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Although I really enjoy woodturning I do not consider myself truly proficient in the art at this time. Due to the nature of the items I make it is very difficult to achieve a thin uniform wall thickness. One reason for this is that I am constantly dealing with changes in wood grain due to the glue up process. The end result is that the walls have to be left relatively thick to allow for extensive sanding to remove inevitable tearout. I do however consider myself a reletively proficient woodworker. In order to make a laminated ring for a bowl there are usually 8 pieces of wood which means there are 16 angle cuts to make. If the angle is out by as little as 1/2 a degree the ring when assembled has an eight degree gap. In the production of a laminated bowl the actual turning is a minor operation in the woodworking process.
|The offset candlesticks appearing to the left are truly sensual to the touch. The metal top is polished steel. They are very difficult to duplicate as exact pairs so I do not attempt to do it. Originally I attempted to create a very hard regular base to act as a contrast to the flowing shape of the candlestick. With the bases being so regular I was also attempting to provide some semblance of a set if a pair was desired. The darker ones are walnut with the lighter one being oak.
|The plaque at the right shows a little of the diversity I enjoy in woodworking. It was made for a friend & past commodore of the Whitby Yacht Club. Another friend, who I had made a plaque for the previous year, supplied me with a beautiful piece of Brazilian Mahogony. Because of the width the plank was ripped in two.The two pieces were then resawed to produce 4 thinner pieces. Two were rejoined for the background & the third scrollsawed with her boats name. When this was glued to the background piece the grain matched to apear as a carving.
|The little bowl to the left is a little closer view of a laminated bowl. It is only 6" in diameter by 3" high. It contains 74 pieces of wood consisting of ash, walnut, maple, brazilian mahogany & oak.
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NAME: Kiyoshi Kotarou
ALIAS: Kamen Rider Tenhou.
**METAPHYSICAL TRAIT:* The Bearer of the Sands of Hell and the current Kamen Rider Tenhou.
Kiyoshi Kotarou never got along with his friends, his family, or even his dog, even when he was young. For years he always felt like something was off about everyone else around him. From his parent's divorce to his friends not getting along. Many things would bug him, nag at him, something about his world being off and wrong and he could never understand why. Regardless, he managed to live a normal life, before, finally fed up with it all, he ran away from home at 16, dropping out of high school and becoming a wanderer. He was always good at mahjong and gambling, and so he ended up winning games off of the Yakuza for money to live off of.
Sadly, real life is not Akagi. At some point, Kiyoshi had pissed off the wrong sore losers, Yakuza who gladly beat him to death, leaving his dying body out in the middle of some forest to bleed out broke, alone, and dead. Lost, in a haze, weak, delirious, Kiyoshi crawled his way to an old, Japanese temple… and found Death waiting for him. Death looked over Kiyoshi… and saw potential. Death offered Kiyoshi a deal; a last game of Mahjong, and if Kiyoshi won, he would take on Death's charge, and get to keep his life. If he lost, well… Kiyoshi would be dead, then. Kiyoshi, with no other path, agreed.
They say the sands of Hell are magical sands. When one is closest to death, one is at their strongest. Kiyoshi won the game against Death, and Death held his side to the bargin, taking Kiyoshi's death by Yakuza away from him. But, Death's touch is terrible indeed. Kiyoshi's mind opened, and it all clicked, why everything was off; because everyone had their own selfish, sick reasons for doing what they did. Divorces were over money, not children or love. Kids didn't get along over petty, pointless reasons. More and more, Kiyoshi was exposed… and enlightened, one could say, with a sense of the divine, one too great for his puny, mortal head.
But that's not all. Death dropped a mahjong set, in an old, bone case, and where his injuries once where, Kiyoshi felt the Sands of Hell, which he was now charged with bearing. Death ordered Kiyoshi to take both up and become Kamen Rider Tenhou, one who battles the Cheaters of Death.
For some reason, he's end up in Epitome City, and going to school, too… how did this ever happen?
Kiyoshi is… well, attractive. It's part of being a Heisei-Era Kamen Rider; very fit, thin, and a well groomed face, intentionally messy hair, and a face that break hearts. Short black hair, brown eyes, slightly tanned skin, and always well dressed, he could be confused for a model.


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December 3, 2010 @ 12:26 - Michael
Normally I wouldn't write a post like this, there's a lot of people out there that need help these days, especially in this economy. This case hits too close to home to not pass the word along. Last year my family was down and out and had a very hard time making ends meet and was on the verge of not having any type of Christmas for my younger siblings. Word got out and many many people came forward to help out my family. My brother came home one night from the farm he worked at with a carload full of gifts, etc for my family and sisters so they could have a Christmas celebration. This year, we are trying to Pay It Forward. Not only did that movie strike home and make a good point, but my family was helped last year, this year it's time to help another.
My best friend, and best man from my wedding, has fallen on hard times. He has been getting less than 20 hours/week at work to support his family of 4, wife and 2 kids, 13 and 9, but since last week has been taken off the schedule by a boss who is egotistical and backstabbing to say the least. (I never got along with her either, and I get along with most people.) Now it's the holidays, he has a job, but has no hours; the boss won't fire him so she doesn't have to pay unemployment (it's a known fact as she's done this with many other people in the past), but he's still employed so he can't get the benefits he needs to support his family.
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|Not a sight typically seen on Australian beaches.
Travel Dates 29th June - 1st July 2013.
I took a cab to the Renfe station in Cordoba for the ATR train to Algeciras, which is the Spanish town next to Gibraltar. The train left exactly on time. As usual I had a book to read but enjoyed the passing scenery instead; an example was this unknown village and castle.
I'm not sure why, but despite having read with interest much about the history of Gibraltar I was not particularly interested in visiting 'The Rock', so I didn't bother taking the bus to it. Instead I spent a quiet afternoon wandering the dock area and checking out the ferry arrangements for the next day. Algeciras is a fairly forgettable port town.
I intended taking the shuttle bus in the morning to Tarifa and the ferry direct to Tangier from there. Unfortunately high winds and consequent high seas at the gates of the Mediterranean had closed the port at Tarifa, so I had to take the Algeciras – Tangier Med ferry and pay 200 dirhams ($25) for a cab for the 60km trip to town. I had been told there is a cheap shuttle bus, but I could not find it.
If you are planning to take that ferry, keep in mind that there is an immigration check point before you can board. My ferry was due to leave at 1400; I thought I had plenty of time when I arrived in the queue at 1330. But with only one immigration officer on duty, with a supervisor who refused to add a second station, I was still in the queue at departure time. So were many other passengers for the same ferry. After immigration we raced along seemingly endless enclosed corridors to the ship, with strategically placed staff offering directions at junctions.
The ship departed almost an hour late, presumably they allowed for the delays. Or maybe it was just luck.
On board the ferry, which was impressively modern and comfortable, was another immigration queue for entering Morocco. Two officials added an entry stamp and a visa number. There was no sign, nor did I hear any announcements. I happened to see the queue and asked what it was for. On landing there was a final check-point for Moroccan customs.
After the final customs check, having failed to discover the bus to Tangier, I experienced my first Moroccan Grand Taxi.
They are all very old Mercedes sent to Morocco to die but refusing to do so. They are used for inter-town trips, with 'Petit Taxis' used within towns. After my brief sojourn in Morocco I came to the belief that all of the Mercedes built from 1960 to 1980 were sent to Morocco after they became unfit to travel on European roads, to serve many more decades as Grand Taxis. I used five during my visit. One was clean inside, the rest were filthy. All required a request for a window-winder from the driver to operate any of the windows, none had a working air-conditioner in a country where 37C(100F) can be a cool day in June, most of the seats 'floated' with no apparent connection to the chassis, but all the Grand Taxis seemed surprisingly stable on the road.
|The grand view from my first Grand Taxi.
|En-route from Tangier Med to Tangier
I booked in for an overnight stay in the Ibis beside the railway station. It was clean, reasonably comfortable and very convenient for the train to Fes the following day. Petit Taxis were waiting at the station so I took one to the Medina in Tangier and spent the next few hours wandering the Medina and soaking up the atmosphere.
By chance, after an interesting but long, hot and dusty walk I reached the beach and came across one of the few bars in an Islamic city. The bar was nothing special, full of tourists from the other side of the Mediterranean, but that was a memorable cold beer; the first one didn't hit the sides. After a pleasant hour I wandered down-town searching for a restaurant to try my first tagine. It doesn't look like much, mainly beef with prunes, but it was delicious. I tried to eat some form of tagine daily for the rest of my visit.
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Dear Parish Faithful & Friends in Christ,
GREAT LENT: The Fifth Day
"Enlighten me through prayers and fasting." (Forgiveness Vespers)
Within the context of the beginning of Great Lent and our ascetical effort during this season, commonly called fasting, I raised the issue of not only fasting from certain foods and drink - the most basic aspect of asceticism because of our sheer dependence on food and drink - but also of "fasting" from the amount of time we spend daily before a variety of screens - television, computer, movie, cell phones, etc.
This raises the issue of "Orthodoxy and technology," a fascinating issue and one that should generate a good deal of theological/spiritual reflection when we think for a moment of our overwhelming dependency in the contemporary world on technology. We may be able to live without technology, but we would hardly be able to function without it. However, my goal is much more modest, as I will explain momentarily.
Without entering into a philosophical/theological discussion about technology, we can at least state that Orthodoxy is in no way anti-technological. Although some Orthodox bishops, priests, and monastics may awaken visions of the Amish, there is no real similarity in worldview when it comes to technology. You may just contact any one of those Orthodox persons through their computers and cell phones - but not the Amish! Or you would be impressed by the websites and over-all computer sophistication of both Orthodox seminaries and monasteries.
The Church has never moved to suppress technology or, for that matter, any progress in all of the sciences. This is a crucial aspect of our human capacity to think and create, setting us apart from the rest of the animal world. Yet, one more issue unavoidably related to this is that of the abuse of technology, when it is severed from any clear moral and ethical restraint. Our thinkers and theologians are struggling to keep up with the exponential and seemingly daily moral/ethical challenges that arises out of the obsessive desire to keep pushing forward the frontier of technological progress.
Avoiding these "heavier" issues in this reflection, I would just like to address the more modest issue of our fasting during Great Lent. Or, of expanding our understanding of fasting to now include the time spent before our various screens as already mentioned above. It is, after all, Great Lent. Some modest changes in lifestyle, or the environments that we create in our homes is an important factor in the over-all lenten effort.
With the ubiquitous screen, the questions arise: Outside of our professional obligations and responsibilities, just how attracted, attached, obsessed or, as extreme as this may sound, "addicted" are we to them? How much of that precious commodity of time do we spend in front of screens that could at best be described as distraction, amusement, entertainment, "killing time," etc.? Can we break through the cycles of surfing, shopping, game-playing, facebooking and blogging that devour huge amounts of our time? And can we show some restraint for the sake of relationships and more serious pursuits which I hope would attract us during Great Lent especially?
To formulate the challenge before us, I would like to turn to an essay written by one of our parish teens, Emily Farison. Emily recently wrote an essay entitled "Less is More." The opening paragraph shows that we are of the same mind in formulating the issues before us:
In the modern world, nearly every direction one turns, surrounding people appear preoccupied by their own little worlds or music, video games, social networking, or the internet. They appear oblivious to anyone or anything, save the technologies that hold their undivided attention. Nearly gone are the days where families would gather together to read, create, play, or converse with each other. The turn of the century bears witness to a rapid-paced world which observes a degeneration in communication and relationships among individuals. Though many remain unaware, this shift brings with it startling changes, affecting present and future generations alike. (p. 1)
Well-stated and to the point! And something to think about in a season of restraint and re-prioritizing. Emily mentions reading, playing, creating and conversing. Are our families and friendships suffering deficiencies in those time-honored activities that are based on mental agility, socializing skills and the deepening or loving relationships? Is it dinner and then off to the screen? Have we mastered the "art of distraction?"
If so, can we possibly be surprised if we find it difficult to pray effectively - that is with some concentration and focus? There is a possible alternative approach: Superfluous time spent before the screen, can now be redirected and spent renewing those activities that are either intellectually stimulating (a good book or creative project), or conducive to personal interaction (game playing); or, on a deeper level, "face-to-face" communion (conversing)? Emily writes further:
Because people do not communicate in person, words and meanings can get misconstrued all too easily. One cannot observe facial expressions or hear tones of voice through the internet, both of which allow the listener to garner a well-rounded impression of what the speaker intends to express ... Nothing compares to quality time given to a person, where one really listens and focuses on getting to know his friends. Human beings are so complex that one cannot get to know anyone very deeply in a diminutive span of time. (p. 9)
Can you imagine a facebook entry that states: "In observing Great Lent, this site will be inactive until April 4, the day I celebrate the Resurrection of Christ?!"
What about the screen of the cell phone? This is a wonderful tool for communication, that has even been "life-saving" as we all know of some such stories. You may have to be a modern-day Luddite to argue against the positive use of the cell phone. The important call, the encouraging call, the "where-in-the-world is my child?" call, even the "emergency" call, are not what needs to occupy us at the moment.
But here also other questions arise: Beyond all of that, has the cell phone become an extension of our very being? Does it seem to be permanently glued to our ears and/or attached to our hands? Are we lost without it? Do we call and chat in order to ... call and chat? (What happened to the spiritual gift of silence?) After all, just a few years ago, we did live without cell phones.
There are styles, colors, sizes, and an endless array of features that turn the cell phone into either a status symbol or a toy - primarily for adults, of course. (Though, at what age now are children equipped with their own cell phone?). Texting and twittering are producing a certain type of "illiteracy" that is making a wince-creating wreck of the English language, as in: "I luv u." Grammar, spelling, and compound sentences are treated as intrusive. The menus are astonishing for their complexity. The internet is now on your cell phone! And it is also a ready-made camera: Quick! There's little Johnny going to the bathroom ...
Is it possible or even meaningful to show any restraint when living in an age of the screen? If not, then we may be facing the following downward trajectory that can quickly spiral out of control: Attractions become attachments; attachments become obsessions; and obsessions become addictions. Or, as the holy Fathers teach, we become the playthings of our "passions." We are no longer in control, but under control of our impulses.
As asceticism is not puritanism, so restraint is not repression. All of our ascetical lenten efforts are ultimately directed to our freedom and liberation - to some degree at least - from the myriad dependencies that occupy our bodies and souls. To fast from meat but then to sit in front of the computer for hours surfing, shopping, game-playing, facebooking and blogging somehow points to a disconnect with the over-all goal of Great Lent as a "school of repentance," or "journey toward Pascha."
Professionally and vocationally, we may be living in the age of the screen. I know that I am. I enjoy and try and make something positive of a "cyberspace ministry," in fact. The irony of writing this meditation on the computer and then launching it out into cyberspace so you will have one more thing to read, is not lost on me.
But the challenge remains to retain a degree of freedom from the technological web that can bind us so tightly. Redirecting a lot of our energy - and time! - to prayer, almsgiving and fasting; the reading of the Scriptures and the lenten liturgical services of the Church, can create in us the joy of liberation from those very bonds.
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Meet Ariell Bratton, 2L
Originally from Mesa, Az., Bratton earned a bachelor's degree in molecular and cellular biology from the University of Arizona in 2013. As an ambassador for the Admissions Office, Bratton will be present at many Admitted Student Weekend events this weekend and will sit on the student panel Saturday morning.
I asked Bratton to reflect on her experiences at NDLS.
Why did you chose NDLS?
"I chose NDLS because after visiting numerous other schools, this just felt right. What "feels right" will be different for everyone. It will be a combination of what resources they have, the type of law you want to go into, location, finances, and more. NDLS checked all the boxes I was looking for, but what ultimately won me over were the people. Everyone I spoke to seemed to genuinely care about my law school experience and future as a lawyer. I knew that I was entering a community whose goal was for me to succeed. Because of that, I knew that I would be facing any challenge with a great support team. With that resource at hand, I knew NDLS would help me become the best lawyer I could be."
How would you describe the community at NDLS?
"Friendly and inclusive. There are 200 people in my class, and that may sound like a lot, but it feels like a small, close-knit community. I know everyone's face and most of their names. Since we do not have "cohorts" or "sections," 1L year it is possible to meet and see every other 1L in your classes. The fact that NDLS does not rank students also adds to the friendly community. Even more influential is NDLS's location. Being at the "crossroads of America," my classmates and I plan to spread out all over the United States and even internationally after graduation. This means we aren't competing for rankings or jobs. This has helped to foster a community where your classmates want you to do well, and there are no hard feelings. I have made strong friendships here, with people that motivate me."
What type of law do you want to practice? Where do you want to practice?
"I plan to do patent litigation in San Diego after graduation."
What extracurricular activities do you/have you participated in at NDLS? What clinics, externships, and/or internships have you completed?
"I participate in the Intellectual Property Law Society, Student Bar Association, and ambassador program. I also am less involved, but attend meetings for, numerous other clubs as they bring in speakers or discuss current legal topics over lunchtime meetings. Next year I will serve as the treasurer for the Student Bar Association. After my 1L year I worked at Lathrop & Gage in its Chicago office doing patent litigation. Thus upcoming summer I will be working in patent litigation with Paul Hastings LLP in San Diego."
How would you describe the faculty at NDLS? What has been your favorite class?
"The faculty at NDLS has the primary goal of helping you. Each of my teachers have put maximum effort into crafting their lesson plans. They are also available to meet with you one-on-one outside of class to help you better grasp the material. But their desire to help goes beyond the classroom setting. They want to help you find jobs. A number of my professors have given me contact information to help me find a job, or even job offers as a research assistant. Most important, they want to help you learn how to be the best lawyer you can be. They are equipped with practical advice about the legal field, and freely give it. They not only teach you the law, but how to best utilize it. NDLS has a higher caliber of faculty than I could find elsewhere. My favorite class was Criminal Law with Professor Gurulé. He took his time making sure we understood the relevant law, but also gave us skills to carry into our other classes, and future career. He expected a lot out of us, holding us to the standard of other legal professionals. As a result I learned a lot about the criminal justice system, and how to be an effective advocate."
What advice would you give an incoming student?
"I would tell an incoming student to be confident and work hard. Being accepted to NDLS means you have the skills to succeed. Keep in mind what works for you as a learner, and apply that to your legal education. Be confident in your ability to do well. Especially as a 1L, at any law school, there is a learning curve and it can be hard to feel like you are doing well at first, but keep in mind that none of your classmates know what they are doing either. None of them have been 1L's before either. As long as you work hard, you will succeed. Especially given the resources that surround you at NDLS."
What did you find the most surprising during your 1L year?
"What I found surprising was how much I learned. Not just about substantive law, but about being a lawyer and the legal field. In one short year I felt immeasurably more prepared to set foot in the workplace. Which was good because I worked at a law firm that very summer. As long as you work hard, and try your best to absorb all that you can, you will be shocked at how much the year will transform you for the better."
What are your 2L summer internship plans?
"My plan for 2L summer is to work in San Diego with Paul Hastings in patent litigation. I will be there for 10 weeks this summer."


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July 24, 2012
General Keith B. Alexander, Director of the NSA and Commander, U.S. Cyber Command will speak at Def Con on Friday, Security Week reports.
General Alexander will be giving a talk titled "Shared Values, Shared Responsibility," which will focus on the shared core values between the hacker community and the government's cyber community.
Namely, the vision of the Internet as a positive force, the fact that information increases value by sharing, the respect and protection of privacy and civil liberties, and the opposition to malicious and criminal behavior.
The talk's overview looks as if General Alexander will attempt to garner some help from the hacker community — not surprising considering that the government has been working to hire legit hackers for years and has done a decent job doing so.
Def Con runs July 26–29 at the Rio in Las Vegas, admission is $200 cash only at the door.


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Management Team
Corporate Scorecard's employees can be classified into 5 disciplines:
- Financial analysts, mostly chartered accountants and CPAs
- Information Technology, developers and systems support
- Administration and helpline support
- Sales and Marketing
Corporate Scorecard has a small leadership group.
Neil Shilbury - General Manager - Commercial Risk
Neil Shilbury joined Equifax in June 2016, and has over 20 years' experience in the financial services sector both in Australia and the Asian region. This included an extensive career in the commercial customer sector at ANZ Bank extending from Small Business to Institutional Banking, culminating in leadership of the bank's Australian Corporate Banking business. At Equifax Neil is responsible for defining and driving the strategic direction for Equifax's portfolio of Commercial Risk Solutions across Commercial Lending, Trade Credit, Trade Insurance and Financial Viability, Procurement and Ratings Analytics. This includes Equifax's commercial credit bureau which houses credit history of commercial businesses across Australia.
Prior to joining Equifax, Neil was CEO of Kaplan Australia, one of Australia's largest private education providers and subsequently CEO of Careers Training Group, a start-up vocational education training group formed with the support of private equity investment.
Brad Walters - General Manager - Rating Services
As General Manager, Rating Services and Chief Financial and Risk Analyst at Corporate Scorecard, Brad leads a highly experienced team of Chartered Accountants in the provision of corporate, financial and risk advisory services across a range of industry sectors including: Banking, Finance, Insurance, Construction, Property, Government, Services, Defence, Transport, Energy, Information Technology, Agribusiness and many others. Brad has advised Australia's leading banking institutions, insurance organizations, large corporations and Government Departments on corporate strategy, corporate finance, corporate credit ratings and risk management.
Olaf Nippierd – General Manager – Business Information Services & Marketing
Olaf leads the team of analysts responsible for the delivery of Corporate Scorecard's range of business information and database services. In this product management, client focused role, Olaf specialises in setting up customised solutions for clients with very specific requirements. With over 30 years experience this field, Olaf has been working with Corporate Scorecard since 2007. Previously he held the position of Vice President Operations at Dun & Bradstreet where he had worked 20 years in a number of key managerial positions. Since then he has had a number of roles including the setting up of the original Corporate Services division at ABR. He has also had experience working with e-tendering software and providing procurement related consulting, assisting in large government tenders. Olaf specialises in Benchmarking, Tender process and Risk Analysis.
Carly Bray - Head of Analysts and Customer Service Operations
Carly oversees and manages the team of Analysts and is responsible for the workflow management and achievement of service delivery standards across the Rating Services, Business Information and Credit teams.
Carly has over 16 years' experience in this industry, having joined Australian Business Research in 1999. During her tenure with Equifax, Carly has held a number of roles with experience in operations, customer service, and compliance, and is passionate about providing excellent service to customers. Carly works closely with the General Managers and Business Development Managers to ensure the highest level of satisfaction for our customers.
Pam Morris - Business Manager - Government Sector
Pam joined Corporate Scorecard in 2008 handling special projects and working closely with the General Managers in both Rating Services and Business Information as an integral part of the sales team before moving into the Business Management role of Product Specialist for the Government Sector. In this role Pam provides ongoing training, support and service presentations to our new prospects and clients. With a strong focus on identifying customer's individual needs and providing the appropriate solution from the Corporate Scorecard product suite, Pam has developed and maintained relationships with literally hundreds of key clients across all levels of government.
A definite all-rounder, Pam began her career in business information and management over 30 years ago, holding key managerial positions within Dun & Bradstreet in NSW, Victoria and Toronto Canada. Pam then moved into business consulting & the development and ownership of small businesses in Victoria and Queensland before moving back to Melbourne and joining Corporate Scorecard in 2008.


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Lil Wayne Releases 'I Am Not a Human Being II' Artwork Created by Kanye West's DONDA
Lil Wayne enlists Kanye West's creative content company, DONDA for the cover artwork for his 'I Am Not a Human Being II' album.
The dark visual is seemingly inspired by the movie poster for the 1991 thriller 'Silence of the Lambs.' ' Am Not a Human Being II' is now slated for a March 26 debut -- more than a month after his initial February release date.
Last year, Kanye unveiled DONDA (named after his late mother) on Twitter.
"DONDA is a design company which will galvanize amazing thinkers and put them in a creative space to bounce there dreams and ideas... I want to put creatives in a room together with like minds that are all waaaay doper than me ...To dream of, create, advertise and produce products driven equally by emotional want and utilitarian need..." he tweeted.
Weezy's 10th studio LP is set to feature tracks such as 'No Worries,' the Big Sean-assisted 'My Homies Still,' 2 Chainz-featured 'Rich as F---' and 'Bitches Love Me,' a collaboration with Drake and Future.
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After receiving a response to a Freedom of Information request to Southampton City Council, Wessex Scene has learned that around 264 tonnes of Southampton items ended up in landfill in 2015, whilst only 4 tonnes were diverted to reuse.
Southampton provides a chargeable bulky collection service, that allows residents to get rid of large household items which can't be disposed of through domestic waste collections, allowing large amounts of bulky waste to go into landfill. It was also revealed that the council do not monitor the condition of these items upon collection, meaning that some of these items may be suitable for reuse.
The response did draw attention to the information available on their website which makes residents aware of other ways of disposing of bulky items. For example they promote charities such as Scratch, Sue Ryder, Oxfam, British Heart Foundation, as well as textile recycling.There is a recycling A-Z on the Council's website.
However, the Council claims to be tackling the problem of landfill more directly, by working with authorities across Hampshire, universities (at the end of the academic year) and charities to divert bulky waste from landfill. Through these means, Southampton City Council has diverted four tonnes of items from landfill.
A Hampshire furniture reuse scheme is being developed as part of an externally funded project.
On the bright side, Enactus Southampton is directly tackling this problem, with Project Innovation teams working with local charities and the council to set up projects to divert more bulky waste from landfill.
If you would like to read this FOI response in full, it should have been made available on the Council's disclosure log on the Southampton City Council website.
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Calculate difference between two dates excluding Sunday or any day with CSharp
.Net is really great environment, a lot of functionality has already been implemented and ready to use. Its just one dot away. Here for example, you don't need to implement anything to find the day of date just use DayOfWeek function.
private Int32 NoOfDates(DateTime StartDate, DateTime EndDate) { //difference between two dates TimeSpan diff= EndDate- StartDate; //Correct number of days by adding 1 int TDates = Diff.Days + 1; int NoOfSundays = 0; for (int i = 1; i <= TDates ; i++) { //Instead Sunday we can use any day of week exmp. DayOfWeek.Friday if (StartDate.DayOfWeek == DayOfWeek.Sunday) { NoOfSundays++; } //Add one day to startdate to see if next day is Sunday StartDate= StartDate.AddDays(1); } return NoOfSundays; }
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Relocation against undefined hidden symbol
kshegunov Qt Champions 2017
I have 2 (dynamic) libraries. The first one defines a base class like this:
#define Q_MPI_MESSAGE \ Q_GADGET \ public: \ virtual const QMetaObject * metaObject() const { return &staticMetaObject; } class Q_DECL_EXPORT QMpiMessage { Q_MPI_MESSAGE public: QMpiMessage(); virtual ~QMpiMessage(); };
While the latter library defines concrete implementation(s). E.g:
class Q_DECL_HIDDEN AedMpiUpdateNucleus : public QMpiMessage { Q_MPI_MESSAGE public: explicit AedMpiUpdateNucleus(AedNucleus * = nullptr); };
AedMpiUpdateNucleusclass is needed and used only inside the library and should not be part of the public binary interface, so it is not exported. Whenever I built the above, however, I get the following error:
../bin/debug/obj/aedmpimessages.o: In function `AedMpiUpdateNucleus::metaObject() const': /home/nye/Programming/C++/aed/aed-core/aedmpimessages.h:13: undefined reference to `AedMpiUpdateNucleus::staticMetaObject' /usr/bin/ld: ../bin/debug/obj/aedmpimessages.o: relocation R_X86_64_PC32 against undefined hidden symbol `_ZN19AedMpiUpdateNucleus16staticMetaObjectE' can not be used when making a shared object
Here's what I've come up with in my investigations:
- If I export the
AedMpiUpdateNucleusclass the problem disappears, I don't want to do that though.
- Replacing my own macro with its contents also solves the issue and this looks like a subtle
moclimitation I've hit. Ideally, I'd like to keep everything in my macro as such.
My suspicion is that the linker gets confused about having a static member (namely
staticMetaObject) in two classes one of which is hidden, so it couldn't create the relocation rules correctly - case 1).
As for case 2), if I recall correctly
mocshould be fine expanding macros, and unless
Q_GADGEThas some special meaning I see no reason why 2) really works.
Any suggestions and/or detailed explanations for why this happens are very welcome.
Thanks in advance!
- If I export the
kshegunov Qt Champions 2017
I have found the proper solution to this problem. It's not the
mocper se, it's how the generated
cppfile is linked in the binary.
Anyway, without going into the ugly details, to solve this, one must simply include the generated
moc_xxx.cppfile into the regular class's implementation
In my case I had to include
aedmpimessages.cppto make it work correctly.


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Chelsea Handler has decided to set herself up as the person who is going to save everyone from Angelina Jolie, even if the world does not require saving.
I don't know how many more husbands or boyfriends Jolie will steal before she is done. Handler has initiated a campaign that will end up drawing a lot of attention to her and to whoever she thinks she is protecting. At the end of the day, Jolie will decide whether or not to take Handler's boyfriend or husband from her as well. And it will end in tears.


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Bags On Board Green Pups Handle-Tie Bags are the sustainable way to pick up after your dog.
These strong, leakproof dog waset pick up bags are the ideal solution for picking up after your dog.
Made with natural Lignin, these plant-based waste pick-up bags decompose in months rather than years like regular plastic bags.
Trees are never cut down to make Green Pups, but to reinforce Bags On Board's commitment to the environment, they donate a portion of sales to the re-planting of trees.
* We don't sell food to non-UK addresses. If you order food & non-food lines these orders will be shipped separately. A delivery charge will still be applied.
** Includes N.Ireland, Scottish Highlands, UK Offshore Islands, Isle of Man, Scilly Isles
UK, Channel Islands, N Ireland, Highlands and Islands - Standard delivery arrives 2-3 days after dispatch or for heavy parcels Courier next day after dispatch Mon-Thu.
Europe - Royal Mail International Services or Courier arrives 7-10 days after dispatch.
Express delivery arrives 1-2 days after dispatch or for heavy parcels Courier 1-2 days after dispatch Mon-Thu. Saturday delivery is not available.
24hr MON-FRI DELIVERY:
Non-Food - Light parcels, delivered Tue-Fri, signature required or for heavy parcels Courier next day Mon-Thu delivery after dispatch^.
Food Mainland UK - If ordered before 12pm, next day courier delivery.
Food Other UK - Two day courier delivery service.
^ Please note - Items usually dispatched within 24 - 72 hours. This is to factor in weekends or stock needing to be ordered in the next day, this time is in addition to the courier service you select at checkout.
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Reducing retouching TCO for Bestseller
About this case study
BESTSELLER is one of the leading fast-fashion companies in the world, with a range of more than 20 individual fashion brands. BESTSELLER brands and products are available online, in about 3000 branded chain stores, and in 15,000 multi-brand and department stores across most of Europe, The Middle East, North and South America, and India.
Pixelz has worked with BESTSELLER to provide post-production services for their brands. Pixelz's technology, like the ability to automate recoloring of product images into different colorways, has reduced total cost of ownership and provided a long-term retouching solution.
Services provided by Pixelz
- Retouching
- Workflow optimization
- Recoloring
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How Bestseller uses Pixelz's product image editing service to improve efficiency while recoloring images to get them online faster.


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Satyopanishad – Upanishad Of Sri Sathya Sai – Part 22
Anil Kumar Kamaraju Questions Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba
Question) Anil Kumar: Swami! Pardon me for asking this question. At an advanced stage in our life when somehow our memory fades, we will not be able to remember all that we should. What is to be done?
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: You are mistaken. Never say that your memory is fading. You say you are old. It is only an excuse, but it is not really so. You remember your date of birth, you remember exactly when you married, when your children were born, when you performed their marriages, when your grandchildren were born, when you joined service and retired. If what you say is correct, that you are losing your memory as you are aging, how do you remember these details then? It is only love for your family that makes you remember these dates. You have interest in these matters. Since you do not have such intense love for and interest in spirituality, you take advantage of your advanced age as a lame excuse for complaining that your memory is fading. A fruit may be fully ripe, yet the seed within is hard.
Question) Anil Kumar: Swami! What are the sources of our peace, happiness, wealth, comforts and convenience? How do we get them? Why are some denied these most coveted things?
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: You don't get anything in life for nothing. One gets these things in life because of any one of the following three reasons. Take one simple example. You know banking. You are an account holder. Suppose you want some money. What should you do? You go to your bank and get the money. But you should be having enough money to your credit and by submitting a cheque, affixing your signature you can withdraw the money you want. If you have no money to your credit in the account; you don't get any money. Yet, you need money. How to get it? If you mortgage your permanent assets like gold or landed property, the bank will give you some money proportionately. You may not have permanent assets. Still you want money. Then, if a rich man stands as a surety or guarantor, the bank will give you the money you need. Thus, these three are ways of getting money from the bank.
Here money is God's grace. If you are doing some good deeds in the present i.e. depositing some amount of money in your account, you can withdraw the money of God's grace in the future. If in the present there is no such credit, at least the good deeds you did in the past, that is to say, your permanent assets when mortgaged to the bank, entitle you to receive money. Without these two good acts you may still be eligible to draw money from your bank. If a rich man i.e. God or an Avatar or a Sadguru stands as your guarantor. So, you receive God's grace either because of your past merit, or present merit, or if a rich man stands as a surety or guarantor. There is no other way. These are the reasons for a person's affluence, luxury, life of happiness, comforts and conveniences.
Question) Anil Kumar: Swami! You tell us that we are not mrnmaya (dust thou art), but cinmaya (you are awareness). Therefore, we devotees, should know that we are not simply the body, but awareness. You also repeatedly say, "You are God." Then, when I am God, aham brahmasmi, why should I pray? Where is the need for all this spiritual exercise, then?
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: You may know or may not, you may agree or may not, and you may believe or may not, but you are God indeed. "Mamaivamso jivaloke," said Krishna in the Gita, which means "You are mine, you are the spark of My Divinity".
The three divine attributes sat / being, cit / awareness, and ananda / bliss are in you. Prajna, conscience in you is divine. So, it is said, prajnanam brahma. The great mahavakya, the supreme statement, also says, tattvamasi / "That thou art".
We have today intelligent people who observe plurality or multiplicity in unity. But good, noble, and pious persons who find unity in diversity are rare. Once it so happened that a little tiger cub got mixed in a flock of sheep. Thus, moving about with the group for some time, the cub thought that he was also one of the sheep family. One day a tiger came that way and attacked the sheep. On seeing the tiger, the cub started shivering, and said, "Oh! Don't kill me. I am one of the sheep, after all, so weak". Then the tiger spoke to the cub, "Why do you fear? You are not one of the sheep. You are a tiger. Come on. Follow me. Look into the river and see your reflection there in this water and compare your figure with mine. You will find the same stripes on the coat of your body, a moustache on your mouth and a roaring sound in your voice. Why do you think you are one of this flock of sheep. Oh dear one? You have forgotten your true identity and nature". The cub then realised its true nature and abandoned fear from its mind.
Similarly, in the field of spirituality, a guru, through his uppedsa, divine teaching, tells you your true identity. Once you separate yourself from all that is not your true Self, spirit or atma, you will experience your reality, i.e. atma. Therefore, self-enquiry is very essential. I say "You are God" but this truth has not come into your experience. You should continue your spiritual practice until you've experienced it. You have to continue your bhajans, meditations, etc., till the reality is experienced.
Question) Anil Kumar: Swami! By now we have known about divinity very well. What more do we need in this world?
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: You are mistaken. It is not enough if you merely know. If you spend your lifetime reading books when are you going to experience Bliss? It is experience which is important and not bookish or scriptural knowledge. The Gita refers to three specific steps in spirituality, jnatum / knowledge, drastum / sight and pravestum / experience.
Suppose you want to eat a delicious item. What do you do first? You know about delicacies such as kurma, pulao, etc. Then in the next step, these two items, pulao and kurma are to be served on a plate. It is not enough if you know / jnatum, the items and see / drastum. Isn't it? You have to eat and enjoy the dishes, pravestum / experience. So mere information and knowledge are useless. You should practice and realise. This is wisdom and when you attain it, you find yourself immersed in bliss and you remain dumb.
The same thing has been explained in the Brahmasutras also. The first principle is: athato brahma jijnasa which means, athato / hereafter, brahma / about God, jijnasa / developing interest. But what is meant by 'hereafter'? When exactly should we develop interest in Brahman? This word "athato", is interpreted in many many ways by scholars and visionaries. They run to volumes. But what is first needed is karma jijnasa / interest in action, later dharma jijnasa / interest in discrimination, and finally bramha jijnasa / interest in divinity.
I give simple examples for you to understand this. Suppose you want to eat coconut chutney. What do you do first? You should procure all the material necessary for its preparation. This is karma jijnasa. You should grind all the material so procured nicely. This is dharma jijnasa . You have to keep it on the tongue to decide the taste and to know if anything else should be added to it. This is brahma jijnasa. This means mere karma jijnasa is not enough. You need at the next stage, dharma jijnasa and finally, you develop interest in Brahman, brahma jijnasa. The wisdom so gained must be practised and experienced. You should share the bliss with others.
Question) Anil Kumar: Swami! We do both good and bad deeds. Don't our good actions nullify the evil effects of our bad actions? Don't they at least balance each other? In other words, will our good actions cancel the bad effects of our misdeeds?
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: Since you are a Commerce student, you have put this question. All your thinking is along the direction of credit and debit. But, God, you know, is a super divine accountant. His balance sheet is not of your type. He will make you face the consequences of your actions, good for good actions and bad for bad actions. He will not add or subtract any of the consequences of your actions.
A small example I give you in this context. Suppose you have some seeds of both thorny plants and fruit-bearing trees. When you sow them, what will happen? The seeds of the thorny plants will germinate into thorny bushes and the seeds of the fruit bearing trees will germinate into fruit bearing ones respectively. Germination will never happen contrary to this, will it? The same is the case with your sinful deeds and the meritorious.
You must have seen persons who vow to offer ten thousand rupees to Lord Venkateswara if they win a lottery for ten lakhs. Can't they understand that God who can give you ten lakh rupees doesn't expect your ten thousand rupees? They don't think reasonably and logically. People think according to their worldly standards. But, Swami wants you to spiritualise your worldly actions as well.
Question) Anil Kumar: Swami! Is it not enough if we are good? How can we know God?
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: Remove one "o" from 'Good'. If that extra "o" prakrti or body feeling is given up, it becomes God. You know the letter "W". It is double 'you', i.e., the individual soul jivatma and the cosmic soul, paramatma. It is the illusion, maya that prevents you from knowing the unity of the two. If you repeat "my" a couple of times, it will sound like "maya".
It is the feeling of 'mine' and 'thine' that is responsible for all the misery of the world. You are least disturbed if your neighbour's car is damaged. But if there is a slight scratch on your own car you are very much worried and disturbed. If your neighbour sells or disposes of his house it matters nothing to you. But if circumstances force you to dispose of your own house, you will feel very very sad. Why? The feeling "this is my house", makes you feel sad. This feeling of 'mine' is maya if this is gone, you will experience unity in diversity.
Question) Anil Kumar: Swami! It is said that we can't escape from the consequence of our actions Why do we find some wicked people happy in spite of their treacherous deeds?
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: Here we should note one important point. You say some wicked people are happy. They may do all the misdeeds smiling but later they have to cry and suffer. Some actions give results immediately, some take some more time, while others a long time. I give you a small example. If a blade cuts your finger, your blood gushes out immediately. This is an action that gives result from the cut immediately. To draw milk from the udder of a cow it takes some time. This is the second category of action. It takes food a few hours to be digested. This is the third category of action.
If you sow a seed, it takes a long time to germinate and grow into a plant. So also your actions give results at different points of time. It is all a question of time. One must necessarily face the consequence of one's own actions without fail.
Question) Anil Kumar: Swami! Since all forms and names are divine, what is the need then for the Lord to incarnate in human form?
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: You do not know until I tell you that all forms and names are His. You need to be told of the divine nature i.e., sat / being, cit / awareness, and ananda / bliss. This is the purpose of incarnation. God in human form is the embodiment of love. He teaches and makes everyone experience love.
Though flowers, thread and a needle are present, don't you need someone to make a garland?
In spite of gold and pearls being available, shouldn't you have a goldsmith to make a chain?
The wick, container and oil will not give light unless you light the lamp, will they?
Avatar, God incarnate, sets an ideal for the entire humanity. There is nothing He needs in this world as everything is His only.
Question) Anil Kumar: Swami! We feel that life is going on and on. But it sounds purposeless and aimless. Kindly tell us about the purpose of life.
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: 'Yecat inundi vaccitivo acati keguta naijamu pranikotikin' (Telugu verse). It is necessary that you should go back to the place of your origin. Truly, you should know that you are from God and you should go back to God.
A pot, a slate, etc., can be made out of clay. Suppose you have a pot. After using it for sometime, you drop it by accident. It falls to the ground and breaks into pieces over which several automobiles pass crushing the pieces further. Then, what happens? You get the clay back again. So earlier it was clay and at the end it is clay once again The pot also is made of clay. Similarly, you are from God, bound to God and are God as well. Realisation of this truth is the purpose of life.
One example. Any letter you post should have two addresses, one to whom you have written, another your own address, so that if by any chance, it doesn't reach the addressee, it will come back to you at least. But, if the addresses are not written it will go to the dead letter office. Similarly, you should know where you come from and where you go from here.
Merging in God or to be one with reality, or total identity with God is the ultimate aim of life. "Punarapi jananam punarapi maranam punarapi janani jathare sayanam." (Adi Sankara's Bhaja Govindam). After all, the whole thing is a cycle of repeated births and deaths. After death one has to go back to the womb of the mother and be born once again. It is only life after life. But spirituality helps you, so to say, not to be born. Having died, you don't have to die once again by having another birth. You take medicine so that you don't have to fall sick once again. Death should take you to immortality.
One more example. Once a prisoner was released after the completion of the prison term. The jailor said to him, "Pack your baggage and leave!" The prisoner in reply said, "Sir! Why the trouble of taking the baggage? Anyhow I will come back soon." It implies that he will commit some crime again and is prepared to put himself behind bars. Our life should not be like that. It should be like the newspaper. Today's newspaper is not read tomorrow. Why? Today's newspaper is tomorrow's waste paper. Always remember that you are from God, in God and will go back to God.
Question) Anil Kumar: Swami! I find many people sad. People who are rich and in a high position also are sad. Why? Please tell us what we need to do?
Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba: There are two reasons for this. People are sad thinking of the past. Don't you know that the past is beyond recovery? Having walked all along and passed by several things, why do you need to look back? Past is past. Don't brood over the past. The second reason for sadness is worry about the future. Where is the guarantee that you will survive until your plans are realised? Do you know what will happen to you in the next moment? What is destined and bound to happen will happen in its own course. Everything goes according to God's will. Why do you worry? The future is uncertain. Suppose you go on accumulating money with the idea of educating your son and sending him abroad, where is the guarantee that he will study well? So don't think of the past and future. Live in the present and be happy. This is not the ordinary present. This is omnipresent.
One simple example here. In the past it was a tree. In the present you have a seed of that tree. In the future it grows into a tree. So the present is the result of the past. It is the foundation of the future. Keep this in mind. Then, you will never worry and feel sad.
There is another reason for sadness. Unlimited desires also are responsible for your sadness. For example, if you drop a piece of cloth, it falls down. Why? Due to its weight it falls down, doesn't it? But if it is cotton, it never goes down, instead it goes up. Why? Since it is light in weight it goes up. The man on the moon loses his weight. Having been a householder for fifty years you should be totally detached. A grhasta, householder, should become a vanaprastha, recluse and finally, a sanyasi, renunciant. If your desires are less, you will be happier. "Less luggage more comfort make travel a pleasure", is the slogan of the railways.
The more you love God the more will you be happy. For this, faith is necessary.
Where there is Faith, there is Love.
Where there is Love, there is Peace.
Where there is Peace, there is Truth
Where there is Truth, there is God.
Where there is God, there is Bliss.
It begins with faith and ends in Bliss.
Upanishad means the "inner" or "mystic teaching". The term Upanishad is derived from "upa" (near), "ni" (down) and "shad" (to sit), i.e., sitting down near. Groups of pupils sit near the teacher to learn from him/her the secret doctrine. In the quietude of the forest hermitages the Upanishadic thinkers pondered on the problems of deepest concerns and communicated their knowledge to fit pupils near them. The most well known Upanishads are: Aitareya, Brihadaranyaka, Taittiriya, Chandogya, Kena, Isa, Svetasvatara, Katha, Mundaka, Mandukya, Prasna, Kausitaki, Maitrayani, Muktika and Shakta. The Satyopanishad is the Upanishad of Truth (Sathya) but more specifically the Truth as revealed by Bhagavan Sri Sathya Sai Baba. Anil Kumar questions the illustrious Guru and provides us with Sathya Sai Baba's answers to ponder, ruminate and derive ananda.
Twenty Seven Pages Of Satyopanishad:
01 – 02 – 03 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 07 – 08 – 09 – 10 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 16 – 17 – 18 – 19 – 20 – 21 – 22 – 23 – 24 – 25 – 26 – 27
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A Run Through Ljubliana
Good morning from Ljubliana, Slovenia. I like almost nothing better than starting my day off with a run, the earlier the better. My husband always packs his running shoes when we travel because he loves running through new cities. I don't always feel safe and some cities simply aren't runner friendly so while I too usually have my trainers, I only use them about half the time. This morning was the exception. Ljublana's clean, pedestrian friendly city center, is great for an early jog. Paths line the river on both sides for an 'easy to remember the way' run. And if hills are your thing (like my husband) there are a couple ones with easy to find trails that take you up to the castle over looking the city. The reward of running early is witnessing the city as it wakes up. Local farmers were setting up market stalls and shop keepers were sweeping their sidewalks. It was a good start to my day. Enjoy yours!


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How bad do you want a life full of peace and bliss?
If your like me you may have spent thousands of dollars on workshops, seminars and training's seeking the answers to find peace and bliss in your life. If your not one of those people well then I think I may have a solution for you and it may just save you from draining your bank account! Not to mention, save you from years of stress, anxiety and fear.
The answer to discovering that missing part in your life that will bring you sweet serenity and joy is MEDITATION.
I believe meditation is the most important thing we could "make time" for during our day. We are thrown so many things to juggle all at once on any given day. For instance, my current state of mind while I was preparing to write this blog was pretty erratic. At the time I was juggling with the stress about how the heck I was going to finish creating my website within a week, pondering what I should eat for lunch, sinking into the ache in my neck from all this computer work; all the while questioning what the heck I was going to write about for this meditation blog…phewww! I'm sure you can relate to the feeling of stress and anxiety that was overcoming me.
So you know what I did? Exactly what I have been trained to do in moments like this! I stepped outside unrolled my yoga mat, sat in lotus pose and began to draw deep breaths in and out.
I am a yoga teacher (student 1st of course!) and Dhyana or meditation is the 7th limb in the traditional 8 limbed path of yoga. Dhyana fuses together all the practices prior in an attempt to create an uninterrupted flow of concentration. With enough diligent and persistent practice one may be able to reach the final stage in yoga, Samadhi or complete bliss! It could take a lifetime (or lifetimes) of sitting in lotus pose to even scratch the surface of Samadhi! But this level of transcendence isn't necessary to reap the benefits of meditation. Also, you don't need to be a yogi sitting in lotus pose with a perfect posture to feel the effects of this miraculous practice.
Below I will share what my meditation practice looks and feels like, and few tips that help me get into that peaceful state of mind we talked about.
1. Find a nice quite place where you won't be distracted
- Normally I plug in my headphones and listen to some soothing music to avoid any external distractions. Also this allows you to pick a song that is the duration you are looking to practice for.
- Although alot of times one of my buddies will call in the middle of my meditations. But I just listen to my intuition and allow the phone to keep ringing, knowing that I chose this time to sit, breathe and BE! (Sorry friends and family! haha)
- One of my favorite artists to listen to is Anugama. You can find his music on YouTube.
2. Find a comfortable position you can totally relax in.
- I started off sitting naturally in a chair with my spine nice and tall. Sometimes I would lie down, it all depends how your feeling. But you often see people sitting in that iconic lotus position with there hands in what we call a mudra. This is to connect your roots down into the earth and extend your mind up into the universe; there are many intentions behind this position but most important is that you are comfortable and relaxed. so choose your position and…
3. Begin to breathe fully and intentionally.
- There are many specific pranayama (breathing) techniques in the practice of yoga but to start off I would just take full and complete deep inhales and exhales. This will naturally draw your awareness and concentration inwards and allow your heart rate to slow down.
- I like to try and tap into the pause that happens at the top of the inhale and exhale. It is very subtle unless you have a steady yoga practice but this brief pause is enough for us to catch a glimpse of Samadhi (bliss)
4. Attempt to become completely aware of ALL of your senses.
- Try to listen to each and every instrument playing in your relaxing song, or every noise around you if your in nature. Feel every limb in your body, the tension in your face and hips.
- Listen to the thoughts passing through your mind. There will probably be an abundance (Haha) That's okay, just listen and let them pass. NO judgement, just listening and feeling.
- Sometimes this is harder than it sounds. So a technique I like to use is imagining a giant magic eraser and wiping my mind clear of any thoughts.
Meditation may not be the easiest thing to do, but it is something we MUST do if we want to find peace, joy and bliss in our lives. Give up all your excuses, such as "I don't have enough time I'm too busy." If your one of those people you should probably meditate three times a day! It doesn't matter how long, or if your mental chatter continues. All that matters is you do it.
How bad do you want your life? Your happiness? Your peace and bliss? It is all there waiting for you. Don't wait, the time is NOW…


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So why write a blog?
First, I hope to use this blog as somewhat of an sketchpad for research. Political science blogging has over the past few years become an interesting conduit for conducting brief and unconventional research outside of the traditional publication pipeline. These can be rather "half-baked ideas," unfiltered by time and peer review. However, this sort of "rapid research" can be a great way of responding to current affairs in a way that is much more timely than journal publication. Likewise, it can be a great way of filtering preliminary ideas for more extensive work, provoking useful debate and discussion. Blogging is simply more accessible than journal publication, especially for a novice researcher.
Second, the blog will try to provide insightful commentary on current global politics from the perspective of an (aspiring) political scientist. Along with producing new research, I hope to apply existing research to salient and timely policy questions to generate something that approximates "informed" analysis. Most posts will focus on my primary academic interest, international relations, but expect frequent dabbling in comparative politics, american politics (especially during the election season), and statistics.
Ultimately the format and purpose of this blog are heavily inspired by the many political science blogs that have arisen over the past few years, especially The Monkey Cage. Expect general wonkishness, occasional outbursts of internet humor, and hopefully enough quality content to keep readers interested.


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Hey guys, I am sure you miss Bali right?
As you miss Bali you also miss your fellow congress mates…
if you missed the chance to exchange name card with them, don't worry so much.
Here you can download our lovely congress book! YEAY!
Just click on the picture below to download it 😉
With Love ♥
Ria Aryani Hayuningtyas
Web Admin of the 40th APDSA


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This blog will be discontinued. Future posts will appear here: http://blogs.opentext.com/. Please update your links accordingly.
Blog discontinuedMay 18, 2011
OpenCMIS joins Apache ChemistryFebruary 16, 2010
One of the details that distinguish CMIS from other standard efforts is that all major ECM vendors have built CMIS prototypes long before the specification has been ratified. It's not surprising that most of these prototypes are repository interfaces and simple GUI clients. But an enterprise-ready client library was missing. So Open Text, SAP and Alfresco teamed up in summer 2009 to build an open source CMIS client library for Java. We called it OpenCMIS.
All three companies brought their CMIS experiences to the table. Our first CMIS prototypes go back to spring 2008. We already had experimented with CMIS clients and knew how a client library should look like. And we could also contribute proven code fragments. Meanwhile the low-level client that implements the CMIS bindings has been tested against most of the public CMIS implementations and against some that are not publicly available.
Today OpenCMIS is more than a client library. It also consists of a CMIS server framework and a set of tools. It was time for a bigger community. The OpenCMIS group proposed a contribution to Apache and has been invited to join Apache Chemistry. Finally, the OpenCMIS source code will be added to Apache Chemistry this week. We are really looking forward to this collaboration. Together we can extend and improve our code bases and foster the adoption of CMIS.
CMIS 1.0 in Public ReviewOctober 25, 2009
On 23 October 2009 CMIS 1.0 entered the Public Review. This is a big step for CMIS and a great achievement of the Technical Committee. We encourage everybody to read and comment on the specification draft.
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Open Text will release a technical preview of the CMIS Connector for Enterprise Library soon. And there will be more exciting news from Open Text regarding CMIS in the upcoming weeks. Stay tuned!
Open Text and the first available Public CMIS Server in the CloudJune 5, 2009
A couple of weeks ago with the beginning of the CMIS plug fest in Basel Open Text made the first CMIS implementation available for public tests. It is the intent of the CMIS Technical Committee to improve and settle the standard by running continuous interoperability tests between the various vendors and their implementations. Anyone who is interested can get an account and run his code against the available AtomPub and SOAP end-points. This helps in identifying different interpretations of the standard, detect incompleteness or areas for other improvements. Many of the active members in the standardization group use it already and others have followed this idea or will follow making their services public. Additional activities take place during the regular face-to-face meetings (called PlugFest) that allow quick direct interactions between the parties to identify and track issues.
We have chosen to host the public CMIS server in the Amazon EC2 computing cloud. This platform provides us the flexibility to quickly setup, upgrade/modify and shut-down the service on demand. Getting familiar with the infrastructure and installing the first virtual machine was a real pain. But now it appears to be a reliable and stable platform.
Today this is mainly for development and testing purposes. However, these first steps towards cloud computing also give some insight into the future of cloud computing services. You can easily imagine CMIS standard test clients being replaced by real customers connecting to the Enterprise Library Web Services from their SAP system, SharePoint or other applications. Without the need to buy and maintain your own hardware, without the need to take care about a 24×7 availability for your servers you get the ability to come much faster to productive systems and you can scale on demand your server landscape. You can still benefit from the feature set that the Open Text server provides such as single-instance-archiving, compression or encryption of content. You can use your own private storage volume in the cloud (Amazon S3 storage or Microsoft Azure) and organize the content according to your business needs. You can use Retention Management, benefit from the DoD certified Records Management facilities, automated backups and so on and so on. There is potential for having pre-configured appliances for certain business-cases and for service providers to offer added value on top of an existing base. So there are a lot of opportunities in cloud computing and you can start today if you want. The CMIS server is up and running.
If you are interested in accessing our CMIS test server, just drop us a line: email@example.com
CMIS Client for Outlook, Microsoft Office and the Windows ExplorerJune 3, 2009
A few weeks ago we started the development of a proof-of-concept CMIS client based on Enterprise Connect. Enterprise Connect is a framework that hooks into desktop applications including Outlook, Microsoft Office and the Window Explorer. It provides a plug-in architecture to extend these applications.
The client can connect to CMIS repositories with an AtomPub or a SOAP binding that implement the CMIS draft 0.61. It presents the folder tree and file list in the look and feel of the application it is embedded in. Since it is a proof-of-concept we only implemented a selected set of features:
- folder browse
- display of object metadata, allowable actions and list of versions
- documents open with double-click
- documents can be downloaded via context menu
- folders can be created via context menu
- drag-and-drop works from and to CMIS repositories
- folders and documents can be deleted and renamed
- some document types can be opened in a preview pane
- search is supported to some degree
In addition to this end-user orientated plug-in, we also built a plug-in for administrators and developers. It provides access to all logical repositories a CMIS endpoint exposes and lets the user browse the type and property type definitions.
We have tested the client at the CMIS plug-fest end of April in Basel and it worked quite nicely with most of the available repositories (see screenshots). We also found interoperability issues with a few servers during that event. Most of them were caused by incomplete implementations. So we are confident that those issues will be solved until the next plug-fest.
Although the proof-of-concept just provides limited functionality, it already demonstrates the potential of this approach. A complete implementation would allow users to drag an email directly into a CMIS repository without leaving Outlook. A CMIS repository would be browsable with a tool all users are familiar with: the Windows Explorer. Word, Excel and Powerpoint could open documents directly from a CMIS repository and the user would be able to set the appropriate CMIS metadata for that document in the Save dialog.
The idea of the proof-of-concept turned out to be really compelling. The seamless integration into applications the users already know could fosters the adoption of CMIS. We will do more experiments with it over time.
Welcome to CMIS @ Open TextJune 2, 2009
CMIS is an open standard that will offer new ways for content applications to talk to content repositories. This blog is supposed to cover important CMIS related activities at Open Text and the ongoing standardization process.
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Jean-Claude wrote: > If a timecode for the start of a movie is 10:00 as I saw in a > previous email, I understand that as: this movie shall start at > 10:00pm tonight. If I want to play it at another time, I need to do some retiming. No - this is not correct. Timecode on a movie (or indeed in a GOP of an MPEG file) is **not** the desired play time. Often **by convention**, movies are timecoded from 10 hours - that is every movie timecoding starts at 10:00. Adverts and other inserts are typically timecoded from a different start point eg. 1 hour. This helps broadcast engineers detect the material type **just** from the timecode (which is often displayed on the front panel of broadcast 'tape' players). The timecode doesn't even necessarily reflect the runtime of the movie. That is - even if the timecode on a movie video recording starts at 10:00, and the movie lasts for 1 hour the last timecode on the movie could be 13:00 as there could be jumps in the timecode track. These jumps occur during the editing of a movie (or interuption of its playback - e.g. newsflash / adverts). Generally speaking however - after editing a Master Tape will be restriped so that the timecode is continuous. Any jumps detected by playout equipment are caused by playback interruptions - this allows the use of timecoe as a reference to the frame within the master tape. The timecode is at best a unique reference to a frame of video within the movie. >> The timecodes within slaved synchronised streams do not need to change >> they are semantically equivalent to mediaMarkers. The problem >> with mediaMarking is that it is too verbose and an extra >> level of indirection above what is IMHO required. > Does this mean that the 10:00 does not refer to actual wall > clock time ? That's right - timecode is a frame reference (but not a frame number) >> What **may** be required in SMIL is the ability to define >> in the markup the offset of the timecode from the >> internal page clock. So you can say that syncMaster timecode >> 10.00.00:000 is equal to begin 0. >> A further implication is then that if the timecode >> **jumps** from 10.10.00:000 to 10.11.00.000 >> then the internal page clock jumps formward >> from begin 10 minutes to begin 11 minutes (i.e. A seek >> forward occurs). > It is a lot easier to implement the management of a list of edits, > because you can anticipate better than when you are just listening to > timecodes and detecting a jump. The jump can be detected only quite > "late", whereas the edit list can be sent a long time in advance. Ahhh... but you **never** get the edit list. That's the problem. In broadcasting there are many situations where equipment has to **follow** the video signal (and the timecode inside it) that it is 'sitting' on. >>>OK, this means another requirement: >>>the TT stream maybe sent separately from the rest, even if >>>it has to stay ABSOLUTELY synchronized, whatever editing is done on >>>the rest of the movie >> For TT to be more universally accepted, I feel it is >> essential for this requirement to be met. > This is a very strong requirement, and it means the edit list > *has* to be sent with the movie, either as the time codes, or as a > higher level list of segments (of the original, full movie) to play, the > time codes being just a discrete way of representing the edit list. That's it - quite a good way of looking at it in fact - the timecode is an edit list - but you only see it when the edit is upon you :-) The timecode is there to allow you to detect an edit. You will very rarely get broadcast video (inside the broadcast environment) without timecode, but it is almost always stripped off prior to broadcast, since the part of the signal it lives in (VBI or [audio for LTC]) is often re-used for something else (Teletext, Closed Captions, or audio etc) OK purists please note I know I've played fast and loose with frame and field in here, not to mention ignoring frame rate issues etc. regards John Birch The views and opinions expressed are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Screen Subtitling Systems Limited.Received on Friday, 21 February 2003 12:23:51 UTC
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My Friend Carolyn Ritter and I have been working on a joint show at ArtCenter Manatee. Our paintings are ready (wellll, almost ready) so it is time to think about having somebody actually come to SEE the results of all our work. The art center is doing a fine job of spreading the word but we decided a personal e-mail invitation to special friends and contacts might bring in more viewers or at least more "partiers" to the reception.
Here is my my effort. I intend to send it after December 3.
I am exploring the possibilities of using e-mail and social networks to promote my art. I would like to pique interest, inform and entertain without annoying viewers. Will this work?
Monday, November 16, 2009
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