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Apologies for the extended period of silence on the blog, it's been a crazy couple of weeks what with one thing and another (and another and another…)
Work has been full on every single day, easily the most high pressured job that I've ever found myself in. It's good though and it sure beats the alternative; yep, I still remember what is was like to be out of work for over a year and I never want to find myself in that place again. The internet access here is severely restricted so I can't even pop on for a
quick post at lunchtimes.
As far as home goes, well… Maybe I'll tell you more about that another time. Suffice it to say that internet access is fine but the fact that the guinea pigs chewed through the adaptor lead, on the laptop (still needs to be replaced at time of writing) led to other problems. My money is on 'Big Red Fire' (yes, we let Hope choose his name) having done the deed.
And as far as reading goes, I haven't really done an awful lot to be honest. Busy at work, busy at home and the anti-depressants that I'm taking can make it difficult to stay focussed on anything heavier going than a Doctor Who book (which is why I've been reading them!) I've read a few books though and, rather than wait until I've got hold of a new adaptor for the laptop, figured I'd sum them up here. Nothing in depth, just a few quick thoughts.
Here goes...
'The Crimson Campaign' - Brian McClellan (Orbit Books)
Tamas's invasion of Kez ends in disaster when a Kez counter-offensive leaves him cut off behind enemy lines with only a fraction of his army, no supplies and no hope of reinforcements. Drastically outnumbered and pursued by the enemy's best, he must lead his men on a reckless march through
northern Kez to safety, and back over the mountains so that he can defend his country from an angry god.
In Adro, Inspector Adamat only wants to rescue his wife. To do so he must track down and confront the evil Lord Vetas. He has questions for Vetas concerning his enigmatic master, but the truth is darker than he could have imagined.
With Tamas and his powder cabal presumed dead, Taniel Two-shot finds himself alongside the god Mihali as the last line of defence against Kresimir's advancing army. Tamas's generals bicker among themselves, the brigades lose ground every day beneath the Kez onslaught and Kresimir wants the head of the man who shot him in the eye.
I loved 'Promise of Blood' and read 'The Crimson Campaign' over two coach journeys to/from Plymouth. It's hard not to say anything that I haven't
already said about the first book; plotting, pace and moments of spectacle here are all on the money as per the last book. 'If it isn't broken…' and all that… The forced march of Tamas' army does add something new to the mix in terms of seeing Tamas as renowned soldier as well as Tamas 'the soldier who killed all the nobility and took power'. I love it when a writer takes time to flesh out their characters and there is a lot of that in 'The Crimson Campaign'. There is also a really good mix of warfare on the front line (go Taniel!) and arguably dirtier warfare in the back streets of the capitol; a lot of intrigue balanced neatly with moments of mayhem and bloody violence. This is a series that has already ticked all the boxes that I want ticking, for must read fantasy, bring on 'The Autumn
War'. Bring it on now!
'The White Towers' - Andy Remic (Angry Robot Books)
Vagandrak is broken, and a new threat has arisen that threatens to defeat even the mighty Iron Wolves. The twisted, deviant Elf Rats have gathered in the toxic realm beyond the White Lion Mountains... swiftly they invade the troubled land of Vagandrak, killing for profit and pleasure. The
now-disgraced Iron Wolves are the realm's only hope, but there's a problem: they've been sentenced to death by the insane King Yoon for the dark sorcery in their blood. In the mountains of Zalazar lie the White Towers, pillars of legend said to contain the Heart of the Elves. The Iron Wolves
must journey north to steal the Heart, and purify the evil in the land, but the land belongs to the Elves and they won't give it up without a fight!
In a parallel dimension, David Gemmell was writing one day and all of sudden thought, "f*** this s***, I'm done with writing about redemption and honour; it's time to just focus on nasty b******s doing evil things in the name of… I don't know, I'll add more spilled entrails to those passages." A dimensional rift bought the parallel universe David over to our dimension where he currently writes under the pseudonym of Andy Remic.
Seriously though, Remic is what David Gemmell would have been if Grimdark had been more of a thing (or a thing at all) back in the eighties. Remic being Remic though, the grimdark is dialled up to a level beyond parody and becomes a whole new cartoonish realm of fantasy altogether. Not being easily offended myself, I had a great time reading 'The White Towers' with its intoxicating mix of high octane action and more thoughtful moments on what it means to be an Iron Wolf and loathe your comrades, even though they're the closest thing to friends that you have. It looks like there's at least one more book in this series and I personally am well up for it. 'The White Towers' may not be doing anything new but Remic is enjoying himself too much to care and when the author is enjoying his story you can't help but enjoy it with him.
'The Return of Conan' - Bjorn Nyberg (1957)
I've been collecting the old Conan books, mostly to pick up stories that I haven't read yet but also (if I'm being completely honest with myself) because I have a real soft spot for the 'old school' cover art. I'm in two minds over 'The Return of Conan'; it's a book that represents the worst of formulaic and linear plotting (Conan has a fight, makes love to a princess and repeat…) but at the same time I love the way that Conan's mission becomes a 'Reunion Tour' of sorts where he keeps bumping into old friends and settling old scores. It's like Nyberg took it upon himself to tie up loose threads left by Howard, perhaps a little presumptuous but you have to admire his nerve in terms of building upon what Howard had left behind. And the sword fights were good too, even if they were a little one sided and lacking in any kind of narrative tension.
'The Return of Conan' made for a nice little palate cleanser then (every time I couldn't get into something heavier) and another title that I can tick off my list of books to read. Anything more than that though? Eminently forgettable just about covers it.
So that's the books I've been reading just recently. When I can find a cheap laptop adaptor, I'll let you know about the comics as well... ;o)


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Hello blogging friends!
Fall is my favorite time of year! I love the trees turning color. So I thought I would create a home decor project that brought those fabulous leaves into my house. I found this white pumpkin at my local Micheal's store and couldn't wait to try a decoupage project. I started by die cutting leaves from a variety of the Imaginisce Bushel O' Fall pattern papers using my Cheery Lynn Large Leaves #1 dies. I cut some flourishes also with the Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish and the Mini Fanciful Flourish dies. This is a fabulous way to use up your scraps! I began by adhering the leaves and flourishes around my pumpkin with decoupage. I added a couple more coats of decoupage over the top. Then I created a tag by attaching a die-cut to a piece of burlap and trimming the edges. Some twine and ribbon finish it off very nicely. Don't forget to use the i-Magicut ribbon cutter for no frayed edges on your ribbon.
Imaginisce : Pattern Papers, Cardstock Die Cuts (Bushel O' Fall), i-Magicut Ribbon Cutter
Cheery Lynn: Fanciful Flourish, Mini Fanciful Flourish, and Large Leaves #1
Burlap, twine, decoupage, white craft pumpkin
Ribbon: Really Reasonable Ribbon
Xyron 2.5" Create-A-Sticker
Xyron High Tack Adhesive Dots
Xyron 2.5" Create-A-Sticker
Xyron High Tack Adhesive Dots
I used ribbon from the monthly ribbon club at Really Reasonable Ribbon. Did you know they have fun challenges too? I am linking up to their Autumn Colors challenge.
Thanks for stopping by!

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The Walk Down Roman's Road - A Celebration of a Life Shared
S P Oldham
I have just put up part two of my true story about life with my much loved and much missed Golden Retriever, Roman. Wattpad is a platform for writers to provide bite-size snippets of stories for free, for readers to enjoy on the go. I am serialising The Walk Down Roman's Road at regular intervals. I hope you enjoy x


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The manual for the lastest release
The reference manual for the FoCaLiZe language and system:
- refman.ps, (in PS format).
- refman.pdf, (in PDF format).
- refman.dvi, (in DVI format).
- refman.html, (in HTML format).
A short (but growing) FAQ aout common errors
The FAQ:
- faq.pdf, (in PDF format).
Programming and Proving: Practice with FoCaLiZe
A course in FoCaLiZe given in May 2014 at Ecole des Jeunes Chercheurs en Programmation (EJCP, doctoral summer school) :
Tutorial: Implementing Sets
A tutorial for the FoCaLiZe language and system:
- tutorial.ps, (in PS format).
- tutorial.pdf, (in PDF format).
- tutorial.dvi, (in DVI format).
- tutorial.html, (in HTML format).
Tutorial: Playing with Proofs (Updated -- still few words to add) on 2014-03-06)
A tutorial for the FoCaLiZe language especially dedicated to proofs writing (these online versions are more recent than those of the distribution):
- tuto_proofs.ps, (in PS format).
- tuto_proofs.pdf, (in PDF format).
- tuto_proofs.dvi, (in DVI format).
- tuto_proofs.html, (in HTML format).
The manual pages for the FoCaLiZe commands
The manual for the
focalizeccompiler (Unix man page).
The manual for the
focalizedepmake dependencies compiler (Unix man page).
Older versions
The previous versions of FoCaLiZe documentation are still available in the oldies directory.
Last modification date: Friday, March 3rd, 2017 on host MacAPuche.local by user didou.
Copyright © 2005 - 2017 INRIA & LIP6, 2012 - 2017 ENSTA ParisTech, all rights reserved.


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In October 2014, I submitted a deputation to Hampshire County Council calling for local bus services to be preserved. You can find Cllr Woodward's response below. This provides and explanation of why various difficult decisions have been made by the Council.
Dear Caroline
Thank you for your written deputation for my Passenger Transport Review decision day on 27th October.
I appreciate your detailed comments and know of your support for public transport from the work we have done together and our joint meetings with the managing director of First Hampshire, Dorset and Berkshire.
There has been unprecedented investment in the bus network in Gosport and Fareham in recent years with the successful bid for Government funding for the Eclipse Bus Rapid Transit and significant investment in new buses by First for the Eclipse and the £1 million fleet for the 9/9A for which you attended the launch. The frequency of the Eclipse has recently increased to 10 buses an hour, X4/X5 now offer a 15 minute between Fareham and Southampton and half hourly to Gosport and Portsmouth and the 3, which provides the link from Fareham to Queen Alexandra Hospital and Portsmouth has doubled to a bus every 10 minutes.
What we are seeing, as elsewhere in the country, is a move to a simpler network of more frequent buses where passengers can just turn up and go. This has proved attractive in increasing bus use and in the Fareham – Gosport peninsula bus use overall has increased by around 24%. These services are provided commercially but as part of this shift we have seen operators pulling out of services elsewhere, as they become less well used, with pressure on the finite County Council bus subsidy budget to plug the gap, as at Hill Head and Alverstoke or along the A32.
I approved the 11 and 21 as replacement services from January so that those areas would not be left without a bus service, but in approving this additional funding, at a time when savings are needed, I did so on a trial basis subject to use. In looking at the new 21, surveys showed an average 6 passengers a day travelling from Lee-on-the-Solent, with most travelling to the Asda stop. As you say, Asda provide a shoppers' service from Lee. In addition, the new X5 route covers much of Lee with half hourly buses to Gosport and Fareham where a range of major name shops are available.
With regard to the bus service to Alverstoke, as you say there was previously a 30 minute service on the 9/9A which was a mixture of developer funding and commercial operation. The developer funding ran out last year and First decided that their buses would attract a greater number of users if they routed them via the Creek Road (Morrison's) stop, which is the most popular stop in Gosport. In looking at both our own surveys and the bus operator's ticket machine data from when the 9/9A ran through Alverstoke, the buses were well used, but apart from peak times an average of only 2 or 3 passengers a journey boarded in the Alverstoke section. In looking to fund a replacement, I also had to take into account that the success of the Eclipse meant that very few passengers were boarding the 11 along the A32. First had announced that they were to discontinue this, but I had calls, particularly form older residents to provide a service. The replacement bus thus serves both Alverstoke and the old A32 route between Gosport and Fareham. It provides commuter time journeys and for the rest of the day provides the maximum service possible with the one bus available. As you know, I asked Marc Reddy when we met at Southampton, what they could propose to increase the service to Alverstoke using a bus available at off peak times. I was disappointed in their response which would have increased the frequency during the middle of the day but at greater hourly cost than their recent tenders for the 11 and 21. This did not meet our value for money criteria so we were unable to progress this.
In looking at proposals to retain the additional funding for the 11 and 21 in the context of the current review in which a reduced budget is available, the proposal before me is to continue the 11 on a Monday to Friday as opposed to a Monday to Saturday basis. For the 21, the proposal is to run a revised route as discussed but to run on Monday to Friday plus Saturday mornings, ceasing the journeys on Saturday afternoons. These decisions take into account the consultation responses which favoured prioritising funding for Monday to Friday services as meeting the widest range of needs for doctor's appointments and food shopping.
With regard to the provision of a direct bus from Gosport to the Queen Alexandra Hospital, the NHS underwrote such a service on a trial basis when the hospital opened using a minibus provided by Fareham Community Action. The service was discontinued due to lack of use. Transport to hospital is a sensitive issue with demand for such services but many families preferring to take their relative by car, especially if they are likely to be under the effects of medication on their return or uncertain of when they will be ready to leave the hospital. The NHS does provide funding for travel costs in certain cases. From a public transport point of view the recent increase to a 6/7 minute frequency on the Eclipse from Gosport and with the 3 from Fareham to the hospital now running every 10 minutes, the travel options are better than ever. I am unsure where the funding needed to run an additional hospital service would come from, as use would be too low for a commercial service, and I fear that the proposals I have seen to run some of the Eclipse buses through to the hospital are impractical.
Thank you again for your written deputation, your continued interest in public transport, and the opportunity for me to respond.
Best wishes
Councillor Seán D T Woodward
Executive Member for Economy,
Transport and Environment
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Dynamic Systems
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Approximate the selected vehicle as a 1DOF system and analyse the system using theoretical calculations, Matlab commands/scripts and compare with a simulink model:
a) For free vibration.
b) For forced vibration.
c) The response of the vehicle to typical road surface and possible road conditions you may encounter when driving in your town.
d) Include in your Simulink model suitable non-linearity's and write a paragraph and/or show how or if these will affect the previous analysis.
e) Expand on and discuss your results highlighting the findings from your analysis.
f) Include a conclusion to summarise the key findings and recommendations from the analysis.
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You know that person that wins every lottery and win-a-free-turkey drawing? The one who finds $20 bills on the sidewalk while you only find a penny? The one who looks down in the grass and finds--not a four-leaf, but a SIX-leaf clover?
Well, that person is my brother. Mr. Good Luck (Bear) himself.


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If you want to add more muscle mass to your body frame, muscle strength exercises are essential. Regular workouts will stimulate your muscles to grow bigger and help build the type of muscles you want.
To build muscles and lose fat, you need to follow a strict diet plan. Fruits & veggies contain vitamins & minerals, necessary for recovery from your workouts. And carbs fuel your muscles so you feel full of energy at the gym. Eating good fats also helps fat loss: your body holds fat if you don't eat fats. You must include foods that contain protein, healthy carbohydrates and healthy fats. Other nutrients that you need to build muscles are magnesium, potassium, copper, selenium, calcium, iron and different vitamins.
8. Best Foods to Build Muscles
1. Lean Beef
This should be a STAPLE of your diet if you want to gain muscle mass. Why? Because it is loaded with all sorts of things conducive to muscle growth. On average, a three-ounce serving of lean beef is only 154 calories, yet it provides ten essential nutrients, including iron, zinc and B-vitamins. More importantly, it provides your body with high quality protein (not all proteins are equal), and a high level of amino acid that works with insulin to promote muscle growth. For those who are trying to lose weight, this should come as great news – a 3 ounce serving of lean beef provides roughly the same amount of protein as 1.5 cups of beans, but at half the calories.
2. Chicken Breast
Another superfood to get lean muscle is chicken breast. It is a great source of lean protein, which is easily synthesized to repair muscle tissue and other cells damaged during hard training.
It also has a host of other bodybuilding-friendly nutrients like niacin, vitamin B6, iron, selenium and zinc. Baked, roasted or grilled chicken breast dishes are the best options to get lean muscle-building protein in your diet. You can also have chicken breast in soups and salads. Be sure to eat it without the skin.
3. Salmon
Fish, especially salmon, is considered one of the best foods for muscle building. Salmon can help you build lean muscle and burn fat because of its unique combination of long-chain omega-3 fats EPA and DHA, B vitamins and high quality protein.
It also has other nutrients like magnesium, selenium, calcium and iron that aid lean muscle building, repair and recovery. Eat some grilled salmon with a salad or green vegetables once or twice a week. If possible, opt for wild salmon. If you don't like fish, you can take a fish oil supplement.
4. Eggs
Egg whites contain protein, which is the building block of muscles. In fact, they contain high quality protein with all nine essential amino acids needed for optimal muscle recovery and building, as well as valuable minerals like calcium, zinc and iron.
Egg yolks are a rich source of vitamins, including A, E, K and a range of B vitamins like B12, riboflavin and folic acid. All these nutrients are essential for speeding up your metabolism and turning fat into energy. Eat one or two eggs daily to build muscles and remain healthy. You can cook eggs in several ways like boiled, scrambled or pouched. Egg whites, especially from hard-boiled eggs are usually preferred.
5. Flax Seed Oil
Flax seed oil and body building is a great combination. Flax seed oil is especially popular among so called "natural bodybuilders" that focus on overall health and refrain from using harsh chemicals, regardless of whether such chemicals are illegal or not.
Flax seed contains large amounts of vitamin B1, B2, C, E and carotene. There are also significant amounts of iron and zinc, as well as trace amounts of calcium, magnesium, potassium and phosphorus. Flax seed oil and body building is a great combination since flax seed oil contains omega-3 fatty acids and a diet containing a balanced ratio of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids has been proven to have a beneficial effect on a wide range of bodily functions.
So if you're not getting enough fatty acids in your diet, you should definitely look into flax seed oil supplementation if you're a novice lifter looking to make some sizable gains. You can easily include flax seed oil to your weight gainer shakes, as dressing on salads, or to your breakfast cereals.
6. Milk
Milk is another good muscle food. It has two high quality proteins – whey and casein. Whey protein is quickly broken down into amino acids and absorbed into the bloodstream. Casein, on the other hand, is digested slowly, giving the body a steady supply of smaller amounts of protein for a longer period of time.
Milk is also loaded with vitamins and minerals, good carbohydrates and fats that your body needs to build muscles. Plus, being an electrolyte, milk helps replenish what is lost in sweat during workouts and keeps your body hydrated. Drink a glass of skim milk after each workout. Some studies suggest drinking chocolate milk post workout because it has an ideal carbohydrate-to-protein ratio. It should be taken in moderation, though.
7. Nuts
Almonds are another plant-based food absolutely packed full of protein. Just 1/4 cup of almonds contains nearly 8 grams of protein — that's almost 2 grams of protein more than your typical egg! Almonds are also an excellent source of heart-healthy monounsaturated fats and magnesium. Magnesium is an abundant mineral that's used in more than 300 biochemical reactions in the body and is specifically known to be involved in energy metabolism and protein synthesis. Cashews and Pistachios are also good for building muscle.
Macadamia nuts and pecans are not as good because they are higher in calories. With that said, you can partake as long as you're practicing proper portion control and not downing handfuls at a time.
8. Spinach
Spinach is also one of the best lean muscle foods that help build strong, ripped muscle. Researchers at Rutgers University (2008) found that the phytoecdysteroids present in spinach help increase muscle growth up to 20 percent.
Also, the calcium in spinach helps relax the muscles to prevent cramping during training. Plus, it is high in iron content that is important for muscle building.
This green vegetable also contains l-glutamine and amino acids that are important for efficient muscle contractions. Plus, it helps increase your metabolism rate, boost your energy level and burn more fat. To maximize nutritional value and help build muscle, have raw spinach juice or salad. You can even lightly steam the leaves and use them in sandwiches.


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Department of Mechanical Technology - FWFT
5-axes CNC-milling
TIG/WIG - welding of vacuum components
factory work floor
The Department of Mechanical Technology produces equipment and mechanical systems, developed and projected by the Department of Mechanical Development. In addition, the department supports all institutes in the production of special components according to the requirements of developers and technicians from the various institutes.
The main technologies are metal cutting, welding and metal processing. Furthermore, this department has many contacts with industrial cooperation partners for the use of other technologies. For short-term execution of orders metal and semi-finished plastic parts as well as standard parts are available in the metal stock.
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610 W BERRIDGE LN, Phoenix, AZ 85013 – $785,000
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 4
- Property type: Single Family Home
- Square feet: 4,365 Sq Ft
- Year: 1951
- Listing type: For Sale
- Parking: 3 Car Garage
- Lot Size: 39,262 Sq Ft
Located on one of the prettiest and very exclusive streets in Central Phoenix Corridor Neighborhood of Orangewood Blk Estates. Surrounded by million dollar real estate, private estates, and some of Phoenix classic north central homes. An amazing deal for this unique Modern Custom Home – still with many of the old property features no longer seen in today's luxury homes. Offering complete privacy as it sits behind its own Private security gate entrance. Located on a huge irrigated 39,262 sq. ft. lot (.90 Acres). Property Features: Porte-cochère, beautiful and open floor plan that offers multiple uses for the large sq. footage, unique custom design, coffered ceilings, a luxurious master bath only seen in the 50's, and a fenced private
Put the in-laws or guests in the attached 1 bed / 1 bath guest house. Don't forget about the huge Game/Bar room with Pocket Doors.
Perfect for entertaining in private and luxury living. Centrally located with easy access to all major freeways, nightlife, dining, entertainment, excellent school districts, and city living right outside your gates. This home is move in ready but allows you to add your own personal touch, or turn this into your own dream estate, the potential is endless


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I was on the diving team in college and after every competition the team chowed down on a giant bucket of chocolate dipped pretzels with our school colors. One of the mothers of a girl on the swim team made those pretzels every season and never missed a competition.
Chocolate dipped pretzels can look really beautiful and people will think you worked very hard in the kitchen. But what they won't know is that, while it does take some time, the process is actually very simple.
You can also get creative with your toppings. I used crushed candy cane for Christmas and blue sprinkles for Hanukkah, but you can also use a variety of colored sprinkles for other holidays or crushed up Oreos, graham cracker crumbs, and the list could go on. I hope you'll share if you try something new.
1 large bag or pretzels twists
1 large bag of pretzel rods
10-12 ounces white chocolate morsels
10-15 mini candy canes
Blue sprinkles
Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
Place the chocolate in a microwaveable dish and heat in 30 second intervals until completely melted and smooth.
Place candy canes in a ziploc bag and crush or if you have a food processor you can also place the candy canes in there and pulse until the pieces are the size you want. (I found the processor worked better) Place the crushed candy cane in a wide-bottomed bowl and do the same for the blue sprinkles.
Take one pretzel twist and place face down in the white chocolate. Lift and tap to remove excess chocolate. Place the pretzel face down in either the candy cane bowl or the blue sprinkles. Press lightly to make sure all chocolate is covered. Remove and place face up on the baking sheet.
For the pretzel rods, dip about halfway into the chocolate. Tap to remove any excess then roll into either bowl of candy cane or sprinkles (I found you may have to tip the bowl to the side to get the chocolate completely covered. Another option would be instead of dipping in a bowl you could pour the sprinkles or candy canes over the rod and keep turning the rod until it is completely coated). Place on baking sheet and let the chocolate pretzels harden before removing to a serving dish or eating!


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Beyonce Puts Her New Bob To WORK At The V Festival! + Toni Braxton's Assed Out WARDROBE MALFUNCTION!
Oh, hello bob! If you thought Beyonce Knowles was going back to that extra long blonde weave for her concerts after her recent hair transformation, think again. Check out the fab chick rocking her new look during Saturday night's performance at the V festival in Chelmsford, England.
Plus, an assed out Toni Braxton during her own performance thanks to a may-jah wardrobe malfunction!
No wild & long curls here! Beyonce brought her new inverted bob to the stage at the Virgin Wireless V Festival in England tonight. And we're loving the change up and the extra grown vibe it's giving.
Here's pics of Bey hitting the Virgin Media Stage at Hylands Park at tonight's headliner. Oh, and she still nailed those hair flips:
Hot. BeyBey returns to the V Festival stage tomorrow (Sunday) night at Weston Park in Staffordshire, England. And then she hits the Made In America Festival in Philly during Labor Day weekend.
And in not so perfect performance news:
Diva Toni Braxton showed her ass last night in New Brunswick, NJ. But chick is still a bad b*** at 45 so she really need not be ashamed.
Things went awry during her performance when a wardrobe malfunction occurred and the entire back of her dress just fell completely down Chick didn't even miss a beat either.
She was wearing tights and booty shorts style spanx so naked booty meat was NOT on display. But still, it's embarrassing nonetheless. Peep the video below:
One of her fans she brought up on stage handed her his blazer to cover up while someone did an emergency fix on that dress. Toni tweeted afterwards, "Nobody's Perfect! LOL". And her sis Tamar had her back responding, "You are tho sissy! At least your ass is AMAZING!"
We know that's right....
There's good news for Toni though: Her duets album with Babyface is scheduled to drop via Motown later this year, and their single "Hurt You" comes out Monday.
Photos: Beyonce's IG, FAME/ Press / Youtube


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Welcome to the November 2013 Carnival of Natural Mothering!
This article is a part of the Carnival of Natural Mothering hosted by GrowingSlower, Every Breath I Take, I Thought I Knew Mama, African Babies Don't Cry, and Adventures of Captain Destructo. This month's topic is Incorporating Natural Into the Holidays. Be sure to check out all of the participants' posts through the links at the bottom of this page.
I recently wrote an article in the holiday edition of Rhythm of the Home about how we are trying to limit the amount of stuff we accumulate, both during the holidays and year-round. I have gotten such great positive feedback from y'all that I decided to share some of what we're doing gift-wise for the kids this year.
We are trying to get our kids mostly used items for Christmas. Or I should say Santa is giving them used gifts {wink}. Santa is into the Three Rs, and so sometimes his elves don't make new toys but instead polish and repair old toys. At first I wasn't crazy about keeping up the Santa myths, particularly when the Elf on a Shelf entered into the picture and complicated the lies. But when I realized Santa could be whoever I wanted, I relaxed and went with it. Besides, I love Polar Express and Elf, so I'm half-way buying into the whole "If you believe, he's real" magic.
Vivi seems to have grown out of the "I want that!" phase, so she's an easy girl to shop for. We are getting her a bunch of art supplies (yes, these are new), a used cassette player with tapes that I found at a thrift shop, and supplies for what I'm calling a "tinker tent." The tinker tent is actually just a basket with rope, some clothes pins, and a bunch of old bed linens from GoodWill. She can create and then dismantle a new tent each time, which builds on her love of fort-making with taking apart my living room every day.
Charlotte wanted a scooter, and I've spent the last four months scouring our neighborhood moms, school moms, town listserv, and Craig's List in search of used scooters without any luck, so we ended up getting her a new one. With knee pads and helmet, we will spend ten times as much on her gift as Vivi's, but it's my hope both girls will see how Santa made gifts just especially for them. And lucky for us, neither of them know the value of money yet.
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So what is an animal welfare group doing with yet another event inviting guardians to pay P500 to entitle them & their dogs to attend a Hawaiian-themed party co-presented by Eastwood City?
The Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) is a local-based animal welfare group completely run by Filipino volunteers.
Aside from its work of promoting respect for all animals and freeing them from any form of cruelty and suffering, the organization runs an animal shelter called the PAWS Animal Rehabilitation Center or PARC (located in Aurora Blvd., Katipunan Valley, Loyola Heights, QC) which provides refuge to more than 30 dogs and 80 cats with the aim of rehabilitating and re-homing them to good families.
The unique Pet Luau boasted of a delicious spread for the guardians catered by Seafood Island and Big Kahuna while the canines drooled over the unique pet buffet which featured mouth-watering Pedigree and Cesar products as well as cocktails specially prepared for canines.
Yummy mini-doggie burgers topped with a dash of cream & carrot shavings
Delectable deep-fried pork liver slices topped with cottage cheese and parsley
Blanched sayote and carrots to add nutrition, texture and fiber to a doggie's diet
A mix of flavorful treats from the master's table - - hotdogs, mushrooms and cheese!
Liver bone cookies, honey peanut butter balls, squash dumplings , wiggly tails gelatin and Mutt-errific cupcakes
PAWS celebrity volunteers JM Rodriguez & Patricia Hizon hosted the main program where a fun Guardian & Pet Limbo Rock competition was played. Aliya Parcs serenaded the audience with a special number while TV host Pia Guanio received the "Order of the Platinum Paw" Award for her work in supporting PAWS and speaking up on television regarding important animal welfare issues.
- Emil – staying at the shelter for the past 2 years, many dogs have come & gone but Emil is still waiting for a family to fall in love with him. Rescued from the dog meat trade, he was brought to the PAWS shelter for rehabilitation. Despite having gone through a horrible ordeal of being crammed into small cages along with 100 other dogs, Emil is still sweet & friendly and eagerly awaiting to find his forever home.
- Harry – a pup abandoned at the shelter because he had a "club foot" defect. Harry was recently operated on by Dr. Nielsen Donato of Vets in Practice and is now happily walking straight and waiting for a new family to take him home
- Becky – grew up as an indoor dog and first showed signs of not knowing how to walk on a leash when she came to the shelter. Now, she is learning to walk properly and is instantly everyone's friend when she is introduced to people.
- Chubby – was thin, dirty and looked forlorn when he first came to the shelter. With a lot of TLC from the PAWS shelter staff and volunteers, Chubby was able to find his newfound confidence and would make an ideal 'exercise' dog for an active, athletic family.
The Chillin' PET LUAU was mounted by Eastwood City and PAWS in cooperation with Pedigree, Cesar, Seafood Island, Big Kahuna Bar & Grill and the Philippine Star Pet Life Section together with Frontline Plus, Eastwood Cinemas, Starbucks Coffee, Samson & Mom, Carlo Rossi and Yo Card.
For more photos, click PAWS Chilllin' Pet Luau 2008


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Meakins-Christie Laboratories events can be seen in PINK.
Respiratory Research events hosted by the Meakins, RESP Program, other RI-MUHC programs, the Desjardins Centre for Advanced Training (DCAT), and the RI-MUHC Platforms can be viewed on the shared calendars below.
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SHERIDAN — Walking down a hallway, Sheridan College faculty members Anne Gunn and Mark Thoney pull two computer labs behind them.
The mobile labs are composed of 10 laptops and several routers that fit into a suitcase-sized container easily moved from one place to the next. They were purchased less than a month ago, at the cost of about $10,000 each, using money from a Whitney Benefits grant to support computer programming education at the college and throughout Sheridan County.
Gunn and Thoney plan to bring the labs to local schools and introduce middle- and high-school students to computer programming. The effort is part of what is known as the Sheridan Computing Education Initiative, an informal partnership between Whitney Benefits, Sheridan College and Sheridan County School District 2 to enhance computer programming opportunities in the area.
With the mobile labs, Gunn and Thoney are hoping to introduce computer science and programming to more area schools. By having their own routers, Gunn and Thoney don't have to connect the laptops to a building's wi-fi, making it easier to have programming tools and an internet connection up and running in a short amount of time.
Another aspect of the SCEI, Gunn and Thoney said, is making the opportunities as "low-friction" as possible. This means eliminating extra hassles that accompany online instruction, such as programs that work better on a certain type of laptop, or a costly online textbook.
Whitney Benefits paid for three years' salary and benefits for Thoney's position as a college faculty member, and Gunn's position as an instructor and liaison between the college and SCSD2.
Thoney joined the college last year, and was in charge of redesigning courses and modernizing tools for the computer degrees offered. There are currently four degree and two certificate options. Two degrees are in programming (computer information systems and computer web design), while two are in information technology (cyber security and computer networking administration). The certificates are in cyber security and IT support.
Most of the programs offer an Associate of Applied Science degree, which gives a student the potential to get a job in their field immediately after graduation. The only one that does not offer an A.A.S. is the computer information systems degree, where students receive an Associate of Science degree, and then likely transfer to a four-year school.
Gunn and Thoney said about half of their students are college-aged, while some are adults in their 40s and 50s. A wide variety of students are able to take the classes because all are currently offered online. Thoney said there will be one class that meets in-person at the college next semester. He said there will hopefully be four or five in-person classes eventually, depending on enrollment.
Gunn teaches two programming classes at the college and is at Sheridan High School every day helping with the computer science and programming courses. Thoney teaches five programming courses.
They structure their courses the same way, with new information and assignments posted every Monday. Students are expected to email an update by Friday, and the homework is due the following Tuesday.
Programming is a valuable skill to have, Thoney said, because most jobs use computers to some degree. He added that it was only a slight exaggeration to equate programming in the future to reading in the present, because it will be ingrained into nearly all aspects of society.
Thoney said he became fascinated with computers in sixth grade, after seeing a robot demonstration in one of his classes. By the time he was in high school, Thoney was already writing programs for the school math department. With the new mobile labs, perhaps he can introduce a sixth-grader to his or her next career.


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Warmer weather is coming, so I wanted to share this simple, healthy, and refreshing desert with you. No cooking is required for this tasty Lime Pudding which is free of grains, refined sugars and casein. My Vegan friends can whip this up substituting the raw honey with coconut nectar or maple syrup. Avocados take center stage in this recipe; a great source of alpha-linolenic acid (an omega-3 fatty acid), pantothenic acid, fiber, vitamin K, copper, folate, vitamin B6, potassium, vitamin E, and vitamin C, (and they are yummy).
3 medium sized Avocados
1/4 Cup Raw Honey (more if you have a sweet tooth)
3 Tablespoons of Organic Coconut Oil (in its solid state…not melted)
2 Tablespoons of Desiccated Unsweetened Coconut
Zest of 1 Lime
Juice from 3 Limes
1/2 teaspoon Ground Ginger.
Blend all ingredients in a food processor until well combined.
Chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour prior to serving.
Garnish as desired, and serve.


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The Greenville Health System in Greenville, SC has reported three deaths and a total of fifteen people infected with an infection to which surgical patients were exposed. GHS says the infections are caused by an atypical mycobacterium. The hospital along with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control are working to identify the source of the infection, however they believe it is related to a piece of equipment which has been removed from use.
The hospital has said that this infection is not contagious to others, but there could be more undiscovered cases. In its statement GHS said, "Because of the organism's long incubation period of as much as 60 days, some of the GHS patients did not show signs of infection until months after their surgeries. The first-recognized patient tested positive in March 2014. Patients who tested positive are being notified."


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Community Care
Information for Providers
The VA is undergoing a significant transformation with how it purchases care in the community. The Veterans Health Administration Office of Community Care (VHA OCC) is committed to ensuring that its VA Community Care partners understand current processes, are informed of future enhancements, and receive excellent customer service. It is our intention to provide information that answers your questions accurately and clearly, and enables efficient and timely claims processing for all of the community care health plans we administer. VHA OCC verifies eligibility for benefits; authorizes benefits and services; and handles vendor certification, approval and payment methodologies for all of these health care programs.
Navigating the community care system can be complex, and this site is designed to give providers the information and contacts they need to collaborate with VA to deliver timely, quality care to Veterans and their dependents. Quick links to our key programs are provided below.
Read about recent program news and updates
Online resource toolkit and key VHA OCC contacts
Forms, fact sheets, guides, and training for providers
Description of and links to our health care programs for Veterans
Description of and links to our programs
for dependents and family members
Veteran Care
VHA OCC purchases health care for eligible Veterans when a VA medical center (VAMC), clinic or other federal facility is not feasibly available to furnish care. All VAMCs can use community care when needed. The different types of Veteran care include Patient-Centered Community Care (PC3)/Choice contracts, community emergency medical care, individual authorizations, and special programs.
The use of community care is governed by federal laws containing eligibility criteria and other policies specifying when and why it can be used. In most cases, a preapproval for treatment is required for community care unless the medical event is an emergency. Emergency events may be reimbursed on behalf of the Veteran in certain cases.
Programs for Veterans
When it is determined that neither VA nor its core partners can provide needed care, the primary method for VA to purchase care for Veterans is to utilize the PC3/Choice contract. The PC3 program and the Veterans Choice Program are executed through a contracted third party administrator, currently TriWest Healthcare Alliance.
When emergency care is necessary, preapproval is not required for emergency room/hospitalization at an approved non-VA facility or non-VA medical care service provider. VA payment or reimbursement may be authorized to a claimant for emergency treatment provided to a Veteran with a VA-adjudicated, service-connected condition, and for nonservice-connected conditions in certain circumstances.
Preauthorized Inpatient/Outpatient Medical Care
When PC3 program contractors are unable to provide needed care, VA Community Care may authorize care for eligible Veterans to obtain routine outpatient or inpatient medical services through community providers. Preapproval is required.
Home Health Services and Hospice Care
Home health care services are supportive medical services prescribed by and under the direction of a VA physician. There are five major categories of home health care authorized by VA CC: Skilled Home Health Care services, Home Health Aide services, Homemaker services, Respite Care services, and Hospice Care.
Nationwide Dialysis Contract (NDC) Program
The purpose of the NDC Program is to provide authorized dialysis treatment to eligible Veterans when VA facilities are not capable of providing economical care due to geographical inaccessibility or the needed care is not available at a VA facility.
State Home Per Diem (SHPD) Program
The SHPD Program is is a benefit administration and payment processing program that pays per diem for state-provided quality care for eligible Veterans in three different types of programs: nursing home, domiciliary, and adult day health care.
State Home Per Diem Program–Information for Providers
Indian Health Service/Tribal Health Program (IHS/THP)
The VA IHS/THP Reimbursement Agreements Program provides a means for IHS and THP health facilities to receive reimbursement from the VA for direct care services provided to eligible American Indian/Alaska Native Veterans.
IHS/THP–Information for Providers
Foreign Medical Program (FMP)
The FMP is for Veterans who live or travel overseas. Under the FMP, the Department of Veterans Affairs will pay the VA allowable amount for the treatment of a service-connected disability.
Family Member Care
VA provides a number of health care benefits programs for spouses and children of Veterans, depending on certain criteria. The largest of these programs is the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA), a comprehensive health care program for the spouse or widow(er) and children of an eligible Veteran. The VA also has other health care programs for family members, including the children of Women Vietnam Veterans, and for the family members of Veterans who were potentially exposed to contaminated drinking water while stationed at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, North Carolina, between Aug. 1, 1953 and Dec. 31, 1987.
Family Member Programs
The Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) was established in 1973 for dependents of permanently and totally disabled Veterans, survivors of Veterans who died from service-connected conditions or who, at the time of death, were rated permanently and totally disabled from a service-connected condition. Under CHAMPVA, costs of medical services and supplies are shared with eligible beneficiaries.
CHAMPVA for the Primary Family Caregiver is a health care benefits program in which the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) shares the cost of certain health care services and supplies with the Veteran's Primary Family Caregiver, who is not entitled to care or services under a health plan contract, including a health insurance plan, TRICARE, Medicare or Medicaid.
The CLFMP covers treatment costs for one or more of the 15 primary medical conditions listed in the Honoring Americaӳ Veterans and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012. Also covered are associated medical conditions that are caused or exacerbated by the listed conditions. (Example: hip fracture secondary to spread of breast cancer into the bones.) VA reimburses qualified family members as the last payer of medical claims for any of the covered illnesses or conditions.
The CWVV Health Care Benefits Program provides health care benefits for children with certain birth defects born to women Vietnam Veterans.The CWVV Program is a Fee for Service (indemnity plan) program that provides reimbursement for medical care for conditions associated with certain birth defects for beneficiaries who have filed with the Veterans Benefits Administration and been found to have a covered condition.
The Spina Bifida Health Care Benefits Program (SBHCBP) provides comprehensive health care benefits to birth children of Veterans of certain service in Korea and/or Vietnam who have filed for benefits with the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) and been found to have spina bifida.
Beneficiaries of the CHAMPVA, Spina Bifida and Children of Women Vietnam Veterans programs can access pharmacy benefits through the Catamaran network of retail pharmacies or through the Meds by Mail program.


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Back in August I went to One World Cafe and got the chicken and waffles. I had high hopes for this dish you don't find at many restaurants because One World usually has fantastic fare from their eclectic menu. Well it came and there was sausage gravy with it. I don't eat sausage gravy because it has a certain kind of grey-gross lumpy look to it. Strike one. Then I moved over to the chicken and waffles and tried them. Instead of fried chicken they used seasoned chicken strips which, at least for my tastebuds, left a kind of weird taste in my mouth. Strike two. But I did see that they had pizza on the menu and decided to come back and see if they can redeem themselves with their pizza pie. Or will this be strike three and they're out? Well, let's go and find out. Swing batter...schwing!
Here we are at One World Cafe at the corner of University and Main which has become quite the controversial street corner in Peoria. Let's go in and see what's going on.
Wow, there's a big crowd in here tonight and there's a wait for a table. I'm meeting friends here, but of course I'm about 40 minutes early due to my obsession with having to be the first one there.
So we need to kill a little time and I know the perfect place to murder these precious little minutes...the bar!
And look who's bartending, Jessie who we met on our last trip. I ordered a bottle of Pabst and she asked if I wanted to call the cap. I didn't know what she was talking about and she told me that underneath the Pabst cap is a number and a mark from a card like a Queen or a Heart. So I called the Four of Hearts, let's see if I get lucky...
The Queen of Clubs...waahh, waahh, wahhh, waaaahhh!
They change out the taps often here and this is eight of them for this month. Check out the pumpkin on the left end.
Check out eight more over here, nice selection!
I took a stroll over to the dining room and it's a full house...hey, we just got photobombed!
The photobomber at the end of the table is none other than MBIP pal and Contributor, Jimmy LaHood! He's here with his friends after they were part of a production at Bradley called "Spring Awakening." Jimmy and his friends were in the band and from the end of the table on the left are: Charlie, Susie, Jimmy, Damon, and Joel. Susie was the music director, Joel played keyboard, Damon played cello and Jimmy was on guitar. It turns out Susie lived in New York City for nine years, so I sat down and had a nice conversation with all of them. Then I realized it was time to meet my friends and got up...
And found my friends at the front door! I love it when the timing is perfect like this. Tonight's special pizza guest stars are, from left: Don, Lisa and Leah! Time to let this cheesy party begin!
A table had just cleared, so the host for the evening led us to it. Perfect!
I forgot to get a picture taken of all of us at the table, but that's where we were sitting.
Ben is our waiter for the evening and here he is yukking it up with Leah and Don.
Leah was nice enough to bring me a bottle of mustard! And it's inglehoffer, the Cadillac of mustards! Thank you Leah!
We started off dinner with an appetizer of Chinese Egg Rolls. The crispy egg rolls are fried and stuffed with cabbage, carrots, rice noodles and shrimp. It comes with a traditional sweet and sour sauce and I mixed that with the inglehoffer mustard and it was really a tasty treat. We're off to a wonderful start tonight!
On a trip to the bathroom, I noticed this sign which is a photo project by Stacy Hanna and David Vernon. You can read about the project here and here. Basically it's two photographers and their takes on a common theme.
This is Stacy's photo of the bridge over the Illinois River...
Here's David's take of the same subject. If you look real close at both you can also see a faint obligatory mirror shot which just adds to the wonderfulness of it all.
Okay, back at the table the hot sauces have arrived and once again it's the all-too familiar pairing of Frank's (yawn) Red Hot Sauce and Sriacha. Next week I gotta remember to bring Ragin' RR's giant Tabasco sauce!
Alright, Ben has arrived with this week's pizza pies and they look fabulous! Ben is balancing three of them and Lisa is holding up the fourth one. Let's check them out!
Don got half cheese and half sausage...
Lisa got the Basil Pesto Chicken...
Leah got the Primo which is Italian sausage, pepperoni, mushroom, onion, red and green peppers in a traditional pizza sauce.
I gambled and got something really different, a breakfast pizza. I got the Hearty Country which is a pizza topped with scrambled eggs, diced potatoes, ham, sausage, bacon and shredded cheese. I figured a specialty item like this is either going to be really good or really bad. It looks tasty, so we're off to a promising start!
I put two slices of the breakfast pizza and one slice of Don's cheese pizza on the cooling plate for the all-important cooling process.
The breakfast pizza was very good! The crust had a nice taste and consistency to it and with the scrambled eggs, cheese, bacon, sausage, ham and potatoes, it's like a tasty breakfast buffet in every bite. I declare that this redeems One World from our chicken and waffles night back in August!
The cheese pizza was really good too. Lots of melted cheese, a crispy crust and zingy sauce. If you haven't tried the pizza at One World, I suggest you try it soon!
It was a great night and in addition to wonderful food we had some lively conversation at the table and as Lisa pointed out, not one of us pulled out a cell phone the entire evening, so good for us! But as you can see, Leah, Don and Lisa have left and the place is getting ready to close for the evening, so there's just one thing left for me to do...
Take a picture of this giganzo cow ass on the wall and head on back to MBIP World Headquarters.
Okay, time for the next day cold pizza challenge and as you can see, the craft beer corner is still empty, I'll try and fix that by next week.
It's delicious! We'll see you all tomorrow!
Pizza Rating
Three and a quarter Chef Boyardees—They definitely redeemed themselves and I highly recommend the pizza at One World. Try the breakfast pizza for a really unique tasting pie!
One World Cafe
1245 W Main Street
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Dancing with a big old goofy girl,
Ooh baby,
It's a big old goofy world.
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Bring out your glitz and your glam, for the first annual CARA Red Carpet Awards, to be hosted in conjunction with the BOSS Collegiate competition on Friday April 13th.
This red carpet affair is sure to wow you as the most highly respected awards are announced live.
"A Cappella is most powerful when live, which is why it's so exciting that the CARAs are being announced and awarded live," says CASA founder Deke Sharon.
Tickets are available at www.bostonsings.com, including a CARA Red Carpet Add-On giving you passes to the pre-event reception with the nominees, prime red carpet access, and preferred seating with the nominees during the event. Tickets and add-ons are limited, so get your passes fast.
"I'm really excited that this year the CARAs are getting the VIP treatment that the awards and the artists who win them deserve. This music is a true labor of love and requires, in many instances, as much work as big selling Grammy winners to record, edit, and produce," says noted arranger/performer/coach Christopher Diaz. "Knowing that they'll be announced live adds to the already tangible anticipation of finding out who the expert judges will choose."
Join us for thing celebratory evening, showcasing the best in recorded and live a cappella, and don't forget to look your best! The paparazzi might just be watching.
Interested in learning more about the CARAs? Visit www.carawards.org
Interested in learning more about BOSS? Visit www.bostonsings.com


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Design Innovation Specialist Essen Consulting Bangalore, KA 4 - 14 Yrs Aug 11,2017
Design Innovation Specialist
Posted on Aug 11,2017
Experience : 4 - 14 Yrs Qualification : B.Des, Interaction Design, Any design related field, B.Des, Any design related field Location : Bangalore
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Translating business strategy into design strategy to drive new value propositions; able to apply tools like the business model canvas, customer experience maps etc. Familiar with lean UX principles or Hypothesis Driven Product Development. Design of product-system solutions, IOT, mobile and web based solutions. Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills. Experience of working with global and regional teams is plus. Lead and facilitate design research. Build design mockups/prototypes for digital and physical solutions for user validation.
- 4-14 years software experience (ID, Interaction Design or other related backgrounds)
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text: This paper addresses the problem of predicting the pronunciation of Japanese words, especially those that are newly created and therefore not in the dictionary. This is an important task for many applications including text-to-speech and text input method, and is also challenging, because Japanese kanji (ideographic) characters typically have multiple possible pronunciations. We approach this problem by considering it as a simplified machine translation/transliteration task, and propose a solution that takes advantage of the recent technologies developed for machine translation and transliteration research. More specifically, we divide the problem into two subtasks: (1) Discovering the pronunciation of new words or those words that are difficult to pronounce by mining unannotated text, much like the creation of a bilingual dictionary using the web; (2) Building a decoder for the task of pronunciation prediction, for which we apply the state-of-the-art discriminative substring-based approach. Our experimental results show that our classifier for validating the word-pronunciation pairs harvested from unannotated text achieves over 98% precision and recall. On the pronunciation prediction task of unseen words, our decoder achieves over 70% accuracy, which significantly improves over the previously proposed models.


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How to Paint Space Marines: Blood Angels. How to Paint Dante.
Posted by Jawaballs at 8:25 PM
As a treat celebrating a year of blogging and three thousand subscribers on youtube, I have decided to upload an entire How to Paint set of videos... but not just any! Nope, I am going for the king shiznit himself! Dante, lord and commander of my beloved Blood Angels is my subject this time. Here are the videos! Hope you enjoy. I will add them to this post as I upload them.
How to Paint Dante Video 1
How to Paint Dante Video 2
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- Ellahrairah said...
dude... try krylon ulta flat black camouflage paint... Its some of the best stuff I have ever used, and its at wal-mart for about $6.00
for some reason my Krylon white always orange peels, but the camo black is a champ
- Sunday, July 12, 2009 at 9:08:00 PM EDT
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In 1843, William Henry Singleton enters the world a slave.
His father is a white man, William Singleton of New Bern — the second largest city in North Carolina with nearly 5,000 residents, including a large free black population. His mother is a black slave named Lettice Nelson — her surname taken from the family that owns her.
Singleton's master is John Handcock Nelson — a proud and haughty man, with whom the stubborn boy will engage in a battle of wills lasting for years.
The limits of Singleton's life are the boundaries of a 1,390-acre plantation in Craven County, on the Neuse River north of Beaufort. There he spends his first four years, with the other infants and toddlers, in the care of an elderly black woman at the central house. His mother chops cotton, digs potatoes, and harvests the cornfields along with more than a hundred fellow slaves.
Although Singleton is light skinned, his world is, quite literally, black-and-white.
"And because I was black it was believed I had no soul," he writes later in his memoir (a small miracle because throughout his childhood he is denied schooling). "For in the eyes of the law I was but a thing."
As a thing, he can be sold. And when he is 4 years old, a man shows up, offers him a stick of candy, and then simply takes him south to Atlanta. His new owner, a widow, operates an entrepreneurial "slave farm" — buying child slaves, training them, and selling them for a profit.
Singleton sleeps "on the dirt floor by the fireplace in the house like a little dog." He is too young to work in the fields, so he is employed to run errands. After one whipping too many for dawdling, he determines to run away home to his mother.
Fortunately, the first person he encounters on the streets of Atlanta, an elderly black gentleman, sets him on the road to New Bern. He admonishes Singleton, "But don't tell anybody your name."
The boy is clever and daring. When he spies a white woman holding a carpetbag, he politely takes the bag from her and carries it to the stagecoach. The driver assumes he is the woman's servant, so he lets Singleton board. In this manner he makes it as far as Wilmington, the lady's destination. She has figured out he is a runaway, but she doesn't divulge his secret.
Singleton walks most of the 95 miles to New Bern, catching an occasional ride on a farmer's wagon. Then he hikes 40 miles farther on dirt tracks to the Nelson plantation. He knocks on the first cabin door he comes to.
The woman who answers says, "What do you want, little boy?"
Singleton announces, "I am looking for my mother."
Neither recognizes the other, until Singleton's older brother Hardy appears and pronounces, "Mamma, that's Henry."
But the woman is not convinced. How could a 7-year-old boy make it home from so far away? But she finally identifies him by a burn scar on the back of his neck, made by her own glowing pipe when Singleton was an infant.
Singleton has hardly begun to recount the tale of his journey when the slave patrol is reported coming up the line. His mother hustles him underneath the board floor into a kind of potato cellar. The cellar becomes his hiding place for three years.
Sold into slavery, again
All that time, his mother feeds him secretly, and Singleton keeps watch through the cracks in the boards under the house. One Sunday, while she is away at a camp meeting, he spies an incredible sight: fresh biscuits cooling on the fence rail outside. This is an old trick to lure out hungry runaways in hiding, but Singleton is far too young to comprehend such deviousness. At once, a horn sounds, and the slave catchers grab him.
This time he is sold for $500 to a man in a neighboring county.
But left to gather his belongings for the trip, Singleton runs away again and hides out in the thick woods. For the next few weeks, he lies low during daylight and sneaks back home to his cellar hideaway at night. At last John Nelson tells his mother that if Singleton will agree to work on the farm, he won't be sold again.
Singleton comes out of hiding, only to be sold a third time — for a mere $50 to a poor, white, farm woman. At least she treats him kindly, but she, too, soon sells him. Singleton refuses once again to "stay sold." He escapes his new owner and hides out in the last place anyone would look for him: the town of New Bern itself. There he hires out as a bellboy at the Gaston House Hotel. When asked his name, he says he doesn't know.
"They called me the 'Don't know' boy," he writes later, recalling his three years of grace from plantation slavery. He is paid $3 per week — a small fortune for a boy who has never owned even the clothes on his back. But at last his secret is discovered, and he flees back to his mother. By now he is 13, old enough to do a man's labor.
At his mother's insistence, he gives himself up to Nelson. "He was a tall, raw-boned, black faced man, quite old then, too old to go to war when the war came. He said, 'All right, go out to the barn and go to work and it will be all right.'"
Singleton learns to plow behind a mule and takes his place in the fields. His master whips him regularly with a harness strap for any small infraction. Once, Nelson's son, Edward, accuses Singleton of opening one of his schoolbooks, and Singleton suffers a severe whipping. Singleton recalls, "If you looked cross at them, they would whip you."
But Nelson's wife, Eliza, is troubled by her position as a slave owner and often speaks of a coming day when black and white will live in equality.
In 1860, Eliza Nelson falls gravely ill. She summons some of the family's slaves to her bedside and exhorts them, "Be good and do your work and the time will come when you will all be free." Shortly afterward, she dies. More than 75 slaves trail her casket to the cemetery, mourning her as a friend. Within eight weeks, John Nelson remarries, and the new mistress is no friend of the slaves.
"It was about this time, too, that we first heard of a man named Lincoln," Singleton writes. "They said he was a bad man and that he had horns. Another man we heard about was John Brown and the underground railroad. Of course we did not understand what the underground railroad was. We thought it was some sort of a road under the ground."
John Nelson is deeply religious and preaches at the local Adams Creek Methodist Church — attended by both the whites and their slaves, who sit in the back. On this particular day, the presiding elder invites a slave named Ennis Delmar to ascend the pulpit and offer a prayer for the congregation. Delmar prays, "Send the time when Ethiopia should stretch forth her arm like an army with banners."
Nelson is outraged that a black man has been called on to pray publicly with whites. After the service, he accosts Delmar and demands to know the meaning of his prayer.
Delmar has no reply (he can neither read nor write); he was only repeating what he had learned by rote. Nelson has him whipped on the spot.
The elder protests: Why shouldn't any Christian man, white or black, pray in church?
Nelson banishes the elder from the congregation; from now on, he will do all the preaching at this church.
Meeting Lincoln
Secession is coming, and with it war. Nelson's nephew, Samuel Hyman, enlists in the 1st North Carolina Cavalry, and Singleton volunteers to accompany him as his manservant. Singleton is already keen to learn the ways of a soldier, for he has visions of fighting for his freedom. He becomes so adept at soldiering that he is often called upon to drill the Confederate company in his master's stead.
When the U.S. Army captures New Bern and drives on Kinston, Singleton runs away in the confusion and reaches the Union lines — joining 10,000 other escaped slaves. He acts as a guide for the troops moving on Wyse Forks, outside Kinston, and his horse is shot out from under him.
He tells his superior, Colonel Leggett, that he will not fight anymore unless he is armed.
Leggett tells him, "We never will take niggers in the army to fight. The war will be over before your people ever get in."
But the colonel underestimates Singleton's determination.
"The war will not be over until I have had a chance to spill my blood," he retorts.
He takes his pay, $5, and proceeds to the A.M.E. Zion Church at New Bern and sets up a recruiting station.
"I secured the thousand men and they appointed me as their colonel and I drilled them with cornstalks for guns," Singleton writes. "We drilled once a week. I supported myself by whatever I could get to do and my men did likewise."
Singleton has grown into a handsome, formidable man, strong and outspoken. He stands just 5 feet 6 inches tall but he is tough, and he holds himself with a soldier's erect bearing, looking out on the world through steady, deep-set, gray eyes.
Time and again, Singleton implores Gen. Ambrose Burnside, in command of the New Bern district, to allow his men to fight. Burnside has no authority to raise colored troops, he explains. But working at headquarters one day, Singleton has one of the most memorable encounters of his life. The adjutant indicates a man conferring with Burnside in the next room. "Do you know that man in there?"
"No," Singleton replies.
"That is our President, Mr. Lincoln."
When the president and Burnside emerge, the general points at Singleton and says, "This is the little fellow who got up a colored regiment."
Lincoln shakes Singleton's hand. "It is a good thing. What do you want?"
"I have a thousand men," Singleton answers. "We want to help fight to free our race. We want to know if you will take us in the service?"
"You have got good pluck," Lincoln says. "But I can't take you now because you are contraband of war and not American citizens yet. But hold on to your society and there may be a chance for you."
It's the first and last time Singleton will ever lay eyes on the "tall, dark complexioned, raw boned man, with a pleasant face."
Singleton bides his time. In January 1863, news of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation raises hope that he and his brothers in arms will be taken into the U.S. Army at once. But months pass, and still they wait.
At last, on May 28, 1863, the 1st North Carolina Colored Volunteers (later the 35th United States Colored Troops) is officially formed at New Bern under the command of Col. James C. Beecher, half-brother of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Singleton is enlisted as First Sergeant of Company G. The regiment drills briefly and then sets off to Kenansville on a raid meant to season the troops. They burn a saber factory, rescue two prisoners from the courthouse, and sweep through Warsaw before returning to their camp in high spirits, unscathed.
Before long, they march south to Charleston. During the next two years, Singleton fights battles in South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, where he is wounded in the right leg at the Battle of Olustee, one of 1,800 Union casualties. After the battle, Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour, the ranking U.S. commander on the field, praises his regiment: "The colored troops behaved creditably … the 54th and the 1st North Carolina like veterans."
In the Army, Singleton learns the letters of the alphabet and how to spell simple words. Mustered out in Charleston in 1866, he buys a secondhand primer, travels north, and settles in New Haven, Connecticut. There he joins the African Methodist Episcopal Church and learns at last to read properly.
Singleton notes with pride, "And in those days since I was whipped simply because it was thought I had opened a book. I have seen the books of the world opened to my race."
In 1938, half-blind and with an ailing heart, Singleton attends the 72nd national encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Des Moines, Iowa. Stubborn to the last, the 95-year-old veteran parades for 15 blocks in blistering heat. Hours later, he collapses with a fatal heart attack. He dies a free man, wearing the uniform he earned.
Selected Sources
Recollections of My Slavery Days by William Henry Singleton (1922), with introduction and annotations by Katherine Mellen Charron and David S. Cecelski, Division of Archives and History, North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. 1999; Freedom for Themselves: North Carolina's Black Soldiers in the Civil War Era by Richard M. Reid, UNC Press, 2008; Slave Narrative of Tempe Herndon Durham, 1937, from the Museum of the African Diaspora; U.S. Census for 1860, Craven County, N.C.; Just Learning To Be Men: A History of the 35th United States Colored Troops,1863-1866, by Shana Renee Hutchins, M.A. in History thesis, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, N.C., 1999.


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Emerald City Designs LLC: Making Memorable Moments a Little More Glamorous
David McKnight has always considered himself a natural entertainer with a knack for event planning, but he's also level-headed enough to know which risks to take. McKnight founded Emerald City Designs LLC (ECD) in 1993 as a side project to his career in corporate America and get his feet formally wet in the industry before diving in headfirst. Over the course of 19 years ECD has grown to become one of Michigan's premier event-planning operations by continuing to redefine the hallmarks of high quality and personalized design with a touch of glamor.
Aside from the glitz, ECD's key to continued success is the team's ability to support clients of all makes and models – whether made of tin or straw – down a yellow brick road toward an event as splendid and memorable as the Emerald City itself. "We pride ourselves on being able to listen closely to each client to identify the key items that will reflect personal style and each individual's vision for a specific budget," expands McKnight, founder and owner of ECD.
The special event group is based out of Farmington Hills, Mich., and regularly works with client across the state and the major metropolitan centers of the country. ECD proudly boasts its ability to provide a complete package for each customer, providing planning, event coordination, agendas and event finalizations for a seamlessly delivered experience, whether a wedding, birthday, bar mitzvah, graduation or corporate event.
Bespoke Event Planning
Admittedly, every event and every host is different, and the team adjusts accordingly. ECD is happy to work with each customer to create just the right package from an array of a la carte offerings, including floral arrangements, rental settings and tabletop décor, textiles and stationary designed by an in-house graphic designer.
Tight budget or not, ECD aims to deliver a high level of customer service and communication, balanced by an infectious creative energy proven to excite clients. The energy is contagious, and ECD is always open to going the extra mile for any client.
"Anyone can be creative when working without a budget, but we have earned a reputation for working to be super creative within the confines of a client's budget," says McKnight. "When it comes down to it, I'd much rather have that standout item – whether it's a textile or a specific table – at the event venue rather than sitting in storage."
In fact, ECD's reputation for creating memorable moments with high-quality designs prompted McKnight to establish The Poppy Shoppe, ECD's sister company that operates in the same space. The Poppy Shoppe positions itself as an online fresh floral boutique delivering a small piece of ECD design inspiration for clients to take home. The Poppy Shoppe will ship custom floral arrangements to recipients across the country and customers will know each floral design will be one of a kind.
"Events will always be our mainstay and our primary focus," explains McKnight. "But The Poppy Shoppe really gives us the opportunity to support our clients when they need something special on a smaller scale."
The company also provides a formal outlet for ECD to display recent design experiments, new design trends and ECD staples like floral arrangements with rhinestone centers or wedding bouquets wrapped in love letters. ECD also hosts an annual Spring Bling Showcase at its head office in addition to other events like a monthly style showcase and the Winter Bridal Celebrations, part of the quarterly Bridal Show and Expo in Detroit, to display the team's creations.
In Touch and On Point
Throughout ECD's almost 20 years in the industry, McKnight remains conscious of those who helped push him in the right direction.
"I had a mentor years ago that always encouraged honest collaboration without ego or hierarchy," recalls McKnight. "At the time we had been working on a very large project, and even though I was the driving creative force, I learned that even though we may be responsible for different things on the project, we need to create a team that works openly together to make the client happy."
McKnight is currently collaborating with his team to complete a guidebook including everything ECD stands for, ensuring every part of the team has an understanding of the strengths and skill sets of each department. McKnight hopes that this esteemed collection will generate additional efficiencies and increase collaboration among ECD's teams. "I trust my team a lot, and it's because of them and the work we deliver to our clients that I jump out of bed, ready to go every morning," he beams.
The future is nothing short of shimmering for ECD, as McKnight has never subscribed to the belief that the event-planning industry has ever been stagnant. The ECD team in turn continues to push itself to breathe glamorous life into the business by developing new products, service packages and designs to draw the eye of first-time clients and longtime clients alike.
The company has made a name for itself by emphasizing that big first impressions don't require a big budget. The team's ability to work together for the greater good will ensure the company remains one of the Midwest's top event planners and always deliver a truly memorable experience the Emerald City Designs LLC way.


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Marion High School graduate Elizabeth Goentzel is among 253 dependents of Koch Industries employees who will receive scholarships for the 2016-17 academic year.
Daughter of John Goentzel and Marlene Hudgens, she is in her fourth year at Fort Hays State University.
Since 1970, the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation has awarded dependents a total 3,631 scholarships worth more than $5 million.


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The Safe America FoundationTM is a 501(c)(3) non-profit licensed by the state of Georgia. Chartered in 1994, with headquarters in Marietta, Georgia, the foundation partners with corporate, governmental, public and private sector organizations, and other nonprofits to improve the safety awareness and preparedness of Americans nationwide.
The Fall Forum's goal is to educate people on how to handle potential threats to our security and ways to protect yourself. We discuss unsafe scenarios and experiences and how to ultimately avoid emergencies, safety risks, and the escalation of an unfortunate event.Conference Highlight Photos
The conference will be held at the Federal Reserve Bank in Atlanta, GA. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, (informally referred to as the Atlanta Fed and the Bank), is the sixth district of the 12 Federal Reserve Banks of the United States and is headquartered in midtown Atlanta, GeorgiaLearn More


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Yes support arabic language
Add Arabic
Janis Berneker shared this idea 3 years ago
Under Consideration
Support for Arabic language
Janis Berneker
● 2 years ago
Thanks for your feedback!
Nassim Miguideche
● 2 years ago
It will be a great idea when adding arabic
Rida Eljoud
● 23 months ago
Add the arbic language
Janis Berneker
● 23 months ago
Just to let you know: we want to add more languages like Arabic in the future. But it needs some changes on the core code because it's right to left and you have more letters. So it's not that easy and will take a while but it's definitely something we'll work on.
المنيب إلى ربه
● 23 months ago
We will be grateful and happy if you add the Arabic language to the program.
we wait you to add it in the next updates.
Thanks for your interest.


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Note: I am honored to present this special Guest Expert blog post, written by my friend Zach, a Macintosh and iPhone gaming expert.
— Christian Boyce
Top 3 iPhone Games
by Zach, age 9
First Place: Ancient War
Point of the game: destroy a totem pole without your own totem pole being destroyed too
Cost: $1.99
Ancient War is great difficulty-wise. It has different levels that start off really easy and become extremely hard. Also, Ancient War has good action, good controls and okay sound effects. I like how every couple of minutes you get to shoot fireballs.
Ancient War
Second Place: Angry Birds
Type of game: Arcade
Point of the game: get your eggs back from the green pigs by launching birds at the pigs using a big slingshot
Cost: 99 cents
Angry Birds is like Ancient War difficulty-wise. It has different levels, some easy and some not. Good controls, pretty good action, and ok sound effects. I like how you shoot your birds from the slingshot and hit something hard.
Angry Birds
Third Place: Eliminate Pro
Type of game: shooting
Point of the game: kill a guy without being killed
Cost: FREE
I like Eliminate Pro because you can play people online. I play it with my friend William online almost every week. It is good for advanced players and beginners. If you play someone good it is hard, but if you play someone not so good it is easy. It has great action, not so good controls because controls fade away a lot when you need them most so you don't know where every button is, and good sound affects. I like how if you shoot a guy when he is dead he explodes.
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The marriage of Charles and Camilla has some striking similarities to the story of Anne Boleyn, and her public perception.
~ Like Anne Boleyn, Camilla was the "other woman" luring the (future) king away from a princess who was beloved by the public.
~ Camilla is not conventionally beautiful, and her appearance has been mocked in the press. People could not understand what Henry saw in Anne Boleyn, either, because she was not beautiful by the standards of the era.
~ Camilla is a mere gentlewoman, as Anne was, rising above her station to capture the heart of a king. Marrying for such an ephemeral reason as "love" has always been suspect in royal circles.
~ Both women were blamed for the ill-treatment of their predecessors.
~ In both cases, the ex-wife clung to her old title, Diana keeping the title of "Princess" and Katharine refusing to surrender the title of Queen. In both cases, the public supported this usage.
~ Both women were the "scandal of Christendom." Camilla is divorced; Anne had been pre-contracted, requiring a dispensation.
~ Both were the king's "mistress" (though Anne refused to sleep with the king until they were lawfully wed.)
~ Both were called ugly names disparaging their chastity.
~ Camilla, like Anne, has fought an uphill battle to be recognized as her husband's lawful consort. However graciously or charitably she behaves, there are many who will never accept nor "forgive" Camilla for usurping Diana's place. Women were recorded as hating Anne, the "goggle-eyed whore" who made a mockery of the sacred vows of marriage.
~ The prince's "love letters" (phone calls) to Camilla were made public in order to humiliate them. The public salivated and snickered over their playful talk the same way they must have snickered over Henry wishing to kiss Anne's "pretty dukkys."
~ The prince's wedding to Camilla was low-key in contrast to the lavish spectacle of his wedding to Diana, the same as with Henry VIII.
~ Both of the ex-wives died not long after their divorce. In both cases, the surviving royals were criticized for not being respectful enough of the deceased. People still leave pomegranates on Katharine's tomb, and visit the estate where Diana is buried.
Fortunately, Charles already has his "heir and a spare" and doesn't seem to be the head-chopping type. Camilla has a chance Anne Boleyn never had - to slowly win the public over and grow into her role as consort. Whether she will ever be the Queen of England remains to be seen, but it seems public perception of her is softening as time passes. Anne had only a scant three years. Her reign is mostly known from the "tabloids" of her day, and so we may never have a clear picture of what she was really like, and what she could have become had she survived Henry's obsession.


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Radiologic Technology
Radiologic Technology
Requirements and Details
The radiologic technology program focuses on general radiography. Training in sonography (ultrasound imaging) is done in dedicated sonography programs (not at St. Cloud State). The St. Cloud State radiologic technology program does not include any clinical training in sonography (ultrasound imaging).
The Bachelor of Science degree in radiologic technology requires a prescribed curriculum and clinical course work at an affiliated hospital.
Students who are not U.S. citizens--contact the director before starting this program. We are assessing the viability of this major for non-U.S. citizens.
Important note: the "admission and program requirements" given in the university catalog are not requirements needed for admission to St. Cloud State. They are requirements for students who are already enrolled in classes at St. Cloud State. We offer all of the required classes here. You don't have to take any classes before you come to St. Cloud State.
During the first two years, students take science courses and liberal education courses at St. Cloud State. The clinical radiologic courses are taken during the last two years and are completed at one of St. Cloud State's clinical affiliates. This is called the clinical internship phase (or sometimes the clinical phase) and the courses in it prepare students to take the national certification examination in radiologic technology as well as fulfill the graduation requirements for the bachelor's degree in radiologic technology from St. Cloud State.
This major requires job shadowing (PDF) (done as a college student) that can be done at any hospital or clinic that does x-ray imaging. The traditional way to do this is to contact the diagnostic imaging departments of hospitals close to where you live and ask them if you can do the job shadowing there. See also the "Frequently Asked Questions" section.
Admission to St. Cloud State does not guarantee a clinical internship. Acceptance to clinical internships is competitive and is based on criteria set by the hospital affiliates. All of the on-campus pre-clinical requirements should be completed by May of the year in which the clinical phase begins.
I am a high school student. What are the first steps that I need to take?
- Learn as much as you can in high school.
- Take as much math and physics as you can in high school. It is not required that you take these courses in high school (you can take the necessary math and physics at St. Cloud State), but they will be very helpful.
- Apply for admission to St. Cloud State.
- Once accepted by the university, indicate that you want your major to be Radiologic Technology.
- Take courses at St. Cloud State.
- Meet with your academic adviser.
- Do the job shadowing as soon as possible after you start classes at St. Cloud State.
- Apply for formal admission to the program.
I am a transfer student. What are the first steps that I need to take?
- You don't have to complete any courses before you come here. We even accept students right out of high school.
- Do your best at the college you are attending now.
- As soon as possible, apply for admission to St. Cloud State.
- Do the job shadowing as soon as possible. You are strongly encouraged to do this as soon as possible since you are already a college student; it is best not to wait until you come to St. Cloud State. Notify the director as soon as the job shadowing is done.
- Once accepted by the St. Cloud State admissions office, indicate that you want your major to be Radiologic Technology.
- Get academic advising at St. Cloud State.
- Take courses at St. Cloud State.
- Apply for formal admission to the program.
I am confused. What do I need to do to be in this program?
You don't need to take any courses before you come here. Our program is a four-year program. Some two-year radiologic technology programs require a student to complete certain courses and even make a special application to the program before coming to the two-year program. In our program, you can complete all of the courses and requirements here. Start taking courses when you are ready. Then, formally apply to the program.
How many students do you accept and when does the program start?
Applying for formal admission to the program
- Note: This is for currently-enrolled St. Cloud State students who have already started their coursework at St. Cloud State.
- Complete at least 15 credits including MATH 112 (with C or better) and PHYS 231 (with C or better).
- At least 12 credits of the above must be completed at St. Cloud State.
- Obtain the approval of the program director, which will be obtained through providing the following items:
- Completed job shadowing form.
- Radiologic Technology major GPA of 2.00 or higher; overall cumulative GPA of 2.00 or higher.
- Acceptable single-spaced essay on "Reasons Why I Chose to Major in Radiologic Technology." Length: 1-1/2 to 2 pages not including title page (which should also be present). List and elaborate on the reasons why you chose to major in Radiologic Technology.
- An acceptable resume focused on Radiologic Technology.
- A satisfactorily completed application form.
- Deadline for continuing students: as soon as possible (within 30 days of when you finish PHYS 231 with a C or better).
- Deadline for transfer students starting in the fall: January 5.
Requirements for applying to a hospital internship (for current St. Cloud State students)
- Be a currently-enrolled St. Cloud State student for both fall and spring semesters prior to the date when the internship would begin.
- Be formally admitted into the program.
- Complete the required milestones for the major.
- Have an overall GPA and GPA in the major of 2.00 or above.
- Be on track to satisfactorily finish all on-campus courses by the end of May before the internship starts. Avoid taking any required courses in the summer before the start of your planned internship.
More Information:
- All required courses for the major can be taken at St. Cloud State. No courses need to be taken before you come here.
- Degree map (PDF) (Students should follow the degree map as closely as possible)
- Official RADT course descriptions
- Official PHYS course descriptions
- Job shadow report form (PDF)


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One of the most famous American TV personalities in the recent times, Khloe Kardashian, all of 30 years, is also famous as the sister of Kim Kardashian and the sister-in-law of the celebrated NBA player Kayne West. She is also involved in retail and fashion industries with her sisters Kim and Kourtney Kardashian. However, she is undoubtedly more famous for the reality shows Keeping Up with the Kardashians and her stint as co-host to Mario Lopez in X-Factor Season 2.
Known for her sleek style of tattoos, all of Khloe's tattoos are associated with her personal life and loves. Among the four tattoos which find places in her body, we love her I love you tattoo the most. What makes it more special is that it is written in her deceased father, Robert Kardashian's handwriting. Khloe really wins our heart with this sentimental and lovely tattoo.
While her sudden marriage to Lamar Odom followed by filing a divorce case is quite famous in the entertainment industry, Khloe has recently shocked all her fans by instagramming her intricately crafted L.O. tattoo on her left hand. Whether or not she really wants this divorce or this tattoo is a signal for reconciliation is absolutely her choice, but we cannot help but marvel at this lovely small but great wrist tattoo of hers!