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C++ 11 Job System
Over the course of the last semester I have been working on a team to create a multi-threaded engine using DirectX 12, with a focus on data oriented design. One of my tasks throughout development was to create a Job System that we can use to parallelize tasks like physics calculations. This system came with a couple of constraints:
Aurum Kings Development Post Mortem
Aurum Kings has officially released on Steam for Windows and Linux. While it was a long and exciting journey throughout the development of Aurum Kings, I think that it is high time to look back and reflect on my decisions throughout the development process. This post is not necessarily about the actual game as is it about my own development process.
Aurum Kings released on Steam!
I am happy to announce that Aurum Kings has officially launched on Steam today!
Unity build automation with Jenkins
Recently I have been upgrading my development pipeline and looking for ways to improve my dev ops. One of the biggest things that I knew I could improve upon was my build pipeline for my Unity games.
Extra Life 2018
I know that Extra Life doesn't happen until November, but it's best to get an early start on this stuff! This will mark my third year participating in this event, and I have a lot of plans going forward about this.
This past week at GDC has been truly amazing. I have met a lot of new people as well as getting to experience new things with good friends. When I was packing up my stuff to leave on Friday, I had a touch of sadness in my heart that it was over, but a fiery passion to apply the new things that I have learned.
Javascript Audio Visualizer
For a recent class project, I had to make an audio visualizer using JavaScript with a canvas. I think that it looks pretty cool, and I am proud of how it turned out.
Cool Pallet Tools
Recently I have been doing a lot of work tweaking the color pallet for Aurum Kings, and I figured that I would share a couple resources that I have found useful.
Aurum Kings Demo – A Post Mortem
Recently I wrote a blog post on the official Bull Horn Game website about what went right and wrong at the Mini Maker Faire, and what the plans are for the game in the future. However, that wasn't really in depth about my personal development process, and what I learned from the working two months on this project.
Game Design Break Down: Crawl
The theme of local multiplayer games continues this week with a break down of Crawl!
Game Design Break Down: Gang Beasts
I have been playing a lot of couch competitive/party games recently, the most popular among my roommates and I being Gang Beasts. I started wondering, what actually makes this game fun? Why has it grown to be so popular among my otherwise non-competitive roommates?
Quick and easy level generation with Unity
For the past couple of game jams that I have been a part of, I found myself wanting a quick way to generate 2D levels, without having to place things in the unity world editor. I recently found a quick and easy way to do this by using a 2D Texture map, and going through that pixel by pixel at the start of the game. Depending on the color of that pixel, just instantiate some sort of tile, set the player spawn, or anything else that could be in a side scrolling game.
Ergo Witness is now open source!
I have officially made Ergo Witness open source! It is capable of building to Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux. It is under the MIT License, so please feel free to fork it and use to to visualize whatever data you want!! The wiki is there with information about all methods that I have written, and which classes do what.
What makes Overwatch so good?
Prototype of "Ergo Witness"
How to make HTTP GET/POST Requests in Unity 5 C#
Recently I have been doing a lot with GET and PUT requests to get JSON data from a server. Throughout my time working on this project, I noticed that the examples provided by Unity for using the WWW class for POST headers, is geared more towards SQL databases, and they make a lot of assumptions about your server configuration.
Data Visualization with the ELK stack and Unity


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This gorgeous rosary is from France and has faceted long white glass beads. The crucifix is a silver colored metal and reads "M.V.W." on the back. It's a bit bent but overall quite pretty. The center shows Madonna & Child on one side and Christ on the other.
The rosary is in old, as found condition with signs of age (the white beads are dirtied and scratched) but still a beautiful and functional piece with a great hand feel and cool to the touch due to the glass beads.
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From the traffic capital of the United States, the Washington DC Metropolitan area, a town where you can't ever schedule a meeting with out adding, "I'll be there around...", a new report has surfaced. Apparently people who have over a 45 minute commute in traffic are more depressed, weigh more, and eat more, a lot of it while in the car. The report also notes that people with long commutes don't get as much exercise. Who wants to get back in the car and drive to the gym after 45 minutes of bumper to bumper 15 mile an hour traffic.
All this brings me to Walter Harrison and Samuel Talbot, the inventors of the Exercise Escalator. The Exercise Escalator which appears to be the predecessor to the Stair Master, is an "in place" exerciser which resembles a reverse action escalator. Mr. Harrison and Mr Talbot's invention is covered by patent 3,497,215. It was filed in 1967.
The invention claims, "An escalator type apparatus for exercising a subject "in situ" in a simulated stair climbing activity, comprising a structure including a flight of steps movable in a closed loop, each step having a closed riser affixed thereto, and means operatively connected to said apparatus for measuring the effort of a subject in the act of simulated climbing of said movable steps." They invented the stair case to nowhere.
The Exercise Escalator is especially suited for multi-lead electrocardiography during the exercise of patients with coronary heart disease...presenting minimal danger to the weak and unsteady; one which exercises the muscles habitually used by nonathletic people..." I think the commuting crowd qualifies here.
So as you mount the stair master or what every stair climbing cardio device you find in your over crowded gym, that is if you get yourself there, think of Mr. Harrison and Mr. Talbot's invention and the their contribution to the exercise annual ritual.


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Friday 23rd March 2018 – Tuesday 3rd April 2018
The 2018 Sydney Royal Hereford Feature show will be held on Saturday the 24th of March 2018.
Come along and see the BIG cousins of miniature Herefords.
The show schedule can be seen here
Winswood Miniature Herefords – some of their calves this year
Winswood Miniature Herefords on 325 acres in South Gippsland. The animals they have for sale can be viewed here
All our stud animals are registered with Herefords Australia and we are members of the Australian Miniature Hereford Breeders Network (AMHBN)
Miniature Herefords are an easy, friendly breed, easily distinguished by their markings, and we have had nothing but pleasure in our involvement with them. We look forward to breeding animals that others on small properties can enjoy too and will have steers for sale in the autumn.
Article on Miniature Herefords in the HAL magazine
AMHBN is pleased to be associated with the article that appeared in the Herefords Australia magazine – the first one on miniature Herefords since mini Herefords arrived in Australia for this magazine. Click here to read the article.
Don't forget to visit our For Sale page to see what AMHBN members have for sale here
Cattle Handlers camp for new mini Hereford owners
Have had a fantastic day at the cattle handlers camp 😀
The following ribbons were won by the Collins Family using the Nixon Family Miniature Herefords
Seb – fourth intermediate parade
Harriet -reserve champion junior judge , second junior judge, third junior parade
Monte- fourth junior parade
Richard – third senior judge, third senior parade


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Here are some observations related to motorizing your fishing kayak:
1.) Many kayak anglers do not appreciate paddling a great distance to get to a good spot. Spending time kayak fishing is preferable to pedaling or paddling. Large, expensive motorboats that require trailers, ramps and maintenance are increasingly viewed as problematic.
2.) Electric Trolling Motors also do not make the cut. Whether you carry a heavy battery, or an expensive lithium-ion battery, your fishing trips are going to be limited in length by the battery life. Some kayak anglers I know avoid using their trolling motors altogether for these reasons.
3.) Kayak anglers would love to go on long fishing trips, which are made possible by gas outboard engines, since gasoline is king as far as easy storage in concerned, as well as in the power category.
In a perfect world, there would be a car-toppable, small, ergonomic and stable motorboat that would enable the ability for long hours of fishing as well as the capability to fish standing up. Surprisingly, such a product exists- as illustrated below:
Spectacular, isn't it?
Outboard motors won't fit a fishing kayak, but they do on this W500 model. Owning this unique fishing kayak may not necessarily entail gas motorizing it, as paddling and electric trolling are still viable options. Kayak Motorization is explained in detail in multiple blog posts, and is a common topic among kayak anglers.


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On this episode of The K1Anoop Show, we analyse the rapid resurgence of Dutch Kickboxing, both domestically and globally with, Dutch sports journalist and radio presenter, Kris Dekker. As well as some of the biggest scandals & controversies in kickboxing including, Enfusion's contempt for Mohammed Jaraya's 2 year ban from kickboxing and much more:
Watch new and past episodes of The K1Anoop Show on YouTube | The K1Anoop Show is available on iTunes, TuneIn, Overcast, Player FM and Podbean | New episodes are starting to roll out on a daily basis.
4:56 How Kris Dekker became a MMA & Kickboxing journalist
11:02 From K-1 to GLORY Kickboxing and mainstream attention for kickboxing via Ziggo Sport
18:12 Remy Bonjasky & are kickboxers relevant in the Netherlands?
24:37 How kickboxing was unofficially banned for 5 years in Amsterdam before GLORY 26
31:22 The lack of professionalism in kickboxing
35:07 Murthel Groenhart, the K-1 non-payment scandals & ring invasion at GLORY 42 Paris
39:53 "Nobody knows" Enfusion even when Mohammed Jaraya attacked the FOG official
45:21 Why marketing is an epic fail for kickboxing promotions
51:01 The problem(s) with Enfusion formerly Enfusion Live
58:56 Jarayagate – Why Mohammed Jaraya was suspended from kickboxing for 2 years and the full extent of the controversy (attacking a judge at, Enfusion Live 49: Mohammed Jaraya vs. Redouan Laarkoubi), FOG investigation & Enfusion's contempt for the suspension
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The transcontinental railroad was a masterpiece of work that are country worked on though out the 1860s starting in 1863 and ending in 1869.
Like most other things in history this did not just happen overnight
It took many years of hard work and over those years of hard work the railroad faced many challenges
One the the real big challenges the Central Pacific railroad faced was that they had to cut though the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Winters provided freezing temperatures and avalanches took out whole camps.
The Union Pacific railroad had challenges too. Mostly it was that they were cutting though Native American territory.
So as you could guess many people around the world came to work on the rail rode. Most of the people that worked on the railroad were Irish and Chinese immigrants.
Leland Stanford was the president of the Central Pacific railroad because he brought a sweeping political influence to the partnership that insured this privately financed project all the advantages of public funding. Because of him now the railroad had all of the advantages of subsidy witch is to get money from the government
This railroad helped the country in so many ways. It helped move people from the east to the west in a coupe days instead of weeks. We could get goods and supply's from the east to the west a lot faster also now.
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U2's The Edge falls off stage in concert
U2 guitarist The Edge didn't notice the edge of the stage while performing Thursday night in Vancouver, which resulted in him taking a massive tumble.
Audience video footage captured the incident:
The Edge (real name David Howell Evans) took to Instagram afterwards, assuring fans that he's doing just fine:
Meanwhile, frontman Bono recently revealed that he's still unable to play guitar after his biking accident in New York's Central Park last fall.
"It's all numb here, and this is titanium," he said, pointing to the different body parts. "The shoulder's better, the face is better... But this is the hard bit because I can't play guitar," he said.
Stay safe, guys!
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Watch the Inspire305 finalists as they share their impactful vision for Miami. Who will take home the Grand Innovator and Trailblazer awards? Learn More ».
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In 2016 we got Moonlight, probably the first honest portrayal of Miami on the big screen. Now we've got Grown, a coming-of-age comedy series written, acted, and produced by local Haitian-Americans Joshua Jean-Baptiste and Edson Jean about dating, cultural identity, and figuring out how to adult.
Remezcla says that if you loved Atlanta and Insecure, you'll love Grown. You can catch it tomorrow night at Tower Theater (and pretty much any time you want at complex.com).
We chatted with Josh – who, full disclosure, is a member of our volunteer street team – about the journey from scribbling down inspo from bad dates to streaming his series with Complex, a big media company.
How did you end up writing Grown?
Edson and I met when I first got to college (at New World School of the Arts), and I moved in with him my sophomore year and we just clicked. When it came time to going out on dates and stuff, he would give me advice. I would come back with these crazy stories, and he suggested I start writing them down. Slowly by slowly I started writing a pilot. It moved away from being about dating and stuff like that to self identity and Haitian-American culture and what that means for us and raising yourself without a father. It started one place and got into something a lot deeper.
Have you seen any other portrayals out there of the young Haitian-American experience?
I have not seen many and if I have, in my eyes it's not been accurately portrayed. That's been the biggest flag we've been waving is representation of the Haitian-American culture and the Latin culture and on top of all that, the proper representation of Miami. Ballers is cool and all, but I don't live on a yacht. That's been our biggest thing: properly repping the city and the fruit it bears.
On the show, you're a nerdy guy who can barely talk to girls. How accurate is this in real life? What about Edson ("Wes" in the show), who's a total ladies man?
[Laughs] I'll say that these characters are inspired off of our past growth, some things are really exaggerated.
What are some totally Miami things and places we'll relate to when we watch the show?
I would say the complete immersion in language – we don't have subtitles and that is something that's reflected on this city… someone will speak in Spanish and expect you to speak in Spanish or speak to you in Creole and expect you to speak in Creole. It's that melting pot that we got a chance to accurately reflect on the show. We have Cubans playing Cubans, Venezuelans playing Venezuelans. The culture and color palette of Miami is something we're really proud of [representing].
If you had to choose three spots to hit up on your perfect Saturday night, what would they be?
I would say Villain Theater for some improv, then I would go to Purdy Lounge, and then I would go to The Corner for a drink and end up talking about politics with some homeless guy until 8 o'clock in the morning. … That's my favorite bar in the city.
What's your favorite Haitian food item? And where's the best spot in the city to get it?
I recently became a plant based eater, so I'm going to give two answers. Vegan-wise, Naomi's has good options. But there's a spot in Little Haiti named Piman Bouk. Before I became a plant eater, man, they have a tasso, it's a deep-fried goat. That shit is POPPING.
Name a couple organizations leveling up our creative scene, especially our theater and drama scene.
Villain Theater definitely, I love their work, they're on the come-up. Juggerknot Theater Company is bumping it up, Miami Motel Stories was awesome. That's next-level stuff there.
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Making history. As teachers go on strike across the U.S. over pay, it's been mostly business as usual here in Miami-Dade because state law allows striking teachers to be fired. But it wasn't always that way. 50 years ago, the first teacher strike in U.S. history went down right here in Miami-Dade, after the governor vetoed $150 million in funding for Florida public schools. WLRN takes a deep dive into how Miami became a labor rights trailblazer – and how it all unraveled in the decades following.
So extra. One Thousand Museum, the stunning residential high-rise across from Museum Park designed by Zaha Hadid, has added yet another thing that will make your eyes pop: the only private, residential helipad in the entire U.S. Residents will be able to book the helipad so they can be whisked away to the airport or scores of other places, high above us normals. (Curbed)
So Florida. We're so used to Publix's giant, old-school scales – which they call "people weighers" – that we barely notice them anymore. But they're actually pretty unusual, and we're loving this story on how they came to be. Apparently when the first Publix store opened, the only place a person could be weighed was the doctor's office, or the rare coin-operated scale, so Publix decided to offer the service for free – and it just stuck. Today they're a lifesaver for people trying to figure out if their suitcases filled with items for family back home are over the baggage weight limit. (Tampa Bay Times)
Smokin'. A year and a half after it was legalized in Florida, after a whole lot of regulatory headaches, medical marijuana is finally picking up steam in Florida. The state is registering an average of about 5,400 people a week as new users. And while it used to take weeks or months to get approved, the turnaround is now down to about two weeks. Now business is booming for dispensaries all over the state, although some cities are still working to keep them out. (Miami Herald)
PSA. The Sunpass system is down for maintenance from 7 p.m. on June 5 to 9 a.m. on June 11. For things like highway tolls, nothing's going to change for the average Sunpass user, but if you're trying to use it to pay for parking at one of South Florida's airports or stadiums, you'll have to find another way to do that. (Miami Herald)
Hurry up. When a Hollywood nursing home lost power during Hurricane Irma last year, 12 residents died due to extreme heat because the building lacked a generator or other ways to keep the residents cool without A.C. Outraged, the legislature passed a series of laws requiring backup power for cooling all nursing homes and assisted living facilities that went into effect on June 1. But as we enter another hurricane season, only a fraction of the facilities meet the requirements. (Miami Herald)
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Frisco Gateway – 115 Acres
Frisco, Texas
The subject property is located at the regional intersection of two major thoroughfares in the fastest growing corridor of affluent Collin County. Easy access and excellent visibility along both the Dallas North Tollway and U.S. 380 coupled with mixed-use zoning allows for retail, commercial, and multi-family use.
Location: The subject property is located at the southeast corner of The Dallas North Tollway and U.S. 380
City: Frisco, Texas
Schools: Prosper ISD
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2] Their successors will assume the place in every land; highly favoured are the generations who know the two triumphs firsthand.
3] Their great love for true goodness and true beauty shall endure until all things end but to begin again; and the bounty thereof shall accrue to their houses.
4] Unto them arises knowledge among ignorance: those who love beauty adore the darkness of night as much as the dawn; the holy night brings pleasant things to those who love beauty, who are gracious and full of compassion, true lovers of goodness and beauty, who refrain from the works of Pandal.
5] A good person shows favour, and is generous in lending: goodness and beauty shall come to them; and they will conduct their affairs in fairness.
6] Surely the faith and hope of those who love goodness and beauty cannot be destroyed, and they will not be defeated; they will be remembered, on account of the goodness and beauty for whose sake there is remembrance; and if ever the memory of them be forgotten, it shall surely be restored once more.
7] They shall fear not tidings of evil: for their hearts are fixed, trusting in the promises of Maratrea.
8] Their hearts are established, they shall not be afraid: in the end they will look in triumph upon the enmity.
9] They have gone forth throughout the world for the furtherance of the Cause; they have shown charity to the downtrodden; their love for goodness and beauty shall endure until all things end but to begin again; their hills shall be exalted in honour.
10] The servants of the enmity shall see it, and be vexed, and be grieved; they shall gnash their teeth, and melt away: the desire of the enmity shall perish.
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I have sat down and thought about my actual morning routine, and it was not what I thought it was. I clearly don't have enough hours in the morning to breath. In an ideal world, like the ones in movies, my mornings would go as explained below!
6:00pm Wake up before the alarm, lay in bed for a while (we all like to do that). Then, check the usual suspects, I mean social media sites like the Instagram, Twitter, and Pinterest. Just like any other young adult out there. Also, check the all mighty weather, since it seems to always determine how a day will go.
6:15 am Hop on over to the bathroom and do all of that beauty and hygiene stuff (you get my drift, I hope). Have enough time to pick out a proper outfit and get dressed in your finest ensemble.
7:00 am Make a half-hearty breakfast, perhaps pancakes and a cup of orange juice. I think that is healthy.
puzzle book or kindle app to do something productive. In my case, it ends up being a combination of blogger, Evernote, and my calendar for blogging and organization purposes.
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Matt Way speaking about the 2010 Newquay "Paddle for Life" on BBC Radio Cornwall.
Support From Ben Skinner
Local international surf champion Ben Skinner, has given his backing to a charity event in Newquay for the second year running.
Ben, also known in the surfing world as "Skindog", the number 2 in the world surfing games and the European professional longboard champion will be supporting the "Joe Way Paddle for Life Event" on September 23rd.
"Skindog" donated a surfboard at last year's paddle which raised over £1200.00 and this year the surfing-pro has donated the services of his surf school to provide high end surf lessons for a lucky beginner or experienced surfer.
Ben said, "It's been a privilege to support Joe's charity paddle and help Matt who has been stoked to get the board and the fact he is promoting his son's story using a SKINDOG board is also a really honour".
In addition to the generous donation of surfing lessons, Skindog's board shaping team have designed and built a long board for Joe's charity which will be ridden by the toddler's dad, Matt Way.
The Skindog board production team made up of Ben, Chris Harris and Jason Gray have all given their time and materials free of charge to support the Way family with there ongoing journey of telling Joe's story.
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A confident, friendly and relaxed Kai was more than happy to hang out and joke around with all who came to see him, including local surfers, press, members of the Joe Way Appeal and of course the younger surfing enthusiasts. Towards the end of the day and before his last surf at Watergate beach he carried out a signing and photo session for all of his avid fans. When asking Kai about his time in Newquay, Kai said; "It's been great, we've been up to the flow rider and I've meet some really cool people. The surf was a little flat today but it's always good to get in the water"


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Recently, my pregnant wife came to me and said, "I need to have you at home at night to help me take care of the baby when he, or she, is born." When my wife said this, it definitely caught my attention. At that point I knew I needed to find a way to work day shift again. Honestly, I had already been thinking about it and knew it was the best thing for me. Especially, being the health guru I am. My wife's request, however, was the straw that broke the camel's back and is what finally made me take action.
Now, I know what you are thinking, but night shift has so many advantages. As someone who has been a nurse for over ten years and worked half of that on nights, I understand where you are coming from. I know about the increase in pay, less busyness, better parking, less traffic, less social interaction with patient family members, and maybe more time outside of work due to sleeping less. Trust me, I have taken all of this into consideration, but I had to look outside of myself and more at the people around me and what they needed. Below I have listed the five top reasons why I am switching to day shift for good.
Family is important: My wife expressed to me a need for support with our new baby due in June and, as a man and husband, that is when I knew I needed to step up to the plate and make something happen. I want to be there for the new baby, and I want my wife to feel reassured that she is not dealing with this alone. This is also beneficial for our marriage since my wife no longer has to sleep in an empty house alone. This makes her feel safe. It also helps us feel like we are a team and not just roommates who pass each other by on occasion. Relationships are hard on their own, do you need to make it more difficult when you don't have too by keeping night shifts?
Safety driving home: I almost forgot to include this one. Staying awake on the way home in the morning has been a challenge for me. I have a thirty-five minute drive home in the morning. Honestly, this could be the most important reason for me to switch to day shift, but it was not the one that made me take action. I just fought through it and thank God I never had an accident. Think about it; it only takes one time to fall asleep at the wheel, and you can kill yourself or someone else, or both. This is not a wise decision when you have a family depending on you.
Maximize your health: By switching to day shift, it allows me to keep my sleep schedule the same and not have to keep resetting my circadian rhythms every few days. Personally, I was not affected by this as much as some, at least from what I could tell. However, when I did some lab work, as I often do, I found my hemoglobin A1C (an indicator of your blood sugar over time) was 5.8 ( 5.6 or below is considered normal, and 5.7 to 6.4 is considered pre-diabetic). This was higher than I thought, and even though I ate a low-sugar diet before I had this lab work done, I would have expected my A1C to be in the 5.0 to 5.3 range. This indicates to me I had some low-level inflammation happening which may be due to the night shifts. Not getting proper rest can raise the stress on the body which will increase your cortisol levels and keep your blood sugar higher than it would normally be. This is also hard on your immune system which can make you vulnerable to getting sick. Something my fellow night shift co-workers struggle with almost daily.
Many nurses mention they seem to gain weight on the night shift. I have heard so many medical experts recommend against night shift from a hormonal standpoint. Switching back to days, I would often feel a little brain fog as my body tried to readjust to waking up early which is my natural rhythm. Take all of this into consideration; you can do a search for studies showing people who work night-shift. They are sicker and die sooner than people who work day shift in similar situations and lifestyles. Aski yourself, are the benefits of night shift worth the disadvantages of working night shift?
Steady routine: For me working dayshift allows me to get up every day at the same time which is about 4 to 5 am. I know many of you are cringing at getting up this time in the morning, but it works best for me. Remember, if you want to get up early, you need to go to bed early. I am not a night owl and start to shut down shortly after 9 pm. My wife can attest to this as she struggles to fall asleep by 9:00pm (however, the more her pregnancy progresses it has become easier for her). For me, I am the most productive in the morning. This is the time that is best for me to read and write with full mental clarity.
Better for your career: Where I work at it is hard to be challenged on the night shift, and there are more opportunities to be part of committees and get involved on day shift. Also, it is easier to attend educational opportunities and meet people you would never see on the night shift. Whether you believe it or not, dayshift opens doors for opportunity and career advancement. It gives you more chances to help your coworkers (better team building) and offers plenty of challenging scenarios which you can reference back to when it comes time for your proficiency review.
In the end, night shift may still be what works best for your lifestyle. Only you can be the judge of that. Let's face it; we need night shifters to take care of patients at night, but that does not have to be your excuse. Remember, the key is not to become a patient yourself by keeping your health as a high priority. In this article, I have laid out the specific reasons I am choosing to stay on day shift until the end of my career if God wills it. For me, not switching to day shift was about the short-term things such as the busyness, lower pay, less time for myself, and the traffic. As I looked past all of that, I saw more of the long-term effects on my health, safety, career, and family. I came to a conclusion to do a permanent switch to day shift after ten years of bedside nursing.
What are some of the reasons you work days, nights, or both? What has been your reasons for switching from one to the other whether it is nights or days? Let me know in the comments below or message me with your questions.
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When Steve Li recently stepped into the Asian Law Caucus office for an unexpected visit, he was greeted with, "It's the legendary!" followed by several hugs.
But Li never wanted this notoriety, which has come at a steep personal cost.
Li was a student at City College of San Francisco when immigration officials came to his Ingleside neighborhood home in September 2010 and took him away, eventually to a detention center in Arizona. It turned out his parents were undocumented immigrants who had brought Li to the United States as a child.
The government began the process of deporting Li to Peru, the country where he was born but to which he has no ties. Then his friends at City College took to social media to tell his story, and lawyers at the Asian Law Caucus fought to keep Li in the country. His case captured the attention of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., who authored a private bill in late 2010 that allowed Li to stay in the country.
Two years later, Li is 22 and a student at UC Davis, but his parents were deported to China last year. Feinstein wrote a second bill to give Li a reprieve until 2013, but that, along with new state and federal measures for undocumented immigrant youths, still don't provide a clear path to citizenship.
"I'm still in limbo," Li said. "I check in with (the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency) every month. They know where I am, so it keeps reminding me of this whole experience, that they're watching me and they can take all this away."
Li's parents were born in China and moved to Peru. They moved their family to the United States in 2002 and sought asylum, but that request was denied in 2004. It was a secret his parents kept to themselves – until immigration officials came knocking on their door.
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Virginia Kice, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman, said her agency's focus has shifted in recent years to removing "criminal aliens, recent border crossers and egregious immigration law violators." But that is of little consolation to Li and other undocumented youths who came to the United States as children and want to become citizens.
The California Dream Act, passed in 2011, allows undocumented students who were brought to the United States when they were under 16 to apply for state aid at public universities and community colleges. President Obama enacted the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in June. That program provides temporary, renewable work permits for unauthorized immigrants who are 30 years old or younger and were brought to the United States before age 16.
Through Oct. 10, nearly 180,000 people had applied for coverage under the federal program, and 4,591 had been approved, federal figures show.
Li has applied for the California Dream Act, and now that Obama has been re-elected, he plans to apply for the federal program. Many immigrants are believed to have held off, fearing a Mitt Romney administration would repeal the program and deport those who had come forward.
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Li has never forgotten the 40 days he spent in the detention center in Florence, Ariz., awaiting possible deportation.
"It's an experience that is very dark and traumatic," he said.
The experience gave him a voice to highlight the need for comprehensive immigration reform. He has encouraged students at the Asian Law Caucus' program Aspire, which works with undocumented immigrants. And last summer, he participated in Dream Summer, a national internship for Dream Act student leaders sponsored by the UCLA Center for Labor Research and Education's Dream Resource Center and the United We Dream network.
"He's really not changed at all since I first met him, not one bit," said Sin Yen Ling, who was Li's attorney at the Asian Law Caucus and now works in New York. "To be really honest, when he first came home I thought, 'Give this kid two weeks and I'm sure he'll continue with life and move on and try to leave the past behind.' But he didn't."
Li's case garnered national attention and has been an inspiration for other undocumented immigrants, including Jose Antonio Vargas, a former Chronicle, Washington Post and Huffington Post reporter who revealed his undocumented status in the New York Times Magazine in June 2011.
Vargas, who was introduced to Li by Ling, let Li stay at his New York apartment for a couple of weeks before Vargas disclosed his status.
"I was just preparing myself for whatever was going to happen with my coming out," said Vargas, who at 31 does not qualify for Obama's deferred action program. "At one point, he asked me, 'Are you ready for this?' So I said, 'Well, you had to be ready for it, so I have to be ready for it.' "
When Li isn't advocating for a path to citizenship, he's adjusting to the demands of college, figuring out how to pay tuition and rent while also sending money to help his parents. He also plans to start an undocumented students' organization for Asian-Pacific Islanders at UC Davis.
He wishes his parents – barred from re-entry for at least a decade, and possibly for life – could see him graduate. He hopes a federal Dream Act, which would provide a path to citizenship, will one day pass, so he could visit his parents or petition for their return.
"Even if I have documents," he said. "It doesn't mean those experiences that my family went through disappear."


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I've always liked movies set on luxurious ocean liners that don't manage to sink at the end of the film. LUXURY LINER is one of those voyages where the story is based on the conflicts of the passengers involved, not the chance for the special-effects department to show off and actors to get wet. Based on Gina Kaus's 1932 novel DIE UBERFAHRT, the story of a crossing by the German (still our friends in early 1933) steamship Germania, headed from Bremen to New York City, and the intertwining of various lives first class to steerage, and the havoc caused therein.
The success of Vicki Baum's GRAND HOTEL as a novel and film spawned a number of "all-star" (or if not always "all-star", should we say "ensemble") and multi-story films, including IF I HAD A MILLION (1932), DINNER AT EIGHT (1933), NIGHT FLIGHT (1933), and THE CAPTAIN HATES THE SEA (1933), as well as this little film which has apparently fallen below the radar of many film buffs and numerous historians. A Paramount "B" perhaps, with perhaps not the stellar casts of the above films previously mentioned, but nevertheless a film with an interesting and very capable cast indeed, guided by a fine and also somewhat neglected Director.
Lothar Mendes helms LUXURY LINER, another German émigré and former actor in Max Reinhardt's Theatrical Company who found himself hauled over in Hollywood's European talent roundup in 1926. He found a berth at Paramount, where he directed a number of solid programmers like A NIGHT OF MYSTERY (1928) with Adolph Menjou, but his best silent is probably the 1929 version of THE FOUR FEATHERS. In talkies, Mendes continued to handle good star vehicles like DANGEROUS CURVES (1929) with Clara Bow, THE MARRIAGE PLAYGROUND (1929) with Frederic March and Mary Brian, and LADIES MAN (1931) with William Powell and Kay Francis, even being loaned out to MGM to direct the 1932 version of Charles Laughton's stage success PAYMENT DEFERRED, with Laughton in the role.
LUXURY LINER is Mendes last Paramount film, and he and cinematographer Victor Milner get a lot of sleek and shimmer out of Paramount's various ocean liner sets, which had seen duty on everything from MONKEY BUSINESS (1931) with The Marx Brothers to TERROR ABOARD (1933). Again, though not given a cast of Barrymores and Garbos, Mendes handles a crack group of terrific character thespians, and a few surprise names you wouldn't expect in a Paramount picture, including George Brent not having to worry about upstaging Kay Francis or Bette Davis for once and able to inject some intensity in the part of the Ship's Doctor. We also have Frank Morgan in his semi-younger days, giving us one of his last serious and romantic performances before becoming everyone's loveable reprobate. Here he's the cold millionaire and Wolf of Wall Street Alex Stevenson, breaker of hearts and fortunes (yes, this is still Frank Morgan we're talking about). C. Aubrey Smith is always fun to watch as the former millionaire fresh out of prison and now travelling down in the hull, yet the truly interesting characters are the female members of this ensemble.
Most only know Zita Johann from THE MUMMY (1932) these days, and that's understandable as Zita has a rather limited filmography. Roumanian-born, and with a major career as a Broadway actress in the 1920's, Zita came to films in 1931 when she debuted in D. W. Griffith's last film THE STRUGGLE. Coming to Hollywood the following year, she bounced around from Warners (TIGER SHARK (1932) with Edward G. Robinson), to Universal (THE MUMMY (1932) with Boris Karloff) to Paramount (LUXURY LINER) to Fox (THE MAN WHO DARED (1933) with Preston Foster) to Monogram (THE SIN OF NORA MORAN (1933)), showing her general contempt for the Movie Industry as she went along (she asked RKO to release her from her contract because she thought the film THIRTEEN WOMEN in which she was cast was a silly melodrama and she apparently once asked Irving Thalberg "why do you make these awful pictures?", thus explaining how she missed both RKO and MGM). BY 1934, Zita was out of the movie business, and freshly divorced from future Orson Welles collaborator John Houseman. She then married Producer/Businessman John McCormick after he divorced Colleen Moore.
However, the McCormick marriage went south in 1938, and Zita returned to the East and the stage, she lived a long, reasonably happy life, later on occasionally submitting somewhat testily to interviews from horror-film geeks regarding THE MUMMY, and passed away in 1993. It is a pity that she and the movies didn't see eye to eye, for her performance in LUXURY LINER as Nina Morgan gives her far more to do than wear an Egyptian headdress and scream. Zita shows herself to be a strong and capable actress here, in a quietly effective part.
Vivienne Osborne was another fine actress who, though she may never have become a major star, made a few indelible impressions in some off-beat pre-code supporting roles. Though she had been on the stage since a child, and even worked in a handful of silent films from 1920-22, Osborne was another Broadway actress who found talkies beckoning and headed west in 1932 where she shared time at Paramount and Warners, notably in TWO SECONDS (1932) with Edward G. Robinson, and THE DARK HORSE (1932) with Warren William, but she never found a studio to call home, and was soon working in the independents, and that's where she was put to good use. Vivienne is quite good in THE PHANTOM BROADCAST (Monogram 1933) with Ralph Forbes, and, considering she is actually dead for a good deal of her part, is very effective in the Halperin Brother's spooker SUPERNATURAL (1933), as well as the fun murder mystery TOMORROW AT SEVEN (Jefferson Pictures-RKO 1933) with Chester Morris. Osborne continued to work in supporting roles into the 1940's, but was out of the industry by 1946, and apparently working in a department store as a salesperson after that. She died in 1961 in Malibu, California. A sad waste of a good actress, who gives an interesting performance here as George Brent's not-so-faithful spouse .
If there was ever a truer example or proof that in Hollywood one could indeed rise from lowly studio secretary to big-time studio star (well, "rise" perhaps in the same manner Barbara Stanwyck moved upwardly floorward in BABYFACE), that honor would have to fall upon Alice White. This Hollywood High graduate started her climb as secretary to Charlie Chaplin and Josef Von Sternberg (and you know that couldn't have been much fun), but she wanted to be an actress and an actress she would be, so during the late Silent Era, she parlayed (so-to-speak) her bubbly sexiness first into supporting roles in 1927, then leading roles in 1928. She became a Warner Brothers starlet that year playing J.P. McEvoy's popular comic-strip character Dixie Dugan in SHOW GIRL, and being a private paramour of Mervyn Leroy seem to guarantee her proper priority placement in Warner vehicles, which continued into talkies as Alice starred in early musicals like BROADWAY BABIES (1929) and the Dixie Dugan sequel SHOW GIRL IN HOLLYWOOD (1930).
Unfortunately, talkies revealed more about White than silents had, though perfectly able to look pert and sexy pre-Vitaphone, the additions of sound revealed certain imperfections, like a general inability to sing and dance, much less get a line out with any vocal realism, and it quickly became rather obvious to audiences that the real reason for her stardom must lay (again, so-to-speak) elsewhere. That coupled with new degrees of exhibited star temperament made Mervyn Leroy cool on her, and after a couple a couple of quickies (we're talkin' movies here!) and loanouts to wrap up her contract, Warners bid adieu to Miss White in 1931.
But you can't keep a good girl down, and after a year or so out of the limelight, Alice was back getting supporting roles at various studios, including her old stomping grounds at Warners. Amazingly, she seemed to have found her niche', or at least learned how to read a line, because she actually amuses in her new career, with nice roles in films like EMPLOYEES ENTRANCE (1933), PICTURE SNATCHER (1933), KING FOR A NIGHT (1933) and JIMMY THE GENT (1934), perhaps cashing in on a reputation for being a brassy strumpet no better than she should be, one well-earned after a well-publicized sex-triangle in 1933 between herself, British Actor John Walburton, and Producer Sy Bartlett, whom White then married. In LUXURY LINER, Alice may be taking yet another page from the BABYFACE script as she determines to move up on the voyage from steerage to first class, but she is actually charming and enjoyable in the role.
Sadly, a nervous breakdown in 1936 and divorce from Bartlett in 1938 put the skids to some degree on White's acting career, and her roles diminished and finally disappeared in the early 40's. Ironically, she returned to being a secretary, marrying and divorcing again in the forties, occasionally returning for a bit part, staying out of the limelight save for a still apparently newsworthy scandal or two in the fifties, but lived a long life, passing away in 1983.
Watch for other nice character parts from the likes of Verree Teasdale, former Sennett comic Billy Bevan, Theodore Von Eltz, Henry Victor and Christian Rub. LUXURY LINER will never make anyones ten-best list, but it is one of those great-looking, well-made forgotten programmers that Cinevent specializes in giving new airings to, and don't seem to be anyone's standard of moviemaking today. LOVE BOAT doesn't even belong in the same room as this.
Cinevent Notes: LUXURY LINER (1933)
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14 July, 2009
Article source: http://www.tribuneindia.com/2009/20090715/bathinda.htm#1
Dabwali cow slaughtering incident
Markets shut down in protest
Tribune News ServiceBathinda, July 14, 2009
In protest against the slaughter of cows that took place at Dabwali on Friday, various Hindu organizations today held a march in the city and managed to force the markets to remain closed.
Later, the agitators staged a dharna at the Sadhbhawna Chowk where the speakers sought the resignation of the Haryana chief minister for his "callous attitude in checking such heinous activity in his state." They also accused the Haryana police of taking the issue lightly as they had not been able to nab the accused even after four days had passed.
They urged the Union government to declare the cow as national religious animal and demanded that anybody found guilty of killing a cow should get 20 years of imprisonment.
"If one kills a man, he is punished with life term, so if one kills a cow, which hurts the sentiments of crores of people, how can he be termed less guilty while announcing the verdict," they said.
Speaking about the charter of demands, leaders said the government should get vacated all land— which were donated for cows— but were being used for other purposes.
It was also said that the slaughter house at Dabwali, where the carcasses of around 40 cows was recovered on Friday, should be handed over to some Gaushala Samiti. Otherwise, the protesters would secure possession on their own and construct a Gaushala there, least bothering about the consequences.
The protesters had given the call for bandh on Sunday and had personally visited the shops on Monday to urge all to cooperate.
Following this, many shopkeepers did not even roll up shutters and the rest too remained closed when volunteers visited them to make requests for closing down.
At some places, verbal duel between the volunteers and the shopkeepers was also reported, but the city witnessed bandh widely.
Among others, volunteers from the Bajrang Dal, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, Naujawan Welfare Society, Salasar Yatra Sangh, Bathinda Vikas Manch, Asra Welfare Society, Mahabir Sankirtan Mandal, Charan Paduka Seva Dal, Hanuman Seva Samiti and Peerkhana Seva Samiti took part.
Later, the volunteers informed over the phone that the president of the Truck Union, Bathinda, had announced collection of some amount from its customers as charity for the welfare fund of cows.
He also assured that no cow would be transported without getting the nod from Hindu organisations.
Haryana Watch's note: - A brief history of Sirsa:
1) Dabwali is the home-town of former Deputy Prime Minister Chaudhri Devi Lal and former Haryana Chief Minister Sh. Om Parkash Chautala. After being pampered with beef Biryanis at state-sponsored Ramzan Iftaars, are Muslims feeling so arrogant that they can get away in Cow Slaughter in such a Hindu strong-hold?
2) Perhaps the Muslims have forgotten that the lessons of history that Sirsa taught them.
During the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the killing of cows was subject to capital punishment, until the mid 19th century. As the British came to power in Punjab during 1849, they encouraged cow-slaughter by Muslims and sale of beef to mock the religious beliefs of all the Hindus, including Sikhs.
In Amritsar itself, a slaughterhouse was opened adjacent to the clock tower near the Golden Temple where Muslim butchers began to slaughter cows. As beef began to be sold in Punjab for the first time for over half a century, conflict arose between the Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus. Birds of prey began to carry carrion and bones away from the slaughterhouses and this would occasionally drop within the holy precincts of the Golden Temple and other nearby Hindu temples. The Sikh and Hindu priests were infuriated at this, and began to protest to the authorities. The British Governor of Punjab ignored these protests
Sirsa's Jeevan Nagar is the home of Namdhari Kuka Sikhs - the army of Baba Ram Singh ji Namdhari. The fiercely vegetarian Namdharis are renowned for their love of cows and therefore, the protection of cows from slaughter remains the foremost concern of Namdharis.
The Namdhari Sikhs were passionate in the matter of cow killings. They were punished by the British Raj because they attacked butcher houses and murdered the butchers for which they were executed/ blown off with cannons or put behind the jails.
The then deputy commissioner of Amritsar opened a slaughter house outside the city. The butchers were asked to follow these instructions, "The cows will be slaughtered at a particular place within an enclosure. No butchers would bring beef inside the city for sale. Transgressors of these rules will be punished."
Opening a slaughter house at Amritsar was a signal for opening many more in different towns of Punjab. This led to the development of strained relations between the Hindus and the Muslims because the butchers started selling beef openly in the streets of Amritsar. Peeved at this, Namdharis came forward to punish the butchers and embraced martyrdom during the British era.
In their zeal for protecting the cow, an armed Kuka Namdhari band attacked a cow slaughterhouse in the sacred city of Amritsar on the night of 15 June 1871.The Namdharis assassinated four Muslim butchers involved in cow slaughtering and wounded three other butchers. The cows were set free. To prevent any anti-cow slaughter movement, the British administration hanged five brave Namdharis (Sant Hakam Singh Patwari, Sant Fateh Singh, Sant Lehna Singh, Sant Jhanda Singh and Sant Beehla Singh Narli) to death.
Exactly a month later on 14 July 1971, another surprise raid by Namdhari fighters took place on a cattle slaughterhouse in Raikot, in Ludhiana district. A group of Namdharis were passing by a Gurudwara in Raikot, on their way to Bhaini Sahib when they were summoned by the local priests. The priests took the Namdharis to temple precincts where crows were seen to be dropping carrion and bones.
The Namdharis decided to spend the night there, and in the morning they attacked the local slaughterhouse and assassinated four Muslim butchers and seriously wounded seven others. These Namdharis were arrested and brought before the magistrate at the village of Bassin.
On 5th August 1871, three Namdharis (Mastan Singh, Gurmukh Singh and Mangal Singh) were blown into pieces by British cannons at Raikot. On 26th November 1871, two more Namdharis (the scholar Giani Rattan Singh of Mandi and Rattan Singh of Naiwala) who were innocent, but were considered associates of above hanged Namdharis, were blown into pieces by British cannons in Ludhiana.
Painting by Vassili Verestchagin showing the British execution of Namdharis by blowing them up with cannons in Malerkotla
Meanwhile, the British continued to encourage Muslim butchers to open slaughterhouses in the Punjab and increase the selling of beef. In January 1872, the Namdharis had gathered at Bhaini Sahib to celebrate Maghi. A Gurmukh Singh of Farwahi village narrated to Sardar Heera Singh a tale of how an ox had been deliberately slaughtered in his presence in Malerkotla, and how the police on this occasion used abusive language towards him. Against the wishes of their Guru Ram Singh, the hot-headed militant Namdharis decided to attack the butchers at Malerkotla. On 13th January 1872, approximately 100 Namdhari fighters, lead by Sardar Heera Singh and Lehna Singh started from Bhaini Sahib for Malerkotla.
On 15th January 1872, the martial Namdharis reached Malerkotla. At 7 AM, the Namdharis attacked, and a bloody fight ensued between the forewarned British Raj police, and the Namdhari fighters. The police, who received eight causalities, was lead by a Muslim officer named Ahmed Khan. Seven Namdharis were killed, and as more police reinforcements arrived on the scene at midday, the police captured 68 Namdharis, including two women and 22 injured. The British deputy commissioner of Ludhiana, Mr. Cowen, reached Malerkotla and without any judicial process, he ordered the barbaric execution of 49 Namdhari Kukas by having them blown away by cannons.
Some sources state that one young Namdhari lad named Bishan Singh attempted to choke Mr Cowen but was pulled off and cut down with a sword. In this way, Cowen murdered 50 Namdharis in all. Namdhari tradition records of how one Viriyam Singh, being too short, elevated himself by placing bricks under his feet so as he could be executed by cannon fire more efficiently. On 18th January 1872, in the presence of Mr Forsyth, another 16 Namdharis were blown away by cannons as they sang hymns from Sikh scriptures.


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The EUR fallout from the German elections has been more significant than most may have anticipated, though understandable when considering the underlying implications. Not only does it risk slowing down any Merkel-Macron attempts for a deeper eurozone integration, we suspect the rise of the populist AFD party is likely to provide a reality check on the way investors view EZ political risks. Indeed, since the French elections, we've noted that the EUR may have been playing the role of a 'political haven' – especially when taking stock of the political risks plaguing the likes of other G4 currencies (namely USD and GBP).
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Chasing dollar strength?
The Fed Chair, Janet Yellen, will be speaking later this Tuesday (1550 GMT) and we note the title of her speech contains the word 'uncertainty', which is the equivalent of Kryptonite for currencies. While global markets witnessed a brief bout of flight-to-safety after North Korea's foreign minister stated that US actions were a declaration of war on his country, the risk-off fallout was contained in Asian markets overnight.
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