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Ten-year-old AJ has always loved animals. She enjoys playing with her grandma's pets and the pets of her friends. Her greatest wish is to have a pet of her own. After she and her family watch a program about animals in shelters, she asks her parents for a pet. When they say no, she sets out to prove to them she is responsible enough to care for a pet.
Pepper, recently adopted by ten-year-old AJ and her family, is on her way to the veterinarian when her family is in an auto accident. AJ takes Pepper out of the car to check on her. Pepper is frightened by a dog, jumps out of AJ's arms and runs away. Follow AJ, her friends Cory, Su Li, and her parents as they look for Pepper.
Meet the Characters in the AJ Series
Amelia Jae
Nickname AJ. Named for Amelia Earhart. AJ loves animals. She s a real tomboy. She is determined, fearless and can be stubborn.
Cory is a fun loving extrovert. He wants to be a fire fighter. He is an inventor. He loves his cat Newton.
Su Li
Su Li is friendly and smart. She likes to write and wants to writer. She has a dog named Bailey.
Pepper is four years old. She is very friendly and very curious. Adopted by AJ and her family.


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● The Democrats have announced a new agenda. I'll deal with that turd next week. Suffice it to say they're going to fix all the things they broke.
● I love professional bowling in the past. Then it died. But now it's back! But there's a catch. Some of these dudes are bowling with two hands. Ug. It's like watching a child who has grown tall and wants to bowl.
● I watched the poker tournament too. Two cool things. First, they had a 64 year old British guy come in fourth. He'd never played in a tournament before and this was a bucket list thing for him. Way cool. Secondly, the winner had never played in a tournament before either -- though he did practice online. Very cool to see that.
● Why is Trump smearing his own Attorney General? I don't get the logic.
● John McCain is on a roll, isn't he? What an ass! It's like some sort of compulsion for him to smear his allies. So does Trump have McCainia or does McCain have The Trumps?
● Apparently, lasers can now be used to revive lost memories. The things lasers can do is amazing. One day, I think all of our medicine will be lasers and gut bacteria, i.e. manure pills.
● NFL training camps are opening up, and the country's attention span will now vanish. Feel free to rob a bank in a week or two.
● I truly do not understand any way that the cop was justified in shooting the Australian woman in Minnesota. Nothing about her behavior can be considered dangerous and yet this idiot shoots her through the door of his car? WTF? Who shoots through the door of a car in any event? There is something really wrong there. It's either murder or complete mental breakdown.
● If you have any sort of diabetic condition, eat cherries... eat a lot of them. Trust me on this. They may be good for arthritis too, but I'm less sure of that.

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This recipe was shared with me by a woman at church. I think she found it in a RS cookbook. I love that it only has one rise. Choose the size recipe that fits your family.
2 rounded tablespoons dry yeast
500 mg vitamin C, optional
4 cups very warm water (125°)
⅓ cup vegetable oil
⅓ cup honey or sugar
1 tablespoon salt
In mixer bowl equipped with kneading arm, combine 6 cups flour, dry yeast, and vitamin C (crush tablet or empty a capsule). Add water, oil, and honey or sugar; mix well. Cover and let batter sponge for 15 minutes; this produces a lighter bread. Add salt and remaining flour, 1 cup at a time (½ cup at a time for smaller batches), until dough forms a ball and cleans the sides of the bowl; the amount of the flour needed may vary. Knead 5 to 7 minutes by machine or about 10 minutes by hand, until dough is smooth and elastic. Divide dough into equal portions. Shape into loaves. Place in greased 4" x 8½" loaf pans*. Cover with light cloth and let ruse until almost double. Bake in a preheated 350° oven for 30 to 35 minutes. Remove from pans and let cool on wire racks. Rub a stick of butter on the tops, if desired, for a softer crust.
6 Loaves: Follow directions above.
12-16 cups whole wheat flour (or 12 cups whole wheat flour + 2 to 4 cups white flour)
3 tablespoons dry yeast
500 mg vitamin C, optional
6 cups very warm water (125°)
½ cup vegetable oil
½ cup honey or sugar
1½ tablespoon salt
2 Loaves: Follow directions above.
6-7 cups whole wheat flour (or 5 cups whole wheat flour + 1 to 2 cups white flour)
1 rounded tablespoons dry yeast
500 mg vitamin C, optional
2 cups very warm water (125°)
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
3 tablespoons honey or sugar
2 scant teaspoons salt


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So, Halloween is over and the post-holiday depression has set in. (And, uh, that might actually be from the 1.2 pounds of candy you may have eaten yesterday.) However, it's not all over! Now we can celebrate the next best thing to wearing you costume to a party – sharing it online! We here at HalloweenCostumes.com have taken the liberty to scour the web and find some of the best do-it-yourself costumes from 2011. From internet meme to 90s nostalgia and more, here they are:
So, what do you think? If you have a costume that is even cooler than the ones here, show us! Post in the comments with a link to your picture or visit us on Facebook!
MaDonna is a Brand Specialist at HalloweenCostumes.com and has dressed up as a cat well over a dozen times in her life for the holiday. Last year, she dressed as her favorite skeleton, Jaunty.


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I have some controversial thoughts on some missing children I'd like to share and hopefully not get jumped on. 25 years ago a British toddler Ben Needham went missing on a family holiday on the Greek Island of Kos, today the British police are helping the Greek police with a dig in an area near the house he disappered from. This is second dig that has been carried out, 5 blonde Greek/Cypriot men have been DNA tested to see if they are Ben, none were. The prevailing theory is that Ben wandered off following his uncle who was on a moped and that he ended up in a construction sight.
My controversial thought is that if this dig comes up empty it has to be time to stop official police investigations into this. £1.5m was given in 2015/16 to send 10 officers to Kos to do house to house investigations.
The Home Office spent upwards of £12m on the investigation into the disappearance of Maddie McCann. It's adding up to a lot of money for two disappeared blonde blue eyed children where there is little evidence to go on. There are over 200 kids currently listed as missing in the UK and I doubt most of them have any funds being spent on finding them.
Britain likes to think of itself as slightly less racist than the US but we suffer from Missing White Woman Syndrome as much as any country. One famous example is the cases of Hannah Williams and Danielle Jones. Although both girls were 15 and blonde and went missing within 3 months of each other, Jones was a middle class school girl who had never been in trouble, Williams a working class with a mother decribed by the police as "not press conference material". Of the 62 articles about Williams' disappearance and murder in the UK press almost all were after her body was found and was thought to be that of Jones.
I guess everytime I see news on this I obviously wish he and Maddie could be found for the peace of their families who have suffered so greatly but then I think from a purely financial angle, is this worth it? when there is less and less money for policing and thousands of vulnerable kids who need help now?
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It has been leaked that Windows 8 will feature a 128-bit architecture.
This is good news in terms of moving forward and adapting new technology, but is the average consumer really ready for 128 bit operating systems? The answer to that is a definite no.
Most people today use a 32 bit version of Windows. If given the option whether to buy a 32 or 64 bit version of Windows, most people would have no idea what 32 or 64 bit even means. How much software right now is written for native 64 bit use? Almost none. 64 bit is barely being taken advantage of right now, so why introduce 128 bit?
Whether this is a good idea or not, 128 bit will come sooner or later, and if not in Windows 8 then most likely in Windows 9. But first the average computer user must transition to using a 64 bit operating system. And the people who know about 64 bit need to stop believing that all their old software won't work on it. The fact is that most software does work on 64 bit systems; if it's old, it gets emulated as if it were being run in 32 bit mode.
It's a good thing that operating system architecture is advancing, but it would be so much better if software companies started to really take advantage of the power of 64 bit right now.
There have also been rumors that Windows 8 will abandon the Windows platform and will be based on Cloud Computing. The chance of this being true is nonexistent. Backwards compatibility needs to remain in Windows, and the base model of the operating system has to remain identical, otherwise businesses, which make up a huge percentage of Windows customers, will simply never upgrade. In fact, a large amount of businesses are still using Windows 2000.
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Thermal image of Cade taken at night near Armadale Stadium.
September 2011
Although thermal imaging cameras are coming down in price, they are still relatively expensive for use by amateurs. However, an individual thermopile can be used in conjunction with a scanner (2).
Unless strategic restrictions or market pricing policies are placed on the sale of the latest generation of thermal imagers, small, cheap 640 x 480 pixel imagers should be on the market well within the next five years. These smaller imagers will be more amenable to physical stabilisation techniques on KAP rigs and UAVs than those currently available to the general public.
A cheap low resolution thermal imager has now been produced (Spring 2014), the FLIR ONE iPhone infrared camera.
Details of our thermal cameras are in the Kite Aerial Thermography section.
A glowing Cade walking down a street in Armadale. Our first thermal IR image.
2 September 2011
AVI still
Note the engine heat reflecting from the road and the differential cooling of the roof of the lower parked car.
Examples of colour mapping
(Thanks Heidi for the technique)
Unlike temperature-calibrated, colour thermal cameras, the colour range chosen for archaeological images should maximise the delineation of the features under investigation. Specific features can be also selectively coloured. However, in most instances, grayscale images should be fine.
Here is an example using a conventional thermal IR camera suspended from a balloon.
Thermal imaging cameras have been flown over archaeological sites by Ulrich Kiesow (using a microlight, www.archaeoflug.de) and others. We would like to thank Uli for his help and advice.
Inverted still image from the first thermal video of Villa Rustica, Kleinsteinhausen, Germany.
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Another excellent example, with the visible spectrum image on the left and the equivalent thermal image on the right.
Uli's work illustrates that thermal crop marks are most clear towards then end of a warm day in conditions of low humidity, which permits maximum differential transpiration. From the standpoint of kite aerial photography, the requirement of a reasonable wind could make conditions less than optimal, especially the strength of wind required to lift our heavy thermal camera. An initial aerial study is being conducted by West Lothian Archaeology in conjunction with Dave Cowley of the RCAHMS on a Roman site in Falkirk. Visible, near and thermal IR aerial photographs will be taken over a period of time.
West Lothian Archaeology Group members have also been participating in a systematic thermal imaging study of experimental sites on a farm in Gloucestershire.
DART Project: Thermal Imaging.
A simple, visible spectrum, indirect thermal approach is to look at the differential melting of snow or frost.
Gormyre Hill (Inverted image). KAP February 2009


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Verses including the word Victorious
Let those fight in the cause of Allah Who sell the life of this world for the hereafter.To him who fighteth in the cause of Allah,- whether he is slain or gets victory - Soon shall We give him a reward of great (value). (Surah An-Nisa, 74)
(But) among (their) Allah.fearing men were two on whom Allah had bestowed His grace: They said: "Assault them at the (proper) Gate: when once ye are in, victory will be yours; But on Allah put your trust if ye have faith." (Surah Al-Maida, 23)
As to those who turn (for friendship) to Allah, His Messenger, and the (fellowship of) believers,- it is the fellowship of Allah that must certainly triumph. (Surah Al-Maida, 56)
Those who believe, and suffer exile and strive with might and main, in Allah.s cause, with their goods and their persons, have the highest rank in the sight of Allah.they are the people who will achieve (salvation). (Surah At-Tawba, 20)
"I have rewarded them this Day for their patience and constancy: they are indeed the ones that have achieved Bliss..." (Surah Al-Muminun, 111)
It is such as obey Allah and His Messenger, and fear Allah and do right, that will win (in the end), (Surah An-Nur, 52)
In a land close by; but they, (even) after (this) defeat of theirs, will soon be victorious- (Surah Ar-Rum, 3)
And that Our forces,- they surely must conquer. (Surah As-Saffat, 173)
But Allah will deliver the righteous to their place of salvation: no evil shall touch them, nor shall they grieve. (Surah Az-Zumar, 61)
Allah has decreed: "It is I and My apostles who must prevail": For Allah is One full of strength, able to enforce His Will. (Surah Al-Mujadala, 21)
O ye who believe! Be ye helpers of Allah. As said Jesus the son of Mary to the Disciples, "Who will be my helpers to (the work of) Allah." Said the disciples, "We are Allah.s helpers!" then a portion of the Children of Israel believed, and a portion disbelieved: But We gave power to those who believed, against their enemies, and they became the ones that prevailed. (Surah As-Saff, 14)


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Japan has acknowledged for the first time that a worker at the Fukushima nuclear power plant, destroyed by an earthquake and tsunami more than seven years ago, died from radiation exposure.
The Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry ruled last Friday (Aug 31) that compensation should be paid to the family of the man in his 50s who died from lung cancer, an official told Reuters by phone.
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Date: 19/10/2016
The Shortsea Promotion Center Spain, in co-operation with the European Shortsea Network (ESN), organized the European Shortsea Conference 2016 in Barcelona.
This Conference is held annually, each edition in a different country and is organized by the corresponding national Shortsea Promotion Center. In previous years, the Conference has taken place in Dublin 2012, Paris 2013, Lisbon 2014, Copenhagen 2015 and now in Barcelona 2016.
The conference was focused on Northern Europe/Atlantic and East & West Mediterranean short sea shipping markets. The event will put a spotlight on market demand and environmental regulations, comprising also a training on new intermodal logistics with the use of short sea shipping and a session on European transport policy and its financing.
The event was co-hosted by Barcelona Port and it had the support of the following members of the Association: Grimaldi, GNV, Flota Suardíaz and Neptune Lines.
Furthermore, it had the following sponsors: Bureau Veritas, Gas Natural, Trasmediterranea and Wärtsilä.
The Conference was opened by Jose Llorca, President of Spanish State Ports; Pere Padrosa, General Director of Transport and Mobility of Generalitat de Catalunya; Sixte Cambra, President of Barcelona Port Authority; Manuel Carlier, President of SPC Spain; Hans K. Haram, ESN Representative; and Enrique Soravilla, President of TRANSCALIT/CETM.
The Conference put the focus on the main priorities of Short Sea Shipping and it was divided into the following five sessions.
Almost 200 delegates attended the Conference, representing all the areas involved in maritime transport, particularly, Short Sea Shipping.
Mr Jason Bongailas and Mr Silvan Fleri represented Malta Shortsea Promotion Centre for this conference.


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lesson 9: Help
In this lesson we'll look at Help; what's available and where to find it. Version and licensing information are available here. Help is where license management takes place.
Fig. 9.1 illustrates the Help drop-down menu.
Help offers informational resources but also helps you to manage your software and any additional licenses. The first choice, About Unity launches a Window showing your version of Unity. It displays a continuing scroll of the Unity development team and lists the other technologies, such as the Mono Project, which have been integrated into Unity. In the lower right hand corner is displayed the License type for Unity and any additional platform publishing licenses. The absence of a license for a particular platform in this list does not necessarily mean that publication to that platform is prohibited; many platforms do not require a license. Note that these additional licenses are for use of Unity's additional publishing packages. They are issued by Unity rather than the platform owners themselves. Copyright information as well as the installation's unique "Serial number" are also found here.
Unity Manual opens up an offline copy in the operator's default browser. The Unity Manual that is opened through Unity is typically the best reference as it will match your version. Http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/index.html is the on-line location of the most up-to-date Manual. Of course, if you do not have the latest Unity version (not always a bad thing), the Unity Manual is bound to reference features lacking in your installation.
Scripting Reference exists alongside the Unity Manual. It provides reference for scripting. Often in transitioning from "Hello World" code examples to real-world usage, novice programmers will encounter and be intimidated by code they've never seen before. Typically this un-encountered code consists of class, function, and variable names specific to the software they are developing. The un-encountered code isn't something the novice programmer is expected to know; it's something he or she is expected to learn. Code specific to Unity is learned from studying Scripting Reference.
By now you know that anytime you see the word Vuforia (as in Vuforia Engine), it refers to Augmented Reality development, aka, AR. Since this book is about VR we can skip this section.
Premium Expert Help – Beta (as of the time of this writing) connects you to a community expert for "1:1 help to solve your toughest Unity questions." As the name suggests, this is a premium service. You can select your expert according to reputation, specialty, and minute-ly rate, beginning at $1/min.
Unity Services links to online blurbs about "world-class services for monetizing, making, and improving your game." Unity Ads, Unity Analytics, Unity Collaborate, and Unity Multiplayer are just some of the services that can be leveraged to better make and monetize your game. These services are available at different price points depending on your use status: Pro, Plus, or Personal. Activated Services are made available through the Service View.
Unity's provided reference materials won't always anticipate what knowledge is needed to complete a specific task. They certainly won't anticipate solutions to software bugs. If you encounter a problem in Unity, chances are good that someone else has encountered it first. Chances are fair to middling that someone has even posted a solution! The best places to look for such solutions are in Unity Forums and Unity Answers. The Unity developers are always looking for suggestions as to how Unity can be improved. If you have a notion about how to make the world's best engineered engine even better, be sure to click on Unity Feedback. This will launch Unity's online feedback management system in your default browser. In addition to giving suggestions, you can view, vote up, and socialize other users' suggestions.
Check for Updates checks for updates. If a newer version is available, a download link will present itself. Clicking the link will take you to a page that will allow you to download and install a completely new version of Unity through Unity Hub. Unity Hub "provides a convenient new way to manage your Unity projects and installations. You can use the Hub to create your Project, associate a default version of the Unity Editor with the project, and manage the installation of multiple versions of the Editor." As with any upgrade, create a .unitypackage back-up first!
Download Beta downloads the Beta, if you first join the Open Beta program. Joining involves clicking on a link that says "Join our Open Beta program" and takes you immediately to the Beta download pages.
Manage License quite fittingly opens the Window License Management. This Window offers several buttons for pressing: Check for updates, Activate new license, Return license, Manual activation, Buy Professional Edition, Help, and FAQ. Next to each button is a succinct and serviceable description. It is safe to gloss over these descriptions until a need to read arises. Be aware, however, that in order to activate an in-use Unity license on another computer or laptop it must first be returned. This process is a form of DRM.
Release Notes opens to a webpage. The Release Notes webpage lists information about what has changed between the previous version of Unity and the one you are currently using. When weighing the pros and cons of attempting a Unity update, Release Notes proves an invaluable resource.
Software Licenses opens up a text file containing all the licensing types (and explanations thereof if somehow exceptional) of the software that comprises Unity.
You just had to have the newest, shiniest version of Unity, didn't you? You didn't follow any of the aforementioned advice, did you? You just clicked on "Update" like you didn't have a care in the world. Welcome to Report a Bug. If in the course of normal operations you encounter a problem with Unity, you should report the problem to its developers. Report a Bug will launch the Unity Bug Reporter questionnaire, prompting you to "describe the problem in as much detail as possible." Note that in addition to the details you provide, Unity automatically collects information about your OS and running applications. If you are OK with this and feel you've filled out the form adequately, click Send Error Report. Otherwise re-edit or abort by clicking Don't Send. The Unity developers' bug-squashing efforts are very proactive. Reporting bugs will help ensure that you and your fellow developers encounter fewer and fewer problems throughout the version's life-cycle.
Reset Packages to defaults resets Packages to defaults. This shouldn't be necessary unless you encounter unwanted, confusing, or conflicting behavior with respect to the Packages you've installed.
Troubleshoot Issue opens up the Troubleshooter window. It contains links that are mostly redundant. For example, it provides a "Unity answers" link that can also be accessed earlier in the Help menu drop-down.
In this lesson we looked at Help. License management was discussed. We learned of several sources of documentation and human assistance. We learned that upgrading Unity should not be treated as a foregone conclusion; upgrading can have dire consequences. Doing so should only result as a decision informed of the pros and cons.


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People generally ask a question what is better; a personal loan or a credit card. This actually depends on the purpose why either of the two is being sought. Broadly speaking both can be categorized as loans or credits with different nature and diverse inherent advantages and disadvantages. Unless, the purpose of obtaining such a facility is not clear it will be difficult to draw a comparison between the two or understand how to avail either of these options. Regardless, the idea is to understand how to avail credit cards and personal loans, and what are the advantages you can derive from both these options.
Understanding Credit Cards
In essence, why would you need a credit card? If you are a frequent traveller for business or leisure, having a credit card in the wallet is always beneficial. It can be troublesome to carry loads of cash either in Pak Rupee or foreign currency, in such a case credit cards are a sheer convenience. The other reason is safety and security while going out for shopping or travelling around in the city or outside. Credit cards could be used in times of an emergency when one may to run out of paper money or have a large sum of cash at hand readily available. Credit cards could be obtained by various banks in Pakistan, provided that you have an active account in the respected bank such as HBL, UBL, MCB and etc. There would be certain requirements set forth by the bank as well that has to be fulfilled by the individual such as a passport size picture, a copy of your CNIC and a clear credit card or loan history
You can use your credit cards in various ways and can derive several advantages:
- Helpful in emergencies and in situations where a person does not have the cash available for an immediate expense
- You do not have to carry bundles of currency notes to make heavy purchases.
- Safety and security is guaranteed.
- Partial payment of amount spent can be made while the credit card keeps working for you therefore a lot of convenience.
- Several banks offer substantial discounts in collaboration with retail vendors while making a purchase with their credit card.
- A person can withdraw cash up to 50% of credit available if immediate need for the cash arises- each bank has a different withdrawal limit which you can compare here in our credit card comparison tool.
But there are disadvantages to availing credit cards too.
- A person can go overboard in spending and end up indulging in impulsive buying.
- The usual credit rate is fairly high; between 37 to 43%. Banks levy heavy charges such as Credit Shield Cover, Renewals, Service Charges and Insurance besides substantial interest on the money used. Evaluate different charges and costs on your choice of card here.
- Large amount in the name of late payment surcharge in case the payment is not made within due date.
Understanding Personal Loans
When a person applies or gets a personal loan, the objective is somehow clear and that person knows where the money will be invested or spent. Some of the primary reasons to get personal loans could be; going for a pilgrimage, planning a wedding or paying for education like school fee, etc. The re-payment schedule and amount to be reimbursed to bank is predetermined. Personal loans are offered by various conventional and Islamic banks in Pakistan. Before a personal loan is credited to an individual, he or she should meet a set of criteria as well that may include previous banking history, bank and income statements so that the bank can have assurance that the individual could pay the bank back as well.
You need to realize the kind of advantages you can gain by availing a personal loan. Sometimes, obtaining a personal loan is advantageous over spending your own savings, depending on the annual percentage rate of the personal loan, versus the amount of earning lost when money is taken out from savings to pay for the expense you've planned for.
- The principal amount offered by many banks for personal loan varies between Rs. 50,000 to 2 million, depending up the financial status of the loan seeker. Hence, large amount can be available to cope up with any need depending on your salary or financial status in your business, along with the kind of credit history you hold at the moment.
- The loan amount is fixed and a person knows how much is due. Similarly, instalment amount is also fixed, therefore a person can budget his or her income and make provision for instalments on a monthly basis.
- The payable amount does not increase if all instalments are paid in time. Once the predetermined loan period ends and all instalments are paid, the person is free from debt.
- Personal loans can be used for any large expenses, and the biggest advantage of availing a personal loan is that it is an unguaranteed loan, thus you don't have to assign specific collateral that the bank would use against non-payment.
Personal loans do come with a certain set of disadvantages as well.
- Personal loans are relatively harder to obtain in comparison to credit cards if a person does not have a credible banking history. The reason is primarily because personal loans are not backed by any collateral.
- Interest or mark-up rates are high but cumulatively speaking not as high as credit cards. Banks in Pakistan usually lend money with interest rates between 18-25%.
- If for any reason a person is willing to repay more than the instalment at any point in time, they cannot do that. Early settlements on the loan cannot be done either. Bank may charge the entire or substantial part of anticipated interest on early settlement.
You can always use KarloCompare's comparison tool to find out best options that are available for personal loans. Be it the kind of interest rates you're willing to pay, or the amount that you need, or the kind of purpose you would like to fulfil.


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#4d - 316 Morrison Drive, Yorkton
The Abby. A condominium built in 2014, this property has it all! From bottom up, you have underground parking wiith some storage (other storage available in the building); each floor has a activity room such as a small library, workout space, a room to play cards in along with a storage room for that particular floor. All the way to the top floor and you will find a rooftop terrace!!!! So nice to have a place to relax in the sun! This condo is a single bedroom unit with a very sensible floor plan. The kitchen, dining area and living room are all open concept. A deck off the family room provides some outdoor space perfect for the BBQ. Also there is storage space inside the utility room for your extras. The ceilings are 9 feet high. The deck is situated on the west side of the building. This home is pretty perfect for that single person or couple who require the easier life. Easy to show and available immediatley.
Amenities Room, Elevator, Exercise Area, Lounge, Recreation Centre, Visitor Parking, Wheelchair Access
Air Conditioner (Central), Wheelchair Accessible
Garage Door Opnr/control(s), Dryer, Dishwasher Built In, Fridge, Microwave Hood Fan, Stove, Window Treatment, Washer
Forced Air, Natural Gas, Hot Water
Balcony(S), Lawn Back, Lawn Front, Patio(S), Trees/Shrubs
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New quotes – Cheongdamdong Alice, Faith, Full House…
August 2, 2013 § 2 Comments
Dramas in this post: Cheongdamdong Alice, Faith, Flower Boy Next Door, Full House, Gokusen, Gu Family Book, I Hear Your Voice, Invincible Shan Bao Mei, Koishite Akuma, Maging Sino Ka Man, Meteor Garden II, My Friend Is Still Alive, Rolling Love, Single Princesses and Blind Dates, Stairway To Heaven, Take Care of the Young Lady, The Secret That Cannot Be Told, The Rose, Under The Hawthorn Tree, Why Why Love, Yankee-kun to Megane-chan
Cheongdamdong Alice
"Fine. I'll go. But this time, protect her. Don't put your emotions first. Make sure you know what she really wants and try to understand her. Then you'll be able to protect her. Don't fail. I'm being sincere. This is the only way that you and I can move on." – Yoon Joo
"How did love become a crisis in my life? I was someone who couldn't live without love. I was hung up on a love for over 6 years. Watching other people marry due to family backgrounds, I thought, maybe those people can be happy without love. But I thought I was a different type you see." – Se Kyung
"In this world, no one can be happy without love." – Yoon Joo
"My heart is beating really fast. I am like this whenever I'm with you. You are sensible, honest, and brave. But I am petty, weak, and fearful. Yet I still told you that I liked you… so don't be afraid." – Seung Jo
"I was going to confess using this cool script. But none of this is right. That… kind of stuff isn't me. I… I am a coward because the person I love might throw me away, might leave me. I am afraid. I get scared. When I was little, my mother let go of my hand and left, back when the person I loved suddenly packed her bags and left. These things haunt my dreams. Sometimes I get so scared, I turn the lights on. Now you know, I am not a cool CEO. I am not a prince that saved you, Se Kyung-sshi. I am just, one who loves Se Kyung-sshi. Just an ordinary man, Se Kyung-sshi. I love you to the point of being annoying. So, if you are able to accept someone like me, decide Se Kyung-sshi. So, please don't throw me away, don't leave me. Se Kyung-sshi, you save me." – Seung Jo
Quote of the day~ K-POP – The Ultimate Audition
August 2, 2013 § Leave a comment
"Dreams will be fulfilled if you want them badly enough."
– Seung Yeon / K-POP – The Ultimate Audition [kdrama]
That Winter, The Wind Blows quotes
April 7, 2013 § Leave a comment
"I, who wants to live, met a woman who wants to die. We are clearly very different. But for some reason… at that moment, that woman seemed like me. For the first time, I became curious about that woman." – Oh Soo
Quote of the day~ One Percent of Anything
February 6, 2013 § 1 Comment
"We don't have to have blood relations in order to be brothers and sisters. Flesh and blood, those are just things that we're made of. In a real family, what matters is our hearts. We care, show concern and love. Anyone can be family too."
– Da Hyun / One Percent of Anything [kdrama]
Quote of the day~ Flower Boy Next Door
January 13, 2013 § 3 Comments
"How timid and frail is unrequited love? A place you entered of your own accord, but you're trapped inside, unable to find an exit. He doesn't know a thing, and could one day leave my line of sight, and the love ends passively. A love that does not bloom flowers, and thus cannot dream of bearing fruit. A love like a seed that is forgotten. That is unrequited love."
– Dok Mi / Flower Boy Next Door [kdrama]
Quote of the day~ Save The Last Dance For Me
January 6, 2013 § 1 Comment
"I have many things to tell you, and if I don't say them now, I'm scared I will forget. But when I see you, I don't know where to start."
– Hyun Woo / Save The Last Dance For Me [kdrama]
Nice Guy quotes
December 27, 2012 § 1 Comment
"People, you see… are ruthless and foolish. When they're young, in order to have money and power, they give up everything like health and youth. And when they get sick, become old, and have all the money and power… in order to find their health and youth again, they spend all of the wealth they've wasted so much energy and time to accumulate." – Jae Hee


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I am an ornithologist and researcher, working on the boundary between fundamental and applied science. My main aim is to increase our understanding of our ecosystem and birds in particular to aid their conservation and protection. During my PhD I studied the interaction between mallards and plant seeds in freshwater wetlands and switched to the role of waterfowl migration in the spread of avian influenza viruses. More recently, I started working at Sovon, the Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, where I am mainly dealing with topics related to waterbirds, farmland birds and avian diseases. On the side, I am running a citizen science project to shed light on the decline of mallards in the Netherlands.
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Beyond the Glass Ceiling—Achieving Gender Equity in Risk Stratification for Cardiovascular Imaging
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In this issue of iJACC, Coelho-Filho et al. (1) report on the prognostic utility of stress cardiac magnetic resonance myocardial perfusion imaging (CMR-MPI) for risk stratification of women and men. Importantly, in this relatively large cohort of women and men, there were no gender differences in the risk of major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) rates by CMR-MPI results. For women with ischemia, the annual MACE rate was 15% as compared to <0.5% for those with no ischemia. These results are striking given that now all commonly applied diagnostic imaging modalities can successfully risk stratify both women and men with equal accuracy including nuclear, echocardiography, and computed tomographic angiographic anatomic measurements. The enormity of this subject must be placed within the context of the annual burden of cardiovascular disease that includes nearly 450,000 female deaths annually with nearly 10 million women living with chronic stable angina (2). Moreover, this report is compelling, giving the storied history of diagnostic testing in women with numerous reports noting technical limitations and a diminished accuracy of testing (3,4). Numerous factors intensify the dilemma of evaluating women presenting with suspected cardiac symptoms due to their atypical presentation (i.e., less exertional and more stress-related symptoms) and frequent presentation with nonspecific symptoms such as malaise or fatigue. The extent to which symptom presentation results in a limited ability to differentiate coronary artery disease (CAD) risk, cardiac imaging modalities are decidedly important in refining a woman's risk assessment.
Prior reports have focused on gender differences in prognostic accuracy for other imaging modalities including large observational reports from stress echocardiography and stress myocardial perfusion SPECT (5–7) and published evidence of the utility of computed tomographic assessment of the anatomic burden of obstructive and nonobstructive CAD (8,9). One could argue as to which test provides the greatest magnitude of incremental information for refining risk in women, but in lieu of comparative effectiveness evidence this would be speculation on the part of the Editors of this journal. Despite this, the report on the utility of CMR-MPI in this issue of iJACC remains an important milestone due to the continued interest and recent growth in utilization of this modality. CMR also has several novel measures that may provide unique value in detecting risk for female patients, including the documentation of subendocardial ischemia, microinfarction with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE), and the ability with amazing detail to interrogate the vasculature and composition of plaque in certain vascular beds. For example, in the recent report highlighted in this issue (1), the percentage of the myocardium with LGE was one of the strongest prognostic variables in women without a history of prior myocardial infarction.
This report (1) signifies the importance of gender neutrality in test accuracy for the field of cardiovascular imaging. Accordingly, the field of cardiovascular imaging has over the past decade repeatedly reported on gender differences in prognostic accuracy and importantly prioritized evidence development in women. A focus by the cardiovascular imaging community on targeted key patient populations, such as women, reflects that the noninvasive field is oriented toward the patient by providing the best evidence to guide accurate and appropriate use of all imaging modalities. The development of gender equity evidence plays a strategic role in effecting early and efficient diagnosis of CAD in females contributing to the reported 40% reduction in cardiovascular mortality for women in the US over the past decade (2).
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Viral Implosion - chapter 12
The community that evolved around Jon and Rika was both typical and atypical. Similar coexistent patterns were dotted over the United States and Europe, differing by what talents and resources were available in the area. Unlike Preppers' forts, these communities were based on mutual help and trust, and the sharing of information.
While everyone was noticing the changes around them, Naomi and Zach were the first to be directly affected by receiving notice that their university was being 'disbanded' and all positions, tenured or not, were being discontinued. This polite language meant that everyone at the college was being fired without recourse. There was an auction for the resources, facilities and equipment planned for a month after the dissolution of the school. This gave Naomi the idea of talking to all her friends at the next dinner party, which happened to be at her house.
The Shonfeld home was roomy, nestled on a fenced-in five acres. Inside and out it gave a very cozy feel. The yard was left to grow naturally, with as little manicuring as possible, allowing a variety of trees (including a fruit-tree grove) standing amid wildflowers, shrubbery, moss and lichen. Foot worn paths were the means of navigation. Inside was festooned with live plants and vases of flowers grown on those plants and those outside. After drinks and munchies were handed out they all sat around the huge fireplace, and Naomi shared her idea.
"As you all know, Zach and I are no longer teaching at the university. The state is auctioning off everything on campus, and even the campus itself, on the seventh of next month. My immediate thought was to purchase the greenhouses and the entire botany section. And Zach immediately latched on to all the animals being housed there. We were figuring that by renting a moving van for a day we could move the greenhouses and animals here; Jon could help us build a barn. If nothing else, this would enable us to have meat and even grow fruits and vegetables during the Pennsylvania winters.
"That would allow us to survive, but what about our friends? If a couple of you helped out on the farming and ranching, we would be glad to share what promises to be an abundance with you.
"Then I thought, what about the rest of you? Surely there are things you would like to have at a bargain price as well?"
Rika jumped on that. "Oh, yes. The mini pharmacy and the treatment room I converted my sun room to are becoming way insufficient. Don't they have an infirmary at the university?" At Naomi's nod, she continued, "I'm not sure where I could house all the equipment, but this area really needs it. Jon and I have some money put away. I'm certainly going to be sure all that stuff doesn't end up overgrown with weeds!"
Jon added, "And their maintenance department must be a goldmine for all kinds of valuable equipment in order to take care of all those buildings and equipment. I'm in!"
As a lawyer, Ben had no major interest, but he did volunteer to attend just to make sure the auction was handled properly, considering all the rioting and looting that cities have been subject to. Laws are being regularly ignored, especially where there is no enforcement. But often just an authoritative voice is enough to keep people civil. Willie, on the other hand, was seriously concerned that all the good art be preserved. Portraits of past presidents are worthless, but universities are often the recipients of art as an alumni gift, and this one has a pretty decent museum of its own that she has visited frequently.
Beth's mouth watered at the thought of computer labs and all the administrative computer equipment, a lot of which she would love to play with. However, on a practical level, she was already personally well equipped ("Mike, stop snickering."), but would love to establish a Web server and a data server that were unmonitored by outside forces.
Mike listened to all these ideas. "I had to take four weeks of retraining to go from commercial airlines to private jets. I don't overhear much, even though I admit to eavesdropping on the occasional opportunity. However, I see many influential people from the corporate world, the military and even politics, meeting together. Something is up and I suspect they are involved in this. So for my own curiosity, I want to attend.
Daisy added, "And I'm interested in knowing how this will impact real estate in the area. Mike and I have a minivan, as does Naomi. Why don't we all go there as a group? If I don't see anything worth purchasing, I can offer to help some of you to achieve your purchases."
And so it was agreed; they would go as a small group of investors.
In the following month, on the seventh, the nine of them plus some of the adult children clambered into four vans and sojourned to the university campus. Braced for crowds, they were surprised when they clambered out of the vans in front of the assembly hall to find few competitors. There were musicians there, a few scholars with no idea what they wanted, and scientists. Quite a few students were milling around, with no way to get home or no home to go to. Foreign students had volunteered to be deported, as the only way to get home.
The auction began right on time. However, current incomes being threatened or nonexistent, whatever sold brought in only change. Daisy called a huddle – they should consider purchasing the campus itself as a group. And they did, getting the land and facilities for a total of $45,000, which they pooled. The state delivered a full quit claim deed. Everyone put in an equal amount and got an equal 'share'. Married couples got a share for each person and contributed twice as much. Later Ben put it all into legalese, just in case any outside sources wanted to question it.
Naomi and Zach got in touch with their friends in the physics and engineering faculties and got a couple of them to join the group.
Musicians bought just about all of the instruments. Some were setting up itinerant bands, to travel from hub community to hub community and headquarters to headquarters. The solvent world was thirsting for entertainment. The drama club turned themselves into a traveling troupe with an ever expanding repertoire, purchasing all the scripts on campus and any plays in the library. A couple of would-be playwrights joined the fray.
When the dust settled, there was a communal intake of breath. What had they done??? In an action precipitated by opportunity, reality sunk in. This was the way 'things' were going and they needed to take advantage of this happenstance.
Since most of the members of the group owned their homes outright, these folks moved into faculty housing on the campus; their children, struggling with mortgages, moved into the homes and put their own homes up for sale. Anyone with farm animals moved them onto the campus. Any local regulations were basically ignored if they even existed, so there were no more leash laws or zoning restrictions. Like the settlers of old, they functioned with a minimum of rules. When there was something to be resolved, a town meeting of sorts was held at the assembly hall and decisions were determined by a majority democratic vote.
Willie was having a grand time helping everyone redecorate. Willie was also a very talented craftsperson, and often taught others how to sew, knit, weave baskets, just about any 'crafty' skill.
Ben became the ad hoc mayor of the campus. He wrote up an agreement, in plain language, that every participant had to read, understand and sign. This agreement was to respect and support the guidelines of the community. Upon signing it, each person was given a card signed by him/her; in the event that someone questioned the person's right to participate, s/he could show the card. If someone blatantly defied the guidelines, a town meeting of sorts was held and the person's privileges could be revoked, effectively exiling him or her.
Food grown or ranched on campus was stored in the cafeteria freezers and refrigerators. There were a lot of people (students, workers, faculty) who wanted to stay and help the effort. These people stayed at the dormitories and ate at the cafeteria. Rika managed the cafeteria, teaching people how to preserve food and cook on a large scale without turning it into prison food. People who wanted to cook in their own homes could submit a shopping list at the cafeteria, which was then filled and picked up. Residents of the dorms took care of their own cleaning and laundry and could rustle up snacks after hours. Thus the cafeterias became like a clubhouse, as did the dorm lobbies.
Jon finally found enough work to please him, taking over the maintenance shops and stores. He became known as The Handyman, and a few students and workers became his assistants. He still had time to continue his woodworking projects (with a couple of new disciples), so the look in the area lost a lot of its institutional flavor. He found a couple of engineers who were already looking into alternate fuels and they were tasked immediately to find a way to fuel the generator without depending on outside gasoline.
Transportation around campus was automatically scooters, bicycles and horses.
Beth took over the center for administrative computing. There are always talented students around, and they turned these computers into a closed system. All computers on campus were disconnected from the World Wide Web for the time being, not to punish the users but to secure the campus. In Beth's office, a Web server was set up and one computer was set up to the Internet, with three layers of firewalls. From here, they could keep in touch with Usenets at other campuses and research facilities. Discoveries and solutions to problems were shared among scientists without making them public, to prevent the government from intervening and weaponizing the discoveries. This meant limited funds, since the government used to be a great source for grants, but they had dried up a long time ago. All the rest of the computers, in classrooms, private rooms, computer labs, and private homes were connected by cat-5 (cheap but very workable) so that they could all access an intranet Beth's crew set up. This enabled communication throughout the community as well as sharing of updates schedules and just about everything else. Whenever someone needed something which required linking to the outside world, a request was sent to Beth and handled from her computer. Software could be shared and traded through Beth's department.
Wi-fi usage was discouraged. This meant phones, notepads and all other devices. Rather than ban their usage altogether, users were asked to agree to not share certain information, such as locality and any information about this new mini-society that was developing. Everyone getting involved with the campus was fully oriented on the information gathering going on around them and how it would hurt the users to expose what was happening there. Rather than text or call each other, people were encouraged to meet face to face. With a limited space, this was not a very challenging request, and the cafeterias soon became more like public houses, replete with music and lounging areas. One spot on the east end of the campus was dubbed The Pub; the one on the west end was named The Rathskeller. For at least six months of the year the windows were open and music poured out onto the lawns.
Daisy became the concierge, helping decide who lives and works where and finding people for needed positions. She set up a bulletin board in the cafeteria for news, and had a spot on the home page of the intranet. They tried not to turn anyone away, but each person had to be able to contribute something, which was easier than it might seem. The community needed barbers, hair stylists, dishwashers, plumbers, carpenters, mechanics, dentists, doctors, nurses, everything that keeps a community going. They wanted to avoid monetary exchanges, so basically services were open to all. In turn, the servicing people were given housing and food. It was basically socialism until they could iron out methods of exchange. Daisy kept track of who came in, what their skills were, where they lived, and got them supplies they might need. A lot of professional people brought their own equipment and supplies.
Dorms were left as is. Other (classroom) buildings started converting over, one at a time, to "malls" for businesses and services. All of this was flexible, being handled as a situation occurs, with the knowledge that plans may change. People who had nearby homes could avail themselves of services, food and so on as long as they contributed to the community in one way or another.
One playing field with bleachers was maintained for casual sports, and the area around it was laid out for picnicking. Jon and his cohorts built a playscape for the little ones.
Other fields were converted to grazing land, one by one, for the animals. Pigs, sheep, cows, chickens, goats and horses were kept on campus. Horses were used for their strength (pulling wagons and plows) as well as transportation. Pigs were husbanded for meat. Sheep provided wool and meat. Goats and cows provided milk (and therefore cheese), and some cows were raised for beef. Chickens provided eggs and meat. Groves were started in one field, to grow fruit, nuts and olives. Some more tropical plants were raised in the greenhouses. Orchids made way for peaches. There was even a decent-sized herb garden for cooking and medicine.
There was no such thing as garbage pickup. "Trash" was delivered to a recycling area, to be separated as plastic, glass, paper and cardboard. All organic trash (food leavings, leaves, weeds, clippings, old flowers) were deposited at the compost center, where it was regularly turned over and made into mulch. Residents could then pick up mulch for their own gardens. Paper was in low supply, since there was little in processed food available. Mechanical engineers created a mill to reprocess paper. Glass bottles were recycled to bottle locally-made soda and sauces, so including bottle caps was encouraged. The same for glass jars. The gardens were producing plenty to be stored, and the kitchen people were enthusiastic about preserving any excess. Cardboard boxes were saved for packing food for pickup and other packing and storing needs. Cardboard that had been shredded was added to the paper mill.
Three windmills were built and located throughout the campus; this was sufficient to supply electricity to everyone with extra stored in batteries. Engineers also built solar panels which were placed on dorms and homes, supplying electricity to those buildings and filling up batteries. It was planned to eventually set up each building with its own solar power.
Water was still being supplied by the utility company, and that meant pooling (taxing) money from each resident, which wouldn't work for long, as people lost their jobs. So a group of civil engineers went searching and found a stream which was fed by the nearby mountains. The water was tested and found pure, so they tapped the stream into the utility supply line. Waste water was still going through the utility's sewer system. Plans were made to build a water treatment plant. Since groundwater and city water was no longer being used, it was assumed that the waste water would be easier to treat. Stream water is not treated with chlorine and not going through lead pipes, so there were fewer chemicals to deal with. Still, once treating their own water, regular water tests would continue, more frequently than they were with the stream water input.
Once the settlement was established, communications on the Usenets started flying about. Online shopping was shipped to depots, since there was no longer a postal service. But too much financial information passes along the Information Highway, so this was not available to residents. Instead, methods of resolving current situations in "the outer world" were traded.
None of this was viewed as a permanent solution, but rather as an evolution; as situations such as snow plowing all roads and driveways cropped up, people would find a methodology. Suggestions on the community bulletin boards were seriously evaluated and often adopted. The sense of community was high, and it became beneficial to have monthly 'town hall meetings' in the auditorium, open to all, to cover ideas, suggestions and changes. Rather than handling these meetings like a courtroom, they were information-sharing meetings, and when necessary, changes were adopted by a simple democratic majority vote of all who attended.
© 2016 Bonnie-Jean Rohner
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Wow, now this is a neat little gem of a tee from Flying Mouse 365. This is definitely one of those concept tees that look great as a mock up. Now, if I only I could see and feel the real thing. The print on this tee is huge and probably very difficult to pull off. I kind of wish that the part of the head not on the front would wrap around to the back and so would part of the hair – that would have been so awesome.
The shirt design itself probably speaks more to women than it does men, but I am sure that many of you fashion friendly men that read this blog would not mind one bit wearing this shirt. OFF by Flying Mouse 365 is available now at the Flying Mouse store for $21. It is printed on a white American Apparel tee and the print uses plastisol ink, making it soft to the touch.
I also noticed that the Flying Mouse 365 site has moved away from the limited edition weekly release model. They no longer release 7 new designs a week.


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Albany, NY – The Sage Colleges has selected Zachary Williams (Cobleskill, NY) as the next head coach for the men's and women's cross country and track and field programs. Williams will replace Jim Bowles who was the first coach in the squads' history, who retired the past spring. Williams, a 2012 graduate of Vassar College, arrives at Sage after having served the past four seasons as an assistant at nearby Siena College.
Williams said of his selection, "Working with the men and women of Siena was an invaluable experience." He continued, "I am indebted to them for all I learned, but am eagerly looking forward to this new challenge. We are situated in a hotbed of high school running talent, and I hope to channel that into a successful program."
Director of Athletics Sandy Augstein-Collins said of Williams, "We are happy that Zach has accepted our offer to be our next cross country and track and track and field coach at Sage." She added, "he brings with him Division III experience having had a successful collegiate career at Vassar College. He brings with him some exciting ideas and thoughts on how to improve all of our running programs and I look forward to the growth of the Gator programs under Zach's leadership."
While at Vassar, Williams earned First Team Liberty League Honors as a senior in cross country in the fall of 2011 after earning second team honors his junior season. He distinguished himself on the track as the 2010 Liberty League championship in the 800 meter run after posting two runner-up titles in the same event during his collegiate track career. A runner-up in the 2012 Liberty League in the 1,500 meter run in Outdoor Track, he also earned multiple ECAC qualifying times in the 800 meter and 1,500 meter runs as well as a member of the Brewers' 4 x 800 and 4 x 400 relay teams.
Since graduating from Vassar in 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts in Greek and Roman studies, he also earned his Masters' degree in 2017 from the University at Albany in Secondary Education.
While at Siena, Williams guided led the men's team to a second straight fifth place finish to tie the program's best-ever since 2005. The men's side boasted freshman Evans Kibet who earned All-MAAC honors with a 15th place finish with the second fastest freshman MAAC Championship time in program history. The men won the Rider Invitational for the first team win in 12 years, while they took top three in five of their seven meets. Kibet set a new freshman 8K record (24:44.93) and won MAAC Runner of the Week for the first men's weekly award since 2009. The women took seventh in the cross country meet and was led by All-MAAC honoree Sarah Forman. Forman won two races during the season (Colonie Park Season Opener and Nassaney Invitational). She was just the second Siena individual to win a meet in the last 15 years. Six females broke the 23:00 mark in the 6K.
The track season was highlighted by Forman taking the 3000m Indoor Title and 1500m Outdoor Title. She is the first Siena track athlete to win an individual title. The men also set a new school record and qualified for the IC4A Championship in the Distance Medley Relay with a 10:15.62 time. Forman also qualified for the ECAC Indoor Championship in the 3000m. During the indoor season, the men finished eighth and the women took seventh. At the MAAC Outdoor Championship, both the men and women finished in seventh, moving a spot up from their respective eighth and ninth place finishes last season.
In 2016, Williams assisted in guiding the men's team to a fifth place finish which is tied for the program's best-ever since 2005. Each of the team's top-10 finishers came in with the 10 fastest MAAC Championship times in program history, including Nick Miller who posted the fastest time in the MAAC Championship program history. His 17th place individual finish also was the highest placement in MAAC Championship history for the Saints. On the women's side, the team came in eighth while Shannon Bauer finished ninth overall. Her ninth place finish in the highest finish by a Siena woman in the MAAC Championship since Brina Seguine (2007), while she broke the previous school record for fastest time in the MAAC Championship, which she set in 2014.
In the inaugural track season at Siena, Williams aided in putting together a team where the both the men and women finished eighth at the MAAC Indoor Championship. The men finished third in the distance medley relay with a school record time of 10:17.38, which was good enough to qualify for the IC4A Championship. Sarah Forman qualified as a wildcard entry for the ECAC Championship with her 5:05.27 mile mark. Forman finished in 23rd in the mile at the ECAC Championship. The men and women finished with respective eighth and ninth place finishes at the MAAC Outdoor Championship. Paolo Fiore represented Siena at the IC4A Outdoor Championship when he qualified in the 1500m at the MAAC Outdoor Championship. His 3:54.57 mark led him to the trails at Princeton and ultimately, he finished 37th overall with a time of 4:02.50.
"I believe that success in running, jumping, or throwing can come to anyone willing to do the work, put in the time and effort, and exhibit the dedication necessary for it," noted Williams.


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I've witnessed - and so have you - some of the most skilled teachers, some of the most gifted athletes, some of the most effective leaders - who have behaviors that short-circuit their careers. In fact, we all have behaviors that aren't helpful but only some decide to do something about it.
I recently watched a talented athlete lose it in the heat of the moment, revealing a character that could easily cut short a career. We read about such events in the news and the court dockets, from financial malfeasance to simple rude and selfish behavior, people implode with actions that stunt their growth.
Some of the most frequent include:
- An Inability to Learn from Criticism - while it's easier when offered in grace, there are lessons to be learned even from our harshest critics. Whether it's a performance review or an accountability group, we all need someone who will share truth with us
- Learning to Deal with Failure - often our identity is caught up in our performance, perhaps expecially for an athlete. Learning to step forward on failure rather than letting it define us is an essential skill for persevering as a leader, athlete or coach.
- Not Listening to Others - people know when we're not listening. Learning about body language can be incredibly helpful but so are those simply listening techniques we've all heard (if we were listening).
- Faulty Perceptions - it's difficult, especially if you're the senior leader, to get honest feedback from your team. Learning ways to seek out the truth is essential to gaining a true perception of your leadership. We human beings are great at fooling ourselves, thinking we're better than we really are.
I've made all these mistakes, and more. No one can be forced to learn. I'm grateful for the coaches and teachers and pastors who sought to add value to my life. I'm disappointed that I didn't listen each time.
The key to change is a change in behavior. And we all have behaviors that we need to change. But how? Here are some things that have worked for me:
1. Recognize and accept that I have blindspots and need help. It's similar to the first step of AA - admitting we are powerless. Until I own that I don't have it all together, I'll never be open to learning new things. That's a painful reality but an essential step.
2. Engage with a coach or gather an accountability group. Changing behavior requires the help of others. Period. Executive coaches are experts in the behavior arena (and Sherpa Coaching is one of the best) and can lead a client to see weaknesses and offer tools for lasting behavior change. These relationships take account of behavior changes and the results. It's not about just thinking differently but behaving differently.
3. Reading. Leaders are learners and anyone who is not learning is no longer leading. Asking others what they are reading is helpful to making sure I expose myself to new thoughts instead of staying in my comfort zone.
We all have behaviors that are getting in our way. What are you doing about yours?


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Local anti-abortion advocates, including 46 from St. Bernard School in Uncasville and the Diocese of Norwich, joined tens of thousands Friday in Washington for the annual March for Life and marked the 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.
Local anti-abortion advocates, including 46 from St. Bernard School in Uncasville and the Diocese of Norwich, joined tens of thousands Friday in Washington for the annual March for Life and marked the 40th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade.
The march, the nation's largest anti-abortion protest, has been held every year since the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion nationally. Marchers on Friday traveled through the streets of Washington and up Capitol Hill to the Supreme Court.
Jill Patten, St. Bernard's director of campus ministry, coordinated this year's trip along with the Norwich diocese's Office of Faith Events. She was one of 11 adults accompanying 35 St. Bernard students.
The 40th anniversary increased the size of the crowd and demonstrators' enthusiasm, said Matthew Thomas of Ledyard, a St. Bernard junior who participated in his third March for Life.
Demonstrators were outside for at least three hours in frigid temperatures, with snow falling for about half of the time, Patten said.
"People really wanted to celebrate life today," Thomas said.
Caleb Violette, of Canterbury, a St. Bernard junior, said he was feeling a little complacent about the rally until Friday.
"I was feeling a little out of it, but being with all those people really brought the issue more in view for me," said Violette, who was participating in his third March for Life.
Religious services that took place Friday and continuing through weekend are strengthening Patten's faith, she said.
"The most striking thing is there are things that we can't control but God can," said Patten, of Waterford, attending the march for the third time.
St. Bernard students and faculty have been going to the march for more than 20 years, Director of Admission Susan Griffin said. The theme of the St. Bernard contingent this year is "a life is a life no matter how small," inspired by the Dr. Seuss book "Horton Hears a Who."
Among Eastern Connecticut religious participating in the march were The Most Rev. Michael Cote, Roman Catholic bishop of Norwich; the Rev. Walter Nagel, pastor of St. Patrick's Church in East Hampton; the Rev. Gregory Gavin, director of vocation at the Diocese of Norwich, and two nuns from the Charity of Our Mother of the Church.
Crowds held signs and chanted Friday on the National Mall in preparing for the March for Life.
Among the speakers was former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum. He says the country responded with love to the struggles of his daughter, Bella, who was born with a serious genetic condition. He said the family is better off for having Bella in their lives.
U.S. Reps. Chris Smith of New Jersey and Diane Black of Tennessee also spoke.
In Texas, the state where Roe vs. Wade started, Republican Gov. Rick Perry has told lawmakers that he expects to make progress during the 2013 session toward his goal of making abortion "at any stage a thing of the past." Anti-abortion activists have pledged to use every legal means possible to make obtaining abortions difficult, if not impossible.
In the four decades since Roe v. Wade, a series of court decisions have narrowed its scope. With each decision, lawmakers in multiple states have followed up by making abortions more difficult to obtain or imposing restrictions on providers.
According to the New York-based Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive-rights think tank, 135 laws aimed in some way at restricting access to abortion were enacted in 30 states — most of them with Republican-controlled legislatures — in 2011 and 2012. More such measures already have been proposed in several states this year.
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The results are in from a survey that asked whether Palm Beach Community College should change its name to reflect its new ability to offer bachelor's degrees.
And while the biggest majority of people _ 40 percent _ said they were partial to the school suggested moniker of "Palm Beach State College", there were also some pretty creative suggestions that include "Obama State College of Palm Beach."
Other suggestions are:
* "The School of Intellagince (sic) and Performance"
* "The "Other" State College"
* "Mike is Awesome State College"
* "Florida's Number One College in West Palm Beach" (the school, of course, is in Lake Worth.)
* "Alligator Community College" (the whole point of the name change is to take out the word "community.")
* "Juan Ponce De leon State College" (maybe they think PBCC holds the secret location of the fountain of youth.
* "Treasure Coast State College" (again, the college is in Lake Worth, not the Treasure Coast.)
* "South Florida College" (what about the two community colleges south of it?)
PBCC's board of trustees will review the survey results Tuesday. They wanted to get community input as to whether the school should change its name.
Several other colleges, including Indian River State College and Miami Dade College have already made the change to reflect their bachelor-degree granting power.
Just 22 percent of 1,790 people who completed the name-change survey objected to a new moniker for the 76-year-old school.
Other school-suggested names include; Palm Beach College, College of Palm Beach, and State College of Palm Beach.


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Zalando founded two new subsidiary companies in November. The first one is Zalando Payments, were Zalando is still looking for a business development manager.
Everything at Zalando, or more accurately: just everything, has to be thought about in a mobile context. After this year's capital markets day I wrote about Zalando vs. Apple Pay:
Where, exactly, can Zalando provide its partners "secure one-tap payment"?
Zalando is, same as Facebook and Amazon for example, not an OS provider like Apple and Google. The latter both have obviously more room to move.
That is why Facebook is feverishly building Messenger into a platform. That is also why Amazon is building new platforms elsewhere (Fire TV, Dash, Echo).
If you are not content with the possibilities and limits of being an app, you either try to move the platform play up the stack (Facebook) or you build your own platforms somewhere else (Amazon).
What is Zalando's plan?
It is not clear yet.
Everything hints at the Facebook route. But Zalando's messages are still too fluffy to make out a definite blueprint.
We'll learn early next year, I guess.
Recently, Zalando launched its fulfillment services with the first outside partner.
The second company Zalando founded this month is Zalando Adtech Lab GmbH, which is a renamed Metrigo. (Zalando bought the German adtech companies Metrigo and nuggad for its media solutions.)
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Starting January 10th, WhippleHill moved the multimedia back-end of their Podium platform to Brightcove for a number of reasons I won't cover here but all positive in the grand scheme of things. But, this did leave me with the opportunity to look at and change from what I was doing with our video pre-processing in their old flash-based system since the Brightcove back-end provides much more flexibility on device support with HTML5 MP4 players in addition to flash capability.
So, starting early January 10th, I began testing. The main process I have been performing around video relate to our Community Meetings, Assemblies and Performances we have and want to make available for the larger community. The Brightcove Recommendations and Specifications page was helpful, but not all that specific. This became more of a trial and error to see what would be acceptable for us and the type of video we were going to be posting now in the new and improved environment.
If you are unsure what sizing and settings will work for you, I suggest you do what I did. Take a 1 min clip of video that is representative of the type of video you will be posting and export that to H.264 MP4 format a few different ways and upload them into your Whipple Hill Media Gallery to see how they show on your Desktop computers and mobile devices. Encoding/exporting 1 minute of video into the different formats will give you a better sense of exactly what happens when you change a setting here or there. It will also provide clarity on file size. Based on how you export your MP4 file, that 1 minute video filesize can range from under 20 megs into 30megs and up. This is extremely useful to understand and be aware of when you process your video. It also allows you to be able to know a 30 minute video with your preferred settings will be x megs when you go to upload it. Brightcove typically has a 2 GB file upload limit and currently WhippleHill has a 1 GB upload limit. So, knowing that and the roughly the size of video encoded with your settings will give you a guideline early in the process on how you should proceed.
Another aspect to consider is what devices people will be accessing the video from. There will be more and more people viewing our video from iOS-based and Android-based devices in the coming months and years, but today most people are still going to want to view it via laptop or desktop. This is important because it helps guide you on your priorities on sizing of the video. If you go lower in resolution, Brightcove does size it up or down very nicely for devices that want to natively go larger, but in my opinion it is probably better to get the video into Brightcove at a reasonable high resolution so even the full-screen player on a widescreen laptop or desktop monitor will look good.
One item to note: Apple does have an .m4v file format they use as a container for video files, but this is NOT the same as MP4. More information on this format can be found here. Just saving a movie out of Apple media applications to the .m4v format will not get you there.
I do most of the initial processing and editing in iMovie then export using QuickTime. You can export from iMovie under the 'Share' menu
Change the Export Pop-up to Movie To MPEG-4
Then into the 'Options' button.
After a lot of testing my MP4 settings for file uploads are ideally this –
Video Format: You want to keep the format H.264.
Data Rate: The most important variable that dictates the size and quality of the resulting file. 3500kbs might be a little overkill, but in testing north and south of that, it seemed that was the cutoff of quality that I was happy with.This setting and the Image Size really are the reasons for quality and file size to fluctuate.
Image Size: Using 1280×720 because the video I have from the HD camera is going to be 16:9 and I wanted larger resolution for the desktop full-screen player. This is way overkill for iPhones and iPads, but still looks nice for desktop full-screen viewing. Brightcove gears down for devices that cannot handle large resolutions really nicely.This is something along with Data Rate you can use to decrease the size (and probably the quality of the resulting MP4)
Frame Rate: Typically from most cameras, your video will be recorded at 30FPS (frames per second) but this is often many more frames and data than needed. I geared down on the frames per second because it does save some file space and it is really not noticeable for viewers to have be at 30 fps. Also, in my testing, I found going to 15fps really increased the turnaround on encoding at the Brightcove end for some reason. Video pre-processed at 15FPs came back live into the Whipple Hill Media Gallery from Brightcove faster perhaps because there was half the number of frames to mess with on their end.
With these settings exporting out of something like iMovie, Final Cut Pro or QuickTime 7 Pro, you get about a 27.6 meg MP4 file for a minute of video. This means in my screenshot example of around 30 minutes of video I get an exported file of around an 800 meg file to upload which keeps me under the WhippleHill limit of 1GB. Most of our videos are going to be around 30 minutes or so long or we can break them up into parts that are 30 minutes or less, so this works for us.
If your video durations differ – perhaps you routinely want to post an hour of video. You might want to gear that resolution down to 640×360 and lower the Data Rate to to 2500 or so. In my testing with Podium and Brightcove, I was not happy with anything less than 2500kbs no matter want the resolution was. 640×360 is a nice step down in sizing, but the Data Rate is the biggest driver of that MP4 file size. If you are processing a really long video like an hour or more, you might be better served going with a higher data rate like 3500kbs and just breaking up the video into parts that make sense for the viewer.
Just as I didn't like anything less than the 2500 on the Data Rate side of things even in 640×360, I didn't seem to see any real difference going higher than 3500kbs no matter what the resolution was. I tested 4000kbs and higher, but the huge increases in file size did not provide any better quality in my opinion and after looking and many, many, many 1 minute videos.
Hope this helps and your mileage may vary but this testing process can be very helpful in understanding the dark art of video processing and getting a handle on the positives and negatives of the switches and settings you can tweak to get the results you want.


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Dear Parents and Carers,
Happy New Year!
Our topic for this term is 'Up, Up and Away. ' The children will be learning about flight and the history of aviation and using this as a stimulus for their learning across the curriculum. For further details please see the topic web.
PE will be on Mondays and Tuesdays this term. Please ensure that your child has their full PE kit on these days otherwise they will not be able to take part. Tracksuit bottoms / leggings and a sweatshirt are also needed for these colder months. For safety reasons, please remember to either remove your child's earrings on PE days or ensure they have a small container in which to place the earrings, if they are capable of removing them themselves. If ears have been recently pierced, your child will need tape to cover them.
Children should have a water bottle in class.
Homework will be given out on Fridays and should be completed and handed in by the following Wednesday. Maths homework will continue to be set and completed online. Please continue to hear your child read on a daily basis and to record this in their reading record. Your child can change their books whenever they need to. Please encourage them to do so.
Term 3's Show and Tell rota will be sent out shortly. Please encourage your child to bring in one of the following to share with the class: something that they have created themselves (e.g. a model, a Lego construction, a picture, a story); a certificate, badge, medal or cup that they have earned (e.g. for swimming, football, Brownies or Beavers); or a souvenir from an outing (e.g. a visit to a museum, a trip to the seaside) - something they have found is as good as something they have bought!
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us either at the end of the school day, or by telephone or email via the school office.
With best wishes
Clare Allan, Emily Scaldwell and Gaynor Shepherd
3rd January 2016
Dear Parents and Carers,
As I am sure you know, I will be returning to teach Year 2 at the beginning of Term 3.
Mrs Allan has told me that Year 2 are a fantastic class and I am very much looking forward to working with your lovely children and also the Year 2 team, whom I have previously worked with before taking my maternity leave.
Mrs Allan and I have had a number of detailed hand-over meetings. However, please feel free to speak to me if there is anything you feel I should know.
I would like to thank Mrs Bruce for beginning the year's teaching and settling the children into Year 2 so well.
I look forward to meeting you all next week.
Best wishes
Emily Scaldwell