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Hank: So, I have this brother, John, you may have heard of him. John: Hi there. Hank: And as it happens, John and I have the exact same parents. John: Yeah, Mom and Dad Green. Hank: And since we have the same parents, it's to be expected that John and I would have similar physical characteristics because the source of our DNA is exactly the same. John: Hank and I share some genes, but no one knew anything about chromosomes or DNA until the middle of the 20th century, and people have been noticing that brothers tend to look alike since people started noticing stuff, or whatever. Hank: That was very scientific, John. John: I will remind you that I am doing you a favor. (upbeat music with whistling) Hank: Heredity, it's basically just the passing on of genetic traits from parents to offspring; and like John said, the study of heredity is ancient, although, the first ideas about how the goods were passed on from parents to kids were really, really, really, really, really, really wrong. For instance, the concept that people were working with for nearly 2,000 years came from Aristotle, who suggested that we are each a mixture of our parents' traits, with the father supplying the life-force to the new human, and the mother supplying the building blocks to put it all together. Aristotle also thought that semen was highly-purified menstrual blood, which is why we still refer to blood lines when we're talking about heredity. Anyways, since somebody had a better idea since nobody really wanted to tangle with Aristotle, for hundreds of years everybody just assumed that our parents' traits just sort of blended together in us. Like, if a black squirrel and a white squirrel fell in love and decided to start a family together, their offspring would be grey. The first person to really start studying and thinking about heredity in a modern way was this Austrian monk named Gregor Mendel, and Mendel demonstrated that inheritance followed particular patterns. In the mid-1800s, Mendel spent sort of an unhealthy amount of time grubbing around in his garden with a bunch of pea plants, and through a series of experiments crossing the pea plants and seeing which traits got passed on and which didn't, he came up with a frame work for understanding how traits actually get passed from one generation to another. So, to talk about classical genetics, which includes Mendel's ideas about how traits get passed along from parents to children, kinda have to simplify the crap out of genetics. I hope you don't mind. So, we've all got chromosomes, which are the form that our DNA takes in order to get passed on from parent to child. Human cells have 23 pairs of chromosomes. Now, a gene is a section of DNA in a specific location on a chromosome that contains information that determines a trait. Of course, the vast majority of the time, a physical trait is a reflection of a bunch of different genes working together, which makes this all very confusing, and when this happens it's called a polygenic trait. Polygenic. Many genes. And then again, sometimes a single gene can influence how multiple traits are going to be expressed, and these genes are called pleiotropic. However, some, very few, but some, single traits are decided by a single gene, like the color of pea flowers, for example, which is what Mendel studied when he discovered all of this stuff. And when that happens, in Mendel's honor, we call that a Mendelian trait. There are a couple examples of Mendelian traits in humans, one of them being the relative wetness or dryness of your ear wax. So, there is just 1 gene that determines the consistency of your ear wax, and that gene is located at the very same spot on each person's chromosome, right here: chromosome 16. However, there is 1 version of this gene, or allele, that says the wax is going to be wet, and there's another allele that says the wax is going to be dry. You might be asking yourself what the difference is between these 2 things, and I'm glad you asked because we actually know the answer to that question. Among the many amino acids that make up this particular gene sequence, there is one exact slot where they are different If the amino acid is glycine in that slot, you're gonna have wet ear wax, but if it's arginine, it's dry. Now, comes the question of how you get what you get from your parents. In most animals, basically, any cell in the body that isn't a sperm or an egg, these are called somatic cells, are diploid, meaning that there are 2 sets of chromosomes, 1 inherited from each of your parents. So, you get 1 ear wax determining allele from your mom, and 1 from your dad; and I should mention, that the reason for this is that gametes, or sex cells, senor sperm and madame egg, are haploid cells, meaning that they only have 1 set of chromosomes. Again for emphasis, non-sex cells are called somatic cells and they are diploid, sex cells are called gametes and they are haploid. This makes a lot of sense because a sperm or an egg has very specific motivation, they're seriously hoping to score, and if they do, they plan to join with a complimentary haploid cell that has the other pair of chromosomes they're going to need to make a new human, or buffalo, or squid, or whatever. Also, just so you know, some plants have polyploid cells, which means that they more than 2 sets of chromosomes in each cell, which isn't better or anything, it's just how they do. But anyway, the point of this all is that we inherit 1 version of the ear wax gene from each of our parents. So, back to ear wax. So, let's just say that your mom gives you a wet ear wax allele, and your dad gives you a dry ear wax allele; good Lord, your dad has horribly ugly ears. Anyway, since your parents have 2 alleles, each for 1 gene inherited from each of their parents, the one passed along to you is entirely random. So, a lot of what Mendel discovered is that when there are 2 alleles that decide the outcome of a specific trait, one of these alleles could be dominant and the other one recessive. Dominance is the relationship between alleles, in which 1 allele masks, or totally suppresses the expression of another allele. So, back to ear wax, 'cause I know we all love talking about it so much, it turns out that mom's wet ear wax allele is dominant, which is why she gets a big W and dad's dry ear wax allele is recessive, which is why he has to be a little W. John: Go mom! Hank: Oh! You're back? Anyway, mom's allele is dominant, an that settles it, right? That we're gonna have wet ear wax. John: Uh, something about the way that you said that tells me it's not that easy. Hank: Oh, you are so much smarter than you look. It is indeed not that easy. So, just because an allele is recessive doesn't mean that it's less common and all of your genetic material than the dominant allele, which leads us to the assumption, the correct assumption, that there's something else going on here. John: I'm definitely getting that vibe from you. Hank: So, it has to do with mom and dad's parent's, because everybody inherits 2 alleles from their parents. Mom got 1 from nanny and 1 from papa, and let's just say that mom got a little W from nanny, and a big W allele from papa. That means that mom's genotype, or genetic makeup, when it comes to that single trait, is heterozygous, which means that she inherited 2 different versions of the same gene from each of her parents. Dad, on the other hand, has a homozygote. John: Let me guess, that means he had 2 of the same allele, either a little W or a big W, inherited from both grandma and grandpa? Hank: Right, and in order for this to all work out the way that I want it to, let's just say that both grandma and grandpa would have passed little W's down to dad, making his genotype homozygous recessive for this gene. John: Okay, so I'm keeping score in my head right now, and according to my calculations, mom is a big W, little W, and dad is a little W, little W. Hank: And now, we're gonna try to figure out what our ear wax phenotype is, and phenotype is what's expressed physically, or in this case, what you'd see if you looked into our ears. John: All right, so we're gonna do like a Punnett square or anything? This is why I do history; if we're doing Punnett squares, I'm leaving. Hank: But, I was just gonna start to talk about people again. So, Reginald C. Punnett, who was a total Gregor Mendel fanboy, invented the Punnett square as a way to diagram the outcome of a particular crossbreeding experiment; and a really simple one looks like this. So, let's put mom on the side here, and give her a big W and a little W; and let's put dad on the top, and he gets 2 little W's. So, if you fill this in, looks like there's a 50/50 chance that any child of this mating will homozygous or heterozygous. And as for our phenotype, shakes out the same way, John and I both have a 50% chance of having wet ear wax, a 50% chance of having dry ear wax. So, I just had to go and call John because now he's not participating, 'cause he doesn't like Punnett squares, and it turns out that he has wet ear wax, I also have wet ear wax, which, you know, is not that unlikely, considering that our parents were homozygous and heterozygous. This, uh, may explain the odor of our bathroom when we were growing up, because it turns out that there's a correlation between wet ear wax and body odor, because ear wax and arm pit sweat are produced by the same type of gland. Because this 1 gene has an affect on multiple traits or phenotypes, it's an example of a pleiotropic gene; because the gene affects both how wet your ear wax is and how much you stink. One more thing you might find interesting, sex-linked inheritance. So, we've got 23 chromosomes, 22 pairs are autosomes, or non-sex chromosomes, and 1 pair, the 23rd pair, to be exact, is a sex chromosome. At hat 23rd pair, women have 2 full-length chromosome, or XX, and men have 1 X chromosome that they inherited from their mom, and this 1 little short, puny, shriveled chromosome that we call Y, which is why men are XY. So, certain genetic traits are linked to a person's sex, and are passed on through the sex chromosomes. Since dudes don't have 2 full chromosomes on pair 23, there may be recessive alleles on the X that they inherited from their mom that will get expressed since there's not any information on the Y chromosome to provide the possibility for a dominant allele counteracting that specific trait. Take, for instance, balding. Women rarely go bald in their youth, like some men do, because it's caused by a recessive allele located in a gene on the X chromosome; so, it's rare that women get 2 recessive alleles, but men need just 1 recessive allele and go baldy bald! That allele is on their X chromosome, which they got from mom. But, was mom bald? Probably not. And where did mom get that allele on her X chromosome? Either from her dad or her mom. So, if you're bald, you can go ahead and blame it on your maternal grandmother, or your maternal maternal great grandfather, or your maternal maternal maternal great great grandfather, who probably went bald before he was 30. So, genetics, you guys, resistance is futile. Thanks to my brother, John, for sharing his personal genetic information with us and also, his face and voice and all of that stuff. That was very nice, and think of us next time you swab out your ears; actually, they say that you really shouldn't do that because you have ear wax for a reason and you might poke your brain, or something. Okay, that's the last time I'm mentioning ear wax.


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When Teens Are Dating
When Teens Are Dating, it is Time to Have the Talk You've Been Putting Off
Deborah, the mother of 13-year-old Brianna, just discovered some things about her daughter.
"I just found out that when she told me she was going to the movies with her best friend, she and her friend met two boys there," Deborah said.
"I've noticed that she has been more independent lately and spends more time alone in her bedroom. When I checked around in her room one day, I found letters she has written to friends at school and she talked about dating boys."
This revelation was shocking for Deborah who had never suspected Brianna was interested in boys or even thought about dating.
Deborah went on to explain that she has been divorced from Brianna's father for six years and Brianna does not see her father very often. Deborah is not dating or living with a man at this time. "That means," Deborah said, "she doesn't have a male figure in her life. Maybe she's searching for someone to love."
Finally, Deborah said that she is frightened that at age 13 Brianna is too young to date, may be vulnerable to a relationship with an older boy, and could get involved in a sexual relationship at far too young an age.
"What do I do and what do I say to Brianna?" Deborah wanted to know.
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It's not that parents don't want to talk to their children about sex. Most want to and most intend to. Yet, they put off essential conversations about sex and sexuality. And that's too bad for kids. Most young people say they would prefer to learn about sex from a parent. Yet, most kids say they never have those kinds of conversations with their mom or dad.
The reason? Mothers and fathers tend to hold back when there's an opportunity to talk about sex. They make excuses, procrastinate or look for reasons why it's not quite the right time. Then, before they know it, they have an adolescent who is dating and it's no longer possible to avoid these important conversations.
If it's time for you to have a talk with your teenager, you can start by simply saying, "We should have had this conversation before, but you've grown up so fast I just didn't realize we needed to talk yet. But I think now is a good time to get started."
Then, no matter how awkward you feel about this, you should talk about dating and sexuality. But a major obstacle for many parents is knowing where to start and how much to say. You may not be sure how much your child knows or what it is that they need to hear from you. However, by asking some simple questions or just by making some straightforward and open-ended comments, such a conversation can get off the ground. For example, you can ask or say one or more of the following:
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"Since you're going out now, you need to know what I think about sex."
"When I was your age, I thought I knew everything until I started to date, and then I had questions, but nobody was available to answer my questions. I'd like to be sure that you know that I will try to answer any questions that you have."
When talking to your teen about dating, be sure you share your values. Your values and beliefs related to dating, sexual intercourse between teenagers, unprotected sex, pregnancy at an early age, and sexually transmitted diseases are all vitally important areas. But beyond their obvious importance is the fact that adolescents really do want to know what you think about these things.


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Here we are again, resolution time. I've already written about how my 2014 resolutions panned out, so what am I looking to achieve this year?
Read at least 12 books again.
I actually read more than 12 books last year and really my aim this year is to read closer to 20, but as I've written before, I'm not the quickest of readers; I like to take my sweet time over a book but in saying that, when you're gripped you find yourself flying through them and, now that I'm back into my reading groove – after a couple of lean years where I didn't read nearly as much as I would have liked – I seem to naturally be reading quicker in general. But 12 is the minimum. Also, unlike last year I'm not going to do a post saying what those 12 books will be. This year I'm just going to see what takes my fancy as I finish the book I'm reading.
Watch more films.
Again, a repeat from last year, where I ended up watching some great films. I've started this year off with Out of the Furnace, Fruitvale Station and Blue Ruin. I don't know what number I should put on this, I didn't specify exactly how many films I wanted to get through last year but I should probably have a number to aim for, so I'll go for 50, which will give me a nice pool from which to choose from for my top 10 of the year come December.
Write two scripts.
OK, so last year I said I wanted to write three scripts and in fact only managed one. This year I want to write two that I have fully fleshed out ideas for – a romantic comedy and a thriller. Not to mention a couple of short scripts I want to write as well.
Complete my novel.
This is one I'll expand on in a future post.
Find a job.
And not just any job. I've already thrown my hat into the ring for a few opportunities which I'll no doubt talk about soon. In fact I will expand on it.
Quit alcohol for one whole year.
A big goal certainly, and one which ties into a slew of more, how can I say, 'abstract' goals which I'll talk about in a separate post that I'll simply title '27,375 days'. I don't really see it as problematic to achieve, but then right now I'm sat at a computer and not in a bar under the influence of peer pressure to, well, become under the influence of alcohol. But every time I think about a situation where my resolve could be weakened I think, 'it's just a year, and it's just alcohol'. I want to give myself a goal that will challenge and force me to think and act differently in the way I interact with people socially, which ties into a whole host of other changes I've made that have been uniformly positive in my life.
That for now will be it.


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Further testing of the Mobile App, TriggerTrap. After a few false starts managed to keep it running till the battery ran out on a 63 mile journey home from work. Distance lapse trigger was used in preference of time-lapse. quality is plainly an issue on the iphone once rendering etc have taken their toll, but will certainly be interesting testing some of the other triggers with the SLR when the cables arrive.
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A Matter of Britain
Queen Guenever introduces the Court of Romance to Arthurian Britain. This event marks the start of the popular activity of fine amor, or "courtly love"—a principle decree of which is that it is the duty of women to flirt with well-spoken guests and to receive flattery from them. In short, courtly love allows a character to gain Glory for romantic affairs.
Fine amor is an invention of ladies and poets to recognize and reward "the fairer sex." It is love for love's sake—romantic and passionate love that must be contrasted to the emotionless, political attitude of arranged marriage. Some have argued that courtly romance gave social power to women who previously had none (or at least very little).
The experiment was utterly novel at the time, though we may feel it is trite now. How much of it was merely a parlor game, a petty conceit for the debutantes, a castle-bound girl's Dark Age soap opera of dreamy emotional outlawry? It is hard for us today to tell these things. Was fine amor ever actually practiced? Yes, we know it was. We have records of some historic knights who did the ludicrous and dangerous things demanded by it. Although these may have been isolated cases, they were nonetheless talked about and admired by many contemporaries.
In time, Guenever's Court of Romance is transformed into formalized social events known as the Courts of Love. She and selected court ladies preside, with everyone else as audience. Women may come to this court to inquire of the rules, to complain of their lover (who nonetheless remains anonymous, of course), and/or to receive the judgment of the court whether an action—"a theoretical activity, of course…"—is romantically "correct" or not. If the Court of Love condemns an affair, or any activity involved in the affair, it might even rule that the love must be ended!
Part of the allure of courtly love is its forbidden nature. It is directly opposed to the sacrament of matrimony, for "True Love" is liberating while matrimony is bondage. Thus the most intense of all romances involves a married woman cheating on her husband. The purity of their bliss sets both lovers free from the gross material concerns of the world and places them into that rarefied realm of emotional commitment. The fact that adultery is forbidden by both Church and State makes its consummation all the sweeter.
But courtly love is not just the work of a back-door man—simple lust is only a base reflection of True Love. Courtly romance is delicate and formalized, and its practitioners are required to go through the stages outlined in The Romantic Affair.
Troubadours are an important part of the romantic scene. They write and sing passionate songs that praise a lady's beauty, grace, generosity, and chastity. The poems are often disguised, using the names of ancient lovers so as not to name the lady directly. Thus the poet pretends to be entertaining everyone, but in secret sends his love and messages to someone in the court.
There are a number of behaviors expected of men in courtly romance. Firstly, men must adore women in word, thought, and action, with an overwhelming preoccupation. When problems occur and only failure and frustration ensue, the doting man must be nourished by his agony until love becomes the all-encompassing passion of his life.
In fine amor, men are subordinate to their lovers, vassal to his lady. This humble and submissive attitude of the lover was an idea entirely new to its time, when patriarchy was otherwise unshakable and no doubt insufferable in both social and clerical circles. The deliberate role reversal was a reaction against the bondage imposed by prevailing attitudes. It exalted Love, transforming it into something new.


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Tales of the Wily Mousedeer Roving Exhibition
Learn more about the wily mousedeer at this roving exhibition that will make its way around four public libraries. There will be various illustrated stories, fun facts and songs about this tiny animal. You will also get to see storybooks and textbooks from around the world that feature the nocturnal critter.Find out more »
Sirri na Pesse: Navigating Bugis Identities in Singapore
Sirri na Pesse, which loosely translates to 'Honour and Pride' in the Bugis language, features the history and development of the Malay-Bugis community in Singapore.Find out more »
Arts In Your Neighbourhood: Larger Than Life
Larger Than Life is a public art showcase of five site-specific works, curated by art collective, Vertical Submarine.Find out more »
Century of Light
Century of Light features two exhibitions that demonstrate the range of painting styles and art movements that developed in 19th century Europe during the post-enlightenment period of innovation and change.Find out more »
Treasures of the Natural World
Treasures from London's prestigious Natural History Museum come alive to take you back in time on an adventure of discovering scientific breakthroughs that make history.Find out more »
Flying Through Time
Transcend time, space and culture as world renowned Director Choi Chul Ki returns with an all-new non-verbal action comedy, one that tells a universal tale of good versus evil, and a love that conquers all - without words!Find out more »
Family Funday @ SCCC
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Singapore Art Week 2018
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KidsFest! 2018: The Gruffalo
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Light to Night Festival
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Witness to War: Remembering 1942
75 years after the fall of Singapore, rediscover this watershed event through a special international exhibition at the National Museum of Singapore.Find out more »
Circus! Science Under The Big Top
Get ready for Circus! Science Under the Big Top as it unravels the science behind popular circus acts!Find out more »
I SΦ With My Little Eye
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Anime X Stamps
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Ancient Religions
The Ancient Religions collection at the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple Gallery traces the development of the ancient Indian religions and their rapid spread through Asia.Find out more »
Prudential Marina Bay Carnival
Fun awaits you at the very first Prudential Marina Bay Carnival this December, where there's something for everyone in its treasure trove of over 40 carnival rides and games!Find out more »
Above And Beyond: The Ultimate Interactive Flight Exhibition
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Art From the Streets
The world's most iconic street artists present their provocative works for the first time in Southeast Asia.Find out more »
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The one year mark has taken on a whole new meaning this week in that some sort of unexpected changes are going to be made to his daily schedule as soon as the new year rolls around. You see, his current care takers are Jay's parents. They have the time and availability that allows them to watch him during the day while Jay and I work. However with their work load about to increase, some adjustments have to be made in order to be sure and accommodate everyone. Things, for now, are still up in the air. But, because they are about to change, I wanted to take a look back at the all the memories Vincent made by being able spend his days with his grandparents.
See the beauty of the whole arrangement we have with Jay's parents is that we get daily pictures of our little bundle of joy on whatever adventures Grandpa and Grandmom (or "GrandPom" as I mistakenly say way too much :0), go on. It helps me feel reassured that the choice I've made to be a working mom is a good one. Because not only do I know that he is ok, but they are able to spend some extra special quality time with him. It's really a win win all around. And it sure has gone by way too fast.. As you can see, he's not really a baby anymore.


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Denver | Daisuke Matsuzaka has a rich contract, a catchy nickname and a worldwide following of fans.
Josh Fogg, well, his last name suits him. Not sure where he came from, and it's hard to tell what's ahead.
Still, anyone who's been watching the postseason knows this: Fogg is the guy baffling batters while Dice-K has struggled to justify his hype.
They'll square off tonight at hitter-friendly Coors Field when the World Series comes to Colorado for the first time. A big name vs. a no-name - or at least an odd one.
Given the ball for Game 3, Matsuzaka has a chance to pitch the Boston Red Sox within one win of a championship by beating the Rockies. To do it, he'll quickly have to figure out how to handle the mile-high altitude in Denver that's caused trouble for so many pitchers through the years.
"Playing catch today and just feeling things out, I felt I might have to work a little harder on my command while I'm here," Matsuzaka said Friday through a translator. "And the one thing that I want to be particularly careful about is leaving the breaking ball up."
After scoring only twice while losing the first two games at Fenway Park, the Rockies will put their hopes in the hands of Fogg.
A 30-year-old right-hander born in Massachusetts, Fogg has been on three teams in seven major league seasons. He isn't known for having nasty stuff, but he held his spot in the rotation all season and went 2-0 with a 1.13 ERA in two playoff appearances - one start and one relief outing.
"There weren't that many opportunities for me two years ago. I didn't have a great year coming out of Pittsburgh," Fogg said. "Colorado gave me a chance."
Fogg went 10-9 with a 4.94 ERA this year, improving his career mark to 60-60 and 4.90. Pretty pedestrian numbers that might not produce a huge payday if he becomes a free agent after the season.
But he proved he can beat Boston back in June, allowing two runs and seven hits over five innings for a 12-2 victory over Curt Schilling at Fenway.
"He gives you a chance to win
every time and that's all you can ask for," Colorado ace Jeff Francis said.
Fogg rolling in for Rockies
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E-commerce platform Jumia will this week have some of its product retail at half the price of their normal selling price.
This comes after the online shopping portal unveiled its Price Hero campaign that allows customers to shop for deals of up to 50 per cent off on selected categories including home appliances, mobile phones, electronics and groceries.
"We've identified a selection of 40 products to chose from, including the iPhone 8, PlayStation 4, and Samsung 32" TV. Jumia has warehoused over 1000 bail of Tuskys 2KG sugar which will retail for 40% off form KES 260 to KES 199". Jumia managing director Sam Chappatte said.
Here is a quick view of some of the products with hefty discounts
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The campaign will end on October 9.
As part of the "lowest price guaranteed" commitment across the country, the online retailer has promised to refund twice the difference on selected items purchased on Jumia within the period if found at a cheaper price from a selection of other outlets.
Online retailers like Jumia sell cheaper than other retailers because products come directly from the manufacturers thus eliminating the middlemen and do not incur expensive rental costs that have bought over retailers to their knees.
Partners taking part in the campaign include Tuskys, Samsung, Unilever, Chandaria, Fero, Hotpoint, Ramtons and Mika for exclusive deals on Jumia during the campaign.


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In almost all cases the premium site tour should be reflective of your target audience. But what exactly defines your target audience?
Most experienced webmasters would agree that there is no quantifiable measure of a target audience outside of a niche of interest. Instead, there is a series of generalities that seems to target specific audience types. More specifically, tours tend to target certain "traits" of surfers. These "traits" are more specific in nature than that of the broader term, "target audience." There are more or less four schools of thought on the makeup of surfer traits and the tour types that appeal to them. I will try to give a basic understanding of these traits and what makes them appealing to surfers as well as the content they represent.
Full-page ad (FPA) style: The FPA style of tour is a good general application tour. The vast majority of the tour is made up of a graphic design, is very brief in terms of the site itself and sometimes doesn't even mention the price of the subscription until the surfer clicks the buy option. Commonly made up of no more than four or five pages of screen-size graphics, the appeal is as much in the flash and the style of the graphics as it is the content that the site offers. Data shows that these kinds of tours appeal more to the curiosity seekers, as well as surfers prone to click and run.
Content style samplers: In competitive niches and general category sites, "content sampler" style tours are a little more wordy than the above FPA; and through the use of previews, give an often fixed representation of the type of materials available on the inside of the site. Often using elements of the FPA in terms of graphics, these tours are still fairly brief in nature. Data shows that surfers that are attracted to these tours are a bit more fickle in what they are looking for, but still quick on the backspace button. The tours are built for a little more pre-qualifying information on the website inside and loan themselves for better search engine results. Tours like this are well suited to appeal to traffic from general interest link lists.
Comprehensive content tour: This is a fairly aggressive pre-qualification of what's inside the web site. The tours often feature sections of the models that appear within the site as well as dynamic content samples that match the update frequency of the website. Descriptions are usually much more wordy than either of the other two categories and are geared to not only search engine placement but also for very descriptive web content. Data shows that this tour is used to attract the enthusiasts of a particular genre and normally apply to very niche-specific sites. Traffic guided to these tours is best drawn from niche specific specialty lists in competitive categories.
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We love this delicious bariatric friendly recipe because the thinly sliced chicken cutlets are sautéed in a white wine sauce with leeks and sun-dried tomatoes and it is so yummy and so satisfying. Dinner is served in less than 20 minutes! Eat in confidence!
1 or 2 leeks (3/4 cup) white part and light green only
16 oz (6) skinless chicken breast cutlets, sliced thin
2 tsp butter, divided
2 tsp olive oil, divided
1/4 cup all purpose flour* (use rice flour if gluten free)
1 clove garlic, minced
2 oz ready-to-eat sun dried tomatoes (not in oil), sliced
1/4 cup white wine
1/2 cup fat free low sodium chicken broth
salt and fresh pepper to taste
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
*Cut off green tops of leek and remove outer tough leaves. Cut off root and cut leeks in half lengthwise. Fan out the leeks and rinse well under running water, leaving them intact. Slice leeks into 1/4-inch slices. Set aside.
*Preheat oven to 200°. Season chicken with salt and pepper. Lightly dredge in flour shaking off excess.
*Heat a large skillet on medium heat; when hot add 1 tsp butter and 1 tsp olive oil. Add chicken to the skillet and cook on medium heat for about 3 – 4 minutes on each side, or until chicken is no longer pink. Set aside in a warm oven.
*Add additional oil and butter to the skillet, then garlic and cook a few seconds; add leeks, salt and pepper. Sauté stirring occasionally until golden, about 5 minutes.
*Add sun dried tomatoes, wine, chicken broth, parsley; stir the pan with a wooden spoon, breaking up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan. Cook 2 more minutes or until the liquid reduces almost by half. Top the chicken with the sun dried tomato/leeks mixture and serve.
*I only used 1 tbsp of flour and tossed the rest, so calculations were for 1 tbsp flour only.
Servings: 3, Serving Size: 2 cutlets with sauce
Calories: 259.2
Protein: 29.8 grams
Carb: 15.6 grams
Fat: 7.6 grams
Chef's Tips:
Try to find sun-dried tomatoes that are not packed in oil. Look for the ones that are soft and ready to eat, but depending on the brand, some may need to soak in warm water if they are very hard. A little goes a long way!
For a gluten free dish try rice flower for a great taste.


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New address and telephone number
Sonderhoff Engineering GmbH
Dr. Walter Zumtobel Straße 15
A-6850 Dornbirn
Telefon: +43 5572 398810
World novelty in mixing and dosing technology
Familiar FIPFG benefits and proven peripherals for high process safety
Sonderhoff Engineering – custom-made Dispensing systems!
Sonderhoff engineering, as a part of the Sonderhoff enterprise group, is the centre of excellence for the development and production of dispensing systems and automated systems for foam sealing, gluing and potting using polymer reagents.
Our customers produce more than 300,000,000 seals a year using our systems – more than a million every working day.
At our location in Dornbirn/Austria, we develop dispensing systems and automated solutions that can be integrated flexibly into many different developments. Our core competence therefore includes developing, consulting and selling of the appropriate technology for a particular situation, regardless whether you want to operate a Sonderhoff Engineering system as a stand-alone unit or to integrate it into a complex production line.
New product innovations
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The SMART-L dispensing cell with thin film degasification
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Through the employment of aliphatic isocyanates, Fermadur® LED potting systems are highly resistant against UV radiation and have a very high light transmission of up to 80%. At the same time they demonstrate self-healing properties after scratching - the potting surface returns of its own accord into its original unscratched state!
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Almost 100 employees work at our new location in Dornbirn on Lake Constance. They achieved a total turnover in 2015 of 22M EUR.
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ABB, BMW, BOSCH, BSH, Camfil, Dräxlmaier, Fronius, Greif, Hella, KOSTAL, MANN+HUMMEL, Mauser, Rehau, RITTAL, Siemens, Swoboda, Valeo, Volkswagen, Weidplas, Zumtobel – some of the companies that trust our expertise and experience; something of which we are very proud.
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We look forward to your visit!
In 2017 we moved into our new building in Dornbirn.
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Dr. Walter Zumtobel Straße 15
6850 Dornbirn
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My Mother's Day this year started with my ten year old daughter making me breakfast for the first time on her own. I love it that was totally in control of things. She didn't stop with breakfast, she had a full day of Mother / Daughter activities planned. It was so much fun!
After breakfast we cleaned up and played Scene It? Deluxe Disney Channel
If you have never played a Scene It? game, Scene It? uses observation, memory, wordplay and puzzle-solving to answer different challenges about what you see on-screen.
Scene It? Deluxe Disney Channel is loaded with clips from the crazy awesome world of the Disney Channel. Including original movies like High School Musical, The Cheetah Girls, Jump In! and original series, like Hannah Montana, Phineas and Ferb, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and That's So Raven. The play along DVD shows fun clips and questions from all of these Disney Channel favorites.
We played this game for over two hours. The questions were so much fun and at times surprisingly hard. Over and over we surprised each other with our answers. I haven't laughed that hard while playing a board game in ages. This was a great part of my Mothers Day. My daughter and I give this board game two big thumbs up!
Things I like about this game:
1. It is totally family friendly!
2. The strategy of the game simple for kids to follow.
3. The dvd is easy and fun to work.
4. It includes a wide range of Disney tv series and movies. Some thing for everyone. (girls or boys)
5. There are so many options that you can play multiple times and not repeat the same questions.
One to Grow On is an online toy store founded by parents in 2007. They recognize that the most important time is spent with family. Therefore, they have brought together a selection of specialty toys, baby toys, children's books, and educational software under one "roof" to provide you one-stop shopping and convenience. Add to that their competitive prices on children's toys, books, and software and you have a truly remarkable online toy store.
You can purchase Scene It? Deluxe Disney Channel online from One To Grow On and use the promo code " SHAKE15 " to receive 15% off your entire purchase!
The generous people at One To Grow On would also like to give one of my readers a chance to win a Scene It? Deluxe Disney Channel game! All you have to do to be entered is leave a comment below telling me yours or your child's favorite Disney Channel original series or movie. One winner will be chosen and contacted by email on May 31, 2010.
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Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR Gets Minor Colour Updates For 2018
The Ninja ZX-10RR has proved itself as a pretty formidable bike as the 2017 World Superbike-winning machine.
With its race preparation-ready cylinder head and performance focused single seat, along with the lightweight specially forged Marchesini wheels and KQS quickshifter, the Ninja ZX-10RR has proven poplar with race teams and committed track day enthusiasts.
For 2018 the ZX-10RR doesn't change much, other than altering some of the colours of its components. The reservoir canisters behind the lower part of the front fork legs are now silver as opposed to red and at the top of the fork leg, the fork top cap is now green where it was previously also red.
"In the hands of our KRT riders, Jonathan Rea and Tom Sykes, the Ninja ZX-10RR has achieved Superpole wins, fastest laps, race wins and, ultimately, the 2017 World SBK title in its first year of production", commented Morihiro Ikoma, Director of Kawasaki Motors Europe.
"For motorcycle racing teams, track day enthusiasts and committed road riders, the 2018 Ninja ZX-10RR represents a great performance package and perfect base for racing success".


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Last Wednesday was the fifth week of the Return The Favor hop, and it's proving to be a success week after week! Please spread the word so this second round of GFC is just as successful! I look forward to you all linking up and finding some new blogs to follow!
Come link up with @chelseaoliviaxo for the GFC hop to find new blogs to follow! http://www.yourstrulyblog.com/2012/09/GFCbloghop.html
Feel free to copy the code for the button from above and put it up on your blog.
Chelsea from Yours Truly
Dalayna from Pointing Up
Sinead from Sinead in the Sun
Alyssa from Impractical Composition
Kara from Making The Most of Life
Misty from Monkeys and Tutus


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Iceland Says 'Small Ronaldo Is A Bad Loser'.
Image: Cristiano Ronaldo denied victory by Iceland.Ronaldo accused Iceland of having a small-team mentality and parking a bus in their goal post during game, making it impossible for Portugal to find the net despite all efforts made. The cagey match in Saint-Etienne saw Nani's goal cancelled out by Gylfi Sigurdsson in a surprising manner. Then Iceland chose to go on the defense, avoiding risky attacks against their opponent which clearly provoked the Real Madrid player but that's football. "It just makes it sweeter that he is a bad loser," midfielder Kari Arnason said of the Real Madrid star, BBC Sport reports. "We are a small island in the Atlantic Ocean and we got a draw against them."
Former Ipswich Town, Charlton Athletic and Portsmouth defender Hermann Hreidarsson, who earned 89 caps for Iceland, added: "He didn't fancy it on the day and he just got beaten up. It's petty in a way. He's a sore loser obviously.
"He thought he could have goals handed to him on a plate.
"If he would have worked as hard as every Icelandic player, he wouldn't have had to say anything because I'm sure he would have got his rewards."


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On Monday 21st of july???
As soon as the bell went we all lined up for assembly, We could hear Mr Burt talking in a booming voice, as he called out who has a 1$''who has 2$''. After all that he said what the topic was (Trade & Enterprise).
After all it was team 1's turn up came team 1 teachers with chocolate moneys they had brought it from markets with their own money.
Next it was team 3's turn there was Mr Blakey, Mr Moran, Miss king, Ms Squiers Mrs Trimble and Louise, wearing a fireman costumes, a building costumes, a cowboy costumes, a police costume and a surgeon costume.
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Born in Bowmanstown, he was a son to the late Albert Lewis and Esther Salinda Snyder) Swartz. Glenn worked as a laborer and forklifter operator for Nestle Corp., Fogelsville. Previously, he worked for the FMR Mid-Atlantic Canning Co., Coca-Cola Co., Hamburg, for 31 years. He was a member of Emmanuel United Church of Christ, Bowmanstown. Glenn was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Vietnam era. He was an avid hunter, fisherman and member of Bowmanstown Road and Gun Club, various pool leagues, Miami Dolphins fan, Pennsylvania lottery player, winning CASH 5 at one time. Glenn was also an avid golfer, once scoring a "hole in one," Green Acres Golf Club, Bernville.
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He was preceded in death by a brother, Forrest.
Services will he held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 31, from the Campton Funeral Home, 525 Delaware Ave., Palmerton. Calling will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday in the funeral home. Interment, 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, in the Towamensing Cemetery, Third Street and Fireline Road, Palmerton.
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Turnaround wins spur Plymouth to second place NLC finish
The highly competitive Northern Lakes Conference tennis season finished with just as competitive of a season-ending tourney Friday at the Mary Beth Hunter Tennis Complex.
After three days of matches, Plymouth made its mark by winning the championship match at two spots - No. 1 doubles and No. 3 singles, finishing second in another (2 doubles), third at No. 2 singles and a fourth-place at No. 1 singles to finish second in the tournament and third overall for the conference.
"We are a little disappointed to be that close (to finishing first) after all we have put into it, but we reversed two regular season outcomes and put forth our best effort," said Plymouth head coach Brad Haeck, whose team was just ?? points behind tourney winner Warsaw.
Concord came into the tournament with the most players seeded 1 or 2 with four (all 2 seeds at every position but 3 singles), followed closely by Plymouth (both doubles and 3 singles) and Warsaw (all singles positions) with three each.
The seedings held true entering Friday's finals, but Miranda German provided one of Plymouth's highlights, upsetting No. 1 seed Alyssa Zellers, 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) at No. 3 singles. The win was also a little revenge for the PHS freshman after losing a tough three-setter earlier in the season to the Warsaw sophomore.
"Miranda played great," said Haeck. "She was really determined. Lately she had been dwelling on her bad points or shots, but she kept her composure, even when she was down. She did very well."
German smoked Zellers, 6-1, in the first set, and jumped out to a 3-2 lead in the second before Zellers won the next three games to take a 5-3 lead and it looked like it a three-setter was on the way. German regrouped though, and pulled even at 5-5, then again at 6-6 to force a tiebreaker. In that, German played terrific, running down almost every one of Zellers' side-to-side groundstrokes before either hitting a winner herself or forcing an error. She quickly went up 4-0, then 6-1, before ending the match at 7-3.
Even though they were seeded first, Plymouth's No. 1 doubles team of Leah Smith and McKenzie Scheetz had the chance to redeem their only conference loss during the regular season when they faced off with Concord's Keegan Thursby and Megan Godzisz. Playing what Haeck said, "may have been their best tennis all year", Smith and Scheetz took control of the net and won in convincing fashion with a 6-3, 6-0, victory.
"They were motivated," added Haeck. "They played aggressive, served in play, stepped into their returns, and were outstanding."
Mary Beatty and Audie Plothow lost a tough three-setter at No. 2 doubles, with Concord's Kelsee O'Dell and Lauren Pollock coming out on top, 7-6 (7-4), 4-6, 6-1, to place second at that position.
Kyla Heckaman played very steady to defeat NorthWood's Gretchen Adams, 7-6 (9-7), 6-2, to take third place at No. 2 singles.
"Kyla found a way to get it done," Haeck said. "That was a long first set, but she pulled it out. Then she was able to string together a few games in a row in the second set. That was a good win."
Cortni Cook was seeded fourth and finished there after NorthWood's Reegan Miller 6-4, 7-5 consolation win at No. 1 singles.
The Lady Pilgrims have a rare "away" home match Monday, when they play West Lafayette at Logansport High School.


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Design in 2006
2006 by David Armano and his readers
David Armanom, of Logic+Emotion fame, put together a great presentation of what 2006 was all about from an Experience Design perspective. Enjoy!
You can look at the presentation above and also read the intro article (also available in PDF).
Oh! and I'm one of the many people whose quotes were used. Shoot! I even got in there twice!!!!!


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Even if you regard yourself as absolutely 100% decided in your sexuality, never to be swayed from your chosen path whether that be heterosexual or otherwise, is there not just one person who might be able to turn you, to change your mind? Is there a person you've been drawn to for reasons which feel weirdly inconsistent with what you have thus far understood about yourself, and what makes you tick, sexually speaking?
I'm paraphrasing, but this was the thrust of a question posed by Danny Baker on his phone-in radio show as it used to be on BBC London. Calls came in, and one bloke admitted that he often found himself watching videotaped footage of David Beckham's performance on the pitch over and above any real interest in football, whilst Baker himself confessed to a fascination with Bob Hoskins which even he found puzzling. As for myself, I was at work whilst the show was broadcast and was therefore unable to phone in, but were it otherwise I suppose I would have named Perry.
It wasn't even anything I'd thought about at the time, back in 1991 or whenever it was. All I knew was that there was something strangely appealing about the guy, and that I couldn't quite work out what it could be. He was my friend, a fellow postman and a couple of years younger. He was sort of funny, but not side-splittingly so, and he was bright, but some way short of anything required by either rocket science or brain surgery, and he was nice by some definition I still can't quite put my finger on. Also, he was incredibly good looking - at least so far as I could tell, not that I would really know what with my never once having been confused in that respect etc. etc. Brown hair, square jaw but not harshly so, blue eyes and a boyish smile, sort of like Leonardo DiCaprio as a charming English farmhand of the early sixties. Except I didn't notice any of this because he was just Perry, my mate from work, obviously.
Maria on the other hand certainly noticed, which was doubly annoying because within two weeks of her having started at our office - by which point I had made the formal decision that I would fancy her - she and Perry were an item; and because I was Perry's friend, I was soon also a friend to Maria and as such had ceased to fancy her, which was probably for the best. Perry put in a good word for me, and so Maria would give us both a lift in her car, out to our respective walks in Catford. I was delivering to the road which, by coincidence, was where Perry lived with his parents and sister.
Sometimes Maria and I would sit in her car, waiting because Perry had told us at last minute that he needed to take a shit. Eventually he emerged from around the corner of the office, red faced and with the three or four bundles of second post stuffed in his delivery bag.
'What happened?' Maria asked. 'Did it come out sideways?'
As Perry jovially told her to fuck off whilst taking up residence of the passenger seat, I noticed an unsettling feeling of pleasure at the extremely attractive Maria and I no longer being alone together. It was confusing. It felt like some horrible sixties film by someone French. We both loved him, or something.
I had a heavy comics habit, so Perry would lend me James Hudnall's The Psycho - to which I never quite warmed - or VHS tapes of the Manga series 3X3 Eyes, or the film Tetsuo; the Iron Man. He once lent me a tape recording of what appeared to be himself playing some animé based game. I watched ten minutes before I realised I would never understand what I was supposed to get from the viewing. In return I think I may have lent him Watchmen and maybe Frank Miller's version of Batman, works which had already come to be regarded as old school classics by 1991. We exchanged media, but never quite connected across whatever divide existed, either cultural, age or whatever. The shutters had come down behind me as I left school, meaning that neither video games nor Transformers nor anything bearing too close a resemblance to an episode of Marine Boy would ever make any real sense to me.
One evening I somehow ended up at Perry's house, having gone back after the pub. It was kind of awkward and we'd been drinking since about three. I'd watched the animés and he had presumably read Watchmen, but still we could find no common ground beyond the usual grousing about work. I say work meaning Royal Mail, although Perry now apparently had some sort of job on the side, a male model of all things, presumably standing around in his underpants and pointing at distant objects with a beatific smile. He'd told me about it, but I didn't really want to discuss the subject. I was glad he had found something besides the back-breaking shite at Royal Mail, but felt otherwise a little uncomfortable, as though just talking about it might take me somewhere I wasn't sure I wanted to go. He showed me the cartoon strip he'd been working on. It was terrible. It looked like the work of a ten-year old, and I suddenly realised he wanted, even needed my approval; and then he was crying.
'Are you okay?' He obviously wasn't but it seemed right to ask.
'You just don't know, Lol,' he sobbed, affording me a briefly terrifying glimpse into his world. He was just bright enough to realise that he probably wasn't that bright, and delivering pizza leaflets alternating with standing around in a pair of y-fronts was probably as good as it would ever get for him. I think he believed I might know something that he didn't, that I might be able to see a way out of our bullshit lives of carrying heavy weights in the pissing rain six days a week. This was all the more terrifying because I knew I had elevated him to a similar position, envying his casual veneer of confidence, his clear vision uncluttered by all that art college bollocks which was yet to pay off, and the way in which women all turned to check him out when he entered the room and he didn't even seem to realise it. I wanted to be him, but it seems even Perry didn't want to be Perry.
I stepped quietly out of Perry's room in the house of Perry's mum and dad, and caught the bus home. The next day we were hungover as we stood together at the sorting frames, which was not in itself an unusual occurrence. Our voices were just a little more self-consciously deeper, more gruff than they had been the previous morning; because we were men, and we had drunk such lakes of lager as to have forgotten last night, whatever it was that had happened after the sixth round. We were men and we laughed because that's how we were.


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No Rest For The Wicked
Set In the old west, two desperadoes Wylie and Callie, set out to find a little something for an old friend in exchange for a place to lay low. They target a big landowner and his daughter in hopes they would have lots of cash lying around. What they find is gold and a little surprise. While planning their future, things quickly go wrong for them and in the end, justice at the hands of their own evil deeds.
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USAID/PEPFAR funded Community HIV Care and Treatment (CHCT) project is implemented by Project HOPE as a prime and its partners, Management Sciences for Health (MSH), Population Services (PSI), Network of Networks of HIV Positives (NEP+), and National Network of Positive Women Ethiopians (NNPWE). The program aims to accelerate and sustain HIV epidemic control in Ethiopia in the selected scale up woredas of Amhara, Tigray, Oromia, Harari, Gambella, Somalia, Benishangul Gumuz, Afar and SNNP regions, as well as Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa city administrations. The objectives and interventions are designed to impact UNAIDS 90-90-90 goals and address Ethiopia's challenges associated with delivering community based HIV care and treatment services.
The position holders are expected to work 40 hours per week. The positions require working with multiple projects in which Project HOPE is a lead partner and sub partner. The task requires closely working with the Ministry of Health, Federal HAPCO, regional Health Bureaus, Sub awarded LIPs and other governmental and non-governmental stakeholders.
POSITION: CHCT Regional Manager
REPORTS TO: Administratively to the Chief of Party and technically to the DCOP
LOCATION: Addis Ababa, Central Oromia (based in Addis Ababa) and Dire Dawa
Job purpose
The position holder is expected to accomplish the following tasks of Project HOPE:
The Regional Manager will be the senior leader of the CHCT project at the regional level with a mandate to work closely with the RHB, RHAPCO and the CBOs, HIV/AIDS and other related project implementing partners in the regions.
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Qualifications include:
· Master's Degree in Public Health or equivalent.
· Minimum of seven years of experience, including prior experience with HIV Prevention, Care and Treatment
· Previous five or more years of managerial experience in similar positions
· Demonstrated ability to communicate clearly and concisely in written and spoken English.
· Proven ability to develop effective working relationships.
· Excellent organizational and prioritization skills, and attention to detail.
· Previous USAID experience preferred.
· Fluency in Oromiffa is required for oromia position.
· Ability to travel up to 40% of the time in program implementation areas and Addis Ababa.
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As with other styles,
Art Deco
acquires differentiating or assimilating characteristics depending on where it occurs.
Art Deco
of New York in 1930 reminds us of French cathedrals of the 12th century and the
Tropical Deco
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Art Deco Sertanejo
A few factors come together in order for this to occur:
The pre-existing imagination, the power of the symbols to be expressed by the architecture in that time-space, fashion, aesthetic and technological challenges;
The financial, administrative and political resources and interests;
The technical possibilities, construction know-how, craftsmen's skills;
The climate, light and local tastes.
Some International Manifestations of Art Deco
Nova York, USA.
Havana, Cuba
Durban, South Africa.
Melbourne, Australia.