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Galaxy Note 7 prototype images showing key details surface online
by Jul 12, 2016 7:24 am1
New prototype photos that are attributed to be actual rendition of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 have been seen online. The images were actually posted on Twitter by Tech leaks guru Steve Hemmerstoffer (@stagueve).
The leaked photos have been coming out in succession since yesterday and it looks like that of a prototype Galaxy Note 7, with the test unit number embedded at the top. The images can best be described as that of a huge phablet whose display is curved and Samsung's trademark Home key button sitting at the bottom.
Even more images of the Galaxy Note 7 prototype surfaced today, showing the device powered on and displaying what should be Samsung's TouchWiz UI's low battery warning notifications. The display also shows a lot of modules just at the top of the screen which may just confirm that the device might pop with an iris scanner on the right of the earpiece since we know the front facing camera is at the left of the centrally placed earpiece slit. The rest of the modules are likely light and camera sensors but the two openings on the right couldn't be anything else but for an iris scanner.
Just as a reminder, the Galaxy Note 7 is touted to sport a Snapdragon 821 or Exynos chipsets depending on the target market, 5.8-inch Quad HD AMOLED screen, 4GB / 6GB of RAM, and the same Dual Pixel camera that is on the Galaxy S7 Edge. The device's S Pen stylus would come with new capabilities. The Note 7 will most likely be unveiled August 2, and should start at $800.


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Wednesday, April 12, 2017
All I want for Christmas is Rain by Cori Brooke illustrated by Megan Forward
All I want for Christmas is Rain is so obviously an Australian story. We have Christmas in the Summer. Australia is one of the driest continents. Our farmers have to cope with such weather extremes - drought, flood, fire but eventually rain does come and the landscape revives. This book is a celebration of the renewal and relief rain can bring. The CBCA have selected this book for the Early Childhood award short list.
The text is told as a rhyme :
My mission was clear - I had hatched a great plan:
I would ask for help from the great bearded man.
I love the perspective in the illustration where we see Jane talking with Santa. She looks so small yet so self assured. Santa looks huge but somehow also soft like a pillow. Make sure you show a class the end papers. Brown at the beginning and green at the end - a celebration of the change wrought by rain. The illustrations are the real strength of this book.
When rain does come on Christmas morning the presents can wait. It is time for the whole family to run outside and dance.
Cori Brooke and Megan Forward both have web sites worth exploring. Perhaps not coincidentally they both live in Queensland. Cori has had two books published and Megan has three. You can watch a video of Megan and Cori talking about the way they approached this book. You might like to read this review.
We will also look at some other fabulous books about rain.
When you read this book with a class it would be good to compare the illustrations and story line with two other Australian books on the same theme of rain at Christmas time.
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Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Making Plans to Progress – ROW 80 Round 4 Update #9
6 comments:
- Gloria Weber said...
Sounds like you have a busy week. Break a leg with the concerts! (Not sure if show business superstition goes to what you're doing, but figured rather safe than sorry!) I wish you luck finishing up the holiday stuff. I'm still waiting on one thing myself that I would get done if it were entirely in my control. I wish you the best for your holiday plans and your goals for the month.
- December 5, 2013 at 6:29 AM
- Sione Aeschliman said...
Congrats on keeping up with your update posts & thanks for commenting on my blog! =*)
I too have issues with prioritization. I know what my priorities are, but I often ignore them to do the easy things first (which are less important) than the harder, more important things. Always a work in progress. Le sigh.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend, Gypsy.
- December 5, 2013 at 2:53 PM
- Rebecca said...
Nice to meet a fellow Montanan! Sounds like you have a busy December ahead of you! Prioritizing is hard. Then doing what I "should do" is even harder. I wish you luck and a good week!
- December 7, 2013 at 7:26 PM
- Lisa said...
Hi Gypsy! Enjoy the concert, and don't put yourself under too much pressure to write. What with Christmas coming up and your concert and just finishing NaNo, there's a lot happening for you. Adding more pressure to the mix is almost always counterproductive for me, so perhaps a rest, and coming back to your writing fresh in the New Year, would be good?
I can send you a copy of the fast drafting reference sheet via email if you like. And thanks for dropping by my blog. :)
- December 9, 2013 at 8:57 PM
- gypsyharper said...
Hi Gloria! I think "Break a leg" is pretty much appropriate for all forms of performing arts. Thanks! Hope your holiday plans are going well!
Sione - yes, doing the easy things first is always a problem for me as well. Thanks for stopping by!
Rebecca - I didn't know there were any other Montanans in the ROW challenge! Nice to meet you!
Lisa - yes, more pressure tends to make me freeze up and get even less done, so we'll see how the month goes. I do still want to get some writing done, but Christmas prep will probably have to come first. Thanks for stopping by!
- December 10, 2013 at 10:55 AM
- Jennette Marie Powell said...
It's tough to write in December - so much to do! My daughter is big into band and choir, and graduated this past year, so this is the first year I don't have a bunch of concerts to go to - seems so strange! She really misses singing. Enjoy yours, and pick up the writing when you have time - even if that's in Jan.!
- December 10, 2013 at 6:14 PM


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The prompt today is:
Introduce your condition(s) to other Health Activists.
What are 5 things you want them to know about your condition/your activism?
Who am I? I am a 52 year old daughter, sister, wife, mom, and grandma. I was a very strong person(mind and body) but has my fibromyalgia took hold my body grew weak and weary. I write about my heath, some days with humor other days with horror. I struggle with this debilitating disease that took away my joy and replaced sadness all around.. I am the face of fibromyalgia!
Share links to 3-5 of your old posts (or posts from other Health Activists!) that you think
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its the 12th december, 13 days until christmas, 6 days until my boy is home and with me, 47 days until my 18th birthday. wouldnt mind some of these things over the next couple of months...
feeling christmassy, slowly but surely. my fairy lights are in full force, as is my advent calendar. shame im not so up to date on all my presents... woops. oh well, two weeks to catch up.
currently watching little fockers, and id definately say it follows on very well to meet the fockers. the story is actually class. 'pull my finger' 'double dose of focker.'
feel like i just write about nothingness on here, all the time. because the truth is, i do. i just post what im doing, rather than what i feel, which isnt something i wanted to do, but still. hopefully i'll try and change that, and also keep this more visually dynamic. i apologise if you dont like my blog but, i guess if you dont then you dont necessarily have to read it.
thanks if you do read it though. whats everyone been doing the past few days?
charlotte x


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View of St Ignatius SOLD
Saturday, March 22, 2008 at 11:25PM
After the first part of the day spent painting at Corona Heights Park (see previous post), I went to another location to paint the late afternoon slanting through the streets of my neighborhood and lighting up St Ignatius in the distance.
oil on panel
The second painting was an experiment in making a more abstract image, just trying to get the colors and values and feeling of the view.
My husband took another picture of me painting. It was 65 degrees F at noon today and most people were in summer clothes, but when I stand still in the shade as the sun sets and the wind picks up I have to dress like I am in much colder part of the world. I'm seriously considering buying fingerless gloves.


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The Rectorate of the State University of Haiti (UEH) informs...
Faced with the deterioration of the socio-economic and polit...
Jovenel Moïse cancels his trip to Rome The President of Hai...
Raoul Peck (born 1953, Port-au-Prince, Haiti) is an award-winning Haitian filmmaker, of both documentary and feature films, and apolitical activist. Briefly, from March 1996 to September 1997, he was Haiti's Minister of Culture.
At age 8, the Haitan-born Peck and his family (he has two younger brothers) fled the Duvalier dictatorship and joined his father inLéopoldville, Democratic Republic of the Congo. His father, Hebert B. Peck, an agronomist, worked for the United Nations FAO andUnesco and had taken a job there as professor of agriculture along with many Haitian professionals invited by the government to fill positions recently vacated by the departing Belgians. His mother, Giselle, would serve as aide and secretary to mayors of Léopoldville for many years. The family resided in DRC for the next 24 years.
Peck attended schools in the DRC (Léopoldville), in the United States (Brooklyn), and in France (Orléans), where he earned a baccalaureate, before studying industrial engineering and economics at Berlin's Humboldt University. He spent a year as a New York City taxi driver and worked (1980–85) as a journalist and photographer before attending and receiving a film degree (1988) from the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB) in West Berlin.
In 1986 Peck created the film producing company Velvet Film in Germany, which then produced or co-produced all his documentaries, feature films and TV dramas.
Peck initially developed short experimental works and socio-political documentaries, before moving on to feature films. His feature L'Homme sur les quais (1993; The Man by the Shore) was the first Haitian film to be released in theatres in the United States. It was also selected for competition at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.
Peck served as Minister of Culture in the Haitan government of Prime Minister Rosny Smarth (1996–97), ultimately resigning his post along with the PM. He detailed his experiences in this position in a book, Monsieur le Ministre… jusqu'au bout de la patience.
Peck has achieved his highest degree of international public attention for Lumumba, his 2000 feature film about Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and the period around the independence of the Belgian Congo in June 1960.
A book of screenplays and images from four of Peck's major features and documentary films, called Stolen Images, is being published in February 2012 by Seven Stories Press.
Today, he divides his time between Voorhees Township, Camden County, New Jersey, USA, Paris, France, and Port-à-Piment, Haiti.
He is president of La Fémis since January 10, 2010.
In 2012, he was named as a member of the Jury for the Main Competition at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival.


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Russia has a show on TV that is very similar to the US TV program "The Unit." Except, that instead of US Army Special Forces Delta Team, the Russian show are Spetznatz troopers. Even though I did not get all of the dialogue, it was very entertaining. These Russian Special Forces guys fight terrorists in Chechnya, drug lords in Moscow, train robbers in Siberia. They even have the same "home front" angle as "The Unit" has including wive's gossip, the children's reactions to their father's being away from home, and of just like the US program, infidelity between the unit members and other unit member's wives.
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Catholic World News
German choir performs for Pope Emeritus
January 05, 2016
The youth choir of the cathedral in Eichstätt, Bavaria, performed at a special Christmas concert at the Vatican attended by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI and his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger.
On December 30, the 36-member choir sang works by Mendelssohn, Brahms, Britten, and other composers, including Msgr. Ratzinger's arrangement of a Christmas hymn.
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FAUX LEATHER tutorial and a junk journal.
Hello Crafters,
A big warm welcome to all of you. I have a tutorial to share with you today. If you love junk journals, then this is it…make your own personalized one ! Just follow a few steps here…
Mix glycerin to water in a spritzer. For 3/4th bottle of water, you can add a quarter glycerin. Shake well. Mist the CS well with water and rub gently so that the water is absorbed well. Repeat on the other side too. Repeat this process 2 or 3 times until water is soaked well. This will break the fibers and the glycerin gives a sheen and makes the CS really flexible.
You can make a signature that fits this cover and I have used twine to stitch up the journal, leaving a bit of the twine handing on the outside to hang some beads and charms.
Be sure to pop by Rupa's Blog and see her gorgeous creations...you can find her blog HERE


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By Burt Davis
Photos by Burt Davis or Dianne Davis unless otherwise noted
Nudist Expo Held at Alexis Park
There are all sorts of interesting expos in Las Vegas and on June first, I attended the Nudist Expo at Alexis Park sponsored by Nudist Clubhouse.com.
No, there were no naked people there - just exhibitors promoting their resorts and passions.
Nudist Club House Reps were on hand to answer questions about the site.
I first visited with Brian Spence who is CEO of Nudistclubhouse.com and the organizer of the expo. He explained that Nudist Clubhouse is like Facebook for nudists. Folks joining the online community have an opportunity to join discussion groups and share photos journal entries and events. It also provides links to nudist clubs and resorts. Check out the site at www.nudistclubhouse.com.
The American Association of Nude Recreation or AANR bills itself as"the credible voice of reason for nude recreation since 1931." Jim Smock, Executive Director of the group, explained that nude recreation is a family affair. He feels that clothing optional recreation is a trend of our times and that nude recreation helps you shed stress and relax. And, hey -- traveling to a clothes-free destination allows you to pack less and relax more. For more information see www.aanr.com.
Speaking of destinations, much of the Expo was dominated by resorts or other travel spots.
Hidden Beach is an all inclusive five star resort
Hidden Beach, located in the Mexican Mayan Rivera, promotes itself as the world's only five star all inclusive nudist resort. Alejandro Alegue, their sales manager, told me that the resort has only 44 rooms and features gourmet food and totally upscale amenities. All the rooms face the ocean. In addition, Alegue said that guests at Hidden Beach have access to the restaurants and other amenities at the popular El Dorado Seaside Suites which boasts six Gourmet Inclusive restaurants and is right next door. To learn more, check out http://www.Karismahotels.com.
The Terra Cotta Inn is located in nearby Palm Springs, California. Mary and Tom Mulhall own the resort and describe it as relaxing and mainstream. It was picked as one of the 10 best nude sunbathing resorts in the USA by AOL Travel.. There is a lot of sun in Palm Springs. For more information see www.sunyfun.com.
The Clothing Optional Home Network was recently founded as a clearing house for Bed and Breakfast homes offering a clothing optional experience. Larry and Leslie are the founders and managers of the network. founders and managers of the network. Larry told me that their network is unique and can be ound at www.clothingoptionalhomenetwork.com .
Cambium is a family nudist village located in the Dominican Republic. The company sells land parcels to prospective families who then build their own homes. You can learn more about this interesting approach at www.cambiumbene.com
Castaways Travel, a leading travel company, has been specializing in Clothing Optional, Nude and Adult travel fun since 1984. It was represented at the Expo by it's principals James and Champagne. Contact them at http://www.castawaystravel.com
Many of the expo attendees attended a barbeque that evening—sans clothes. And that is the naked truth.


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The Littles
Have you ever heard someone say, "I've always wanted twins!"? I was one of them. I thought it would be so cute and that it would be so great raising siblings that were, obviously going to be the best of friends. Twins are cute, and I think right now, our two sets of twins love to be with their belly buddy.
I actually didn't think twins were that big of a deal until I had F & L! Miss O and G-Dog were small, slow to develop, babies. I could manage things with them and their big bro; so much so, that we thought we should add one more S-A kiddo to the mix. A few weeks into F & L's life, I joined the local multiples group and started thinking more about what makes twins (or higher order multiples) unique. I needed to talk to people in the know. I needed to see families who have survived the early years of parenting multiples. I needed advice and discounts, Lord, did I need discounts! Raising five kids isn't cheap! Anyway, the point is, when F & L came along, I finally realized that this twin sh*t is real!
I stupidly thought for a long time, twins were just two kids. You just do everything twice. Do not believe this. I was wrong. Twins are more than double. When you have twins, you actually are raising three entities with different temperaments. Why three? Take F & L. There's F-Jammie and there's Mr. Lee and then there's this whole other "person" we interact with that is F & L put together. Let's call it The Force. The Force is beautiful and funny and adorable. It is loving and creative. It is also fierce and way, way bigger than any of us.
The truth is, The Littles are hilarious. Think about how two year olds are portrayed in humorous parenting books or on the most cliché TV show, those are our kids. What looks like neglect to onlookers, is Wife and I just, throwing up our hands and surrendering to their wackiness, because we truly are not in control of The Force! It's hard to explain, but I've collected a few moments to share with you so you have some sense of just what life is like with The Force.
Seen and Heard in the Silverman-Akande House:
The Little Twins Edition
- Heard: "No more Mommy's milk right? Can I go back inside your tummy?" - Mr. Lee
- Seen: Literally half of the toys in the playroom piled into the bathroom.
- Heard: We're playing Hide & Zeke – F-Jammie
- Seen: Entire bottle of hand sanitizer poured into leather boot and face painted with red lipstick…. At 8:15 am on a school day.
- Heard: Fu*k it! - Mr. Lee many times a day
- Seen: Two 2 year olds on chairs at the kitchen counter holding a knife, sharp scissors and a package of pepperetes, hovered over a bowl full of cheerios, water, milk and cherry tomatoes.... at 8am. I thought I'd go to the bathroom. This was a big mistake.
- Heard: This conversation at 6:15 am:
L: Oh, I have pockets
F: I don't have pockets
L: You can have this one.
F: Ok. Oh it's too big
L: (inaudible mumbling)… that's the deal!
- Heard: Me: You cannot push your penis and vagina together! You just can't!
- Heard: F: L can you wipe my bum?
- Heard: After learning to give fist bumps when they are pleased about something, this conversation happened back when they were still tandem nursing
F: Bump it! (holding left breast)
L: Yeah, Bump it! (holding right breast)
Me: Oh my God, NO!
- Seen:
- And the cutest… Heard:
Me to L: How much do you love your sister?
L: This much (arms spread wide)
Me to F: How much do you love your brother?
F: Twice!
There you have it. A little taste of The Force, God love 'em!XO Ajike


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It's been a crazy trip 🌴 with @anerybaten. Woke up super early in the morning to catch the sunrise, the food, the late night conversations, the beautiful white sand beaches and the people that we've met and inspire us to continue to do what we love in this world. // Music by @illeniummusic 🎶 .
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Ocean 6 – who swam across the 6.4 km waters of Tañon Strait
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C. David Blitz, 69, of Canadensis, Monroe County, past president of the Monroe County Firemen's Association, died Sunday in his home. He was the husband of Elaine (Weiland) Blitz. They observed their 47th wedding anniversary last May.
Blitz was employed by Blue Ridge Cable Co., Saylorsburg, for the past 10 years. He previously was an electrician for Buck Hill Falls Association, Monroe County, for 30 years, and a Barrett Township policeman in the 1970s.


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Black Feathers, Joseph D'Lacey's first half of the saga of Gordon Black (what is it with Angry Robot Books and people named Black and blackbirds these days, by the way? It's impossible not to think of Gordon and Miriam Black as siblings of some twisted and horrible kind), but I gotta admit, this second half, The Book of the Crowman, was kind of a slog, you guys.
And that makes me really sad. Even as it suggests rather strongly (ok, more like shouts, for reasons I'll get to below) that in appreciating the subtlety, ambiguity and lack of preachiness in the first volume, I was appreciating Black Feathers all wrong. Either that or I was being set up in the first volume for the rhetorical bludgeoning I got in the second. I think I'd almost rather have been appreciating it all wrong.
For The Book of the Crowman takes all of the things I liked best about Black Feathers and throws them onto the compost heap. Gordon is now explicitly a hippie Christ figure (although yes, he kills a lot more people than Jeebus ever did) (well except all the ones that Jeebus has indirectly killed over the centuries) (but maybe not, 'cause dude kills a lot of people with his little lock knife). Megan becomes less of a Lemmiwinks but still manages to be boring. And the chilling villains of the first volume, Skelton and Pike, stop feeling quite so much like Neil Gaiman/BtVS villains (they totally reminded me of The Gentlemen in Black Feathers) and more like Satan and Saddam Hussein in South Park.
kept me going was the writing itself, the one quality that truly does
carry over from the prior volume. D'Lacey really lets himself rock out
this time around, with great escape sequences, action scenes, whole
set-piece battles (longbowmen versus tanks, y'all. S'all I'm saying),
and also some more of those powerful, quietly emotional scenes that stay
with you long after the last page of the book is read.
though, all of that beauty and excitement wound up not being enough
when weighed against the feeling of being preached at. It's an open
question for me whether it's people with whom one agrees (as is pretty
much the case here) or people with whom one disagrees who are more
annoying when they just won't shut up about their cause, but the
experience of reading this book has added extra weight to the former
notion. When you're drinking/talking with an earnest hippie friend who
feels passionately about this cause -- nature versus industrialism,
pastoralism versus exploitation, tribal egalitarianism versus
macro-societal authoritarianism -- sooner or later you can get them to
shut up and realize that they're wasting their breath and energy trying
to convert the already converted. One cannot, at present, tell a novel
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Diplo – Revolution Remix EP [Stream]
Diplo continues to pave the way for stadium hearty trap anthems. This time his very own 'Revolution' featuring the likes of Faustix & Imanos and Kai is reworked by an impressive rosta of remixers including RUN DMT, Sluggers, Panic city and Paper Diamond. The result is a colourful palette of records that explore hard, intense dance, a spattering of percussion in all shapes, tempos, sizes and heated, tech laden versions.
As with most Mad Decent releases, a video shoot rarely goes amiss. The original record (above) has been produced by Phil Pinto and follows a series of different people and their walks in life in the midst of a twisted time on earth.
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CNET News staff writer Erica Ogg co-wrote this article.
Updated 12:50 p.m. PST with Dell confirmation.
Chief Technology Officer Kevin Kettler is retiring, Dell plans to announce in coming days, CNET News has learned.
Kettler is stepping down to spend time with his numerous activities in the Austin, Texas, area, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation, and the move isn't part of Dell's reorganization activities.
On Wednesday, shortly after this story was posted, Dell spokesman David Frink confirmed Kettler's departure.
"He wants to take time to focus on his family and his many other varied interests beyond Dell," Frink said. The retirement will take place "in the next few months," and Dell declined to comment on any plans for a new CTO.
Indeed, Kettler has plenty going on in Austin. He co-founded Charity Partners of Austin. He's an investor in Austin Music Partners' ME Television. And he's involved in a local wine bar, two sources said.
Dell, with founder Michael Dell back in the CEO office, has been working for many months to turn around its business. The current economic climate isn't helping: Dell announced a 10 percent layoff in May, and more recently began asking employees to take unpaid leave to avoid further cuts.
Kettler did not respond to a request for comment.
However, the CTO has told his employees of the change, and his retirement has been anticipated within the company for months, one Dell source said.
Kettler joined Dell in 1996, rose through the ranks of its workstation division, and later oversaw Dell's PC architecture work.
Though rivals criticized the company for having shallow technology experience, Kettler wasn't afraid to mix it up. Kettler gave Dell credit for helping to set the PC technology agenda, and he was point man for the company's effort to promote Blu-ray Disc over HD DVD. And he was happy to delve into the nitty-gritty of server virtualization.
Facebook wants to show it's a force for good amid scandals: The social network updates its tools for blood donations, nonprofits and mentorships.
Everything you need to know about the Qualcomm-FTC lawsuit: The antitrust case could decide how smartphones get made in the future -- and what they cost.


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The sights from the summit of Breakneck Ridge are spectacular. 1260 feet above ground with the scenic and mountainous Hudson Highlands all around. Stunning views of the wide Hudson river with another peak, Stormking mountain, providing the backdrop directly across and this just ninety minutes from New York city.
I was completely ignorant about one of Singapore's best delights, the Hawker Centers and the sheer variety of absolutely delicious food available in them. By pure chance I wandered into the Maxwell Hawker Center one day and was both lost and fascinated by the experience. That day I tried what I now know to be the extremely popular and famous Tian Tian Hainanese Chicken Rice and it was love at first bite.
The Vung Vieng floating village is one of the four small communities of fisherfolk who make their living in Ha Long Bay, not near the bay or on any island but on their boats and rafts. Protected from the elements by the surrounding limestone karsts of Ha Long bay, they lead a unique lifestyle in their raft homes, some small and tight and others quite large, some with modern comforts like generators and TVs and many with dogs.
Hanoi, this bustling city of millions is the modern day capital of Vietnam and has been an important center for a long time, having recently celebrated 1000 years of existence. It is a charming, if a bit chaotic, blend of remnants from its ancient days, more recent past under the French and modern times. A perfect city to begin to experience Vietnam and a great springboard to the rest of the country. And as I discovered, one can experience a quite a lot of Hanoi in a day.
When I first visited Tim Ho Wan in early 2012, they were still a little hole in the wall kind of Hong Kong shop in Mongkok with crowds of devoted diners waiting 2 hours to eat their famous Michelin star worthy Dim Sum specialties. On my next visit to Hong Kong almost exactly an year later, I excitedly made my way to Kwong Wa Street in Mongkok right after I checked into my hotel and was horrified to find that Tim Ho Wan had closed!


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Cognitive Function Is Disrupted by Both Hypo- and Hyperglycemia in School-Aged Children With Type 1 Diabetes: A Field Study
Gonder-Frederick, Linda A.
Bauchowitz, Andrea U.
Ritterband, Lee M.
Magee, Joshua C.
Cox, Daniel J.
Clarke, William L.
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CitationGonder-Frederick, Linda A., John F. Zrebiec, Andrea U. Bauchowitz, Lee M. Ritterband, Joshua C. Magee, Daniel J. Cox, and William L. Clarke. 2009. Cognitive function is disrupted by both hypo- and hyperglycemia in school-aged children with type 1 diabetes: a field study. Diabetes Care 32(6): 1001-1006.
AbstractObjective: We developed a field procedure using personal digital assistant (PDA) technology to test the hypothesis that naturally occurring episodes of hypo- and hyperglycemia are associated with deterioration in cognitive function in children with type 1 diabetes. Research Design and Methods: A total of 61 children aged 6–11 years with type 1 diabetes received a PDA programmed with two brief cognitive tests (mental math and choice reaction time), which they completed just before home glucose readings. The computer recorded time to complete each test and number of correct responses. Children completed several trials per day over 4–6 weeks for a total of 70 trials. Performance variables were compared across glucose ranges. Individual impairment scores (IISs) were also computed for each child by calculating the SD between performance during euglycemia and that during glucose extremes. Results: Time to complete both mental math and reaction time was significantly longer during hypoglycemia. During hyperglycemia, time to complete math was significantly longer and reaction time was marginally significant (P = 0.053). There were no differences on task accuracy. Decline in mental math performance was equivalent at glucose levels <3.0 and >22.2 mmol/l. IISs varied greatly across children, with no age or sex differences. Conclusions: A decrease in mental efficiency occurs with naturally occurring hypo- and hyperglycemic glucose fluctuations in children with type 1 diabetes, and this effect can be detected with a field procedure using PDA technology. With blood glucose levels >22.2 mmol/l, cognitive deterioration equals that associated with significant hypoglycemia.
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With the publication of Professional Mahjongg Gokuu, that officially wraps up the last of 1986's 34 Famicom Disk System releases.
Category Archives: 1986
Professional Mahjong Gokuu
The third mahjong game released for the Famicom platform, Professional Mahjongg Gokuu brought some new and fairly impressive twists and innovations to what could be considered the first wave of mahjong games to sweep the 8-bit Nintendo platform.
A port of a popular 8-bit Atari computer game, Electrician curiously never saw a North American release for the Nintendo Entertainment System, which is strange considering it was ported from an original game by designed David Brunch at American software developer Synapse Software.
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Kieta Princess
The second title in the WaveJack series, Kieta Princess was an early attempt at an open world style video game. Given the significant technical limitations of the Famicom hardware, the end result is predictably a misfire.
Knight Lore: Majou no Ookami Otoko
A port of the famous British micro computer title developed by the studio that would go on to become Rare, Knight Lore stands as a gleaming example of home video game innovation that unfortunately never saw a North American release.
Hikari Shinwa: Palutena no Kagami
Another example of a heralded Nintendo franchise that began on the Disk System, Hikari Shinwa (known outside of Japan as Kid Icarus) is a concise adventure platformer that, despite its age, is still highly playable and highly regarded even today.
Deep Dungeon: Madō Senki
Nintendo wasn't the only company that launched popular franchises on the Disk System. Like Konami with Castlevania, HummingBirdSoft's first Deep Dungeon entry saw a dual release on both the Disk System and the MSX computing standard, and was also the first RPG released on Nintendo's disk-based platform.
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Suishou no Ryuu
Most notable for being the first release of the Square Co. Ltd. headed publishing group DOG (Disk Original Group), Suishou no Ryuu is a mostly forgettable text adventure with obtuse controls and a few scenes of impressive animation, all of which is walled up behind the familiar language barrier indicative of the genre.
Predating BattleBots by well over a decade, this truly bizarre simulation title has you designing, building and training robots to battle to the death against one and other. If that sounds like an interesting video game concept, rest assured; because it truly is not.
Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi
Nazo no Kabe: Block Kuzushi is pretty shameless breakout clone, but that doesn't stop the game from being amongst the best puzzle games released for the Disk System. The only downside about the game is that North America was denied a cartridge port for the NES.


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One of UK's heaviest loads avoids motorway viaduct
One of the heaviest loads ever to move on UK roads is being transported in Lancashire this weekend.
A giant transformer is being delivered in two sections, each weighing 270 tons to an electricity substation in Penwortham, near Preston.
Each 70m long load will be carried on a trailer pulled by two tractors travelling at 4mph.
Lancashire Police have warned of delays on the A59 Liverpool Road on the mornings of 6 and 20 March.
According to the National Grid, the two sections will be unloaded at Holme Road on the River Ribble after being brought by barge from Ellesmere Port.
The final stage of the journey to the substation will then be completed by road on a low loader with a gross weight of 525 tons.
'Delays inevitable'
Lancashire County Council said it had been working for three years to plan a suitable route.
A decision was taken to move the load by barge after computer modelling revealed it was too heavy for both the Gathurst viaduct on the M6 and the Penwortham Bridge over the River Ribble.
National Grid project engineer Barry Jordan said: "This is a huge piece of equipment to move and the route has needed very careful planning.
"We have tried to minimise disruption by moving the transformer on Sunday morning when traffic is lightest."
Holme Road, the A59 Liverpool Road and Howick Cross Lane in the Penwortham area will be closed on the mornings of Sunday 6 and 20 March.
A police spokesman said motorists were advised to avoid the area between 0800 and 1200 GMT but added that delays were "inevitable".
The transformer is needed to control power on the grid for customers across the North West, southern Scotland and north Wales.


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Just after giving birth to my third child, when the nurse finally gave me the go ahead to use the restroom, I did what I have done now twice before. I closed the door, stood in front of the mirror, and lifted my hospital gown to take a peak at my belly.
Having been down this road before, I knew, all too well, what to expect. I was aware that there was no chance that my belly had magically shrunk back to it's pre-baby state, and what's more, I knew from experience, that it likely wouldn't anytime soon… but still I had hoped for a miracle.
I have now carried, and given birth to, three beautiful babies in less than four years time. My belly has been stretched to capacity, shrunken down, and then stretched to the max again. The number on the scale has fluctuated in ways that I never thought possible, and my body has changed more than I ever could have imagined.
I know deep down, that in regards to my postpartum self, I should have that "tiger who earned her stripes" mentality about the faint lines that now meticulously line my belly from the stretching and contracting that it has endured over the last few years. I know that I should embrace that fact that my hips have grown wider in order to birth my children. I know that I should accept my softer tummy for what it is… but when I look in the mirror now, I don't exactly get excited about the added weight that I currently see upon my frame. The amount of hard work that I know all too well is required to lose it, seems daunting at best. Feeling proud about the body that I have been left with at this point isn't always easy.
So many people preach about how you should love your body after having a baby. That you should go easy on yourself. I don't disagree one bit, the thing of it is though, I don't dislike my postpartum body, but I'm not necessarily in love with it either… and that is totally okay… I don't have to love it, what I do need to do is accept it and embrace it.
My body may no longer be what it was before I became a mother, but here is what I know…
My belly is softer because it has housed, nurtured, and sheltered my three beautiful blessings.
My now less-perky breasts have fed and nourished three children, two of them beyond their first year of life, and one who is currently still going strong.
My thicker legs have become stronger in order to endure the extra weight that comes along with being pregnant.
My hips are now slightly wider, because thanks to the miracle of life, three children have made their way into the world through them.
If I look in the mirror after all of this and don't appreciate my body for what it has done and what it is capable of, then shame on me. I may not love the way that it looks in its current state, but I most certainly love it for the job that it has done and for what it has given me. Sometimes when you stop to count your blessings, you realize that little things like having a flat tummy or fitting back into your favorite skinny jeans, aren't really what's important. What's is, is knowing what you are now capable of as a mother, and loving that about yourself instead.
As hard is it might be at times, give yourself a little bit of grace… What you have done is remarkable, and regardless of what you see in the mirror, YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL.
In the spirit of honesty and learning to accept and love our postpartum bodies, I have asked a few of my friends to share some of their feelings about their own postpartum bodies, and I would love for you to join in and comment too!
"I knew there would be changes. OF COURSE my body wouldn't be the same after carrying my beautiful girls. I gained over 50 pounds each time, but the weight was distributed so differently the second time around. The aftermath is my mom belly. I jokingly call it my 'melly', but it's hard some days. I look in the mirror and I have a gut. I now dress to disguise it, because sucking in doesn't always do the trick. As I slowly get back on track with working out and making healthier choices, I try to remind myself that there was a baby in there, and it doesn't make me less beautiful." -Patricia, Life of a Minister Mom
"One of my least favorite things about my postpartum body is my hair. After my first child, it wasn't so bad, but after my second there was lots of postpartum hair loss, and zero regrowth. My hair is really thin now, and I'm totally self conscious about it. Otherwise, I've always been at an okay place with my body. Never loved it, never hated it, just an okay place. I always had good hair though, it was long, and thick, and pretty, and now, not so much." -Chanel, Life with Henry and Evie
"Oh the postpartum joys… Most will dislike what happens to their body after birth, others will embrace it as battle wounds and stripes earned. I would have to say that after having two kids (my first at 34 and my second at 36), my skin is not as 'supple' as it used to be when I was in my twenties. As a woman who had her children at an older age, I would have to say that my least favorite part about my body now is my tummy. I still have that line that goes down it, and some loose skin that I am hoping to work off this summer. My favorite part of my body at the moment would be my legs. They seem to have stayed strong and lean, thank goodness!" -Kim, The Lavender Ladies
"I don't like the extra skin in my tummy area after having a baby, but I'm trying to embrace my new mommy look. No matter how hard I work on it, it isn't going away… so I have been working on my legs, because they are showing improvement and muscle tone. It's all about little celebrations an successes!" -Jenna, Espresso Ever After
"My least favorite part of my body after having kids would have to be my tummy. The extra skin that still seems to be there even though my youngest is two now. My favorite part of the postpartum phase, would have to be the breastfeeding boobs. Not only did they nourish my babies, but they looked pretty awesome during those months of nursing. Now that I am done nursing, they don't look quite as nice, but I do like my arms. Before having kids, I never considered myself to be strong. I've always been lanky with long, kind of awkward arms, but carrying around two almost 35 pound toddlers makes me feel strong, and I love to show off my arms now. -Jessica, A Monkey and His Mama


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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU paymaster Germany suggested on Monday that Greece might need a referendum to approve painful economic reforms on which its creditors are insisting, but Athens said it had no such plan for now and others warned a vote could delay vital aid.
Greece calmed immediate fears of a default by making a crucial 750 million euro payment to the International Monetary Fund a day early. But Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said the liquidity situation was "terribly urgent" and a deal to release further funds was needed in the next couple of weeks.
Euro zone finance ministers welcomed some progress in slow-moving talks on a cash-for-reform deal between Athens and the IMF, the European Commission and the European Central Bank but said more work was needed to each a deal.
"We acknowledged that more time and effort are needed to bridge the gaps on the remaining open issues," they said in a short statement after spending barely an hour on a progress review on the negotiations behind held among senior officials.
They remain far apart on pension cuts, easing layoffs in the private sector and over budget targets for this year and next.
Euro zone governments have previously opposed a referendum, saying there is no time and it could destabilize financial markets and trigger a run on struggling Greek banks.
When former Prime Minister George Papandreou surprised EU partners by proposing a plebiscite in 2011 at the height of the euro zone debt crisis, he was summoned to emergency talks with leaders of France and Germany and told bluntly to drop the idea.
But with Greece's leftist-led government refusing to budge on unpopular reforms that run counter to its electoral mandate, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said securing public backing for the necessary sacrifices might be useful.
A referendum could make it easier for Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to climb down from his election promises.
"If the Greek government thinks it must hold a referendum, then let it hold a referendum," Schaeuble said on arrival at a meeting of euro zone finance ministers.
"That might even be a helpful measure for the Greek people to decide whether it is ready to accept what is necessary, or whether it wants something different."
Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem poured cold water on the idea, warning that a referendum could delay the disbursement of some 7.2 billion euros in urgently needed frozen bailout aid.
"Presumably if you have a referendum you will not start implementing before you have done it and then it doesn't seem to make sense," the Dutch finance minister said after the meeting.
Sources familiar with ECB thinking said Monday's Eurogroup statement was not a sufficient basis for the central bank to allow the Greek government to sell more short-term Treasury bills to ease its funding crunch, as Athens had sought.
Hinting at growing difficulties in persuading conservative German lawmakers to go on funding Greece, Schaeuble said it was unrealistic to think any parliament in Europe would agree without the backing of the IMF.
Athens has accused the global lender of setting tougher targets than the European creditors on pension and labor reforms and a primary fiscal surplus. The three institutions have denied any internal differences.
European Economics Commissioner Pierre Moscovici cited progress on reforming value added tax, creating an independent tax authority and dealing with non-performing loans but said gaps remained, notably on pension changes and "parts of the program that the Greeks do not accept".
Varoufakis, who held private talks with Schaeuble before the meeting, said a referendum was "a tool which is available" but it was not on the radar screen for now as far as he was aware.
Schaeuble said there had been little or no progress on substance in the negotiations. Any release of frozen bailout funds depended on representatives of the three creditors certifying implementation of the reforms, not just promises.
Euro zone officials say the real deadline for a deal is end-May to enable parliamentary approval in some euro zone countries, notably Germany, in time to release the remaining funds before the program expires at the end of June.
Elected in January on promises to end austerity and scrap the international bailout, the government is refusing to agree to pension cuts, raise the retirement age, or ease layoffs in the private sector. It is also at odds with creditors on the size of the primary budget surplus, which excludes debt repayments, and on longer-term financing.
Varoufakis was sidelined from the conduct of the talks after he alienated fellow ministers with outspoken interviews and economics lectures, climaxing with a clash last month at a Eurogroup meeting in Riga.
Tsipras shook up the negotiating team and made some concessions on restarting privatizations and harmonizing value-added tax. But he has so far balked at crossing the "red lines" of what he calls his popular mandate.
Two-year Greek bond yields edged up to around 21.5 percent on Monday as nervous investors weighed the risk of a default. Italian, Spanish and Portuguese bond yields also ticked up.
A Reuters poll of traders, taken before the IMF repayment, found that the chance of Greece leaving the euro zone was less than one in four, down from a 40 percent possibility they assigned two weeks ago.
Additional reporting by George Georgiopoulos and Angeliki Koutantou in Athens, Francesco Guarascio, Paul Taylor, Tom Koerkemeier, Philip Blenkinsop, Robert-Jan Bartunek and Alastair Macdonald in Brussels, Ingrid Melander in Paris and Gergely Szakacs and Krisztina Than in Budapest; Writing by Paul Taylor; editing by Anna Willard, David Stamp and Alastair Macdonald


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Phonak Naida B – In our opinion the best performing high power behind the ear hearing aid on the market. The Phonak Naida B has the ability to make the best of very severe and profound hearing losses with a very capable feedback manager (drastically reducing whistle) and 'SoundRecover2' which with smart technology can make sounds audible that previously would not have been heard.
The Phonak Naida B (based on the BeLong chipset with faster processing and extra performance features like SoundRecover2, BroadbandBooster, AutoSense OS and Binaural VoiceStream Technology) comes in four technology levels, the entry level Naida B30, the mid range Naida B50, at advanced level the Naida B70 pitches in, and at premium level with the full feature set available is the Naida B90.
The Phonak Naida B has the added benefit of being water and dust resistant for added protection with an IP68 rating, a rugged hearing aid for all environments!
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More audibility of high-frequency sounds
SoundRecover2 is the world's first adaptive frequency compression algorithm, taking the benefits of SoundRecover to the next level. Even for those difficult to fit hearing losses where there is little usable high-frequency hearing, sound can be compressed to where it is audible. The adaptive behaviour ensures that the lowering of high-frequency sound occurs only when needed. Therefore, sound quality of mid and low frequencies is maintained, while high frequency sounds are made audible. SoundRecover2 provides clients with severe to profound hearing loss a true listening experience with its ability to produce an optimal balance between high-frequency audibility and sound quality.
More audibility with up to 6 dB more output
Severe to profound clients, especially those with a sensorineural loss accompanied by a significant conductive hearing loss, require additional power for a noticeable difference in audibility.
• BroadbandBooster: a new way of digitizing, sampling and filtering signals, boosts gain and output for loud broadband input signals – like speech – by up to 5 dB. Mid and loud incoming broadband signals are more audible without any distortion from peak clipping.
• New mechanical and acoustical design: the new xUP receiver for Naída B-RIC offers additional gain and output with up to 6 dB on the low frequencies without increased battery consumption.
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AutoSense OS is an operating system at the heart of the hearing aid that always selects the best settings to automatically maximize hearing performance. With over 200 distinct settings to draw from, it accurately captures, analyzes and blends sounds in real time to precisely match a client's hearing environment. It allows clients to benefit from a seamless all-around hearing performance across different listening situations.
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The greater the degree of hearing loss, the greater the challenge. For this reason Phonak offers the most advanced features based on our unique Binaural VoiceStream Technology. It streams the full audio bandwidth in real time and bi-directionally in both ears for improved sound quality and unmatched speech understanding.
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Clients with a severe to profound hearing loss rely heavily on their hearing aids and therefore expect durable and long lasting devices. Naída B will function in even the toughest environments, boosting the user's confidence.
• With a new glass fibre reinforced material, Naída B is now 60% more robust than its predecessor which gives the client optimal confidence.
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HV cables are the highest tier conventional Cables. They can tolerate High Voltage (512 EU/s) and Extreme Voltage (2048 EU/s), but have an extremely high distance-related energy loss. HV cables can have 3 different levels of insulation. Considering that a shock from a poorly insulated HV cable will most likely prove fatal, it is recommended to insulate them well unless the cable is located in a completely unreachable area. Even then, insulation should be applied to reduce the massive energy losses. It's possible to reduce this by stepping down the voltage and using glassfibre cables till it arrives at it's destination and then stepping it back up.
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- Damage from uninsulated HV Cable will travel though occupied blocks, much like damage from a Tesla Coil.


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August 13, 2014
Parliament of India Urged to Revise the 1960 Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act
HSI/India's urge for revision triggered by Supreme Court's Judgment
Indian legislators are being urged by Humane Society International to replace the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act with the Draft Animal Welfare Bill 2014.
HSI/India took this action in the wake of a landmark judgment given by the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Animal Welfare Board of India Vs. A. Nagaraj case where it stated:
"Parliament is expected to make proper amendment of the PCA Act to provide an effective deterrent to achieve the object and purpose of the Act and for the violation of section 11, adequate penalties and punishments should be imposed."
The board, acting on the directions of the Supreme Court, drafted the new bill.
HSI/India sent Parliament the draft along with the extract of judgment and photographs depicting animal cruelty. N.G Jayasimha, HSI/India's managing director and member of the drafting committee said:
"The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act was a strongly worded law for 1960 when it was drafted, but has failed to protect animals for more than two decades now due to lack of enforcement. The current provisions, with penalties amounting to a maximum of only Rs. 50, fail miserably to deter animal abusers. Taking advantage of this obsolete act, animal abusers have continued to inflict unfathomable cruelty on animals. We urge the Parliament of India to treat this issue with utmost urgency so that the animal abusers do not go unpunished."
HSI/India's call to replace the 1960 PCA Act with the modern Animal Welfare Act coincides with Indian Independence month, an occasion to celebrate India's liberation from years of servitude through ahimsa (non-violence). HSI/India is working to ensure Parliament passes the 2014 legislation, a paradigm shift from preventing cruelty to promoting animal welfare.
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Ever wondered what you great, great, great, great, great (times four and a half million) grandmother looked like?
Well, an international team of scientists has found out. The microfossil Saccorhytus has been discovered in China and is widely believed to be the oldest ancestor of human evolution; living in the prehistoric time of 540 million years ago in China. Our dear old ancestor resembled a wrinkly bag, deriving its name from the Greek 'saccus' for bag and 'rhytus' for folds or wrinkles. Saccorhytus also had conical openings on either side of its elliptical body which could have developed into gills, giving scientists an indication of the link between human and fish evolution.
The deuterostome- an animal whose mouth develops after the anus- had a mouth that appears large enough that it is likely Saccorhytus ate by engulfing food particles or other creatures around at the time. What the fossil lacks however is evidence that our ancestor ever had an anus- this led scientists to make the assumption that waste was excreted through the mouth… gross!
The rest of the one millimetre length body of the Saccorhytus was covered in a thin flexible skin, implicating some forms of muscles which would have allowed Saccorhytus to wriggle around in the muddy sands.
There are still a few gaps to fill in our evolutionary history, but this discovery has added 30 million years to what we previously knew.
I for one, however, don't see the family resemblance.
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Paper: Whisper White CS #100730, Bashful Blue CS #105120, So Safron CS #105118, Subtles DSP Stack #117152, Watercolor Paper #122959
Ink: Stazon #101406, Subtles Markers #119700, Neutrals Markers 119703, Brights Markers #119702
Tools: Big Shot #113439, Fancy Fan Embossing Folder #12775
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Finishing Touches: So Safron 3/8" Taffeta Ribbon #122982, Bitty Buttons #118761, White Bakers Twine #124262
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The National Community Services Data Dictionary (NCSDD) (including national minimum data sets (NMDS)) purpose is to provide national standards on the community services reporting framework for both statistical and clinical analysis which provides meaningful input to community discussion and public policy debate on community services issues in Australia, as part of the METeOR metadata online registry. The Dictionary is available online at http://meteor.aihw.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/274816. This version confirms to international standard ISO/IEC 11179 Information Technology Metadata Registries (MDR), 2003.
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Jeff began his power career in 1990 with Allegheny Power as a Planning Engineer. Over the next six years, he worked in four different area field divisions. His responsibilities included the planning and budgeting for area power growth including upgrading and/or new installations of substations and transmission lines.
In 1996, Jeff moved to the central office and was part of a team who purchased and implemented a customer outage analysis system. This provided him with experience in identifying and implementing a computer system to solve customers' needs.
From September 1997 to December 2001, Jeff traded around Allegheny's generation fleet and arbitraged power by physically scheduling in ECAR, MAIN, MAPP, SERC, PJM and NY on an hourly and daily basis. Jeff also sold bilateral contracts at the PJM Western Hub on a balance of the day and Day Ahead basis. During this time he became extremely familiar with PJM's market model and physical scheduling requirements through active participation in many of the PJM market training courses. From December 2001 to April 2002, Jeff administered the trading and hedging strategies for Allegheny's generation fleet and load using PJM's Two Settlement Market, congestion management, and hourly market that helped optimize Allegheny's unique position as a border PJM control area. He also actively traded the
PJM Western Hub balance of the day financial and physical market.
From April 2002 to January 2003, Jeff helped to manage and fully integrate Allegheny's generation and load in the newly formed PJM West control area. He was responsible for offering the generation and buying the load day ahead, developing pricing strategies for the various types of generation (coal, pump storage, hydro, and natural gas), and helped to develop asset optimization tools.
Jeff obtained a Bachelor Degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University with an emphasis on power flows.
Michael Schubiger enrolled in the United States Marines after high school. In the military, Mr. Schubiger's specialty was logistics. During and after his completion of military service Mr. Schubiger attended Thomas Edison State College where he majored in business and accounting. In 1996 Mr. Schubiger received a professional certificate from New York University in Commodity Trading. During the last 5 years Mr. Schubiger has attended many courses on risk management, credit, ISDA and other legal documents, finance and management courses.
Mr. Schubiger started his career in 1989 and has worked in many roles (Accounting clerk to Executive Management) with Amerada Hess, TOSCO Corporation, Banque Paribas, Goldman Sachs, Allegheny Energy, Bank of America and now SESCO Enterprises, LLC. Mr. Schubiger has extensive experience in accounting, refining and power plant operations, supply and distribution, middle and back office operations, project management and system deployment, and trading and risk management operations. Mr. Schubiger has specialized in start up and re-engineering efforts for all of his employers. Mr. Schubiger was directly involved in training and educating all the supporting departments (credit, finance, risk management, legal, audit, and compliance) in refining and power trading, operations and the role of an energy marketer.
In his spare time Mr. Schubiger enjoys spending time with his family (wife and 3 children), hacking/playing golf, reading and working out.
James Thoresen, is SESCO's COO and CFO. His experience includes 17 years of senior operation and finance positions with several fortune 200 investment banking organizations. For the last two years Mr. Thoresen was integral in planning, executing, and managing the number one rated provider of financial risk management solutions at Bank of America. He also has vast experience with new product development, system enhancements, and cost saving measures that have directly contributed to shareholder value and increased control and efficiencies at some of the largest companies in the world.


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LAS VEGAS, May 30, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) - City National Bank has reached a significant milestone in the history of its brand in Nevada. It was a year ago this week that City National introduced its name and brand to Nevadans as part of its acquisition of Business Bank of Nevada earlier last year. The name of the bank, including signage on all of its facilities, was unveiled a year ago at several statewide ceremonies marking the beginning of what has very quickly become a household name in the banking industry in Nevada. (For an image related to this story, go to http://cnb.com/images/release-20080529-2.jpg)
In addition to the brand rollout, City National also introduced a wide array of new products and services to clients and the marketplace that had not been offered previously. A number of those new resources included increased lending capacity, private banking and wealth management services, international banking, treasury and cash management services, equipment leasing, and much more.
"This past year has been a rewarding one," said John Guedry, executive vice president and Nevada region manager of City National Bank. "We're able to provide our clients so much more than ever before. We literally can provide them with all of the large bank resources, but with the community bank commitment of personalized service. We truly now offer our clients the best of both worlds."
As part of the brand rollout a year ago, the bank opened a new full-service branch in the Hughes Center business complex in southern Nevada. This facility, located at 3883 Howard Hughes Parkway, also began offering foreign exchange services shortly after it opened for business. A few months later the bank expanded its foreign exchange services to northern Nevada.
In November last year, the bank opened another new full-service branch and new regional banking center in the Summerlin area of northwest Las Vegas. This facility, located at 10801 W.
Charleston Boulevard houses a number of other areas of the bank including private banking and wealth management services, executive offices, bank operations, corporate and commercial real estate lending centers, and more. This facility is part of the Summerlin Centre development that The Howard Hughes Corporation is developing along the western rim of the Las Vegas Valley. (For an image, go to http://www.cnb.com/images/photos/summerlin-center.jpg.)
Last year, the bank also hired approximately 12 new colleagues in the branch, commercial lending and wealth management areas in both southern and northern Nevada. Some of these new hires resulted in the opening of a new loan production office (LPO) in Reno, along with private banking and wealth management offices in Las Vegas and Reno.
"Given today's challenging economic times, it's very comforting to know that we have more to rely on for our revenue stream than just interest on loans," Guedry added. "The financial impact on us has not been as great as it would have been had we remained a small community bank. Our credit underwriting standards remain strong and we do have money to lend to qualified borrowers for all types of loan requests."
Guedry added that while there are certainly many challenges facing the banking industry right now, there are also some real bright spots for well-run banks that steered clear of the subprime mess as City National did. The bank has made some strong inroads with the gaming industry, as well as with businesses that need letters of credit for both import and export.
The bank is currently working on a $14 million deal for letters of credit for a Nevada company that wants to export scrap metal to Vietnam. Since opening its wealth management offices in southern and northern Nevada near the end of last year, the bank has booked approximately $50 million in managed assets, with another $50 million expected to book before the end of this year.
"Perhaps the real key to our success has been managing and cross-selling existing client relationships. Staying close to our clients and understanding their needs, especially during these difficult times, is what's helping us better understand market conditions and how to respond to the needs of every client both short and long term," Guedry said.
About City National
City National Bank is the wholly owned subsidiary of City National Corporation (NYSE:CYN). It is backed by $15.9 billion in total assets, and provides banking, investment and trust services through 62 offices, including 15 full-service regional centers, in Southern California, the San Francisco Bay Area, Nevada and New York City. The company and its eight majority-owned investment affiliates manage or administer nearly $56 billion in client investment assets, including $35.9 billion under direct management.
City National has nine branch offices in Nevada, including five in Las Vegas and one each in North Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City and Minden. The bank also has loan production offices in Reno and Stateline in South Lake Tahoe.
For more information about City National, visit the company's Website at cnb.com.
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History of Erlebachova bouda is engagingly captured in a book "Story of Erlebachova bouda" from Miloslav Bartoš.
The history of Erlebachova bouda goes back to 1784, when Ignaz Hollmann built the first summer cottage. 100 years later, in 1885, Franz Erlebach bought it and gave it his own name.
Franz Erlebach became famous not only as a mountain guid, but also as a photographer. His successful apprentice was his grandson Reinhart Erben, son of Caroline (Erlebachová) and Philip Erben. He can be attributed to the authorship of a large set of glass negatives, which are now stored in the Giant\mountains Museum in Vrchlabi.
Reinhart, the only child of Philip and Caroline died in the First World War in 1915.
In 1922 the widow Karolina Erbenova (Erlebachová) adopted Franz Kukačka, who came to the mountains to serve as finance.
Kukačka managed privately on the cottage and took care of guests untill 1961.
Then he worked at Erlebachova bouda as a manager for the national enterprise Centrotex untill 1968.
Centrotex left the old cottage to decay for many years and in 1985 constructed a new building.
At the end of 1998 we bought the chalet. At that time we already did business in a neighboring chalet Josefova bouda and from spring 1999 we started a business in Erlebachova. And here begins a completely new history of the place. With a team of permanent stuff we try to create a place of peace, joy and meetings.
In 2007, we had to build a chapel of St. Francis of Assisi. In the autumn of 2009 began a gradual rebuilding of Erlebachova bouda. . The first phase was completed in December 2010.
The second phase was completed in 2013
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SW FL-Bonita Beach: Shark, grouper, big lane snapper
Wednesday, 5/25, I headed 18 miles offshore with Dr. Paul Martz and Christian LeClerc. Seas were choppy heading out, but comfortable once anchored, and the guys used baitfish to catch numerous red grouper, including one 21-inch keeper. We also caught a beauty of a hogfish at 19 inches, which bit on live shrimp, along with a keeper lane snapper and four good sized grunts.
The Mazzola family (a combination of brothers and cousins) fished offshore 36 miles with me on a full-day trip Saturday, 5/28. Calm seas allowed us to get out to some good spots, and the guys caught three keeper red grouper on baitfish, consisting of a brace of 21-inch and one 22-inch. Using live shrimp, they caught a mess of lane snapper, and kept a dozen of those to 12 inches, along with a 13 ½-inch keeper mangrove snapper. They added to the fish box a couple of nice porgies, and released ten more of those, and also kept a couple of 13-inch grunts, out of a mess of grunts they caught. They caught a nice triggerfish at 15 inches, but triggers are currently out of season, so we released that, along with twenty yellowtail snapper shorts. It was a productive and fun day of fishing for all!
I returned to fishing on Tuesday, 5/31, after some family events over the Memorial Day weekend, and was happy to see calm seas as I headed offshore with Steve cook, his son, Kullen, and Steve's father-in-law, Denziel Sturgeon. We fished 20 miles west of New Pass, with baitfish and live shrimp. The red grouper bit on baitfish, and we caught fifteen of those, including one keeper at 21 inches. Live shrimp brought us twenty-two keeper lane snapper to 14 inches, along with a brace of 13-inch porgies. We released a 40-inch sharpnose shark, as well as a 13 ½-inch triggerfish.
Steve Cook and friends had initially planned to fish offshore Tuesday and in the bay on Wednesday, but after so much fun and catching success offshore on Tuesday, they decided to head back into the gulf on Wednesday, 6/1. Their morning was nearly a carbon copy of the previous on. They used baitfish to catch another 21-inch red grouper keeper, and released lots of grouper shorts. They also caught fourteen keeper lane snapper to 14 inches on shrimp, along with a 25-inch Spanish mackerel. They again caught a sharpnose shark, about 40 inches, as was the one the previous day. They released the shark, along with a bunch of yellowtail snapper shorts. They also got to see some dolphin up-close, when those notorious fish-stealers invaded our snapper hole!
Thursday morning, 6/2, I fished inshore in lower Hickory Bay with Will and Melissa Tucker and Melissa's parents, Bobby and Laura Davis. Using live shrimp, the group caught a 20-inch keeper redfish, and released a 17-inch red. They added to the box five keeper mangrove snapper and a 13-inch sheepshead. They released five stingray.
Walter Mistak, his son and daughter, Walter, Jr. and Monica, fished offshore with me Friday morning, 6/3, about 20 miles west of New Pass, using shrimp for bait. The family caught eleven keeper lane snapper to 15 inches, and released lots of lane shorts. They also released lots of red grouper shorts to 19 inches, as well as three triggerfish, all about 13 inches, and a 25-inch king mackerel. They added to the fish box a couple porgies, and released five additional porgies.They also fought and released a 30-inch bonnethead shark.
Long-time customer, Jeff Heinrich, was scheduled to fish offshore for a full day on Monday, 6/6, but the tropical depression making its way toward Florida was due to arrive on Monday, and to bring rainy weather and rough conditions for much of the week. We tried our best to beat all that by fishing on Sunday, 6/5, when Jeff was joined by his young daughter, Maddie, and by Jeff's brother, Scott, and his young daughter, Lacey. NOAA had predicted two-foot seas within 20 miles of shore, and two-to-four foot seas beyond 20 miles. We ventured out 20 miles from New Pass, and we encountered three-to-four footers, with a steady 15-20 knot wind. So, we ventured no further than 20 miles. Using live shrimp, the family caught and released fifteen red grouper to 19 7/8 inches, just shy of keeper-size. They did get some fish to eat, though, with a total of twenty lane snapper keepers, one 13-inch keeper mangrove snapper, and a few grunts. They released several yellowtail snapper shorts. About 11AM, rain could be seen over the gulf, and we knew we had to start toward shore, a bit shy of a half-day excursion and nowhere close to the full-day excursion originally planned. Sometimes, Mother Nature throws a wrench into the works. But, at least the family had some fun catching, and will have a couple of fresh fish dinners during their stay.
After that trip, there was nothing but rain and stormy weather for nearly a week. I finally got out fishing again on Saturday morning, 6/11, and headed 23 miles offshore with Darren Rachman, Mike Saxinger, and Mike's dad, Jere Saxinger. We caught baitfish for grouper fishing, and used live shrimp for everything else. The group caught lots of red grouper, including one keeper at 21 inches. They caught a total of 24 keeper lane snapper to 18 inches, along with a 22-inch Spanish mackerel. They released a triggerfish, as well as four sharpnose shark that were all about 35 inches.
The photo shown is of Alana Augustine with a 23-inch gag grouper, caught on a baitfish and released (closed season) on a recent offshore trip.
You can check out all of our shark and goliath grouper action videos at the following link:
23-inch, out-of-season gag grouper released
About The Author: Captain Dave Hanson
Company: Fish Buster Charters
Area Reporting: Bonita Beach
Bio: Captain Dave Hanson is a native of southwest Florida. He has been fishing local waters since childhood, and has been fishing professionally for over fifteen years. He is Coast Guard licensed, and is a member in good standing of the Bonita Springs Chamber of Commerce. He has been featured in several national fishing magazines, and he also appears weekly in the fishing reports sections of the Bonita, Ft. Myers, Ft. Myers Beach, and Naples, FL newspapers.


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A survey showed brokers would cancel their accreditation or avoid the bank
Groups are speaking out against the changes to broker remuneration
The insurance industry has called for increasing transparency around Lenders' Mortgage Insurance, after complaints to the Credit Ombudsman tripled in the past year.
According to COSL's latest report on operations, 58 complaints were received regarding LMI providers in the last financial year – three times the amount in previous years.
The Insurance Council of Australia says consumer understanding of the product needs to be improved.
"While LMI is a well-known product, consumers need to understand the purpose of LMI, which is to protect the mortgage granted over the property not the consumer," says the ICA.
The Insurance Council is in the process of launching a new literacy initiative to "empower consumers and businesses to make informed decisions about insurance".
Insurance provider QBE says it has been working for a number of years with Government, regulators and consumer groups to increase the understanding of LMI.
"QBE LMI wholeheartedly supports increased transparency for consumers around the operation and value of lenders' mortgage insurance.
"We also have a home buyer section on the QBE LMI website that clearly explains how lenders' mortgage insurance works."
FBAA president Peter White says any move to improve consumer understanding of the product is a step in the right direction.
Next year all LMI transactions will require a one-page disclosure document, outlining the key facts of the products. This has come about through the FBAA pushing for increased transparency, says White, but he says the move doesn't go far enough.
"That key fact sheet will go partly down that path, but it completely depends on how they word it and what goes into that document. I'm nervous to say it will be the be all and end all."
The vast majority of borrowers are uninformed about what LMI actually is, says White.
"You ask someone what lender's mortgage insurance does and they might say that it protects the lender, if that. You'd be lucky to get that statement. People are uninformed about this product."
White is calling for "major reforms" of the product, including the way rebates are handled. Most borrowers are completely unaware they could be entitled to a rebate, says White.
"When you pay out your loan you pay back the lender every cent that's outstanding to them, plus any accrued interest in addition to any interest you've already paid along way... The lender's not entitled to any rebate. Any rebate that comes out of that should be paid back to the borrower, even if it's four years down track, it doesn't matter."
58 complaints instead of 20. So what? When numbers are this low to begin with its easy to say they have tripled. What if there were 2 last year and 6 this year? Would we need an enquiry? 20 vs. 60 is just about as ridiculous considering there are over 20 million people in the country. I've had enough of stupid, overarching, hamfisted, uneducated, patronising, needless regulation imposed on an industry that was the the best run one in the world. This was an industry that ran great when it was self regulated. I still marvel at the surprise that people have that when big brother took over our banking system, suddenly it started not working as well as it used to. What was the problem the NCCP cure fixed again?
LMI are playing god nowdays they are making decisions without any thought and are making decisions without any understanding and have no back bone when they need to be challenged and are unable to be contacted when it comes to challenging one of their decisions yes they have a place in the industry but are need to come back to the real world and and able to be contested on the decisions they make also the customer should be abel to get a written explanation from LMI on the decision they make and how they came to the decisions in writing so they can be contested it needed
Peter White is correct , if there is a refund because of a policy cancellation then the person who paid the premium ( the borrower) must receive that refund, even if the lender is the policy holder , if the lender retains the refund surely that is deceptive and unconscionable behaviour if it is not declared , it is something ASIC and the ACCC need to look at closley . In regards to the fact sheet , our aggregator has been using one for some time , and by giving that out it clarifies the position. I also am curious will the fact sheet declare that the lender is receiving an up front commission for each policy written?


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- I Introduction
- II Framework for Reform Since 1968
- III Reform of Microeconomic Decision Making
- IV Price Reform
- V Foreign Trade and Exchange Rate Reform
- VI Reform of the Wage System and Labor Market Policy
- VII Fiscal Reform
- VIII Banking and Capital Market Reform
- IX Agricultural Reform
- X Recent Developments and Outlook
Front Matter
- János Somogyi, and Anthony Boote
- Published Date:
- March 1991
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Boote, Anthony R.
Economic reform in Hungary since 1968 / by Anthony R. Boote and Janos Somogyi.
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"July 1991."
1. Hungary—Economic policy—1968-1989. 2. Hungary—Economic policy—1989- 3. Finance—Hungary. I. Somogyi, Janos. II. Title. III. Series: Occasional paper (International Monetary Fund); no. 83.
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This paper is based on an internal report prepared in 1989 by Janos Somogyi. It has been revised and updated through March 1991 by Anthony R. Boote. Any opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not reflect the views of the Hungarian authorities (past or present), Executive Directors of the IMF, or IMF staff. The authors bear sole responsibility for any errors.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance generously extended to them by the many officials with whom they worked during numerous visits to Budapest over the years. They would like to thank Gérard Bélanger, Balazs Horvath, George Kopits, Mark Lutz, and Tom Wolf for their valuable comments. Thanks are also due to the editor, David M. Cheney of the External Relations Department, to Valerie Asfour for assistance with charts, and to Patricia Emerson, Maria Lourdes Chuidian, and John Maynard for secretarial support.


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Beautiful card and lovely image...xxx
Voi, miten herttainen kortti kauniissa suloisissa väreissä! Ihanaa tuo kakkupaperi alla!
Mukavaa viikonloppua sinulle Kaija! <3
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A beautiful card and such a pretty image.
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This is an absolutely beautiful creation. Love the sweet image which you colored to perfection. Your design is lovely and I really like how you also decorated the back of this fabulous card.
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George Washington Carver, the man who referred to himself simply as a "creative chemist," accomplished much in his lifetime to promote racial harmony and black achievement as realities in American life. This historical archive traces the remarkable career of this slave-turned-scientist, providing a primary source for studies in African-American history.
The Papers of George Washington Carver is the most complete collection of Carver's public and private papers available to libraries. The collection includes memorabilia, correspondence to and from Carver, Carver's writings, writings about Carver, and miscellaneous materials relating to his life and work collected both by Carver and the Carver Foundation.
Carver received a master of science degree in agriculture from Iowa State and spent the better part of his professional life affiliated with Tuskegee Institute, then a struggling black trade school administered by Booker T. Washington. At Tuskegee, he chose to serve his race and Southern agriculture by teaching and demonstrating the application of scientific knowledge rather than by devoting his life to pure science.
Ever an experimenter, Carver's projects during these years were directed toward increasing the utilization and production of agricultural commodities. His contributions to Southern industry and agriculture made him respected and renowned, and his fame was not limited to the United States. He became one of the leading authorities on subtropical agriculture and was consulted by individuals and governments in Latin America, Africa, and southern Asia.
Through this collection, researchers can explore in depth the many directions of Carver's career:
This collection will enhance library holdings in the areas of American history and African-American studies and provide students and researchers with a unique perspective into the life of a man whose legacy to America is invaluable.