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We collect information about you automatically. Where permitted by law we use tracking tools such as browser Cookies and Web Beacons to collect information from you. We collect information about users over time when you use the Sites. We collect information about you from third parties, such as social media platforms and advertising analytics providers. We may have third parties collect information as described in this Privacy Policy, for example in Section 6.
We use information that we collect including Personal Information for a variety of purposes. We use information to respond to your requests or questions. We use information to improve our Sites, products, programs and services. We might use your information to customize your experience with us.
We use information to administer our Site and for internal operations. For example, we may aggregate or anonymize your information for analytics, research or other business purposes. We combine information. For example, we may combine information that we have collected offline with information we collect online, to the extent permitted by law, for the transactional purpose, or by your consent. We may combine information we get from you with information about you we get from third parties.
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We use information to communicate with you about your account, purchases or our relationship. We may contact you about your account or for feedback. We might also contact you about this Privacy Policy or our Site Usage Terms and Conditions.
We use information to comply with applicable law, and as otherwise permitted by applicable law.
We may use third party service providers to perform certain services on behalf of the Sites, such as web site hosting, accepting job applications, providing web site usage analytics, sending email or other communications, providing marketing assistance and data analysis, providing consumer affairs services, fulfilling and processing orders, or performing other administrative services. We may provide these service providers with access to your Personal Information so that they can carry out the services they are performing for you or for Schwabe North America. Some of these service providers may collect information on the Sites directly from you on our behalf; in such cases, these service providers are not permitted to use your Personal Information for their own use.
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Episode 22
Oxford University Museum of Natural History & Pitt River Museum for Kids
October 9th, 2017
21 mins 38 secs
About this Episode
Oxford is known for educating the worlds best and brightest (don't hate Ivy League, I read it in a report..) and everything tediously preserved by historians. Though this is true, you can still keep your littles busy here!
Today's episode features a nice half day to the Oxford University's Museum of Natural History and the Pitt River's Museum. If you love a New England fall - you will love Oxford Fall. Autumn man, get out your beard oil and pumpkin spice latte, this is your Mecca. Megan and Orya talk through what is a nice half day outting for kids. The conversation goes something like, Oxford Half Marathon, rocks in the museum, African stuff, shrunken heads, sea bugs, food, spiders, Orya laughing uncontrollably.
Additionally, if you are a runner, plan to visit Oxford in the fall. Run the half Marathon and take the family to the museum at the end point, hit up a pub for a fun half day in town!
Episode Links
- O.U.M.N.H. Homepage — Fossils, Geodes and Roaches OH MY!
- Pitt Rivers Museum | — See the shrunken heads, seal guts coats and "African stuff" here!
- The 2017 Virgin Sport Oxford Half — Oxford Half Marathon Information
- Episode 5: TAI: Religious Travel with Judy Yirsa — Judy Yirsa Catholic Pilgrimages
- Travel Radio Podcast - YouTube — Travel Radio Podcast is on YouTube! Please like and subscribe!

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This paper presents a technique to expose and characterize nano-structured hole arrays in tapered photonic crystal fibers. Hole array structures are examined with taper outer diameters ranging from 12.9 μm to 1.6 μm. A combined focused ion beam milling and scanning electron microscope system was used to expose and characterize the arrayed air-silica structures. Results from this combined technique are presented which resolve hole-to-hole pitch sizes and hole diameters in the order of 120 nm and 60 nm, respectively.
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Designer Valentina Carretta turns poor and disposable material, usually used to make egg cartons, to transform it into light shifted and design. Inset shows slight unevenness and roughness. This cardboard lamp is deliciously retro and romantic.
For other colors of this product, please click here.
Brand: Seletti
Designer: Valentina Carretta / Fabrica
Material: Recycled cardboard
Dimensions: W. 6.7" x D. 9.8" x H. 16.1"
Color: Blue
Product No: 07919_AZZ
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Maximum supported: E27 – Max 40W – 230V – 50Hz
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Brand: Seletti
Ever since it was established in 1964 by Romano and Maria Seletti, the company has pursued a mission by making the most of professionalism, service and above all ceaseless product research. Under the leadership of the second Seletti generation, Stefano and Miria (brother and sister), the company focuses further on "tout-court" design projects and on the creativity of Italian excellence.
The Seletti products are enriched with style, quality and recognisability, created by important international designers. The personality of the brand is synonymous today with value, movement, provocation, innovation, original matching; it is art blended with icons of daily life, objects that send the end user a message of shape, function and the possibility to create a unique, personal, fun life style. Today Seletti aims at a new poetry of production and daily life, an on-going journey within the idea of beauty.


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Blame it on Marrisa Cooper, but for some reason every girl in private school in Southern California, at some time or another, wants or has blonde hair. I am no exception. It took me 3 years of dyejobs and straightening to finally give up, and give into my dark roots. Now I'm a happy, kinky haired brunette, but it wasn't easy. At first, I hated my messy mop, but eventually I learned that fighting against something is a waste of time. You have to work with what life gave you, and sometimes those things {like my hair} are big and out of your control.
When I graduated from college I envisioned myself going forth and achieving my dreams but here I sit, one year later, working for minimum wage in a restaurant with my diploma on my fridge. Often when customers find out that I'm a college graduate they'll say "Really? Than what are you doing working here?" and sometimes I ask myself the same question. Working in the service industry is frustrating, and exhausting when every person you meet thinks they are the most important person in the world (and their iced-non-fat-mochachino is the most important cup of coffee). But, life, and my work day, are a lot more meaningful when I treat them like they are. Maybe I'm not saving the world just yet, but I might be saving someone's morning. A listening ear and a hot latte can go a long way.


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Many years ago, starting and growing a small business was an intimidating overture. Setting up those in-house office functions can be time-consuming and costly, which includes payroll systems, accounting, and supply-chain logistics among many others. Conference calls require for expensive equipment and comment fill-up forms were handed out to earn some customer feedback.
Nowadays, technology has given businesses and entrepreneurs the opportunity to accomplish success with low-cost business models through online payment systems, cloud computing, social media marketing and a host of mobile web applications. While it's still difficult to secure funding or loans to start businesses, there is an indication that the loan sector (whether it's from the federal government or a private or public organization), there are already ways on how to increase your loan opportunities.
Here, we are going to list several reasons why it's so much easier to get your business off the ground than ever before.
Cloud computing
Cloud computing is a host of remote servers that can store and handle all your data. It also provides countless resources and services including IT support or an application software within a cloud. This enables business owners to gather data or information from any Internet-connected device.
Thus, saving money by helping reduce the storing, updating and maintaining costs associated with a personal server. According to a recent Microsoft survey, businesses can expect to gain at least 25 to 50 percent savings on IT costs. Cloud computing providers such as Amazon, Google Drive or Dropbox render data on the utilization of your cloud resources, which enable you to better understand, plan and gear up for your business needs. Cloud computing web services lets you only pay for what you need, and enabling you access to information that you need any time, anywhere.
HR Outsourcing
In this modern day and age, outsourcing can be a good investment for your business. Hiring a handful of employees can form a weighty administrative load for an inexperienced small business. To gain momentum in today's market, you can outsource your everyday HR needs, from payroll to marketing and tax tractability. Not only will you save time, effort and funds, you keep your fledgling business from getting out of turn.
Depending on the situation of your business, outsourcing key functions can enable you to save a minimum of five to 15 percent of payroll costs and taxes. Get more information from the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations on how to kick start your outsourcing projects, get marketing support and referrals, and gain vital member resources.
App Installing
Apps are great tools for assisting you in your daily business activities. Some apps are designed to make your documentation processes easier such as helping you with online surveys, order forms, recruitment applications, sans the extra HTML coding. One example is WuFoo that lets you collect payments and "create online forms in a snap".
Want to provide coupons and loyalty promos to your customers thru their mobile phones? Install Google Wallet. This android app converts your phone into a credit card.
Geo-targeting clients
You don't have to search that far for prospective clients or how to reach a certain audience. Why not geo-targeting them on Facebook? Facebook ads are regarded as one of the best ways to successfully achieving location-based marketing.
Also, Google's Small Business Network's Google Adwords lets your ad appear next to the search results when a user Googles one of your target keywords. These services permit you to effortlessly scale up your ad revenue as your business grows, accurately track customer location, and simply allows you to reduce your marketing costs compared to using traditional media ads.


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HMRC has pushed back the deadline by when automatic penalties will begin to apply for in-year late filing of Real Time Information payroll returns, or the late payment of related taxes.
Overdue filing will now not incur an automatic penalty until October 2014, with late payment penalties commencing in April 2015.
This is to afford employers that are struggling with the new requirements more time to adapt to the RTI rules and procedures but also to allow longer for HMRC to improve RTI systems and guidance.
Interest on late in-year payments will however commence in April 2014.


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Practice: 20 minutes
Qualification: 10 minutes
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Race: 20:35 GMT, 2 x 20 minutes - Formation lap + standing start
1. Click here to read the password and golden rules.
2. We have a fresh, new way of reporting and punishing incidents in the Racing Club, using an infractions system - read more here. You are actively encouraged to use this system - we like to keep driving standards high - so if you feel you were wronged in any way during an event simply send the event organiser a private message detailing the incident. Do not post reports/accusations in the thread itself - negativity and anger gets us nowhere.
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Are you considering your options for a headlight restoration in Barrie? At Mr. Lube, we understand that timely maintenance can go a long way — and our certified automotive specialists understand that the customer experience is a crucial part of any auto care service. That includes the option to call in at any time, no appointment needed, and simply relax with complimentary coffee and newspapers as we get to work.
If installing new bulbs hasn't helped the milky, hazy or yellowed appearance of your headlights, you probably have lenses that are aged, etched or damaged by the sun. Fortunately, your local Mr. Lube in Barrie provides prompt, guaranteed headlight restorations that improve light output between 50% and 100%. We first remove cloudiness from the lens, and then use a specially formulated sealant that prevents UV damage for three years. But why is it so important to restore compromised headlights?
In addition, you'll find that your vehicle's warranty will remain intact with Mr. Lube's warranty-approved service*. We stick to manufacturer-recommended product specifications and service intervals, which ensures we do the right thing at the right time. We also use the Electronic Owner's Manual (EOM) to access the latest data on every make and model on the road today, personalize your vehicle's service interval requirements and avoid any unexpected repair needs. In short, when it comes to headlight restorations in Barrie, it's easy to see why we're the convenient alternative to your dealer. See for yourself how we make car care utterly effortless: get same-day service at your local store today.


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Smarter Together, is the name of the project that united Lyon, Munich and Vienna to win the European call for proposals in 2016 for Smart Cities and Communities (Horizon 2020). It meant further recognition for La Confluence, the Lyon-based partner in the innovative project and the group's coordinator.
Smarter Together means that experiments carried out at La Confluence within the framework of the Lyon Smart Community are reproduced at European level. They include:
24 million euros to make ambitions a reality
Horizon 2020 or H2020 is a European programme supporting research and innovation. Smart Cities and Communities is part of its work in the field of energy, transport and the use of technologies. Lyon-Munich-Vienna, united under the banner Smarter together*, received 24 million euros to support their efforts in developing a smart city. The consortium unites thirty partners (research institutes, design and engineering consultancies, industrialists, communities etc.) such as ERDF, Toshiba, WWF and NEDO.
* the proposal includes "follower cities" (Santiago de Compostella, Sofia and Venice) with a rich heritage for eco-.renovation and "observer cities" (Kiev and Yokohama), the most advanced smart cities in the world
Managing data for the whole district
The Lyon Smart Community programme includes the implementation of a Community Energy Management System for managing, producing and distributing energy across the district. The idea is to take this even further now and provide the district with a data platform which combines information linked to energy and mobility. The objective is to use this data to develop services matching the districts infrastructure.


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I don't understand how it happened, to be honest.
I have tried to quit smoking dozens of times before–sometimes my valiant efforts lasted three days, and a few times I even managed to go for two months without a cigarette, but even then I never really felt "out of the woods", never felt safely beyond the power of tobacco: it was always as though I were playing games with myself and only pretending to quit…the junkie in me waiting all the while for an opportunity to sneak a cigarette when my partner or friends (all of whom I told I was quitting, of course) weren't around.
Corny as it sounds, this time was different, felt different. Although I had my last cigarette a few days after New Year's Day, I'd made no resolutions and had no intentions of quitting…I simply finished a pack of smokes, and never bought another one.
The first three or four days of drug withdrawal were horrible, of course, though I'd been through all that before, and knew that surviving the ordeal was no guarantee of continual success. The days stretched out like agony…not counted in hours, or broken into mornings, afternoons, and evenings, but mangled into countless mini-cycles of "God, I want a cigarette!" followed by "No, no, no, no, no…", this idiotic dialogue repeated maybe a hundred times a day, from the minute I got up in the morning until hours after I'd collapsed into bed at night. But every time I craved a smoke and resisted having one, it became easier to resist the next one.
What helped?
Keeping busy with other things and NOT dwelling on cigarettes, smoking, nor even upon the fact that I was trying to quit made things just a teensy bit easier. On the job (I work in a kitchen), instead of sitting in my usual smoking corner for a full break, I took just enough time off to go to the toilet and freshen up, then I'd have a glass of water and an apple INSIDE the kitchen, and get back to work whether my break was over or not. At home I painted and doodled in my visual journal, read a lot of light fiction and fluff magazines, found brainless, repetitive activities to lose myself in (embroidery, cleaning), took a lot of escapist naps when I'd run out of things to do and couldn't stand sitting around, craving.
I avoided ALL the places where I used to smoke. For a while I just stopped going to cafés, didn't sit at park benches or my usual haunts in the mall, didn't hang around the Yacht Club's Bar or go down to the Wharf for dinner overlooking the harbour…in fact, I avoided spending time out-of-doors in general because it's the last place you 're allowed to smoke, and that's where you'll find all the smokers. It meant sitting INSIDE Woolworth's lobby to eat my lunch of fruit and yogurt, taking refuge in libraries and museums, passing time in air-conditioned shopping malls, and only eating inside glass-walled, non-smoking restaurants.
Funnily enough, reading someone else's blog about quitting smoking helped me tremendously. At first it helped just to know that I wasn't alone…that others were going through the same thing.
And then the same blog introduced me to the online resource quit.org, and I think that looking up this site is what made the real difference in my efforts to give up smoking. Yes, the positive attitude, the facts, suggestions, tips and exercises helped—as did taking the long online quiz and receiving a personalised letter based on my answers—but I think that the real magic lay simply in the fact that I had found the humility to go looking for help (that I was crawling towards a government website only made it more pathetic and humbling). It was like joining the AA: I had finally accepted that this problem was bigger than I was, that every attempt to do it on my own had failed, and that it was time to turn to something outside of myself (some people pray to a God, but what matters is that you perceive the entity as having a higher power, and assume the attitude of a supplicant) and asked for assistance.
So many times I'd tried to quit, without success. And this time, at long last, I knew I was serious.
*And this time it was pretty easy, too.*
(looks nervously around for lightning bolts aimed to incinerate my foolish hubris)
It was so easy, in fact, that I am nervous. Shouldn't it be harder? Is this for real? What's WRONG with me? It's only been three weeks, but if you only knew how I FEEL right now, you would understand why I'm so blown away! I feel so good. I feel calm and peaceful…and I know I've been on the receiving end of some pretty amazing grace. I hardly think about it. I don't suffer terrible pangs of desire when I smell someone else's smoke or see someone light up in front of me. I don't find myself thinking "I miss it," or reminiscing on what it was like. I can finally look past the romanticised images of smoking—that complicated bundle of emotions, dependencies and needs intricately tied up with feelings of well-being, signifieds of sophistication, sexiness, the dark—and see it for what it really was: just a dried-leaf drug, and me The Little Matchgirl, wrapped in imaginary fabulous-ness and visions of Colette, when a dirty brick wall, smelly fingers and hair, and greasy ashes is all there really was.
You're never out of the woods, so it doesn't pay to get too cheeky about a mere three weeks' success. But it's been a good start, a really different start, and I am so grateful for everything thus far.


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Saint Ann's Church is located in Dawson Street, which adjoins & runs parallel with Grafton Street, close to Trinity College, Leinster House & the city center.
Designed by Isaac Wells, the church was founded in 1707 during the reign of Queen Anne, the Romanesque facade designed by Sir Thomas N. Deane was added in 1868.
During the 17th century, members of the Royal family, Crown officials, & local gentry were regular attendees. Bram Stoker, Dublin-born author of the Gothic novel Dracula - published in 1897, married the following year in St Ann's church.
St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street Dublin.
Duke street & flower seller.
|Images of Mount Argus Church, in Harold's Cross Dublin.
Thomas Street Dublin, St. Catherine's Church photos, scene of Robert Emmett's execution.
Mount Street Dublin & St. Stephen's Church.
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Often times, while working in Java, you get a ClassNotFoundException or a ClassCastException and you are trying to find find out what Jar the class belongs to and where is it located in the classpath. Your application is either not finding the class or finding the wrong class with the same Class name in the classpath. So you wanna know what Jar is your class coming from at Runtime and whether that is the right class.
Grep to find all Jars with the Class name:
You could write a little bash script to do a find for the class file within your fileSystem, but that doesn't tell you whats loaded in the classpath. So it will give you shit load of crap that have the class name:
$ cd ~/.groovy $ $ find . -name "*.jar" -exec sh -c 'jar -tf {} | grep -H --label {} org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.class' ; ./lib/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar ./lib/commons-httpclient-3.1_patched.jar
This above command will search in the current directory and all sub directories for any jars. Then for each jar file, it will view the contents of the jar file using jar tf and look for the java class org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient.class. The output will be different depending on where I am running the script from.
Java Class to find Jars with the given Class in Classpath:
But you only want to find the Jar File loaded into the Java Classpath. Here's a simple Java Class that does the same from within an main class:
import java.net.URL; import org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient; public class MainApp { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println(findPathJar(HttpClient.class)); } public static String findPathJar(Class<?> context) throws IllegalStateException { URL location = context.getResource('/' + context.getName().replace(".", "/") + ".class"); String jarPath = location.getPath(); return jarPath.substring("file:".length(), jarPath.lastIndexOf("!")); } }
This will print the jar file in the classpath that contains the class HttpClient.class:
The output will be same no matter where I am running the class from, since it is looking at the classpath and not the current directory.
Handy Groovy Script to find Jar with the given Class in Classpath:
#!/usr/bin/env groovy def klass System.in.withReader { println "Enter the Class name you want to find the jar for:" klass = it.readLine() } def context = Class.forName(klass) def absolutePath = context.getResource('/' + context.name.replace(".", "/") + ".class").getPath() println absolutePath.substring("file:".length(), absolutePath.lastIndexOf("!"))
Running this as a script, I get:
$ ./getJarFile.groovy Enter the Class name you want to find the jar for: org.apache.commons.httpclient.HttpClient /Users/sacharya/.groovy/lib/commons-httpclient-3.1.jar
Again, the output will be same no matter where I am running the script from.
Last of all, I find the site http://jarfinder.com/ very helpful too to find Jar files for a given class.


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Congratulations to Teen Mom star Kail Lowry, she is pregnant with her third child. The reality star is already mom to Isaac with ex-boyfriend Jo Rivera and Lincoln with ex-husband Javi Marroquin. The father of her third child is currently unknown. Her divorce to Javi was finalized this month after he returning from service.
Although Kailyn has remained mum on the pregnancy subject, a source close to the star has confirmed the news. Kail is also celebrated graduating from college. Congratulations! What are your thoughts? Post your comments below.
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The joy of owning a dog is compounded by the need to keep the canine well fed and hydrated. Just like humans, dogs need good food and non-toxic water to drink on a regular basis. It is quite hard to feed your dog without using the right type of bowl, which is a subject of this review.
There are many brands claiming to be among the best dog feeding bowls, but some are not worth the asking price in my humble opinion. After owning dogs for over two decades, I have learned a thing or two about what constitutes a feeding and water bowl for a dog.
It is my opinion that after consideration for the type of material used to make the dog bowl, the breed of your canine should be the next big thing to consider. In this article, we'll address the types of materials used in dog feeding bowl making and the different design types.
The Types of Dog Bowl Materials
In a nutshell, there are three types of materials popularly used in making dog feeding bowls and they include plastic, ceramic, and stainless steel. Most often, the type of material helps to determine the safety and style of the bowl, which in this day in age should not be taking lightly.
Dog Bowls Made Out of Plastic
Regardless of your consuming habits, it is almost impossible to avoid the use of plastic products in your daily living. The cheaper dog feeding bowls are usually made out of this material, but one should be careful as some do come with leaching toxic ingredients that might negatively impact the health of your dog.
It is also true that plastic is easier to design and shape, which means some of the most colorful dog bowls sold online will comprise mostly of plastic materials. A sturdy and durable plastic dog bowl is also hard to break and some are made to be dishwasher safe.
On the other hand, bowls made out of plastic scratch easily and accumulate bacteria at a rapid pace. Would I recommend a dog bowl made out of plastic? That would depend on the brand, but there are healthier alternatives that would allow you to feed your pet in a toxic free manner.
Dog Bowls Made Out of Stainless Steel
Apart from the higher pricing, I find that dog feeding bowls made out of stainless steel last longer and pose no health danger to your canine friend. The durability is not the only positive factor for some are made to be dishwasher safe with non-skid materials in the bottom to prevent spills.
Since there are different grades of stainless steel, the lower grades will eventually develop rust unless they come with anti-rust coatings. The ideal way to care for any stainless steel dog feeding bowl is hand washing after every meal and wipe to dry.
Dog Bowls Made Out of Ceramic
Dog bowls made out of ceramic are not as popular like the two listed above, which might be due to the higher cost. Ceramic dog bowls are also harder to keep clean and some are prone to bacteria infestation.
Other Materials
I have seen a few dog bowls made out of stoneware and other less common materials. Keep in mind that the more exotic materials will break easily once dropped. If careful enough one made out of glass might even be more hygienic for your pet.
Your search for a durable dog feeding bowl should take into consideration the safety of the material used and the handling skills required to maintain one. If you're prone to dropping glassware, it would behoove you to stay away from bowls made out of easily breakable materials.
The Different Types of Dog Bowls
Now that we got the dog bowl materials out of the way the next big consideration is the different types to make your selection from. I have classified dog bowls into four different types but there might be a few hybrid models not included in this review.
For brevity sake, after each type, I have also included one or two products with excellent feedbacks that can be bought online for a decent price.
Dog Feeding Bowls that are Elevated
Elevated dog bowls can be found in all shapes and sizes. This type will come with a supporting stand or device to make it easier for your dog to reach the food and water. Dog bowls that are elevated help to prevent neck strain on your pet.
The most popular design involves two bowls on a stand and the materials used can vary. Large dog breeds will find it easier to eat from this type of feeding bowl. The included supporting contraption makes it harder for your dog to push it around in feeding area.
Once placed against a solid wall, your canine will find it difficult to push it around, but more mischievous dogs will find ways to ruin your well-planned feeding space. The top elevated dog feeding bowls are:
1 – Pet Zone Adjustable Raised Dog Feeder Review
This is my favorite dog feeding bowl design because of the adjustability that it comes with. Just like it is shown in the above image you can successfully use it as a feeding station for different dog sizes. The inclusion of two stainless steel bowl makes it easier to place both food and water for the enjoyment of your pet.
The collapsible legs give you the ability to determine the right elevation for your pet and putting it away for storage is also easier to accomplish. The included two stainless steel bowls are dishwasher safe. Additionally, the manufacturer claims each bowl can hold close to seven cups of dry dog food.
I never measure the amount of food my dogs eat but I do put them on a strict eating schedule. The adjustable elevated dog feeder from Pet Zone is made right here in America, which means more jobs for our citizens.
2 – IRIS Airtight Elevated Storage Feeder Review
It is quite hard not to like the stylistic design of the IRIS Airtight Elevated Storage Feeder. There are three sizes to choose from based on your dog's size. The three color selection choices include tan, green, and black.
It's probably the only affordable pet feeder with a storage space built into it. No more worrying about where to store your dog food with this elevated bowl feeding system. The included two bowls are made out of stainless steel materials.
Each bowl can hold up to two quarts of water or 64 cups of pet food that is dry. Just ensure you know your dog breed size before making your selection.
The only problem that might arise is choosing the right size for a puppy that will soon grow to become a large dog. The elevated dog bowl setup from Pet Zone is more appropriate if that is your situation. It is perfectly suited for indoor use.
Automatic Dog Bowls System
Most automatic dog feeding systems are designed to output food as long as there is some inside the storage space. It is not my favorite dog feeding system in my opinion, simply because it leads to providing your pet too much food and making her lazy.
But with technology moving at a rapid pace, some of the more advanced automatic dog feeding systems will come with programmable features. This type is not that popular due to the higher pricing.
If you leave your dog home alone for many hours at a time this type of dog feeder will allow you to ensure regular supply of food or water. Feeding your pet in person is the ideal way to go, but your situation might call for the use of automatic dog bowls.
3 – PetSafe Healthy Pet Simply Feed Automatic Feeder Review
Technology is evolving at a faster rate than most humans realize. The PetSafe Automatic Feeder comes with programmable features that afford you the ability to set how many times a day you want to provide food for your pet.
It is capable of outputting different sizes of dry or partially moist food for pets. The manufacturer claims it is pet-proof to prevent accidental openings. The included one bowl is made out of stainless steel. Some of the removable parts are dishwasher safe.
Power for this device is supplied through the use of four D alkaline batteries, which is not included with your purchase. Unfortunately, the needed power adapter option is not included with this package but sold separately.
Dog Bowls for Slow Feeding
I remember when one of my dogs was a puppy he ate too fast and I used a slow feed dog bowl to try to reduce his feeding pace. The design style is what creates the barrier to help slow down how fast your dog can gulp down the food.
Some will come with ridges or other barriers that make it difficult to reach the food all at once. I soon discovered that my puppy was not too thrilled with this type of bowl and he started trying to turn it over, which he succeeded in doing, eventually.
The majority of this type of dog feeding bowls will be constructed from plastic or other hybrid flexible materials. It did not work for my dog, but I solved the problem of fast eating by instituting a strict regimen of portion control. My dog soon realized that eating too fast will not bring more food and he soon learned to eat slowly.
4 – Outward Hound Slow Feed Interactive Bloat Stop Dog Bowl Review
The design for this bowl might make some of you wonder how it is possible for your pet to get to the dry food. The idea is to make the pet grab one piece at a time, which ultimately leads to a slower eating pace. You can find it for sale in three colors and two sizes.
The manufacturer claims over a million quantities have been sold, and you can tell it is a solid product from the thousands of feedbacks found online. It is made to resemble a maze of valleys and ridges, which creates the required hindrance to slow down your dog's eating pace.
This dog feeder bowl is made out of plastic that is free of known toxic materials like phthalate, PVC, and BPA. It is dishwasher safe but should be put on the top rack only.
Dog Bowls You Can Travel With
My simple solution for carrying food for my dog when outdoors is by using a pouch. But there are dog feeding bowls with features that make them suitable for travel. The good ones are usually made to be collapsible. Below is a top travel dog feeding bowl with an impressive design set up.
5 – Serene Pet Collapsible Travel Dog Bowls Review
Serene Pet Bowl can be purchased in both a large and medium size. It is made out of food grade silicone that is approved by the Food and Drug Administration. It comes with two carabiners, which is a locking system to keep it away from the prying eyes of your pet.
It looks like the ideal product for those that bring along pets while away. It is designed to be lightweight and can be easily popped up or folded away for storage. You get a sixty-days warranty that includes 100% money back guarantee.


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Nothing gets children excited about learning like a true hands-on experience! Cave of the Winds Mountain Park can provide the hands-on experience for your kids and help them to develop a passionate curiosity about the world around them.
Diversity in Programs
From kindergartners to high school seniors, we have a variety of exhilarating and fun age-appropriate field trips available. Our programs and tours can be tailored to fit what your students are excited about and you can choose whether you want our experienced and knowledgeable guides to concentrate on history, geology, biology, earth science, physical science, or conservation.
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Our tours at Cave of the Winds Mountain Park are carefully designed to comply with the Colorado Standards for Education, creating an experience that fits their learning needs while also providing adventure. We list all of the standards for each of our tours and activities, so that you are able to utilize these tools while planning your lessons and curriculum.
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Follow this link to find the age-appropriate science curriculum worksheets to support your field trip. These worksheets target specific benchmarks taken directly from the Colorado Education Standards for Science. These benchmarks emphasize key concepts in Earth, Physical, and Biology Science classes. Our worksheets are useful as tools that can be incorporated into your teaching.
Worksheets, post-tour student evaluation sheets, and parental permission slips can all be downloaded here. We look forward to helping you foster the excitement around learning about our Colorado cave system.
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Of the many things I enjoy about my new urban environment is the idea that I can walk to places I want to go to. Like tonight, a solitary Friday night when I'm tired and tempted to just vegetate in front of one of many different electronic display screens: somehow I managed the will to walk two blocks to a marvelous sidewalk café that serves a flight of three great wines for $15 not to mention a great salad and mini pizza that is, as the cliché goes, to die for. I'm glad that I don't have to make a living from my writing because a sentence like that can earn you a smack in the chops from any sane editor in the world.
I also love the idea that I can blend into the environment, become a fly on the wall (or the next table) and listen to the fascinating yet mundane conversation of the large extended family that was musing about new babies and imminent babies and babies that have grown up to be drunken stockbrokers or lawyers or some damn thing. I love that a drunk or high or senile beggar woman has the nerve to lean over the fancy planter and ask for spare change and I love that God has provided me with both the resources and heart to give her that and a little more, even though I'm sure that she'll probably just use it to dull whatever pain she has. If I can give a little comfort in the form of a dollar then let me do so.
And I also love the idea that I can sit by myself in a sidewalk café and drink a glass or three of wine and read a book about spirituality and relationality and not be thought of as weird. Or at least not be identified as such by anyone out loud.
But said book got me to thinking deep thoughts, a dangerous thing for me, though it seems to happen far too seldom these days. I am wondering about what the word sacred means. The authors of the book identify it as the object of spirituality from the human perspective. They are Christian in their worldview but take some pains to make their musings and analysis encompass larger thoughts so it should not surprise anyone when they define the word sacred as something or someone transcendent or holy or extraordinary (all words that demand their own musings and definitions) but, perhaps most important, that which we cannot abide to have desecrated.
So this got me to thinking about what I hold to be sacred. Not to be all postmodern and relative but it seems to me that that which one holds sacred is a very personal and individual thing. Sure, in a community we can agree on sacred things in common but we have to acquiesce to those agreements as individuals or they have no power for us.
And, I'm sure, that there are varying degrees of sacred or perhaps varying types. I know that there are objects, physical objects, that I hold sacred but I would not give my life to prevent their desecration. At the other end of the spectrum, there are ideals that I hold sacred for which I would give my life (thankfully that has never been tested). It just seems to me worth considering in this post what some of those sacred thing might be:
Of course there is the Trinitarian God. I acknowledge my Creator, my Sustainer and my Savior as holy and transcendent and certainly extraordinary.
I hold the practice of the Eucharist sacred. It never fails to touch me as an experience with infinitely more meaning than the apparent.
But there are more earthly things that I hold sacred as well. I hold my country's ideals as sacred: "We hold these truths to be self-evident…" and "We the people…" and "I have a dream…" and "Ask not what your country can do for you…" I believe these things and they hold a place of special, extraordinary honor in my heart.
And there are physical things that I hold sacred too. If there was a fire in my home and all living things were safe and I could grab only one possession it would be the glass jar in which I keep a few special treasures: a lock of Pam's hair, a dried rose from my mother's funeral, the rock I picked up off the peak of Holy Cross mountain in Colorado and the silver dollar my parents gave each of us when they finally paid off their mortgage.
What occurs to me is that each of these things, these objects of sacredness, is some part of what defines me. Apart from these objects of sacredness I am something less if I am anything at all. Anyway, those are the thoughts of an amateur philosopher on a cool summer night in the city. May you be touched by someone or something you hold sacred this night as well.


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One week after introducing a trade-in program for iPads, Microsoft today debuted a similar deal for the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5 as the holiday season approaches.
If you turn in your iPhone, Microsoft will give you a minimum $200 gift card to be used inside a brick-and-mortar Microsoft Store. The deal lasts until Nov. 3.
Microsoft's iPad deal credits customers with up to $350 back, depending on the value of their iPad 2, 3 or 4.


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Market your business with Twitter
As one of the big four social networks, Twitter is a valuable tool for taking your brand to the masses. With more than 300 million active users and 500 million tweets per day, it gives businesses a huge audience to pitch their brand to. The flipside however, is that with such a rushing torrent of information, businesses must be savvy with their social media strategy in order to stand out.
The success of any social media campaign depends on simple things done well and consistently.
Twitter's constant stream of updates and media means that maintaining an effective presence requires regular updates. Single tweets can disappear into the ether and people will forget your brand, or miss it altogether. Steady tweeting is a sign of an active and healthy profile, making it more likely that customers will take the time to engage with your brand.
Retweets and favourites
Your business doesn't need to rely solely on content and updates that it create itself. Retweets are a great way to keep your brand your audience's feed, with just the click of a mouse. It helps to build trust and engagement with your followers by doing more than selling and marketing to them. By providing informative links to other content, your business can build a community and grow its stature as an authority in the industry.
Favourites are another great way to build a network. Key influencers are a big part of social media and connecting with other users and business by "favouriting" their tweets is a good way to get your brand noticed. The reciprocal nature of social media means that once your brand is recognised as one that retweets and favourites others' content, it will encourage those users to return the gesture.
Twitter lives and breathes hashtags. They're designed to make topics searchable by linking tweets together, create interest and bring exposure to products, ideas and events. It has been shown that tweets with hashtags receive more retweets than those without, helping to take concepts and campaigns further than any traditional marketing strategy can.
Videos and images
The speed at which Twitter moves makes it imperative for content to be eye-catching and engaging. Twitter is a platform that is optimised for smartphones. The shape of the app, the movement of the feed, and the thumb-friendly nature of the format makes it more natural on a small handheld screen than any other device. With mobile data speeds increasing and the cost decreasing, video and images are becoming the way forward for engaging with content.
Bespoke video, photographs and graphics offer users something more than a standard plain text tweet. This makes it more likely that users will retweet and favourite your tweets, building a community and growing your credibility within the Twittersphere.
Track and analyse
Reacting to and reinforcing what is going right is just as important as adjusting and refining what isn't. The Twitter platform includes analytics to track results and analyse what is resonating and what needs to be improved. It allows you to break down the demographics of followers and increase the precision of your targeting. This is a vital part of the social media process as it is a constantly evolving medium and there are no set-and-forget solutions. Staying up to date requires monitoring of trends and attempting to tap into what is gaining traction with audiences.
Coordinate with other marketing efforts
Twitter doesn't operate in a vacuum and is designed to support a marketing campaign of greater scope. Using it in conjunction with other efforts, including other social networks, to promote website updates, blog and content creation, and promotions, will ensure maximum coverage across your marketing strategy. Using just Twitter or Facebook will take your brand only so far, but when implemented as a comprehensive plan, it can provide powerful engagement.


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Stolen Assets and Tax Evasion
In Teodorín Obiang's previous role as the minister for agriculture and forestry in Equatorial Guinea, he was earning a salary of around £2700 a month. Nevertheless, between 2004 and 2011, his total expenditure was US $314m, over 4000 times his official salary.
Sources: Guardian, 'France impounds African autocrats' 'ill-gotten gains' (06/02/2012) and Independent, 'Teodoro Nguema Obiang: Coming To America (to launder his millions?)' (16/06/12)
The wealth accumulated by Libya, Egypt and Tunisia's leaders stands at an estimated US $190 billion.
Source: TI paper based on news reports (2011)
General Sani Abacha of Nigeria is suspected to have looted between US $3 billion to $5 billion of public money.
Source: Basel Institute of Governance/ICAR, "Managing Proceeds of Asset Recovery: The Case of Nigeria Peru, The Philippines and Kazakhstan" (2009), pg. 7
Ferdinand Marcos of the Philippines siphoned off between US $5 to $10 billion during his reign in the Philippines from 1965 to 1986.
Source: Basel Institute of Governance/ICAR, "Managing Proceeds of Asset Recovery: The Case of Nigeria Peru, The Philippines and Kazakhstan" (2009), pg. 12
The level of assets stolen by corrupt leaders and moved to offshore accounts is estimated at US $180 billion. Only US $5 billion has ever been returned.
Source: CCFD, Comité Catholique contre la Faim et pour le Développement (2007) pg. 1
The Virgin Islands has over 40 companies registered for every citizen.
Source: NORAD, 'Commission on Capital Flight From Developing Countries: Tax Havens and Development' (2009) pg. 9
The world's shadow economy, or the legal economic activities that go untaxed, now accounts for 16% of the world economy.
Source: University of Linz, 'Shadow Economies around the World: Novel Insights Accepted Knowledge and New Estimates' (2011), pg. 7
Greece loses €15 billion a year to tax evasion and has a shadow economy twice the size of its budget deficit. Tax evasion has cost the USA US $3 trillion over the last decade.
Sources: Economist, 'Dues and Dont's' (12/08/10) and Demos website 'Tax Evasion: The Real Costs'
Assets placed by wealthy private individuals in tax havens represent an estimated annual loss of roughly US $255 billion in tax revenues.
Source: Tax Justice Network, 'Briefing Paper: The Price of Offshore' (2005) pg. 1
Angola, Africa's second-largest oil producer, lost almost $6 billion to capital flight in 2009.
Source: Reuters, 'Zambia loses almost $ 9bn in capital flight in past decade – U.S. watchdog' (17/12/12)
Almost $9 billion was illicitly siphoned out of Zambia, Africa's top copper producer between 2001 and 2010. The amount is almost half the size of Zambia's current gross domestic product.
Source: Reuters, 'Zambia loses almost $ 9bn in capital flight in past decade – U.S. watchdog', (17/12/12)


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For the last 25 years, the European Union has been investing in cross-border cooperation through Interreg, a financing instrument for regional development across borders. Although much progress has been made, difficulties remain in many areas, such as:
- finding jobs
- accessing healthcare
- pension rights & taxation
- having qualifications recognised
- overcoming cultural & language differences
- accessing public facilities
Although Interreg has been an important part in alleviating border obstacles and enhancing a spirit of cooperation, Interreg funding is not the only answer. Many of these obstacles call for changes in laws and/or administrative procedures.
The European Commission's Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy (DG REGIO) therefore wanted to examine what obstacles remain and how they affect people, organisations, businesses and public authorities in border regions. This analysis could in the future be used to assess whether the Commission can take further action, either on its own initiative or together with national and regional authorities.
The consultation, which is now closed, covered both internal EU border regions, as well as border regions encompassing regions in EU countries and EFTA/EEA countries.
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Monday, 6 August 2012
Finally back on my blog after no access for quite a while. I'm here in SMX with ICC right now. Just over half way through the program here, working hands on in the welfare centre. Its an amazing experience being right on the ground here.
This is from a few days ago:
Spend some time with one of the most down to earth guys I've ever met, who happens to be an orph'n. He's about 15, but seems much older. I met him last year at bring me hope camps. He is the big brother and father to many of the kids at the orph. He is perfectly normal, so can attend the local school. He showed some people from our team around the town today and I saw him in the lobby of the hotel. We talked for a while about our dreams and hopes for the future. He wants to join the army, as they will then pay for his education. His dream though is to either be free to travel the world or set up an organisation like ICC to work with orph's. What a great guy!! We played some cards in my hotel room after that. He's just a normal guy- who happens to be an orphn.
Our days are long! We're up at 7, for 7.30 'thought' meeting. After that it's off to the orph. for 8.30 and we stay till about 12. Then lunch time and break until we return from 3-5.30. We're all exhausted by the evening time!
Our days consist mainly of playing with the children. Our team is broken into different groups to work in different sections. There's a large play area outside with slides and stuff, just what you would expect to find in a playground at home! We also 'try' to do some music and arts activities! Try meaning they dont always work out!
I've been spending most of my time with a deaf boy called ShuiShui (handsome). He was at camp last year. Let me just say that he likes to get his own way!! He very funny though - and laughs at everything I do. There's something special about being able to make children laugh!
Best part is that he was adopted on monday!!! It's gonna be very quiet without him, but I'm excited that he will have a family!!
Please 'think' for physical strength for our team! Definitely needed!
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China has reached a new supercomputing high: According to the latest TOP500 list, the country outpaced the US in total number of ranked systems by a margin of 202 to 143.
The Asian superpower's good fortune, however, is America's blight.
Six months ago, the United States led with 169 systems to China's 160. Now, China boasts its highest-ever volume of supercomputers, while the US shrinks to its lowest level in 25 years.
Despite the role reversal, America remains in good standing, with little competition from other countries: Japan is in third place with 35 machines, followed by Germany with 20, France with 18, and the UK with 15.
The top 10 systems remain largely unchanged since the June 2017 TOP500 list—with some notable exceptions.
Behind stalwarts Sunway TaihuLight (China), Tianhe-2 (Milky Way-2, China), and Piz Daint (Switzerland), the upgraded Gyoukou supercomputer from Japan eked into the No. 4 spot.
A ZettaScaler-2.2 system deployed at the Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, it marks the highest level of concurrency ever recorded on the TOP500 rankings of supercomputers.
Still the largest system in the US, five-year-old Titan—a Cray XK7 machine installed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee—slipped to No. 5, just ahead of another American system, the Sequoia IBM BlueGene/Q, deployed at California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Two Cray XC40 supercomputers—Trinity, operated by Los Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories; and Cori, installed at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC)—are now the seventh and eighth fastest machines in the world.
Japan rounds out the top 10 with its Oakforest-PACS at the Joint Center for Advanced High Performance Computing, and Fujitsu's K computer, in operation at the RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science (AICS).
The country is also making waves in the new Green500 rankings, taking the top three positions with new, efficient supercomputers. California's DGX SaturnV Volta system, installed at NVIDIA headquarters in San Jose, is the fourth most environmentally friendly machine, followed by Gyoukou.
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Evaluate: applied for loans: Morris Co. and Walker Co.
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John Marshall is employed as a bank loan officer for CityBank. He is comparing two companies that have applied for loans and he wants your help in evaluating those companies.
The two companies - Morris Company and Walker Company - are approximately the same size and had approximately the same cash balance at the beginning of 2009.
Because the total cash flows for the three-year period are virtually the same, John is inclined to evaluate the two companies as equal in terms of their desirability as loan candidates.
Abbreviated information (in thousands of dollars) from Morris Company and Walker Company is shown below:
Morris Company Walker Company
Cash flows from: 2009 2010 2011 2009 2010 2011
Operating activities: $10 13 15 8 3 -2
Investing activities: $(5.00) $(8.00) $(10.00) $(7.00) $(5.00) $8.00
Financing activities: $8.00 $(3.00) $1.00 $12.00 $4.00 $-
Net from all activities: $13 $2.00 $6.00 $13.00 $2.00 $6.00
1. Do you agree with John's preliminary assessment that the two companies are approximately equal in terms of their strength as loan candidates? Why or why not?
2. What might account for the fact that Walker Company's cash flow from financing activities is zero in 2011?
3. Generally, what would you advise John with regard to using statements of cash flows in evaluating loan candidates?
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Your response is 190 words and explains that Morris is much stronger than Walker even with the same cumulative cash flows. Non-recurring and recurring sources of cash are discussed.
1. I do not agree with the preliminary assessment of these two as comparable. Cash from operating is a stronger signal ...
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Your response is 190 words and explains that Morris is much stronger than Walker even with the same cumulative cash flows. Non-recurring and recurring sources of cash are discussed.


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Well, they done it. They tore down my history. Sad but inevitable. Those buildings were not going to last forever. I'm sure they were looking pretty rough.
I got these pics from the Olive Baptist Church site.
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Well, at least the church still exists on that site... my college church -- the church which was very formative in my own spiritual development, the church where I met my wife, the church where I was married -- relocated to the outskirts of town. Now the old building has been renovated into a college dorm...
Ho hum.
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Friday, November 27, 2009
Romania Sells 1.4 Billion Euros in 1-Year Treasuries
By Irina Savu
Nov. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Romania raised 1.4 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in Treasury bills on the domestic market in the third sale this year to fund a widening budget deficit, the central bank said.
Banks bid for more than the 500 million euros initially planned in the sale of the 4.25 percent bills due Nov. 29, 2010, the Bucharest-based Banca Nationala a Romaniei said in an e- mailed statement today. The bid-to-cover-ratio, which gauges demand by comparing the number of bids to the amount of securities sold, was 1.26.
Romania has turned to the domestic market for funding as the recession swells the budget deficit to an estimated 7.3 percent of gross domestic product this year from an earlier forecast of 4.6 percent. A government collapse in October prompted the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission to delay payments on a 20 billion-euro international package of loans.
"The amount attracted is a bit above expectations; still even after today's deal the finance ministry has to attract before year-end additional 2.5 billion to 3.5 billion euros to finance the budget gap," Nicolaie Alexandru-Chidesciuc, the chief economist at ING Bank Romania SA, said in an e-mail after the sale. "The upward pressure on local currency yields is here to stay."
Yield Pressures
Political instability in the country has also prompted investors to demand higher yields than the administration is willing to pay for leu-denominated treasuries. The finance ministry sold only 909 million lei ($320 million) in bills and bonds in November, less than the 6 billion lei initially planned, as investors demanded yields higher than the 10 percent it was willing to pay. The government has already sold 1.24 billion euros in three- and four-year 5.25 percent bonds in August and early November to cover its financing needs.
"We expected a lower yield versus the previous actions -- we said around 4 percent -- given that the tenor is just one year," Chidesciuc also said.
The yield on the benchmark international sovereign debt due June 2018 was little changed at 6.346 percent, while the Romanian leu weakened 0.5 percent to 4.28212 per euro as of 4:08 p.m. in Bucharest, according to Bloomberg data.
Romania also postponed until next year a planned sale of as much as 1.5 billion euros in bonds abroad, Deputy Finance Minister Bogdan Dragoi said on Nov. 12.
The European Union's second-poorest member nation is now run by an interim government with limited powers after Prime Minister Emil Boc's Cabinet lost a no-confidence vote on Oct. 13. Romanian voters will elect a president in a Dec. 6 election that will determine who selects the next government to pull the nation out of a recession. Incumbent president Traian Basescu will face opposition leader Mircea Geoana in the run-off next month.
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In the Bulgarian history there is a legend about Khan Kubrat – one of the first leaders who tasked his five sons to break a bunch of wooden spears wrapped together with a thin rope. Each of them failed miserably even though all of them were the strongest males in the tribe. He then asked his sons to take one spear at a time and break it – each of them succeeded without even feeling the resistance of the wood. He then explained that when they stand together as a team behind and idea, they will be unbeatable, but if they divide and separate for the sake of vanity and pride – they will perish. The sons did not learn from this lesson and separated …
In the recent interview I was asked the following question: "How would you approach a situation where few members or the product development team are passionately arguing about their individual solutions to a task assigned to the team? ". Followed by – "Let's just assume that some of them are convinced that they are always right."
I thought about it and I answered with one sentence: "I will say to them: It's not about you, it's about the product!"
This is a simple example of a very typical situation in today's world where our working, living, and breathing environments are for the most part full of egocentrics, who with absolute conviction argue that if there were no sun, the earth would revolve around them. This is also why I would like to introduce the INAY principle.
INAY or "It's Not About You" comes into play after the No Asshole Rule ("NAR"), which in a quite extensive manner was described by prof. Robert I. Sutton in his book "The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't". "NAR" in a nutshell tries to identify and address the individual who is quite frankly being an "asshole", protect the workplace with the rule, and extend it as a way of life. The INAY principle intends to achieve the following:
- Expose the main goal/idea of the team, group or organization and enforce the focus and understanding of it
- Promote social and team togetherness aimed at the achievement of the overall goal
- Remind the actual individual that the sun is about to stay where it currently is for a very long time, and the earth won't change its axis even if life of this individual depended on it
"…And more often than not, if you thought you would have to sell an idea through exercising ego or shutting people down or just being the loudest guy in the room, just your raw energy about an idea will geek them up. You don't have to sell as hard. You don't have to be this mega personality in the room, because it's about the thing itself, not about you"
(Chris Metzen, Blizzard Entertainment)
Let's focus on each of the above-mentioned statements. A group of people is usually formed around an idea, which is commonly shared among them. Teams and business organizations are established and exist in order to reach a goal based on an idea, which signifies their existence, purpose, and which gives answer to the question "why"
For example: the goal behind a business organizations is to create the best possible product or service (money is usually a side effect based on the quality of the product/service), the goal of a sports team is to win a championship etc. The INAY principle states that none of the building blocks of the above-mentioned sets is more important than the idea around which they are actually formed, which in essence explains the reason "why" they exists in the first place. In the example with the developers above it is clear that some of them have decided to put their egos above what is best for the team, and this is a clear violation of the principle. The team is established based on the goal, the goal is established based on an idea, and this idea is above everything simply because it is the main guideline and factor around which everything else gravitates. The idea of the development team is to create the best software product they can. Once the idea is clear, the goal is set, the pieces of the team must realize that all of them fit together and understand that the focus is not on them as individuals but on the "why" they are together in the first place. From this point on any egos that attempt to showcase themselves should simply be reminded that "It's Not About You" and what needs to be done must be best for the team's end goal.
By exposing the goal and understanding the idea behind it, the team members now have an ego-free atmosphere, which promotes better working environment and allows discussions where the final judge is what's best for the actual product rather than an egocentric individual. The team decides what is most reasonable and what allows them to achieve their goal in the best possible manner.
Perfect example here would be one of the most famous game development companies in the world – Blizzard Entertainment. Through their entire history the company has always followed somewhat of an interpretation of the INAY rule where no individual, no matter how talented or great he can be, can influence a game unless the whole team agrees that his idea fits perfectly and it betters the game.
Chris Metzen (Vice president of Creative Development at Blizzard Entertainment) said in one of his interviews: "If we're talking about a new zone or a new kingdom or a new race, and my cells are aflame with anticipation, and I just can't wait to get the idea out, and my partners are flinging ideas back: "Wow! Have you considered this?" or "Whoa, dude! What you're describing is straight-up Klingon. Why would we wanna do that?" or whatever it is — everyone's poking holes in things — you've got to try and keep it together, take a step back, try not to let the ego engage. Because that's what we are as artists, right? We're called upon to have passionate opinions and fling ideas out, and go, go, go!…" The INAY principle would be the one dictating that the egos should not be "engaged" and that it reminds consistently the individual with (or without) control, that there is something above the ego, which is "bulletproof", which is based on an idea to unite rather then divide, and the mission of which is to create positive, valuable, and quantifiable results. As one of the famous Africans proverbs says "It takes a village to raise a child" in Blizzard It takes a village to build a game.
"I don't know if I'd agree with it in terms of raising a kid, but I can tell you in terms of raising a video game, it does take a village. And maybe specifically it takes the right village." (Chris Metzen, Blizzard Entertainment)
The results achieved by them speak for themselves. Each one of their games that went gold has changed forever the genre and has instantly become a classic.
Egocentrism definition states: "Excessive pride in one's appearance or accomplishments". I do believe that pride is absolutely essential and that any individual should do something that they take great pride of, and the results of which represent who they are and their efforts. However, one step further is the "excessive pride" and that crosses the thin line just like the thin line between love and hate, genius and insanity. Before that thin line is passed, the INAY principle should be used to remind again that the individual is part of an idea, which "governs" the rules, which explains the "why", which exists for a common good, and comprehension and execution of which must be considered to be of the highest priority.
Simon Sinek is an author created a big buzz with his book called "Start With Why" and his speech "How great leaders inspire action" in which he states that "great leaders and organizations communicate starting with WHY" and that "people buy not WHAT you do but WHY you do it". Arguments supported quite well by Simon (with many examples of human biology, Apple computer and other companies) and which reinforce the INAY principle, because behind the "why" is the idea, the goal, the team, the business organization, behind "what" is everything else. If every team member passionately shares their understanding of the "why" and suppresses their ego, than there is no limit of what they can achieve as a team, business or social organization.
… Few years after the Bulgarian leader who managed to unite all Bulgar tribes and create what is now known as the Old Great Bulgaria (or the First Bulgarian Empire) passed away; the sons' egos divided the tribes and separated the empire into much weaker fractions, which lead to their demise. Till this day no one knows what would have happened if the five sons remained together (as their father advised) as the leaders of the empire. Till this day the Bulgarian coat of arms states "Unity renders power".
"It's Not About You, It's About the Idea"