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I needed to mount an ext3 file system which is on my dual boot mac (I'm doing that to allow parallels to run from "boot camp"). So my idea is to just mount the drive. To do that:
- I installed macfuse, then fuse-ext2 from:
Once downloaded and extracted, then
sudo make install
mkdir -p /mnt/sda3
fuse-ext2 /dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3
Segmentation fault
damn, there is a bug in fuse-ext2.c, first line! edit fuse-ext2/fuse-ext2.c, comment out this (line 324)
And I see there is a MACOSX.build file, so lets do this instead:
sh ./MACOSX.build
then double click on the installer from the finder: fuse-ext2-0.0.7.dmg
cd /mnt/sda3
Note that it is mounted as ext2 (and ext3 is backward compatible with ext2), and the net effect is that you lose the journal. That sounds bad I hear the non-techies (and some techies) say. Well, the best thing about ext3 is the journal, and what it does is provide a fast way to recover the file system if (and when) it is not shut down cleanly (like power out). The downside of not having the journal is that after an unclean shutdown, it can take a while to go through all the files and make the file system clean again.


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Interest in the national parks of the United States is growing. The number of visitors who came to national parks in 2016 was 331 million, exceeding the total population of the United States. Just 10 years ago, the number of visitors was closer to 275 million.
A variety of reasons could explain this significant increase of tourism to national parks. An improving economy has put more money in people's pockets and allowed them to travel to parks. Sharing pictures and videos on social platforms could be motivating people to visit the great outdoors. The trend of healthy living and environmentalism may be influencing tourists to explore.
> Park: Independence National Historical Park
> 2016 visits: 5,067,510
> 5-year change in visits: +0.4%
> 2016 visitor spending (in thousands): $296,290.00
Some of the most important moments in the creation of the country happened at this national historical park. Visitors come to this UNESCO World Heritage Site to see where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were debated and adopted, as well as to see the iconic Liberty Bell.
24/7 Wall St. reviewed National Park Service visitor data at all national parks, historical parks, recreational areas, national preserves, national memorials, and national monuments in the country to determine how many tourists they had in 2016. While some states have many national parks, others have just one.
Visits and support of conservation have grown exponentially over the years. In his eight years in office, President Barack Obama placed 548 million acres of habitat under protection and created 22 new national parks. The only other president who has outdone the 21st-century conservation effort is the founder of U.S. National Parks himself, President Theodore Roosevelt.
As president, Roosevelt protected around 290 million acres of public land and signed into law the 1906 American Antiquities Act. This action was followed by the passage of the Organic Act in 1916, which created the National Park Service.
While Americans generally approve of preserving their land, the formation of national parks and monuments has stirred controversy in the past — sometimes pitting conservationists against ranchers and developers.
Which park do you think is the most visited in your state?
Click here to see the most popular national park in each state

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Author(s): Beck Stanton; Matt Stanton
For the Grown-Ups: They say all good things come to an end. Well, in this book, we wouldn't be so sure! To read this book is to embark on a wonderful adventure with the kids around you. Together you will make choices that will lead you on a hunt for the end of the book. There's a legend that some people once found the end, but we're not convinced. Take some of that grown-up confidence and give it a try. And the kids will love it! From the mind-boggling brains behind This Is a Ball, Did You Take the B from My -ook?, The Red Book and Wait! comes a brand-new crowd-pleaser!


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October 16 business meeting and programs
Michael Callaham
I have just updated the AARC homepage at <http://www.w4wvp.org> by
adding several paragraphs describing our October 16 business meeting
(in the Longfellow Room of the Westover Branch Library) and the two
presentations, one in the Longfellow Room and the other, tentatively,
at the WETA-FM transmitter building, home of our 70-cm repeater. Please
read the home page carefully for full details.
--Mike, nw3v, AARC President
Science matters. Matter matters.
Energy matters, including dark energy.


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The boys are joined this week by their fearless leader, Kevin Moyers, and they kick things off right by talking crazy celebrity baby names. Thank you, Kanye and the Devil.
Jim Carrey isn't man enough to put his money where his mouth is, but boy does that mouth talk a lot. Granted, he can't put his money up any longer as the budget for the new Dumb and Dumber movie was revealed, and it's about the same as what he was paid for his role in the first one.
World War Z lost the box office race to a prequel from Pixar, and the boys lament at what the Z-word used to mean. Also, the Governator has decided to go down the rabbit hole and star in his own zombie movie (sort of). Downey Jr. made headlines as well as he has signed on to be in the next two installments of the Avengers franchise.
Disney may have hit it out of the park with the new Pixar movie, but the live action Cinderella looks to leave a little to be desired.
The guys end the show after discussing who would make a good Lex Luthor in Man of Steel 2 and a couple of stories from Brian about his trip to Vegas.
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One of my favorite games when I was a hacking / pen-testing newbie
About the game
The world's computer capacity, connectivity and intelligence have breached the technological singularity: a collective intellect exists beyond the human mind, replicating and improving itself. And now it is protecting itself, too.
You play the role of Brian Spencer, founder of Xenti and developer of the key AI technology that set the singularity in motion. As you begin to realize what is happening, you are framed for a heinous crime ? you are being taken out by your own offspring!
Simultaneously, massive economic and systematic crises threaten mankind; all attempts to tame the systems which were once subservient are failing. We are about to lose our position as the dominant species on the planet, in favor of something we have created... computers. Your only choice to clear your name and prevent computer dominance is to hack your way through the worldwide system of computers that is quickly assuming control.
Hacker Evolution: Untold challenges the evolved gamer's intelligence, attention and focus, creating a captivating mind game. Solve puzzles, examine code and bits of information, and evade trace as you solve a series of objectives .
- New, complex command console with over 20 commands and tools
- Intricate levels and game play guarantee a mind-bending experience
- Modding capability allows the creation of custom levels
- Mod editor simplifies new game levels creation (PC only)
You can check it out @ http://www.exosyphen.com/page_hackerevol...ntold.html


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O.J.'s New Dream Team
O.J. Simpson will have a much different legal team than for his murder trial.
LAS VEGAS, Sept. 19, 2007 -- Forget the snazzy suits and multimillion dollar defense team. This time, O.J.'s represented in his latest legal troubles by his longtime consigliere -- and some local lawyers.
They're not exactly the dream team. But then again, maybe they don't have to be considering that their client isn't facing murder charges.
O.J. Simpson's current crop of lawyers includes his longtime consigliere, a low-key local criminal defense attorney and three local lawyers who visited Simpson in jail and claim that they're being sidelined in the high-profile case amid accusations of defamation and racism.
Back in 1995, Simpson was represented by the infamous dream team of Johnnie Cochran, Robert Shapiro, F. Lee Bailey and Alan Dershowitz, whose multimillion-dollar defense got him acquitted on charges of murdering his wife and Ron Goldman. Back then, Simpson's net worth was estimated to top $15 million.
During this morning's bail hearing, Simpson was represented by Yale Galanter and Gabriel Grasso, an odd couple -- Galanter is a smooth-talking Florida lawyer and Grasso is a low-key lawyer who favors rumpled suits and whose office is across the street from the courthouse in Las Vegas.
New Team
Although it's not known what Simpson is paying them, the former football great's fortunes have declined dramatically since 1995 and his net worth is estimated to be close to $3 million.
The pair of lawyers declined comparisons to the dream team, with Galanter explaining that "we handle things in a routine way inside that building," pointing to the courthouse.
Grasso shook his head when asked about the dream team, pointing to the building where his office is located and saying, "I'm just a local guy, a simple criminal defense attorney."
Galanter has represented Simpson since 2000, when Simpson's civil lawyers recommended him to handle Simpson's defense in a road-rage incident south of Miami. Simpson was accused of cutting off another driver, confronting him and tearing off his sunglasses.
But since then, Galanter has also functioned as an unofficial spokesperson for the notorious football legend, arranging media interviews. When a New Yorker writer profiled Simpson in 2001, Galanter invited him to play golf and visit sick patients in a hospital with Simpson.
A former prosecutor with the Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, Galanter makes frequent TV appearances and has also represented former WWF wrestler Terry Szopinski and a U.S. Customs agent accused of bribery.
Who Is on the Team?
Grasso, who has defended gang members, accused adulterers and a man accused of enslaving Chinese acrobats, has known Galanter since Grasso graduated from law school in Florida in 1988. Grasso is helping Galanter navigate Nevada's laws.
But some other local attorneys claim that Simpson wanted them to represent him.
Scott Holper, Liborius Agwara and Malcolm Lavergne all visited Simpson in jail Monday and met with Simpson's sister and daughter to discuss his defense.
This morning, Galanter emphasized that "the only two lawyers who are repping Mr. Simpson are myself and Mr. Grasso." He took a shot at other lawyers, such as Holper, who have made television appearances to discuss the case, adding that "I felt like I was in a Joe Pesci movie" in a reference to the actor's portrayal of a rube lawyer in the 1992 movie "My Cousin Vinny."
Now Holper is striking back, claiming that he was told to go visit Simpson in jail and that Galanter is treating him unfairly. "I don't like the way that I was defamed," he told ABCNEWS.com. "There was some nasty language used and I'm going to have to prepare some paperwork to deal with it."
Holper wouldn't comment further and declined to say whether he is considering legal action against Galanter, except to add that he was the first attorney to visit Simpson in jail Monday morning. "He was very happy that I was there."
'White Boys Fighting Over O.J.'
Agwara and Lavergne, who are both African-American, are claiming that they're being sidelined because Simpson wanted them to represent him.
"Yale is out there talking about people stealing his law client," said Agwara, who usually handles personal injury cases.
"Maybe he doesn't want any African-American lawyers working on this case. O.J. strongly expressed his interest in AA attorneys on his team."
Agwara said that he and Lavergne told Simpson that they didn't want any money and that they were working on a pro bono basis for the time.
"All these white boys are fighting over O.J. and I don't know why Galanter is getting all pissed off. He left this guy rotting in jail."
Galanter did not return calls about Agwara's claims.


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Swaziland, an attractive African country. Today, our protagonist is a girl named Tawonga Moyo, coming from Swaziland.
With the help of SICAS, Moyo has gained the admission letter of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, one of the first Universities joining the national "211 Project" and "985 Project". SICAS Student Care Team Member Rebecca met her at the airport.
Wanna know more about SICAS student stories after arriving in China?
Related Link: SICAS Students Stories After Arriving in China
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text: Rockne33DLXRoadster 21 Posted October 5, 2019 Share Posted October 5, 2019 I have these incomplete set of 1933 Rockne (Stabilite) headlights. Looking for the missing parts as: 1. inner Ring, 2. 2pcs Lenses 3. Reflector (maybe these one I have is wrong...) 4. hardware as springs, screws ... Note the Stabilite logo is not in center over the mounting bolt for the head lights since they are mounted in a angle. Thank you! Joe Link to post Share on other sites


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Skill Level Intermediate
- Let's face it, we've all made mistakes. Maybe you made some bad choices in how you grew your company. Perhaps you stepped on some people as you climbed to corporate ladder. Or possibly you're the recipient of a lot of anger online, and you chose to ignore it instead of respond. Many professionals have what I call a damaged reputation. They're made mistakes, or they've been on the receiving end of some really negative perception, and their careers are suffering. Well some people respond to this with anger, while others ignore it.
Neither response is actually correct, or sustainable. Hi, my name is Lida Citroen, and I'm the founder of Lida 360, a reputation management firm. Reputation is how others assign you value, and yours needs to be intact. So if you have a damaged personal brand, we need to fix it. In this course I will give you the insights and the tools for evaluating the damage, creating a plan, and responding with focus, repairing your reputation over time.
We're gonna look at how reputations get formed, and what can happen if you're not careful, and the impact and opportunity of social media, or online reputation management. I'll show you how to assess impact, and create a game plan to get your good name back. So if your reputation has taken a ding, or two, it might take more than a few weeks to get back on track, but rest assured you can regain a relevant and compelling personal brand. I'll show you how.


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Learn how to regulate to your new role as a mother or father after your baby is born, how often to convey your child to the physician, and the right way to make your child's house and surroundings conducive to well being. Here are among the pointers that will assist mother and father to take care of their children properly. Samantha Bailey spends her days in a Phoenix hospital room along with her 19-month-old son, Henry, ready for a heart transplant and fretting about his well being care as soon as he will get it.
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Are Taxpayers Really Paying for Buckingham Palace Refurbishments?
Since the announcement that the Queen is to get £369 million from the government over the next ten years to fund Palace renovation, people have been up in arms about it. Over 100,000 people have now signed a petition calling for the Monarch to pay for it themselves, and rightly so, you may think. How can the Royal Family, perceived to be well-funded anyway, ask the state for money when people are living in poverty and the NHS is on the brink of financial collapse? Isn't this a prime example of the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer?
Well, no. The journalism that has so far come from this whole "scandal" has been lazy and economic with the truth at best, stoking the fire in an attempt to sell some advertising. It's clickbait at it's worst: uninformed, factually incorrect and unscrupulously biased.
Here's how they're wrong: the Queen is already paying for the renovations herself. Not a single penny will be coming from a UK taxpayer. That's because in 1760, King George III handed over the Crown Estate (ie. all his land and businesses thereupon) to parliament in exchange for an annual allowance to the Monarch. Currently, this stands at 15% of the profits made. The rest (all 85% of it) goes government coffers, which makes the Monarch the highest-taxed earner in the UK.
When bigger expenses come along, such as the need to refurbish Buckingham Palace, which is on the verge of "catastrophic collapse", the Queen must petition the government to increase her allowance so that she can spend a greater proportion of what is – technically – her own money, on the repairs. So, for the next ten years, the Queen's allowance will rise to 25% of the profits of the Crown Estate: a negligible rise amounting to pittance when compared to the proposed renovations of the Houses of Parliament, which are projected to cost in excess of £4billion.
And that's not considering how many jobs will be created and sustained over the ten year period, or the fact that if we didn't have a royal family the taxpayer really would have to pay for it without the benefit of the profits they make from the Crown Estates (some £260 million annually!).
As you can see then, this isn't a decision between funding renovations at BuckPal or funding the NHS: a fact that even Labour and SNP politicians don't seem to understand. The story is not, as most news outlets seem to be suggesting, that the queen is getting a pay rise on the shoulders of tax payers: the real story is that the Queen the highest-taxed earner in the UK. How many of us can claim that we give over 3/4 of our wealth to the state?


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Housed in a charmingly restored historic station house – located in the beautiful Great Shelford village – Zara has been serving the community diligently since 2007.
Zara Indian Cuisine offers a sophisticated yet relaxed dining experience suited to the refined palate – especially for those who are seeking modern traits with traditional assurances.
The stylish restaurant features fresh look with brightly-coloured contemporary art adorning the walls and a substantial bar with a well-researched list of wines meticulously matched to complement the complex repertoire of Zara flavours.
We are delighted to confirm that with your participation and support the Kerala Flood Victims Fundraiser at our Shelford restaurant went well, and the total raised on the night was £1242.05.
The event was attended by many local residents and businesses. Amongst the guests was Hollywood and west end actress Heather Craney daughter of local resident Keith Craney.
Our sincere thanks to all our Supporters, Heather and her father Keith Craney, Councillor Ben Shelton and Councillor Charlie Nightingale for your participation, support and hard work in making the event a success.
Representatives from Zara will be going to the Indian High Commission in London on Thursday 18/10/2018 to hand over the cheque on your behalf.
View/Download the post-event Press Release
Zara has been shortlisted for the British Curry Awards 2018.
Final to be held on 26th November.
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Zara boasts a dedicated team of experts, producing high quality, exciting and delicious regional delicacies selected from the extensive range of sub-continental recipes cooked to order from a kitchen that is headed by a Creative Chef who is passionate about invention as well as tradition.
If you would prefer to enjoy high quality, exciting and delicious regional delicacies selected from the extensive range of sub-continental recipes at the convenience of your own dining room, then rest assured Zarafood is lovingly prepared and carefully packaged in special hygienic catering containers in ample portions.
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|Sighting Report
|Occurred : 8/23/2007 00:30 (Entered as : 08/23/07 00:30)
Reported: 8/23/2007 9:01:39 PM 21:01
Posted: 10/8/2007
Location: San Ysidro, CA
Shape: Light
Duration:2 minutes
|Four white lights horizontal with ground and moving higher into sky, pivot into vertical position, begin twisting and then vanish
Today, Thursday August 23rd 2007 my coworker told me that last night (early in the morning of the 23rd) he had a UFO sighting while out on a joy ride with his cousins. There were four individuals in the car at the time of the sighting and I interviewed each of them separately.
They went on a late night drive to Border Field State Park (this park is located in the extreme SW corner of the continental United States, on the border with Mexico). After a run-in with a Border Patrol officer they drove east on Monument Road, which turns into Dairy Mart Rd as the road turns to the north. It was along that road that they noticed a building with a sign that read "Area 50" and another with a sign that read "Area 51". Some references to the real Area 51 were made as they continued north.
When they reached Camino de la Plaza road they turned right, and began to head slightly southeast. It was my coworker (a passenger in the car) who noticed lights to the northeast. Later holding his hand out at arms length, he guessed that it would've taken four fingers to block out the lights. He thought that there were five yellowish white lights, but all the other eyewitnesses believed there to be only four white lights. My coworker at first jokingly shouted to the others that there were the aliens. The lights were positioned in the sky horizontally and parallel to the ground. They were equidistance from one another. The lights then moved in unison higher into the sky, keeping parallel with the ground.
It was what the lights did next that surprised everyone and made them take what they were viewing more serious. From one end of this chain of lights, they pivoted like the hand of a clock and moved into a vertical position, now perpendicular to the ground. The lights continued to go straight up. They all got the impression that the lights began to twist once in this vertical position. As it began to twist, the lights completely vanished. My coworker was so amazed by this display that he called his aunt at 12:30 in the middle of the night to tell her what they just saw. One eyewitness believes he could see the outline of a craft behind the lights.
They also told me that the area near the border is a no fly zone, so this was indeed strange to see something like this. My coworker said the lights were over a residential area and from looking at a map, he believes it was north of Route 5. It was this vertical trajectory that defied any logical explanation for the eyewitnesses. They are completely baffled by what they saw and plan to go back and see if they are able to see it again. They did drive down Camino de la Plaza road to see if they could see it again, but they had no further sightings.


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V-Dub has big plans for the local crowd at this year's Frankfurt auto show next month. Rolling into the klieg lights will be eight new models: the Tiguan SUV, a prototype of VW's coming rear-engine city car and six BlueMotion diesels. The Tiguan we've seen, but the people's company is holding tight to the pulley ropes keeping its city car under wraps. It'll be called the City Expert, and will be powered by a flat-four "boxer" engine mounted rearward. We'll be on scene with our personal media devices in hand, and a free shrimp in each fist to bring you the latest from the furt of Frank as it happens. (See press release after the jump.)
Press Release:
Volkswagen at the IAA 2007: Marketing campaign with eight world premieres
· SUV: World premiere of an agile Tiguan
· Prototype: World premiere of a slick City Expert
· BlueMotion: Six new models at a stroke
Wolfsburg, 01 August 2007 - Volkswagen will present its widest product range of all time at the International Automobile Exhibition (IAA) in Frankfurt (13th to 23rd September). Europe's no. 1 will be presenting over fifty models on view in Hall 3.0 - eight of them world premieres. One of the highlights: the Tiguan - an entirely new generation of SUV developed to complement the Touareg. And if all that's not enough: Volkswagen will respond to the official motto of this year's IAA - "see what's driving tomorrow" - with a prototype. The heart of this sensationally flexible City Expert will beat where the flat-four "Boxer" engine once did in the Beetle. When the gates open at the IAA, six new BlueMotion models will also make their debut. From 2008 onward Volkswagen will offer nine vehicles under the BlueMotion label.
Volkswagen will welcome visitors to the IAA in an exposition area of 9,000 square metres. The centrepiece of that will be the Tiguan. It is the world's first production model exclusively equipped with supercharged engines. It offers two particular advantages: lower fuel consumption and still fun to drive. Also new: the remarkably quiet four-cylinder diesel engine with common-rail injection. The two new TDIs produce 103 kW/140 PS and 125 kW/170 PS respectively. Both engines already conform to the Euro 5 exhaust standards that will be introduced in 2009. You will be able to "see what's driving tomorrow" here and now.
Moreover, Volkswagen will unveil six new BlueMotion models at the same time. Therefore, in the course of 2008, there will be at least nine BlueMotion models available. The Volkswagen BlueMotion environmental label will certainly become a byword for effective environmental protection. The versions already available - the Polo BlueMotion (3.8 litres of Diesel consumed per 100 km and 99 g/km CO2) and Passat BlueMotion (5.1 litres of Diesel consumed per 100 km and 136 g/km CO2) - have already redefined the standards of economy in their respective classes.
The Volkswagen press conference will be held on 11th September at 11.00 a.m. in Hall 3.0, on the Volkswagen stand. Dr. Martin Winterkorn will present the new Tiguan there, as well as the prototype of a future compact model.


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Abu Dhabi-UAE: 27 June, 2012 – Masdar Institute of Science and Technology and Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, today announced they co-organized a two-day workshop to highlight the importance and relevance of the applications and benefits of clean energy and smart grids under the umbrella of intelligent urban energy systems.
The workshop, held from 10-11 June was the second in a series of events on the intelligent governance of urban systems. Titled 'Clean Energy and Smart Grids in the Gulf: Potential and Applications', the workshop on the first day covered smart grids, while the following day focused on clean energy.
Over 30 professionals including policy-makers, managers and academics from the region, covering expertise from the energy sector, intelligent systems, as well as policy and governance, attended the Abu Dhabi workshop. The event aimed at facilitating the creation of a community of experts in the management and governance of intelligent urban systems in the region and beyond.
Prof. Matthias Finger from EPFL, provided the welcome remarks, while Dr. Sgouris Sgouridis, Engineering Systems and Management program, Masdar Institute, and Prof. Peter Armstrong, Mechanical Engineering program, Masdar Institute, spoke about 'Advances in Smart Grids Research'. They highlighted the potential benefits that smart infrastructures can bring to a hot climate arid region like the GCC. They also highlighted ongoing research at both Masdar Institute and EPFL and outlined how appropriate governance of these infrastructures can make clean and smart energy a reality. Corresponding research includes behavioural analysis of demand response to different incentive schemes, the potential of pre-cooling of buildings' slabs for reducing peak hour cooling demand and the institutional structure necessary to implement smart grids successfully.
The 'Challenges in Smart Grid Applications' were debated by Osman Ahmed from Siemens, Tim Peck from IBM, and Dohyun Goh from the Global Green Growth Institute, Abu Dhabi. Smart-grids in cities as a means to improve the performance of urban energy systems were discussed among others. Various aspects of governance and regulation of smart grids, including likely paths for their development were also covered during the session.
Ramiz Alaileh of the Regulation and Supervision Bureau Abu Dhabi, Bruce Smith from Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA), and Katarina Uherova Hasbani from Dubai Supreme Council of Energy, subsequently addressed the governance perspectives on smart grids and smart energies, highlighting the existing efforts at RSB, ADEWA, and DEWA to pilot and deploy smart metering in the region.
On the second day, Pierre Rossel of EPFL, Hannes Reinisch from PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Dr. Sgouris Sgouridis offered their perspectives on 'Clean Energy and the Gulf Region'. The discussions covered clean energy for cities including microgrids in the urban network, technology comparisons and GCC-specific challenges. Other areas covered by the speakers included economic viability of clean energy technologies and energy storage, and governance and regulation of clean energy, including investments. A roundtable concluded the discussions of the day.
The workshop was aimed at identifying the challenges and the opportunities regarding the transition of urban systems towards cleaner energy practices. It also explored how intelligence, in particular the active use of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), can and already does contribute to cleaner urban energy practices. Participants also discussed how the governance of such intelligent urban energy systems can and must be improved. Finally, the participants also had the opportunity to visit the concrete renewable energy applications that are being piloted and implemented at Masdar City.
Dr. Sgouris Sgouridis said: "Smart grids hold the key to effective implementation of renewable energy and for managing the demand for energy especially during the resource-straining peak summer hours. Positive incentive schemes, where instead of pricing, smart-grid users are offered a benefit for curtailing their consumption at critical times could work well in the current tariff environment providing benefits for both the government that subsidizes energy consumption and the users. Professionals at the workshop analysed and identified both the technical and institutional areas that need to be focused on to implement such an intelligent system. We are confident the event offered ample insight for the participating professionals on the transition of urban systems towards cleaner energy practices."
Dr. Matthias Finger said: "It became obvious, at the workshop, that technology and institutions must be considered together. The smart grid and smart energy technologies can only deploy their full potential if all the different actors, including the utilities, the regulators and the policy makers play their appropriate roles and are optimally coordinated. In other words, technological and institutional engineering are complementary and offer a unique potential for energy efficiency gains and reduced consumption."


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A co-worker @MathenDavid shared an iPhone, iPad mic he is using called a Mikey from Blue. Of course I had to order one when I got home... checkout their website...
We had a webinar with edmodo which also made me so excited I wanted to getup and scream, Yes.... I knew they had a new app coming out, and that their website was changed recently but did not realize the app had not been released yet... Ok so what made me so happy about the app one reason was there will be multiple user icons when you open the app up, so this will help with multiple students using an iPad which is the environment we work in. They also changed some things under groups that makes it show just my actual classes can show on the side and when I click show more the others will show. Seems like a little thing but when you have 20 or thirty classes on the side and you want a specific ones to show, this will help. Other neat items too that I can't remember at the moment... Oh and easier opening documents into edmodo on an iPad...
Shari Edwards a local star - who has been blogging for scholastic for the last year... I am amazed at how she has written for scholastic once a week all year. She does amazing things in the classroom, I was lucky to have her share her story and use of technology in her classroom today. Here is her scholastic blog, and her classroom blog that she will have more time for this year...
We will be replacing our local H drives with Oxygen cloud, which means both students and staff will be able to get documents from mobile devices, and computers from both home and school. This is a big, HUGE move for our district... I am so excited.
This is going to be an amazing year... Share with me the tools you are using and how things are going at your school and classroom.
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MUMBAI: After lending strong support to her cause, Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar met Commonwealth Games silver-medallist woman boxer L Sarita Devi, who is serving a one-year ban for her emotionally-charged protest at the Asiad.
Met Sarita Devi. Could see the hunger for action in her eyes. pic.twitter.com/H3tcB9z3fa— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 15, 2015
"Met Sarita Devi. Could see the hunger for action in her eyes. Wished her success and wrote a message. Enjoy the game and always give your best," Tendulkar tweeted.
The iconic batsman met her at his home here and posted a picture of the meeting on his Twitter page. The retired cricketer presented her with an autographed T-shirt.
"I am grateful to him for the support he gave me. I met him to thank him for standing by me," Sarita said about the meeting.
Sarita was penalised for refusing to accept her bronze medal at the Asian Games podium after losing a controversial semifinal bout.
Sarita's defiant protest on the podium irked the International Boxing Association (AIBA), which banned her for one year after initially handing a provisional suspension.
During the crisis, Tendulkar was among the top sportspersons of the country who threw their weight behind the Manipuri.


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Summer Slow-Cooker Recipes
Slow-Cooker Corn Chowder
This creamy soup makes an indulgent but not too heavy meal on a hot summer day.
Slow-Cooker Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic
Recipe: Slow-Cooker Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic
Look for jars of peeled garlic in the refrigerated cases in the produce section at most major supermarkets. While there, grab a package of poultry herbs, which includes fresh thyme, rosemary, and parsley and can substitute for the individual herbs. Add dried apricots to infuse the rich sauce with a fruity back note, and serve over couscous for a North African-inspired supper.
Slow-cooked Barbecued Chicken
Recipe: Slow-cooked Barbecued Chicken
Start with a whole chicken, cut up, and simmer in a homemade barbecue sauce of ketchup, cola, cider vinegar, and a splash of bourbon for a Southern barbecue flavor. Enjoy this slow-cooked chicken by itself or as a sandwich piled with Pickled Peppers & Onions atop Sweet Potato Cornbread.
Slow-Cooker Chicken Lettuce Cups
Recipe: Slow-Cooker Chicken Lettuce Cups
These cups pair the freshness of a salad with the heartiness of a taco. Serve as an appetizer or light dinner.
Brisket Tacos with Summer Salsa
Recipe: Brisket Tacos with Summer Salsa
Fresh salsa, warmed tortillas, and a spicy brisket filling make these tacos one winner of a dinner.
Rosemary-Garlic Chicken Quarters
Recipe: Rosemary-Garlic Chicken Quarters
The key to this dinner-party-worthy dish is to brown the chicken before it goes into the slow cooker.
Cooking Video: How To Make Rosemary-Garlic Chicken Quarters
Slow-Cooker Pork Tacos Al Pastor with All the Fixings
Recipe: Slow-Cooker Pork Tacos Al Pastor with All the Fixings
Start by slow-cooking pork shoulder in an aromatic bath of pineapple, beer (try a floral, spiced white ale like Hoegaarden or Blue Moon), and canned chipotles in adobo. Then shred the meat and set out a taco bar full of fresh flavors, bright colors, and crunchy textures. You can't go wrong here. We like bowls of crumbled cheeses, sliced radishes, chopped onions, avocado, shredded cabbage, and plenty of fresh cilantro.
Tangy Slow-Cooker Pork Shoulder
Recipe: Tangy Slow-Cooker Pork Shoulder
Of all the Crock Pot recipes out there, this one will easily become your new go-to pork shoulder slow-cooker recipe, thanks to the sweet and tangy soy-and-vinegar flavor profile. Pull the pork, and serve it Southern-style over grits or sandwiched between buns, and ladle on plenty of sauce.
Slow-Cooker Beef Nachos
Recipe: Slow-Cooker Beef Nachos
You can also serve the delicious Slow-Cooker Beef in slider buns with crowd-favorite sandwich toppings for a heartier meal.
Slow-Cooker Grits
Recipe: Slow-Cooker Grits
Host a grits-bar brunch, and start with these simplified grits (or a cheesy twist). Then, offer a variety of toppings so that everyone can make their favorite combination.
Great Grits Combos
- Boiled Shrimp + Easy Creole Sauce
- Bourbon Mushrooms + Spinach + Swiss + Bacon
- Chopped Ham + Shredded Cheddar
- Caramelized Onions + Shredded Smoked Gruyère
- Shredded Barbecued Pork + BBQ Sauce + Sautéed Spinach
Slow-Cooker Beef Sliders with Pickled Peppers
Recipe: Slow-Cooker Beef Sliders with Pickled Peppers
Rev up your slow cooker the night before. On game day, tote it to the game, plug it in, and let your crowd build their own sandwiches.
Chicken-and-Squash Casserole
Recipe: Chicken-and-Squash Casserole
Get all the satisfaction of a hearty casserole with none of the messy cleanup. Preparing it in a slow cooker will ensure an even more tender bite.
Easy BBQ Ribs
Recipe: Easy BBQ Ribs
Savory, tender, juicy, and slow-cooked to perfection, this recipe for Easy BBQ Ribs is our newest and best. Made with our homemade Rib Rub and Fancy Barbecue Sauce, this dish is finger-licking good.
Slow-Cooker Beef Brisket
Recipe: Slow-Cooker Beef Brisket
Serve shredded brisket on top of tortillas with your choice of toppings for a creative taco night.
Slow-cooked Barbecued Chicken Sandwiches
Recipe: Slow-cooked Barbecued Chicken Sandwiches
Barbecued chicken served atop Sweet Potato Cornbread with Pickled Peppers & Onions makes for a delicious and satisfying sandwich.


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Jonathan B. Smith thought he would be retired by his 40s. Instead, the longtime entrepreneur is just now opening a retirement savings account.
Smith, owner of the Chief Optimizer business strategy firm in Arlington, Va., says he has always valued saving over spending, but he didn't have a process in place. Now, with the proceeds of a favorable investment, he's setting up an individual 401(k), which appealed to him because of its high contribution limits. But, he says, "even if I fully fund the 401(k), it's not enough to last me through retirement."
Like Smith, many small business owners haven't established a retirement savings plan, despite the tax benefits that such plans provide. Only 36 percent of small business owners have an IRA, according to a 2010 analysis by the U.S. Small Business Administration, and only one-third of them contribute to it. To put that in context, consider that about 66 percent of American adults have some retirement savings, according to a report released in August by the Federal Reserve Board.
The challenge for small business owners is that they are solely responsible for their own benefits and savings, says Nancy Skeans, managing director for personal financial services at Schneider Downs Wealth Management Advisors in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
"In your own business, you have to think about things like disability insurance and life insurance for yourself, too," Skeans says. "People may not want to spend money because of cash flow when they're starting out. But at some point you have to have an exit strategy."
Your business is not your retirement
The biggest mistake business owners can make is to assume they will sell the business to fund their retirement, with no other savings, says David L. Perkins Jr., managing director of Acquisition Advisors in Tulsa, Okla. That strategy also misses out on the tax advantages that retirement plans can provide in the ensuing years.
"The sad cases are in smaller businesses when they're making $50,000 to $200,000 a year, and they've not saved outside of their business," Perkins says. "They've kicked the can down the road and there's no way to make up that savings."
Skeans says often a company has lost more value than the owner realizes, because he or she hasn't continued to build the business. Even a strong client base will eventually decline if it stops growing, she says. "You've put in so much money and time," Skeans says. "But the real business that's thriving, the one that someone might pay you one or two times revenue for, is slowly disappearing."
Ask for advice
Dentist Matt Lawyer and his wife, Kendra, plan to sell Carothers Parkway General Dentistry in Franklin, Tenn., as part of their retirement strategy. But they're also working now with their financial advisor to establish a retirement savings plan to supplement the proceeds from the sale. Up until this year, the Lawyers' only investments were tax-deferred college savings for their children.
"We've just started the process of planning for retirement, which will hopefully be in the next 15 or 20 years," Kendra says. "He doesn't really want to be working until he's 75."
Kendra, who handles the financial side of the practice, says they've spent the first 10 years growing their patient base and paying off a business loan. Now, they plan to reallocate the money that they once used for loan repayments to their retirement savings.
Options for small business owners and the self-employed
Several tax-deferred retirement plans are available to small businesses and sole proprietors and are outlined below. Contributions to employee plans are considered deductible business expenses as well. And, Skeans adds, business owners can change plans as the company grows or changes.
(See www.irs.gov/retirement for complete comparisons and up-to-date contribution limits. The U.S. Department of Labor also produces a guide to choosing a retirement solution for your small business.)
IRA: An Individual Retirement Account is the leanest option for the self-employed, Skeans says, with the fewest tax benefits and lowest contribution limits -- $5,500 for the 2014 tax year, or $6,500 if you're age 50 or older by the end of the year. But, she cautions, "if you just settle on an IRA because you don't want to be bothered with the rules governing contributions to other kinds of accounts, you really can lose the tax benefits that go along with putting money into these plans."
SIMPLE IRA: Business owners with 100 or fewer employees can offer a Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees, with low setup and administrative costs. The employer and employee can contribute up to $12,000 each in 2014. (Workers over 50 are eligible to make a $2,500 catch-up contribution.) Employers are required to contribute to their employees' plans, between one percent and three percent of total pay.
SEP Plan: The Simplified Employee Pension appeals to entrepreneurs who don't have employees because of its high contribution limits -- 25 percent of compensation, up to $52,000 a year – and its low setup cost. Only the employer contributes; if you have employees, you must contribute to their accounts at the same percentage as your own. This could hamper your ability to make your own maximum contribution; however, contributions don't have to be made every year.
Individual 401(k): A 401(k) plan is a more expensive option because you must pay a plan administrator. But you can double up contributions as both employee and employer. Here's how: you can make employee contributions up to $17,500 this year ($23,000 for those 50 and up). Add to it your employer contribution, which can equal up to 20 percent of your net earnings. The combined contribution can top out at $52,000 in 2014, plus a $5,500 catch-up contribution for those 50 and up.
"Even if you just start with small amounts, it helps you from a tax standpoint, and you get the benefit of compounding," Skeans says.


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Kilimanjaro 19,341 ft.
Kilimanjaro Ascent & Safari Adventure
14 days / 13 nights / Cost: $5,995.00
Rongai Route with 5-day wildlife Safari
Summit Kilimanjaro is the highest peak on the African continent with its three volcanic cones, Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira, it forms the largest strato-volcano in the world. Located in north-eastern Tanzania rising 15,100 ft from its base and 16,700 ft from the plains near Moshi, provides a dramatic view from the summit of the surrounding plains. SWS Mountain Kilimanjaro Ascent and Safari Adventure are 14 days / 13 nights which includes 1 full relaxing/ recovery rest day, a 6-day summit ascent via the less traveled Rongai Route and a 5-day wildlife safari to the Serengeti, Lake Manyara, and Ngorongoro Crater. Lodging before and after your climb is at a private hotel in Moshi, Tanzania. Our African Adventure is inclusive, all you pay for is your drinks and food while in Moshi and your airfare to the Kilimanjaro airport in Tanzania about 45 minutes from our hotel in Moshi. Climb Kilimanjaro with SWS Mountain Guides offering the same professional expertise and expedition logistics in Africa as with our California climbs and courses. All climbs include a Senior American SWS Mountain Guides along with the expertise of the local guides, porters and staff.
Departure City: Moshi, Tanzania – Kilimanjaro International Airport
Group Size: 8 climbers with an SWS Mountain Guides, local guides, porters and staff
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We are currently a Level 2 clan half way to level 3 in season 2. As of this posting we are 23 active members strong, so if you ever wanted to join a clan at the foundation and grow with it, this is your chance.
Every two months we will go through the roster and kick any members that have not been active on Destiny 2 for 60 days or more to keep our roster with active players and make room for people currently playing.
Sans Merci was founded to make sure there is a clan out there guaranteed to be relaxed and fun. Sans Merci is still dedicated to progression and helping it's members grow, but without the pressures of a hardcore clan.
We are an American EST timezone based clan. Be prepared to work around that for events.
Every week we will do scheduled events, raid, nightfall and crucibles. There obviously will be numerous unplanned events that just happen when the right people are on. We will help with new alts, with learning the game, and progressing through areas.
I am not going to claim that this clan will be the place to be if you want guaranteed hardcore people to play with, but if your looking for a relaxing environment that is friendly and helpful this is the clan for you, you will not be judged by how good or bad you play.
What we are looking for in our members
1) Active in discord
2) Respectful of other members
3) Microphone if your to do raids, nightfall, crucibles. (need to communicate during raids and crucibles)
4) Willing to help other members grow and learn
5) Must be active and engaged with other clan mates.
How to Join
1) Post your bnet in case I need to find you
2) Sign up on our clan page
3) Join our Discord channel https://discord.gg/kPreumt
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Anophthalmia and Microphthalmia
Microphthalmia is a disorder in which one or both eyes are abnormally small. Anophthalmia is the absence of one or both eyes. These rare disorders develop during pregnancy and can be associated with other birth defects.
Patient Information
Other Helpful Links
- Uveal Coloboma
- View Eye Health Organizations for Anophthalmia
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Advanced PFOA free Titanium reinforced nonstick cookware. The 8mm thick bottom is made of stress relieved chill cast aluminum which allows for perfect heat distribution. A patented, detachable handle is ideal for turning the Nowo series into oven safe casseroles and allows for easy storage. The series is oven, dishwasher and metal utensil safe with a limited lifetime warranty.
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I am excited to announce the first way to shop and save for
"In the Spirit of Giving and Growing Local" is:
The Pampered Chef
With Local Consultant Emily Rayburn!
Emily has been with The Pampered Chef for 6 Years, her job is to help everyone save time in the kitchen. She started selling because she wanted to fill her kitchen with quality tools. Now that her youngest child has gone to Kindergarten, she is growing her business!
Let's help Emily grow her client base and business!
Emily is offering up a great deal on The Pampered Chef items! I personally LOVE everything from The Pampered Chef, I find it all to be high quality and truly does save you time in the kitchen! The Pampered Chef makes for a great present and the kitchen utensils/tools are a great stocking stuffer.
So here is what Emily is offering to ALL the Nifty Thrifty Lady Readers:
- 10% off all orders placed by October 31
- When you spend 75.00 you get 10% off your order and a Free Cookbook
- Be entered to win a FREE cookbook when you Like Emily's Pampered Chef Page and "like" the Post Welcoming The Nifty Thrifty Readers
- Book a Show a get a free Pizza
How to order:
Visit Emily's Pamper Chef Website to browse the Catalog and Place order under Host Nifty Thrifty:
Message her on Facebook with your order (remember tell her The Nifty Thrifty Lady Sent you!)
Email her with your order
She will review your order and update you total with the discounts!
I know that everyone has to have an inspiring cook in their family! So start our Christmas the right way with a little money saving and helping to Give and Grow Local 2012!


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Your friends automatically follow you. You can also let people who aren't your friends follow you.
Click Public Posts on the left.
Select Friends or Public next to Who Can Follow Me.
See Who's Following YouIf you've allowed people to follow you, you can see a list of your followers by going to your profile, clicking Friends below your cover photo and then clicking Followers. If you don't have any followers, you won't see this option.
If you let people who aren't your friends follow you, people who send friend requests that you ignore or delete will automatically start following you. If you don't want someone to follow you, you can block them at any time.


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Guidance & Counseling
APPOINTMENT WITH YOUR COUNSELORUse the links below to request an appointment with your counselor.
- 9th Grade: Last Name A-Z | Jeni Schad
- 10th-12th Grade: Last Name A-Ga | Erin Bloch
- 10th-12th Grade: Last Name Ge - Moh | Phil Corbett
- 10th-12th Grade: Last Name Moi - Z | Krisi Lain
Visit with College and Military Reps!
2020-2021 District 742 Course Catalog
Registration presentation for class of 2021
Registration presentation for class of 2022
Registration presentation for class of 2023
Registration presentation for class of 2024
FAFSA-Steps to completing your FAFSA
FAFSA Instructional Video
Follow Tech Counseling news on TWITTER!Tech Counselors are excited to share information with students and families through our Twitter account. Receive regular tweets about Colleges, Careers, Testing, Scheduling, Financial Aid, and everything else you need to know about planning for High School and Beyond! You do not have to have a TWITTER account to follow us!! Simply TEXT: follow tech_counseling TO: 40404 Tweets will come to you through your text messaging.
College Planning
Below are a number of resources available to students to help with their college exploration, planning, and application:
College Knowledge Month Calendar
Application Flowchart
Choosing a College
College Application Worksheet
Senior Application Information
Post-Secondary Schools Waving the Application Fee
Whether a student will be attending a four year college, technical college or entering the workforce after graduation. Counselors are available to assist students to setting a plan for the future.
Students are assigned counselors according to the first letter of their last name. To speak with any of the counseling staff:
Erin Bloch 320-370-8365
- 10th-12th Grade, Students with last name A-Ga
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- 9th Grade, Students with last name A-Z
Phil Corbett 320-370-8366
- 10th-12th Grade, Students with last name Ge-Moh
Krisi Lain 320-370-8367
- 10th-12th Grade, Students with last name Moi-Z
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- The place and address where you want the transcript sent
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What's the best (free) way to remote control a Windows XP computer from a Windows 7 (Pro) one?
i.e. I want to see the Win XP desktop on my Win 7 pooter and be able to run software remotely (although it'll be on the same LAN).
I had a quick look at Remote Desktop in Windows 7 but that doesn't appear to allow it.


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Field Poppy Reception Cards
This spring themed flat reception card is printed on spring green card stock. A poppy floral design adorns the top right corner of the card, which will be printed in the ink color chosen for your text. Envelopes are not included.
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Camouflage clothes are cool, but only to a certain degree. Many people outside of the service enjoy the coloring, but others out there prefer something less busy and simple. The style and stability of those popular pants and shirts can't be beat. That is why our armed forces wear these. If you want the coolness and style but you don't fancy the green on green camouflage print there is something you can do.
Lay down the newspaper or drop cloth in your work space.
Fill your washing machine according to package instructions based on the amount of camouflage clothing you want to change.
Let the RIT dye color remover dissolve in the washing machine water.
Put in your camouflage clothing and let it soak according to package instructions.
Turn the washing machine back on to go through the entire cycle after soak time.
Dry the clothes.
Repeat the process if needed to ensure all of the coloring has been removed.
Fill the washing machine again, according to the package instructions and the amount of clothing you are changing.
Let the RIT dye color dissolve in the washing machine water.
Put your now color free clothing in the washing machine water and let soak according to package instructions.
Again, turn the washing machine back on to go through the entire cycle after soak time.
Dry the clothes.
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Person to Person LendingPerson to person lending is probably the oldest form of lending. Decades ago, person to person lending could be solidified with a spit in the hand and a solid handshake, the man's promise to return whatever was borrowed. This type of lending is based on trust, honor, and the ability to keep a promise. Although person to person lending might seem simple, it is likely an area that people fail to fulfill their duty to repay their debt. Oftentimes, person to person lending occurs within families. Because family dynamics have the ability to get in the way of imposing consequences for breaking a contract, there are many folks that do not get their monetary or property return. On the flip side, there are many other times when person to person lending among families works out just fine and money or property is returned or repaid within the agreed upon terms with no problem. This positive follow through establishes trust and credit, just as it would with a bank or other lending institution.
With all forms of borrowing and lending, it is important to adhere to the terms of an agreement and repay accordingly. It is easy for some people to minimize person to person lending as something less professional than a bank transaction because the actual transaction may be so much more simple. The handing over of a check by a grandmother or father seems less conspicuous than filling out all the papers at a brick and mortar financial institution, but both are equally important. There are also wealthy people who dabble in peer lending as a way to make more money. They are able to finance projects, etc., and then gain a return on principle plus interest.
There are a few other terms for person to person lending. It may also be called social lending or peer lending. These terms simply imply that there is a transaction or establishing credit with a person instead of an institution. Personal lenders should use a contract form when acting as a credit agency, even if it is with family members. Even when people know one another it is still important to lay out the terms of the loan, so that both parties adhere to the terms. This also assures that all parties involved are very familiar with the consequences of not following through with return. Some person to person lending involves attaching interest, so putting this in the contract and determining the exact amount of money that should be repaid is extremely important. Just because the monetary transactions are occurring between two or more people does not make it any less important than a bank's transactions. Of course, the amounts or items that are being loaned out also affect the seriousness of the matter and whether or not personal contracts need to be written. It is a good idea for the lender to always write a receipt for the borrower. Both parties should have a copy of the receipt and it can serve as proof if ever needed.
Although contract law does set forth guidelines for some verbal agreements, it is much harder to enforce the terms of the loan and get money returned when paper contracts are not used. The backbone of any agreement is having it in writing. It may also be important to have a witness. One of the most common forms of fraud is committed between family members who prey on their elderly. It is a mistake to think this will only happen to someone else because it happens too easily and too often. An easy and frequent starting point of elderly abuse fraud happens through person to person lending. The lender, who perhaps should not have been negotiating financial terms on their own, can easily be taken advantage of, so that is why the witness is so important, especially when large sums of money are involved.
All in all, person to person lending can be a very simple or complex process depending of the terms. If it is problematic then paperwork and documentation becomes important. One of the best things about person to person lending is that it allows people to buy things they otherwise would not have been able to have had they only had traditional financial institutions as a borrowing option.


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Plate spinning
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Plate spinning is a circus manipulation art where a person spins plates, bowls and other flat objects on poles, without them falling off. Plate spinning relies on the gyroscopic effect, in the same way a top stays upright while spinning. Spinning plates are sometimes gimmicked, to help keep the plates on the poles.
Many Chinese acrobatics troupes feature plate spinning, usually in combination with contortion or acrobatic skills. These usually feature performers holding several plates in each hand spinning on sticks.
Western plate spinning performers usually present comedy acts and typically feature one performer with an assistant, spinning multiple plates on sticks held vertically in stands.
Other forms of plate manipulation include plate waltzing, where plates are spun on their edges on a table top, and plate juggling, where plates are manipulated and thrown by the performers. Some performers have combined several of these elements into restaurant or kitchen-themed acts.
The Guinness World Record for spinning multiple plates is held by David Spathaky, assisted by Debbie Woolley, who spun 108 plates simultaneously in Bangkok, Thailand, on television in 1996. He had previously held and broken his own record four times since 1986.
In popular culture[edit]
The tune "Sabre Dance" is often played in the background. This was a popular act on The Ed Sullivan Show (by Erich Brenn[1]) and other American variety and talent shows during the early years of American television. Tom Griswold, co-host of The Bob & Tom Show, a syndicated American comedy radio program, occasionally says he wishes he could see a plate spinner on TV again and wants to book one for his staff's annual Christmas party, which Chick McGee cites as further evidence that Griswold is out of touch with contemporary entertainment. In an episode of the Simpsons, at the Springfield Retirement Castle talent show, one participant does a similar act, but uses the dentures of several of the residents. Plate spinning was often seen in HBO's prison drama Oz, where an unnamed prisoner would often be seen spinning a book on the tip of a pen.
The popular game show The Generation Game would regularly feature a plate spinner demonstrating his skills, then inviting the contestants to have a go - with smashing results. During the 1960s & 1970s German Performer Wolfgang Bartschelly popularised plate spinning and regularly appeared on television. From the 1980s onward, the mantle was passed to British plate spinner, young Andrew Van Buren who regularly appeared and still can be seen presenting this format of plate spinning on game shows, on television and performing around the world.
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Modeling Excellence
By: Rick Boxx
March 25, 2015
After spending the night at my friend Jeff's house, I was cleaning the bathroom and bedroom I had used. As I examined the bathroom I found myself cleaning the shower doors and making sure the sink was spotless.
Although I always try to leave things as they were before I used them, I went beyond what I might normally. The reason why was because Jeff models excellence.
Whether it's his home or his business, Jeff pays close attention to the details. In the process, he raised the standard for me.
In 2 Thessalonians 3 Paul wrote that he worked hard, "in order to offer ourselves as a model for you, so that you would follow our example."
If you desire to inspire others towards excellence, be like Jeff and model it for them.
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On July 1, 2014, changes to the Florida 'Move Over Law' went into effect to include more at-risk workers in need of protection on Florida roads. The Move Over Law made it mandatory for drivers to either move over a lane or drastically slow down when some types of emergency or utility vehicles were on the side of the road. Until July 1, the law mainly covered law enforcement and first responders; it has now been changed to include other vehicles as well, including utility vehicles, sanitation vehicles and tow trucks.
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The fine for violating the Move Over Law in Florida is $120, but this can vary depending on which county the violation occurs in. There is also a three-point penalty on the violator's driver's license.
Nearly every state in the country has some sort of Move Over Law on the books. They were enacted in response to the high numbers of police officers who are killed every year when they are struck by vehicles on American highways. By one estimate, almost 165 officers died across the nation over a 10-year period. This does not include other workers who are often struck on the side of the road that this new law is meant to protect, such as tow truck drivers, sanitation and utility workers.


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Ohio man admits killing ex-coal exec. during drug binge
WILLIAMSON, W.Va. -- An Ohio man has pleaded guilty in the fatal shooting of a former coal executive in southern West Virginia.
Anthony R. Arriaga of Delphos, Ohio, told a Mingo County circuit judge Tuesday that he had been using drugs and had little sleep over several days before he killed Bennett Hatfield in a cemetery last May, news outlets reported.
Hatfield had been visiting his wife's gravesite at Mountain View Memory Gardens near the Kentucky-West Virginia border. His SUV was found nearby. Hatfield resigned in 2015 as president and CEO of Patriot Coal.
Mingo County Prosecutor Duke Jewell said Arriaga's plea "saved the family from going through a trial."
Arriaga faces life in prison on a first-degree murder charge at least 10 additional years for first-degree robbery. Sentencing has been set for May 17.
Co-defendant Brandon Lee Fitzpatrick of Louisa, Kentucky, is charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy. His pretrial hearing is set for Thursday.
Arriaga told the judge he had just met Fitzpatrick days earlier. Arriaga had a gun, got some bullets at the home of Fitzpatrick's father, and Arriaga and Fitzpatrick went driving in Arriaga's car. Fitzpatrick suggested they rob a gas station or steal a car, but as they passed the cemetery, Fitzpatrick told Arriaga to stop there so he could visit his grandmother's grave, Arriaga said in court.
The pair spotted Hatfield's GMC Yukon Denali and hatched a plan to steal it and sell its parts. But knowing Hatfield would call police if they stole the SUV, Arriaga said Fitzpatrick told him, "'We can't leave him alive.'"
Arriaga said he stood behind Hatfield while Fitzpatrick urged him to shoot. Arriaga said he fired at least two rounds. Hatfield was shot in the back.
Arriaga said Fitzpatrick drove off in Arriaga's car and left him behind. Arriaga said he started running, fell into a river, then made it to a road where a man gave him a ride to a friend's house in Wayne County.
Authorities have said the man who drove Arriaga contacted authorities after hearing about Hatfield's death. Police helped track Arriaga to Wayne County and, through cellphone records, to Allen County, Ohio, where he was arrested two days after the shooting. Fitzpatrick was arrested a day later.


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Deep Multimodal Embedding
Obtaining a good common representation between different modalities is challenging for two main reasons. First, each modality might intrinsically have very different statistical properties – for example, most trajectory representations are inherently dense, while a bag-of-words representation of language is by nature sparse. This makes it challenging to apply algorithms designed for unimodal data, as one modality might overpower the others. Second, even with expert knowledge, it is extremely challenging to design joint features between such disparate modalities. Humans are able to map similar concepts from different sensory system to the same concept using common representation between different modalities [14]. For example, we are able to correlate the appearance with feel of a banana, or a language instruction with a real-world action. This ability to fuse information from different input modalities and map them to actions is extremely useful to a household robot.
We introduce an algorithm that learns to pull together semantically similar environment/language pairs and their corresponding trajectories to the same regions in a shared embedding space, and push environment/language pairs away from irrelevant trajectories based on how irrelevant these tra- jectories are. Our algorithm also allows for efficient inference because, given a new instruction and point-cloud, we only need to find the nearest trajectory to the projection of this pair in the learned embedding space using a fast nearest- neighbor algorithms [46].
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- The World of James Herriot is a unique tribute to vet and author James Herriot. Based in his original surgery at 23 Kirkgate, Thirsk, North Yorkshire - the 'Skeldale House' of the Herriot books - it takes visitors on a journey back to the 1940s. When James Herriot died in 1995, Hambleton District Council bought the old surgery and set about painstakingly restoring it. The £1.4 million project includes recreated living quarters and sets from the TV series 'All Creatures Great and Small'. The orginal Austin 7 car used in the series sits in the cottage garden and there is an exclusive documentary to watch. An interactive gallery has been developed for children to experience science games with a veterinary twist. It sits alongside displays of artefacts from the veterinary world past and present.
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Competing Through People: Leading for Enhanced Performance, formerly known as The SMU First-Line Management Program, is a 9-week certificate program that provides concepts and tools to master the people side of management. It is ideal for new managers and supervisors as well as those making the move into management - providing a solid base in management techniques. The program is also excellent for more experienced managers who may not have received formal training or education in managing others. This course focuses on knowing your own management style, managing your subordinates, and managing your peer and boss relationships.
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Most people enter management with a wealth of training and experience in specific technical areas, but with little or no skills in managing people. This program, Competing Through People: Leading for Enhanced Performance, is a ten-session series, held over nine weeks. It provides managers with a solid foundation in essential management competencies. Using small group activities, assessment tools, and skill building exercises, you'll actively convert concepts into people skills.
Who Should Attend
Technical managers, entrepreneurs, and experienced managers who have taken on additional people responsibilities or have not had formal training in people management.
Program Time and Place
The program begins with a comprehensive, mandatory full-day session. Thereafter, the Dallas session meets on Wednesday evenings from 6-9pm at the Cox School of Business on the SMU campus. The Plano session meets on Tuesday evenings from 6-9pm at SMU-in-Legacy.
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Certificates of Completion are awarded to participants who complete an individual project and attend the introductory full-day session and at least six of the eight evening sessions. The program is also approved for Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
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* Leveraging Individual Differences
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Long-running Canadian trio Rush deserves some respect, after keeping it real and technically proficient for 30 years. And since imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they'll surely read this a cappella version of the classic instrumental track "YYZ" (It's named after the Toronto airport! And there's some Morse Code or something in it!) as a respectful tribute. The group responsible is called Acrapella, so that should give some indication of what they're aiming for. Enjoy, and tip your hat to Buzzfeed.
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