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The following morning a bright and clear Sunday brought some downtime with it as well as a desire on both Charles and Colin's part to investigate the past. The first trial had revealed to Colin that His older Sister Margaret had exhibited some type of strange abilities the very day He took off running at super-speed from His families home without looking back. He had no idea that His Sister or possibly both Sister and Brother were also mutants. The death of His parents in a car bombing had consumed Him with anger and grief and all He wanted to do was escape from the one place that was painful. Home. When Emma informed the two of them that they had about six days of free time to do with as they wished Colin made the immediate decision to return to Belfast Ireland and visit His old home. Packing hastily and leaving via the magic of the Tower of the Sunlight He misrepresented Himself to the Irish customs agents and was detained. They had His face and name in the database as partial registration to the mutant roster. Colin was given a brief chance to update this and disengaged the alarms and perhaps some of the suspicion of the approaching guards but He opted to utilize His instant return to the Tower spell and vanished to reappear back in His private quarters. This time He took measures to create a believable Irish Passport and Documentation as well as a external disguise. He passed through customs and made His way via taxi back to North Belfast and His old neighborhood.
Colin came across two police officers approaching His childhood house and kept across the street out of sight as to watch them and see what they were doing there. The door was answered by a tall muscular man in his early 30's with a black eye patch and a five o'clock shadow. He looked at the photograph that the police officers presented Him and then before yelling at them and swearing He spit on it. Colin was not sure that this man on the front doorstep was His elder Brother but He decided to approach the officers and ask who they were looking for. The police already agitated by the man at the door scolded the now disguised Colin and told HIm to mind His own business that this was an official Irish Police investigation. The police left abruptly and Colin took a moment to watch His old Home spotting some upgrades to the side of the House where the front door and second floor staircase would of been. Taking a walk down and around the block Colin decided to look around for other landmarks that might stand out. His old boxing gym where He trained as a lad was now a shell of itself a delapitated building. Turning to cross the street He was almost face to face with the man from His old Home, and at this close inspection Colin could now see this man was indeed His elder brother having their father's features. The two of them exchanged words as to why Colin would be watching His house and already walking into the Pub on the corner Nick invited the disguised Colin inside. They talked briefly some more as Nick picked up a few cases of draft and then began to walk back to the house. Nick let on that He could tell this was Colin simply by the miraculous power of deduction, what odds were there that cops would be looking for the great boxing champion at His home and then a stranger appears. Colin waited until He was inside to drop His disguise and the two had a long and interesting conversation. Colin learned that they were indeed all mutants and possibly even their late parents, He found out that His sister went under cover in the "Midnight Hour" faction almost 4 years prior and She didn't return. Taking a trip down to the basement He found all of His old boxing gear as well as a new punching bag for His 15th Birthday from His late Father. There He found a memorial as well set up for the fallen friends of Nick and Margaret Norforth. Nick a metaplasmic morph was able to shift any part of all of his body into various forms or shapes, fingers to knives or full and total object mimicry a very sought after ability for infiltration. Colin told Nicholas that He was working for a individual that was looking to stop both the Rune Witches madness as well as that of Ares and His militant Mutant Faction which equally seemed like madness. Nicholas decided that He would be better off taking a trip to Toronto and finding a new place to cook His fish and chips as the neighborhood had fallen apart slowly and although He was very bitter about Colin's running away He was still His blood and family was a bond not easily broken.
Colin didn't stop to tell Emma or Charles of His plans and trip. Charles didn't seem very put off by this as He could scarcely tell what Colin was really about from the brief time they had spent together. He was powerful but not very focused and Charles's years in the dojo were in efforts to always keep His own focus strong and in a forward moving direction. The news delivered via Emma of the death of His Mentor, Alexander Thantris was a dull ache deep within His heart. The reports claiming that He was mobbed by a group of five or six runed assassins near a frequently visited electronics store in the normal Toronto streets came even hard to Charles to believe. The seriousness of all of this would not be realized over a week of reflection and Charles had to at least visit His grave and pay last respects to a man who was a very influential and important figure to Him. Thinking on it during the day He decided to venture there during the early morning hours. Perhaps this was a trap or someone could be watching the grave site to see who shows up. Charles took the visage of a younger man with very similar features who could easily pass as a son. Alexander Thantris was a very private man who kept many of the details of His a secret. No one would be the wiser other then actual family so it seemed like a sound disguise. Charles left at close to two in the morning to arrive at North York Cemetery. The Thantris Mausoleum was situated in the back of the grounds where the long time Torontonian families had their plots.
Arriving at the proper Mausoleum took virtually no time to find with it ornate metal, glass and crystalline architecture. Charles spotted a life sized statue of His late Mentor through the glass doors resting an a small stone dais. Moving inside the dimly lit foyer He could see a black and silver scroll case hanging from the statues neck. The case was covered in runic sigils that Charles could discern where meant for His understanding, lifting the case from around the statues neck He opened it to discover inside there was only a small silver signet ring with a ruby and amber setting. Placing it upon His finger the statue suddenly moved its arm up and extended a finger as if asking for the ring back. Placing it upon the statues finger the arm lowered once more and the entire room seemed to be sinking but in reality the statue was not moving down but the floor around it upward toward the ceiling. The ceiling an illusion faltered momentarily as the thick stone platform came to its final rest inside a new smaller foyer. Charles found Himself face to face with His mentors preserved body encased in some type of crystal obscured enough to respect the person inside and only vaguely show features of the deceased body. Sitting on the floor at the base of the statue a circular dish with 5 colored crystal orbs and encircling the room mosaics with indentations to accept these orbs would lead to the opening of a portal to another place. Charles knowing this was His Mentors handiwork or suspecting as much quickly solved the riddle and opened a large smokey portal. Stepping through He found Himself on the front lawn of an expansive mountain top estate and after a brief scuffle with a masked attacker Charles found a strange energy covered the front doors and windows and on the stoop an ornate silver coffer with an indentation lie waiting to receive some object. Investigating the mask and clothing left behind by the attacker that quickly fell apart once bound in air bands. The mask seemed to fit the coffer and the way ahead was made clear. Once inside a pale faced man with dark red hair and black clothing emerged to explain to Charles that He was named Duncan and that He was created by magic to serve the Manor's residents and in fact the entire place was inside a pocket dimension. Charles soon discovered other coffers in other rooms, the study, the gym, the greenhouse, the master bedroom and then the basement and once He had figured out what masks went where and what items found inside He found His way to the basement.
Charles discovered a computer terminal and strange optical discs, crystal key cards and a journal. Completing yet another puzzle He activated the computer system and was greeted on the screen by the moving image of His late mentor Alexander. The truth was that He had not been killed by the runed assassins as once believed. The ruse was to ensure that Windem Haas was none the wiser that his true nature had been revealed but Charles was in mortal danger. Leader of the "The Rising Sun" the mantle would now move to secretly to Charles but in time. Alexander told Charles to be aware of the following facts. Windem Haas was a very twisted individual and not to be trusted. The next mission that Charles and perhaps the mutant He conspires with would lead them to one of tow places. The first being a very well recognized Bio-dynamics Corporation in which they would be expected to eliminate two targets that were secretly developing chemical weapons for Ares Grey. The second mission would be to a highly classified American Military Base where they would be set up to be eliminated by a group of mercenaries. Alexander cautioned Charles to return to the Tower and remain silent even to the mutant He worked with unless He felt He cold be trusted. During the next mission a representative of Alexander Thantris would make themselves known and offer an exit strategy out of their having to kill or be killed. The most revealing piece of information though was that the so called Rune Witch was in fact the Wife of Windem Haas or perhaps one of the three women believed to be this witch were. The particulars were still unverified but they helped to shape the true motivations of Windem but were they shared by Emma as well? Charles returned to the Tower late in the evening to discover something had changed…


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The National Election Commission (NVB) has verified the application of ethnic Russians for national minority status.
According to the Act on Nationalities, an ethnic group with distinct language, culture and tradition can apply for minority status if compared to the rest of the population it forms a minority and has been residing in the territory of Hungary for at least a century.
Currently, 13 nationalities have been recognized in Hungary as minorities including: Bulgarian, Greek, Croatian, Polish, German, Armenian, Roma, Rumanian, Ruthenian, Serbian, Slovakian, Slovenian and Ukrainian.
As a first step, the applicant must submit an application to be recognized as minority group - the National Election Commission reviews the application to see whether it meets the criteria specified by the law.
Chairman of the NVB András Patyi stressed that it is not for the committee to decide whether the ethnic group meets the legal requirements. The task of the body is to decide whether the application is in line with the requirements of the law.
An appeal can be launched against the NVB's decision within 15 days. After that the decision becomes final; as a next step, the applicant must collect a thousand signatures in 120 days, which validity will be checked by the National Election Office.
The NVB has authorized the president of the board on Friday to seek the opinion of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) on the application.
After the applicant collected the required number of signatures, the NVB submits the request to the parliament with the opinion of the MTA and the number of signatures collected; it is the parliament that ultimately decides on the fate of the application.
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|By Bob Pinna
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|March 14, 2001 04:42 PM EST
Red lights flash in my mirror. I can't believe it - another speeding ticket and I'm already late for my morning meeting. As I wait 45 minutes for the police officer to copy my license, registration, and insurance information, my mind begins to wander - isn't this what our customers complain about? Their field workers are in the dark ages, manually processing multiple data sources like licenses, insurance forms, and registrations while pressing hard on carbon forms latched to steel clipboards. And while there are plenty of esoteric reasons to adopt mobile technology, every businessperson knows that it's the irrefutable, tangible return on investment that drives corporate adoption. So in spite of receiving four points on my driver's license and a $55 fine, I appreciate the insight - automating transactions will drive corporate adoption of the mobile Internet.
Wherever I go, it's the same story: "Bob, our field reps record activity on a paper form and at the end of a shift they drop it off at headquarters. That's when the nightmare begins - illegible handwriting, incomplete forms, sold-out inventory, and bundling options that don't exist. The result? Dissatisfied customers, lost momentum, and an unproductive field. And the hard dollar cost - we're paying $10 to $100 to process every transaction."
Whether it's sales, service, inspection, workflow, or public safety, there are plenty of paper forms to eliminate. With a mobilized process, imagine a different scenario of the traffic ticket that took 45 minutes:
- Need to copy my license, registration, and insurance? How about scanning the bar codes on my car window and my driver's license and add a real-time query to see if my insurance is up to date? Better yet, with an automatic vehicle identifier (AVI), the police car could wirelessly read this information and indicate if I am a friendly citizen or a stressed-out salesperson on the verge of road rage.
- Need my location, speed, and the time of day? A Global Positioning System (GPS), Bluetoothlink from the radar gun, and a real-time clock could provide all of that information.
- Send in the ticket or appear in court? How about allowing me to provide you with my credit card on the spot to pay the fine and receive a reduction in points?
- First day on the job, officer, and you forgot to check if I have any outstanding warrants? No problem. Like every quality mobile application, exceptional conditions and alerts are part of the package. And no, you can't arrest me today.
These same costs are present in many field forces, whether it's sales, service, inspection, or operations. By mobilizing your workforce, you can build a rock-solid return on investment with as few as five transactions per field worker per month while dramatically increasing the speed of doing business and creating a positive experience for your customers.
Isn't This a Technology Magazine?
Okay, I know what you're thinking - another "business" guy waving his hands over all the hard stuff. It's just a paper form, right? Wrong. It's actually multiple-legacy back-end information systems that don't talk to each other, communicating over a low-bandwidth, unsecured, intermittent network to a thin-client device operated by a nontechnical user. It's also business logic to generate alerts and support and maintain the solution while it's in the field. In fact, there are six major technical issues that need to be addressed:
- Integration
- Business logic
- Security
- Network and client device limitations
- User experience
- Total cost of ownership
While the major focus is on handheld devices and wireless networks, the real mobility issue is the complexity of integration across multiple legacy information systems. For example, the system used to issue a traffic ticket will have multiple information-system "silos," including the home state's driver's license and vehicle registration system, similar systems for the other 49 states, insurance systems from multiple carriers, a court scheduling application, an arrest warrant database, and commercial credit authorization. Not only must data be extracted from these systems, but separate data models need to be integrated as well. For example, suppose one insurance system derives the state from the driver's zip code, the home state license and registration system has a dedicated field, and a neighboring state prepends the two-character state abbreviation to the license number and places it in one field. How do we integrate the data from these separate systems?
What we need to do is extract the data in real time and dynamically transform the data items into one common data or business model. The solution is best thought of as Dynamic Business Modeling, or DBM. The DBM is able to point to data in its original legacy location and transform it on demand to present a common model to the world.
This DBM approach also has the advantage of insulating mobile applications from underlying sources because the DBM acts as an abstraction layer between applications and data. For example, if a neighboring state switches to a new license and registration system, the DBM allows the modification of the business model to occur in minutes instead of months, which keeps the traffic ticket system operational.
Business Logic
In addition to extending corporate information systems, the mobile Internet enables business practices that were never before possible. For example, when a police patrol car pulls up behind a stopped vehicle, it makes sense to give the police officer a real-time alert of a dangerous situation. To do this, databases need to be queried for arrest warrants, stolen vehicles, and all-points bulletins. In most cases this business logic hasn't been written. Therefore, not only must any mobilization effort extract legacy data, it must also apply new business logic against the legacy data.
Imagine the fun a teenager would have getting hold of a lost traffic-ticketing device. It wouldn't be surprising if an entire high-school teaching department lost its driver's licenses. Mobility solutions need to address four security considerations:
- Authentication: Validating the identity of the user. Potential solutions range from simple password-based systems to smart cards and biometrics.
- Encryption: Ensuring that nobody can eavesdrop on a data conversation. Potential solutions use the native encryption of each network segment or overlay an end-to-end solution.
- Access control: Ensuring that users see only the information for which they are authorized. Access control needs to be built into every mobile application, and ideally should integrate with existing systems like LDAP or the Microsoft NT Security architecture to minimize administrative costs
- Theft and employee termination: Both are major security issues. IT organizations must be able to centrally disable mobile devices, and in applications that are very security sensitive local file systems must be encrypted.
To meet the needs of mobile workers, mobile applications have to work with or without network coverage - that is, online or offline. Offline application functionality may be restricted, but mobile workers still have to do their jobs inside buildings and outside major urban areas and traffic corridors. And limited bandwidth implies a different architectural approach in which the mobile device is best used for command and control of headquarters-based servers on high-speed networks that can carry out operations on behalf of the field worker. For example, a salesperson can use a handheld device to request that sales literature be e-mailed to a prospective client. There's no need for the handheld device to store the literature locally if it can "command and control" a central literature server.
User Experience
Small screens, limited keypads, hands-free operating environments, and end users with limited computer literacy can be barriers to the effectiveness of a mobile application. Applications that are designed, tested, and piloted with a deep understanding of the end-user environment will overcome these obstacles.
Total Cost of Ownership
Gartner estimates that the total cost of ownership (TCO) of a handheld device is three times the purchase price. This TCO estimate considers only call-center support and break-fix replacement. If mobile commerce is going to be widely adopted, the real driver behind TCO will be how well mobile applications integrate with existing systems.
For example, when providing secure access control, we have to ask whether we want to introduce a separate security environment or integrate with the existing LDAP infrastructure. It's critical that IT pays careful attention to such ongoing maintenance issues.
The bottom line is that where paper transactions exist, there are ROI and IT challenges. Companies that address these challenges by deploying mobile solutions within the next 12 to 18 months will have significant competitive advantages. Those companies that are late to market will cease to be competitive. The call to action for mobilizing the enterprise can be compared to the familiar story of evolution - businesses will either "mobilize or die."
Transactions that make the cash register ring always get the most attention. So what are the business drivers behind mobilizing commerce transactions from the field?
- Order entry: Most field commerce transactions are paper-based and cost anywhere from $5 to $50 each to process. Mobilization reduces the same transaction cost to pennies.
- Rejected orders: Whether it's inventory that doesn't exist, misconfigured options, or incomplete information, the average business experiences a 20 to 30% order-rejection rate. This problem is expensive to rectify, and it kills customer satisfaction.
- Inventory: When it takes one week to process an order, companies are forced to fulfill sales out of their local inventory. By mobilizing the "demand chain," inventory can be centralized, and inventory costs will be dramatically lowered.
- Dynamic pricing: As was the case with e-commerce, the mobile Internet promises to fundamentally alter pricing. A mobility solution can dynamically adjust price based on inventory levels, test spot promotions, and set prices regionally.
- Sales momentum: Conducting business in the twenty-first century means that customers expect immediate response and fulfillment. Customer satisfaction is difficult to quantify, but it's perhaps the most important long-term mobile commerce business driver.
The greatest needs for mobility exist in four areas:
- Field sales: Mobility needs include checking price and inventory, validating credit, and booking orders.
- Field service: The process of issuing original work orders, authorizing return merchandise, and closing out work orders creates a great need for mobility.
- Warehouse and delivery: Workflow can be mobilized to track the process, identify areas in need of improvement, and enable real-time customer status information.
- Inspection: Buildings, elevators, safety systems, and other structures and systems are inspected on a regular basis. Mobilization can organize and track the inspection processes.
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Has anyone had any success with the KISMET scanner for Linux? If so, can you please tell me waht version of RH and which wireless card you used.
I currently have an old IBM stinkpad that I threw RH7.1 on (the poor beast can't seem to handle the shiney new RH9 very well )
I compiled the kernel with WIFI support and then got the latest card services update from source forge.
I grabbed the latest drivers for my pcmcia card and installed them
After several attempts and countless config tweaks, I can't seem to get this to work with my hardware/OS.
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The Wellington Retreat Path to Happiness is Truth Sharing and Moran's Italian Bistro
Moran's Italian Bistro is pleased to announce its re-opening with a new Tuscan-themed menu and the same commitment to the Recovery Community.
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Moran's Italian Bistro is pleased to announce its re-opening with a new Tuscan-themed menu and the same commitment to the Recovery Community. Moran's Italian Bistro has been a beacon for both great food & a sober lifestyle for over 2-years. And people have taken notice. Moran's offers a most unique portion of the comprehensive, Physician-led, empirically based treatment-program of Wellington Retreat. Moran's is a place where recovering patients can work in a safe environment while learning real life vocational skills.
Robert A. Moran, Medical Director and CEO of Wellington Retreat beams with pride as he discusses the mutual benefit of serving both the highest quality food, and servicing the recovery process & community. " High quality delicious food is fundamentally important to me. Growing up in an Italian household – yes,' Italian' even though 'Moran' is an Irish name – I learned the power & pleasure of what authentic Italian food offers: sharing, satiety & sociability. An Italian restaurant offers the perfect environment for our patients in the early stages of recovery to learn the skills that they need to lead happy, healthy & successful lives. It gives me such pleasure to watch our Moran's employees find peace as they blossom into productive members of society. It is my wish that you come join us for delicious food, and dine along with those whom have chosen to heal."
About Moran's Italian Bistro
Moran's Italian Bistro is located at 2107 10th Avenue N, Lake Worth Florida 33467. Opened 6-days a week, (closed on Monday), Moran's proudly serves a full menu of delicious Tuscan – themed food for both lunch & dinner. Moran's too offers local delivery. From authentic Antipasti to Pizza from a real wood-burning brick oven to wood-fired sandwiches – including the famous Moran Burger – and finally sinfully delectable desserts, Moran's offers a genuine dining experience in a gentle environment. http://www.moransbistro.com facebook.com/moransitalianbistro
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That would be the lowest annual total of affordable homes built since 1990/91 and would come as a devastating blow to the record 4.5m people on waiting lists in England. Around 2.6m people are also living in overcrowded accommodation.
The Federation has written to the Housing Minister Grant Shapps to urge the Government to honour its spending commitments on new housing schemes during this financial year and to halt further changes to the planning system, which could make it almost impossible to get new homes built.
Mr Shapps warned earlier this week that around 150 social housing projects were under threat because of a £610m 'black hole' in the Government's finances. Many housing associations have already invested millions of pounds in developing sites for new homes – but now face the bleak prospect of the promised money being withdrawn.
The Government has already announced £100m will be cut from the National Affordable Housing Programme (NAHP), which was meant to deliver 59,0000 new social homes this year 2010/11. The withdrawal of this funding will see plans to build another 1,453 social homes axed.
But the sector – already facing a record demand for affordable homes – faces a double blow as changes in the planning system could prevent tens of thousands affordable homes being built.
Around 40% of all new affordable homes are delivered through so called planning gain agreements, whereby private developers are granted planning permission for new housing developments if they agree to build a set number of social homes on the site.
But the Government is thought to be considering scrapping of these 'section 106' agreements – paving the way for private developers to end their commitments to building affordable homes on new private developments.
This could lead to around 19,000 social homes being axed as a result this year.
And the Government's re-designation of gardens from brownfield sites to greenfield – in a bid to end so called garden grabbing – could see a further 10,000 new homes hit.
Although the measure will save some gardens from development, it will also make it far more difficult to build on sites, ideal for housing such as in the grounds of sprawling, unused Victorian properties.
The final and potentially lethal blow to the affordable house-building sector is the Government's decision to scrap regional house building targets, which could see house building grind to a halt. Ministers have failed to implement an alternative system, giving councils the freedom to reject all new social housing developments if they wish.
Last year 2009/10, housing associations built around 50,000 affordable homes – the highest level for a decade, despite the tough economic climate. Housing associations typically fund 60% of the cost of a new affordable home, with the remainder being met by government grants. This ensures new homes are built at the lowest cost to the taxpayer.
Federation chief executive David Orr said: 'The brutal impact of funding cuts combined with the introduction of ill conceived changes to the planning system could lead to a 65% slump in the number of new affordable homes built this year.
'Worse still, unless the Government takes steps to modify some of the policies recently announced we fear that the overall number of affordable homes built in subsequent years could fall to an even lower number.
'Given the scale of housing need across the country, we cannot afford for the building of affordable homes to effectively grind to a halt. 'The Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister have repeatedly said that the public spending cuts will not disproportionately hit the most vulnerable, but if these measures go-head the impact on house-building will be catastrophic.'
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Manganese(VII) oxide is a chemical compound represented by the molecular formula Mn2O7. It is also known as manganese heptoxide, manganic oxide and dimanganese heptoxide. At room temperature it appears as a dark red oil.
One molecule of manganese(VII) oxide contains two atoms of manganese and seven atoms of oxygen. It has molar mass of about 221.87 grams per mole and a density of 2.79 grams per cubic centimeter. It can be produced through a reaction of potassium permanganate and sulfuric acid. The compound is explosive when heated past 55 degrees Celsius. It has a melting point of 6 degrees Celsius. Manganese(VII) oxide ionizes when it reacts with sulfuric acid.


text: Saturday: Just a few pics from a 70s/80s party that I went to. I decided to do the 70s thing since it is one of my favorite fashion decades. I thrifted this maxi dress a while ago and was planning on wearing as just an everyday dress but with modern touches like I did with this one. But when I was invited to this party it gave me the opportunity to wear and style it according to its time period. I instantly knew that I was going to rock the afro puffs. That was bonus of having natural hair, I didn't have to wear the afro wig I just used what I already had! The blue eye shadow was also the makeup trend in the 70s. It was either blue, purple or green. And of course, hoop earrings are a timeless staple that has been worn in every decade. The only disappointment with the whole look was that I was unable to wear shoes due to procedure that I had on my feet the day before. Oh well, maybe the next time! P.S.: how do you go to a themed party and not dress the part? Idk, just saying! Anyway, I have a few more days in these lovely surgical shoes, hence the lack of outfit posts this weekend. I just don't feel right without a pair of shoes to complete an outfit! Hopefully, this weekend I will be back in regular footwear. Even if it's not heels, I just miss shoes/boots/flats, anything, please! Y'all know how I love a pair of shoes! I am going thru withdrawls! Ok, I digress! Until next time, God Bless!


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All of us at Rutgers are part of a large research university. Our views of teaching and research, and those of the faculty with whom we work, are shaped by this institutional context. Our faculty prepare us to be like them—professors at major research universities.The reality, however, is that only 2.4% of the 4,500 institutions of higher education in the United States share Rutgers' comprehensive mission. Most of us who earn jobs in academe will work at institutions that emphasize undergraduate teaching. Even large research universities will be concerned with your teaching abilities and may ask direct questions about teaching during an interview.
Those who have prepared a teaching philosophy statement or gathered materials for a teaching portfolio as part of the application process will have already begun thinking about some of the relevant issues. Whether or not you've formally written out a teaching philosophy, take some time to think about your general approach to teaching. This includes what you want students to get out of your courses, your teaching methods, and your approach to assessing student learning.
Before an interview, prepare to answer questions about teaching in that specific department at that particular university. In addition to looking up the research interests and publications of the faculty who will be interviewing you, study the courses regularly taught in the department as well at the university's general curriculum. Learn about both the institution's mission and what types of students you'd be likely to teach. Be ready to talk about what you could contribute to the department as a teacher.
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EWoT: Jorin din Jubai White Wing
- For the similarly named Darkfriend from Amadicia, see Jorin Arene. For other uses of the words "white" and "wing," see White and Wing.
Jorin din Jubai White Wing is Windfinder on the Wavedancer and serves with her sister Coine din Jubai Wild Winds.[1] As a Windfinder, Jorin is a channeler.
She looks similar to her sister but is much younger. Her coloring is dark, as is common among Atha'an Miere. She wears tattoos on her hands of stars and seabirds surrounded by the curls and whirls of stylized waves. [1]
She is on the same raker as Elayne Trakand and Nynaeve al'Meara when they go from Tear to Tanchico when they are tracking down the Black Ajah.
Jorin impresses Elayne with her cable-thick weaves of Air and Water and agrees to teach her the techniques of a Windfinder.[2]


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A Bedworth school is one of only three in the country to help launch a Help the Aged community project.
The scheme calls for schools to regenerate their grounds while strengthening ties with the community and was launched this week as part of National School Grounds Week.
Newdigate Primary School, in Anderton Road, was chosen to highlight the work that will be taking place across the UK.
Entitled Looking After Each Other, the project asks primary schools to rake in gardening expertise that their local area has to offer.
At Newdigate, pupils have earmarked an uninspiring part of the playground to transform into a sensory area of colours, smells, sounds and textures.
They are drawing on the gardening experience of their older neighbours at the Hanover Housing Trust to make the garden plan a reality.
This will also create a backdrop for activities such as sports, out-door theatre, art exhibitions and games where the Hanover residents will be welcomed.
It is the third of five community projects that Help the Aged is rolling out to provide ready-made lessons for the new citizenship requirements the government has introduced in schools.
Steve Jones, of Help the Aged, said: ?These resources have been specifically designed to fit with the national curriculum to help lessen the load of teachers and to effortlessly encompass ICT requirements into lessons.
?Using the new community project, the playground becomes an outdoor classroom. As with all the hands-on citizenship projects, it is a platform where schools and their communities, young and old, can interact with each other.?


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Years ago, I asked myself something that was probably asked by many people at some point in their lives. We all know that working hard is essential, but how exactly do you make yourself work hard? This question made me search far and wide for possible answers.
Hustle is an essential ingredient for success in life. It is not just enough that you hustle, but you must hustle hard. With so much competition out there, having a lapse in your level of activity can actually be costly.
Hungry to find ways to make myself a harder worker, I searched far and wide for solutions and techniques that would help me stay engaged and dedicated. I decided to compile everything I know and condense them into 3 tips.
These 3 tips are simple, yet will have a profound effect in your hustling skills:
1. Modify Your Work Approach
Sometimes, the things that prevent us from channeling our best efforts are the things we do. Whether it is in life or in business, some of the things that we do can actually hinder us from reaching our full potential.
Most people see deadlines as a handicap, a burden that they have to beat to accomplish what they need. Instead, turn time into your friend. Using time management methods such as the Pomodoro technique, use time as a motivating force to give your 100%.
Another approach is to make a list of tasks you need to do. It is best that you start the day with the most difficult ones, as you still have your full energy and focus. Get them done, and you will have more time and more confidence to complete the rest of the day's work.
Yet another technique to make your burden less is to look for ways to simplify complicated tasks. Dividing projects into smaller "milestones" allows you to proceed with your tasks one step at a time, which greatly reduces workplace pressure that may become a source of distraction.
"If you love life, don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of." – Bruce Lee
2. Keep A Positive Mindset
Positivity is a must to become a great hustler. It comes as no surprise that the most successful people are the ones who keep a positive outlook in life.
It comes as no surprise, too, that you need to keep negativity at bay. Push aside any troublesome thoughts about a specific task (e.g. that it's too difficult, too boring, etc.) and just get it done. The less you focus on the negatives of the task, the faster you can get it done.
Also, accept the fact that you will make mistakes and experience failures in your everyday life. Instead of allowing each mistake to drag you down, take it as a means to make yourself better. Treat each mistake as a learning opportunity and make each failure your motivation to come back stronger.
Last but not least, you cannot underestimate the impact of being surrounded with positive people. Being around the right people will motivate you to reach for your goals, give you much-needed reinforcement to get things done, and be great influences for improving your work ethic.
3. Set Your Goals
Goal setting is one of the hallmarks of successful people. Having goals (and striving for them) will help you achieve a lot of things in life and business.
First, you need to create both immediate and long-term goals. Write them down, focus on achieving each of them, and constantly remind yourself why you made those goals. Seeing your goals provides much-needed motivation to continue hustling even during your worst days.
You must also learn how to manage distractions. There are various distractions that can prevent you from getting things done, and before you know it, you're confronted with loads of unfinished tasks. Make a conscious effort to cut down on these distractions to help you focus on your tasks and to-dos.
Lastly, ensure that your goals stay realistic. Many people get crushed under the burden of unrealistic expectations, becoming frustrated and disillusioned in the process. Setting goals that you can realistically accomplish ensures that you have great odds of accomplishing them.
Hard work is a state of mind that can be achieved by everyone. Modifying your work approach, keeping a positive mindset, and setting your goals will help you hustle harder in life and in business.
"Everybody has goals, aspirations or whatever, and everybody has been at a point in their life where nobody believed in them." – Eminem
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Tonight on Monday Night Raw: Elimination Chamber is in the books and the road to WrestleMania is clear. Or is it? It won't be if CM Punk has anything to say about it. Punk confronts No. 1 contender John Cena, setting up a match between the two next week to see who faces The Rock at WrestleMania, who debuted a new WWE Championship on the show. Should be a good one!
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John Cena is out to start the show, but he barely gets more than a few dozen words out before he is interrupted by CM Punk. Punk admits Rock beat him fair and square, well, if you ignore Punk had him pinned for an 18 count and that he knocked over a referee.
Punk notes Cena has never beat him and earned his shot in a circus-like fashion, throwing some ham-and-eggers over the top rope. Punk twists the knife and says he's seen Cena-Rock and Cena can't get it done, can't beat The Rock. He suggests Cena just walk away. Cena considers it, but, of course, says no.
Cena has a solution for Punk's issue. He offers Punk a match versus himself. If Cena wins, Punk shuts up, crawls into the hole he came from and goes away. If Punk wins, he gets Cena's spot against The Rock at WrestleMania. And he suggests they do it right here, right now.
Punk casually says since he shouldn't even have been in this position, he'll do it next week.
Ryback and Sheamus almost get into it backstage before being broken up by Chris Jericho. He says no one can deny the appeal of The Shield versus those three and he's going to talk to Vickie Guerrero about making it for tonight. They like it.
Match #1 - Sin Cara (Mexico City) vs. Mark Henry (Silsbee, Texas)
Sin Cara tries to kick at Henry's legs off the bat, but this does not go well. Henry drops Sin Cara and stands on his back. Henry catches Sin Cara and drives him into the canvas with a running power slam. He follows with the World's Strongest Slam and just like that, it's over.
Winner via pinfall: Mark Henry
Henry goes after Sin Cara after the match and has him up for another WSS but Great Khali lumbers to the ring and Henry just exits.
Match #2 - No Disqualification Match - Antonio Cesaro (Lucerne, Switzerland) vs. The Miz (Cleveland, Ohio)
This one doesn't last long until Miz counters Cesaro, smashes him into a chair and locks in the Figure Four. Cesaro taps.
Winner via submission: Antonio Cesaro
Match #3 - Dolph Ziggler (Hollywood, Calif.) vs. Alberto Del Rio (San Luis Potosi, Mexico)
Del Rio gets going with an inverted suplex and a tilt-a-whirl backbreaker. He lines Ziggler up and hits a superkick for two. Del Rio again but Ziggler gets his hand on the bottom rope. It's all Del Rio now. Big E Langston hops on the apron but Del RIo kicks him off. Ziggler charges, but Del Rio catches him, sets him down and comes over with the cross-armbreaker. Ziggler taps.
Winner via submission: Alberto Del Rio
After the match, Langston destroys Del Rio. Ziggler thinks about something. That's right, he wants to cash in Money in the Bank. But right as Ziggler gets the briefcase and declares his intention, Ricardo Rodriguez steals the briefcase and runs away. Langston gives chases. AJ grabs the dropped briefcase on the ramp, but when she gets it back to Ziggler, Del Rio is back and hits a big kick to lay him out.
Match #4 - Brodus Clay (Planet Funk), Tensai (Tokyo, Japan) & Naomi (Orlando, Fla.) vs. Primo & Epico (San Juan, Puerto Rico) & Rosa Mendes (San Juan, Costa Rica)
This one does not last long, as Clay and Tensai finish off Primo with the double splash.
Winners via pinfall: Brodus Clay, Tensai & Naomi
Jack Swagger and Zeb Colter are out for their state of the union. Colter decries immigration in the U.S., a big problem that they have to fix. He notes Alberto Del Rio only came into the country to reap the rewards of the motherland. He says Swagger is going to capture the World Heavyweight Championship and reclaim America at WrestleMania.
Swagger starts chanting "we the people" when Daniel Bryan comes out.
Match #5 - Jack Swagger (Perry, Okla.) vs. Daniel Bryan (Aberdeen, Wash.)
Action is underway and Swagger has a headlock. The action spills to the outside and Bryan hits a dropkick. He loads up for the running knee off the apron, but Swagger moves and runs Bryan into the barricade, injured ribs-first.
Back in the ring, Swagger throws Bryan around a little bit. He hits the Vader Bomb for two. Swagger charges Bryan but eats an elbow and a boot. Bryan tries to rally. He hits a big running forearm and then low-bridges a charging Swagger and hits a suicide dive. They head back in the ring and Bryan hits a missile dropkick for two.
Bryan feeling it. He lands kick to the body and loads up for the kick to the head, but Swagger grabs him and hits a spinebuster. Swagger lays there for a bit to recover and gets caught in the No Lock, but Swagger is close to the ropes and makes it. Bryan goes for the corner dropkick but crashes and burns when Swagger moves.
Now Swagger goes to work on the ankle. He locks in the Patriot Lock and Bryan has no choice but to tap.
Winner via submission: Jack Swagger
Vickie Guerrero is in the ring with Paul Heyman. Guerrero announces she is going to have a new assistant to the managing partner and that is none other than Brad Maddox. Maddox has a mic and says both Vince McMahon and Vickie Guerrero are thanking him for exposing Heyman and The Shield.
Heyman says this is going to make him puke, and he doesn't care what either of them says, so so long and good night. At this point, McMahon pops up on the screen via satellite. McMahon reminds Heyman he granted his request for a stipulation last week. McMahon reminds Heyman he said he'd do anything for the stipulation. McMahon says firing is too good for him. McMahon says next week, he'll walk to the ring with his crutches, Heyman will be there too, and they're going to have a fight.
Match #6 - Chris Jericho (Winnipeg, Manitoba), Sheamus (Dublin, Ireland) & Ryback (Sin City) vs. Dean Ambrose (Cincinnati, Ohio), Seth Rollins (Davenport, Iowa) & Roman Reigns (Pensacola, Fla.)
Jericho immediately has to pull Ryback off of Rollins in the corner so he doesn't get them disqualified.
Sheamus and Reigns go at it and Sheamus connects with White Noise. He wants the Brogue Kick but Rollins makes sure Reigns gets out, so Sheamus blind sides Ambrose with the Brogue.
The Shield is going work on Sheamus. Rollins handling the workload right now, but Sheamus fires up out of the corner and hits a clothesline, bringing in Ryback, who goes to work on Rollins. Big back drop and a violent spinebuster connect. He lines Rollins up for the big lariat and hits it. Ryback loads Rollins up for the Shellshock but the referee gets distracted and Reigns spears Ryback, but he is able to kick out at two after a delay.
The Shield has taken over now on Ryback, utilizing some great teamwork in the process. Reigns, though, misses a corner charge and Ryback brings in Jericho on Ambrose. Running bulldog connects and he follows with the Lionsault for two. He wants the Walls but Ambrose rolls him up for two.
On the outside, Reigns senates Ryback in the post. In the ring, Jericho locks in the Walls on Ambrose. Reigns tries to make the save but Sheamus cuts him off. The referee is distracted with them and Rollins comes flying in with a huge springboard knee that levels Jericho. Ambrose covers and that does it.
Winners via pinfall: Dean Ambrose, Seth Rollins & Roman Reigns
Match #7 - Kofi Kingston (Ghana, West Africa) vs. Damien Sandow (Palo Alto, Calif.)
Well, this one never gets off the ground. Sandow attacks Kingston before the bell, and Kingston is saved by the returning R-Truth. And dozens rejoice.
Match #7 - Randy Orton (St. Louis, Mo.) vs. Kane (Hell, Fire & Brimstone)
Kane in control, but Orton is able to rally briefly. He goes for the Garvin Stomp but can't complete it, as Kane cuts him off. They start trading blows and Orton hits the scoop slam. But Orton runs right into a sidewalk slam for two. Kane goes to the top but can't hit the clothesline. Orton grabs him and wants the draping DDT, but Kane lifts him and crotches him on the rope.
Now Daniel Bryan is limping down to the ring and Orton hits the RKO as Kane is distracted.
Winner via pinfall: Randy Orton
The Rock is here. Played out partially by the University of Louisiana-Lafayette marching band. He says he's going to WrestleMania in 48 days, but he isn't going with this title belt. He debuts a new title belt. He rambles about nothing of significance for a bit until John Cena's music hits. He slowly comes down the ramp only to be hit from behind with the old title by CM Punk, who points at The Rock and walks away.
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Limitations on Foreign Investments and Equity in the Philippines
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30th Mar 2015
Foreign investments are encouraged by the Philippine government to fuel economic growth. Based on data culled from the National Statistical Coordination Board ("NSCB"), the total approved foreign investments in the Philippines for the year 2014 amounted to P186.9 Billion Pesos (or roughly US$4 Billion Dollars). According to the NSCB, in 2014, Japan is the largest foreign investor in the Philippines while the Netherlands and the U.S.A placed second and third respectively. Furthermore, more than half of foreign investments in the year 2014 were intended for the manufacturing industry in the Philippines.
However, despite the contribution of foreign investments to the Philippine economy, the same is regulated and not absolute. There are certain professions and industries that disallow foreign equity or limit foreign participation. These restrictions are found in the Philippine Constitution and various laws. Such limitations are encapsulated in Foreign Negative Lists. The most recent Foreign Negative List was enacted in 2012 through Executive Order No. 98 ("EO 98") which promulgated the Ninth Regular Foreign Investment Negative List.
Based on EO 98, the limitation on foreign equity are as follows:
1. Mass Media except recording (Art. XVI, Sec.11 of the Constitution; Presidential Memorandum dated 04 May 1994)
2. Practice of all professions (Art. XII, Sec.14 of the Constitution, Sec. 1 of R.A. 5181)
a) Engineering
i. Aeronautical engineering (P.D. 1570)
ii. Agricultural engineering (R.A. 8559)
iii. Chemical engineering (R.A. 9297)
iv. Civil engineering (R.A. 1582)
v. Electrical engineering (R.A. 7920)
vi. Electronics and Communication engineering (R.A. 9292)
vii. Geodetic engineering (R.A. 8560)
viii. Mechanical engineering (R.A. 8495)
ix. Metallurgical engineering (P.D. 1536)
x. Mining engineering (R.A. 4274)
xi. Naval Architecture and Marine engineering (R.A. 4565)
xii. Sanitary engineering (R.A. 1364)
b) Medicine and Allied Professions
i. Medicine (R.A. 2382 as amended by R.A. 4224)
ii. Medical Technology (R.A. 5527 as amended by R.A. 6318, P.D. 6138, P.D. 498 and P.D. 1534)
iii. Dentistry (R.A. 9484)
iv. Midwifery (R.A. 7392)
v. Nursing (R.A. 9173)
vi. Nutrition and Dietetics (P.D. 1286)
vii. Optometry (R.A. 8050)
viii. Pharmacy (R.A. 5921)
ix. Physical and Occupational Therapy (R.A. 5680)
x. Radiologic and X-ray Technology (R.A. 7431)
xi. Veterinary Medicine (R.A. 9268)
c) Accountancy (R.A. 9298)
d) Architecture (R.A. 9266)
e) Criminology (R.A. 6506)
f) Chemistry (R.A. 754)
g) Customs Brokerage (R.A. 9280)
h) Environmental Planning (P.D. 1308)
i) Forestry (R.A. 6239)
j) Geology (R.A. 4209)
k) Interior Design (R.A. 8534)
l) Landscape Architecture (R.A. 9053)
m) Law (Art. VIII, Sec. 5 of the Constitution; Rule 138, Sec. 2 of the Rules of Court of the Philippines)
n) Librarianship (R.A. 9246)
o) Marine Deck Officers (R.A. 8544)
p) Marine Engine Officers (R.A. 8544)
q) Master Plumbing (R.A. 1378)
r) Sugar Technology (R.A. 5197)
s) Social Work (R.A. 4373)
t) Teaching (R.A. 7836)
u) Agriculture (R.A. 8435)
v) Fisheries (R.A. 8550)
w) Guidance counseling (R.A. 9258)
x) Real estate service (R.A. 9646)
y) Respiratory therapy (R.A. 10024)
z) Psychology (R.A. 10029)
3. Retail trade enterprises with paid-up capital of less than US$2,500,000 (Sec. 5 of R.A. 8762) [Full foreign participation is allowed for retail trade enterprises: (a) with paid-up capital of US$2,500,000 or more provided that investments for establishing a store is not less than US$830,000; or (b) specializing in high end or luxury products, provided that the paid-up capital per store is not less than US$250,000 (Sec. 5 of R.A. 8762)]
4. Cooperatives (Ch. III, Art. 26 of R.A. 6938)
5. Private Security Agencies (Sec. 4 of R.A. 5487)
6. Small-scale Mining (Sec. 3 of R.A. 7076)
7. Utilization of Marine Resources in archipelagic waters, territorial sea, and exclusive economic zone as well as small scale utilization of natural resources in rivers, lakes, bays, and lagoons (Art. XII, Sec. 2 of the Constitution)
8. Ownership, operation and management of cockpits (Sec. 5 of P.D. 449)
9. Manufacture, repair, stockpiling and/or distribution of nuclear weapons (Art. II, Sec. 8 of the Constitution) [Domestic investments are also prohibited (Art. II, Sec. 8 of the Constitution; Conventions/Treaties to which the Philippines is a signatory)]
10. Manufacture, repair, stockpiling and/or distribution of biological, chemical and radiological weapons and anti-personnel mines (Various treaties to which the Philippines is a signatory and conventions supported by the Philippines)
11. Manufacture of firecrackers and other pyrotechnic devices (Sec. 5 of R.A. 7183)
12. Private radio communications network (R.A. 3846)
13. Private recruitment, whether for local or overseas employment (Art. 27 of P.D. 442)
14. Contracts for the construction and repair of locally-funded public works (Sec. 1 of CA 541, LOI 630) except:
a) Infrastructure/development projects covered in R.A. 7718; and
b) Projects which are foreign funded or assisted and required to undergo international competitive bidding (Sec. 2a of R.A. 7718)
15. Contracts for the construction of defense related structures (Sec. 1 of CA 541)
16. Advertising (Art. XVI, Sec. 11 of the Constitution)
17. Exploration, development and utilization of natural resources (Art. XII, Sec. 2 of the Constitution) [Full foreign participation is allowed through financial or technical assistance agreement with the President (Art. XII, Sec. 2 of the Constitution)]
18. Ownership of private lands (Art. XII, Sec. 7 of the Constitution; Ch. 5, Sec. 22 of CA 141; Sec. 4 of RA 9182)
19. Operation and management of public utilities (Art. XII, Sec. 11 of the Constitution; Sec. 16 of CA 146)
20. Ownership/establishment and administration of educational institutions (Art. XIV, Sec. 4 of the Constitution)
21. Culture, production, milling, processing, trading excepting retailing, of rice and corn and acquiring, by barter, purchase or otherwise, rice and corn and the by-products thereof (Sec. 5 of P.D. 194) [Full foreign participation is allowed provided that within the 30-year period from start of operation, the foreign investor shall divest a minimum of 60 percent of their equity to Filipino citizens (Sec. 5 of P.D. 194; NFA Council Resolution No. 193 s. 1998)]
22. Contracts for the supply of materials, goods and commodities to government-owned or controlled corporation, company, agency or municipal corporation (Sec. 1 of R.A. 5183)
23. Project Proponent and Facility Operator of a BOT project requiring a public utilities franchise (Art. XII, Sec. 11 of the Constitution; Sec. 2a of R.A. 7718)
24. Operation of deep sea commercial fishing vessels (Sec. 27 of R.A. 8550)
25. Adjustment Companies (Sec. 323 of PD 612 as amended by P.D. 1814)
26. Ownership of condominium units where the common areas in the condominium project are co-owned by the owners of the separate units or owned by a corporation (Sec. 5 of R.A. 4726)
27. Manufacture, repair, storage, and/or distribution of products and/or ingredients requiring Philippine National Police (PNP) clearance:
a) Firearms (handguns to shotguns), parts of firearms and ammunition therefor, instruments or implements used or intended to be used in the manufacture of firearms
b) Gunpowder
c) Dynamite
d) Blasting supplies
e) Ingredients used in making explosives:
i. Chlorates of potassium and sodium
ii. Nitrates of ammonium, potassium, sodium, barium, copper (11), lead
(11), calcium and cuprite
iii. Nitric acid
iv. Nitrocellulose
v. Perchlorates of ammonium, potassium and sodium
vi. Dinitrocellulose
vii. Glycerol
viii. Amorphous phosphorus
ix. Hydrogen peroxide
x. Strontium nitrate powder
xi. Toluene
f) Telescopic sights, sniper scope and other similar devices
However, the manufacture or repair of these items may be authorized by the Chief of the PNP to non-Philippine nationals; Provided that a substantial percentage of output, as determined by the said agency, is exported. Provided further that the extent of foreign equity ownership allowed shall be specified in the said authority/clearance (R.A. 7042 as amended by R.A. 8179)
28. Manufacture, repair, storage and/or distribution of products requiring Department of National Defense (DND) clearance:
a) Guns and ammunition for warfare
b) Military ordnance and parts thereof (e.g., torpedoes, depth charges, bombs, grenades, missiles)
c) Gunnery, bombing and fire control systems and components
d) Guided missiles/missile systems and components
e) Tactical aircraft (fixed and rotary-winged), parts and components thereof
f) Space vehicles and component systems
g) Combat vessels (air, land and naval) and auxiliaries
h) Weapons repair and maintenance equipment
i) Military communications equipment
j) Night vision equipment
k) Stimulated coherent radiation devices, components and accessories
l) Armament training devices
m) Other as may be determined by the Secretary of the DND
However, the manufacture or repair of these items may be authorized by the Secretary of the DND to non-Philippine nationals; Provided that a substantial percentage of output, as determined by the said agency, is exported. Provided further that the extent of foreign equity ownership allowed shall be specified in the said authority/clearance (R.A. 7042 as amended by R.A. 8179)
29. Manufacture and distribution of dangerous drugs (R.A. 7042 as amended by R.A. 8719)
30. Sauna and steam bathhouses, massage clinics and other like activities regulated by law because of risks posed to public health and morals (R.A. 7042 as amended by R.A. 8179)
31. All forms of gambling (R.A. 7042 as amended by R.A. 8179), except those covered by investment agreements with PAGCOR (R.A. 9487) operating within special economic zones administered by the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (R.A. 7916)
32. Domestic market enterprises with paid-in equity capital of less than the equivalent of US$200,000 (R.A. 7042 as amended by R.A. 8179)
33. Domestic market enterprises which involve advanced technology or employ at least fifty (50) direct employees with paid-in equity capital of less than the equivalent of US$100,000 (R.A. 7042 as amended by R.A. 8179)
34. Lending Companies (SEC.6 of R.A. 9474) [No foreign national may be allowed to own stock in lending companies unless the country of which he is a national accords the same reciprocal rights to Filipinos (Sec. 6 of RA 9474; Sec. 6 of R.A. 5980 as amended by R.A. 8556; P.D. 129 as amended by R.A. 8366)]
35. Financing companies regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (Sec. 6 of R.A. 5980 as amended by R.A. 8556) [No foreign national may be allowed to own stock in financing companies unless the country of which he is a national accords the same reciprocal rights to Filipinos (Sec. 6 of RA 9474; Sec. 6 of R.A. 5980 as amended by R.A. 8556; P.D. 129 as amended by R.A. 8366)]
36. Investment houses regulated by the SEC (Sec. 5 of P.D. 129 as amended by R.A. 8366) (Sec. 6 of R.A. 5980 as amended by R.A. 8556) [No foreign national may be allowed to own stock in investment houses unless the country of which he is a national accords the same reciprocal rights to Filipinos (Sec. 6 of RA 9474; Sec. 6 of R.A. 5980 as amended by R.A. 8556; P.D. 129 as amended by R.A. 8366)]
If a business or industry is not included in the list above, then 100% foreign equity is allowed. The minimum paid-up capital for a Foreign-owned Domestic Corporation is Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$200,000.00). However, if it is an export market enterprise, the minimum paid-up capital is only Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00) [roughly US$113.00]. An export market enterprise is an enterprise wherein a manufacturer, processor or service enterprise exports sixty percent (60%) or more of its output, or wherein a trader purchases products domestically and exports sixty per cent (60%) or more of such purchases.
It is always best to consult a corporate lawyer who can give proper advice on foreign equity restrictions and corporate vehicle structures.
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Krug hoping to make playoff dream come trueby Matt Kalman
BOSTON -- With three of the six defensemen the Boston Bruins started the Stanley Cup Playoffs with possibly on the shelf for the start of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the New York Rangers, Torey Krug's dreams might come true.
"This is going to be amazing. It's what I waited my whole childhood for," Krug said after practice Wednesday at TD Garden. "You know you dream about this as a kid and you watch it on TV, and to be a part of it in itself is amazing. But I'm looking forward to doing whatever I can to help the team win. That's what we're here for, and that's what I want to do."
Krug, who has three NHL games to his credit, was recalled from Providence of the American Hockey League on Tuesday and could be in the lineup for Game 1 on Thursday (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, TSN, RDS).
Already missing Wade Redden and Andrew Ference for Game 7 of the first round against the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Bruins lost Dennis Seidenberg to an injury on the game's first shift.
Seidenberg, Ference and Redden accounted for about 60 combined minutes of average ice time, including special-teams duties, through the series' first six games. Rookies Matt Bartkowski and Dougie Hamilton admirably filled in during the Game 7 win that earned the Bruins their second-round berth. Bartkowski scored a goal and logged 24:51 of ice time, and Hamilton played 21:08. Both posted an even plus/minus rating.
With a third rookie possibly entering the mix, the Bruins will try to carry on and not turn Krug's dream into a nightmare.
"There's not much you can change from your approach to the game," Bruins coach Claude Julien said. "We're here to win hockey games. I think it's more about showing confidence in the guys that are going to be playing, if that's the case. Right now, the guys that played last game, you look at Hamilton and Bartkowski, I thought they handled themselves really well, especially with five [defensemen]. The confidence in those guys seems to be getting better all the time.
"It's a matter of stabilizing, I guess, your team the best you can and move forward. When you look back at situations that we see in the past, there's guys that have walked into a team and done extremely well because they just go out there and play. That's what I encouraged our guys to do, 'You guys go out there and play your game.' I don't want them to feel the pressure, I don't want them to not be comfortable or have the ability to play as well as they can. It's about encouraging them to do those kinds of things."
Prior to rejoining the Bruins, Bartkowski and Krug were playing at a pretty high level while helping Providence advance to the second round of the Calder Cup Playoffs. Hamilton, 19, has been with the Bruins all season and had been a fixture in their every-night lineup until the last couple weeks of the regular season.
"There's definitely a set system and all the forwards, all the [defensemen], stick to that," Bartkowski said. "So as a young guy stepping into that, we do the same system in Providence, so it's real easy to make the transition and step into that system."
Julien said all three injured defensemen are day-to-day and the lineup might not be set until game time. That leaves it to the healthy players to be ready to go if necessary. Based on Game 7, that won't be a problem for Bartkowski and Hamilton, who made a positive impression on the remaining Bruins veterans.
"They play well for us," captain Zdeno Chara said. "They've been in the system, obviously, for a few years, speaking for Torey and Bartkowski. And obviously Dougie's playing his first season, but so far they're doing well. We've just got to make sure we don't get satisfied and keep working hard."
Johnny Boychuk said, "They're doing a good job. … You're out there with them and trusting your partner, and when you hear him, to make the right calls and basically doing what got you here. Because they're doing a great job. Everybody's talking about how we're down a couple [defensemen], but these guys are doing such a good job that I'm not even worried about it."


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by Stephani Simmons
April 10, 2017
Vice President, Director of the Center for the Future of Work,
Ben Pring leads Cognizant's Center for the Future of Work. He is a co-author of the new book What To Do When Machines Do Everything (2017); co-author of the best-selling and award winning book, Code Halos; How the Digital Lives of People, Things, and Organizations are Changing the Rules of Business (2014), and co-developer of the accompanying award winning app. He has authored numerous other white papers on areas such as the economics of Big Data and the primacy of the digital customer experience.
Ben joined Cognizant from Gartner where he spent 15 years researching and advising on areas such as Cloud Computing and Global Sourcing. At Gartner Ben was one the of the lead analysts on all things "Cloud"; he wrote the industry's first research notes on Cloud Computing (in 1997!), on Salesforce.com (in 2001) and became well known in the IT industry for providing predictions of the nature and velocity of the change as Cloud Computing become the foundation for the next wave of competition in global IT.


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A Wife: Confessions Of A Slob
I think quality time
is a crock of bull. You can't "get more" in terms of your
relationship with your kids by parenting intensely for fifteen minute
chunks. Parenting is a hands-on enterprise. You can't step out because
it's messy or boring or irritating and expect to be welcomed back
in for the high moments. Generations worth of workaholic Dads who
paused to toss a ball directively with junior on Saturday morning
have proven that quality time, in and of itself, is not enough.
How about the house?
Can you at least contract out all that work without ill effect?
There does seem to be a proliferation of household management services,
and oh, are they pricey--children's birthday planners, closet reorganizers,
professional bill payers. Living in a reasonably-sized city in the
year 2000 with completely unlimited income, you could probably pay
someone to do literally everything in your house. But if you're
a slob like me, one kitchen reorganization won't hold you long.
I'd need those people, those domestic managers, to move in.
I have a confession to
make. I could manage a house quite well. I have the skills. I'm
not a born slob, I certainly wasn't trained by my mother to be a
slob--just the opposite. I'm a self-made slob. An aggressive slob.
I slob on purpose. I slob to say fuck the Betty Crocker crap.
It's an adolescent stance,
I admit, and it leads to utter chaos and, on occasion, deeper challenges
to hygiene, decency, and safety. I am trying to stop, I truly am,
but I'm angry. I want a life of the mind--it's what I've always
wanted in a way. Are there those who dream of cooking a perfect
pot roast? Or is everyone who prides herself on her domestic skills
settling for less than what she feels she has a right to want? I
don't know, and I'm aware that it will piss a lot of women off to
ask this question. For myself, a very significant part of me wants
to be the absent-minded writer, the privileged man of letters.
Were there ever guys
like this? Men who got to live out some fey, aristocratic life of
intellectual excitement and complete freedom from domestic responsibilities?
I just finished Ernest Hemingway's autobiography, and while not
all of it sounds enviable in the least, I did notice that he didn't
mention a lot of time spent sweeping up Cheerios. Sometimes, I want
to be Ernest Hemingway. Not when he shot himself. But the other
times, the writing times at cafes in Paris and Madrid.
In David Mamet's essay,
"The Diner," he says: "Writing, in my experience,
consists of long periods of hanging out...To hang out is to proclaim
and endorse our need for leisure and autonomy." Leisure and
autonomy seem to me the most taboo qualities imaginable for a mother
of young kids. You might as well go around saying: "I want
to have sex with a cat." And yet I agree with Mamet that leisure
and autonomy are essential for good writing. And for healthy living.
While lamenting the paucity of good diners--Mamet's preferred place
to write--he says: "one cannot write at home, for those we
love might there confound our occupation with Sitting Around and
suggest we fix the shower rod." For me, the one--and surely,
Mamet envisions a woman here--who nags me to fix the shower rod
is in my own head. I'm supposed to be queen of the domestic arena,
keeper of the hearth, nurturer of the kids, scheduler of car tune-ups,
dental work, violin lessons, and here I am wanting a life of the
mind. An unencumbered life, a life with leisure and autonomy, time
to think and then time to truly hang out with the kids instead of
keeping one furtive, unfocused eye on them while I microwave dinner,
throw in a load of laundry, and scrub two-day-old oatmeal off a
Every mother I know feels guilty.
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Roddick racks up 600th victory
Former world number one Andy Roddick racked up his 600th career victory on Friday, a timely tonic ahead of Wimbledon where he has been runner-up three times.sports Updated: Jun 23, 2012 02:07 IST
Former world number one Andy Roddick racked up his 600th career victory on Friday, a timely tonic ahead of Wimbledon where he has been runner-up three times.
The American did it the hard way, however, having to play twice in one day at the windswept southern English coastal venue of Eastbourne.
First he beat Italy's Fabio Fognini 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 before making Saturday's final when Belgian opponent Steve Darcis retired 6-3, 3-1 down in their semi-final as Roddick reached his landmark moment.
"There's a lot of times when you make plans where you draw the perfect scenario and you draw up a script and it doesn't work out," said the American, who will be seeded 30 at Wimbledon which starts on Monday.
"That's probably 90 per cent of the time in sports. This week has worked out. Regardless of what happens, I'll go into Wimbledon with some wins behind me and some confidence on a surface I'm very comfortable on, so I feel like I got my game back a little bit this week," he told www.atptour.com.
Prior to Eastbourne, Roddick had been sidelined from March to May with a hamstring injury.
He returned in time for the European claycourt season where he lost all three of his round-robin matches in Dusseldorf as well as making a first round exit at the French Open.
He also slumped to a first round loss on grass at Queen's to Nicolas Mahut.
As a wildcard in Eastbourne, he has made Saturday's final, where he will face defending champion Andreas Seppi.
First Published: Jun 23, 2012 02:05 IST


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|The London Special.
|photo and recipe via hip hip gin gin, a just discovered, amazing blog that reminded me i should be drinking more of this.
Even though Sparky and I will be enjoying a
|Random find in the spice section of Gelson's
And while this version of making-do is in fact quite delicious, it just wasn't the perfection I was looking for. Plus, I wanted to drink this OUT of the house, not just while I was building blocks with the two year old or coloring with the five year old. Last October, I hit the proverbial jackpot at my good friend Kim's rehearsal dinner when the lovelies at The Ritz* knew what the hell I was talking about when I attempted to order my cocktail. FINALLY. So now I can enjoy it anytime I want, where ever I may be. And you can too. Cheers!
*I highly recommend the roast beef sandwich at R&D (the best you'll ever taste unless my mom makes you one) and if you feel like traveling back in time to a swanky club of the 50's visit The Ritz. Both are in Newport Beach.


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Rare is the day when kids are encouraged to throw eggs. Rarer, still, is the challenge to toss an egg 20 feet without cracking its shell. But in the name of science, almost anything goes, and hidden behind the conundrum is a blend of physics, creativity and fun.
Making an "egg lander" is one activity planned in a series of free workshops that Rochester Institute of Technology will hold this school year. The workshops are designed to get children, eight to 13 years old, and their parents thinking like scientists.
Supported by a $30,700 grant from the Motorola Foundation's Innovation Generation program, "Learning Science through Innovation and Creativity: Workshops for Families" will explore "The Changing Earth," "Beneath the Oceans" and "Living in Space." The first set of workshops—The Changing Earth—will be held 6-8 p.m. Sept. 10, Oct. 1, Oct. 22 and Nov. 12 on the RIT campus.
"The focus behind the Motorola grant is that we're trying to develop more innovative and creative people," says Jacob Noel-Storr, associate scientist in RIT's Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science and workshop director. "We're trying to show connections between science and innovation and creativity, and also to show that scientists use those skills."
Noel-Storr and his assistant Greg Wyllie, a second-year biotechnology and honors student at RIT, have developed a curriculum exploring each of the three themes from four different scientific perspectives. The 12-workshop series devotes a separate session per topic to physics, chemistry, biology and earth science. An aspect of each theme will be central to the challenges and hands-on activities in the various workshops. All the projects are designed to be scientifically measurable.
For instance the workshops corresponding to the theme "Living in Space" will use the egg-lander experiment to highlight physics concepts. The chemistry component will have students and their parents creating a Mars-like surface. The biological aspect of Living in Space will explore the conditions a planet needs to support basic life forms. And the earth science workshop will focus on comets like the one that recently hit Jupiter.
"We'll do activities where the kids learn something the parents didn't know before and they have to then teach it back to their parents," says Noel-Storr. "We also teach the parents to understand how to work with their kids even when they don't know the answers. We encourage them to go with their kid and find out, teaching them that it's OK not to know everything."
For more information, or to register, contact Jacob Noel-Storr at firstname.lastname@example.com.
To learn more about the Motorola Foundation's Innovation Generation grants,visit www.motorola.com/giving.
Rochester Institute of Technology is internationally recognized for academic leadership in computing, engineering, imaging technology, and fine and applied arts, in addition to unparalleled support services for students with hearing loss. Nearly 16,450 full- and part-time students are enrolled in more than 200 career-oriented and professional programs at RIT, and its cooperative education program is one of the oldest and largest in the nation.
For two decades, U.S. News & World Report has ranked RIT among the nation's leading comprehensive universities. RIT is featured in The Princeton Review's 2009 edition of The Best 368 Colleges and in Barron's Best Buys in Education. The Chronicle of Higher Education recognizes RIT as a "Great College to Work For."


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Adam Phillips
- Walter Pater: Lover of Strange Souls by Denis Donoghue
Knopf, 364 pp, $27.50, May 1995, ISBN 0 679 43753 3
In a contemporary review of The Renaissance in the Pall Mall Gazette, the critic Sidney Colvin wrote that 'the book is not one for any beginner to turn to in search of "information".' 'Information' was in inverted commas not because there were no facts or respectable opinions in the book, but because Pater did not seem to believe in information, as it was customarily understood in criticism of the arts. As most reviewers seemed to agree, he wasn't doing something new, he was doing something badly. 'In the matter of historical fact,' Denis Donoghue writes, joining in, as it were, 'Pater also took liberties, so many that it is a pity he did not derive more satisfaction from them.' But Pater was satisfied not by getting it wrong, but by not having to get it right. It was his style to affirm invention over accuracy and, indeed, satisfaction over argument.
Pater was neither scholarly nor overtly confessional; and he seemed unembarrassed by what a work of art could do to him, or how it tempted him to write about it. His approach tended to be, in Donoghue's arch but apt phrase, 'free of empirical duty'. Matthew Arnold and Modern Science could give you the object as in itself it really was; could give you the best, the most reliable, salutary truths. What Pater gave you were his impressions and his style. And his style unashamedly competed for attention with what he was apparently writing about ('Pater's sentences,' Donoghue writes, 'ask to be read as if they wanted to be looked at, not merely to be understood'). The real interest for Pater was in what the art, and the life of the artist, could evoke in him; what he could use it to become. Or rather, to write; because it was only in sentences that Pater became himself. He was, in other words, at least as interested in himself as he was in the art or artists he wrote about. For those keen to humble themselves in front of Great Art – or, more important, Great Religion – this was something of an affront.
The 'chief question', Pater wrote in The Renaissance, that the critic must ask of the artist is: 'What is the peculiar sensation, what is the peculiar quality of pleasure, which his work has the property of exciting in us, and which we cannot get elsewhere?' The critic was not asked to describe the formal qualities of the work, nor its historical context: he was invited to describe his pleasure. This, of course, was a question, and an invitation, calculated to appeal to those young enough, or bold enough, to have confidence in their possibilities for pleasure. Pater assumed, at least in his writing, that pleasure and sensation – not to mention the peculiar – were morally good. So when The Renaissance was published in 1873 it was a scandal, at least in Oxford. Pater was a homosexual Oxford don who lived with his two sisters, and scandal was anathema to him. The subjects that he treated – Pico della Mirandola, Botticelli, Leonardo, Du Bellay, Winckelmann, among others – seemed harmless enough. But the book that Wilde would notoriously refer to as his 'golden book' was too timely to be the work of an innocent. 'The' was the misleading word in the title; Pater was proposing a renaissance of aesthetic values – the renaissance, during the Renaissance, of pre-Christian values – that was manifestly antithetical to the official versions of itself that Victorian England was promoting.
In flagrant disregard for the responsibilities of his academic position, Pater seemed to be encouraging the natural paganism of youth at a time in their lives when those privileged undergraduates – the 'beginners' Colvin covertly refers to – were supposed to be consolidating their faith in Christianity and the Empire. ('Pater's England,' Donoghue writes, 'is not the country as given; on that, he has little purchase.') Pater seemed to be suggesting in his infamous Conclusion that we have nothing to redeem but our moments of pleasure, and nothing to do beyond the having of special, pleasurable experiences. Life was about intensity and not achievement, about meaning and not profit; diligence was bad faith. His ideas, such as they were, were not original, nor did he claim that they were. An elegant confection of pre-Socratic philosophy, German Romanticism and French aestheticism, his writing mocked the grander ambitions of Late Victorian England as much by the oddity of its style as by the old beliefs it claimed were being recycled during the Renaissance. To the champions of moral and material progress – the scientists and the political idealists as much as the divines and the cultural critics – Pater had written a heretical text. 'Our failure is to form habits,' Pater had written. You couldn't make a society that was getting anywhere out of Pater's ideas.
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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous [BG]' started by Blackbird, Sep 1, 2002.
Saturday, September 7, 9-10pm
Last Day Saloon
406 Clement St. (at 5th Ave.) , SF
My band is just getting established in the SF scene right now. We're hooked up at a few places right now, but we'd like to start playing a lot more.
The scene has kinda taken a turn for the worst--clubs are closing down and bookers have an attitude. We've found that a lot of bookers are hard to reach--there numbers/addresses/emails arn't advertised. I was wondering if you had a directory of SF bookers or something you could forward me to.
Thank you,
Actually no, TSOTP. I don't do the bookings for the band. Do you have a demo packet? Pics, bio, a recent recording, that kind of stuff?
Yeah--we've got a demo pack. It has the CD, picture, and bio. It's just a matter of getting it out to the right people now.
And thanks for the advice, Donne. We know our way around.
Well, as long as we're on the SF gig topic, I suppose I'll throw in some shameless self-promotion:
The Lava Rats are coming to the Hotel Utah for one night only on Wednesday, Septmeber 11th.
The Hotel Utah is located on 4th and Bryant.
The show is at 8pm, the Lava Rats go on at 10:30.
$5 at the door, 21+ only.
Show your patriotism by coming out and making the scene. The Lava Rats: the most All-American band since Grand Funk!
So, there it is. I hope to see some of you there.


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The year is set to wrap and it's a time people highlight/go over everything that has happened over the year where they consciously and unconsciously make a mental notes of losses and gains.
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Exploring fitness, motivation, meditation, yoga, hints at healthy living and more in a new video where he captures the essence of life or what should be and how it's being missed by many.
The emotive video titled 'Believe' is perfect around the time where there should be a reassurance/hope of a better 2017!
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"It is only through the experience of our senses that we truly gain wisdom. It is only through adversity and challenge that we get to understand who we are deep down"; Kayode Fahm reveals. He also shares the best way is to "face our demons, our fears, and leave our comfort zone as well as being disciplined and dedicated. We have to believe". He mentioned in the inspiring video.
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In this video, Fahm uses serene locations and meditation music pass on the message while showing off his martial arts skills. The fitness enthusiast only just released a martial arts video alongside Bobby Rak.


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|Proof of attendance (I couldn't find any gallery personnels except for a lady at the gift shop)
|Glass and electricity - intersecting art and science
The second exhibition is a "functional acoustic wall treatment" made from clay paper - recycled paper pulp mixed with porcelain - to represent the handmade stitch patterns of textiles of the bygone era. This is an interesting mix of present-day concepts and technology with traditions and memoirs of the past. Like the author said, the concept of using clay paper to model the handmade objects of the past is an experimentation of blurring the lines between "art" and "design", where the former is less considerate of intuition and the latter is constrained by functional, economical, and sociological boundaries. This resonates with the unit of Two Cultures, where the coming together of the two challenges conventional distinctions between art and design, and enables a new freedom in expression.
The final exhibition was the creations of a biochemist who incorporated elements of biology and mathematics into her artistic products. This includes a clay cup painted with mathematical fractals, and a bowl with butterflies on the edges. Her work is again reminiscent of past units which depicted the relationship between Biotech, Mathematics, and Art, and how artists are combining such cultures together in their experimentation with contemporary art.
Overall, I found this gallery to be an impressive collection that demonstrated the intersection between innovation and art. It provides evidence for the impact of modern technology in the minds and works of contemporary artists, and encourages the audience to embrace and appreciate a new era of creativity.
|Reconstructing heritage with unconventional recycled materials
|Rhonda Uppington is a biochemist who incorporates elements of nature in her art pieces
|Mathematical fractals in nature
|Incorporating biology into art
Finally, I encountered an artist who is an engineer by occupation, but found new forms of expression through glass. I was inspired by this obvious bridge between the science and art cultures, which affirmed certain ideas mentioned in C.P. Snow's writing - that artists and scientists are inherently similar in style, and the intersection between art and science should be encouraged.
|Renato Foti is an engineer who uses glass art to explore emotions and perception