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On Monday 25 July 2005 18:57, Upayavira wrote: > Well, no, it doesn't. OSGi by default doesn't do any dependency > resolution. Either by package, or by 'block'. In which case, if we use > Maven for it at build time, we're still stuck with a need for it at > deploy time, which seems a little odd. There are a few issues in play here; 1. Depending on Services. 2. Depending on specific bundles. 3. Depending on Java interfaces, not "owned" by the current bundle. > Building when you depend on java code in other bundles isn't that easy. > For one, you may depend upon java classes which are in a jar embedded > within another jar. 3. I think it is expected that classes that a Bundle depends on for its on instantiation and execution, is distributed with it (or referenced in the Manifest to a global resource (probably not recommended but possible). > Secondly, the bundle you > are depending upon might only export some of its classes. Ant can't > specify only certain classes in its classpath (I dunno if Maven can > handle this). OSGi doesn't Import/Export classes, it only imports/exports packages. And by using differnt <path> in Ant, you can make the distinction. > So, the only solution we were able to come up with was to > explode the dependency bundle's jar, only extracting the exported > classes/interfaces. Not sure what you mean here. It seems to be a common pattern that a Bundle Jar has the "third-party dependencies" in embedded Jars, while the classes "owned" by that Bundle sits in the Jar root. This makes compiling easy and distribution harder, since you probably want the exported classes from a Bundle to be inside your bundle. I think there is room for a lot of improvement in the global OSGi community about this. For instance, exported classes could (should?) be published as Maven artifacts, and be referenced in the Manifest as artifact: URLs (I have this working locally), and OSGi will resolve at runtime which bundle actually exposes the exported classes. > This seems to me to be an OSGi specific problem, which, to my mind, > would be best sorted in an OSGi context. Agree. Cocoon should probably forward "usage issues" to the incubating Oscar project, and until that settles, the migration from a single Cocoon bundle to use OSGi bundles in Cocoon will be somewhat 'icky'. Cheers Niclas
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Uber SA and Taxify known by their competitors as 'App taxis' has made transportation easy and affordable with their great app it comes along with. Also they have increased the employment rate of the country , over 8000 employments have been created so far since the introduction of the new form of transportation in South africa.
Uber and Taxify services are highly rated for the services they provide. All their cars are always clean and are known for the classy treatment they give all their clients unlike the meter taxis.
some people say they can't use the meter taxis again because they are costly and they are not clean enough as the Uber taxis and Taxify. " they are expensive for nothing" says a passerby.
On the other hand it is observed that the 'App taxis' are shortening the income of the meter taxis, hence making them poorer. the 'App taxi' being extra cheap as compared to the meter taxis also give consumers no choice than to out choice the meter taxis.
The meter taxis owners don't find it funny as they are slowly kicked out of the transportation market by the 'App taxis'. this has given them no choice than to insight violence by beating up the Uber taxi drivers and Taxify drivers.
These meter taxis/App taxis battles are putting their users at risk and fear as the meter taxi drivers turn out to even beat the 'app taxis' clients.
"We all know how competitive the economy is becoming and these meter taxi drivers should just step up their game. They won't loose. They shouldn't be too extravagant as they are" says another person.
In Pretoria this matter is taken very serious and they are red zones now that one can't find the 'app taxis'. The government is still to give a say on the ongoing cold war between the meter taxis and the 'app taxis'.


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Below is a list of books that we've read aloud in class so far. Please check back often, as this list will be updated regularly!
Reading List
|Harold and the Purple Crayon
|Crockett Johnson
|Henry and Mudge
|Cynthia Rylant
|A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus
|David Adler
|The Empty Pot
|Martin's Big Words: The Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
|Doreen Rappaport
|The Lorax
|Dr. Seuss
|One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
|Dr. Seuss
|Fox In Socks
|Dr. Seuss
|Green Eggs and Ham
|Dr. Seuss
|Hop on Pop
|Dr. Seuss
|The Cat in the Hat
|Dr. Seuss
|Harry the Dirty Dog
|Gene Zion
|Bringing in the New Year
|Grace Lin
|Santa's Favorite Story
|Hisako Aoki
|Duck for Turkey Day
|Jacqueline Jules
|Cat Nights
|Jane Manning
|Flat Stanley
|Jeff Brown
|Don't Forget, God Bless Our Troops
|Jill Biden
|Me on the Map
|Joan Sweeney
|How Chipmunk Got His Stripes
|Joseph & James Bruchac
|Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
|Judith Viorst
|Room on the Broom
|Julia Donaldson
|The Gruffalo
|Julia Donaldson
|The Story of the Pilgrims
|Katharine Ross
|Kevin Henkes
|Only One You
|Linda Kranz
|America is ...
|Louise Borden
|Nate the Great
|Marjorie Weinman Sharat
|Room for a Little One: A Christmas Tale
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|A Silly Snowy Day
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|Squirrel's New Year's Resolution
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|The Legend of the Christmas Tree
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"Our strategy should be not only to confront empire, but to lay siege to it. To deprive it of oxygen. To shame it. To mock it. With our art, our music, our literature, our stubbornness, our joy, our brilliance, our sheer relentlessness – and our ability to tell our own stories. Stories that are different from the ones we're being brainwashed to believe" – Arundhati Roy
Let me start by saying that gender is a social construct – one that imposes violence in the form of idealized norms of what it means to be "a man" or "a woman". Gender-based violence (GBV) affects self-identified women to different degrees, based on various aspects of identity and social location – determined by, for example, socio-economic status, age, race, ethnicity, ability and sexual orientation. GBV also disproportionately affects those who are gender different or nonconforming in their gender presentation. So, if I'm to locate myself as a cis-white heterosexual woman (which I am), it's probably safe to assume that my experiences of violence will differ from the experiences of an individual who hails from a more marginalized background. This is an important concept to keep in mind as we delve into the abyss.
What is Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
Simply put, GBV can be thought of as a form of violence used to reinforce normative gender roles within the context of a specific society. Patriarchy is the root cause of GBV, and is intensified by other forms of discrimination, including racism, colonialism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia and poverty. To break it down a little bit further: we are living in a power system organized around male authority and male privilege which constitutes a form of structural violence wherein there are systematic ways in which women (as well as trans and gender variant individuals) are treated as inferior to men. On an interpersonal level, this violence can take many forms – physical, emotional, sexual, financial, etc. – and involves the use and abuse of power and control over another person as a direct result of their gender identity, gender expression or perceived gender.
At-Risk Populations
Depending on identity and social location, some people are more vulnerable to experiencing violence as a result of their gender than others. Why? Well… Much qualitative evidence and analysis indicates that violence is linked to inequalities and power imbalances in society. Basically, what this means is that if you're a cis-white heterosexual woman with a good job and a university education, your level of risk for GBV will be exponentially lower than say a transgender ESL migrant living below the poverty line. This is not to say that privileged individuals don't experience violence, because they do. But if we zoom out to look at the trends, privilege does impact the prevalence of violence, and those from marginalized communities are more at risk.
A word about statistics
Mark Twain once said that there are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics. I'm not sure I agree with this sentiment completely, but I do think it's important to remember that statistics in the case of GBV fail to capture the pervasiveness of violence against women, trans and gender non-conforming folx adequately. One of the central issues affecting the measurement of violence in Canada is under-reporting due to (1) the perception that the incident wasn't serious enough to report, (2) a lack of clarity about what constitutes violence and (3) fear, shame and embarrassment of being judged, blamed or not believed. Given this information, it's safe to assume that the prevalence of violence is actually much higher than what is being divulged.
Prevalence of Gender-Based Violence in Canada
According to the World Health Organization, roughly 1 out of 3 women (or 36%) in Canada will experience physical and/or sexual violence by a partner or sexual violence by a non-partner. If we want to take a closer look at intersections of oppression:
- Indigenous women are three times more likely to report experiencing violent victimization than non-Indigenous women.
- Women with disabilities are two times more likely to experience severe physical violence and three times more likely to experience sexual assault than women without disabilities.
- Gay, lesbian, bisexual, and queer people are at a higher risk for violent hate crimes as a direct result of their sexual orientation.
- Transgender people are almost twice as likely to self-report ever experiencing intimate partner violence, compared to the average rate experienced by cis-women.
- Women living in the territories are victimized at a rate 8 times higher than those living in the provinces.
- Sex workers in Canada are at an increased risk for violence as a result of restrictions imposed by Bill C-36 (Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act).
Ending Gender-Based Violence
One of the best ways to help end GBV is to get involved in organizations that are working to dismantle patriarchal systems through advocacy and support. Interested in promoting consent? Volunteer or take a workshop with the Anti-Violence Project. Want to create safe spaces for survivors of abuse? Lend a hand to Victoria Women's Transition House or The Cridge. If that all sounds like too much, then find your own way to make a meaningful contribution. Support feminism. Attend events. Donate your lightly used clothing to PEERS. Help out with a project at Third Space. Join the Men's Circle. Create space for marginalized people to share their stories. Listen.
National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women
As we decorate signboards with powerful slogans like "End the Silence" and "Stop Violence Against Women" in preparation for the Walk to End Gender-Based Violence (Friday, Dec. 1 at 11:30 a.m., starting from the Student Union Building), we should keep in mind all of the intersections of oppression that shape lived experience. We should take time to commemorate the 14 young women whose lives ended at Ecole Polytechnique on December 6, 1989. We should hold silence for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls across Canada. We should think about how Canada's judicial system often increases vulnerability for marginalized populations, including sex workers. We should closely examine the pervasive and intricate ways patriarchy harms all people, regardless of gender identity, sex, or sexual orientation. And, perhaps most importantly, we should amass the strength to turn inwards, towards our own capacity for violence, and examine the ways that we are all complicit in doing harm.


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Listen, the next time, to a bird. You'll find there's a rhythm to the rant. You can almost set a metronome to it. To me, that's pattern. Pattern, rhythm, organization… creates a whole.
In this series of sunflower photographs, you can easily see the patterns of the seeds. If you're interested in math and patterns, this is a great place to see it in nature.
Aside from the mathematical resonance in nature, there is also art in it. I hope you enjoy my take on it.
And if you're interested in further explanation of the mathematical genius of nature, I have two phrases for you: Fibonacci Sequence and The Golden Mean. Here are a couple of sites that do a great job of explaning:


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On the top of the city of Coimbra, there is a big Museum.
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This City and Museum are Croatia's hidden gems.
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Discover Zagreb in 7 easy steps
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25 Lovable Things to discover in South Tyrol
From languages to frozen lakes, from museums to natural sculptures.
5000-years-old Crime Novel
The Museum's name is South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology. It's situated in the cute and beautiful city with two names – one name is Bolzano, other is Bozen.
Good morning, Milan!
You will have enough time to sleep, have a plentiful breakfast and take your coffee or tea. Visits to museums never occur too early in the morning.
The Castle of a Romantic City
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A handsome Greek Athlete lives here!
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A Roman Empire Beach Party
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7 Untold Stories from European Archaeology
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text: The first session of the campaign kicked off with a short dream sequence vignette, then threw the characters together in the waking world during a violent confrontation in an inn overrun with fire cultists. Though battered, the PCs quickly began working together to defeat the cultists and capture their ringleader, Sheora the Fire Dancer. Repairing to a friendly inn, they began piecing together as much information as they could about the situation. A grizzled stranger interposed himself, claiming to work for an organization that could help the PCs in their next move against the cult.


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Free Men and Frauds
We ask to be recognized as men. We ask that the same law shall work alike on all men. If an Indian breaks the law, punish him by the law. If a white man breaks the law, punish him also. Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself ... and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty.
We shall be all alike: brothers of one father and mother, with one sky above us and one country around us and one government for all. Then the Great Spirit Chief who rules above will smile upon this land and send rain to wash out the bloody spots made by brothers' hands upon the face of the earth. For this time the Indian race is waiting and praying. I hope no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.
Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekht [Rolling Thunder in the Mountains] has spoken for his people.
Joseph, Chief of the Nez Percé, 1879
Professor Ward Churchill has certainly dug himself a big hole with his forked tongue, and now the University of Colorado is wondering whether they should push him into it. His defenders - at least, the ones who aren't as crazy as Churchill is - are pleading academic freedom on his behalf. But academic freedom, like free speech and all other freedoms, has its limits. One of those limits is fraud, and Professor Ward Churchill is a fraud.
Churchill is no more an Indian than Arnold Schwarzenegger is. This has been pointed out plenty of times before, but now it's official: The United Keetoowah Band, which Churchill once attempted to enroll in on the claim that he is one-sixteenth Cherokee, has disowned him. Churchill is not a Cherokee and is no problem of ours, they say.
Normally, claiming to be Cherokee when you're actually whiter than David Duke's laundry is probably not academic fraud. But when your academic schtick is Identity Politics and it forms the basis of your classroom teaching, you're coming awfully close. When you're a moral and intellectual idiot on top of that, your pool of potential sympathy diminishes.
Claims of free speech and academic freedom are being hypocritically deployed in Churchill's case to begin with. If Churchill were the Grand Kolossal Konehead of the Ku Klux Klan, Hamilton College would never have invited him to speak and the University of Colorado would never have hired him. And rightly so - vile speech ought to be protected, not promoted.
Glenn Reynolds thinks Churchill ought not to be fired, and cites similar sentiment by Evan Coyne Maloney. A reasonable enough position, though there's a touch of spite in there, too: "Universities who tenure bad people should have to live with the consequences." In other words, UC hung Churchill's albatross around their own neck, so they should live with the stink. While the rest of us enjoy the Schadenfreude.
But again, everyone would feel differently if Churchill were preaching hatred of Native Americans instead of pretending to be one. (Churchill's hatred of the United States doesn't count, since we've all become numb to that sort of thing.)
The analogy is not so far off, either. Churchill is a prime example of the rotten deal that Native Americans have gotten in contemporary culture. The beret-wearing, AK-47-toting AIM activist is, in fact, a deeply offensive image to ordinary Indians across the country - Indians who correctly consider themselves to be not just good Native Americans, but Good Americans Period. It isn't sports team logos that rankle them - the Braves and Redskins are looked on with pride on the reservations. It's the urban revolutionaries who claim to speak for Native Americans. Especially the phony-ass white urban revolutionaries, which is what Ward Churchill is.The objections of these true Native Americans are ignored. Because it's not about race, history, truth, or justice, it's all about our worthless politics.
UPDATE: Previous warning about Ward Churchill (and his accomplice Noam Chomsky) from the American Indian Movement, at a 1999 AIM council:
The group gathered to discuss their concerns regarding a defamatory "tribunal" in which distinguished Indian leaders of national and local Indian organizations were "put on trial" and condemned by a radical group of self-styled "Indian activists" falsely claming to be members of the American Indian Movement, and spearheaded by ring leader Ward Churchill ...
Specifically, in regards to the revisionist writings of Ward Churchill, Glen Morris and Russell Means, they often use people such as Vine Deloria, LaDonna Harris, Gerry Spence, Noam Chomsky and many other Indian and non-Indian intellectuals and academics, some who naively play into their game plan.
They continue to perpetuate this misinformation campaign in front-operations like Dark Night Field Notes, using well-known persons like Noam Chomsky, Eddie Hatcher, Winona LaDuke, and others on their advisory board. They are now putting out the same misinformation on the Internet (see letterhead and Dark Night Field Notes by Faith Attaglia, and Chomsky, LaDuke letters), also (See Bob Brown, AAPRP letter).
In order to carry out this cruel hoax, they are deceitful and treacherous to the point that they will always surround themselves with innocent and naïve individuals out of the Indian and non-Indian communities, some who are well known who actually have endorsed their revisionist, inaccurate, shoddy, and fraudulent writings. The result of this is that without review of the contents of their publications, Indian and non-Indian educators and educational institutions and libraries are using these books in their curriculum. In doing so, they and our students become victims of this fraud. Using the American Indian Movement to give themselves credibility, cover and access, they have been able to infiltrate other organizations and movements nationally and internationally.
The American Indian Movement Grand Governing Council urges our friends and supporters worldwide to expose and isolate these conspirators expeditiously.
We request that educators, Indian and non-Indians alike remove from their curriculums and libraries all of their revisionist, inaccurate and shoddy writings, and send them back to their publishers ...


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Adecco is assisting SIG SAUER in recruiting for CNC Machine Operator positions in Exeter, NH. These are temp-to-hire or direct hire positions. The CNC Machine Operators will be responsible for running a variety of CNC equipment in the production shop experience.
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- Load and feed mechanism by lifting stock into position
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While Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) fourth quarter revenue is expected to come in around US$13.25-billion on Thursday, RBC Capital Markets analyst Robert Breza thinks his US38¢ per share non-GAAP estimate may be low. In a note to clients, he said the actual result would probably come in closer to the Street's estimate of US39¢.
However, his GAAP earnings estimate has been reduced to US31¢ per share from US39¢ as a result of the US$1.1-billion charge Microsoft incurred for replacing warranties and repairing problems with its Xbox video game console, Mr. Breza said.
Heck... I wouldnt have a problem investing US$1.1-billion from US$13.25-billion on a product that has the potential of bringing 10 times that amount and is able to create lots of revenue streams to the company and expands the company to people's living room and not only their offices or computers. Heck this is a small price to pay when someone compare the potential that only IPTV can have to the Per share value. Besides what's microsoft going to do with US$13.25-billion if they don't invest it in new ventures? I think with so many competitors in the market (linux, unix, oracle, Google office, etc) microsoft needs to try to find other revenue streams and not sit on their hands and wait until they don't have anymore products to sell. Trust me.. Microsoft does not have a problem on investing on the xbox 360. Sorry for those that want microsoft to quit on the xbox 360... not going to happen.. too much potential on people's living room... and now that they know they are able to sell consoles, gained 3rd party game developer support, stablished xbox live community willing to pay for xbox live gold, stablished movie marketplace, making deals with companies like NetFlix and brining IPTV (And all that was accomplished against all odds... against Sony which was king last gen, no brand recognition, hardware issues) one can only imagine where the xbox 360 would be if RROD never happened.... nahhhh.... too much at steak.... not going to happen. All microsoft has to do is fix RROD (with they are doing with falcon), continue what they are doing with the games and the service... and people will not even remember they spent US$1.1 bil...
360 as strictly a marketing tool, is worth a lot more to MS than the .08 per share this analyst is predicting.
Guys like Breza and Pachter are of the same breed. Don't they ever tire of being wrong, and irrelevant?
yea regardless of whatever hits they continually take on the 360 towards MS's full revenue is not even considered. Like Blade said it's all about bringing out a product to invade everyones living room. Yes Windows is still the OS to have but people are starting to get involved with other OS's out there so you have to broaden your horizons before you don't have the market you once had. Xbox name is no where close to being a thing of the past.


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Use Your Wearable - With our patent pending "double tap" you can easily record when you caught your fish and add pictures and details later.
Know the Water - Automatically track the bodies of water you fish and even specify your favorite parts.
Haptics/Voice Prompts - It talks to you! Really.
Add/Edit/Adjust/Delete your catches - Want to fix something later and get real detailed on what you did? Keep fishing and you can add or edit whatever you like when you're done. Just try to keep honest about how big that fish really was.
Improved User Experience - Easy just got easier. We listened to you and made a lot of the functions you use regularly even more intuitive.
We Made it Prettier - 'Nuff said!
GPS Tracking - Accurately track your travel during your trip and know exactly where you caught fish.
Tackle Box - Know the fish you caught and what you caught them on.
Artificial intelligence - The more you use the app the smarter it gets.
Historical Data - See of all your trips and catches in the palm of your hand.
Insights - Analyze your data to gain valuable insight into your results and improve the success of your trips.
Pictures - Store and upload pictures of the fish you catch to keep track of those memorable moments.
Lunar Phase - The moon is known to have an effect on fishing conditions so we think you should track that too.
Weather - Know the weather conditions from your fishing trips at the exact time of every catch...including barometric pressure. It's important and it's just cool.
Bug fixes - We keep fixing minor stuff 'cause we ain't perfect either.
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Jay who is one of Ghana's finest radio personality is making real business in the media space but keeps very low profile lifestyle.
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Incredible surges of energy have accompanied me this week. Before I knew it, I had in the beginning possibly taken in more power than I can handle safely. There was a bit of a spill over effect and it took a while to find my center again. Focusing on Love and the Marriage of Love and Power was very helpful for the re-centering process and the alignment with this new energy gift.
Still, today, as it did the past few days, my cells are at a new perpetual hum. It's another energy frequency increase for sure, as I navigate it, I let it happen. I feel encouraged by it's power, I feel the potential of what it will allow for. It's strong, possibly the strongest surge that I've experienced in the past 2 years. It appears that Mother Earth and my body temple are ready to harbor higher energetic frequencies again and again. I try and be patient with myself in this new adjustment period. I let myself off the hook and pamper myself a little bit here and there, wherever I can. I find that drinking lots of fluids and eating lightly helps. Sleep is a different matter altogether. I feel exhausted, but am hard at work in my dream time. So I get up seemingly exhausted still, or again. Yet I have ample energy to do everything that needs done. It is only a matter of getting into the flow of the energetic gift that is being bestowed to the Earth at this time. Getting into harmonious flux with the energy pathways is a wonderful experience. It's a dance that I can highly recommend.
When in meditation, the coursing of the higher frequencies through my energy pathways (meridians) becomes very palpable. I feel the tingling, the buzzing everywhere, but I welcome it as being the beginning of a new phase, yet another phase as it seems. Without knowing what it has in store for me and mankind, I greet it with readiness and a sense of surrender, so that I may begin to unravel and enjoy the gifts it is going to bring.


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Driving Test is necessary for obtaining a license to drive legally on the roads. Every country has its own driving rules, but most of them are similar with slight variations. The proper and best way to get your license is to attend driving classes at driving schools. Once you complete the driving school, you can visit the Driving Test Finder and enlist yourself for the earliest driving test.
But before you do that here are some vital driving test tips that you might want to take a look.
1. Implement What You Learned
In driving schools, you must have gone through all the basic theory and practical driving. Now here's your chance to prove driving worth. One of the first driving test tips is to implement everything you learned correctly to your driving test. Basic implementation includes adjusting the mirror, lights, the manoeuvre of the car, the pressure of the tyre, fluid levels etc.
2. The Practicality of Driving
Driving is not as hard as it seems to some, it's straightforward if you get proper training and mix it with your common sense. Second driving test tip involves how you drive during your practical test. Most of it consists of showing me, tell questions, circling the roundabouts, and independent driving test. Calmly follow the instructions and listen to the instructor as it carries significant weight whether the student pays attention to the instructor or waste time worrying about roads. Give your best shots, I know it won't be your hundred percent, but it better worth a shot.
3. Obey the Rules and Regulations
Regardless how professional you consider yourself after passing the driving school, you need to stay newbie during the driving test. Some students arrogantly spoil their driving test by demonstrating skills that aren't even required. This includes obeying the rules; you must have full concentration on the road while driving. Watch out for pedestrians, animals (rare cases), cyclists, and footpaths. You must also recognise traffic signs and signals, for this you need to perfect your driving test theory. Learning about rules and regulations is simpler than driving, but most students ignore its significance.
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I never leave the house without my cellphone, my iPod, my driving licence, black mascara and sunglasses. And I always have to look presentable so every morning I put a little bit of make-up on. Just the basics like fond de tein, blush, black mascara and transparent lipstick.
I have seen live: Jack Johnson, Colbie Caillat, Shakira, Rihanna, Pussycat Dolls, Sugababes, Britney Spears, Beyoncé, Natasha Bedingfield. I'll add John Mayer and Ivete Sangalo to the list in one month and M.I.A. and David Guetta in three months!!!
I always have orange juice, bread, ham, an egg and milk for breakfast. Always.
I got to the gym at least three times a week. But I make abs everyday at home.
My bedroom is all full of collages I've done when I was fifteen. Sometimes I wonder where I got the patience to do them.
I haven't eaten McDonalds, KFC, Burger King, french fries, chocolate, pastry in general in eight months.
When I go to Starbucks I always order a tall Cappuccino with half a shot of coffee and lots of milk foam.
I don't talk shit behind people's backs. If I don't like you, I don't think of you, talk about you or talk to you. Simple.
My biggest fear is for dogs.
I love to dance. I'm always dancing.
I always listen to loud music while I'm driving. And I'm a pretty good driver. At least that's what I've been told. I own a red KIA Picanto. It's name is Sonia.
My biggest dream is to write a book while I'm in Erasmus. So I hope it works!
My favourite things to eat are: bread, tomato soup, pasta, pizza, chicken, salmon, oranges, strawberries and figs. My favourite drink is milk with coffee and pineapple Malibu.
I can't stand not having my nails painted. Or my hair straightened.
I have three holes in my left hear and two in my right hear. I always wanted to pierce my nose or belly button but I now I'll never do it because I hate needles. My option about tattoos has been changing while I grow up. Thank God.
My favourite shows are Gossip Girl, 90210, Blue Mountain State, Sex and the city, The Vampire Diaries, Cougar Town, Glee and Melrose Place.
My dream job is to work for Mtv international, at the events' organization department. The idea of being editor-in-chief of a magazine it's so last season for me.
I dream about living in New York when I grow up.
I haven't found true love. Yet.


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In August, I posted about a Malaysian man who tried to enlarge his penis by attaching a metal nut to his penis. Now there is a story about a 29 year old Michigan man who was recently arrested for "receiving sexual favors from a vacuum."
A concerned citizen of Thomas Township in Michigan called police to report that somebody was acting suspicious at a nearby car wash. The officer parked his cruiser away from the car wash and approached on foot, where he caught a man in the act of trying to satisfy himself with a vacuum at the car wash.
My first question would be, "How do you get to the point that you think it is a good idea to try to achieve an orgasm through the use of a vacuum cleaner?" The second would be, "Once you get to the point where you decide it is a good idea to masturbate with a vacuum, why on earth would you do it in a public place instead of the privacy of your own home?"


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Wow, it looks like I have some catching up to do. I guess I will start by finishing up our road trip to the 2015 UCI Mountain Bike Downhill World Cup in Windham, NY. If you want to see Part 1, go here.
After some shut-eye, we woke to a lovely morning and I learned that my front tire was also flat. A reminder of a fun and rocky ride the day before. We had new trails to ride, so MS and I repaired our flats and we all ate quick breakfasts, broke down camp, and packed up. During the process, I learned that a pair of shorts that I had only worn twice had gone missing from the clothes line overnight. Darn raccoons. I hope they enjoy them.
On the way out of Warwick, we hit up Larry's Deli for a Taylor ham, egg and cheese on a hard roll. It's what the locals do, and I can see why. Warwick is a real nice area, but it was time to go. We were on our way to the trails of Jungle Habitat just up the road in West Milford, NJ.
Jungle Habitat was a Warner Brothers-owned theme park that was open in the 70's and is now home to some very interesting trails built around the remnants of the zoo/safari. The parts we rode were challenging, rocky, and fun (for most of us). You definitely earn your miles at Jungle Habitat. At least with the route we took. In looking at the trail map since my return, there is plenty more trail to explore. I'd like to do that someday.
After lunch and a change of clothes, we departed Jungle Habitat and headed up to the Whip-O-Will campsite outside of Windham, NY. On the way, we stopped at The Anchor in Kingston, NY. Not sure I would want to spend a lot of time in Kingston, but I do recommend the Anchor.
Thanks to everyone at JORBA for the great work they are doing in this beautiful part of the country. Up next – we finally lay eyes on our destination: Windham Mountain Bike Park.


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OK, aside from Squiggly's (downtown Ft. L. on Himarshee St.), does anyone know of other good NY-style pizza joints, preferably in the N. Ft. Lauderdale/Pompano area? I mistakenly thought with all of the Yankees caps I've seen around here, that there'd be better pizza with all of the "transplants"
I've been burned a number of times, going to places that said "NY Style" and had either crackery crust, imitation mozzerella cheese, or tasteless sauce. There's been so many slices that I've taken one bite of, then tossed it out. Arrrrgh!
My tastebuds and I thank you.


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text: Dealing with Disillusionment in Business by aesthetic-admin | Jan 15, 2018 | Food for Thought | 0 comments Featured in the September 2017 Edition of Aesthetic Medicine Magazine When you feel overwhelmed in business, you tighten up and lose momentum. It is one of the biggest problems facing aesthetic professionals in private practice – especially if you're working on your own. It's the single biggest killer of progress. It's waking up at 2am, chest pounding, with a million and one things rattling around in your head and no chance of ever getting back to sleep. When it all gets too much, you completely freeze up. Nothing happens, nothing changes, nothing improves, and feelings of disillusionment start to kick in. In this article for Aesthetic Medicine Magazine, I explain how to deal with this crisis by asking yourself ten simple questions… Read the full article here >>


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This an article I was writing for magazine that my sister was going to start, but ended up not doing it. I read it today was encouraged by what it said :) So I figured I would share it. It is an unfinished work, but I still iked it. I love reading things I wrote in the past, I can see wisdom and growth that I didn't see then that I had or see growth through a process. I am learning to really enjoy myself lately and although it takes great strength some days, if I don't enjoy myself then I won't enjoy anything. OK, now I am blabbing on...enjoy.
My name is Jamie and I would like to tell you a little about me and give you a glimpse about the things that you will get out of reading my articles. I am in the midst of learning who who I am, which I am sure I will continue to learn the rest of my life. It is an exciting adventure full of ups and downs and all a rounds. So my utmost goal is to be me and make you laugh hysterically, cry continually, and snort a bit too. I hope you finish reading and feel completely encouraged that life has so much in it and how God wants you to enjoy the simplicity of life. I totally believe that there is no pad answer to your life and how to be a wife, a mom, a daughter, or anyone. The only real answer is to look inside of you and discover who God is in you and go for it.
A really hard part of the process that God has me in is that during the breaking down of who I thought I was, was the not so pretty in between person hanging around for a while that would be mean to everyone and want to just be left alone day after day. It was difficult with my 3 kiddos that wanted my full attention or made messes everywhere or wanted to go out in public and play with their friends. I felt like everyday I was apologizing to them and asking for forgiveness for the way I screamed at them or the way I laid in my bed half the day. One day after they were all tucked in and asleep I sat in the bathtub crying my eyes out for the way I had been acting for so long and asking God if there was an easier way. I heard Him say to me, Jamie, just be YOU, just be real, just be YOU!
A friend of mine a few weeks prior to this moment has something that was very profound to me, he said that we need to learn how to function in our brokenness because that is when God shines through. When we are truly week He is strong. It isn't when I'm weak I hide and sulk, it is when I step out more and function in exactly that...the strength of God! Wow, that hit me hard. So this time in the bath was one of those moments of God showing me how when I am not being a very nice mom, that if I'm just honest and learn to function that my kids will see God in all His strength in me. How incredible is that?
One thing that I have really worked on with my kids is talking to them on a regular basis and explaining to them that the craziness that is going on with mommy is not at all their fault and that God is taking me through a process that has good days and hard days and that in the end it will be wonderful.
As I sit here in McDonald's writing this article while my kids play and my daughter argues with one of the little boys playing here, about how God is real. I am thinking about something I read recently that I could totally relate to. When a caterpillar begins to get ready to go into the phase of its life where it goes into its cocoon, it begins to eat and eat and eat so that it can be strong enough to live through the cocoon process. Once the caterpillar builds its cocoon around it and begins to change into a butterfly it then 'looks' like it is ready to emerge from its cocoon, but it isn't. It takes time for the butterfly to develop strength in its wings to carry itself and fly away. So as the butterfly struggles to get out of the cocoon, it pushes juices to flow into the wings of the butterfly to strengthen its wings so that when the time comes for it to be free, it goes for it and flies away. If someone where to cut a cocoon open too early, the butterfly would fall on the ground and not fly. The process has to be completed in order for it to function the way God intended it to. This reminds me of the kinds processes that God has taken me through. As I begin to grow in a process I feel trapped and want to get out of it as fast as I can. I am the type that digs around in my pocket to to find a pocketknife to cut the cocoon right open. Then what happens, I fall flat on my face trying to pick up all my pieces and put me back together. Instead of enjoying the process and allowing even the struggles to strengthen me and allowing God to do it and be in control, I somehow think I can do a better job. I loved this.
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- Becky S. said...
Jamie, thank you for sharing! I so understand. I am 48 years old next week. I can honestly say that I didn't start "finding out who I am" until I was about 40. Some days I wonder why it has taken me so long. A lot of it is coming to an understanding that God made me who I am. I finally quit trying to be the person I thought everyone else expected me to be. I can honestly say that I am healthier, happier, braver, and more confident now than ever before in my life. Know that God is taking you to a beautiful place in your life. Your kids will survive a few "grouchies"...mine did. Love you!
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After Diluvian
Sybil Secret-Speaker
A would-be prophet addicted to the street-drug hyacinth.
"You gots some more, um, stuff on ya? I could use some more o' that."
She's a beggar, complete with sores, missing teeth, foul stench, and half-crazed rambling.
A stereotypical street bum, she shuffles, is semicoherent, loses her train of thought, and asks for money or "stuff", or "the Gods." The person she once was is lost to addiction.
She needs more hyacinth to feed her addiction. Sybil's been a part of the street scene for as long as anyone can remember. The churches take pity on her on cold nights, and others will give her food to make her leave. Recently, however, she has been turned away after catching the beggar's quarter plague.
Whenever she takes a dose of her drug, she becomes manic for about 15 minutes—flailing about, talking apparent nonsense, screaming. Then she settles down into a quiet mumbling trance for a few hours before passing out for most of a day. The key to Sybil is that her apparent nonsense is a prophecy for whoever gave her the drug. It's not necessarily clear, but taken with a bit of interpretation, will give a frighteningly accurate picture of what is going on around that individual.
Over the years, Sybil has become so attuned to the presence of hyacinth that she can sense even when someone has been near the drug, or even unwittingly has access to someone who has it. Whether this is a effect of the drug, or her powers of foresight remains to be seen.
She was encountered by Ayla at the Elmer St. Fountain, where she led Ayla to her old home, now a den of hyacinth dealers.


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Sunday, June 07, 2009
LEAGUE WATCH: Three reasons to hate tennis
As per the predetermined schedule, I was sitting for the match, and to be honest, I didn't really mind at first. I couldn't remember the last time I'd started a league season with two straight losses. OK, I can. But one good year has spoiled me, and I expect nothing but the best from myself.
Plus, my second loss was a 6-2, 6-2 beatdown by an old lady who "sliced and diced me to death" -- her words. My words for that match probably involve some language not suitable for a family blog. I spent about an hour in that match running after balls and wondering why I wasn't the one standing in the middle of the court dictating play.
So I needed a week off. In that time, I had been playing more singles, doubles and improving my serve. I was feeling good going into yesterday's match.
What really sweetened the pot for this match was the opposing team -- most of my friends from my home court over at Highland Park. I had also been asked to join this team when it was established this year, but had already committed to my team. So there was a little friendly rivalry.
In warming up with my opponent, I was grateful for two things. First, I didn't know her. I can never play well against my friends. Second, she was hitting the ball. My first two matches were against lobbers (who, I feel, have a special cubbyhole in hell) and while her pace was a bit tough, I still felt it was a matchup I could handle. I felt as though my mind was engaged -- a major departure from my first match.
I jumped out to a 5-2 lead, and found myself getting really tight. My opponent, meanwhile, had taken to hitting lobs. High, arcing, baseline-kissing lobs. And, I, in my supreme idiocy, began lobbing back, pushing the ball around, hoping she'd start missing balls again. I dropped the next two games, but tried to talk myself down. "All you have to do is win this game," I told myself. "No pressure."
In response to myself, I double faulted a couple times in my next service game and took the set to 5-all. Oh, and then I had to serve to get INTO A TIEBREAK FOR A SET IN WHICH I WAS UP 5-2. Oh, yes. That was also awesome.
OK, tiebreak. I build a 4-2 lead, and then make two unbelievably stupid mistakes, including an attempted drop-shot return at 4-3. Guess where that went. If you guessed the net, then you'd be right. And things got really tight after that. We switched sides at 6-6, and one point later, I was serving down 6-7. My second serve plopped right into the net.
To say I was a little, er, miffed, would be understating it. But as the second set began, a couple of my teammates were there to encourage me, telling me I was looking good and that it was all mine. It helped, as corny as it might sound. It also allowed me to relax enough to think about the debacle that had been the first set. I realized that the points toward the end had been far too short -- because I was ending them in errors. I felt I needed to keep the ball in play, go for winners inside the service line and use my burgeoning slice, which my opponent seemed to dump into the net. Speaking of the net, all my misses were landing there, and I encouraged myself to hit out, and if they were long, it was better than the net.
I made a special effort to move my feet (which always stop when I get nervous) and began to hit my shots. I waited for the ball to get to me and attacked the backhand side of my opponent, and put more on my serve. When the ball was short in the court, I moved in carefully and ran around my backhand to hit a better shot. The points were longer, but I was winning most of them, and the second set ended in my favor at 6-1.
The third set was more of the same. Until, that is, I went up 5-2. Now, at this point, there were two matches left -- my match and the other singles. All the doubles had ended, and our team had split 2-1. All we needed was one more match, and we would win. And we needed this win. We were 2-1 in overall standings, and although we have a playoff system, the goal is to keep the "L" column low. So, we needed this.
It's probably not the best thing that I was thinking all this while I was standing at the service line. I peeked over at the score in the other match, and we were up, but it was still close. My goal was to get all my serves in and to be careful. My opponent, meanwhile, hadn't hit a groundstroke since late in the second set, and was now opening her racquet face (the way you would to balance three balls on your racquet head) and pushing everything. Everything. She was remarkably good at this, keeping most balls deep and in corners. She wasn't missing much, except when she stumbled coming in or when she pushed one long. Anyway, I got anxious and went away from the plan. I went back to pushing with her, watching balls land short, but not pursing them because I was afraid I'd miss. And again, I found myself with a dwindling lead. 5-3. 5-4. 6-5. I lost every game. Meanwhile, the other singles match had ended, and I could tell my the cheers of the opposing them that it was all on me.
And I blinked.
One double-fault, a wayward forehand and a two-handed backhand volley that landed wide, and I was down 3-0. I got it to 4-2 with a running passing shot, but it was the last good contact I had with the ball. I tried to calm myself, convince myself to get back to the plan, when I stood to serve, down 3-6. I eased in a second serve and then hit a forehand while stumbling backwards. I knew it would be long.
Nearly three hours later, I had lost a match that I had multiple opportunities to win. And even now, it makes my stomach turn. This one's going to stay with me for some time, I think. I know why -- I've never thrown a match away before. Obviously, I've come out with my back to the wall and lost that. I've also been in real tussles with equal players, but never been unable to convert match points or match games when I had them. I felt I wasn't being outplayed -- my opponent played as scared as I did. If you have that many chances to win and come away with a loss, it's because of you. It's disappointing, because I had a great year last year, and thought I was past the yips. More painful is that I can visualize the points in hindsight where if I had done something else -- no drop shot return in the first set, not quitting on a point because I thought my shot was going out -- that would have made a huge difference. I choked, and that's hard to swallow.
So. It really sucked to have to write this. And as bad as I feel right now, I know the only thing that will make it go away is to play again, to win again. I have to get back on the horse. And there's no better way than to start at the beginning, with my goals for the season:
1. To make it back to Princeton -- and to win maybe two matches this time. (With this team loss, this one's almost completely out of our hands at this point -- everyone would need to lose twice for us to get back in the race. But ... you play to win the game, right, Herminator?)
2. To get moved up to the 4.0 level. (ri-ight)
3. To win (the rest of) my matches and utterly dominate all my opponents. (Stop laughing.)
3 comments:
- Kim said...
I think you've already done the first and most painful thing you can do to get yourself on track again - analyze what made you lose that match. It's amazing how much of tennis is mental. Good luck - I'm sure you're going to be winning again.
- yogahz said...
Been there.
Done that.
It sucks, but what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. (Also, just glad to be here, it's all about the team and I just put in the work.)
I think the biggest difference between 3.5 and 4.0 isn't the physical tennis it's the mental tennis. It's consistency and an ability to finish. You already have the game.
My Dad used to say he'd rather I hit it out than in the net - groundstrokes, serves, whatever. Hitting out like that (not "out", you know what I mean) also helps loosen up the "iron elbow" that nerves creates. Sometimes I just have to let a few fly in order to regroup. There's the added bonus that your opponent might try to hit one of those shots.
My team is headed to sectionals at Sunriver, Oregon in 2 weeks. Our season is entirely indoors but this will be outside at altitude so balls will be flying. I'm trying not to care too much, besides, if we win we'd have/get to go to Palm $prings for the next level.
- Naf said...
Thanks, guys!
Kim, I'm always saying how mental tennis is, and it's so unfair! It's amazing how much you can work on your game, only to fail because of what's between your ears. Blows.
I think you're right about 3.5 v. 4.0, yogahz. When I play 4.0 people or better, I always am the first to make an error. I have a tournament match this week against a 4.0/4.5 player, and I'm determined to be stronger. I also think that if I'd continued to encourage myself to hit "out", I would have finished better. And if my team had won, I wouldn't feel as bad, either. And, hey, by the way, congratulations! I want to know what happens! Please don't forget to swing by here and tell me all about it. Just have fun and the rest will come.


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Dinner party!
On Saturday night, Mike and Meika went over to Ben and Naoko's for a dinner party. It was fun and deeeee-lish! In the picture, from left: Mike, Meika, "Azuki"-san, Naoko, Ben. We met Ben and Naoko shortly after we arrived in Japan, when they were visiting our church. Azuki-san (a nickname) was one of Naoko's co-workers. We had homemade sushi and practiced our Japanese. It was fun!


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Gaming Target: Games that use amnesia as a storyline are nothing new. Some of the more popular games out there had at least one character that battled with amnesia. Remember Me is different and I really love the spin they put on this idea."
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