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How to Make an Orchid Grow Another Stem
Orchids are a spectacular variety of long-lasting fragrant flowering plants with glowing colors and unique forms. With more than 24,000 species of orchid plus the numerous hybrids, there is an orchid to suit every growing environment. However, of all the orchid species only Phalaenopsis will grow shoots off the same stem when the stem is cut above a nod or eye.
Choose an orchid stem that is dying back and the flowers are fading. Look for a healthy node or "eye" along the stem. Just because the top part of the stem is dying, does not mean the stem is not healthy. The plant is still feeding the stem, as you can tell by the healthy node.
Cut the stem directly above the healthy node or eye. This cut allows the nutrients being sent up through the stem to form a shoot from the node. Cutting back the fading stem allows the plant to redirect its energies into growing an new healthy stem, instead of on the upper portion that is dying.
Cut the stem all the way to the bottom if it dies after cutting above a node. This does happen, but after you cut the stem all the way back the plant should produce another shoot from its base. Be patient, as it can take several months to see this new growth.
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As a society, we've always been using the latest technology to cling onto loved ones that we've lost. Whether it's death-masks or post-death family portraits, what's clear that letting go is incredibly hard. So, how will this obsession point to how we'll deal with death in the future - when we can recreate dead people in VR?
One remarkable consequence of technology evolving at an exponential rate is that we're able to dig into our innermost desires and confidently predict that they'll be fulfilled within a few years without sounding like a lunatic.
A lot of future-gazing becomes a string of simple questions which mask the fact that we're strolling into a vast moral maze. These questions are ones we have been internally haggling over for as long as we've been able to: how do we deal with the randomness of life, death, and everything in between – things we want, but can't control?
So here's a question that will test your moral fortitude: if you could bring a loved one back to life, would you do it?
A soul with a body, not a body with a soul.
We cling to our physical selves for dear life - literally. It doesn't really matter who said it first - a forgotten Church of England Reverend, author C.S. Lewis or, erm, best-selling self-help author Wayne Dyer - as humans we've always struggled with the idea of being "a soul that happens to have a body, not a body with a soul."
Whether it's prioritising physical well-being over mental, endlessly scouring for new wonder-diets, or stating explicitly that one's aim is to live forever, whenever we look to maintain life, we look to the physical world.
The weird ways we have kept alive memories of the dead points at us being ill-equipped to deal with the brutal reality of death.
We don't only kept hold of items that belonged to dead friends and relatives as mementoes - our society has also shown a frankly odd and macabre propensity for preserving things that look just like dead people.
Depending on your perspective, the weird ways we have kept alive memories of the dead points at us being ill-equipped - or hopelessly unable - to deal with the brutal reality of death.
Death Mask Replica
Only 40 per cent of children born in the 1850s reached their 60th birthday, making death, as well as life, a state to be preserved for posterity.
Death masks are odd: a teenage goth's take on Madame Tussaud's. And while to our modern minds capturing a likeness of a face just after the moment of expiration might beg the question, "hey - why not just take the impression of the mask when the subject is alive?" it does point at a rather more blasé – and possibly more healthy – approach to death, from an era when people experienced death much more often.
The Victorians, naturally, found an ideal balance between their penchant for pioneering innovative technology and their deep-rooted preoccupation with death.
The idea of a death mask was to revisit a person and reflect on more than loss. A perfect brass copy of Napoleon's face, for instance, is part of a collection of items that explain the whole cycle of his life, not simply a last-ditch attempt at recording his likeness forever.
Some death masks were cast multiple times; one became a fashionable wall decoration among the early 20th Century Parisian art set.
The Victorians, naturally, found an ideal balance between their penchant for pioneering innovative technology and their deep-rooted preoccupation with death. Quickly taking advantage of new photographic technology, they invented the Memento Mori photo: a family snap with a difference.
Rounding up the family and leaning in around a corpse meant that the Memento Mori was half celebration of life, and half stern reminder of the unavoidable nature of death.
It was the perfect buzzkill-keepsake for our moustachioed and crinoline-swathed forbearers, who followed the gloomy example of Queen Victoria, in the midst of spending her final forty years wearing black and mourning the loss of her beloved husband, cousin, and alleged genital piercing enthusiast, Prince Albert.
It also turned out that the dead were ideal portrait subjects in an era of long exposures where the slightest movement could spoilt a snapshot. Consider the irony of the utter, inherent stillness of your death providing the most conveniently clear image of you, that you'd never see.
Snapping selfies with corpses aside, is our behaviour today really much different? Are you wearing a dead relative's piece of jewellery right now? Do you have a dusty VHS – that you couldn't even consider playing without a trip to a fleamarket – tucked away somewhere safe, because it's the only imagery you have of Auntie Vera?
Are you keeping love letters, just in case the sender dies before you?
Illustration by Edoardo Amoruso
An augmented family
If you'd like a dead relative to accompany your every step in life, you'll be able to have them do just that.
Like the Victorians, we're living in a time of rapid technological development. And if the wish-fulfilment they sought was to be able to occasionally gaze at the face of someone who had died, then our generation's equivalent is going to be a little more… involved.
While it's difficult to overstate the significance of the coming Augmented Reality revolution, it's also easy to get distracted by banality. AR won't just mean email notifications popping up into your field of vision (although it will mean that too – get used to never escaping your workaholic boss) – eventually, AR means experiencing the world in the exact way you'd prefer it to be.
And if you'd prefer to have a dead relative appear to accompany you every step of the way, you'll be able to have them do just that.
This is the uncanny power of AR: scoff at this idea if you like – but people want it, so it's coming. It will soon be time to make a tough but important decision: will you let the dead-and-gone remain dead and gone?
Big technological leaps often sound like bullshit, or crazy, or too complicated, or all three. But this stroll through the four stages of Future Grief takes a trivial series of steps. Here's how this future could creep in under your nose.
Step 1: Now, Part 1: Scan yourself. Scan everyone.
We're already keeping avatars of loved ones. In the UK, you can pull on your flashiest clothes, drive to a supermarket, step into a scanning booth – and wait for the delivery of a 15cm-tall 3D-printed model of yourself.
You might think of it as a fun gimmick or use it as an ironically self-referential paperweight. But when you kick the can, do you think your relatives might fetishise it as an enhanced snapshot of the real you, warts and all? The wonky posture, the dated clothes, the regrettable hairdo - this lump of 3d-printed plastic is a tangible echo of you, and it can fit in a handbag.
Step 2: Now, Part 2: Your home videos, in volumetric 3D.
You can already record a person as a volumetric 3D model. If you have enough GoPros (53, to be exact), you can do it yourself at home. Sync it with some audio (Why not tell the story of your life? Yours is as good as anyone's, right?) and your great-great-great grandchildren will be able to load you up into their AR headsets. When they've stopped giggling at the rudimentary nature of the graphics, they'll experience what it was like to have you right there in front of them.
Step 3: Five years' time: You are the augmentation.
You might not be able to meet these great-great-great sniggering whippersnappers, but they can meet you. And that's the dream of Augmented Memento Mori: everlasting life. Within a few years, processing power and believable, immersive AR delivery via glasses will converge and it'll be possible that not only will a 3D model of you appear in front of the user, but it will be context-aware.
This means that in the future, when your descendants gather at Christmas and fancy hearing your stories one more time, they'll load "you" up — and you'll appear to walk through a door, sit down next to the fireplace and share the anecdotes with the family you never met.
Step 4: 10-15 years' time: Uncle Dave, life guide
When we are all wearing AR headsets as a matter of course, the 3D model of you will become an avatar; a real-life video game character. You don't even need to record your movements or voice specifically. Adobe has already created the technology needed to make "you" say anything anyone else wants.
You'll be an AI-powered avatar for the family member who misses you the most – not dissimilar to Navi in The Ocarina of Time, just less annoying. The technology will combine all the data we need: calendars, maps, wikis, etc, then filter it through AI, and create a "you" that is infinitely knowledgable, and yet still identifiably you.
Thus, your new life after death will be as a helpful guide: hinting, pointing, encouraging, reminiscing, defending, and urging someone who really needs you there.
You'll live forever (for someone else)
Similar to how your best chance of a having a perfect photo taken in 1849 would involve you being well and truly dead, the ultimate irony of the AR Memento Mori is that we won't benefit from it at all. Life after death doesn't involve the deceased after all. It's all for the living.
For someone who loves you and misses you, your avatar will be an essential part of the grieving process. And just like how corpses were dressed, arranged and posed for photographs, these avatars will be filtered through the expectations of others.
Short tempers will be whittled down, questionable jokes swapped for good ones, a tendency to drink too much at family parties subtly erased.
You'll become the person they need, not the person you are; ready to guide and support whenever they need you. It's a wonderful idea. Of course some people won't ever be able to let you go – and would you really want them too?
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text: Event date: 3/4/2020 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Export event Patty Bajek / Tuesday, September 24, 2019 / Categories: School Events Cancelled - First Wednesday Eucharistic Adoration We are so excited to share the great news! Our All Saints school community will celebrate Eucharistic Adoration immediately following our school Mass, the first Wednesday of each month when school is in session. We will process to the Chapel following mass. Adoration in the Chapel will continue until 3 pm. All ASCA families, students, and staff are welcome to join us. For parents and families, a sign-up sheet will be located at the Welcome Desk. We would appreciate people signing up to be certain that we have the entire day covered. Times will be one hour slots from 9-3. Even if you can only spend a short time with our Lord, please come. Please enter through Door #1 and get a badge prior to Adoration. Thank you, and God bless. If you have any questions, please contact Christi Kluzak at firstname.lastname@example.com. Print 1578


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the Jeanette collection attempts to soften the often hard aesthetic of outdoor metal furniture and offer a personality or feeling to the pieces to give a sense of identity to the collection. Complimented by solid marble, terracotta and textured fabrics, the collection adds a sense of natural luxury to the range in the hope that it may be cherished and cared for as a collectable items of furniture.
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Over the years I have been lucky enough to work on various large Enterprise System projects. My experiences have highlighted good Principles of Software Development and the benefit of Prototypes in guiding technical initiatives.
Looking back on past projects I've noticed how they all had similar goals, even if they didn't acknowledge this explicitly.
This is what I believe are the 5 Goals of a Better System:
- Cut costs with automation of manual processes
- Provide a more efficient service by allowing customers to self serve
- Leverage knowledge in key systems by enabling data sharing
- Increase innovation opportunities by adopting open standards
- Improve the speed of change by improving internal delivery capability
A system that achieves any of these 5 Goals reduces wasted effort, improves profit and allows your business to adapt quickly to market opportunities. Such a system also means slick customer service, because you can automate what makes your customer happy, reduce mistakes and provide a consistent experience that gains trust.
If you're planning a new system why not check it hits these 5 Goals? If not, why not? Could you tweak it's design to meet more of them?


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Every January, experts seem to be everywhere, offering dieting and exercise advice to the millions of Americans who vow to trim their waistlines and get in shape — including which apps to use to enhance results.
But while expert recommendations certainly have their place, the more important question may be this: which diet and exercise apps do regular people actually use — and like? After all, even if an expert recommends it, if you won't use it — or don't like using it — the app is unlikely to help you meet your goals.
To answer this question, app quality company Applause analyzed 3.3 million app store ratings and reviews for some of the most popular diet and exercise apps (to qualify for this analysis, apps had to have 10,000 or more reviews; apps could be free or paid) to determine which apps users gave the most — and least — favorable reviews to. Scores ranged from 0 (worst) to 100 (best), with scores 70 and above considered excellent (the average score was 66.5), 60 to 69 good, 40 to 59 fair, and 39 and below poor.
Overall, diet and fitness apps score better than other types of apps, says Matt Johnston, the chief marketing and strategy officer for Applause. "Users are 2½ times more positive towards these apps than most popular retail, media or travel apps," he says. That said, some diet and fitness apps fared better (and worse) than others.
5 best-reviewed diet and exercise apps
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|Calorie Counter by MyFitnessPal
|Lose It! by FitNow
|Sports Tracker by Sports Tracking Technologies
|Challenges by Nexercise
|Instant Heart Rate
|Source: Applause; only apps with 10,000 or more reviews were considered
Calorie Counter by MyFitnessPal, which helps you lose weight by tracking calories and has a database of more than four million foods that it can auto-fill-in calories for, scored the highest average ranking (87) across Android and iOS — a fact that's especially impressive considering that it has been reviewed more than 380,000 times. No. 2-rated LoseIt! by FitNow is a similar app and has more than 55,000 reviews. In general, the most highly reviewed diet and fitness apps scored well with respect to usability (e.g., easy navigation, simple feature discovery), customer satisfaction (e.g., fun, healthily addictive) and performance (e.g., fast, responsive), says Ben Gray, author of the report and a lead researcher for the company.
5 worst-reviewed diet and exercise apps
|App name
|Rating (out of 100)
|Nike + Fuelband
|Weight Watchers Mobile
|My Tracks by Google
|Nike + Running
|Source: Applause; only apps with 10,000 or more reviews were considered
When it comes to some of the lower-rated diet and fitness apps, common complaints were the apps' elegance (e.g., delightful design), security (e.g., secure login, no perceived risk) and stability (e.g., no crashes, hangs or freezes), says Gray.
The much-talked about Nike + Fuelband and FitBit had the lowest scores among health and fitness apps with 10,000 or more reviews. (Nike notes that it is committed to "driving innovations that bring richer experiences to all athletes" and adds that more than 30 million people are using NikeFuel across all its platforms; FitBit did not respond to a request for comment.) Johnston says that this may be because we sometimes have very high expectations for well-known brands, which may color our opinions of their apps when they are, say, less great than another item from the brand that we are more familiar with. (Weight Watchers notes that is has "made significant changes to our mobile app over the last few months to improve the experience for our members and will continue to do so;" changes include on-demand 24/7 expert chats and personal coaching and integration of FitBit and JawBone. Google did not respond to a request for comment.)
The company cautions that we may not want to read too much into lower-than-stellar scores in the health and fitness index above: Gray notes that there are more than 7,500 health and fitness apps in the U.S. Apple App Store and Google Play Store with fewer than 10,000 reviews (and thus that didn't qualify for this analysis) — and that most of these don't have terribly high app quality reviews. "To even qualify for the app quality index is a testament to earning leadership in their respective markets," says Gray. "And the apps on the lower end of the index still qualify as fair to good quality that simply have some room for improvement in the eyes of their customers."
Plus, Adam Dalezman, a spokesperson for social media monitoring firm Synthesio, notes that most of the comments on social media about health and fitness apps concern people's personal stats and weight loss, rather than complaints about the apps themselves.
Still, considering that more consumers fail to lose weight and keep it off than vice versa, it may pay to listen to your peers and go with the apps they've tried and love.


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If your computer system is affected with the Trojan fakeav and you do not know what this is and how to remove it, do not worry. Read this article, we have answers to all your problems. In this article, we will tell you how you can remove the Trojan fakeav without any help from the other automatic software.
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Trojan Fakeav damages your computer system by changing the registry values and it also opens a way for many other intruder malicious tools to safely enter your computer system. These malwares can save your personal information from the computer and uses it illegally for their activities. You may have tried software that is available online to remove the Trojan Fakeav, but many of them do not work well. We recommend you to do the Trojan Fakeav removal manually. In this way, you can remove the malicious tool effectively.
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Remove Trojan fakeav other files
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Watch Live Cricket IPL Star Sports Live Mumbai Indians vs. Sunrisers Hyderabad MI vs. SRH 17th T20 Match Live Streaming From Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah on 4th October 2020. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST. Watch IPL 2020 at Livematch.site
Hello, and welcome to Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, for the 17th T20 IPL 2020 between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals.
In-Game 17 of the 2020 Indian Premier League (IPL 2020), the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) won their third straight match when Karthik's team faced Delhi Capitals (DC) at the cricket stadium in Sharjah on Saturday. KRK's match against DC will be a high scoring match considering the small size of Sharjah Stadium.
It will be a gun battle as both sides have enough attackers to take advantage of Sharjah, where all matches have scored high so far due to the size of the shorter frontier.
KKR are gradually starting to play with some comprehensive appearances while the Capital is facing some challenges after two big wins in their last clash against the Hyderabad Sunrisers.
It looks like playing 11 for both sides will be the same as in previous Respect games, but R Ashwin will likely be playing for DC.
Delhi Capitals vs Kolkata Knight Riders MI vs. SRH 17th T20
Match: MI vs. SRH 17th T20, IPL 2020
Date: Saturday, 3rd October 2020
Time: 18:00 Local | 14:00 GMT | 19:00 PKT | 19:30 IST
Venue: Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Check the IPL points table and team standings here.
Live Streaming & TV Channel: Star Sports, Star Gold, DD Sports, Sky Sports Cricket, Fox Sports, Willow TV, BeIN Sports, SuperSport, Geo Super, Flow Sports, Willow TV, Hotstar Canada, Channel 9, Gazi TV, RTA, SLRC, Astro Cricket
Dream11 IPL Live streaming: Disney+ Hotstar, Yupp TV, Foxtel
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Here's all you need to know about match:
When will IPL 2020 start?
The Match in IPL 2020 played on 3rd October.
When and at what time IPL 2020 opening ceremony will take place?
The IPL 2020 opening ceremony will not take place this season due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Which teams take on each other in the first match of IPL 2020?
The second match of IPL 2020 played between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals.
What is the venue of the MI vs. SRH 17th match?
The venue for the 17th T20 Match is Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.
What are the timings for the MI vs. SRH 17th match?
The IPL 2020 opener between Kolkata Knight Riders and Delhi Capitals begins at 7:30 PM IST and 6 PM local time.
What time toss take place for the opening game of IPL 2020 between MI vs. SRH on 3rd October?
The toss takes place 30 minutes before the scheduled start of play, i.e., is 7:00 PM IST or 5:30 PM local time.
Which TV channels will broadcast the KKR vs KKR T20 match?
The match will telecast live on the Star Sports 1 HD/SD, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD/SD channels.
Let's Have a Look at MI vs. SRH 17th T20 Team Squads:
Kolkata Knight Riders (From): Shubman Gill, Sunil Narine, Nitish Rana, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik(w/c), Eoin Morgan, Pat Cummins, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy, Sandeep Warrier, Rahul Tripathi, Siddhesh Lad, Nikhil Naik, Chris Green, Prasidh Krishna, Lockie Ferguson, Rinku Singh, Ali Khan, Tom Banton, Manimaran Siddharth.
Delhi Capitals (From): Prithvi Shaw, Shikhar Dhawan, Shreyas Iyer(c), Rishabh Pant(w), Shimron Hetmyer, Marcus Stoinis, Axar Patel, Kagiso Rabada, Anrich Nortje, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Ajinkya Rahane, Ravichandran Ashwin, Harshal Patel, Mohit Sharma, Alex Carey, Avesh Khan, Sandeep Lamichhane, Keemo Paul, Tushar Deshpande, Daniel Sams, Lalit Yadav.


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I recorded this fiery sermon that I heard on the radio in West Virginia.
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Wed, 4 January 2012
Classical music station KFUO in St. Louis was one of the oldest radio stations west of the Mississippi. The stationed was owned by the Lutheran church up until last year when it was purchased by Gateway Creative Broadcasting's JOY-FM. On July 6th, 2010 KFUO broadcasted Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in D minor and then went silent. The following morning JOY-FM began it's broadcast of Christian contemporary pop music. There are now six christian stations in St. Louis and zero classical stations.
On Saturday December 3rd, I powered up the 40-watt FM transmitter I built and "tagged" a Christian station (89.5 FM) with Mozart's Requiem in D Minor K. 626: Sanctus. For a couple square miles at least, you can hear classical music on the radio again coming from high atop the chimney of a former convent.
This is a recording of the moment my signal went live.
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Some complaints fall within the jurisdiction of the school district and others fall within the jurisdiction of the California Department of Education.
For general information on complaints, please click here to view the California Department of Education Uniform Complaint Procedures.
Governing Boards are legally required to safeguard employees from individuals who may upbraid, insult or abuse them (illegal acts). In addition, personnel matters, especially anything evaluative in nature, must be done in a closed board meeting.
The procedure for filing a complaint is as follows:
If you wish to lodge a complaint about an instructional program, please present your criticism in writing to the Superintendent.
Written complaints about programs should be very specific in nature, addressing:
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I've been banging on about it for a while, but big news folks – I've finally bought my [5:10]s! Yip, a pair of Greg Minnar [5:10] mountain bike shoes currently grace my surprisingly small and girlish feet. Cue cheers around the world, sighs of relief, high-fives around the offices at five ten HQ. Or possibly just a big silence. Who knows. I'll go with the first option.
In any case, let's not beat about the bush – yep, they're awesome.
A bit of background – I've been a clipped-in kinda guy since very early in my mountain biking days. I heard all the hype about clipless pedals and the control, power and safety they offer. After a few early jaunts to Glentress and some dicy pedal slipping moments I began to think they had a point.
Of course, this was me riding on a pair of stock standard bottom-end Specialized Hardrock pedals and a pair of running shoes. Shock horror, guess what – shitty pedals and completely unsuitable shoes equals one hell of a slippy, unsafe, ankle slicing, ball crushing ride. Not actually coming to that realisation at the time, off to the Bike Co-op I went and purchased a shiny new pair of Northride shoes and a pair of basic Shimano SPDs. And on I went through a series of shoes and cleats to my current Cannondale/Time A-TAC setup which has served me well for about 2 years.
Recently though I realised – in an amazing deduction of logic, I thought – that perhaps a decent pair of shoes might make flats a bit more useful. Again, this isn't new to the blog, I've written about changing to flat pedals before. So, onto the web and a few reviews later I found that 5-10s seem to be where it's at. Let's do it then, I thought, and added another eye watering sum to the financial hemmorage that is my credit card.
I have to say though, they live up to the hype. I bought the Greg MInnar 5-10s, set up with the tacky-ass sole 5-10s are famous far, but including a cleat inset should you need them. Well, let's not burn my bridges I thought…
I've got a nice pair of Kona flat pedals – nothing too fancy, but with a good set of pins on them – and, I have to say, they grip like a fat kid on his favourite sugar based snack. I'm amazed at how secure they feel, after the initial first shaky line of course. Finding how to ride jumps and drops with flats, sucking the bike up and slamming it down, was a fun experience, and I think, as I hoped, it's hugely helped to improve my riding.
Berms are more fun now with the real option to put a foot down as needed. Technical obstacles just feel more tackle-able, if that's a word, now that I can escape the bike so much more easily.
In case you're wondering, I haven't noticed any loss of power on the uphills. I'm not convinced that many people REALLY pull up with their opposite foot, or, if they do, that it makes much of a difference. I'll take the added manouverability of being able to put a foot out on a technical up, and the growth of my riding skills thanks to the removal of my clipless crutch.
Hell, I'm even learning how to bunny-hop properly! No pulling up with my feet or anything!
I suppose this isn't really a review of the 5-10s as I've no other flats to compare them to, but I can't imagine them being any better to be honest. Take this from a near-virgin flat mountain bike flat pedaller – they stick like glue, and look pretty cool too. There, I've thrown in a rhyme to sweeten the deal. What more could you want?
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My little blog has gone through quite a metamorphosis in the last few years. My earliest blogs were on Tumblr. Then I created a WordPress blog entitled "RunRoundGirl" where I chronicled my journey from couch potato to runner (amongst other things). After that, a brief spell of being "In Hil's Head" and now finally, my blog is at home here on my official business website, www.hilarygreen.co.za.
Time out!
As is typical of a metamorphosis (or so I recall from biology) it might have appeared to be quiet from my side over the last few months. I certainly haven't blogged in a while! But there have been loads of things happening behind the scenes.
I've been considering my career aspirations, crystallising some ideas, adding to my experience and working on my degree. I've also been dealing with some challenging family stuff. I've been writing a regular monthly column for a couple of community magazines. Oh, and I've been learning to ride a horse. More about that in another post!
Writing has always been one of my favourite things to do. I absolutely loved creative writing in high school. I remember one project that we had to do for English class – I think I was in Standard 6 or 7 at the time (that's Grade 8 or 9 if you're a millennial). We had to keep a journal for a week. My teacher insisted that I kept writing long after the project was over, and the marks were in. She believed that I wrote well and encouraged me to write as often as possible. On another occasion, we had to write a parody of a fairy tale. I wrote a long, extremely rude and funny poem about Cinderella. It was a huge hit and was published in the school magazine. From those early days in English class at school and sharing my teenage angst with Dear Diary to dreams of being a journalist – words have always featured strongly.
Side note regarding the journo thing: I could never make up my mind whether I wanted to do serious hard news (think Christiane Amanpour and the photojournalists of The Bang Bang Club) or work at a glossy magazine (I loved The Devil Wears Prada before it was even a movie!)
The journalist thing never happened and a career in insurance did. I'm not sure why it took me so long to connect all the dots to realise that maybe, just maybe, I could turn my love of word craft into a career. Now it's time to put my words into action. I am officially launching my writing career.
Onward and upward
Thank you to all of my cheerleaders on this venture, you know who you are! If anyone needs a
good great writer, you know who to call! And please share my Facebook page, my website and my blog posts. Sharing really is caring!
I might not be Anne Hathaway in The Devil Wears Prada (although I am sure she would play me in a movie about my life) but dreams do come true. You just have to make them.


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Hackers are trying to steal your personal details—this is a sentiment you're likely aware of and even partially vigilant against, but new studies show this is something to seriously revisit.
Cisco has found there are now 19.7 billion cyber threats per day. Figures from the UK's Information Commissioner's Office also show the number of retailers who have had data breaches has doubled in just one year. This means that as retailers accumulate more shopper data, more personal information is at risk to become compromised. In 2015-2016, 19 breaches caused the loss of client data—this rose to a whopping 38 breaches in the 2016-2017 timeframe.
Research by KPMG shows that in a 2016 survey of 100 retail senior cybersecurity executives, only 55% of these have invested capital funds in cybersecurity protection in the last year.
Senior Director of Threat Intelligence at Cisco Matt Watchinski tells CNBC that threats definitely increase during the holiday season. Knowing that breaches have gained over the last year, here's some tips to keep your personal information safe:
1.Avoid sketchy emails
Don't click on anything (including texts) that sound too good to be true. Check their website instead.
2.Update your passphrases
Passwords, operating systems, browsers, apps, and more—it's always good to keep them fresh.
3.Vary your security questions (and answers)
Keep your security questions varied, creative, and hard to guess. Answers shouldn't be easy to find through public search.
4.Don't save credit card info
Keeping this information in browsers, retailers, and public spaces is a great risk. Watchinski also recommends visiting your credit card's website to get a one-time credit card code.
To get more great tips, check Blake Snow's article here.
To help with the fight against cybersecurity crime, Cisco has recently partnered with INTERPOL (International Police Organization) to share threat intelligence as a joint effort against cybercrime. The aim is for both organizations to develop a focused approach to share data. This will help quickly pinpoint threats around the world.
Cisco's already-broad security portfolio helps retailers and beyond to find a threat, and stop it everywhere. With the alliance with INTERPOL, Cisco will be able to reduce even more digital risk.


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Saturday, November 20, 2010
SOLAR SERDAR (CRECSS) promote IREDA
Renewable Energy in India
Energy is a basic requirement for economic development. Every sector of the national economy – agriculture, industry, transport, commercial and domestic – needs inputs of energy. The economic development plans implemented since independence have necessarily required increasing amounts of energy. As a result, consumption of energy in all forms has been steadily rising all over the country.
The growing consumption of energy has also resulted in the country becoming increasingly dependent on fossil fuels such as coal and oil and gas. Rising prices of oil and gas and potential shortages in future lead to concerns about the security of energy supply, which is needed to sustain our economic growth. Increased use of fossil fuels also causes environmental problems both on local and global scales.
In this background, there is urgent need for the country to develop a sustainable path of energy development. Promotion of energy conservation and increased use of renewable energy sources are the twin planks of sustainable energy.
The Ministry of Non-Conventional Energy Sources has been implementing comprehensive programmes for the development and utilisation of various renewable energy sources in the country. As a result of efforts made during the past quarter century, a number of technologies and devices have been developed and have become commercially available.
As against the estimated 80000 MW renewable energy based grid connected power generation potential in the country, so far only about 6000 MW installed capacity has been realized, giving vast opportunity for exploitation of renewable energy sources for power generation. The renewable energy based power generation capacity presently constitutes 5% of the total installed capacity in the country for power generation from all sources. The country is aiming to achieve upto 10% of additional installed capacity to be set up till 2012 to come from renewable energy sources.
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA) was established on 11th March, 1987 as a Public limited Government Company under the Companies Act, 1956 and it promotes, develops and extends financial assistance for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency/Conservation Projects.
IREDA has been notified as a "Public Financial Institution" under section 4 'A' of the Companies Act, 1956 and registered as Non-Banking Financial Company (NFBC) with Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
IREDA's mission is "Be a pioneering, participant friendly and competitive institution for financing and promoting self-sustaining investment in energy generation from Renewable Sources, Energy Efficiency and Environmental Technologies for sustainable development."
IREDA's Motto is "Energy for Ever."
The main objectives of IREDA are :
To give financial support to specific projects and schemes for generating electricity and / or energy through new and renewable sources and conserving energy through energy efficiency.
To maintain its position as a leading organization to provide efficient and effective financing in renewable energy and energy efficiency / conservation projects.
To increase IREDA`s share in the renewable energy sector by way of innovative financing.
Improvement in the efficiency of services provided to customers through continual improvement of systems, processes and resources.
To strive to be competitive institution through customer satisfaction.
IREDA is committed to maintain its position as a leading organization to provide innovative financing in Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency/Conservation and Environmental Technologies through efficient system & processes for providing total satisfaction and transparency to its customers.
IREDA shall strive for continual improvement in the quality of services to its customers through effective quality management system.
i. Drive towards total customer satisfaction.
ii. Continual upgradation of capability and improvement in the professional skills of employees.
iii. Improvement in efficiency of services provided to customers.
iv. Continual improvement of systems, process and services.
All concerned shall implement the Quality Policy & Quality Objectives with full devotion & dedication to achieve IREDA's Mission. More info at http://solarserdar.wordpress.com/
IREDA has many projects in RENEWABLE ENERGY
IREDA has launched the Renewable Energy-Energy Efficiency Umbrella Financing Scheme for those organisations who have good existing network to serve individual/retail customers who do not fulfil IREDA's legal eligibility criteria and are scattered over large rural/semi-urban areas.
1. To supplement IREDA's current lending operations by spreading the customers/user base through the development of an appropriate Micro financing Network.
2. To facilitate the Micro Lending capabilities of IREDA.
State Financial Corporations (SFCs), Industrial Development Corporations (IDCs), Technical Consultancy Organisations (TCOs), Non Banking Financing Companies (NBFCs), State Nodal Agencies (SNAs), Business Development Associates (BDAs) , Scheduled banks and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) which are otherwise legally eligible to borrow from IREDA and fulfil the other eligibility norms detailed in Financing guidelines.
Line of credit : Minimum Rs. 25.00 lakhs and maximum Rs. 1 crore.
The eligible applicant will submit an application in the prescribed format of IREDA along with business plan and other enclosures. Applications for a line of credit will be appraised based upon the criteria prescribed by IREDA. IREDA will review application and sanction the line of credit based on the qualification criteria: or reject the application, if not found suitable.
1. Front end Fee, Inspection charges, Legal charges (other than incurred for recovery), expenditure on Nominee Directors are not applicable to this scheme.
2. Please refer to IREDA's Financing Guidelines for further details.
1. IREDA will disburse 50% of the line of credit as Mobilisation advance after signing of Loan Agreement and creation of security.
2. Balance 50% will be disbursed after evidence of proper utilisation of Mobilisation Advance already released.
To be decided by the Borrower
If the borrower conducts no business (submits no evidence of utilisation of mobilisation advance to IREDA) within a period of 12 months from the date of disbursement of mobilisation advance, then the line of credit sanctioned would automatically be cancelled. In that event, Mobilisation advance drawn from IREDA along with interest shall be refunded within 30 days of expiry of said one year.More info at http://solarserdar.blogspot.com/
Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited
(A Government of India Enterprise)
Corporate Office
3rd Floor, August Kranti Bhawan,
Bhikaiji Cama Place, New Delhi – 110 066.
Tel: +91 11 26717400 - 26717413
Fax: +91 11 26717416
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Registered Office
India Habitat Centre, East Court
Core-4A, 1st Floor, Lodhi Road
New Delhi - 11 00 03
Debashish Majumdar
Chairman and Managing Director
Tel. (O:) +91 11 26717414 / 26717415
Extn. 113
Fax : +91 11 26717416
S. P. Reddi
Director (Finance)
Tel. (O:) +91 11 26717417
Fax : +91 11 26717418
Extn. 136
K. S. Popli
Director (Technical)
Tel. (O:) +91 11 26717419
Fax : +91 11 26717420
Extn. 130
Abdul Aziz Khatana
Chief General Manager ( Technical Services)
Tel. (O:) +91 11 26717421
Extn. 105
B. Venkateswara Rao
General Manager (Technical Services)
Tel. (O:) +91 11 26717422
Extn. 301
B. M. Chauhan
General Manager (Technical Services)
Tel. (O:) +91 11 26717424
Extn. 356
S. K. Bhargava
General Manager (F & A) & Company Secretary
Tel. (O:) +91 11 26717425
Extn. 115
Abhilakh Singh
Deputy General Manager (TS)
Tel. (O:) +91 11 26717428
Extn. 223
S. M. Bhajantri
Assistant General Manager (HR)
Tel. (O:) +91 11 26717435
Extn. 270
Željko Serdar
Head of business association
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your evolution is an online sharing platform for socially beneficial projects. Over the past two years it has grown to include more than 300 projects, and these have been gaining great exposure among the UBC community. This year, to provide more project support, we've added a new feature that will help match volunteers and supporters with those projects that would most benefit from their skills. To take part, register for a your evolution account and set up a profile. If you already have a profile, sign in and add your skills to it. Project organizers looking for specific help will be able to find you, or you can search the site for projects that match your interests and connect with the organizers directly.
In case you missed the announcement last year, the winning project in the 2015 your evolution competition was Help! Teeth Hurt.
The prize included production of a video to promote the project, which we are pleased to share with you now:
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Download Knitting in Circles: 100 Circular Patterns for Sweaters, by Nicky Epstein PDF
By Nicky Epstein
You won't think what you can also make with knitted circles!
One circle can develop into a classy hat or an lovable shrug. , and you have got a different purse or cover-up. Knit extra circles, and you may make show-stopping scarves, capes, sweaters, afghans—even a beautiful lace gown.
basically Nicky Epstein, continuously at the innovative of knitwear layout, may dream up those cutting edge clothing and add-ons that each one begin with an easy form. In her bestselling publication Knitting Block by means of Block, Nicky increased the common-or-garden block to extraordinary type, yet that was once only the start. Now she takes on a brand new problem and indicates you ways to make a press release with circles.
Mix and fit on your heart's content material with a hundred circles and 20 inspiring initiatives that function every little thing from cables to wealthy colorwork, smooth lace, and over-the-top gildings in Nicky's signature variety. You'll locate step by step concepts on find out how to knit circles, either within the around and flat, plus specialist information on customizing the initiatives, with distinctive cut-and-paste circle templates to layout your individual styles.
With this groundbreaking ebook, you'll by no means examine circles a similar means. once more, Nicky Epstein has outdone herself, starting up an international of artistic chances with a stunning knitting reference that would have you ever knitting within the better of circles again and again.
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Change to MC and work rem throw in garter st, alternating yarns as follows: 28 rows of MC 8 rows of blue 28 rows of MC 8 rows of turquoise 28 rows of MC 8 rows of yellow 28 rows of MC 8 rows of pink 28 rows of MC 8 rows of purple 28 rows of MC 8 rows of blue 28 rows of MC 8 rows of turquoise 28 rows of MC 8 rows of yellow 28 rows of MC 7 rows of pink BO sts loosely. Weave in all ends. Edging: With RS facing you, use blue to PU 1 st in each garter ridge along one side. Knit 6 rows. BO sts loosely.
To join squares, place 2 squares side by side with right sides facing up and cables at right angles to each other. With slip knot on crochet hook and working yarn underneath and between the 2 squares, *insert hook from right side through both loops at edge on first square, yarn over and pull through stitch (2 loops on hook), insert hook from right side through both loops of corresponding stitch on second square, yarn over and pull through stitch (3 loops on hook), yarn over and pull through all 3 loops, repeating from * to end.
Consider a different size crochet hook if you have trouble achieving the correct tension. Work 3 stitches (in same stitch as the round) in each corner stitch. Join the rounds with a slip stitch in the beginning stitch. Fasten off at the end of the last round. Do not turn the work unless directed to do so. On subsequent rounds, work 1 stitch in each stitch from the previous row, except for the corners, where you will work 3 stitches. Work into both loops of the stitches from the previous round unless otherwise instructed.


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If you want to know what the Phoenix Rock Lottery is all about, check out this mini-documentary on the 1st one held last February.
The Second Annual PHOENIX ROCK LOTTERY will be on Saturday January 17th at Crescent Ballroom. Get Tickets & Info Here.
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My kids love, love, love to help in the kitchen. Usually they get shooed away, but when it comes to baking, I try to make it a family affair.
Over the weekend, the kids and I made these yummy banana and chocolate chip muffins from a Donna Hay recipe, which my MIL found in the weekender magazine. I did tweak it a little (i.e. reduced the amount of sugar & chocolate).
They're super easy to make and perfect for the school lunch box.
Banana Choc Chip Muffins
Makes 12
2 cups of plain flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/2 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
75 grams butter
3/4 cup of milk
2 teaspoons of vanilla essence
2 mashed bananas
1/2 cup chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.
Sift the flour and baking powder into a large bowl.
Melt the butter in the microwave (approximately 30-45 seconds)
Add the caster sugar, eggs, butter, milk and vanilla.
Mix until combined.
Fold through the mashed bananas and chocolate chips.
Place 12 muffin cases into a muffin tin and spoon the mixture into the cases.
Cook for 20-25 minutes.
Cool on a wire wrack.
I hope you enjoy making (and eating) them as much as we did!!


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Within Venturi Healthcare, we recognise that to deliver a good clinical care service we need to recruit talented individuals who are passionate about making a difference to people's lives. Our staff team need to have a full understanding of a person centred care approach. The position can be demanding, however it is extremely rewarding to know that you are enhancing an individual's life and wellbeing every day.
We base the recruitment of all our staff on a number of key principles, commitment, passion and drive being the key contributors. Together we can create a culture of excellence in the delivery of healthcare.
What we offer:
- A competitive salary
- Simply Health Cash Plan – designed to support you and your family with any potential health concerns as well as providing cover for everyday treatments, such as dental check-ups or Optical appointments.
- Two uniforms provided upon starting with annual renewals
- DBS fees are covered *
- Pension Scheme
- Annual schedule of training to support CPD
- NMC fees are covered
- At Venturi Healthcare we are committed to the well-being and professional growth of all our employees.
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Download the latest full version of RAM Commander V8.7 >>
Main window of the RAM Commander's Fault Tree Analysis Module
Fault Tree Analysis Module Features
• Handy methods for diagram printing and simple Copy & Paste transfer to other applications
• Easy to use Events Library
• Generation of Minimal Cut Sets (MCS)
• Calculation of Unavailability Q(t), Mean Unavailability Q
• Calculation of Importance and Sensitivity
• Calculation of Frequency W(t) and Intensity L(t)
• Calculation of Unreliability F(t) and Number of Failures E(0,t)
• Generation and calculation of Binary Decision Diagram (BDD)
• TRUE/FALSE event status visual propagation
• MCS visual presentation on a fault tree
• Set of required reports - FTA diagram, MCS, events library etc.
• Link between FTA and the product tree
• Link between FTA and FMECA modules
• Integration with Safety analysis module
• Automatically build Fault trees from FMECA, FMEA and RBD
• Data import from RiskSpectrum, Aralia SimTree, CAFTA and Isograph FaultTree+
Fault Tree Analysis is one of the most widely used methods in system reliability and failure probability analysis. A fault tree is a graphical representation of a logical structure depicting undesired events ("failures") and their causes. You create the logical structure by using gates and represent undesired incidents by using basic events. Reliability parameters are assigned to each basic event. Widely used in system reliability studies, fault tree analysis offers the ability to focus on an event of importance, such as a highly critical safety issue, and work to minimize its occurrence or consequence. The probability of a top-level event can then be determined by applying appropriate mathematical techniques. The resulting fault tree diagram is a graphical representation of the chain of events in your system or process, built using events and logical gate configurations.
FTA Basic Event data
Two types of analysis can be conducted using Fault Tree Analysis Software:
• Qualitative Analysis: performed by means of Minimal Cut Sets (MCS) building
• Quantitative Analysis: calculating the Absolute probabilities, i.e. the probabilities of system failures
Example of FTA Unavailability and MCS Analysis report
After Unavailability calculation and MCS analysis, Importance and Sensitivity Analysis may be performed. Results of Importance analysis help select those fault tree events, which contribute most to the system's unavailability. Sensitivity analysis helps choose those events, for which a relatively small change will lead to a relatively large system unavailability changes. Calculated values are Fussell-Vesely importance (FV Imp), Risk Decrease Factor (RDF), Fractional Contribution (FC), Risk Increase Factor (RIF) and Sensitivity Value for each Basic or Undeveloped Event.
Example of FTA Importance and Sensitivity Analysis report
Fault Tree Analysis is acknowledged as a key tool for increasing safety. It is unique and indispensable in analyzing risks and determining various combinations of hardware and software failures together with human errors that could result in a specified risk or system failure. Fault tree analysis is useful both in designing new products/services and in identifying problems of the existing products/services. In the quality planning process, the analysis can be used to optimize process features and goals and to design for critical factors and human errors. As a part of process improvement, it can be used to help identify root causes of each trouble and to design remedies and countermeasures.
FTA is used by other RAM Commander modules - the Safety Assessment Software Module (compatible with aviation safety requirements, SAE ARP4761 and other standards) and MMEL (Master Minimum Equipment List analysis for aviation industry).
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It's that day of the year when you'll take in the musical tracks 'Balam pichkari' or 'Rang barse' from every rooftop no concern where you stay (well, at least in North and East India!). Yes, it's Holi.
Why should Holi be significant to the couples getting married soon? As the best wedding photographers in Kolkata read today's article and you can plan your pre-wedding shoot around Holi accordingly.
1. You won't need extra sprags as there are going to be tonnes of vibrant colors: Effervescences of colors at the Holi festival celebrates very beautifully in photographs too. Take inspiration from some pedantically selected pictures from various Indian Wedding Photography Photo Blogs and just take off those!!
But we recommend you to go for the organic colors to refrain from the risk of skin allergies before the wedding.
2. Worries for the perfect outfit has gone: Choose old clothes from your wardrobes and throw all the worries regarding your perfect outfits together.
3. Enchanting in the smoky colors: You can use smoke color bombs, cylinders or sticks to add some dramatic touches. It will give the ultimate cinematic feel to the pictures and films that you're making with your wedding photographers in Kolkata for the pre-wedding shoot.
4. Phoolon ki Holi & Flowers: Use flower petals to create an aura of Phoolon Ki Holi. Vibrant colors of the fresh flowers will add some auspicious flavors to your captured memories.
5.Friendly Celebration: Book a resort or choose any lawn & invite your friends for the grand Holi celebrations. Arrange flowers, color balloons and dusted colors to show some of your wicked skills and let your photographers capture the fun packed candid moments.
Things you should keep in your mind: If you are planning such a pre-wedding shoot then you'll have to be cautious about very few factors. To ensure the output of your expenditures on photography may be a failure if you pick up any random venue for the shooting. A scheduled place with time specifications and carrying a backup of spare props can help you and your photographers in Kolkata from any kind of an unwanted mess.


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Advocacy: Promoting and protecting our profession
As psychologists, we help our clients develop tools for coping with mental health challenges, we attend CE events to enhance our clinical tools, but how often do we sharpen our profession's tools? How well are psychologists' interests represented in the workplace and health care industry? Are advocacy issues really pertinent to private practitioners?
These are some of the issues that directly affect the daily practice of psychology and are addressed through legislative action. If psychologists do not have a voice in the legislative process, the practice of psychology will be shaped by people unrelated to the profession KPA is advocating for psychologists and working to ensure psychologists have a voice in the legislative process. Where can you contribute?
Another important aspect of advocacy is educating the public about psychology. The Public Education Campaign engages in this important task.
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Saturday, February 18, 2017
An insightful Rust Belt progressive
My cousin recently introduced me to writing from Sarah Kendzior, a St. Louis-based journalist and political analyst. The day after the Presidential elections last November, she wrote a prescient piece on the implications of the rise of fascism in the US. This led me to check out some of her other writing, which includes an interview with her in which she offers a cogent criticism of what she calls the "prestige economy" of young people seeking credentials through expensive college degrees and unpaid internships. I also like Kendzior's hopeful take that the dilapadation and distress of the Rust Belt may be precisely the crucible from which arise new ideas for a better future. She argues that in happening, booming places like San Francisco or NYC, everyone is so caught up in the rat race and reaching for the same status quo credentials that they don't have much time or freedom to propose radical reimaginings of how our society is to work. Where as if you live in a depressed city that's been left behind by the gloss of the modern economy, you already have a critical awareness of the shortcomings of the current model, and the cheap cost of living mean that you can afford to fail in trying new things. I hope she's right. I don't know where Chicago would fit in this dichotomy. It's got features and neighborhoods that look more like the booming coasts with creative, high-earning, high-spending Millennial types. But it also has vast swathes of blight, and there are lots of people experimenting with new ways of living in these deprived surroundings.
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Author(s): Anna Alicia
Whether you're a beginner crafter or experienced maker, this book will help you build on your skill level as you learn to make a range of bags from a simple drawstring tote to a stylish colour-block rucksack.
As you work your way through the 18 projects, you'll learn how to create interesting shapes (such as a cubed bag or round bucket bag), work with different fabrics (cotton, canvas, linen and more) and discover how to work in zips, poppers, pockets, straps and other add-ons.
Step-by-step guidance, plus a wealth of tips and tricks, mean you'll always feel confident in developing your technique, while modern designs and design-focussed details will inspire you to get creative with your makes.
Bags is the ideal book for those looking to expand on their sewing skills, create beautiful, lasting additions to their wardrobe or make impressive and covetable gifts for friends and family.


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Place a rack in top third of oven; preheat to 425º. Pat 6 chicken thighs dry with paper towels; season all over with salt.
Place a large ovenproof skillet on stovetop and pour in 2 Tbsp. oil. Transfer chicken thighs to skillet, skin side down, and heat over medium. (That's right: Those chicken thighs are going into a cold pan, and then you turn the heat on. Trust!) Cook, rotating skillet to encourage even browning, until opaque around the edges and skin is deeply golden brown, 8–11 minutes. Transfer skin side up to a plate.
Meanwhile, do some prep: First, remove fennel fronds from 1 fennel bulb and reserve for making the sauce. Cut fennel head in half lengthwise. Place halves cut side down on cutting board, then cut each half into ½" wedges.
Peel and slice 2 shallots into quarters lengthwise.
Cut 1 tomato crosswise into ½" rounds.
Trims ends off 1 lemon. Cut half of the lemon into thin rounds (about ⅛"). Reserve remaining half of lemon for later.
Adjust heat to medium-high and add sliced fennel, shallots, and lemon rounds to skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, until fennel just begins to soften, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and give mixture another stir. Remove skillet from heat.
Arrange tomato rounds and chicken over fennel mixture; season with salt and pepper.
Transfer skillet to oven and roast until chicken thighs are cooked through (an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part near the bone should register 165°), juices run clear, and vegetables begin to caramelize around edges of pan, 16–20 minutes. Carefully remove skillet from oven and let rest 5 minutes.
While chicken is roasting, finely chop reserved fennel fronds until you have about ¼ cup.
Squeeze juice from reserved lemon half into a small bowl. Add chopped fronds to bowl and stir in remaining ¼ cup oil; season with salt and pepper.
Spoon fennel oil over chicken and serve with toast alongside.


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From the latin acus: needle, pungere: puncture.
The ancient Chinese believed that there is a universal life energy called Qi present in every living creature. This energy is said to circulate throughout the body along specific pathways that are called meridians. As long as this energy flows freely through the meridians, health is maintained. However, if the flow of energy is blocked, the system is disrupted, resulting in pain or illness. The acupuncture needles neutralizes energetic imbalances within the body and /or stimulates or calms individual channel systems.
By simply inserting and manipulating fine needles into specific points on the body, acupuncture works to "re-program" and restore normal functions by stimulating certain points on the meridians in order to free up the Qi energy. An alternative form of acupuncture can also be performed without needles, using finger pressure (acupressure) or a hand-held electronic device. This is especially useful for treating children or anyone who is uncomfortable with needles.
Besides Homeopathy and Acupuncture, Dr. Barreto also offers the following services:
Auriculotherapy (Ear Acupuncture or Auricular Acupuncture)
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, the ear is considered a microsystem of the whole body. By stimulating the outer ear, Dr. Barreto can treat conditions affecting the entire system (physical, mental and emotional). This stimulation can be with acupuncture needles, magnets, pellets or electroacupuncture.
Dr. Barreto uses various forms of electroacupuncture. Electroacupuncture is a form of acupuncture that involves a tiny electric current.
For patients who can benefit from acupuncture but are not comfortable with acupuncture needles, Dr. Barreto uses a small hand-held device that locates acupuncture points and applies a painless stimulation without piercing the skin.
Community Acupuncture
In Community Acupuncture sessions, patients receive acupuncture treatment in comfortable recliners in a quiet and soothing space with others who are also being treated. Community acupuncture has many benefits…friends and family can come in together for treatment, and many patients find that it decreases the sense of isolation that often comes with illness. Best of all, a "collective energy" can happen, which can make treatments even more successful. Another 'plus' for many patients is that the community model is more affordable, and as such, allows for more frequent visits.
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Dr. Barreto coaches patients using Metabolic Balance,® a holistic nutrition program that helps patients feel healthier and more energized by balancing their metabolism. Based on patient-specific blood tests and medical history, the Metabolic Balance® program provides a personalized plan which ensures that specific nutritional needs are met. The system was developed in Germany in 2002 and currently there are more than half a million people worldwide practicing the program. Here you have more information about Metabolic Balance
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Dr. Barreto uses Meridian Energy Therapy (MET) to help patients liberate emotional tension and stress by tapping the acupuncture points that stimulate the meridians. The goal of this modality is to balance the relationship between the mind, the emotions and the body for improved overall health. MET is the basis of a modality called the Emotional Freedom Technique.
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Petroleum geology of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous of East and North-East Greenland: Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin
Editors: Jon R. Ineson and Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed
The exposed Jurassic succession in East and North-East Greenland has long been presented as an analogue for equivalent deeply buried strata on the Norwegian conjugate shelf and offshore North-East Greenland. In particular, the Upper Jurassic marine mudstone succession is often ascribed source-rock potential as proven from coeval rocks on the Northwest European margin. Previous outcrop investigations have not convincingly confirmed this potential, however, and three boreholes were drilled between 2008 and 2010 to provide full coverage of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous petroleum source-rock succession in eastern Greenland. The Blokelv-1 borehole was drilled in 2008 in central Jameson Land to investigate the Middle Oxfordian – Lower Volgian Hareelv Formation, representing the lowermost part of the composite source-rock succession.
The common aim of the collection of eight scientific papers in this bulletin, introduced by an account of the technical and logistic challenges of the drilling operation, is to document the significance of the Hareelv Formation in a petroleum geological context. Papers on the biostratigraphy, sedimentology, provenance and diagenesis establish the framework and geological history of the succession while companion papers on the source-rock potential, burial and exhumation history and igneous intrusive activity in the region contribute to an improved understanding of the petroleum geology of the Jameson Land Basin.
This bulletin presents a series of nine papers dealing with the succession of Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous sedimentary rocks penetrated by the fully cored Blokelv-1 borehole, drilled in western Jameson Land, central East Greenland in August 2008. The borehole was drilled as the first of three boreholes that in combination were designed to provide full coverage of the Upper Jurassic – Lower Cretaceous petroleum source-rock succession in eastern Greenland. The remaining two boreholes, Rødryggen-1 and Brorson Halvø-1, were drilled on Wollaston Forland in 2009 and 2010, respectively, and the results from these boreholes will be published in a companion volume. The objectives of the drilling campaign were fulfilled, demonstrating that continuous sedimentation of oil-prone petroleum source rocks took place in eastern Greenland over a period of c. 13 million years from the Oxfordian to the Ryazanian, with the Blokelv-1 succession representing the older, Oxfordian–Volgian part of this interval.
The drilling campaign was carried out as one of a number of projects within the framework of a multi-client collaborative programme between GEUS and a long list of petroleum companies entitled Petroleum Geological Studies, Services and Data in East and Northeast Greenland. This collaboration was initiated in 2007 and is ongoing at the time of writing with more than 20 participant companies, a subset of which sponsored the studies presented herein; for contractual reasons, these companies cannot be named. The GEUS–industry collaboration was initiated in recognition of the need for new and better data on many aspects of the petroleum geology of eastern Greenland prior to an anticipated licensing round of offshore North-East Greenland. The Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal (CARA), undertaken by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), also played an important role in defining the priorities of the collaborative agreement by directing attention towards specific subjects in need of investigation. Licensing rounds in 2012 and 2013 resulted in the award of five licences.
Based on the results of these activities in eastern Greenland, a large number of scientific papers have been published since 2008, and more are expected as confidentiality clauses expire. This volume is, however, the first GEUS Bulletin to be published as a direct consequence of the GEUS–industry collaboration.
Colophon, contents, preface (pdf, 0.8 Mb)
The Upper Jurassic Blokelv-1 cored borehole in Jameson Land, East Greenland – an introduction (pdf, 19 Mb)Morten Bjerager, Stefan Piasecki and Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed
Biostratigraphy of the Hareelv Formation (Upper Jurassic) in the Blokelv-1 core, Jameson Land, central East Greenland (pdf, 20 Mb) Peter Alsen and Stefan Piasecki
Sedimentology, geochemistry and reservoir properties of Upper Jurassic deep marine sediments (Hareelv Formation) in the Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland (pdf, 24 Mb)Morten Bjerager, Claus Kjøller, Mette Olivarius, Dan Olsen and Niels H. Schovsbo
Diagenesis of Upper Jurassic sandstones of the Blokelv-1 core in the Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland (pdf, 18 Mb)Mette Olivarius, Rikke Weibel, Niels H. Schovsbo, Dan Olsen and Claus Kjøller
Petroleum potential of the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation, Jameson Land, East Greenland (pdf, 9 Mb)Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed, Morten Bjerager, H. Peter Nytoft, Henrik I. Petersen, Stefan Piasecki and Anders Pilgaard
Provenance of basinal sandstones in the Upper Jurassic Hareelv Formation, Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland (pdf, 1 Mb)Mette Olivarius, Morten Bjerager, Nynke Keulen, Christian Knudsen and Thomas F. KokfeltSupplementary zircon age data (article, pages 115-126) Excel file
Igneous intrusions in the cored Upper Jurassic succession of the Blokelv-1 borehole, Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland (pdf, 0.5 Mb)Lotte Melchior Larsen
Burial and exhumation history of the Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland, estimated from thermochronological data from the Blokelv-1 core (including Appendix; pdf, 0.8 Mb)Paul F. Green and Peter Japsen
Late Jurassic evolution of the Jameson Land Basin, East Greenland – implications of the Blokelv-1 borehole (pdf, 21 Mb)Morten Bjerager, Peter Alsen, Jørgen A. Bojesen-Koefoed, Tove Nielsen, Stefan Piasecki and Anders Pilgaard
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With Demarcus Cousins's contract expiring at the end of this year, the New Orleans Pelicans have a major decision to make.
Deadbeat Jeets is the worse owner since Jeffrey Loria
DeadBeat Jeets. A nickname thats gaining some popularity with in the Miami Marlins fan base. I recently wrote a blog post on why Derek Jeter would have a rough start at the beginning of his tenure as an owner of the Marlins, that can be found here here. However, what I did not foresee at the time of writing my blog post was Jeter's inept management skills. In his early career of being an owning partner of a professional team, he has already had some mismanagement events that already has already made a lot of the fans raise an eyebrow. Here are Jeter's highlights as an owner so far.
Cash flows into the NBA and out of Disney
Everyone watches Disney and know their iconic characters, but not everyone is watching ESPN.
NBA2K18 MyTeam Market Wednesday – 10/11/2017
Every week, we will release the values of select cards and compare them from the previous week. Our goal with this is to present the NBA2K community with transparency in card values on the open market within the auction house. If you have any cards you wish to track , drop us a post in the comment section. Cards will be added and removed by the feedback of the community.
NBA2K18 MyTeam Market Wednesday – 10/4/2017
With NBA2K18 being almost a month old, we take a look at the card values on the MyTeam mode. Every week, we will release the values of select cards and compare them from the previous week. Our goal with this is to present the NBA2K community with transparency in card values on the open market within the auction house. If you have any cards you wish to track , drop us a post in the comment section. Cards will be added and removed by the feedback of the community.
Increase your revenue in MT points in NBA2K18
You unwrap your newest copy of NBA2K18 and decide to start the MyTeam mode in order start collecting cards and participating in the new Super-Max mode. The newest general manager on My Team, you try your hand in the Super-Max mode and keep getting obliterated by other players/general managers who have sapphire James Harden and Kevin Durant cards. Enough is enough, you decide to head to the auction house to buy top cards for your team for yourself, but then realize you're strapped for capital and don't have enough MT to buy the more top tier cards. Well I'm here to give your team an injection of capital with these top tips on how to increase the revenue of MT points.
Why the Miami Marlins will start of shaky after the Derek Jeter deal.
Picture this, you are selling your private practice and have lined up potential suitors who are willing to buy it. One potential buyer lives in the neighborhood so is familiar with the surrounding area, has a great network of local vendors and other business owners. They also have the money available now and have agreed upon the cost of the sale. Another potential investor is not from the area, does not have any major business experience and does not have the available cash to purchase the company and would need to gather funding from other people. The best choice would be to sell the company to the first investor, right? Not if the second investor is named Derek Jeter. Continue reading
Dollars Per Win ratio for the NBA 2017-2018 season
In the investment world, financial ratios are used to determine if you're paying to much for business or stock. To name a few there's the quick ratio, debt to equity ratio and price to earning ratio. When calculated, these ratios show a number that may fall within a set range depending on the industry and the company's peers. Investors and owners then use these numbers as metrics to gauge the business's worth and health. Lets use the same framework and apply it the NBA, we call this Dollars Per Win.
Start of a new season – Introduction
First off, thanks for visiting DollarsPerWin.com. Dollars Per Win is a new blog that will focus on the relationship of money and sports. Here you fill find my own analysis on team's payroll (dollars) in relationship (per) to their success (win), momentary breakdowns of sports transaction and paid to play fantasy guides and walkthroughs of franchise/my team sports games.
Rookie Interview:
Who am I? I'm a 28 year old guy who has a love for sports especially anything to do with South Florida sports – my favorite teams are the Miami Heat, Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. My favorite sport is basketball, although I'm pretty horrible at it. I went to college for International Business and for the last few years have found a new interest investing and finance.
Who I am not? I am not a financial analyst or have any formal training. I am not rich and I am not a cap salary genius. I am not a professional sports writer.I am not a bandwagon fan (although, the Golden State Warriors are starting to grow on me).
Why I am doing this blog? I love sports and have an interest in investing and economics. What other way to put them together than this? Additionally, this will help prepare for a goal I have – owning a sports team. Haha, before you dismiss me like a Dikembe Mutombo block shot, let me explain.
You remember how I told you I wasn't rich earlier? Well, that's the truth, I am not. So I can't afford to buy the Miami Heat from Micky Arison yet but I can start small. The plan is to start a few pro-am or amateur teams, manage the finances and install the right staff to make them contenders. In due time, the teams will have enough capital to enter the next level of competition that offers more revenue opportunities (example, Division 4 soccer to Division 3 soccer). As time goes on the value of the teams will grow based our winnings and sound finance decisions. Eventually at a certain point, I will start another pro-am/amateur organization and rinse and repeat and so forth. By continuing this process and with the help of other investments, my goal is to accumulate enough capital (or valued teams/assets that I can sell) to purchase a minority stake in a major league team and potentially using the minority stake to get my foot in the door to become the majority owner.
So you're thinking that sounds good and all, but if you're not rich, how can you start a pro-am/amateur team?
Good question, I too had the same reservations, but after doing some research, it turns out you can start a team in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL) for less than $100K. The NPSL is known as the unofficial Division 4 of soccer in the USA. To put it into perspective, you can start a pro-am/amateur team for soccer for less than the cost of buying a house. With that being said, its up to you to make it profitable and contend for a title.
(To bring it all home, all 4 divisions of professional soccer compete for qualifications in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. Obviously, the MLS teams qualify for more advanced spots in the tournament and receive byes throughout the first set of rounds of the cup, but it is possible for a NPSL team to qualify for the cup, beat other pro-am/amateur teams, play vs MLS teams (on nationally TV) and beat them and win the entire cup. The club will win, $250,000 a result and qualify for the CONCAF Champions League where they will play clubs from North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Now its not likely that a pro-am/amateur club will ever beat a professional club, but if the NPSL team actually won the Lamar Hunt U.S. cup, you would receive a $250,000 prize for first place, for an investment of less than $100K.)
So how will this blog help you become the next Paul Allen?
Answer: Training Camp
Training Camp
In order to reach my goals I have to start thinking like an owner and general manager. I have to look at cash flows, cap space, revenues and expenses. Best way I believe to learn something is to get your hands dirty. As a result, here is my action plan:
1. Focus on sports simulation games that offer franchise /customized teams. – Did I mention I was a gamer? Admittedly, this idea sounds crazy but bare with me. Today's games offer the most realism when it comes to franchises then ever before. These games let you run a team and focus on all aspects of your organization from player contracts to revenue sharing. I will take you with me on a journey of a fictional team I create and explain each major signing, firing and other transactions in order to stay profitable while contending for a title. The analysis will be in depth and take you through the role of a GM.
2. Analyze the deals and contracts of sports – Deals, trades, signings and firings happen almost on a daily basis in sports. I will attempt to analyze some of these transaction to tee exactly what the team is actually buying (or losing) and try to explain the value or expense of these deals.
3. Put my general manager skills to work with real money – Draftkings and FanDuels are pay to play fantasy platforms that enable users to use real money to compete to win cash prices in their leagues depending on their performance. With real money at stake, I will attempt to put what I've learned into actual money games to see how I fair. since I am not rich (see a pattern forming?) admittedly, this will be more of a secondary or bonus feature on this blog.
Season Opener:
So now that you know my plan of action and a little about me, its your time to share. Connect with me on social media and never miss a beat.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DollarsPerWin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DollarsPerWin/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Dollars-Per-Win-137550030185421/
Admittedly, my favorite sport is basketball so you see a lot of NBA stuff on this blog. But that's not to say I won't cover things in other sports. With that being said, I'll have reviews on sports games and really get in depth with the franchise and create your own team modes.
Tell me what you're interested ins eeing and about the feel of th eblog. I'm interested in your comments. Be sure to check abck often for insights, streaming and specially more posts.
Let the season begin.
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BenQ MusiQ player has been making the rounds in China for a little while now, it's the first we heard of it, and we're definitely impressed. While the diminutive player might not be quite as tiny as the iPod shuffle, not to mention the fact that Apple is about the only company that seems to be able to get away with producing a screen-less player anymore, the addition of a microSD slot sure is quite the feat. We're also kind of digging the neck chain headphone cord integration (peep the pictures after the break) -- even if it is a wee bit shiny. Unfortunately, the built-in memory is a mere 512MB, though microSD does alleviate that concern a bit. The player is currently available for 688 HKD, about $88.50 US. Click on for a bunch action shots.
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Hang a pretty pink flamingo Christmas stocking by the chimney this year. Make yours a tropical holiday decor. Incorporate everyone's favorite pink bird into your Christmas decor this year. No one says you have to emphasize snow and ice in your holiday decor. Bring in a little tropical warmth, starting with pink flamingos. They may not be so traditional, but they sure are fun and whimsical. And they may be just your stlyle.
This pretty pink flamingo Christmas stocking is just perfect for a girly girl of any age. With its lovely pastel background, it gracefully hang ready for St. Nick to fill.
Available in two sizes, if you like the tropics, or pink Christmas decorations, one of these is a must have.Buy Now


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Ivory & Black Soho
London, XX12
July 20 – August 24, XX12
Private view with the Artist – Invitation Only
July 20, 6-9 PM
Open To the Public
July 20 – August 24, XX12
Gallery Hours: Tuesday – Saturday, 2 – 8 pm
Ivory & Black Soho
94 Berwick st, W1F 0QF +44(0)2077343520 www.ivoryandblack.com
94 Berwick st, W1F 0QF +44(0)2077343520 www.ivoryandblack.com
"…the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle." – The XXXXXXX XXXXX
Ivory & Black Soho proudly presents London, XX12, Skullphone's much-anticipated solo exhibition in conjunction with the XXXXXX XXXXXXXX. Comprised of Skullphone's hand-painted Digital Media series and sculpture installation, London, XX12 encapsulates the spirit of the XXXXXXX XXXXX within the context of contemporary Great Britain. Reflection paintings depict the United Kingdom's celebration and tumult. Rectangular paintings show Skullphone's "advertisement" in rotation with British branding. The adjoining sculpture installation features a work cast from the artist's foot and adorned with customized running socks — a reflective display of street art, studio practice and marketability — equally representing mankind's life on the run and the eternal desire for faster, higher, stronger. Skullphone's Digital Media paintings are calculated fabrications for indoor viewing, a departure from the large-scale outdoor work for which he first became known. The paintings document our modern world – one which is increasingly defined by connection and communication via brief technological encounters. Here, advertising, government, private enterprise signage, real- and digital-scapes are represented. This work employs a deliberate grid system of red, blue, and green paint applied to reflective aluminum panels one dot at a time, creating pointillistic images that dislocate when approached.
Los Angeles-based Skullphone first gained notoriety on city streets in 1999 for his iconic image of a black-and-white skull holding a cell phone, an image which pointedly welded humanity to technology. He sparked controversy and conversation when his artwork appeared on the first digital billboards found throughout Los Angeles in 2008. Positioning his artwork as both megaphone and white noise, he raised the issue and left local and online audiences to their own devices in appraising issues of connectivity, personal privacy, advertising, street art, urban blight and life in Los Angeles.