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Exercising outdoors during the winter makes winter a bit more bearable. It not only allows you to explore nature in a different season, but improves your mood. Why fight winter when you can just embrace it!
That being said, during summer, going outside for a workout is easy peasy. Throw on a pair of shorts and a t-shirt and you're good to go. Once winter sets in, it requires a little more effort. But with proper planning, you can stay active even when the days are shorter, temperatures drop and there's snow on the ground.
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- Wear the right shoes – Falls are much more likely on ice and snow. You can help avoid a nasty fall by picking a shoe with a heavier tread to avoid slipping on wet leaves, snow or ice. For additional traction, you may also consider adding cleats to your shoes (such as Yaktrax or other similar product). Also, keep in mind that it's wise to slow down if you can't see the pavement due to snow or ice covering. Doing so can help you stay balanced and avoid a nasty fall!
- Layer up! - The best way to stay warm is to layer your clothing. Always aim for a bit more than you think you will need, that way you can remove layers if you get too warm. A moisture wicking base layer just over your skin can be quite helpful in keeping you warmer, not to mention numerous options for pants, pullovers, sweaters and socks. Here are some great online resources for ideas on what to wear under different conditions for various outdoor activities:
- Keep your extremities warm – Even while working up a sweat, your extremities – fingers, toes, ears, etc. – may get too cold. And with age, comes a greater risk of frostbite due to slower circulation. To keep everything warm, wear a pair of gloves or mittens, warm socks and a hat or head warmer that covers your ears. Many manufacturers of gloves and mittens provide temperature ratings for their products.
- Make time for a warmup – Doing a pre-exercise warmup is especially important during the cold weather months. For Example, we suggest 5-10 minutes of brisk walking and dynamic stretches to make sure your muscles are warmed up before launching into a run.
- Remember to hydrate – As temperatures drop, it's easy to forget that you still need to stay hydrated when doing physical activity. But it's still important to take in fluids before and after your workout to avoid fatigue and keep your muscles working properly. If your workout is longer than about 1 hour, it is important to take in fluids during exercise as well.
- Exercise during daylight hours – If you normally exercise in the early morning or evening hours, you may consider switching things up so your workout falls during daylight hours. Doing so will allow you to exercise when there is ample light and when it's a bit warmer outside.
- Light it up! – If you decide to venture outside for a workout before the sun comes up or after it goes down, make sure you're visible in the dark by wearing a glow in the dark coat, vest, or belt and /or a red flashing light. You might also consider investing in a small headlamp to make yourself more visible – and to light the path in front of you!
- Try something new! - Winter provides an opportunity to try some new activities that we can't do during the warmer months. Examples include snowshoeing, cross country skiing, ice skating, and downhill skiing. Try out a new sport, you never know, you might find your next outdoor obsession!
- If all else fails, take your workout indoors – When the weather is really uncooperative, it may be safer to move your workout indoors. Although getting fresh air is wonderful, sometimes it's safer and more productive to hit the gym
- Have a nagging injury that prevents you from getting outside? - See your physical therapist! A physical therapist's goal is to keep you moving and doing the things you enjoy, including getting outside this winter!
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Reasons to Hire a Lawyer Following Auto Accidents in Wichita KS
One of the most stressful and worrisome situations for a driver to be is being involved in an accident that in not their fault. In most cases, injuries that result from car wrecks can be long term and cost the victim a lot of money in medical bills and time off of work. Instead of going into debt for injuries that were not your fault, you need to seek the help of an accident lawyer to help you get some compensation for your injuries. The following are a few of the many reasons why you need to hire a lawyer following your Auto Accidents in Wichita KS.
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One of the biggest reasons to hire a lawyer is that most states a have set amount of time that you have to file a lawsuit against the other driver involved in your accident. If you do not file the appropriate paperwork in the allotted amount of time, then you will lose your chance to get the money you are owed for your injuries. The first thing that you need to do following Auto Accidents in Wichita KS is to find an experienced accident lawyer who can help you get the compensation you need to get on with your life. The lawyer will be able to help you file the paperwork needed to get your lawsuit started.
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Another reason to hire a lawyer after an accident is that they can help you negotiate the right settlement with the insurance companies in charge of the payouts. If you try to negotiate the terms of your settlement on your own, you will run the risk of being under compensated by the insurance company, who is mostly concerned with protecting their bottom line. A lawyer has the experience needed to negotiate with the insurance company and get you the money you need to pay for the damage your injuries have caused.

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Are the screws splitting the inwale?
If it were me, I'd take off the oarlock in the offending location, sand off the paint in that area, and fill the split with thickened epoxy. Let that cure. When reinstalling the oarlocks, be very careful with predrilling for the bronze screws that secure the oarlocks.
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Bharath Mohan loves to study how information flows through society - and create products that make the right information get to the right people. He got his PhD on this topic at IISc, Bangalore - mining for nurturers among computer science researchers. He then went on to work at Google News - studying how news starts off from an original source, and is quickly copied or re-hashed by several publishers across the world. He's been doing startups over the last few years, and the latest one Sensara.TV is about unraveling Television.
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How to Use TFL Auto-Pay to Avoid a ULEZ Fine
TFL Auto Pay is the Way to Avoid a £290 Fine.
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So, you've had a good day driving in Central London. Business has been profitable. Many hours and miles later you finally go home. Once there, you put the day's stress behind you and unwind. Then you climb into bed and sink into sleep. Ah, bliss. Sounds great doesn't it? Except, it isn't. There's a sting in the day's tail. You forgot to pay your Congestion Zone and ULEZ charges. That starts the 'bad news' clock. Fail to pay those fees within 24 hours and you're liable to fines totalling £290! How do you avoid this situation? You enrol in TFL Auto-Pay.
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Each day you enter the Congestion and ULEZ Zones and generate charges, the fees are billed to your Auto-Pay account. You pay nothing on the day you incur the fees. Instead, TFL takes one combined payment each month. You'll get an email reminder that a payment is due prior to your bank being debited or you card being charged.
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Go to the Auto-Pay website to create your account. You'll need your vehicle and bank or payment card info. You can register up to five vehicles on one account or create a fleet account if there are more than five.
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XmtHashTableCreate(3) Library Functions Manual XmtHashTableCreate(3) NAME XmtHashTableCreate(), XmtHashTableDestroy(), XmtHashTableStore(), XmtHashTableLookup(), XmtHashTableDelete(), XmtHashTableForEach() - hash table functions. SYNOPSIS #include <Xmt/Hash.h> XmtHashTable XmtHashTableCreate(int size) void XmtHashTableDestroy(XmtHashTable table) void XmtHashTableStore(XmtHashTable table, XtPointer key, XtPointer data) Boolean XmtHashTableLookup(XmtHashTable table, XtPointer key, XtPointer *data) void XmtHashTableDelete(XmtHashTable table, XtPointer key) void XmtHashTableForEach(XmtHashTable table, XmtHashTableForEachProc proc ) typedef void (*XmtHashTableForEachProc)(XmtHashTable table, XtPointer key, XtPointer *data); ARGUMENTS INPUTS size For XmtHashTableCreate(), the log2 of the expected number of entries in the hash table. The hash table will be created with 2size entries preallocated. table The hash table that is to be manipulated. key An untyped value that identifies the data to be stored in the hash table, looked up in the hash table or deleted from the hash table. data For XmtHashTableStore(), an untyped value to be stored in the hash table. proc For XmtHashTableForEach(), a procedure that will be called for each item in the hash table. OUTPUTS data For XmtHashTableLookup(), the address at which the data associ- ated with the specified key will be stored. RETURNS XmtHashTableCreate() returns the newly created hash table. XmtHashTableLookup() returns True if data was found for the specified key, and False if no data was associated with that key. DESCRIPTION A hash table is a data structure that can efficiently associate arbi- trary data with arbitrary keys. It is some times known as an associa- tive array. These functions allow you to create and manipulate hash tables. XmtHashTableCreate() creates and returns an XmtHashTable size specifies the base 2 logarithm of the number of entries that should be pre-allo- cated in the table. XmtHashTableDestroy() frees all storage associated with the XmtHashTable table. Once this function is called, table should never again be referenced. Note that this function does not free storage associated with the individual hash table entries. If pointers to allo- cated memory have been stored in the hash table, those blocks of memory must be independently freed; you can do this with XmtHashTableForE- ach(). XmtHashTableStore() associates data with key in hash table table for later lookup with XmtHashTableLookup(). If there was already data asso- ciated with key, it is overwritten with the new data. Both key and data are untyped values with the same size as the untyped pointer XtPointer. The only restriction on values used as keys is that they be unique. 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I'd had a bad year. Then came Harvey.
Rebuilding myself: An occasional series
It was frightening. Your furniture taking on water and your shoes floating nearby is a sight you can't reconcile. It doesn't feel real. The brown water makes the brightly colored walls you love, the color of the paint you spent so long choosing, look wrong.
We rushed to move our things around until we realized the water wasn't going to stop rising, and we weren't safe in our own home. We had to leave.
As Harvey's rains fell, our neighbors were in varying degrees of shock: a couple of men made jokes and drank whatever beer was in the house. A couple of women cried quietly as their partners comforted them.
RELATED: Harvey's trauma lingers in our brains and bodies
Those who had been through the same thing during Tropical Storm Allison chatted. The young mother with the three-month-old held her baby close as her husband helped my husband, Chad, retrieve our cats from our house.
We both quietly shook while they were gone to the end of the street, where the water was chest-high and moving fast.
I kept whispering to myself, "Everything is gone. Everything is gone." No one could reach me. I didn't know exactly what we had lost, but every minute something new would pop up in my mind. My grandmother's letters. My piano. Years of diaries. Newspaper articles I'd written. Every photo. It was hard knowing that everything that made me me was under water, that I would never see it again.
I'd already had a bad year – though I realized a few years ago that every year is bad in some way, because I am a negative person with negative energy. I have learned to embrace this. But it had been a spectacularly dark 12 months.
It started with a run-in with a bad dentist. I spent $2,000 on a bridge replacement only to find that the work was sloppy and causing me intense pain. (It led to a root canal later.) Then a friend from high school died. I still don't know how, but I have suspicions. He was poor, he took care of his sick mother, he had addictions, he was isolated without a car in Baytown. He'd asked me for help finding mental health care. I gave him what information I could find. I don't think it helped in the end.
A few weeks after that, my workplace, where I'd been seven years, wanted me to take on a new role. I should have been flattered, but I felt lost. I said I would do it because I was about to turn 40, and my comfort there was starting to feel like a coffin.
That's about when my anxiety about turning 40 started. I thought I felt secure enough not to let a thing like a number bother me, but the number raged like a bull behind a gate. I felt like I was losing my youth. And, my, how the body slides downhill fast.
Then came Harvey.
RELATED: How the trauma of a storm like Harvey affects your brain
Once we were on dry land after our boat rescue, Chad and I shuffled ourselves from friends' house to friends' house and settled that night with friends who gave us their only bed so that we could sleep. I am still in awe of their kindness. We have great friends who carried us through this busy, awful time.
On August 31, once the rains subsided, we began mucking the house Chad had bought in 2012. With the help of about 30 volunteers, we gutted it in a week. Probably deepening my trauma, I documented every ruined item – those photographs, those diaries, those letters – for insurance purposes.
Then my husband and I and our five pets moved a few miles away into a 600-square-foot apartment in late September. After weeks of being displaced I thought that this would be a comfort. We had no furniture, so I posted on Facebook asking for help. Friends and strangers offered their odds and ends. We picked up everything we needed within a few days.
Once settled, I could look around and see a home. But nothing was familiar. I was living someone else's life.
Editor's note: This is the first installment of an occasional series that will explore one woman's recovery in the year after Hurricane Harvey.
Sara Cress (@saracress) is a writer in Houston.
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Question: What is the population of General Santos? Answer: General Santos, Philippines (Administrative unit: South Cotabato) - last known population is ≈ 594 400 (year 2015). This was 0.59% of total Philippines population. If population growth rate would be same as in period 2010-2015 (+2.01%/year), General Santos population in 2020 would be: 656 709*.


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NEW YORK—If Brooklyn-based artist Marguerite Dabaie ever wanted to have a career making arcane world customs palatable to teens, she could.
Did you know that ancient Chinese slept on porcelain pillows because they believed soft ones sapped the sleeper's life energy? Or that during the Tang Dynasty, women used black to paint fake dimples on their faces? Or that Sogdians, people from an ancient Persian civilization, generally didn't sit in chairs, but when they did, they referred to them as "barbarian beds"?
Dabaie's blog is packed full of these and other amusing facts from her extensive research. In one post about Chinese dress, she wrote:
"As I found out, colors and clothing styles were dictated by decree, depending on one's rank. As such, if you were not royalty or an official, you pretty much had to wear your clothes this way, and they had to be white. I read about how some of the common folk got so frustrated with only wearing white, they'd wear brightly colored underwear and occasionally flash it in public to protest. I hope that's true."
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Dabaie (pronounced da-BAI) is not looking up fun facts about the ancient world for her own pleasure (though as a self-proclaimed "dork," she admits it's fun). Dabaie is well underway on her latest project: a historical graphic novel about a seventh century family's adventures along the Silk Road.
"For years I've wanted to do something specifically about the Silk Road. It's something that Western art history doesn't really focus on at all. Even doing the research for this, it was hard to find books in English about any of the stuff. If I were Russian or Chinese I'd be in a gold mine, but for an English reader, it was so hard, which made me want to do it more."
She recently completed the Fashion Institute of Technology MFA Illustration program after studying illustration at the School of Visual Arts. Raised in a Palestinian family in San Francisco, Dabaie is a first generation American and the only visual artist in her immediate family.
"Within my house, it was fully Palestine, and then you go outside and it's totally American. And just dealing with that amalgamation influences a lot of my work," she said. "It makes me think there's a lot of stories that need to be told."
She brings this wide-eyed curiosity of otherness to her forthcoming book, "A Voyage to Panjikant."
The story follows a Sogdian family on the way to China from Panjikant in modern-day Tajikistan. During the seventh century, when the story takes place, it was a prosperous town in the Sogdian Empire, which encompassed today's Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. The Sogdians played a pivotal role in facilitating trade between China and Central Asia.
"Panjikant" is a historical fiction about an important place and time. Flourishing trade not only brought foreign goods, but also technology, ideas, and faiths. Glassblowing went east. Papermaking went west. Believers of Christianity, Buddhism, and Zoroastrianism treated each other with a surprising degree of mutual tolerance. The seats of empires from the Mediterranean to the Pacific debated the tenets of good governance.
But it is also a novel about being alive and young during such an interesting time. The story is told through the viewpoint of Upach, a merchant's daughter.
In the story, Upach's introverted, bumbling brother is being groomed to take over the family business. Old Shafnoshak briefs his son about the customs of diverse peoples they will meet on the trade routes. Intrigued by her father's stories, Upach asks to tag along. Shafnoshak acquiesces even though women didn't typically partake in business travel, and a new world opens up to the young woman.
Richness of Pattern and Color
The aesthetic of seventh century Central Asia is as accurately represented in Dabaie's illustrations as she can discern from original sources.
"I'm harkening back to the Tang Dynasty, Silk Road, seventh century," she said. "They loved colorful things. I knew it had to be colorful, bright, full of patterns."
To achieve this look, she digitally inks each page, prints them on silk screening paper, and applies watercolors by hand, achieving glittering jewel tones that glow like porcelain glaze.
"I really love making colors bleed with each other and you just can't do that with a computer. I want to give it that handmade touch."
When she's not with paint and paper, Dabaie spends a lot of time at the New York Public Library research libraries and museums, looking up murals, trade documents, and sculptures.
"You'd be surprised. The research library has a Sogdian-English dictionary," she said. Though the Sogdians shared a linguistic root with the Persians, their language doesn't exist anymore. Modern linguists found preserved letters and cracked the code, publishing this dictionary in 1995.
Right now, Dabaie is making pages and doing research.
Her goal is to bring "Panjikant" out in single issues and sell them at comic book conventions and stores with a focus on educational markets. She hopes to have the first book done in September.
Follow the progress on her blog, www.panjikant.tumblr.com. Her website is www.mdabaie.com


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It's back to school as usual, but not in the usual place, for students of Sacred Heart School in Newburgh.
Two weeks after the school was closed due to heating issues, and the discovery of subsequent structural issues that led to the building being condemned, students were to return to classes on Feb. 1 at the former St. Joseph's School in New Windsor, where they will attend school at least until the end of the school year. The goal is for the school to return to its home in Newburgh in the fall. Because classes at Sacred Heart School had been suspended since Jan. 18, students did their schoolwork at home.
Sacred Heart School, 24 S. Robinson Ave., and the former St. Joseph's School, 148 Windsor Highway, are less than two miles apart.
"We still are Sacred Heart, and we're Sacred Heart strong," said principal Lori Evanko. That is the message she and her faculty and staff have been relaying to the students since the ordeal began.
"Everybody's upbeat," she said. "We're looking forward to the rest of the year being really great."
"The full force of the archdiocese," in particular Dr. Timothy McNiff, the archdiocese's superintendent of schools and his staff; Cathleen Cassel, Sacred Heart's regional superintendent, and the other superintendents, "have been amazing," Mrs. Evanko said.
"They really have helped us every step of the way."
She commended her students—who admitted that they missed going to school—for their resilience and for being accommodating during the disturbance to their regular school schedule. "They're smiling, they're happy, they're doing their work," she said last week of the students' dispositions while working from their homes.
Enrollment at Sacred Heart, a regional school for pre-K through eighth grades, is 183, according to the principal.
Catholic Schools Week, which began Jan. 29 and runs through Feb. 4, will be celebrated by Sacred Heart School one week later, due to this year's unique circumstances, the principal said.
The building has a storied history with the Sacred Heart community; many of the students' parents were once students there themselves.
"It's not the building that makes us; we make the building," the principal has assured students and parents alike. "No matter where we go, we're together."
"They're an amazing community, because they just pull together," she added.
"They really do follow Christ in the respect that they do what they have to do for each other. And they don't just worry about themselves. It's a very caring community."
Prayers that have been poured out on the school's behalf have helped immeasurably, the principal said. "We're in good spirits. We're looking forward to the future."
While classes were suspended at the school in Newburgh, students were given daily assignments to work on at home. Materials were distributed to families at a building on the campus of Sacred Heart parish that's across the street from the school. Additionally, if there were concerns or problems, teachers were available to students and parents on a rotational basis there. Even the school nurse remained on site at the Catholic Charities Center, including for students who relied on her regular care.
Some instructions, assignments and exams were administered to the second through eighth grades through the online vehicle Edmodo. Regents classes, which are high school classes administered to eighth-graders, were held in the parish chapel.
Although each teacher made a schedule, students were given flexibility to complete assignments or to participate in online discussion boards.
Throughout the suspension of classes at the Sacred Heart School building, the principal, teachers and staff were permitted to remain working there. They maintained communication with parents through email and social media, including Facebook.
"Parents are a very big part of everything that we do," Mrs. Evanko said. "They really have a lot of access to us. We are a family. Families stick together."


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LISTEN: Fitness trainer tells of battle against leukaemia
AUSSIE RULES: Sitting in a Brisbane hospital, his makeshift home for nine months as he underwent intense treatment for leukaemia, Michael Walsh faced the fact he may never become a husband, father or see his young nieces grow up.
A return to the footy field was the furthest thing from the fitness trainer's mind.
Before, it was all he lived for, hitting the field with his mates, first at his Victorian town Kyabram, located in the heart of the Goulburn River Valley 200km north of Melbourne, before a move to Hervey Bay early last year allowed the fitness trainer to link with Bay Power.
He played a handful of games for the club, but the May 13 clash against the Cats at Gympie - in which Walsh kicked two goals as the Power won by 34 points - was the last time he played for the club.
That Saturday afternoon at Six Mile Oval is when his entire life changed.
"We were undefeated for the first four games then I left and they started losing," he said.
"It was good fun.
"The last game I ended up bruising really, really bad, and thought I should get a blood test. That's when I found out."
It was after that last game, a 13-point win against The Waves in Bundaberg, the bruising Walsh sustained reached a point where he decided to get a blood test.
"I always bruised up as a kid but we always thought it was me falling over and being rough, but we never thought it was something serious," he said. "For the seven years afterwards they said I'm all right.
"I was probably naive, I thought I'd be right, I just bruise, but it got progressively worse. I got the test on Friday afternoon before the Gympie game, and he rung me and said my platelets are at 12, we need to get you in somewhere.
"I thought I'd play one more game of footy then tell Mum and Dad."
A normal platelet count is between 150 and 400.
"They called me up and said I better get to hospital," he said.
Walsh was referred to a Brisbane hospital, where he spent the next nine months in a battle with leukaemia.
But for Walsh, it didn't hit home until an early meeting with a haematologist.
"When me and (Walsh's partner) Phoebe were in the interview, we went through the whole appointment and at the end (the haematologist) said 'I know you thought it was part of life because you've had it for so long but it's really serious," Walsh said.
"That's when it hit home.
"Phoebe started crying, Mum was upset, and I realised there's probably something wrong here."
Among the nine month hospital stay were days where the now 27-year-old believed they could be his last.
"I got down to one platelet and that was pretty scary," Walsh said. "They did an Australian search to match platelet donors, and they found seven in Australia that were matched to me, and they were on a roster to keep me alive right up until my transplant.
"They told me I need a bone marrow transplant, and they found a donor who was a 100 per cent match in Canada. I'd love to meet her one day, she saved my life."
When he straps on the boots and dons the Power's teal jersey at Keith Dunne Oval today, Walsh will do something he, during his treatment, thought may never be able to do again: play a game of footy.
While he still loves the game, the fight for his life put everything else into perspective.
"Before this I thought footy was the be-all and end-all, but you realise it's not the most important thing. it's just something you do," he said.
"But it's also great, to do something I, sitting in hospital, didn't think I'd have the chance to do again.
"My fitness isn't too flash, not that it was beforehand, but I've got a few more blood cells so I'll be able to run further.
"Mentally it got to a stage where I didn't think I was going to make it and negative thoughts came in.
"I was thinking about how I'm not going to get married, not going to have kids, I won't see my nieces grow up, then you think you won't be able to work again. Footy is an add-on, it'll be great to run out again but it's not the most important thing but it's fun."
It is why he has started a major fundraiser for the Leukaemia Foundation, and why he will campaign for more people to donate blood and register as a bone marrow donor.
"You know the importance of it but you don't know how drastic it is until you go through it yourself," he said. "It only takes 30 minutes and you could save someone's life."
Michael Walsh has at least two major targets: raise as much money as he can for the Leukaemia Foundation, and encourage people to donate blood and register as a bone marrow donor.
"I'm fundraising for the Leukaemia Foundation because, without them, we couldn't stay in Brisbane," Walsh said.
"Mum had to quit her job when we found out, I wasn't working, and dad had to travel back and forth all the time. We wouldn't have been able to afford accommodation near the hospital, and we had to stay there for 12 months.
"The foundation paid for everything - without them, nobody could manage or cope."
Walsh is working on auction items, including a prized Brisbane Bears jersey, and plans to shave his post-transplant beard on the one-year anniversary of the transplant: November 8, 2018.
Go to give.everydayhero.com/au/leukaemia-foundation to donate, or leukaemia.org.au/ to find out more about the foundation.


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Job Posting: Director of Facilities | Facility Executive - Creating Intelligent Buildings
Description/Job Summary
The Director of Facilities Management and Planning is responsible for ensuring College facilities support operational, administrative, and instructional requirements of the College effectively and efficiently. The Director of Facilities Management and Planning provides recommendations for strategic planning, general management, and professional direction for facilities-related functions for all campus locations, including operations and maintenance, capital planning, design, and construction, as well as for future sites and satellite locations.
The Director of Facilities Management and Planning is charged with articulating a vision for facilities management, developing a plan for that vision (while ensuring that vision aligns with the College's Strategic Plan), and implementing the plan. The Director provides leadership, knowledge, and expertise to sustain and support the building environment and to deliver student-focused services and solutions.
Duties of the Director of Facilities Management and Planning include:
- Managing all matters related to the College's physical plant and off-campus buildings such as facility assessments, planning, capital project development, and execution;
- Actively participating in the strategic and tactical planning processes to allocate the resources necessary to meet the College's current and future facilities plans;
- Providing management direction for physical plant and housekeeping on matters pertaining to facility planning, energy management, safety requirements, space utilization, equipment, and facilities;
- Managing grounds maintenance, parking lots and walkway maintenance, and campus beautification;
- Monitoring the work of the unit to ensure appropriate direction and outcomes.
- Developing strategies and recommendations to fund operations, preventive maintenance, deferred maintenance, renewals, and deficiencies;
- Working with various outside stakeholders, such as the Maryland Department of General Services (DGS) to implement state guidelines and develop solutions for large-scale
facilities challenges;
- Serving as Project Director for various facilities-related projects, assuring compliance and timely completion of tasks, and overseeing all aspects of contractor performance including schedule and budget adherence;
- Collecting, analyzing, and providing budgetary data and budgetary requests for various projects, including renovations, grounds, remodeling, or construction projects;
- Archiving documentation of work performed so that campus drawings and facilities blueprints are current; and
- Establishing guidelines and performance expectations for staff members, evaluating employee performance, and administering discipline when needed.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field (Facility Management, Architecture, Building Construction, Construction Management, Engineering, Engineering Technology), and
Certification as a Facilities Manager (CFM).
- Ten years of progressively responsible, supervisory experience in the management of staff, capital projects, and contract administration.
- Possession of a valid U.S. driver's license.
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills and evidence of strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
The final candidate(s) are subject to a pre-employment background check.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Facilities Management, or related field.
- Professional Engineers' License.
- Project Management (PMP) Certification.
- Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) Certification.
- Experience in facilities operations and maintenance at a public college, institution or multi-campus site.
- Experience managing capital projects under the oversight of the Maryland Department of General Services (DGS)


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Opening Doors to the World - Te Busco
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Fall 2015
Date Range
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Nemesio Antunez
Nemesio Antúnez (1918 - 1993) was born in Santiago, Chile and was interested in the arts from an early age. As a young boy of seventeen, he traveled to France where he met and studied with Pablo Picasso, Juan Gris, and Joan Miró.
He attended the Catholic University of Chile, graduating with a degree in architecture in 1941. He went on to direct the Museum of Contemporary Art at the University of Chile, and eventually became the director of the National Museum of Fine Arts. A Fulbright recipient, he studied at Columbia University where he received his MFA.
In 1947, English painter and printmaker Stanley William Hayter invited Antúnez to study at Atelier 17 in Paris. Working and studying at Atelier 17 was a pivotal time in Antúnez' life.
When he returned to Chile in 1953, he was determined to open an art studio based on the principles he found at Atelier 17. Antúnez founded Taller 99 in Santiago between 1955 and 1956. The studio fostered close research and creative relationships between teachers and students, and emphasized experimentation and innovation, while using many traditional Chilean print methods. The approach was revolutionary in Chile and launched Taller 99 into the international spotlight, where it continues to thrive and support artists today.
Antúnez has been recognized for his own artwork and has received numerous awards, including the Prize of the Circle of Critics, Santiago, the Premio de la Crítica, the Museum S. Guggenheim Acquisition Prize, and Best Latin American Painter Prize at the V Bienal de São Paulo, Brasil. He was named cultural attaché of the Chilean Embassy in the United States in 1964, during which time he actively promoted Chilean and other Latin American art. The artist also painted Hearts of Los Andes, a mural for the United Nations. He was awarded the Medalla de Chile by the Senate of the Republic for his cultural work.
Antúnez developed a close friendship with Chilean poet Pablo Neruda.Their friendship resulted in poetic and visual collaborations, including prints by Antúnez that were inspired by Neruda' s poems. Te Busco features, for example, Tres Cantos Materiales (1948), Estadios y Cordilleras (1973), and La Cordillera Neruda (1988).
Visiting Artist
Frank Museum of Art
Art History/Criticism/Conservation
Recommended Citation
"Nemesio Antunez Biography" (2015). Opening Doors to the World - Te Busco. 2.
Nemesio Antúnez, Te Busco, Otterbein University, Frank Museum of Art, Chile
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Davao City photographer Michael Bauzon updated his services to provide professional commercial photography, videography and graphic design services for clients in Talomo and the surrounding areas.
(businesspress24) - Michael Bauzon, a professional photographer and videographer based in Davao City, announced an updated range of services for clients in Talomo, Buhangin and the surrounding areas. Michael provides professional photo and video sessions, graphic design and other solutions to help clients promote their brands, products and services as effectively as possible.
More information can be found at http://www.michaelbauzon.com.
High-quality visuals are extremely important in todays visual-dominated online world: from official websites to social media campaigns and YouTube videos, professional visual content can make the difference between a thriving business and one that is struggling to get any online traction.
Michael Bauzon specializes in professional photo, video and graphic design services for commercial clients in Davao City.
Clients looking for high-quality photos that showcase their products and services can contact Michael for a professional photo session. His portfolio includes food photos for restaurants, documentary-style photos for various organizations, as well as a wide array of nature photos.
Professional video services are also available, the Davao City photographer creating personalized video content adapted to the needs of each client. Michael offers everything from HD video shooting to editing, text and picture integration, and online uploading, helping clients benefit from a complete service designed to maximize their online visibility.
For companies looking to create informative promotional content, Michael can also provide infomercial creation. Logo and other graphic design services are also available.
With the recent update, the Davao City photographer continues to expand his services according to the latest industry developments. His past clients include companies such as MUTI, Dole, Mang Gorio and many others.
Michael said: I enjoy working with forward-looking and open-minded people. Im on a mission to sow the seeds of creativity and to add sparkle to boring organizations and businesses. Looking for creative solutions for your programs? Or integrate powerful strategies and creative practices at work? I can help.
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The 2016 CSUN (California State University, Northridge) International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference will be held in San Diego, CA from March 21 to March 26, 2016 at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel.
NFPA has booth #914 in the Expo Hall off the main lobby and I'll be presenting an education session entitled: Who's Responsible for Emergency Evacuations? Not First Responders! Wednesday, March 23, 2016 - 10:00 AM PST in Cortez Hill AB, 3rd Floor, Seaport Tower. This will be NFPA's 8th year at this annual conference.
For over 30 years, the Center on Disabilities, through the Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference, has provided an inclusive setting for researchers, practitioners, exhibitors, end users, speakers and other participants to share knowledge and best practices in the field of assistive technology. In 2015, the conference drew more than 4,800 people to San Diego. Known as a forum that showcases cutting edge technology and practical solutions that can be utilized to remove the barriers that prevent the full participation of persons with disabilities in educational, workplace and social settings, the conference is the largest of its kind in the world.
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Author(s): Therese Lloyd
How are we to survive our own lives? Therese Lloyd looks around her with eyes wide open. Her poems create a lyrical pathway to sustain us along with other animals, as fiercely and as fondly as Ariadne's thread. 'We construct our worlds in this way,' she says. And there, among so much that can be underestimated or unnoticed, she puts her finger on an alternative strength and beauty in things.
Other Animals is the powerful and provocative first book from one of New Zealand's most exciting new poets — Bernadette Hall
Therese Lloyd's poems have appeared in a number of print and online publications including Sport, Landfall, Hue & Cry, the AUP series New New Zealand Poets in Performance, Jacket2 and Turbine. In 2007 she was awarded the Schaeffer Fellowship to spend a year attending the acclaimed Iowa Writer's Workshop.


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Friday 22 February 2019
February 22, 2019
Turkey Orders Almost 300 Military Personnel Arrested Over Alleged Coup
February 20, 2019
Kabul Rebukes Pakistan Envoy Over Remark About Peace Talks
Afghanistan's Foreign Ministry has summoned the Pakistani ambassador to Kabul over his remark that Afghan peace talks could be affected if India resorted to violence against Pakistan in response to last week's deadly suicide attack on Indian troops in disputed Kashmir.
February 20, 2019
Microsoft Says Russia-Linked Hacking Group Targeted European Think Tanks
Software giant Microsoft says it has uncovered a series of cyberattacks by hackers linked to Russia targeting democratic institutions, think tanks and nonprofit organizations in Europe, highlighting concerns of possible interference in European Union elections in May.
February 20, 2019
Putin Threatens To Target U.S. With Missiles In State-Of-Nation Speech
Russian President Vladimir Putin has issued fresh threats against the United States while promising increased social benefits to raise living standards as his popularity reaches near-record lows amid ongoing economic woes.
February 20, 2019
Saudi Crown Prince Says Terrorism A Common Concern With India
February 19, 2019
Israeli PM Hosts Central European Counterparts After Visegrad Summit Scrapped
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has held talks with his Slovakian counterpart, Peter Pellegrini, in a first set of bilateral meetings with Central European leaders after a high-profile summit was canceled over a rift with Poland.


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'Set of Ceramic Figures' by Ewelina Skowrońska, photo: press materials
'Inner Strength: The Women of Poland and Japan' at the Spiral Gallery in Tokyo will present the work of 12 Polish and Japanese illustrators. The aim of the exhibition is to look at the role and perception of women of Poland and Japan.
These questions were asked by Polish and Japanese illustrators within the project co-organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute Inner Strength: The Women of Poland and Japan. An exhibition of their works will be presented between the 25th - 30th of September at the Spiral Gallery in Tokyo. The aim of the exhibition is to look at the role and perception of women of Poland and Japan.
'Equality in the Eyes of Everyone' by Daria Solak, photo: press materials
The female illustrators invited to participate in the project all embody their own definition of internal strength. Distant parts of the world, two different countries, eastern and western civilisation. How do they perceive themselves, what cycles do they perpetuate from which they want to escape? How different are they and what connects women from these two remote places?
By revealing the world of traditions, beliefs, superstitions, hardships of everyday life and work, they reveal their characters and what motivates them. Touching on their adversities, they refute stereotypes and social roles assigned to them. At the same time, they evoke the wisdom of previous generations and draw from mutual support. Their attitude is marked by a deep concern for others and a disdain for injustice or unequal treatment.
Over the centuries, women have often had to overcome extreme hardships in their fight for equal treatment. Therefore, looking at the works presented at the exhibition, we dream of a world full of sensitivity, intuition, beauty and determination, where inner strength is used rather for creation and development.
'The Woman is a Collage' by Magda Pilaczyńska, photo: press materials
The exhibition Inner Strength: The Women of Poland and Japan is curated by Monika Brauntsch from The Spirit of Poland Foundation and a Polish illustrator living in Tokyo, Ewelina Skowrońska. The illustrators from Poland are represented by Basia Grzybowska Flores, Magda Pilaczyńska, Patrycja Podkościelny, Ewelina Skowrońska i Daria Solak. The Japanese artists are Aona Hayashi, Hitomi Itoh, Aki Ishibashi, Noriyo Yoshida and MeMe collective (Hisae Maeda, Izumi Showkawa and Chika Higashi).
'Dreams' by Patrycja Podkościelny, photo: press materials
Located in the central part of Tokyo, Spiral Gallery, designed by the Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, is an example of the post-modernism of the 80's, created with the goal of combining art with everyday needs. The original, multifunctional space is also for exhibitions, a center for performing arts, a space for design and art galleries and a place to relax.
The exhibition Inner Strength: The Women of Poland and Japan is organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute as part of the POLSKA DESIGN programme, in collaboration with the Polish Embassy in Tokyo and the Polish Institute in Tokyo, as well as the Tokyo-based studio Juice.
The project is organised by the Adam Mickiewicz Institute operating under the Culture.pl brand as part of POLSKA 100, the international cultural programme accompanying the centenary of Poland regaining independence.
Financed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland as part of the multi-annual programme NIEPODLEGŁA 2017-2021.
Source: press materials, compiled by NR, Sep 2018


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I have revisited the fucking machine and decided to improve my latest model as much as possible. I am surprised at how good it is now. All the annoying little bits of stutter and hesitation are gone. I decided to dump the three knob encoder and replace it with an old fashioned analog version. Much much better. The new version has simple potentiometers to set the speed stroke and offset values. This interfaces with the joystick encoder much better and allows both to operate much more smoothly. Of course the code to run the new version is totally different. Right now, I only have a version for my cable "unstoppable" machine but adapting it to other machines is just a matter of setting a few limit variables to work with different motor to motion ratios. I will be posting details if anyone is interested as well as the new code.


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Today, the almost 5,000 daily visitors to Maya Bay have contributed to the area's eroding natural beauty, threatening local marine wildlife and sustainability of the ecosystem. Issues like boat anchoring, an excess of pollutants and sunscreen, and irresponsible tourist behaviors have led to a major decline of the coral reef system in the area, according to Andrew Hewett, a spokesperson for the Phi Phi Island Conservation and Preservation Group and manager of The Adventure Club, a local dive centre active in conservation projects.
Marine experts from Bangkok's Kasetsart University estimate nearly 80 percent of coral reefs in Thailand's waters have been damaged or threatened due to heavy tourism, and the Thai government has committed to implementing measures to curb its impact. In 2016, popular Similan Island Koh Tachai was closed for around a six-month period to help the ecosystem recover, and while it has since re-opened, restrictions remain in place to limit the unsustainable numbers of visitors the area once tolerated.
Soon, Maya Bay will face similar restrictions. While not permanently closing, contrary to many news reports, visits to the bay will be greatly restricted. However, tourists will still be able to visit the beach through access by Loh Samah Bay, which locals fear may only increase damage to that side of the island.
"[The restrictions] can only have a positive effect if restrictions are followed up by other implementation of Thai Laws in regards to protecting coral reefs and local marine life," explains Hewett, who said that a date to initiate the restrictions has not yet been set. "If all the boats that are usually going into Maya Bay are now to go into Loh Samah Bay then I can see there being a negative impact on the coral reef in that bay unless preparations are made to receive the additional boat traffic in that bay."
The news has triggered a conversation about responsible tourism in the Southern Thai islands. Conservationists like Hewett suggest that visitors can greatly reduce their impact and contribute to local conservation by educating themselves on how to snorkel properly and choosing responsible boat operators that provide proper training and do not drop anchors to moor. He insists that understanding the fragility and importance of corals is critical to enjoying their natural beauty. Additionally, damage to coral reefs by tourists can result in heavy fines, imprisonment, or both.
Phi Phi Don is the main island that provides access to Maya Bay and other nearby islands, and the local population is committed to preserving their natural paradise. Visitors are welcome to contribute to this initiative by giving a few hours time to participate in island-wide and underwater cleanups on the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each month with the Phi Phi Island Conservation and Preservation Group. The Adventure Club, a dive and conservation centre on Phi Phi, also manages a number of artificial reefs throughout the region, intended to help stimulate local coral reef recovery, and can advise on responsible tour operators in the area.
While Maya Bay remains a main draw to the area, Hewett says there are other lesser known but equally amazing locations to visit like Pileh Bay, or the west side of Phi Phi Don such as Yongkasem Bay, Wang Long Bay, and Nui Bay.


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Border crisis rhetoric heats up as diplomatic efforts drag on
A soldier waits to be sent into action as negotiations continue over the ongoing border dispute at Preah Vihear.
The military standoff at Preah Vihear continues to escalate, Cambodian government spokesman Khieu Kanharith said, calling the presence of Thai troops on Cambodian territory an "invasion" but adding later that crisis talks with Thailand on the issue would resume next week.
He also said that the government would ask the UN Security Council to postpone any action on Cambodia's request that it weigh in on the crisis.
"The two sides have decided to hold the complaint to the UN. They have also agreed to have a meeting between Thai and Cambodian foreign ministers," he told the Post on July 24.
"We show the political will to solve the problem bilaterally," he said, adding that Thai and Cambodian officials would meet on July 28 in Siem Reap.
"We will not allow the Thais to continue staying on Cambodian soil. We will not tolerate this because Thailand has invaded our land," he said earlier in the day. "But we have to try legal action first.... There is no ultimatum."
Thousands of troops from both sides have been deployed to the border in the largest military build-up in years, sparking fears among regional leaders that the standoff could erupt into open warfare.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking on the sidelines of the ASEAN Regional Forum in Singapore, called for a peaceful resolution to the dispute.
Satellite photo of Preah Vihear. IKONOS IMAGE (C) CRISP, NUS/GEOEYE 2004, provided by Aruna Technology Ltd, Cambodia.
"We are concerned about it and there needs to be a way to resolve it peacefully," she told reporters. "We'll continue to consult with the regional states."
Thailand has rejected a Cambodian request for outside mediation, and ASEAN leaders said earlier in the week that negotiations had failed to ease tensions.
The crisis began on July 15 when dozens of Thai troops crossed the border and took up positions near the temple following Cambodia's successful bid to have Preah Vihear listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site a week earlier.
At the heart of the row is 4.8 square kilometers around the temple that remains in dispute after the World Court ruled in 1962 that Preah Vihear belongs to Cambodia.
Bangkok maintains that its troops are occupying Thai territory located a short distance from the 11th-century temple – a claim that has repeatedly been rejected by Cambodia.
"This is an invasion to take Cambodian land," Khieu Kanharith said. "We have a lot of weapons, but we do not want to violate ASEAN treaties and we hope that this will not reach the point of conflict."
Senior military leaders, including Defense Minister Tea Banh and deputy chief-of-staff Kun Kim, visited the site on July 24 as the situation appeared ready to drag on.
"I want to tell all of the armed forces to be patient and not to engage in any violence," Tea Banh said following a meeting with commanders at Preah Vihear, adding however, "that very little tension has been relieved."
Cambodia has about 1,700 soldier and police deployed to the temple, while "many thousands" more remain on high alert along the border, said Srey Doek, commander of army Brigade 12.
Cambodian officials, including Council of Ministers spokesman Phay Siphan, have accused Thailand of massing troops and equipment along their side of the border.
Along the de facto frontline near the temple this week, troops from both sides continued reinforcing their positions, stringing lines of razor wire and digging trenches within meters of each other.
But amid the preparations for war, a campground atmosphere sometimes prevailed, with soldiers trading jokes across the line, with Cambodian troops telling the Thais that they were not digging their trenches deep enough.
The crisis comes at a crucial time for both countries, with Thailand's government under fire from the opposition and Cambodia heading into general elections on July 27 that are expected to see the Cambodian People's Party win total control of government after more than a decade of power-sharing arrangements.
Cambodian opposition parties have accused the CPP of trying to exploit the Preah Vihear standoff for political gain, a charge denied by ruling party officials who say they are merely trying to defuse the situation.
As Cambodia's leaders seek international efforts to find a diplomatic solution, fear of fighting has spread along the country's border, with hundreds of families fleeing Anlong Veng.
"I heard rumors say there will be a bloody fighting soon because the negotiations had failed. I decided to leave for home and keep my stuff there until there is calm after the election," said Um Thavy, a clothing seller at Anlong Veng who left for his home province of Kampong Thom on July 22 along with an estimated 300 other families.
Residents of villages closer to Preah Vihear have also left their homes, or were in the process of building fortifications against possible shell and mortar fire, they said. (Additional reporting by AFP and Chrann Chamroeun)


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US President's calls for global warming summit
( LatWp ) - On the eve of a major international summit, President Bush proposed Thursday that the United States and the other nations that produce most of the gases responsible for global warming initiate a campaign to limit emissions and set long-term goals for reductions.
The president, who is leaving Monday for a week-long European trip built around the meeting of the Group of Eight industrialized nations, unveiled a proposal to set an international course to fight global warming, calling for an attack based on clean-environment technology, efficient use of fuel and the conservation of forests, which absorb carbon dioxide.
``The United States takes this issue seriously,'' Bush said.
The president has long been criticized for inaction on what is now widely seen as one of the most critical issues facing the world. He has rejected limits on emissions, which might hurt industries, and the Kyoto Protocol, which calls for emissions to return to 1990 levels by 2012.
Bush's announcement follows his imposition Tuesday of sanctions intended to pressure Sudan to stem the violence in Darfur and his call Wednesday to dramatically increase U.S. spending on HIV/AIDS.
Taken together, the announcements made in a slow news week with Congress in recess suggested a burst of administration energy directed at some of the most troublesome international issues it faces.
On Thursday, neither the president nor senior administration officials presented specific goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Such targets would be set in the next 18 months -- a period that would run one month past the election that will choose his successor.
As he has before, Bush emphasized technological innovation as the solution. ``We need to harness the power of technology to help nations meet their growing energy needs while protecting the environment and addressing the challenge of global climate change,'' he said.
Some of his most persistent critics praised him for taking on the issue, but expressed skepticism, because they said mandatory limits on emissions are the only way to turn around the growing release of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases blamed for causing the earth's temperature to rise.
``Gathering the world's largest emitters to discuss global warming is a good idea,'' said David Sandalow, a Brookings Institution scholar who dealt with environmental issues at the National Security Council and State Department during the Clinton administration. ``However, relying on voluntary targets for a problem as serious as global warming is a bad idea.''
Others said Bush was merely responding to the approaching summit. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the host, had pressed to set limits on global warming that would effectively cut emissions to half of 1990 levels by 2050. U.S. representatives objected to the proposal.
Daniel Lashof, climate center science director of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said, ``It seems to me that he felt like he needed to say something before going to the G-8 meeting where Germany and other countries are putting a lot of pressure on the U.S. to get with the program in terms of addressing global warming.''
Bush's unexpected initiative drew cautious praise from Merkel. Speaking to reporters in Berlin, she said, ``What is positive is that we can see from the speech that the U.S. president made earlier today that nobody can ignore the question of climate change.''
In an interview with Sky News, British Prime Minister Tony Blair called Bush's proposal a ``huge step forward.''
``I think the important thing is -- for the first time America is saying it wants to be part of a global deal,'' he said.
Bush's effort is intended to negotiate an agreement that would replace the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. The United States never ratified that agreement and is not bound by it.
The Bush administration and some Democrats have argued that it would unfairly put heavy restraints on the U.S. economy while letting India, China, and other growing but less developed nations build their emerging industries on the increased use of highly polluting oil and coal.
The response of India and China, which are not G-8 members but will take part in some sessions, could be crucial to the outcome of the talks. A senior White House official said that China was expected to pass the United States in greenhouse gas emissions perhaps before the end of this year.
China and India ``are still very sensitive to . . . committing to long-term objectives,'' said the official, who spoke anonymously because he did not want to upstage the president. He said there would be a ``very intensive, very high-level'' international discussion in the next six months, but that ``trying to pull this off in 18 months will be Herculean.''


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BROOKFIELD, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Cory Robert Hughey, 37, of Parma, Ohio, formerly of Brookfield, chose to end his life as he lived it, on his own terms, on Tuesday, November 5, 2019.
He was born in Youngstown, Ohio, on May 4, 1982.
Cory graduated from Brookfield High School in 2000, where he was class president and continued on to Youngstown State University, where he attained his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Telecommunications in 2008.
Cory currently was working as a sales representative for AT&T and before that, he worked for many years as a bartender at various locations in Youngstown, Ohio and Los Angeles, California.
Many lifelong friends came from those experiences where he connected with patrons and spent time to travel the country. He made sure to stop at the best amusement parks along the way for much-needed adrenaline rushes and stories that would be brought home and shared.
Cory truly had a gift for cooking and fine dining, a passion which he inherited from his father. When he cooked, you would always hear rock music in the background, such as the White Stripes and Led Zeppelin. He was an avid Cleveland sports fan, particularly for the Cavaliers, an organization that he wrote blogs for and was able to celebrate with in their 2016 championship run.
He loved to make time for his family; especially to wrestle with his nephew, Kobe. Most of all he loved his little girl, Mojo, a dachshund/pug mix he adopted in Los Angeles and brought back all the way home to Ohio. Cory had an infectious energy and personality. He was caring and had a natural sense of humor that made him so unique and special to all of his friends and family.
Cory is survived by his siblings, Alexandra Hughey and her fiancé, Grant Heckmann and Chase Hughey, his wife, Emily and their son, Kobe, all from Pittsburgh and his best friends, John Bates of Hubbard, Joe Curiale of Houston, Tim Sturges of Parma and Antoine Tran of Cincinnati. He is also survived by many aunts, uncles and cousins of the Hughey and Martin families.
He is preceded in death by his father, Charles Robert Hughey.
Friends are welcome to gather in the Sample-O'Donnell Funeral Home, 555 East State Street in Sharon on Sunday afternoon, November 17, 2019, from 12:00 Noon – 2:00 p.m. A time of remembrance will begin at 2:00 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to Chase Hughey, 1451 Bower Hill Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15243, for Cory's nephew, Kobe's education fund.
To sign the guestbook for the family, please visit www.sampleodonnellfh.com.
To send flowers to Cory's family, please visit our floral section.
A television tribute will air Monday, November 11 at the following approximate times: 6:41 a.m. WYTV and 8:41 a.m. MyYTV and 9:58 a.m. on FOX plus two additional spots throughout the day.


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Apple, too, has benefited from just doing business with the biggest privacy offenders in the tech sector. Despite Cook's claim in Brussels that the "stockpiles of personal data serve only to enrich the companies that collect them," Apple does lots of deals with those companies. Safari, the web browser that comes with every iPhone, is set up by default to route web searches through Google. For this privilege, Google reportedly paid Apple $9 billion in 2018, and as much as $12 billion this year. All those searches help funnel out enormous volumes of data on Apple's users, from which Google extracts huge profits. Apple might not be directly responsible for the questionable use of that data by Google, but it facilitates the activity by making Google its default search engine, enriching itself substantially in the process.
The same could be said for the apps Apple distributes. Companies such as Google and Facebook get access to iPhone users by offering their apps—Messenger, Gmail, Google Maps, and so on—for download from the Apple App Store. Most cost consumers nothing, because they exist to trade software services, such as email or mapping, for data. That business model helped stimulate the data-privacy dystopia we now occupy.
Read: Welcome to the age of privacy nihilism
It wasn't so long ago that the kinds of certificate-signing arrangements at the heart of the latest dispute between Apple and Facebook didn't exist at all. People and companies would make software and distribute it to customers, whether on disks or on CD-ROMs or online. The platform owners were uninvolved. Then the App Store came along, and with it app review, the process whereby Apple evaluates the fitness of each software program for its sales channel and platform. It can seem confusing and arbitrary, but the app-store model has overtaken digital software distribution. Now every software creator who wants access to the iPhone pays an annual tax to Apple, and all iPhone users are tied to the editorial choices Apple makes on their behalf.
The public might reasonably wonder what it has gotten in exchange for the loss of a direct line between software creators and customers. There are some clear security benefits , as malicious programs can get snared in review. But is that enough? If Apple really objected to data-hungry business models, it could take much more aggressive action during app review. Apple owns the platform and its tools. It is in the best position to enforce a set of values about data access and collection, if the company truly believes in them.
App review is just the start. Free services underwrite data-aggregation businesses by increasing their install bases. That's changed consumers' expectations—free apps are the norm , and charging even a dollar can dissuade downloads. That state of affairs encourages ad-monetization, data brokering, and in-app purchases as alternative revenue models. Apple could regulate free apps more aggressively, which could encourage developers to sell more apps for purchase. Done right, that could help turn the market away from data-driven business models, at least in part.


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State of the Union Address 2018 Live Stream: How to Watch Online
It is weird to think that President Trump has been in office for over a year now. The first State of the Union Address was given live on TV in 1947 by President Truman. President Lyndon Johnson would give the first State of the Union on TV at night. However, networks wouldn't start airing it fully until 1968. The State of the Union Address is an interesting time because it is the one time when the President will let everyone know what is going on.[JonBlayneAds]
Most of them are not worth watching except for the one that will be given by Trump. It will be interesting to see what he brings up. For instance, does he bring up the Russian Investigation, his affair with Stormy Daniels, the government shutdown that happened? It will be interesting to see how much he says that its "fake news." All over Facebook, I have seen people saying that they won't watch it because they are not liking what he has done. I am curious to see if he brings up the report from the New York Times that talked about him wanting to fire Mueller last June.
Since this is his second State of the Union Address, I figured I would give my grade. I would grade him at a D-. The only thing I will give him credit for is that he has turned the economy around. He hasn't been able to fulfill any other promises from the campaign. Furthermore, my hunch is that he will reiterate a lot in his speech that he is not at fault. Hence, it's the Democrats or the fake media that is causing the problems.
So, it will be interesting to see how it all plays out tonight. Here is the information as to where you can watch the 2018 State of the Union Address.
Date: January 30, 2018
Time: 9 pm EST
Channel: All the major networks (CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, etc)
Online: White House Live Stream or any major network's streaming options[JonTwitter]
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This Add-In does some extra checks for the appropriate column names on export. When a Conjoint.ly results file is imported using the Add-In, JMP checks the columns names of the resulting file and automatically launches the Choice platform.
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That horse head mask can also make an awesome ice sculpture
They said it couldn't be done.
Despite negative feedback on Amazon, Redditor JJmann has done the unthinkable, creating a beautiful horse head ice sculpture using that goofy latex mask.
See also: Baby horse just wants to cuddle
Although the sculpture came out pretty good, one Redditor pointed out that boiling the water twice before putting it in the mask would have resulted in clear ice.
Unfortunately, the mask did not make it.
In order to create a perfectly-formed horse head, JJmann froze the water in three seperate layers over the course of three days, suspending it upside down with a few perfectly place zip ties.
But why would someone go to such lengths for a frozen horse head? A centerpiece, of course.


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Got an e-mail from CAMS (Confederation of Australian Motor Sport) this morning with an application for one of their licenses. In order to work an Australian GP every marshal needs to be CAMS accredited. Even visiting officials fill out a form, and on Thursday test day the post chief signs off on your application to promote you from a "trainee" to a proper marshal for the remainder of the Formula 1 weekend. First day allows them to see what you're worth. For returning officials, you can apply for a CAMS license so you don't need to repeat the "trainee" routine. A CAMS license is good for a period of four years of marshalling in Australia.
This will be quite useful for both the AGP and the 12 hours of Bathurst I plan to do in February before the Formula 1 race in Melbourne.
I was looking through some old facebook photos and came across an album from one of the many visits to Bathurst I did while living in Australia… unfortunately this was before I knew marshalling was even possible. So instead we cruised there with the local Ford FPV club and did some spirited driving around the track (which is actually on public roads) cutting through some wineries and farmland at Mount Panorama.


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The internet is an unrivaled source of information on everything and anything.
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|Website for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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|Dogs Trust
|Founded in 1891, Dogs Trust, formerly known as the NCDL, has always campaigned on dog-welfare related issues to ensure a safe and happy future for our four-legged friends.
|Website for the British Small Animal Veterinary Association
|Dog Behaviourist / Dog Whisperer
|Theo Stewart is a leading canine behaviourist and thoroughly recommended


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