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Baby Boom and Stash BustSunday, February 08, 2009
While I haven't been up to anything quilty this week I have still been working my way through the stash. I've been busy re-stocking the baby box and giving stash away.
With seven sets of friends expecting so far this year, it was the perfect time to get stuck into making bibs. Usually I'll make baby gowns for close friends, but they are of little use in the hot Wairarapa summer. I had bought the fabrics about at year ago specifically to set aside for bib making. As you can see, I'm very good at putting things off.
Random Selector Ready To Go
The stash busting went well too. There was a resounding response. 139 comments, I am impressed. This afternoon, as promised, I wound up the random number generator, fed her some marshmallows and she was off. The lucky winner was number 5 – Jelly Bean Soup. Ms Jelly Bean, the parcel will be on it's way to you soon. Thank you to everyone who entered. You've left me with a long list of new blogs to check out.
Random Selector Admiring Her Handiwork
(I am still having issues with blogger cropping the right off my photos, but you can see the whole picture in reader - grrr)
I'm not sure if giving stash away counts but for this week, it will have to. Here's the update for this week:
This week:
Stash Enhancement – 0.7m
Stash Used – 5.5 (well, 4 given away, 1.5 used)
New Fabric Used – 0 m
Stash Enhancement – 4.55 m Year to Date
Stash Used – 15.35m YTD
New Fabric Used – 3.65m YTD
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how in the world do you keep up with your stash? I just don't know how one does that. It is cool though.ReplyDelete
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4 comments:
- Fabulously french said...
I also love baskets and the flowers are gorgeous.
Leeann x
ps pleased to hear that things are picking up, it is the same here in winter - the french hibenate :-)
- August 19, 2009 at 6:32 AM
Hi manda,
Thanks for answering my question in the comment's box - much appreciated!! Your photo's look as lovely as ever and I can't wait until you show us what's coming in your shop!! Better go as I've got bookwork to do and it's got to be done by today. Bit naughty I should be doing it right now, but I haven't been near the computer in a couple of days!!! Bye for now
Take Care
Love Janine
- August 19, 2009 at 4:57 PM
- north pal said...
i'm new to this blog, but why is it as i look at the photos over n' over, i feel just like i have taken a grand mini holiday? i love it. oh why can we not order from your shop? that would be such a treat. Bestest,Denise
- August 26, 2009 at 8:28 PM
- Elise said...
What a beautiful post ! I love your blog, thank you so much for sharing it, & hello ! It's lovely to meet you
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As hundreds of alumni return to Liberty University for the 40th Anniversary Homecoming celebration this weekend, they will relive many traditions including the much-anticipated Homecoming football game. Football has a way of creating community on any college campus, but alumnus Tim Yonts ('09) created one tradition that is unique to Liberty: Roccotown.
Named after head coach Danny Rocco, "residents" of Roccotown spend the night before home games camping out in tents outside Williams Stadium's gates, bringing televisions, radios, video games, music, games and lots of food. Rain and cold weather doesn't stop these fans from showing up.
|Tim Yonts (middle with face painted) cheers after his friends won a 12th man competition in 2009.
Yonts and his friends started Roccotown in 2009 when they were trying to win the "12th man" competition – another unique Liberty tradition – for the much-anticipated Liberty vs. JMU home football game. Liberty awards a "12th man" flag at the end of a game to the residence hall that shows exceptional school spirit. They are then honored at the start of the next game.
"We really wanted to win the 12th man so we were brainstorming ways to be the first in the stadium," Yonts said. "One of my buddies said, 'I'll even camp outside the gates to get in first!' And that's how Roccotown started."
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"It's cool to think I helped start a tradition that continues after I've left Liberty. Roccotown is now partnered with Liberty Athletics and is growing into something bigger than when I first started it," Yonts said. "I'm glad I was able to leave my mark here for the student body."
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Watercolor paintings of Greece created by artist Pantelis Zografos.
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The Night Is Far Spent
Psalm 97, Romans 13:8-14, Matthew 21:1-13
First Sunday in Advent
December 1, 2013
Imagine the world before electricity, even before natural gas, kerosene, or coal. Nights would be much darker than they are now. The fire place, and maybe a candle, would be the only light most houses would have. There would be no street lights, no vehicle lights, not even a flashlight for pedestrians. And the sky would be dark. In our time the night sky is filled with the reflected glow of city lights. Even rural areas receive large amounts of light reflected from distant towns and cities. In Powhatan we see the glow from
Richmond. In western Powhatan we can see the glow from the
village, shopping center, and housing developments. But
without lights, even the large cities would be dark; deeply, impenetrably, and
fearfully dark.
Now imagine that kind of darkness as a spiritual/moral condition of the soul. That is part of what God meant when He had the Apostle Paul write in Romans 13:12; "the night is far spent." We see this idea in many other passages of Scripture. Ephesians 5:11 says, "have no fellowship with the works of darkness," and Ephesians 5:17, 18 encourages us to "walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God." Then, there is that phrase in Romans 1:21 that is so descriptive of the spiritual condition of people apart from Christ; "when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful: but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened."
This brings me to the first point of today's sermon, and it is a major point in this passage, and in the entire Bible; there is a night of the soul. There is a darkness in the moral/spiritual make up of every person that makes us unwilling to see God or the good and moral things of life. It is not that these things are obscured in darkness. They are clearly visible. The darkness is in us, in our souls and minds and wills, so that we are unwilling to see them. In some places the Bible calls this condition, "blindness." In other places the Bible calls it being "dead" toward God. Romans 13:12 calls this condition, "night." Though this night enables us to ignore God, it by no means enables us to ignore the results of our darkness. We see its results everywhere. We see them in the lives of people making tragic mistakes they will pay for the rest of their lives. We see them in peoples' character flaws and moral weaknesses. We see them in the greed and corruption in government, business, education, and even churches. We see them in broken churches, broken countries broken communities, broken homes and broken people.
This brings me to the second point of this sermon; "the night is far spent." We have been in this darkness for a long time. It is not like we are in late evening, or even midnight. We are in the deep, deep part of night. Look back through history and you will see that the works of darkness have plagued humanity since Adam and Eve turned away from God. Their sin plunged the world into darkness, and we have been in darkness ever since. At this time of year most people are playing Christmas carols, many of which address our darkness. You will recognize these words from "It Came Upon the Mid-night Clear:"
Yet with the woes of sin and strife, The world has suffered long;
Beneath the heav'nly strain have rolled Two thousand years of wrong;
O ye beneath life's crushing load Whose forms are bending low,
Who toil along the climbing way with painful steps and low.
And you know these words from, "O Holy Night:" "Long lay the world, in sin and error pining."
But if the night is far spent, then morning is near. That is the third point of the sermon. That's why Paul wrote, "it is high time to awake out of sleep." The night is passing. The morning is quickly approaching. One of the major points of Romans 13:12 is that Christ has come to this earth, and with Him came light. If we remember that the Biblical image of darkness represents spiritual ignorance and sin, we can easily understand the Biblical language of light. John wrote, "the Light shineth in the darkness" Jn. 1:5. "The people who sat in darkness saw a great light." And no one who knows Christ can ever forget His words in John 9:5, "I am the light of the world."
We saw streaks of morning light two thousand years ago when Christ became flesh and was born in
Bethlehem. We saw the light in Him who is the light of
the world as He taught us about God. No
one has seen God, Christ said, but the Son, that is Jesus Christ, came into the
world to show God to us. He, Himself is the revelation of God, and if we have
seen Him we have seen the Father. In His
light we see the absolute goodness of God, for Jesus was completely without
sin. In His light we see the mercy of
God, and the love of God, for greater love has no man than to lay down his life
for his friends. In His light we see
that those who claim to love God must keep
His commandments, not our own version of what we would like His
commandments to be. In His light we see
that real faith takes God on God's terms, rather than demanding God to take us
on our terms. He, who was obedient even
unto death on the cross, is the great example of loving and serving God on
God's terms.
The light dawned brighter when Christ our Saviour went to the cross to bear our sins. It grew even brighter with His resurrection and ascension; with the coming of the Holy Spirit and the establishment of the Church, and with the completion of Holy Scripture. But the full dawn is not here yet. It will come only when Christ Himself returns to us. Romans 13:12 is the perfect verse for the first Sunday in Advent because it looks back to the First Advent of Christ, and recalls His life and ministry. It looks back to the Faith, the doctrines He gave to the Apostles, and which He commanded the Apostles to teach to the Church. It also looks forward to the Second Advent of Christ. His first Advent was almost in disguise. Being born in a cattle shed, raised in a carpenter's shop, and murdered on the cross is not the way most people expected God to come to earth. But that was His First Advent in weakness. His Second Advent will be a full revelation of His Divine power and glory. Every eye will see Him, and every soul will recognize Him. For some, that will be a day of sorrow, for He will end this age of darkness in which the things of Christ are distained. He will finally and fully deal with those who love darkness rather than light, and they will be sent to a place, often called the outer darkness, the darkest darkness, to live in the deepest sorrow forever. For some it will be a day of great joy, an awful joy, but a very real joy such as we can only imagine now. He will gather His people unto Him and we will meet Him in the air to witness the passing away of this world of darkness and the inauguration of the new earth. This new earth will be given to His people, and we will live there in perfect joy forever. The darkness will be gone. We will have forever put away the deeds of darkness, and we will live in the Light, for He who said, "whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness," will dwell with us, and He will be our Light forever. Sickness, war, strife, death, and sin will be banished forever. And we will see and enjoy Him face to face.
At Christ's first Advent He was despised and rejected of men. He came unto His own and His own received Him not. He came as light into darkness, but men loved darkness rather than light. Let it not be so with us. We are called to be children of the light, to walk in the light even as He is in the light. Therefore, let us cast away the works of darkness and put on the armour of light. As Paul wrote in Romans 13:14, "put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ.
"Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility, that in the last day, when He shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen"


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Whistle-blower advocates are skeptical that the Trump administration will overhaul the IRS office charged with exposing tax fraud and evasion, despite new legislative action pushing broader reforms.
Although the IRS Whistleblower Office handed out $61 million in awards during fiscal year 2016 to whistle-blowers who helped the government halt tax-evasion schemes, critics told Bloomberg BNA that the office isn't doing enough to ease taxpayers' minds when they come forward with information.
As a means of improving the Whistleblower Office, Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Finance Committee ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced legislation (S. 762) March 29 to address the agency's communication with tax fraud whistle-blowers.
The IRS Whistleblower Improvements Act of 2017 would provide legal protections to whistle-blowers from employers retaliating against them for disclosing tax abuses.
While former President Barack Obama included protections for whistle-blowers in his fiscal year 2017 revenue proposals, citing a "lack of protection from retaliation" for whistle-blowers filing claims under tax code Section 7623, the new administration has a chance to set its own agenda, including support for this new bill. The Obama administration had recommended retaliation protection for whistle-blowers and sanctions for whistle-blowers who improperly disclose taxpayer information in their claims—both supported by the IRS Whistleblower Office.
The IRS doesn't comment on individual taxpayers or pending legislation or proposals.
Whistle-blower rights were first addressed by Congress in 1978, with the passage of the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, which offered protections for federal employees who disclosed instances of agency fraud.
The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 followed, which expanded protections for federal employees who reported abuse in the government.
Dean Zerbe, a partner at Zerbe, Fingeret, Frank and Jadav, helped write tax code amendments as part of the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, which created the IRS Whistleblower Office and outlined specifications for a whistle-blower to receive an award from the agency. According to Zerbe, the IRS Whistleblower Office in recent years has been inconsistent in its awards and its handling of whistle-blower claims.
"This is a chance for the new administration to hit a home run," Zerbe said.
Grassley wrote the tax code provisions with Zerbe, when Zerbe was on the senator's staff, that outlined the incentives for whistle-blowers to come forward to the IRS, but is still concerned with the office's handling of claims.
"The IRS still is not as fast as it could be in considering whistle-blower information," Grassley said in a January news release, signaling his support for the nomination of Steven Mnuchin for Treasury Secretary. Noting Mnuchin's support for whistle-blowing, Grassley said that a significant challenge for the IRS Whistleblower Office has been misinterpretation of the whistle-blower statute, which is supposed to be read in favor of the whistle-blower, not the agency.
The office distributed 418 awards in fiscal year 2016, according to its 2016 annual report. On average, each award took more than seven years to process, the IRS said.
"Typically the IRS does not determine awards for at least five to seven years after the whistleblower has filed a claim because a payment cannot be made until there is a final determination of tax," it said.
According to the report, the office collected $368.9 million as a result of whistle-blower claims in FY 2016. During that same period, the office received more than 13,000 new claims.
"There are too many cooks in the kitchen, meaning they've misread the law stating they need to coordinate with a number of other IRS officers to make a determination," Zerbe said, regarding a whistle-blower who submitted information that was successfully used to recover hidden income. "They are thinking they have to get the whole gang together to write a check? No, that's not the case."
Grassley, who in 2015 helped launch the Whistleblower Protection Caucus, said in a news release that his March 29 bill, which he introduced with Wyden, would empower whistle-blowers and help recover high-dollar tax fraud, adding to the more than $3 billion already recovered by the office.
"Whistleblowers are a crucial line of defense against waste, fraud and abuse," Wyden said in the release. "Empowering these whistleblowers is key to rooting out bad actors who are breaking the law by dodging their taxes."
The changes—increasing communication with whistle-blowers while protecting taxpayer confidentiality and protecting whistle-blowers from retaliation—were included in a taxpayer protection bill (S. 3156) approved by the Finance Committee in the last Congress.
To increase communications, the bill would allow the IRS to exchange information with whistle-blowers where doing so would be helpful in an investigation, and require the agency to provide status updates to whistle-blowers at significant points in the review process, according to the release.
Grassley isn't alone in seeking to improve the agency's whistle-blower efforts. Other advocates say the IRS Whistleblower Office needs to improve, especially in light of the Trump administration's interactions with other government agencies since the president took office.
Kathleen Clark, a professor at Washington University School of Law in St. Louis who specializes in whistle-blower laws, said that agencies like the IRS haven't yet demonstrated a commitment to whistle-blowers.
"In contrast to other agencies like the SEC or even the Department of Justice under the False Claims Act, both have shown more of a public commitment to whistle-blowers, and have publicized to a high degree that they have whistle-blower awards," Clark said.
Zerbe currently represents Bradley Birkenfeld, a former UBS AG banker who in September 2012 received the largest award in IRS Whistleblower Office history for exposing how the Swiss lender helped Americans evade taxes.
Birkenfeld, who received $104 million for his testimony to the U.S. government, didn't come out of his whistle-blowing experience unscathed, however. In 2008, Birkenfeld pleaded guilty to a single count of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and was sentenced in 2009 to 40 months in prison. He spent 31 months in prison.
According to the DOJ, Birkenfeld didn't have whistle-blower status when he came forward with his information.
"Why aren't we embracing whistle-blowers? Making the law stronger?" Birkenfeld said in an interview with Bloomberg BNA. "Because people who are breaking the law don't want this stuff to happen and that's a problem."
Zerbe said the IRS Whistleblower Office needs to be better at communicating with whistle-blowers about the status of their awards, and that the office has missed opportunities with whistle-blowers from Fortune 500 companies because of its lack of initiative.
In terms of solutions, Zerbe said that Grassley's new bill would help improve the program, particularly in opening communications between the IRS and whistle-blowers.
"It's one thing to wait, but to wait in the dark is very difficult," Zerbe said. "I don't think the IRS is thrilled they can't communicate as much as they'd like with the whistle-blowers."
Zerbe added that individuals like Birkenfeld could offer a unique perspective to the IRS Whistleblower Office. "You really just want to chain him to a desk at the IRS and put him to work."
The energy on Capitol Hill around a tax overhaul brings the opportunity to fix a lack of communication and ability to process whistle-blower claims that currently plague agencies like the IRS, Zerbe said.
Clark said the rhetoric from Trump's administration "is inconsistent with whistle-blower laws," and that Grassley will need to be a prime mover in effecting change to benefit whistle-blowers.
Broader reform efforts are underway. Legislation from Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) that was enacted in December 2016 amended the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 by extending protections to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
In addition, Chaffetz joined Grassley and Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) in sending a Feb. 1 letter to White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn II that highlighted the legal protections for—and importance of—federal employees and their communications with Congress.
Meanwhile, the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Feb. 2 approved the Follow the Rules Act (H.R. 657), aimed at protecting workers who refuse to obey employer orders that would require them to violate a current law, rule or regulation. The committee on Feb. 2 also approved the Federal Employee Antidiscrimination Act of 2017 (H.R. 702), which would strengthen protections for employees who are restricted by agency gag orders from communicating with Congress or special counsel.
While these broader protections for whistle-blowers have found success, improvements specifically geared toward the IRS Whistleblower Office, including Grassley and Wyden's proposed legislation, have yet to be addressed by the new administration.
Zerbe said that while Grassley's legislative efforts are a step in the right direction, he thinks deadlines for IRS decision-making are necessary when it comes to whistle-blower awards.
"It will help knowing the status of the award, but some cases are taking too long for decisions to be made," Zerbe said.
As a next step, the IRS Whistleblower Improvements Act of 2017—which has been endorsed by the National Whistleblower Center and Taxpayers Against Fraud—will be assigned to the Finance Committee. Grassley is a senior member and former chairman of the committee, and Wyden is ranking member.
"This reform provides critical protection for those courageous enough to risk losing their jobs to report illegal tax schemes," said Stephen M. Kohn, executive director of the National Whistleblower Center.
In the interim, Cummings encourages all whistle-blowers to come forward if they have evidence of fraud, waste or abuse.
"The last thing we need is for our federal employees to have any kind of chilling effect," Cummings said.
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Crawley Town FC have announced that local telecommunications provider Structured Communications have agreed a sponsorship deal until the end of the 2017-18 season.
During this period, the South Stand, affectionately named the Bruce Winfield Stand, at the Checkatrade.com Stadium will be renamed, with the blessing of the Winfield family, as the 'Structured Communications Stand'.
Structured Communications Managing Director and Crawley Town supporter, Chris Dale, told the club's website: "The whole team at Structured Communications are excited and very proud to have confirmed this partnership with Crawley Town FC. "We are looking forward to bringing our children to watch The Reds and supporting the football club in the seasons to come."
"We feel honoured to have taken over the naming rights to the South Stand, and we must pay tribute to the late Bruce Winfield for what he has done for Crawley Town Football Club. We must also thank Bruce's wife, Silpa Winfield, for without her blessing this could not have happened."
Structured Communications are a solutions provider within the communications sector, offering state-of-the-art VoIP (voice over internet protocol), fixed telephone lines, structured cabling and broadband connectivity.
Founded by a young team of highly experienced technical staff with over 50 years of telecommunications experience between them, they pride themselves on a high level of service and product quality.
Chris added: "The Structured Communications team are always looking for ways to make a positive impact in the community, which is why we are committed to supporting Crawley Town for the next two and a half years."
Chief Executive, Michael Dunford said: "We're delighted to have secured an agreement with Structured Communications for the next two and a half years to sponsor the South Stand.
"Whilst the South Stand has been affectionately associated with the memory of Bruce Winfield for the last four years, with the blessing of Silpa and the Winfield family we have now been able to secure additional commercial income vital in helping to continue the progress of the club.
"It would have been Bruce's wishes that the club maximised its income streams in this way. Bruce's name will live on in Winfield Way, on the road accessing the stadium."
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Nearly 20 years after first entering the Richmond, VA, market to build a semiconductor plant for Motorola and Siemens—a project that still ranks as one of the fastest-to-market facilities of its kind ever built—DPR returned to the same site to repurpose and convert the former White Oak Semiconductor plant into a modern data center for Quality Technology Services (QTS).
QTS purchased the infrastructure-rich White Oak campus and enlisted the help of DPR to repurpose the facility to support a cadre of modern-day, critical data center applications.
DPR repurposed an approximately 321,000-sq.-ft. facility with the first 12 megawatts (MW) of a total 36 MW infrastructure in just six months, coming online in July 2015. A combined strategy of hyper-efficient sourcing and just-in-time material management saved an estimated three months off a typical nine-month schedule for a project of this scope.
The team uncovered additional usable space in one of the buildings that could be repurposed as leasable data center space. A third-floor network of air handlers for exhaust—required for the building's former semiconductor life—was repurposed, given that the new, mostly uninhabited data center would use far less outside air.
DPR's familiarity with the existing mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) infrastructure in the mothballed semiconductor facility, combined with the team's vast data center knowledge, made them uniquely qualified to perform a comprehensive asset analysis, including identifying infrastructure reuse opportunities for the QTS data center project. While there are challenges associated with repurposing complex MEP systems, DPR had already repurposed several similar facilities into successful data centers.
A combined strategy of hyper-efficient sourcing and just-in-time material management shaved an estimated three months off a typical nine-month schedule for a project of this scope.
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- Chilled water system reuse: The existing capacity was upgraded with new redundant control systems.
- Power usage efficiency (PUE): The addition of energy-efficient, indirect evaporative cooling helped drive PUEs below 1.3—a 13-percent betterment over original program goals.
- Existing envelope: DPR worked closely with the design team to develop upgraded skin treatments to achieve current energy-code requirements.
- Recycling and reclamation: Working in close collaboration with the owner's reclamation subcontractor, DPR maximized recycled content—diverting some 20,000 tons from the landfill.


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While turning and walking away from a profile so very versatile, the romp of the kindergarten rhetoric taps your eardrums,but,this time, a new tune....
caricatures,cartoons,satire, + ramblings
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
BABA RAMDEV : The Cookie Jar Yogi
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I loved the concept and you are super cool with ink...ReplyDelete
Too good, loved it...ReplyDelete
@Chintan, @ Saru. As always....gratitude remains !!ReplyDelete
Hahaha.. superb dude ..superb :)ReplyDelete
you are mentioned here http://chintangupta.blogspot.com/2011/09/thursday-blog-surfing-01.htmlReplyDelete
@ Raj.Coming from a fellow Bangalorean, just deepens the gratification, thanks !!ReplyDelete
@ Chintan..am honoured :)
@Ramachak.Thanks Ram.Split the bi-2 cuppa with me !!!ReplyDelete
Wd pass on your address to the RSS. That wd b enough2sort u out.ReplyDelete
Jai Baba Ramdev
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beautiful .... the sketch, the writing. keep it coming. i love the way you sketched the hair... amazing!!!!ReplyDelete
Great sketch and nice prose to go with it - Superb!ReplyDelete
@ Slayer : Be my guest :)ReplyDelete
@ Sangeetha. Ha will do a 'hair raising' act on both the writing and doodling.
@ The Thinker. Well, in reciprocation & in your own words...welcome to this blog ! :)
you draw awesome!!!!!ReplyDelete
superb--loved thisReplyDelete
@Sush.Apologies for a late response.Attribute it to the crisp chill that encourages laziness :) Never the less...thank you and welcome aboard.ReplyDelete
simply superb! ravi u r just amazing.....fauj mein kya kar rahe hoooo!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Harsha...as they say, 'mauj here...'thank you !!Delete
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A fauji with a twist (ed sense of humor) that's surprising. Luvd the ba ba on the ruppali's but you got a dazed deer caught int he headlights look going for me lol. This is what he must 'ave looked like when he was caught wearing the sari, yea?ReplyDeleteReplies
Fauji..who ??????? me...!!! I have just signed up for the Yogic Army of inhalers he is raising to exhale all forms of saree clad evil :)Delete
LOL. needed that funny today. thanks for making moi smile. You know i cant even draw a straight line :( (by hand) and i am in awe of you and your Cari's.ReplyDelete
ALL saree clad evil uh-oh i shud stick to jeans n skirts from now on thenReplies
mami..how did me miss this nudge...glad it could help u wear a smile.Jeans and skirt ? The feminine fraternity of Mylapore will be up in arms and bundle u up in one of their 9 yard yarns :DDelete


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Happy Friday!
I hope you've had a wonderful week.
Ever since school started, our weeks have been flying by in crazy light speed.
Our weekends haven't felt long enough to get everything done.
Ya know the feeling?
Last weekend I was reminded that it doesn't take much to refuel your heart.
Sometimes I fall into the trap of thinking I have to plan a big hoopla outing to feel like we had a good weekend.
But most times, the hoopla outings can add more stress because of the time it takes.
Last weekend we packed our water bottles and headed to a little trail just a few miles from our home.
It was a beautiful day to take in the beauty of God's creation.
We hiked, talked, giggled, tried to catch frogs, and took many replenishing deep breaths.
It was exactly what our family needed.
I was delightfully reminded that a simple hour can do wonders for the heart.
Admittedly, as I begin this Friday morning, my heart feels full of anxiety.
We have a FUN and full day planned today
but I have A LOT to accomplish this weekend.
So before I allow the 'to do list' get the best of me,
I am joyfully planning a simple way to refuel this weekend-
even if it's just an hour.
God rested on the 7th day for a very good reason.
I hope you're able to find a way to refuel this weekend!


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Sometimes I need to do some rather unique research. There aren't many people who can tell you how big a circle you can make with human ashes. So I pushed the furniture to one end of my kitchen to figure it out. And before anyone starts to panic, I didn't use real human ashes, but I did try and find something close in texture. This is my kitchen with a potbelly stove on one side, a fridge on the other and the 'lovely' paintings my son did on the lino when he was a toddler. Amongst it all is the circle of 'ashes' used by two of my characters. With the help of my kids, I recreated a scene from Over Too Soon, checking that what I envisioned was possible. (Update: This is the kitchen of the first dwelling on our property. We have built another dwelling since this photo was taken.)
I even get to draw on my kids with marker pens all in the name of research. Sometimes you can see something very clearly in your mind, but it's always good to confirm in reality what it would look like. I didn't have the correct colour pen, but I was able to get a close enough idea of what the image should look like.
For more behind the scenes details have a look on my blog, Veins Of Ink, for posts about my books.


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Argh! Selfish Sewing Week was last week – yes I realise! I did sew this top last week, I just couldn't manage to get it photographed and blogged until today.
It's the Sewaholic Belcarra Blouse – a pretty straightforward raglan sleeve top for woven fabrics. I used rayon for this version – I'm a big rayon fan, it's not difficult to sew with, feels nice to wear and is easy to look after.
I made a few small changes to the pattern. I left off the sleeve cuff that comes with the pattern and instead used my narrow hem foot to finish. The pattern calls for a deep hem, but given my height (5'10"), I used a smaller 2cm hem. I also added about 3cms in length to the pattern when I cut it out – just to make sure it wouldn't be too short.
This is a size 8 graded out to a 10 at the hips. I could have gone more fitted than this and I may do in future, especially for work tops. The floral fabric in this top makes it casual or dressy, so I think the looser fit is ok. There is a great sew-along on the Sewaholic website, including options to narrow the neckline if you don't want to be worrying about your bra straps peeping out. If I was making this top purely for work, I think I would definitely go that route.
I love this fabric sooooo much! In fact I may have gone back to the fabric store and bought the rest of the bolt (another 3.5m). A whole wardrobe of floral on navy….. why not??!
Some outtakes with my trusty assistant.
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Welcome to the New Year everyone!
As most of you know, I have been very busy as ACWS Federal Commander. Our Unit is still a top priority, but some of the fluffy things I have taken care of I need help with. For example keeping the photos and information on our website current. So this means we need to rely on our other Officer's and NCO's in the unit a bit more with some of the things I use to handle on my own.
At any rate, our Unit remains a priority - and key to what we do. I wanted to take a moment and let everyone know what we have our 2016 Calendar locked in and ready to go. Unfortunately we missed Live Fire due to the prep time for the event overlapping with the family time of the Holidays. Also note that this is the alternate year for Picacho Pass AZ so we will not be there again till 2017. Please look on our calendar for the remaining events we have locked in:
Calico Ghost Town (Feb)
Prado Dam (April)
Orange Empire Railroad Museum (May)
Company Meeting at San Pedro (July)
Huntington Beach (Sept)
Spring Mountain Ranch (Oct)
As other static living history, parade events, etc. become available we will post them here as well.
Jason Coffey,
SW Battalion Commander
Please join us for our annual trip to Huntington Beach Central Park for their Labor Day Reenactment
Spend Sat & Sun August 31st & September 1st with us in the field - and your day off on Monday at home with your family.
More details at:
Event information can be found at www.acws.net
The event is Saturday and Sunday May 25th & 26th in southern CA.
Please join us for a weekend battle event - and as a special treat - our Unit will be hosting an NCO School as well.
Event information is also located at the State Park website:
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Attention to Orders;
Pvt. Jason Lutu is hereby promoted to 4th Cpl.
Pvt. Daniel Sawyer is hereby promoted to 6th Cpl.
Their Training will be overseen by 3rd Cpl. Tom Talbot who has many years in the hobby, and is a good example of a volunteer leader. There is lots of work to be done, but we should have fun, and be like minded in our efforts on behalf of our Club/Unit's wishes.
Cpl.s should have both a Cpl. jacket, and a Pvt. jacket based on numbers at events.
We are still searching for our 5th Cpl. to be selected from southern NV.
Captain Jason Coffey
Company Commander
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Dacey's Brigade
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I plan today to make lots, and lots of inserts and stickers for my soon to be here planner. I have a busy month already and I'm so tired of the little planner that I'm currently using and not being able to test my new planner goodies in it because it's not the right size. Again, frustrations come from my impatience! I need a lesson on how to be patient, really I do.
In the mean time; creating stuff seems to get me through. I'm currently working on color coding stickers much like the Martha Stewart tear drop stickers found at Staples. First of all I'm cheap (did I mention it took me over a year to break down and purchase an EC life planner?!), second of all I'm not in love with the colors that come in the pack. So I am in the midst of creating my own: Here's a peek. I'm not sold on the colors yet but lucky for me I get to change them whenever I want ;)
I am also not sold on the tear drop shape but that seems to be the "in thing" so for now I'll go with it. I also haven't decided if I'm going to use repositionable sticker sheets or permanent sheets because I honestly don't often move things once they are in my planner. Let's face it, if I did I would never get anything done.
Today I plan on testing out my print and cut feature on my Silhouette Cameo and see if all my dreams will truly come true. I'll let you know. Until then,
Happy planning!


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It only took minutes for vandals to ruin what took Walnut Grove Secondary art students months to create.
A mural that stretches the length of the railing of West Mundy Creek was only in place for six days, before vandals tore it off.
"I was alerted about it from a friend who lives in a complex right behind the footbridge. She found a piece of it in their courtyard. It had been tossed there," said Kathy Masse, of the Yorkson Watershed Stewardship Committee.
Her volunteer group partnered with WGSS art students and the Township's Langley Environmental Partners Society to have the artistic wrap put on the bridge.
The mural was unveiled on June 27. It is a tribute to the ecosystem surrounding and beneath that bridge, with a heavy focus on the salmon.
"You can see that someone ripped it down using an Exacto knife," Masse said.
The company that created the original digital plastic mural wrap, Artistic Design, got word of the vandalism and has offered to reprint it for free, this time providing a more durable, high gloss finish.
"We are very interested in getting it back on again," said Lisa Dreves, Langley Environmental Partners Society's stewardship co-ordinator. "Hopefully, this time around, there will be a little more respect for it."
The Township parks and maintenance department is currently looking into having to paint over the galvanized surface first.
A date when the mural will be replaced isn't known yet. The project was actually the idea of a popular WGSS teacher Susan Kovach, who died of brain cancer nearly nine years ago.
The project was followed up on by other teachers, and with the help of the Township and Yorkson Watershed committee, it was completed.
Kovach's mother and sister were at the unveiling.


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NCsoft's prodigal son has returned, and with him the hopes and dreams of the future of gaming. Well that might be a smidge melodramatic, but fans of the company's games certainly have a good reason to celebrate today as former Lineage II artist Juno Jeong has come back to the fold.
Jeong signed back on with NCsoft as of yesterday to be the art director of an unknown MMO project. This is a marked step up from his previous role in the company as a member of the character production team, and those who know Jeong's art style are already expressing excitement with his current role. Following his stint on Lineage II, Jeong worked for several other game companies including Gravity, NHN, and Npluto.
While speculation is swirling over the exact nature of the project to which he's been assigned, the most common assumptions are either that he's working on another Lineage or Aion title.


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Friday, November 30, 2007
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- Curzio said...
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- We review the previous year and decide what we can do to improve the coming year.
- We order seed, plants, bushes, supplies and equipment.
- We fix equipment.
- We attend all different types of meetings and conventions.
- We trim and/or remove trees and bushes.
- We tend to our honeybees.
- We plow snow.
- We enroll members in the CSA.
- We sift through mounds of paperwork for education, filing and government regulations.
Most importantly we reconnect with family and friends joining them for lunch, dinner and parties that are often missed during the busy season.


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International Credit Union Regulators' Network Meets in London to Discuss Emerging Risks, Effective Supervision
May 20, 2014
Over 50 financial cooperative supervisors worldwide gathered in London for the 2014 ICURN Annual Conference.
LONDON — Members of the International Credit Union Regulators' Network (ICURN) met on May 14–16 to share best practices on effective credit union supervision at the ICURN Annual Conference. ICURN is an independent international network of credit union regulators that promotes the guidance given by the leaders of the Group of 20 (G-20) nations for greater international coordination among financial services regulators. More than 50 supervisors of financial cooperatives from jurisdictions around the world participated in the conference, which was hosted by the Bank of England's Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) at its headquarters in the City of London.
Topics discussed by the regulators included emerging supervisory concerns about financial cooperatives that are present in many countries, including interest rate risk and cyber security. Credit union capital standards, how best to ensure effective credit union corporate governance, and internal and external auditing standards were also subject to extensive dialogue.
"Having a forum for supervisors of cooperative financial institutions to discuss emerging risks and other areas of common concern is invaluable," said ICURN Chairman Martin Stewart, the PRA's Head of UK Banks and Mutuals. "Even though credit unions and other financial cooperatives vary significantly from jurisdiction-to-jurisdiction in terms of the level of development and applicable rulebooks, the challenges we face as supervisors are very similar."
Speakers at the ICURN Annual Conference included Andrew Bailey, Deputy Governor of the Bank of England and board member of the European Banking Authority; and Karl Cordewener, Deputy Secretary General of the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.
Learn more about ICURN at www.icurn.org.


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Click on the link to access the relevant chapter
History Vigilance and Surveillance (V&S).
Vigilance and surveillance is a collective term to describe the systematic, ongoing collection, collation and analysis of adverse outcome data for public health purposes and their timely dissemination for assessment and response as necessary. Biovigilance is the term used for the monitoring of adverse outcomes associated with MPHO. This link provides general background information.
Medical products of Human Origin (MPHO) Donation and Ethics
Advances in science and healthcare technology have led to more biologic products being collected to sustain and improve the quality of human life. Challenges exist to monitor and ensure appropriate access and availability of safe products both in the domestic and global arenas. This link focuses on the donor-facing aspects of vigilance and the need to project and care for donors.
Towards a global governance of MPHO.
In 2004, the World Health Assembly adopted Resolution WHA57.18 on Cell, Tissue and Organ Transplantation. In close collaboration with relevant scientific and professional societies and national health authorities, the World Health Organization (WHO) updated its Guiding Principles for cell, tissue and organ transplantation. WHO and all stakeholders engaged in activities to improve and harmonize access to safe, effective and ethical transplantation at national and regional level. Guiding Principle 10 and World Health Assembly Resolution WHA63.22 urges Member States to develop vigilance and surveillance of adverse outcomes and the Resolution also asks WHO to facilitate Member States' access to this information. This link describes the global initiatives to improve vigilance of MPHO.
The V&S system is primarily a responsibility for health authorities
National health authorities require timely reporting of severe occurrences arising in the practice of cell tissue and organ transplantation and assisted reproduction, whether they led to harm or could have led to harm. Cases where there has been harm to a donor, harm to a recipient or harm to a child born following in vitro-fertilisation, or a risk of serious harm has been detected, must be identified and reported. Several systems for the collection of data and their exploitation have been developed in various countries, whether run by the authorities or outsourced to scientific and professional societies. This link highlights the role of health authorities and professional societies in putting systematic vigilance systems in place.
Organization for a comprehensive Vigilance & Surveillance System
A comprehensive V&S system has a number of key elements that must be taken into consideration, described in this link.
Vigilance & Surveillance first relies on health care staff
Physician and nurses in particular have the responsibility to identify occurrences adverse occurrences and to report them through the appropriate national channel. V&S is a not a punitive system. It aims to improve and maximize safety, and therefore the trust of the public, MPHO donation and transplantation service. Attention to quality management in health care can bring a more rigorous and systematic approach to addressing documented deficiencies and cost savings. This link addresses health professionals highlighting their critical role in vigilance.
Investigating occurrences that could cause harm
The investigation of occurrences that imply risk essentially comprises a 'root cause analysis' process (RCA). RCA is a structured approach to identifying the factors that resulted in the nature, the magnitude, the location, and the timing of a harmful, or potentially harmful, outcome. This link gives information for those who need to investigate such occurrences.
Project Notify
WHO, the Italian National Transplant Centre (CNT) and the EU-funded Project 'Vigilance and Surveillance of Substances of Human Origin' (MPHO V&S) joined forces to organize a major global initiative aimed at raising the profile of vigilance and surveillance (V&S) of substances of human origin and maximizing the didactic value of adverse outcomes. The initiative was called Project Notify). This link describes the project.
Learning from Vigilance - The Notify Database.
A new open access, searchable website (a Vigilance Knowledge Base) has been established to host, maintain and update the library of documented occurrences adverse occurrences that has been developed. This link describes the tool that is invaluable to clinical users. (www.notifylibrary.org)
Risks Associated with Living Donation.
Living donors can provide both allografts and autografts for transplantation of cells, tissues and organs. Such donations carry inherent risks that must be recognized both for patient safety and recognition for purposes of vigilance and surveillance. This link gives guidance for those active in promoting and organizing donation of MPHO.
Investigating Harm to Recipients - Infections
The recognition of infections transmitted through an allograft is crucial for diagnosis and treatment of the transplanted or transfused patient, both for better health outcomes of the recipient and also to prevent further disease transmission to those who have been transplanted with organs and tissues or transfused with blood products derived from the same donor. This link provides guidance for transfusion and transplantation professionals who investigate suspected infectious transmissions together with the clinician treating the patient.
Investigating Harm to Recipients - Malignancy
The prompt identification of transmission risks and a high index of suspicion of transmitted diseases are essential and constitute the critical steps in international vigilance and surveillance applied to MPHO. Although the risk of malignancy transmission has been examined and reported since the first years of clinical transplantation, the frequency of donors with malignant tumors and the risk of transmission of malignant diseases from donors to recipients are clear. This link provides guidance to professionals who need to investigate suspected transmissions.
Investigating Occurrences Harm to Recipients - Genetic Transmissions, HPSC
The establishment of haematopoietic stem cell (HPC) donor registries and public cord blood banks worldwide has increased the availability of grafts from unrelated donors for patients requiring stem cell transplantation. Theoretically, all congenital diseases originating from bone marrow-derived cells are transmissible. This link is useful for those investigating genetic transmissions by HPC.
Investigating Harm to Offspring - Genetic Transmissions, Gametes and Embryos
Although these events are not numerous, they show the need to consider the potential of genetic disease transmission using donor gametes. Gametes are the only cells that carry such genetic material, which could potentially affect the recipient (offspring) with any genetic disease. This link is useful for those investigating genetic transmissions in the field of assisted reproduction.
Characteristics, handling and clinical errors
Each cell, tissue or organ allograft intended for transplantation, implantation, infusion or transfer has specific quality attributes and characteristics determined by anatomy and usual function. Handling activities that support the maintenance of desired efficacy or utility of the MPHO can affect clinical outcome. When a gap exists or a step or process fails, a risk of harm or actual harm can occur in which case a root cause analysis should be performed. This link provides guidance on the investigation of process errors.
Traceability - the absolute pre-requisite
Traceability' denotes the ability to locate and identify the tissue/cell during any step from procurement, through processing, testing and storage, to distribution to the recipient or disposal, which also implies the ability to identify the donor and the tissue establishment or the manufacturing facility receiving, processing or storing the tissue/cells, and the ability to identify the recipient(s) at the medical facility/facilities applying the tissue/cells to the recipient(s). Traceability also covers the ability to locate and identify all relevant data relating to products and materials coming into contact with those tissues/cells but also confirmation that transfusion/transplantation (or final disposal) actually took place. This link highlights the need for those involved in donation and clinical application of MPHO to ensure reliable traceability.


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Let's talk make-up removing routine!
I'm guilty of using a lot of make-up wipes which most of beauty bloggers hate with passion. I also use cleansing milk with cotton pads.
I must admit that removing make up with wipes make my skin feel very irritated and sore. Even though it's an easy and fast process I feel like wipes don't do any good to my skin.
Cleansing milk and cotton pads that I sometimes use, feel nice on my skin but they don't remove all my make-up and dead skin no matter how long I clean it for.
Not being happy with the make-up cleansers I have been using before, I was really excited to finally try something different.
Liz Earle "Cleanse & Polish hot cloth cleanser" is an award winner, soft cleansing cream which comes with a quite big white cloth. Using it couldn't be any easier and more relaxing. All you need to do is gently massage the cream over your face and neck, and when you're done, just rinse the cloth in a warm/hand-hot water and polish the cream off your face using the cloth. I find this process very calming and relaxing. I think that the hot cloth is the reason why. It makes my skin instantly smooth and I really like how good my skin feels in the morning! It's smooth, moisturised and looks very refreshed and awakened. No more irritated and sore skin which was making my face look red, and tired therefore I didn't feel confident without makeup! Now, I wake up in the morning feeling refreshed. I'm really happy with this products, and I think I might purchase a bigger bottle of it, and throw away the wipes.
The 50ml bottle that I have + the cloth costs only £9.25, so it's very affordable.
If you've never tried it before you can get a small 15ml tube that comes with a cloth as well and it's only for £3.25. There's a lot more bottle sizes to choose from. Just have a look at their website here and pick the one for you.
What do you girls use to remove your make-up??
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New research led by astrophysicists at York University, Canada, has revealed the fastest winds ever seen at ultraviolet wavelengths near a supermassive black hole. "We're talking wind speeds of 20 percent the speed of light, which is more than 200 million kilometers an hour. That's equivalent to a category 77 hurricane," says Jesse Rogerson, who led the research as part of his PhD thesis in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at York U. "And we have reason to believe that there are quasar winds that are even faster."
Astronomers have known about the existence of quasar winds since the late 1960s. At least one in four quasars have them. Quasars are the discs of hot gas that form around supermassive black holes at the center of massive galaxies – they are bigger than Earth's orbit around the sun and hotter than the surface of the sun, generating enough light to be seen across the observable universe.
"Black holes can have a mass that is billions of times larger than the sun, mostly because they are messy eaters in a way, capturing any material that ventures too close," says York University Associate Professor Patrick Hall, who is Rogerson's supervisor. "But as matter spirals toward a black hole, some of it is blown away by the heat and light of the quasar. These are the winds that we are detecting."
"This new ultrafast wind surprised us when it appeared at ultraviolet wavelengths, indicating it is racing away from the ravenous black hole at unprecedented speeds -- almost like a bat of out Hell," says William Nielsen (Niel) Brandt, the Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics and a professor of physics at the Pennsylvania State University, a member of the research team.
Rogerson and his team used data from a large survey of the sky known as the Sloan Digital Sky Survey to identify new outflows from quasars. After spotting about 300 examples, they selected about 100 for further exploration, collecting data with the Gemini Observatory's twin telescopes in Hawaii and Chile, in which Canada has a major share.
"We not only confirmed this fastest-ever ultraviolet wind, but also discovered a new wind in the same quasar moving more slowly, at only 140 million kilometers an hour," says Hall. "We plan to keep watching this quasar to see what happens next."
Much of this research is aimed at better understanding outflows from quasars and why they happen.
"Quasar winds play an important role in galaxy formation," says Rogerson. "When galaxies form, these winds fling material outwards and deter the creation of stars. If such winds didn't exist or were less powerful, we would see far more stars in big galaxies than we actually do."
The team's findings were published in the print edition of the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
This research was done in collaboration with scientists at Humboldt State University, Pennsylvania State University, and Erciyes University (Turkey). It was supported by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Government of Ontario, TUBITAK (Turkey), and the National Science Foundation (USA).


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Jacqueline A. Duley and Raja Parasuraman The Catholic University of America
Over the last several decades the aircraft flightdeck has evolved in its use of automation. The earliest implementations of automation involved providing assistance to the pilots in the form of maintaining aircraft control. For example, the autopilot was developed because of the inherent instability of the aircraft during flight. With the introduction of electronic displays, automation provided assistance to pilots in navigating their aircraft with the addition of the plan view display, which incorporated much of their flight planning information into one integrated display. Fadden ( 1990) termed these two types of aviation automation, control and information automation, respectively.
There have been considerable benefits to aviation from the introduction of these and other forms of flight deck automation ( Billings, 1997). Nevertheless, several incidents and accidents have demonstrated the problems that can arise when poorly-designed automation is implemented (Parasuraman & Riley, 1997). Some forms of automation which Wiener ( 1989) has termed "clumsy" have resulted in the pilot often being off-loaded during periods of low workload and being given additional tasks to perform in periods of high workload. As a result, the anticipated workload reducing benefits of automation have not been realized. Other documented problems of some forms of cockpit automation include mode errors, opaque interfaces, and automation complacency (for reviews, see Parasuraman & Riley, 1997; Sarter, 1996).
In contrast to the flight deck, automation of air traffic control has not yet reached a high level of complexity and authority ( Hopkin, 1995; Wickens, et al., 1997). However, large projected increases in air traffic are driving several efforts to introduce advanced automation tools for controllers in the National Airspace System (NAS). Currently, air traffic controllers working en-route sectors use plan view displays to guide aircraft traversing the sectors en-route to the receiving Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON). In an en-route sector, the controller monitors the ongoing flights, responds to various pilot requests, and adjusts to weather conditions or other anomalies by instructing pilots to alter their aircraft airspeeds, flight levels, and often headings in order to maintain safe and efficient flow of traffic throughout the current as well as adjacent sector(s) ( Wickens, et al., 1997). Under this air traffic control philosophy, the controller has complete authority and responsibility for maintaining the minimum allowable separation among aircraft in the assigned sector.
The volume of air traffic is projected to increase by up to 100% over the next decade. As a result, increasing capacity while maintaining or enhancing safety has become a priority for air traffic management. Responses to this increased demand such as constructing new airports, improving aircraft flow management, or expanding existing facilities, can only provide a partial solution because of their limited applicability or high cost. Two other responses have been proposed ( Wickens, et al., 1998). The first response to such demands is to increase the use of automation in the air traffic control environment in order to aid controllers under high traffic load conditions. A recent report by the National Research Council Panel on Human Factors in ATC Automation recently noted the following as areas of potential controller vulnerability: monitoring for and detection of unexpected low-frequency events; expectancy-driven perceptual processing; extrapolation of complex four-dimensional trajectories; and use of working memory to either perform complex cognitive problem solving orto temporarily retain information ( Wickens, et.al, 1997). This proposal


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Cowboy Burgers Recipe
Burgers are always a solid choice for dinner, even in the winter. They go perfect for football season and the variety of condiments you can put on them is nearly endless. These Cowboy burgers are well seasoned burger patties and can be grilled or cooked in a fry pan. Grilling is always the best but unfortunately, it's not always an option. I used an indoor grill pan to make these burgers. These burgers are topped with Swiss cheese, sautéed mushrooms, French fried onions, and your favorite BBQ sauce. Enjoy.
2lbs ground beef
4 hamburger buns
ground black pepper
garlic powder
4 slices Swiss cheese
½ cup BBQ sauce
1 cup French fried onions
1 package fresh sliced mushrooms
2 tablespoons butter
Cooking Instructions:
Step 1: Shape 4 patties out of the ground beef. Season both sides with salt, black pepper, and garlic powder. Lightly grease an outdoor grill or indoor grill pan. Heat to medium high heat. Add the burger patties and cook turning once until fully cooked (the internal temperature has reached 160 degrees). During the fast few minutes of cooking top each patty with a slice of Swiss cheese.
Step 2: While burgers are cooking melt butter in a sauté pan over medium high. Add mushrooms and sauté for 15-20 minutes or until tender. In a small sauce pan, heat BBQ sauce.
Step 3: Split hamburger buns in half. Place each hamburger patty on the bottom half of the bun. Top with mushrooms, French fried onions, and BBQ sauce. Place the top half of the bun over the BBQ sauce.
(Makes 4 Servings)


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Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) is a military controlled area, where all the news are filtered by the military and the Bangladeshi government.CHT, where blood has shed for decades and hopes were burnt to ashes by the brutes, constitutes of people who want their voice to be heard. We are here to ensure that the voice of these unheard victims in CHT echo around the world despite the Bangladeshi government trying to suppress them in the biased state run media. Our email : chtnewsupdate(at)gmail.com
Why we want our voice to be heard?
Friday, August 2, 2013
HWF leaders arrested, released later in Matiranga
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Chabad Uk parts of which were eaten by those who brought them — symbolize the altar's function of providing the world with sustenance; just as the owners were able to physically sustain themselves by eating parts of the offerings, so too is the "entire world sustained in the merit of the offerings."ReplyDelete


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$ /opt/jdk1.8.0/bin/java -version
java version "1.8.0-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-ea-b117)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.0-b59, mixed mode)
means you have install JDK1.8.0 successfully. But when you enter the command without specifying path:
$ java -version
$ javac -version
It will show the version of the original version, may be 1.7.0_40.
In order to make the new JDK8 as default java and javac, we can run update-alternatives.
- In order to run update-alternatives on Raspberry Pi, we have to "Set password of root", such that we can log-in as root by the command and password:
Then run the commands:
$sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk1.8.0/bin/javac 1
$sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk1.8.0/bin/java 1
Run the commands to select the expected Java.
$sudo update-alternatives --config javac
$sudo update-alternatives --config java
You can verify your setting by run the Java example in next post to List system properties.