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POMPANO BEACH, FL, August 10, 2010 - Onstream Media Corporation ( OTC: ONSM), a leading online service provider of live and on-demand digital media communications and applications, today announced that its management will conduct a conference call at 4:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, August 17, 2010, to discuss its fiscal 2010 third quarter financial results for the period ended June 30, 2010. The Company anticipates releasing financial results and filing its Form 10-Q after the close of trading on Monday, August 16, 2010.
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Onstream Media Corporation ( OTC: ONSM) is a leading online service provider of live and on-demand Internet broadcasting, corporate web communications and virtual marketplace technology. Onstream Media's innovative Digital Media Services Platform (DMSP) provides customers with cost effective tools for encoding, managing, indexing, and publishing content via the Internet. The DMSP provides intelligent delivery and syndication of video advertising, streaming video, mobile streaming and supports pay-per-view for online video and other rich media assets. The DMSP also provides an efficient workflow for transcoding and publishing user-generated content in combination with social networks and online video classifieds, utilizing Onstream Media's patent-pending Auction VideoT technology.
The company's MarketPlace365T solution enables publishers, associations, trade show promoters and entrepreneurs to rapidly and cost effectively self-deploy their own profitable, online virtual marketplaces. In addition, Onstream Media provides live and on-demand webcasting, webinars, web and audio conferencing services. To date, almost half of the Fortune 1000 companies and 78% of the Fortune 100 CEOs and CFOs have used Onstream Media's services. Select Onstream Media customers include: AAA, Bonnier Corporation, Dell, Disney, Georgetown University, National Press Club, PR Newswire, Shareholder.com (NASDAQ), Sony Pictures and the U.S. Government. Onstream Media's strategic relationships include Akamai, Adobe, BT Conferencing, eBay and Qwest. For more information, visit Onstream Media at www.onstreammedia.com or call 954-917-6655.
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I'm honored to interview an old friend Jono Fisher. He is an extraordinary man who founded the Wakeup Project, a community that celebrates mindful living and leadership.
In 2009 he had an idea to start a 'kindness revolution'. He left his job, designed some 'Kindness Cards' and booked a venue for his first-ever event. This simple idea has grown into Australia's largest and most trusted community celebrating mindful living and leadership.
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by Dr Nikki Starr Noce, MD: Life doesn't happen to us, we make it happen…
We create our reality. It's easy to find ourselves playing the victim role, "Why me?" And trust me, I've been guilty of this plenty. Even after fully understanding that I create my own reality, I still have moments where I think, "How did I get myself into this pickle?" And then I remind myself that the choices, lack of choices, failure of discernment, failure to listen to my intuition or whatever it may be got me into the situation.
The beautiful thing is that tools exist to allow us to be fully present and pay attention to the here and now so that we can create a life we love, create a reality we deserve.
Years ago when I was working in the hospital I didn't know that I was magician, I didn't know that I was powerful enough and had the ability to create an amazing life. Sure I worked hard and it paid off, but I thought I was lucky.
A series of epiphanies thanks to various practices, people, and information sources gradually woke me up. I realized I wasn't lucky; I was creating my reality with my thoughts and my actions.
After realizing how the universe works, I decided to alter my reality for the better, and that's when I changed my life. And I continue to do so everyday.
Any time I decide I'm not happy with something in my life, I choose to change it. I'm not going to just deal with it. Life is too short for that mentality. In no way, shape, or form will I ever settle or compromise when it comes to living a life full of passion.
There are several tools that provided me with clarity of mind and body function, along with strength, courage, motivation, and inspiration to live the life of my dream—a healthier, happier life full of excitement and joy!
The first gift that significantly changed my life was yoga. Yoga has this way of shifting my perception to see things through a different lens—a calm, centered lens. Everything is shinier and clearer after Yoga.
Yoga decreased my need to control things and life flows more easily when I practice regularly. Once a week aint gonna cut it! With more clarity around decision-making I can create my life circumstances. Not to mention how energized, yet relaxed I feel post yoga.
Next came meditation. Meditation is the tool that allows me to be my own therapist, to observe my thoughts and reactions. I once was a type A, alpha female brat, full of jealousy and the reactivity. Now-a-days, very few people and things get me stirred up.
Meditation allows me to observe my behaviors, and pre-meditation I was oblivious to the areas I needed to work on. Boy was it an interesting self-discovery process! All of the less favorable ways of existing, which often sabotaged my life from the goodness I deserved, began to subside when meditation became a daily practice.
Mental clarity, aha moments, and a sense of overall peace began to predominate my being. I became more aware of the present moment with less chatter from the monkey mind. Efficiency, productivity and creativity skyrocketed. I began to write from this new place of my being. I discovered new things about myself. I felt more inspired and joy filled from a place of serenity. All thanks to meditation.
You are what you eat. After obtaining a degree in nutrition, and altering my own eating habits, I realized that what I ate affected how I felt and behaved. Food impacts the vibration of our being, as does anything we consume. The molecules of the substances we eat become a part of us. And thus the foods we eat affect our ability to think, act, function, create, and they affect our energy levels.
You eat crap you feel like crap. You eat super foods you'll feel super. Food is directly related to our motivation levels and ability to perform as well. You want to shine and be a star, pay attention to the foods you eat. Food is medicine—it can be the elixir of life, or the serum of death.
The last powerful tool that really plays a key role in creating our reality is our mind set. Our perception of the world based on our thoughts and the language we use creates our reality. If your mind is in the gutter your life will be. If you focus on the positive more goodness will come into your life. If you're grateful even more goodness will make its way into your life.
You are not a slave to your mind, your mind is a product of your life conditioning, much of which you couldn't control as a child and much of that time period affects who you are today. Now as an adult, you have the power to choose and rewire your brain. You can choose to shift into a positive mindset.
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John Proudstar was an Apache mutant who joined the X-Men as Thunderbird. Apocalypse experimented on Thunderbird, transforming him into the Horseman of War. John eventually broke free of Apocalypse's mind control and defeated his master. He then returned to the X-Men and attempted to pick up the pieces of his life. [1]
The Timebroker summoned Thunderbird, and he met his fellow Exiles in a barren desert. The Timebroker told him that if he did not help the Exiles complete their missions he would remain Apocalypse's servant. [1]
On one world, during a mission in which the Exiles had to save Alpha Flight from an insane Hulk, he encountered another version of himself who was almost his own opposite. This John had become the Shaman of Alpha Flight and possessed an inner peace and certainty Thunderbird doubted he could ever have. He found talking to his other self was almost like being with James again. While on this world, he was forced into a fight with the Hulk. He went deeper than usual into his War transformation, losing control and pummeling the Hulk into unconsciousness. His alternate self was able to get him to retake control over himself. [2]
During his time with the Exiles, T-Bird was growing closer with Nocturne, a fellow Exile. On her world, she had been involved with his brother. They got off to a rocky start, mostly due to Thunderbird having trouble accepting her feelings for him. As far as he was concerned, he was a monster. The stress and loneliness that came with being on the Exiles shouldn't force her to be with someone like him. She eventually convinced him her feelings were real, and they continued their relationship in full. The rest of the Exiles were hardly aware of it. [3]
Thunderbird and some of the other Exiles were captured and forced into gladiatorial combat on an Earth that had been under Skrull rule for a century. He would often refuse to fight in his heavyweight matches. Either he would lose or he would be driven to the point where he had to fight, pulling of a sudden comeback victory as he did against the world's Guido Carosella. During captivity, Nocturne revealed to him that she was pregnant with his child. Their captivity came to an end when the Skrulls suddenly began leaving the planet, and the reason became clear when Terrax arrived. Galactus was coming, and the Exiles had the responsibility to save this world from him. [4]
A plan to repel Galactus was formulated, and the grand finale was to detonate an antimatter bomb within him. This was to be Banner Beast's responsibility, but he was swatted away by Galactus and dropped the bomb. Thunderbird saw the bomb and understood that he was the only one close enough and strong enough to do what needed to be done. Taking the bomb, he allowed himself to go all the way into his War transformation, causing his humanity to start to slip away. He leapt onto Galactus back, punched a hole through the Devourer's armor and deposited the bomb. The explosion caused Galactus enough trauma that he left to find a simpler meal. Thunderbird's body was recovered and brought to a medical station. Physically, he healed completely. Mentally, he was pronounced brain dead. [5]
A Sasquatch from another world appeared to take his place on the Exiles, and he was left behind. Eventually, his body was recovered and put into stasis in the Panoptichron. He remained there for a long time until emerging fully healed. [6]
He along with Nocturne and Blink then took some time off from the Exiles and went to Heather Hudson's reality on a vacation. [7]
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Originally, John Proudstar was a mutant with super strength, reflexes and senses. After being experimented upon by Apocalypse, John's strength was increased and battle armor plates added to his body. Apocalypse also made him nearly impervious to the elements, allowing him to survive without breathing and possibly without food. T-Bird was able to fight and defeat the Hulk of Earth-901237 while in an enraged state. Thunderbird was also too dense to swim.
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- ↑ Exiles #5-6
- ↑ Exiles #16
- ↑ Exiles #8-9
- ↑ Exiles #10
- ↑ Exiles #62-94
- ↑ Exiles #100
- ↑ Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe A-Z hardcover Vol. 12
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It's no secret that machine learning skills are high in demand. 25% of the world's jobs are expected to be automated in the next ten years, so someone must take the responsibility of teaching them. Companies are constantly on the look out for professionals who have the skills to help them use machines for tasks – simple and complex – for various purposes. Here's a low down on the most in-demand skills that machine learning experts possess.
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Deep Learning
If you must learn, learn deeply. The rule applies to humans and machines. Although, machines are better at deep learning. Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are far more adept at processing complex voluminous data than us mortals. Programs like Google's TensorFlow are used to improve healthcare, increase agriculture yield and even combat climate change.
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The English writer Jeanette Winterson once said that language is freedom because the moment you find the words to express yourself, you become comprehensible. But what if you're talk to a rock? Well it would be the same as talking to a computer without Natural Language Processing (NLP). Now you know why teaching computers how to interpret human language is so very important.
Short for Robotic Process Automation are skills that allow us to automate moronic routine tasks. The market for products and services that do this was worth $ 271 million in 2016 and is expected to rise to $ 1.2 billion by 2021. Who's moronic now?
This skill shouldn't be this low in this list honestly. But it's been overstated, and everyone knows it. Python, R, Java, C++ – the more languages you know, the better you will be. Because programs need programming. And programming needs programming languages. It's obvious really.
Probability & Statistics
Machine learning is anticipatory. Its objective is to enable machines to sense possibilities and determine the most probable outcomes and expected responses to those outcomes. This would be hard to achieve without probability and statistics. I'd say probably impossible.
Applied Math
Probability is calculated. And calculations, as you learned in school, use math. By logical derivation, it is safe to conclude that machine learning involves applied math. See how I added points 1 and 2?
Distributed Computing
We use machines because they can learn from large and complex data sets. But extremely large volumes can be overwhelming even for machines. Hence, it is necessary to distribute their computation power across machines for better results. That's why skills in programs like Apache Hadoop and Spark that enable distributed computing are valuable.
Machine learning is increasingly implemented across industries and divisions. In the finance industry it is used to increase the speed of transactions. In the HR division, it is used to automate routine tasks like scheduling interviews. Machine learning has a variety of functions and the demand for machine learning skills is rapidly increasing. Both startups and big companies are looking to use machine learning and artificial intelligence for various business and organizational purposes. If you're looking to establish yourself as an expert in machine learning, then it might be wise to master these in-demand machine learning skills.
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Who doesn't love a good dog/baby photo? We know we do! This article really has no words, just pictures, but these pictures clearly speak a thousand words and show the love between a baby and a pup. Not only is a dog a best friend to a human, but it's said that a kid's development can be accelerated when interacting with the family pet daily. What a perfect excuse to just hang with your pup, right?
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Brands Like Airbnb and P&G Express Interest in 'Saturday Morning' Social Justice Project
Black creatives aim for conversation, sponsorships
Four prominent black creative directors launched the Saturday Morning project approximately two months ago as a way to further and formalize the sometimes challenging but important conversations facilitated by Black Lives Matter and related social justice movements.
On Thursday at The New York Times Center, the group, which now numbers five—Butler, Stern, Shine and Partners executive creative director Keith Cartwright; Twitter group creative director Jayanta Jenkins; Amusement Park chief executive officer Jimmy Smith; Geoff Edwards of Creative Artists Agency; and Chobani managing director Kwame Taylor-Hayford—explained the evolution of their passion project to an attentive Advertising Week crowd.
They also named two new potential brand partners in the form of P&G and Airbnb.
Cartwright said that the group's initial letter, which they sent to press organizations on Aug. 1, has inspired more than 800 emails regarding their stated desire to "build awareness, promote change and shift the overall perception that black lives are in some way not as important as others." The idea holds that interested parties from within the creative economy and beyond will submit original concepts designed to further progress in this area and that the members of Saturday Morning will determine which ones to promote via their platforms and partnerships.
"We will have ideas every quarter that we will bring to businesses and ask for sponsorships," Cartwright said in laying out his plans for the group. "Airbnb is very interested, and [global marketing and brand building officer] Marc Pritchard of P&G called last week," he added, stating that Pritchard expressed an interest in signing a petition that would commit P&G to helping Saturday Morning execute projects that may need funding.
"We are not an agency, and we are not competing with agencies," Cartwright said, "[Because] we all have day jobs."
Jenkins described Saturday Morning, which launched with the aforementioned letter and a website, as "an advocacy platform/program." The group agreed that their project would initially operate on an earned media model in order to bring greater attention to the concepts and executions that it chooses to highlight.
"We're not here to create something that will end up in Cannes," said Smith, "though that's not to say that there won't be any ads." He floated potential ideas on which Saturday Morning and its partners could collaborate, including legislation that would eliminate the controversial stop-and-frisk approach to law enforcement and a future in which robots perform traffic stops to reduce the likelihood of violent confrontations between police officers and members of the public.
"Many of us have relatives who are police officers … there would be chaos without them," he added, suggesting that many officers who would like to participate in the ongoing conversation "feel like their voices aren't being heard."
Syracuse University has reached out to the group to discuss future collaborative projects. So has MAL for Good, the purpose-driven arm of Lee Clow's TBWA\Media Arts Lab, or Apple's dedicated ad agency.
"In summary, we will be releasing these 'Peace Briefs' and looking to engage individuals, businesses and universities to create a wealth of content," said Taylor-Hayford. "Ultimately distribution is key … at some point this will require paid media to engage [with the public] through the brand coalitions we will form."
The group plans to release its first such quarterly brief in early 2017.


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"America ends in Tuktoyaktuk not merely because the road ends there, but because Tuktoyaktuk represents the final stages of a process of social and cultural contact that has taken five centuries to unfold." (Chapter 1, 2)
"The scramble of peoples and cultures in North American has created a cultural mixture that probably will not be repeated in world history until we encounter life on another planet." (Chapter 1, 5)
"The continent did not speak to the newcomers because the civilizations of North American did not always speak in loud stone. They spoke in earth and wood, in fiber and textile, in bead and shell." (Chapter 2, 17)
"Today our civilization has turned to plastics made from petrochemicals, and to metals, but the people who settled American created a civilization based on wood." (Chapter 5, 57)
"The Indians and colonists together synthesized a frontier culture from their markedly different traditions, and the core of this frontier culture...
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Predicting Grand Prix New Jersey
In just a few short days, Grand Prix New Jersey will be upon us. I will be one of hundreds (thousands even?) to descend upon the Meadowlands of one of my favorite states in order to battle other Magicians in an attempt to achieve glory. Also it's most likely the last weekend that some of these cards are going to be Standard legal, so I think it's a good time to try and predict the metagame for this coming weekend, and share with you all the decks that I think are going to be very prevalent at the event, and the cards I suggest you play to combat them.
First of all, I'm playing this four-color Saheeli combo deck. I've been playing it since Grand Prix Pittsburgh, and it feels like it's right up my alley in terms of playstyle. I literally feel like I'm playing old Modern Kiki Pod. You're able to squeeze a very high amount of value out of almost every single card in the deck due to synergies with Felidar Guardian and Saheeli Rai, even if you don't plan on winning via the combo. This is my current list that I'll be testing and tweaking throughout the week:
4c Saheeli Combo by Tim Bachmann
I played this at the RPTQ a couple of weeks ago too, and it performed very well. However, I do believe that it will be the second most popular deck in the field at the GP, so you best prepare for it. I have gone back and forth multiple times between the more planeswalker heavy Chandra, Torch of Defiance builds of this deck and the Elder Deep-Fiend versions. I've been happy with both at times, and unhappy with both at other times. I feel like however, in the end, Elder Deep-Fiend allows you to win from behind more than Chandra is able to, and I also feel like Chandra is a poor choice against Elder Deep-Fiend, and other Chandra, Torch of Defiance decks. What I mean by the latter part of that statement is that sure we can play Chandra just like the newer versions of Mardu Vehicles can, but they get to play Gideon, Ally of Zendikar alongside her, while we get to play…Saheeli Rai…I don't think there's much of a comparison to be made there, and when you're trying to go toe-to-toe with another Chandra deck that has access to Gideon, Ally of Zendikar, Unlicensed Disintegration, and Heart of Kiran, I think that being able to control the battlefield a bit more with Elder Deep-Fiend, and then be able to block their Gideon with it is the better choice.
I've also moved back to Aetherworks Marvel. This card is stupid. It actually REWARDS you for blocking and managing the battlefield through your creatures! And then you get to use it to progress your battlefield, finding more creatures to block with that give you more energy, giving you more spins! It acts pretty much like a planeswalker in its own right, and a better one than Chandra most of the time. The only downside with marvel is knowing when to activate it, since we're also playing with Elder Deep-Fiends in our deck that we may want to fire off during our opponent's upkeep, but most of the time I've found myself firing Deep-Fiends off more either during combat to tap their lands and block a guy, or end of turn to tap them down, which is a good time to slide a non-Elder Deep-Fiend hit into play anyway.
The real boogeyman of the weekend however is going to be the deck that won in Utrecht last weekend. The deck that won the Standard PTQ a while back online has finally decided to show up to the party, and show everyone that it's actually a real thing. Meet the most played deck at GP NJ:
Mardu Vehicles by Samuel Vuillot
So yeah, this deck is pretty scary. Game one they play the typical super aggressive Mardu Vehicles gameplan of curve out and hit you, and games 2 or 3, they can convert into a superfriends midrange planeswalker deck, beating your sideboard plan. It then becomes a weirdo game of chicken. Do you sideboard for their planeswalker plan? Or do you sideboard for their aggro plan? Decks like this are neat to me, and this one does it really well. I think that this deck has an even better matchup against the Black Green decks than the older version, since it's difficult for GB to manage so many planeswalkers, and I also feel like the threats here line up particularly well against GB especially post board. I don't have too much to say about this deck, as it is innovation on an already existing archetype, but the superfriends package is a nice addition to help the deck go long.
That being said, it is a touch slower than the older version, so you're giving up some of your relentless speed in order to go over the top of a lot of people post board. This means that people typically have more time to find a missing piece of their combo, or a way to interact with their piece of interaction for the combo, since most of it is being played on the board in the forms of Walking Ballista, Thalia, and Authority of the Consuls. I think the Marvel version of 4c Saheeli is pretty well positioned against this deck, and is another reason that I'm bringing the 4c deck with me.
So how can Green Black gang up on this Mardu Vehicles deck? I simply think the energy versions of G/B can't beat this new version of Mardu. However, I've been advocating for a little while now that in order to beat this Mardu deck, and have a better 4c Saheeli matchup, the Green Black decks need to go back to the Delirium plan. It's so strong against planeswalkers in the Mardu deck, and Thopter tokens in the 4c deck. Almost all of your threats have trample, and almost all of your threats are bigger than anything that is happening on the other side of the table. Instead of playing mopey, easily blocked cards like Sylvan Advocate, you need to be playing Grim Flayers. Instead of mopey old Gonti that attacks for two and draws you a random card that might not even be good in the strategy you're trying to employ, you need Mindwrack Demon. Instead of topdecking Attune with Aether in the later parts of the game, you need Traverse the Ulvenwald to go get your Ishkanah so you can try to close a game out by draining your opponent while playing around Oath of Liliana. Instead of silly old Drana, Liberator of Malakir, you want Catacomb Sifter to ramp you even better into your Gearhulks and play around Oath of Liliana. You also want some Ruinous Paths against this deck.
I think that the tools for GB to beat all of the decks in the format are there, and it can shine to be the number one contender again. It just needs to stop trying to be cute, and play good cards instead of stupid creatures like Sylvan Advocate that don't threaten planeswalkers and players behind a Thraben Inspector.
In summary, the two decks to beat this weekend are looking to be Mardu Vehicles, and 4C Saheeli (I still believe it's the best deck in the format, and it's going to be banned after this weekend), and I think that GB has to adjust its strategy against these decks in order to be the rock for this weekend's scissors decks. My prediction is that GB will be the deck to win the tournament, as I've said, it has the tools to be built to beat the things people are doing right now, so an innovator like a Bard Narson might be able to steal it with a deck he trusts so much.
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Waymo has filed a motion to stop Uber's use of Otto's self-driving truck technology. It's also served up testimony from three of its employees.
The move follows an initial suit, which accuses Otto founder Anthony Levandowski of stealing thousands of files from Google's self-driving car division and says Otto is infringing on its patented LiDAR technology.
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The future is self-driving, but autonomous transport is about much more than just making sure that vehicles keep to the road and do not run into pedestrians. What happens when we move away from the well-defined road ways cut through the landscape by the asphalt? There is no pre-defined best route off-road, and a vehicle has a lot more to learn if it is to find its own way and predict and plan its route. The Department of Engineering, Section of Mechanical Engineering at Aarhus University is taking part in a major NATO project to look more closely at this by developing stateof- the-art mobility technology for when a vehicle heads off-road. The project could ultimately save lives.
July 1917, Ypres, Belgium. The 1st World War is raging, and on the Western Front Field Marshal Douglas Haig and the allies are planning to retake the town of Passchendaele from the Germans. The plan is to break through in Flanders and bring the war to an end. Haig had promised victory. But the Battle of Passchendaele instead became a synonym for the full horror of the 1st World War. It epitomised the slaughter of the trenches, and half a million soldiers paid the highest price in this "Battle of Mud", as the battle was dubbed.
More than a century later, we are still struggling in the mud when we move off the asphalted infrastructure our society has built.
It is still difficult to design vehicles that can cope with all the different types of challenging terrain in the world. For example when farmers have to drive over ploughed fields, or when military vehicles have to drive through mountain ranges to secure peace.
Even the most hardy Land Rover grinds to a halt when the water content of the soil is too high, and soldiers are still losing their lives when heavy armoured vehicles move out into difficult and impassable terrain.
Therefore, the Department of Engineering at Aarhus University is participating in a NATO-led project, Next generation NATO Reference Mobility Model (NG-NRMM), which aims to introduce, standardise and demonstrate the latest 3D simulation technology that can predict the ability of a vehicle to move over certain terrain conditions.
"We're trying to find out about the performance of different machines at given sites on the basis of all kinds of geospatial data such as ground inclination, soil type, water content as well as obstacles such as rocks, trees, ditches, buildings, etc. What's interesting in the project is how the machines interact with soft, muddy ground: How can we best move on this type of ground, without getting stuck and without damaging the ground unnecessarily?" says Professor (Docent) Ole Balling, and he continues:
"This makes it easier to choose the right tire size and pressure, or the right caterpillars for the future off-road vehicles, taking into account the conditions they are to move in."
He has spent three years working with NATO, including the United States Army, to develop, test and apply accurate and true-to-life modelling and simulation tools to update NATO's somewhat outdated process for military vehicle mobility prediction that was originally drawn up in the years just after the second World War.
However, the prospects stretch much further," says Ole Balling:
"When a farmer drives in his fields, he can see ahead and assess whether he's on his way into a mud hole where he might get stuck. How can an autonomous tractor do this? When we talk about the self-driving vehicles of the future, we're always talking about driving on asphalt. But there's a huge difference between asphalt and off-road, and if we want a truly self-driving future, clearly we'll have to take this into account."
Asphalt is far more navigable than when you move out into terrain, he explains:
"Perhaps it's easy for us humans to see whether we are going down into a mud hole, but not for a computer that has to calculate a safe course through possibly unknown terrain."
NG-NRMM is an example of a "dual use" project. This means that the technology being developed can be used for purposes other than military. Ole Balling believes this is very important:
"There is a real need for technology that makes it easier to manoeuvre and plan a course over muddy or hard to manoeuvre terrain. We live in a world that may be seeing rising sea levels, and therefore it makes good sense to be able to harvest crops or biomass from the huge areas of wet, low-lying meadows, which today are often too soft to be exploited. In this project, we are looking at how machines interact with the ground, and the underlying numerical models are the same whether you look at it with military or humanitarian eyes."
Aarhus University acknowledge support for our work from the following organizations: NATO Science & Technology Organization, Collaboration Support Office, Danish Ministry of Defence Acquisition and Logistics Organization and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, DARTS Lab, California Institute of Technology.


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How Can Humans Stop Light Pollution?
Light pollution is any artificial light that is intrusive, unsafe or wasteful (see References 1). City dwellers can attest to the disorientation caused by light clutter, or groupings of bright lights. Nighttime drivers are all too familiar with glare, the unsafe side effect of excessively bright or unshielded lights. Misdirected light from a neighbor's property that infiltrates your yard or home makes you the victim of light trespass. Sky glow is an accumulation of light that spills into the atmosphere and affects your enjoyment of a starry night (See References 2). Eliminating light pollution is impossible, but people can take steps to curtail it.
Timing Is Everything
Outdoor lighting is only necessary when you're outside or as part of a crime-prevention strategy. Prevent light pollution by installing fixtures equipped with motion sensors or incorporating timers that provide you with light only when you need it. Dimmer switches allow you to softly illuminate areas where you spend time outdoors after dark. (See References 3)
Design Matters
The types of light fixtures you install around the exterior of your home greatly affect the amount of light pollution you generate. Shielded fixtures prevent light from spreading upward, where it isn't needed. Since these types of fixtures concentrate light where it's used, lower-wattage bulbs are often sufficient. (See References 3)
Less Is More
While nighttime lighting increases safety, poor-quality lighting can work against you. Harsh lights that create glare can temporarily blind you, as well as cause shadows that provide prime places for someone else to hide. As a result, don't be fooled by thinking that brighter is always better when it comes to creating a safe environment around your home. (See References 3)
Be a Good Neighbor
Ensure that your lighting doesn't infringe on your neighbor's enjoyment of the dark, and don't be afraid to speak up if you're the victim of bothersome light trespass. Broach the subject gently, though; suggesting a more efficient fixture might enlighten him. If not, mention that an alternative lighting fixture could not only help you, but also his utility bill. If your neighbor is uncooperative, ask your municipality about light ordinances that your neighbor may be violating. (See References 3)
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Hello! Welcome to my food blog; My Roots, My Rambles where I give free rein to my inner madness and absolute passion for everything food. I love mashing cultures through their culinary styles, aka Fusion Food (yep, there's a label for it) inspired by the wonderful places I have lived in, aka, my Rambles which is currently the rich and varied California culture.
I have often been asked the question, "What is food to you?" For me, the food you eat, should evoke a memory – images, tastes, and aromas that you remember and yearn for. Each ingredient has an individual voice and when they come together in your mouth, it's like a celebration with fireworks!
My love for food was born at my grandmother Chellamal's lap and nurtured by my mother, Uma. I have fond memories of sitting next to my grandmother and making one really huge kozhukattai's (modaks or sweet steamed dumplings), while she finished making 50 of them in that time. I was never scolded for making a mess or doing it wrong. Gentle hands used to guide me in making them the right way.
Today, I teach my children. And the tradition continues. While my cooking has changed with every experience I have had, I go to my roots to draw inspiration.
My Roots, My Rambles is my homage to that love. I am from the South of India (My Roots) and my long journey from there to the United States (My Rambles) certainly reflects in my food.
I have made my way across this country, down from the East Coast where I lived in historic Pittsburgh, PA to stunning and captivating Boulder, CO and finally call now my home in beautiful and hopping San Francisco Bay Area.
Fusion Cuisine
The world has become smaller, hasn't it? And food has been the first to crossover barriers, form friendships, and bridge the cultural gap. My journey in life has been marked by the people and places I have lived, enjoyed and learned. And I have imbibed their teachings into my food. The more cultures I discover, the many commonalities I encounter through food.
The mingling of cultures is especially abundant in California. The population of the Bay Area mainly made of immigrants strongly influences the food culture here. With a growing number of tech giants, like Google, Apple, Facebook, and the start-up culture have made this a hothouse for people from various parts of the United States and other countries to move and settle here.
And the food here has evolved to combine the different cultures – Asian, Indian, Italian, German, Mexican, French, Japanese even Fijian cuisine. And it matches my philosophy perfectly. Here you can find food created by locally sourced, sustainable ingredients seasonally available and produce. It is low in saturated fats and high in fresh vegetables and fruits.
Why eat Fresh, Seasonal, Local Produce?
To me, eating fresh, seasonal, LOCAL produce is very important to a healthy, vibrant life. A life lesson passed down to me by the wonderful women in my family, mainly my mother and grandmother that I have embraced.
More than any city that I have lived in the United States of America, San Francisco Bay Area cities have access to the best fresh produce I have seen. To say, I love Farmers Markets here would be an understatement. I am ecstatic!!!
So come, and explore with me as I journey through delectable cuisines, wondrous places to get them and the beautiful people I meet along the way.
What you will find on My Roots, My Rambles
Vegetarian Recipes, mostly Fusion.
- Original Recipes created by me made with fresh, seasonal produce inspired by my experiences and travel.
- Traditional Recipes handed down for generations adapted to the produce found in California Bay Area (I continuously aggravate my friends by getting them to find out, tell me and show me how their favorite childhood dishes are made).
- Descriptions of the places I traveled and my Rambling thoughts under "Travels and Rambles"
All the recipes on the blog have been made, measured, refined and eaten at least 5 times before I write them as a post. And they are all children tested and approved (I have two rambunctious little ones at home who are my greatest critic).
Some of my posts so that you can get an idea of the type of cooking I do;
- Paneer – Pistachio Spinach Pesto Parathas
- Garam Masala Arancini with Truffle Oil
- Rasam Powder Spiced Red Pepper and Carrot Soup
- Mango Ginger Panna Cotta
- Mint Lentil Coconut Rice
- Deconstructed Quinoa-Potato Burger, Kale Mango Salad, Peas Salsa
My Farmers Markets
I am a regular fixture at the farmer's markets. My regular haunt is the Irvington Farmers Market (Sunday 9 AM to 1 PM) in Fremont, CA, the year round. The farmers here know me. They keep special pastured eggs, smooshed fruits for my jams and new intriguing produce just for me. So I love them.
I also visit other farmers markets in the Bay. My favorite ones are
- Sunnyvale Farmers Market, Open SATURDAYS, 9AM – 1PM, All Year.
- Santa Clara Farmers Market, Open SATURDAYS, 9AM – 1PM All Year.
- Mountain View Farmers Market, Open Sundays 9AM – 1PMAll Year.
- Palo Alto Farmers Market. Open 8AM to Noon – Every Saturday from May 12th to Dec 8th
So that's about me and the blog. Come, and explore with me as I journey through delectable cuisines, wondrous places to get them and the beautiful people I meet along the way. Thanks for visiting! Let's eat!
About the Author
Ramya Ramamurthy is a Professional Chef and Entrepreneur. Her love for food had her pursuing Culinary education from the International Culinary Center after working for 10 years as an Advertising Sales Manager. She topped her class at culinary school and since worked in restaurants and catering specializing in taking fresh and seasonal, farm to table ingredients and creating wondrous dishes. She is a proud PTA Mom who lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her ever supporting husband/food tester/hand model and two very active children/food critics/sous chefs.
- Winner 5th Annual Culinary Clash – Michelin- starred LUCE, InterContinental Competition Mar.2016, SFO
- Runner-up, Ultimate Culinary Clash – Intercontinental Group of Hotels, Mexico City – May 2016
- Publisher – "Summer Salad by the Lake" at Taste of Home Magazine, Summer 2018.
Other than being passionate about food….
- She reads voraciously – cookbooks, biographies, and fiction fill her bookshelves.
- Loves the weekend hikes with her family wearing her bright orange 2016 San Francisco Half Marathon t-shirt (she's very proud of completing it for childrens education with Asha NGO).
- Binge watches TV series on Netflix – The Crown, NCIS (love Mark Harmon), Madam Secretary (recent love), Greys Anatomy, Big Bang Theory, Friends (again and again), and many, many, many, more. Oh and yes, cooking shows!
- Is addicted to Action and Superhero movies and Harry Potter!
- Hates food waste. And curse words (very difficult being in the restaurant industry) and horror movies.
- A huge advocate of Children's Rights – for food, education, protection against abuse of any kind, medical treatment and is a core member of the CRY (Child Rights and You) America, California Chapter.


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The White House tried to get Bill Nye (of Science Guy fame) to promote Obamacare to "geeks," according to White House emails obtained by Buzzfeed.
Bill Nye's gotten increasingly involved in liberal politics since his 90's heyday hosting a children's science show on PBS. The White House emailed Nye on the (original) last day of Obamacare's open enrollment period, asking Nye and apparently several others to encourage "geeks" to sign up for Obamacare coverage on Twitter.
"Thanks for all your help in the past month for #GeeksGetCovered," the email from White House senior advisor Phil Larson began. "Let's make sure on this last day of enrollment our future scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs and other geeks know where to get covered. Below are some ideas for tweets and retweets. Would love you to put out a few today with healthcare.gov and #geeksgetcovered in them."
One so-called recommended geek tweet read, "It's finals day — final day to #GetCovered that is. #GeeksGetCovered at healthcare.gov before midnight tonight!"
Another stereotypical suggestion was "Hey procrastigeeks–finish that paper or 3rd trial of your double-blind experiment and go to healthcare.gov b4 clock strikes midnight."
Sadly enough, it looks like Nye didn't end up tweeting in support of Obamacare on deadline day, potentially leaving thousands of "procrastigeeks" without a final push. Nye did tweet several days before the final email a picture of himself with President Obama and Neil deGrasse Tyson, a fellow liberal and PBS children's science phenomenon.
These 3 Geeks are covered. Let's pull the US into the 21st Century. Sign up for the ACA today. #GeeksGetCovered pic.twitter.com/FZf0FI8FWl
— Bill Nye (@TheScienceGuy) March 29, 2014
Nye e-mailed Larson that the selfie was "a once in a lifetimer."
Other gems from Buzzfeed's trove of Bill Nye communications: he refers to President Obama as "The Man," thinks the White House sends him way too many e-mails, and even wrote Larson a holiday poem:
"For you a bit of holiday cheer
With but no effect on our atmosphere
For this particular season
A dodecahedron
As the Earth spins us, to a New Year!"
Check out the rest of the White House's e-mails with Bill Nye here.


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The name of an entity in SQL Server is referred to as its identifier. You use identifiers whenever you reference entities, for example, by specifying column and table names in a query. A multi-part identifier contains one or more qualifiers as a prefix for the identifier. For example, a table identifier may be prefixed with qualifiers such as the database name and schema name in which the table is contained, or a column identifier may be prefixed with qualifiers such as a table name or table alias.
Error 4104 indicates that the specified multi-part identifier could not be mapped to an existing entity. This error can be returned under the following conditions:
The qualifier supplied as a prefix for a column name does not correspond to any table or alias name used in the query.
For example, the following statement uses a table alias (
Dept) as a column prefix, but the table alias is not referenced in the FROM clause.
SELECT Dept.Name FROM HumanResources.Department;
In the following statements, a multi-part column identifier
TableB.KeyColis specified in the WHERE clause as part of a JOIN condition between two tables, however,
TableBis not explicitly referenced in the query.
DELETE FROM TableA WHERE TableA.KeyCol = TableB.KeyCol;
SELECT 'X' FROM TableA WHERE TableB.KeyCol = TableA.KeyCol;
An alias name for the table is supplied in the FROM clause, but the qualifier supplied for a column is the table name. For example, the following statement uses the table name
Departmentas the column prefix; however, the table has an alias (
Dept) referenced in the FROM clause.
SELECT Department.Name FROM HumanResources.Department AS Dept;
When an alias is used, the table name cannot be used elsewhere in the statement.
SQL Server is unable to determine if the multi-part identifier refers to a column prefixed by a table or to a property of a CLR user-defined data type (UDT) prefixed by a column. This happens because properties of UDT columns are referenced by using the period separator (.) between the column name and the property name in the same way that a column name is prefixed with a table name. The following example creates two tables,
b. Table
bcontains column
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dbo.myudt2as its data type. The SELECT statement contains a multi-part identifier
CREATE TABLE a (c2 int); GO
CREATE TABLE b (a dbo.myudt2); GO
SELECT a.c2 FROM a, b;
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Match the column prefixes against the table names or alias names specified in the FROM clause of the query. If an alias is defined for a table name in the FROM clause, you can only use the alias as a qualifier for columns associated with that table.
The statements above that reference the
HumanResources.Departmenttable can be corrected as follows:
SELECT Dept.Name FROM HumanResources.Department AS Dept; GO
SELECT Department.Name FROM HumanResources.Department; GO
Ensure that all tables are specified in the query and that the JOIN conditions between tables are specified correctly. The DELETE statement above can be corrected as follows:
DELETE FROM dbo.TableA WHERE TableA.KeyCol = (SELECT TableB.KeyCol FROM TableB WHERE TableA.KeyCol = TableB.KeyCol); GO
The SELECT statement above for
TableAcan be corrected as follows:
SELECT 'X' FROM TableA, TableB WHERE TableB.KeyCol = TableA.KeyCol;
SELECT 'X' FROM TableA INNER JOIN TableB ON TableB.KeyCol = TableA.KeyCol;
Use unique, clearly defined names for identifiers. Doing so makes your code easier to read and maintain, and it also minimizes the risk of ambiguous references to multiple entities.


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Mumbai: After failing to tie him up with the spate of killings in SoBo in 2006-07, cops are once again after Ravindra Kantrole, this time in connection with the recent rape and murder of three minor girls in Cuffe Parade. Colaba and Cuffe Parade police, who are probing the killings, have now sent Kantrole, nicknamed the Beer Man, for DNA testing. On September 17, 2009, Kantrole - who had been arrested by Mumbai police in 2007 for the murders of three men in South Mumbai - was acquitted by the Bombay High Court.
"Till now, we've carried around 900 people's DNA and have got reports of around 200 that have come out negative," said a police officer from Colaba. "We did not get any DNA from Jagruti Patel's body, who was found murdered on November 13, as it was completely decomposed. But, we had retrieved the killer's DNA from Karishma Chavan's body, who was found killed on January 18. We have also found DNA from Angel Sharma's body, who was found raped and murdered on April 19. But the samples collected from Chavan's and Sharma's bodies don't match," said the officer.
No minor matter
While Karishma and Jagruti were found dead at Nariman Point Fire Brigade depot, Angel's body was recovered from the sea, near Maker Tower in Cuffe Parade. "After testing DNA samples of so many people in the Cuffe Parade and Colaba area, we thought of checking out Ravindra Kantrole as well, since his name had also cropped up during investigations. We have taken DNA specimens of the fathers of the girls as well. We are taking this case very seriously, and want to solve it as soon as possible," the officer added.
An officer, part of the investigations, said there were many similarities in the cases. "Jagruti was kidnapped on October 20 and then killed. Karishma was found dead on January 18 and Angel was found murdered on April 19. The gap between the first and the second, and the second and the third cases is nearly three months. Also, all the girls are about 3 to 4 years old. This may not be a coincidence," he said.
Sea change
However, there are disparities too. While, the first two victims died of head injuries, Angel was strangled. The first two corpses were found in a secluded spot, while Angel's body was found near the sea. Cops say the killer may have strayed from his pattern because of police presence near the previous crime scene. Cops have also taken the help of officers from Nehru Nagar police station in Kurla, who had faced a similar situation in 2010, when three minor girls were found murdered in the area. The Nehru Nagar police managed to solve one case; two others are still pending.
Who's Ravindra Kantrole?
Beer Man is the name given to the suspected serial killer who murdered seven people in South Mumbai, between October 2006 and January 2007. The nickname was gained due to beer bottles left beside each body, which was the only link between the deaths. In January 2008, Ravindra Kantrole was convicted of one of the murders, that of a homeless man. He was charged with two other Beer Man murders but cleared of any involvement, thus leaving the remaining six murders unsolved. In September 2009, the Bombay High Court acquitted him of any involvement in the murders due to lack of evidence.


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UK: The Department for Transport formally launched the competition for the next InterCity East Coast franchise on October 25, publishing documents setting out what potential bidders will need to consider when developing proposals for the operation of passenger services from London King's Cross to Leeds, Newcastle and Edinburgh.
'We want to see a revitalised East Coast railway, one that both rekindles the spirit of competition for customers on this great route to Scotland and competes with the West Coast on speed, quality and customer service', said Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin. 'We need a strong partner to ensure we successfully deliver the £240m programme of infrastructure investments on the route and the improvements in rolling stock that the multi-billion Intercity Express Programme will provide.'
DfT wishes to see 'genuinely creative bids', according to its franchise prospectus, providing 'tough competition' for other operators. Bids should include 'innovative timetables which build on the core train service requirement', and investment 'to transform the customer experience'. As well as existing services, bidders may be asked to run, or have the option to run, services to up to five additional destinations in Yorkshire, the northeast, the Midlands and the east of England.
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Since November 2009 ICEC services have been operated on a temporary basis by East Coast Main Line Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Directly Operated Railways which is owned by DfT. In the period to March 31 2013 DOR made £620m in premium payments to DfT, but the prospectus says that the focus has been on stabilising operations and 'long-term, stable business planning has not been possible'.
Because of the legal structure under which ECML Co Ltd holds a service agreement rather than a conventional franchise, the winning bidder for the new franchise will buy ECML under a share sale agreement which DfT expects to have a value of less than £20m. The new franchise would then be awarded to ECML. A profit share and cap agreement would provide the franchisee with partial protection against revenue risk arising from wider economic factors.
The new franchise would run for eight or nine years, with an option for a further two years. Significant government investment is planned for the next six years, including rolling stock replacement, a £72m infrastructure upgrade at Peterborough and £20m of enhancements at Doncaster.
The new owner of ECML will take over its existing East Coast branding. If it continues to use this, it must pass the brand onto the next operator at the end of the new franchise 'at a fair market value.' Alternatively, the operator may rebrand, but would be responsible for all costs and must transfer the existing East Coast brand to its successor at no cost, and either sell its own brand to the successor at a fair market value or incur the costs of removing it.
Intercity East Coast franchising timetable
|June 2012
|Consultation on new franchise began.
|October 2 2012
|All refranchising halted following collapse of InterCity West Coast process.
|March 2013
|Prior Information Notice published.
|October 25 2013
|Publication of OJEU notice, prequalification questionnaire, prequalification process document, prospectus and passenger consultation documents.
|January 2014
|DfT to name prequalified bidders.
|February 2014
|Invitations to tender issued.
|May 2014
|Bids to be submitted.
|February 2015
|Franchise starts, and runs for eight or nine years with option for a further two years.
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OAKLAND — An East Oakland hotel owner refused to pay overtime or offer sick leave to six housekeepers in violation of local and state minimum wage laws, the city said in a lawsuit announced Thursday.
The suit against Quality Inn located on Enterprise Way is the first under a minimum wage ordinance Oakland voters approved in 2014.
Oakland City Attorney Barbara Parker said the hotel also forced employees to work off the clock before and after shifts, did not provide breaks and retaliated against employees who phoned in sick. Six housekeepers, who speak only Spanish, said they feared they would lose their jobs if they spoke up.
"I felt bad about the job because we were suffering a lot, we worked a lot but we were not paid any overtime or given any sick time," said lead plaintiff Matilda Cortez in a city statement. "Even if we brought in a doctor's note, we were not paid for our sick time off."
A spokeswoman for the hotel's parent company, Choice Hotels, said as a franchisor it does not own or operate the Quality Inn in Oakland.
"The hotel staff is employed by the owner of the hotel, and the owner is responsible for the day-to-day hotel operations," said Lorri Christou, vice president of public relations and external affairs. "Choice Hotels has neither the right nor the ability to set, monitor or interfere in the terms and conditions established by hotel owners for their employees."
Cortez and her co-workers brought their concerns to Centro Legal de la Raza, who filed the suit jointly with the city of Oakland. The suit alleges the violation of state law and Oakland's Measure FF have been going on for at least four years.
In a statement, Shira Levine, an attorney at Centro Legal de la Raza said: "Fear and employer retaliation permeate the housekeeping industry and allow employers to perpetuate exploitation. These six immigrant women overcame their personal fear and united to demand justice from their employer."
The suit seeks unpaid wages and compensation to the employees, plus penalties and damages, Parker said. The city attorney said her office is committed to fighting abuse against employees. Measure FF set a minimum wage in Oakland at $12.25 per hour beginning in March 2015. A cost of living increase each year has lifted the wage to $12.86 per hour.
"Women and workers of color face higher rates of wage theft and exploitation," Parker said. "Every worker in California, regardless of their profession, race, gender or their immigration status is entitled to basic rights including sick leave and a minimum wage."


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Do you dream of living in America? There are plenty of reasons to make the move: a high standard of living, increased status, and a better pay scale. Plus, there is a huge range of novel cultural experiences that can be had from coast to coast. It's definitely a dream worth pursuing, but unless you plan to study in the USA, you'll need to find a job in order to secure your visa. That won't be easy, but we've collected some helpful tips to get you on the right path.
Choose the Right Visa for YouThere are several types of visa for people who intend to work in the United States.
If you hope to live in America indefinitely, your best bet is the H-1B visa, designed for skilled workers in specialized fields. To get this type of visa, you need an advanced educational degree and strong professional skills. Interestingly, this visa also covers working fashion models.
The H-2A visa is for people who want temporary agriculture-based work, such as seasonal farmworkers. In this category, the US employer is required to provide housing and meals for their employees, as well as pay for inbound and outbound transportation to the job site.
H-2BThe H-2B visa is for temporary or unskilled workers who are looking for a non-agricultural position to last for a limited amount of time.
This is the intracompany transfer visa meant for workers who wish to transfer from their job to a role with the same company in America. The catch is that you must be an executive or manager in your current position to qualify.
Consider Your Professional Qualifications
The United States strongly prefers candidates with advanced professional qualifications, but not all degrees transfer directly. For example, doctors are highly sought in the USA, but an Intentional medical degree often does not qualify you to practice medicine there. An additional examination is often required to validate degrees for work in the United States.
No matter your professional qualifications, think about whether you could improve them prior to applying for a visa. It is very important to distinguish yourself in order to rise to the top of the pack.
Find an Employer to Sponsor You
To get a visa you need to find an employer willing to sponsor you. Before you begin your job search, familiarize yourself with industries that are currently experiencing labor shortages; these are the companies that will be most grateful to find your application.
Right now in America, businesses are facing shortages in financial and business services, technology, media, telecommunications, and surprisingly, manufacturing. Teachers are also needed, and of course, doctors. Your chances of success are better if you can show superior skills in any of these industries.
If you are already an executive or manager for a company with an existing branch in the United States, you could potentially relocate with your current job rather than start over with a new job search. The visa that you'll need for this is an L1, Intracompany Transfer.
Network with American Workers
To secure a job offer in the United States you will need to pass an interview process with the employer. You'll be more successful at navigating this process if you reach out through social media to Americans who are currently working in your industry. You can ask questions about what employers are looking for and what they expect from their employees.
Networking through LinkedIn or another business-based platform can also help you understand how to format your resume and cover letter, which provides the critical first impression to your potential employer.
Mark Your Calendar
Each visa has a different deadline for application. The H-1B selection season, for example, begins on April 1st of each year. Your application will need to be in by then to be considered for a visa in the next fiscal year starting October 1. In general, you can only apply for a visa within six months of the job start date, not earlier.
Some visas work on a lottery system, while others are strictly merit based. The deadlines can change with no warning, as can the specified limit to each type of visa issued per year. Know that it will take several months to more than a year to get approved or denied for work in the US.
It's a complicated system, so you'll need to have clearly marked out a timeline for yourself and regularly verify that you're still on the right track as you work through the process.
Save Some Money
Applying for and receiving a visa to work in the United States can be expensive. In some cases, such as with the H-1B visa, the company that offers you a job will be liable for the fees. However, moving to a new country always involves significant start-up costs, from renting an apartment to securing reliable transportation. Of course, your flight will also be quite expensive. Start saving some money as soon as you decide to pursue your dream of working in America so that you don't get stuck with a job offer but no way to accept it.
You can get more information and advice on job seeking in the United States on the Department of Immigration website. From professional requirements to advice on writing your resume and evaluating a job offer, all of your questions are addressed. This site is also invaluable in terms of understanding the specifications, deadlines, and fees for your visa of choice. Best of luck with your job search! The United States will be lucky to have your skills and passion.


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Bishop Vahan Hovhanessian on his 50th birthday
You see that a person is justified by good works and not by faith in isolation. - James 2.24.
Fifty: that is a docile five followed by a bullying nought! And for many people, it is a new milestone that is either met with a joyous 'wow' luxuriating in acquired experiences, or a more contemplative 'hmm' that is fearful of impending senescence. For much as 50 nowadays is nothing more that the new 40, it still is all of half a century that takes its toll on many men and women.
So it is with this idea firmly embedded in my mind - whether with a wow or a hmm - that I wish Vahan Serpazan a happy birthday as he spends some quality time with his mother, as well as with kith and kin, in the Big Apple! But it is not only one birthday that coincides with this time of the year for him. This is also the second anniversary of his ordination as bishop at Holy Etchmiadzin and almost four years since he first came to London - forsaking his books and the sedentary excellence of his academic life to become the appointed shepherd of a somewhat unruly and disorderly community.
I have previously written a short reflection on Vahan Serpazan (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15757), so I would like to pick up where I left last and follow on with some fresh observations.
Bishop Vahan Hovhanessian is Primate of the Diocese of the Armenian Orthodox Church in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland and President of the Council of Oriental Orthodox Churches in the United Kingdom and Ireland. One image that still associates itself to my mind every time I think of him is that of a man who continues to kick dust.
Indeed, as I look around me, I realise that we now have a church whose diocesan format is becoming clearer. Not only is there an assembling structure emerging, but the mission parishes in Cardiff, Dublin and Birmingham are getting stronger, too, and the not-always-healthy nexus between church and community has been decoupled in London; so much so that both components of the old equation are coming out of it healthier. In fact, his frenetic activities (not least with youth work) remind me of yet another verse from St Paul, addressing the people of Galatia in the highlands of central Anatolia: Let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up. (Galatians 6.9).
So where does our bishop head now? Well, we have already witnessed his many pilgrimages and group travels to the Holy Land, to Turkey as well as to the Mekhitarist Order at San Lazzaro in Venice. In fact, the visits to this Armenian islet are quite meaningful in that Lazarus is the patron saint of the poor and sick and the Catholic Church now also has as pontiff a man who took the name of Francis (of Assisi). Perhaps one can hope for another common bond between believers here?
Moreover, we have witnessed an abundance of deacons. All one needs to do is attend Divine Liturgy at St Sarkis on Sunday to notice the large number of deacons at the altar. In fact, there are serious traffic jams some times! Mind you, the same cannot be said of St Yeghiche simply because the space there is much bigger and therefore less congested too.
I was fortunate enough to work closely with Archbishop Nathan on ecumenical matters during a whole decade. Together, we put the Armenian Church on the ecumenical map in the UK, and it is my hope, as a lowly ad hoc consultant, to continue a journey that is quintessential to our apostolic faith. After all, Armenian ethnocentrism, ecclesial or otherwise, often translates into haughty navel-gazing and does us all a disservice as a people, a community and ultimately a nation.
In all candour, I have no idea how long Vahan Serpazan will serve in his ministry in London. But I believe it is important that we Armenians make hay while the sun shines and work with this man as he strives to undergird the fundaments of our faith in the UK and Ireland. And those can be summarised for me as unity, liberty and also charity – a synonym for love.
As Vahan Serpazan celebrates his 50th birthday, I will simply quote from the fourth book of the Jewish Torah: The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace. (Numbers 6.24-26).
Finally, let me indulge in a musical aside. From one pianist to another, we both might perhaps acknowledge that Franz Schubert's Unfinished Symphony required the addition of a third movement for his posthumous composition to be deemed complete. This analogy also stands true today for Vahan Serpazan as he kicks further dust and embraces ... The Big 50!
© Harry Hagopian is an international lawyer, ecumenist and EU political consultant. He also acts as a Middle East and inter-faith advisor to the Catholic Bishops' Conference of England & Wales and as Middle East consultant to ACEP (Christians in Politics) in Paris. He is an Ekklesia associate and regular contributor (http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/HarryHagopian). Formerly an Executive Secretary of the Jerusalem Inter-Church Committee and Executive Director of the Middle East Council of Churches, he is now an international fellow, Sorbonne III University, Paris, consultant to the Campaign for Recognition of the Armenian Genocide (UK) and author of The Armenian Church in the Holy Land. Dr Hagopian's own website is www.epektasis.net


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Band of Brothers 6-disc Blu-ray set, recently confirmed as due this fall. The sleeve promises DTS sound (which we'll conveniently take to mean DTS-HD MA), picture-in-picture commentary from the real men of Easy Company and an "interactive field guide" among other features. Fans of the miniseries can rest easy, this set definitely seems to be getting the proper treatment before it hits shelves, we'll keep an eye out for the official list of features that should be unveiled pretty soon.
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Imagine you're driving your Miata from Raleigh, North Carolina to Schrewsbury, Massachusetts; wouldn't it be nice to make a pit stop half way to relax, grab some food and chat about marshaling? Well, that's exactly what Jamie did while on a road trip in his 2013 Miata.
I was glad to hear he was driving through my part of the state and offered to show him a little taste of Jersey. The restaurant of choice was "White Mana" in Hackensack where I work, home of the original slider (little burgers)… long before White Castle took the idea global. White Mana is a great place to eat, chat and watch how sliders are made right in front of you.
Jamie and I met up at Vince Lombardi Service Area on the NJ Turnpike which I figured would make an easy meeting spot right on i95 before heading to Hackensack. And even there you can't escape the reach of Motorsports with the big NASCAR official fuel sponsor – Sunoco:
from Vince Lombardi to White Mana was just a short drive down i80 and of course every opportunity was used to take more Miata pix:
After we were full, Jamie's car needed a top off so we passed three BP stations before we reached the most reasonably priced one just near the Garden State Parkway entrance to send Jamie off towards Tappan Zee Bridge and avoiding the big tolls and traffic of going through New York City.
Not too bad filling up for $2.65/gallon for 93 premium where most other places were from $2.89 to $3.05 including some of those other BP gas stations we passed to get here.
After showing Jamie the way towards New England I broke off down the Palisades Interstate Parkway towards the George Washington Bridge where I remembered the neat spot to take a few beauty shots of the Miata. It's the place where Rob Ferreti shoots some of his SuperSpeeders YouTube videos and generally a nice place to be with a beautiful view of Manhattan. The little sun shower me and Jamie drove thru was obviously far more severe at the park because most of the parking lot was flooded, which yielded some nice pix:
All in all it was an excellent day. Anytime you get a chance to meet a fellow Miata owner and also a fellow marshal is an awesome day. Jamie runs the Starter stand, and I had an opportunity to work for/with him at last year's Petit Le Mans in Road Atlanta. Now that he's moving up to Massachusetts, the same town where Jessie lives, I'll probably get an opportunity to learn Start/Finish job from him at some point in the future. And in my marshaling career that is the next position I would like to learn how to volunteer. So stay tuned…


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Distance from the property to major attractions
- Airport Sofia (SOF): 80 km
Excellent offer for purchasing a 3-storey house with well-maintained garden with barbecue and swimming pool, located in a mountain village, 80 km east of Sofia, 117 km from Plovdiv, 9 km from ski resort Borovets, 22 km from Samokov, 16 km from Kostenets. The location of the villa allows you to enjoy the local hospitality and well-preserved authentic culture and traditions, and the proximity to a popular ski resort and to many modern urban amenities.
This luxury, 6-bedroom villa (340 sq.m.) is a fabulous holiday home ideal for families or groups. It was completed to a very high standard in 2007, all three floors have flooring of solid wood and the staircase is made of solid marble. This large villa can accommodate up to 18 people and has local heating in all rooms with either an electrically powered or log fuelled boiler.
The accommodation comprises:
Lounge with double aspect window and mountain views. Large sofas, 42" LCD HD satellite TV and DVD player. A large, open log fire completes the room; Dining Room with large dining table and chairs and views to the mountains; Kitchen - fully equipped with cooker, fridge, dish washer, microwave, toaster, electric kettle and cooking utensils; Drying room and utility room with large washing machine and tumble drier; Bedroom 1 with double bed, roof terrace and mountain views; Bedroom 2 with twin beds, roof terrace and mountain views; Bedroom 3 with double bed and mountain views from the balcony; Bedroom 4 with twin beds and mountain views from the balcony; Bedroom 5 with twin beds with balcony and mountain views; Bedroom 6 with bunk beds, separate satellite TV, balcony and mountain views. The dwelling is finished with 3 bathrooms with bathtubes and luxury showers (top bathroom has spa bath) and a roof terrace with breathtaking views of the surrounding area.
The villa stands in it's own private walled garden of 750 sq m, with a large barbeque area, sunbathing patio and well maintained swimming pool. The gravelled driveway can park up to 14 cars and there is also a large garage with electric door and a log store and tool shed.
The location is perfect with places for shopping, restaurants and clubs just a short distance away. The transport to and from Borovets and Sofia Airport can be arranged locally at small charge. Local taxis are available at reasonable rates and there is an excellent bus service to Borovets.
Borovets is one of the most popular ski resorts in Bulgaria. It is situated on the northern slopes of Rila Mountains, standing at 1,350 m above sea level. It is a high class ski resort with various slopes to choose from. Restaurants, bars, clubs, shops and luxury hotels have been built in recent years to give the resort a modern luxurious ambience.
Out of the ski season excursions to local places of interest can easily be arranged including, fishing, mountain walking, horse riding, golf. The described house combines all normal holiday facilities with luxuries in a lovely area where you can totally relax. Whether you enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the village or the hustle and bustle of modern life, there's something for everyone within very easy reach. A fantastic investment with good all-year-round rental potential.
This is the approximate location of the property. Please get in contact with us to learn its exact location.
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American Antiquarian Society, 1986. 2nd edition. Paperback. New. New, still sealed in the publisher's shrinkwrap and in pristine condition. Softcover. No writing, highlighting, names, or other markings. We ship our books in boxes or cardboard wraps, never in bags. Bay Leaf Books (Member ABAA, ILAB, IOBA) is an open shop dedicated to offering fine books for discriminating readers.
Title: Early American Bookbindings from the Collection of Michael Papantonio
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Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: American Antiquarian Society: 1986
ISBN Number: 0912296755
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