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What Is Your Favorite Thing To Do When Your Body Allows?
We Posted the following question to our communities: What is your favorite thing to do when your body allows it? Nearly 100 answers later, it's clear the gifts that truly matter often don't come with a price tag.
Here is what community Share with us
- I love to play candy crush
- Do a power workout….like cardio kickboxing followed by step aerobics. Seriously.
- Be able to run up my stairs without being out of breath! I feel so out of shape and old! Exercise of any kind tires me out so fast! Nut im trying to get some exervise hoping it will help with the pain!
- Live life spontaneously. Now every last breath needs pre-planned so I have the energy and wherewithal to handle even the basics. (I love the thought of planning… but I'm really not good at it)
- If my arthritis not acting up love doing my garden which getting ready to plant over weekend was in the yard cleaning up even in pain I'd keep moving this weekend was in lot of pain swelling and throbbing this weather not helping any
- Honestly,sleep! I hardly get any! I go to bed tired! I wake up tired! And,also spend time with my family shopping or going out to eat! Family time means world to me!
- Riding on my sweeties Harley . It's gonna take a lot of walking just to get me on it this year. .
- Work in my vegetable and flower gardens and also walking if my feet allow it.
- Do oil painting ! Go Fishing / deer hunting . Cook-outs in back yd. with friends / family .
- Spend time with my Husband,Son and Granddaughter all at once!
- I loved my job otherwise, fishing and flea market shopping
- Play with my daughter on the floor with her blocks. … I can't get on floor much anymore
- Crocheting, working in the garden, getting a lot done in a day
- Be outside more with my family in the pool during the Hot Texas days. Instead of in the house feeling depressed.
- Jogging …then I do lunges and …within hours I start stifin up and neck hurts shoulders achey
- Take my grandbabies to the park and play on the equipment with them
- I love to do stained glass
- I like to walk around. Go outside when able. I'm a hermit in the cold seasons.
- Move…and get things accomplished at a slow pace….because I push and over do it I'm Done.
- Get out of my house and enjoy the day by taking a walk, volunteering, pleasure shopping, working in garden, doing something fun with my family or spend quality time with my dear friends
- Clean/ get caught up on house work. I also have IT and EDS so between the three not much gets done.
- I love to go take a walk by the water. Man I miss that.
- Clean my home as much as I can
- I love delicious Emily games
- Walking down old dirt roads and taking pics.


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When I first met John McCain, he was known as a "screamer."
It was 1965 at the Naval Air Station in Meridian, Miss., where I was a flight student and McCain was a flight instructor in T-2 Buckeye aircraft – the two-seat jet trainer used to prepare aviators for deployment as "tailhookers" aboard aircraft carriers.
It was an unusually demanding and often stressful regimen under the best of circumstances. With John McCain in the backseat of the T-2, it was much worse.
He began the preflight briefing hollering obscenities and personal abuse, which continued during the flight and through the post-flight debriefing back in the ready room. Sometimes when flying, he'd take off his kneeboard and whack student pilots on the helmet.
In over a year of flight training, I never had an instructor nearly as abusive as McCain, and I was very glad not to have been assigned more than a few hops with him.
Fast-forward 13 years.
McCain had been shot down on his 23rd mission and taken prisoner in North Vietnam in 1967 – news, I admit, that did not make me unhappy. A year later, I was flying A-4 Skyhawk aircraft on combat missions over Vietnam myself.
Now, it was the five-year reunion of the returned POWs in 1978. McCain was there in Los Angeles, and so was I – as a Monitor reporter covering the gathering. I have to say, the sight of him still made me nervous.
"You're not going to remember me," I said, introducing myself. "I was one of your flight students back in Meridian."
The first thing he said as we shook hands was, "I'm sorry for the way I was then." I was a little startled – and impressed. Obviously, something had happened to change his attitude – or at least make him want to change the way he might be remembered.
What had happened, of course, was more than five years in captivity, including episodes of such extreme physical and psychological torture that he considered suicide.
Both of us had been through the Navy's SERE school – "Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape" – with its mock prison compound and instructors, in "enemy" uniforms and faked foreign accents, who smacked us around and locked us in coffin-sized boxes to elicit information about weapons systems and ship movements.
But the real thing – not just the physical treatment, but the despair at not knowing if it will ever end – is immeasurably worse. For McCain, it was not just beatings, but broken bones and being trussed up in ropes tight enough to dislocate shoulders.
I thought about all this while reading of McCain's debate about torture – "enhanced interrogation," in current parlance – with former senator and presidential hopeful Rick Santorum.
Earlier this week, Santorum said McCain "doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works." He was asserting that the harsh interrogation of some Al Qaeda captives held by the US military and the CIA – including the drowning technique known as "waterboarding" – led to the discovery of Osama bin Laden's whereabouts.
In a Washington Post op-ed column, McCain had pointed out that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed – waterboarded 183 times – in fact "produced false and misleading information" about the identity of the courier who proved to be the key link to bin Laden.
"According to the staff of the Senate intelligence committee, the best intelligence gained from a CIA detainee … was obtained through standard, noncoercive means," McCain wrote, echoing what CIA director Leon Panetta has asserted as well.
"I know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners sometimes produces good intelligence but often produces bad intelligence because under torture a person will say anything he thinks his captors want to hear – true or false – if he believes it will relieve his suffering," McCain wrote.
The implication that Santorum – who has no direct experience in anything related to combat or captivity – could suggest that he knows more than McCain about the utility of torture brought swift and harsh criticism.
Within a day, Santorum had to issue a statement (although not an apology) saying: "For anyone to infer my disagreement with Senator McCain's policy position lessens my respect for his service to our country and all he had to endure is outrageous and unfortunate."
Santorum said his position is based on "everything I've read." McCain's is from personal experience. I may not have liked him much when we were both a lot younger, but I'm going with McCain.

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It's a New Day in Public Health.
The Florida Department of Health works to protect, promote & improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county & community efforts.
Mandatory Testing
Radon and Indoor Air Program
- 850-245-4288 - in Florida 800-543-8279
- firstname.lastname@example.com
Mailing Address
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Bureau of Environmental Health, Radon Program
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Radon Testing is required for State licensed, regulated, owned or operated Facilities. This requirement is the same for all buildings in facilities required to be tested for radon per Florida Statue 404.056. Currently all buildings in a facility that are used by the clients of the facility are required to be tested twice, five years apart. Once tested twice, testing is no longer required unless one of the triggering events occurs:
1) a building is subject to significant structural renovation or a change in facility operation equivalent to a building structural change, or
2) the facility legally becomes a new facility. Examples of a legally new facility would be the issuance of a new license, or there could be a change in ownership or operator. If a facility operator failed to complete the required testing in any building by the time it was due, the testing should be completed as soon as is practical.
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The procedures for mandatory testing can be found in 404.056, Florida Statute and in 64E-5 Parts X and XII (46 KB PDF) of the Florida Administrative Code. Special information for private schools completing the Department of Education Sworn Compliance Form is provided.
The steps in mandatory radon testing:
- Find out if you need to test.
- Check for the facility's testing history.
- Review the testing procedures.
- Hire a certified measurement business or facility employees can test by strictly adhering to the testing procedures.
- Complete and forward the appropriate report form (DH1777 or DH1778).
- NOTE: Facilities required to test for radon by Florida Statute 404.056 are required to follow the protocols and procedures outlined in Department of Health publication DH\PI 150-334.
Radon and Foster Homes
Florida Statute (FS) Chapter 404.056(4) and the Florida Administrative Code (FAC) Chapter 64E-5.1208(1)(b) requires testing and reporting for radon and its decay products, for certain facilities, including foster care homes. Additionally:
- Radon testing requirements are county-specific based on the type of building containing the foster home and whether the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) has a radon resistant construction recommendation for that class of building in that county.
- FAC Chapter 64E-12 for community based residential facilities does not apply to family foster homes.
- There is language in chapter 64E-12.012 that refers to FS Chapter 404, and provides information directing facilities to contact the Radon and Indoor Air section for testing requirements and forms. There are no radon mitigation requirements in the rule.
- Through an interagency agreement between the Department of Health and the Department of Children and Families, DOH conducts physical plant inspections at family foster homes using DCF's rule Chapter 65C-13, FAC.
- Chapter 65C-13, of the FAC, mandate radon testing for foster homes and retesting every five years.
- DCF Chapter 65C-13.030, FAC ("Radon levels shall be at a level which does not affect the safety and well-being of children in the homes") requires family foster homes to mitigate radon levels over the established level.
A local foster care licensing group in Polk County has decided to deny licensing to foster care applicants with elevated radon levels.
The mandatory radon testing requirements were established to provide the guardians and decision makers of the clients of these facilities with information on radon, so that they can make informed choices on how best to protect the health and well being of their clients. Any requirement on licensing or mitigation of these facilities rests upon the statutory authority of the regulatory agency.
Using Radon Proficient Devices for your Mandatory Testing
Facilities required to test for radon can perform their own testing with their own personnel using proficient devices. The testing can be done with test kits found in hardware stores, department stores, and grocery stores or with kits ordered through the mail. The only requirement on the kits is that they have passed one of the two current proficiency programs: the National Radon Proficiency Program or the National Radon Safety Board. Participation in these programs is voluntary for the radon device manufacturers, but it is the only recognized independent check for a laboratory's accuracy.
If a facility tests itself, it is responsible for following the procedures in Florida Administrative Code 64E-5 Parts X and XII, filling out the appropriate report form and mailing it to this office. You can contact the radon program office with any questions. We will be happy to advise you on the testing procedures.


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We believe the Bible to be verbally inspired, without mistakes as originally written, and the only trustworthy written guide for life and godliness. We believe the Bible reveals God as the only source of love and righteousness, man's fall into unbelief and disobedience, God's forgiveness of man's sin debt, and God's divine plan and loving purpose to make new creation saints of all who believe and receive Him through faith-trust.
We believe God is the One and only true God, existing eternally and equally in power as three persons – Father, Creator Son, and Holy Spirit Indweller.
We believe there are two indwelling spirits in God's design; the Spirit of Righteousness, the only source of life and righteousness, and the spirit of unrighteousness, the only source of sin and death – the same spirit that now works in the children of disobedience (Ephesians 2:2). Therefore, we believe sinners are indwelled by the "sin nature" spirit and saints are indwelled by the "righteous nature Spirit" – the righteousness of God (divine nature – 2 Peter 1:4), and cannot be indwelled by both simultaneously.
We believe in the deity, virgin birth, sinless life, blood shedding and flesh body death on a cross, glorified body resurrection, ascension into heaven at the right hand of God, and soon coming return of Jesus Christ.
We believe the gospel of the grace of Christ is the only Way to salvation (being made the righteousness of God "by grace through faith" alone), plus nothing and minus nothing (not of works). The conditions for salvation are repentance (turning from unbelief to belief) and faith (ceasing from any and all attempts to secure righteousness on our own terms – those previously held beliefs and behaviors of our former way of life in religion).
We believe saints are no longer under the law but under the grace of Christ. We believe no amount of "works of righteousness which we have done" can make us more "like God" (as was proposed by Satan in the garden of Eden). We are made righteous before God only through the finished work of the cross of Christ. The righteousness of God in the saint establishes the eternal relationship for which God has freely provided and so lovingly desired.
We believe in the present ministry of the indwelling Spirit of God in the life of every saint and that He is their only source for life, godliness, and power to complete the work God has already begun in us. We believe saints fulfill the desires of their new Father just as sinners fulfill the desires of their father the devil (John 8:44).


text: (Adds strategist's comment, details, closing figures) * Canadian dollar closes at C$1.1299, or 88.50 U.S. cents * Bond prices rise across the maturity curve By Solarina Ho TORONTO, Nov 18 (Reuters) - The Canadian dollar finished little changed against its U.S. counterpart in quiet trading on Tuesday as investors held off making bets ahead of Wednesday's release of minutes from the latest U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting and with no major domestic economic data on tap until week's end. A key U.S. Senate vote on Tuesday on approving the Keystone XL oil pipeline project could move the commodities-linked Canadian dollar, but any impact was not expected to be lasting. The TransCanada Corp pipeline, if approved, would transport more than 800,000 barrels per day of oil from the Alberta oil sands to the U.S. Gulf Coast. Market participants will otherwise be looking at the details of the October Fed meeting for hints on whether low inflation could put next year's expected interest rate increase on hold. "The overarching theme is one of patience as we go into the Federal Reserve's minutes tomorrow. That's going to stand out as a key event, where we'll try to gauge the tone of the Fed," said David Tulk, chief Canada macro strategist at TD Securities, adding that the Fed's overall tone is likely to be more U.S. dollar positive. The Canadian dollar finished the session at C$1.1299 to the U.S. dollar, or 88.50 U.S. cents, steady with Monday's close of C$1.1296, or 88.53 U.S. cents. "It's been quiet so far this week. Volatility's been lower, volume's been lower. The Canadian dollar's taking the backseat a little bit," said David Bradley, director of foreign exchange trading at Scotiabank. "There's some cross activity going through as well ... which has been keeping us trapped in a bit of a range also." There is no major Canadian economic data on tap until Friday's consumer price index for October. Forecasters expect inflation to rise to 2.1 percent from 2 percent, and core inflation to remain steady at 2.1 percent. Canadian government bond prices rose across the maturity curve, with the two-year up half a Canadian cent to yield 1.003 percent, and the benchmark 10-year climbing 24 Canadian cents to yield 1.997 percent. (Reporting by Solarina Ho; Editing by Peter Galloway)


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Bump The Arrival, the latest cut from Reema Major. It dropped on Friday, August 24th, 2012. Reema Major's horizons are broadening with each new release, and The Arrival is no exception. It's a worthy addition to a catalogue that has seen much growth since Reema Major stepped foot in the rap game. We're looking forward to hearing more.
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How to Ungroup Text in InDesign
Any design or publication created in Adobe InDesign can contain hundreds of text boxes, images or other page elements. It's up to the production artist or designer to lay them out accurately with the help of the software's powerful placement and alignment features. Building a publication can be time consuming; once you have everything laid out exactly as you want, you can eliminate a lot of extra work by grouping related objects. That way, you can move the elements that are placed in relation to one another as a group if necessary. Grouped text boxes must be ungrouped if you want to move individual text boxes around on a page.
Open the InDesign document you want to edit.
Click the "Selection Tool" icon in the Toolbar.
Click any text box that is grouped. You can see the grouping only when a text box is selected. The grouping function places a common border around the grouped elements.
Select "Object" from the InDesign menu bar. Scroll to "Ungroup."
Regroup the text boxes by pressing the "Shift" key while selecting each text box with the Selection tool. Select "Object" again and then select "Group."
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Dress up your plain cabinets with molding around the top to make them more sophisticated! A beautiful upgrade, today's tutorial is for adding trim to a cabinet.
I promised a few weeks back in my laundry room reveal that I would show you some of the problems and creative solutions we had along the way. Our poor cabinet bore the brunt of "Rachel can't buy anything stock without changing it." Well, it's usually for the better, right? Today is a simple fix, though. Molding is an easy way to make cabinets look expensive and upscale. Much like crown molding makes walls look more classy, molding does the same for cabinets. Otherwise, it's really just a box. Ok, it is still really just a box but you get the point.
After scouring all of my favorite thrift stores and the Habitat Restore, I could not find a proper cabinet. It must be the season because usually they have plenty. Anyways, we ended up purchasing a plain 'ole stock cabinet from Home Depot. However, with 9 ft ceilings, it looked a little short. The cabinet was already so high that my short little self could barely reach the second shelf. And so we decided to add some molding to the cabinet to make it look more upscale and to increase the height closer to the ceiling.
The first problem was that there was no lip on the cabinet in which to add molding. As the doors ended, so did the top of the cabinet. We built a frame that would sit on top of the cabinet and that we could attach the trim to the frame above the cabinet. The frame measures the exact same size as the sides and front of the cabinet. We used L-brackets to put it together. The cross brace (center of the board) keeps the side boards from bowing out.
See how it just sits nicely up there? It isn't even attached! I did mention that this was the easiest way to add molding, right? The frame meant that we could add the molding without having to do all the work while precariously balancing on a ladder. We attached it in the garage and then just set the frame and molding on top after it was finished.
Ok, so the trim was a bit trickier because it would not be sitting flush against anything. So the guys at This Old House lent a little expertise my way. The level of their craftsmanship really was top notch on that show. I didn't watch it much growing up though because HGTV had much more flashy tv shows and I was a huge fan of Genevive Gorder, Vern Yip, and David Bromstad. Seriously, what happened to all those great shows? It is nothing like that now.
To attach the molding after cutting, we used wood glue and nailed across the bottom where the boards meet. We also glued the sides together and let sit overnight. I have already patched the nail holes with my favorite wood filler in the picture above. As you can see, the molding is attached more or less in the middle of the 2x4s but you can put it up further up if you like.
The frame and the molding were painted to match and no one is the wiser that our cabinet didn't come like that! Adding the molding to the cabinet is a simple project and you don't have to be a cabinet maker to add some class to your cabinets.
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December 15, 2016 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm
During the month of December, Prince Lobel Tye collected toys and monetary donations during its Denim Days to benefit ten families in need during the holiday season. The firm offers a Volunteer Time Off (VTO) policy which affords employees to take one day of paid time off per year for volunteering time to a charity or a firm sponsored community service initiative.


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How to Prepare Your Business as Windows Server 2003 Dies:
up an IT solution forces you to consider a lot. From the rack enclosures to the
type of computer hardware you use, your technology will define your success in
the coming years. You also need to consider the climate of your IT solution, as
that will directly shape the energy consumption and environmental impact of
your servers. How will you keep your server rack enclosures cool? What sort of
fire protection system should you use?
There is a lot to consider when setting up your rack enclosures and starting your path to IT sustainability. Recent developments in the IT world are putting yet another hurtle in front of your business. As reported by The Register, a popular online news source for all things IT, Microsoft is ending its support of Server 2003, one of the most popular server platforms on the market. While the solution will be kept alive until July 14 2015, you need to start migrating to Server 2012 R2 immediately, if you want to avoid the issues that come with a sudden rush.
Why You Need to Be Ahead of the Curve
Many IT professionals see that the deadline for upgrading to Server 2012 is still way off and wonder why they need to rush. The whole point is that you don't want to have to rush; you want to be well prepared by the time Microsoft cuts the cord.
As TechTarget.com writes, switching now means consistency and security. By migrating now, you give yourself the opportunity to address any issues as they arise, without having to hurry to meet any deadline. The other big consideration is security. There will be no new patches to Server 2003, meaning any new virus or any new method of attacking your servers and stealing your data will receive no treatment from Microsoft. Your company will be left wide open.
Considerations for Migration
Successfully migrating to Server 2012 R2 is all about planning. This planning process, as highlighted by tech site TechNet, should come in three stages:
It's important to keep in mind that you still have time to migrate. With a systematic approach to the problem, you can minimize downtime, keep security constant, and drive your company toward the future.


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VB to .Net Conversion
Legacy applications migration tools and methodology used for the conversions of VB 6.x into Native .NET Conversion
Migration and conversion dilemma has altered from 'whether to migrate or not?' to a simple question 'how best to migrate?' The path to migration is lined with pitfalls and perils that have the potential of derailing the growth strategy of companies.
Most companies need to change their existing systems and processes to meet their ever changing business challenges and requirements. In the 80s, companies moved from Mainframes to client-server architecture. The web-fronting of these client-server systems took place in late 90s and now native web based systems, smart clients and SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) platforms are transforming the business landscape. The current change is happening because it makes the application deployment easier, exchange of information with outside organizations smoother and reengineering of business processes manageable. A significant number of the applications used by the companies around the world have been developed in Microsoft VB 6.0, and these companies have made substantial investment in these legacy Microsoft applications to meet their business requirements. These applications can be enhanced and made web & SOA-enabled with moderate investment instead of being replaced altogether with brand new applications. The SOA based applications are critical for the changing outsourced multi-vendor/partner model favored by most organizations.
Issues in VB 6.0 Client Server Applications
- High Cost of ownership
- Lack of Agility
- Lack of integration and Web capabilities
- Lack of Microsoft support
- Scalability problem
- Difficult to find resources
- Difficult to upgrade the system for new user requirements
Benefits of Visionet's .Net Center of Excellence
- Delivers cost efficient migration with an offshore model
- Drives innovation in legacy modernization
- Provides access to a large pool of both .NET and trained legacy skills
- QA services with proven methodology for delivering rock solid applications
Visionet Proprietary .NET Conversion Methodology
The Web enabled migration solutions proposed by Visionet lead to opening up the application by exploiting the advantages of object oriented architecture, optimization of entire data access subsystem, increased decoupling of the presentation layer (the GUI code) with the core business logic, thus leading to efficient maintenance and enhanced interoperability.
Migration paths
- VB 6.0 Desktop to .NET Desktop (no paradigm shift involved)
- Visionet recommends this path for applications with monolithic design in which separation of business logic from the presentation and data access layers is not practical
- The benefits of this approach include:
- Lower cost of migration
- No impact on existing code logic
- Improved graphical user interface (GUI)
- Less tedious installations
- Improved security
- Leads to drastic enhancement in capability by
- Promoting interoperability with other enterprise systems
- Dynamic user interface generation and the ability to incorporate cutting edge UI features
- Ability to incorporate state of the art workflows functionality feature for aligning application functionality with actual business goals
- Extensive use of compiled code, caching and state management and code behind features of .NET web (ASP.NET) for efficient and reliable execution under intensely loaded production environments
- Business logic extraction and consolidation from existing code in the form of business objects, hosted on Internet Information Server (IIS)
- Ability to develop service layer using the business objects, thus paving the path towards enterprise level service oriented architecture
- Option of using smart clients for highly interactive functionalities in which end user experience cannot be compromised due to web browser limitation
The Business Case for .NET Conversion
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An Interview With Kurt Gödel
A GLL exclusive
Kurt Gödel is the subject of today's special post.
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing Gödel, and this post is the slightly edited version of part of that interview.
Of course Gödel passed away in 1978. However, Ken and I have had a promising first month on a six-month project to overcome factors like that, using Gödel's own work on relativity and some recent developments in physics. We will report on this right after the project's end date of March 31, 2012.
Unlike standard time machines, ours does not have any notion of "traveling" or "returning to the past" to visit one's grandfather, and thus avoids the usual paradoxes. The returner does not move back in time, nor does the visitee move forward. Instead the machine arranges that both can interact in some frozen place—it has to be about 1.9 degrees Kelvin. The person from the past does not remember anything definite about the interaction, while the returner—who is really a receiver—recalls all. When the two "meet" it is as if they can see each other and chat normally. For reasons having to do with quantum physiology this can be done only for a few 20-30 minute sessions with any one person.
We did obtain Gödel's permission to do this—or rather, he gave permission forty years ago, and specifically only at this time of year. Halloween is so called because it is the evening of All Hallows, which is a name for All Saints' Day. We don't yet know if anyone else has given this permission. We welcome any comments on other travelers.
The Interview
This is a partial record of our interview with Kurt Gödel. I am transcribing the rest, and will put that out shortly.
Incompleteness Theorem
GLL: Good morning Professor Gödel, it is an extreme honor to finally meet you, and I hope your "journey" was not too uncomfortable.
Gödel: Well, I'm as comfortable as if I were in my own bed, as I think the expression goes. It's you coming back to find me in 1971 I should be concerned about.
GLL: It's late 2011 where I came from, and I don't know what time I should say it is here. I'm glad you are well—you look pale and ghostly but maybe it's the image.
Gödel: I dined at a restaurant and felt queasy afterward—I wonder, are you with the government? Never mind, you will say no anyway. I am very concerned about the flaws in your Constitution, and I conclude that I shouldn't eat out. Anyway, I can see you.
GLL: Professor—as you know we do not have much time, so could we please proceed with the interview?
Gödel: Fine.
GLL: Thank you. Your famous Incompleteness Theorems are considered among the great results of all time. Could you tell us how you came to think about them?
Gödel: I was quite influenced by Hilbert's program to prove mathematics consistent. After I proved the Completeness Theorem I started to try and see if I could prove there was a model of arithmetic. But when I started to look at the question in detail it seemed that there was a fundamental roadblock.
GLL: Did you try to prove that was a model?
Gödel: No—I already had a theorem telling me not to try. You know I had Tarski's theorem on undefinability of truth in already in 1930. So I tried to make a model from the syntax, using my numbering ideas to extend what I did for first-order logic.
GLL: Did you have the so-called Second Incompleteness Theorem right away?
Gödel: I felt I could prove something like that, but I was concentrating on the details of the main proof. I had to develop the entire theory of recursive functions from scratch, which was quite tedious.
GLL: We understand. Your style in all of your great results has been to give almost complete details, but the Second Incompleteness Theorem you only sketched. Is there a reason?
Gödel: I thought it was pretty routine. I was a bit surprised however when John von Neumann sent me a letter stating this as a theorem. I was a bit worried that he might claim it, but he was quite nice about that.
GLL: Did you ever meet Alan Turing?
Gödel: No, I never had the pleasure. I thought we might meet at the IAS in 1939, but Turing had left and with the war I had to go later via Vladivostok.
GLL: Turing developed an alternative to your definition of recursive functions, which is based on a kind of mechanical machine, which we now call a Turing Machine.
Gödel: Of course I know Turing machines. They were useful to prove that basic first-order logic is undecidable. I see one of your friends repeated that proof in a paper.
GLL: You mean Steve Cook?
Gödel: Yes, and obviously it's a many-one reduction. You young people publish too quickly.
GLL: We use Turing machines now as the basis for computational complexity.
Gödel: Why? They don't do anything useful for humans! Johnny had ideas, and Konrad Zuse, and at least people built real machines with them. Yes, Turing had a correct definition for computability by a machine, but you need computability by a human in order to prove things. I think based on Turing machines you won't be able to prove any meaningful lower bounds. But yes, to define a problem they are good.
GLL: Do you dream of Turing machines?
Gödel: What do you think I am, a madman?
[We learned that it is not a good idea to get the subject excited, as there was a break in transmission. When we re-established it, we changed the topic.]
The "Lost Letter"
GLL: Sorry, beg your pardon, Professor. I did not mean to offend.
Gödel: No offense taken, it's just that popular images I talked to Albert about this, the photo with his tongue sticking out, not combing his hair. Not anständig, not dignified. Marilyn Monroe never did that.
GLL: The letter that you sent to John von Neumann on a possible algorithm for the propositional calculus was very prescient. You raised what is still, fifty-plus years later, one of the fundamental questions in all of mathematics. It is called the question.
Gödel: I do recall the letter, and I thought the question would cheer him up. It was a sad time—Johnny was so ill. So there is no good algorithm that decides propositions?
GLL: None that is known. The conventional wisdom today is that there is no such algorithm, but that is wide open.
Gödel: Interesting.
GLL: Many of us wonder why you did not write a paper that would have raised the question. It took fifteen years for Cook to rediscover it.
Gödel: My view on publishing was always to get the result worked out in full. I thought about the question some, but since I could not make a definitive statement I decided to wait.
GLL: What did you think the answer would be?
Gödel: Well I thought the important point was, can you do it in a tableau of size no worse than the square of the number of variables? If the formula is not too big—well you can assume each variable occurs a bounded number of times, and maybe ignore labels so the symbols grow like too. If you need not size maybe I can see a reason with triangles, but beyond it is meaningless.
GLL: Today we say any time is good.
Gödel: Really? When I wrote to Johnny I thought means you understand the solution, means you can solve it but only partly understand it. Of course means you have no understanding at all.
Gödel: means exponential in . Johnny showed that quantum mechanics could be expressed completely with linear operators, not quadratic forms like Hilbert tried to do. If you make everything finite and write out the operator as a matrix you get a big but the information is only , so of course that is not how to understand it. Dirac helped with his bra-ket notation but needed his function to write the underlying equations which of course is not in Nature. So Johnny tried to avoid it all—-so sad he did not try again. Anyway "" always got the laugh from Johnny.
[Once again we learned it is not a good idea to make the subject laugh either. We had to start over—luckily the disturbance did not last long.]
Time Travel
GLL: We feel we must mention that you once worked on time travel. I believe it was the only paper your ever published on General Relativity. How did you come to think about this?
Gödel: I spent much of my time with Einstein, and it was natural to begin to think about his work. I wrote a second paper, but mostly it was published by two other people because I wasn't sure.
GLL: What was the second paper?
Gödel: It was contradicting the first one, well if space expands like for .
GLL: We just had the Physics Nobel Prize for the people who showed .
Gödel: Strictly greater?
GLL: Yes—confirmed by several experiments now.
Gödel: This means that in the future people will have no ability to prove the Big Bang happened by observation, only memory. Every galaxy cluster will be completely isolated in totally cold space. Unless time travel is possible even with .
GLL: You proved it is possible. Well, we are proving it. How did you do it?
Gödel: I only proved it for . Then the idea is simple.
GLL: Can you please explain for our readers?
Gödel: As you know acceleration is equivalent to gravity, but it is not relative like regular motion. If one twin accelerates and comes back, it is he who stays younger—it is not correct to say there is the same description where he stayed still and the other twin accelerated. Now more difficult case is when you spin around. Angular motion is always acceleration, going faster in some coordinates and slower in others up and down, but unlike linear acceleration you can keep on doing it. In both cases the question is, is this relative to all the matter in the universe or is it absolute? This is Mach's Principle, really a question. What I show is if you have a rigidly rotating universe, then the fact of keeping on going means if you are far enough from the center you can go backwards in time—like if you could go faster than with no limit—but this needs also pressure on the universe together, i.e. .
Gödel: OK so , but maybe you have found some local condition on a tiny scale with spinning particles and enough shielding
GLL: Are you still working on this now?
Gödel: I wish to, but I don't have Einstein, and even he wouldn't believe me or Johnny! About quantum. Quantum is the way of going around in a circle, relativity is going in a straight line. These two ways are what we need to unify, but Albert wouldn't believe me—he kept writing equations rather than thinking about concepts. Not like the old Einstein, but he was mad it took him 12 years to finish one equation! Anyway it is a hard problem, and I am working on a bigger one.
GLL: What is that?
Gödel: It is the notion of collection. Every ordinal is either a step, or it is a collection. You can say each finite cardinal is also the collection of through . The first uncountable ordinal is the collection of all the countable ones—and it exists by that idea, we don't care if it is the same as the cardinal of which we cannot prove anyway. You don't have to collect as much as Johnny did, just what you know you have. Step and collection, that makes everything, and step is human so collection becomes the most important idea in the universe, especially an ultimate collection.
GLL: We are just talking on our blog about not believing your first collection step, let alone an ultimate one.
Gödel: Well, you don't have to believe in it! You only have to agree it is possible. Then I can prove for you that it is necessary! In fact my proof is in a language by Arthur Prior which is good for thinking about computation—why do you use Turing machines? Anyway the proof is really centuries old.
GLL: By old you mean the Greeks?
Gödel: Not that old. St. Anselm of Aosta 900 years ago, and then in a better form by Leibniz. That is one message I can give to your readers—look at the ideas of the old greats, they can save you more than half the work of proving things, not just seeing what they thought was important.
GLL: Thank you very much, Professor Gödel.
Gödel: You are welcome to ask more, maybe later. Auf Wieder…–sehen?
GLL: Sehen—ja, Danke, Professor.
Open Questions
Would you all like to see the continuation of the interview? There is a bit of work transcribing it, since every time you play it back, the recording needs to be shot through a few hundred miles of rock into a vat of emulsion called the Ultima Sieve.
Also, should we use this time machine to interview additional people from the past? Whom would you like to see interviewed the most? One issue however is, how can we transmit back in time to contact people for how to give permission to transmit back in time to contact them?
[fixed Gödel's account of his rotating universe (singular).]
October 31, 2011 4:31 pm
Personally I think it is highly valuable to see many of these ideas in their historical context. When presented in a lecture or a textbook they appear seamless, but when you delve into the history you get a real sense of the bumps, cracks and underlying issues. Although mathematics is rigorous, there were paths not taken and issues tucked quietly into the corners, lost while the masses pressed forward. Some of these may hold important clues for the future …
Craig permalinkOctober 31, 2011 5:08 pm
In the spirit of the last post on poker, I ask you to show your hand. You are bluffing. Godel never gave you permission to do this interview, right?
Javaid Aslam permalinkOctober 31, 2011 5:47 pm
It is amazing to see that GLL authors can be professional story writers too!
I. Ouranos permalinkOctober 31, 2011 6:01 pm
Great post! I don't think, actually, that it represents the intense idiosyncrasy of K. Godel, however the content of the interview is very very interesting! Concerning the Open Questions part, i would like very much to see interviewd Paul Erdos…
October 31, 2011 7:27 pm
Very, very interesting! 1) Would you be so kind as to ask Prof Gödel about Incompleteness Theorem: it has to use for formal systems only, or it may be used for philosophy also? 😉 2) The fragment: "Turing machines now as the basis for computational complexity" seems to be incomplete IMHO.
October 31, 2011 7:57 pm
3) Happy Hallowe'en! 🙂
October 31, 2011 9:27 pm
You should definitely interview Feynman and ask if P=NP.
Gender Bender permalinkOctober 31, 2011 9:47 pm
No one has ever met anyone from the future so the logical assumption is no one ever will.
Student permalinkOctober 31, 2011 10:55 pm
One Question Professor
GLL: Did you try to prove that {\mathbb{N}} was a model?
Godel: You know I had Tarski's theorem on undefinability of truth in {\mathbb{N}} already in 1930
Could you elaborate a little more? Maybe some references (understandable to someone with an understanding of undergraduate computational complexity).
Sorry if this comes across as too demanding
November 1, 2011 12:31 am
I found this to be exceptionally good. Thanks! Just reading it makes me feel smarter. (Kind of like Scott A's Demosthenes lectures.)
If you can do a few more of these I would buy a book of them. But even as a one-of-a-kind thing this was really nice.
(Interview with Erdos *would* be cool.)
November 1, 2011 12:40 am
(Democritus, not Demosthenes. I guess I didn't really get smarter. I just feel smarter.)
November 1, 2011 2:19 am
Very interesting and thought-provoking. Yes, we would like more interviews. Interview Einstein on how he became genius? Of course not genius in plagiarizing the work of Poincare, Lorentz and Hilbert.
Tom permalinkNovember 1, 2011 12:35 pm
Could you interview Fermat? I'd love to know his "truly marvelous proof."
Nasreddin Y permalinkNovember 1, 2011 2:04 pm
"Unlike standard time machines, ours does not have any notion of "traveling" or "returning to the past" to visit one's grandfather, and thus avoids the usual paradoxes."
I noticed the premises you carefullty put for the stage 🙂 You were well advised, indeed, Gödel wouldn't accept the inteview if you violate his famous theorem about time travelling in the past. Genius idea to meet him not in the past but instead somewhere else … Next time would you please get his own words about a question asked by M. Davis (*) I am eager to know … Thank you for this captivating blog.
* Davis, M. [1982], "Why Gödel didn't have Church's Thesis", Information and Control 54, 3–24.
asgasgasgasg permalinkNovember 3, 2011 12:03 am
Since everyone else seems to be voicing their satisfaction with the latest round of posts, let me voice my dissatisfaction. Lately, GLL posts have been largely content-free. Who on earth doesn't know about Godel, but can follow the technical content in the rest of the posts on this blog? What is the point in engaging crackpots who don't believe Cantor's Theorem, not once, but twice? It is not surprising that there are surprising consequences when you deny Cantor's Theorem, because it's a contradiction, and you can prove whatever you want under such circumstances.
I didn't think the Peano post was too bad, but seriously, I would bet my life that Peano Arithmetic is consistent. The minute I saw that headline, I thought, "OK, but it isn't", and…
I think you guys can do better than this.
Javaid Aslam permalinkNovember 4, 2011 1:28 pm
And without that little fun we all will eventually be drained out!
Moreover it helps our "souls" to keep in touch with the great "souls" such as Godel.
November 3, 2011 10:04 am
> You should definitely interview Feynman and ask if P=NP.
Feynman was apparently able to answer this problem from a physical point of view. For him, in order to find something you basically had to perform the search. This is what his physicist's intuition told him.
But I think it's a mistake to believe that it's a consequence of P!=NP. Feynman most likely had no clue about this mathematical problem. You can have P=NP but with a smallest efficient program that can solve SAT or factor integers be not executable… simply because it's number of instructions is larger than the number of particles in the universe. That program could well be as huge as, say 2^{2^1000} instructions long.
I now believe that P=NP, but I think it's a mistake to draw consequences on what computers can do from this arithmetical statement. Computer processes are objects of physics, and as such they have to obey the laws of physics. For instance, the existence of irreversible processes is a law of nature, and this is why one-way functions do exist in computer science. They probably have an efficient inverse in the standard model of PA, but the corresponding Turing machine isn't executable because it's much too big to fit into the memory of a computer.
Cem Say permalinkNovember 5, 2011 4:07 pm
> You should definitely interview Feynman and ask if P=NP.
As is usually the case, Scott A. was there before us: http://www.scottaaronson.com/democritus/lec6.html
November 5, 2011 4:22 pm
"Everyone knows what a curve is, until he has studied enough mathematics to become confused through the countless number of possible exceptions."
— Felix Klein
Klein's caveat regarding curves applies with redoubled force to those complexity classes whose membership is validated via oracles. Thus intuitive notions of curves, and intuitive notions of complexity classes, similarly are best embraced with caution.
November 5, 2011 5:28 pm
Contrary to him, all that Scott says in his page tends to convince me that P=NP. The common mistake is to associate P with feasible. That's true of the programs that we humans usually write, but not of all possible ones! I think we'd better look at the thermodynamics of processes. In any case, my hypothesis is an explanation for P=NP and P!=NP being both unprovable – though the former might still be proven indirectly.
November 3, 2011 1:07 pm
I would very much like the interview to continue by asking:
"Herr Gödel, do the natural definitions of the complexity classes and , and the relativization theorems that constrain proof strategies for proving , depend essentially upon the Axiom of Choice (AC)? If so, might we 21st century researchers approach nearer to your vision of Platonic truth in mathematics, by declining the AC, and amending the definitions of and , so as to create an axiomatization of complexity theory in which relativization proofs are nugatory?"
More broadly we might ask:
"Herr Gödel, in your life beyond this world, do your favorite proofs require the Axiom of Choice?"
And I will convey my own opinion via an Iowa farmer joke:
"In Iowa we like both kinds of music: Country and Western."
November 3, 2011 2:25 pm
PS: Somewhat to my surprise, the arxiv server's full-text search finds 23 preprints referring to "complexity theory" and "axiom of choice" … of which 5 are multiple-author preprints that display impressive technical depth and set-theoretic sophistication … in other words, they're utterly beyond my comprehension.
Given that there is (apparently) some natural mathematical connection between the AC and fundamental problems complexity theory, won't someone channel for Herr Gödel and say what that connection is?
November 3, 2011 3:20 pm
If P=NP, this can't be proven directly for reasons that resort to physics. So in this case an indirect proof will be required and it will very likely make use of a strong existence axiom such as the axiom of choice and/or of an axiom for some large cardinal.
In case P=NP, then I really have no clue why it's so hard to prove. This is why I've stopped to believe in that hypothesis. Just because a Turing machine exists, it doesn't mean that it can be run in our world.
November 3, 2011 3:21 pm
… sorry I meant P!=NP in the second paragraph. It's a pity you can't edit comments. 🙂
November 4, 2011 9:24 am
John — As P != NP is arithmetic it is not affected by AC. (The integers lie in the constructible universe, in which choice is always possible, regardless of the full Choice Axiom)
November 8, 2011 10:26 am
David – You've put recursively all the programs that exist in a box called N, whose properties depend only on Peano's axioms. Now you expect these axioms to tell you something about the programs – something as strong as whether P=NP. But suppose I had ascribed recursively a number to every possible book, and I told you that book number 2^(2^(2^999)) is worth a Nobel Prize. What would be the safest way for you to get the prize: to perform the decoding job or to write the book yourself? And to make things worse, as you know well, proofs are programs too – which means the proof we're all looking for possesses its own number in N. So obviously, if we stick with PA we won't find anything…
November 13, 2011 6:39 pm
Neither PA, nor stronger axioms like ZFC, completely determine the characteristics of the natural numbers. However, there are certain set-theoretic axioms whose only effect is on the larger set system, not the arithmetic they imply. Suppose that AC implied P != NP. Then consider the constructible universe of set theory. In this model, the natural numbers satisfy AC. Furthermore, the natural numbers in this model are the same as the true arithmetic. Hence, assuming AC -> P != NP means that P != NP is true. In other words, P != NP absolutely.
November 14, 2011 12:57 pm
David, your reply is IMHO an outstandingly lucid and cogent contribution to this thread. Thank you!
What would be your response to the following pair of propositions? (AC) -> (PvsNP is undecidable) and (!AC) -> (P and NP are not defined).
Assuming the truth of both propositions, would you prefer: (1) accept the undecidability of PvsNP so as to retain the AC? or (2) reject the AC and redefine P and NP constructibly in hopes of separating P and NP? or (3) retain both the AC and the constructible versions of P and NP?
November 14, 2011 5:39 pm
Thank you very much David for your neat explanation. I somewhat knew that "arithmetic" implied "absolute". My remark was about using additional axioms to settle the question rather than change its truth value.
Feasibility being obviously a fuzzy concept, why keep trying to model it by means of the clear-cut class P? My opinion is: either we should build a new fuzzy concept of feasibility, or we should begin to view class P as a fuzzy subset of class NP. After all, isn't this the way it appears to all of us?
December 3, 2011 12:01 am
Need help Prof. Lipton on one problem
I am not able to find literature on solving the problem (I tend to call it as "group knapsac"). Is this problem well known? What algorithm can be used to solve and whether it a polynomial time problem?
Group knapsac problem:
G is a finite group and S\subset G a given finite set of n elements. For a bit string of length n I pick the elements g_i whenever i^th bit is 1 and take the product
Problem: given q find the bit string.
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Jan 11, 2019
Josh and I sat down to have a conversation about the documentary I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye and topics surrounding his journey reevaluating his book. Here are some of the things we discussed:
The influence Adam and Eve after the Pill by Mary Eberstadt had
on our journeys.
The context of the world for sexual norms and Christian values, both when his book was written and now.
I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye and Director Jessica, who was
the driving force behind the project.
Societal relationships between men and women and how/why Josh views women the way he does now.
Suppression of reality and how that impacts sexuality and
spirituality and the ability to deal with our own issues as a
Church and community.
The realities of how tribalism and fame influence public figures.
Our plans for the future with projects and business.
Links mentioned:
Josh's website where you can see his statement about I Kissed Dating Goodbye: https://joshharris.com/
The free link to the documentary I Survived I Kissed Dating Goodbye: http://explorationfilms.com/survived/index2.php
Josh's Instagram where you can keep up with some of what he is
doing with his new business: https://www.instagram.com/harrisjosh/
His new business, Clear and Loud: https://joshharris.com/#clearandloud


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An expert system for off-line analysis of rotating equipment
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The analysis of rotating equipment difficulties is currently accomplished by a specialist in rotating equipment examining the signs and symptoms of the equipment, applying his expert judgement, and determining the cause of the machine's difficulty. This thesis covers the development of an off-line expert system that can be used to emulate the expert's ability to interpret the signs and symptoms of the machine, including suggestions of possible further actions to take for repairing the problem or refining the proof for the proposed cause the difficulty. An editor has also been built which will allow an expert to keep the information used by the system current with the state of the art for rotating machinery diagnostics. This thesis documents the development of the PC-based Turbo Prolog expert shell and external knowledge-base editor. The use of the system editor is illustrated by loading current diagnostic table information into a knowledge base. Then the expert program's operation is illustrated by applying the editor-formed database in a typical session. The expert shell and knowledge base can operate as a stand-alone unit for field application. Resident experts in machinery diagnostics can build and update databases for distribution to users in the company to assure full uniform utilization of the current and most correct knowledge.
- Masters Theses [19179]


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Department of Health, Behavior and Society
Mission Statement for Baltimore
The Department of Health, Behavior and Society is discovering the optimal ways to change human behavior to improve public health and to address social factors that also impact health and wellness. HBS centers, faculty, staff and students partner with community-based organizations and local governmental agencies in Baltimore to improve access to care and prevention services and to provide educational opportunities and materials on a variety of topics, such as injury prevention, maternal and child health, drug addiction and HIV. The principles of community-based participatory research are core to the philosophy and work of the Department, and local partnerships are seen as opportunities for reciprocal talent sharing, through which both entities serve as agents for positive change in Baltimore. The following are a few of the programs through which the department engages with the Baltimore community.
Baltimore Highlights
B'More for Healthy Babies
The Center for Communication Programs in HBS is the lead communications partner for the city-wide strategy to reduce infant mortality, known as B'More for Healthy Babies. The cornerstone of B'more for Healthy Babies is the SLEEP SAFE campaign, ongoing since 2010, which has reduced deaths due to unsafe sleep by over 40%. The initiative works to improve the health of mothers before and during pregnancy, promote parent-child bonding and pre-literacy learning after the baby comes, and link young mothers with social support and health services. B'More for Healthy Babies is now expanding to focus on other public health challenges through initiatives such as B'more Fit for Healthy Babies, which offers weight-loss support and wellness education, group exercise classes led by professional trainers, tips on budgeting and food preparation and much more.
The Lighthouse
Professor Carl Latkin is the principal investigator of Lighthouse Studies at Peer Point, a community-based effort in Baltimore to identify ways to empower city residents to overcome obstacles and improve their health. The Lighthouse has studied ways to use peers for health education, fight the stigma associated with HIV, and encourage individuals addicted to drugs to avoid infectious disease and seek treatment.
Preventing Injuries
The Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy (JHCIRP), led Professor Andrea Gielen, works across the nation and throughout the world to reduce unnecessary suffering and death from injuries. In Baltimore, the Center leads programs that have distributed thousands of car seats, bike helmets, smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors and other safety equipment to city residents, along with critically important education to protect families. These programs include SafetyLane, a children's safety center located in the Harriet Lane Clinic at Johns Hopkins, and the CARES (Children ARE Safe) Mobile Safety Center, a 40-foot vehicle that provides low-cost safety products and personalized information to community members. Combined, the safety resource centers have served more than 35,000 people.
HBS Baltimore Project: Community Engagement Fund
The Department of Health, Behavior and Society launched a community engagement fund in 2015 to help build on its commitment as a department to fostering even stronger, mutually beneficial relationships with partners in the Baltimore community. In its first year, the department set aside funds to be available for small grants that faculty can apply for and subsequently use for activities that build partnerships with local agencies or community-based organizations.
Contact Information
Andrea Maruniak
Communications Associate
Cory Bradley
PhD Student


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Oxfam Bookshop Stirling
Oxfam is the UK's largest second hand bookseller. This store sells a wide variety of books and music. We specialise in Scottish books, literature, history books as well as offering fiction, leisure, travel, religious and children's books.
We also offer a wide selection of DVDs, CDs & vinyl (including 78s) and have a dedicated classical music section. Our stock is sourced from local book banks and donations. We are always looking for more donations of books, music and DVDs.
- 79 Murray Place, Stirling, FK8 1AU
Opening hours
- Monday 10:00am - 5:00pm
- Tuesday 10:00am - 5:00pm
- Wednesday 10:00am - 5:00pm
- Thursday 10:00am - 5:00pm
- Friday 10:00am - 5:00pm
- Saturday 10:00am - 5:00pm
- Sunday 12:00pm - 4:00pm
- Specialties: Books
- Accepts: Books, Music
Donate items to us
Oxfam shops are always delighted to accept donations of quality undamaged items that you no longer want. Our shop teams are trained to make as much money as possible from your generosity to fund Oxfam's poverty busting work around the world. Items that sell particularly well are current fashion trends, quality paperback fiction and all accessories. And Oxfam is unique in that any textiles that are not sold via our shops are sent to our Wastesaver recycling plant to ensure we make as much money as possible from your generosity.
Volunteer at this store
Volunteering with us is a challenging and rewarding experience. We have lots of opportunities and are always on the look out for passionate people to lend a hand.


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How to make Curried Mussels.
• 1 bag/net of mussels in their shells
• 1 large shallot
• 2 cloves garlic
• Flat leaf parsley
• 125 milliliters white wine
• 1 teaspoon curry powder
• 150 milliliters double cream
• Crusty bread to serve
1. Submerge the mussels in cold water and remove any of the 'beard' using a knife. Discard any mussels that a.) do not close or b.) are permanently open and rinse for 5 minutes to discard any of their grit or sand from their shells
2. In a casserole pot or mussel pot, fry off the chopped shallots and garlic over a medium heat until translucent and add in the curry powder. Turn up the heat and add in the mussels, followed by the white wine and put the lid on - you want the alcohol in the wine to cook out and for some of the liquid to evaporate and reduce down. Shake around for about 30 seconds to a minute until all of the shells open. Add in the cream and the parsley, simmer for another minute and serve in a deep bowl with some crusty bread alongside!


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those days
Those days
They were really the busy days
I must upload my photo for my university cards. OH,MY GOD,,the size of the photo is so difficult to cut!
I used so many days to do it ,discussed with my classmates,tried an tried again and again.
Then, the accommodation offer was coming~~~the contract was terriblely long..I read and read, and then I gave up, I just click the button "accpet"! That's easy~~~I have a place in Britain..I had never thought about it~~
The date is coming...Britain,I'm coming soon~
NOW. I'M WAITING FOR MY air ticket~~~coming soon,please!!!


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Nebraska Furniture Mart (NFM) provides an ideal environment for digital. With 14 unique digital experiences, and multiple instances of each in the 560,000-square-foot retail space, the digitally enabled customer journey starts immediately. The variety of passive and interactive experiences were carefully designed to deliver an in-store customer experience like no other.
Nominating Company: Reflect, Dallas, Texas
Venue: Nebraska Furniture Mart of Texas, The Colony, Texas
Project: NFM Wayfinding Solution
Category: Retail
The rich variety of passive and interactive experiences were carefully laid out and designed to deliver an in-store customer experience like no other. The mix of interactive, experiential and informational passive systems were carefully structured to make sure shoppers are informed, interested and educated about the brand, the store and products.
There were a wide variety of new experiences being installed and activated at one time. Proper integration required Reflect to work closely with NFM to pre-validate and test several new technologies prior to the store launch to ensure all experiences would be up and running as designed for the opening. Because the store was opened to large crowds as the experiences were launched, there was no room for error on the installation and deployment schedules. Reflect was able to build construction and software integration plans in advance of the opening and successfully coordinated the installation, connection, on-site testing and launch of all systems by carefully tracking all details of each new experience.
Custom Wayfinding
To help customers find their way to the products they want in the immense Texas location.
Custom Retail Application
Reflect worked with Nebraska Furniture Mart to develop a custom retail application that resides on 42-inch touch displays located on columns throughout the first and second floor of the store. There are 17 touchscreens in total. This interactive application helps customers locate specific items of inventory in the store, no matter how frequently they are moved.
Interactive Branded Applications
Reflect installed several 42-inch touch sensitive displays in the KitchenAid shop and appliance area of the megastore.
Credit and Registry Kiosks
Reflect installed and runs 20 gift registry and credit application kiosks throughout the store. Experiential digital includes 3 x 3 video wall, mosaic video wall consisting of (27) 22-inch tiles, 4K display, TV sales wall, several 1×3 video walls, sales floor displays and home theater seating displays TreeHouse.
NFM focused on enhancing the shopper experience with interactive digital technologies throughout the entire journey, including:
• Customer experience elements designed for an immense scale
• Messaging and content to communicate brand heritage and values, timely information and relevance to the in-store experience
• Digital wayfinding and store directories
• Interactive experiences allowing customers to find departments and products quickly and easily
• Visual merchandising elements redressed daily to create an ever-changing and fresh store experience
• In-store interactive applications are seen and used by thousands of people on a daily basis.
NFM focused on enhancing the shopper experience through interactivity and personalization. Designed to scale, Reflect has ensured NFM's ability to take these digital experiences to their other stores. Together, NFM and Reflect have successfully merged the physical and digital worlds to create an unmatched retail experience that is sure to delight customers.
Reflect was nominated for a DSE 2016 APEX Award in the Retail category. Premier Mounts worked as a partner on the project.


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Merrill Edge Review 2020: Pros, Cons and How It Compares
Merrill Edge offers high-quality research and unlimited free stock and ETF trades. Plus, Merrill clients have access to customer support at about 2,500 Bank of America locations.
Many or all of the products featured here are from our partners who compensate us. This may influence which products we write about and where and how the product appears on a page. However, this does not influence our evaluations. Our opinions are our own.
Our Take
The bottom line: Merrill Edge stands out for its robust research and free trades, and Bank of America customers will appreciate the thoughtful integration across accounts.
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Up to $600
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Pros & Cons
Robust third-party research.
Integrated with Bank of America.
Advanced traders may find fewer securities on offer.
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Merrill Edge appeals to casual traders with a powerful combination of robust research and competitive pricing, including unlimited free trades on stocks and ETFs. Merrill clients also have access to customer support at about 2,500 Bank of America locations.
Merrill Edge is best for:
Bank of America customers.
High-balance customers.
Merrill Edge at a glance
Account minimum
Stock trading costs
Unlimited free trades on stocks and ETFs.
Options trades
$0 + 65 cents per contract.
Account fees (annual, transfer, closing, inactivity)
No annual or inactivity fees; $49.95 full outgoing account transfer.
Number of commission-free ETFs
All available ETFs trade commission-free.
Number of no-transaction-fee mutual funds
About 2,680.
Tradable securities
• Stocks. • Bonds. • Mutual funds. • ETFs. • Options.
Trading platform
Online trading platform; plus, Merrill Edge MarketPro, a platform aimed at active traders, is available to all customers.
Mobile app
Advanced features mimic a desktop trading platform.
Research and data
Free and extensive.
Customer support options (including website transparency)
Phone and live chat support 24/7.
$100 to $600 cash bonus for new customers with balances starting at $20,000. (Members of Bank of America's Preferred Rewards program can get up to $900.)
Where Merrill Edge shines
Integration with Bank of America: Merrill Edge is a product of Bank of America's acquisition of Merrill Lynch, and it's clear that the parent company has made efforts to create a seamless experience for clients who use both services. You can view your Bank of America accounts and Merrill Edge accounts with a single login, and real-time transfers move money between accounts instantly. The same integrated experience is available on mobile, and you can even view your Merrill Edge investment account balances on Bank of America ATMs.
Free trades: Like many brokers these days, Merrill Edge offers customers commission-free online stock, ETF and options trades. Options trades carry a per-contract fee of $0.65, which is competitive with other brokers.
Preferred Rewards program: Merrill Edge customers with Bank of America accounts may qualify for Merrill's Preferred Rewards program, which offers access to a variety of discounts and promotions, including higher interest rates on savings accounts, reduced rates on auto loans, and discounts on mortgage origination fees.
To qualify, you must have an eligible Bank of America checking account, plus a three-month average combined balance of $20,000 or more in Bank of America deposit accounts and/or qualified Merrill Edge and Merrill Lynch investment accounts.
Research: The company provides research from its own BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research, as well as third-party providers, including Morningstar, CFRA, Trefis and Recognia. Mutual fund reviews and rankings come from Morningstar and Lipper, and the company compiles a list of Merrill Edge Select ETFs and Merrill Edge Select Funds, with the top funds in each category as evaluated by Merrill Lynch investment professionals. Merrill Edge's website also has a lot of educational resources, including videos, courses, webinars and articles, all searchable by investing experience or topic. Morningstar's investing classroom is available on the site, too.
With Merrill Edge's "Fund Story" feature, you can research a mutual fund's holdings (that is, what it's investing in), the sectors it covers, its historical performance, third-party analyst ratings and more. Plus, the fee analyzer illustrates the cost of owning the fund over time. Similarly, Merrill's "Portfolio Story" and "Stock Story" offer detailed information on your own investment portfolio, and individual stocks, respectively, all in an easy-to-follow format.
Trading platforms: Like many brokers, Merrill Edge offers both website trading and an active trader platform, called Merrill Edge MarketPro. The company's website is clean and intuitive, and offers several screeners so you can quickly sort through stocks, mutual funds, ETFs and bonds. There's also a "quick trade" feature that lets you make stock and ETF trades from just about any page on the website.
The MarketPro platform, available to all Merrill Edge customers, is also robust, with much of what active traders expect: interactive charts, alerts, Level II quotes (which show real-time bid and ask prices for Nasdaq stocks), a customizable dashboard, and streaming data and news.
Where Merrill Edge falls short
Fewer types of securities: While most investors will find Merrill's selection of stocks, bonds, options, ETFs and mutual funds more than adequate, active traders eager to invest in futures or forex will need to go elsewhere.
The bottom line
Now that Merrill Edge offers free trades to all investors, there's a good chance this broker has much of what you'd need — high-quality research, a good investment selection and helpful customer service. The company ranks among the top of the field when it comes to online brokers.
Arielle O'Shea contributed to this review.
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Since our first MAT course we've helped thousands of Physiotherapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Podiatrists, Exercise Physiologists, Personal Trainers, Occupational, Massage and Sports Therapists improve their assessment using The MAT (Movement Assessment Tool) to get great results in their businesses.
We'll show you how to complete the MAT Assessment process utilising the latest evidence-based performance tests and assessment technology to bring your practice into the 21st century and help your clients achieve their goals.
Make yourself the go-to ACL expert in your community. Take your patient/client from Day 1 post-surgery back to the sporting field. You'll be able to add a new service to your business and charge premium prices for it.
Everybody can run. But why do 75% of runners get injured every year? Help your patients and clients return from injury and achieve their personal best times running longer + stronger with our Running Injuries 101 course.
Still prescribing 3 sets of 10 reps? Only using theraband? Patients keep getting injured? Want to take your patient rehab further? This course is for you!
Why are more and more therapists and trainers turning to Kettlebells for rehab? Learn how and why you need this small tool in your rehab programs?
These athletes are not just mini-adults. Learn how to tailor your assessment and exercise prescription to set the right foundation for our future stars.
Not as busy as you'd like to be? You didn't go to University to do a marketing degree, but these skills are the key to a thriving practice so you can help more people.
The MAT LIVE level 1 course is a 2 day, highly practical course designed to give you the skills to begin to implement the MAT into your practice the very next day.
The MAT ONLINE level 1 course is the ultimate course for the busy health and fitness professional. You can complete the course at your own pace from anywhere in the world for 1 year. It includes 14+ hours of pre-recorded material released over 8-weeks plus 4 live webinars fortnightly on Wednesday at 8pm (AEDT). If you can't attend these, they will be recorded and you can watch back at a later date.
Both the MAT LIVE and ONLINE courses are very similar content. The main difference comes in the delivery of the courses. The LIVE course contains lots of hands-on practical components over 2 fun days.
The ONLINE course obviously cannot involve the same level of practical, but can be completed at your own pace, without the need to give up days of work or travel, from the comfort of your own home anywhere in the world for life.
It is a level 1 course like the MAT ONLINE level 1. If you wish to complete the MAT LIVE course after a MAT ONLINE course for the great practical components or the MAT ONLINE course as a revision after you MAT LIVE course, then contact us for an amazing discount for the course.
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This course is who people who have already completed our MAT LIVE or MAT ONLINE level 1 courses and helps take your MAT knowledge further and moves your objective assessment, treatment and training beyond the MAT. We delve deeper into performance testing and how to get even better results with your patients and clients, especially the athletes and goal motivated individuals you work with.
Yes of course! If within 30 DAYS of completing any of our revolutionary MAT LIVE Level 1 course, you don't find improvement in the way that you manage your patients or clients and get great results, WE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR MONEY BACK. That's how confident we are in our courses and the MAT approach!
Usually 10-14 days (up to 5 weeks) depending on where you are located. Unfortunately, we don't control the mail though. Although we're doing our best! If you're doing our MAT LIVE course then you'll usually receive it on the day!
The content is delivered via multiple methods. Both pre-record material, recording of our MAT Live course, live and interactive webinars, downloadable PDFs and more.
For the MAT LIVE course you can click on the corresponding date and location for the MAT LIVE course you would like to book in the purple sections of the website.
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Once enrolment opens, you can either pay in one up-front payment or via payment plan in the purple parts of this page.
Make sure you book early because we only have a limited allocation of MATs available.
With the upfront option you pay in full upon reservation of your place. With the payment plan option you pay the course off in equal monthly instalments over 3 months (1x payment per month for 3 months).
With the MAT we actually measure movement in a quick simple and easy way to get meaningful, actionable data based upon the latest research to take your decision making to the next level.
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Check above for the next date and time. We usually only run them once per year due to a busy international schedule, a full clinical practice and our brand-new AxIT system we can't be certain.
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One of the functions of the rich, says Dalrymple, ought to be to
preserve and increase the beauty of the world.
Yet many wealthy people, he points out, are
tactless, offensive, vulgar, and tasteless.
They very often
have no better taste than the poor.
Take the business mogul Mukesh Ambani and the 27-floor structure he calls home. Known as Antilia, it is a version of Xanadu, though a thousand times uglier than the mansion in the Welles film. Dalrymple writes:
When Mr. Ambani built his domestic skyscraper in Bombay I was appalled not by the expenditure (though I had walked through the slums of that city) but by the æsthetic worthlessness of what he had built.
To spend a billion dollars on a house and
to detract, slightly, from the beauty of the world is, in a way, an achievement.