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For me personally, the sleek jets of the Red Arrows flying in formation, with their unmistakable blue, red and white trails, are an awe-inspiring sight. They've been a feature at many of the most important celebrations and commemorations of recent times; from the anniversary of the Battle of Britain to a flypast over Edinburgh to mark the London 2012 Olympics.
This year marks the Red Arrows 50th season of aerobatic displays, having first taken flight back in 1965. They'll be sure to win over a whole new generation when they take to the skies over Stirling for this year's Armed Forces Day on Saturday 28 June.
In the run-up to the event, we spoke to Red Arrow pilot Flight Lieutenant Stewart Campbell from Peebles in the Scottish Borders. He has over 14 years of military flight experience, including time spent with the historic 'Dambusters' 617 Squadron, the squadron which single-handedly undertook a daring mission to destroy German dams in the Second World War. Most days he answers to 'Red 2'.
Q: What was your first experience of flying like? Can you remember how you felt?
Terrifying! It was an air experience flight in a RAF Chipmunk out of Turnhouse when I was a member of the Air Training Corps (circa 1994 aged 14). I'd never even flown in an airliner by this point in my life so flying was a completely new experience. I vividly remember enjoying the view of Edinburgh and the Pentland hills. This was also the first time I ever experienced aerobatic flying – it was exhilarating.
Q: What was it like to have been part of such an illustrious squadron as the 'Dambusters'? Was it daunting given its history?
Awesome. It was a real privilege and honour to be a member of such a renowned squadron. It was never daunting to be a member of it; I was always extremely proud to wear the 617 Squadron colours and always tried my best to maintain the squadron's reputation for excellence.
Q: You flew sorties [combat flights] and missions in Afghanistan. What's it like to fly in a combat zone? Were you ever afraid? How did you deal with the experience?
Flying operational sorties is what the job is all about. If all we did was train and never do, work would become frustrating. Flying operational missions was incredibly satisfying. Of course we do a lot of training at home before going out on combat sorties but nothing fully prepares you for the real thing until you're up there and doing it with people relying on you, often with their lives. Our role in Afghanistan was to directly support the troops on the ground. Every time we flew, we helped safeguard our troops – that was very rewarding indeed. Flying a fast jet requires a fair bit of concentration and quick thinking. As a result I found you never really had time to consider being scared whilst flying. The situation none of us wanted to get into was to eject from the aircraft behind enemy lines. Fortunately that never happened.
Q: What's the best part of a typical day in the Red Arrows?
Running in for a show with the team and pulling up for the first loop after flying over the crowd from behind. I've been in the crowd many times in the past myself and felt my spine tingle as the team suddenly appeared overhead – to know I'm giving that same feeling to others is awesome.
Q: Aerial displays look fairly dangerous – how much extra training do you have to have before you're allowed to fly in the Red Arrows?
Our training period prior to the public seeing us fly as a team lasts six gruelling months. It's without doubt the most intense period of flying I have been through and incredibly demanding. During this period, we generally fly three training sorties a day, Monday to Friday, from our home base of RAF Scampton (also the original home of the 'Dambusters' in Lincoln, England). We begin flying as a formation of just three aircraft and build up from simple loops and rolls to more dynamic manoeuvres. As our skills, improve we begin to fly as a formation of five aircraft, then seven, eight and then finally nine. Our first 'nine ship' this year came approximately halfway through this six-month phase. Once we reach this point, the whole show has been put together and we simply practice it over and over until we reach the required standard to display to a public audience (see what it's like in the cockpit in the video below). This year, we flew around 117 displays prior to our first public show.
Q: If you could only fly over one part of Scotland for the rest of your life, where would it be and why?
Without doubt the west coast of Scotland. I've been fortunate to travel extensively around the world, yet for me, the beauty of the Scottish west coast is unrivalled anywhere. In the future, I'd dearly like to spend my time flying in this part of the world if the right job crops up.
Q: When you're not in a cockpit, where's your favourite spot/thing to do in Scotland to relax?
Be outdoors. My wife and I are keen mountain bikers, runners, walkers and skiers. We enjoy nothing better than being in the hills when the weather is kind! If I had to pick one area I enjoy going back to time and again it would be Glencoe. The scenery is so dramatic and exciting; it's a truly magical place to me.
Event Information
As well as the Red Arrows, a multitude of vintage and current service aircraft will take to the skies. There will also be tanks and military vehicles on display as well as a parade of military personnel and over 2,000 veterans through the streets, starting from Stirling Castle's esplanade at 11am.
This year's event coincides with the poignant 70th anniversary commemorations of D-Day, when troops from Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Commonwealth stormed the landing beaches of Normandy.
For more information about the event, including live entertainment and music, visit the Armed Forces Day website.


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installing ruby 1.9.1 is very easy …….follow simple steps wget ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/1.9/ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.gz tar -xvf ruby-1.9.1-p0.tar.gz cd ruby-1.9.1-p0./configure makemake testsudo make install Thats, it !
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I wanted to migrate my project from rails 2.1.0 to rails 2.3.3so, i performed following steps, but it shows me memcached-client error. vi config/environment.rb # Specifies gem version of Rails to use when vendor/rails is not presentRAILS_GEM_VERSION = '2.3.3' unless … Continue reading
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La Luna Rose
La Luna Rose Jewellery creates beautifully crafted sterling silver jewellery with a splash of fun.
After a niche was discovered in the market for colourful jewellery that was still of high-quality, designer Rosie set off to Bali and developed her new range of unique jewellery.
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We believe in giving back to our communities. We volunteer and donate time and resources to hundreds of organizations. Our lawyers and staff are active board members and leaders within their communities.
Baker Botts, in partnership with the Houston Bar Association, hosted a LegalLine open to the public where lawyers answered legal questions on a range of Hurricane relief issues. The firm also hosted a Hurricane Harvey response training, with speakers from Lone Star Legal Aid, Houston Volunteer Lawyers, and the Houston Bar Association.
Baker Botts is involved in several local schools and education programs. We partner with schools, Partners in Education Programs and A Community for Education or (ACE) to tutor elementary school children and serve as mentors to students who need positive role models. We have helped increase test scores, assisted families from these volunteer schools during the holidays, and provided students with opportunities to learn about the legal system.
We help build houses for those in need through Habitat for Humanity and the Buildable Hours program. We raise money and participate in various walks/runs such as the Susan G. Komen Foundation, the American Heart Association and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. We often partner with local sponsors to assist in our own communities, such as providing Coats for Kids through the organization's annual winter coat drive.
Some pro bono service events that Baker Botts has participated in include partnering with the Houston Bar Association to staff a Will-A-Thon clinic that included intake, drafting and executing clients' wills; partnered with another legal service firm to staff "Project Street Youth Clinic" at which lawyers were available for free consultation regarding legal issues facing homeless and transitional youth, including public assistance, government benefits, criminal matters, and credit and consumer matters; and joining lawyers from a major energy client to organize and staff veterans' clinics in which the lawyers met with veterans to answer questions and provide assistance on a variety of issues and situations they encounter.
We have also partnered with a major oil company client to organize and staff clinics to assist in preparing U-Visa applications, which are specifically for immigrants who are victims of crimes, where teams assisted five female clients from Latin American countries.
The firm regularly supports women and minority bar associations and other organizations that promote diversity in the legal profession, and many of our lawyers are members of, and serve in leadership positions in such organizations. We participate with various Bar Associations, groups that specifically support women and minorities and those that support access to legal services for under-represented constituents.
In addition to our involvement with charities, Baker Botts is a long standing supporter of the arts. Arts organizations are at the forefront of cultural progress; they enrich our cities with innovative and inspiring performances and exhibits.
Involvement with our communities and organizations brings valuable perspectives, experiences and talents to the firm, allowing us to be more creative and effective in the practice of law and service to our clients.


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Category: Work
The management guru Peter Drucker once said, "The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager." And in Drucker's time the workers under the supervision of their managers were likely to have been more similar to the managers themselves. But now we live in different times, and so we have to approach work differently. Technically-literate Millennials have entered the workforce across all industries, the classic Ivy-league engineering graduate isn't the only type of person working in tech today, and we're on the verge of an era where machine intelligence is changing the nature of knowledge work. How will design be impacted? What will meetings be like? How will we communicate? What factors do we need to consider going forward in the world of work?
Catt Small on Designing an Inclusive Workplace Culture
What three words would you use to describe the company?
Jules Walter on Diversity in Tech: The Unspoken Empathy Gap
Ken Norton recently published a great piece about the importance of authenticity and psychological safety in order to help teams succeed. In his article, he cites research from Google that suggests psychological safety is the […]
Sarah Cooper on 9 Tricks to Appear Smart in Brainstorming Meetings
The following is an excerpt from Sarah Cooper's new book, 100 Tricks to Appear Smart in Meetings (Andrews McMeel) In a brainstorming meeting, the pressure of coming up with incredible new ideas can be debilitating. Luckily, […]
The E-lephant in the Room: Jocelyn Glei Examines How Email Took Over Our Lives
Email has quietly taken over our lives. How do we take our lives back?
Courtney E. Martin on the Coworking Revolution
Coworking is a growing movement of spaces and people, usually independent contractors, who have realized that working together makes for happier, more productive work lives, so they're making it happen without the hierarchy. The spaces […]
Sarah Burstein on 'Design' & Design Patents
This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Samsung v. Apple. The Court hasn't considered a substantive issue of design patent law for over 100 years, so naturally the case has attracted […]


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Installing carpet on your stairs is a great idea because it adds extra traction and beauty to any staircase. Patterned stair carpet is popular in Kansas City South because it's a fun way to add some design interest to your home! The flooring experts at Floor Coverings International KC South carry stair carpeting that is available in a wide variety of different colors, patterns, textures, and more.
Benefits of Stair Carpeting
Most stair runners come in either 27" or 32" widths, which is just enough to give a sufficient border to show the flooring underneath. They are installed over a dense pad with small staples that are hidden in the material.
In addition to providing extra traction, stair carpets come in a variety of looks and can and some extra color or design to your home! Carpet works to absorb the sound of foot traffic, making them a great choice for stairs that are near bedrooms and other areas where noise is unwanted. Stair carpeting is also a great way to help protect the floors underneath from scratches and unwanted dirt.
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While there has been a lot of attention on the U.S. drone strike program in Pakistan and other countries, much less is known about the Royal Air Force's Reaper activity.
But in answers to parliamentary questions, the U.K. Defense Ministry has shed a little light on what has been going on. In the three years up to June 19, 2012, the U.K. Reaper force carried out 176 strikes, Nick Harvey, armed forces minister, tells Parliament.
Asked about civilian casualties incurred in those strikes, Harvey notes that "I am aware of only one incident where individuals not classified as insurgents were killed by a U.K. Reaper UAV. The incident took place on 25 March 2011 and resulted in the death of four civilians in addition to two insurgents."
The incident was investigated by the International Security Assistance Force, and Harvey says it determined "the Reaper crew had been in accordance with ISAF procedures and rules of engagement." He would not release the report, citing security considerations.


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I adore Barbara Pym so much that I have painstakingly collected all of her books and read them progressively. My last read is called Less Than Angels and was published in 1955.
The population of this novel is essentially made out of young anthropoly students who flirt and vie with each other for scholarships. One of the main characters is a lady writing for women's magazines, whose selfless heart and high culinary skills make her spend a lot of time feeding the aforementioned hungry and penniless students. Also present are two intellectual spinsters who share a flat, where they live "out of tins and on frozen stuff", their main interest being the advancement of science, a missionary linguist with a bushy beard and a bad conscience, etc.
The book is consistently pymian and very funny, as you may see from the excerpt below.
Esther Clovis had formerly been secretary of a Learned Society, which post she had recently left because of some disagreement with the President. It is often supposed that those who live and work in academic or intellectual circles are above the petty disputes that vex the rest of us, but it does sometimes seem as if the exalted nature of their work makes it necessary for them to descend occasionally and to refresh themselves, as it were, by squabbling about trivialities.
The subject of Miss Clovis' quarrel with the President was known only to a privileged few and even those knew no more than that it had something to do with the making of tea. Not that the making of tea can ever really be regarded as a petty or trivial matter and Miss Clovis did seem to have been seriously at fault. Hot water from the tap had been used, the kettle had not been quite boiling, the teapot had not been warmed...
{Pym, Barbara, Less Than Angels, 1955 -- Moins que les anges, traduit de l'anglais par Sabine Porte, 1994}


text: Aspiring poet Olivia Brown is the new heroine from the creator of Wall Street headhunters Xenia Smith and Leslie Wetzon (The Groaning Board, etc.). The time is 1920, the place Greenwich Village, where Olivia, along with her best friend and housekeeper Mattie, had moved two years ago after losing her fiancÇ in the war. A house had been left to Olivia by her great-aunt Evangeline, with the proviso that the ground-floor tenant remain as long as he chose. He turns out to be Harry Melville, a private detective whose services are badly needed in Olivia's new life. Her poems are being bought by Vanity Fair; she has minor roles in the productions of the Provincetown Playhouse and has become a familiar face at speakeasies like Chumley's. But all is not well. It's in Chumley's courtyard that she and boyfriend of the moment Whit Sawyer stumble over the body of a woman wrapped in a bloody blanket. The woman is a man named MacKey made up to look like Olivia. After our heroine is subjected to a series of ominous, anonymous threats, Harry uses a clutch of his tough street pals to watch over her and gets badly beaten for his trouble. There's more to come before the unconvincing murderer is revealed. The plotting is overfancy and undermotivated, but the picture of Village life in the —20s rings true, and the poems are an unexpected bonus. If she survives her ever-present cigarettes and gin, Olivia will surely return.(Author tour)


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This article originally appeared in the Spring 2012 Issue of Consulting Insights.
A year ago in the Spring 2011 Issue of Consulting Insights, we discussed the retail financial services industry's first steps in the mobile tablet space, highlighting early adopters of the iPad such as E*TRADE and TD Ameritrade. These innovators were among the first to experiment with different techniques to adapt mobile content for the larger tablet screen.
The industry has come a long way in 12 months. A growing number of firms, like Charles Schwab, Citi, Discover and Vanguard, have introduced their first iPad apps. Today, though, new devices are beginning to catch the industry's attention. With Android tablets gaining popularity, financial services firms have begun to develop apps for use with these alternative devices.
Banks & Card Issuers Take the Lead
The earliest firms to embrace the iPad mostly came from the brokerage space, looking to use the device's larger screen and greater computing power to provide a stronger mobile research and trading environment. Interestingly, the first Android tablets have come from the bank and card issuer segment of the industry.
In October 2011, American Express was the first firm we track to introduce an Android tablet app, simultaneous to the launch of its iPad app. Citi and Bank of America, which had previously launched iPad apps in 2011, followed with Android tablet apps in early 2012.
In all three cases, the new Android tablet apps closely resemble the iPad version in design and capabilities. They display account information in similar ways and provide access to transaction tools with the same essential workflow. For example, Citi's spending graphs and Bank of America's calendar view work equally well on both the iPad and Android tablets.
American Express Public Site Android Tablet App Promotion
Even though design translates well between tablets, the number of Android-powered devices on the market poses a daunting challenge for developers. This may explain why some firms have focused on Amazon's Kindle Fire.
Amazon has emerged as a rival for Apple on the tablet market with a strong technology background and a built-in audience for its e-books. The Kindle Fire offers a smaller seven-inch screen, but still provides key tablet capabilities – a color touchscreen, built-in WiFi and competitive computing power – for a much lower price tag than an iPad.
Citi's Kindle Fire app stands out among financial services firms. It adapts the firm's iPad app, including its graphs, transaction interfaces and educational content. Unfortunately, the app is not available on any other Android tablets.
Other firms, like Chase and Wells Fargo, also support the Kindle Fire. Their apps are two of the most popular free finance apps in the Amazon Appstore, as are apps from Bank of America, Charles Schwab and TD Ameritrade. However, these apps have much more in common with the firms' Android smartphone apps. Many of these firms have developed an app optimized for the iPad, but have not yet extend those tablet enhancements to the Kindle Fire.
Apple Still Dominates the Tablet Market
While Android tablets are gaining acceptance, they have a long way to go to truly rival iPad. Apple's original tablet accounts for the vast majority of tablets sold, and all projections are for that dominance to continue despite the rise of competitor devices. Apple's new iPad, announced March 8, 2012, improves on previous versions with enhancements such as a retina display and 4G connection, raising expectations for the class of devices.
The iPad's popularity has forced financial services firms to start developing platforms and tools for tablet computers. Indeed, far more apps have been introduced for the iPad than Android tablets in the last 12 months. The iPad's evolution will likely drive development on existing tablet apps as firms search for ways to take advantage of its latest capabilities.
The Future of Android Tablets
As we've seen, though, iPad apps can serve as a model for additional tablets, expediting development for other devices. It's taken roughly two years for the industry as a whole to embrace the iPad. Android tablet development in the financial services industry stands perhaps just a year behind the iPad and its suite of financial services apps could be set to catch up quickly.


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I met four lovely ladies from Generation Fabulous for lunch at Bellefleur in Carlsbad.
It's located in the Carlsbad Premium Outlets with some of my fave shops like Barneys, Banana Republic, and BCBG.
This was my very first meet-up in the flesh with any of the smart and witty blogger/writers I've been reading since I started this blog last June. It was kinda like JDate, Jewish Mingle, Match.com, and EHarmony all-in-one.
What if they didn't like me? What if I slopped food all over, got spinach in my teeth, or said something stupid? I've been known to do all of those things at one time or another…
Me, being me — Princess Rosebud, that is — spent a long time contemplating, deliberating, and meditating — to conjure up the perfect emsemble for this momentous event.
It's what I do, I say as I shrug my shoulders. It's what I do.
Similar to building an outstanding five paragraph essay — only the body of the essay is the dress, skirt, skinny jeans along with a shirt or blouse, coordinated with a blazer, sweater or coat, bringing it all together in that final paragraph with shoes, jewelry, scarf, and handbag.(Always Chanel, or course)
Here's a picture of the five of us
We're having a lovely time, getting to know each other, and they were swapping stories about bloggy type conventions and gatherings, their multiple books written, sponsorships, advertising, public speaking engagements — and I'm listening intently but not sharing anything.
Why, you ask? Why?
Because I have nothing to share. Nada. Zip. Zippo.
I haven't accomplished a single, solitary thing with my blog.
There was a lull in the conversation and I said in a small voice,
"I shop. I like to go shopping."
I felt like such a LOSER wondering what the heck I'm doing with these talented and entrepreneurial women. Being color coordinated was the only skill I brought to the table (literally). Oh, and the genius ability to walk in five-inch heels and not fall down.
I don't have an eBook — not even one — or an old school paper book, or affiliate advertising, or free tickets to movies and screenings — although I recently posted a review of "I Just Want to Pee Alone".
Not only do I not know where to start, I don't have the huge numbers of clicks or impressions or readers or followers. Sigh.
I think I came too late to the game of blogging to get a piece of the pie.
Don't get me wrong. The ladies were fun and lively and warm and friendly with great senses of humor.
No sour grapes here, I admire all that's been achieved and I had a wonderful time — it's just that I'm seriously not in the same league –or in the same time zone — we're light years apart –in terms of blogging leading to a successful business venture.
Now I'm contemplating whether or not to continue.
Should I give up?
Geez Louise, I didn't even have a business card with me.
What a LOSER!


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Educational Institutions of Sanskrit, Veda, Agama and Astrology Schools
About Us
In order to encourage learning of the ancient Indian heritage of Veda, Agama and Astrology, one needs to know the Sanskrit Language. JSSMVP started the Kyatanahalli Sri Siddlingaiah Samskruta Patashala 60 years ago, in Mysuru, to teach Sanskrit. JSSMVP was running 10 Sanskrit schools, out of which 6 were aided and 4 were unaided. Among them, five schools were in rural areas thereby facilitating rural students also to learn Sanskrit.
There are 17 teaching and 1 non-teaching staff employed in these institutions. 1,816 students (1035 boys and 781 girls) are studying in these schools. Recurring expenditure is Rs. 22.05 lakh. Veda, Agama shastra and astrology are also being taught in these schools at Mysuru and Suttur.


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Zoe Zuniga Creations
Illustration and written work...
This is where all the projects are laid out in one place to give me a vantage point. There are art and writing projects, sketchbooks and links to interrelated business sites I am working on. It's all one giant creative project.
Welcome to the work
Merpig is accepting of you no matter what your age, gender, orientation or struggles. She and her friends just want you to be happy. Figurines, jewelry and prints.
Plangent Noise
A science fiction, YA, eco-novel where 6 lifelong companions with their human-sidekicks turn a rotten nation into a sanctuary over a 100-year span.
My Life of Noisy Desperation
An illustrated autobiography on the strangeness of life: the myriad of people jobs and places. The puzzlement of finding myself alive, Figuring out what that even means, and trying to fit in.
Niche sites I built
Plant-based Nutrition: A journey back to health. Join me as I learn to eat better, lose weight, and get free from depression and chronic fatigue.
A business blog for artrepreneurs and creatives who want to do more with their lives. We talk about time and money, side gigs to tide us over, and marketing art and creations. blogging about co-housing, courses, and vanabodes.
Freelance services: Pinterest VA, graphics, white papers, ebooks, newsletters, ghost writing, and other written content.


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STILLness: Meditation in the Galleries
STILLness in the Galleries is a Community event happening on the 4th Saturday of every month at the Clyfford Still Museum in Downtown Denver. It is free and open to the public. No prior experience is required. The meditation session begins promptly at 9am. Doors open at 8:45am. (1250 Bannock Street, 13th Ave & Bannock, Denver, CO 80204). The museum opens at 10:00am and you are welcome to stay and view the exhibits free of charge.
The Clyfford Still Museum is collecting pre-registration information on their website, and registration is now mandatory due to this event popularity. There is also a list of etiquette rules that extend beyond our typical open sitting meditation rules as reminders for honoring meditation space in an open public forum that you can read about on their website. Please bring your own cushion to sit upon, otherwise chairs will be available in the galleries.
Those interested in being a host at this event please sign up here.
Check out this video about the community involvement intentions of the Clyfford Still Museum:
Photo above of meditation in the Clyfford Still Galleries taken by James Dewhirst.


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The cynical line showed "The Office" at its best: a cuttingly accurate yet comic depiction of an often soul-deadening workplace, in an era when most of us aren't in a position to quit our jobs.
With departure of office manager Michael Scott, the employees of Dunder Mifflin Sabre have been plunged into deeper uncertainty – a limbo-like feeling of insecurity and dread thickened by the pathetic parade of would-be bosses who packed "The Office" during the special, hour-long episode.
Of course, this being television, the prospective office managers were played by big stars, who provided some hilarious and memorable moments.
Ray Romano's fatalistic sad sack munched on a sandwich during his interview ("If I take [the job] I'm never going to quit. Then 25 years go by…I'm going to die here"). Will Arnett's blowhard character, echoing Richard Nixon's secret plan to get out of Vietnam, refused to divulge his strategy for saving the paper company. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett portrayed a candidate who haggled over pennies. Jim Carrey showed up as a mealy-mouthed wimp obsessed with going on vacation. Catherine Tate's wannabe manager schizophrenically teetered between expousing a Zen management philosophy and unhinged ruthlessness.
Then there was Ricky Gervais, co-creator of the brilliant original UK version of "The Office," who resurrected his grating David Brent character – via a Skype interview: "Hey, you're looking for a new boss, yeah? Someone to tell a bunch of discontented, under-encouraged drones what to do everyday, is that it?"
The quality of the performances – and the obvious lack of quality of the candidates – highlighted not only the plight of the office drones we've grown close to, but the challenges facing the producers to keep the creative level at the heights we've come to expect.
Thanks to top-notch writing and Steve Carell's nuanced performance, his annoying Michael Scott transformed over seven seasons from the devil-you-know-is-better-than-the-devil-you-don't kind of boss into a flawed, but oddly affection-inspiring character. Or, as Jim Halpert put it in what passed for the most serious and emotional moment of Carell/Scott's bittersweet final episode last month: "What a great boss you turned out to be. Best boss I ever had."
Carell, as underscored by the stars who paid homage to him with their cameos Thursday, is not replaceable. But we're hopeful for the show's future, given the recent strong run of darkly comic episodes, which included the respective self-destructions of Will Ferrell's D'Angelo Vickers and Rainn Wilson's Dwight Schrute.
Still, it's going to take more than stunt casting – and the ongoing speculation over who will be the new boss – to keep the show going in the long run.
Like the real-life workplace Dunder Mifflin Sabre reflects, constant reinvention, innovation – and a good sense of humor – are required to keep "The Office" open, if not for a life sentence, then for a few more good seasons to come.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Stephen King's semi-regular column in Entertainment Weekly, "The Pop of King," is something I look forward to. He's funny, irreverent, and at the same time deeply serious about his entertainment. Doesn't matter if he's talking movies, music, or books, he expects to be on the edge of his seat, lost in the moment, and up all night. Me too. For crime fiction, anyway. And yet sometimes a crime novel of that caliber seems harder to find than a butterfly in January. Flat dialogue, couldn't-care-less plots, and clichéd endings abound. Seriously, why does anyone think it's a good idea to end a crime novel with an abandoned warehouse, a couple of guns, and a showdown between the hunter and the hunted anymore?
In his May 13 column Mr. King recommended seven summer reads. And while he'll never convince me that Jodi Picoult is a supremely talented writer, I am interested in any crime novel that he thinks is terrific. After all, the man has had an original thought or hundred about dark deeds of every stripe. (Though this does not mean his picks are infallible—he was, in my opinion, abysmally wrong about The Garden of Last Days.) So I picked up Shattered by Michael Robotham two days ago. It more than meets the bar.
In fact, if you like top-shelf police procedurals at all, especially English ones, run to the bookstore and then cancel your appointments for the next twenty-four hours. Psychologist Joe O'Loughlin is trying, with the help of one of the most excellently imagined Detective Inspectors to grace recent fiction—Veronica Cray, who wears men's shoes and likes French knickers—to outsmart an equally well-written killer, the super-scary, grimly pathetic Gideon Tyler. Tyler is such a convincingly reasoned villain that Robotham will have you wondering if this story is actually fiction. He does say in an author's note that the novel is inspired by true events in two different countries but not based on either. What??! I don't know about you, but I'm dying to know the details on that. Send us a note and if you are interested too, we'll ask the author about it and report back here. And more good news for readers – Robotham has a backlist. Few things make me happier than finishing a bang-up, truly great crime novel and discovering that the author has a backlist, preferably a long one.
Check out Robotham's previous novel, The Night Ferry. It's about a 29-year-old Detective named Alicia Barba investigating the suspicious death of Cate, her best friend from high school. They've been estranged for years when a pregnant Cate shows up unexpectedly at a party Alicia is attending, begging her for help because someone is trying to take her baby. Minutes later Cate is killed in what looks like a freak accident. A secret is revealed and the game is on. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. And the crime in it is particularly interesting, one possible in only a short window of our time—say roughly 1995-2005, give or take a few years. Those who avidly read the science pages as well as crime blotters will note that this crime would be much less likely to occur in 2009. If you've already read this entertaining novel and want to know exactly what I'm talking about, click here . Which side of the argument do you think Robotham is on? On another topic, I'm looking—as always!—to add to my pile of thrilling reads. The first five people to post and let me know what your current favorite crime novel is and why will get a free copy of The Night Ferry.
Jen Marshall is a crime fiction fan and publicist at Vintage and Anchor Books. Her blog posts are called CrimeCandy because having access to a room full of Vintage Crime / Black Lizard titles is truly like being a kid in a candy store. An amazing perk that never, ever loses its shine.


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The mayor of Campos del Rio, received the delegation from Bourg Argental led by Michel Chevalier, deputy mayor and responsible for culture of the French municipality, accompanied by Marie Claude Chatelon, Hubert Sage, Jean Luc Prud 'Homme and Denise Sage;
President, Vice-President, Treasurer and member respectively of the Touristique Bourg-Argental Organization, an association that deals with the tourist development of the area and also of the cultural animation in agreement with the mayors of the neighboring municipalities of Bourg Argental, population and commune of the south of France, located in the Rhône-Alpes region, department of Loire, in the district of Saint-Étienne, is the chef-lieu of the canton of Bourg-Argental.
The main reason for the visit was to find similarities between both cities as there are many coincidences found between Bourg Argental and Campos del Rio, for which a deep and intense tour was made throughout the weekend by the history, culture, customs , traditions, gastronomy and productive and economic sectors, among other aspects of interest that may justify a possible twinning between the two cities and the carrying out of activities such as social gatherings, cultural exchanges and sporting and associative character.
María José Pérez Cerón served as host to show the French delegation the facilities of the consistory where in the plenary hall the French Deputy Mayor Michel Chevalier signed in the book of honor of Campos del Rio, after which, the mayor gave him in name of all camperos and camperas with a commemorative plaque of the visit and a lot of local ecological products.
Pérez Cerón took the opportunity to wish the group a happy stay in Campos del Rio and took the opportunity to thank them for their visit and encouraged them to discover the surprising corners with which the municipality has.
In the act of reception were present the camperas host families to the members of the group as well as a representation of the fiestas of Campos del Rio through the presence of the Queens juvenile and children 2017 and the preacher of the holidays 2017. To which continued the celebration of a brotherhood dinner where the visitors could taste typical dishes of the local gastronomy.
Already in the first Saturday morning, members of the "Pasico a Pasico" Senderista Club of Campos del Río, were in charge of guiding the French group on an organized route where they could walk roads and trails and know the natural attractions with which the municipality has.
At mealtime, the Pensioner's Home was chosen place where they could enjoy a musical performance framed within the Third Age Week.
Taking advantage of the celebration of the day of the patron saint of the municipality, La Virgen del Rosario, the French group attended an Huerta Mass celebrated in their honor after which they tasted a dinner prepared by the Association of Women of Campos del Río for its completion first hand the activities that took place on Saturday night within the program Campos Joven 2017.
On Sunday morning, the French expedition, accompanied by the mayor, moved to Caravaca de la Cruz to visit the city of Santa in this Jubilee year, visiting the museum of Los Caballos del Vino and then being greeted at the City Hall by the mayor of the city José Moreno.
The day ended with a farewell dinner by the Women's Association of Campos del Río, before the farewell of the visit by the French representative that took place on the first Monday of the day where they left for Bourg Argental.
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Part 28: Disciple maker: Who me?
Friday, April 15, 2016 - Updated: 7:00 am
Part 28 of a weekly series.
Several years ago I was grabbing coffee with a friend. At some point I shared a challenging situation with a family member and without giving it a thought I said, "say a prayer for her, if you would." I say that a lot, and while I mean it, often it's more of a way to conclude the story or move to the next topic. But that day, I received a very unexpected response from my longtime friend. He said, "Well, why don't we pray for her right now?"
Right now? In a coffee shop? While I'm eating a scone? What would the people around us think? I began to sweat a bit and wondered if it wasn't time for a coffee refill.
"Uh, yeah, sure," I mumbled uncomfortably. Mind you, I had been working for a Catholic organization for several years, often speaking in front of large groups about the importance of our faith and our church. We bowed our heads and my friend offered a brief but poignant, spontaneous prayer, and then we continued our conversation.
What started with sweat for me turned into a deep sense of gratitude and a curiosity as to what gave my friend the courage to do what he did.
Even today the words "disciple maker" and "evangelization" scare me a little sometimes. They feel like terms that are too big for me to own. Me, a "disciple maker?" I could never go to a foreign country or stand on a street corner and proclaim the Gospel.
Yet, the more I read Scripture, the more I discover that while Jesus' Great Commission "to go and make disciples of all nations" is big in importance, it doesn't require big gestures. In fact, the more individual, the more personal, the more spontaneous, the better.
Jesus spent time with large crowds, but most of the Gospels are focused on his time with a few special people in his life — friends who knew each other well. They shared everything — meals, time, hopes, challenges. In that setting Jesus made the most effective disciples who would go on to canvas the world, making thousands of disciples and disciple makers.
Fast forward to a coffee shop in Pennsylvania thousands of years later. My friend was making a disciple of me. The ingredients were the same — trust, friendship, challenge, even food. At the right time, my friend brought God into a moment of anxiety. He gave me comfort and sparked within me a curiosity about his life and the peace that our Lord clearly brings to him.
Make no mistake — disciple making is all of our responsibility whether we feel like we can own it or not. I try to remind myself that "God doesn't call the equipped, he equips the called" — if we depend on him. We need not look to the street corner or a foreign land. We have plenty of "mission territory" among our family and friends.
Our mission territory is where we share trust, where we spend time, where we know there is love. Think about that the next time someone in your circle asks you to pray for someone. As their friend, introduce them to your friend Jesus.
Cellucci is lead consultant for On Mission for The Church Alive! and senior vice president of the Catholic Leadership Institute, a national nonprofit apostolate focused on supporting bishops, priests and lay leaders with leadership development and consulting services. Follow On Mission for The Church Alive on Twitter at @PghChurchAlive.â ¯Have something to share about how your parish is On Mission? Use the hashtags #ChurchAlive and #OnMissionPgh.


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According to a report released by the National Chamber Foundation, an affiliate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Highway Trust Fund will be bankrupt by 2008 unless the government draws new revenues.
The report comes just four months after President George W. Bush signed the massive $286-billion highway reauthorization bill.
According to the report, to maintain current transportation system conditions through 2030 a funding shortfall of a half trillion dollars must be addressed.
"The problem is that [the government] took the rosiest, most optimist projections of revenues and of SAFETEA-LU [the recent highway bill], and the numbers aren't what they hoped it will be," Brian Deery, senior director of highway and transportation division for the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) told FleetOwner. "It's also because there was no reauthorization in the first two years after the expiration of the previous highway bill. Congress has dwindled down the trust fund."
Deery still describes the highway bill that passed in August as a good bill. "But they really didn't step up to the plate and do something about the revenue," he stated.
AGC is calling for indexing the gas tax to inflation to prevent the highway fund from eroding as a short-term solution until long-term solutions to supplement the fuel tax are established.
"The release of today's report is the first step in the long process of reauthorizing the surface transportation program," said AGC CEO Stephen E. Sandherr. "It includes thoughtful and bold recommendations, and it is now our job to convince leaders to lead.
"Without a significant influx of new revenues, not only will the HTF be unable to support the federal commitment made under SAFETEA-LU, but our nation's transportation network will also continue to deteriorate, impacting mobility and economic well-being," added Sandherr.
"My feeling is that we are potentially entering a very difficult time for paying for the roads we drive," Greg Cohen, president of the American Highway Users Alliance told FleetOwner. "At the same time, we have tremendous revenues from truckers and motorists that are not being spent on what these taxpayers use. It's time to reevaluate the situation—how much are we collecting, what are our needs, and how specifically are we adding up these needs."
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Much to our chagrin, the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted an emergency motion by Cavel International that allows the DeKalb, Ill.-based horse slaughter plant to recommence killing horses for sale as meat for human consumption overseas.
As the only US horse slaughter plant still in operation, Cavel was previously forced to shut its doors in late June when US District Court Judge Frederick Kapala denied its request to continue to evade prosecution under a recently enacted Illinois state law that criminalizes the slaughter of horses for human consumption.
In May, Cavel filed suit in federal court to challenge the new law's enforceability, but on July 5, Judge Kapala ruled that the law was constitutional and thus, enforceable.
Cavel has appealed Judge Kapala's latest decision to the US Court of Appeals, and while its appeal is pending, the slaughterhouse may once again slaughter horses for human consumption. The Court granted the plant's request for an injunction without a hearing, just two days after the slaughterhouse filed its motion.
The Animal Welfare Institute is represented by the nationally renowned law firm Patton Boggs. We will continue to do our utmost to ensure that the law passed in Illinois to stop this brutal trade within the state's boundaries is put in force.


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PUNE: Ramdas Ramsing Mane, the chairman of Pune based Mane Grouphas gifted a portable toilet to his village's girl Sheetal Namdev Chapade in her marriage recently. Ramdas has announced that he will be providing a free gift of readymade RCC toilet at Mane Group of Companies to newly married girl to support the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan announced by Govt of India.
Last week, when a 22 years old women from Lodhavane village in Maan taluka of Satara district tied the nuptail knot, among the many gifts that she received, one stood out? a readymade portable toilet. The bride Sheetal Chopade belongs to the shepherd community and has married a man named Hanumant Kharat from Durgewadi village of Maan Taluka and both the families do not have toilets at home. Dada Saheb Chopade, uncle of bride, said, "the family which she married into is financially weak and cannot afford building a toilet and hence go out in the fields to defecate. This (the ready made toilet) is a unique gift because not only is it permanent but it will also keep the family members healthy."
The gift is from Ramdas Mane businessman whose company Mane Group of Industries has been making portable toilets in 2007. "I have known the family for the past few years as we are from the same village. I was aware that they are economically weak. So when I received wedding invitation, I contacted the bride's uncle Chopade and expressed a desire to give a toilet as gift. I wanted to ensure the family does not get offended but Chopade agreed," said Mane.
I myself have grown in a family where there was no toilet culture and my family members defecated in the open. Many a times, women of the houses would fall sick and suffered from serious stomach ailments. Hence I thought a toilet would be an apt gift of Sheetal's," he added.
Lodhavane village has 350 families and a population of nearly 2100 people. While around 300 families own toilets other either use common toilet or go out in the fields in including the Chopades.
"People keep talking about cleanliness and about Swachh Bharat Mission. Unless every house has a toilet we, we will not be able to succeed in this mission. This is the first time I have gifted portable toilet as a aarriage gift and I realise how useful this gift can be for the girl and family she is married into. In future also, I will be willing to gift a toilet to any bride provided the family does not have a toilet and they cannot even offered a make one." said Mane.
The Mane Group has supplied more than 20,000 readymade toilets across 450 remote villages of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Odisha, Tamilnadu spread around couple of thousand kilometres from Pune. The Mane Group has production facility of 30,000 portable toilets per year near Pune.
Ramdas Mane said, "Portable Readymade RCC Toilet's innovation and creativity is viable and very good for country like India. These innovations would help in reducing manufacturing, installation and price by half. It would help in achieving spread and access thereby ensuring high level of democratic values. People will get access to good technology in less price."
We Have Supplied 20,000 Readymade Toilets on No Profit – No Loss Basis: Ramdas Mansing Mane, Chairman, Mane Group
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Brush fire in Homestead put out
HOMESTEAD, Fla. – A fire that began Saturday around 4 p.m. near 19161 Southwest 318th Terrace has been put out.
The brush fire reportedly spread about 5 acres and threatened nine homes before being extinguished.
It's unclear how the fire was started but officials said there are no longer any homes threatened.
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I feel for Calgary-Bow MLA Deborah Drever.
The 26-year-old University student, who was elected to the Alberta Legislature earlier this month has found herself in hot water over a controversial social media post she made over a year ago.
Drever was drummed out of the NDP caucus after an image posted on her Instagram account featuring PCs Ric McIver and Jim Prentice with the phrase "Gay boyz" written underneath it, surfaced.
Despite her long held beliefs in true equality and support for LGBT activists, the flippant Instagram post and "homophobic" remarks have been her undoing. Drew's social media footprint includes a number of other controversial snaps. At 19 She posed for in front of a T-shirt promoting marijuana, there is a picture of someone giving the finger to the Canadian flag and a controversial album cover for a band that critics say promotes sexual violence against women.
The human search engine means that youthful indiscretion and errors of our youth can come back to bite. Revisionist hacks and the politically correct police can dig around and play gotcha with anyone looking to serve the community.
Social media is leaving behind records that are written in real-time, are less filtered, and tend to discuss the detail of what we were doing or thinking at a particular point in the past. And, in many cases, they can be seen by anybody – without us there to explain where this particular record fitted into our lives at the time; without context.
We all evolve. I grew up in a fairly homophobic culture in a small outport in rural Newfoundland and Labrador. Slang words like "queer" and "gay" were interchanged as insults. Was it right? No. Did we know better? I do not think so. Do I know better today? Yes. Has my behavior changed? Yes. Do I find homophobia intolerable today? Yes. Should I be judged on my youthful indiscretions - certainly not.
However, the issue of everything you post in the digital world sticking around should alarm you. Those pictures of youthful drinking, smoking pot, flashing your unmentionables or online posts & tweets are floating around just waiting to be used against you in some future job interview...or after an election.
Deborah Drever was vetted as a New Democrat candidate. This social media content was available. She says she regrets the comments and the images. Turn the page.
Uvetted, without context, our social media records provide a view of our pasts than we might no longer portray. Intolerance is a two way street!
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Sorry for the quality of these pictures. I forgot to take my camera with me and use to my cellphone instead. Course, I had to take a lovely picture of our hostess, Linda.
Linda, thank you again for a wonderful weekend and event. I learned a lot of stitches and really neat ways to stitch them.
Here is Ellen Chester (in the middle) along with stitchers Penny and Terry.
Happy Stitching.....


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I can't believe that it has been almost a week since I updated – this retirement is tough – LOL!!
Hope everyone's Thanksgiving was wonderful – we are all so blessed!
So here is what we have been doing….
There are a number of trails that go out into the desert so on Sunday we decided to take a little walk. Some scenes:
The lonesome Saguaro:
Back in the park, we visited the cactus garden. This Saguaro is over 400 years old – WOW!! An arm fell off last spring and I was told that the arm weight ~ 2 ton – OH MY!!
Notice the little birds that live in the Saguaro – cool!
On Monday, Andy had an endoscopy that showed his old ulcers are healed but he has a new one. Nothing to worry about but he will be staying on his meds. I am not sure what is causing them so our next step is to talk with a pharmacist on his other meds and see if they are having an effect. His next test is next week.
A couple we met in Pahrump, Lynne and Fred, are here in the park so on Wednesday, Lynne, Fred, Steve, Andy, and I went to dinner in Wickenburg and had a great time. The great time continued as we all sat together on Thanksgiving. It is so neat to re-meet people on the road.
Steve has been showing us more of the night skies. We saw some close ups of the moon – WOW! And more of Jupiter and other star clusters. And on Thursday night we had an incredible view of the International Space Station with the Space Shuttle trailing as it went across the sky. Tonight we were able to see the International Space Station again. Did I saw WOW and AWESOME!!!!
In between we have just been hanging out, doing beading, reading and helicopter flying simulating – :-))).
Tomorrow we are heading to the local Gem and Mineral Show and the Museum in town so stay tuned.


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Schultz, P., Ryan, R., Niemiec, C., Legate, N. & Williams, G. (2015). Mindfulness, work climate, and psychological need satisfaction in employee well-being. Mindfulness,6(5), 971-985. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-014-0338-7
The present study investigated how both mindfulness and managerial autonomy support affect work adjustment. Two hundred and fifty-nine working adults were recruited online, and they were assessed for individual differences in mindfulness and the autonomy-supportive versus controlling style of their management at work. Also assessed were indicators of work-related adjustment, namely, burnout, turnover intention, and absenteeism. Results showed that both autonomy support and mindfulness had direct relations with employee work well-being. Less autonomy-supportive work climates thwarted employee's basic psychological needs at work, which partially explained the association of lower autonomy support at work and decreased work adjustment. These indirect effects were moderated by mindfulness. Specifically, people higher in mindfulness were less likely to feel need frustration, even in unsupportive managerial environments. Mindfulness thus appears to act as a protective factor in controlling work environments. These results not only highlight mindfulness as a potential pathway to wellness at the workplace, but also speak to the relevance of autonomy support in work environments in promoting employee work well-being.
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Distinct subdivisions of the cingulum bundle revealed by diffusion MRI fibre tracking: Implications for neuropsychological investigations
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Jones, D. K, Christiansen, K. F, Chapman, R. J & Aggleton, JP. (2013). Distinct subdivisions of the cingulum bundle revealed by diffusion MRI fibre tracking: Implications for neuropsychological investigations. Neuropsychologia,51(1), 67-78. United Kingdom: Pergamon Press Ltd.. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2012.11.018
The cingulum is a prominent white matter tract that supports prefrontal, parietal, and temporal lobe interactions. Despite being composed of both short and long association fibres, many MRI-based reconstructions ( tractography ) of the cingulum depict an essentially uniform tract that almost encircles the corpus callosum. The present study tested the validity of dividing this tract into subdivisions corresponding to the 'parahippocampal', 'retrosplenial', and 'subgenual' portions of the cingulum. These three cingulum subdivisions occupied different medial–lateral locations, producing a topographic arrangement of cingulum fibres. Other comparisons based on these different reconstructions indicate that only a small proportion of the total white matter in the cingulum traverses the length of the tract. In addition, both the radial diffusivity and fractional anisotropy of the subgenual subdivision differed from that of the retrosplenial subdivision which, in turn, differed from that of the parahippocampal subdivision. The extent to which the radial diffusivity scores and the fractional anisotropy scores correlated between the various cingulum subdivisions proved variable, illustrating how one subdivision may not act as a proxy for other cingulum subdivisions. Attempts to relate the status of the cingulum, as measured by MRI-based fibre tracking, with cognitive or affective measures will, therefore, depend greatly on how and where the cingulum is reconstructed. The present study provides a new framework for subdividing the cingulum, based both on its known connectivity and MRI-based properties.
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Entrepreneur George Eastman (1854–1932), the pioneer of popular photography, completed his Colonial Revival mansion on East Avenue in Rochester in 1905 and resided there until his death. He bequeathed most of his assets to the University of Rochester, expressing a desire that his mansion serve as the residence for the university president. The large house, measuring 35,000 square feet, proved far too large for this purpose, especially without a large service staff.
In 1947, the Board of Regents of the State of New York chartered George Eastman House Inc. as an independent nonprofit educational institution—specifically, a museum of photography and allied pursuits created as a memorial to George Eastman. The next year, the University of Rochester donated Eastman's mansion and surrounding property to the museum. The institution altered its name several times over the ensuing decades, but its mission has remained steadfast: to collect, preserve, study, and exhibit photographic and cinematic objects and related technology from the inception of each medium to the present.
At the museum's opening in 1949, it was one of only two American museums with a photography department and one of only two American museums with a film department (the Museum of Modern Art also had both). In 1951, the museum opened the beautiful Dryden Theatre, with seating for more than five hundred people, to exhibit films.
The George Eastman museum is still running strong, but it needs help, just like any non-profit. If you're a photography lover – if you're reading this chances are good that you are – consider a donation to the museum today.
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Taxation system in the Philippines is complex and complicated. Simplify it. Currently VAT is at 12% that exempts certain types of goods. A business is either VAT or non-VAT. Some taxpayers are exempted from it such as the senior citizens.
Just simplify VAT. Make all things 'vatable' so that whether you're rich or poor, you make a contribution for the good of the economy. Regardless of how much you earn a year, VAT it. Whether you're a government entity, private, charitable, educational, or NGO, VAT it. Whether it is a purchase or donation, VAT it. No more exemptions. Senior or non-senior, VAT it. You call this Equality Tax.
Simplify calculation. Fix it to 10%. In reporting, whatever the amount of gross sales, 10% of that should be the collected VAT.
Simplify reporting. Instead of monthly reporting, make it quarterly.
Simplify auditing. Whatever is the amount of your gross sales, 10% of that is VAT because all things are vatable. That 10% should be equal to the amount remitted in that quarter.
With a computerised system, gather all VAT payments and receipts per entity, then you'll know who is not remitting correctly. Therefore, ask for a receipt all the time.


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"Helihippe" and "Orneucamon" are wonderflowers from a wonderful planet that is located in a kosmos far away from ours. They are as special as all the other inhabitants on that planet.
Jan von Holleben discovers these floral objects and many more when playing with material, camera and light at the fabulous fantastic flower shop, Marsano, in Berlin.


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Mama's Coffee Shop was created because I saw a need to help other Work at home Moms like me. But as the days have gone by I have come to the realization that this mama needs to make more of the time God has granted me with. The idea of helping is still a huge part of what I started. I now feel lead to help with more than one aspect of being a mama . . . Christ is a huge part of who I am. I am forever trying to be a better wife and mama through Him. I have been blessed with the gift of technology and again, by faith, I am stepping out of my little box to apply my thoughts, ideas, blessings and more to you.
I am married to my best friend and am trying my best to be the "help-meet" {wife} God created me to be.
My hubby is a busy man with his work. He has a job that takes him on the road for days at a time. It is a hard way to keep a marriage in good shape but with prayer and sacrifice we see great changes coming about. Silvio is my whole world and without him I would not be who I am today. He is my encourager, the guy I bounce ideas off of, he makes me more confidant, and he is without question my number one favorite comedian. I see us many years down the road laughing and carrying on, just like we do today. He loves to hunt, research ideas, build in his garage (he can build just about anything!), sleep, eat good food and the occasional pieces of chocolate, and watch TV. He is a well rounded guy, if I do say so myself!
We have, by grace & faith, been home schooling since 2006 and we have just begun our 10th year! Wowie wow wow . . . simply amazing. A miracle that is full of prayer and grace!
We have three children, Isaiah, Ana and Joseph.
Isaiah is 15 years old and with all teenagers, he knows everything. We are on a daily quest to better our relationship and prayerfully seeking out the best way to grow as a family. He is a fun loving boy that still has a deep love for reading and he is a Master at anything LEGO related. He is a hunter, baseball player, history lover, and all around trivia buff. He is our resident lawn care guy, resident voice impersonator, secret protector of hearts, and all around gentle (most of the time) warrior. There is no one like him in the world and we wouldn't have it any other way. We believe that God has some grand plans for this amazing young man and we cannot wait to see what those plans might be!
Ana is 12 years old and stretching and growing to find her way in this crazy world. She is (by God's design) the middle child, only girl, between "bookend" brothers. That is sometimes an item of contention that we are praying about. Brothers can sometimes cause issues for sisters. She is a lover of the written word also and has a secret desire to be French! She loves Fancy Nancy, is a tomboy, has a heart for all things furry (large or small), loves to care for others, has developed a love of painting and drawing, and is the most precious gift God could have placed in this mamas life.
Joseph is 8 years old and he is the light of our world. He can crack a joke at a moments notice and he is under constant prayer for that very reason. He has a knack for laughter at the worst times, LOL He is still learning that being the youngest does not give him certain privileges and that being the "bookend" brother is hard work. He is another Master LEGO builder and out of all of our children the one that plays the best when alone. His imagination is amazing and he is a true storyteller. (I have no idea where that came from, lol). He loves animals, he has a quick temper, he loves dirt and mud, and will fly from the nest way sooner than this mama would prefer.
Recently I have been blessed to become a member of the Schoolhouse Review Crew for 2014, 2015, now again in 2016! I have the opportunity to share in some new books and products that homeschoolers might be like to use in their homes and school rooms. I will be reviewing these and sharing my thoughts and opinions on the products the kiddos and I will have the privilege to be blessed with.
Through some God placed moments, I have become a member of the The Old Schoolhouse team as an Independent Contractor in the form of a Graphic Artist. I create images for various outlets of the TOS family group and I am so in love with this paying position! It is right up my alley and I already feel like a valued member of the team. God is amazing and He always knows better than we do what we are needed to do!
I am also always on the lookout for great deals for you and when I find them, I try to get them to you before they are gone. I confess…I am a lover of books and baking. {hanging my head} You will see a lot about the books I have read, I want to read, read to and shared with the kids and a number of recipes I simply love to create! I hope you enjoy that part of the blog.
I am now a part of BookLook Bloggers, Blogging for Books, and Thomas Nelson Bloggers, where I get to read and review books! What a wonderful and fun part of my life! I get free books to read in exchange for my opinion on them . . . seriously . . . what could be better for a book lover? You can also find more about book reviews at Mama Reads.
Recently I have also added in being a tester for Influenster.com and will be receiving, enjoying, reviewing, and blogging about some amazing products that they like to send out in their Oh So Ingenious #VoxBox boxes. Another fun way to enjoy products and to share about them with you!
Along with the great Free Resources that I have available on here on the blog, I welcome your opinions and ideas, as this blog is not just about me. It is ALL about US; The Christian, The Wife, The Mama, The Home Schooling Mama, The Frugal Mama, The Homesteading Mama, The DIY Mama, The Work at Home Mom, the Small Business Operator Mama and so on. If you would like to be a contributing writer, please feel free to contact me, I would love to hear your ideas and thoughts about how to maintain a Christian household, a thriving home school, online business, all from a woman's point of view.
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I look forward to giving you great information that I have gathered from around the web, from other mamas just like you and me. The newest home schooling resources, encouraging words, blessings from The Word of God, the latest trends in business to how to handle social media. But that isn't all this blog will be about. I wish to cover all aspects of being a wife and mom. I wish to see you succeed in your walk with the Lord, your marriage and raising those precious gifts we all children. So be on the look out for great articles from some of the best sources I can find.
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The technique of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) was invented soon after the end of the Second World War, and over the next fifteen years or so it developed in several countries, being applied both to physics and to chemistry. From the beginning of the 1960s it was studied intensely in the then Physics Department at Nottingham University, where applications to medicine were also made. Important work was also carried at the University of Aberdeen. In this decade Peter Mansfield (later Sir Peter) developed the technique of Magnetic Resonant Imaging, which was essentially NMR applied to the human body. For this work he was to share the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2003.
In this meeting there will be talks on the early development of NMR, and on the work leading to MRI in Aberdeen and Nottingham. There will also be talks on a number of recent developments of the topic.
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Those of you who are huge Daredevil fans were likely VERY excited to see that, at least early on, Matt Murdock would be suiting up in a costume quite similar to the one he wore on his first night as a vigilante in Frank Miller's, The Man Without Fear.
It's a cool nod to one of the series' legendary writers and hints that the series may have a bit of a Batman Begins feel to it, which is wonderful because it means we might see Murdock fail a time or two, making it a much more grounded series.
However, we also know that Matt won't always be in that costume and that, eventually, he was going to be sporting something resembling his modern day outfit and definitely something with some horns. If Comic.UI is correct, it seems by the end of the first season, Matt will be wearing an updated costume, but not the one or two most of you expect. The report, based on a conversation with a supposed crew member implies we won't be seeing the modern-day red suit or even the old school yellow, but a "red and black" suit. While this could refer to the modern red suit with some updated touches to it, it is worth pointing out that Ol' Hornhead has donned some red and black suits in the past. Have a look for yourself:
Secret War (not to be confused with Secret Wars):
This, for me, would be just fine. It's a nice looking suit and might look really great on screen.
Armored Costume:
Matt suited up with this bad ass mo fo in Daredevil issues #319-325 in the Fall from Grace story arc. This one seems an awfully lot less likely, but it's a pretty sweet looking get up either way.
I'd describe this more as black and red, but maybe that's semantics. I LOVE Shadowland and I think it'd work really well as an arc for the Netflix series, but not in Season 1. I'm not even sure it should be Season 1 of The Defenders.
Of course, like I said, there's plenty or room for interpretation here and we may just end up seeing the modern-style red, but this is interesting enough to me to share!


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Xerox Uses Akamai EdgeSuite Service for Internet Infrastructure Efficiency
Thursday, September 06, 2001
Press release from the issuing companyCAMBRIDGE, Mass.--Sept. 5, 2001--Akamai Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of distributed application and content delivery services, today announced that Xerox Corporation has chosen to implement the Akamai EdgeSuite(SM) service to simplify its infrastructure requirements while increasing the performance, scalability, and reliability of its global Web operations. A leader in the global document management market, Xerox offers an array of innovative document solutions, services and systems - including color and black-and-white printers, multifunction devices and digital copiers - designed for offices and production-printing environments. It also offers associated supplies, software and support. Xerox will benefit from the massive scalability and reach of Akamai's globally distributed network, while avoiding costly build-out of its own Web infrastructure to ensure top performance for online visitors from around the world. "Xerox places the utmost level of importance on effectively reaching our customers, partners and other stakeholders via the Internet,'' said Fred Heller, vice president and general manager, xerox.com. "Working with Akamai enables us to scale www.xerox.com on demand to meet site visitors' needs with high availability and performance, regardless of unpredictable traffic levels.'' "Xerox is a recognized business leader with worldwide customer demand for its broad range of products and services. We're excited to assist Xerox in its efforts to scale its Web operations and maintain top site performance for users through the implementation of the EdgeSuite service,'' said Michael Ruffolo, executive vice president, Akamai. "We look forward to working with Xerox to demonstrate the numerous advantages of site presentation delivery from the Internet's edge.'' The Akamai EdgeSuite service is an integrated set of functionalities designed to reduce Internet infrastructure costs and complexities by extending the performance, scalability, and reliability benefits of content delivery across an entire Web site, including dynamic content and applications.
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Teaser Tuesday!
Here are the rules for Teaser Tuesday!
1. Grab your current read.
2. Let the book fall open to a random page.
3. Share two teaser sentences from that page, somewhere between lines 7 and 12.
4. Share the title of the book that the "teaser" comes from, so people can find the book if they like the teaser.
5. PLEASE avoid spoilers.
If you've been following my blog, for the past few months you know I've been looking forward to reading Tracey Bateman's new release, Thirsty. Well it's next on this weeks reading list. Check out this teaser and you'll see why I can't wait to get started on this book!!!
' "Ruin what?" she asked. "I assumed you were wooing the mousy neighbor woman meerly to feed on her, but perhaps there is more. Are you in love with this human who can never love you back? Not for who you are, anyway" Her long fingers threaded through his hair."


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Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Spring Adventure!
Make it good though, you may go home with it all or go home with none. ( basically no white elephants)"
So I started gathering treasures. I think they are treasures, anyway. The more I gathered, the more I am thinking that they ARE white elephants. Oh well, I will bring 9 fat quarters as back ups. One of the treasures is the bird eggcup that is pictured at the top of this post. Another is a pair of vintage 1950 Italian sunglasses complete with rhinestones! (I would keep for my collection, but they keep slipping off my nose). Treasures? No?
I am taking my camera of course, but no computer. I probably won't have any updates or juicy gossip until next week. You never know, we may even get some good design ideas. Whatever happens, it won't be boring. Talk to you next week.
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- from little acorns said...
I think they're treasures! Have a great time! (Lissa has been 'twittering' about it. . . & we all want to come too!). . .
. . . & about those 'elusive' 3 Sisters. . . It is one of my life's goals to find out who they all are. . . (Only because I love them so!) (lol! - Me & millions of others!)
Tell everyone Hi & safe travels!
xo, Bren
- March 18, 2009 at 6:47 PM
- Daphne said...
Please...Please...Please... Tell us who the 3 Sisters really are. One day I searched the internet for over 6 hours trying to find who the are. Have a wonderful time!
- March 18, 2009 at 7:15 PM
- Kwiltsfl said...
Have a marvelous, refreshing time!
- March 18, 2009 at 8:00 PM
- Tammy in Ontario, Canada said...
I wouldn't show your treasures until you know what they are for. Bring the fat quarters...you can always replace those. DON'T bring the glasses or that cute little egg cup!
- March 18, 2009 at 9:26 PM
- happy zombie said...
That sounds like an amazing retreat! And I'm dying to know who the 3 Sisters are too. You must find out. Simply must. Otherwise I might have to start a rumor that they're the love triplets from the night Betty Crocker and Captain Crunch spent a weekend in Vegas.
- March 18, 2009 at 10:11 PM
- pdudgeon said...
the bird cup and the sun glasses ARE treasures because you love them. Hope you have lots of fun on your retreat.
- March 19, 2009 at 5:07 AM
- PamKittyMorning said...
I'm envious, have a great time!
- March 19, 2009 at 9:20 AM
- Sinta said...
that sounds like so much fun! You girls need some time to play! I think your items sound like treasures... who wouldn't want that cute little egg holder or those cool sunglasses???
- March 19, 2009 at 2:42 PM
- Carrie P. said...
The little egg cup is so cute. Have fun.
- March 19, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Have fun at your retreat. You are absolutely going to love where you are staying, I was there for a retreat last April. The place is FANTASTIC, and Lynne is such a neat person. Have a wonderful time!
- March 20, 2009 at 7:42 AM
- Donna said...
Sounds like you will have a great time
- March 20, 2009 at 8:33 PM
Wow! That's a lot of talent in one room. I'd love to be a mouse in the corner.
- March 22, 2009 at 8:31 PM
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