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I believe everyone has a right to their opinions and that when we discuss them in an open manner it can result in conversation that enlightens and brightens our way of thinking even when there is disagreement. The following is a commentary about the opening night of Dark Knight Rising. I hope it gives us all a moment to pause and reflect on the tragedy that occurred in Colorado. Personally, I'd like to say that my thoughts and prayers for peace and healing are with all who suffer in any way because of those events.
Thank you as always for stopping by,
juliet 🙂
So without any further adieu…
A guest post by Catherine Marshall-Smith~
I can't explain why I felt compelled to go to Dark Knight Rising on Saturday (date night) of its opening weekend despite the tragedy in Colorado. Maybe I wanted a return to normalcy. Maybe I longed for the festival atmosphere that comes with a blockbuster as well as the satisfaction of being one of the first to see a damn good movie. But in the huge Century Theater where I have stood in slinky like lines for Jurassic Park, there was no need to rush for tickets. There weren't any lines. There were only ten people in the theater.
We were an odd bunch, avoiding eye contact and keeping our voices lowered as though in church. We seemed self-conscious as though guilty of some unspoken sin. No one had huge sodas and I did not hear popcorn being munched. No one had to tell us to keep our cell phones off. People were less reverent in LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST. We were there as a political gesture, driven by a stubborn thought, "I will not bow to terrorism," a line which is said in the movie. In an ironic example of art imitating life, it felt good to see The Batman rise against evil doers. We want moral decency and courage back in power if only in our minds and entertainment.
When Mr. Holmes opened fire on a crowded theater of eager movie-goers, he took more than their lives from us. He reminded us that we are not safe and there is no Batman. Mental illness and even evil behavior happen. We can not control that. But we can minimize the damage.
When the majority of the people supported a ban on assault weapons, Tom Delay refused to support it, and when asked why, he said simply, "Because I don't."
Senator Diane Feinstein of California said on Fox News, "The nation needs to have a "sane" discussion on gun control and ban military-style assault weapons and that the "people haven't rallied" in years because of the power and reach of the gun lobby, but with the election looming, "it's a bad time to embrace a new subject."
Who's not rallying, the people, or the leadership?
And so we bury our innocent, lick our wounds and carry on because it was an election year. I was hoping for a better ending.
Thank you,
Catherine Marshall-Smith
Has a written a novel, RICHARD AND MICHAEL: AN AMERICAN FAMILY, which is so far unpublished. It is the story of two gay men, Richard and Michael, who met and fell in love in a Twelve Step program and their attempts to gain custody of Richard's daughter from his fundamentalist Christian in-laws. She was a nominee for the James Kirkwood Award for Fiction in 2011 and has recently received her Creative Writing Certificate from UCLA's on-line writing program. She is a middle school English teacher and lives in northern California with her family.
**I want to thank Catherine for her passion and honesty.**
Please take a moment to say hello to Catherine and/or to leave any comments or thoughts below.
Again, my thoughts are will all who were affected by this tragedy.


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Can Madden NFL 13 Save the Video Game Industry?
It's a pretty big event for the NFL-licensed football game. Best Buy (BBY) opened many of its stores at midnight on Monday night to begin selling the console title. GameStop (GME) was offering an EA Sports ball cap to anyone buying the game on Tuesday.
In an industry that has suffered three years of brutal declines, Madden NFL 13 is rare cause for a celebration -- and the industry doesn't want you to forget it.
Going for the End Zone
The industry's excited about the game, because the franchise works.
The beauty of the series is that gamers have little choice but to pay up for the annual installments. EA always finds a way to raise the bar in terms of game play and graphics, but -- more importantly -- all 32 NFL rosters get juggled about every year.
Free agents sign with new teams. Stars get traded. Rookies get drafted. Players retire.
EA -- the country's second largest video game company -- sold more than 1.4 million copies of Madden NFL 12 during the first week of availability last summer, 10% ahead of where it was a year earlier. Perhaps more importantly, digital gross revenue climbed 78%.
Limited Shelf Life
It's not a coincidence that EA puts out this game in late August, just as the preseason is wrapping up. Folks want to buy the game with refreshed NFL teams just as the new seasons are starting. There isn't much demand for the game after the season's over -- especially when gamers know that a new installment is just a summer away.
This is a blessing for EA.
Sure, folks can buy marked down copies of Madden NFL 12 at a third of the price of the new game, but most players will gravitate to the fresh releases.
EA is calling a safe play, but it's one that works. If the publisher doesn't issue a press release in early September praising the first week of sales of Madden NFL 13, it is then -- and only then -- that gamers will have to worry about the franchise potentially peaking.
Motley Fool contributor Rick Munarriz does not own shares in any of the stocks in this article. Motley Fool newsletter services have recommended creating a modified stock repair position in GameStop.

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The European Union and Turkey have reached a historic agreement on starting talks to admit Ankara into the bloc after overcoming last-minute haggling over its relationship with EU member Cyprus.
The 25 EU leaders on Friday agreed to open accession negotiations with Turkey on 3 October 2005, but said talks would be open-ended with no guaranteed outcome in a nod to deeply sceptical public opinion in much of western Europe.
The landmark deal, which could change the face of Europe and Turkey in the coming decades, came after hours of wrangling between Turkish Prime Minister Reccep Tayyip Erdogan and Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende, the summit chairman, mainly over Cyprus.
"(It) is a historic event," British Prime Minister Tony Blair said. "It shows that those who believe there is some fundamental clash in civilisations between Christian and Muslim are actually wrong, that we can work together and we can cooperate together."
Turkey pledge
Turkey pledged unilaterally to sign a protocol extending its EU association agreement to 10 states which joined the bloc in May, including Cyprus, before it starts entry talks.
In return, Balkenende, holder of the EU presidency, would spell out that this was not tantamount to recognition of the Greek Cypriot government in Nicosia, which Ankara has rejected until there is a settlement for the divided island.
At one point, Erdogan threatened
Diplomats said the EU dropped a humiliating demand that Turkey initial the pact immediately on Friday.
At one point, Erdogan threat-ened to walk out after Cyprus demanded a written commit-ment. He was dissuaded by Balkenende, Blair and German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, the diplomats said.
EU leaders kept summit guest UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan waiting for more than an hour as they negotiated over Cyprus.
A Turkish official quoted Erdogan as telling Balkenende at one point: "You are choosing 600,000 Greeks (Cypriots) over 70 million Turks, and I cannot explain this to my people."
Political significance
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw played down the political significance of signing the so-called Ankara protocol, saying: "It does not involve formal or informal recognition of the government of Cyprus and we have been trying to reassure the Turkish government about that."
A British diplomat noted many countries had legally binding agreements with entities such as the Palestinian Authority or Taiwan without recognising them as states.
Balkenende (R) will spell out the
Turkey's accession process is certain to be long, with membership at least a decade away.
It will force Turkey to transform its economy, society and long authoritarian politics, and require the EU to revise fundamentally its two main spending policies – farm subsidies and regional aid, which the poor nation would expect to draw on.
The EU decision made clear Turkey could not join before 2015, by which time it is projected to have the bloc's largest population with more than 80 million, giving it the most voting power in decision-making and the most European Parliament seats.
Supporters' view
Turkey's supporters say bringing in the vast, mainly agrarian country on the cusp of Europe and the Middle East, viewed by Washington and others as a key Western ally, would spread stability and security, and promote dialogue with the Islamic world by taking in a vibrant Muslim democracy.
Turkey's accession supporters
Opponents say it is too big, too populous, too poor and too culturally different to integrate into the EU, and the bloc risks a mass influx of Turkish workers and "enlarging itself to death" by extending its borders to Iran, Iraq and Syria.
The summit statement said the shared aim of the talks would be accession, but it would be "an open-ended process, the outcome of which cannot be guaranteed beforehand".
If an applicant was unable to meet all criteria for membership, "it must ensure that the candidate state concerned is fully anchored into the European structures through the strongest possible bond", the leaders said.
That was as near as sceptical conservative governments in France, Austria and Denmark came to winning a hint of some alternative to full membership.
"It shows that those
Tony Blair,
The deal, toasted by EU leaders with champagne, comes more than 40 years after Ankara signed an association deal as a first step to membership in 1963.
There was uncertainty until the final moment about whether the decision would contain conditions not applied to past candidates in a nod to popular concerns about the cost of integrating Turkey and fears of a wave of poor immigrants.
Erdogan lobbied hard against conditions Turkey considered discriminatory such as a possible permanent emergency brake on labour migration.
However, the final document did mention the possibility of derogations from the EU treaty or permanent safeguard clauses, spelling out that this was not the same as permanent restrictions on freedom of movement.


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Little Strike is the alias of Israeli musician / producer Tamar Dart, based currently in Philadelphia. With roots in folk, electronic, and world music, the project feels like a collage of eclectic beats, playful guitars, and pointed vocals. The listener is encouraged to go on a nostalgic walkabout around the world with lyrics in English, Hebrew, Spanish, French & Wolof, reflecting Dart's deep love of languages and her own personal mixed heritage. She has performed in various countries including Ecuador, Thailand, India and across the US. The live show features vocals, sampler, guitar, loops, bass, & Koof Ibi Umoren on flugelhorn and loops.
beyond things
Tamar Dart's first known memory involves war: she was 3 and had to relocate because scud missiles were being launched at her home town. Consequently since an early age themes of civil unrest and war fused into her thoughts and art. In her latest release beyond things dark societal issues including addiction, the murder of Michael Brown, and drone strikes are contrasted and eased by concepts of rebirth, a universal connection, and a profound love spanning many generations — a love beyond things. beyond things is Dart's attempt to heal herself out loud while inviting you to join her. She is urging the listener not to go at it alone – a lesson she is still learning.
Additional Bio
Disillusioned by the politically charged environment of Israel, Dart and her family decided to relocate to Miami when she was 15. After graduating with a BFA in multimedia arts, Dart traded the US for East Asia, where she traveled and worked in China, Thailand, and Nepal for a year. For Dart this trip exposed dual realities: one of brutal poverty and human suffering, and the other of the astounding resilience of both people and nature. This inspired purpose in Dart and pushed her to pursue music as a means of giving voice to these dualities: to pain and pleasure, to life and death. In turn her lyrics often act as hopeful mantras co-existing alongside a painful reality.
With new determination she settled in Philadelphia in 2013 where she recorded and produced her first EP in her bedroom, called Forever Always Leaving. Her 2018 EP release, beyond things explores a desire to feel connected to love beyond death in a fragmented society.


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Cold snap arrives in southeastern Michigan
A cold front in Michigan is expected to keep temperatures in the 30s over the next several days and bring snow.
Despite bringing showers and slick conditions, officials at the Oakland County Sheriff's Office said there were no ongoing traffic situations.
Coming on the heels of unseasonably warm weather, making for a Thanksgiving Day with temperatures reaching into the 60s, the front, which reached Michigan Thursday night, brought with it 40 to 45 mph winds and a hazardous weather advisory for Southeast Michigan.
Sara Schultz, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service at White Lake Township, said a chill will be in the air for the next several days.
"We have dropped significantly since yesterday (Thursday)," Schultz said. "We were above average ... and now we're going to be a little bit below average coming up ... We're going to continue (decreasing the) temperature throughout the day along with very gusty winds."
Highs for the next week are barely expected to get out of the 30s with the high reaching 41 on Monday.
The average high for November is 46 with the average low touching 31.
Light snow was expected to hit the area late Friday. However, little accumulation is expected.
There is also a 40 percent chance of snow Monday and Tuesday of next week.
There is a hazardous weather advisory for Southeast Michigan throughout the day and a wind advisory in effect in Huron County.
Highs Saturday will be between 32 and 36 and lows from 24 to 28 in the evening.
Conditions Sunday will be 35 to 39 with the nighttime low from 27 to 31.
Monday temperatures will reach 37 to 41 with a chance of snow in the evening. Lows between 27 and 31 could be reached at night.
On Tuesday, highs will be anywhere from 35 to 39 with a 40 percent chance of snow during the day. The evening will be partly cloudy with lows between 23 and 27.
On Wednesday, temperatures will be between 33 and 37 with a low of anywhere from 25 to 29.
Daytime conditions Thursday will see temperatures of 35 to 39.


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Ademola Lookman scored a dramatic late winner on his debut for RB Leipzig in a 1-0 victory at Borussia Monchengladbach.
The game looked to be heading towards a goalless draw only for second-half substitute Lookman, who only joined the club on loan from Everton on deadline day, to strike in the 89th minute.
Lookman is the first Englishman to score a goal in the Bundesliga since Owen Hargreaves netted for Bayern Munich back in August 2005.
That result puts Leipzig joint-second in the Bundesliga, behind Bayer Leverkusen only on goal difference.
The England under-21 international has made 24 appearances for the Toffees in all competitions, playing 16 times this season and scoring twice -- both in the 3-0 Europa League victory against Apollon Limassol last month.


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Catalog AR system development
Utilize advanced IT technology AR for business promotion
Catalog interlocking AR system. It is an electronic catalog AR system linked with an electronic catalog on which a large number of products are posted.
Contents of catalog AR system
It is an AR system linked with electronic catalog system of tablet terminal with camera. The user searches for items on the electronic catalog, taps products desired to be displayed on the AR from the list of search results, holds the AR marker (such as a logo of the product maker) over the AR content of the selected product ( 3DCG or item description movie) will be displayed.
The AR content is downloaded from the cloud when the user taps the product from the search list, and the AR marker and the content are dynamically linked with the AR marker. (DLAR: Dynamic Link AR) AR system that can display thousands and tens of thousands of AR contents in conjunction with electronic catalogs.
In the electronic catalog AR, it is not necessary to prepare a marker for each content, because it can switch multiple full-sized contents to one marker. Therefore, it is possible to simulate placement of furniture and other product placement very easily and properly.
- AR type: Vision method / Location method
- Target models: iPad 2 / New iPad, Android tablet (with camera)
- Development period: 1 month –
- Category: Business (promotion support system)
Major usage scenes
- Placement of furniture in apartment Simulation confirmation (furniture catalog)
- Placement simulation at the design stage of buildings, condominiums, rental houses etc. (Residential equipment catalog)
- Serving of lacquerware such as restaurant, using image (lacquer catalog)
- Full size installation confirmation to home before purchasing large electric appliances (appliance catalog)
- Before buying a Buddhist altar full size installation confirmation to home (Buddhist altar catalog)
- Full-scale installation of machine tools into the factory Installation confirmation (machine tool catalog)


text: No Industrial Design Treaty At WIPO In 2014; Technical Assistance Still In The Way 10/05/2014 by Catherine Saez, Intellectual Property Watch 1 Comment Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)A World Intellectual Property Organization Extraordinary General Assembly was convened this week to confirm the re-election of Francis Gurry as director general, but also to decide on convening a treaty negotiation this year to finish a procedural treaty on industrial designs. No consensus was found on the design treaty, leaving the decision to be deferred to the General Assembly in September. After long hours of informal discussions carried out over the 8-9 May Assembly (following the first morning spent on the re-election of the director general), positions remained deadlocked, forfeiting the prospect of a treaty adoption in 2014. WIPO Director General Francis Gurry was re-elected on 8 May © WIPO 2014. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. Agreement could not be reached on a proposed decision [pdf] by Extraordinary General Assembly Chair Päivi Kairamo, the Ambassador of Finland, issued on 8 May. The draft decision left open two options on how to address technical assistance in the treaty: include it in an article within the treaty, or attach a resolution to the treaty. Either way, it called for the final treaty negotiation (diplomatic conference) to be held by year's end, in Geneva. The location represented a shift from an earlier plan to accept Russia's offer to hold it in Moscow. Informal consultations could not bring proponents of the two technical assistance options closer. Therefore, Kairamo issued another draft decision [pdf] at the end of the afternoon on 9 May, which sent the decision on a diplomatic conference to the next WIPO General Assembly in September. The decision encourages delegations to hold informal consultations prior to the General Assembly "with a view to resolving pending issues." This decision was adopted by the General Assembly. The international registration of industrial designs is currently covered by the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs, managed by WIPO. The new treaty, which is said to be "procedural," is seen as a way to simplify and harmonise procedures for industrial design registrations. The treaty would address questions such as the filing date, the grace period for filing in case of disclosure, multiple applications, the publication of the industrial design, and renewal. Work on the draft treaty text [pdf] has been going forward during the last sessions of the Standing Committee on the Law of Trademarks, Industrial Designs and Geographical Indications (SCT) but it hit a stumbling block with the issue of technical assistance. Missed Opportunity? The Group B developed countries said "it is very regrettable" that no agreement could be reached on the convening of a diplomatic conference this year, and that one specific element should have prevented the agreement on the "balanced solution to move forward" that had been presented by the chair. "This fact deepens our regret that some are imposing a condition on the convening of a diplomatic conference preventing us from moving forward," Japan said on behalf of Group B. WIPO General Assembly© WIPO 2014. Photo: Emmanuel Berrod. The European Union in its prepared statement expressed regret that the WIPO General Assembly "has once again failed to find agreement on the convening of a Diplomatic Conference to establish a Design Law Treaty, despite the clear window of opportunity and the obvious maturity of the text." "It is clear that consensus remains elusive due to a single issue of concern for a limited number of delegations," the EU delegate said. "In our future discussions we should ensure that we uphold the high level of ambition of our nearly completed work in order to preserve our common achievement." Main proponents of an article in the treaty are countries of the African Group. India in past sessions of the SCT also has said it favours an article. According to some sources, the Asia Pacific Group also shares the same view. The African Group insists that technical assistance has to be part of an article, and made it a question of principle, saying that technical assistance should be treated in the same way as any obligation laid out in the treaty. They are tying the agreement on the inclusion of an article in the draft treaty text to holding a diplomatic conference. Most countries said they could be flexible on the issue, such as the European Union, and the Group of Latin American and Caribbean countries (GRULAC). But the United States said that a resolution attached to the treaty would provide a swifter solution to technical assistance and capacity building, implementable as soon as the treaty is adopted, as it can take many years for countries to sign and then ratify a treaty. They oppose an article in the treaty, but would welcome a diplomatic conference to settle the issue, according to sources. Date, Venue of Diplomatic Conference Uncertain There is no indication of a possible time in which the diplomatic conference could be convened in the decision adopted by the General Assembly, other than "as soon as practicable at a venue to be decided." Russia had proposed to host the diplomatic conference to adopt the treaty, which was originally foreseen for June 2014. Given the lack of agreement at the last WIPO Extraordinary General Assembly in December 2013, Russia proposed to host the diplomatic conference in December 2014, which led to the item being added to the extraordinary General Assembly already arranged to confirm the WIPO director general's election (IPW, WIPO, 13 December 2013). The 8 May proposed decision from Kairamo stated that the potential diplomatic conference would be held in Geneva. General Assembly Reports Adopted The WIPO members also adopted the draft general report [pdf] of the assembly, which contains statements made by member states during the two days. The Assembly also adopted the draft report [pdf] containing the chair's proposed decision on the industrial design treaty. At the close of the Extraordinary General Assembly, Director General Francis Gurry renewed his thanks to the Assembly for his second nomination and said he felt sorry no positive conclusion could be reached on the design law treaty. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Related Catherine Saez may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com."No Industrial Design Treaty At WIPO In 2014; Technical Assistance Still In The Way" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


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It's really nice - the white little tablet Nexus 9. The manufacturer of Nexus 9 is HTC. Google lets different manufactures produce the members of the Nexus line, which I suppose leads to optimization for price and performance.
I have previously owned an iPad 2 which wasn't my cup of tea at all. I thought it was too big and too clumsy to carry around. It even felt clumsy to carry around in my bag, so it ended up on a shelf here at home. I also thought it felt slippery to hold without a case - and far too big with a case. I do want to be able to hold the tablet easily with one hand. We weren't friends at all, me and the iPad. And I do prefer Android over iOS any time.
To me a tablet is just a tablet: If I want to write a longer text I pick my laptop with a real keyboard. But I have missed something to use when reading the morning newspaper online when having breakfast. Or a somehow bigger screen than my mobile for playTV when I don't want to sit in the living room by the family TV using my Chromecast. Therefore, Nexus 9 with it's 8.9" large sceen felt like the perfect size and the perfect companion. I think a 7" tablet is far too small, an 8" is a possability but this 8,9" feels perfect for my needs.
It seems like Google is clearing is stock of this now somehow old (2014) model, so the prices feels OK. They aren't cheap, but I hope this tablet will last for a couple of years and that Google will keep updating it.
I ordered the 32 GB version, which I feel is on the lower side, but it was the largest memory size I could choose. There is unfortunately not any slot for an extra memory card. On the other hand my Chromebook only has 16 GB disc, which I thought would be scarce for storage. So far, I have not had any space problems with the Chromebook, since almost everything is stored on Google Drive and not on the physical machine. I don't think a tablet would need any more storage than a Chromebook, so I'm probably safe. My Nexus 9 is the Wi-Fi version.
The build qulity is really nice. Nowaday a lot of tablets and mobile phones are made from aluminium and people frown upon "plastic things". I can however se positive things with plastic: It does'nt get as cold and slippery during the cold winter time and it is softer, warmer and gives a better grip. There's a metallic frame around the tablet which makes it somehow more durable when (not "if") you drop it. The design is very clean and elegant.
The screen is really, really nice. It's an IPS LED screen, which doesn't have the same intense colours as a AMOLED-screen (used in SAMSUNGS premium lines e.g.), but I do like this screen. The AMOLED is a bit too intense and colourful to me sometimes, and this screen feel sharp, detailed, natural and fast. I do like it a lot. The screens reacts really quickly when you use it.
The battery time feels OK. It's always hard to tell what's good and how long is long. The tablets get thinner and thinner and it's hard to put a lage battery into a thin unit. So far, I think the battery time feels like expected. There are plenty of tips on Google's support pages for Nexus 9 how to prolong the battery time.
Edit: After having used my Nexus 9 for a couple of days, I must say that I'm very pleased with the battery time. It's way in line with my old iPad, which I was really impressed of. The new function Doze in Marshmallow really does it's job.
The Nexus 9 charges via the MicroUSB port. I have sen reviews that the tablet will heat up after a while, getting really hot at one corner. I have not noticed any of this. I guess some of the early problems have been removed since the tablet has been in production for a while now.
I ordered the white version, but I must say that it's definitely more grey than white. Not what I had expected or as it's shown on the internet.
The number of cases are surprisingly few regarding that the Nexus 9 has been on the market for quite a lot of time. I found a lilac case that I ordered, which was made to fit Nexus 9 perfectly. The generic cases are often either for tablets 7-8" or 9-10". Using a larger case than needed reduces the advantage of having a slightly smaller tablet.
The Nexus 9 weighs 425 grams which is quite light. I can easily hold it in my left hand, while having a cup of coffe or sandwich in my right hand. The Nexus 9 really feels light and easy to handle.
When I powered on the tablet it wanted to use the latest backup I had from one of my other Andorid units, a mobile phone. I said OK and then it started to download all my apps, which felt quite nice. Not having to redo all the downloading once again for my most used apps. Then the exciting part of the installtion process started: To update the unit to Marshmallow 6.0. I lost count of how many time the Nexus 9 said: "I have a new update - do you want to install it?" But after 5-6 restarts it was updated to Marshmallow 6.0. After only having tried it out for a short time, I don't think it feels like that much of a difference to the old versions of Android. But the latest and the greatest is always nice.
I've seen the power button mentioned as being hard and unsensitive. The Nexus which are sent out now has more distinct buttons which is OK to use. You can see them in the photo below.
The stored data is encypted, but if it should be any use with this you need to add some sort of screen lock. You can use gestures, PIN or a password. There are other nice things as setting up muliple user profiles. The Gmail application can load other email accounts as well. There are cameras both in front and in back (auto focus) so it should be possible to both take photos and Skype or take selfies. The screen opens when you double knock on it.
There's a lot of easy to follow documentation on Google's support pages for the Nexus 9. Do visit them.
The Nexus 9 will most likely be a faithful companion to me.
This is the Nexus 9 next to an iPhone 6.


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Francine Ribeau and Danielle Ehrlich are the masterminds that make up Francine Ribeau Events, a powerhouse wedding planning team located in San Diego, California. Francine and Danielle's beautiful work has been featured on Martha Stewart Weddings, Style Me Pretty, Green Wedding Shoes, Wedding Chicks, The Perfect Palette, Reverie Gallery and more.
We were excited to get to sit down with Francine and Danielle to talk about how they got their start, their approach to wedding planning, and—most importantly—the importance of doing what you love.
What was your path to becoming a wedding planner. Was it something you were always interested in?
Francine: Actually, no. I went to school and changed my major six times because I was really unsure of what I wanted to do. In hindsight, that just means to me that I was able to touch different industries and skills, which were ultimately really important to creating my wedding planning business. I didn't realize until later how vital it was to be able to connect to all different types of people and speak their language as a wedding planner.
I ended up graduating with a graphic design degree and an art minor. I did a number of jobs in graphic design, bartending, marketing, and PR, but I ultimately decided I wanted to do wedding planning. It sounds weird, but the reason was because every time I went to a wedding, I just felt like it was full of love. Everyone was happy, you know? It was just a really wonderful place to be, and that was the only reason I wanted to be a wedding planner: because I love that feeling of love.
While it took a while and definitely wasn't a direct path, I ultimately knew wedding planning was what I wanted to do. One day while I was getting my eyebrows waxed by my long-time aesthetician, I said I wanted to change careers and become a wedding planner. I just didn't know how to get started. She told me she was getting married and offered free facials for a year if I planned her wedding. I was like, "Done!"
She was my first client in 2007, and then I opened my business officially in 2008. And that's the winding road to here.
Love it! It seems like the most interesting people have indirect paths to their success. You mentioned that you've been partnering with Danielle. What made you decide to work with another planner and how did you two meet up?
Francine: I've always had this vision when I started my business that I wanted to have a second person as a partner. The reason was because, I feel there is success in numbers. I like bouncing ideas off of each other and using each others' strengths to create quality work and a healthy working environment. I know that everything we do is a team effort. So the person that I wanted to bring in had to be a really good compliment to me.
Danielle heard I was hiring through a friend of mine. When we finally met, she was interviewing me as much as I was interviewing her. Turns out Danielle was the perfect compliment. We work in tandem with each other, each being the other half of the brain. I'm the logistical guru and she is the creative queen. We both get to work on what we excel at, but also collaborate to create some strong memories.
Have you found your work's changed or the way you're able to do your work's changed since you partnered up? How do you work together?
Francine: Absolutely! Initially it was a bit of a challenge because I've been doing this for so long and so many years by myself that having someone come in and share the office space with me has been a little bit of an adjustment. In addition to that, Danielle coming in is a breath of fresh air. We are each others biggest advocates.
What do you think has been your best source for connecting with new clients and brides?
Francine: I would definitely say it was Yelp in the past. As our business has grown, we started working toward capturing a wider audience from social media, search engine results, peer referrals and such. In fact, we just got back from an industry conference and one of the things was they talked a lot about millennials, how millennials is the largest social group right now, they range from age 13 to 34, so most —I would say 89-95% of our clientele —are these millennials, so it makes sense to communicate and connect with them via social media.
Are you finding that you need to change your practices for wedding planning to meet the needs or preferences of millennial couples?
Francine: Definitely. Texting is one thing. I used to try to really keep my personal side separate from my business side, but I'm loving that I just kind of have to roll with it and go with it. Brides, or Grooms for that matter, hire us to be their best friend, to be their confidante, to work with them for essentially nine to twelve months and the most important months leading up to their wedding. Texting is important, so it's something I've had to kind of come out of my comfort zone to do.
Millennials are also really good at vetting before they hire. So really laying everything out for prospective couples to find and being transparent is also really important. I try to make sure they realize the planning process is about them. One way to do that is with Aisle Planner. Our millennial couples love the transparency that Aisle Planner creates. They also love that they get their own dashboard where everything is super tailored and specific to their own wedding.
Do you have any particular tips for other people for how you like to find inspiration for your client weddings?
Danielle: I think a lot of times I find inspiration through the landscape. A lot of people don't really use their landscape for inspiration and they'll try to put this ultra-glam wedding in a—
Francine: ..In a barn!
Danielle: In a barn! And I think using your backdrop and grabbing colors from the architecture, shapes, flowers, and whatnot truly makes the wedding feel like it belongs in that space. We also pull inspiration from our couples and really trying to dive into who they are, what they like and really try to incorporate them in it.
Francine: Right, we truly believe it's about them. I have always felt strongly and have created my business on the foundation that couples are creating traditions of tomorrow. It not about the past, it's about their individuality and the memories they are creating for their generation.
You talked about using Instagram to delve into these inspirational photos a little more. Do you find that's a little easier and more informative to do on Instagram versus Pinterest?
Danielle: I think that Pinterest for wedding planners has been a great tool to showcase our work, but not so much to find inspiration. Pinterest can be repetitive, but it is a great tool for brides to show us their inspiration, and then we can build on that inspiration and create something truly unique to them.
Instagram is a massive network all about individual expression. I follow people from all over the world who share all sorts of photos. It's nice to see people's lives from their point of view. It's inspiring. We have been using our team's instagram to communicate with our couples, too. We like to follow them, get to know them on a different level. We are able to tag them in photos that we think may be of interest to them and vice versa. It has been a great tool. It's not for every couple, but our millennials love it.
Do you have any thoughts on trends you're seeing in wedding planning? Maybe the future of wedding planning that's exciting to you?
Francine: I think most important wedding trend is the trend of being true to yourself. The couple wants it to be an expression of their individuality, who they are. Most of the time they're paying for the wedding themselves, though not all are. Parents aren't paying for everything like they used to. So this isn't a wedding about their parents, it's now more a wedding about themselves and who they are. It all goes back to creating new traditions.
In addition, technology plays a huge part in communication, multi-tasking and organizing. We are working longer, harder, and faster, so Aisle Planner couldn't have come at a better time.
So what would you say is the most rewarding part of guiding a bride to a wedding? What's the part you love the best?
Francine: I love the relationships we build with a lot of our couples. Being able to call them a friend and after the wedding still go to lunch and hang out or email and say "Hey, I saw this and I thought of you" type of stuff. The greatest reward is the relationship and knowing that we did everything we could to make their day perfect for them.
How does Aisle Planner help in your planning process?
Francine: We use Aisle Planner everyday. We used to use Google Drive for sharing documents with clients, but using Aisle Planner is more streamlined and simple. It's where we go in and see our schedule and all our upcoming weddings. For our full-service clients, it's part of their package so they have access to it. And it actually helps because they aren't emailing, "Hey, what's going on? Where are you at?" They can see where we are, and they can also contribute in terms of checking items off the to do lists, entering notes and such.
It's also great because it's essentially an electronic file cabinet. So you get to keep all your individual files, and within those files it's super organized, all in one place. You've got the styling guide and the design studio in there. I love the guest list. I have all of my clients build their guest list using the Aisle Planner template so they can then import it. It really is a seamless process. It's so nice having everything in one place rather than notes jotted down on scraps of paper here and there. I can type all my notes right into Aisle Planner and nothing goes missing!
What in your opinion makes a great wedding?
Francine: I can think of three characteristics of a great wedding. The first is flow, which includes timeline and setting – where you set up tables and how one would walk through the space.
The other is creating an event that is a true representation of the couple. We love looking at the inspiration board we create for each wedding and comparing it with the images of the real wedding. The inspiration board is approved by the couple so it is exactly the look and feel of what they want. We take that and build upon that and create their own wedding based on their inspiration board. Seeing those side by side is just fantastic.
Also, building a super team. Being able to work with amazing professionals that we know and trust.
Danielle: I think one of the biggest things is making your bride and groom feel relaxed. Making it so they can sit back and enjoy the day. I think that their guests follow how they're feeling. When the bride and groom are joyful and up dancing and having fun, their guests are joyful and having fun.
If you could travel back in time and give one piece of advice to your younger self as you started out, what would it be?
Francine: This is a hard question because obviously there's a bias. I think I'm doing pretty darn good. I probably would say hire someone sooner than later. Ask for help. I always thought I could always do everything by myself, and I still struggle with that today.
Danielle: Getting Aisle Planner sooner!
Francine: Absolutely! If Aisle Planner was around when I first started, my productivity would have skyrocketed!
You're our biggest fan, that's awesome! Any last advice?
Danielle: It's a really hard question. I started wedding planning in an abstract sense in college, but my studies were in science. And I told myself back then that I needed to get into science because that's what I went to school for.
But there was this large part of me that really enjoyed weddings and being creative, and I kind of pushed that person to the wayside. I put that creative energy on the back burner for too long. And I think there was this inner fire in me that really wanted to go back into weddings, and I wish I would've trusted that instinct a little sooner. So: trust yourself. I feel extremely lucky that I have found a career that I wholeheartedly love. I don't feel like I am going to "work" and that is very important to me.
Francine: One of the most important things is to make sure that I still set time aside for myself. As anentrepreneur, it's hard not to only think of your clients all the time. The work-life balance is hard. I'm married now, so being able to spend time with my husband but yet still run a business is important.
It's a balancing act and I'm still learning.
Thank you for the great chat, Francine and Danielle!


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Very few people know where to begin when searching for an attorney. Many lawyers are vying for your business so, it can be hard to find a good attorney. Read the article below to learn all that you need to look for in a good lawyer like the Family and Divorce Lawyers Serving Jacksonville FL.
Make a budget when it comes to paying for legal fees. Try to find someone else if you contact an attorney and they are above your price range. While there is nothing wrong with going a little over your budget, you do not want to choose a lawyer that you will have trouble trying to pay.
It's a good idea to have a retainer lawyer in case of disaster. This way you are not under pressure, but rather can take your time finding a lawyer that you can trust. Keeping an attorney on retainer helps give you a resource for legal advice.
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Find a lawyer that specializes in your type of case. Find one that specializes in whatever you need, although there are general lawyers that can deal with just about anything. If you need a lawyer to deal with a divorce, find one that specializes in divorce, for example. There are also lawyers who deal with medical cases, vehicle accidents, family law, financial matters and just about anything else you can think of.
If you can legal representation, contact your city to see. Many lawyers will work at a reduced rate to help you out. These lawyers will assist you for a much cheaper fee than the standard lawyer. Thus, you may contact the divorce lawyer in jacksonville fl to consult and hire for services.
A good tip to remember when looking to hire a lawyer is to make sure you find a lawyer that has the necessary experience that you're looking for. If you're going to court soon for a criminal case, it wouldn't make sense to bring on a divorce lawyer, you'll need a criminal lawyer.
Prior to your meeting with prospective lawyers, identify your ultimate objective. First, if you need a lawyer, ask yourself. If you're charged with an offense, have a lawsuit coming up or if you're in a divorce, for example, a lawyer is needed. You could also need a lawyer to give you advice about a financial matter.
Child Custody
And the details do not involve child custody or complicated details, consider settling out of court, if you are getting a divorce. An out of court agreement can be drawn up by an attorney if the divorce is simple and nothing is being contested. The agreement only needs to be finalized by a judge with no legal representation by either party required.
Depending on the type of case you are involved in, personality really does matter. For example, if you are dealing with a child custody situation, you are probably going to have a lot of questions for your attorney as time goes on. You want to make sure whoever you hire is willing and approachable to get back to you quickly.
It can be time consuming to find a good lawyer. You shouldn't go with the very first lawyer you find. Use the tricks and tips mentioned in the article above to help you find a quality lawyer who will put your interests above all else.


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Our purpose is to create an international network of Kairos Project Hubs that will offer social and environmental organisations affordable and accessible coaching-based learning and development.
We believe that current practices in the world are not sustainable and that we, the coaching profession, are in a powerful position to help these organisations create a better future.
Coaching-based learning is highly effective at facilitating change. We will make sure that these organisations have the best possible chance of achieving their missions.
Our Vision
A sustainable world in our lifetime.
We dream of a world where social enterprises are mainstream enterprises; and our collective energies, talents and brilliant minds are engaged in meeting the social and environmental challenges of our times.
We dream of a kind and fair world where we honour and respect each other and our planet – no matter what our religion, gender or race; where we measure our success by the wellbeing of the whole.


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'One of the foremost sets in travel law', and with 'a seemingly endless depth of well-trained, able juniors added every year', the 'standout' 3 Hare Court also offers 'quality and depth of experience' in relation to commercial litigation, fraud and insolvency cases, and places 'an extremely important emphasis on delivering client service'. Members 'routinely feature in notable and important cases, breaking new ground and setting precedents', and 'conduct complex and heavyweight litigation'. The 'superb' clerks' room is headed up by the 'delightful' and 'charming' senior clerk James Donovan, who 'knows his barristers - their strengths and weaknesses - inside out' and 'is interested in building lasting working relationships rather than short-term profits'. Chambers 'really seems to be going places' under Donovan's guidance, and he is ably assisted by 'commendable' first junior Toby Eales, whose service to solicitors 'cannot be faulted'. Second juniors clerks Duane Hitchman and Simon Hamilton 'are always happy to assist in tight corners'. Junior clerk Bradley Patterson is singled out for his professionalism and for his 'work with the listing office'.
We are delighted that we are again recognised as a leading set in Travel Law, being described as 'the go to set for travel insurance work". Howard Stevens QC is ranked in tier 1, Katherine Deal is also ranked in tier 1, also ranked in Travel Law is Andrew Young, Dan Saxby, Helen Pugh and Asela Wijeyaratne.
We are also recognised as a leading set in Personal Injury, Industrial Disease and Insurance Fraud, with Howard Stevens QC, Katherine Deal, Andrew Young and Dan Saxby being ranked.
Other rankings include:
James Guthrie QC, Tom Poole and Rowan Pennington-Benton for Administrative and Public Law
Katherine Deal for Aviation
James Guthrie QC for Civil Liberties and Human Rights
Peter Knox QC and Simon Davenport QC for Commercial Litigation
William Godwin QC for Constructions
Tom Poole for Employment
Simon Davenport QC and Tom Poole for Civl Fraud
Tom Poole for Immigration
Simon Davenport QC, Daniel Lewis and Clara Johnson for Insolvency
Sebastian Neville-Clarke, Andrew Yong, Sara Ibrahim and Helen Pugh for Professional Negligence.


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Fine art photographers everywhere talk a lot about fine art prints. Here at Cramer Imaging, we do a lot of talking about it too. It sounds like a very nebulous and ill-defined term. If this is what you think, you would be correct. However, let's define what a fine art print is a little more, at least in terms of what we offer here at Cramer Imaging.
Sadly, there is no industry standard definition of what a fine art print is that I can quote back to you. Because of this, there is a lot of debate out there in art circles about what is and is not considered a 'fine art print.' There are rough guidelines which tend to be widely used on what constitutes a fine art print. A fine art print is often considered to be a very to extremely high quality print, often digital in origin, which is printed on acid-free paper using archival quality inks. Since this is a bit to digest, let's break it down a bit.
|Here's an example of the archival inks available for consumer-grade photo quality printers. The full set is almost $100 to buy new.
Archival ink is a bit easier to define. It must be fade and weather resistant in order to qualify as 'archival.' This means it must not fade easily with sunlight and UV exposure. It must also not run if exposed to water or similar liquids. Often, these kinds of inks are pH neutral or slightly basic (alkaline). The idea is that, combined with the acid-free paper, the print will last for generations. Here at Cramer Imaging, we also select the best archival inks we can find to create our fine art prints.
The 'high quality' portion of the definition is even more difficult to quantify for you. Since this is fine art we are talking about, you might very well have a different definition of what constitutes 'high quality' fine art than we do.
The digital part is the only portion of the definition where we can give you some objective standards to work with. Since digital has become the industry standard lately for fine art print production, we can easily give you some of the computer specifications required to create a 'high quality' fine art print.
In order to create a top quality fine art print, you will need to use an inkjet printer designed for photo printing. A laser printer simply does not have the width and depth of color required to create a fine art print. A regular inkjet printer, while an improvement, also won't display the range of color you want to see in a fine art print. This is why fine art prints are created on photo quality inkjet printers.
The other standard is the dpi (dots per inch) which the printer uses to create the image. If you want a seamless print, and you do if you're looking at buying a fine art print, then the digital file that the final image is printed from must have a minimum of 300 dpi. There have been scientific studies done to see what the minimum dpi is for no longer noticing the dots. That is the figure that the scientists came up with. Here at Cramer Imaging, all of our digital photo files are kept at no less than 300 dpi and always printed on a photo quality inkjet printer.
So there you have it. A fine art print has a loose industry definition of being a digital image printed at 300 dpi, using a photo quality inkjet printer, on acid-free paper with archival quality ink. The subject matter on a fine art print is yours to decide.


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In the spring of 2015, Fortune Brands announced it intends to give $400,000 over three years to The Nature Conservancy, one of the world's most trusted and effective global conservation organizations. This intention extends the existing three year relationship as part of the Company's Fortunate Giving contributions program, which has already donated $245,000 to the Conservancy.
"We designed the Fortunate Giving program to support organizations where our associates are personally involved, where there is a connection to our local community or our business and where our efforts can best contribute to the public good," said Chris Klein, chief executive officer, Fortune Brands. "The Nature Conservancy partnership is important to our business because it focuses on protecting vital natural resources in the regions where our employees live and work."
As with previous donations to The Nature Conservancy, Fortune Brands' upcoming contributions will be earmarked towards freshwater programs in the Great Lakes and around the globe. The Great Lakes hold 95 percent of North America's surface freshwater, providing drinking water, beautiful scenery and recreation-- and it's a critical business resource for energy, transportation of goods and manufacturing processes. The Company's support of the Conservancy's water conservation programs aligns with its corporate social responsibility goals and existing commitments of its WaterSense® products that meet the Environmental Protection Agency's guidelines for environmentally responsible and efficient products.
"The growing water crisis presents a daunting challenge for both people and nature, but hope for recovery is great. Fortune Brands' support of The Nature Conservancy's local efforts in the Great Lakes and our global freshwater initiative gives us the opportunity to work at visionary scales for real and profound change. We value Fortune Brands' investment to help protect some of our most important resources in the Midwest and beyond," said Michelle Carr, Illinois state director, The Nature Conservancy.
Fortune Brands employees have also volunteered to protect designated Conservancy grasslands lands by weeding invasive species, creating walking paths, collecting native seeds and much more.
See the press release regarding the $400,000 commitment.


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Moon phase on 19 October 2024 Saturday is Waning Gibbous, 17 days old Moon is in Taurus.Share this page: twitter facebook linkedin
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 94% and getting smaller. The 17 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 2 days on 17 October 2024 at 11:26.
Moon rises in the evening and sets in the morning. It is visible to the southwest and it is high in the sky after midnight.
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1946" and ∠1927".
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2024 after 27 days on 15 November 2024 at 21:29.
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
The Moon is 17 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 306 of Meeus index or 1259 from Brown series.
Length of current 306 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 58 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2024. It is 24 minutes longer than next lunation 307 length.
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 14 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 49 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
This lunation true anomaly is ∠179.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠204.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
2 days after point of perigee on 17 October 2024 at 00:46 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 October 2024 at 22:50 in ♎ Libra.
Moon is 368 290 km (228 845 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 164 km (252 379 mi).
3 days after its ascending node on 16 October 2024 at 07:05 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 29 October 2024 at 17:44 in ♎ Libra.
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
10 days after previous South standstill on 9 October 2024 at 11:53 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.684°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.653° in the next northern standstill on 22 October 2024 at 00:50 in ♋ Cancer.
After 13 days on 1 November 2024 at 12:47 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.


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It's been an interesting week for Foursquare, the location-based social networking site.
On Sunday, Foursquare might have been referenced on an episode of "The Simpsons" that was filled with Twitter and Facebook references. On Monday, TechCrunch reported that Digg founder Kevin Rose outed himself as an investor in Foursquare while he was at the Future of Web Apps conference in London. And on Tuesday, Foursquare announced that London will be added to the growing list of cities where its service is available.
Through a tweet, Foursquare announced that it will be bringing the service to London this week. This is Foursquare's second European city. Amsterdam was first, but London is a whole different animal. London is the top Twitter-using city in the world, so people may be open to a new social service like Foursquare.
Meanwhile, Rose is the latest Foursquare seed round investor to go public. Last week, it was revealed that Twitter creator Jack Dorsey was part of the round, along with Union Square Ventures and others still undisclosed. Rose's involvement definitely adds some star power to a service that has been growing in popularity. Rose's investment was revealed through a slide in his FOWA presentation that can be seen in a video of his talk at 50 seconds in.
Finally, Sunday brought some fun news for Foursquare. A new episode of "The Simpsons" includes a scene in which Lisa remarks: "Nobody even plays foursquare anymore, they just gossip." It's a pretty loose reference, but some people believe "The Simpsons" gave a nod to Foursquare.


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From the doctor - April 2017
Two Rivers Medical Partnership
Whitchurch and Derrydown Clinics
General Practice is in crisis. Workload has increased substantially in recent years but unfortunately has not been matched by growth in either funding or in workforce.
Locally we have not been immune to this crisis. As you are aware Whitchurch surgery struggled two years ago when it was unable to retain or recruit doctors and this played a large part in the merger with Derrydown Clinic forming the new Two Rivers Medical Partnership.
Over the last five years the number of face to face and telephone consultations has increased by up to 63 per cent (Kings Fund data). Pressures on general practice are compounded by the fact that the work is becoming more complex and more intense. This is mainly because of our ageing population, increasing numbers of people with complex conditions, increased repeat prescriptions, initiatives to move care from hospitals to the community, underfunded community services and social services and rising public expectations.
Funding for primary care as a share of the NHS overall budget has fallen every year in the past five years from 8.3 per cent to just over 7.9 per cent.
Despite this crisis general practice is consistently the most popular part of the NHS. It feels an absolute privilege to be a doctor in this community, frequently your advocate or companion on one of your many journeys.
Your dedicated and enthusiastic team here are trying to make the best of this challenging situation while maintaining our core values of continuity and personal medicine. We are being creative; one example is recognising as a GP we can no longer do everything and now work collaboratively with advanced nurse practitioners alongside other clinicians. We have an innovative new website, we are soon to try e-consulting, face time consulting, and are about to fully implement telephone triage for requests for acute urgent problems.
We continue to work with our newly formed and active patient group, exploring new ways to help people in the community; our latest ideas around how we support the most frail and isolated. I would again use this opportunity to encourage people to keep seeing their registered doctor/nurse practitioner team when possible to continue to improve continuity. Please keep showing your support for the team and our profession and perhaps think about joining the patient group and contributing to a project. And keep supporting our fantastic NHS!
An honest answer to your request to discuss our current pressures...now back to the prescriptions!
Dr Dan Lickman
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The Azerbaijan's Foreign Minister (FM) Elmar Mammadyarov spoke at the 33-d session of the UNESCO General Conference in Paris, the press center of the Azerbaijan's FM told Trend.
His speech concerned mostly the educational needs of children, refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) at the result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. He reported in detail on the crushed and destructed cultural objects on the occupied territories of Azerbaijan and the necessity to liquidate the material and cultural costs. The Minister also informed on the joint projects with UNESCO in regard to the improvement of the Azerbaijan's educational system.
The Minister also met with the UNESCO Director General Koitiro Matsuura. Mammadyarov appreciated highly the cooperation of the sides in the field of material and non-material heritage and stressed the necessity for extending it.
He underlined the interestedness of Azerbaijan in protection of the Architectural Complex "Icheri Shaher" (Inner City), the soonest enrolling of the Gobustan reserve and the Girkan woods in the World Heritage list. Koitiro Matsuura in his turn voiced the interest of UNESCO in holding reforms in the Azerbaijan's educational sphere.


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Last weekend, Chris and I decided to walk at Devil's Den, a nature preserve in Fancy Gap, Va.
Chris had heard that warm weather grasses and flowers had been planted and was attracting a lot of butterflies. With camera in tow, we set out.
We saw black-eyed susans, purple monarda, milkweed, cone flowers and Queen Anne's lace. Here's some scenery shots and close-ups. I'll spare you the many, many landscape shots I took: (All photos by E.A. Seagraves. Do not use without permission.)
My hubby and puppy. Do you see the storm clouds behind them?
Queen Anne's lace
Black-eyed susans
We saw lots of yellow tiger swallowtails, red-spotted purples, buckeyes and black swallowtails.
Yellow tiger swallowtail on milkweed
Black butterfly on mondara
Yellow tiger swallowtail on a cone flower.
More black butterflies on mondara.
We also saw a couple of indigo buntings. It was an awesome nature viewing day.
We pulled into the preserve right after a storm was going down the mountain. We walked around about an 1 1/2 hours, taking pictures of the meadow and walking down the 0.43 mile trail to the cave, which gives the preserve its name.
The trail to the cave is pretty steep so it's not for those who do not want to or cannot climb rocks and tree limbs.
The cave
As we walked back up the mountain side from the cave, mist started rising from the valley below. The valley must have gotten a good, cooling rain after the hot weather we've had. By the time we left, the preserve was covered in a thick fog.


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Two Weeks [review]
"Human are the scariest things in the world." – Granny (from ep 3)
I finished watching Two Weeks since… a month ago i think? LOL. I only have time to write review today. Also, it's been a while since the last time I wrote review so this review is faaaaaaaaaar from nice and faaaaaaaaaar from the standar that I myself set lmao. But please bear it and enjoy reading the review.
So, Two Weeks is def one of the finest dramas i've watched, cast, plot, set, everything is just an inch away from perfection. Gotta admit, i first watched this bcf Lee Joon Gi but after watching ep 1 i just fell in love with everything.
CAST + ACTING + IMPRESSION (8 out of 10)
Lee Joon Gi (Tae San)
One of the finest actors out there in SK. So sad that he's not doing any acting work rn. Hopefully he'll act again any time soon since he has ended his Asia Tour . We need actors who CAN act not crappy awkward actors.
His chemistry with Soo Jin was really moving. How he portrayed a father who's struggling to stay alive was so real. How he fought with himself, how he cried his heart out, hands down!!
Park Ha Sun (In Hye)
I'll be honest. At first her acting was kinda awkward and it turned me off, it was a pain watching her on my laptop screen, really! But after few eps finally she somehow improved(?) her acting.
Lee Chae Mi (Soo Jin)
CUTIE PIE!!!! Great acting too! 'nuff said!
CINEMATOGRAPHY (7.8 out of 10)
PLOT/STORY LINE (8.5 out of 10)
What a brilliant story line! And I really thank the PD-nims, despite they got low viewer ratings but they kept on track, they kept on bringing something new, something exciting to every ep so we had reasons why we should watch the next episode! I love the "D-…" at the ending of every ep.
I like the idea of Soo Jin appeared out of nowhere everytime Tae Sang was down. It's refreshing and in the same time it also reminded us that Tae Sang was a fugitive who's only trying to stay unharm until So Jin's surgery day.
I don't like the ending very much, Tae Sang did everything for Soo Jin just to "leave" her again. But gotta admit, the last scene is beautiful. Tae Sang was walking alone they we heard Soo Jin calling, "Appa!" Man, that's touching!
Not a draggy drama, but the whole political part was boring. Moon Il Seok deserved death sentence or they should have made him died in someway errrr. They stuck to their core, Tae Sang's struggle but they need a little of evil so they sparkle Congressman Jo and Moon Il Seok LMAO.
OST (6 out of 10)
Not that good lineup of OST, it disappointed me in some ways. But fav songs are The One's Don't Cry My Love and Nell's Run. The first time I listen to Run I thought to myself, "OMG SUNGGYU SING FOR TWO WEEK!!!" Then I googled it and bam! It's not Sunggyu but Nell. Lol. They have similar voice, right?!
Overall Score : 8 out of 10
Will I rewatch? There are dramas that's great in everything but meant to be watched just once, I think Two Weeks in in this category. Despite being out of the finest, I don't know, I tried to rewatch it /just wanted to rewatch some scenes/ but I couldn't bring myself together to sit and watch it again. Simply, I got bored. Really.
Once again, high rating isn't a guarantee that the drama is good. Low rating isn't a guarantee that the drama is bad. Two Weeks has proved it.
Do you agree that in some scenes Lee Joon Gi looks like Kim Nam Gil?
Dont forget aboul Niel being cameo on ep 11 too ;D
the one and only kiss scene in this drama awwwwww
ANDDDDDDD other stills from the drama:
Ryu Soo Young (Im Seung Woo) I feel bad for not mentioning him earlier.
Remember Killer Kim? That hot guy who never smiled T_T
"If you're sorry then don't make things that'll make you feel sorry." – Seo In Hye
Another review will be posted within one week i have 5 reviews to post lol but since yall know my disease so pls just wait ahahhaha


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showing a fellow blogger around NO, so an email from a reader regarding how the red-pill changed his outlook on women will stand in for me.
"So shortly before getting involved with my girlfriend, I hooked up a few times with a blonde who was your stereotypical carousel rider. She claimed to be a beer snob, so I told her she'd need to prove it at the local irish pub. Date was going well and, when she left for the bathroom, I noticed some women I'm friends with walk in. I walked over to talk to them, and my date gets back to an empty table, and then sees me across the room talking to my friends. I give her the "one minute" finger and finish my conversation before walking back.
From that moment, it was on. She was practically on my lap. We finished our beers, and made out in the parking lot for a bit. Now by this time, I knew she didn't live very far from me. So I walk her to the car, and we go our separate ways. Once I got home, we text a little and she mentions she's getting ready to watch something she'd DVR'd earlier. I'd dumped my cable a while ago, so I give her grief and say "so you're going to invite me over to watch it with you, right?". She says sure, so I know that if she's inviting me over to her place the night I met her, she's DTF. Sure enough, we manage about 10 minutes of the show before we're on the floor, and a few more minutes before we're in her bedroom.
Same girl, a week or so later. I get a text asking if I like sushi. I say sure, and she says she has leftover sushi she just brought home and I should come over. While I'm eating it, she's telling me about the guy who took her to dinner, bought her all this sushi, and tried pressuring her for something serious. So he basically wined and diner her, and then fed me before I fucked her. Bear in mind that by this point, I've slept with her 3 times and I maybe bought her one or two beers tops, if that.
Moral of the story, as you are so prone to state yourself, is don't invest much of your time or money in a girl before you've fucked, and if she's slutty enough, not even after that has happened. Now I admit that it's easier for me because I'm attractive and in good shape (you're certainly not the first person to assume on sight that I'm spec warfare). But I also spent decades being the needy guy before having my moment of clarity and stumbling on Roissy shortly after. You frequently say that you're proof that game trumps looks. Well, I spent a lot of time being proof that no amount of good looks will trump bad game."
see, don't beat yourself up over your looks, invest more in learning game. then game everyone. happy hunting.
standby as i prep the post of me taking Lucky Lothario out into NO for the first time. the night ended in a GOOD strip club on bourbon with some juicy details. definitely the high point of the night. and that was just day one. he's looking at spending a week or so here. lol. you might wanna start following me on twitter if you aren't already. i live tweet shit as we're running girls. lol.
stay up.
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"So he basically wined and diner her, and then fed me before I fucked her. Bear in mind that by this point, I've slept with her 3 times and I maybe bought her one or two beers tops, if that."
Gotta love this.
This girl I'm "seeing" (just fucking really), I have never actually spent any money on her, except for condoms. Met her at a strip club, not a dancer, she was there with her friend. We invited them over our table. Smashed that the next day, been since.
I'm not real fit, but been told I'm extremely handsome, and its true: without game, its worth nothing.
BTW there's a kind of sperg game where you're so clueless you *seem* confident and aloof. If you're funny and smart and very good looking, about once a year it'll get your johnson into a crazy whore who'll mess with your head for a few months. only works well in college. Better than celibacy, though. when i started trying to be more outgoing, i was celibate for fivd years. Without the accidental aloof thing, I had pure anti-game. The looks got me chat ups, and I shot myself down every time.
I laugh at the "all you need is looks" guys. Yeah, if only.
"Bring the sushi."
Ive been friends with a girl for a long while. She wanted to hang out one night so instead of doing drinks like always, i wanted food. I ended up paying her side in an aloof manner like it didn't matter. 2 days later she texted up asking if I'd go see 'Frozen' with her. I don't know whether its a shit test or not but I was def baffled by this and didn't respond. She has a 5 year old daughter she could take to it.


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January 14, 2008— A 10-year effort to slash energy waste and greenhouse gas emissions by appealing to businesses' bottom line is beginning to "catch hold" in China, says World Bank Lead Energy Specialist Bob Taylor.
Energy management companies known as ESCOs, whose business involves helping industries save money by using less energy, are springing up around the country and now number at least 100, up from just three in 1998.
Many ESCOs are gathering at a conference in Beijing this week (January 17-18) to take stock of an industry that saved about as much energy in 2006 and 2007 as France would have consumed in standard-grade coal in the last two years.
Such results show the ESCO industry's energy conservation efforts have the potential to significantly reduce the climb in China's coal use-a major source of greenhouse gases, says Taylor.
"Energy efficiency would do the most, the quickest" to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released from fuel combustion in China, he says. China's industries are the heaviest users of coal, he adds.
Surging ESCO Industry
The ESCO concept, introduced by the Bank to China in 1997, "caught the imagination of key energy efficiency policy makers" as a new way to promote energy efficiency investment commercially, says Taylor.
China's energy conservation industry began with three ESCOs created in 1998 in Shandong, Liaoning, and Beijing by the US$151 million China Energy Conservation Project backed by the Government of China, World Bank, Global Environment Facility (GEF), and the European Commission.
In Brief: Energy Efficiency Efforts
Since 1990, the World Bank Group has invested nearly $3.1 billion in energy efficiency in about 120 projects in 40 countries, according to a new report on progress on renewable energy and energy efficiency in fiscal 2007.
In China, the Bank Group, along with other partners, supports the government's bid to reduce energy usage per unit of GDP by 20 percent by 2010 by:
- Helping to develop a commercially viable ESCO industry (see related story) since the mid-1990s through the China Energy Conservation Project and China Second Energy Conservation Project
- Developing new business models involving energy utilities through the China Utility-based Energy Efficiency Financing Program
- Modernizing the heat supply system and developing more energy efficient buildings through the China Heat Reform and Building Energy Efficiency Project
- Financing energy efficiency through innovative carbon financing
The Bank and Chinese counterparts are also developing a large-scale financing program for industrial renovation projects costing US$1 million to $5 million to be launched through the proposed China Energy Efficiency Financing Project.
The government estimates the top 1,008 largest industrial energy consumers account for 30 percent of China's total primary energy consumption, offering a potential "goldmine" in energy savings.
In 2006, about 100 ESCOs financed over 400 energy conservation projects in 16 provinces totaling US$280 million in investment. With further rapid growth last year, investment levels in 2007 could be double this amount, says Taylor.
Projects begun in 2005 and 2006 are expected to generate energy savings equivalent to 18 million tons of standard-grade coal and 21 million tons of coal, respectively, exceeding original targets by "several orders of magnitude," according to a recent assessment of the program.
New energy efficiency investment through ESCOs could reach US$1 billion in three to five years and provide some 70 to 80 million tons of coal equivalent (tce) in energy savings over the life of the projects supported, says a recent report on World Bank innovations in China.
Energy Efficiency Investments
Under their full-service business model, ESCOs use innovative energy performance contracts to finance energy efficiency projects that save money on fuel or electricity.
Such projects include boiler renovations, technology upgrading in combustion systems, renovation of kilns and furnaces, waste heat or gas recovery and use, motor drive system renovations, cooling system replacements, internal power supply renovation, and heating, ventilation, air conditioning system renovations and innovations, and even light bulb replacements.
The companies are paid a large percentage (usually 80 percent) of the estimated cost savings until their investments are paid off-typically in one-to-three-years. With the investments paid from the savings, the host enterprises receive more efficient equipment to use for years to come with no cash outlay.
The EMC concept is particularly attractive for small and medium-sized energy efficiency projects. But larger scale energy efficiency project investments are also needed for the country to cut back on energy use by the steel industry and other energy-intensive industries as China's rapidly growing economy continues to expand, says Taylor.
Focusing on this market, the Chinese Government and World Bank have prepared a new Energy Efficiency Financing Project, using a proposed new US$200 million World Bank loan and US$13 million GEF grant. This project, expected to be approved in a few months, will foster the development of large-scale energy efficiency loan programs in three Chinese national banks, to lend for projects in the $5-10 million range in heavy industries.
The World Bank Group's private sector arm, International Finance Corporation (IFC), along with GEF and the government of Finland, also supports energy efficiency improvements through the China Utility-Based Energy Efficiency Finance Program (CHUEE). IFC estimates the program has resulted in more than US$120 million in energy efficiency lending, with a much larger pipeline of expected future investment.
Besides energy conservation, including fostering the energy management companies and reducing heat loss in buildings, the World Bank is backing renewable energy, environmental protection in the energy sector, and efforts to make coal plants cleaner and more efficient.
The solution is "not one single thing - it's a whole mix. You have to have a whole mix of programs, all of which have to contribute."
"All of our work in energy is on clean energy, and all of it's growing," says Taylor.
Coal Powering China's Economy
Coal contributes 30 percent of the world's CO2 emissions and is China's most abundant energy resource, supplying about 62 percent of the country's energy needs in 2004, according to the International Energy Agency. While per capita energy use in China remains much lower than in Europe or the United States, China has become the second biggest energy consumer in the world. Its share of new CO2 emissions is expected to rise to 40 percent of the world's total by 2030 if measures are not taken to reduce them.
In 2005, the Chinese government set an ambitious goal of reducing energy usage per unit of GDP by 20 percent between 2006 and 2010. The 20 percent "is a very tough target to make," observes Bob Taylor, World Bank Lead Energy Specialist for East Asia. Indeed, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said last year that China's per-unit-GDP energy consumption only fell 1.23 percent in 2006, well short of the projected target of 4 percent.
But Taylor, who has worked on World Bank-China energy projects for 25 years, says "the level of commitment is very high - I have never seen energy conservation pushed so hard in any country, from the highest level all the way through the system. China's leaders have a good understanding that the country cannot continue growing very fast and consume resources at the same efficiency it has thus far. You can see very quickly there's not enough energy in the world to support that."


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200 calls to fire department in a night
The Fire officials of Delhi faced a tough time on Diwali as the more than 200 calls they received on a single night kept them on their toes
The Fire officials of Delhi faced a tough time on Diwali as the more than 200 calls they received on a single night kept them on their toes. A Fire official, however, said they were happy that none of the incidents was serious and no casualties were reported in the city. The only major fire reported was from a famous restaurant in the Hauz Khas area of south Delhi.
Better safe than sorry: The department had deployed fire tenders in
all markets far away from the stations in New Delhi this year. File pic
The blaze was reported from a four-storey building, in which Prayag restaurant is located, soon after its owners were done with the Diwali puja at the premises.
No one was injured in the incident, as the eatery was closed for customers. Twelve fire tenders were rushed to the spot and the fire was doused.
"We were busy all day long. We received around 85 calls in the day and 125 during the night. Most calls were received between 6-8 pm," said a senior official.
Last Diwali, the Fire department received 211 calls while the number was 267 in the year before that. In 2008, the figure was 270 and 150 in 2007. This year, the Fire department had deployed tenders in markets far away from the stations. "None of the officials was on leave on Diwali and were ready to deal with any eventuality," said the official.
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In hindsight, it's fun to look at stocks that have had a huge surge, only to collapse violently after they peak. And by "fun" I mean sitting on the sidelines watching, as opposed to pulling one's hair out when you're long that particular trade.
Above you can see Apple (AAPL) in 2008, where it hit its 52-week high, only to collapse a few days later, for a very significant loss.
Are these moments a shorting opportunity? I aim to find out.
So first, I'll pick some somewhat arbitrary definitions of a 'peak crash' event.
• stock universe is the historical constituents of the Russell 3000 index.
• liquidity filter to eliminate the weird stuff: historical price >$10, with a median 19-day volume > 100,000 shares.
• The stock must have recently hit its 52-week highest close. I've defined this as the highest close of the last 10 trading days is equal to the highest close of the last 250 trading days. Which is close enough to being a year's worth of trading days.
• The trigger is a drop of 8% or more from one close to the next, within that 10-day period of the highest close being reached.
• I then look at the forward gain/loss for the following 5, 10, 20 and 40 trading days.
• the period explored is 1/1/2000 through 12/22/2015. The end date represents the last 'peak crash' event that has the full 40 days of forward data to evaluate as of this writing.
Let's take a look at the average gain or loss (expressed as a percentage) for each forward-looking period:
Well now, that's just boring as hell, isn't it?
A slight mean-reversion tendency for the short term, and a slight downward continuation for the longer terms. The longer the holding period, the deeper the average loss, but I don't know if these values are statistically significant.
Perhaps these peak-crashes are highly dependent on the overall market health to be a successful short? Let's take a look at the yearly gain/loss averages for each forward looking period.
Clearly there are some variations over the years!
The most striking takeaway from this chart is that if the year ends in "3", go long. If the year ends in "1" or "8", go short.
No, I'm kidding. That's stupid. But what's NOT stupid is taking a look at how the peak crashes behave under varying market conditions.
I've added another statistic to our data set: the percentage the S&P500 is below its highest close over the last year (ok, 250 trading days). So if the market is closing at a 250-day high, that percentage would be 0. From a code standpoint, I look at the peak-crash trigger, take the highest close of the S&P500 over the last 250 days, and divide it by the current close of the S&P 500. As of the close of 01/28/16, the S&P 500 is 12.9% under its 250-day closing high. Make sense?
This is a simple way to show if the market is doing well or not. There are of course other ways, such as my breadth diffusion indicator discussed a while back. But I wanted to keep this simple.
Here is a chart of all the peak-crash events, sorted by the S&P-percent-under-250-day-highest-close value. Then divided up into vigintiles. I've put the the ranges of some select vigintiles so you can get a sense of the values they encompass.
You'll note that there are many more instances where these peak-crash events happen and the market is very close to its 250-day closing high. In fact, about half of nearly 10,000 events occur when the market is 0-3.5% below the 250-day highest close.
From a shorting standpoint, the action doesn't really start happening until the market is about 5.9% below its yearly closing high. And while the shorter periods show a pesky tendency to bounce back after such a drop over most market conditions, the 40-day forward period looks promising. Let's look at that more closely.
There might be a shorting system here. When the market is 6% down or more, these peak-crashes on average end up in a further two-month (40 day) loss. I'll leave that to the reader to actually refine into a workable system.
And when markets are booming—remember those days?—perhaps a good shorting system might be found in the 10-day forward period (see below). The average loss when the market is less than 2.9% below the 250-day highest close is much smaller, but it's pretty consistent. This might be worth checking out for when times are good again.
And because charts can be a little boring, here's a mountain sunset photo, taken on my phone.


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USB to UART programmer for uploading Arduino software sketches and reading serial data from from all OpenEnergyMonitor hardware unit emonTx, emonGLCD, emonTH etc.
This programming cable performs the same function as an FTDI cable but use a different chipset.
No driver required for Linux. Mac / Windows drivers can be downloaded below.
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