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Kanwar Dhillon Wiki,Biography,Age,Girlfriend,Bio Details-Kanwar Dhiilon is a well-known Indian television actor. He has taken a place in the hearts of viewers with his good looks and fabulous acting. He made his debut on small screen with the show 'The Buddy Project'. This show aired on Channel V. Later, he came into limelight with the role of Aditya in Colors TV show 'Na Bole Tum Na Maine Kuch Kaha'. After that he came into prominence with the role of Vidhaan in action romantic drama 'Do Dil Ek Jaan'. Later, he got huge popularity in Life OK serial 'Piya Rangrezz'. Currently, he is playing the role of Shiv Agarwal in Star Plus show "Ek Aastha Aisi Bhee".
Kanwar Dhillon Wiki,Biography,Age,Girlfriend,Bio Details
Kanwar Dhillon Wiki and Biography– Kanwar Dhillon was born on 16 March 1993 to famous actor Deep Dhillon. Kanwar is very close to his father and he always takes advice from them regarding any important decision. He has worked in a number of TV shows and advertisements. Apart from acting, he is currently pursuing BMM. He is very passionate about his acting so he manages his time between acting and doing studies. This talented actor with huge fan following has achieved so much in a very short time. He truly impressed the viewers with his mind blowing acting, beautiful smile and dedication towards his work.
As Shiv Agarwal in Ek Aastha Aisi Bee- He is currently essaying the lead role on Star Plus swrial "Kanwar Dhillon". This show tells the story of a God's special child, a girl who brings a fresh and unique perspective on faith. She believes that in serving humanity she is serving God.
Girlfriend– This handsome hunk is not dating anyone and is very much single. Currently, he is focusing on his career growth
- Full Name: Kanwar Dhillon
- Father Name: Deep Dhillon
- Date of Birth: 16 March 1993
- Height: 5'8"(approx.)
- Age: 23 years
- Marital Status: Single
- Occupation: Actor
- Nationality: Indian
- Favourite Actor: Salman Khan
- Favourite Actress: Kajol and Madhuri Dixit
- Favourite Movies: Kal Ho Na Ho and Black
- Current Show: Ek Aastha Aisi Bhee
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Atwater Manufacturing Depreciation Methods
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Atwater Manufacturing Company purchased a new machine especially built to perform one particular function on the assembly line. A difference of opinion has arisen as to the method of depreciation to be used in connection with this machine. Three methods are now being considered.
(a) The straight-line method
(b) The productive-output method
(c) The sum-of-the-year's digits method
List separately the arguments for and against each of the proposed methods from both the theoretical and practical viewpoints.© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com October 1, 2020, 9:53 pm ad1c9bdddf
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The straight-line method of depreciation is good when sales and earnings are expected to be level or when ease of use is desired. When using this method, the machine would depreciate an equal amount each year over its useful life. The pros of this method include its ease of use and the fact that the benefits of the machine (via level depreciation amounts) are spread evenly across years. The cons of this method include the fact that in times of increasing sales and earnings (which is what every business expects every year), the ...
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Three depreciation methods for new equipment are described as Atwater Manufacturing has purchased new machinery.

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On the Podcast: AdAge's Michael Bush Dissects the PR Agency Landscape
On this week's podcast, we discussed Goldman Sach's PR strategy in light of their Senate testimony yesteray and changes at the top of MySpace PR.
Our guest was Advertising Age reporter Michael Bush, who talked about the PR agency landscape, referencing AdAge's recently published agency rankings and other trends.
"All these agencies, the promises they made to get business…for these lower fees [during the downturn]…[it will be] interesting to see what the backlash on that will be this year," said Bush.
Last week's podcast guest was Marcy Cohen, senior manager of Corporate Communications at Sony Electronics. Listen to all past PRNewser podcasts here.


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Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads
Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads are a collection of acid-free, non-toxic, fade resistant, water-based dye inks. They're perfect for the new vintage, stained, aged effect crafters are creating in their altered books, scrapbook pages, cards and paper craft projects. Tim selected the colours and helped develop these inks to produce a realistic, weathered look on paper, photos and decorative fibres. All the Distress Inks afford added versatility when photo tinting and colour layering with the original, award winning tones. The 2" x 2" pads are made with a higher raised felt for easier use with direct to paper techniques. Ideal for cardmaking and scrapbooking.


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Every street style maven's wardrobe is stocked with the flashiest and most attention-grabbing pieces. From a statement-making hat to a dazzling minaudière, scroll through the gallery above for the ultimate list of head-to-toe gift ideas perfect for the bold style guru in your life.
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The disconnect between design professionals and their clients has been an aspect of project delivery that I have lived with most of my career. I never truly understood the cause, but I understand better now… in retrospect. My recent consulting activities have brought me a seat at the table with the Owner and their design professionals much earlier than I experienced previously: as early as program development. The new insights have changed my entire perspective of the project design process. I have learned how important it is, letting go of the need for control and cutting the metaphorical leash we sometimes unknowingly impose. We are compensated for our experience, knowledge and judgement, but these must facilitate the design process, not dominate it. Be confident, relinquishing control to a project team will produce better communication and more desirable results.
Developing a Design PROCESS as a Consulting Engineer
End-Users and Architects hire design consultants to provide expertise. Our ability to apply that expertise is significantly impacted by the level of familiarity with the Client's organization. Depending on the time available, we often face the problem of accepting contributing information during the discovery process that seems to be incorrect, or at least, represents limited insight. Let's discuss a different perspective…
- Discovery and needs assessment is NOT the first step in the system design process. It should be Client EDUCATION!
End-Users are capable of making their own decisions when provided access to the knowledge required to do so. I have been amazed at the difference in the quality of project delivery recently when I have required the first design meeting be exclusively focused on Owner education. Reviewing best practices across the country with similar organizations, providing technology education and even product/software demonstrations PRIOR to design has proven to be invaluable in improving the quality of the needs assessment process. This also significantly improves recognition of unique project challenges AND validates prioritization of funding. I believe, the best design delivery comes from educating and then trusting client input!
Defining System Design as a Solution
I must admit, as a person who enjoys designing with leading edge technology, I do run the risk of being too focused on exciting new features that are changing the industry. The educational process discussed above reinforces the discipline to develop deliverables that address clearly defined needs, not the typical system design in a vacuum that ASSUMES value for the client. Until the problems/needs are properly vetted and validated, it is a waste of time to design solutions that may not be perceived as valuable. I can't tell you how many times I have caught myself mistakenly assuming that features I felt provided clear benefits, were not valued by the client after an educational presentation.
Building a Process With Milestones
I spent the time to create my own security design checklists and milestone schedules. I have found them to be invaluable during the client review and approval process. Including an explanation of the design process, goals AND the schedule for completion of tasks adds significantly to a comfort and confidence level built with the end-user. Share the process with the client and the balance of the design team. Understanding your itemized task list will help to enlist their participation, cooperation and support.
Trust Decisions Made in a Team Environment
As a system designer, very often I catch myself prioritizing spend based on best practices and while there is a solid foundation found in this kind of thinking, it does not deal properly with accommodating limited budgets. Sometimes, hard decisions have to be made regarding needed functionality. There are industry specific design guidelines I can reference for many different kinds of projects, but should that really be the criteria? I have learned to place these decisions in a team decision-making environment If the team is under-educated and unable to develop an overview of the topic, I ALWAYS take the time to educate. Yes, sometimes I get push-back and comments about wasting time, but afterwards, the value is almost always recognized. Team discussions like this produce better decisions and help the client to feel their ideas are being included.
For those comparing this as an alternative process, think about your experiences with project delivery. I see so many engineers being tasked to design in a vacuum… today, I look back at my early career on the contracting side and wonder whether those systems added value. The quality of my services is the only differentiator I can offer to clients and I am always looking for process improvement.
If you would like to discuss this, or other security topics, please contact me via LinkedIn. Also, take a look at my LinkedIn Discussion Board Security Convergence, or my Twitter feed @DLIPTech.
This site is maintained by Douglas Levin, PSP, AHC, LEED AP. It is intended to be my personal professional blog. The content reflects my personal opinions and observations regarding the Physical Security Systems industry and Technology Sectors. The opinions expressed herein reflect my personal viewpoint/ideas and do not in any way represent the position of any other person, organization or company.


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I'm pleased to announce that I have now stepped out of my trusty Next maternity jeans for good. You'd think after months of wearing maternity jeans I'd be desperate to wear anything else but I'd grown quite fond of them and they had sort of become my comfort blanket. You see, over the bump jeans are really comfortable, not like your average jeans. Obviously when you're pregnant the over the bump bit is great for support but postpartum I also felt it helped to tuck in what I liked to call my 'Kanga Pouch.' My absolutely huge bump quickly shrunk after giving birth to Arthur, however I still didn't have the confidence to let go of my maternity jeans.
That all changed last week when I decided that it was time to delve back into the world of real jeans (without bump bands). I ordered a gorgeous pair of F&F ripped skinny jeans in a size 14 (a size up from my pre-pregnancy size) and do you know what, they were actually too big! I kept them anyway, thinking they'd be okay but I've now ended up buying a pair of size 12 jeans, which fit like a dream and make me feel amazing. Don't get me wrong, I've still got weight to lose and a hell of a lot of toning up to do but I'm honestly happy with my body after baby, stretch marks and all. I'm in no rush to get back to the size 10 I was once upon a time and as a breastfeeding mum, fad diets aren't on the cards for me. I'm just going to carry on the way I have been (albeit with a few extra walks and fitness DVDs thrown in) and see how it goes. I honestly think breastfeeding has helped me massively though. It triggers contractions after you've given birth that help to shrink the womb and burns extra calories to make milk.
I guess one thing I've struggled with since giving birth is knowing what clothes to wear. I'm not just talking about leaving my maternity clothes behind but rediscovering my sense of fashion and style. Before I got pregnant I was all about pretty dresses and tights. Now I can't think of anything more uncomfortable to wear in the day time and seem to be all about jeans, stripy tees (a forever favourite) and roll neck jumpers instead. Pregnancy and child birth definitely changes you, as well as your body and there will probably come a point when you decide it's time to rediscover or re-invent yourself. I'm currently in the process of working out what is 'me' and I've got to say, it's quite fun! I'm even contemplating a hair colour change to mark the occasion! Now that is pushing the boat out...
|Roll Neck Jumper // Skinny Ripped High Waisted Jeans // Toggle Handbag // Striped Top
Have any other mums struggled to ditch their maternity wear after giving birth?
How many of you felt a change of style was necessary?
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Among the handful of announcements Valve made at this year's Game Developers Conference was a subtle and hugely important one: Lighthouse. What in the world is Lighthouse? It's the "base stations" referenced in Valve's VR headset announcement, and it's even more important than the incredibly impressive headset. Valve president Gabe Newell compares it to USB and expects it to fundamentally change how people interact with virtual reality. "Now that we've got tracking, then you can do input," Newell said in an interview with Engadget this morning. "It's a tracking technology that allows you to track an arbitrary number of points, room-scale, at sub-millimeter accuracy 100 times a second."
What that means for me and you is that Lighthouse puts your body into the virtual world with stunning precision. I tested it and can confirm: holy shit, yes, this really works. Want to reach out and touch something in VR? Lighthouse is how you'll do it.


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I think Lambda fight is still broken, despite the text boxes go away, he keeps respawning. Ive reinstalled the mod and the new hot fix. Also nothing happening when I visit ancient temple for cait sith. Is there full cure, and w-itemmagic,summon also ? Anyways Sega awesome work. 5 stars
Ok so how hard is this mod.I would love to experience some new gameplay mechanics and some cool new battles....But I'm not trying to grind like hell like Gjoerulv's hardcore mod because I gave up on that when I reached the crater on disc 2. I find grinding to that point to not only be annoying, but to also be a waste of my time.So, can I progress at a normal pace through the story without heavy/annoying grinding? And will I need a sh*tton of hero drinks just to beat some guys because I'm not about that life either.
A small suggestion, Cait Sith is a little mediocre in terms of limit breaks, unless your good with manipulating the slots. How hard would it be to give Cait Sith new limit breaks if even possible XD.
I finally reached Rocket Town NOTE: Powersoul Keeper gave me a scare when he spammed me with Powersoul Combo. As I headed up to see Cid the game crashed on me - It was as I climbed the first ladder, Cloud suddenly began walking back towards the ladder continously. I had to shut off my laptop.I will load up the game again see if it was a one off, but will tell you if it does it again.CheersEDIT: Looks like it was just a one off, worked fine when I reloaded. Also wanted to ask does the Zolom still have Beta? - went back to fight him, twice. And didn't use it.
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McLaren has asked to be heard at next week's diffuser appeal hearing in Paris
McLaren has asked to be heard at next week's diffuser appeal hearing in Paris.
Next Tuesday morning at the FIA International Court of Appeal, F1's governing body will hear cases put forward by Ferrari, Renault and Red Bull against the legality of the cars of the so-nicknamed 'diffuser gang'.
In Australia, the three aforementioned teams lodged with the stewards formal protests about the controversial aerodynamic devices at the rear of the Brawn, Williams and Toyota cars.
BMW-Sauber followed suit with a protest in Malaysia last weekend. In both protest cases, the stewards cleared the cars to race, causing the plaintiffs to exercise their right to appeal.
The FIA released further information about the forthcoming appeal hearing on Wednesday, including the request of the McLaren team to "be heard" by the court.
Following the Tuesday hearing, the court's verdict is expected to be published the following afternoon.


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Primed goes in-depth on the technobabble you hear on Engadget every day -- we dig deep into each topic's history and how it benefits our lives. You can follow the series here. Looking to suggest a piece of technology for us to break down? Drop us a line at primed *at* engadget *dawt* com.
Metering is not a subject you can easily master, let alone explain entirely in an article of this length, but we can give you an idea of how it all works. I consistently see the faces of my workshop students glaze over as I wax rhapsodic about the wonders of metering, but I also notice wry smiles from time to time, which shows me the wheels are turning -- they begin to realize all the things they can do if only they can conquer this aspect of photography. However, comprehension and applied mastery are two separate balls of wax. Putting what you learn to practice is the start, and you can improve over a number of months, but true metering control in any situation requires years of practice.
So for our 2012 pre-apocalyptic installment of Primed, we'll break down the world of camera metering, giving you a bit of history, dissecting the main components, describing what your camera wants to do and telling you what the future may hold. By the end, you'll have a better understanding of this vital photographic topic... either that or you'll be in a nice deep sleep.
Note: Check out our recent Primed articles on aperture and image sensors to add to your metering knowledge.


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High School Academics
Our high school students follow the standards that are outlined by the State of Florida Department of Education and our accrediting organizations. In addition to the core course requirements, we offer an array of electives, including experiential learning opportunities through project immersion and community internships.
High School Course Requirements (24 credits)
4 years of English (English I, II, III, IV)
3 years of Mathematics (Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II)
3 years of Science (Physical Science, Biology, Environmental/Earth Science)
3 years of Social Sciences(U.S. History, World History, Civics/Government)
2 years of Foreign Language (Spanish I, II)
1 year of Physical Education
8 electives
High school students will be eligible for a regular diploma if the required course load is met and the student completes the required courses with passing grades. Students who are struggling with the course content may be recommended to repeat a required course or given appropriate accommodations and modifications. If a student is unable to complete the required course load, or an alternate curriculum is warranted, s/he will be supported in setting goals towards a career preparatory plan. Students who have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) will be eligible for modifications and accommodations and may continue to pursue a diploma for the duration of their McKay Scholarship eligibility.
Grading Scale
F – Below 60 (Failing grade results in need to retake the class)
Effort is graded on a rubric based on consideration of the following eight categories:
• Homework Completion
• Preparation
• Punctuality
• Participates Actively
• Seeks Help when Needed
• Accepts Instruction & Criticism
• Respectful & Cooperative Attitude
• Collaborates and Communicates with a Partner or Group
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Hi all, a long overdue update & the reason I haven't kept the website a little more up to date, as I used to do a year or so ago. This same story/explanation will come out in the NZV8 magazine in the next month or so. In June 2014 Keith Sinclair, for whom I was in the last stages of building a 1970 Hemi Barracuda circuit car for , asked me to build a 1970 Plymouth Superbird to be given to his son Andrew for his 50th birthday a year or so later – AS A SURPRISE. So from this point on no one knew of the Bird, it was just a Plymouth Road Runner getting rebuilt to be a pro- tourer for a mystery south island customer. Of course I jumped at the chance so we discussed how we would do it, to buy a genuine Bird (Superbird), pay truck loads for it, ship it over here & potentially find all sorts of issues/neglect was not an option. We didn't trust any of the EBAY "jems" & decided to build something ourselves.
Grant Taylor in his Falcon looks set to take Gp A & overall victory in the Pre-65 class
Andrew Hudson in his Anglia looks set to take the Gp C title in the Pre-65 class also with both cars getting lap records through-out the season.
Michael Scott has just clinched the NZ Formula Ford championship & is now heading to the States for a serious test, please click here to read the full story.
Keith Sinclairs 70 Hemi Barracuda has been out for most of the season following a heavy crash at Pukekohe early in the season. see more photos here
Andrew/ Mandy Sinclairs Chickadee Commodore has been out for most of the season also as they decided to park the car & start working on a brand new drive-line for next season.
All of the above cars as well as a few others are "set-up" by Sonic, we scale the cars ie the cars are placed on 4 x scales that are set dead level using a laser. The cars ride heights, cambers, toes, castors etc are all trimmed & each wheels weight is set for what I believe is the best for that given car/driver/track combination. This set-up usually changes from track to track due to differing speeds, directions, bumps & aerodynamics etc.
These cars have also been upgraded/ maintained through out the season by Sonic in conjunction with the various customers.
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Players react to new coach transition
Bill Blakenship named new couch
Fayetteville High School corner and running back Cemari Dobbins shared with 40/29 News his reaction when the current head football coach, Daryl Patton, turned in his resignation.
"At first it was a little shock to us. We had him as a coach and really made a strong bond with him, but he has to do what he's got to do," Dobbins said.
Dobbins said the team's motto is "All gas, no brakes," meaning they will move forward with new coach coming in to take Patton's place.
"We are going to follow him, we are going be the best representation of him, so we need a good leader," Dobbins said.
The team is aware that former University of Tulsa head football coach Bill Blankenship was just named their new head coach.
"He definitely has the resume to back it up and you know he's had a lot of experience with new plays, new concepts, and new defense. It's really going to put us over the top versus other teams and we are really looking forward to that," Dobbins said.
The Bulldogs are preparing for a new leader to take over while dealing with letting their current one go.
"We still love Patton as a coach and hope for the best for him," Dobbins said.
Dobbins said practice has been going as scheduled.
The football team hits the bulldog field bright and early at least four days a week.


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After the crazy ass catfights that probably put South Africa on NATO's watch list, the ladies of Atlanta seem mostly content to quietly gossip, complain and then gossip some more in this episode. Well, except for two of the players who didn't go to South Africa, who don't have jet lag but do have plenty of venom toward one another, the toxic jet fuel necessary to keep a battle that simply refuses to be resolved ticking — Peter vs. Mal. If this were a romantic comedy, we'd learn that Peter and Mal actually really love one another, and Peter would ultimately dump Cynthia for her less attractive, pear-shaped sister. But, this not being a rom com, I think it's safe to say these two really hate one another, and poor Cynthia is just going to have to deal with it.
Kim and Sweetie
Sweetie continues to suck as a personal assistant. Now, she's ducking out to smoke cigarettes, telling the kids to go eff themselves (but not saying eff, mind you) and generally acting like Kim's other bratty teenager. But the good thing? She can FIRE this bratty teenager. But Kim doesn't want to do that. She's known Sweetie for 12 years! And she's loyal! You can't buy loyalty! Yes, you can, Kim. It's called a confidentiality agreement and a sweet sign-up bonus. Anyway, I think we're going to have to wait for Sweetie to actually kill Kim's dog or spray paint the living room to get fired.
Phaedra is still hung up on dead people. I suspect Phaedra realized her home life wasn't (or at least she didn't want it to be) the battleground Bravo expects from its wives, plus Phaedra seems pretty conflict averse to boot, so she had to find something marginally gross to hold our interest and stay on the show. Thus, funeral director Jessica McClain shows her how to embalm a dummy. Phaedra dives into this task with great relish and names her dummy Anna Belle before applying its make-up like an overeager extra on "CSI." I admire Phaedra's commitment, and kudos to her for finding an angle that essentially pulls her out of all the show's bickering, but I am not eager to see any actual dead people.
Nene and Bryson
Bryson comes home from jail, and NeNe decides to let her soon-to-be ex-husband Gregg deal with it. I was hoping for a dramatic laying down of the law, but basically all Gregg does is toss a bunch of platitudes at Gregg and stare at the kid, who seems only marginally smarter than a bag of hair. Finally, NeNe has to jump in and inform him he needs to get a new job and move out. No deadline is set, however, and this sounds like a threat she's made before, so the long and short of it? Lots of talking, but nothing is said. And honestly, short of packing Bryson's bags and putting them in the yard while a locksmith changes the locks, I don't think he'd get it anyway.
Cynthia and Peter
Oh, yay. Peter is happily planning his big one year anniversary party. And Cynthia can come, too! Just kidding. She has to come, so that everyone can see the hot chick he bagged. Yay, Peter! Anyway, Peter wants to make sure no one comes to his anniversary party in jeans. Oh, and the party's 20 percent over budget, so he needs to borrow money from Cynthia. For once, Cynthia does not seem like a total weenie and suggests that Peter just cut the damn budget, as she didn't want a big party anyway. But Peter wanted to make sure their friends were impressed. Um, wasn't this supposed to be a wonderful gift to your blushing bride, Peter? Peter seems to think this is his party, as he also doesn't want Cynthia to allow Mal in the limo they're taking to the party they can't afford.
Now, it's Mal's turn, as she comes over to visit Cynthia and say almost all the things the rest of us are yelling at the television about Peter. Mal is not convinced that the party idea was both Cynthia and Peter's. Mal also points out that Peter gets a 24/7 pass on being an ass from Cynthia — he's tired, he's cranky, he ate some bad fish! Cynthia doesn't care that Mal is making ALL kinds of sense, so she decides it's time to inform Mal that she's not allowed in the limo. Mal is not amused, but Cynthia seems to think Mal is the problem, so Mal is out.
Ironically, it doesn't matter anyway — the limo doesn't turn up. Who does turn up? Kithe Brewster, Cynthia's long-suffering best friend. He left a photo shoot in the Middle East to come to this dumb party. Kithe's job, it seems, is to be the quiet voice of logic as he watches his friend defend a pitiful excuse for a marriage, alienate her sister and probably spend all her money on 20 percent overages until the whole thing goes down in flames. Poor Kithe.
Finally, everyone starts showing up, including Marlo. Marlo has kicked Charles to the curb and found herself a pocket sized old white guy. I bet she likes him because she can cram him in one of her Birkins. NeNe thinks white is right, as she has a white boyfriend, too.
Cynthia gets ready for the party, and while she looks great, she seems to have a toaster strudel on her head. Her mom and Mal drop in for moral support, which includes telling her what a shock it is that she's still married. He mom also thinks Peter is bipolar. I think Cynthia's mom and Mal may want to shut up at this point, because Cynthia is clearly on Team Peter for the long haul. Seriously, they should just shut it and know that they can say "I told you so" when she declares bankruptcy after the divorce.
While it seems like all the drama of South Africa has been put aside, as long as Sheree is on the show, she will keep finding new veins to mine until someone ruins a manicure clawing out the eyes of another housewife. In this case, Sheree shows up to the party with her hair stylist Lawrence, but not before she informs him that Marlo used the F word (the one that rhymes with maggots) during her fight with Sheree. Lawrence is not amused. But when he confronts Marlo she denies it. Of COURSE she never said such a thing! Even if it was caught by TV cameras and will air on screens across the country very, very soon!
Amazingly, Sheree finds Kandi to get confirmation on the F word issue. Wow, they're actually speaking to one another? Kandi does confirm it happened and doesn't even kick Sheree in the shins for fun.
Peter calls for a toast. But he doesn't want Mal included. And informs EVERYONE AT THE PARTY he doesn't want Mal there. Peter definitely looks like a class act, doesn't he? Marlo cries. Kithe tries to calm down Mal. But then, Cynthia decides it's her turn to offer some moral support. Stop being disrespectful, Mal! Cynthia declares. This is my life! Yes, Cynthia, this is your life. And we all feel kind of sorry for you because of it.
Who do you side with in the battle between Peter and Mal? Do you think Kim should fire Sweetie? And what do you think of NeNe and Gregg's attempt to give Bryson tough love?


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Health posters from the past: visual responses to AIDS
On World AIDS Day (1 December) take some time to look back at how the world responded to the AIDS epidemic by browsing our international collection of over 3000 AIDS posters online. When AIDS gripped the world in 1981, the… Continue reading
World AIDS Day talk: global visions in poster art
World AIDS Day (1 December) is a good opportunity to revisit the much used and, it seems, well known, collection of AIDS posters in the Wellcome Library, which is now freely available online (search the Library catalogues for access): The collection,… Continue reading
AIDS in Zimbabwe: a designer's memoir
In 1999 the Wellcome Library acquired this AIDS poster in the colours of the Zimbabwean flag (red, green, yellow and black), but had no idea of the story behind its creation until this year, when we were contacted by its… Continue reading
World AIDS Day 2012
It is World AIDS Day on 1st December, a day that has been marked annually at the Wellcome Library since the digitization of the Library's international collection of 3000 AIDS posters several years ago. The collection continues to grow as… Continue reading
Terrence Higgins Trust 30th anniversary
It is not only Independence Day in the US today. It is also the 30th anniversary since the death of Terry Higgins, the first person publicly identified as dying with AIDS in the UK on 4th July 1982. To… Continue reading
Library posters featured on BBC homepage
The BBC have highlighted the Wellcome Library AIDS poster collection to mark World AIDS Day today. They have produced a slideshow showcasing a variety of posters from the collection, which numbers nearly 3,000 and represents 99 countries and 75 languages.… Continue reading
3,000 AIDS posters catalogued
A project to catalogue and digitise the Library's collection of 3,000 international AIDS posters has just been completed. Forming one of the largest collections in the world, almost all the posters were acquired from a single collector based in Amsterdam.… Continue reading


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Micron Technology, the largest U.S. maker of memory chips, and smaller rival Nanya Technology have signed an agreement on technology licensing and a possible chip joint venture, sources from both companies said.
The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) before the Lunar New Year early this month, the sources at the two companies told Reuters Insight, a unit of Reuters. No financial terms were given.
A Nanya Technology spokeswoman denied, however, that her company had signed an MOU with Micron, while reiterating that it was in talks on possible cooperation with makers of dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) chips, the mainstay of computer memory chips.
No comment was immediately available from Micron .
The DRAM chip sector has been battered by tumbling prices that pushed many major players, including Micron and Nanya Technology, into the red.
The sources said the first stage of the tie-up, which could be finalized next month, would include licensing of 1 gigabit, 68 nanometre technology for a new Nanya Tech chipmaking facility. The facility will start production of the new chips in the third quarter of this year, they said.
Analysts said the alliance had come at the right time, as the DRAM chip market was expected to rebound in the second half of the year.
Sector leader Samsung Electronics has said it expected a global oversupply of computer chips and lower prices to last through the first half of the year, but market conditions should change dramatically in the second half when demand picks up.
If the deal is finalised, Micron could also replace Qimonda as Nanya Tech's advanced technology partner, a Nanya Tech source said.


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Monday, March 16, 2009
come into my parlor
Every time I do a wardrobe remix post, I have to rearrange my furniture so I can get a head to toe shot with an uncluttered background. Megan and Ambika have expressed their curiosity regarding my home decor, so I decided that the best way for me to show off my cluttered little apartment would be to revisit the Hinterland Who's Who idea and camouflage myself in my natural habitat. One. Room. At. A. Time.
The green and yellow floral cluster hanging from the ceiling is Tord Boontje's Midsummer Light. I adore this design and own several! The velvet victorian style love seat and chair came out west with me from Ontario six years ago. The brocade victorian chair was found a few years back at the Salvation Army near my work; it's such a perfect match with the velvet chair. One of Dawn's Jack Rabbit Love Creatures lives on the brocade chair. He occasionally hops to another chair, but he's mostly here. I found the coffee table at the Salvation Army near my work for fifteen dollars! It has tiny brass claw feet! The book case is from the late 1800s, and we're babysitting it for Shane's sister while she's in Toronto... oh wait! She came back almost two years ago... and we still have it. I guess it belongs to us now!
The landscape, that you're all familiar with, was found in the scary basement of my neighborhood Salvation Army. When I bought it there was a hole in it, the stretcher was broken in two places and someone had drawn a UFO in the top left corner (I still had to talk them down to a reasonable price). I fixed it up and found a frame that fit it perfectly the next day!
More old furniture! The chairs used to be that hideous brown with speckles that was popular in the late 1970s before I redid them... oh wait! There's some right there, under the TV! I'll probably end up painting the end tables at some point. We even have a matching coffee table that I am dying to repurpose! Right now it's just taking up space. I don't know if you noticed the sponge painting behind the TV. It came with the apartment. We were told that we were not allowed to paint, but I cannot live in a space with "apartment beige" walls so I painted the one wall and hoped for the best. Luckily we didn't get in trouble for it (it's a heritage colour!)... I'm still hiding the bedroom paint! Anyhow, I bought wallpaper for that wall, but then couldn't figure out how to make it temporary. They need to make post-it glue for apartment wallpaper! I will eventually get around to doing this, but until then it's little sponge painted clouds.
I collect many things, including animal theme ceramics (mostly Japanese from the 1950s) and they're scattered around the apartment, but most reside here.
This is how small my living room is. I can fit the entire thing in one photograph. I'm not using any trick photography or wide angle lenses here. It is THAT small. It's cozy and perfect, but I think we could use a bit more storage for our books and stacks of dvds... the piles are kind of ridiculous at this point! I'm waiting for the perfect shelf to come along.
sweater: thrifted
sleeveless blouse: thrifted
skirt: thrifted
black tights: the bay
turquoise over the knee fishnets: I'm not sure
shoes: camper
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We know, we know: ANOTHER gorgeous Vancouver home worth lots of money. But this one is really something.
On the market for a cool $19.98 million, this gated West Vancouver mega mansion boasts approximately 15,000 sq. ft. of living space on three floors, according to the listing.
The living area has 20-ft. ceilings, for starters. There's a limestone fireplace, walnut flooring throughout, six bedrooms (each with en suite bathrooms), and a private billiard room/library. The kitchen features a large island, a breakfast bar, plus an eating area. Are you panting yet?
Don't forget about the wine room, home theatre, spacious gym, three-car garage, nanny suite, and separate guest house. Oh, and there's a tiled outdoor pool and spa, plus plenty of patio space (including a fireplace, a poolside kitchen, covered eating area, and bar).
Excuse us while we pick our jaws up off the floor:
(H/T Curbed Vancouver)


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One of my favorite Star Trek The Next Generation episodes is the two parter, "The Best of Both Worlds."
If you've never seen these episodes, then I will tell you now…
OK, long story short, the BORG have come to the Alpha Quadrant and are destroying and assimilating everything and everyone in their path. These hive minded, cybernetic organics have one purpose: to assimilate all into their collective thereby adding to the perfection of the Borg.
It's up to the Starship Enterprise to try and slow them down while the rest of the starships gather at Wolf 359 for a battle. Captain Jean Luc Picard gets kidnapped and turned into a Borg against his will. He is forced to give up command codes that allow the Borg to put the beat down on the United Federation of Planets.
Picard would never in a million years choose to betray the UFP, his command or his crew. The Captain is no longer allowed to choose his course of action. He is, temporarily, a member of a race whose will is a collective mindset.
None on board this Borg vessel have the ability to think for themselves, choose their destinies, discern what's best for their individual lives.
Science Fiction isn't just about giving a glimpse into the future of technology. Sci-fi also has a really great habit of showing us a mirror reflection of the human condition–of reminding us what we have to gain and lose.
There are many who would attempt to assimilate each of us to their way of thinking, because they blindly believe that their way is the only way or they want to build their own empires. And equally, there are many who would gladly allow the assimilation so that they could give up the responsibilities of life.
The crew of the Enterprise refused to give up their captain without a fight. They were able to not only bring him back to humanity, but use him to stop the invasion. Their choices saved the galaxy.
While this is fictional, I have to wonder, what each of our choices today are fueled by, and what those choices will bring about for our future.
Will we be assimilated and destroyed by believing the hype, or will we fight for a better future.
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Oddball planet Pluto has revealed yet another peculiarity as it moves further from the sun and begins its winter.
Astronomers expected to see its atmosphere contract as already low temperatures drop even further.
Instead, the nitrogen based atmosphere increased slightly as its temperature rose, according to James Elliot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in this week's edition of the journal Nature.
Scientists were able to measure the changing size of the atmosphere when a bright star began passing behind the planet in August 2002.
They compared it to the atmosphere's size in 1988, the last time astronomers recorded detailed information on the planet's atmosphere.
The temperature on Pluto actually increased by around 1 degree Celsius since its closest point to the sun in 1989, the scientists found.
No human would notice the rise in temperature. It is still extremely cold, with temperatures ranging to hundreds of degrees below zero.
The temperature rise may be explained by the same kind of heat-lag found on Earth.
Even though the sun is at its height at noon on a hot day on our planet, the warmest temperatures are frequently hours later.
In Pluto's case it seems, the lag can last for decades.
A commentary in Nature sounded hopeful about a planned NASA mission to Pluto.
"The observations are timely: Pluto's orbit over the next few years offers an opportunity to learn more about this planet, at a time when technological developments make it feasible to consider a mission to it," wrote William Hubbard of the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory at the University of Arizona.
NASA plans to launch an unstaffed mission to Pluto and its moon Charon in January 2006, to arrive by 2015 or so. There is no hurry to launch, however, as Pluto takes 248 years to orbit the sun.
Weird planet
Pluto enthusiasts may like to note that it is the only planet in our solar system never visited by spacecraft.
Elliot and many others have acknowledged the planet's strangeness. Smaller than Earth's Moon, its orbit is highly eccentric, out of line with the other planets and varying in its distance from the sun by 2,975 million km over the course of a plutonian year.
Plutophiles may not like to note that there has been debate over whether Pluto is really a planet at all.
Some astronomers contend it is a Kuiper Belt Object, in other words a collection of cosmic ice balls in a zone beyond Neptune.


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CURIOSITY SHOPPE - 'Baby I Need You' / 'So Sad' (Deram DM 220) November 1968
I bought a re-issue or bootleg of this the other day. It was offered for sale years ago then disappeared. I had it in my eBay search engine for years hoping that it would be re-listed, then suddenly it reappeared as a BIN for £7.
It sounds killer, really heavy vinyl too, labels are perfect....lovely solid centre. If it's a bootleg it has been made with extreme care and attention to detail.
So what about the group? Curiosity Shoppe were a five piece, no-hit wonder from Liverpool and only released one single. According to the CD liners of Deram's 'Psychedelic Scene', Curiosity Shoppe played The Cavern and had a loyal following but were virtually unknown outside of Merseyside.
"Baby I Need You" is a hammond organ driven pounder that builds to a rave-up ending and is similar to Deep Purple's take on "Hush"...intense.
The flip 'So Sad' is non comp, which is very strange as it's also a winner. The sound is a slow blues burner with hammond and soulful vocals.
Over the years 'Baby I Need You' has been compiled on Broken Dreams #1, Rubble #14 and The Psychedelic Scene. Hardly anything has been written about them. The only ephemera I have where Curiosity Shoppe are highlighted is in the early 90s fanzine '117', issue #3.
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I continued to think about this story for days afterward, and it brought back many different memories of my dad, including the period before his physical and cognitive decline. Deeply worried about his unmarried daughter, Dad would give me money whenever I visited. I refused the handouts most of the time, but would eventually give in due to his insistence. When I found out that my parents had financial struggles, I scolded Dad for being irresponsible in giving me money. As I recall the hurt look on his face, I now realize Dad wanted to protect me even though he needed protection himself.
In seeing Mimi's willingness to sacrifice her own wellbeing to care for Dona, I have greater appreciation for my dad's deep, genuine love. This recognition has been a powerful experience, and perhaps the reason why my eyes were flooded with tears during the viewing. I'm grateful to director Sophie Sartain for sharing the beautiful, personal story of her family, which is a universal love story transcending cultural barriers. Kudos to the Legacy Film Festival on Aging for hosting yet another unique, socially relevant event!
NOTE: Mimi and Dona is scheduled to air on public television in November, please check for listings!
|Left: Me and my dad on my wedding day. Right: Chatting with Sophie after the viewing. (Photo: Phu Trang)


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qualitative method research
Qualitative Method Research
Data treatment and analysis
Because the questionnaire data comprised both Likert scales and open questions, they were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Textual data (open responses) were qualitatively analyzed by coding: each segment (e.g. a group of words) was assigned to a semantic reference category, as systematically and rigorously as possible. For example, "Using an iPad in class really motivates me to learn" was assigned to the category "positive impact on motivation." The qualitative analysis was performed using an adapted version of the approaches developed by L'Écuyer (1990) and Huberman and Miles (1991, 1994). Thus, we adopted a content analysis approach using QDAMiner software, which is widely used in qualitative research (see Fielding, 2012; Karsenti, Komis, Depover, & Collin, 2011). For the quantitative analysis, we used SPSS 22.0 software to conduct descriptive and inferential statistics. We also conducted inferential statistics to further explore the iPad's role in teaching and learning, along with its motivational effect. The results will be presented in a subsequent report (Fievez, & Karsenti, 2013)
Fievez, A., & Karsenti, T. (2013). The iPad in Education: uses, benefits and challenges. A survey of 6057 students and 302 teachers in Quebec, Canada (p. 51). Canada Research Chair in Technologies in Education. Retrieved from https://www.academia.edu/5366978/The_iPad_in_Education_uses_benefits_and_challenges._A_survey_of_6057_students_and_302_teachers_in_Quebec_Canada
The reason was the advent of computing power in the second half of the 20th century, which allowed exact sciences to claim "scientific" and "data-based" results.
One of the statistical package, SPSS, is today widely known and considered a magnificent tools to bring solid statistically-based argumentation, which further perpetuates the superiority of quantitative over qualitative method.
Florian Kohlbacher
excellent guide to the structure of a qualitative research
Abbyy Fine Reader, https://www.abbyy.com/en-us/finereader/
OmniPage, http://www.nuance.com/for-individuals/by-product/omnipage/index.htm
Readirus http://www.irislink.com/EN-US/c1462/Readiris-16-for-Windows—OCR-Software.aspx
The text from the articles is processed either through NVIVO or related programs (see bottom of this blog entry). As the authors propose: " This is immediately useful for literature review and proposal writing, and continues through the research design, data gathering, and analysis stages— where NVivo's flexibility for many different sources of data (including audio, video, graphic, and text) are well known—of writing for publication" (p. 353).
– RQDA (the small one): http://rqda.r-forge.r-project.org/ (see on youtube the tutorials of Metin Caliskan); one active developper.
– GATE (the large one): http://gate.ac.uk/ | https://gate.ac.uk/download/
text mining: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_mining
Text mining, also referred to as text data mining, roughly equivalent to text analytics, is the process of deriving high-quality information from text. High-quality information is typically derived through the devising of patterns and trends through means such as statistical pattern learning. Text mining usually involves the process of structuring the input text (usually parsing, along with the addition of some derived linguistic features and the removal of others, and subsequent insertion into a database), deriving patterns within the structured data, and finally evaluation and interpretation of the output.
Qualitative data is descriptive data that cannot be measured in numbers and often includes qualities of appearance like color, texture, and textual description. Quantitative data is numerical, structured data that can be measured. However, there is often slippage between qualitative and quantitative categories. For example, a photograph might traditionally be considered "qualitative data" but when you break it down to the level of pixels, which can be measured.
word of caution, text mining doesn't generate new facts and is not an end, in and of itself. The process is most useful when the data it generates can be further analyzed by a domain expert, who can bring additional knowledge for a more complete picture. Still, text mining creates new relationships and hypotheses for experts to explore further.
quick and easy:
Introduction to GATE Developer https://youtu.be/o5uhMF15vsA
use of RapidMiner:
– QDA Miner: http://provalisresearch.com/products/qualitative-data-analysis-software/
There is also a free version called QDA Miner Lite with limited functionalities: http://provalisresearch.com/products/qualitative-data-analysis-software/freeware/
– NVivo
– SPSS Text Analytics
– Kwalitan
– Transana (include video transcribing capability)
– XSight
– Nud*ist https://www.qsrinternational.com/
(Cited from: https://www.researchgate.net/post/Are_there_any_open-source_alternatives_to_Nvivo [accessed Apr 1, 2017].
– IBM Watson Conversation
– IBM Watson Text to Speech
– Google Translate API
– MeTA
– LingPipe
– Timbl
– Colibri Core
– Frog
– Ucto
– CRFsuite
– PyNLPl
– openNLP
– NLP Compromise
Sociological Research Online, vol. 3, no. 3, <http://www.socresonline.org.uk/3/3/4.html>
Pros and Cons of Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software
more on quantitative research:
literature on quantitative research:
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I like books where nothing happens.
I know, I can feel you rolling your eyes and thinking, "What on earth is she on about now? And where is that Acosta book she's been promising forever?" But stay with me … Though I am as much a fan of books where there's lots of action and surprises I especially love books (and movies) where there is the slow evolution of characters as they realize something about themselves, their lives and their relationships. That happens sometimes in the middle of a crisis, but sometimes it happens in slow stages, as they're going about living their daily lives. Something small may happen to trigger big changes.
So recently, after reading a few books like that, I decided to write one. And I have to give credit where it's due–this book happened because of women I know, because of experiences in my own life and in no small part because I read a book called. 'The Reeducation of Aria Jackson' by Angelia Vernon Menchan, and another called 'A Natural Woman' by Lori Johnson, and also because of something Aja Graves said in passing which she now tells me she has no recollection of.
I mention these inspirations because it's not often that you know from whence you're stealing your ideas as a writer, so when on the odd occasion I have that level of self-awareness, I like to holler it out. Anyways, 'Ivy's League' is a mashup of ideas from all those people. It's a book about a woman not unlike most of the women I know, and about a man, not unlike some of the men I know. And its about their slow coming together. Other than that, not much of anything happens. But I had fun writing it, and hope you'll have fun reading it.
'Ivy's League' will be on Amazon on Monday, September 21st and on Barnes & Noble shortly thereafter.
And yes, Miri Acosta and her education are still on the way. Soon.
About 'Ivy's League'
By any measure, she is a success. By any measure that is, except her own.
Ivy Livingstone has entrée into Washington DC's political elite, lives in an exclusive neighborhood and sends her son to a sought-after private school. But her beautiful life is a gilded cage. She is independent, but alone. And unfortunately, very few men are confident enough to believe they are in Ivy's league.
Eli Thomason has all the confidence in the world, except when it comes to his own judgment about women. And his attraction to Ivy Livingstone proves him right. She is everything he shouldn't want: a woman above his station and beyond his means. He overreached once before and still lives with the heartbreaking consequences, so why does he find it so difficult to leave Ivy alone?
And if their own baggage isn't enough, Ivy and Eli have to contend with that of everyone around them, hell-bent on confirming their worst fear: that the bond they're beginning to build can't possibly last.
From Ivy's League:
"What's going on, girl? You all alone finally?" Ryann answered her phone without greeting.
"Yup. Gavin and Jaden just left. Now I'm bored."
"Call up your little Toolbelt Stud and tell him to come over," Ryann laughed. "You don't know when you might get another chance, since Gavin is only a seasonal father."
"I'm sorry I mentioned him to you at all," Ivy said, though she had been thinking along the same lines herself.
"Why? First time in months I heard you talk about a man!"
"Because now you're going to pressure me to do something you know I'm not comfortable doing."
"Look, the worst has already happened," Ryann argued. "Your goofy ass fell out and showed your literal ass, so it can only get better from here."
Ivy laughed and idly reached down, yanking up the leg of her sweats and running her fingertips over the scrape on her knee. "So you think I should just call him and … what? Ask him out on a date?"
"Why not? It's the twenty-first century, Ivy. Women who wait around for a man to make the first move wind up … waiting around."
"I don't know," Ivy said. "What if he has a girlfriend?"
"Then hopefully he'll say so from jump and you won't almost get cut up by some pissed-off chick from Southeast showing up in your driveway at two in the morning looking for her man."
"You scare me sometimes, you know that? That sounded way too detailed to be made up on the spur of the moment."
"Who said it was made up? I didn't ever tell you about …. Oh crap. I have to go, girl. I see one of my targets walking through the lobby. Let me go see if I can talk to him. He should be good for at least two hundred grand for the Foundation."
"Okay, I'll call you later."
"Don't," Ryann said. "Don't call me until and unless you've called that man first. And you better have a good story to tell too, or I'll hang up on you." And then she did just that.
Ivy walked through kitchen, picking up the remains of her and Jaden's early breakfast, dumping leftover food in the trash and the dishes in the sink. Looking around her, she admired her kitchen.
Large and sunny, the surfaces were all white granite, the cabinets, dark oak. She had paid a pretty penny to have it renovated when she moved in, proud of the accomplishment of buying her first home, and filled with a bursting sense of endless possibilities. She would entertain; friends would sit around the center island with long-stemmed glasses filled with the best chardonnay. She would serve goat cheese and Scottish smoked salmon on rosemary and basil crostini, and they would all have clever conversation about the Obama Administration.
But once she and Jaden had moved in, Ivy grew weary of the constant din of construction, and more than that, wary of the numbers being quoted to her by unscrupulous contractors for whom a single woman of means was like blood in the water to man-eating sharks.
She had gotten as far as the kitchen but still had the basement to go, and there was a stubborn recurring clog in her guest bathroom that made her have to steer overnight guests to her master bath instead. It hadn't been a huge problem thus far because overnight guests were rare. Only her mother, her Aunt Gwen, and Ryann when she had too many glasses of pinot, ever needed to spend the night. One day, though, Ivy would have to get that bathroom fixed.
One day. Or ….
Ivy paused, leaning over her sink and biting into her lower lip.
It was what Ryann would call a "bitch-move"—calling Eli up and telling him she needed some work on her house just so she could see him again. But the fact of the matter was, she did need some work done on her house and the chance of him actually cheating her on the price was slim-to-none since they kind of knew each other. And he probably went to Woodmore Church and was in the Men's Auxiliary or something. Guys like that didn't cheat single mothers out of their hard-earned money did they?
Finding her purse, Ivy fished out the business card he'd handed her just before they parted. The card was simple and tasteful, with none of those superlatives (fast, excellent service!) that made her instantly suspicious. Instead it consisted of just six words, and a phone number in a simple, unadorned script.
Thomason Home Improvements
Repairs. Remodels. Restoration.
The card stock was expensive and dense though, so Eli Thomason clearly recognized that the simplicity of the words had to be offset by a subtle nod to quality of workmanship. She smiled, liking him more by the second.
At the school, even though she had a mission to get Jaden's birthday stuff down to the Café and get to work, she had been almost excruciatingly aware of him walking just behind her, except for when he held the doors open for her—or standing just over her shoulder. It was ridiculous, but he just felt … solid. A strong reassuring presence that a woman could lean into, bury her face into his chest and just … cry.
Ivy shook her head. What a ridiculous thought! Why would she need to cry?
Her life was good. People probably envied her. She had a four-bedroom house in one of the best neighborhoods in the Washington DC suburbs, where the value of real estate only ever increased; her son was handsome and healthy and well taken care of; she had friends (a few anyway) and a career that gave her the chance to influence causes she cared deeply about. And on her best days, she felt pretty, didn't carry an extra ounce of weight, was in good health and fairly young. Why on earth would she need to cry?
Shoving the question out of her mind, and pushing even further down the possible answers to the question, Ivy reached for the phone. She hadn't given Eli her number because he didn't ask, so there was a good chance he might not answer. Hesitating, she dialed the number but did not hit the 'send' button.
Happy Reading!


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Mayor's plan to reduce road speed in London welcomed by Brake
News from Brake
Tuesday 24 July 2018
The Mayor of London, Transport for London (TfL) and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) have today published London's first 'Vision Zero' action plan, which sets out plans to eliminate deaths and serious injuries from London's transport network. At the core of the strategy is a plan to lower speed limits to 20mph on London's roads.
The 'Vision Zero' approach to road safety has long been advocated by Brake and other road safety campaigners and starts from the premise that no road death or serious injury is acceptable or inevitable.
Commenting, Joshua Harris, director of campaigns for Brake, said:
"With our cities getting ever more crowded, congestion on our roads increasing, and more people wanting safe cycling and walking options this strategy couldn't be more timely and we warmly welcome the Mayor's plans."
"The Mayor is right to focus on speed reduction and the rollout of 20mph limits – simply put lower speeds save lives. If you are hit by a car at 30mph you are more likely to die, if you are hit at 20mph, you are more likely to survive. This stark fact should be reason enough for all to welcome the introduction of safe 20mph limits across the capital. London is setting an example the rest of the UK should follow and we urge the Government to make 20mph the default speed for built-up areas across the UK, helping make streets across the country safer and more welcoming."
"The Vision Zero approach adopted in London asserts that no road death or serious injury is inevitable, nor should it be tolerated. This is heartening for all road safety campaigners to hear, but this bold ambition must be backed by long-term and consistent action and so we look forward to working with the Mayor and TfL to ensure actions are achieved and targets met."
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About Brake
Brake is a national road safety and sustainable transport charity, founded in 1995, that exists to stop the needless deaths and serious injuries that happen on roads every day, make streets and communities safer for everyone, and care for families bereaved and injured in road crashes. Brake promotes road safety awareness, safe and sustainable road use, and effective road safety policies.
We do this through national campaigns, community education, services for road safety professionals and employers, and by coordinating the UK's flagship road safety event every November, Road Safety Week. Brake is a national, government-funded provider of support to families and individuals devastated by road death and serious injury, including through a helpline and support packs.
Follow Brake on Twitter, Facebook, or The Brake Blog.
Road crashes are not accidents; they are devastating and preventable events, not chance mishaps. Calling them accidents undermines work to make roads safer, and can cause insult to families whose lives have been torn apart by needless casualties.
Tags: police 20mph pace for people london road deaths serious injury campaign vision zero


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The US President Donald Trump has tweeted that he managed to decrease the US total public debt by US$ 12 billion during his first month in office while the former President Barack Obama increased it by US$200 billion over the same period.
Trump has also accused the media of turning the blind eye to this fact.
"The media has not reported that the National Debt in my first year went down by $120 billion vs a $200 billion increase in Obama first mo," he said in his Twitter post.
He then added that he has "great optimism for future of the US business and jobs" and promised "big tax and regulation cuts."
The figures presented by Trump coincide with the data issued by the US Treasury Department, according to which, on January 20th, the day of Trump's inauguration, the overall US debt stood at $19,947 billion. On February 21st, a month later, the total US debt load amounted to $19,935 billion.
Moreover, between February 22 and February 23, the US debt fell by further $ 22 billion from $ 19,935 billion to $ 19,913 billion.
The US public debt really grew by more than US$ 200 billion from US$ 10,626 billion to US$ 10,838 billion in Obama's first month in office, according to the US Treasury data.
According to the website USdebtclock.org, which tracks how much the US debt grows in real time, the debt had grown by $ 9 trillion or by 86 percent from $ 10.7 trillion to $ 19.6 trillion during Obama's two terms in office, hitting a record high.
Trump's statements come just a day after the Council on Foreign Relations predicted that "Trump's policies would be likely to significantly widen the budget deficit."
In November 2016, after the US elections, the Tax Policy Center (TPC) also said that the federal debt would rise by $7.2 trillion n ten years and by $20.9 trillion by 2036.
Trump vowed to reduce the US debt and to eliminate deficit spending during his presidential campaign. On Wednesday, he once again addressed this issue and pledged to make Washington stop wasting taxpayers' money.
"The finances of our country are a mess, but we're going to clean them up," the president said, adding that "we won't let your money be wasted anymore."
"We must do a lot more with less," he said.


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Apparently there was some sort of fire down at that hacking conference in Wellington #kiwicon!
There has been one arrest and one of the guys is going to post some pics as they get a change. One guy is gettin questioned by the police, and there has been one arrest so far.
This is all what I have heard from Twitter, so I will keep you in the loop about what is actually happening.


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A little while ago, my oldest boy, Arthur turned five. All he wanted was to have a party at our house. In years gone by, I would be searching for appropriately 'themed' paraphernalia, all destined for landfill immediately on finishing said event. This year I wanted to do things differently. So i'm going to share with you how we went about making positive changes and some of the (probably irrational) emotions I felt along the way.
What were they all going to do?
I'm not gonna lie, the notion of 20 pumped up five year olds going crazy in our front room, did slightly fill me with dread. I am many things to many people, but I am definitely no children's entertainer. In the lead up to Arthur's birthday we have been to several amazing parties with entertainment of some kind or another. Each one brilliant for its own individual reason. Each time, me feeling a little pang of angst wondering how I was going to cope with all these small humans going wild in our house.
Oh and another thing, no one prepares you for this when your kid starts school. The sheer volume of parties that your child will be invited to attend. At first it feels totally awesome that your child has been accepted by his peers and enthused by the idea of attending these somewhat chaotic, but fun nevertheless, events. Well that wear off after about party number 4 and you start to wonder "is this how my weekends are spent for the next 10 years?". I am yet to answer so please enlighten me with your coping strategies in the comments below.
I digress. So 20 kids, one room, loads of parents (most of whom I don't really know that well) what were we going to do for TWO WHOLE HOURS?
What Arthur really wanted was a "disco party and party games", so that he should have I thought to myself. Mmmm what next? My mum, who basically dedicates her whole life to making her children and grandchildren happy (yes she is totally awesome), appeared one day with a disco light she found discounted in the Christmas sales. Basically the thing plugs into the light socket like a light bulb and spins around creating a disco ball type effect. Yes, it really is that good. Alas, yes it is made of plastic. But you know what, it has and will provided hours of entertainment for my unruly bunch and I think that's ok.
Cue lights, enter 20 smalls, give carte blanche to run wild and voila, party sorted. Almost. No kids party is complete without pass the parcel right? Well that was Arthur's main request anyway. We used old newspaper for the layers to avoid any wrap.
*Confession* each layer contained a small pack of haribo. I can hear all the screams of "that's not very blooming eco". Well no, your 100% right. It's not. It went against every bone in my vegetarian come aspiring vegan body, but it was a compromise. Arthur made lots of really positive sacrifices for his party (which I'm coming to, so be patient), but he wanted hairibo for his friends. I'm not here to greenwash you all into thinking i'm perfect, because i'm not. Far from it in fact. Equally these were not 'choices' I made easily so try not to give me too much of a hard time about it.
Chestnut Tree House
Food and Drink
A very important element to all parties, no? Well yes, if you are an adult, or perhaps even a teenager. Not when you're five. They really don't care.
We kept it nice and simple. Made pizzas, and my trusty sidekick (aka my mum) made tonnes of sausage and cheese rolls in advance. A few crudities and we were done. Simples.
One thing I really wanted to avoid was any single use plastic cups or bottles. I gave this a lot of thought and came up with the idea to give each child a glass bottle (which I bought from hobbycraft) and a Klean Kanteen reusable straw (from Babipur). Obviously I didn't want the straws to be used for the party and then end up with 20+ straws to find homes for.
I love making cakes and my mum had a load of random icing colours she had left over from another party. We rolled it all together and it came out like this…
A kind of crazy paving marble effect dragon cake!! It was great to know we'd used up a load of old icing that was otherwise destined to be food waste.
So this brings me to…
The Party Bag
A customary addition to all children's parties. No kid's party is complete without one, yes? Well, actually…no. Party bags are often (not always) plastic, so that's a no no for a start. Full of very small items that will get lost, broken or just chucked within about 24 hours of them reaching the child's home (if they even make it that far). But, it's what we expect. It's what our kid's expect.
It's time to challenge these ideas that have become social norms over time. I can guarantee you that our parents generation would not have ever been given a party bag. In fact, in most cases, they wouldn't have even had a party. So yes, it is entirely possible to have both a birthday, and a party, without having a party bag.
We decided to give each child the bottle and straw they had used at the party in place of a party bag. It was the perfect way to spread the word about reusable straws and reducing plastic consumption. We talked to Arthur about this in advance. He is pretty good now at recognising that single use plastic is not good on many levels. It was difficult for him to understand initially, but he soon came round to the idea and gladly shared his love for KK straws with all his friends.
Balloons. I really wanted to avoid balloons. I know they are terrible for the environment and certainly if released can have a devastating impact on wildlife. I really wanted to avoid balloons. Did I say that already? If you want to know more about the negative impact of balloon releases, you should check out Balloons blow who campaign about the destructive effects released balloons have on animals, people, and the environment.
There are so many amazing alternatives to decorating with balloons. Paper poms, paper lanterns, paper streamers and the list goes on. So I spent many an hour researching what might be a happy alternative. I looked at biodegradable balloons but that somehow didn't feel right either. So I decide to go with my trusty fabric bunting. I made this for my wedding (all 100 meters of it!) and it has been the best thing we could have done. It comes out at every party or celebration, and if anyone I know is having a get together I offer it out to them. It gets a lot of love and that makes me happy. So cue the bunting and ta-dah!!
Perfect! Absolutely. Until a day before his party and I had some massive and totally irrational surge of emotion. I was denying my five year old happiness by not 'letting him have' balloons at his party. So *confession* number two. I drove to the party shop and bought a (massive) helium balloon in the shape of a five. I felt happy for a moment, feeling I was now a better mum for providing this amazing gift for my child. Wrong. I then spent the remainder of the time with it in my house feeling guilt ridden every time I looked at the thing. Yes, Arthur was pleased with his balloon, why would't he be. Would he have noticed if I hadn't produced one? I doubt it. Guess I will never know now.
The Mass of Gifts
So along with your child being invited to an whole host of parties you never really accounted for, you also have to find a huge number of age appropriate 'quality' gifts for a bargain price. The likelihood is these are not going to be ethically produced, non plastic, sustainable gifts. I get that. You can't as a parent spend £££ every time you go to a kid's party. Sometimes we have three in one weekend. YES THREE. Personally, I buy small ethically sourced gifts from Babipur to take to Arthur's friends parties and I spent between £5-7 usually. Some people clearly spend way more and others…don't.
So you end up with 20-30 gifts that you have no space for and leave you with a guilty feeling. I know people might think this is ungrateful. Please don't think this, it's the opposite, we are thankful for all we have every day and we are much more fortunate than many. But my principles are strong and I can't just put them aside because I might risk hurting someones feelings.
So Arthur did an amazing thing. He requested that instead of gifts at his party, small donations be made to our local Children's Hospice, Chestnut Tree House. Of course, there were questions. "So, I won't get any presents at my party" he might ask randomly as he thought about it. We spent time talking about this and explaining that the money is much more needed by the hospice. In December our kindness elves asked Arthur and Eli to deliver some gifts to the hospice. I arranged in advance to pick up a collection pot for his party which helped him have a more tangible understanding of where the money was going.
Not Perfect But it's a Start
All in all i'm pretty happy with what Arthur achieved at his party this year. Not perfect by any stretch and i've tried to as honest as I can about the reality of making difficult decision and challenging what we have become to understand as our norm. Often it is our own emotions that prevent us from making changes that could really make a difference.
I'd love to hear your ethical party ideas!
Heather x


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The SH7239 Series is a high-end single chip microcontroller incorporating an SH-2A core that offers a maximum operating frequency of 160MHz. The SH7239 Series lineup consists of the SH7239 group (with floating-point unit (FPU)) and the SH7237 group (without FPU).
The SH7237/SH7239 group incorporates various peripheral function suitable for industrial application AC servos, general-purpose inverters and robots, such as a 16-bit multifunction timer unit(MTU2/MTU2S) and a 12-bit A/D converter, etc. In comparison with a conventional product, maximum operating frequency of MTU2 was improved. (3.3V version: max 80MHz, 5V version: max 100MHz)
The SH7237/SH7239 group incorporates 512KB flash memory and 64KB RAM in addition to 32KB flash memory for data storage.
The SH7237/SH7239 group also incorporates various interfaces such as a CAN, 4 channel Serial interface, RSPI etc.
The SH7237/SH7239 group realizes a single power supply. The lineup consist of 3.3V version (maximum operating frequency : 160MHz) and 5V version (maximum operating frequency : 100MHz). (Analog power supply is 5V)
Main Solutions
Key Features:
- High-performance single-chip RISC with SH2A core
- Operating frequency :
3.3V version : SH72395A/SH72394A/SH72375A/SH72374A
- 160MHz(Bus clock, Peripheral clock is 40 MHz, MTU2/MTU2S clock is 80 MHz)
- 100MHz(Bus clock, Peripheral clock is 50 MHz, MTU2/MTU2S clock is 100 MHz)
- Floating-point unit (FPU)
With floating-point unit (FPU): SH7239 group
Without floating-point unit (FPU): SH7237 group
- Operating frequency :
- On-chip large capacity memory
- Powerful peripheral function
- Timer : CMT : 2ch + MTU2 : 6ch + MTU2S : 3ch
- A/D converter : 12bit, 16ch (3 channel can be sampled simultaneously)
- Controller Area Network(CAN):RCAN-ET 1ch
- Serial interface : 3ch
- Serial interface with FIFO : 1ch
- DMAC : 8ch
- Data transfer controller(DTC)
- INTC (Interrupt controller)、WDT
- Renesas serial peripheral interface(RSPI) :1ch
- External memory interface (SH72395A/SH72394A/SH72375A/SH72374A)
- External bus width: 8bit/16bit
- Power management system
- Sleep/software standby/module standby
- package
- LQFP-120 (16mm x 16mm、0.5mm pitch)
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21 November 2019
4:00 pm - 7:00 pm
WeWork and Bunker Labs is excited to launch the WeWork Veterans In Residence program Powered by Bunker Labs which offers United States military veterans and spouses fully-sponsored work spaces to help entrepreneurs build and grow their businesses. To celebrate, Bunker Labs Bay Area is hosting a launch party with special guests to introduce the members of our latest Veterans in Residence tribe who will briefly share their entrepreneurial story (s).
The Veterans in Residence Launch Party is a special installment of our monthly Bunker Brews meetup program.
Program Overview
WeWork is expanding the Veterans in Residence program nationally to provide fully sponsored workspace to tribes of 10 veterans across 15 cities every six months. Veterans and military family members should apply to their nearest city. WeWork is also proud to announce our commitment to hiring 1500 veterans over the next five years and will support member companies in hiring veterans as well.
Additionally, any US military veteran or US military veteran-owned company with fewer than 10 employees will be eligible for a partially sponsored space or private office (up to 25% off) for their first 12 months as a WeWork member. (Offer available for new members only, some restrictions apply.)
For more information, visit we.co/veterans.


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This book examines the development of Jewish positions on the relationship between church and state in France from the French Revolution until the 1905 law of separation. It is a comprehensive study of the complex interplay among all segments of the Jewish population and the community_s attempt to come to terms with its social and religious status in the nineteenth century. It addresses how French Jews understood the constitutional right of religious freedom in a state that supported Judaism, while, at the same time, in its Concordat with the Catholic Church, officially recognized Catholicism as "the religion of the great majority of French citizens." Conversely, it examines how they responded to the attempts by the republican majority during the Third Republic to radically secularize the public sphere and separate church from state. The volume considers the extent to which the positions expressed by the representatives of French Jewry on church-state policies were pragmatic and the extent to which they were ideological and compares Jewish attitudes toward the relationship between church and state with those of other religious groups in France.
Click here for a printable publication sheet that you can put in your files or give to your librarian or bookstore.


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Winter doesn't have to mean the end of the swimming season . There are various heating options available so you can still enjoy your pool and spa throughout the year.
There are three basic types of swimming pool heating systems: solar, gas and electric heat pumps. The best system is determined by numerous factors including needs, desires, budget and the physical location of the pool and house.
Your location in Australia will also play a significant role in this decision, as our varying weather patterns and different energy pricing structures by state influence the overall equation.
Today we will discuss Solar pool heating
Solar pool heating is extremely popular because of its obvious advantage of using free energy produced by the sun.
Solar heating systems work by direct heat transfer. The water from your pool is circulated through the collector, which is usually located on a roof. Most systems utilise a digital controller, which sends water to the roof whenever there's sufficient sunshine, provided the pool is not already at the desired temperature.
Solar heating is perfect for those recreational pool owners looking for a heating system that has minimal operating costs and which provides a warm pool when people most want to swim; that is, on fine summer days. After the initial installation cost, the only additional expense is the operation of the booster pump (which most manufacturers recommend). Because of its reliance on weather conditions, the solar system will provide a consistent temperature in summer and a variable temperature rise at the edges of the season in late spring and early autumn.
When considering the installation of a solar heating, the all-important factors are the collector area proposed, collector design and quality of material. There's only a fixed rate at which the sun will provide energy, so the larger the collector the more heat will be gained. As a general rule, the collector should be equal to at least 80 per cent of the area of the pool, although 100 per cent coverage would be more typical. Results improve as the collector size is increased.
Other points that are important when considering solar are the pitch and directional aspect of the roof; that is, which way it faces. A roof facing north is most favourable because it will receive the maximum amount of sunlight. Any shading of the roof by large trees will also be considered. The location of the pool and how much it is affected by shade and wind are also important.


text: I adore the animal lover sims. They got the cutest wishes and they are always looking for a new animal friend. I have made a few different calenders for these animal focused friends. This set is all about cute and silly animals using modern day stuff. The calender of course have a Christmas page. I hope you enjoy them.


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Capitol File Formally Welcomes Thorp and Jacobs at Eno
Tuesday night, Capitol File hosted a cocktail party to welcome two new-ish additions to the glossy, Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Thorp and Publisher Suzy Jacobs. The evening took place at Eno, the also new-ish wine bar next to the Four Seasons in Georgetown. Fun people. Delicious food and drink. Great night.
Here's how it went down.
603 – Step out of café tu-o-tu and immediately bump into Moki Media's Dannia Hakki and Maha Hakki. Have been seeing a lot of them lately. Super sweet.
605 – Walk into Eno. Immediately offered champagne. Why not?
6:10 – Assess the situation. This place is awesome. How have I not heard of it? Beautiful exposed brick. A chandelier made out of a wine barrel. Contemporary yet comfortable furniture. What's not to love?
618 – Staff offers to refill my champers. I'm 3 sips in and good for now.
6:22 – Make my way upstairs, to no joke, the most delicious charcuterie spread I've ever laid my eyes on.
6:31 – Introduced to the Four Seasons' Director of PR, Liliana Baldassari. Probably a good person to know.
7:17 – Welcome my third glass of champers over conversation with Associate Publisher Meredith Merrill. Congratulate her on a successful event. I'd say there's a good 75 people who have walked through the doors to welcome Thorp and Jacobs.
7:46 – Finally meet Suzy after completely forgetting that this was a party to welcome her and Elizabeth.
8:01 – Depart for the Internet Association Gala After Party at Carnegie Library. Post TK.
In attendance: Capitol File's Elizabeth Thorp, Suzy Jacobs, Laura Mullen, and Amy Moueller; Almus Thorp; CNN's Edie Emery; Danielle Tergis; Revamp's Daniel Swartz; Todd Flournoy; Alfredo Flores; the Four Seasons' Liliana Baldassari; Dannia Hakki; and Maha Hakki.


text: by Jerry Bridges – The Discipline of Grace offers a clear and thorough explanation of the gospel and what it means to be a believer. This book explores how the same grace that brings us to faith in Christ also disciplines us in Christ. In learning more about grace, you also will learn about God's character, His forgiveness, and the Holy Spirit.