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Bus! Stop! By James Yang (9780425288771)
When a boy misses his bus, he finds himself in a city filled with strange vehicles that are certainly not his bus. One bus is too tall and the passengers have to use their propeller hats to board it. The next is pulled by horses and shaped like a covered wagon, just right for the people in cowboy hats who climb aboard. When people wearing sailor suits arrive next, readers can guess the ship is about to arrive. There is another bus that bounces passengers high. The boy catches the next bus, even though it isn't his either. It floats high above, away from the little girl who just missed the bus.
Told in very simple lines of text that are shown as speech bubbles, this picture book is all about the illustrations. With a modern edge, they have a playful feel thanks to their bright colors and the wild sorts of transportation shown on the pages. The matching of passengers to each conveyance is particularly skillful and will have children guessing what sort of "bus" is about to arrive on the next page. Humorous and jolly, stop for this book! Appropriate for ages 2-4. (Reviewed from library copy.)
Daddy, Me and the Magic Hour by Laura Krauss Melmed, illustrated by Sarita Rich (9781510707917)
When the family arrives home, Daddy starts cooking while Mommy feeds the baby. After supper, the little boy heads outside with his father for Magic Hour, their after supper walk. They greet a neighbor watering her roses. Meet dogs out for a walk, run a bit, find sticks and feathers. They play at the quiet playground that they have all to themselves. On their way home, the crickets start to chirp, they catch fireflies and release them. The daylight disappears and they walk home in the moonlight.
A book about the specialness of time spent together, this picture book celebrates quiet moments that string together to make a childhood. The text is jolly and short, the images telling parts of the story that are not put into words. The illustrations use comic-like framing to show each moment and connection in a special way. Along the walk the little boy steadily fills his bucket with memories, each tangible and solid. A delight of a bedtime read. Appropriate for ages 3-5. (Reviewed from library copy.)
In the Darkness of the Night by Emily Rand (9781849764810)
This book invites children to think about what happens after they head to bed at night. In the deep blue darkness of the city, windows are lit. Dishes are being washed, car doors slam as people arrive home again. Some people are still out, the trains are running through the night. Sirens sound, mothers are up with babies, some people work at night too. City foxes begin to explore, airplanes land. And morning comes with garbage pick up, mail being delivered, and the cat returning home again.
There is a wonderful mix of sleepiness and activity in this book. Told in rhyme, the book really works thanks to its rocking structure and its inherent quietness. Throughout, readers get to peek into windows of the city both ones that are lit and those that are dark. It's a clever way to invite readers to explore the images that support the story so well. Deep blue throughout, this book is a city lullaby worth sharing. Appropriate for ages 2-4. (Reviewed from copy provided by Tate Publishing.)


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Thought for the Day: Jim Carrey – 09/09/17: This Room is Filled With God
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Located in downtown Los Angeles, Homeboy Industries provides hope and job training for formerly gang involved and previously incarcerated men and women so they can redirect their lives and become contributing members of society. By utilizing a combination of donations and social enterprises, Homeboy Industries is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose innovative model of therapeutic wraparound services has helped the organization to be recognized as one of the most successful reentry programs in the country.

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Subsequent "God Knows" titles will focus on: Grandparenting, Conflict, Aging, Work, Mid-Life, and more.
In "God Knows" We Get Angry, author Priscilla Herbison examines anger as a misunderstood emotion. Through stories and exercises, she illustrates how many of us have been taught that anger is the beginning of a continuum that escalates into hostility, rage and hatred. This book treats anger as a live energy, a gift for our self-protection and survival, for our dignity and empowerment to say what we stand for and what we stand against. "God Knows" We Get Angry distinguishes anger from hostility, rage and hatred that results from repression of anger. The energy of anger not only protects us, but can move us to intimacy and ultimately to the freedom of forgiveness, which we reach by experiencing anger and properly channeling it. In "God Knows" We Get Angry, forgiveness is a gift that you give to yourself to free yourself from the shackles of past memories of hurt, rejection, self condemnation and shame.
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January 26, 2017: Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., announce that the court has granted final approval of the settlement in In re Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. Stockholder Litigation, Consolidated C.A. No. 8922-VCG, Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware. Plaintiffs brought this action alleging that Defendants breached their fiduciary duties by approving the acquisition of Cornerstone Therapeutics Inc. ("Cornerstone") by Chiesi Farmaceutici S.p.A. at an unfair price of 9.50 per share. Pursuant to the settlement,, in return for releases and dismissal of the claims, Defendants will pay $17,881,555.20 for the benefit of the Class. This amount represents a $2.40 per share, or a 25.2% premium above the merger price. A copy of the settlement agreement and exhibits can be obtained through the Court's website.
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Is cosmetic surgery moral, immoral, an art form, a marvel of modern science, a harmeless contrivance of the rich and vein or something more insidious that is changing our culture, how we think, feel, and talk about our bodies?
Am I Pretty? is an original devised performance which examines current issues around the self, body image, and cosmetic surgery. Jazz structure informs the piece as the performers play with rhythm, movement, and sounds to create a sense of musicality and delve into the important question: "what do we want to see when we look at ourselves and what lengths will we go to achieve it?"
There will be a post-show discussion after the performance on 6th and 7th April.
As Am I Pretty? aims to initiate a more profound conversation about cosmetic surgery in relation to self-identity, Theatre Counterpoint are looking to initiate a discussion with the audience about perspectives towards this issue before and after watching the show. Moreover, the creative team would like to share the process of making the work including why they use jazz composition to shape this devised performance, and how they as a collaboration benefit from the musical framework.
Audience feedback
"I'm currently suffering from some uncertainty regarding my body that has been difficult to face, so this format has helped me understand it from another broader angle."
"Smart, well presented and acted"
"Interesting to acknowledge that young men also have body image problems from trying to conform to media stereotypes."
"The whole thing was addressed in an interesting and visually effective way."
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Theatre Counterpoint is a London-based collective of international performing artists from the UK, Taiwan, Bulgaria and Slovenia. They make devised theatre which utilises musical structures and principles to inform their original theatrical pieces, and have presented their work at Battersea Arts Centre, Rich Mix, Camden People's Theatre and the Bread & Roses Theatre.


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Red Hat announced plans Monday to release an enterprise-grade version of the OpenStack open-source cloud framework. The full commercial release is not expected until early 2013, but the company has posted a free, unsupported preview edition to familiarize users with OpenStack deployment, solicit feedback, and ensure that customers' concerns are addressed before the retail version is made available.
Red Hat has been a longtime contributor to OpenStack, ranking third (behind Nebula and Rackspace) in lines of code submitted, according to a recent survey released by project leaders. In April, it became a founding member of the OpenStack Federation, the community governance body established after OpenStack co-founder Rackspace sought a more vendor-agnostic leadership structure. Red Hat--along with HP, Canonical, IBM, AT&T, Nebula, Rackspace, and SUSE--signed on as a Platinum Member, which denotes the highest level of support and carries a $500,000 annual investment.
Given this history, Red Hat's move could be seen as an inevitable development. Nevertheless, the announcement is considered significant because it positions Red Hat to enter the market of full-service OpenStack vendors ahead of many competitors. It also accelerates the platform's already-impressive momentum, which, according to a running count on the openstack.org homepage, includes support from almost 3,400 programmers and over 185 companies.
"Time-wise, [the announcement] makes a lot of sense," said Lauren Nelson, an analyst with Forrester, in an interview. She pointed out that Red Hat is not the only vendor working toward a pre-packaged OpenStack service. Rackspace, for one, is also building products around the open-source infrastructure, and Nicira, fresh off its $1.26 billion acquisition by VMware, revealed earlier this month that eBay is using Nicira's Network Virtualization Platform to build an R&D cloud in the OpenStack environment.
OpenStack has fomented excitement as a potential alternative API to Amazon Web Service's (AWS) proprietary tools, which currently lead the cloud computing industry. Vendors hoping to establish a foothold in this emerging market may be feeling "some pressure," Nelson suggested, to show their respective hands. "Everybody is making their bets accordingly," she said.
According to an FAQ on Red Hat's website, the preview release will run on top of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the company's flagship Linux distribution. The current build is based on the Essex release of OpenStack, but the retail version will use the upcoming Folsom release, due in September.
Despite high interest from developers and vendors, OpenStack releases from Essex backward have lacked the stability and out-of-box functionality to meet enterprise demands. The expectation that Folsom will be a major step forward has been running high and has grown to a fever pitch as the release date nears. "People are getting ready for it," Nelson said. "Vendors are making big bets by becoming a sponsor." She said optimism is justified, but that "it's unlikely they'll get there for everything," suggesting that the prioritization of certain components, such as storage, will naturally leave other areas less fully polished, with lingering gaps to be addressed subsequent to the release.
Red Hat's move signals that the Linux powerhouse feels Folsom functionality will pass muster, and, indeed, the FAQ makes the point explicitly: "We believe that the Folsom release will be the first release that has the baseline feature set and hardening needed for everyday enterprise usage." The document notes that after the "upstream release of OpenStack Folsom, Red Hat will update the preview release to a Folsom based distribution."
Even so, Red Hat has not pinpointed a final release date, a decision that Nelson links to the uncertainties surrounding exactly what OpenStack Folsom will offer. "Pre-packaged solutions need to figure out release dates," she said. "Everybody that adopts early will figure out where it doesn't meet their needs and everything that's missing, and they'll go into writing code. If the new release includes those features, then all their work can cause errors when they make their change." She noted that OpenStack's somewhat incipient development cycles still contrast heavily with those enjoyed by AWS users, who benefit from almost perpetual updates.
"Who is gonna do a better job?" she asked, referring to not only Red Hat but also all the other vendors who are hoping to make an early splash in the OpenStack enterprise world. "If they add functionality, how much worth does it add, and how much do they have to sacrifice the OpenStack code and the OpenStack solution?" That is, if developers have to insert missing functionality, will they do so in a way that preserves customer flexibility and open source ideals? Or, will the solutions create de facto proprietary services, creating the sort of lock-in that many OpenStack proponents see as a drawback to AWS's products?
"Right now, [OpenStack support] is all vendor-driven," Nelson said, and, indeed, much of the attention surrounding the project involves the number and prestige of contributors, not businesses that have deployed the infrastructure and its related products into their daily operations. This relative vacuum is what made the recent eBay announcement so newsworthy. To graduate from hyped project to a legitimately useful platform, OpenStack Folsom needs not only improved functionality and a better user interface--the Essex UI is "not pretty," Nelson said. It also needs "a lot more interest from customers," she added.
Expertise, automation, and silo busting are all required, say early adopters of private clouds. Also in the new, all-digital Private Clouds: Vision Vs. Reality issue of InformationWeek: How to choose between OpenStack and CloudStack for your private cloud. (Free with registration.)


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Let me tell you my freelancing story, I started freelancing back in 2008 when my friend told me about how can you work from home for companies abroad. He introduced me to vworker.com now freelancer.
The start was rough on these sites but I got my first freelancing work after a month. That started my freelancing career but then I saw these sites asking for more commissions percentage taking too much project fee. Worst of all these freelancing websites were overtaken by Indians and Philippines with fake accounts. I started to see many fake jobs from these countries so that people bid on those fake jobs and there finish there bid limits so they can't bid on real projects. That got me frustrated and then I rarely used those sites for work.
One of my friend introduce me to https://www.toptal.com. I like the strategy to keep fake freelancers away and allow only real freelancers who are here for real work. They work with some of the best tech companies in world which is interesting and I wonder if I get hired by one these silicon valley companies.
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Barnes & Noble partners with Dixons Retail, placing NOOKs in stores ready for Christmas
Bookseller and digital publisher Barnes & Noble is partnering with Dixons Retail, owner of the UK's leading electrical retailers PC World and Currys.
The pairing is another step into the UK market for Barnes and Noble which recently announced partnerships with John Lewis, Argos, Blackwells and Foyles. Working with department stores and book retailers in the UK means that the company's NOOK products will be well placed in front of a digital reading audience.
Currys and PC World will feature Barnes & Noble's NOOK products in over 600 stores across the country and online. Shoppers will be able to find the NOOK Simple Touch and NOOK Simple Touch with GlowLight products in store from early October.
The partnership will expand the expected number of NOOK UK retail outlets to more than 1,600 in the UK and include various leading online retail platforms offering NOOK products and the company's soon to launch online storefront, www.nook.co.uk.
Commercial terms of the partnership have not been disclosed, but the UK spread of NOOK products at this time of year certainly means that the company will be set to do battle with other gadgets as we head into the Christmas shopping season.
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It was my last day in Austin and I had just enough time to squeeze in one last meal before heading to the airport. This was the perfect opportunity to check out 24 Diner for a breakfast cocktail and some farm-to-table comfort food.
I was kindly shown to a table and looked over the menu. It included a nice selection of hashes, frittatas, waffles, and breakfast classics like eggs Benedict and French toast. It all sounded really good. There's also a full bar serving wine, brunch cocktails, and signature cocktails. One mimosa, please!
I love a good hash and their hashes are made with house-cut Idaho Burbank potatoes, onions, jalapeños, two runny eggs, and your choice of toast. I ordered the 24 Hash which adds cheddar, bacon, and sausage to the mix.
The hash was great, nice and hearty. I appreciated the perfectly diced potatoes mixed with the yummy bits of onions, sausage, and bacon.
There's no doubt that the hash is a filling dish, but I couldn't leave without trying their famous Chicken & Waffle. The waffles are made from yeast-risen dough with butter, raw sugar, and Madagascar vanilla. It's topped with marinated boneless fried chicken, brown sugar butter, and light amber Michigan maple syrup. You can choose white or dark meat. I went with dark. The chicken was super juicy and tender and went perfectly with the slightly sweet waffle. Delicious!
Breakfast at 24 Diner was an excellent way to conclude my time in Austin. Service was prompt and friendly, and the dishes were tasty. It was almost time to catch my flight. I hope to see you again soon, Austin!
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The Aging & Wellness Institute offers engaging nutrition classes led by a registered dietitian nutritionist, ranging in topic from nutrition core concepts, to cooking demonstrations, recipes, and science and research in the news. Also offered are series classes including an 8-week weight management program (information below), and one-on-one personalized nutrition counseling- all included in membership! The nutrition class schedule is available on the AWI monthly calendar (click here to download a copy). Get to know our registered dietitian nutritionist on the leadership page!
Why see a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist?
Whether you received a new health diagnosis, want to lose weight or lower your blood pressure, or want help managing your diabetes, our registered dietitian nutritionist can guide you through adjustments to your diet and lifestyle using small, easy to manage steps.
What a dietitian can do:
- Provide reliable nutrition information backed by science
- Create a nutrition plan based on your health condition or goals featuring small, manageable steps
- Interpret and explain nutrition-related blood tests from your doctor
- Correct nutritional deficiencies
- Set realistic goals to maximize achievement
- Work together to develop a plan for blood sugar and diabetes management
Is there a difference between a Registered Dietitian (RD) and a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN)?
No. A registered dietitian is the original title of a person in this career, however in 2013 the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics expanded the title to include "nutritionist". This was done to help patients and consumers better understand the expertise RDNs provide, including therapeutic diet planning, nutrition counseling, and practical nutrition application.
AWI Members: FREE. Nutrition counseling is a benefit of membership. (number of follow up sessions may be limited)
Non-Members: $200, includes initial nutrition assessment (60-minutes), and three (3) 30-minute follow up sessions. Must be completed within two months of package purchase.
AWI subsidizes the cost of Registered Dietitian services for members through internal resources, grants, and donations.
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Does this sound familiar? Achieving long-term weight management can be a difficult and confusing journey in the current food environment. The weight management program at AWI can help you navigate this food landscape, developing skills along the way in intuitive eating, portion sizing, optimizing food choice for nutrition and health, and staying physically active in new and creative ways. Weight management is not just about weight loss, it is about developing the skills and knowledge needed to take control of meal planning, ensure proper nutrition, and prevent weight gain in the years to come. Obesity is associated with increased risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, and some cancers (1). Excess weight also increases stress on the joints and can make movement more difficult. Over the course of this 8-week program, you will learn how to apply the nutrition concepts discussed in each session to your own life, all the while enjoying group discussion and support with the other members.
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Last Updated on December 7, 2018 by Bryan Fiveash
The Midland NOAA Weather Radio has been a valued member of our family for many years. Whether its morning, noon, or night, it's always standing guard, ready to warn us if bad weather is headed our way.
No matter where you live, bad weather is a part of life. Growing up, I lived in several states in the U.S.A., and every one of those states have three things in common: lightning, hurricanes, and tornadoes, and I've personally experienced all three. Several times each, in fact.
Now that I have a family of my own, we do all we can to be – not scared – but prepared. And alert. Owning a Midland NOAA weather radio has been at the top of the list of those preparations.
We own the WR120, which is the classic model. It's small, yet packs a powerful punch. The WR120 features S.A.M.E. localized programming and alerts you to over 60 kinds of weather hazards and emergencies. Setting up the WR120 is a breeze; just follow the simple instructions in the manual and you should be good to go! However, if you need further assistance, go to https://midlandusa.com/support/weather-radio-help/.
Even if the power goes out, the battery backup is there to keep the WR120 powered which keeps us prepared. It definitely gives us peace of mind, especially at night before going to sleep.
Midland features a wide array of radios, including two-way radios, which is also handy to have in the event of an emergency. If the power is out and cell phone coverage is down, you still have access to communication with a good two-way radio.
But if there's only one Midland radio that you choose to own, make sure it's one of their weather radios. There's absolutely no excuse to not own one.
Be sure to visit the official Midland site at https://midlandusa.com/.


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Yankees do well acquiring Torres in Chapman deal
After being acquired by the Yankees in the deal that sent Aroldis Chapman to the Cubs, Gleyber Torres reported to the Yanks' high-A affiliate in Tampa — and immediately shot up to the No. 1-ranked prospect in the team's system, per mlb.com.
It's a nice coup for Brian Cashman, who still has a strong bullpen even without Chapman and can re-sign the flame-throwing lefthander this offseason, if the Yankees so desire. The general consensus is that Theo Epstein and the Cubs gave up too much to get Chapman, but keep in mind the Cubs haven't won a World Series in 108 years and very much needed a reliable arm at the back end of their bullpen.
Torres was ranked the Cubs' top overall prospect and deemed the No. 27 overall prospect by Baseball America in its midseason top 100 list. Signed for $1.7 million out of Venezuela in 2013, he hit .287 with three homers, 62 RBI and 22 steals last season between Class A South Bend and high-A Myrtle Beach and helped the latter win the Carolina League championships.
Just 19, he put on quite a bit of muscle over the winter and was hitting .275 with 9 homers in 356 at-bats for Myrtle Beach this season before the trade.
While the Yankees obviously went for the "best available player" in dealing with the Cubs, it's interesting they landed a shortstop. Didi Gregorius is just 26, having a terrific season, and won't be a free agent for another three years. And the Yankees' top prospect before Torres came over was Jorge Mateo – also a shortstop.
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There are plenty of memory games, crossword puzzles, and sodoku websites that promise a workout for your brain, even if the science behind the claim is a bit shaky. Discover magazine offers six websites—most of them free—that promise to keep your brain stimulated, and maybe make you smarter. Whether or not the science behind them is true, the games are still pretty fun.
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These infrared images of the galaxy M81 were taken by the near- and mid-Infrared Camera (IRC) on board AKARI. The observed wavelengths are 3, 4, 7, 11, 15, and 24 microns, respectively. M81 is a spiral galaxy located at a distance of about 12 million light years from us.
The images at 3 and 4 microns show the distribution of stars in the inner part of the galaxy without any obscuration from intervening dust clouds. At 7 and 11 microns it is possible to see the radiation from organic materials in the interstellar gas of the galaxy. The distribution of the dust heated by young hot stars is exhibited in the images at 15 and 24 micron, showing that the star forming regions sit along the spiral arms of the galaxy.


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Take a peek inside Kim Bartmann's long-awaited bubbly bar Trapeze, now open in Uptown
When we first noted that Kim Bartmann would expand her ever-growing restaurant empire with a champagne bar next to Barbette, we did so in a roundup of forthcoming openings that were "coming soon."
That was more than two years ago.
But over the weekend, the long-awaited bubbly bar—Trapeze—finally, quietly propped open its doors in Uptown.
The pretty, pint-sized space seats just 22, but there's a standing bar and a few stools at the front. A floral mural spans the wall and was painted by Jennnifer Davis, who just completed another piece at Hai Hai in Northeast (though Bartmann tells us this one was actually her first for a restaurant).
Food-wise, the menu is correspondingly tiny, with just a few snackable, playful plates of meat and cheese and seafood and veggies—like the Spring Crudites pictured here—from Barbette chef Jessica Cak. (No crossover between the two menus, though—sorry, Barbette frites faithful.)
But you didn't come here to eat, did you?
Trapeze boasts a whopping 85 bottles of sparkling wine curated by Jill Mott, and a lot of them are things you won't find in the Twin Cities outside of this teeny little Uptown room. You can get more than a few super-fun, jumbo-sized, large-format bottles here, something else that's increasingly tough to track down on wine lists. And there are also cocktails, plus beer and cider and non-sparkling bottles of wine.
You'll have to wait a little longer still if you want to pop by; hours are just Thursday through Saturday, 5 p.m. to midnight. Sunday through Wednesday, the space is still open, just for events: private tastings, movie screenings, board meetings... or pretty much anything else you want to do while sipping bubbly.
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Evaluation of Integrate UK's Youth Empowerment Model
Organization/client: Integrate UK
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Integrate UK is a youth-led charity that empowers young people to take an active and positive role in transforming the society they live in. The areas they work on include female genital mutilation (FGM), grooming for child sexual exploitation (CSE) and radicalisation, grooming for gang and drug culture, right-wing extremism, honour-based violence and abuse (including forced marriage), girl shaming and most recently, gender stereotyping, gender inequality and sexual harassment. In June 2018, IWORDS Global had the opportunity to evaluate Integrate UK's Youth Empowerment work which was implemented starting in 2015. Their model of intervention is based on the maximum inclusion and participation of young people both as beneficiaries of their programmes and actions and as volunteers that lead, dream, develop and implement them. The evaluation was conducted by collecting quantitative and qualitative information through in-depth review of documentation; semi-structured interviews; focus groups; and collection and review of secondary data. The evaluation was part of an institutional learning process and also sought to give the organisation additional tools to be able to give visibility to their work and secure additional funding to continue working towards their goals and objectives.
Prevention of Violence and Community Resilience in the Americas Project
Organization/client: Red Cross Canada
Year: 2017
In February of 2017, IWORDS Global was appointed to evaluate the Canadian Red Cross project "Prevention of Violence and Community Resilience in the Americas Project," implemented in Nicaragua, Honduras, Jamaica and Colombia and to document lessons learned. Our assignment focused on the prevention and response to violence component implemented in this first phase of the project which ran between 2013 and 2016 in these three national societies. It was conducted under the principles of inclusion and participation, maximizing rigour without compromising relevance, executing with a purpose, protection of all parties involved, and adherence to evaluation standards recommended in the IFRC Framework for Evaluation. The framework also established the criteria for the assessment, namely relevance, effectiveness, sustainability, efficiency, and exportability. Our team proposed a methodology that combined traditional and participatory approaches, employing methods such as the "Participatory Ethnographic Evaluation and Review" (PEER Review) and the Most Significant Change (MSC), in order to build the capacity of the people involved. The evaluation was conducted to collect quantitative and qualitative information through: in-depth review of documentation; semi-structured interviews; focus groups and in-field collection of secondary information.
Evaluation of the program "Prevention of Urban Violence in the Americas" – Guatemala, Colombia and Panama
Organization/client: Norwegian Red Cross
Year: 2015
The Norwegian Red Cross (NorCross) is part of the Red Cross Red Crescent International Movement, an international humanitarian volunteer-based movement led by the principles of humanity, impartiality, neutrality, independence, voluntary service, unity and universality. NorCross has branches across Norway and an international department that supports initiatives by other Red Cross National Societies throughout the world. NorCross and other Red Cross National Societies with which it collaborates, have been implementing initiatives to mitigate the impact of violence through its wide network of volunteers. Through the "Program of prevention of urban violence in the Americas" (2012-2014), the organization has sought to contribute to the prevention of urban violence, focusing in Panama, Colombia and Guatemala. The program focuses on children and youth in communities at risk of violence and strengthens the capacities of the Red Cross National Societies and its partners. IWORDS Global (then iwords&images) was asked to carry out an evaluation of the project using a mix of techniques including desk review, focal groups, key informant interviews and a participative methodology of PEER review. A final report was drafted with main findings and recommendations and an executive summary. The translation of the report was also commissioned to the IWORDS team.
PHAMESA II Mid-term review
Organization/client: International Organization for Migration
Year: 2016
The International Organization for Migration is an intergovernmental organization that is committed to the principle that humane and orderly migration benefits migrants and society. It acts to assist in meeting challenges of migration management, advance the understanding of issues around migration, encourages social and economic development through migration and upholds the human dignity and well-being of migrants. The IOM has 165 member states and is as of 2016 a related organization to the UN system. In early 2016, the IOM (Southern Africa regional office based in Pretoria, South Africa), hired IWORDS Global (then iwords&images) to carry out the mid-term evaluation of their program PHAMESAII, implemented in 11 countries in East and Southern Africa. The purpose of said program is to improve the health conditions of the migrant population and the population affected by migration in the participating countries. The program makes special emphasis in addressing prevention and treatment of HIV, TB and Malaria in contexts affected by migration and involves a wide number of key actors, including governmental bodies, international cooperation agencies, local NGOs and health workers, among others. The evaluation included a combination of data collection methods qualitative and quantitative. They included: desk review of available documents, online surveys, field visits to Kenya, Lesotho, South Africa and Zambia, where interviews were held with key informants, focus groups were carried out and a PEER review methodology was used. This evaluation led to a complete report that included main findings on the program as a whole as well as regarding the specifics of the selected countries visited, as well as recommendations, case studies and main lessons learned to date.
Monitoring and Documentation of the projects of the Expansion Fund on Gender based Sexual Violence and Cervical Cancer
Organization/client: International Planned Parenthood Federation
Year: 2016
The International Planned Parenthood Federation is a global non-governmental organization that seeks to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights, advocating for the right of individuals to make their own decisions regarding their sexuality. The IPPF has 152 Member Associations in 172 countries around the world.
IPPF hired the services of IWORDS Global to monitor and document the progress of 14 projects implemented in Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, aimed at broadening access to services included in the Integrated Package of Essential Services, particularly on matters of sexual violence and cervical cancer. This consultancy included:
- Development and presentation of monitoring tools
- Follow-up of the process of use of monitoring tools
- Analysis of information provided by the Member Associations
- Drafting of recommendations and identification of good practices
- Preparation of regular newsletters for both Funds


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You can remove workgroups on the Windows operating system by accessing the Control Panel. A workgroup is a network connection or network drive that enables users to share files and printers. The network connection can be wireless, or the computers and printers in the workgroup may be connected through Ethernet cables. Removing a workgroup network is easier than adding it.
Turn on your Windows computer and wait for the operating system to fully load.
Click the "Start" menu on the bottom task bar and then click the "Control Panel" option. The Control Panel window opens.
Click the icon for the "Network and Sharing Center."
Right-click the network workgroup you wish to remove. Click the "Remove Network" option from the drop-down menu. Repeat this step to remove multiple networks, as each workgroup must be individually deleted.
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"You Can't Kill Me" by Ylenia Pizzetti
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"You Can't Kill Me" by Ylenia Pizzetti.
Year: 2020
Dimensions: 30 x 30 cm
Technique: Digital painting printed on high resolution alu dibond
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Ylenia Pizzetti was born in Cremona on July 21, 1988. Since childhood she has always shown great interest in fashion, for freehand drawing and writing. What she loved as a child was to draw fashion sketches. After finishing her studies as a graphic designer, she devoted herself for several years to various works, leaving aside her passions for a while. Only a few years ago, in 2014, she finally picked up the old writings and reworked them, thus creating his first story published in the online bookstores "Di che colore è il cielo?". Subsequently "Fiore di Luna" was born in a few months.
In the winter of 2014, Ylenia also changed hands to her fashion figures evolving into the digital age. Create many digital works thanks to the use of her inseparable IPad. Ylenia loves to experiment with different techniques and genres. In some works the reference to surrealism is evident.
In recent years Ylenia has created works of various kinds experimenting in addition to digital art, photography, abstract acrylic techniques, flowers painted with mixed techniques, seams on canvas and sculptures of busts painted with acrylics and the use of gold leaf.
In early 2020 her work "Heart" was sold in the United States becoming the cover of a new single by an American band. In her works, meanings of love and emotions are often found with the hope of reaching the depths of those who observe them.
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Ė Clay is a character invented during a conversation among five friends and inspired by the Eddie Murphy movie "Coming to America." Clay stands for everything that is positive and beautiful. "Everyone always asks us who Clay is, but Clay is not a person. Clay is freedom, purity and pure fun. It's a state of mind... Clay is in all of you. It flies like a butterfly and stings like a bee!"
The Ė Clay association was founded in Alassio in 2013 and began raising funds for the pediatric hospital Giannino Gaslini in Genoa for its "Hospitality Project". Funds are raised thanks to various initiatives and support from numerous athletes who donate autographed memorabilia, which is then auctioned.


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AS DRUG mobs go, Colombia's Cali gang had a gentlemanly reputation, of a sort: it preferred to buy rather than bomb its way to influence. But with its leaders in prison and its organisation in disarray, how far can it be pushed?
On May 13th, a Colombian Senate committee, firmly prodded by President Ernesto Samper, approved a bill to reintroduce the extradition of Colombians—that is, of Colombian drug-traffickers for trial in the United States. On the same day, police intercepted a document, allegedly from the Cali drugsters, threatening to kill the president, the justice minister, the chief of police and the American ambassador. Such threats are not to be taken lightly. In March, a regional newspaper editor was murdered for his support for extradition, and a series of car bombs intended for senior politicians have been discovered since.
Extradition has been a hot topic in Colombia since the end of the 1980s. The last Colombian citizen extradited to the United States was the then boss of the Medellin mob, Carlos Lehder, in 1987. A campaign of bombings and murders, and the threat of more, then persuaded politicians to write a ban on the extradition of Colombians into the constitution in 1991. There has been little enthusiasm for it since.
National pride is one reason: even law-abiding Colombians are still apt to bridle at the humiliating memory of Mr Lehder, shackled hand and foot, being bundled on to a plane by United States marshals. But bribes from and fear of the new "extraditables" have played a bigger part. It is no secret that the Cali mob in its heyday bought support at the highest levels of society. Its bosses, headed by Miguel and Gilberto Rodriguez Orejuela, are now in prison. But even from there the brothers have tried to use their friends in Congress to scupper anti-narcotics legislation. As Mr Samper, under American pressure, has in turn increased pressure on the legislators for a return to extradition, Miguel has warned them that he "may be able to remember much more" about his political contacts, if the debate swings the wrong way.
Yet on the other side Colombia faces the threat of American trade sanctions. The White House has twice "decertified" it as an ally in the anti-drugs war, but is yet to apply the full weight of the penalties available under American law. And American patience is wearing thin. Mr Samper would have preferred to let sleeping dogs lie. He has not been left much chance.
The Clinton administration was enraged by the relatively light sentences passed by a Colombian court on the Rodriguez Orejuela brothers earlier this year. Though later sentences have added to the time one of them can expect to spend behind bars, the State Department has pushed for any constitutional change to be retroactive, making the brothers eligible for retrial in the United States.
Even under American pressure, that is far from certain. Having passed the committee stage, the extradition bill overcame one big hurdle when it was rubber-stamped by the full Senate on May 23rd. But Congress still has another six opportunities to vote on its precise wording—and each vote so far has narrowed its scope.
The current draft does not allow the extradition of people already tried in Colombia (eg, the Rodriguez Orejuelas). It also excludes those who voluntarily submit to justice, unless they are implicated later in fresh crimes. This would exempt at least three more notorious traffickers whom the United States wants to get its hands on. Other clauses stipulate that sentences handed down by Colombian courts are not to be exceeded by foreign ones, and that no penalty can be imposed for crimes committed before extradition became law.
For all the American criticism of him, and in the face of widespread intimidation and corruption at home, President Samper has in fact taken significant steps against drug-trafficking. The Cali mob was dismantled in 1995. The past 12 months have brought new laws prescribing tougher sentences for traffickers, and the seizure of their assets. Coca plantations have been sprayed—to the point of arousing a peasant revolt last year—and seizures of large quantities of drugs and destruction of laboratories are constantly reported.
Still not enough, said the White House, decertifying Colombia again in March this year. Diplomatic and trade relations between the two countries now ride on the fate of the extradition bill. The Clinton administration has welcomed the progress made in general; and it noted that when Venezuelan police recently arrested Pastor Perafan, an alleged Cali mobster, Mr Samper's men did not resist the United States' claim for his extradition thither rather than to Colombia. But whether the Americans will be content with the weakened proposals now under debate remains to be seen.
Most Colombians have a bigger worry: whether their country can reintroduce any form of extradition of its citizens at all—as many agree it should—without reviving the violence that blew that idea out of the constitution six years ago. It is easier to preach virtue from a foreign capital than to vote for it or practise it, when the price may be your life or that of your children.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline "Colombia contemplates extraditing its drugsters"


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Dorset Magazine Food, Drink & Farming Awards 2016: Butcher of the Year
PUBLISHED: 08:57 07 October 2016 | UPDATED: 09:37 07 October 2016
This award celebrated Dorset's local independent butchers and recognised their valuable contribution to the county's food scene. Find out the winner of Butcher of the Year 2016 here
Else Family Butchers, Stalbridge
This much loved family butchers in Stalbridge was a finalist in this category in 2014. Renowned for sourcing quality local meat and game, our readers also loved their wide range of homemade sausages and burgers as well as pies, quiches, and pasties in their extensive deli. Readers told us that Julian and his staff always gave them a warm welcome and they were impressed with how the business supports the local village, assisting at many events. But it was the consistently high standard of their meat that had customers returning again and again. "From the fore rib of beef down to the homemade burgers and sausages everything is packed full of flavour," said one reader.
Webster Family Butchers, Bournemouth
"Amazing guy, amazing shop," is how one reader summed up this butchers in Winton. Opened last June by Aussie, Kane Webster and his wife Carly readers said Kane's knowledge of butchery is "phenomenal!" On their free range butchers block is 28 day aged grass fed beef; Tamworth, Old Spot and Saddleback free range pork from Dorchester; Dorset and Somerset lamb and an extraordinary array of homemade sausages including combos like lamb, spinach and feta. Readers said this couple truly go the extra mile to give customers a fabulous meat buying experience. As one reader declared: "It's nice to see a traditional butchers that is at the cutting edge of the latest in butchery and presentation….absolutely the best thing to hit Bournemouth for meat"
And the winner is…
Peter Treble Butchers, Westbourne
Our readers loved the great customer service they got at this long established Westbourne butchers which they said made them feel like family. Butchers - Rob, Alan and Jacob - happily recommend cuts, different meats, most of which is locally sourced, and recipe ideas. "They make my barbecues and roast dinners second to none!" said one. Our readers described this business as a much loved and integral part of the local community. Whether you doing a large order or simply want some of their legendary homemade sausages you are well served, as one reader put it: "They are so much more than just a butchers, the team at Peter Treble's is the benchmark of how to run a successful high street retailer."
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- By Patty CoffeyJob RecruiterMay 27, 2015
- By Patty Coffey
Like it or not, the perception that companies cut back hiring during the summer is a myth. In fact, they fill positions at the same — if not an increased — pace during the hottest months of the year.
Job hunting during the summer can be tricky though, and it's important to avoid two particular hazards: timing and schedules. Because of vacations, trying to schedule interviews can be complicated. An interview process that would typically take three weeks may take five or more. So patience is key. Don't feel discouraged if the process takes extra time.
Here are seven reasons why you should keep looking between now and Labor Day:
1. Summer is a slower season for some industries.
Hiring managers may actually have more time to interview candidates because they're not as busy. For example, accounting firms are busiest in the winter and early spring, so summer is a convenient time for them to build and train their staff.
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2. The jobs are there.
Companies still need to hire even when everyone would rather be at the beach. If you stop searching, you could miss out on good opportunities. And you miss the chance to take advantage of the fact other job seekers are taking the summer off.
Hiring managers may actually have more time to interview candidates during the summer months because they're not as busy.
3. Contract-to-hire positions are abundant.
Many organizations will hire contract employees during the summer to fill extended vacations and sabbaticals. These positions sometimes turn into permanent employment.
4. There are unexpected networking opportunities.
Summer is a social season, so you can take advantage of golf outings, barbeques and neighborhood get-togethers to network.
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5. A shortened interview process is possible.
Yes, I said the summer can stretch out the job interview process. But it can expedite it, too. If the schedules of all involved align, a business can speed up interviews (to even just one day, if you're particularly lucky) to avoid having to schedule multiple meetings.
6. Summer makes for easier transitions.
Summertime is typically a less hectic time to transition to a new job. You can get acquainted with the company when fewer people are in the office and things are slower. It can also be less traumatic for your family if a move is involved, since your kids won't have to switch schools mid-year.
7. You can sneak out for interviews more easily.
Many companies have a more lax schedule in July and August. Some close early on Fridays while others have more unofficial long weekends. Bosses are often on vacation or may take long lunches, so you've got more of a chance to slip away unnoticed. Also, your boss won't think it's odd if you take a vacation day or two. (You could even consider taking a "job search vacation" where you conduct a week-long blitz of intense searching and interviewing.)
If you're serious about finding work, capitalize on both summer's energy and myth of summer slowdowns by beginning or continuing your search. There are jobs out there – and it's the tenacious and persistent job hunters who get them.
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Foreign students who dream of studying in Germany, are hereby invited to apply for the ongoing Mawister scholarship program in Germany. Germany is an attractive place to study and German university degrees are highly respected by employers across the globe.
Applications are currently being accepted for the 2018 Mawista Scholarship for extraordinary personalities who want to fulfill their educational aspirations in Germany. This is open only to International undergraduate students.
Scholarship is awarded to a person studying abroad with a child. The winner of the scholarship will receive a monthly scholarship of 500 Euro during a 12-month period. That way, recipient will have more time to take care of their child.
Eligible persons are by this notice invited to send in their applications before the stated deadline.
Diversity enriches the educational landscape. Therefore, Mawista wants to provide students with unconventional curriculum vitas with the necessary support to fulfill their educational aspirations. The main focus is on the applicant's personality and personal background rather than hard criteria like GPA or length of study.
Level: Undergraduate Degree
Field(s): Business Administration.
Scholarship covers: The winner of the scholarship will receive a monthly scholarship of 500 Euro during a 12-month period. That way, you will have more time to take care of your child.
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Scholarship is targeted at Students from all over the world.
- There are no limitations of the country of origin.
- Students from all over the world can apply for this scholarship.
- You have changed your field of study multiple times but have finally found your true calling
- Are you a long-term student and proud of it?
- You grew up in a commune but decided to study Business Administration?
- You came from China to Germany in order to study Vitriculture?
- In your high-school diploma you had a D in mathematics but decided to study the subject nevertheless?
- You had to break down extraordinary barriers to reach your goals?
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‣ You can easily apply by sending us the attached application form and a short curriculum vitae to the following e-mail address: [email protected]
‣ Scholarship Applications are due on 15th January 2018
- Interested parties have the possibility to apply online until 15.01. (Annual)
- Our jury will select five finalists until 30.01.
- A winner of the five selected finalists will be chosen through public vote starting from 01.02. until 15.02.
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The photo shoot starring Karmen Pedaru by Hedi Slimane is mysteriously dramatic, like an old detective movie in which the shadows play as many tricks as the criminals do themselves. Full of artfully arranged strips of light and dark, thanks to set designer Peter Klein, dystopian vibe lends a futuristic aesthetic to the entire editorial.
Shot for Vogue Paris' December 2011 issue, model Karmen Pedaru by Hedi Slimane strikes chic poses in sleek ensembles. Styled by Melanie Ward, she is draped in designs from such fashion houses as Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci, Fendi and Giorgio Armani. Although the bold makeup and asymmetrical hair gives her a tough look, Pedaru is beautifully feminine in her form-fitting outfits.
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Meghan Young — December 12, 2011 — Fashion
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March 2012
9 years
Week 25: Vicious Cycle
If there were Pregnancy Police, I'd be calling 911 right now. As it turns out, my wife's not really respecting the laws of the bed rest. She's using the extra time to launch all kinds of complex projects involving sewing and reorganizing bookshelves and figuring out why our bathroom smells like a hungover moose. I can't stop her, and she can't stop herself…
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In 2000, I proposed to Sarah at a B & B in Lakeside, Michigan. Got down on one knee, took her hand, the whole thing. She proposed back, rings were exchanged, and then we were just kind of like: What do we do now?…
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Hannah lost a tooth the other day, her fourth. In our home, the Tooth Fairy has a grand tradition of leaving these big fancy notes of congratulation—in addition to the money—in exchange for the tooth under the pillow. So that's what the Tooth Fairy did, even though it was 11 p.m. and he had worked a long day and was tired, and he still had to clean the kitchen and take out the recycling…
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Week 22: The Rest of Your Life
Bed rest. Just say the words and women cringe. Then they offer to bring over lasagne. Sarah's been having crazy pains all over her body, especially in that special contraction zone, which makes O.B.s awfully nervous—and ours, the unflappable Dr. Harth, finally told Sarah that if working was causing her pain, then stop working. So she has…
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Graham Ramsey has been appointed general manager for Vinten Broadcast Ltd., the camera support manufacturer. Graham will take on responsibility for the commercial operation of the Vinten brand and will also retain responsibility for the sales operations in EMEA and Asia Pacific.
Graham has an engineering and commercial background and has been with Vinten for more than 15 years. During that time he has been responsible for Product Management, Customer Operations and the management of various sales territories including a 5 year overseas posting to set up and manage Vinten Asia Pacific in Singapore.
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Edward Hands and Lewis is now a nationally-acclaimed body. For over a hundred years Edward Hands and Lewis has been an established solicitors in the Leicestershire area, but now we have branched out across the UK.
A will is a legal document that allows you to decide what you would like to do with your money and wealth after you have passed away. There are many types of wills and choosing the right type is critical in safeguarding your interests even after you have passed away.
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Teeny Bee Boutique Seeks Funding via Kickstarter to Build a Free Community Room
This project is about a fun, comfortable and safe space for the families of young children to enjoy music classes, art classes, play dates, parties, and more!
Minneapolis, MN -- (SBWire) -- 03/13/2014 --Teeny Bee is a locally owned and operated, one-of-a-kind baby and kids boutique, where babies and families are welcomed and encouraged to touch and try everything. The store offers clothing, toys, books, and specialty items for children ages 0-3 years, with each item hand picked and time tested. More than just a store, they're a community where families and babies can come and hang out, get inspired and connect with each other.
Teeny Bee has been hosting a free, open baby play group on Wednesday mornings since they opened. It's a valuable place for parents to gather, have a cup of coffee and relate to other parents in a space where they know their kids will be safe and happy. Teeny Bee has developed a community of rotating regular moms, babies, toddlers, grandparents, and other family members.
The plan for the Community Room is to have it scheduled with free, Teeny Bee sponsored activities half of the time and the other half have it available to outside groups to use for free. Teeny Bee activities would include Music Classes, Art Classes, separate Play Group for infants and toddlers, and Baby Yoga. They have also connected with several childbirth and parenting experts including doulas, lactation consultants and behavioral therapists who are interested in offering classes as well.
Costs for the renovation are greatly reduced due to the donation of part of the labor by friends and family - the same friends and family that remodeled the empty space to make the store as beautiful as it is today. Teeny Bee is looking for help to cover the costs of paint and construction supplies ($1000) and flooring ($4000 including labor, which they are not able to receive for free). If they are able to raise more than the $5000 goal, the extra funds will go to upgraded equipment (chalkboard paint would be fun for one wall!), furniture (couches, comfy chairs, and washable rugs would make the space more inviting), and other finishing touches.
This project will only be funded if at least$5,000 is pledged by Thu, Mar 27 2014 3:31 AM +05:30.
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Rwanda | National Identity programs should consider students
Taking photos for those who are 18 years old so as to get the National Identity card is taking place everywhere in Rwanda.
 This program is happening just a few days after the academic year 2012 has just began when students are at school and they want to take photos too.
Some students manage to get permission to go back to their homes which is tiresome and costly and others could not go. We met some students at Ngororero district office who had come for the same program.
As these students said, sometimes they come and find that they're missing on the list and this necessitates them to start the process of registering through their villages and this takes much of their time and transport costs.
Students in many schools are asking if they could be photographed at their respective schools or this program should happen during the holidays because many of them registered at their home villages.
A worker at the National Identity Card Project said that nothing can be changed because it is a project that was planned. Though she admits that though it is a problem to most students, this service is quick and it should take only a few days as they're using advanced technology to carry it out.


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Very useful tutorial, where is second one?
C++ Gtkmm Tutorial 1
C++ Gtkmm Tutorial 17 October , 2013 5 Comments on C++ Gtkmm Tutorial 1
This will be the first in a series of C++ Gtkmm tutorials leading up to a simple game. This tutorial will explain how to set up the development environment, create a Gtkmm application window, resize the window and rename it.
IDE Configuration
The IDE (integrated development environment) that this tutorial series will be using is Code::Blocks. It has code completion, is very easy to use and is available in the Ubuntu repositories.
sudo apt-get install codeblocks
Other IDE's can be used and I know there will be debate on which IDE is the best but this tutorial is focused on getting started with Gtkmm not IDE choice. To understand how the IDE works we will start with an empty project.
Select from the drop down menu File, New then Project. Select the empty project template.
Skip the wizard welcome page. You will be now be able to name your project.
Make sure the GNU GCC Compiler is selected for Linux applications.
When the wizard ends, select New then Empty File from the drop down menu. A dialog will ask you if you want to add the file to the active project, select yes. When you name the file, make sure it has the extension cpp. example: "main.cpp".
Right click the project and select build options. Below I have called it "tutorial1" (highlighted in yellow).
We now have to add all of the compiler and linker flags. This can be done easily using pkg-config. Add the following to both debug and release.
In Compiler settings, Other options. Add the following line:
`pkg-config gtkmm-3.0 --cflags`
In Linker settings, Other linker options. Add the following line:
`pkg-config gtkmm-3.0 --libs`
When the compiler and linker settings have been completed for both release and debug, close the dialog. The IDE is now set up to program Gtkmm programs.
The Code
Copy or type the following code into the empty cpp file.
#include <gtkmm.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Application> app = Gtk::Application::create(argc, argv, "com.gtkmm.tutorial1.base"); Gtk::Window window; window.set_default_size(400, 200); window.set_title("Tutorial 1"); return app->run(window); }
This code will create a Gtkmm application, create a GTK window, resize the window and name it.
Explaining The Code
#include <gtkmm.h>
This will load the definitions of the Gtkmm functions so they can be used in the application.
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
This is a function and because it has the name main, it is the entry point of the application or in other words the first function run when the application is run. Everything in this function will be between the braces (curly brackets {}).
Glib::RefPtr<Gtk::Application> app = Gtk::Application::create(argc, argv, "com.gtkmm.tutorial1.base");
This will create a Gtkmm application and store it in the pointer app. The arguments argc and argv are also given to the Gtkmm application.
Gtk::Window window;
Here we define the window and call it window.
window.set_default_size(400, 200);
This is where the window is given the width of 400 and the height of 200.
window.set_title("Tutorial 1");
The window is given a name of "Tutorial 1".
return app->run(window);
This is the main Gtkmm loop. The function is given the window so it can be created and handle all of the control buttons such as minimize, maximize and close. The run function will also return a result which is then returned by the main function.
To Come
Tutorial 2 will explain how to use containers and create widget objects that are managed by Gtkmm.
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Sorry. Just second tutorial without tag `gtkmm`
1st of all, I would like to thank you for writing up these 5 tutorials. These are my 1st step learned the gtkmm programming and very help to me. I write to you ask if you can add another program that includes a child window. I google and couldn't find related to gtkmm 3.0 also looked most of examples on https://developer.gnome.org/gtkmm-tutorial/stable/ and couldn't find neither.
My 2nd question is that I got building error while looking for a child window example.
error: no matching function for call to 'Gio::SimpleActionGroup::add_action(const char [12], sigc::bound_mem_functor0)'|
, which is for 12. Menus and Toolbars of above linker. Do you have idea how to fix it on Code::BLOCK.
Best Regards,
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Google's Rules of Acquisition: How to Be an Android, Not an Aardvark
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measures social actions relating to Web content: blog comments, votes on Digg or Reddit, bookmarking on Delicious, tweets, and the like. PostRank's tools for measuring user engagement complemented—but went well beyond—the free traffic-measurement tools available to website owners through Google Analytics. In fact, when it developed its user interface, PostRank decided to presented its findings as a data layer on top of information from Google Analytics.
After integrating so deeply with Google's tools and sharing the stage with Google at a number of conferences, PostRank could hardly avoid having business-related conversations with the Google Analytics team. "We found ourselves talking about quote-unquote 'deeper partnerships,' and the rest is history," says Ilya Grigorik, PostRank's founder and chief technology officer. Google bought the startup last summer with the goal of formally integrating PostRank and Google Analytics. Soon, Google Analytics users will be able to see not just how people are using content within their site, but what they're saying about it outside. "The idea that we could come in and integrate and provide more insight to customers was very, very appealing," says Grigorik, who is now a software engineering manager at Google.
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Even more than the money or the prestige, it may be the opportunity to solve problems "at Google scale" that prompts many startup entrepreneurs to accept Google's purchase offers. Lawee says the company doesn't invest in an acquisition unless it thinks it can use its resources and existing products to leverage the acquired company's technology into something bigger. "As an entrepreneur, you are irrationally passionate about what you are trying to achieve," he says. "So it is quite critical to you that you achieve it, and if there is a place you can achieve it more easily than on your own, that is a special place."
Google has worked to refine a set of procedures and resources—a whole infrastructure, really—to make sure every acquired team finds a foothold within the company, a home where they can get to work on achieving their vision. The reorganization under Page was the starting point. "There has been a sea change that makes it easier to help people understand where they fit in," says Butler. "If we are going to make an acquisition for Chrome, then Sundar [Pichai, vice president of product management] and his vice president and directors are going to be behind it, and there is going to be an executive at Google responsible for those people. There is always a sponsor."
Butler herself is a key facilitator. Over the last year, she's doubled the size of her integration team, from four to eight—and she says there are another 80 M&A experts across Google's core product areas. There are specialists who handle setting up newly acquired teams with office space, desks, and chairs; making sure that patents, contracts, and other assets and obligations are smoothly transferred; training managers to understand how performance reviews, promotions, and other procedures work inside Google; and even transferring an acquired company's software into Google's code base. "My team works as the quarterback and keeps all the other teams moving," Butler says.
When it all goes smoothly, former startup founders usually find that their lives inside Google have been vastly simplified. "Acquired Googlers consistently rank their work-life balance at Google higher than they did before, and I think it's because we make it easier for them to do the things they love," Butler says. The free meals in Google's famously high-end canteens are just one part of it. (Outside estimates are that the company spends $20 per employee per day on food—or well in excess of $100 million per year.) "When you take an entrepreneur who has been watching their pennies and doing things with chicken wire and duct tape, and suddenly you put them in an environment that is rich in resources—intellectual, technical, storage-wise, and even culinary—then you free them up to do the things they are best at and the things they are most passionate about. They don't have to worry about anything other than innovating."
Grigorik says Butler's team helped PostRank's entire 12-person team in Ontario get work visas and find new homes in Silicon Valley. "There is a lot of built-in structure that made the transition really painless," he says. And once the team arrived at the Googleplex and connected with the Google Analytics group, managers made sure to keep them together. "Google is this ginormous entity with many products, but even though it is a big organization it is driven by small individual teams," Grigorik says. "We managed to preserve the team identity, which I think was very important. It isn't the case that we were just dissolved into some sort of larger organization."
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14 responses to "Google's Rules of Acquisition: How to Be an Android, Not an Aardvark"
Great article but I was looking forward to read about how Google manages the fact that in an acquisition the founders are generally leaders and now multi-millionnaires. I see it presenting many challenges such as position/title, reporting to many people instead of no one, pay scale that might be almost insignificant considering the new wealth, etc.. In your interviews did any information come up regarding those topics?
Great article. Makes me wonder though – who was Motorola Mobility's "sponsor" inside google?


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Aspire Academy student-athletes joined students from the International School of London – Qatar (ISLQ), Middle East International School (MIS), and Stafford Sri-Lankan School Doha (SSLSD) over the weekend in a series of debates on topics including poverty and humanitarian issues as part of the AIMS Model United Nations (MUN) Conference.
The MUN Conference, which ran on the 8th and 9th of February, is a popular extra-curricular activity in which students act as representatives of a country at a mock-United Nations conference. Drawing participants from schools in Qatar, it is a programme that aims to develop discussion, negotiation, debating, and inter-personal skills while helping young people contribute to the identification of solutions to the global problems.
The conference, co-organised by Aspire Academy and the other three schools, who came together to form a group going by the acronym AIMS, offered more than 200 students from 20 schools the opportunity to try their hand at negotiating and debating complex issues with others. Under the overarching theme of 'Health and wellbeing', discussion topics included women's welfare and environmental issues. Commenting on Aspire Academy's role in educating the future generation of student-athletes on how to become global citizens, Jassem Al-Jaber, Aspire Academy's School Principal, said: "During the conference, each student had the chance to participate in vibrant debates and group discussions. They simulated how to become Ambassadors representing their nations and voted as if attending a United Nations conference. This will leave a hugely positive impact on their character and is fun to experience as well."
"At Aspire Academy, we focus on both the sporting and educational aspects of our student-athletes' development. We strive to build the character of our students and help them become global citizens who at the same time take pride in their national culture and identity. We have an established life skills programme that offers our students a wide range of activities including training courses, and international humanitarian missions to refugee camps. This builds resilience and empathy, amongst many other skills, that help to underpin future performances such as that demonstrated by the Qatar national team players during the 2019 AFC Asian Cup," Al-Jaber said.
Meanwhile, Shondale Pagano, teacher and director at Middle East International School, praised the collaboration with Aspire Academy, saying: "It has been a really good experience. We need more students to step up into leadership positions. By doing this type of confidence and competence-building activity, we can embed conscientiousness into the new generation of youth while equipping them to go on and do great things."


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Wednesday, December 21, 2016
Merry Christmas
I will be posting new works soon, have been quite busy on some new painting projects. Meanwhile since there is no opportunity to bicycle, swing, have a picnic, a fire, or play croquet, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. And as Dickens wrote at the end of his Christmas Carol "...and it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God Bless Us, Every One!
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I'm starting studying CodeIgniter and, before going deeply into it, I'm considering and analysing some scenarios.
One of these is about the assets (css/js/img) folder: googling around, the main trend is to put the assets folder in the root, at the same level of /system and /application; given the case that I could have more than one application (as stated here: http://ellislab.com/codeigniter/user-guide/general/managing_apps.html), each one with its own assets folder, the most logical solution for me is to put the /assets folder INTO /application folder - this seems also more "portable"
Ok, now the question: how do I reference the assets files into my views? If /assets folder is in the root, I read around that I can reference ie. the .css file like this:
But what if the /assets folder is inside /application, since I can't use
<?=base_url()?>/application/assets/css/style.css ?
Thanks in advance!
@Brendan: Hi Brendan, thanks for the comment; I'll explain better the "portability" starting from the issue of having more than one application (/application1, /application2, etc., that is my starting point of the answer; no problem if I've only one application, but I'm prefiguring the scenario of having more than one)
Having the /assets folder at the same level as index.php means that I could end up having many subfolders as are my applications, like /assets/application1, /assets/application2, etc.
If I'd ever have to move the applicationX folders to some other computer I should remember to move also the corresponding /assets/applicationX folder; if I'd ever rename the /applicationX to /newnameX, I should remember to rename also the /assets/applicationX to /assets/newnameX to don't get a mess
Having /assets INTO /application saves me from all these problems, that's my thinking; the idea of a helper is nice, as states this article that I just found and that seems to solve exactly the questions I'm asking: http://heybigname.com/2009/11/23/managing-assets-with-codeigniter/