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Aishwarya is the daughter of central union home minister Mahadevraya . Due to security reasons, he doesn't allow his daughter to go on a trip with friends. She nonetheless goes to the trip. She then meets a guide, Shakti, who takes the group on a trip to several places. At first, she hates him because he uses every chance to get money from her. But when he saves her, she starts liking him. Afterwards, a few people who are chasing her finally find her in Haridwar and try to kill Shakti as he hurt them earlier. Their plan fails as Shakti turns out to be a Secret Agent and defends himself and catches the main person in this plan. When Aishwarya goes back to her father, he forgives her and asks whether she had taken a box in which there is a holy stone. When she replies in the negative, he says that it is more important than his own daughter. Later, when Shakti goes to a temple, the box falls off a basket his mother brought with flowers on top of it. They inform Mahadevaya who asks them to immediately come to Hampi with the box and Aishwarya. Their travel is blocked by a strong man named Raakha who is the elder son of an Egyptian enemy Faqtooni who is then defeated by Shakti. He then kills the younger son Bashim who tries to grab the box. Then Mahadevaraya and a Swami come to him and then the flashback is revealed.
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I have no doubt that you will not only write that book…but that it will also be amazing and a favorite of many! Write On!
Hugs and happy writing,
Part of me feels as if it's presumptuous to even attempt to call myself an author. Books have been my best– and sometimes only– escape from troubles unimaginable. Horrific, skin tragic soul-flaying troubles that after a few chapters were also unremembered.
After having absorbed, loved and been influenced so heavily by such a diverse array as Tolkien, Eyre, Moore, Shakespeare, García Marquez, Rowling, de Lint, Milton, Butcher, Poe… it's difficult to even attempt to name them, let alone compare myself in the same sentence.
Not the same league, by any means, but of the same occupation. Writing a book feels as personal, vulnerable and terrifying as having a baby. Granted, I've never done the latter but seeing as it's hardwired in my DNA, the future feelings still root and resonate within me.
Disclaimer: Having been raised by a strong single mother, I have to note that this is definitely not me trying to disrespect all of you amazing mothers out there. Each and every one of you are pretty much superheroes that I have zero doubt would kick my butt if I presumed to usurp or demean your title. Respect.
Necessary honorifics aside, a very large part of me is hesitant to even dare to think that I can take on the brilliantly bittersweet mantle, so firmly fixed with twin clasps of tragedy and hope, that is inherent to writing this book. To do so is to lay myself blazingly bare, irreversibly so.
Regardless of whether it is ever published or read, to attempt to fix random thoughts in an order that seemingly resembles a story with a plausible beginning, middle, and end seems almost a Sisyphean task.
But a long time ago, I promised myself that if I ever got the opportunity I would harness the volume of my speaking voice and transmit all my power to the written word. Because I have met far too many others like me, people who have suffered and survived even worse enemies and obstacles than I can dare imagine or have ever experienced.
I recognize the shadow in their eyes, even when they've dispatched their shield smile out in full-throttle distraction mode. My own tries to hide it's reflection, tries to ignore the mental mirror it recognizes all too well.
I am not Spiderman, curse gifted with power and responsibility. I'm just a human who's slightly broken yet unbowed, and I want to try and chase those shadows away. How could I possible hope to cure my own without first trying to release those of others?
Too many go unacknowledged, ignored, the victims of society's callous indifference for anything not beautiful, dangerous or shiny enough to be in the spotlight. My own deeply engraved internal wounds may have scabbed over but they're nowhere near healed, and yet I still count myself as one of the lucky ones. Too many have fallen through the cracks, of our system, of our attention, of our love.
This is my attempt to shake out those cracks. While I don't have the funds to affect change through a redistribution of wealth, nor am I as badass as Robin Hood, Oprah or Mother Teresa, I can still do this one thing. I can attempt to capture a story with pieces rooted as much in the fantastical as in reality, a mind-melded Molotov cocktail that will hopefully explode out of ink + paper and blow through brick walls of apathy.
I don't want to just write a book. I want to write a brutal, beautiful, bone-searingly unforgettable tribute to lives unexplored and forgotten. In the style of the doomed prophet Cassandra, but hopefully with happier endings, I want to paint a picture tracking the course of our world into it's inevitable future if we don't change.
It's not going to be typical in most ways, and will have a bit of everything, including song lyrics, random quotes, bursts of poetry and the occasional musing sprinkled here and there. I don't really think any homage to humanity could be neat and tidy, anyways.
And yes, I've gone from modesty to hubris within the span of a few hundreds words. But isn't that the glory of the human spirit? That there will always be a little bit of Icharus in each of us, and as much as we outwardly lament his stupidity, inwardly we always thrill a bit that he got so close to the sun and wonder if we could possibly get closer.
It's what drives our belief, and change is impossible without belief. So this will be my small piece of change dropped in to the universe's wishing well in the perhaps vain but definitely determined hopes of seeing a ripple.
Will be updating this website regularly with excerpts from my first book, all comments are welcome. Always on the lookout for peer editors, please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com if you're generous enough to give feedback on a chapter or two. And of course, I'm happy to do the same!
Nicole –
You have a such a beautiful style with your words. But please remember there's plenty of beautiful in a hot-mess first draft. Don't let that internal editor squelch your ability to first get the story outside yourself. Let's be honest, most babies are ugly when they're first born. With a little time and love, those cone heads slowly turn into fuzzy, sweet-smelling, nuzzle-worthy noggins.
Butt in the chair, internal editor locked in another room until it's time to unleash her!

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Mainstreaming Radicalism in Texas
Mainstreaming Radicalism in Texas
By Jason Stanford
Hide your wallets and shield the children, because they're voting down in Texas. Texas Republicans will be testing the strength of the Tea Party as they pick their first post-Rick Perry slate of statewide candidates since the 1980s. But Texas Democrats might end up missing Perry, as there is a decent shot that Republicans will nominate not their best-qualified, most-electable candidates but an entire clown car full of crazypants.
Let's start at the top of the ticket, where incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, rated the second-most conservative senator in 2012, was apparently not conservative enough to escape a primary challenge. Into that breach leapt Steve Stockman, the congressman who once Tweeted, "If babies had guns, they wouldn't be aborted." This race should have been great fun, but Stockman has campaigned mostly by hiding from public view and skipping votes in congress. Going into the candidate protection program is working. One poll shows Stockman could force Cornyn into a runoff.
Below Greg Abbott on the ballot is a quartet of candidates for lieutenant governor, the most reasonable of whom advocates changing the 14th Amendment to prevent anchor babies from attaining citizenship. All of the Republicans seeking this office oppose abortion exceptions for rape and incest and supported keeping a dead woman on life support because she was pregnant. Even on this stage, state Sen. Dan Patrick, who faces good odds to advance to the next round, stands out for calling undocumented immigrants an "illegal invasion." What's smart in a Texas Republican primary can be politically fatal in a state that's 40 percent Hispanic.
We lower ourselves in more ways than one when we go down the ballot to the Algonquin Round Table known as the primary to succeed Abbott as attorney general. The candidates make a point of agreeing that their main job is to continue legally fruitless and patently political lawsuits against the Obama administration. They differ only in emphasis: The frontrunner touts his support for school prayer, damn the constitution. Another claims the allegiance of Ted Cruz. And the last, Barry Smitherman, is on the air with an ad that looks more like a declaration of war against Mexico to protect Texans "from cartels and crimes like human trafficking."
In almost any other state, Smitherman would occupy an unelectable outpost in the political boondocks. But this is Texas, where his sort of yee-haw radicalism is mainstreamed. Already elected to a different statewide office, Smitherman has spent this campaign claiming that most aborted fetuses "would have voted Republican," that Texas has "made great progress in becoming an independent nation, an 'island nation' if you will," and that the United Nations Small Arms Treaty endangers 2nd Amendment rights in Texas. He has raised millions of dollars and is polling in the double digits. Pray for us, America.
Smitherman, Patrick, and Stockman are hardly exceptions. Elsewhere on the Republican primary ballot you'll find a 9/11 Truther, the legislator who mandated that doctors perform sonograms on women seeking abortions to give them the shocking news of their pregnancy, and another state lawmaker who is running to protect, he says, "the gift of oil and gas God has given us." And if they win their primaries, these walking affronts to logic and reason would be favorites to rule over the second-biggest state in the union. Some days I think Lincoln should have let the Confederacy go.
The nuthouse radicalism these candidates espouse has a significant constituency among the Texas Republican voters, 35 percent of whom support secession. Highlighting the lunatic fringe does not legitimize them. The voters who support them in statistically significant numbers do. To treat these credible candidates as outliers undersells the danger. Texas Republicans have redefined normal so far to the right as to make Genghis Khan look like a squishy moderate.
Rick Perry earned a few attaboys when he condemned Ted Nugent for calling Barack Obama a "subhuman mongrel," a phrase the Nazis used to justify the mass-murder of Jews. Texas Republicans have defined deviancy so far down that criticizing a phrase Joseph Goebbels coined comes across as refreshing candor. When the votes come in on March 4, we'll see just how far down that is.
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THROUGH donations collected from a recent charity project called 'back-to-school drop-box', underprivileged students at Perpindahan Bukit Beruang Primary School received new school items last Wednesday.
The donations were collected through several drop boxes placed in December last year in various places in Bukit Beruang.
The project was organised by the Bukit Beruang Village Consultative Council (MPK Bukit Beruang) and Kampong Bukit Beruang Youth Association (Kesuma), and coordinated by the Women Bureau of Kampong Bukit Beruang Village Consultative Council and Women Bureau of Kesuma.
The boxes were placed at Syageqah shop in Kampong Bukit Beruang, Salam shop at Multipurpose Hall of Kampong Bukit Beruang and at the RPN Bukit Beruang Mosque.
The drop box project helped the public to donate school items including writing stationeries, school books, school bags and school attire.
The handing over of the school items will continue tomorrow at Pengiran Kesuma Negara Bukit Beruang Primary School. The school items were handed over to the students by Ahmad bin Aman, Village Head and Chairman of the MPK Bukit Beruang.


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It can often take a little time to break the ice when interviewing an artist. But B.o.B and I hit it off right away thanks to an unforeseen cosmic coincidence: We both grew up in the same southwest Dekalb County 'hood, and both went to Columbia High School (which, for trivia purposes, was also home to comedian-turned-actor Chris Tucker), though our time there was 20 years apart.
Our instantaneous bonding occurred at Crossover Studios, where the 21-year-old singer/songwriter/rapper/producer behind "Nothin' On You" and "Airplanes" was rehearsing his live band before launching his "Shootin' For Stars" tour (which will continue through Oct. 30). It's his first-ever headlining tour, and after it's over he'll immediately head over to the UK to open for Paramore, whose frontwoman Hayley Williams sings the infectious hook on "Airplanes."
Though a bit groggy with jetlag after performing in Japan the day before, the artist formerly known as Bobby Ray Simmons Jr. was surprisingly energetic and excited to discuss his burgeoning career. As well he should be: After signing with Atlantic Records in 2006, it took four long years for the consummate perfectionist to finish his genre-smashing debut album, The Adventures of Bobby Ray, during which time he was able to work with rap icons such as Eminem and T.I. (as well as other heavy hitters from the pop, R&B and rock worlds). Now that he's gotten a taste of fame, what he really wants is to be the sort of household name that only comes from being a career artist. And B.o.B understands that that sort of longevity only comes from hard work, focus and an extraordinary amount of talent.
What follows are the highlights of an extended conversation that covered diverse topics ranging from improvisational theory and non-linear time to what Eminem is like as a person and why Atlanta remains such a bustling urban music mecca.
You grew up during a time when the Atlanta hip-hop scene was really starting to explode.
Yeah, from OutKast and Goodie Mob to crunk music like Trillville and Lil' Jon, to T.I., Ludacris and Bonecrusher, it was just a good window where there was always something buzzing in Atlanta that people were excited about. It was inspiring because it wasn't like the Atlanta artists were catering to the mainstream sound. The Atlanta sound went worldwide.
Who were the artists who initially influenced you to start rapping?
I would definitely have to say Eminem, DMX and Nas. DMX was the first rapper that I studied: He made me write out my lyrics and figure out which words would rhyme. I learned some basic music theory because I started playing trumpet when I was six, so I could figure out time signatures. But the Atlanta scene influenced me a lot just because I grew up in it.
Playboy Tre was the first guy to take you under his wing. What did you learn from him?
Playboy Tre taught me how to use ProTools and how to record. He taught me how to really invest your time and effort into something, and not do it just to be doing it. My manager, Brian, introduced me to Tre, and he became like a big brother and a mentor to me, even to this day. Putting myself in his shoes, if one of my good friends brought someone to me and asked me to help them, I'd probably help. But just the fact that he let me stay in his house when I was like 14 even when he wasn't there… he put a lot of trust in me and I really owe him a lot.
You rap, sing, produce, write your own music and play multiple instruments. You don't see a lot of people in hip-hop who can do all that, so why was it important for you to develop such a diverse skill set?
I get bored easily and I'm continually inspired. I don't ever feel like I've reached the pinnacle of where I want to be. I always see something new I want to soak up and respond to. There are never enough hours in the day! [Laughs].
I see you have a tattoo on your forearm reminding yourself to "Live In The Moment." It's interesting because if you study improvisational theory, you can learn to become so focused in the moment that it feels as if you can actually slow down time to experience every second to its fullest potential.
Yes! [Laughs] Because time isn't linear—it's circular—so who says you don't have time?
[Laughing] Suddenly this has become an interview out of Christopher Nolan's Inception… So at what point did you realize you really wanted to make a career out of music?
I was 14. I felt like I needed to do this, kinda like a Jedi realizing he's found his calling. I almost felt like it had been predetermined that this was the most likely direction for me to take. It's like if you're walking in a certain direction and all of a sudden you trip: You're not gonna fall backwards. You may not necessarily land exactly where you expected to, but if you fall you're gonna fall forward. I knew with music that I was gonna land there, one way or another.
People have been talking about you in the ATL underground scene for years, and you signed with Atlantic Records four years ago. What took you so long to get the debut album out?
The album was meant to come out this year [as far as fate/destiny], but back then I didn't want to think that. I wanted it to come out as soon as possible! But it wasn't supposed to happen that way. I think it was because of the fact that I spent so much time working on the album that it came out the way it did. So it wasn't like, "OK, we've got a hot single: Let's hurry up and get the album finished so we can keep the momentum going!" The album has been done, so I can only keep getting better as I create new songs.
We talked about the diversity of your skill set, but there's also a diverse range of sounds on the album as far as stylistic influences, which you don't hear in hip-hop much these days. Was there ever any resistance from the label to all these different sounds you wanted to tackle?
I think it took a while for the vision that I had to take a clear enough shape for the label to see it, because it is so broad. At one point in time, it probably seemed like I was kinda all over the place. But it was really like building an infrastructure or a blueprint. Once that big vision blossomed—and it took me a while—they understood what I was trying to do.
What was it like landing Eminem to appear on "Airplanes," considering he was one of the guys who inspired you to pick up a mic in the first place?
I was telling myself, "This is crazy!" For me, it was about being able to hang around him for a while and getting to see the type of person he really is. When I was a kid I could relate to him because of his life story, but now that I'm in the music industry I can also relate to him as an artist. I haven't been in the game anywhere near as long as he has, but I think I have an idea of where he's been.
And what were your impressions of him as a person, outside of being the artist you'd grown up admiring?
He's just a real genuine person. I think the course that his career has taken and what he's been through in his life, for him to still be such an amazing artist is impressive. Your music is a direct reflection of your what's happening in your life, if you allow that to show. It takes a lot of energy to put an album together, promote it, tour and all that, and to do it for as long as he has earns a lot of respect from me.
Yours is one of the first albums I've heard that truly represents the diversity of Atlanta's urban music scene. How would you describe that scene for someone who's never been here?
Atlanta's urban music scene has several different worlds. There's the nightlife scene, which consists of everything from adult lounges and strip clubs to underground house parties. There's the college scene centered around the AUC (Atlanta University Center, which includes Morehouse College, Spelman College and Clark Atlanta University), with lots of college dorm parties. There's Friday night high school football, where a lot of schools take pride in their marching bands, especially after that movie Drumline came out. And then you've got the Apache Café open mic nights and the Little 5 Points neo-soul scene, which is really my world. There's a lot of different worlds that mix and mingle, and because a lot of people in Atlanta aren't from Atlanta, they bring a lot of different ideas that keep the city culturally rich.
How has our hip-hop scene changed over the years since you started performing?
I don't even know how to describe it, but it feels like home to me. Whenever I perform for Atlanta, I feel like I know everybody in the crowd even if I've never met them before. There's a certain way people from Atlanta talk, think and understand life, and there's a lot of hometown support there. That's why I wanted to do this free show [at Center Stage in August]—to thank the people that have been supporting me for years.
What would you say to those 13-year-old kids who might read this story and listen to your music with the same joy of discovery you had when you listened to Eminem and DMX eight years ago?
I'd tell them, I am you. I'd tell them that this is the most challenging time ever to be an artist, but those challenging times are necessary to prepare you for what will be asked of you if you become an artist. Everything you're going through is preparation for what's to come.
Do you believe that adversity is necessary to achieve success?
Absolutely. How can you be successful if there's not an obstacle to overcome?
You've already had several Top 10 singles, gotten to work with some of your hip-hop heroes, and had a successful debut album on both a critical and commercial level. That's a lot for a 21-year-old. What are your primary career goals as you move forward?
I guess I'm really hard on myself, so there's always that little voice in the back of my head saying. "Keep going! Keep going!" If days were made up of 34 hours, I would still not have enough hours in the day to do all the things I want to do. I always look in the mirror and think, "Come on, you KNOW you can do better!" But creatively I want to keep writing music, keep performing and to keep growing, regardless of whether I have a hit single or album out. I want to be a career artist.


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OVERVIEW: Basically, Imagine an object on the LEFT side of the screen (which will later turn into a HUMAN BODY or BODIES) and an object on the RIGHT side of the screen (which will be the PRODUCT). This OBJECT can be a single piece of string, or a circle or a blob of ink. It doesnt matter if its a string or a blob of ink. These TWO OBJECTS will only be shown in its original form at the very beginning of the video. All that's going on in the video is when one half of the screen changes form so does the other half of the screen. (see attachment)
The left side will turn into different HUMAN BODY SHAPES
The right side will FOLD into different formations of our PRODUCT (cushion). (link to product gif: [url removed, login to view])
Each time one side changes form so does the other side. Representing how the PRODUCT converts to fit that particular HUMAN SHAPE and/or their particular needs. The PRODUCT will continue to form different configuration as each HUMAN SHAPE turns into a different HUMAN SHAPE
I've attached the artwork for the first HUMAN SHAPE and that particular configuration of the PRODUCT (cushion) I have another explaination written up to help describe this even further. But I wanted to share the concept first.
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text: Come and have a look at our fantastic learning in HI ARMS! by Mr Firth | Jan 20, 2015 | HI ARMS, News | 0 comments Please take a look at our fabulous hard work we have been doing this term. HI Victorians work HI numeracy work High Spen ARMS halloween High spen ARMS time HI Socialising with our friends High Spen HI ARMS literacy High Spen HI ARMS stone age IPads Science HI chopwell woods HI Speech and Language Share this:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Submit a Comment Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *Comment Name * Email * Website Captcha * Type the text displayed above: Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.


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Anaemia twice as prevalent in patients with chronic kidney disease, new analyses indicate
Anaemia, which is most commonly caused by iron deficiency, is twice as prevalent in people with chronic kidney disease (CKD) compared with the general population and increases with increasing disease severity, a new study in the USA indicates.
Anaemia is one of the many complications of CKD and iron deficiency is a leading cause of anaemia. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007–2008 and 2009–2010, were used to determine the prevalence of anaemia (defined as serum haemoglobin levels ≤12 g/dL in women and ≤13 g/dL in men) in patients with CKD.
The survey found that an estimated 14% of the US adult population had CKD in 2007–2010. Anaemia was twice as prevalent in people with CKD (15.4%) as in the general population (7.6%). The prevalence of anaemia also increased with stage of CKD, from 8.4% at Stage 1 to 53.4% at Stage 5.
However, only one in five CKD patients with anaemia reported being treated for the condition within the previous 3 months. The authors suggest that the low treatment rates for anaemia in CKD are in line with previous studies. For example, in a study by Lawler et al among 89,000 patients with anaemia and CKD, 7.1% initiated erythropoietin stimulating agents within a year of diagnosis of anaemia, while 30.8% initiated iron therapy and 16.5% had blood transfusions1.
The authors conclude that anaemia is prevalent in the US population of patients with CKD. Furthermore, the condition is more frequent at higher stages of CKD. Despite this, relatively few patients are being treated to correct the anaemia. The updated knowledge of prevalence and treatment regimes for anaemia in CKD may help to inform future treatment strategies for this patient population.
The full article can be found in the January issue of PLoS One. For further news on iron deficiency in chronic kidney disease, please click here.


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DELL LATITUDE D820 won't boot, lights, no sound or display. Battery charged, adaptor plugged in, but when power button is pushed, power light, and other startup lights come on , after about 3 seconds they all go out. No sound, no screen display at all. Not sure how it was shut down last time used, it is not mine. tried replacing cmos battery, no change. took out and replaced memory card, still no change. any suggestions
When's the last time you blew the dust out of the cooling vents?
I checked the vents and they are clear
take out the battery and try an external monitor
"I checked the vents and they are clear"
Does that mean you simply looked at them or that you blasted them out with compressed air?
Probably won't help but quick to try:
Disconnect from domestic power, remove laptop battery, then hold the power button in for 20 seconds. See if it is any better when assembled and re-tried.
If you never see anything at all on the display it is almost definitely a hardware fault (the above resets the mobo)..
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Let us remember – better co-creation is about increasing the impact for sustainability by getting things done faster, coming to better decisions, saving money, and being more content as we achieve results jointly. Collective leadership for sustainability is the capacity of a group of actors to deliver their contribution to a joint purpose collaboratively, while putting high priority on the common good, and a balance between the needs of people, profit, and planet.
The Collective Leadership Compass is a practice-oriented approach to leading complex change in multi-actor settings. It empowers leaders to navigate successful collaboration settings for sustainable development in an integrative, inclusive way by attending to a pattern of human competences in interaction in six dimensions. It strengthens the competence to navigate the How, What, Why, Where to, When, With Whom, and What For of our initiatives for sustainability. It can be used to strengthen our individual leadership skills, to enhance the leadership capacity of a group of actors, and to shift systems of collaborating actors toward better co-creation.
At each level there is an inward aspect – looking at how the individual develops – and an outward aspect – looking at how a collective jointly enacts future in collaboration with others.
My experience from successful collaboration in complex multi-actor settings is that the key to better co-creation is the attention to a recursive pattern of human competences. The six dimensions of Collective Leadership compose such a pattern: FUTURE POSSIBILITIES, ENGAGEMENT, INNOVATION, HUMANITY, COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE, and WHOLENESS.
Each dimension has its own dynamic and can be fostered and developed in many ways. With sufficient attention to each dimension and ultimately to their togetherness they mutually reinforce each other's strength. Leading collectively becomes the natural way to bring forth a desirable future when we enhance our competence to make these six dimensions present – as individuals, as a team of leaders, and as a collective.
The dimensions are not new; they are as old as humankind. What is new is paying more conscious attention to their joint presence. It helps us navigate through human difficulties and enhances the vitality of individuals and collectives.
Using the Compass is like learning to design and implement a pattern by keeping the six dimensions in an appropriately balanced composition and ensuring that none gets lost. This enhances the likelihood of better co-creation; we become more efficient, more effective, better at learning quickly, more adaptive, and above all, oriented toward a future that our kids also want to live in. As a collective, we become more resilient – a capacity we need in a complex, interdependent and quickly changing world. When we accept that the future is constantly emerging as a result of encounters between people, we become more aware of the pattern of human competences in interaction.
What do I mean by pattern of human competences in interaction? My experience is that the Collective Leadership Compass resonates with people; it strengthens their confidence that the long path into a more sustainable future can be travelled together. We need to remember that people are only prepared to change their behavior when they resonate with a future possibility that is touching their hearts. Then they happily welcome catalysts for change.
Humankind is part of life's inherent tendency for creative unfolding into forms of increasing diversity and complexity. The more we realize this, the more we become the partner of evolution – and can learn the art of resilience.
The Collective Leadership Compass can help us stay on track when we have to weather storms and uncertainties.
Before we dive into the Compass, I would like to pre-empt four possible misunderstandings:
First, the Compass is not a recipe for all challenges that humankind faces – it is a tool that, used wisely, can help us to better co-create, in collaboration and in leading change for sustainability.
Second, the Compass does not reduce the complexity of today's world, but it helps structuring our approach how to deal with complexity.
Third, some define collective leadership through a direction set by the top has to be followed by everybody; that is not what is meant here. A collaboratively delivered contribution to a joint purpose, as I have defined it, will inevitably include differences, conflicts and the search for the right path.
Fourth, in some people's understanding collective leadership excludes hierarchy and power differences – they assume that we are all equal. I would deny this. We are not, but we can acknowledge each other's humanness and each person's right to lead to the future. When we accept that the future is constantly emerging as a result of encounters between people, we become more aware of the pattern of human competences in interaction
The Collective Leadership Compass – helps you navigate your collaboration journey on and find the necessary course corrections.
With it, you can:
- Prepare the journey into collaboration from the outset.
- Locate where you are, define what is present and what is missing.
- Map the path, adjust your strategies, and know what to shift, to strengthen or to focus on.
- Help you inspire your colleagues that leading collectively for sustainability can change the world.
This blog post looks at the Collective Leadership Compass as a whole and here specifically at the level of collectiveleadership skills. For more insights on leading collectively with the Compass, subscribe to my blog. For more information on the Art of Leading Collectively, checkout the inside the book and reviews on amazon.com, or get inspired by an onsite course that takes the compass into the daily challenges of navigating complex change


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The motherhood penalty refers to the economic disadvantage of becoming a mother in the United States. For example, research has repeatedly shown that mothers earn less money than women without children.
A new report analyzing three time periods going back to 1986 found that the motherhood penalty remains quite stable over time, and may even have worsened for mothers with one child. This finding echoes a previous report that indicated that controlling for differences in demographic characteristics, education, and experience, the motherhood penalty in the U.S. was statistically unchanged between 1975- 85 and 1986-98.
From the report:
"There are a number of reasons to think that the motherhood penalty in the U.S. may have persisted beyond the late 1990s. This country has not committed to expanding work-family policies to anywhere near the extent of most other wealthy countries (Gornick and Meyers 2005). For example, there is no federal commitment to paid parental leave, and limited commitment to publicly funded preschool relative to other wealthy countries. This may mean that U.S. mothers may find it more difficult to balance work and care, which could harm their experience, productivity, and subsequent wages. In addition, progress towards gender equality seems to have stalled in the late 1990s."
Discrimination against working mothers compounds the effect of inadequate policymaking: Research had found that mothers are offered salaries 7.9% less than women without children, and are called back after initial interviews half as often as women without children.
Meanwhile, men with a child are more likely to be hired than childless men, and tend to be paid more than men without children.
We need corrective policies to reduce the motherhood penalty for American working women.
Two of these policies should be an easy lift: a law to better protect pregnant women in the workplace, and legislation to close gaps in the state equal pay law:
The Pennsylvania Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PPWFA/HB1583)
In most of Pennsylvania, a pregnant worker can be fired for requesting an extra glass of water. The majority of Pennsylvania's neighbors, including New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Delaware, and West Virginia, have passed laws to protect pregnant workers who need reasonable accommodations in the workplace. Currently, some workers in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have more rights than workers living elsewhere in Pennsylvania, because Philadelphia's Fair Practice Ordinance requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to pregnant employees, and Pittsburgh's law requires reasonable accommodations for employees who work for the city or through city contracts. State lawmakers have abandoned the rest of Pennsylvania's working families.
Status: Advocates have been calling to protect pregnant Pennsylvania workers for years. The PPWFA was re-introduced in the current legislative session last June, and referred to the Labor & Industry Committee, where it has stalled, despite 2015 public hearings that established the need for such protections.
View or download a fact sheet on the PPWFA here.
Fixing the state Equal Pay Act (HB1243)
Pennsylvania adopted the Equal Pay Act in 1959. The current law has not been updated since 1967, when it was amended to reduce the number of Pennsylvanians to whom it applied. Pay discrimination is difficult to detect while it is happening, and difficult to legally prove once detected. The Pennsylvania Equal Pay Act must be strengthened to address these obstacles to equal pay.
Status: Advocates have been calling to fix Pennsylvania's equal pay law for years. HB1243 was introduced in April, and referred to the Labor & Industry Committee, where it has stalled, despite public hearings that established the need for such protections.
View or download a fact sheet on fixing Pennsylvania's equal pay law here.
The Women's Law Project is a public interest law center in Pennsylvania devoted to advancing the rights of women and girls.
Sign up for WLP's Action Alerts here. Follow us on twitter and like us on Facebook.
We are a non-profit organization. Please consider supporting equal rights for women and girls by making a one-time donation or scheduling a monthly contribution.


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Getting harder and harder to justify trips to the Liberty Street Tavern…
After a boycott of several months based on the ridiculous behavior of their staff (the guy is apparently the manager), we finally started going back again on a somewhat regular basis. This is mostly to keep working on the mug club list that some of us had started, but also because they almost always have a good tap rotation with at least a few unique beers that no one else in the Valley has.
But lately they are drifting back into boycott territory.
I will give them a break when the service gets a little slow during peak weekend hours – but by that I mean I can understand having to wait a few extra minutes to get a beer. On Friday, they outright forgot orders multiple times for multiple people. Not just taking too long to bring back the requested beer, but taking an order, walking away, and coming back 30 minutes later to ask if we needed anything.
Seriously, a table of four people and it was three different servers over the course of two hours who each forgot at least one order for all four of us.
So while the food is good and the beer selection is great, this pathetic amateur hour level of service is becoming too much of a drag to keep going back. What's the point of going to a bar where the beers only come once an hour – if at all?
Step it up Liberty Street – Friday night was strike two and a third strike will result in a lifetime forfeiture of our patronage. There are many other bars with good beer and servers that know how to do their job at a reasonable level.


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The human body is a remarkable being. At the mere age of 5 years, the human body contains within it 11 different organ systems, all serving to keep a 60-pound biological entity alive and functioning optimally. Of these systems, there is certain body parts that are often overlooked. These unnoticed parts are the teeth and the jaw. The former is what this discourse will be largely about.
The dental system is often overlooked but is largely the part that we use every day. We eat, drink, talk, and do many other things with our mouths and therefore it must be maintained to be running well and not hindering the body.
Dental care is a vital part of the maintenance of the human body. There are a number of procedures that are dental and are used in maintenance of the human body. These include dental fillings, root canal, bonding, orthodontics, dental crows, dental bridges, Dentures, and many more.
First, there are dental fillings. This is quite a common procedure that takes rough an hour to a couple of hours. The main reason people get dental fillings is because they have some damage to their tooth or teeth. There are many ways structural damage can occur to a person's tooth or teeth. One way is the regular wear and tear the human teeth go through throughout the day. Another way is if the person sustained an injury to the dental region of the body. The fillings used in this procedure can be made of many things including, gold, silver, porcelain and much more.
The second procedure is known as a root canal. This procedure is considered a major procedure. This is because in this procedure the root chamber of the tooth is breached. The main reason this occurs is because there is infected pulp tissue. Once the infected pulp tissue is removed the tooth becomes hollow. The tooth is then filled with fillings, one which is antibacterial in nature, and then the tooth is capped for added protection.
In essence there are a lot of procedures that occur on the human body. Many of these procedures also includes dental procedures. Dental care is an important aspect of a person's life. Because the average human uses their mouths on a daily basis, it is important to take care of their mouth, especially their teeth. Oral health is therefore one of the most common.


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As an immigrant, you want to make sure you have all the correct documents to work in this country. One of the documents you may want to obtain is called the Employment First Preference. This, also known as an E1 visa, is created specifically for those who have abilities of which the United States is in need.
There are a few categories of people who qualify for E1 visas. They include those with extraordinary abilities, those who are recognized as outstanding researchers or professors and those who are multinational executives or managers. These individuals all have specific purposes in the United States and are recognized as experts in their respective fields.
People with extraordinary abilities don't necessarily have to be business executives or mathematicians. They could include people famous in the arts, sciences or education. They could be athletes or business people. To qualify, they need to have recognition nationally or internationally in their respective fields.
Executives and managers who want to come to the United states need to show that they've been employed by an overseas affiliate for at least three years prior to the application. Those coming to the United States must be managers or executives and be filling the same level role in the United States.
Finally, outstanding professors and researchers can qualify to come to the United States with this visa if they show they are coming to the U.S. on tenure track teaching, to pursue tenure or to take a research position comparable to their current position overseas.
Getting a visa can be a difficult process, and it has the potential to be complicated. The right help makes a difference. Our website has more information on how you can come to the United States to work legally.


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The mosquitoes are nightmarish. Their drone haunts the windows, telling desire for the sleeping, the naked flesh just a screen away. In the woods, their moist empyrean, the play of pricks, the sting of stillness. Yet, the ferns and mosses, the coolness calling. So at last I pictured... with brevity.
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Brave soul,..and we are so rewarded from your efforts with the sumptuous image produced! I suspect in coming across such a find amidst ferns and moss, my interest would be as intense as the mosquitoes...but hopefully in a mutually pleasing manner! Outstanding image!ReplyDeleteReplies
They're not as bad if you keep moving, but if you pause they surround you and alight. Their 'pricks' find their way through the mesh where it is tight against the skin.Delete
Encountering an intense Luke in the forest, that's an entirely different matter.
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This is my latest one called "Girl in the grass".
The pattern measures 12x16" (30x40cm) - a cute wall hanging size.
Here's a look at all of them together.
All of the patterns are available at my Craftsy Shop.
This little one of a girl chasing butterflies is a Free pattern.
Please share some of your photos of blocks you have finished. We have a Flickr Pool that you can do a little 'showing off'.


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Community Assistance Fund (CAF) Grants are awarded twice per year to organizations and groups in the Champaign-Urbana area who demonstrate need and whose missions align with JLCU focus areas. JLCU focus areas include literacy, school preparedness, women, health and hunger, and child protection and welfare.
In October, we announced the seven recipients of a total of $1,750 in CAF grants.
The recipients are:
- $420 to The Reading Group for new assessment kits
- $290 to Garden Hills Homework Club for new books for the program
- $290 to Girls Go For It for next year's program
- $200 to Developmental Services Center for sensory items for therapy
- $100 to Crisis Nursery for large print stories
- $200 to Carrie Busey PTA for science night
- $250 to Champaign Unit 4 School District for books for REAL Men READ Initiative
Below we highlight some of our inspirational awardees:
Crisis Nursery, originally a JLCU project, provides emergency, 24/7/365 childcare to children and families in our community. In 2015 alone, they provided 29,982 hours of crisis care for 886 children. Crisis Nursery is the only nursery of its kind and does not have income eligibility or fees. It is a beacon of safety, strength, and confidence for the Champaign-Urbana community. The large print stories they've requested assistance with purchasing will give younger children the opportunity to read and learn along with caregivers.
The Reading Group is a not-for-profit learning center that provides evaluations, focused learning, and lifelong benefits to students and families. With a specialization in dyslexia, they work with young and older students to improve listening and readiness skills, test-taking, spelling, handwriting, and comprehension. The Reading Group is the longest running non-profit learning center in our area, and the funding for new assessment kits will help them identify needs and serve students better.
Girls Go For It focuses on developing the leadership, entrepreneurial spirit, and professional abilities of young girls and women by building confidence, knowledge, and creating opportunities. Their eight week program shows young girls how to develop safe environments, career plans, and how to bring their new skills and abilities into their everyday life and future.
Junior League of Champaign-Urbana is proud and excited to support these community organizations. If you or an organization you work with needs support and would like to apply for future CAF grants, you can find information and position statements here.


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We will like to thanks all the people that participated on Zest challenge, it was really difficult to choose final winners as many of them were in line with the brief. However, we ended up choosing those that bring the campaign idea to life in a way that Zest LA talk about it and that we may be able to use as is in the digital world.
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This was a fun video to make and great to hear I've won! Things were a little quiet at work (I freelance) so thought I'd check out what was going on at Eyeka. The Zest brief gave me the chance to experiment with a new style and just have a bit of fun with it. Delighted with the win and thanks Zest for choosing me as a winner and Eyeka for the opportunity :)
This video is the #1 winner as it was the one that brought education of usage in the most direct and intuitive way. We believe it can help consumers understand the correct way to use it and thus have a great experience.
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This video is the #2 winner and is the one that has the biggest emotional connection with consumers from Brand's equity standpoint. It brings humor and music to life in a way that ZEST LA will do. It may help maximize communication.
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February 18, 2010
Rest in Peace
Why Dr. Tobin's big idea should remain buried
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There are few things sadder than the big idea born too early. We all know the story: A flash of brilliance is followed by years of public ridicule and frustration, the unrecognized genius eventually dying alone and penniless. Years later, the big idea is dusted off and re-examined, but this time, it's embraced, and we get the satisfaction of seeing the inventor's name belatedly join the pantheon of genius to which it rightfully belonged.
And so I had a warm feeling on behalf of the late Dr. James Tobin, when I read Paul Krugman's recent New York Times column announcing that the Tobin Tax was "an idea whose time has come." A "Tobin tax" is the en vogue name for a tax on financial transactions, named for Yale economist and Nobel laureate Tobin, who dreamed up the idea in 1971. After 31 years of advocacy, Dr. Tobin passed away in 2002 at the age of 84, having never experienced the pleasure of paying his own tax.
But now in 2010, eight years after being buried, it appears that Dr. Tobin's dream is being resurrected. Not surprisingly, this required some help from the Lord--by which I mean Lord Adair Turner, of course, the chief of the FSA and the top financial regulator in Europe. Lord Turner strongly endorsed the tax last August, famously deriding traders as "socially useless," and saying the tax would be a "nice sensible revenue source for funding global public goods."
Two Bills
On Dec. 3, Dr. Tobin's idea took a big leap from the fringes, as Rep. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., introduced the tax, subtly titled "The Let Wall Street Pay for the Restoration of Main Street Act of 2009." Unlike some of Mr. DeFazio's previous forays that were laughed out of Congress, this time he had lined up an impressive roster of 28 fellow legislators as co-sponsors. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, introduced a similar bill into the Senate on Dec. 23, called the "Wall Street Fair Share Act," co-sponsored by three other U.S. senators.
So now Dr. Tobin's big idea has finally graduated from a dismissed intellectual theory into two very real-world proposals. The two bills both tax stock trades at 0.25% (25 basis points in Wall Street parlance). In both bills, the tax is owed on any transaction that occurs on a "trading facility" located physically within the U.S., or anytime either the buyer or the seller is a U.S. person or entity. The tax is not based on the security being U.S.-based--an American who buys Toyota on the Tokyo would still owe 25 basis points to the U.S. government.


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What an amazing novel by these two authors. You wouldn't believe that these two have just started out by the way this novel is written. The plot and story line that has been created is amazing and is a quick read. The characters are well written and definitely not boring. You have Seraphine who is an angel and represents everything that is good. While Cole, is a demon and is from the dark side. However, when these two collide there is a war of passion! Will Seraphine be able to keep her heart wrapped up this time or will Cole take possession of it? The scenes are very hot, and even though you may have questions it is left open for another one (which is out now too). This is only the beginning, looking forward to see what the future will have for us. If you like reading about angels and demons I would recommend giving this series a try.


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Objective: understanding basic Linux clustering concept and tools
Environment: CentOS 5, FreeBSD 8
1. What's the clustering
Connecting two or more computers together in such a way that they behave like a single computer.
2. 2 kinds of clustering
parallel processing, and load balancing
Parallel processing means the simultaneous use of more than one CPU to execute a program. Ideally, parallel processing makes a program run faster because there are more engines (CPUs) running it. In practice, it is often difficult to divide a program in such a way that separate CPUs can execute different portions without interfering with each other.
Load balancing means distributing processing and communications activity evenly across a computer network so that no single device is overwhelmed. Busy web sites typically employ two or more web servers in a load balancing scheme.
3. some example of web and application load balancing solutions
a. LVS - Linux Virtual Server at http://www.linux-vs.org
b. Pound - http://www.apsis.ch/pound/
c. PF carp and pfsync - http://www.openbsd.org/faq/pf/carp.html
d. tomcat connector - http://tomcat.apache.org/connectors-doc/
Linux Clustering Concept
Jephe Wu - http://linuxtechres.blogspot.com
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We've discussed a few times in the Submissive Saturday's series thus far about the importance of being a submissive partner because you truly desire to be, not because outside influences from your HOH, friends, or others in the domestic discipline community say you have to be. As I've stated before, the desire to submit to your HOH is something I believe is not learned, but rather a desire and a feeling that a person has.
But, while I think it's important to begin submission for reasons that you choose, that doesn't mean your HOH's thoughts and feelings on submission should be excluded. In fact, often times I think submissive partners focus so much on "how to be a submissive partner?" "am I doing a good job?" "what do I want out of this lifestyle?" etc. that they overlook how their HOH may feel about it. On the same token, I think many HOH's have never expressed to their submissive partner what it is they want in a submissive partner, how they define submission, etc.
Awhile back I was reading something online about submission in marriages (and I now can't, for the life of me, remember what site it was on..) and in it it stated to ask your HOH what their definition of a submissive partner is, forewarning me that I "might be surprised", as many of their readers indicated in the comments that they were. I figured, "my husband and I have been doing DD coming up on seven years, and have been together for longer than that. Nothing surprises me. I know how he thinks." My assumption was that Clint thought of a submissive wife as someone who takes cares of him and our children (sort of like the old fashioned housewife..I don't know why that image came to mind, but it did), and someone who obeys, listens and respects what he has to say. That was my guess. But, one day I decided to ask him.
His response was something along the lines of, to him, being a submissive wife was a lot more than just obey and follow the rules. His definition ran deeper into things like set a good example for others, trust in my decisions, support what I say, and several others. These were things that, of course, I knew were important to him but I never really realized that that is how he defined submission. I also asked him what I could do better on to improve with being a submissive wife, and his answers were different (but definitely good!) compared to the list I had made for myself. Needless to say, it was an eye opening experience and conversation.
Obviously this is just my personal example from my marriage, and everyone has a different result. But, for the next week, I encourage you to do the following exercise: ask your HOH the following questions. What is your definition of a submissive partner? In what ways do you feel I can improve upon being a submissive partner? What are some things you need from me when it comes to submission? Then, take the answer to those questions and apply it into your relationship throughout the month of February.
Your HOH's answers may shock you, or they may not. But, I guarantee you they will get you thinking about what your HOH wants, expects, and needs when it comes to a submissive partner, and those are things that you can take with you and think about in the upcoming days, weeks, and months. This isn't to say that your opinions about submission shouldn't matter. In fact, that couldn't be further from the truth. In fact, I encourage you to write your answers to the above 3 questions down first, then ask your partner their thoughts and compare in what ways you're similar and what ways you're different. Then, use that to meet in the middle to truly make submission something that is in line with what he wants, and what you believe.
I'm curious to hear how this goes for you all. If you'd be willing to share your results next week, I'd love to hear them either in the comments, an email, a post on your blog, etc.
Until next week,


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Wow! I was inundated with messages from amazing families around Oulu and had the difficult task of choosing but luckily for me I've found what I was looking for and can't wait to meet them this weekend. ❤ Thank you to everyone who volunteered - if I could I'd arrange to photograph you all! :D… Continue reading MODEL CALL CLOSED!
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MODEL CALL – Families
Autumn is here and it's a beautiful time of year to take photos. I'm looking for a family with children (minimum 2) to come and join me for an hour's photo shoot at an outdoor location in Oulu this weekend while the weather is good and the leaves are still on the trees – either… Continue reading MODEL CALL – Families


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Jennifer Dunlap posted an update11 months, 1 week agoI know it's CRUEL to post beach images when my northern friends have had 3 nor'easters in 10 days. But, but, but, I have to.
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Kestrel Mine Extension Opened in QueenslandFriday Oct 18th - 12:00
After more than 6 million hours of construction, the expansion phase of the Kestrel mine near Emerald was completed in September with a grand opening by the Queensland treasurer Tim Nicholls. The US$2 billion project will add 20 years to the life of the mine and help secure a long-term future for more than 500 employees and contractors.
The treasurer commented; "This extension has delivered one of the most advanced and sophisticated underground coking coal operations built in Australia." Equipped with a high level of automation and control, the mine is expected to offer increased safety and production rates. ATB Morley supplied the electric motors on the EL3000 Caterpillar coal shearer which is capable of cutting 5000 tonnes per hour.
Rio Tinto and Caterpillar supported the McGrath Foundation by painting the coal shearer bright pink. The companies raised money to found a McGrath breast care nurse in central Queensland. The nurse will be employed for 3 years by the Mackay health service to provide support for families experiencing breast cancer.


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The Sinclair School of Nursing is pleased to announce we are now accepting applications for two PhD fellowship programs.
The purposes of the MU Sinclair School of Nursing reflect a strong commitment to the education, practice, research, service, and extension missions of the Health Science Center and the University.
Scholarships Number and Award:
There are 2 types of scholarships which are:
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) funded T32 Health Behavior Science Pre-Doctoral Fellowship
The T32 Health Behavior Science Pre-Doctoral Fellowship provides financial support (stipend, tuition/fees, health insurance, travel to conferences), mentoring and research skill development opportunities to goal-directed, full-time nursing PhD students dedicated to pursuing a research career in health behavior science.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Future of Nursing Scholars Fellowship
The RWJF Future of Nursing Scholars program provides scholarships, mentoring and leadership development activities, as well as postdoctoral research support to build the capacity of this select group of future nursing leaders.
Financial benefits of being a Future of Nursing Scholar include: tuition and fees waiver for 3 years; medical insurance for 3 years; research, books, travel, and conference support for 3 years; scholar stipend for 3 years. Additional information can be found here. Applications for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Future of Nursing Scholars positions can be found here.
Education Level & Subject:
Fellowships are available for pursuing Ph.D. programme within the Sinclair School of Nursing.
-Candidates of all nationalities are encouraged to apply.
-PhD applicants entering with a bachelor's degree: Bachelor's degree in nursing from NLNAC, ACEN, CNEA or CCNE-accredited school OR equivalent for non-nurse applicants; 3.3 minimum GPA (4.0 scale). Applicants who do not meet the minimum GPA requirements or do not have a cumulative GPA must submit acceptable scores on the Graduate Record Exam (GRE) and the exam must have been taken within the last five years.
-PhD applicants entering with a graduate degree: Master's or doctoral degree in nursing from NLNAC, ACEN, CNEA or CCNE-accredited school OR equivalent for non-nurse applicants; minimum 3.5 GPA (4.0 scale).
-Non-native English speakers must score at least a 550 on the paper-based TOEFL, 80 on the Internet-based TOEFL or 6.5 on the Academic IELTS. In addition, it is expected that applicants will achieve subsection minimums of no less than 17 on IBT, 52 on PBT or 6.0 on IELTS (subsections: Reading, Listening, Speaking and Writing).
-Native English speakers are not required to submit TOEFL or IELTS scores. TOEFL and IELTS scores are considered valid for two years beyond the test date.
Required Documents:
-Current curriculum vitae (CV) or resume
-Three (3) professional recommendations
-Personal statement of research goals and interests – Describes what you want to study, who you want to study with, and why you want to study at the Sinclair School of Nursing
-Writing sample (if available; Post-DNP applicants need to include an artifact of their DNP scholarly project)
-Registered Nurse (RN) license – Does not apply to non-nurse Ph.D. applicants; international nursing applicants should submit license from their country
-Satisfactory TOEFL or IELTS scores within last 2 years (non-native English speaking applicants only)
-MU SSON pre-doctoral training fellowship applications (optional)
How to Apply:
Applicants must complete MU Graduate Studies Online Application click
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) funded T32 Health Behavior Science Pre-Doctoral Fellowship-applications are due February 15, 2018.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Future of Nursing Scholars Fellowship-applications are due March 1, 2018.
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Further Example
So far we have learnt that a cryptic clue is almost always split into two parts - the definition and the subsidiary indication - and seen an example of a clue where the subsidiary indication is another definition:
Capital city in Georgia (6)
However, in the majority of clues the subsidiary indication will come in the form of wordplay, rather than a second definition.
Wordplay involves the solver finding synonyms of words, performing actions on words (such as finding an anagram or reversing the letters), and finding abbreviations. Once these are found, they need to be put together as the clue instructs to make the answer word.
To illustrate how wordplay works, let's remind ourselves of the example diagram from the previous page:
Here we can see that the clue's wordplay consists of the words RAILWAY FOLLOWING DEPRESSION.
To get to the answer word, the solver must (in this case) find the abbreviation of RAILWAY (RY), a synonym of DEPRESSION (LOW), and take heed of the instruction FOLLOWING to put RY after LOW to create the painter LOWRY.
These are the basics of wordplay - finding synonyms and abbreviations of words and putting them together to form the answer word.
Here we can see that the wordplay consists of the words CAREER and KNOCK. When the solver finds the correct synonym for each, SPEED and BUMP, they make the answer word which is confirmed by the definition. Again, this is the fundamental nature of wordplay - building the answer word by putting words or parts of words together.
These examples should start to give an insight into another fundamental part of cryptic crosswords. The words in the surface reading of the clue (the clue as read on the page) have a different meaning in what is known as the cryptic reading of the clue.
It is this contrast between surface and cryptic reading that will be further explained in the next section of the guide.


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NEW YORK — The Department of Transportation, acting despite the objections of the Justice Department, gave unconditional approval Thursday to the merger of Northwest Airlines and Republic Airlines, creating one of the nation's largest carriers.
Northwest said late Thursday that its $884-million purchase of Republic is expected to be made final by mid-August.
Republic shareholders will get $17 per common share from Northwest. A Northwest spokesman, William Wren, said Republic would cease to exist as a separate entity once the merger is complete.
"We will begin immediate preparation of a joint flight schedule that will take advantage of each carrier's strengths," said Steven G. Rothmeier, president and chief executive of NWA Inc.. The new schedule will be implemented in October, he added. "The merger approval," Rothmeier said, "is good news for air travelers worldwide and for stockholders and employees of the two airlines."
In terms of revenue passenger miles (one paying passenger traveling one mile) Northwest would become the nation's third-largest airline behind United Airlines and American Airlines. However, a pending merger of Eastern Airlines and Texas Air Corp. (which already owns Continental Airlines and New York Air) would overshadow all three in terms of revenue passenger miles.


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Detroit's Most Haunted – Get Creepy At Elmwood Cemetery
Search any list of the most haunted locations in Michigan, and you'll find the historic Elmwood Cemetery in Detroit. You can also often find it mentioned among the most haunted cemeteries in the United States. Dating back to 1846, Elmwood is the oldest non-denominational cemetery in Michigan. In 1890, legendary landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted was brought in to improve the layout and flow of Elmwood's grounds. Olmsted is famous for co-designing New York's Central Park, and also had a hand in the design of Detroit's Belle Isle.
One of the most haunted areas of Elmwood can be found at "Bloody Run". Some 250 years ago, a battle was fought between the British and the Indians. According to Elmwood Cemetery this is what happened…
In an attempt to break Chief Pontiac's siege against Fort Detroit, British Captain James Dalyell urged Major Henry Gladwin to authorize a surprise attack on the Indians. Gladwin reluctantly agreed. • At 2:30 a.m. on July 31st 1763, Dalyell began his intended surprise attack on the Indian encampment. However, Pontiac had learned of Dalyell's plan (perhaps from his French allies) and gathered more than 400 men to fight the British. Pontiac ordered nearly half the men to hide on the opposite side of a narrow bridge below the Indian encampment. As the British troops, some 200 soldiers, attempted to cross the bridge over Parent's Creek, they were themselves victims of an ambush. • Gunfire erupted from all sides devastating the British. Dalyell realized his plan was destined to fail and called for a retreat. Unfortunately, the call came too late. The only hope left for the British was to charge their way out of the battle. Dalyell and about sixty of his men were killed as a result of the fire fight. • There was so much blood spilled in the battle that the water in Parent's Creek ran red. The Creek became known as Bloody Run. This battle marked the height of Chief Pontiac's siege of Detroit, which he was forced to abandon three months later.
The only portion of Bloody Run Creek that is exposed today lies in Elmwood Cemetery.
The haunted hits just keep on comin'.. Say hello to "The Veiled Lady". (covers eyes) ..This ghostly headstone was carved by Randolph Rogers, a sculptor who grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan and then moved overseas to Italy. Rogers' works include the bronze doors of the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in downtown Detroit. Sometime in the 1870's, Randolph Rogers was commissioned by wealthy Detroit attorney Joshua W. Waterman to create a sculpture for the Waterman family plot. The end result was a huuuuge creepy lady draped in a robe carved into Carrera marble. Rogers finished up the work at his studio in Rome, then loaded the sculpture onto a ship bound for Detroit. But ohhhhh, the ship sank off the coast of Spain, and the twenty ton monument spent TWO YEARS underwater before it was recovered. Rogers' work was loaded up a second time, only to sink AGAIN in the Hudson River. WHAT?! Once again, it was brought up, and fiiinally made it to Elmwood. Then in 1919 it was toppled by a windstorm! The battered sculpture was patched with cement and put back in place.
It is said that upon viewing The Veiled Lady, some people are consumed with a feeling of unease or dread. She still stands at Elmwood Cemetery today.
Whether you believe in ghosts or not, Elmwood is just beautiful. I even saw some adorable wild foxes while I was there. It's serene and peaceful in an area where you might not expect that. So set aside an afternoon, and take a stroll. Trust me, it's a must-visit. ..and October is right around the corner. ♥
Elmwood Cemetery • 1200 Elmwood Ave • Detroit, Michigan 48207 • www.elmwoodhistoriccemetery.org


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Crowdfunding Firms Growing In the Real Estate Sector/
As the commercial real estate (CRE) sector grows, so does the avenue for investing and borrowing in CRE; this is where crowdfunding firms come in. Notably, there are four corporations that are making news for the amount of funds raised in a short amount of time, they are: Realty Mogul, Powderly, CrowdStreet and Fundrise. Some of these firms offer bridge loans for both commercial and residential properties as well as the ability to raise capital for cash-flowing commercial real estate.
The question is whether or not these investments will pay out and so far the track record of these companies shows they are delivering returns. An example of a success includes Realty Mogul who has already returned $6.6 million to investors, including both principal and cash flow. "We, today, are returning as expected on all of our debt transactions," says Jilliene Helman, CEO of Realty Mogul.
It will be interesting to see not only if, but which current real estate firms decide to offer a crowdfunding sector with in their corporation.
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Originally published at http://preslav.me
Often, we're faced with situations, in which we have to merge multiple Map instances into a single one, and guarantee that key duplicates are handled properly. In most imperative programming languages, including Java, this is a trivial problem. With a few variables to store state, and a couple of nested loops, and several if-else statements, even people new to Java could program a solution within minutes. Yet, is this the best way to do it? Though guaranteed to work, such solutions could easily get out of hand and become incomprehensible at a later point of development.
Java 8 brought with itself the concept of streams, and opened the door of possibilities for solving such problems in a declarative functional manner. Moreover, it reduced the need of having to store intermediate state in variables, eliminating the possibility of some other code corrupting that state at runtime.
The Problem
Suppose, we have two maps
visitCounts1, visitCounts2 : Map<Long, Integer> where the maps represent the results of different search queries. The key of each map is the ID of a certain user, and the value is the number of user visits to given part of the system. We want to merge those two maps using streams, such that where the same key (user ID) appears in both, we want to take the sum (total) of user visits across all parts of the system.
The Solution
First, we need to combine all maps into a unified Stream. There are multiple ways of doing this but my preferred one is using Stream.concat() and passing the entry sets of all maps as parameters:
Stream.concat(visitCounts1.entrySet().stream(), visitCounts2.entrySet().stream());
Then, comes the collecting part. Collecting in Java 8 streams is a final operation. It takes a given stream, applies all transformations (mostly from map, filter, etc) and outputs an instance of a common Java colelction type: List, Set, Map, etc. Most common collectors reside in the
java.utils.stream.Collectors factory class. I will use
Collectors.toMap() for my purposes.
The default implementation of Collectors.toMap() takes two lambda parameters:
public static <T,K,U> Collector<T,?,MapCollector<K,U>> toMap(FunctionMapCollector<? super T,? extends K> keyMapper, FunctionFunctionMapCollector<? super T,? extends U> valueMapper);
Upon iterating over the stream, both lambda parameters get called and passed the current stream entry as an input parameter. The first lambda is supposed to extract and return a key, whereas the second lambda is supposed to extract and return a value from the same entry. This key-value pair would then serve for creating a new entry in the final map.
Combining the first two points, our resulting Map instance would so far look like this:
Map<Long, Integer> totalVisitCounts = Stream.concat(visitCounts1.entrySet().stream(), visitCounts2.entrySet().stream())
entry -> entry.getKey(), // The key
entry -> entry.getValue() // The value
What happens here is rather straightforward. The collector would use the keys and values of the existing maps to create entries in the resulting map. Of course, trying to merge maps with duplicate keys will result in an exception.
A little known version of the same method accepts athird lambda parameter, known as the "merger". This lambda function will be called every time duplicate keys are detected. The two possible values are passed as parameters, and it is left to the logic in the function, to decide what the ultimate value will be. This third lambda makes solving our problem easy, and in a very elegant manner:
Map<Long, Author> totalVisitCounts = Stream.concat(visitCounts1.entrySet().stream(), visitCounts2.entrySet().stream())
entry -> entry.getKey(), // The key
entry -> entry.getValue(), // The value
// The "merger"
(visitCounts1, visitCounts2) -> visitCounts1 + visitCounts2
Or simply, using a method reference:
Map<Long, Author> totalVisitCounts = Stream.concat(visitCounts1.entrySet().stream(), visitCounts2.entrySet().stream())
entry -> entry.getKey(), // The key
entry -> entry.getValue(), // The value
// The "merger" as a method reference


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