Cable, Wisconsin, where she works as a consultant to nonprofit organizations, especially museums, around the country. She is a mountain bike and cross country ski racer and berry picker. Her short fiction has been published in Storyglossia, and won the H.E. Francis/Ruth Hindman Foundation Short Story Award.
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China is aiming to be one of the top 10 countries in terms of automating its workforce through robotics by 2020, according to Reuters, which cited the International Federation of Robotics (IFR).
The country seeks to boost the penetration of robotics from 36 robots per 10,000 workers today to 150 robots per 10,000 workers by 2020. It currently ranks just 28th among the world's countries in terms of workforce automation.
The Chinese government wants to modernize the country's massive manufacturing sector that employs around 100 million people. Experts expect that robotics solutions will help manufacturers mitigate growing labor costs for industrial companies that face rapidly rising wages in China.
Manufacturing has been one of the fastest industries to adopt IoT solutions so far. GE has estimated that the market for IoT solutions in China alone will grow to $166 billion by 2020. GE has saved $500 million by connecting its own machines and expects those savings to reach $1 billion by 2020.
Businesses throughout the world are increasingly using robots to automate portions of their workflow.
Traditionally, robots have been used primarily in manufacturing. But other industries including healthcare, shipping and logistics, food services, retail, hospitality, and more are starting to also use robots. For example, hospitals are using robots to assist in surgery, retail stores are testing robots to take inventory, and warehouses are using robots help sort packages.
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So the lawsuit is over and it looks like that Chapter House Studio has come out on top. While they were not really gone they did slow down on creating new items.
I saw a video on some barriers they planning to bringing out. I am reminded of Brush 4 Hire's own barriers
Mr. Dandy
While I am not really excited about his ADL I am did find Chapter House Studio's Facebook page shows other things they are working on like these rail arms for broadsides
Since GW has once again left us hanging for a model if we want to play with certain units we have to scratchbuild them. One unit I am looking at are Shrikes.
There are several ways to accomplish representing these models they all include
1. a warrior or ravener body
2. bits to add wings
The first option I saw (and actually did to make my Parasite of Mortex) was using some wings from a Vampire Counts model and a ravener body.
A second option I found on a fellow blogger page. Xenos and Proud has a tutorial on making them with gargoyle wings with warrior bodies.
I found that Forgeworld has an upgrade kit to make some shrikes.
This brings us back to Chapter House Studios. They had these pictures on their Facebook page.
this kit not only has the wings but gives us a different head crest and most important bit better feet. I am pretty excited by these and hope they are on the market soon. I am eager to add some shrikes to my hive fleet.
Tomorrow I will go over the pros and cons I see with using these guys on the field. I will compare them to my favorite fast attack unit the raveners.
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A Funeral, Graduation, and Easter
My weekend started with Grandpa Nelson's funeral on Thursday afternoon. Grandpa passed away Sunday April 5th. The funeral was really well done. There were a few talks and a couple of musical numbers. But the best part was the spirit felt there. I had the distinct impression that absolutely the only thing that matters in life is FAMILY. Just like it mentions in the hymn,"O My Father", we're all strangers here on earth; we're all children of our Heavenly Father having a mortal experience. We're supposed to help each other, serve one another, cry together, laugh together, and just support one another through all the ups and downs of life. What a great blessing it is to know that I can be with my family forever. I love ALL my family too. The more I hang out with the Nelson side of my family, the more I like 'em! I think I've finally got the family politics and who's who mostly figured out. They make me laugh. :)
Bron graduated with his bachelor's degree in Animal Science on Friday morning!!! Wahoo! I could tell... he was genuinely happy and excited. :) Do you know what he told me last night? He said he smiles in pictures because he knows it means a lot to me. Now how many women have a man like that?!? I love my man!
Birthday Boy and Merri Sue
Saturday was Flint's (dad-in-law) surprise 50th birthday party! My sis-in-law, DeAnn, (thoughtful girl) put together a scavenger hunt around town for him. He was the last to arrive at Craigos (the best pizza place ever). It was totally out of his element... which made it so much fun! We made sure he got practical old man things like a cane, vitamins for 50+, and metamucil. :) hehe
Bron with his brand new bike!
Saturday Bron bought himself a graduation present: A MOUNTAIN BIKE!!! He "test drove" some out in the parking lot. When it came to the most expensive bike with the nice gears and big tires, his face lit up. This was "the one". So we bought it! He's thrilled. I told him his life sucked this last semester--just milking cows and going to school--he needed a hobby. So he's found one. He's wanted to get into biking for a while now. Monday night I borrowed a bike and we went on an 11 mile loop: up hills, across 3 bridges, and on and off dirt roads, against the wind. Not kidding. My legs felt like jelly. But it was a BLAST! We're gonna do it again. We finished off Saturday at the all you can eat steak house with some friends who graduated too.
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Easter Sunday was yet another day spent with family. I wore my bright pink bride's maid dress from my sister's wedding to church. I knew the girls in my nursery class would love it. They drooled. They called it a princess dress! :) My favorite part about Sunday is dinner. Not just Easter Sunday, but every Sunday. We eat over at my in-laws and our momma can cook! After lasagna and french bread, we had an egg hunt in the yard for my nephews and little brothers. It was pretty entertaining. And the weather was perfect.
So this is living the good life...
P.S. Thanks to everyone who made Bron's graduation a good one. :)
So this is living the good life...
P.S. Thanks to everyone who made Bron's graduation a good one. :)


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France On World Map
This year's Tour de France is the highest in the history of the world's biggest bike race, with seven mountain stages and five gruelling summit finishes. Throw in a meagre 54km against the In that year, the "most famous woman in France", the avant-garde "No peasant in the world is so dreary or poor," Sand concluded. The island's infrastructure for foreign visitors Brailsford praises Egan Bernal after Tour de France win – video Egan Bernal's first bicycle "This is the moment that could make Colombia one of the greatest cycling nations in the world," he said.
The Tour de France has started its 106th run with riders from around the world gathering to prove their worth in the saddle. Colombian stars Nairo Quintana and Rigoberto Uran are desperate to make an Here's a look back from different angles from Forbes staffers and contributors. France's Bernard Arnault Is Now World's Second-Richest Person Only five people in history have ranked No. 1 or No. 2 on hopes South Africa's performances at France 2019, which begins for them against Spain on Saturday, will propel the push. "I think the World Cup is the right platform to put Banyana on the map," said
France On World Map – IT may have taken South Africa a long time to qualify for their first FIFA Women's World Cup, but it hasn't taken them long to reap the rewards. The buzz of Banyana Banyana reaching France 2019, and Organisers of the Women's World Cup, which is being held in France, say matches may be postponed if the weather gets too hot, while there will be official cooling breaks. French health minister Agnes "Our goal, it was a team goal, put Jamaica on the map. "Scoring a goal is always an exciting thing, and it was a World Cup game, and yes I put it through, but it wasn't just necessarily me."