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Home Real Housewives of New Jersey News PHOTOS – Meet RHONJ Star Teresa Giudice's Rumored Boyfriend Shane Wierks! Plus He Speaks Out
PHOTOS – Meet RHONJ Star Teresa Giudice's Rumored Boyfriend Shane Wierks! Plus He Speaks Out
by Sola Delano February 15, 2018
by Sola Delano February 15, 2018 13 comments
For months now, the rumors and whispers have gotten louder when it comes to the allegations that Teresa Giudice has a boyfriend on the side, while her husband Joe Giudice remains incarcerated.
We had previously decided not to publish the identity of Shane Wierks, Teresa's rumored beau, that is until today. The reason being Shane is now speaking out on the record, addressing the rumors of an alleged romance with the Real Housewives of New Jersey star.
But first, sources continue to insist that Teresa, 45, and Shane, 32, are more than just friends in the latest print issue of Life and Style magazine (currently out on newsstands).
"Teresa publicly claims she and Shane are just friendly, but no one close to her believes her," a source tells the mag. "She'd been talking about finding a man, and now it seem she's found one."
For starters, just who is Shane? Well, the single dad and successful business man happens to be a very close friend of both Joe and Melissa Gorga. And due to that reason, Teresa is able to openly hang around Shane quite a bit due to the fact that he's a family friend. For example, above is a photo of Shane supporting Teresa at a book signing last October, and below is a photo of Shane hanging out with Teresa and the Gorgas.
Shane Wierks hanging out with the Gorgas and Teresa in 2017.
In case you're wondering, Shane is the same guy Kim DePaola was referring to when she accused Teresa of having an affair on the latest season of the RHONJ. Kim claimed back then that both Joe [Gorga] and Melissa had knowledge of the affair and were helping Teresa cover it up.
It was also reported last month that Teresa even brought Shane on her recent vacation to Cancun… as a friend of the family. Indeed when you look at both Shane and Teresa's Instagram pages, you can see they were both in Cancun to ring in the New Year. And many don't believe that was simply a coincidence following rumors for about a year now that they are secretly seeing each other.
"Teresa felt she could trust Shane," reveals the source who doesn't believe Teresa's denials about the affair adding, "because he knows her family."
The affair allegations came back to light after Teresa and Shane vacationed in Mexico at the same time.
So what is Shane saying about these allegations? Well he tells Life & Style there is nothing going on between him and Teresa, adding that she "has always been a friend and nothing more."
Sources however state that Joe, who is due to be released in March 2019, will blow a fuse "when he hears about Shane."
Below are more photos of Shane and Teresa.
Teresa and Shane pose with the Melissa and Joe in December 2017
Shane and Teresa hang out with the Gorgas in July 2017
Photos Credit: Instagram
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Life Lessons from Will Smith
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." – Martin Luther King Jr
I'm not riding on Will Smith's trending issue, but rather, his apology speech made me stop and ponder on who I am and where I want to be in life, and how I can better myself.
To quote, "My actions were not indicative of the man that I want to be. I am a work in progress. There's no place for violence in a world of love and kindness."
There are several lessons that can be acquired from what has happened to Will Smith. Wisdom can help you work towards your goal of who you want to become, and I shall discuss this in this episode.
✅ It is important to stop and reflect on experiences for it is when learning happens.
✅ Oppressed people always discover ways to convey themselves either disapprovingly or constructively.
✅ People have the ability to decide where they want to be and how to go about improving themselves, but the greatest hurdle is their own, since they are afraid to leave their comfort zones. But if people are not able to attune themselves, then they will just be living an empty life.
✅ Obstacles in life must be met with offensive positivity.
Some important stories in the episode:
✍🏼 (6:34) Anecdotes on suppression and discrimination
✍🏼 (9:40) Will Smith's ways of expressing against repression
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Happy beautiful amazing day, it's Pete Cohen. Yes, yes, yes, it's the Future Self podcast. today's podcast is called a Life Lessons from Will Smith I'll see you after the theme tune.
So I don't know how many of you have seen the Pursuit of Happiness. But I've seen it a few times. And I don't know how many episodes of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. How many films I've seen? How many times have actually listened to this song. In fact, we want to play the beginning of this song right? This is just I love the beginning of this song
You know a song that defies generation.
I'm feeling quite emotional. It's a bit strange, isn't it? I remember the first convertible car I had at a stop oh wow, silver stop. And I'm sure there's a verse on it but I did the roof off you know and to think how influenced I was by this person. And most people not everyone in the world. You know, we live in this crazy world right now when someone does something that our world knows about it. And obviously what's happened over the last few years. It really has put a spotlight on many things, obviously, but COVID Now what's going on? In the Ukraine, and then Will Smith Will Smith punches. Someone on the stage and the whole world knows about the whole world stops. But what's really interesting for me is it's made me stop as well. I think it's one of the most important things in life to do just sometimes everyday. I think we should just just stop. And it's very easy to look at this from a black and white perspective, or a good or bad or what's right or wrong. And I don't want to go too too much down that road. I think everyone is entitled to their own opinion and I'm sure Smith will get the repercussions of what he's done. I would imagine I don't know Will Smith, but I know people who do know him. And I would imagine that he's struggling with this as well. But the reason I decided to do this, you know, it's so easy to get on the bandwagon of things right. I'm not getting on the bandwagon of anything and this there's something in it that I think is important. And I think Will Smith has already done so much for the world in terms of entertaining people inspiring people make a lot of people become a better person. There's no question about that and he's made me become want to be a better person. So it's not just in the films it's you know, a lot of what he actually says. But the reason I decided to make this podcast and put it out there, because hopefully people will listen to this long after I've gotten and maybe they'll also be able to take something from this because as a truism for me we don't learn from experience we learn from reflecting on experience and I think what's happened is giving a lot of people an opportunity to reflect on what happened and have their opinion about it. But for me, it's had the a different effect. It's made me reflect on myself on who I am the impact that Will Smith Will Smith has had on me and where I want to go in my life. So many of you heard the statement. And there was one line and how many of you read the statement. There was one line in that that made me think you know what, I have to do this. We had a meeting yesterday, and we were discussing it.
you know, he says violence. This is what he said right? I won't read the whole thing but basically said violence in all forms is poisonous and destructive my behavior is unacceptable inexcusable. jokes at my expense expense are part of the job but joke about Jada Jada, her medical condition was too much for me to bear and I reacted emotionally I would physically I'd like to publicly apologize to Chris I was out of line I was wrong. I'm embarrassed and my actions. My actions were not indicative of the man that I want to be. Again, I am embarrassed and my
actions were not indicative of the man I want to be. I am working progress. There is no place of violence in a world of love and kindness.
So it was that line of not indicative of the man I want to be and I do actually believe that Will Smith knows who he wants to be. I really do. And any of you know my life is completely I'm obsessed with everyone's relationship to their future. And I was reflecting on this.
I was reflecting on this, you know sometimes I don't know if you're the only one but sometimes I feel self conscious about talking about things that are very sensitive subjects. But this morning I was thinking about why are in my life and Will Smith being one of them. That people that really are my heroes. But why Michael Jordan if anyone knows me again, I was just looking to see if I've got any Michael Jordan on. I can see something over that Michael Jordan. I was obsessed with the guy and learn everything I look and learn about him. Bob Marley Marvin Gaye, Will Smith Muhammad Ali, and Luther King. And I've often think to myself, well, you know why? But what is it what's going on here? And this is my opinion, that I'm a big fan of suppression in terms of what people do with suppression because once something is suppressed and you push something down and people it's going to come out.
Why do I relate to that? Well through my genes perhaps that you know my ancestors will work suppress. You know, I come from the Jewish tribe. I know the abuse that my forefathers my great grandfather had when he came to this country they were they were they experienced a lot of anti semitism. I've experienced anti semitism. I've been suppressed. I was suppressed in a system of school. And I love it when people rise up above something that is difficult and black people there's no question about it. That was one of the things which came out with the whole black lives matter. A lot of people was going what's going on here? Well, if you suppress people long enough or an individual something is going to happen. Something is gonna snap if we look
at where black people have been discriminated Well, where do you want to start? If you want to stop,
let's just talk about industry. Let's talk about football. I when I grew up, there was so much racism in football in literally there were no black captains. There were no black managers there were no black goalkeepers. It was like this is the stereotype. And the stereotypes have been broken down. But this is the evolution that evolutions unfortunately, seem to take time. But I think everyone has that desire to express the greater part of themselves. And I think Will Smith that's what he wants to do. He wants to express the greater part of themselves. And I think we all do I just think we all need help. And if you don't let people express themselves they will find a way to do it. But how to some people that might be it's in gangs, that they get to express themselves they get to be someone they get recognition for a sport or it's music, and that's where a lot but it's a lot of black people. have found a way to express themselves. And if you look at
Will Smith's story, you know, like many other people's story, you will see it's a story of well, you know, his father was a violent manufac fathers beat his mother he you know, he saw that I mean he's not perfect, nobody's perfect. But he found a way to express himself and the way that he was able to express himself was to make people laugh. And the way he expressed himself was through music, and then through and then through being on television and then being in the movies. There's so many things that I think we can learn from him. And I'm confident that good things will come out of this of what's happened. I'm confident that people will rise up once again and say this is not acceptable. That's how I choose to look at things but there's a few things that he says which I just really want to highlight he says that most people see see the present through the through the lens of the past and whether we like it or not, we are past and I remember
in the Smith in the sorry in the Smith in the book well, he talks about when he just knew that his his girlfriend was cheating on him. He knew that and when it came out he completely he he thought he should lose it. And he did lose it he picked up a big iron rod from a fireplace and smashed a hole over windows. Now I don't know how many of you in your life have ever has either LASIK. How many of you have in your life you've behaved in a way and you seriously regret doing it. You know, I most definitely have done that. Have I done what you know what he's done? No. Being very close. I remember many years ago, being in a gang was so close. I mean, literally was in there was my friend's 18th birthday. And this big fight started. And this guy smashed a glass over my friend's head right in front of me. And I saw my friend reacted and then these guys got split apart. We went outside and this guy came out with a hammer and start hammering my friend in front again in front of me. So I rugby tackled the guy picked up the hammer and threw it just threw it into a bush and for a split moment I literally thought I'm going to get that camera and I'm going to hammer him on I remember thinking it and I remember almost feeling compelled to go and get it that this my friend was bleeding. And I just in that moment. Thankfully, there was a part of me that was perhaps a little bit more rational. That basically kicked in. And this is what I believe right? So the reason I'm making this podcast is because of what he said right? I'm embarrassed by my actions and they were not indicative of the man I want to be Who do you want to be? And in becoming someone different to who you are? How do we do that? How do we become someone better? How do we rise? How do we grow? This is something I just I love to have those conversations with people. What's that process?
And this is something else I say a lot I don't believe we live humans learn from experience. I really don't I really don't believe I think we only learn if we reflect on experience. You know Shane warm, also one of my heroes who isn't black for that matter. He was someone who massively inspired me as well. And when he died, I felt compelled to get the story out about him. And it's like it's so sad that I only really really really appreciated him through his passing. But at least I took the time to do that. And you know,
maybe we all have an opportunity here to reflect on our own experience, rather than to judge which a lot of people will do and he will be judged for what he's done and I'm sure he'll be punished for it and he's punishing himself and we can talk about it to the cows come home. But I wonder what you're going to take away from the experience. Now most of you have probably heard, you know what he said, but I just want you to take a moment to just listen to what he's saying. Right here. About a month. Tire tire for your family
life imitates life that for those of you haven't seen the film, but you know I know the story of The Venus, the the Williams sisters. Again, I've idolized them I've watched that story and how can a sport like tennis have to black women dominate can a sport like golf? Have Tiger Woods dominate? You keep people down. They're going to come up fighting. Fighting for what? Personally
I would imagine that Will Smith will become a better man because of this because he will learn from reflecting on the experience and we tend to just put people on pedestals and think Hang on a second. The guy is a human being just because he's got more money than most of us will ever have. And he's got an Oscar they might take that away from him and he's got Grammys, you know people just think these people are perfect. There is no perfect human being. And this to me is a sign that him just like me and makes me reflect the work I need to do for me to become a better human being. The three areas the three life that means that I'm interested in what about you who's interested in being a better person who's interested in becoming more as again think about what he said you know, I was out of line I was wrong. Embarrassed.
My actions they were not indicative of the man who want to be Who do you want to be? Do you want to dominate
because it's any there's not too many people on earth that's probably as obsessed as I am about that. And finding out about you about where you want to grow because the point I'm making here is there anything that wants to grow in advance?
It's going to be challenged.
You choose your life. You choose the path that you want to take you choose, you know where you want to progress and talk about life's purpose. Well listen to this
do you think about you know that's what his life's mission you know, that's what he wants to do. But if that's what you want, you're going to come up against opposition.
I think the greatest opposition that we often face as many of you know, it's opposition inside us the person in the world that I wanted to be no matter what people said and it was started off with positivity. Drive like I wasn't gonna be
fascinating, right? Again, did you hear that? Should we just play that that first little bit again listen?
You hear that being the person I want to be staying the course choosing your path. So if you choose a path to take, don't expect it to be easy. Expect things expect the unexpected. And if you listen to Will Smith story and you listen to him tell the story. That's why I love his book because it's affordable books. If it's not the person who's written it speaking, I'm not really that interested to be honest. And you hear him tell, you know, tell the story and it's no surprise that there's a part of him that
is alert to violence and cease threats everywhere. Because of his experience and everybody his work in progress. Do you not agree that we're all just work in progress, but where are we progressing? Where do we want to go? And that one question which I love to ask is How can I help you get that? So I just want to highlight a few things here, which I think when we talk about life lessons from Will Smith, just a couple of things that I just think are really, really, really important. And I want to share this with you.
When we look at why Will Smith does what he does. Why do you think he does what he does?
So he tells the story.
The book well, of a monk, he goes down to a river and it's rainy season and the river is just it's powerful. And the monk knows that he has to cross the river. It's the only way for him to survive. He can't stay where he is. So what is he doing? He builds a raft. he navigates across the river and gets to the other side and he's like wow. But now he starts another part of his adventure. And the next part of this adventure is he has to go through a forest with lots and lots of trees, tight spaces, and obviously he wants to take a raft with him. But as he's moving through the raft bits of it gets caught in trees and twigs and leaves and it's hindering him. And it's almost pulling him back. And he gets to that point where he realizes you know what, I'm going to have to leave this I'm going to have to leave this this vessel
something that once served, you could you know, it could kill you. And I think one of the biggest challenges that we face is to leave behind is what I take away outdated ideas to leave behind old excuses. When you look at his story, you know, I mean his story is still got a long way to go. When you look at his story, and
you realize that he also had the ability or has the ability to see the future. Some people know this, maybe you don't but the first record that they made some 3 million he didn't know how to anything about money just let was the same to me when I made money made a lot of money. I didn't know what to do with that printer lost it all. That he went from being a millionaire to losing it all. To then literally Quincy Jones, another hero of mine through optic the other hero of mine, Michael Jackson, who you know is to me, one of the greatest. So in concert in 99 for three massively influenced my life and then finding out how much Michael Jackson actually influenced other people's lives. Getting to know his former bodyguard, Matt, Fidesz and realizing the vulnerability of Michael Jackson, about how much he gave and how much people like Will Smith give to the world.
Will Smith's favorite book is The Alchemist. You know that story in the Alchemist of the main character with sells his flock to basically go on a hunch to go on a feeling that the realization that he can transform and when Quincy Jones basically gave, Will Smith the opportunity to start in the Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Wilson Smith started to realize well I know this story is gonna repeat itself that this will have a time and then eventually this will run out. So what's next and at that point, he realized the next thing would be movies. You know, I really like that he obviously has this ability to see the future. He tells the story of when he got the opportunity to be on on that program. He tried to get a couple of his friends to come but they didn't want to let go. They wanted to stay where they were. But he convinced them.
That's like me and I'm trying to convince people you don't have to be who you are. You don't.
You don't have to be your excuses. Your procrastination. You don't have to be your rumination. You can leave all of that behind. It's just a question of whether you want to. And as he says, you know if we don't adapt we die you know changes this one
thing that it's inevitable that so many people are scared you know to pivot or to adapt. And it's and I love what he says about that. It says if you don't you're gonna you will not enjoy being here. You won't enjoy life you'll just be existing that we have this ability, this capacity to adjust and improve. And it's not about again, you know, quoting him. There are so many people who wish they had rather than hang on. This is the hand that I've been dealt. I'm going to play this hand well that's one of the things I would just love you know everything that's going on in the world right now. If you want to use what's happened is your own fuel.
Could you learn what could you take away and we live in this world
where this crap it's, you know, I've never seen so much of this canceled culture right and wrong and good and bad. And can we just look at this from a neutral point of view? First of all and see the bigger picture you think
as he said, My mission is to improve lives by putting positivity into the world. So it definitely put something else into the world.
The other day maybe we could all just take a moment and reflect on that. Rather than looking at everyone else. Look at ourselves, who do you want to become? It's hard life is hard and
it's challenging. And I see they're making a gladiator too. I don't know how many of you have seen that perfect what they're bringing. What's his name back from the dead, you know, but people will watch it since the big since those things people would hail great people. But as soon as someone was brought up and held as great, almost this part of human beings, we pull them back down to earth again. And like I said, I'm not here to judge what he did. He will flip he'll face the consequences of his actions. But I believe that he will appreciate himself more appreciate others more, and he will be a better human being because of it. How else will we expect to learn you know what doesn't break us? It can make us I appreciate being able to share this with people.
I'm not here to say I'm right or I'm wrong. I just wanted to give everyone a chance to hear this from my point of view. What's your point of view? So I really appreciate you listening to this episode of the podcast life lessons from Will Smith. Ultimately, it's your life. You can change. You can be your future.
Self and let me finish on this. Why did I decide to do this? I did this because one of our team just said to me yesterday, did you hear what we'll submits it? I said no. He said I'll send it to you. Read it. I'm embarrassed that my actions
and they were not indicative of the man I want to be. I am work in progress. There's no place for violence in the world of love and kindness. Well at the more love and kindness of my heart today
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Over 4 billion people, out of the total 7.5 billion, have online access which represents a real opportunity but also a challenge for everyone involved in the content making industry.
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The challenging part comes mainly due to the latest tech developments. Yes, we have had "fake news" around us since the first human has learned to lie – the problem is that now "the lie" spreads more rapidly and has a much better reach.
The New York Times, CNN, Netflix, Sky TV, El Mundo, VICE, Discovery Channel and many other content producers, publishers and content ad technology providers will be in Bucharest on June 14, 15 to talk about how their companies are coping & dealing with all the benefits & problems tech has brought into their lives.
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Yann Lafargue, Corporate Communication EMEA @ Netflix, the world's leading internet entertainment service with 125 million members in over 190 countries enjoying more than 140 million hours of TV shows and movies per day, including original series, documentaries and feature films.
Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any Internet-connected screen
Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments.
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Eero is working on strategic relationships and collaboration between Google and the news industry
Before joining Google in 2012, he worked nearly 15 years in various senior publishing industry positions in Finland, Turkey, and Russia in companies like Sanoma Group and Hürriyet
Eero also has an M.Sc. in Engineering
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He is working with product, engineering, sales, business development, marketing, and finance to drive Facebook's most important strategic priorities within the region
He joined Facebook after some years at UTV Radio, where he was responsible for strategic sales & marketing policies, driving revenue across the company's portfolio of radio stations
2. Original Content for Social Media
Alex Khan, CEO @ Attractive Media
Alex is a serial entrepreneur, speaker, editor, and social media coach
He is a returning speaker @ iCEE.fest
His presentation from last year is available in the academy
VIDEO/ Weapons of mass seduction
Oliver Yonchev, Business Development @ Social Chain, one of world's fastest growing social media agencies.
VIDEO/ Revelation Case study
Oliver is responsible for the commercial output of the agency, while overseeing the Client Service and Project delivery teams
At 28, he is at the forefront of delivering global marketing campaigns for some of the biggest brands in the world – Apple, Amazon, Coca-Cola, Dreamworks, FIFA, Superdry and many more.
3. Branded and Innovative Content
Costas Syrmos, GM SEE @ Virtue Worldwide, the creative agency by VICE – for South East Europe.
Costas joined VICE from Samsung Europe and before that he headed the global in-house creative agency for Nokia and later on Microsoft
He has delivered numerous campaigns from product launches to digital activations, including collaborations with NASA, Red Bull, National Geographic and his work has received awards and recognition in the areas of digital content and experiential.
Cory Key, VP of Interactive and VR @ Discovery Agency, Discovery Communications' in-house creative agency.
Cory is responsible for establishing Discovery Agency's Interactive team in 2006 after recognizing a growing need and opportunity to set Discovery Communications and its brands apart
The team has won numerous awards in conjunction with their internal clients, including an Interactive Emmy for work on Skywire Live and two Webby Awards
Most recently, Key has helped launch Discovery VR, a new brand of experiences combining the immersive power of virtual reality with Discovery's 30-year history of engaging and exceptional content:
VIDEO/ Living on Ice: Antarctica 360 VR Video, Discovery
4. Global and Regional TV and News Providers
Aldo Agostinelli, CDO & VP @ Sky
Aldo is responsible for the planning, development and implementation of all Sky Italia's digital marketing activities.
"In Digital Marketing and CMO-level roles for brands including Sky, HP / Snapfish, 3-H3G, TIM and Ericsson, I've led revenue turnarounds over $600M", Aldo Agostinelli
In his role at IAB Italia(part of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, which empowers the media and marketing industries to thrive in the digital economy) Aldo oversees numerous talks and reports on trending topics in the digital sector.
Brandon Keenan, Digital Commercial Director @ CNN
Brandon is responsible for leading a global team of Digital Directors and works closely with CNN's advertising teams to create multi-platform campaigns with a digital-first approach
Keenen's 15-year career and media experience focused on sales, management, and tech roles including Senior Director at Buzzfeed Europe and Head of Sales for AOL Europe.
Jean Cristophe De Marta, SVP for Global Advertising @ The New York Times
He oversees all international activities for The New York Times Company's portfolio of products
Before this, he was the Advertising Director EMEA for the International Herald Tribune since 1999 when he first joined the company
In previous assignments, Jean-Christophe was the Deputy Managing Director of Advertising for the French newspaper Le Monde and held various positions in media research and marketing for the Media Representation branch of the Publicis Advertising Group
He was educated in the United States where he received both a Bachelor and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Georgia Southern University. He has three daughters.
Sergio Rodriguez, Head of Digital Transformation and Innovation @ El Mundo
Sergio has been in charge of communities, product development and, now, digital transformation and innovation
Also, he has worked as head of product at Unidad Editorial, where he has been in charge of platforms such as the publisher CMS and several redesigns and launching of websites and apps for leading Spanish brands as EL MUNDO, Marca, Expansion or Telva.
Bente Klemetsdal, Executive VP of Sales & Marketing @ Aller Media
She's a corporate exec with broad media experience and international experience, derived from over 20 years in media companies both internationally and locally along with setting up of new co, change management, and daily running media companies across media platforms
Specialties: Digital media, Leadership, Sales and marketing, Strategy, M&A, Strategic partnerships, Print and Digital operations, Pay-TV management, Radio operations and Start-up management.
Jerzy Wojcik, CE @ Gazeta Wyborcza
Gazeta was created on the eve of the parliamentary elections in 1989 and the first independent newspaper in Poland, while its publisher Agora grew into one of the largest and most renowned media companies in Central and Eastern Europe.
Agora's operations include publishing of newspapers and magazines, out-of-home advertising, radio broadcasting, online activities and selling collections of books and books with CDs and DVDs.
5. Advertising Technologies For Publishers
Tim Geenen, CEO @ Faktor, a blockchain based Identity Management platform for publishers, safely connecting people to brands and content.
The platform enables any online entity to establish a direct connection and dialogue between their users, who enjoy full control over their data, through a decentralized authentication process, respecting both privacy and security requirements.
Toms Panders, Co-founder @ Setupad
Toms is an online advertising expert with extensive knowledge in media business and technologies
He has over 10-year experience in ad serving and is a founder of Setupad
He is helping publishers to yield more revenues and improve user experience with advertising
Besides homeland in Baltics, Toms is now developing publishers' business in Poland, Hungary, and Romania
Sylvia Epaillard, COO @ Tamedia Advertising, the leading private media group in Switzerland.
The digital platforms, daily and weekly newspapers and magazines of Tamedia offer overview, classification, and selection
The company was founded in 1893 and employs a staff of approximately 3,400 in Switzerland, Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Israel, Luxembourg, and Serbia.
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Daniel Marton
After 3 years as a radio reporter (back in 2003), Daniel has experienced some other options that media can offer: 2 years as a special reporter (print), 2 years as a news commentator (tv), 2 years as an editor-in-chief (online) plus another 5 years as an online manager (digital). Since 2016, he is a freelance journalist, delivering documented articles and creative ideas for any kind of media. Ever since then, Daniel joined the iCEE.fest family, as a contributing editor for iCEE.news.
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The iCEE familly is formed by iCEE.fest (the festival taking place each June in Bucharest, RO), iCEE.health (our satellite event covering eHealth), iCEE.news (our content platform) and iCEE.academy (our e-learning platform)
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Riddhima gifted something really cute to Alia and the actress took to her Instagram story to give her fans a glimpse of it.
Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt's love affair has taken the internet by storm. After maintaining a dignified silence, Ranbir finally hinted that there is something more than friendship between him and Alia. In an interview with GQ, the actor said that it is new and it needs time to breathe.
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ebay has the Samsung HW-N950 Dolby Atmos Soundbar Speaker, Samsung's flagship soundbar released a few months ago (July 2018), on sale for $1,099.00 (includes Free Shipping) including subwoofer and wireless rear speakers. Seller appears to have 100% Positive feedback.
Update 11/14/2018: Original Link Expired, though another seller has the same price.
For comparison, Best Buy [bestbuy.com] has this same product on sale for $1,599.98 ($100 discount off MSRP $1,699.98.
Can anyone add anything about the product quality and is it worth 8x the cost of the cheapos?
My thoughts exactly. Its still a sound bar. If you want to drop this kind of money go for 5.1 unless for some reason reason you really need to have a sound bar.
Yea trying to talk myself into and out of buying this.
The sound on last years model the hw-k950 is great when something plays in ATMOS. Otherwise there was a ton of issues and missed features. I see the N950 is having issues in the forums as well. I wouldn't buy a future sound bar based on how last years model performed and the support we owners were given.
Overpriced. X2 the price for the LG.
As a picky owner of the previous flagship, the HW-K950, I can say without a doubt Samsung's highest end soundbar setups sound absolutely amazing and definitely perform better than any real receiver setups in the same ballpark price. That said, my HW-K950 is so f'n buggy and overridden with the most unacceptable operational issues that come and go as they push out awful firmware updates. I have absolutely zero faith in Samsung ever ironing out all the bugs considinering how long it has been and the most recent firmware has my soundbar randomly requiring me to turn off power to it and the Samsung TV it's being driven by (via ARC). It's such a shame really, cause when the system works, it's surprisingly impressive, however it's so buggy and unreliable it makes the whole experience feel like a bad joke.
depends on your space requirements. i'd rather get a an 9.1.2 enhanced speaker setup for total atmos immersion, especially when you are spending this much cash.
How does this compare to Nakamichi 9.2?
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Girish Aakalu, Ph.D.
Girish joined Genocea in December 2018 as Chief Business Officer. In this role, he leads Genocea's business development efforts. His broad skill set spans business development, corporate and R&D strategy, product portfolio management, commercial planning, and alliance management - experience he gained at previous positions at the Ipsen Group, a global specialty biopharmaceutical company, which included Vice President: Global Head of External Innovation, and positions at Pfizer, Inc., which included Executive Director: Head of Strategy, Innovation & Operations for Pfizer's External R&D Innovation team. His previous roles also include business development and oncology pipeline market planning positions at Genentech, Inc. and life science consulting experience at L.E.K Consulting. He received a B.A. in Biophysics with General and Departmental Honors from Johns Hopkins University, a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology following an M.S. in Biology from the California Institute of Technology, and has completed executive education in Corporate Governance at Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management.
Chip Clark
Chip has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since February 2011 after serving as our Chief Business Officer from August 2010 to February 2011. Chip has also served on our board of directors since February 2011. Prior to joining Genocea, he served as Chief Business Officer at Vanda Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company he co-founded in 2004. While at Vanda, he led the company's strategic and business development activities and played a central role in raising more than $400 million through business development deals and equity financings. Prior to Vanda, Chip was a principal at Care Capital, a venture capital firm investing in biopharmaceutical companies, after serving in a variety of commercial and strategic roles at SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline). Chip holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Tom Davis, M.D.
Chief Medical Officer
Tom joined Genocea in October 2018 as Chief Medical Officer with 20+ years of academic and industry experience in immuno-oncology and cancer drug development. Most recently, he served as Chief Medical Officer of Gadeta B.V., a Dutch cell therapy company pursuing novel cancer targets, where he steered a novel cell therapy technology into first-in human clinical studies. He previously served as Chief Medical Officer of Celldex from 2006 to 2017, where he led all aspects of clinical and regulatory development including strategy, tactics, and execution. While at Celldex, Tom actively built and oversaw Clinical Science, Medical Affairs, Safety, Clinical Operations, Statistics, Regulatory Affairs, and Project Management, managed collaborations with large global pharmaceutical partners, and participated in investor relations activities. He also served as Chief Medical Officer at GenVec and as Senior Director of Clinical Science at Medarex. Prior to joining the industry, Tom supervised clinical efforts at the Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program (CTEP) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and worked on the development of rituximab and idiotype vaccines at Stanford University. Dr. Davis received his B.A. in Biophysics from Johns Hopkins, his M.S. in Physiology and his M.D. from Georgetown University, and completed a fellowship in medical oncology at Stanford University.
Diantha Duvall
Diantha joined Genocea in March 2019, bringing broad life science financial leadership experience to the company. Most recently, Diantha served as Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Bioverativ, Inc. Prior to Bioverativ, she served as U.S. and Global Commercial Controller at Biogen and held a number of positions as an Executive Director at Merck and Co. While at Merck, her experiences spanned roles in venture investment, business development, joint ventures, and alliances, as well as operational controls and technical accounting. In addition, she gained extensive experience in SEC reporting, Sarbanes Oxley compliance, transaction support and risk management while at PricewaterhouseCoopers. She received a bachelor's degree in Economics and Public Policy from Colby College and masters' degrees in both Accounting and Business Administration from Northeastern University. Diantha is also a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the state of Massachusetts.
Jessica Baker Flechtner, Ph.D.
Jess joined Genocea in 2007, soon after the company was founded, and currently serves as Chief Scientific Officer. She is widely recognized as a pioneer in the development of novel vaccines directed toward T cell immunity and has more than 20 years of experience in immunology, cancer, infectious disease, and vaccine development. She leads Genocea's efforts to develop T cell-directed vaccines and immunotherapies against cancer using the company's proprietary ATLAS platform to identify and characterize both common and personalized antigens. Prior to joining Genocea, Jess served in a variety of roles developing vaccines and immunotherapies for cancer, infectious disease, autoimmunity, and allergy at companies including Mojave Therapeutics and Antigenics (now Agenus). Jess received a B.S. in Animal Science and a Ph.D. in Cellular Immunology from Cornell University, and performed her post-doctoral work at Dana Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School. She is a member of Women in Bio, the American Association of Immunologists, the American Association for Cancer Research, the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer, the President's Council of Cornell Women, and the American Society for Microbiology. She is also an inventor on numerous pending and issued patents and is the author of multiple peer-reviewed scientific publications.
RAYMOND D. STAPLETON, PH.D.
EVP, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Manufacturing
Ray joined Genocea in January 2021 as EVP, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Manufacturing, bringing 20+ years of industry experience having led technical, quality and manufacturing operations at commercial and clinical stage biopharmaceutical companies. Most recently, Ray served as President and Chief Operating Officer of American Type Culture Collection (ATCC), and an Officer and member of the Board of Directors of both ATCC and ATCC Global. Ray brings extensive management experience to Genocea, including translational sciences, the application of Lean Six-Sigma management, and commercial launch of multiple billion-dollar biologic, vaccine, and small molecule products. Prior to ATCC, Ray worked in senior manufacturing and technical operations roles at Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc. and Synthetic Biologics, Inc. after spending 15 years in areas of increasing responsibility in Merck and Company, Inc.'s manufacturing organization. At Merck, Ray lead a complex science, technology, and engineering organization at a manufacturing site responsible for supporting Merck's $5 billion vaccine business. Ray earned a bachelor's degree in Biology from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia and received his PhD in Microbial Ecology from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He has served as peer reviewer for a half dozen scientific journals, co-authored 17 peer-reviewed manuscripts, as well as multiple patents.
Kenneth Bate, Chair
Kenneth Bate has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2014 and as our chairman since December 2018. Mr. Bate is currently a director of AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Epizyme Inc. and Madrigal Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Bate previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Archemix Corp. and NitroMed Inc., Chief Financial Officer of Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Biogen Inc., and co-founded JSB Partners LLC, a banking and advisory services firm for biopharmaceutical and life sciences companies. He holds an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a B.A. from Williams College.
Ali Behbahani, M.D.
Dr. Ali Behbahani has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2018. Dr. Behbahani is a General Partner on the healthcare team at NEA since 2018, having worked for the fund since 2007, specializing in investments in the biopharmaceutical and medical device sectors. He is also currently a member of the board of directors of CRISPR Therapeutics, Adaptimmune and Nevro Corp. He has previously worked as a consultant in business development at The Medicines Company and held positions as a Venture Associate at Morgan Stanley Venture Partners from 2000 to 2002 and as a Healthcare Investment Banking Analyst at Lehman Brothers from 1998 to 2000. Dr. Behbahani conducted basic science research in the fields of viral fusion inhibition and structural proteomics at the National Institutes of Health and at Duke University. He graduated summa cum laude and received his bachelor's degree with distinction in Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Chemistry from Duke University, earned an M.D. from The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania.
Katrine Bosley
Katrine Bosley has served as a member of our board of directors since March 2013 and, until December 2018, served as our chairperson. Ms. Bosley is currently Chairman of the Board of Arrakis Therapeutics. Ms. Bosley served as the Chief Executive Officer of Editas Medicine Inc., a genome editing company, from shortly after its inception through its IPO and entry into clinical development. Prior to Editas, Ms. Bosley was the Entrepreneur-in-Residence at The Broad Institute and was Chief Executive Officer of Avila Therapeutics. Before Avila, she was Vice President, Strategic Operations at Adnexus Therapeutics, a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, and was Vice President, Business Development at Adnexus prior to that. She joined Adnexus from Biogen Idec where she held roles in business development, commercial operations, and portfolio strategy in the United States and Europe. In addition to serving as a director of our Company, Ms. Bosley currently serves as a director of Galapagos NV and Massachusetts Eye and Ear. Ms. Bosley graduated from Cornell University with a B.A. in Biology.
Chip has served as Genocea's President and Chief Executive Officer since February 2011 after serving as our Chief Business Officer from August 2010 to February 2011. Chip has also served on our board of directors since February 2011. Prior to joining Genocea, he served as Chief Business Officer at Vanda Pharmaceuticals, a biopharmaceutical company he co-founded in 2004. While at Vanda, he led the company's strategic and business development activities and played a central role in raising more than $400 million through business development deals and equity financings. Prior to Vanda, Chip was a principal at Care Capital, a venture capital firm investing in biopharmaceutical companies, after serving in a variety of commercial and strategic roles at SmithKline Beecham (now GlaxoSmithKline). Chip holds a B.A. from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ron Cooper has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2016. Mr. Cooper is President and CEO of Albireo Pharma, a position to which he was appointed in June 2015. Ron is a life sciences leader with a track record of growing and rejuvenating businesses, brands and organizations – ranging from entrepreneurial, resource-constrained, up to $4.5 billion – in the U.S. and Europe. Prior to Albireo, he was with Bristol-Myers Squibb for more than 25 years working in five different countries and holding positions of increasing responsibility in sales, marketing, and general management, culminating in President of Europe. In Europe, he was responsible for more than 30 countries with sales exceeding $4.5 billion. While at BMS, Ron was directly associated with several product successes, including Abilify®, Avapro®, Atripla®, Eliquis®, Orencia®, Pravachol®, Plavix®, Reyataz®, Sustiva®, Sprycel®, and Yervoy®. He has successfully completed more than a dozen business development deals including the creation of the first single tablet HIV/AIDS regimen partnership. Ron is a graduate of St. Francis Xavier University in Canada.
Michael Higgins
Michael Higgins has served as a member of our board of directors since February 2015. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Kindex Pharmaceuticals. From 2015 through 2019 he served as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Polaris Partners. Prior to Polaris, Mr. Higgins served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer at Ironwood Pharmaceuticals from 2003 through 2014, playing a key role in Ironwood's evolution from a privately funded discovery organization through its initial public offering and the launch of its first commercial product. Under his leadership, the company was able to raise more than one billion dollars to help support the development of the business during that period. From 1997 through 2003, Mr. Higgins worked at Genzyme Corporation in a variety of leadership roles including Vice President, Corporate Finance and Vice President, Business Development. While at Genzyme, he was involved with multiple businesses including the Cell Therapy, Gene Therapy, and Orphan Disease business units. Previously, Mr. Higgins served as Chief Financial Officer of Procept, Inc., from 1992 to 1997, and led the company through its initial public offering. He currently serves as a director of Pulmatrix, Inc. and Is Chairman of the Board at Voyager Therapeutics. Mr. Higgins began his pharmaceutical career as a sales representative for Schering-Plough Corporation. He earned his B.S. from Cornell University and holds an M.B.A. from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
Gisela M. Schwab M.D.
Gisela M. Schwab, M.D. has served a member of our board of directors since February 2020. Dr. Schwab is President, Product Development and Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer at Exelixis. In this role since February 2016, Dr. Schwab leads Exelixis' product development program, helping to advance product candidates through development and regulatory approval to commercial launch. In her various roles with the company since 2006, Dr. Schwab has supported the approvals of COMETRIQ® and CABOMETYX® and continues to work to expand the cabozantinib franchise with the goal of bringing advanced treatment options to patients with cancer. Dr. Schwab joined Exelixis from Abgenix, Inc., a human antibody-based product development company, where she was Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer and held other executive-level clinical development positions during her tenure. Prior to working at Abgenix, from 1992 to 1999, Dr. Schwab held positions of increasing responsibility at Amgen Inc., most recently as Director of Clinical Research and Hematology/Oncology Therapeutic Area Team Leader. Dr. Schwab also serves as a member of the board of directors of Cellerant Therapeutics, Inc., and Nordic Nanovector AS. Dr. Schwab holds a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Heidelberg, trained at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg and the National Cancer Institute and is board certified in internal medicine and hematology and oncology.
George Siber, M.D.
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Chapter One-Haley
I was the only one left. The harshness of my new reality reverberated in my brain like the relentless pounding of the rain against my window. Today was the day of my nightmare and my heartbreak and there was no hiding under the covers. The echo of tires slapping against the slick pavement outside was yet another stark reminder that life continued on and that none of what had happened in the last few months was a dream. Today I would be saying goodbye. It didn't matter if I wasn't ready.
I'd given my housekeeper Carla the day off. The last thing I wanted was someone hovering over me trying to make me feel better. I loved Carla dearly, she'd been in my life for as long as I could remember. And I knew her intentions were good, but her trying to comfort me would only make me feel worse. As if feeling worse were even possible. As I headed to the kitchen to make myself a cup of tea, I passed through the living room and paused to look out the large window that opened onto my private terrace. It was one of my favorite spaces. But it'd been weeks since I'd allowed myself to enjoy it. I don't know if I'd ever be able to sit out there again. It was crazy how all the little reminders around me of what my life was like before everything changed, suddenly became landmines that I now had to avoid. All I know is that in a few short months the very foundation of my life had been rocked to the core. And as a result, I would be attending another funeral today.
I hated funerals. I felt trapped by the redolence of flowers and incense hanging heavily in the air. However, I did take some comfort in witnessing the throng of business associates, dignitaries, and former employees who packed the church. It was evident that my father had been well respected by those who knew him. And it meant a lot to me to see such a gathering of people, all there to say their final goodbyes to him. There was a palpable sadness that filled the church, heavy like the rain clouds gathered outside. Thoughts of escape occupied my mind as I clutched a tattered cluster of tissues in my hand. Fortunately the mass was short and before I knew it the priest was giving his final blessing. I took in a ragged breath as I tried to gather myself for what was coming next.
As the funeral procession made its way from Saint Patrick's Cathedral in midtown Manhattan, I focused on putting one foot in front of the other. I was flanked by my best friends Aaliyah and Marcus. They grasped my arms tightly as the crush of people inched along.
"You doing okay, sweetie?" Marcus leaned down and whispered to me.
"Yeah," I said.
"I've got you. Not letting go," he said as his hand slid down my arm to grasp mine.
"I know." Thank God for Marcus.
Aaliyah remained silent as she clutched my other arm as we made our way down the steps of the church. I saw my father's casket being loaded into the hearse and finally embraced the numbness that had settled into my body. My limo was on standby directly behind the hearse, and Eric, my driver, was already in position with the door open for us. The buttery, soft leather seat enveloped me in the familiar comfort of my bubble, and I settled in for a brief reprieve.
"It was a beautiful service, Hales" Aaliyah said.
"It was. Thank you, both of you, for being here." I said.
"Where else would we be, sweetie? Dr. P was like my family to me. He was a really great man." She said as she squeezed my hand gently.
"Yes he was." I replied.
"What I loved most about Dr. P was watching him with the kids at the community center. He had to be the most patient man I've ever met." Marcus said.
"I know! One time I was volunteering there, teaching english to some of the spanish speaking kids and they were being so rowdy. But when Dr. P walked in that classroom, they instantly turned into little angels. All of them trying to impress him with their new english skills." Aaliyah fondly reminisced.
I gazed out the window while Marcus and Aaliyah continued to trade their favorite stories about my father. Hearing them talk about him in the past tense made my heart hurt, and I needed to stay numb. There was a bottle of wine chilling in the mini bar so I decided to have a glass while I silently went over the speech I had to give at the community center following the burial. I had so much on my plate and so many new responsibilities, I just couldn't allow myself to get trapped in a grief spiral. I had to stay focused.
"Everything okay Haley? You seem a million miles away." Aaliyah said as she squeezed my knee gently.
"I'm fine. Just going over my speech in my head."
"Is there anything I can help you with?" She asked.
Yeah, make it so my daddy isn't dead anymore. "No. But thanks."
We fell into an awkward silence and I continued staring out the window as we made our way across town to the cemetery.
"We're here." Marcus said gently, pulling me from my musing. I quickly finished my glass of wine and handed it to Marcus. He set the glass down and grasped my hand. A few more hours and this day would be buried in the past. I felt the car glide to a gentle stop and it seemed like only a couple of seconds before Eric was opening the door for us. Marcus led me from the car and Aaliyah was a sturdy buffer at my back. We walked briskly to the grave site where the dark brown oak casket rested, ready to be lowered into the ground. I'd only ever been to one other funeral in my life that I could remember, and that was my grandfather's just 3 months ago. Losing the two most important people in my life in less than a year was devastating. My mother had died when I was just two years old and I had no real memory of her or attending her funeral. As I took several deep breaths, trying to wrap my head around all the losses I'd experienced in my life thoughts of my dad came rushing back in.
My dad had dedicated his life to the service of others. After serving 15 years with Doctors Without Borders he chose to use a large portion of his inheritance to expand The Provost Foundation which was the charitable arm of Provost International, the multibillion dollar investment company that my grandfather had founded. All of which was now mine. Continuing my father's work with the foundation, managing my grandfather's legacy with his investment house, and supporting our community centers we're all now fully on my shoulders. And they weighed on me heavily as I sank into the chair in front of the burial site were my father would be laid to final rest.
As people began to gather around the burial site, I held on tightly to my composure. I gave the priest a quick nod letting him know it was time to get started. As he recited prayers, I noticed the people gathered around holding their flowers, some with their heads bowed, others dabbing away tears, and I felt absolutely no connection to them. They would never know or understand what my father meant to me or everything I had truly lost in the last few months. The passing of my grandfather and father had left so many unanswered questions swirling in my head like a tornado. I didn't even know where to begin or if or when the dust would ever settle.
The burial was quiet and reverent. And finally over. My father was buried and it was time to move on to the final event of the day. Back in the limo, Eric navigated the streets of Manhattan expertly as he made his way uptown to Harlem. I had decided to have the funeral reception at one of my family's community centers so that many of the kids and families who had been touched by my father's work would have a chance to say their goodbyes as well. As we pulled up in front of the center on 125th Street I could see through the window that a modest sized crowd had gathered and were slowly making their way inside.
"Okay. Last stop before home." Marc reminded me.
"I don't want to be here too long. I'm exhausted." I told him.
"I know. Just shake a few hands, give your speech, have a glass of punch, and then we're out ."
Just then Eric opened his door and the shouting and telltale clicking and flashes from cameras poured in.
"Ms. Provost, over here, over here. Is it true your father was murdered in Ethiopia?" Came a shout from a faceless paparazzo.
"Ms Provost, what was your father involved in that cost him his life?"
"Ms. Provost, who are you wearing today?"
"Haley, how does it feel now that all your family is gone?"
"What the fuck! Why are the paparazzi here? Fucking vultures." Marc spat as he stood in front of me and led me through the crowd.
I knew why they were there. Because for some reason being an African American billionairess who was NOT Oprah or Beyonce was interesting to people. Even though I wasn't a media mogul or a pop star, people were still interested in my life. I guess some saw me as a novelty. And with the recent deaths of my grandfather and father, I was being splashed all over the gossip blogs and TMZ even more than usual. The fact that they hadn't swarmed the funeral and burial was actually a surprise. But Marc was right. They were fucking vultures.
"You go on in Hales, I'll deal with these assholes." Aaliyah growled from behind me.
The familiar fragrances of rubber and old sneakers hung in the air as I entered the gym of the Provost Family Community Center in Harlem. And within a few seconds I was surrounded by a group of excited kids.
"Ms. Provost, Ms. Provost..." The kids shouted as they circled around me.
"Hey guys! How are you?" I smiled, my heart lifting slightly at their unconditional affection.
"I'm sure going to miss Doctor P." A little girl named Tiana whispered.
"So am I!" I replied as I reached out and tugged one of her braids.
"Can I have a cookie?" She asked sweetly.
"Of course! Help yourself sweetie. I think there is some punch too. Make sure you tell your friends to help themselves to the snacks too, okay?" I said.
"Okay, See you later." She said as she skipped away towards the buffet table.
I made my way through the gauntlet shaking hands and receiving hugs and condolences as patiently as possible. And I did my best not to look at my watch. After a glass of punch and listening to a few stories from friends of my Dad I approached a small podium that had been set up in the front of the gym. Next to the podium stood a tall wooden easel with a large photograph of him standing in front of the community center with his arms opened wide in welcome to the whole neighborhood. The joy in his face felt like a kick to my stomach and nearly brought me to my knees. I would never see that smile again except in pictures. But, the training I had received both from my father, grandfather, and my professors at Columbia kicked in. I would not let my emotions overcome me. So I got myself together, stood in front of the podium and began to speak.
"My father, Doctor Henry Provost Jr, more than anything was a person who lived to serve. Once he completed his medical training and residency he immediately joined Doctors Without Borders and began traveling to some of the most dangerous places in the world to help save lives. I remember him telling me once how he never felt more alive than when he was in the middle of a war zone using every skill he had to try and put a person back together. And that making a difference in people's lives was more than duty, it was a privilege. He also made it clear to me that being my father was his most important duty and privilege. He left Doctors Without Borders to expand the Provost Foundation. It is his legacy and now it is mine to continue and yours. I can promise you that the work of the Provost Foundation will continue, as will the community centers that it supports throughout New York and the rest of the country. I thank you all so very much for coming today and sharing your memories of my dad with me. It made today a little easier for me and I hope it did the same for you. Thank you and I will see you all soon."
I stepped away from the mic and was headed towards a group of community center staff and volunteers to say hello when I collided into what might as well have been a brick wall. A brick wall made of muscle. At least that was what my hand told me when I reached out to steady myself. I was staring at my hand that was now connected to a chest wrapped in a silky white shirt and I almost didn't want to look up. But of course I couldn't avoid it. My eyes began a slow crawl, past a lovely striped gray tie, up to the neck, then a scruffy chin that hadn't seen a razor in a couple of days. Up past a tan nose and cheekbones that were masculine and beautiful, until finally I reached his eyes. Eyes bluer than the sapphire ring I had inherited from my mother when she died. And those laser blue eyes were fixed directly on me. Get it together Haley, "Oh...I'm sorry I didn't see you.." Why was my hand still touching his chest?
"Are you alright?" He said in a deeply masculine voice that only heightened my awareness of him.
"Yes, thank you." I said, unable to tear my eyes from his.
"I'm Asher Sullivan. I just wanted to offer my condolences. I was a business associate of your father and I was very sorry to hear of his passing." He said sincerely.
I pulled my hand away from his chest only to take a step back and extend it forward for a handshake. "Nice to meet Mr. Sullivan. Thank you for coming." I said, craning my neck to look up at him. The man was tall. Marcus was 6"0 which was tall to me, and this guy had to be closer to 6"4. I felt tiny, even in my 6" Blahniks.
Warmth and comfort mixed with a hint of danger had me tingling in all the right places and at the same time, it had me dropping his hand like I'd just touched a hot stove. Guilt rushed through me in a wave as the reality of what had transpired today hit me all over again. God, I'm a horrible person. I glanced back quickly at the door and saw my means of escape standing there waiting for me with a stoic look on his face. What was wrong with me? I continued to move away creating more distance between us as I mentally beat myself up for being attracted to some random hot guy at my father's funeral.
"It was nice to meet you Mr. Sullivan. Please excuse me." I was on the move before he could respond. I made a quick circuit around the room to say my goodbyes and was at Marcus' side in record time.
"Ready?" He asked.
"Yes. Let's go."
We stepped outside and there were only a couple of hardcore paparazzi still lingering on the street. Aaliyah had done a good job of getting rid of them. And I'm sure my security team had something to do with that as well although I hadn't spotted any of them lingering around. I appreciated the fact they did their best to be as unobtrusive as possible. I slipped into the limo quickly and when I glanced out of the tinted window, Asher Sullivan was standing right outside the door of the community center looking at my car with a bemused expression. I felt his eyes on me even though I knew it was virtually impossible for him to be able see through the dark tint of the windows.
"So who was that guy you were talking to earlier?" Marcus asked as we merged into traffic.
"What guy?" I asked innocently.
"Really Haley? You know what guy. The tall, devastatingly handsome white guy who couldn't take his eyes off you."
"Oh, him. He was no one. Just some business associate of my dad's. He was just there to pay his respects."
"Okay." He said dropping the subject.
"How about you? I didn't see your dad today."
Marcus sighed and then ran a hand over his smooth bald scalp. "I'm sorry Haley. Reverend Johnson has made it perfectly clear that he can't stand being in the same room with his own son no matter what the circumstances." He said bitterly.
"You don't need to apologize sweetie. You've done nothing wrong." I reached out and clasped his hand. I considered it a blessing to be able to focus on someone else's troubles for awhile.
Reverend Peter Johnson was a one of those multi-millionaire, mega church building, prosperity ministers. He traveled all over the world preaching the gospel and collecting "seeds" in the form of cash donations, while hating his son for being gay at the same time. Honestly, I don't even think his father really cares that Marc is gay. I think he's more worried about his image and how having a gay child could affect his income. But I'd known him since Marc and I were freshman at Howard and I had expected to see him at my father's funeral. The hardest part was watching Marc bear the burden of his father's rejection. He blamed himself, as if it was his fault that he was gay.
"He sent me a birthday card last week basically telling me that I was going to hell for being a sodomite. Can you believe that? I mean what kind of parent says that to their own child?" He asked.
"The cruel kind." I said as my eyes began to burn with unshed tears.
"I did everything he asked me to. Straight A student. Captain of the basketball team. I taught bible school. I even went to that fucking boot camp where they try to pray and beat the gay out of you when I was 15. But it's never been enough. It will never be enough." Tears were now streaming down my dear friends face as he revealed to me what he had been going through over the last few days.
I pulled him into my arms and held him tightly. "Why didn't call you me when you got that card Marc? I would have been there for you. Since when do we keep things from each other?" I gently chided.
"I didn't want to be selfish. You had so much going on with the funeral, and the business. I didn't want to burden you with my shit."
"You are not a burden. You're my best friend and I love you. I am so sorry that your father hurt you like that. But what he says doesn't matter. You are who you are. And you have people in your life who love you and accept you as you are. You are so amazing. You have nothing to prove to him. Nothing. Don't open anymore letters or cards from him. Return to sender or give them to me. Do you understand?" I could feel his pain as his shoulders shook with silent sobs.
"I wanted to be here for you today." He sighed into my neck.
"You were. And now I'm here for you. That's how this whole friendship thing works."
We stayed wrapped in our embrace taking comfort from each other until Eric pulled the car up to the front of Marcus' building.
"Why don't you come up? I don't think either of should be alone right now." He said, and then pulled me from the limo before I could answer.
"Marc? Where the hell is Aaliyah?" I asked as we entered the lobby of his apartment building.
"She stayed behind to help the volunteers clean up and get the center back in shape."
"She didn't have to do that. Charlie coordinated all that beforehand."
"You know Aaliyah. She needs to keep busy." He said as he pressed the call button for the elevator.
"True. Why don't you text her and tell her to come over when she's done?"
" Okay. Are you hungry? I don't feel like cooking but I was thinking of ordering some barbecue from Fette Sau."
"That sounds good. Eric can pick it up." I wasn't really hungry but if I admitted that he would only worry.
I kicked off my shoes the minute I walked into Marcus' apartment. And at that moment, I knew I was exactly where I needed to be.
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Election Protests in Kyrgyzstan and Belarus
NFK Editors - October 7, 2020
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan —
Yesterday, Kyrgyzstan was rocked by extreme protests over the results of Sunday's elections. In Belarus, protesters are still turning out regularly to protest the results of August's elections. Today NFK looks at the situation in both countries.
Election Protests Force Big Changes in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan held elections for parliament on Sunday. There were many reports that the elections were unfair. Some reports suggested that people were paid for their votes.
On Monday, after the results were announced, huge protests broke out in the country's capital, Bishkek. Many cars and buildings were damaged in the fighting between protesters and police. Nearly 700 people were hurt.
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On Monday, after the election results were announced, huge protests broke out in the country's capital, Bishkek. Many cars and buildings were damaged in the fighting between protesters and police.
When more protesters arrived, they attacked and took over several important government buildings. They have also forced other big changes.
Politics in Kyrgyzstan are extremely complicated. The current president is Sooronbay Jeenbekov. Almazbek Atambayev, who was president before Mr. Jeenbekov, was arrested last year on charges that some people believe were made up.
When more protesters arrived, they attacked and took over several important government buildings. They have also forced other big changes. Above, protesters around a fire outside the main government building, called the White House.
Sixteen different political parties took part in Sunday's election for parliament, but only four parties got enough votes to earn seats in parliament. Three of those four parties support the current president. Those results are what started the protests.
As a result of the protests, the group in charge of elections announced that the results no longer counted. The protesters marched on prisons and forced the release of Mr. Atambayev and other politicians.
Protesters marched on prisons and forced the release of Mr. Atambayev and other politicians. Above, Mr. Atambayev (center) with some of the protesters who freed him.
The country's prime minister stepped down. He was replaced by Sadyr Japarov, who was just released from prison. Now politicians from opposition parties claim to be in charge of some parts of the government.
President Jeenbekov also seems ready to step down. "The main goal of the protesters was…to remove me from power," he told the BBC. "To solve this issue, I am ready to give the responsibility to strong leaders, no matter which group they belong to."
President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, shown above in September, also seems ready to step down. "To solve this issue, I am ready to give the responsibility to strong leaders, no matter which group they belong to," he told the BBC.
It's unclear how things in Kyrgyzstan will wind up. The situation is still developing and will probably continue to change for some time.
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Protests in Belarus Continue For Nearly Two Months
Tens of thousands of people continue to protest every week in Belarus, nearly two months after August's election. Many people questioned the election results, which seemed to show President Aleksandr Lukashenko winning for the sixth time.
The elections and Mr. Lukashenko's actions have been condemned by many countries including the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union.
Mr. Lukashenko (shown above in August) shows no sign of backing down. On September 23, he held a private ceremony where he was sworn in again as president. Mr. Lukashenko has the backing of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Still, Mr. Lukashenko shows no sign of backing down. On September 23, he held a private ceremony where he was sworn in again as president. Mr. Lukashenko has the backing of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Most of Mr. Lukashenko's opponents have been arrested or forced to leave the country. His main opponent, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, has been meeting with European leaders like France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel. She hopes to convince other nations to put more pressure on Mr. Lukashenko.
Mr. Lukashenko's main opponent, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (right), has been meeting with European leaders like France's Emmanuel Macron and Germany's Angela Merkel (left). She hopes to convince other nations to put more pressure on Mr. Lukashenko.
Inside the country, tens of thousands – and sometimes hundreds of thousands – of people continue to swarm the streets, in spite of the rough treatment they are getting from police and other government agents. Thousands of protesters have been arrested, and many have been beaten.
Inside the country, tens of thousands – and sometimes hundreds of thousands – of people continue to swarm the streets, in spite of the rough treatment they are getting from police and other government agents. Above, a protest in Minsk on Sunday.
Minsk, Belarus
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News Roundup: Fire in Greece, Belarus Protests, & Colin Kaepernick
In today's news roundup, a fire destroys most of Europe's largest refugee camp, protests continue in Belarus despite a harsh government reaction, and Colin Kaepernick is back in the game – at least a video game.
Protests Follow Highly Questioned Belarus Election
NFK Editors - Aug 12, 2020
After results from Sunday's elections in Belarus seemed to show the current president winning again, protests broke out across the country. Police have been violently shutting down the protests and the main candidate opposing the president has left the country. | {
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Sevilla keep pressure on Real Madrid with narrow win over Getafe
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Madrid, Jan 9, 2022 (AFP) - Sevilla stayed in touch with Real Madrid at the top of La Liga on Sunday after Rafa Mir's goal sealed a 1-0 win at home to Getafe.
Mir's flicked finish in the 22nd minute squirmed past David Soria and was enough for Sevilla to cut the gap to Madrid to five points, with Sevilla owning a game in hand. Madrid thrashed Valencia 4-1 on Saturday.
With Real Madrid away in Saudi Arabia playing in the Spanish Super Cup this week, Sevilla will have the chance to reduce the difference to two points by beating Valencia next weekend.
Julen Lopetegui's side appear to be the chief challengers to Real Madrid this season, with Atletico Madrid and Barcelona both well adrift. Sevilla are now unbeaten in six games in all competitions.
Getafe, who stay 16th, were undone by a driving run from Luis Ocampos, who beat both Florentino Luis and Jonathan Silva, before firing in a low cross.
Mir flicked the ball behind his standing leg and Soria was taken by surprise, the goalkeeper allowing the ball to creep through his hands and inside the post. | {
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A handful of forward-thinking manufacturers have evolved significantly over the past decade into digital supply chains that are far more agile, efficient, reliable, and versatile than their traditional predecessors. This is great news for like-minded companies and procurement teams wanting to partner with manufacturers that place importance on technology.
So how do you find the right digital manufacturing company? From cost and quality to equipment and capacity, here are 10 areas to assess in a supplier.
Aluminum tooling provides a faster and more affordable entry point into low- to mid-volume production compared to steel tooling.
Start with one of the most obvious points of critique that a procurement team is tasked with: the reduction of overall manufacturing costs. Lowering your piece-part price in injection molding without sacrificing part quality, for example, is certainly important, but what is the most efficient way to do that? Increase volume and invest in steel tooling to shrink piece-part price, right? Perhaps, but then you're strapped with a significant and risky financial investment in tooling that could make or break your project if there's an unexpected market reaction and major design iterations need to happen to your product.
There are other options. Find a supplier that has different manufacturing levels to step in to; if you're prototyping molded parts, use prototype tooling, and if you need low- to mid-volume part quantities in the tens of thousands, then use low-volume or bridge tooling. Mold costs with aluminum-based tools are often dramatically more affordable (think $10,000 vs. $100,000 for a steel tool) and the integrity of piece-part price remains intact when total cost of ownership is considered. And guess what? No minimum order quantities with low-volume tooling and resulting storage fees for excessive inventory.
Digital manufacturers like Protolabs have implemented these tiered levels that are tailored to the company's needs. Then when you need more than 100,000 or 200,000 parts, and your engineering team has fully vetted its design (and the market has verified it), you can make a smarter, less financially risky move to a capital investment in production tooling. If you're still not convinced, look beyond pricing for further savings in softer costs like quoting, design, and development time along with the time (read: money) saved by cutting aluminum tools instead of steel.
Accelerated, reliable production speed is another critical characteristic that provides companies with agility at all product phases—from development to launch to growth to sunsetting. Sure, your 3D printer is fast. Your team may even have a few sitting on their desktops. But commercial-grade 3D printing equipment (that offers precision, repeatability, and low-volume production) is nearly as fast with digital manufacturers regularly shipping parts in as fast as 1 day.
This isn't really a huge surprise though as commercial 3D printing has taken significant steps as a major manufacturing player over the past five years. What is more welcoming is the concept that "rapid manufacturing" is no longer limited to and associated with just 3D printing. Traditional manufacturing methods like machining, sheet metal fabrication, and molding have all been digitized to consistently deliver low-volume production components in the same timeframe of days, not months. Find a manufacturer that embraces a technology-agnostic approach to digital manufacturing so you have a true "on-demand" manufacturing source across many different manufacturing methods.
Digital inspections start by analyzing the final part with a laser-based 3D scanner. The digital scan is then used to generate a report that includes verification of critical dimensions and color map to directly compare the final part to the original CAD model.
Automated Design Analysis. Manufacturability feedback within hours (vs. days or weeks) not only enables engineering teams to iterate designs before any actual manufacturing begins, it's fast. This saves the company development time and production costs by avoiding design reworks.
Traceability. Digital traceability by way of rigid document, record, and revision control is crucial as the thread moves toward the production floor. Digital manufacturers use the CAD model and the part's online configuration as the record of customer requirements and are able to reference this data at any point in the manufacturing process. The software ensures revision control of customer data and tracks the digital history of key manufacturability communication.
Inspection. Make sure the supplier's scope of its monitoring and measurement system includes receiving inspection, machine-based inspections such as automated part probing and tool checks, in-process inspection, and final inspection. Does the supplier have digital inspections or first article inspection (FAI) quality reporting, or processes that satisfy FAI requirements? A robust quality system should.
Visibility. A supplier that outsources its customers' orders (ahem, brokers), inherently loses visibly and quality monitoring without an in-house quality system at work to monitor parts at every stage.
Certifications are really a subset of our aforementioned quality system point, but nonetheless deserve their own mention. So, how qualified is your supplier? If you work with a service broker, are its manufacturers qualified? Do you work with a supplier that is ISO certified? Certification is important because it provides independent validation and assures companies that suppliers are meeting verifiable standards. The requirements represent a solid foundation of planning, control, and improvement. In many industries, companies will only do business with certified suppliers because there's inherent confidence that suppliers are working to accepted standards and procedures. Protolabs is ISO 9001:2015 certified and its metal 3D printing and machining processes are AS9100 certified, particularly enticing to industries like aerospace.
You might have an amazing supplier that manufactures quality parts fast and cost-efficiently, but if it has a limited selection of materials or its own material supply chain issues, all of the attributes that make it amazing in the first place—speed, quality, cost—can be impacted. Find a manufacturer that has a wide selection of in-house plastic, metal, elastomer, silicone rubber materials and one that accepts customer-supplied resins, but also a supplier that has good visibility to its materials. This is an important subtlety.
A good example here is the service bureau vs. service broker argument. Brokers outsource the actual manufacturing of their customers' parts, so in theory, more manufacturing options including material selection. However! (And there always seems to be a "However!") The broker's line of site to material control can be obstructed when compared to a bureau since the bureau's materials are at its fingertips. A broker is also at the material monitoring mercy of the manufacturer it outsourced its customers' parts to. As a result, inconsistencies can emerge.
Each of our 600 Haas CNC machines at Protolabs are specifically configured for our digital manufacturing processes.
A manufacturer's equipment list is important—Haas, Toshiba, Cincinnati, Arburg, Concept Laser, Viper, Projet—but touting an impressive inventory of machinery isn't necessarily where the conversation should end. What is the manufacturer's overall purchase and implementation strategy? An equipment-agnostic approach is a customer-focused approach; it simply involves using the machines that are best suited for the production of parts, preventing the manufacturer from being anchored into a particular equipment brand. Within each particular manufacturing process, however, equipment redundancy can help drive consistency.
A quick example. Protolabs has invested in more than 600 Haas CNC machines, 200 Toshiba presses, and a handful of Arburg silicone rubber presses, which are all configured specifically for Protolabs. It also houses more than 150 3D printers whose maker varies by manufacturing process from Concept Laser to 3D Systems to HP. Equipment agnostic by manufacturing service; equipment redundant by manufacturing process. Standardization of equipment across processes ensures in-process quality and production repeatability. You know you're going to get the same part quality during each every run.
Like many of the points on the list, capacity is dependent on other areas like equipment and technology, and capacity issues can inherently impact turnaround time. Has your part order ever been de-prioritized due to another company's larger order? That shouldn't happen if capacity is stable. A reliable supplier will typically run at 70-80 percent of its capacity so it has flexibility in its production schedule to avoid shipping disruptions. Ask your supplier what its on-time delivery rate is; it should have that data and it should be in the upper 90 percentile.
Another benefit of large capacity is that idea we mentioned earlier of on-demand manufacturing. If you're working with multiple suppliers at any given product phase and one of those suppliers runs into capacity issues, it's good to have another supplier with open capacity; one that's willing to produce parts on demand so your company's procurement schedule remains linear and absent of production hiccups.
Manufacturing as an industry has been notoriously slow to adopt digitalized processes but for some manufacturers, technology-minded operations are the only way forward. Find a supplier that embraces technology—not one that hides from it—because it's highly beneficial to your company at every point of supplier interaction.
How? A manufacturer that's data-driven can collect, analyze, and leverage its data to create efficiencies. Automation and connectivity (the digital thread) between software and hardware manufacturing systems produce efficiencies in cost and time, which ultimately get transferred to procurement teams that are ordering parts. Quicker turn times, cost-effective bottom lines, happy companies.
An experienced manufacturer is an intangible benefit worth factoring into an overall supplier audit. Years of business is important since the manufacturer has most likely produced millions of parts and analyzed tens of thousands of part geometries, and as a result, can recognize the most efficient ways to manufacture those parts. If you peel away a few layers, experience means also having engineering expertise and a procurement team within the manufacturing company to answer questions that machines can't. This helps validate processes in pre-production, during manufacturing, and post-production, inspection, and shipping.
This is another intangible and underrated supplier attribute. Is your experience with your supplier smooth—how is the quoting engine? Do you have full transparency into costs? Is it easy to order parts? Do the parts arrive on time? Are there in-house points of contact that are responsive with any questions that arise? Just a few questions to ask on your way to finding the ideal supplier.
If you'd like to see how Protolabs fits into these areas, check out our Quality Handbook or request a detailed Procurement Guide at [email protected] or 877-479-3680. Just want a quick tour of Protolabs' largest facility? Right this way. | {
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I made a mixed-media background card using my Copic Airbrush system and staying out of my "comfort zone" with a Prima stamp coloured using the No Lines Colouring Technique. I stamped with Memento London Fog Grey Ink.
Here is the finished project picture, but after that, you've got step by step pictures on how I coloured the flowers and at the end of the post, a few step pictures to see how I made the background.
I felt like colouring the flowers in a red but with a touch of orange.
Now for the background I used my Copic Airbrush. This is not a necesary tool to colour but really it´s so fun.
First I airbrushed the entire surface of my cardstock with BG72. Then I started airbrushing some brick wall with one stencil in E35 and 37 here and there to make it more interesting and not too plain.
No worries about the size of my surface as this is going to be resized to fit perfectly with my coloured stamp size.
With one texture paste and another stencil I tried to make some rays of light, to make my stamp emanate its own light. After the paste dried I airbrushed on top with my Y06 marker.
I made it with sand texture paste as this dries slightly translucent and after airbrushing it maintains this translucent and shiny look.
I finished with some random stamping, adding a bit of wax, cutting the excess and It´s done!
Finally, I fussy cut and mounted the image on foam to emphasize her on my project.
Hi everyone, I have played with Various Ink on my Gelliplate (inspired by You tube and videos by Diny Sprakel).
Put your stencil on the gelliplate.
Add a few drops of Various Ink on the Gelliplate.
Use the brayer tp spread the ink on your Gelliplate.
You have to work quickly because alcohol inks evaporate quite quickly.
Use a stamp to make some structure.
I have used the printables by Carabella.
Use some more ink and another stamp.
Add a tint layer of piant.
Use your brayer to make a thin layer .
There is still quite a lot of ink on your stencil. Spray some activator on your stencil and make a print.
I love this funny print.
Drip some ink on the gelliplate, use the stamps..
Add a thin layer of paint.
I drew a girl and coloured her with my Copic Markers, starting with E50.
For shadows I use BV000 and BV00.
Add the E00 over the shadow parts.
Blend all layers together with E000.
I start with YR18 for colouring the hair.
After the YR 18 I use YR15 en YR14.
I wanted some more depth so I decided to add some E00.
Keep adding the coloures until satisfied.
I wanted to have her apron a checker pattern (because I love checks).
I start with the YR16.
For the other colours I use FBV02 and RV06.
Her dress is going to be pink RV04, RV 06 and RV09.
I use the same colours for het wings.
And this is the finished piece.
Cicci here today posting a tutorial for you. Last Month I coloured a strawberry and I continue with the fruit theme this time.
I had a lot of fun when I did this Kiwi.
Hi everyone, it's Sandie here and today I am sharing how I colour The Stuffie Gang using my Copic markers. This cute stamp is by Stamping Bella.
My favourite blending card to use is Holtz Perfect Colouring Paper. I stamp, always when using Copics, with Memento ink.
I go back over the Bear using my E70's until I am happy with the shading.
For the nose C9, leaving a little white spot for highlight.
YR00 to bring it all together.
I go back in with E41 to blend it out. Use the darker colour to add shadow as desired.
C3 and C5 for the little pebbles.
Thanks for popping in today. I hope you're inspired to take out your markers and colour a little. | {
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Author: The National Cancer Intelligent Network
Deprivation leads to over 2,600 deaths a year
The National Cancer Intelligent Network
MORE than 2,600 cancer deaths in England could be avoided each year if all cancer patients had the same chance of survival as the most affluent parts of society
Elderly breast cancer patients less likely to get surgery
Older women in the UK are less likely to have surgery for breast cancer than younger ones. And this difference can't be fully explained by age-related ill health from other diseases, according to new data presented today at the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) conference (Thursday).
Up to half of deaths in men from prostate cancer are directly due to the disease
Up to half the number of men with prostate cancer who die do so as a direct result of the disease, rather than from other causes according to a new study presented at the National Cancer Intelligence Network conference in London.
Poorer women less likely to survive breast cancer
Poorer women from deprived areas are less likely to survive breast cancer as they are diagnosed at a later stage which means the best available treatments won't be as effective according to a new report out today (Thursday) by the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN)
Late diagnosis linked to one thousand breast cancer deaths every year
Nearly a thousand deaths from breast cancer could be avoided each year if short term survival rates in England were among the best comparable countries in Europe, according to research presented at the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) conference today.
Deprivation underlies thousands of cancer cases every year
There could be as many as 14,000 fewer cases of cancer each year in England if everyone was as healthy as the richest 20 per cent in the country.
Liver surgery leads to 'remarkable' boost for bowel cancer survival
Patients with bowel cancer that has spread to the liver and who are eligible for surgery, are around 40 per cent more likely to survive if they undergo an operation to remove the liver disease.
Thousands of older people dying prematurely from cancer, say researchers
As many as 15,000 people over 75 could be dying prematurely from cancer each year in the UK, according to research presented today at the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) conference.
First report on ethnicity and cancer published
The National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN) and Cancer Research UK has today (Thursday) published the first report on cancer incidence and ethnicity.
Nine in ten survive early stage bowel cancer
Nine in ten people with bowel cancer that is caught early will survive the disease, according to new statistics published today (Tuesday). | {
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Of the 936,000 prescription opioid addicts in the U.S. in 2011, about a third were between the ages of 18 and 25.
People in MO. with DUI/DWI are sometimes court ordered to participate at an alcohol or drug rehab center, usually when they are first time offenders and in lieu of other stiff penalties. While being sentenced with a DUI/DWI in Missouri often comes with large fines and even jail time in some instances, the criminal justice system is sometimes more prone to help rehabilitate the particular person rather than punishing them. Allowing individuals with DUI/DWI to participate in a drug and alcohol treatment center as a substitute to other methods of justice has shown to be successful in keeping people in MO. out of the criminal justice system because of DUI/DWI in the future. | {
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IU Health extends behavioral health support statewide
INDIANAPOLIS (April 12, 2019) -- Indiana University Health is responding to the growing need for emergency and acute psychiatric care by extending virtual behavioral health support services to its hospitals and other care settings around the state.
The new service provides around-the-clock access to psychiatric care for emergency room patients in need of a psychiatric evaluation. Through the use of live video, the virtual service enables IU Health's hospitals to access behavioral health expertise 24/7.
"Our Behavioral Health Hub serving hospitals will give more Hoosiers timely access to behavioral health care and will alleviate some of the strain put on emergency departments," said Anne Gilbert, MD, psychiatrist and medical director of Behavioral Health Virtual Services. "For many who don't have access to a primary care physician or don't know where to go, the emergency room becomes their entry point for treatment."
Improving care thorough virtual services
Use of virtual services through the Behavioral Health Hub will allow patients in need to stay where they are and significantly cut the wait time for an assessment. Traditionally, patients at smaller or rural hospitals in need of a psychiatric assessment are transferred by ambulance to a bigger hospital — causing long wait times for treatment, additional costs and transportation issues once they are released.
Patients will be assessed when they come into an IU Health emergency department as someone in need of a psychiatric evaluation. Emergency Department providers will be able to connect those patients with a psychiatric care team that interacts live via video.
The Behavioral Health Hub, based in Indianapolis, also offers 24/7 access to social workers and therapists so even when patients are not admitted to a hospital, they can have access to a safety plan, acute treatment and a follow-up to assist with behavioral health services in their area.
"Our clinicians in the emergency department have identified behavioral health as a critical need and are excited about this innovative approach to psychiatric care. We are confident that it will help us better serve our patients during a time of crisis." said Cherri Hobgood, MD, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at IU School of Medicine.
The behavioral health initiative is part of IU Health's strategic plan to improve the health of Hoosiers by focusing on mental health. The virtual health hub for IU Health statewide hospitals also provides addiction recovery coaching for patients with opioid and other addictions.
The rollout of behavioral health services includes:
March: Arnett and Frankfort hospitals.
April: Jay, Blackford, Paoli, Tipton and Bedford hospitals.
May: Saxony, Bloomington and White Memorial hospitals and Morgan ED.
June: North and West hospitals.
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13 August 2016 ~ 4 Comments
BEHIND THE SCENES ON VACCINES –
Knowledge is power Need to know info Sad but True
It's been 7 years since I began to study the dangers of vaccines. Their effect on our most vulnerable is both sad and maddening. Thank goodness there are now reliable sources for all to find the truth. A special thank you to Dr. Andy Wakefield, Polly Tommey, Del Bigtree and the team at VAXXED, whose commitment to saving our children makes them all heros.
As a therapist and nutritionist, the most important thing I believe I can tell parents is that they are not guilty of harming their children if their kiddos have been vaccine injured. Following the advice of the doctor is what we have been taught to do. Once we know better, we can do better. Whether to vaccinate is definitely the most important decision a parent can make. Please watch this video: IMPORTANT
PLEASE, DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH. And when you do, be aware of funding sources.
The immune system:
* We have a 2 part immune system: The cellular branch of the immune system digests & expels waste and is the expression of illness. The humoral branch of the immune system produces antibodies and recognizes/identifies things that would harm us ("germs"). A healthy balance of cellular and humoral immune function is vital to good health. Vaccines bypass the cellular system by direct stimulation of the humoral branch.
* Research shows that vaccines can overstimulate the humoral branch and inhibit the cellular branch, leading to immune suppression. Immune suppression and over stimulation of the humoral branch may show up as allergies, autoimmune disorders, neurological disorders, etc.
* Breastfeeding, probiotics, antioxidants, and allowing the natural course of illness to occur enhance immune balance while heavy metals, toxins, infant formula, Tylenol, antibiotics and sugar lead to immune imbalance.
The eradication of disease and facts about vaccine use (Main source – Suzanne Humphries, M.D. BE DILIGENT! Fact check!) :
* 80% of the total decline in mortality, since records began to be kept in the United Kingdom in 1860, occurred before any vaccine or antimicrobial drugs were available and 90% or more before there was any national vaccine program.
* Diseases declined and longevity increased due to hygiene, running water and refrigeration.
* Japan stopped using MMR vaccine in 1993 due to side effects and cost of compensating victims. They reconsidered using it again in 1999 but decided not to reinstate its use. The MMR is still used in the U.S.
* In France, government officials halted hepatitis B vaccine school requirements in 1998. France's health minister acted after numerous reports of symptoms resembling arthritis and multiple sclerosis. Hep B is still given in the U.S.
* The H1N1 flu vaccine is 60 times more likely to cause a miscarriage than regular seasonal flu vaccines according to VAERS (Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System).
* In October of 2013, Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany, Austria, France and Canada suspended the use of a number of Novartis flu vaccines. Novartis is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
* The oral polio vaccine was banned from use in the United States in 2000. The reason for this ban was because too many children were developing vaccine associated paralytic polio (VAPP) as a serious side effect of the oral vaccine.
* In 1977, Dr. Jonas Salk who developed the first polio vaccine, testified along with other scientists, that mass inoculation against polio was the cause of most polio cases in the USA since 1961. naturalnews.com/026940_vaccine_vaccines_children.html
* "A single vaccine given to a six pound newborn is the equivalent of giving a 180-pound adult 30 vaccinations on the same day", Dr Boyd Haley, Ph.D.
Interesting statistics:
* In 2016, there have been 48 cases of Measles in the U.S. through July and ZERO DEATHS.
* 2012: 20 pertussis-related deaths compared to 2010: 3,404 DEATHS due to asthma.
* From January 1 to May 2, 2014, 464 people in the United States have been reported to have mumps. ZERO DEATHS. There are 100,000+ DEATHS yearly due to adverse drug reactions.
* According to the New York State Department of Health, 2 of 20 people infected inthe 1994 measles "outbreak" in New York City were children who had not been vaccinated by their parent's choice. What about the other 18? Why didn't their vaccines work?
* Regarding the current DTap vaccine, the FDA says, "This research suggests that although individuals immunized with an acellular pertussis vaccine may be protected from disease, they may still become infected with the bacteria without always getting sick and are able to spread infection to others, including young infants who are susceptible to pertussis disease."
Vaccine Ingredients
From www.reversingvaccineinduceddiseases.com Rebecca Carley, M.D. : TOXIC INGREDIENTS FOUND IN VACCINES:
* aluminum hydroxide * aluminum phosphate * ammonium sulfate * amphotericin B * animal tissues: pig blood, horse blood, rabbit brain * dog kidney, monkey kidney* chick embryo, chicken egg, duck egg * calf (bovine) serum * betapropiolactone * fetal bovine serum * formaldehyde * formalin * gelatin *glycerol * human diploid cells (originating from human aborted fetal tissue) * hydrolized gelatin * mercury thimerosol (thimerosal, Merthiolate) * monosodium glutamate (MSG) * neomycin * neomycin sulfate *phenol red indicator * phenoxyethanol (antifreeze) * potassium diphosphate * potassium monophosphate * polymyxin B * polysorbate 20 *polysorbate 80 porcine (pig) pancreatic hydrolysate of casein * residual MRC5 proteins * sorbitol * tri(n)butylphosphate * VERO cells, a continuous line of monkey kidney cells * washed sheep red blood.
– Here's what the CDC tells us of the common substances found in vaccines:
• Aluminum gels or salts of aluminum which are added as adjuvants to help the vaccine stimulate a better response.
• Antibiotics which are added to some vaccines to prevent the growth of germs (bacteria) during production and storage of the vaccine.
• Egg protein is found in influenza and yellow fever vaccines, which are prepared using chicken eggs.
• Formaldehyde is used to inactivate bacterial products for toxoid vaccines, (these are vaccines that use an inactive bacterial toxin to produce immunity.)
• Monosodium glutamate (MSG) and 2-phenoxy-ethanol.
• Thimerosal is a mercury-containing preservative that is added to vials of vaccine that contain more than one dose to prevent contamination and growth of potentially harmful bacteria.
In late August, 2014, Senior Scientist William Thompson from the CDC came out about research data modification in the MMR/autism study of 2004. Data was omitted and changed to hide the significant link between vaccines and autism. As of April 2018, Dr. Thompson still has not testified before Congress even though he wants to.
Dr. Andrew Wakefield – Gastroenterologist:
* Dr. Wakefield and his team's research found the vaccine strain of measles virus in the intestinal tracts of children whose parents reported regressive autism and IBD after the MMR vaccine.
* Dr. Andrew Wakefield had no ties to the pharmaceutical industry.
* Dr. John Walker-Smith who supervised Wakefield and was accused of the same wrongdoings was fully exhonerated of all charges. Dr. Wakefield is now suing the British Medical Journal and the journalist who attacked him.
* Over 400 papers in peer reviewed journals have been published documenting and exploring vaccine injury and death.
Profits from Vaccines
* In the year 2006, drug companies made $4.3 billion on pediatric/adolescent vaccines. That number is projected to be over $16 billion (per year) by 2016.
* Based on the CDC schedule, the average pediatrician makes $3000 per child in the first 5 years of life from vaccine "well child" visits. ($1600 in the first 12 months alone). vaxtruth.org
* The CDC offers financial incentives to state departments of health for each "fully vaccinated child". In a recent year, the Ohio Department of Health received $1 million in such CDC bonus payments. wellbeingjournal.com Kristine M. Severyn, Ph.D.
* Total projected pharmaceutical profits for (the first 5 years of life) vaccines for children born in the year 2010 alone is $5.273 billion (if the vaccination rate overall in the U.S. is 90%). vaxtruth.org
And yes, it is Big Pharma funding the movement against those who are for vaccine choice.
Settlements: (PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES ARE IMMUNE TO ANY LIABILITY FOR VACCINE INJURY – settlement funds come from our tax dollars {75c per vaccine})
* As of early 2018 of this year, $3.8 billion had been paid out to vaccine victims even though two out of three plaintiffs are denied compensation. Thousands of cases are waiting to be heard.
* The first case where a vaccine/autism connection was acknowledged was in 2007 (Hannah Poling), though the family saw no funds until 2010.
* Bailey Banks – the court ruled (or the government conceded) that vaccines had caused encephalopathy, which in turn produced permanent injury, including symptoms of autism and ultimately an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis.
Exemptions:
* In Michigan, right now, you have 3 ways to protect your child from vaccines – medical, religious and philosophical.
* Philosophical exemptions do not require any written reasoning.
* Religious exemptions do not have to be associated with a specific organized religion.
* Parent philosophical exemptions are CURRENTLY UNDER ATTACK in Michigan through the Michigan Medical Society. Stay aware and be ready to contact your legislators if a bill is written.
If you do decide to vaccinate:
* Ask your doctor to run titers to check to see if your child is already immune (LabCor offers these for MMR, varicella)
* Wait until at least 2 years of age and only give one vaccine at a time.
* Run a blood test for the MTHFR gene. Those with this gene are highly at risk for vaccine injury.
* Do not give child any acetaminophen after vaccination. Source: http://cmdfa.wfzup.servertrust.com/Adverse-Side-Effects-of-Acetaminophen-s/196.htm
* The Vaccine Book: Making the Right Decision for Your Child by Robert Sears, M.D offers a modified schedule.
* Before you go to the doctor the day you want to vaccinate, ask yourself:
1. Am I or my child sick right now?
2. Have I or my child had a bad reaction to a vaccination before?
3. Do I or my child have a personal or family history of vaccine reactions, neurological disorders, severe allergies or immune system problems?
4. Do I know the disease and vaccine risks for myself or my child?
5. Do I have full information about the vaccine's side effects?
6. Do I know how to identify and report a vaccine reaction?
7. Do I know I need to keep a written record, including the vaccine manufacturer's name and lot number, for all vaccinations?
8. Do I know I have the right to make an informed choice?
SPECIAL NOTE: If you obtain literature on vaccines from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, please be aware that the Director of Infectious Disease and the Vaccine Education Center is Dr. Paul Offit. Offit holds the patent for the rotavirus vaccine. His earnings for this are in the tens of millions. Public health departments, at least in Michigan, use literature from this source.
Sources and Resources:
Please watch the movie VAXXED which describes in detail the CDC whistleblower, William Thompson, Ph.D.'s attempts to share the truth about the cover-up at the CDC in the 2004 study of the MMR vaccine and autism.
AgeofAutism.com/vaccines/
vactruth.com
vaccinetruth.org
Childhoodshots.com (Biblical support for not vaccinating can be found here)
The National Vaccine Information Center – NVIC.org
Vaccineresistancemovement.org
DrPalevsky.com
DrTenpenny.com
DoctorEisenstein.com
DrCarley.com
The World Association for Vaccine Education – novaccine.com
BOOKS (these are just a few!)
A Shot in the Dark by Harris Coulter and Barbara Loe Fisher
Callous Disregard by Andrew J. Wakefield. M.D.
The Crime of Vaccination, by Dave Tennison
Dissolving Illusions: Disease, Vaccine, and the Forgotten History, Suzanne Humphries, M.D. and Roman Bystrianyk. (this book shares all the graphs and historical proof that vaccines did NOT stop contagious diseases)
Immunizations: The Terrible Risks Your Children Face That Your Doctor Wont Reveal by Robert Mendolsyn, M.D.
Make an Informed Vaccine Decision, Dr. Mayer Eisenstein (every parent should read)
The Business of Baby: What Doctors Don't Tell You, What Corporations Try to Sell You, and How to Put Your Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Baby Before Their Bottom Line, Jennifer Margulis
No Vaccines for Me! by Kathleen Dunkelberger
The Parents' Concise Guide to Childhood Vaccinations by Lauren Feder, M.D.
The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby and Child Care, Sally Fallon Morell and Thomas Cowan, M.D.
Shaken Baby Syndrome or Vaccine Induced Encephalitis by Harold Buttram, M.D.
Vaccine Illusion by Tetyana, Obukhanyeh
The Vaccine Court: The Dark Truth of America's Vaccine Injury Compensation by Wayne Rhode
Update in 2016 ~ A textbook has now been written about the causative link between autoimmune diseases, like lupus, arthritis, and fibromyalgia and vaccinations. Vaccines and Autoimmunity, edited by Yehuda Shoenfeld, Nancy Agmon-Levin and Lucija Tomljenovic contains the research of over 70 researchers. It warrants exploration.
Special Thank You to Pinwheels for Vaccine Injury Awareness. Everyone is encouraged to visit their site and join together to help our young people and those not yet born. We do this by raising awareness that vaccine injury is very real. "Vaccine injured are everywhere and we need to stand up, stand out and be seen and heard in a way that can not be ridiculed."
You can Google individual vaccines to look at copies of their inserts to see the actual ingredients – please do!
You can also Goggle Michigan Care Improvement Registry Participation in the MCIR Reporting to get the form to opt your children out of vaccine use registration (so they don't keep track of your choices).
please think about the implications of this…
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Anyone used the McNaughton Systems for Bowls?
Purpleheart created the topic: Anyone used the McNaughton Systems for Bowls?
I was thumbing through a catalogue and came across the McNaughton Systems tools for producing several bowls from a single blank. Does anyone have it or know of someone who has it? Does it work well? I am trying to see if it is worth the monetary investment? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I may not be the best one to answer this, but here I go. If you are going into "Production" bowls and are really into conserving the wood you have, I guess that the McNaughton System is good.
more that I can use, that I don't feel the need to buy one, but I don't do production work as such. Every piece I do is different from the others; at least for now.
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Thanks Travlr7 and Peruturner for your responses. Peruturner, I am considering using the system for hardwoods such as purpleheart. How durable are the tools when working with hardwoods? I have seen the write up and it says that " a 4" thick blank could produce 3 or 4 blanks depending on the final wall thickness needed. Have you found this to be true? There is also another tool in the Craft Supplies catalogue called a "Bowl Saver". Have you worked with this tool as well? THank you both again for your input.
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Samsung's next flagship smartphone will introduce two next-gen mobile processors, assuming Samsung keeps using Qualcomm and Exynos chips in its flagship devices. Samsung announced the Exynos 9820 earlier this week, while Qualcomm made the Snapdragon 855 official a while ago, though the CPU may be rebranded as Snapdragon 8150 ahead of its release. Both chips are expected to deliver big improvements over their predecessors, including overall performance gains and better energy efficiency.
A new benchmark leak for a processor that's believed to be the Snapdragon 8150 seems to confirm the big performance bump, although the chip isn't expected to outperform the A12 Bionic that already powers the latest iPhones.
Posted on Weibo, the new chipset's AnTuTu score of 362292 is awfully close to the iPhone XS's 363525 score. The iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR all sport the same powerful 7nm A12 Bionic chip, of course. The only other 7nm chip on the market right now, Mate 20 Pro's Kirin 980, scored 313561 in the same test.
But the chip scores significantly lower than the A12 Bionic in the Geekbench 4 test. Benchmarks for the same msmnile were spotted on Geekbench back in early September, and scores go up to around 3700 in the single-core test and 11000 in the multi-core test. The iPhone XS and XR, meanwhile, top 4700 and 11000 in the same tests. Last year's iPhone X and iPhone 8 score around 4200 and 10300 in the same tests. The Galaxy S9's scores hover at around 3700 in single-core and 9000 in multi-core. The S9+, however, only slightly tops 263000 in AnTuTu.
The Weibo leaker noted that the Snapdragon 8150 should be an eight-core CPU featuring a 1+3+4 cores setup — that's large, medium, and small cores with frequencies set at 2.85GHz, 2.4GHz, and 1.78GHz, respectively. The 8150 platform should also include a new Adreno 640 GPU, which is expected to be 20% faster than the Adreno 630.
The Galaxy S10 will be unveiled in February at MWC 2019, according to rumors, and it should be released before the end of March. We'll probably see more benchmark scores for both the Snapdragon 8150 and the Exynos 9820 long before then. | {
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Setting out on a FunShip Voyage to Cuba!
The Carnival Paradise passes the historic El Morro Castle in Havana, Cuba, on its first voyage to the city on Friday, June 30, 2017. Photo courtesy of Sven Creutzmann/Carnival Cruise Line.
Today, I embarked Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Paradise in her homeport of Tampa, Florida to set sail on one of Carnival's newest and most unique itineraries: a five-night voyage to Havana, Cuba.
Carnival Paradise arrived in Havana for the first time on June 30 of this year, becoming the first Carnival ship in the company's 45-year history to ever visit Cuba. All of this was made possible by the easing of travel restrictions against the island nation by the U.S. Government – though how long this will all last is anyone's guess.
This isn't my first visit to Cuba. As a Canadian, I've traveled here in the past as part of Celestyal Cruises' Cuba Cruise product that has historically been aimed at the Canadian market. During seven days, we circumnavigated Cuba, and I fell in love with the country and its people.
Carnival's entry into Cuba is a very big deal. Not only does it give American and international guests the opportunity to visit Cuba aboard a FunShip, it also has the potential to reinvigorate the Caribbean cruise market with new – and much-needed – destination possibilities.
Four Night Cuba from Tampa: Departs August 24; September 7, 21; October 5, 19, 2017; May 3, 2018. Tampa, At Sea, Havana (Overnight), At Sea, Tampa.
Five Night Cuba from Tampa with Cozumel: August 28; Oct 9, 2017 Tampa, At Sea, Cozumel, Havana (Overnight), At Sea, Tampa.
Five Night Cuba from Tampa with Key West: Departs August 14; September 25, 2017. Tampa, At Sea, Key West, Havana (Overnight), At Sea, Tampa.
As you can see, the five-night voyages are rarer than the four-night, Cuba-only cruises. I'm on the Five Night Cuba with Key West itinerary, which I love: Key West is one of my favourite places to visit, and I'm really enjoying the whole Ernest Hemingway connection between Key West and Havana (the famous author lived – and drank – in both cities). In fact, you may be surprised to know that Key West is only 106 miles (170.5 kilometres) north of Havana; closer to Cuba than Miami.
Additionally, Carnival has just announced more sailings to Cuba for the 2018 season, along with a month-long drydock for Carnival Paradise this coming February. More on that later in the Voyage Report.
Boarding Carnival Paradise in Tampa was a breeze. With my Faster to the Fun Pass (which is well worth the money), I was able to go from curbside to ship in less than 19 minutes. But even standard embarkation didn't look as bad as in some terminals (I'm looking at you, Long Beach!). It also doesn't hurt that Tampa's cruise staff are exceedingly friendly, from the porters to security to check-in. Sailing from Tampa seems far more civilised than Florida's other juggernaut ports, Port Everglades and Miami.
Carnival Paradise is seen in this 1998 press photo issued at the time of her maiden voyage. Note the "No Smoking" symbol just aft of the bridge wings. Aaron Saunders collection.
It may sound strange, but I was over the moon to board the 19-year old Carnival Paradise for the first time today. Embarkation never gets old, and I was all smiles as I stepped off the gangway and into the ship's six-storey atrium.
The last of Carnival's trendsetting Fantasy Class ships, Carnival Paradise debuted in 1998 and has two interesting claims to fame.
Firstly, she was the world's first purpose-built non-smoking ship. When she first entered service, huge "no smoking" symbols were affixed to her sides. So serious was Carnival about Paradise's non-smoking status that even the contractors building the ship in Finland weren't allowed to light up. As a guest, the penalty for doing so was steep: a $250 fine and immediate disembarkation.
Carnival Paradise was way ahead of her time. Unfortunately, the no-smoking rule was put to bed in 2004 due to lower-than-expected revenues; guests have been able to smoke in designated areas of the ship ever since.
The ship's other claim to fame is more technical in nature. Along with Carnival Elation, Carnival Paradise was built with Azipod propulsion: giant outboard motors that eliminate the need for traditional rudders and shaft-driven propellers. This was a major departure from the rest of the Fantasy Class, the remainder of which all features traditional propulsion systems.
So why should you care? Azipod propulsion was in its infancy back in 1998. Today, many new cruise ships feature azimuthing podded propulsion, which aids in reducing fuel consumption and provides a smoother ride thanks to reduced vibration as opposed to traditional shaft-driven propellers. And since my stateroom aboard Carnival Paradise is at the back of the ship, a smoother ride is very important to me.
My home for the next five days is Category 6B Oceanview stateroom M257. On Carnival's Fantasy Class ships, ever stateroom is preceded by a letter that indicates which deck you're on. M257, then, signifies that this stateroom is located on Main Deck, the second-to-last accommodations deck. Balcony staterooms are few and far between on most Fantasy Class ships, so odds are good that you'll be staying in an Oceanview stateroom like this one (though Insides and Suites are also available).
One look and you can see how far Carnival has come in 19 years. Room accents, including bedside reading lights, closet door handles, and stateroom doors themselves, are done in a pink-ish shade that seems to intensity depending on the time of day and lighting. The carpeting is red; the ceiling and bathroom tiles are done in a rosé hue. The rest is a sea of browns and earthtones that makes the room look dark, even when it's not.
On the plus side, at 185 square feet, my Oceanview cabin is more than spacious enough. There are three closets (two with doors, one without), all of which should be adequate for a couple traveling for just five days together. A small desk/vanity area is located next to the closets, and has four drawers for extra storage.
Electrical outlets are limited to one North American-style plug, and one two-pronged style European plug (bringing a converter or adapter along is a good idea). Power strips aren't the best idea: you run the risk of overloading a system that was never designed to handle the electrical requirements of 2017. Play it safe and swap devices out to charge them.
One interesting thing that's missing from oceanview staterooms aboard Carnival Paradise is a mini-fridge. You also won't find a hair dryer in staterooms and suites aboard Carnival Paradise. You can see which ships have hair dryers by clicking here. Your stateroom steward can also procure one for you.
The bathroom is small but functional. Instead of the modular design on Carnival's newer ships, bathrooms aboard Carnival Paradise feature a vanity in the center of the room, with a shower stall and toilet off to opposite sides. Bath gel and shampoo are mounted to the wall of the shower in dispensers, and are standard Carnival. Interestingly, the shower is substantially larger than I would have expected.
Despite the fact that I'm not a fan of the colour scheme, the room is extremely comfortable and cozy. If you've sailed on other Carnival ships before, you'll feel right at home here on Carnival Paradise, which still sports the same great beds and pillows as the rest of the FunShip fleet.
After the mandatory muster drill, Carnival Paradise dropped her lines just after 4pm and we pushed away from Tampa's Terminal 3. The ship is very quiet in operation, and sails with a steady, self-assured manner. Two hours later, we passed under the Skyway Bridge and out into the main shipping lanes on the eastern coast of Florida.
We only need to make about eight knots in order to reach Key West on Wednesday morning. Until then, there's plenty of time to settle into this great ship for the first night onboard.
I find it interesting that some of my cruise routines have been in place since Carnival Paradis entered service. When I started cruising 19 years ago, I'd always lay in bed and read the daily program for the following day before turning in for the night. It helps build excitement for the day ahead, somehow.
Our Voyage Report from onboard Carnival Cruise Line's Carnival Paradise in Cuba continues tomorrow, with our first day at sea and a look at Carnival Paradise. Follow along with our latest cruise adventures on Twitter: @deckchairblog. | {
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Excitement is tillering for the 27th biennial European Grassland Federation General meeting, where Ireland will, after a long hiatus, once again play host to this prestigious event. The last time Ireland hosted the event was in Dublin 30 years ago.
Associations, institutions and individuals interested in grassland issues from more than 30 European member countries will descend on Douglas, Co.Cork. Rochestown Park Hotel will act as the hub for this meeting, while specialised mid week conference tours will provide the opportunity for delegates to experience multiple diverse venues throughout Co. Cork.
Fostering collaboration, and the exchange of ideas among young professionals, the European Grassland Federation (EGF) members raise new challenges for grassland use, by identifying research questions and initiating research. The EGF facilitates networking structured by geographical and climate regions, while events such as this allowed EGF to also promotes young scientists and honours individuals characterized by special merit to grassland research.
Sunday the 17th will kick off with a pair of interesting working groups, "Sensing in grassland and forage science and practice" at 13:00 pm catches the eye as potentially the highlight of the first day for Agmet enthusiasts.
Climate change has become a big topic within the community, what to expect, and how to adapt to it. Theme 3 throughout the conference has a keen eye on Climate and the Environment with regard to grassland systems. With this in mind, here are some of the highlights of the rest of the conference.
Mid conference farm tours with an emphasis on sustainability.
Thursday June 21st events will wrap up in the early afternoon following the last round of morning workshops.
We welcome all coming from near and far and wish every success to all associated with this event.
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A contractor has been assigned to build the next stage of The Oasis Townsville Veteran Wellbeing Centre to deliver veteran services in north Queensland.
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Federal Minister for Veterans' Affairs Darren Chester and Queensland Minister for Communities and Minister for Disabilities Services and Seniors Coralee O'Rourke announced Townsville-based company Woollam Constructions would lead the major building works for the project.
"This is an important step forward in improving the support and services for veterans and their families in Townsville," Mr Chester said.
"Once completed, The Oasis Townsville will provide a one-stop shop for veterans and their families to access assistance from government, health services, ex-service organisations (ESOs) and community groups.
"The Oasis Townsville will significantly expand and enhance the existing range of services it already offers, ensuring that we are putting veterans and their families first."
The major building works for the project include a partial demolition of the existing building, refurbishment of the remaining half of the building, construction of an indoor/outdoor café, five smaller buildings and other external works.
"The construction of The Oasis Townsville is a truly local project — using local construction companies and local suppliers, supporting approximately 24 full-time equivalent jobs and boosting the local economy," Mrs O'Rourke said.
"Since I was first approached by The Oasis Townsville a number of years ago, I have been working with them to achieve our vision for the site and to provide a truly unique, fit-for-purpose facility to benefit our local community, veterans and their families.
"I have been determined to deliver this project for locals, and I am thankful to the Federal Government for their support and funding contribution to see it become a reality.
"With around 15,000 ex-defence force personnel living in our city and an estimated 500 transitioning into the community each year, I know how important this project is for Townsville and our local defence community."
Federal Member for Herbert Mr Phillip Thompson OAM MP said the announcement was an important milestone for a long-awaited project.
"This facility and the services that will come with it are going to benefit not only veterans, but current serving defence members," Mr Thompson said.
"Townsville is the largest garrison city in the country and deserves a place like this where the defence community can come together and seek the support they need without having to find their way through a maze of services.
"I look forward to construction beginning — but The Oasis will be so much more than just a building and I can't wait to see the positive work that will go on here."
Mr Chester said the Federal Government committed $5 million in funding for this project and thanked the Queensland Government for its contribution of $4.3 million of funding through the Department of Communities, Disability Services and Seniors (DCDSS).
"We are all committed to seeing this wellbeing centre open and provide services to veterans and their families in the Townsville community by the end of 2020," Mr Chester said.
Construction of The Oasis Townsville main works is due to be completed during October 2020, with the service expected to begin operating later that month.
The Oasis Townsville is one of six Veteran Wellbeing Centres which will be operated in partnership with ESOs and state and territory governments, announced by the Federal Government as part of a $30 million commitment.
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Heaven — Omnipotent beings are going to have a little more time on their hands, courtesy of Canada's Supreme Court. Last week, the Supreme Court of Canada decided the town of Saguenay, Que., must stop reciting a prayer at the start of council meetings. Despite the ardent objections from faithful Christians, God told The Manatee that He is actually fine with being omitted from the proceedings.
"Oh, thank Me that I don't have to attend those boring Legislature sessions or city council meetings anymore," said God. "Good grief, I can't stand those things and frankly, I don't need to be there."
In 2011, Quebec's human rights tribunal ordered an end to prayers before town council meetings in Saguenay, and demanded that a crucifix in the city council chamber be removed. The Quebec Court of Appeal overturned the tribunal in 2013. Last week in a landmark decision, the country's top court ruled that reciting a Catholic prayer at municipal council meetings infringes on freedom of conscience and religion. Although mentions of the Almighty may start to be omitted from proceedings across New Brunswick and the rest of the country, God is not at all fussed about being left out.
"When they start these proceedings with a prayer, I kind of feel like I have to be there," said God. "They ask me to watch over the meeting and give them wisdom and everything. But hey, what the heck do I care about parking by-laws, pothole patching and union pensions? Jack squat, that's what. So I usually just end up sitting there like a Holy Ghost, hoping to Myself that it will mercifully end soon."
He continued, "And don't get me started about the New Brunswick Legislature. They start out with a prayer, and then I have to sit through the shit-show that they call Member Statements and Question Period. Hey, I'm eternal and I'm still thinking, 'Wow, there's an hour I'm not getting back.'"
Both Fredericton and Saint John city councils have said that they intend to keep praying for now. "I just don't get it. I thought I settled this back in the New Testament with the whole 'render unto Ceasar' thing. Now, they're getting explicit direction from the top court and still not changing anything. Jeez guys, take a hint already," said an exasperated God.
When asked about what else God had on his to-do list, He was visibly vexed. "Look, I get really frustrated when people pretend like I have nothing better to do than involve Myself with every little petty happening in human life. I'm planning a whole fire-and-brimstone Revelation-type end-of-the-world thing here. Just for a second, try to picture the logistics involved with a rapture … it's a nightmare. I just don't have the time to be fussing about rezoning and parking tickets."
"By the way, and I'm just going to put this out there," concluded God, "I'm pretty sure that Robert's Rules of Order is a tool of the Devil and it governs all the suffering in Hell. Do what you will with that information. It just needed to be said."
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Hilarious. God ain't got no time for that!
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Finally, he can now spend more time choosing the winners of Hockey and Football games.
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I'm eternal, but that's an hour I'm never getting back… Haha!
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I'm excited to kick off the Tablet Keeper Blog Tour today! Twenty bloggers have been selected to participate in this fun and creative Blog Tour. Clover sent each blogger a Tablet Keeper template set, plus all the findings (shapers, create-a-strap, hardware, stabilizer, etc.) For 20 days in January, a different guest blogger will showcase their Tablet Keeper creation. With the impressive lineup of bloggers, I know the creative options will be noteworthy! Plus, Clover gave us three product collections to give away as prizes! Scroll down for details.
During this blog tour, I know you'll find artsy quilting and sewing techniques featured on both the E-Tablet and Paper Tablet options. Since the tablet keepers can be made in three sizes, you'll find a technique that's ideal for you! I've already detailed the basics of how to make an E-tablet Keeper and Paper Tablet Keeper in previous blog posts. Click and review!
I selected the embroidery collection, Text Talk, which includes emoticons, smiley faces, and texting abbreviations. There are 117 embroidery designs: abbreviated phrases, smiley faces, Emoticons, full upper and lower case alphabets, numbers, etc. The unique part of this collection is that there are two placement stitching outlines to aid in perfect placement of the design no matter what size of Tablet Keeper you're making.
Each weekday, for 20 days in January, be sure to visit the guest blogger's site to see their Tablet Keeper creation. Each day on my Facebook page, I'll be directing you to the next stop on the Blog Tour.
For chances to win one of the prizes, please post comments on this site (yes you can enter once a day). Share your thoughts about the Tablet Keepers you see on the blog tour and/or about the Tablet Keeper you plan to make. Three random winners will be selected and posted, Wednesday, February 1st.
I am extending a big thank you to Clover for sponsoring the Tablet Keeper Blog Tour! Check out this free project sheet for more inspiration.
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Thanks for the great project. I am going to use this idea in my Teen Living Classes. I think my seventh and eight graders will love it.
I have a Kindle Fire and I LOVE it. It is not quite as flashy as an ipad, but it does the trick for me. I do need to make it some pretty clothing, and your template looks great. Clover is my all time favorite notion maker!
i really like Cindy Cloward's Tablet cover over at Riley Blake Designs. I like that she used a wipeable fabric. Great idea!
A totaly terrific idea. I would love to make several for friends and family….a great gift idea.
This has been a great blog hop. Thanks for all of the great ideas.
Love the fabrics and the foundation piecing method. i've gotten so many great ideas from this blog tour. Thank you, Nancy!
Thank you for showing us all these amazing blogs. I loved looking at all the creative options for the keepers. Some were truely amazing.
What a fun giveaway! I think my favorite that I've seen so far was the one at Amy Lou Who.
I am sure I will be making lots of these. I know that once they are seen, everyone will want one. Thanks for the GREAT template!!!
Thank you so much for showing these different views on your pattern. It has been a fun and educating tour.
I love the look of the denim! What a great way to upcycle old jeans even! Thanks again for sharing.
Wow, really love the jelly roll strips! This has been a fun series. Thanks!
So sad to see the last day of tablet keepers, two more very nice ones today, with the batik quilted on being one of my favorites, as I am very partial to batiks. Thanks Nancy for doing this tablet keeper series, it has been so fun to see the new tablet keepers every day and all the new ideas they shared!!!
All the keepers I've seen are fabulous. What a great idea ton inspire the rest of us.
Love the creative fabric. Can't wait to make a tablet keeper for my iPad.
Thank you for this great idea. I have loved looking at all the different covers from these talented ladies, can't wait to make one myself.
Wow….today's tablet keepers at Artfabrik are gorgeous! Thanks for showing us all these great creations!
I love your patterns for the different size tablets. It is fun to customize your own cover. Hope I win a prize.
Two of my favorites so far are Frieda Anderson and Laura Wasilowski. I just love what they did with your templates!
This looks like a great project for my iPad and Kindle!
I looked at Laura's Tablet Keeper today and was amazed at her Seed Pods #2 quilt design that she used for her cover! The design and colors are so dynamic! She even painted white elastic to get the color she wanted. She is a very creative gal.
Laura did a great job on her design. I really like the use of the triangles to hold the bottom in to me there's less chance of it slipping out. I don't have a template yet but I'm glad to know that the tab template can be used for more than just the tab.
Wow another great Ipad ekeeper. Laura Wasilowski of Artfabrik did a beautiful job. Love how she changed the lower elastic corners for fabric corners (sturdier) and added an elastic for her Stylus. And the hand painted elastic wow I never thought of that. Great job Laura.
Just checked out Laura's blog…her keeper is GORGEOUS! I was debating putting up a pic of the one I made, but looking at the others on Flicker, mine's looking very homely, so I think I'll just stick to admiring the others. LOL!
Annie, please DO post a pic of the one you made! We'd love to see it.
Love, love, love Laura's tablet keeper!! Such great ideas/additions like the triangles, which would make me feel more secure; the stylus/pen holder at the top, which wouldn't scratch a tablet when closed; and fusible binding!! Great ideas and inspirations Laura!! Just wondering what she used to "paint" her elastic….paint, dye????
love to make covers for composition books to give as gifts. with this i could make a neat cover for my nook and maybe talk myself into an iPad!
Oooh! I've made a few tablet sleeves, but I really like this bookish format that allows you to flip it open and closed. I'll have to try it for myself soon — thanks for the idea and for your giveaway!
I love Laura's cover! Beautiful!!
Artfabrik did another amazing tablet keeper, with some more new ideas, just love being able to see new ideas every day, hate to see it end tomorrow!
Stopping on for today's entry. This is the week! It's been fun.
Love the fabrics you chose; bright and cheerful.
Santa brought me an iPad … So I really must make a keeper for it. I've been so inspired by what I've seen, I'm looking forward to creating one of my own.
Counting down the days to the drawing and wishing – hoping – thinking – and praying that maybe I'll win a kit?!?!?! =) Thank you!
Fabulous product – I've got birthday gifts covered for a year with these! Can't wait to get started. This has been a great blog tour-I've visited a lot of new to me blogs.
These are so much fun! Thanks for the great giveaway!
Mary Mulari's keeper is great. Nice bright colors with the black and white binding. This is so much fun.
Thanks for sew many days of informative tablet keeper posts.
You have had so many wonderfully talented people on this blog tour, Nancy. Thank you for the introduction. Loved many of Mary's ideas and loved that she applied embroidery to the project – I enjoy doing machine embroidery, too. The binding in a black and white stripe was striking.
Love the bright colors today!
I love the idea of making these covers. I got a kindle for Christmas and have already made a cover out of a old book and lined with a quilted fabric. Very similar to this project. I might have to make more as there are so many uses for this kind of project! I love the idea of this template package. The bought keepers can be so expensive, on top of the tablet/kindle cost. Making one just seemed the practical thing to do!
Would really love to win this…I saw the kit in a magazine today and it'd be so awesome to have! Love all the ones created too!
LOVE the zipper pocket Mary Mulari added to her kindle keeper. Greatbway to keep the cable handy.
Loved Mary Mulari from Quick Sewing Project Blogs Kindle ekeeper. Like that she add a pocket to the inside for a tablet and added a pocket on the front for the charger cord. Nice work.
I was looking forward to Mary Mulari's entry in the blog tour and I wasn't dissappointed!! Mary's tablet keeper is amazing! She always comes up with such unique creations and love her creativity of the extra pockets. Thanks Mary!!!
The featured bloggers have all shown interesting versions of tablet keepers. So fun!
If I had a digital tablet, I would definitely make one of these! I think I need to find someone that needs a birthday/Christmas gift now!
I don't have a tablet, but it's fun to see all the ideas the bloggers have come up with. Love the flaps on yours! The Text Talk is perfect.
I like Allie's choice of the large print fabric on the cover of her tablet keeper. It provides a very contemporary look.
Using waterproof fabric. What an inspired idea.
Wow another great etablet keeper from Mabel at Think Crafts. Although she did not say if she had to do any moderations for her Motorola Zoom. I will have to make moderations for my Toshiba Tablet.
Thanks for the chance to enter. I liked today's Android tablet keeper – the fabrics were great.
I looked through all the blogs and ideas again, last night. I am inspired by the crazy patch design. I have always wanted to make a crazy patch quilt (which isnt' getting done) so maybe I need to do smaller projects, like this, to satisfy my desire.
I really liked Allie's choice of fabrics and colors!
Allie is a real fan of Nancy's templates, including the ones for the tablet keeper. I was glad to read that there is one set of stabilizers included in the package – I'd missed that before.
Terrific idea to host the tour! Loving all the great Keepers.
Love this! I would love to make a cover for my iPad!
I received a Kindle for Christmas and I sure enjoy it. I bought this template after Christmas and have the perfect coordinating fabric set. I enjoy all of the ideas and look forward to making my own Kindle keeper.
I love the Tablet Keeper blog tour! Thanks to Clover for sponsoring it!
Enjoyed seeing all the different versions of the tablet keeper so far!
I saw this on AmyLouWho, and I think this is a great idea–love notions!
I really loved the surprise Amy did for her friend, she had thought of many meaningful details. Thanks for sharing.
This is such a neat kit. I first saw the tablet keep on Jaybird Quilts and then on AmyLouWho's blog. The strap maker thing is really cool!
Great ideas. Recycling jeans as tablet covers is priceless.
I like how Amy personalized the tablet keeper for her neighbor. It looks great! What a nice gift for your friend!
Amy's tablet turned out to be really cute. I'm sure her friend enjoyed receiving such a special gift.
I'm Amy's lucky neighbor and the recipient of the beautiful iPad cover! A true surprise from a true friend! She inspires me often and now I want to make coordinating covers for my Kindle and notebooks! What a great idea to host this blog tour, Nancy!
Amy's idea of putting a name on the keeper was great. I liked her closure, too; it looked like it would be very secure.
What a great keeper — love the combination of the camo fabric with the bright print:)! And now that I've found all of these new blogs to check out, I'm wondering when I'll find time to sew! Thank you, Nancy, for introducing us to so many new sewing inspirations!
Today Amy showed another great way to repurpose. I really liked the camo fabric with the floral. Nice.
Amy's tablet keeper she made for her friend was such a good idea! How fun that she surprised her friend!!
This is a great cover, I have several friends who got tablets for Christmas and have been looking for different options.
Am enjoying seeing all the individual creativity with these. Encouraging that everyone comments on the quality of the instructions.
I just decided yesterday to make kobo covers for some family and friends! This would be perfect! I hope I win!
What a great idea, all those templates and goodies to make a reader cover… I don't even have one, yet think the idea is wonderful. I'd love to be a winner so that I can make covers for my buddies who do. Thank you Clover and all others who contributed to this cluster of goodies.
I think this is a great design/idea! My family has a variety of tablets and so do my friends so I'm excited about this product. Way to go Nancy, and thanks!
I need to make a cover for my IPad and this blog tour is perfect to get me started. Thank you for hosting.
Clover make such excellent products that receiving this offer would add to all my other goodies which I use.
The Tablet blog is a great idea. Sure enjoying it and also the drawings for the prize pack. Thanks Clover and Nancy!
I am still a paper person. I will wait till I see all of them before I decide what to do. I am still working on a cover for my lap top. These covers for the tablets is changing my mine on how to finish my lap top bag.
I received a Kindle Fire for Christmas and I love it!! I really need a nice cover for it so hope to get one made real soon.
Thanks for including me in this great giveaway.
Oh to copy Frieda Anderson's very, very beautiful cover. It's spectacular!
Thank you to Clover for offering the wonder package of goodies. The Tablet covers are wonderful to see and offer so many great ideas.
I don't own a tablet yet, but when I do, I will love 'borrowing' some of the ideas blogged! What a great prize as well, thanks!
Love the different sizes. What a great giveaway.
Have enjoyed all these different tablet keepers. So many different ideas!!
great use for recycled jeans.
How cute! I love my Kindle–how great would it be to have a case made form pretty fabrics!
What great ideas. Thank you for the opportunity to enter and hopefully win!
Great job with the old jeans and very pretty.
Anytime I can reuse or repurpose, I feel like I'm more creative. I love Becky's keepers using denim, because soft, worn denim just feels good and they are so cute too!
What great idea to make the tablets in denim, Beckie, esp. recycling jeans. The pockets are a great addition and the idea is wonderful for boys.
Love the denim tablet keepers, that's a great idea, especially for a guy! Keep them coming, I look forward to the new ideas each day!
The denim is a great idea, looks great for a guy but you can make it really girly too. Recycling at it's best!
I Love denim! What a great way to recycle. Thanks for sharing another great creation!
I'm a compulsive list maker. This tablet keeper in a size for my purse will help eliminate all the little pieces of paper that congregate in my bag. A matching one for my Kindle???
I can't believe how many versions of tablet keepers I seen through this blog. So many good idea's to choose from. I could actually make a different one for each day for two weeks.
I love the way Cindy's tablet keeper turned out.
With each new day that goes by I wish my template would arrive, but must wait as it is on backorder. CLOVER – please send more units to Amazon so that they may fill my order quickly.
Great idea with laminated fabrics with the last keeper! I may have to keep that clever idea in mind.
Using laminate is a great idea!
The laminated fabric in today's tablet keeper is great! Can't wait to put all of these neat ideas to work creating my own tablet keeper.
Wasn't that a great idea to use laminated fabrics for the tablet keeper?
I like the tablet keeper from Riley Blake Designs using laminate fabric. It should wear wear and be easy to keep clean and its cute too!
another great tablet keeper today!
Great idea, and looks like the templates are easy to use. I think I know what my friends are getting as gifts this year!
Loved Cindy's laminated fabric. So bright and cheerful!
The tablet keeper today is adorable. Just love it. I am so anxious to get one made.
I made a tablet something like this a couple of years ago and i have to say I like yours better.
anything clover is wonderful! I would love to have any of the clover products to use!
Great product. So many creative possibilities.
Great, versatile item. Very clever.
This pattern looks great! Always carry a pad of paper for work meetings, now I can show up with style! Can't wait to make several as gifts also!
These keepers amaze me! I can hardly wait to get my hands on the pattern!
I plan on making tablet keepers for my fellow workers. We attend two meetings per week and are always looking for something to write on. Now they'll be able to spot them on their desks.
Thank you for another chance to win!
Just stopping by for my daily entry.Wonder what Monday's keeper will look like?
What a great idea for our next Quilt Guild boutique!!! A sure seller.
I'm supposed to be cleaning but just spent a bunch of time seeing all the tablet keepers. Favorite so far is the Lazy Girl ones but will check back. I can't wait to make my own.
I would really like to make some of these. I just got two kindles for my classroom and I definitively want something to protect them.
I'm new to all this excitement. Nancy's Bogs seem to be just as fun as her show. I'm signing up to keep in touch.
I've actually been wanting to make one for our iPad for my husband, and maybe an interchangable one for when my son uses it.
These tablet keeper templates are brilliant, what a useful way to use up small art quilts and quilting samples and then giving them as gifts instead of keeping them piled up in the corner….
One suggestion I have for Clover about their tablet cover pattern is to add a pocket or compartment to carry/store the charger. When I bought my nook last year I found that having the charger with me was essential.
I know that creative sewers/sewists can ad lib this kind of extra but it would be great to have it included.
Thanks for all the creative ideas from the contributors!!
The Tablet Keeper Blog Tour keeps getting better and better – so much inspiration. It is such a treat to have the blog to look forward to after work. Thank you so much!!
These are too cute. So creative. I plan on making one soon.
Just stopped by to enter the drawing!
Love the idea of the Tablet Keeper. It is so hard to find custom covers for the Nook Color. Now since my daughter and I both have one, it would be great to make us both a unique cover. Thanks for sharing.
Love Love Love seeing all the covers.
Popping in for another chance to winter today! =) Thank you.
what a great cover. I just orderd my self a E-tablet and would love to make a cover or two.
I love everyone's tablet keeper. Wonderful inspriation.
Frieda's tablet keeper is lovely!
This is an awesome blog tour! The bloggers on this tour are very creative. My favorite so far is Pat Sloan's! All the others are fabulous, as well.
I really like the tablet keepers that I've seen made using this template. What a great idea!
I am loving everyone's versions of the tablet keeper.
Wow, missed a few days. I am enjoying catching up. How lucky we are to have the internet to be exposed to all this creativity.
Oh, today's tablet cover is so pretty! Love how the quilting just makes the flowers "POP." Thanks for finding such wonderful bloggers to showcase this!
What great covers they are all making!
All I can say is Wow! Freida's tablet keeper is gorgeous. It looks more like a miniature quilt.
Wow! What an artist Frieda is! Here keeper is too pretty to use and should be placed on the wall.
This pattern looks like great fun!
I would love to win. I love fabric covered books and the Clover tool looks really neat to use.
Frieda's tablet keeper is amazing! So many great ideas in this Blog Tour. Love it!!
Awesome idea. I must give this a try. You make it look so easy.
I have to make one of these for our Kindle Fire, I absolutely love the dragonfly print Miss Joan used from lazygirldesigns. I have to find that fabric!
omg, Frieda's design for today is gorgeous!!
Would love to win this. Have several to make for family members.
This is a really neat idea. The colors are great. I like bright and bold but it is still pleasing.
Wow, each day just gives me more inspiration, love the Wooded Wonder, and the way Walks in the Woods quilted hers, just awesome!
What a great idea! This is an ideal project for teaching students some basic sewing skills along with introducing them how to use different sewing tools. Plus, what better way to get them started thinking about what type of gifts they can make for next years Christmas gifts!
Thank you,Nancy and Clover! I admire all the talent the bloggers have shown during this tablet tour and can't wait to combine and modify the exciting projects to coordinate totes and tablet keepers for everyone as gifts.
It's so exciting to be able to sew and easy with the notions we have today. Thank you!
Interesting fabric use, and border stitch.
So many of these tablet keepers are so simple to create and they look like so much fun. I can't wait to start making my own.
Enjoying the blog hop, I need to make a tablet keeper, this is a great idea. Thanks.
Great fabric choices — I'm crazy about polka dots, so this is definitely one of my favorites. I love that each tablet keeper has been unique.
Just found this today. What a great idea and give away. thx!
I love clover products! They are always top-notch and so well designed.
Love all the tablet keepers. My favorite so far is Julie Hermans from Jaybird Quilts. I love Nancy Ziemans products and ideas. They are just great. I haven't made one yet but will have to soon. Very nice giveaway also.
Enjoying the blog tour very much!
These tablet keepers make the perfect gifts for the men in your life. My daughters will love a pink version too.
Every day has been fun to see the new ideas, it is hard to pick out a favorite, it will be hard to decide where to begin on the first project.
Love the Text Talk Embroidery CD. Would love to use that on a Tablet Keeper.
Wow! What an amazing prize package! I really enjoy reading about this on piece N Quilt's blog. Thanks for the giveaway!
I made a little holder for my iPad but it's so not very good and I want to make a new one that actually "works". This looks so great! Would I ever love to win that prize package!
I have a Kindle and I also use paper tablets, so these tablet covers will be treat for me to make. I will be making several. Great pattern idea!
These templates would make creating a case so easy! THANKS for the chance!
I am loving all the different tablet covers thus far can't wait to make one.
Piece 'N Quilt's choice of fabrics are very cute! I still don't understand how elastic straps at the corners are sturdy enough to hold a tablet or iPad. I would think it would slip right out.
I love the tablet keeper that Natalia Bonner made!
I love the fabrics that you used. I really want to make one of these.
These are wonderful. I have been lookinh for a cover for my tablet, but I didn't like any I had seen. I love these ones.
Ohhhh Man…I would LOVE to make everyone a Tablet cover!! What a fantastic idea!! Thanks SEW much for the chance to win!!
Pretty fabric Natalia used…would love to make several of these for myself and as gifts.
Love it. The blog tour is so fun. Having a great time viewing everyones TK ideas.
Nice to see a pattern for a tablet! I am in the midst of making a kindle keeper, so very similar. Like the embroidery details!
Love the blog tour and the E table keeper!
What a great idea for my Kindle! I follow you on your website and have learned a lot from you over the years! You are an inspiration!
I'd love to make a tablet keeper for my granddaughnter in her favorite color, purple.
I really like the way Natalia's iPad cover turned out. She used great fabric.
Great tablet cover! What a great idea.
Love the tablet holder. I will hop around and check out the other blogs. and I sure would like the gifts too.
This tablet keeper looks great. Wish I had some sort of tablet to make one for! I'm going to bookmark it for gift ideas though.
What great ideas for a project. I would love to make several for gifts. I have some fabric with the Eifel Tower on it. That would make an ideal reader cover for my daughter!
This is so exciting! I would love to win a bundle so that I could make a couple tablet keepers as gifts! Thank you for a chance!
What à funny blog tour ! Lots of great ideas ! Thank you !
Jenni Gabriel's tablet keeper is exactly what I was looking for. I want to be able to make one that will store my Nook and also a pad of paper and pen on the other side. Now I just have to start making them.
So fun to see how the tablet keepers are all so different!
The mitered corner tutorial. I'll have to try that the next time.
I love the way each person makes it their own. Those minor changes makes it useful to someone else. Great fun seeing each new idea all from one pattern!
Love all the differences people are doing with this pattern! Today's colors are my favorite!
Thanks for the mitered corner video relly helpful. So many good ideas.
After seeing Jenny Gabriel's I am convinced I need one. I love how beautiful it turned out!
I'd love to have this to make a cover for a kindle!
I need a tablet keeper. I'm going to have to go through my fabric stash and figure out what I'd like to use to make one.
It's a wonderful package Clover is graciously offering through this Blog Tour look wonderful! The winners will have a great start for making projects and this Tablet Keeper!! – I plan to read the other postings too on Nancy's Tour!
I love the tablet keepers, keep them coming!
I can't wait to make one of these. I really like the one Julie @ Jaybird Quilts made. Love the colors!!
I just discovered this last night and looked at all of the entries so far. Love the variety and looking forward to replacing my boring black cover! Thanks for the inspiration!!!
Jenny Gabriel's choice of fabrics is what I would personally choose! I can understand her being hippity-hoppity-happy with the binding, it turned out perfect!
Today's tablet keeper is another fantastic creation! I love the vertical pocket, and am always glad for more tips on how to make perfect mitered corners and bindings!
Love them all! Now, which one to do first??
I like this tablet keeper wow nice project, hope i am lucky and win it.
Today's idea was great. I will have to watch Jenny's tutorial on custom bindings.
gorgeous tablet keeper today – love the idea of velcro!
I love these covers! I would love to make some or my family.
Cute, cute!! I'm always looking for creative ideas for gifts. this would be perfect for my daughter-in-law. Would love to be your winner!
Ooohhh, so many options! I am looking forward to making several for gifts and of course, one for me, too!
Beautiful fabric Jenny used for her keeper. Like her change for the right side pocket. Looking forward to exploring the tutorials/videos on that site.
I bought myself the Kindle Fire for Christmas. I would love to have a pretty cover for it.
I would love to make a cover for my sister's ipad & would also love to make the paper pad version for my self. Great patterns & they look So gorgeous, thanks for a lovely giveaway.
I loved the fabric Jenny Gabriel used in her tablet keeper project.
Love the tablet keepers! I especially like the one made using Maxine fabric.
Julie's tablet keeper is my favorite so far-love her choice of fabrics!
Just saw Julie's keeper at jaybird quilts and it was adorable! Hubby bought me a Kindle Touch for Christmas and I need a keeper for it. I made one from a tutorial, but it was way too big. Said the next one I make will be from a pattern. Would love to win this!
I have to tell you how fun it is to visit the other blogs and to see what everyone is creating and getting their helpful hints. Thank you so much.
I got an e-reader last December and love it. I did not think that I would be they are great. I bought a pretty generic looking cover, so I think that it would be great to personalize my cover.
Love this idea! Can see myself cruising into a boring meeting at school with my fancy pad and case causing an uproar. I am not kidding here it does not take too much for teachers and administrators to get excited unless it is money.
Just got a Kindle for Xmas. I am already thinking that it needs more than one cover- maybe a whole wardrobe of them. I am looking forward to getting lots of ideas from the blogs. Thanks!
The ideas are so varied, I like the one with just the graph paper. Good ideas and I like the fabric choice.
another great tablet today! Loved the choice of fabrics giving it a "quilted" look.
This s beautiful! My hat is off to you for your creative efforts. I hope that I can make one as pretty as yours. Thanks for sharing and for the giveaway.
I sure enjoy seeing the new tablet keepers each day, and all the different ideas each blogger is showing, love it!
thanx to clover for a great giveaway! like your colors and tute, you make it look easy-peasy.
Love, love, love the tablet keeper. Can't wait to try my hand at this.
Thank you for starting the blog tour on the tablet keeper. What wonderful ideas! Can't wait to make several for our Kindles. Especially like the Jaybird Quilts version.
What a great way to play with fabrics & techniques while still having something other than a sample square at the end of the process! I particularly like the tablet edition, that way I can use it by my sewing table to take notes on various projects.
I like this tablet keeper, I like how a pen/pencil holder was added. I wonder if on the leftside of the e-reader keeper it could be made to acommodate a small paper tablet? Since you can get on the internet with most readers you may need to have a pen and paper available for notes.
I love all of the tablet keepers. Beautiful colors. I want to make some for Christmas gifts. Never to early to start sewing for Christmas!
I can't wait til I can purchase the templates, I have the pattern from McCalls but have yet to make one. The templates make it so much easier to place the various tabs, marks etc needed for perfect placements.
What a great product! I just read Julie Herman's review and love the tablet keeper. It's so versatile and anyone could personalize it to make their own statement. I always have a notepad with me and normally carry my kindle fire as well. Matching covers would be fabulous! Thanks for being sew darn creative, Nancy!
Julie's tablet keeper is very pretty!! I'm really enjoying the blog tour and seeing everyones different versions on the concept. Thanks!
Lovely tablet covers! I'd like to make one. Thank You!
You chose some great bloggers to represent your template. I love getting to see the variety of fabrics and closures each person uses to make the table keeper.
Great templates. Love the ones I have seen on the tour. I made my own last year for one kindle but it is a bit wonky and having a real pattern would help.
As I was reading Jaybird Quilt's blog post, I realized that a small, pencil holder would work perfect for a stylus used for a tablet. So, another tip for my future project!!
What a great product. I'm really keen to make something individual which will stand out from the crowd, rather than the boring black cases I see for iPads everywhere. Thanks for the inspiration.
I saw your tablet keeper on Jaybird Quilts. Super cute!
These tablet holders are great. I especially liked the wool one with needle felting and the tangerine and aqua. Ones.
So fun looking at everyone's tablet keepers.
So many ideas, I don't know where to start! Three tablets in our household so it might as well be there. Can't wait! Thanks.
These tablet keepers are all fabulous. So many ideas! Can't wait to get started on my own.
I'm excited to make my own!
Oh, these are great! I'm loving all of the ideas from the bloggers, I just might need to make a few of these for my NookColor. That way I can change them out to suit my mood!
Great blog tour. I love seeing all the different choices.
I just checked on Julie's (Jaybird Quilts) and love how her project came out. I made something similar a few months back but think this project is much better. It's going on my to do list!
These are wonderful! I will start with one for the ipad, but I see several others in my future!
I love the way Julie's tablet keeper turned out.
I love that you can make these for paper tablets too. I have a friend who would love it I made one for her!
What a great idea! I would love to win one!
Love the unique fabric choices on today's featured tablet keeper, and the fun use of the feather stitch.
What a wonderful idea for gifts! I especially like the felted cover as it is uniquely beautiful and very functionable. Keep the wonderful ideas coming.
All of that needle felting was so impressive. I'd love to make one of these, too!
Happy Valley's tablet keeper is awesome, thanks for sharing it with us!
Wow, Happy Valley's tablet keeper is awesome!! thanks for sharing it with us.
They are all so unique!!
The felted one is a beauty!!
Happy Valley's gorgeous tablet keeper is a work of art! I'm going to keep in mind the tip about using wool to help wick away the dust!
love the felted wool tablet keeper – that is beautiful!
Loved the wool felted keeper. I like to do wool lfelting projects. Never thought of using it on a keeper.
LOVE the wool! These keep getting better, this one is just beautiful.
I am loving the many different approaches to creating an e-tablet keeper. Such creativity! Thanks for the blog tour!
This is great! I plan to make a couple of these for ladies going through chemo due to breast cancer. They have so much to journal and take notes on. The pocket is great for their calendars that the doctors give them to keep track of chemo, shots, and other medication and doctor visits. I'll be using some pretty pink ribbon fabric.
It is just so cool at all the neat stuff that Clover and Nancy keep coming up with. I would sure love to win this awesome collection of notions.
i LOVE THESE KEEPERS—-CAN'T WAIT TO MAKE ONE FOR MY IpAD AND ANOTHER FOR HUSBAND'S nOOK.
what a great idea, Nancy…so on top of the trends! Just what quilt/sew women are wanting! Love it!
I just discovered this blog tour. It is such a wonderful idea! The first ideas I read about are at Pat Sloan's website. I have been reading about fusible fleece, but this is the first time I have seen a project using it. Thank you to Clover!
So many ideas, I love this. Can't wait to make one for my Kindle Fire.
I'm still enjoying the blog tour and all of the new ideas.
Love the idea of the templates, they make it so much easier and give a professional looking result. Hope I am a lucky winner, but either way my iPad will be looking smart.
Wow, Liz Hicks at http://blogerisms.blogspot.com/2012/01/art-journal-and-tablet-keeper-projects.html really took this to a new level! What a creative way to use the tools in this Clover giveaway.
I need to make a cover for a tablet and an e-reader and will be looking at all of the different projects before deciding how to make mine.
Watched the video demo and was completely hooked. Immediately ordered what I needed to complete the project and am eagerly awaiting delivery so that I can get started. It will be perfect for my new Kindle Firefly.
I love how different all the tablet covers turnout. I like that everybody says the templates are easy to use.
Thanks so much for an awesome and generous giveaway.
Another great tablet keeper! Thanks for sharing all of these ideas!
I liked the d-ring as a buckle application that Fran used.
This is just the inspiration needed to create a tablet keeper for my husband's Nook. I am picturing some embroidery on top to personalize it even more.
Very nice, they are all so different. I'll have to check out the wonder clips.
Glad I read Clover's blog! I've seen the Chaco-liner in catalogs, but now that I read how it is used and how it works, I'm thinking I need one in my "tool bucket"! Loved the choice of fabrics and the tip of using the elastic material doubled. I'm going to reread these blogs and create a tip list, so I'll be prepared when I try my first tablet keeper!
I like the idea of the wonder clips in the latest post. Great idea.
Love Liz Hick's painted covers! What a wonderful idea!
The great ideas keep on coming with todays stop, a new-to-me blog.
channel some of that talent.
today's tablet with the paint was FABULOUS!!
Another super-creative project.. Makes me wish I could paint!
I really like this one but I don't paint. I can't wait for my templates to get here. I was hoping to get them today but maybe tomorrow.
I had no idea you had these templates. Great discovery!
Enjoying all of the variations of the tablet keeper.
I can't believe all the neat idea's these women have come up with for making a e-reader cover. There are just so many to choose from. I will try and make a different one for each of my family members that have an e-reader. They will be shocked.
I love this. I want to make one for my tablet and the tablet my daughter is going to get and ….
I'm trying to hold out until the end of the month to get these new templates. a new iPad cover has really been on my mind. I even have the fabric all picked out for it.
Wow, Liz certainly has talent. I enjoyed reading about her 2 keeper's and seeing her finished project!
I'm still using "paper tablets" and always bring one to my sewing classes. This will definitely be on my to-do list.
Betsy, that is a great idea!
I just received a Kindle as a gift this year and was looking around for idea's on making a case for it when I ran across this tour. Love the idea's and can't wait to visit everyone's sites. Great giveaway too. Thank you for the opp. to enter.
Love Liz' version! Wish I was good with paints and such, but I love seeing projects like this by such talented artists.
I love the idea of a template for e-readers and tablets. Many of us will want to make keepers for more than 1 device, so the multi-sized template idea is fabulous! I also love the idea of the blog tour. So many bloggers with so many ideas! How inspiring!
I made my own cover for my NOOK when I saw the cost of the commercial ones. Loved my fabric but the finished project left much to be desired. Looking forward to making one with an actual pattern.
I have an older nook and am saving my pennies for an iPad. I love to individualize my bags and accessories and your templates give me the starting point I need. I have your bag/purse templates and was excited when you added this handy template to adapt to all the sizes.
I also really enjoy your blog tour. I get to "sample" so many interesting artists and see their individual take on a generic plan.
Thank you so much, Nancy, for your tutorials. patterns and inspiration.
I have a Kindle. Would love to have the new Kindle Fire.
And make it a nice cover. Have my fingers crossed!
I was planning to make a cute cover for my new Kindle – mostly to protect it from scratches – but with all these ideas and patterns, I'm looking forward to an adventure. And I'm betting I'll get many requests from friends to make one for them!
Already love the pictures of the tablet keepers posted.
I would love to have one of these for pads of paper!
Thanks for another nice stop on the blog tour today (Wed). Eileen Roche did a good job with her project.
I can see many "gifty" possibilities for this tablet-keeper!
Just visited Eileen Roche's blog and really love the embroidery design. Thank you so much for this opportunity.
The cover of Eileen's tablet keeper is beautiful! If I had an embroidery machine, I would definitely try this. I also often wondered how embroidery would work on faux suede, and it looks great.
I enjoyed reading Eileen's blog today and I love the free design she made. Thanks for the Blog Tour.
Love all the great ideas/designs for the e-tablet covers! I got a Kindle Fire for Christmas & need to make a cover for it. I have some many great ideas! Thanks again!
Thanks for the chance to win–I hope to purchase a Kindle Fire–A pretty case would be awesome….
I would love to make this for my daughter who is away at school, it would be great for her Kindle fire!
I just finished visiting Lazy Girl, Pat Sloan, and Eileen Roche and got great ideas at each of them. I especially liked Lazy Girl's use of the same fabric for the cover and the flap closure. You did a wonderful job choosing participants.
This would be so cool to win. it would be cool to get to make something for myself. It seems all I do is make stuff for my daughter, or gifts. It's like I never get to spend a dime on me. As a homeschool mom my money always goes into Ed stuff for my daughter.
I REALY want to make one of these for ME and her of course!
Love the tablet keeper blogs and am gathering lots of ideas from everyone. I own a nook which I love and would love to be able to make a great cover for it!
I'm really enjoying the blog tour. Can't wait to see what is in store for tomorrow's guest post!
Love Eileen's design, very nice of her to share!
My Ipad certainly could use a girly cover. It's rather plain looking without it.
I carry around a paper notebook in my purse and your ideas have me inspired to make a cute cover for it! I can even add pockets to keep my coupons organized and not falling out everywhere. Love it!!!
I would love to sew a cover for my daughter-in-law's Nook. I think she'd really appreciate it.
Need to make one to coordinate with my Nancy purse I made and get so many compliments on.
Nana's nook need a nice niche!
I am always amazed by how many creative people are out there working on their arts and still making time to blog in order to share their ideas with us!! I think creativity is a natural desire in people but teaching others is a blessing!
I really like how all the different contributors include their own suggestions and tips for making the covers. I always want to make a project over again, to improve on it based on what I learned the first time.
Hi, Pat Sloan sure made a cute Tablet Keeper.
Another great tablet keeper! Loved the fabric touches!
What a wonderful idea!! Great birthday presents!!! Thanks, Nancy!
I would LOVE to win the Clover notions!!
It's a beautiful cover; not sure yet how I'd use one. I'd love to be entered for the big giveaway.
I would like to make a holder for an 8 1/2 x 11 pad of PAPER for a notebook/sketchbook, and keep my creative items close at hand – and organized. Thank you!
I don't have a tablet, but my husband does. Need to find some nice masculine fabric to make a cover for him!
The tablet keeper is a great design. Lacking a tablet myself I would love to dig into my stash and use some fabric to make a notebook cover and perhaps a Kindle cover. Thanks.
I just got a new Kindle. Love seeing the wonderful covers.
This looks like a lot of fun to make…nice gifts to make for my friends with tablets!! and who doesn't love charm packs!!
Ive just learned about your blog tour. I have a Nook and an iPad 2. They both need a cover, so I will be making two.
Love these ideas and being able to create a cover that's personal to my tastes. Thanks for the amazing giveaway.
Maybe if I make one of these, I'll get my reader!
This looks like a fun project. I hope I win!!
Oh how I wished my budget would accomadate the purchase of these products!!! I love love love them and have been looking at each of the blogs……THe fabric is so fun too!!!!
Pat Sloan's hand quilting stitches added a personal touch to her tablet keeper, although I personally prefer a lesser homespun look.
I would love to make a cover but I have to get a tablet first. I keep leaving lost of hints that I want one but someone isn't hearing me. Thank you for a wonderful giveaway.
These are wonderful – I can't wait to make one for my new Kindle Fire. I thank Vicki for the great instructions. Everyone has made their tablet keepers with great fabrics, so many possibilities. Thanks for the fun blog and chance to win.
What a great series of projects!
Still loving the tablet keepers, today's blog, Pat Sloan, used such great fabric. Love the birds.
This is such a handy pattern and all the other goodies too. Super giveaway. Thanks for the chance to win.
I'll have to make a pretty cover for my iPad. And, thanks for the chance to win the great Clover prizes, they're the best!!
I'm planning on getting an iPod in the near future – just love the compact size – still researching so I may change my mind – and I'm lovin all the awesome ideas to personalize my own covering! – thanks for sharin' ladies!
Pat Sloan's post today was wonderful – using charm squares and large hand stitching to complete her tablet keeper.
I love the idea of making a tablet cover of my own. I like to have items that are individual and unique.
I don't own a tablet, but have many friends that do…great gift idea, thanks.
so sweet and so practical! Happy New Year!
Would love to win the package of goodies!
No tablet in this house, but I do have a Kobo book reader which could use some cover. Love seeing how everyone's is different.
I love the ideas you have and what a great giveaway. I guess I know what is going next on my list of projects I want to do.
All these covers look great. I am hoping to get an i pad soon and want to make my own.
We need two covers at our house, plus another for paper. Great tutorials!
I love this cover. I don't have an eReader, but would like to make these to give as gifts or to sell. I would like to make one to hold a note pad for myself.
What a fun way to use up scraps! Can't want to try to make some of these.
I am always searching for a nicer looking cover for my Kindle. This would be awesome to use to make my own!
I love the one on Pat Sloan's blog. Tablet keepers are so much fun – they add a little personality to a gadget that just about everyone has!
I love this project – I need to make a cover for my daughter's new Nook Color she just received for Christmas. I like that there is a paper version too for those of us who haven't quite kept up with technology.
I love your keeper, My nook is needing a special holder!
I love this blog tour. I have a kindle and an ipad and these covers are beautiful. It will be hard to pick which one to do so I will have to do several. Thanks for a great giveaway!
Love the tablet cover, I need to make that for Christmas gifts for this next year!
I see covers for family and friends for next Christmas. Thank you.
I plan to make many of these as gift during this year. What a great project.
I am hoping to purchase a Kindle Fire in the near future, and when I do, I will definitely be making a tablet keeper. I love the colors Pat Sloan chose for her patchwork e -reader cover. Thanks for hosting this blog tour–so many inspiring options!
Love seeing all of the original ideas! I have and ipad and a kindle that could use some new clothes.
Love this project. Thanks for the gievaway.
THis looks like sooooo much fun. Love to make small quilted gifts for others.
What a giveaway! Love those covers also!
What a clever idea! My daughter and I both have a Kindle. The idea to use the Text Talk embroidery on the cover is just too cute!!! I can't wait to make a couple of these!
I was just looking at these templates the other day. What a great idea!
Thanks for the info on the measurements and the cover projects! And thanks to Clover for the prize packages.
Love to make a new cover, now the hard part is going to be picking which one! Thanks for the fun and demos! And giveaway!
Oh this looks fantastic! I'd love to make a cover for my Nook, and my momma's Nook.. they have been getting a lot of use lately, and a beautiful cover would be fantastic to show off at my doctors visits in the waiting room.
These covers are great! The possibilities seem limitless. While I have yet to purchase a tablet, my family members have them. I'm thinking what great gifts the tablet covers would make…and how fun they would be to stitch up.
Love the fabrics, did I miss the finished tablet cover?
I love those little faces on the tablet covers. I have to make one for our sony reader. Shouldn't take much time as they are pretty small.
This is so exciting! I love the inspiration.
I have a Kindle and just LOVE it! Would love to make one of your e-reader tablet holders! That looks SEW EASY!! Thanks for great products Nancy!
What great timing! Our kids got us a kindle for Christmas…love Pat Sloan's cover design!
What fun is this!! Having a ball checking out everyone's blog and seeing what they've made. What a great idea!! Would love to make one of these – thanks for such a great giveaway!!
These would make wonderful gifts for a friend,a get well gift,someone planning a wedding,baby shower gift. Truly a gift for all occassions!
Great cover pattern!! Need to make one!
I love the Text Talk embroidery on your cases they are so cute.
I just received a Kindle Fire for Christmas and am looking forward to making a great fabric cover for it. I'm just deciding on the best choices for fabrics. I want to make a cover for a paper pad too.
These look great. Can't wait to make one for my IPad and possibly as gifts for others.
Today's project post included a lovely fussy cut dragonfly on the front of a smaller tablet keeper. I liked the addition of a penholder slot.
Today's post was fun – sizing for a small tablet – and the fussy cut dragonfly is very pretty.
Just found out about this hop-what fun!
What a wonderful give-away! I love all the tablet keepers so far and plan on making several for myself and as gifts!
I purchased two nooks this christmas for gifts and the prize would be nice.
Saw this on the LazyGirl Designs blog… Love it, love it, love it! Can't wait to get ahold of the template to start making these as gifts!
LOVE the idea of templates for these e-reader and tablet covers! Now why didn't I think of that?
What a great way to make a pad of paper fancy. Great design and would love to make one.
Thank you and Clover for such a generous giveaway and a chance to win.
I love that the templates have various sizes for both electronic and paper tablets.
So today is Monday and love the additional of the pen holder ! Beautiful.
Very nice idea! I really like the template and the giveaway is very generous!
Love this and can see a lot of use for the templates!!! Thank you for sharing!
here from Lazy Girl's FB posting. very cute idea. I've been thinking of a way to keep everything in one place for my job as help desk support. I go desk to desk, and never seem to have the one piece that I need!
Very creative idea. I have no up-to-date gadgets only the old standard a writing tablets and this lap top, so our family will benefit from this pattern. Thanks for the chance to win.
I really enjoy these kinds of projects! The template would be a big help! Glad I found this blog tour on the Lazy Girl blog!
Loving the ideas…keep them coming!
Lazy Girl's Tablet Keeper is beautiful! I LOVE her choice of fabrics and the pen holder is a great idea.
Love this and such a great gift idea too!
I love the tablet keeper that Joan Harley of Lazy Girl Designs shared on her Blog today. I love that the kit is able to make one for a paper tablet and one for the digital tablet.
I really like the addition of the pen holder, especially for the paper tablets.
This looks like a great project! What a wonderful way to protect my iPad. I'm excited about the tablet keepers, too!
Each of the tablet keepers are unique and pretty. I'm looking forward to the next stop in the blog tour.
I really need to make several of the covers for me and the family. Thank Clover for the gifts and thank you.
I have a Kindle and would love to create something snazzy to protect it! Thanks for the inspiration!
Love Vicki's project. Love the fabrics selection too and also tips to avoid following her mistake.
Nancy thanks for having bloggers share their ideas for these! Thanks Clover for a great giveaway! Look forward to making a masculine one for my Son's tablet; with the idea Nancy mentioned in Bernie's post.
I'm having trouble finding the last 2 days blog posts. Are weekends off limits or did people choose not to participate?
My first project will be a Paper Tablet Keeper. I am especially looking forward to combining fabrics creatively – just like Nancy did.
I'm loving how each person has a different take, and their personality shines in their fabric choices and how they execute the pattern. I can't wait to try this!
It was good to read the process used by Vicki at sewinspired. Enjoyed the description of altering measurements and what she would do differently the next time.
Loves the template and loves to make one for my tablet!
Would love to make one of these tablet keepers.
What a great pattern for the tablets. I would love making those for my friends who have the ipads.
I have a new Kindle just screaming for a cover!! Thanks for a great tour. Can't wait to see everyones creations.
I visited Sew Inspired today and I really liked her fabric choices. It is fun to see which fabrics everyone chooses. I have already changed my mind several times about which fabrics I'll use when I make my own tablet keeper.
I can't wait to make my own!
Both my mother and daughter received ipads for Christmas, they BOTH need covers!
I am really enjoying seeing all the different fabrics that are being used for the tablet keepers.
I really enjoyed hearing how Vicki adjusted her for her Kindle Fire. It really shows how flexible the template is.
I love Vicki's fabric, gorgeous!
Thank you Vickie for the info on how to tailor the template to a Kindle Fire. Your info couldn't have come at a better time! Looks great too.
These are great! I didn't know there was a template until I saw the post on Sew Inspired today. It is nice that it works for notepads and tablets.
Thanks for sharing all the great ideas!
Love Vicki's take on the project today.
Love the fabric sewinspried used. Her step by step is great – I'll definitely go back to this blog when I get ready to make one for my Kindle Fire!
Hi, I had made a book cover for paperbacks a long time ago. I find it is just the right size for my Kindle Fire. I just have to make a few additions.
Hmmm, I was feeling pretty confident so far, until I read SewInspired's blog. I'm going to bookmark her page and I'm sure her measuring suggestions will make more sense, once I see the actual directions. Love her choice of fabric and some of her suggestions, like doubling the strap length is a great idea.
I love the Tablet Keepers. I've thought about making one but just haven't. BUT now that I see the Tablet Keeper Templates and the Shapers, I think it is time! Thanks for the inspiration!
The fabric that Vicki used today is GORGEOUS! Certainly would like to carry my Kindle in one of these protectors.
I have a Jonathan Adler for my nook, but I've been dying to make my iPad a cover since I got it for Christmas! I have fabric all picked out.
Just got an e-reader for Christmas. Would love to make the cover for it.
What a fabulous Clover template!
I thought the post at Craizee Corner today was quite helpful, as it made me aware of products I hadn't known about. I am excited to get started on a Tablet Keeper, but think I'll try to be patient and see what else I learn before this blog tour is over.
I really liked the idea that Sha used for the decorative stitched edging, instead of the binding.
Thanks for the interesting post on the tablet. Sha and Amy did a great job on theirs.
your tablet templates are amazing……………..
This is a lovely project. Thanks for sharing, and adding the sweet Clover giveaway too. Both Amy and Sha have nice looking projects.
Any suggestions on making a masculine one for my husband?
Bernie, we recently made a Tablet Keeper for an upcoming TV show using a brown faux leather and a geometric print for the binding and strap. It's a very masculine look.
Received an e-reader for Christmas and was wondering how to make a case. cAme across this posting and now I not only wnat to make one for me, but want to teach classes in my shop for others to make one for their 'pads'.
I love when other people put things upside down.
Makes me feel as if I am not alone.
Oh my … love the prize giveaway and the tablet blog Nancy. Plus today was extra special as I received my Nancy's Notions magazine. Good Day!
Sharon's tablet keeper is great, and I am definitely going to try the strap interfacing she mentioned, especially for the casserole carriers I've been making.
I would really like to try the strap stuff that Sha was talking about today. Very interesting!
I have alot of family that have electronic devices. This will be perfect for future gifts. Thanks.
Oh the possibilities!!!!! Now I can make covers for all my friends who have e-readers, I-Pads or whatever they are called!! I can't wait to see what everyone comes up with. Thank you Clover & Nancy!
What a great idea! and fab giveaway too!
What a cool idea. How about one to match every seaon??
Sha did a very nice job! I likes hearing about sewing the name on upside down – glad to hear others do things like that to!
Just finally catching up on my FB posts since the holiday and found out about this Tablet Keeper blog tour!!! Now I am off to check out each of the days I missed because I so need this for my E Reader!
Thanks for this terrific giveaway! I was recently given an iPad and would love to make a cover for it. It's exciting to see all the different fabric choices that everyone makes. Can hardly wait to make one for mine.
It was fun to see Amy's tablet covers today. I suspect each quilter's personality will shine through in the cover she creates. Which makes me want to carefully consider my own choices.
This is such perfect timing! I was planning to Google "Quilted iPad cases" as soon as I read my emails–and here you are, with a month-long answer to my quest. Thanks so much for putting this together.
Your cases are cute, by the way.
I love it! Now I just need a tablet.
This looks great! I tried to make myself an ipad cover and it didn't work out that well. It ended up too big and that might not bother some people, but it bothered me. I didn't even finish sewing it. Of course not finishing means I can take it apart easier and try again! But these templates look super easy to use.
What a useful set of tools from Clover! In this family, only the males have androids or tablets. Not me! My husband, son and father-in-law. You think one of them would like a nice cover? Thanks for the tour and giveaway.
Great design on the tablet keeper. I hope to be able to make one soon. Everyone's keepers are so neat! Love Liz's.
Birthday presents for all of my kiddos, siblings.. wow how fun!!
This is the perfect project to zap the post-holiday blahs!
Oh, how awesome! I've been searching the internet for a tutorial like this and here it is Thank you for the generous giveaway!
What a great idea for gift giving for my ever expanding family! I'm looking forward to seeing all the different creations.
Wow – this looks wonderful! I caught the post on Amy's blog today and now I can't stop thinking about making one of these! I look forward to seeing the rest of the tour!
The tablet keeper blog is really fun. I can't wait to see the rest.
I have a Nook that needs a cover. Guess I better get busy.
This looks like a really neat (telling my age) product. Thanks for a chance at those wonderful goodies.
I may have to buy an ereader just so I can make a wallet for it!
Would love to try a tablet keeper!
Although my son also got a cover for my nook, I think I'd like to make one using these great ideas.
Can't wait to see what everyone comes up with!
Loved Amy Ellis' description of the process. What is used for the corners, bias tape, ribbon, twill tape, elastic???
I'm thinking some applique would look great on front of the tablet keeper.
I would love to make one of these for my new tablet I received for Christmas and also as gift ideas for Christmas next year. I love Park City Girl's pretty iPad keeper.
I love the emoticon embroidery on your cover, Nancy.
Great fabrics used on these 'keepers'…and thanks for the giveaway!
I love that you can use the pattern for paper tablets also. They are great to keep in my purse for making lists or for the kids to doodle on when we are waiting at the doctor's etc.
I was just googling for a kindle cover pattern last week and having no luck at all finding anything I liked. This would be perfect! Thanks for the chance to win.
I have been thinking about trying to make one of these for my husband – having the template and instructions would be a whole lot easier (and would look better in the end) than my typical trial and error approach!
Re Amy's Tablet I like a more consistant look but it was an interesting concept to use a variety of fabrics for the binding.
I was gazing at Amy Ellis' tablet keeper and it is super cute. I love this. This template looks much easier than the way I made my daughter's case. Thanks for what appears to be a great product.
I received a Kindle for Christmas, I would love to make this for my Kindle.
This template set is on my Puyallup Sew Expo shopping list. Would be thrilled to win this to already have one on my iPad when I'm there.
These are just so cute and way nicer than those 'mass produced' covers you find in the stores.
I'm so excited about this blog tour! I made a cover for my iPad2, but my choice of stabilizer wasn't the best, so I'm looking forward to learning lots of tips!
Oh my goodness! I could really use this prize. I received a Kindle Fire for Christmas. I made a cover for it, but I would love this set of templates. How fun!
Can't wait to see what the other bloggers come up with.
I have aNook Color. I made a cover but want to make a new one. I have some ideas to make it more useful and better.
What cute keepers. Thanks for the giveaway.
I am planning to make a cover for my daughter's Kindle. I'm glad to see how other people have made covers.
I have plans to make a cover for my Nook. This blog tour will be a great opportunity for ideas and inspiration. Many thanks!
This looks like such a great idea. I can't wait to see what all those wonderful blogers come up with each day. There are a number of my favorites in the list and it's always great to find a new blog to see more ideas.
I don't have an e-reader but my husband just got one. Maybe I'll make him a cover.
How fun and you can change out the covers at a whim! Great creative gift…to give and get.
Clover has such wonderful products and this looks like another winner. Can't wait to see what all those creative minds will come up with on this blog hop.
I have been waiting for this! Can't wait to see the creativity and try one (or more) out myself.
Wow! The line up is a Who's Who of sewing creativity! I have an ereader and I can't wait to see what they come up with! Thanks for the tour.
Love the cover, Hope I win.
Love these! I think I would put a pocket in the electronic tablet keeper to hold small notes and a screen cleaning cloth.
I am anxious to make a cover for my iPad – and my husband's, my son's, my daughter's and my son-in-law's. With all of the choices, I am sure to find one for everyone.
Love these! I'd make a bunch of them!!
These are gorgeous! Can't wait to see what is in store tomorrow!
Thank you for the generous giveaway. I'm so anxious to see all the wonderful projects. Happy New Year!
Oh great! I want to use fabric that looks like craved leather with a pocket on the front of real leather with my fancy embroidered initial!
I love these. I don't have any electronic device that would fit these, but my daughter has a couple, I could make her cases for her things for taking to school, or out shopping even. Need to keep these expensive things safe!
I did see the paper pad, and could make one of these for myself, I always need paper in my purse.
This is a great idea. No idea what I'll make mine out of yet.
I love these Tablet Keepers.
This is great! I have an iPad and designed my own case, but I have had a ton of people ask about how to make one. The template looks wonderful! I am looking forward to seeing all of the creations!
Perfect January project for my already scratched tablet… I'm going to make my holder out of shweshwe fabrics!
What a great idea; so many possibilities! I'm looking forward to seeing all the bloggers tablet keepers. Thanks for the inspiration!
Not only is this a clever idea, the project sheet has many more ideas that are a hit. Love, love, love Clover's notions and Nancy Zieman's blogs and tuitorials, especially with Baby Lock machines.
How exciting I can't wait to see all the creations!! I have my fabric all picked out too.
I have several people with iPads that I would like to make cover. Looks fun.
I'm glad the kit has the ability to make one for a paper pad to. Thanks!
I love the "old school" tablet keepers, I haven't gone digital in the world of tablets just yet.
I have a fabulous tablet that needs a fabulous cover. What great gifts these will be.
I so much like to see, what other Creative minds come up with. I strolled around an iPad since the first came on market but couldnot take the plunge to buy me one. Hubby decided and made a birthday present and I am sooooo happy.
Never having the right bag on hand, I will make a Designer Handbag with a sewn in, zippert compartment for the iPad. The iPad itself will get a matching Tablet Keeper, so I am prepared in style for this year's office work. | {
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LAKE DISTRICT CLASSICS (2018)
DATE OF WALKS: Tuesday 15 – Saturday 19 May 2018 (4 separate days walking)
DAY 1 – SKIDDAW via Little Man, 15 May
START and END: Central Car Park, Keswick
LENGTH: 11½ miles (4 hours 5 minutes plus lunch stop)
DAY 2 – NEWLANDS HORSESHOE, 16 May
START and END: Car park below Catbells
LENGTH: 12 miles (5 hours 10 minutes plus stops)
DAY 3 – BLENCATHRA via Halls Fell Ridge (up), Blease Fell (down), 17 May
START and END: Car park near school, Threlkeld
LENGTH: 8 miles (3 hours 45 minutes plus stops)
DAY 4 – SCAFELL PIKE via Mickledore (up), Corridor Route/Styhead Tarn/Great Gable (down), 19 May
START and END: Wasdale Head car park
LENGTH: 9 miles (4 hours 10 minutes plus snack/lunch/pub stops)
[LEJoG progress at start of this sidetrack: Day 16, Minehead]
The 'Sidetracks' have thus far been marked by commemoration of my late grandmother. The Cleveland Way was undertaken in the wake of her funeral, and the Coast to Coast began after we visited her final resting place on her 85th birthday. In 2016 and 2017 we had stayed for a weekend in Windermere. In 2018 we visited Tarn Hows on 14 May again, but stayed for a week in Ambleside. This gave me a long-awaited opportunity to explore more of the Lake District, appetite obviously whetted by Helvellyn et al a year earlier. In advance of the holiday I bought all four of the OS Explorer maps and selected my four walks for the week.
Scafell Pike required a drive to the Western Lakes and a separate hotel booking, so that was saved for the weekend. Being very much a "save the best till last" kind of guy, Blencathra was too enticing to be tackled first – more importantly I needed to think for a couple of days about whether or not to try Sharp Edge as my first ascent. The Newlands Horseshoe involved six different peaks and I didn't want to risk tiring myself out on day one, which meant the opener was…
SKIDDAW (931m)
The sixth-highest mountain in England, Skiddaw is (according to Wikipedia), "the simplest of the Lake District mountains of this height to ascend… and, as such, many walking guides recommend it to the occasional walker wishing to climb a mountain." I will say that it was the right choice as my first Lake District fell outside the Coast to Coast. I will not say it was simple.
OK, well, it is to start with. From the car park at Keswick, the obvious path is marked on OS maps. Most of the first mile is on roads, taking you under an old rail bridge and around the leisure pool. Eventually you branch off onto a footpath which takes you over the A66 road before it starts to climb. Skiddaw is signposted from here (4 miles). Now called 'Cumbria Way' it skirts the hills of Latrigg (viewpoint detour optional) and Mallen Dodd, reaching a car park which you can use if you wish to cut your overall ascent by around a third.
It's the next section, from c. 1000 feet to c. 2100 feet (per Wainwright's guide), passing Lonscale Fell to the east, that I found tougher than expected, particularly as the sun came out for a while. It's just a long, straight, steep climb with no peak in sight until you start on the winding (and slightly gentler) path up Jenkin Hill.
View of Keswick and Derwentwater from Jenkin Hill
(looking right back at the header photograph)
The peak which comes into view is, sadly, not Skiddaw proper but 'Skiddaw Little Man'. As you scale Jenkin Hill you have the option of taking a half hour diversion to conquer Little Man. In doing so I think I made my first mental leap towards the aim of one day completing the 214 Wainwrights. Next birthday I asked for the seven-volume Pictorial Guide, so I'm committed now. Obviously it remains on the back burner while I continue with LEJoG. But this is just a brief illustration of how one walking bug can so easily beget another.
Coming down slightly from Little Man, the path to the summit of Skiddaw is now clear and not at all difficult. Here you will also meet what many walkers (including the man himself) regard as the best ascent of Skiddaw, from Bassenthwaite Village via Longside Edge. I have to confess it looked more dramatic than the Keswick route.
My 20 minute stay at the summit was characterised by rolling mist, which dissipated almost as suddenly as it arrived. What had been a warm if cloudy day turned very cold – over-dressing is advised when climbing to these heights. Can you expect crowds? Skiddaw on this mid-May morning was busier than Helvellyn last year, but not remotely comparable to Blencathra and (especially) Scafell Pike later in the week. I shared the summit with about a dozen other people and estimate there were around forty climbing at the same time as me.
The descent is easier on the knees than many in the Lakes, although care should be taken on Jenkin Hill and the path past Lonscale Fell. The endorphins and sense of satisfaction are worth every step.
NEWLANDS HORSESHOE
featuring, in order of appearance: Catbells (451m); Maiden Moor (575m); High Spy (653m); Dale Head (753m); Hindscarth (727m); Robinson (737m).
I hadn't heard of the Newlands Horseshoe until a few weeks before the holiday. As an alternative to simply 'bagging' the more renowned peaks on my list, it appealed strongly. The way it turned out of course, the Horseshoe allowed me to bag six more Wainwrights anyway. I sold the first and smallest, Catbells, to my parents as a peak within reach of the casual walker. So it was that I had company for the start of the walk.
The car park near Gutherscale is quite difficult to find, and turns out to be a few unmarked spaces nestling under the foothills of Catbells. After a steady start, the casual walkers were unfortunately found out when the clear path disappeared and they had to clamber over some rocks. The summit of Catbells was still 15-20 minutes away, and the last few of those minutes would require some more precarious clambering. And so it was that, after only a quarter of an hour, they turned back and I no longer had company…
Catbells had been sold to me by a former work colleague as a small hill, so I admit to being surprised at the effort it took to reach the summit. My parents made the right decision to turn around. It isn't hard as such, but nor should you just turn up and expect to vault up there in jeans and the shoes you wear to walk your dog or do the gardening. The shallow descent from Catbells is followed by a long pull up to Bull Crag and Maiden Moor. This is where you have to resist walking backwards, because the views from here over Derwentwater are a British natural wonder. Even people like me, with no interest in photography and only an iPhone to hand, can't fail to capture some of the glory (the header image is from Bull Crag).
You then undertake a very gentle climb (a stroll, really) to High Spy, followed by a long and in places uneven descent to Dalehead Tarn. What faces you now will have been visible for some time already, but your mind (mine, at least) will have been trying to convince you there's an easier way up. Nope. Dale Head looms in front of you, and the route takes you directly up from the tarn. It's like Dollywaggon Pike from Grisedale Tarn, but steeper. Head down, grit teeth, stop as often as you like for water. It is the only really challenging part of the walk. You will be rewarded with this:
View of Newlands Valley from Dale Head (Skiddaw and Blencathra backdrop)
Hindscarth is next on the list. Make your way along the ridge (Hindscarth Edge) and you will see the climb to Robinson in front of you. However, if you want to make it six rather than five summits, take a diversion right (north) for Hindscarth itself. It's well worth doing for the sake of a 20-minute round trip with no additional ascent. Indeed you can make your way back to the car park from Hindscarth if you so choose, leaving out Robinson altogether.
The OS map will tell you that doing both adds a considerable mileage. I and many others will also confirm that taking on Robinson single-handedly transforms this walk from pleasantly energetic into tiring. The ascent isn't as steep as that to Dale Head, but it ranks second in effort as well as overall height. You clearly gain more metres from the car park to Catbells than you do from Hindscarth to Robinson, but Catbells was your first summit and Robinson is your sixth: QED. The real test comes with the descent: about half a mile after the summit you meet a precipitous drop, a broken path and some crags that appear to offer the only way down. A disclaimer here: I may have come off the Robinson plateau slightly west of the optimal route down to Stope Beck, and as a result others may have found this section easier than I did. But here (with photos) is an example of another walker who ended up, as I did, improvising his way down these crags on his butt.
It's not over yet, for you need to be almost level in height with the beck when you come out of the valley, and if you've gone too far west, that means you're on High Snab Bank and have to walk straight down a very steep hill. There are obvious steps cut out of the earth, but even so, your knees probably won't thank you for such small mercies. Once you emerge on to the bridleways and farm roads, the hard part is most definitely over. Still more than two miles back to the car though.
A really wonderful spring walk, honestly. Perfect weather helped, no doubt: in less friendly conditions I might have been tempted to walk back down the valley from Hindscarth and save Robinson for another day.
BLENCATHRA (868m)
Blencathra, aka Saddleback, stands initimidatingly over the village of Threlkeld, just north of the A66 from Keswick to Penrith. A fair amount of my prep for today's walk was spent researching its most intimidating feature: the narrow arête on the eastern ascent from Scales Farm, known as Sharp Edge. By reputation this is more nerve-racking and downright dangerous than Striding Edge on Helvellyn, due to the steep drop on both sides and especially because of the so-called 'bad step'. People have been killed crossing this ridge, basically, and most fatalities or serious injuries are due to falls at this 'bad step'. General advice seemed to be that taking on Sharp Edge (a Grade 1 scramble) as a first ascent of Blencathra, when not experienced in scrambling, was probably unwise in all but perfect conditions.
Well. Weather conditions were perfect. Dry, warm, barely any breeze. I approached from the west, close to Blease Farm, still undecided. My back-up would be Halls Fell Ridge, described by Wainwright as "positively the finest way to any mountain-top in the district" (his emphasis). I passed the start of the path to Halls Fell Ridge as if intending to tackle Sharp Edge instead… but if you've read the spoiler at the top of this page, there is no point trying to build tension here. Sharp Edge was too far away, I wanted to start climbing asap, and I thought I'd get a look at it from the summit and bookmark it for another time. Halls Fell Ridge it was, not without some regret.
It was barely after 9am and there were very few people on this route: I passed an older gentleman after 15 minutes of ascent, and a couple were just starting theirs below. The climb to the ridge itself is fairly tough, not far below the level of Dollywaggon Pike or Dale Head, but with better views than either. The ridge is less dramatic than Striding Edge, but no less daunting for someone who calls themselves a walker rather than a scrambler. I followed the crest as closely as possible for the first ¼ mile, but while traversing the rockface above a steeper drop on the western side, I lost my sunglasses and watched them tumble several hundred metres down the mountainside before coming to rest. At that point I left the crest, never to return, and made my way along the grass. Wainwright refers to a distinct path for walkers here, but I never quite found it, instead crossing scree and then having to walk almost vertically to the summit at Hallsfell Top. To be honest I was closer to the summit than I thought when leaving the crest, and it would have been quicker to stay there.
Halls Fell Ridge, from the summit of Blencathra (Threlkeld hidden)
It's a glorious summit, I have to say. Above is the view back down Halls Fell Ridge; to the north-west you can see the Solway Firth and Scotland. And, take a short walk north and you can look down on Sharp Edge and Scales Tarn.
Sharp Edge (from sufficient distance not to look too scary) and Scales Tarn
A good dozen or so people emerged from their climb of Sharp Edge while I admired the views, and their courage. Groups of men my age and older were vocal and exhilarated. Younger men (climbing alone) were quieter, almost business-like. I didn't see any women on the route.
Eventually I tore myself away and headed down via the longest but easiest of the suggested ascents, by Blease Fell. I wouldn't choose to come up that way, given the alternatives, but it was a splendid walk all the same. A number of walkers were on their way up, some with dogs – it was that kind of route.
Blencathra is both a challenge and a grand half day out. I'd be all but certain to return, even if Sharp Edge didn't need conquering.
SCAFELL PIKE (978m)
The family holiday ended on the morning of Friday 18 May, so I had already booked myself in for two nights at the Red Admiral, Seascale, as a base for Wasdale Head and England's highest mountain. A long drive around the A595, good food and an early start on Saturday. As it turned out, the group on the table next to me for dinner were on the summit of Scafell Pike at the same time the following morning.
This was one of the greatest single day's walking of my fledgling 'career'. It had everything. I cannot imagine designing or scripting it any better. First, the weather was outstanding: a delightful spring morning with sunshine and just enough breeze. Perfect for walking. It's a 20-30 minute drive from the Red Admiral, and as you approach Wasdale Head car park you realise that a) it's the weekend and b) this is a much bigger attraction. For I was parked by 8:30am and the substantial car park (over 100 spaces) was more than half full already.
This was also royal wedding day, incidentally: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were wed on the afternoon of Saturday 19 May. Apparently it was on telly and everything. As someone who regards the royal family with complete indifference, and those who queue up outside the Lindo Wing when there's a royal baby on the way with total bewilderment, I can't say I was upset to miss it. The knowledge that there was a competing national event also confirmed that the hundreds of people I saw on and around Scafell Pike today were my kind of people.
England's highest mountain overlooks its deepest lake, Wast Water: the car park is at the northern head of the lake. Setting off on the eastbound path parallel with Lingmell Gill, the climb is gentle at first but soon becomes genuinely testing. I stopped a couple of times even before reaching the fork in the stream at Brown Tongue. From here the path to Hollow Stones becomes steeper – yes, steeper, although only for half a kilometre or so. Great views back down to Wast Water from here, as shown below:
At Hollow Stones, the so-called 'easy' route, used for the Three Peaks Challenge because of its swifter ascent, proceeds east to Lingmell Col before a steeper but relatively short SE-bound path to the summit. I had chosen to veer right here and approach via Mickeldore, a ridge between England's two highest mountains. Part of the reason was to get a good look at Sca Fell (England's no.2) and the seriously tough ascents via Broad Stand (strictly for rock climbers only) and Lord's Rake/West Wall (not recommended due to rock falls). The path to Mickeldore col feels harder than it looks. My mind was distracted from the climb by a man who was calling for a lost sheepdog – I do hope they were reunited.
Mickeldore itself is an enjoyable little scramble through a crevice vaguely reminiscent of this (purely in size relative to a human, I hasten to add, not in smell, or indeed length). Emerging on to the ridge, you head NE over a boulder-strewn landscape. The path can be indistinct, but the summit is soon visible in good weather and you can follow your nose easily enough. This does not mean you can leave your compass at home: my conditions were perfect, yours may not be.
The summit is quite expansive: there's a cairn which I used as my WordPress profile picture, as well as a more obvious and popular elevated platform, photographed below:
There's also plenty of room to sit down and admire the views, eat or drink. I spent 45 minutes there and must have shared it with around fifty people in that time. Many more than that, including a Three Peaks team of around two dozen, were within a few minutes of the summit by the time I left, at around 11:15. On the way down to join the Corridor Route, a number of walkers separately asked me how far it was to the summit. I think this was the first day when I began to feel like a seasoned hill walker rather than a novice.
The Corridor Route (as far as Sty Head) was possibly the highlight of the day, even above reaching the summit itself. With the Toblerone shape of Great Gable a constant companion to your left, wind your way downhill over stony paths, fords, Greta Gill, Piers Gill and some occasional narrow and exposed rock formations (including one section where I had to queue and wait for a group to cross from the other end), before finally reaching a perfect lunch spot near Styhead Tarn. It's just difficult enough to generate a satisfied smile, but just easy enough to make for a pleasant afternoon.
View of Scafell Pike from Styhead Tarn, looking ahead to the Corridor Route
From here I returned to the major walkers' junction at Sty Head, choosing the western path below the summit of Great Gable. Note that this is not at all a steep descent, but it is rough underfoot and care should be taken on steps and stones. Lingmell Beck is below you to the left. Eventually the path reaches the beck and joins Moses Trod, a well-used route from Honister to Wasdale Head over Great Gable. Now the only major obstacle between yourself and the conclusion is this. Very busy it was too, when I popped in for half a Hobgoblin Gold. I felt I'd earned more than a half, but that was as much of a treat as I could allow myself when driving back within the hour.
There's a brief road section after the pub, then a half mile footpath through reeds and bushes brings you out at Wasdale Head car park.
I appreciate that you may not be as blessed with the weather if you plan the walk on a particular day. But really, Scafell Pike is glorious. I don't think I fully appreciated the magnificence of its surroundings until I was there – beforehand, I was ignorant enough to think it was just "England's highest mountain", needed bagging for that reason alone, and its appeal was limited beyond that. You can't go wrong whichever ascent and descent you choose, but I would strongly recommend working the Corridor Route in somehow.
More Lake District Classics to come in 2019, when the family returns to Ambleside and Tarn Hows for the week of my grandmother's 87th birthday.
Picture (16 May) combines three of these four: taken during the Newlands Horseshoe walk, it shows Catbells (centre), from Bull Crag, with Skiddaw (centre/left) and Blencathra (right) dominating the landscape in the distance, across Derwentwater. | {
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This technique is based upon Wilson's queen rearing process and uses a modified floor board. Apart from some minor modifications it can be carried out with standard hive equipment to raise one or 2 additional queens. The main benefit is that bees can continue to fly and forage throughout the process so there should be no interruption to nectar gathering. It is very easy to carry out and only requires 3 manipulations on two separate days.
A spare brood box for queen raising.
A split board (modified floor board) in which two entrances, of about 40 mm, have been cut in the upper rim on two opposite sides. This can be made from a floor board with ac ouple of slots covered with wire mesh to aid ventilation.
A syrup feeder, ideally something like a watering can fitted with a standard rose.
A division board to divide the queen raising brood box into two halves. You should make sure that bees can't move between the compartments. Additionally to make subsequent inspections easier you might want to substitute the crownboard for two smaller boards – one for each half.
Day 1 a.m. – Open up the hive and take out four combs, two with young brood (mark with a drawing pin) and two with riper brood. Ensure that the queen is not on these frames by giving them a gentle shake. Place these four combs in the centre of the spare brood box (QR – queen raiser box). Flood four of the empty drawn combs with syrup and place two on each side of the brood. Finally put a dummy board in at each end. Rebuild the hive, placing the queen excluder on, and over it the new brood box. The whole manipulation can be done in a matter of minutes. The nurse bees will stream through the queen excluder and cover the combs of the young brood and many of the other bees will come to feed on the syrup in the combs.
Day 1 p.m. – About 2 to 3 hours later re-open the hive. The combs in the top box will be well covered with bees. All that is now required is to reverse the position of the two boxes. The top box which is the queen raiser is placed upon the floor-board and the bottom box with the queen now goes on top. In building up on this occasion the excluder is removed and the split board is substituted for the crown board with the entrances open on either side and the brood box with the queen placed on top. The flying bees will now all enter the bottom box which is queen-less. This box will have eggs, young and ripe brood, nurse bees and flying bees and with the exception of the queen is a balanced colony. This is quickly remedied, as the bees immediately start building queen cells. The top box will contain most of the brood, plenty of house bees and the queen. It will, however, be short of flying bees. When re-building, place the two remaining syrup filled combs among the brood combs. For the first two days only a few flying bees will be using the side entrances; within a week, however, bees will be actively using both entrances. The colony is a balanced one and the queen will continue to lay.
The new batch of queens will be expected to emerge in 12 days time. The third manipulation can be carried out on the 9th, 10th or 11th day.
Day 9 – Reverse the position of the two boxes. The box with the queen goes below while the box with queen cells is placed upon the board above. In building up on this occasion place any supers over the bottom box. This box will now be boosted by most of the flying bees.
If you want to split the top box into two nuclei insert the division board to make two compartments. A number of queen cells will be found upon the marked comb, and at least one cell should be placed in each compartment.
Downstairs is now a strong well balanced colony with the queen, plenty of flying bees, brood, etc. Upstairs, there will be two nuclei each using a side entrance. It has already been noticed that the flying bees belonging to this box will have gone to augment the strength of the downstairs box; in place of these the nuclei will have gained the flying bees that previously were using both entrances while the queen right colony was upstairs. The restricted entrances in the top box will prevent robbing.
In a few days the queens should emerge and become mated and the beekeeper will have three colonies under one roof. After about two weeks you can inspect the 2 nuclei to see that the new queens are laying. This is also the right time to insert additional frames of comb or foundation to fill up both brood boxes. | {
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In this episode, we explore that question we hear so often, "But what about fish and eggs" and he shares some information to comfort the plant-based pregnant ladies out there. With his wit and charm, Dr. Greger has some messages for parents and anyone out there who wants to know How Not To Die.
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During the early summer of 2011, while revising the Concise Scots Dictionary, I was searching for a word I knew to be of Traveller origin. I was searching The Scottish Traveller Dialects by Jess Smith and Robert Dawson, an excellent source for words used by Travellers1 — but one which is arranged in the form of informant lists without definitions or grammatical information, which limits its use as a resource. It occurred to me that it would be very useful for my own work to rearrange this information into a single alphabetical list, and as I worked on compiling it, I came across other modern and historical sources which would very usefully augment the original material. It soon became clear that this work had blossomed into what would become a fully-fledged dictionary.
In Scotland today, Gypsies and Travellers speak a mixture of different languages: Scots, Cant, Romany, Scots Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, Shelta (the language of Irish Travellers) and Beurla Reagaird. The latter is a form of Gaelic which involves backslang, for example the Gaelic for horse is capal which in Beurla Reagaird becomes lupac. Through the generations there has been a great deal of socio-linguistic contact between these various groups, facilitated, for example, through intermarriage.
My interest in the language of the Travelling Community began in childhood when I became friends with a Gypsy girl at primary school, and was exposed to words from her language. Linguistic contact of this type was not unusual in southern Scotland where there was a legal requirement for Gypsy children to attend school for a minimum number of days each year. In this way quite a number of Gypsy words were borrowed into the vocabulary of Scottish school children. These words often survive in Scots (where they have been lost elsewhere).
There are many other words of Romany or Cant origin which have passed into Scots, which are not found in English. For example the noun peev or peeve, meaning an alcoholic drink or more specifically whisky; the verb peevan to drink alcohol; the adjective peevie meaning drunk intoxicated: "I'd be trash to fek okrie off her for she's a peevie old manishi." [I'd be afraid to take anything from her because she's a drunken old woman.]; and peever, a drunkard. A further example of a Romany word which has passed into Scots is hirie, which now means 'money', but originally meant a half penny or penny, from hira, hirae, hirie. It is interesting to note that hiries is used in modern Edinburgh Scots to mean money in general. Its use was popularised by the Edinburgh author Irvine Welsh in his 1993 novel Trainspotting.
1 Jess Smith and Robert Dawson, The Scottish Traveller Dialects (Blackwell, 2002).
2 Walter Simson, A History of the Gypsies, with Specimens of the Gypsy Language (Sampson Low, 1865). Facsimile edition published by Elibron Classics 2007, p.98.
4 Heinrich Moritz Gottlieb Grellmann, Dissertation on the Gipsies, (W Ballantine, 1787). Facsimile edition published by Elibron Classics 2005, p. 83.
7 Captain Francis Grose, Captain Francis and Pierce Egan, Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823. Undated facsimile edition published by Nabu Public Domain Reprints.
8 Jess Smith, Jesse's Journey (Birlinn, 2003) p. 18. | {
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"Speaking to students on campus, it seems that nobody knows what the Tufts Annual Fund is or what it supports," said Alexandra Hyde, alumni relations officer at Tufts University, in an interview. "We're using this event to specifically educate students about annual giving." This year, the Tufts Student Fund Leadership Corps will host a thank-a-thon where students can write thank you notes to donors, enter a raffle and sample Jumbo the elephant cookies and hot chocolate.
At Georgia College & State University, SEP Day is a chance not just to raise awareness about the importance of philanthropy, but to participate in giving back to the broader campus community. "We want students to be aware of the importance of charitable giving, but we are also raising money for the Helping Hands Hardship Fund this year," said Kate Pope, who works in the advancement department at the university. The fund helps students in financial straits and, since it too has little campus awareness, was chosen to shed light on how to give back, according to the campus newspaper.
The University of Buffalo will hold its first Thank and Give Day on Feb. 27 during which they will put tags on items around campus, ranging from microscopes to buildings, to show how private gifts help cover costs. "We want to tell [students] how philanthropy can change lives, show them the effect that others' giving has had on them here at UB and ask them to thank those givers and think about becoming givers themselves someday," Nancy Wells, vice president of development and alumni relations at the university, told a campus reporter.
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Farmers to pay Rs 100/month for Rs 3,000/month pension
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Pilgrimage centres becoming centres of tourism: Shankaracharya
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Shankaracharya of Jyotir and Dwarika Peeths, Swaroopanand Saraswati has expressed concern at the tendency to turn pilgrimage centres in Uttarakhand into tourist destinations. The phenomenal rush observed in the Char Dham Yatra this year shows that people are coming to the city of Ganga (Haridwar) mainly to beat the heat and not to gain any religious merit. To cater...
Maharaj meets Patel, discusses tourism plans
The State's Tourism and Culture minister Satpal Maharaj met the Union minister of State (independent charge) for Tourism, Prahalad Singh Patel in the national Capital on Tuesday. During the meet, there was detailed discussion on the concept of developing tourism in Kedarnath in memory of the 2013 disaster. Maharaj also informed the minister about the developmental works related to...
Two expeditions slated to start today for retrieving bodies of climbers
The 32-member team comprising personnel of Indo-Tibetan Border Police, National Disaster Response Force and State Disaster Response Force is slated to start its expedition to retrieve bodies of mountaineers from near Nanda Devi East peak in Pithoragarh district on Wednesday from the base camp to the mishap site. On the other hand, a 12-member team of Indian Mountaineering Foundation...
HC stays carriage tender for Kailash Mansarovar Yatra
With the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra to start from Uttarakhand on Wednesday, the High Court of Uttarakhand has ordered a stay on the execution of Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam (KMVN) tender for carriage of the luggage of the pilgrims. This development might result in inconvenience to the pilgrims in the first batch slated to arrive today. According to the case...
HC seeks Govt & institute's response on students' safety
Expressing dissatisfaction in the case of students being molested by the music teacher at the National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Visual Disabilities (NIEPVD) last year, the high court of Uttarakhand has directed the Central Government and the institute to submit affidavits in the court. Hearing on the case on Tuesday, the high court also expressed its...
PRD deployment on Yatra route for smoother traffic
With the Char Dham Yatra in full flow and consistent traffic congestion becoming an issue, the traffic directorate has decided to increase the deployment of Prantiya Rakshak Dal (PRD) personnel on Yatra routes. For the upcoming Ganga Dussehra and Nirjala Ekadashi, Haridwar district police have been issued necessary directions regarding force deployment by the directorate. Director of Traffic directorate,...
Manila fest: CM opens development works
Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat participated in the Manila festival in Almora during which he laid the foundation for various schemes amounting to Rs 27 crore and inaugurated schemes amounting to Rs 2.73 crore. He also made various announcements for the development of the area including development of tourism circuit in Marchula-Manila-Chittaudakhal and Bhikiyasain, construction of lift irrigation scheme...
Legal aspects barrier for inter-religion adoptions
The child adoption rate is already low in the State of Uttarakhand and to add to this, legal aspects discourage inter-religion adoption. An official of the Department of Women Empowerment and Child Welfare (DWECW) stated that for example, if a couple seeks to adopt a child who is Muslim, the legal formalities pose a barrier which is one of...
Hail likely in isolated mountainous regions of Uttarakhand today
The State Meteorological Centre on Tuesday issued a warning of hail which is likely to occur in mountainous regions of the State during the next 24 hours. Further, thunder squall is also likely to occur at isolated places especially in plains of the state. The overall weather for the state is to remain partly to generally cloudy with the...
Accord top priority to marketing rural products- CM
Top priority should be accorded to the marketing to rural products. Senior officers should conduct regular field visits to monitor projects being undertaken for livelihood development. That villagers and farmers receive the benefit of the project should be ensure. The chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat issued these directions while chairing a meeting to review the Integrated Livelihood Support Project...
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Q: Unable to use table having namespace in Sequelize.js Can someone help me with using a table having namespace using Sequelize.define.
Code is as follow.
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Government Amends Rules for Physical Verification of Companies
by MojBuzz August 21, 2022, 9:05 pm
The government has amended rules to ensure a transparent process for physical verification of addresses of the registered offices of companies, including by way of having independent witnesses at the time of the verification.
The steps listed out in the new rules will help do away with the discretion of authorities as well as put in place a transparent system with respect to the physical verification process.
Under the Companies Act, 2013, a Registrar of Companies (RoC) can do a physical verification of a company's registered office if he or she has a reasonable cause to believe that the company concerned is not carrying out business in a proper manner.
Now, the process for such physical verifications has been put in place under the Act.
The physical verification will be done in the presence of two independent witnesses of the locality in which the company's registered office is situated. If required, the assistance of the local police will be also sought, according to the corporate affairs ministry.
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To check the documents' authenticity, the same should be cross verified with the "copies of supporting documents of such address collected during the said physical verification, duly authenticated from the occupant of the property where the said registered office is situated", the ministry said.
The registrar will also have to take a photograph of the company's registered office during the physical verification.
Once the verification is done, a detailed report with various information, including location details and photographs, will be prepared.
Navin Kumar, Partner at Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, said the objective steps required during physical verification as well as the format of the physical verification provided in the amendment is a welcome step and removes the discretion of authorities.
"This amendment also settles the debate around the primary legislation enabling the physical verification of registered address by RoC — the process for which is to be prescribed in the Rules — but the Companies (Incorporation) Rules not providing for it," he said.
He also noted that the amendment is in furtherance of Section 12(9) of the Companies Act and provides the procedure of physical verification of the registered address of a company by RoC if it has reasonable cause to believe that the company is not carrying on any business or operations or is not capable of receiving and acknowledging communication.
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In case the company's registered office is found to be not capable of receiving and acknowledging all communications and notices, the registrar concerned will send a notice to the company and all its directors seeking information.
Further action, including the decision on removing the name of the company concerned from the official records, will be initiated depending on the response from the company.
The ministry has amended the Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014.
On July 18, the ministry informed the Lok Sabha that a total of 1,12,509 companies have been struck off from official records in a little over three years.
These companies have been struck off under Section 248 (1) of the Companies Act during the period from April 1, 2019, to July 12, 2022. This section allows RoCs to strike off companies.
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Discussion in 'Tin Foil Hat Lounge' started by ChemicalGal, Mar 21, 2006.
That's definitely in the right forum, but it should be common knowledge that the military has to do contingency planning for emergencies. It was lack of planning that made Katrina such a charley foxtrot.
What's really scary is looking at the future. Because of a combination of factors that made Iraq a fiasco in the press, our so-called experts telling us the Iraquis would welcome us as liberators, planted intelligence by Saddam and his inner circle to scare anybody away, and our failure to destroy the Fedayeen, Democrats could take the White House and one or both houses of Congress. Looking at their ages, this may be the last chance for Kennedy, Schumer, Levin and Boxer to inflict permanent damage on the Bill of Rights and our gun rights. I'm sure they're gleefully rubbing their hands together when they see that Bush got away with the NSA wiretapping, something Clinton started. They will use that as a precedent for more erosion of our liberties. If this will be Klinton II, look for another Waco soon after she goes into office, to make kicking down doors for "guns and drugs" acceptable again. They will use the time since 9/11 without an attack as an excuse to turn inward, looking for "domestic terror groups." Like people that hang out at survival sites.
I might as well go ahead and put this in the loony-room and save E.L. the troube even though it comes directly from the FBI's website.
Why was the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) created?
Prior to the creation of the TSDB, information about known or suspected terrorists was dispersed throughout the U.S. Government and no one agency was charged with consolidating it and making it available for use in terrorist screening. Under Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 6, the Terrorist Screening Center (TSC) now provides "one-stop shopping" so that every government screener is using the same terrorist watchlist—whether it is an airport screener, an embassy official issuing visas overseas, or a state or local law enforcement officer on the street. The TSC allows government agencies to run name checks against the same comprehensive list with the most accurate, up-to-date information about known and suspected terrorists.
Who gets included in the TSDB?
Per HSPD-6, only individuals who are known or appropriately suspected to be or have been engaged in conduct constituting, in preparation for, in aid of, or related to terrorism are included in the TSDB.
Does the TSDB contain information on domestic terrorists, like Timothy McVeigh?
Yes. The TSDB contains information on both international and domestic terrorists.
Does the TSDB contain information on people who have been convicted of a crime?
The purpose of the TSDB is not to hold information on individuals who have been convicted of a crime; however, an individual appropriately included in the TSDB may also have a criminal history. None of the information pertaining to the criminal history is contained or referenced in the TSDB.
Are there U.S. citizens in the TSDB?
Yes, U.S. citizens are included in TSDB if they meet the HSPD-6 terrorism nexus criteria.
Can I find out if I am in the TSDB?
The TSC cannot reveal whether a particular person is in the TSDB. The TSDB remains an effective tool in the government's counterterrorism efforts because its contents are not disclosed. If TSC revealed who was in the TSDB, terrorist organizations would be able to circumvent the purpose of the terrorist watchlist by determining in advance which of their members are likely to be questioned or detained.
I am having trouble when I try to fly or cross the border into the United States. Does this mean I am in the TSDB?
No. At security checkpoints like our nation's borders, there are many law enforcement or security reasons that an individual may be singled out for additional screening. Most agencies have redress offices (e.g., Ombudsman) where individuals who are experiencing repeated problems can seek help. If an individual is experiencing these kinds of difficulties, he/she should cooperate with the agency screeners and explain the recurring problems. The screeners can supply instructions on how to raise concerns to the appropriate agency redress office.
I have been told that I am on a terrorist watchlist by an airline employee and I frequently have difficulty when I fly. Does this mean I am in the TSDB?
No; however, an individual may be a "misidentified person." A misidentified person is someone who is experiencing a delay during screening because they have a similar name to a person in the TSDB. Misidentified persons are sometimes delayed while the government works to distinguish them from the terrorist in the TSDB. Because these delays are frustrating and inconvenient, there are several initiatives in progress to help streamline the clearance process for misidentified persons. If an individual believes he/she is having a misidentification problem, he/she should contact the screening agency's redress office for assistance.
Are individuals removed from the TSDB?
Yes. The TSC works with partner agencies through a formal process to remove individuals who no longer meet the HSPD-6 terrorism criteria.
How does TSC ensure that the TSDB is accurate?
The TSC has a staff dedicated to redress and quality assurance that conducts comprehensive as well as case-specific reviews of TSDB records to ensure they are current, accurate, and thorough. TSC conducts research and coordinates with other federal agencies to ensure the terrorist record is as complete, accurate, and thorough as possible. TSC's redress and quality assurance process has resulted in the correction or removal of hundreds of records in TSDB.
What are TSC's redress procedures?
See the TSC Redress Procedures for details.
Does TSA's Secure Flight program have anything to do with the TSDB?
Secure Flight is a congressionally mandated program that will check the names and dates of birth of passengers on domestic flights against the TSDB. As with all government programs that screen for terrorists, TSC provides this program support to ensure that terrorist identity matches are correct.
What prevents the TSC from violating the civil liberties of Americans?
The TSC only receives information collected by other government entities with pre-existing authority to do so. Each agency that contributes data to the TSC must comply with legislation, as well as its own policies and procedures to protect privacy rights and civil liberties. The handling and use of information, including information about U.S. citizens and legal immigrants, is governed by the same statutory, regulatory, and constitutional requirements as if the information was not to be included in a TSC managed database.
It is comforting to see that the fox is watching the henhouse.
I think they are forging the last nails for the coffin that was the US.
Sorry guys. I really think that we all can be "Enemy Combatants" for no reason now.
Damn shame and I'll have to now curtail my post that criticize our leadership.
"An Enemy Combatant is any person who _______________."
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Home General The LGBTQ+ Community: A Potential Niche Market?
The LGBTQ+ Community: A Potential Niche Market?
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The LGBTQ+ community is huge, and these consumers have significant spending power. The global estimated purchasing power of the LGBTQ+ community (also called the pink Pound) is upward of $3.7 trillion. The LGBTQ+ community presents a tantalizing niche market for businesses of all sizes.
That said, the meaning of LGBTQ+ niche is not only a normal commercial niche, but it is a social acceptance that shows our support to the endurance of LGBTQ+ towards their sexist stereotypes and prejudices. That goes far beyond wedding cakes and gay cruises. Products of all kinds can be successfully tailored and flexible to LGBTQ+ specific demands. It can be a t-shirt with meaningful quotes or a couple of ornaments printing their anniversary date to remind them of all the memories they have gone through together.
Combine other niche ideas with LGBTQ+ niche
– You are the other haft of my rainbow
– My favorite color is rainbow
– Rainbow life/love
– You are the designer of your own destiny
– Same-sex family: I have two dads/moms
– I am the rainbow sheep of the family
– Love is love
– We are human
– Love is no gender
– Equality love right
Beyond specific products, you should include LGBTQ+ people in brand messages, signaling to this target audience that they are recognized, seen, heard, and respected. The key thing is you must be truly engaged with the LGBTQ+ community and work to capture the essence of their culture instead of just looking for their money. Todd from Attitude magazine said that "Seeing gay people represented in ads impacts purchasing decisions. They have had to endure prejudice throughout their lives so are often willing to respond to brands that cater to them."
Here are some tips for marketing to the LGBTQ+ community:
Normalize rather than stereotype
Advertising often stereotypes and LGBTQ+ individuals often dislike the social assumptions and stereotypes. Instead, they appreciate seeing themselves portrayed in more normalized ways. Intentionally or not, LGBTQ+ people usually stick with the familiar image of effeminate gay men or tough-looking lesbians. When marketing to the community, it is critical to avoid using clichés and stereotypes alienating and reinforcing negative images of LGBTQ+ people. Seeing them as normal people without any assumptions and prejudices is what they have been fighting for centuries.
Check out Gillette's touching and heartwarming advertisement – a perfect example of normalization, in which a father teaches his transgender son to shave for the first time.
Don't let June be the only pride month
In fact, they are gay 12 months a year. Why do you only compete for their attention in Pride month when you can attract them year-round? The demand of identifying themselves to the world is higher than others since prejudices and stereotypes towards their sex have existed for decades. The need to be accepted for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, not in only a month is always there within their inner selves.
Messages of inclusion, equality, and diversity are having a widespread impact online all year round, according to Youtube and Google. With that being said, pride marketing strategy is expected to work more efficiently for e-commerce stores since such messages are spread at the speed of a whirlwind. Brands and stores should not miss this niche due to its commercial and socially supportive function towards the huge LGBTQ+ group of people.
Just do as usual
Advertising does not always need to be filled with glitter, rainbows, or other well-known symbols of the LGBTQ+ community. Instead, marketing to them can be as simple as inclusion as when the Campbell's Soup commercial features two dads in the kitchen with their son.
Tiffany & Co's advertising campaign features its first gay couple. These seem simple and normal, on the other hand, hold a bunch of meaningful messages to the community.
Marketing campaigns do not really need to exaggerate huge things about LGBTQ+, it can be a real usual thing in our daily life. People in the community are just as usual as many others. They are the same as us.
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Singer Kelly Clarkson wants you to know she's not eloping with fiancé Brandon Blackstock because she's expecting… she isn't.
Soon after, rumors began swirling that she was pregnant. The 31-year-old star put the speculation to rest on Twitter.
"FYI…Brandon & I are getting married & no I am not pregnant," Clarkson tweeted. "We are eloping for one reason only. We both want an intimate ceremony.""
Clarkson talked to People about the decision to keep the nuptials simple. "We are so busy that we finally just came to terms the other night and were like, 'So we change our minds and we want to elope.' We just got so overwhelmed by it, the decisions."
She added, "Our whole life is a celebration. We don't need another day where we throw a big party." | {
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(Cross-listed with INFAS). (1-0) Cr. 1.
(Cross-listed with E E). Cr. R. F.S.
(1-0) Overview of the nature and scope of electrical engineering and computer engineering professions. Overview of portfolios. Departmental rules, student services operations, degree requirements, program of study planning, career options, and student organizations.
Integration of first-year students into the Computer Engineering program. Assignments and activities involving teamwork, academic preparation, study skills, and preparation for entry into the Computer Engineering profession. Completed both individually and in learning teams under the direction of faculty and peer mentors.
Introduction to Computer Engineering. Project based examples from computer engineering. Individual interactive skills for small and large groups. Computer-based projects. Solving engineering problems and presenting solutions through technical reports. Solution of engineering problems using a programming language.
Project based examples from computer engineering. Group skills needed to work effectively in teams. Group problem solving. Computer based projects. Technical reports and presentations. Students will work on 2 or 3 self-directed team based projects that are representative of problems faced by computer engineers.
Prereq: COM S 227, E E 285, or MIS 207.
Introduction to computer and network infrastructures used to support cyber security. Basic concepts of computer and network configuration used to secure environments. Computer virtualization, network routing and address translation, computer installation and configuration, network monitoring, in a virtual environment. Laboratory experiments and exercises including secure computer and network configuration and management.
Basic concepts of practical computer and Internet security and the tools used to protect and attack systems and networks. Computer and network security methods including: user authentication, access control, firewalls, intrusion detection, use of vulnerability assessment tools and methods, and penetration testing. Ethics and legal issues in cyber security will also be covered. Laboratory experiments and exercises including evaluating systems for vulnerabilities, understanding potential exploits of the systems, and defenses for the systems.
(Cross-listed with E E). Cr. R.
Introduction to the College of Engineering and the engineering profession specifically for transfer students. Information concerning university and college policies, procedures, and resources. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only.
Number systems and representation. Boolean algebra and logic minimization. Combinational and sequential logic design. Arithmetic circuits and finite state machines. Use of programmable logic devices. Introduction to computer-aided schematic capture systems, simulation tools, and hardware description languages. Design of simple digital systems.
Embedded C programming. Interrupt handling. Memory mapped I/O in the context of an application. Elementary embedded design flow/methodology. Timers, scheduling, resource allocation, optimization, state machine based controllers, real time constraints within the context of an application. Applications laboratory exercises with embedded devices.
The roles of professionals in computer and electrical engineering. Relationship of coursework to industry and academic careers. Issues relevant to today's world. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only.
Operating system concepts, processes, threads, synchronization between threads, process and thread scheduling, deadlocks, memory management, file systems, I/O systems,security, Linux-based lab experiments.
Propositional logic and methods of proof; set theory and its applications; mathematical induction and recurrence relations; functions and relations; and counting; trees and graphs; applications in computer engineering.
Solving computer engineering problems using algorithms. Emphasis on problems related to the core focus areas in computer engineering. Real world examples of algorithms used in the computer engineering domain. Algorithm engineering. Prototyping of algorithms.
Semiconductor technology for integrated circuits. Modeling of integrated devices including diodes, BJTs, and MOSFETs. Physical layout. Circuit simulation. Digital building blocks and digital circuit synthesis. Analysis and design of analog building blocks. Laboratory exercises and design projects with CAD tools and standard cells.
(Cross-listed with INFAS). (0-2) Cr. 1. Repeatable. S.
Participation in cyber defense competition driven by scenario-based network design. Includes computer system setup, risk assessment and implementation of security systems, as well as defense of computer and network systems against trained attackers. Team based. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only.
Introduction to computer organization, evaluating performance of computer systems, instruction set design. Assembly level programming: arithmetic operations, control flow instructions, procedure calls, stack management. Processor design. Datapath and control, scalar pipelines, introduction to memory and I/O systems.
Contemporary programming techniques for event driven systems. Mobile platforms and operating systems. Location and motion sensors based user interfaces. Threading and scheduling. Resource management - measurement and control techniques - for memory and energy. Client-server application design. Distributed applications. Laboratory includes exercises based on a mobile platform.
Exploration of academic and career fields for electrical and computer engineers. Examination of professionalism in the context of engineering and technology with competencies based skills. Introduction to professional portfolio development and construction. Offered on a satisfactory-fail basis only.
(Cross-listed with COM S, S E). (3-0) Cr. 3.
(Cross-listed with E E). (3-2) Cr. 4. F.
Measurement of high speed systems and mixed signal systems. Measurement accuracy and error. Network analysis and spectrum analysis used in high speed measurement and testing. Test specification process and parametric measurement. Sampling and digital signal processing concepts. Design for testability. Testing equipment. Applications.
(Cross-listed with S E). (3-3) Cr. 4.
(Cross-listed with S E). Cr. 3. F.S.
(Cross-listed with COM S, MATH). (2-2) Cr. 3. F.
(Cross-listed with COM S). (2-2) Cr. 3.
(Dual-listed with CPR E 526). (Cross-listed with COM S). (3-2) Cr. 4. F.
(Dual-listed with CPR E 530). (Cross-listed with INFAS). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Detailed examination of networking standards, protocols, and their implementation. TCP/IP protocol suite, network application protocols. Network security issues, attack and mitigation techniques. Emphasis on laboratory experiments.
Introduction to and application of basic mechanisms for protecting information systems from accidental and intentional threats. Basic cryptography use and practice. Computer security issues including authentication, access control, and malicious code. Network security mechanisms such as intrusion detection, firewalls, IPSEC, and related protocols. Ethics and legal issues in information security. Wireless security. Programming and system configuration assignments.
(Cross-listed with E E). (3-3) Cr. 4. S.
Basic analog integrated circuit and system design including design space exploration, performance enhancement strategies, operational amplifiers, references, integrated filters, and data converters.
(Cross-listed with BCB, BCBIO, BIOL, COM S, GEN). (4-0) Cr. 4. F.
(Dual-listed with CPR E 550). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Fundamentals of distributed computing, software agents, naming services, distributed transactions, security management, distributed object-based systems, web-based systems, middleware-based application design and development, case studies of middleware and internet applications.
(Dual-listed with CPR E 554). (Cross-listed with COM S). (3-1) Cr. 3.
(Dual-listed with CPR E 558). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Fundamental concepts in real-time systems. Real time task scheduling paradigms. Resource management in uniprocessor, multiprocessor, and distributed real-time systems. Fault-tolerance, resource reclaiming, and overload handling. Real-time channel, packet scheduling, and real-time LAN protocols. Case study of real-time operating systems. Laboratory experiments.
(Cross-listed with E E). (3-3) Cr. 4. F.
Digital design of integrated circuits employing very large scale integration (VLSI) methodologies. Technology considerations in design. High level hardware design languages, CMOS logic design styles, area-energy-delay design space characterization, datapath blocks: arithmetic and memory, architectures and systems on a chip (SOC) considerations. VLSI chip hardware design project.
(Cross-listed with A B E, AER E, B M E, E E, ENGR, I E, M E, MAT E). (1-4) Cr. 3. Repeatable. F.S.
(Cross-listed with AER E, E E, ENGR, I E, M E, MAT E). (1-4) Cr. 3. Repeatable, maximum of 2 times. Alt. F., offered irregularly.Alt. S., offered irregularly.
Introduction to hardware architectures for computer graphics and their programming models. System-level view, including framebuffers, video output devices, displays, 2D and 3D graphics acceleration, and device interfacing. Architectural design of GPUs, from 2D and 3D sprite engines to 3D rendering pipelines to unified shader architectures. Computing models for graphics processors. GPGPU and GPU computing.
Embedded system design using hardware description language (HDL) and field programmable gate array (FPGA). HDL modeling concepts and styles are introduced; focus on synthesizability, optimality, reusability and portability in hardware design description. Introduction to complex hardware cores for data buffering, data input/output interfacing, data processing. System design with HDL cores and implementation in FPGA. Laboratory-oriented design projects.
Embedded microprocessors, embedded memory and I/O devices, component interfaces, embedded software, program development, basic compiler techniques, platform-based FPGA technology, hardware synthesis, design methodology, real-time operating system concepts, performance analysis and optimizations.
Modern computer networking and data communications concepts. TCP/IP, OSI protocols, client server programming, data link protocols, local area networks, and routing protocols.
(Cross-listed with E E). (2-3) Cr. 3. F.S.
Preparing for entry to the workplace. Selected professional topics. Use of technical writing skills in developing project plan and design report; design review presentation. First of two-semester team-oriented, project design and implementation experience.
(Cross-listed with E E). (1-3) Cr. 2. F.S.
Second semester of a team design project experience. Emphasis on the successful implementation and demonstration of the design completed in E E 491 or CPR E 491 and the evaluation of project results. Technical writing of final project report; oral presentation of project achievements; project poster.
Portfolio update and evaluation. Portfolios as a tool to enhance career opportunities.
Design techniques for analog and mixed-signal VLSI circuits. Amplifiers; operational amplifiers, transconductance amplifiers, finite gain amplifiers and current amplifiers. Linear building blocks; differential amplifiers, current mirrors, references, cascading and buffering. Performance characterization of linear integrated circuits; offset, noise, sensitivity and stability. Layout considerations, simulation, yield and modeling for high-performance linear integrated circuits.
(Cross-listed with E E). (3-3) Cr. 4. Alt. S., offered even-numbered years.
Theory, design and applications of data conversion circuits (A/D and D/A converters) including: architectures, characterization, quantization effects, conversion algorithms, spectral performance, element matching, design for yield, and practical comparators, implementation issues.
Analysis and design of phase-locked loops implemented in modern CMOS processes including: architectures, performance metrics, and characterization; noise and stability analysis; and design issues of phase-frequency detectors, charge pumps, loop filters (passive and active), voltage controlled oscillators, and frequency dividers.
(Cross-listed with E E). (3-3) Cr. 4. Alt. S., offered odd-numbered years.
Phase-locked loops, frequency synthesizers, clock and data recovery circuits, theory and implementation of adaptive filters, low-noise amplifiers, mixers, power amplifiers, transmitter and receiver architectures.
(Cross-listed with COM S). Cr. 3.
(Cross-listed with E E). (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. F., offered irregularly.
Topics on cognitive radio networks: Cognitive Radio Networks Architecture; Software Defined Radio Architecture; Spectrum Sensing; Spectrum Management; Spectrum Sharing; Spectrum Mobility; Applications of Cognitive Radio Networks.
(Cross-listed with COM S, MATH). (3-0) Cr. 3. S.
(Dual-listed with CPR E 426). (Cross-listed with COM S). (3-2) Cr. 4. F.
The application of randomization and probabilistic methods in the design of computer algorithms, and their efficient implementation. Discrete random variables in modeling algorithm behavior, with applications to sorting, selection, graph algorithms, hashing, pattern matching, cryptography, distributed systems, and massive data set algorithmics.
Introduces a variety of data analytics techniques ‐ particularly those relevant for electrical and computer engineers ‐ from a foundational perspective. Topics to be covered include techniques for classification, visualization, and parameter estimation, with applications to signals, images, matrices, and graphs. Emphasis will be placed on rigorous analysis as well as principled design of such techniques.
(Dual-listed with CPR E 430). (Cross-listed with INFAS). (3-0) Cr. 3.
(Cross-listed with INFAS). (3-0) Cr. 3.
Computer, software, and data security: basic cryptography, security policies, multilevel security models, attack and protection mechanisms, legal and ethical issues.
(Cross-listed with INFAS). (3-0) Cr. 3. S.
Computer system and network security: implementation, configuration, testing of security software and hardware, network monitoring. Authentication, firewalls, vulnerabilities, exploits, countermeasures. Study and use of attack tools. Ethics in information assurance. Emphasis on laboratory experiments.
(Cross-listed with INFAS, MATH). (3-0) Cr. 3. S.
(Cross-listed with INFAS, POL S). (3-0) Cr. 3. S.
Introduction to the physical layer and special issues associated with the security of wireless networks. The basics of wireless communication systems (antennas and propagation, modulation, multiple access, channel modeling, specific security issues of the wireless link), jamming and countermeasures (spread spectrum technologies, channel coding, interleaving), authentication and confidentiality (basics of classic cryptography, common authentication and encryption algorithms). Detailed case studies on authentication, encryption and privacy flaws, and good practices based on the most common wireless technologies, including WiFi, GSM/3G, Bluetooth, and RFID. Individual or team-based class projects.
(Cross-listed with INFAS). (2-3) Cr. 3. S.
Techniques and tools for understanding the behavior of software/hardware systems based on reverse engineering. Flaw hypothesis, black, grey, and white box testing as well as other methods for testing the security of software systems. Discussion of counter-reverse engineering techniques.
Introduction to cyber security, cyber physical system (CPS), and smart grid automation technologies; supervisor control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems; cyber risk modeling, vulnerability analysis, impact analysis, defense and mitigation techniques; cyber security of wide-area monitoring, protection, and control; security and privacy in advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), cyber security compliance and best practices, CPS security test-beds and attack-defense hands-on laboratory experiments.
Computer architectures and protocols designed for high-performance networking environments; software defined networking (SDN) and supporting protocols; cloud and data center networks; network traffic management and congestion control strategies; quality of service; high-speed access network protocols.
Optical components and interfaces; optical transmission and reception techniques; wavelength division multiplexing; network architectures and protocol for first generation, single and multihop optical network; routing and wavelength assignment in second generation wavelength routing networks; traffic grooming, optical network control; survivability; access networks; metro networks.
Introduction to the protocol architecture of the data link layer, network layer and transport layer for wireless networking. Operation and management of Medium Access Control in Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN) and Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (WMAN); recent developments in IEEE 802.11 & 802.16 and Bluetooth; Mobile IP; Mobile TCP.
(Cross-listed with BCB, COM S, GDCB). (4-0) Cr. 4. F.
Faults and their manifestations, errors, and failures; fault detection, location and reconfiguration techniques; time, space, and information (coding) redundancy management; design for testability; self-checking and fail-safe circuits; system-level fault diagnosis; Byzantine agreement; stable storage and RAID; clock synchronization; fault-tolerant networks; fault tolerance in real-time systems; reliable software design; checkpointing and rollback recovery; atomic actions; replica management protocols; and reliability evaluation techniques and tools.
Fundamental and well-known protocols for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks at various layers, including physical layer issues, MAC (medium access control) layer protocols, routing protocols for wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, data management in sensor networks, coverage and connectivity, localization and tracking, security and privacy issues. Introduction to TinyOS and the nesC language. Hands-on experiments with Crossbow Mote sensor devices.
Analytical approach to resource allocation on communication networks (e.g. the Internet, multihop wireless networks, etc.). Network utility maximization and the internet congestion control algorithm. Layering as optimization decomposition: a cross-layer design approach in multihop wireless networks. Capacity of ad hoc wireless networks.
(Dual-listed with CPR E 450). (3-0) Cr. 3.
(Dual-listed with CPR E 454). (Cross-listed with COM S). (3-1) Cr. 3.
Design and analysis techniques scalable to large software, project-based learning of problem solving techniques, automation tools for high productivity and reliability of software, analysis-based measurement and estimation techniques for predictable software engineering.
(Cross-listed with COM S, M E). (3-0) Cr. 3. F.
(Dual-listed with CPR E 458). (3-0) Cr. 3.
(Cross-listed with COM S, INFAS). Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered irregularly.
Physical design of VLSI systems. Partitioning algorithms. Placement and floorplanning algorithms. Routing-global and detailed. Layout compaction. Physical design of FPGA's and MCM's. Performance-driven layout synthesis.
(Cross-listed with BCB, COM S). (3-0) Cr. 3.
(Cross-listed with BBMB, BCB, COM S, GDCB). (3-0) Cr. 3. F.
(Cross-listed with BCB, COM S, GDCB, STAT). (3-0) Cr. 3. S.
(Cross-listed with COM S, HCI). (3-0) Cr. 3. S.
(Cross-listed with COM S). (3-0) Cr. 3. F.
Review of probability and stochastic processes concepts; Markovian processes; Markovian queues; renewal theory; semi-Markovian queues; queueing networks, applications to multiprocessor architectures, computer networks, and switching systems.
Industry-standard tools and optimization strategies; practical embedded platforms and technology (reconfigurable platforms, multi-core platforms, low-power platforms); instruction augmentation, memory-mapped accelerator design, embedded software optimization. Students will be encouraged to compete as teams in an embedded system design competition.
Fundamentals of pervasive computing, including location and context awareness, mobile and location services, ubiquitous data access, low power computing and energy management, middleware, security and privacy issues.
Hardware/software systems and codesign. Models of computation for embedded systems. System-level design. Modeling, specification, synthesis, and verification. Hardware/software implementation. Design space exploration. Performance analysis and optimization. Multiprocessor system on chip. Platform-based design. Design methodologies and tools. Case studies and design projects.
Formulation and solution of theoretical or practical problems in computer engineering.
Projects or seminar in Computer Engineering.
Capstone design course which integrates the security design process. Design of a security policy. Creation of a security plan. Implementation of the security plan. The students will attack each other's secure environments in an effort to defeat the security systems. Students evaluate the security plans and the performance of the plans. Social, political and ethics issues. Student self-evaluation, journaling, final written report.
(Cross-listed with COM S). (3-0) Cr. 3. Alt. S., offered odd-numbered years.
(Cross-listed with E E). Cr. R. Repeatable. | {
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RULING BOOSTS PROTECTION FROM DERIVATIVE ACTION SUITS
Dave Lenckus
May 04, 1997 Reprints
PHILADELPHIA-A first-of-its-kind ruling by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court gives corporations greater authority to block derivative-action lawsuits.
The decision likely will influence many courts, but it probably will not sway courts in the prime business domiciles of Delaware and New York, say directors and officers liability attorneys.
In its April 21 unanimous ruling, Pennsylvania's highest court became the first state supreme court to adopt American Law Institute principles that call for providing company officials greater protection against derivative litigation when shareholder allegations arise from management's poor business judgment but not malfeasance.
Plaintiffs attorneys hotly contested the ALI's principles as too pro-business when the Philadelphia-based non-profit legal research organization adopted them in 1992.
The principles are designed to eliminate a problem "courts have grappled with for decades" in such litigation, said policyholder attorney Lowell Sachnoff, a member of the ALI team that suggested the principles.
In most jurisdictions, shareholders seeking to file derivative claims first must demand that their company's board both investigate their allegations and take the lead in filing suit against the company officials who allegedly committed wrongful acts. Wrongful acts, though, do not include harmful actions that company officials judged at that time were in the company's best interests.
After a thorough investigation by company officials who would not be parties to the derivative litigation, a board may decide to either file a lawsuit or reject the shareholders' demand, which is known as "demand refused."
But, in cases referred to as "de-mand excused," shareholders can skip issuing a demand to the board or still pursue their claim in court even after their board rejects their demand. To keep their lawsuits alive, shareholders would have to show a court that their demand would be or was futile because a majority of the board allegedly engaged in the wrongful activity and could not evaluate the demand objectively.
If a derivative lawsuit survives, judges in many jurisdictions may not rely on their own business judgment to second-guess the judgment of company officials. Instead, shareholders bear the burden of showing that company officials knowingly did not act in the organization's best interests.
A notable exception exists in Delaware, where judges in the trial-level Chancery Court may substitute their own business judgment in place of the board's. Courts in a few other states are set up similarly.
The ALI principles were designed to eliminate the distinctions between the "demand refused" and the "demand excused" cases, said Mr. Sachnoff, a partner with Sachnoff & Weaver Ltd. of Chicago.
Under the ALI's principles, a board has much broader power in refusing to press a shareholder's claim and in preventing the shareholder from pursuing his lawsuit without the board's backing.
In adopting the ALI principles, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court:
Gave boards of Pennsylvania companies the automatic right to review a derivative-action claim under most circumstances. The lone exception is when a shareholder can show that the corporation otherwise would suffer "irreparable injury."
Stayed suits by shareholders until their board completes its investigation of their claims.
Required lower courts to uphold the decisions of boards' special committees to terminate derivative litigation, if those committees followed prescribed procedures for investigating shareholder complaints.
The court's 6-0 decision came in derivative litigation filed against Peco Energy Co., a Philadelphia-based gas and electric utility.
Shareholders alleged the utility mismanaged its collection function for years by not aggressively pursuing delinquent accounts.
In consultation with attorneys, a special committee consisting of a dozen Peco board members who were not named defendants outlined in a 300-page report why it concluded the charges were meritless. For example, the committee found the state utility commission was more receptive to Peco's rate hike requests after the utility ratcheted down its collection attempts against delinquent customers, many of whom are impoverished.
The Supreme Court's decision overturned two lower court rulings against Peco. Though Pennsylvania courts never used the term "business judgment," the Supreme Court found that the context of state court rulings dating to the 18th Century provided company officials protection under the business judgment doctrine.
That ruling by itself was "significant," said Marc J. Sonnenfeld, a partner with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius L.L.P. of Philadelphia, which filed an amicus brief in the case for three business groups in the state. A contrary ruling "would have made Pennsylvania law aberrational" compared with case law in other states, he said.
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Flaherty explained that the court went further and adopted the ALI principles because the lower courts demonstrated they need guidance in this area.
The judge did not limit his criticism to Pennsylvania courts. He took a swipe at the Delaware courts for allowing judges to substitute their own business judgment for company officials'. He also criticized New York courts for not establishing procedures to govern corporate decisions in derivative litigation. Some attorneys disagreed with the judge's assessment about New York Courts.
The Peco case was remanded to a trial court to decide whether the utility's board conducted a fair investigation of its shareholders' claims.
Peco shareholder attorney Ruthanne Gordon, a partner with Berger & Montague of Philadelphia, said the ruling "is contrary to the law in a number of jurisdictions, including Delaware and New York."
Case law in both states allow shareholders to pursue derivative litigation on their own when they allege the majority of their board engaged in grossly negligent conduct, she said. Those courts have ruled that abdication of a board's function, which occurs when a board fails to correct a long-standing problem at the company, constitutes gross negligence, she said.
Courts in many other states likely will follow the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's lead, attorneys agree.
Considering the controversy over the principles in 1992, their adoption "by a major state is of substantial significance," said Peco attorney Alan J. Davis, a partner with law firm Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia.
Courts nationwide will continue to follow Delaware court rulings more closely in general, but the Peco decision "will be persuasive and will be cited and looked at closely," predicted insurer attorney Dan A. Bailey, a partner with Arter & Hadden in Columbus, Ohio.
The decision, though, likely will not influence Delaware and New York courts, attorneys said."It would be a radical change in Delaware," Mr. Sachnoff pointed out.
More likely, if courts nationwide begin adopting the ALI principles, Delaware's Legislature would codify the ALI principles to maintain the state's attraction as a corporate domicile, according to policyholder attorney Larry S. Gangnes, a partner with Lane Powell Spears Lubersky L.L.P. in Seattle.
Most importantly for companies, the Pennsylvania case emphasizes the importance of investigating every shareholder's claim, Mr. Bailey said.
He advised boards not to cut corners. "You jeopardize your ability to get out of the case quickly and cost-effectively. Saving a few thousand dollars on the front end may cost you millions in the long run," he said.
Meanwhile, Chubb Corp. has announced that its D&O liability policies now will provide first-dollar coverage of a board's cost to investigate shareholder claims. It said traditional D&O policies typically have not covered those costs.
But, policyholder attorney Carolyn Rosenberg of Sachnoff & Weaver said that other policies implicitly may cover those costs.
"To the extent that the policy language and defense costs include investigation of claims made and allegations of potential wrongdoing by directors and officers, if the investigation of the claims is in defense of innocent directors and officers, then it very well may be a defense cost," she said.
In addition, if the materials produced by the board's investigation committee assist the company in defending or settling other claims, then the company's D&O insurance may cover the cost of producing that material, Ms. Rosenberg said.
Albert Cuker et al. derivatively on behalf of Peco Energy Co. vs. Albert G. Mikalauskas et al., Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; No. 115 Eastern District Miscellaneous Docket 1996. | {
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Someone on here really needs to snap this one up how original and non rusty is this one.
Someone has to save that! It's pretty much the same as the one about half a mile from me!
If I had to choose any old Jcb to restore it would be one of these! I just love them! Just look like they've got so much character!
paint looks good but it's got the wrong dipper arm on it and the front loader has a few plates welded to it so I reckon it's done it's fair share of work in it's time!
It has a remarkably good cab. As smith said it must have had some stick at some time and the ad reads with the steering shot. Could almost do with a second one with good arms and correct dipper.
Mines the same, with additional plates & welds here & there, done some hard work over the years.
Just in the process of putting original style lights & mirrors back onto it. not the easiest things to come by.
Not planning a full restore. yet!
That a very nice straight machine you have there, i think it was on Ebay a while back i remember watching it, the lights will eventually show up on ebay i always search tractor lights, tractor lamps butler lights etc, i reckon that it has to be one of the straightest non restored machines around, its lovely to see it and bring plenty of memories as a 5-6 year old climbing in and out and playing on them after the builders had gone home lol!
My mate Ian Davies JCB 3 at Trehafod last October. Must addmit I would like one of these one day. | {
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Clint Dempsey #2 of the Seattle Sounders reacts after scoring a goal in the second half against the Portland Timbers at CenturyLink Field on July 13, 2014 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
Seattle Sounders vs LA Galaxy: Live Stream, TV Channel, Betting Odds, Standings, Start Time of MLS Match
July 28, 2014 Updated: July 18, 2015
Seattle Sounders and LA Galaxy are set to clash in a MLS regular season match on Monday, July 28.
Kick-off time is 10:00 EDT (7:00 p.m. PDT) at CenturyLink Field, Seattle.
The game will be broadcast on ESPN Deportes, ESPN2, and SiriusXM FC in the United States.
The game will also air on BT Sport 1 in the United Kingdom, beIN Sports Arabia 6 HD in most Middle Eastern countries, as well as SuperSport 3 in most African countries.
Live streaming is available on Watch ESPN.
The Sounders are 11/10 to win the match, while Galaxy are 27/10 to triumph, according to OddsChecker. Odds for the game to end in a tie are 45/17.
Sounders FC head into this match as leaders of the Western Conference and the MLS overall table, while Galaxy will need to pick themselves up after their eight-game winning streak ended against Sporting Kansas City last week.
Damion Lowe and Kevin Parsemain are out injured for Seattle.
See the current league standings below.
W D L GF GA Pts
Sporting Kansas City 11 5 5 31 19 38
D.C. United 10 4 5 29 20 34
Toronto 7 5 6 27 25 26
Columbus 6 8 7 25 27 26
New York 5 9 6 32 31 24
New England 7 2 10 24 31 23
Philadelphia 5 8 8 33 35 23
Chicago 3 11 5 27 33 20
Houston 5 4 11 22 40 19
Montreal 3 5 12 21 37 14
Seattle 12 2 4 35 24 38
Real Salt Lake 8 8 4 31 26 32
Dallas 8 6 7 33 30 30
Colorado 8 6 6 31 24 30
Vancouver 6 10 4 30 28 28
Portland 6 9 6 35 35 27
Los Angeles 7 6 4 26 16 27
Chivas 6 5 9 21 33 23
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Community Development Corporations, Philanthropy
Historic Abyssinian Development Corporation Struggles with Financial Mess
November 22, 2015; Crain's New York
The Abyssinian Development Corp. owned by the Abyssinian Baptist Church and led by Reverend Carl Butts is a legend in Harlem, but over time, the organization has seen its financial position erode to the point that its very survival may be in question. This newswire will stick to the facts as presented in the source article but we would also suggest that readers interested in the condition of this large, historic community development corporation also look at the fate of the famed and influential 126-year-old Germantown Settlement, about which we wrote in 2010. It is also worth remembering that affordable housing in Harlem, which Abyssinian provides and which the City has been active in trying to preserve, is being threatened by gentrification.
As many readers know, Abyssinian is credited with helping to revitalize Harlem when that was a labor of love and will. "There's no question that Abyssinian was really important to the revitalization of Harlem and New York," said Kenneth Jackson, a historian at Columbia. "You almost never see an abandoned plot in Harlem anymore, and when you do, someone is fixing it up. That's Abyssinian's legacy."
But since the recession, this enormous endeavor has become overwhelmed by debt and has fallen years behind in its financial reporting. These problems have led to losing city contracts, arguing with financial partners, and slowly selling away its prized real estate portfolio. Even its flagship supermarket on 125th Street is scheduled to close. What happened? According to this article:
The aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis left Abyssinian overexposed, running affordable-housing programs whose costs it couldn't cover and slowly losing ground as contracts to deliver social services shrank while their expenses rose.
The depth of Abyssinian's financial problems is hard to gauge because, according to this report, until last week, the group had not submitted audited financial statements nor done its tax filings since 2011. Butts has accepted responsibility for this, saying that they did not have the money to pay for the work and have been missing payrolls and laying off staff. As a result, not only has the de Blasio administration cut $3.1 million in its contracts, but New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is also reported to be looking into the institution's finances.
Still, some indicators are available, and the picture looks fairly grim. Abyssinian is reportedly the largest provider of affordable housing in Harlem, but at least some of its housing has fallen into disrepair, with one building at West 135th Street accumulating 170 building violations along with fines and back taxes. It has also sold off two of its most well known buildings in Pathmark and the Renaissance Ballroom. The selling of the supermarket for $39 million to a developer of luxury housing has, according to this report, reestablished a "food desert" in East Harlem and resulted in the layoff of 236 workers, Crain's reports that:
To cover mortgage payments and keep the social services running, Butts is raising cash by selling properties. In the past year, he has unloaded the Pathmark and Renaissance Ballroom sites and about a quarter of his group's affordable housing. He has also let go of virtually all his nonprofit's staff and is dialing back his ambitions for what the organization can do to shape the future of the neighborhood it did so much to rescue.
This article describes enormous growth over the past ten years, under the tenure of Sheena Wright as president, but the organization was steadily borrowing to fund that expansion even while the costs of its programs were reportedly not being fully funded. Meanwhile, program-service costs rose to $30 million between 2002 and 2013 (from about $3.6 million annually) and annual debt-service costs grew from $48,000 to more than $3 million over the same period. Its unrestricted net assets slipped badly to $5 million by 2011, even while liabilities had grown to $160 million.
On a more positive note, because of rising property values, the value of its real estate holdings—estimated to be $155 million in 2011—is still approximately the same even though one-third of the organization's property has been sold.
The article eventually gets around to revealing that the board of the organization may not have the expertise needed to turn the situation around, and Butts has never claimed to be a manager. It is unclear whether sufficient time remains to save the organization and in what form.—Ruth McCambridge
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Their work in the San Marcos Foothills, along with each and every one of our volunteers that have dedicated their time in the area, has made a profound impact on this hidden tract of open space in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains. Since 2010, CIR has partnered with several non-profit organizations, businesses and County Parks to restore portions of the Preserve. Our restoration sites along Cieneguitas and Atascadero Creeks have been spectacular successes. In a time of drought when the hills are sunbaked golden and the annual invasives have died off, the perennial native plants we put in the ground have remained green and steadfast. These native plants continue to provide critical habitat to the native species of 130 birds, 49 mammals, 20 reptiles, six amphibians, and countless invertebrates. The sites attract butterflies that feed on nectar from the flowers, and they attract birds that collect seeds and insects from the plants. The success of the restoration sites is due to our dedicated staff and the help of more than 1,500 people who have volunteered with CIR at the San Marcos Foothills since we began our work.
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in partnership with the US Forest Service, has awarded CIR a large grant to eradicate nonnative tamarisk trees that are invading the Sisquoc River, Manzana Creek, and their associated tributaries.
In the wake of the Zaca fire, invasive plants have established a foothold in this remote area of wilderness - most concerning among them tamarisk (also known as salt cedar). Tamarisk, a deciduous shrub or small tree native to Eurasia, thrives in streambeds with often little to no water by use of its deep and extensive root system that it uses to draw up groundwater. Not only does their thick root system crowd out the roots of other native plants, but it consumes huge amounts of water turning streams to bone dry washes. Tamarisk readily regenerates from remnant roots after the rest of the tree is scoured away from a flash flood. A single tree can produce as many as 500,000 seeds in a single growing season. Suffice to say, tamarisk poses a very serious threat to any ecosystems it invades.
The remote backcountry streams of the Los Padres National Forest give refuge to a large number of rare and endemic species. Among these are the arroyo toad, California red-legged frog, and steelhead trout, all of which are federally listed as threatened or endangered. By eradicating tamarisk trees, our project will provide an opportunity for native plants to reestablish themselves, thereby restoring this critically important habitat.
We are honored to be awarded this grant that allows us to undertake this project and we are humbled at the scope of what will be necessary to complete this project. In total, we will remove tamarisk within 61 miles of backcountry streams. Because there is no motorized access to most of the project area, all personnel and supplies will be packed in on foot and a mule pack train. Tamarisk trees will be removed in a way that does not impact the sensitive riparian habitat that they have invaded.
Channel Islands Restoration, in a continuation of our restoration efforts on East Anacapa Island, is in the process of growing 2,500 plants to be installed in the coming fall. While we are growing many of the same plants grown in the past, this project differs in that we are now working in cooperation with multiple agencies. CIR has joined up with the National Park Service and the California Institute of Environmental Studies (CIES) to create and expand seabird habitat. With these joint forces, new plants will be on a drip system (which improves survival rates by over 50% or more). This new partnership is very exciting, and it will create a lasting impact that visitors will notice in the years to come.
The plants are being grown in our NPS/CIR constructed and maintained shade house and plant nursery stationed on the island which was made possible by a grant from Patagonia and NOAA B-WET and was built in collaboration with the National Park Service. The plants will be installed by CIES and volunteers, who are using funds from the Montrose Settlements Restoration Program to improve seabird habitat. CIR will be funding educational work trips for high school students to assist in habitat restoration as well. | {
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Dear friends do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
In these days of difficulties when we are all waiting to hear God's solutions for our crises, it is tempting to take every word that others say as if it is God's word, especially if it sounds plausible. We need to be discerning so that we hear the true word from the Lord, otherwise we might put the wrong actions into motion.
I recently had a practical illustration of this. We needed a new thermostat for our heating system at home, and I duly went to the suppliers to buy one. When fitted by the electrician it looked good, but didn't work properly. We assumed it was faulty and exchanged it for one which looked better - it even had a blue light in it! This didn't work either, and we considered putting in a bigger heating system. However we then discovered we had the wrong type of thermostat for our heating system. When the right type was installed, all worked wonderfully. Testing the system would have helped in the first place.
The enemy loves to deceive. When people are hungry for God's direction they are tempted to be hearers and doers without being testers. It's so important that we not only test the spirits, but also weigh what's being said in the light of who's saying it. Does the person bringing this word have integrity and credibility? Are those in leadership happy with the prophet as well as the words he or she speaks?
I believe that God has important things to say to us in the light of the current financial situation, but He also wants us to be discerning. 'It's best to test before we invest'.
Prayer: Father, thank You that you are always ready to speak to us in our time of need. Thank You that Your Word is always Truth. Help us to be discerning as we listen for that Word, so we aren't led astray by deceptive ideas, and we can follow Your perfect plan for our lives. Amen. | {
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Many people want to call themselves public speakers. If I had to guess, it has to be one of the most desirable professions. For many people, it's probably up there with sports broadcaster and reality TV star.
It stands to reason, then, that ambitious types want to know how to get paid for their thoughts in public settings. One effective arrow in the quiver: penning a book. You'll get no argument from me on the benefits of publishing a full-length text (or seven), but all too often would-be authors make a critical mistake. That is, they think that just because they can now call themselves authors, paid public speaking gigs will fall into their laps.
Almost without exception, though, nothing could be further from the truth.
As I know all too well, paid proper speaking gigs are few and far between. Still, it's hard to underestimate the benefits of writing a book, even for rare speaking gigs.
Author A: Dynamic speaker with professional website and a respectable following. S/he has not written a book.
Author B: Dynamic speaker with professional website and a respectable following. S/he has written a professionally designed book.
Writing a book is neither necessary for sufficient to work as a public speaker.
All else being equal, who's more likely to land a high-profile speaking gig? Who's going to be seen as more credible? Who will probably command more respect on stage, especially if each audience member receives a copy of Author B's book? Moreover, inasmuch as competition for paid speaking gigs is usually fierce, not having written a book may effectively disqualify you from the start.
Writing a book is neither necessary for sufficient to work as a public speaker. You don't need to write one to do it—and having written one guarantees nothing. Make no mistake, though: If the ultimate goal is to make a living speaking to the masses, writing a book certainly helps. | {
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Two of the most grim yet fascinating visitor attractions in the Westcountry can be found on its high moors. On Bodmin is Bodmin Jail. On Dartmoor is Dartmoor Prison Museum.
Dartmoor Prison dominates Princetown. Just up the road from the prison's famous main entrance, in a building that was once the old prison dairy, is Dartmoor Prison Museum. The collection is packed into a relatively small space and tells the story of Dartmoor Prison from its beginnings as a prisoner of war camp to modern times.
Displays provide information on the lives of famous inmates and objects found in the prison including a number of homemade weapons. Downstairs, you'll see cells and an A frame used for corporal punishment. The low risk inmates today take the place of some of the UK's most violent and hardened criminals of the past.
There's parking outside the museum. You can also wander up from Princetown's main car park by Princetown National Park Visitor Centre.
Plan for a couple of hours as there's a lot to see and read.
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Composting with worms lets you to turn kitchen scraps, paper waste and cardboard into nutrient-rich compost for your plants. The Worm Factory 360 worm bin composting system removes the effort of composting. Including a thermo siphon air flow system, the Worm Factory 360 worm bin increases composting speed. Air can enter on all four sides of the base, exposing the base to a free flow of oxygen. Composting creates heat and gases that rise through the system and exit out of all the sides of the lid. By the use of worms and this thermo siphon design you are now able to produce compost much faster than standard composting does.
Master Gardeners agree, worm castings are one of the richest forms of fertilizers available. The Worm Factory 360 worm farm can be used indoors or outdoors allowing year round production of compost. Now composting is no longer limited to outdoors. The Worm Factory 360 is odorless making it fantastic for apartments, kitchens, garages, porches and plenty more places. Unlike other composters the Worm Factory 360 worm farm is expandable by adding additional trays. This allows more compost capacity whilst maintaining the smallest foot print. Let worms recycle your kitchen garbage, create the best compost, creating a more sustainable lifestyle. It is produced in the United States with high quality food grade recycled plastics.
How It Works: Simply add a handful of worms and your organic waste to the lower. The worms will start processing the food. As soon as the lower tray is filled with waste just add another tray. The worms head on upward to the newest food source, leaving the lower tray full of nutrient compost. Worm castings, which are simply worm poo, are the most nutrient-rich compost medium available.
As organic waste is broken down, moisture filters throughout the system, moving nutrient-rich particles along with it, creating worm tea. You can drain this organic liquid fertilizer (worm tea) right from the spigot on the base. The worm tea can then be diluted with water and used as a liquid fertilizer.
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Biologist Bruce Cousens finds purple martin nestlings at the Ladysmith Maritime Society Community Marina for a banding demonstration during last year's open house.
Visit the Ladysmith Maritime Society Community Marina July 20 for a purple martin open house.
Jul. 14, 2014 11:00 a.m.
The BC Purple Martin Stewardship and Recovery Program is celebrating another year of success, and everyone is invited to join the party.
Wear something purple on Sunday, July 20 and join the BC Purple Martin Stewardship and Recovery Program at its 10th annual open house at the Ladysmith Maritime Society Community Marina from 2-4 p.m. to celebrate the return of Western Purple Martins, a Species At Risk in B.C.
The B.C. Purple Martin population increased from five breeding pairs in 1985 to about 950 nesting pairs in 2013, mainly as a result of nest boxes built, installed and maintained by volunteers, according to a press release.
The warm dry summer last year and a plentiful supply of flying insects resulted in the Martins successfully raising more than 3,400 young, which is a significant increase over recent years.
During the open house, visitors will be able to watch adults feeding nestlings, learn more about the conservation of Purple Martins at various displays and hear stories about Purple Martins activities around the Strait of Georgia and other parts of Canada. Martin nestlings will be banded at sessions scheduled for 3 p.m.
Light refreshments and the famous purple (blueberry) milkshakes will be served while quantities last.
The BC Purple Martin Stewardship and Recovery Program is co-ordinated by Georgia Basin Ecological Assessment and Restoration Society (GBEARS) of Nanaimo. The Recovery Program is supported this year by BC Hydro, Canadian Wildlife Service, Island Timberlands, Ladysmith Maritime Society, Mid Island Coop, Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure, Pacific Conservation Assistance Fund, Pender Island Conservancy Association, TimberWest, Victoria Natural History Society and Western Purple Martin Foundation, as well as many individuals, local businesses and volunteers. | {
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Nokia Lumia 530 Launched @ ₹5990
Nokia is launching their new budget smartphone at an incredible price tag of ₹5990. The phone is running on Windows 8.1 with Lumia Cyan. It is the cheapest phone running on Windows 8.1 and the cheapest phone in the Lumia series.
The phone has a 4 inch 480 x 854 pixel resolution display with 245 ppi pixel density. The phone is powered by a Quad-core Snapdragon 200 running at 1.2 GHz paired with 512MB of RAM. The phone has a powerful Adreno 302 GPU.
The phone has a Primary 5 MP camera and lacks a secondary camera. That is a negative side of the phone. The camera can record videos with a resolution of 864 x 480 at a frame rate of 30 fps.
The phone has 4Gb of internal storage which can be expanded up to 128Gb via a MicroSD card.
The phone is packed with popular softwares like Microsoft Office, Nokia Drive, Nokia Maps, MixRadio etc..
The connectivity options on this phone includes Bluetooth v4.0, Wi-Fi: WLAN IEEE 802.11 b/g/n, Micro-USB.This phone also supports WI-Fi hotspot with Up to 8 Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
The phone has a removable battery with a capacity of 1430 mAh. The phone has maximum standby time of 22 days. And maximum talktime in 2G is 13.4 h and 3G is 10 h.
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HSDPA 900 / 2100
Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Coming soon. Exp. Release 2014, August
119.7 x 62.3 x 11.7 mm, 86.8 cc (4.71 x 2.45 x 0.46 in)
TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
480 x 854 pixels, 4.0 inches (~245 ppi pixel density)
4 GB, 512 MB RAM
Bright orange, Bright green, White, Dark Gray
Up to 236.8 kbps
HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WI-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, WI-Fi hotspot
v4.0, A2DP
MicroUSB v2. 0
5 MP, 2592 x 1936 pixels
1/4'' sensor size
480p@30fps
Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1
SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
- SNS integration
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
- MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- 15 GB free One Drive storage
- Document viewer
- Video/photo editor
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
Li-Ion 1430 mAh battery (BL-5J)
Up to 528 h
Up to 13 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 10 h (3G)
Music play
Up to 51 h
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How many of you are running a St. Patty's Day Dash this weekend?
For those of us running a St. Patty's Day Dash this weekend, there are tons of great pre-race strategies available out there, but in honor of St. Patrick's Day, I asked a few Brooks employees what their less rational rituals are.
Here are a few ways they make sure they run lucky. See if you can figure out which one of these runs ultra-marathons (it's not hard).
The day of the race I have oatmeal for breakfast with a banana. I also wear the same hair clips and I have to talk to my mom before the race no matter what. It calms my nerves.
The only thing I am super crazy about is putting on a clean singlet. I don't put on my race singlet until 10 minutes until the start. That way it is clean and dry. Nothing makes me feel fast like a clean, dry singlet.
For some of my bigger and longer races, I'd eat five Snickers bars and wash it down with a 32 oz. Gatorade. I'd also pair this with some of the fiercest death-metal my ears could handle at 4 a.m. It's a good way to get the blood pumping when you shouldn't be awake for another three hours!
I avoid wearing new items that I have never run in before, clothing or shoes. I want to make sure I don't get annoyed by fabric or the feel of the materials.
The morning of, I have mantra's that I tell myself (pre-thought-up mantras that I can easily access in my brain) such as, "pain is temporary," "pain is about seeing how mentally tough you are," "learn to suffer," "you can do this," "you will do this," "one foot in front of the other," and the list goes on.
One race ritual to always fall back on is to Run Happy. It works like a charm.
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Home Other News La Cultura American director Francis Ford Coppola awarded Spain's Princess of Asturias prize
American director Francis Ford Coppola awarded Spain's Princess of Asturias prize
The Godfather director also bagged a tidy €50,000
Rob Horgan
7 May, 2015 @ 16:38
WORLD-renowned American director Francis Ford Coppola has been awarded Spain's most prestigious arts prize for his contribution to film.
Director of classics such as The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, 76-year-old Coppola claimed the latest Princess of Asturias prize along with €50,000.
A spokesman for the foundation described six-time Oscar winner Coppola as 'an inspiration'.
"The figure of Francis Ford Coppola is essential in understanding the transformation and contradictions of the cinema art and industry, to whose growth he has contributed decisively," he added.
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Blac Chyna pregnant? Chyna, Rob and Kim…
Blac Chyna pregnant? Chyna, Rob and Kim Kardashian reunite – with OB/Gyn visit
By Bayareanewsgroup Com and Martha Ross |
PUBLISHED: April 27, 2016 at 10:07 a.m. | UPDATED: May 18, 2018 at 2:03 a.m.
Got to give it to Kardashian Inc. and their publicity machine. When they (allegedly) stage paparazzi ops with their public outings, they do it in the most click-bait worthy ways.
So, Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna were spotted out and about Tuesday with Kim Kardashian having brunch in Beverly Hills before attending to "some other errands," according to E News.
Both Hollywood Life and People reported that those other errands included a visit to Kim's OB/Gyn, who helped her with fertility treatments to get pregnant with son Saint.
So, now the world is abuzz with the possibility that — deep breath, deep breath — Blac Chya is pregnant. Or, if she's not pregnant, she wants to be.
Either idea — bun already in the oven, or in the process — takes a moment to wrap one's head around: Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna. Reproducing.
Hollywood Life claims "exclusive" knowledge that the whole Kardashian clan is pulling together over some "good news" from Rob and Chyna — in addition to the engagement news, which initially threw the family for a loop.
"Kendall and Kylie went over to visit with Rob and Blac, after Blac visited Kim's Ob/Gyn," a source told Hollywood Life. "The whole family is visiting Blac and Rob now, so they must have gotten some good news — something definitely happened! Everyone is getting along and has been looking really happy. The younger sisters are following Kim's lead. Kim is being very kind to Blac now that they are going to be family. Kim connected Blac with the doctor that Kim used when she was having fertility issues and having trouble getting pregnant before Saint came along."
Whether or not reports are true about big, happy baby news coming out of the Rob Kardashian/Blac Chyna engagement, it seems that there is a truce going on.
If you remember, model/entrepreneur Chyna has a long and complicated history with the Kardashian clan, specifically its formidable, famous women.
Chyna, 27, used to be good friends with both Kim, but that relationship fizzled after little sister Kylie Jenner, 18, began dating Tyga, 26, the former fiance and baby daddy of Chyna's son.
The engagement between Rob Kardashian and Chyna reportedly caused friction in the family, but everyone's apparently patching things up. Last week, Kylie Jenner and Chyna got together for a viral selfie and claimed they'd "been best friends the whole time."
Martha Ross provides celebrity commentary for the Bay Area News Group. Follow her at twitter.com/marthajross.
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Best West Downtown Phoenix deals, rooms, reviews and details.
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Welcome to the Best West Downtown hotel in fabulous Phoenix, Arizona. A 2.0 star property, Best West Downtown has 47 rooms and is conveniently located for business or pleasure at 600 W. Van Buren street.
The Best West Inn Downtown only offer Single queen room Type. Bedding options range from 1 King to 2 Doubles. Use our search form on the left of this page for a detailed rate quote on your preferred dates.
Amenities and features at this hotel include Access via exterior corridors, Air conditioning, Cable television service, City view and Climate control as well as Electronic/magnetic keys, Iron/ironing board (on request) and Pillow menu.
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We purchased the tent in Argos, in the UK, for around £70 (€78). This Trespass 4 Man Dome Tent was ideal for the two of us. We decided to go with the bigger indoor space mainly to accommodate the air bed and keep our most valuable and personal belongings inside at night. The tent at full pitch measures H135, W240, L210CM with an internal living space coming in at H135, W240, L210CM. Even though this was classed as a 4 man tent, it would have been a very tight sleeping arrangement for 4 men to comfortably sleep!
The Tresspass 4 Man Dome Tent has a Hydrostatic Head of 2000mm (the higher the figure, the more waterproof the tent) which worked well, however, we did purchase some extra waterproofing spray and coated the tent on the first day just for added extra security.
Just of the main sleeping quarters you had a mosquito net and the main door, both of which can be individually or separately rolled up to allow air to circulate the inner sleeping section.
Just outside this is a small "porch" selection which we used mainly to keep our dirty/wet shoes and to store unnecessary bags overnight. A welcome extra space that we used to our advantage.
We purchased this all in one air bed, sleeping bags and pillows for around £50 (€56) in Argos in the UK. The pump was sold separately but for an extra few pounds we really didn't mind. The air bed was perfect for us and stayed inflated for the entire night. The only trick we learned was, when the tent was built, inflate the air bed. Then afterwards re-inflate before you went to sleep. This meant the thing was solid for you to sleep on during the night. An extra blanket to throw over the top also worked a treat too!
Well kinda of, yes! If you take a look at the outside of the tent (the 'porch' area) there is alot of space between the ground sheet and the main body of the tent. Why was this an issue? Well when the wind picked up, it left us freezing! My advice, if you can is get something to run along the bottom on the inside to try cut the draft down. Next time we go away I think we will try some bin liners. Stuffed with old newspaper into log shapes, and put them around the inside of the porch area. Only time will tell.
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Take our hand, faithful listeners, and travel back to the distant past of 2015, when during this very week Everything Everything unleashed the first taste of their third studio album, Get To Heaven. The track was of course Distant Past, which preceded fellow single releases Regret, Spring / Sun / Winter / Dread and No Reptiles.
This week on Track By Track we're discussing the Stuart Price produced album, and taking a little delve into the rest of the band's back catalogue for our Further Listening choices.
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Prior to working with Fairoaks IT, we would have to wait until after hours or even days to get a response when we needed assistance with our technology. That all changed when Fairoaks IT took over our network. Our systems, which always seemed to be outdated, are now being constantly monitored, and we always have whatever resources we need.
The response time of the Fairoaks IT team is a complete difference from what we had with our previous support company, we have never been left to wait until the next day or without the ability to do our jobs – we are very pleased with how quickly they resolve any issues we are having. Before Fairoaks IT our staff of about 11 people were experiencing at least 8-10 hours a week keeping things working and trying to understand where the underlying problems were, this resulted in all of our employees losing productivity. Our employees now have commented on how there doesn't seem to be anywhere near the issues that they used to experience, and several have commented on the pleasant nature of the support folks, Brett, Jen and Tony.
It was it was only a matter of time before there was a disaster. We were looking for a new provider when I discovered that we were not backing our business critical data up because "it was a lot of data". When first talking with Tom about Fairoaks IT, we suffered an abandonment from our provider. Tom stopped by and got our access restored so we could operate our business, we had no contract, and no commitment to sign one at the time. Tom himself demonstrates the principles that he asks his team to follow.
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He was recommended to us by a colleague of ours. We have been very satisfied with the service from Tom, Jen and the rest of his team. We did not feel pressured into buying more than we needed and we are confident that he has provided our business with the appropriate level of service required to keep us efficient and secure.
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This 60-Year-Old IRONMAN Triathlete Isn't Slowing Down
Passion & Purpose | December 5, 2018
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By Brookdale Senior Living
When Reiko Donato's daughter was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, it changed everything. Well, almost everything. Despite doctor's visits, surgeries and the stress of being a new parent, one thing always remained the same: Reiko loved to run.
"With so many things out of control in my life, it gave me a sense of control," says Reiko.
Her daughter, Alex, was only seven months old when she had a major seizure that sent her to the ER. Just before her first birthday, she was diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC), a rare disorder that causes tumors to grow in the brain, eyes, lungs, kidneys and heart. TSC affects over 50,000 people in the U.S., and is the most common cause for autism and epilepsy -- both of which affect Reiko's daughter.
Being a new parent is enough to send anyone's life into chaos, let alone a serious and rare diagnosis. Little was known about TSC at the time, and so Reiko soon found herself acting as her daughter's advocate, shuttling between doctors' appointments, surgeries and MRIs.
Today, Alex is 19, and through careful monitoring and treatment, her condition is stable. She and Reiko still spend a considerable amount of time in and out of the doctor's office.
And through it all, Reiko has kept on running.
So when a friend recommended she check out a local indoor triathlon, she thought, why not? Reiko entered her first triathlon at age 50, and to her surprise, she won in her age group. Then she entered another, and then another.
It wasn't long before Reiko found herself entering the most rigorous of triathlons: the IRONMAN, which consists of a 2.4 mile swim followed by a 112 mile bike ride and topped off with a full-length, 26.2-mile marathon. After placing fourth in her age group in her first IRONMAN in Chattanooga, it was official -- Reiko was hooked.
"We joke in the triathlon community about 'drinking the Kool-Aid,'" says Reiko. "From the outside it may look a little crazy, some of the things we do. But you get hooked! Crazy becomes the norm. Everyone's doing it."
It may sound impossibly hard -- and oftentimes it is. At the age of 60, Reiko must maintain a careful balance between rest and training: 10 to 12 hours of training during the week, with one day for rest. And on race days, there's weather to consider, nutrition, equipment, pacing and bodily stress.
Races are a problem-solving challenge as much as a physical one -- and that's exactly what draws Reiko to the race.
"IRONMAN days are a lot like life," she says. "My life didn't turn out the way I expected it to, with my daughter's challenges. It threw me a curveball. Race day is the same way. Maybe someone kicks your goggles off in the water, or you have crazy weather, or you drop your nutrition bottle on your bike. But you have to accept it and figure out how to deal with it. That's what really makes me want to do the race."
But despite the challenges IRONMAN presents, Reiko mostly talks about her friends in the tight-knit triathlon community, and how much fun she has.
"I always have a great time racing, no matter what kind of day I have," says Reiko. "It's so different from my role as a special needs mom, or from my background as a market researcher. It's good for your body, and I've found a social network group too."
Over the last ten years, Reiko has competed in IRONMAN triathlons around the globe, including the World Championship, where she earned a finisher's medal. This year, she celebrated turning 60 by competing in IRONMAN Chattanooga on her birthday . . . and won. This qualifies her for her the 2019 World Championship race in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
In the end, it all comes back down to racing for her daughter. Reiko sits on the board of the TS Alliance, and has used her races as a platform to raise over $250,000 for tuberous sclerosis research.
"My daughter keeps me going on hard days," she says. "She doesn't know her life any other way. She's got annual brain and abdominal MRIs to make sure tumors aren't growing. She has seizures, medication every single day, a lot of doctors' appointments, and is still doing occupational and speech therapy. But she takes it all in stride and doesn't complain."
"If Alex can do it, I can do it. I am doing this for Alex."
To make a donation to help find the cure for Tuberous Sclerosis, visit the the TS Alliance website.
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..and a yellow-grey building with a green sign above the door that says, "An Post".
Inside a few old shelves, because this used to be a little grocery store – a freezer with ice-cream and a post office counter. Here the villagers buy their stamps and pick up their pension. And here I meet Doris Affeldt. Doris is from near Hamburg. She emigrated to Doohoma over 30 years ago. She runs a small textile manufacturing business. Apart from that she is a painter, – she is assisting the Munich artist, Anja Uhlig with the international interactive art project in this post office, "The Seedbank of Love & Stories".
Doris: She practically discovered this place as a very magical and special place because the entire village meets here – this here is a type of hub. They are not all here simultaneously – but the stories of the people come together here.
Stories which just so happen in everyday life, which trigger laughter or an empathic look, which keep others up to date. This here is daily ritual, not just for the people living in village.
Doris: For every house you see here there are at least another dozen somewhere spread across the globe, who everybody know about, whose stories are also known by everybody and come together here.
Because like everywhere else in Ireland, many went from here to seek their fortune on the other side of the Atlantic, especially at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. Up until today Ireland has been a country of emigration. And so the little post office in Doohoma was always a distributor of stories that arrived by post or telephone.
Doris: If you think about how many people are connected in their hearts with Doohoma: Shane and Jamie are in Australia, und such and such is in America and Valerie is in Chicago and we are quite global here. And everything comes together here in real life, not virtually.
The "Seedbank of Love & Stories" is a place where stories may be swopped. Whoever comes in can chose a jar and put their story in and take out another unread story.
Who knows what might become of this story one day? A whole theatre piece can be created or a novel. So these are also all seeds which will germinate sometime.
Alone the voices of his relatives eased his homesickness, he writes about this ritual. And I now know of a new story – a seed from the "Seedbank of Love & Stories" on the westerly point of Ireland.
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Mohamed Ahmed Jama's arm was broken in the attack. (Hubaal Media Network)
In Somaliland, Hubaal journalists sentenced to jail
Nairobi, July 3, 2013–A court in the capital of the semi-autonomous republic of Somaliland today convicted the manager and editor of the independent daily Hubaal of defamation and sentenced them to prison.
Hubaal's editor, Hussein Hassan Abdullahi, received two years, while the paper's manager, Mohamed Ahmed Jama, was sentenced to one year in jail on charges of defamation and false publication of news capable of disturbing public order, local journalists told CPJ. The court issued a fine of 2,000,000 Somaliland shillings (US$300) to Hussein and 1,000,000 shillings (US$150) to Mohamed, according to news reports.
Defense lawyer Adburahaman Mohamoud said the journalists will appeal. He told CPJ that the conviction contravenes the Somaliland media law and constitution, which require civil as opposed to criminal procedures for alleged press offenses.
Judge Osman Fanah of the Regional Court in Hargeisa also ordered that the daily remain suspended for the duration of the journalists' sentence, local journalists told CPJ. The Attorney General had ordered publication of the paper suspended on June 11.
The indictment, filed by Attorney General Farhan Mire, charged the pair in connection with a January article claiming that Ethiopian diplomatic staff used their positions for smuggling illicit goods, as well as a June article alleging that Somaliland's president was in poor health and relinquished duties to the state minister for the presidency. The charges came amid the paper's extensive coverage of a dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia over the latter's construction of a huge dam across the Nile River. Local journalists said they suspect Somaliland authorities are sensitive to critical media coverage of Ethiopia, given the republic's close economic ties to that country.
"The conviction of the Hubaal journalists is not only an effort to silence the newspaper, but a message to the entire Somaliland press that authorities will abuse the courts to punish their critics," said Tom Rhodes, the Committee to Protect Journalists' East Africa consultant. "Authorities should act quickly to overturn this unjust verdict and release Mohamed Ahmed and Hussein Hassan."
The two Hubaal journalists were to be transferred to Hargeisa's Central Prison around 10 p.m. local time this evening, defense lawyer Adburahaman said.
In April, two assailants raided the Hubaal offices and shot at Mohamed, injuring his arm and hand, according to news reports. Despite authorities identifying one of the assailants as a policeman, no one has been charged to date, local journalists said.
Journalists are often harassed, arbitrarily detained, or attacked in Somaliland, according to CPJ research.
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Nerd's Girlfriend: Yes, Mrs. Important Person I would love to (click! Bleeeee!!… Comes in over the phone line)… I'm on the phone.
Nerd: (from across the room): Oh, sorry.
Nerd Girlfriend: Wait! I'm downloading Ani DiFranco bootlegs!
Of course in all this hoopla is a point and it is: yes, 802.11 is unfit for the home. And, it will soon be unfit for the office as more and more devices stake a claim in the > 2MHz region. There have already been stories of remote gate openers and other miscellaneous devices eating into the bandwidth of wireless networks. Seems to me a new standard needs to define arbitration schemes for ALL devices operating in a band. Of course, as the article points out newer 802.11x devices will actually check channels before using them. <sarcasm> Which is, hm, a novel idea.</sarcasm> But for now, Kristen and I are stuck doing the voice/data dance and it seems unlikely we will be able to do much to fix it. Anybody need a nice 2.4MHz phone? If you need to get in touch with me, you can reach me by email. | {
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I'm loving Vogue Australia's natural approach for their September 2014 cover. Sure, there's hardly ever anything "natural" about a cover shoot, but Vogue Australia have captured a very easy going and relaxed moment here that comes pretty close to the real thing. Freja Beha Erichsen is the cover model for the September issue. Seen wearing Louis Vuitton, Freja sports natural makeup and casually curly hair. It's an easy going approach to the season and a nice change of pace from covers looking to win buyers with bright colours and over-dramatized settings. | {
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The filming for Marvel's upcoming TV series, The Inhumans has begun and the cast and crew are currently filming some scenes in Hawaii. Recently, a few pictures from the set of the show surfaced, which have given us our very first look at Anton Mount, dressed as Black Bolt. The pictures also reveal the pre-CGI version of Lockjaw, the two-thousand-pound dog, who is a pet of Crystal.
Judging from the pictures which surfaced from the set of The Inhumans, Marvel has decided to drop the iconic mask Black Bolt. Anton Mount is seen wearing his suit only, which suggests that he won't be wearing a mask in the series. It kinds of make sense considering the fact that why would the king of In humans wear a mask and hide his face? However, the suit is taken right from the comics and is perfectly designed.
The lightening bolt design on the suit is pretty much taken from the original source. However, the zig zag is black instead of white. In the image, Mount was seen wearing black leather boots, pants, and a jacket. The lightening bolt design is present on the chest and it looks, marvelous. Along with Black Bolt, fans also got the chance to see the Lockjaw. For those who don't know, Black Bolt is accompanied by a huge green dog who goes by the name Lockjaw. In the pictures which were from the set of the film, a CGI version of Lockjaw was seen. Though it was not real, but the size of the CGI version pretty much resembles that from the comics. You can have a look at the four images from the set of The Inhumans below, and see how Black Bolt is going to look in the upcoming film.
As for the cast, Anson Mount is going to play the role of Black Bolt, Iwan Rheon is going to play as Maximus, and Isabelle Cornish will play the role of Crystal. The remaining cast can be seen below.
The first two episodes of The Inhumans will be released in more than 1000 IMAX theaters worldwide on September 1, 2017. After a few days, on September 26, the eight-episode series will start on ABC.
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Brian Lee-Archer
Build community with digital data
Intelligent Communities
Being the leader of a community and making decisions to address social and economic challenges may feel like a gambler rolling the dice. You know you have to place bets with no control over how the dice will fall.
The gambler analogy represents the uncertainty facing community decision-makers. Uncertainty is a function of multiple factors, many of which are outside their direct control, such as macroeconomic conditions.
Of the many worthy ideas on the table, which will lead to a return on investment in terms of liveability (social capital) and/or economic value?
Which will serve as a catalyst for a virtuous circle of community growth?
Developing sustainable and resilient communities is not a game of chance; innovative proposals often require bold investment decisions which carry risk. There is renewed focus in public policy-making for risk mitigation through an evidence-based approach.
Evidence-based practice as proposed by the Netherlands based Center for Evidence-Based Management (CEBM), is that "good-quality decisions should be based on a combination of critical thinking and the best available evidence."
Access to "the best available evidence," while relative, is an underlying principle of evidence-based management.
Community leaders are adept at making do with evidence which satisfies the best-available test. However, they should aim to expand these sources of evidence to increase reliability.
The rapidly growing repositories of digital data are a source all communities need better access to.
A solid evidence base, according to the CEBM, is a combination of data from internal and external sources (customer data, transactional data), scientific data (academic reports, field studies), stakeholder data (community, business consultation, impact analysis) and professional expertise. Professional expertise is the personal experience of decision-makers and community leaders.
Digital data is an evidence source exploding in terms of volume, veracity and velocity. Sifting through raw data to make it usable to generate business insight is challenging.
As billions of internet of things (IoT) devices are deployed sensing any imaginable activity, this unprecedented scaling up of digital data production is difficult to comprehend, let alone prepare for, in order to derive value.
While a smart city lays out infrastructure to collect data, intelligent communities will develop the capability to make productive use of it. Realising data's value requires a robust technology platform to enable simplicity in integration and analysis across multiple sources.
It's not practical for every community to make the large scale technology investments that major cities can undertake. However, this should not deny them the opportunity to enhance the evidence base they have for community level decision making.
There are already large amounts of digital data, with more coming through smart city infrastructure investments made by larger communities and higher levels of government.
Data is a community asset to be valued and shared.
Not every community leader should have to be a data scientist nor a technology infrastructure specialist. Intelligent communities will find ways to access these high order technology and business skills to turn data into simple insights to use as evidence.
Capacity and capability building within communities to turn digital data into insight, is an area for the levels of government with accountability for community wide development to address.
Provisioning community level data management infrastructure would be a major step forward towards empowering communities to enhance their evidence base for community based decision making.
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Shivdeep Dhaliwal
National Currency, Scam And Police Violence: What's Going On With Crypto In India
India's National government continues to make belligerent statement, not forgetting about taxation
India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has caused a stir on April 5, 2018 by announcing that it would not allow regulated institutions like banks, payment service providers and non banking finance companies (NBFCs), to provide services to persons or businesses that deal with cryptocurrencies.
The RBI undertook this step due to a number of reasons which they claim as, "consumer protection, market integrity and money laundering, among others." As the statement cites:
"[The] Reserve Bank has repeatedly cautioned users, holders and traders of virtual currencies, including Bitcoins, regarding various risks associated in dealing with such virtual currencies.
In view of the associated risks, it has been decided that, with immediate effect, entities regulated by RBI shall not deal with or provide services to any individual or business entities dealing with or settling VCs [venture capitalists]. Regulated entities which already provide such services shall exit the relationship within a specified time. A circular in this regard is being issued separately."
Bibhu Prasad Kanungo, the deputy director of the RBI personally extended this message on a press conference:
"Internationally, while the regulatory response to these tokens are not uniform, it is universally felt that they can seriously undermine the AML (anti-money laundering) and FATF (Financial Action Task Force) framework, adversely impact market integrity and capital control. And if they grow beyond a critical size, they can endanger financial stability as well."
A huge mistake that will lead to brain drain
The reaction to India's move has been one of dismay. Tech investor Tim Draper, who has been in and out of the Indian markets, minced no words - calling the Indian government's actions "the stupidest thing":
"If I had a meeting with Modi, I would have let him know he is making a huge mistake."
On April 5, 2018, trading platform Bitbns administered a petition, warning the government and the public about the possibility of "brain drain":
"This is clearly stifling innovation around Blockchain. If a government does not facilitate adoption of new technology the country stands to left behind. It's not that a Google or an Apple gets created by a [government]. It's when entrepreneurs are provided the best possible launchpad when this happens. If as a govt you do not provide that - that's when people like Sundar Pichai or Satya Nadella have to leave the country and they become creators for some other countries."
However, the announcement from the RBI did not appear to negatively affect rates of cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin (BTC) was seen trading near the $7000 mark with Ethereum (ETH) in the region of $400.
Exchanges are informing users
The two popular exchanges in India are Unocoin and ZebPay. After the news of RBI's decision to bar banks from interacting with cryptocurrency entities, Cointelegraph contacted ZebPay for comment, but has not received any response. The only mode of communication with its users was e-mail as well as a notice that appeared on their mobile app.
Meanwhile, Unocoin has released a press release which made it clear that they have received no notice from their bankers as of now and that funds of their users are safe with them:
"We just want to assure you that your funds (INR, BTC and other cryptos) are absolutely safe with us as ever and there is no need to worry about their safety. As always, you can still continue to use our platform as before and if need be you can still withdraw your funds. As on today, no banks (that we are working with) have issued any notice to us and when they do and if it has an impact on you and /or us, we will surely communicate to you."
Ban it or tax it?
What has perplexed a lot of cryptocurrency users in India has been the Indian government's weird double standards on cryptocurrencies. On one hand the government welcomed the technology behind cryptocurrencies, while on the other discouraged the use of cryptocurrency in the country.
In his budget day speech in February, Arun Jaitley, Minister of Finance stated:
"Distributed ledger system or the Blockchain technology allows organization of any chain of records or transactions without the need of intermediaries … The Government does not consider cryptocurrencies legal tender or coin and will take all measures to eliminate use of these crypto-assets in financing illegitimate activities or as part of the payment system. The Government will explore use of Blockchain technology proactively for ushering in digital economy"
Then there is the Indian Income Tax department which followed this speech later in February by sending 100,000 'tax notices' to Bitcoin Investors. The Chairman of Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) explained:
"People who have made investments (in cryptocurrencies) and have not declared income while filing taxes, and have not paid tax on the profit earned by investing, we are sending them notices as we feel that it is all taxable. We found out that there is no clarity on investments made by many people which means that they have not declared it properly. We have informed all the DGs (Director Generals of Income Tax) across India, they are issuing notices and so that would be taxed."
Following this, the words of Indian officials (and subsequent media reaction) contributed to a massive Bitcoin dip from $10,300 to below $9,512 in one day.
Bitcoin in news for all the wrong reasons
Meanwhile, compounding India's cryptocurrency woes have been two stories that are unrelated to the so called 'crypto ban' but have propelled Bitcoin into the news cycle. These stories do cryptocurrency in India no favour as the local media often takes a frenzied tone on these matters and indulges in sensationalism. One has been the arrest of the Bharadwaj brothers. This duo had duped more than 8000 investors out of INR 2000 crores or $300 mln. They ran an investment scheme by the name of Gainitcoin, which promised investors guaranteed 10 percent monthly returns within 18 months. They have also been manipulating price of a token they launched in an initial coin offering (ICO).
In another alarming development a businessman Sailesh Bhatt in the western Indian state of Gujarat has made a serious allegation that an officer of India's Gujarat Police beat him and extorted 200 BTC from him:
"They beat me up inside a room and threatened to kill me in a fake encounter if I did not hand over my Bitcoins … Amreli [city in Gujarat] SP Jagdish Patel and Amreli inspector Anant Patel were involved. I was forced to transfer Rs 13 crore [around $2 mln] in Bitcoins to Paladiya's account [Sailesh's business partner]."
Seemingly taxation and regulation occupies officials' minds more than the safety and security of cryptocurrency investors.
A rethink at the highest level needed
The Blockchain economy has its roots in cryptocurrency but also a lot of Blockchain tech firms are rich and store their wealth in cryptocurrencies. If the Indian government wants these companies to bring in investments, technology and innovation to the country, it has to take a liberal stance. Otherwise, everyone has the freedom to choose jurisdictions which have easier regulations.
There are already some indications that major cryptocurrency companies in India are thinking of abandoning the country. Shivam Thakral, the CEO of BuyUCoin was explicit enough to tell the Economic Times:
"We have to move our company to some foreign country where regulations allow opening of bank accounts plus we won't be dealing in fiat currency. It will become a global operation rather than an India centric operation."
Others too have expressed a need for a rethink on the position that the central bank has taken. As Navin Surya, Chairman of the Payment Council of India referring to the RBI decision told Bloomberg Quint:
"Risks exist in every system but we have solutions to each of those. So why not work with virtual currency traders in a similar way and create a risk-free system rather than indirectly shutting it down."
RBI move a way of making space for its own digital currency?
It's important to remember about the Reserve Bank ambitions towards the idea of its own cryptocurrency, named after the Indian goddess of wealth Laxmi. In the same press release that barred regulated financial institutions from dealing with crypto-related businesses, the RBI announced its intents to study the feasibility of a 'Central Bank Digital Currency':
"Rapid changes in the landscape of the payments industry along with factors such as emergence of private digital tokens and the rising costs of managing fiat paper/metallic money have led central banks around the world to explore the option of introducing fiat digital currencies.
While many central banks are still engaged in the debate, an interdepartmental group has been constituted by the Reserve Bank to study and provide guidance on the desirability and feasibility to introduce a central bank digital currency. The Report will be submitted by end-June 2018".
Indians can still use, trade and pay with Bitcoin
Cryptocurrencies have a hidden strength in that they are decentralised. Indians can still trade in cryptocurrencies by using popular peer-to-peer systems like Bisq and localbitcoins or by simply exchanging Bitcoin for fiat with their local dealers. This strategy has worked in China where similar ban was imposed by the authorities.
If anything, this decision of the RBI would do Bitcoin users a favour, pushing them to discover that Bitcoin's open secret, that it can be used by anyone, anywhere without fear and without the fear of state intervention. Hopefully India would be one of those thriving markets where people exchange Bitcoin for goods, services and fiat currency on a person to person level.
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Christmas cactus- my longest relationship.
The first flower on my big, 48 year-old Christmas Cactus opened today. This is a "Thanksgiving" style Christmas Cactus that blooms from November to April.
At age 17, I started this plant with two cutting in Michigan.
When my daughter Claire was little, we laid on our backs and gazed up at cascading flowers.
"They look like butterflies!" Claire said, delighted.
In April 2017, I took cuttings from this plant and gave newly-rooted plants to Claire and a friend. Claire was thrilled to have a duplicate of the Christmas Cactus she loves.
Claire said her new Christmas Cactus is starting to bloom, too.
Beautiful. I'd like to have some.
What a great thing to be able to pass a clone onto your daughter! I'm sure she is thrilled!
You're right. Claire was thrilled!
This one is my roommates.
MOST Impressive! I have one that lasted 40 years and thought that was pretty special. But Wow on yours! Good TLC and a green thumb you have!
Here is my friend's new Christmas Cactus, that I started with cuttings in April 2017.
This is wonderful I am terrible with plants. No matter how hard I try, they keep dieing on me.
These are some of my favorite plants to keep around the house. They are so pretty.
What a beautiful plant. My Christmas cactus are not even close to blooming.
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US election security officials reject Trump's fraud claims
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BBC.COM-US federal election officials have said the 2020 White House vote was the "most secure in American history" – rejecting President Donald Trump's fraud claims.
"There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised," the committee announced.
They spoke out after Mr Trump claimed without proof 2.7m votes for him were "deleted" in last week's election.
He has yet to concede to the projected winner, Democrat Joe Biden.
What did the election officials say?
A Department of Homeland Security unit that worked on safeguarding US voting systems for the 3 November presidential election issued a joint statement on Thursday.
The committee of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) said: "While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too.
"When you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices as they administer elections."
The head of Cisa, Christopher Krebs, has said he expects to be fired by the Trump administration, according to Reuters news agency.
It reported that Mr Krebs had incurred the White House's displeasure over a Cisa website called Rumor Control, which debunks election misinformation.
On Thursday, Mr Krebs shared a post by an election law expert that said: "Please don't retweet wild and baseless claims about voting machines, even if they're made by the president."
Cisa assistant director Bryan Ware stepped down on Thursday. The White House had asked for his resignation earlier this week, reports Reuters.
How are Republicans reacting?
A small but growing number of Republicans are backing calls for President-elect Joe Biden to be given daily intelligence briefings.
Lindsey Graham, a key Trump ally, was among those saying Mr Biden should get the secret presidential memo, as is usual with incoming presidents.
But most Republicans in Congress are standing by Mr Trump in refusing to acknowledge Mr Biden's victory.
The result was called by US media last weekend but some counting continues.
Mr Trump has launched a flurry of legal challenges to projected results in key states and levelled unsubstantiated allegations of widespread electoral fraud.
He tweeted on Thursday that voting software used in 28 states had deleted millions of votes for him, but presented no evidence for the stunning claim.
On Thursday, the Democrats' House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the "absurd circus" meant the coronavirus pandemic was being neglected, and she and other top Democrats urged Republicans to "accept reality".
Between 10 and 20 Republicans in Congress have now either congratulated Mr Biden or accepted there must be moves towards a transition. But most have yet to acknowledge the president-elect's win.
Democratic Senator Chris Coons told CNN some Republicans had been asking him to congratulate Mr Biden on their behalf because they did not feel able to do so publicly.
Senator Graham was among those saying Mr Biden should get the top secret daily document the president is given. Chuck Grassley, John Cornyn and John Thune agreed, although House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Mr Biden was "not president right now" and should wait.
Why are Republicans holding back?
The Democratic Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer said they were "deliberately casting doubt on our elections for no other reason but fear of Donald Trump".
Capitol Hill reporters say Republican lawmakers are anxious not to alienate the Trump base, given that the president just won more votes than any incumbent ever, even though he is projected to lose.
Party bigwigs are also said to be hoping that Mr Trump will help campaign for two Senate run-off elections in January in Georgia that will decide whether Republicans retain control of the upper chamber.
Mr Biden is 5.2m votes ahead of Mr Trump – about 3.4% – and has enough electoral votes needed in the state-by-state Electoral College to take the presidency.
President Trump has kept a low key public profile since the election.
There are reports he has told friends he wants to start a digital media company to take on the conservative network Fox News, whose full support he now feels to be lacking.
According to the BBC's US partner, CBS News, Mr Trump is also openly discussing a possible 2024 campaign to retake the presidency.
What has Biden been up to?
On Thursday he spoke with Pope Francis, who offered Mr Biden his "blessings and congratulations". Mr Biden will be only the second Roman Catholic president of the US.
He also spoke with congressional Democratic leadership about the need for a coronavirus stimulus package as the daily US caseload from the disease soared to a new record of more than 150,000.
He spent the day huddled with his transition team in Wilmington, Delaware, where he had been planning cabinet appointments.
On Wednesday he picked veteran Democratic operative Ron Klain to be his White House chief of staff.
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Q: THD calculation using microcontroller I want to calculate power supply THD (Total Harmonics Distrotion) using microcontroller.
My current sampling rate is 5000 samples per second to measure other parameters.
I have followed some formulas like using FFT but it is not showing results near by to industrial meters.
If anyone have some methodology or way to find please suggest.
Thanks in advance
-Abhishek
A: Power supplies are not usefully characterized by THD. THD stands for Total Harmonic Distortion, and DC (the desired power supply output) has no harmonics.
The closest thing to THD is pk-pk ripple, or perhaps noise (over a specified bandwidth). In neither case is an FFT a useful tool. In the case of ripple, a scope is the preferred tool, and for noise performance an RMS voltmeter works just fine.
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Backstage, Lizzie, who wore white satin and sequins, and Amanda Congdon, in beautiful blue, discussed the traits that Jeremy. Jeremy Wright had in common with James Bond and Jack Bauer.
That's as far as they got when it was time for them to walk out together.
"Welcome back, everyone," Amanda called to the audience. Then, walking past each contestant, she clicked each contestant's button to say hello as she went by. They all smiled back.
"Hi Arianna, Dave, and Jeremy, Jeremy! Shall we start?" Lizzie said, grateful that our two VIDSTARS got to come out after the music, lights, introductions, and rules had all been taken care of.
Amanda clicked a title for Jeremy, Jeremy.
Amanda revealed the next one for Arianna.
Amanda smiled at Dave Sifry. Dave Sifry smiled back.
Amanda gave a nod to our Jack Bauer.
Amanda waited while Arianna told Dave Sifry about one of her daughters.
"Now for our Lists of 10 Lightning Round," Lizzie said. "Amanda will read two post titles after each, all contests will have 5 seconds to blog one 500 point answer." The camera swept over to Amanda who smiled her classic Amanda smile looked to the contestants for their attention.
"Ready contestants?" Amanda asked. They nodded. She clicked the first post title. Amanda read from the Big Blog Post.
Dave, Jeremy Jeremy and Arianna typed quickly.
"Time's Up! Hit Publish!" said Amanda as she looked up at the Big Blog to read the answers.
"Last question for this round. This time blog one or lose 500," Lizzie said.
"Time's Up! Hit Publish!" said Amanda afraid to see whether the contestants were still standing.
"Okay, so blogging poetry isn't our strength," said Lizzie.
"But their answers might make an interesting horoscope." Amanda added.
It was time for an entertaining intermission — the entertainment was sponsored by a resort called "Bloggers 7th Heaven. " A group of seven CanCan dancers shocked and awed the audience with their individual skills — instead of for the usual 10 minutes they did their tricks for only 7. It was a moment in blogging history. At the end each bent over and they had signs pinned on their underwear that read like this from left to right..
You Know That Blogging is Taking Over Your Life When… You haven't been to Bloggers 7th Heaven.
Robert Scoble got the whole thing on video.
It was supposed to be just an intermission, but the bloggers all went wild. They were applauding and live blogging at the same time, which isn't easy — In fact, it's impossible, yet they were clapping and typing, typing and clapping. Some were even typing, clapping, and trying to imitate the CanCan.
The end of show music started playing. Everyone left the stage. The lights came up and the bloggers were still at it.
"I know," said Amanda. "I know." And our two video stars returned to the Hilton for their usual meal of pizza with fresh tomato, a dozen chocolate covered strawberries, and two bottles of Perrier-Jouet.
The uncontrollable force and an unpredictable influence didn't mention what they did after dinner.
What happened with Arianna, David, and Jeremy, Jeremy?
You'll find that out in —————————-> Chapter 10.
It's getting harder to make it stay fun and not have it turn into a pile of links about blogging here at the end. I still don't who wins the game show. If you do, please email me QUICK I need to know!
Hmmm…perhaps time off is needed? I'm sure people are willing to wait for the saga to conclude.
I do have a plan for the plot . . . and actually I might not be able to finish it tonight. If I don't it could be a day or two before we find out who won the game show! Oh no!
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New Season Brings New Quarterback Room for 49ers
by Ryan Adverderada
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The San Francisco 49ers are roughly three weeks out from the beginning of rookie training camp and four weeks from veterans reporting. The NFL allows teams to open training camps for rookies, 22 days prior to the team's first preseason game. It is 15 days for veterans. San Francisco begins their 2021 preseason against the Kansas City Chiefs on August 14th. As we inch closer and closer to the start of the season, what better time than now to begin our look at each position group on the roster and preview the battles set to happen in a few weeks. We begin with the least controversial group, the quarterbacks.
During the 2020 season, San Francisco quarterbacks struggled to be average. Jimmy Garoppolo entered the season on the heels of a disappointing string of playoff performances and a few bad throws in the team's Super Bowl loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. Garoppolo struggled to stay healthy, ultimately starting just six games all year. He finished with seven touchdown passes against five interceptions, averaged less than 200 yards of passing per game, and finished with a QBR of 61.5. His QBR would have placed Garoppolo in the bottom-10 of quarterback in the NFL.
Backup quarterbacks C.J. Beathard and Nick Mullens both saw significant playing time in 2020. Mullens played in 10 games, starting eight of them. Beathard played in six games, starting twice. The trio combined for 17 interceptions, good enough for the third-most in the NFL. San Francisco's 25 passing touchdowns put the team in the bottom-10 of the NFL. To the surprise of no one, the team hit the reset and kicked two of the three quarterbacks to the curb. Beathard signed with Jacksonville while Mullens will call Philadelphia home.
The departures of Beathard and Mullens left the 49ers with Jimmy Garoppolo and Josh Rosen remaining in Santa Clara. Heading into the draft, the consensus on what the 49ers would do in the first round was fairly quickly set. The team was going to look for a long-term solution at quarterback. San Francisco held the 12th overall pick, needing to add to a quarterback room with Garoppolo and Josh Rosen. Things quickly escalated when the 49ers traded up to the third overall selection, securing the availability for at least one of the top quarterback prospects.
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In the end, the 49ers had one player in mind, Trey Lance. San Francisco drafted the North Dakota State University quarterback over Justin Fields and Mac Jones. Lance brings exceptional athleticism to the position, something sorely lacking in previous seasons for the 49ers. Since the draft, head coach Kyle Shanahan has sung the praises of his rookie quarterback.
Sit or Play?
Immediately following the selection of Trey Lance, many around the league viewed the selection as the 49ers choosing to stick with Jimmy Garoppolo for at least one more season. However, Shanahan has been upfront with his views on the matter. The head coach has stated that the best player will start when the season begins. Can the rookie really win the starting job?
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Whether or not the 49ers have a rookie quarterback to start the season remains to be seen. Lance is at a disadvantage as this is a new system and a new level. However, the 2019 playoff run and the mistakes which ultimately cost the 49ers a ring, continue to hang over the head of the veteran quarterback. The 49ers, specifically Kyle Shanahan, will go with whichever quarterback gives the team the best chance to win. Either way, things are shaping up to be an interesting training camp and preseason.
– Ryan Adverderada is the Managing Editor for Full Press Coverage 49ers. He also covers the Arizona Cardinals for Full Press Coverage. Like and follow on Follow @ryanadverderada
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import { TestBed } from '@angular/core/testing';
import { HttpClientTestingModule } from '@angular/common/http/testing';
import * as _ from 'lodash';
import { forms } from './forms';
import { AppSettingsService } from '../../../app-settings/app-settings.service';
import { FormListService } from './form-list.service';
import { FormOrderMetaDataService } from './form-order-metadata.service';
import { FormsResourceService } from '../../../openmrs-api/forms-resource.service';
import { LocalStorageService } from '../../../utils/local-storage.service';
describe('FormListService', () => {
let service: FormListService;
beforeEach(() => {
TestBed.configureTestingModule({
declarations: [],
providers: [
FormListService,
FormsResourceService,
LocalStorageService,
FormOrderMetaDataService,
AppSettingsService,
HttpClientTestingModule
],
imports: [HttpClientTestingModule]
});
service = TestBed.get(FormListService);
});
afterEach(() => {
TestBed.resetTestingModule();
});
it('should sort an array of forms given an unsorted array and sorting metadata', () => {
const favourite = [
{
name: 'form 5'
},
{
name: 'form 3'
}
];
const defaultOrder = [
{
name: 'form 2'
},
{
name: 'form 3'
}
];
const expectedOrder = [
{
name: 'form 5',
published: false,
uuid: 'uuid5-unpublished',
version: '1.0'
},
{
name: 'form 3',
published: false,
uuid: 'uuid3',
version: '1.0'
},
{
name: 'form 2',
published: true,
uuid: 'uuid2',
version: '1.0'
},
{
name: 'form 1',
published: true,
uuid: 'uuid',
version: '1.0'
},
{
name: 'form 4',
published: true,
uuid: 'uuid4',
version: '1.0'
},
{
name: 'form 4',
published: false,
uuid: 'uuid4-unpublished',
version: '2.0'
}
];
const actualOrder = service.sortFormList(forms, [favourite, defaultOrder]);
expect(actualOrder.length).toEqual(expectedOrder.length);
expect(actualOrder).toEqual(expectedOrder);
});
it('should filter out unpublished OpenMRS forms from the form list', () => {
const expectedFilteredList = [
{
name: 'form 1',
published: true,
uuid: 'uuid',
version: '1.0'
},
{
name: 'form 2',
published: true,
uuid: 'uuid2',
version: '1.0'
},
{
name: 'form 4',
published: true,
uuid: 'uuid4',
version: '1.0'
}
];
const actualFilteredList = service.filterPublishedOpenmrsForms(forms);
expect(actualFilteredList.length).toEqual(3);
expect(actualFilteredList).toEqual(expectedFilteredList);
});
it('should add favourite property to forms list', () => {
const favourite = [
{
name: 'form 5'
},
{
name: 'form 3'
}
];
const expectedfavouriteForms = [
{
name: 'form 1',
published: true,
uuid: 'uuid',
version: '1.0',
favourite: false
},
{
name: 'form 2',
published: true,
uuid: 'uuid2',
version: '1.0',
favourite: false
},
{
name: 'form 3',
published: false,
uuid: 'uuid3',
version: '1.0',
favourite: true
},
{
name: 'form 4',
published: true,
uuid: 'uuid4',
version: '1.0',
favourite: false
},
{
name: 'form 4',
published: false,
uuid: 'uuid4-unpublished',
version: '2.0',
favourite: false
},
{
name: 'form 5',
published: false,
uuid: 'uuid5-unpublished',
version: '1.0',
favourite: true
}
];
const processFavouriteForms = service.processFavouriteForms(
forms,
favourite
);
expect(processFavouriteForms).toEqual(expectedfavouriteForms);
});
it('should remove version information from a form name', () => {
// CASE 1: Perfect form name
const formName = ' some form name v1.00 '; // CASE 2: Imperfect version
const formName2 = ' some form name v1. '; // CASE 3: No version information
// the v intentionally put there for a certain test case
const formName3 = ' some form navme ';
expect(service.removeVersionInformation(formName)).toEqual(
'some form name'
);
expect(service.removeVersionInformation(formName2)).toEqual(
'some form name'
);
expect(service.removeVersionInformation(formName3)).toEqual(
'some form navme'
);
});
it('should remove version information from an array of forms ', () => {
const formNames = [
{
name: 'some'
},
{
name: 'form v1.0'
}
];
const expectedFormNames = [
{
name: 'some',
display: 'some'
},
{
name: 'form',
display: 'form v1.0'
}
];
const actualFormNames = service.removeVersionInformationFromForms(
formNames
);
expect(expectedFormNames).toEqual(actualFormNames);
});
});
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Spectrally Similar Incommensurable 3-Manifolds
David Futer, Temple UniversityFollow
Christian Millichap, Linfield CollegeFollow
Geometry and Topology | Mathematics
Reid has asked whether hyperbolic manifolds with the same geodesic length spectrum must be commensurable. Building toward a negative answer to this question, we construct examples of hyperbolic 3–manifolds that share an arbitrarily large portion of the length spectrum but are not commensurable. More precisely, for every n ≫ 0, we construct a pair of incommensurable hyperbolic 3–manifolds Nn and Nµn whose volume is approximately n and whose length spectra agree up to length n.
Both Nn and Nµn are built by gluing two standard submanifolds along a complicated pseudo-Anosov map, ensuring that these manifolds have a very thick collar about an essential surface. The two gluing maps differ by a hyper-elliptic involution along this surface. Our proof also involves a new commensurability criterion based on pairs of pants.
This article is the author-created version that incorporates referee comments. It is the accepted-for-publication version. The content of this version may be identical to the published version (the version of record) save for value-added elements provided by the publisher (e.g., copy editing, layout changes, or branding consistent with the rest of the publication).
This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: "Spectrally similar incommensurable 3-manifolds," by David Futer and Christian Millichap, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1112/plms.12045. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
David Futer & Christian Millichap
Spectrally similar incommensurable 3-manifolds.
Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society, 2017, volume 115, issue 2, pages 411-447
doi:10.1112/plms.12045
DigitalCommons@Linfield Citation
Futer, David and Millichap, Christian, "Spectrally Similar Incommensurable 3-Manifolds" (2017). Faculty Publications. Accepted Version. Submission 10.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/mathfac_pubs/10
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Indiana Rep. Central Committee Chairman Tim Berry To Speak At Orange County Republican Fall Dinner
Last updated on Friday, October 25, 2013
(PAOLI) - Tim Berry, chairman of the Indiana Republican Central Committee, will be the featured speaker at the Orange County Republican Fall Dinner on Monday.
Carry-outs will be available at 6 p.m. and the dinner begins at 7 p.m. at Paoli High School.
Tickets are available from any Orange County Republican officeholder, precinct committeemen or committeewomen or other GOP committee officers. Jack Hinkle, Carolyn Clements, Robert F. Henderson and Marshall Noble serve as officers of the Orange County Republican Committee.
Berry served as state auditor from January 2007 to August 2013. He also was elected Indiana Republican state chairman in July.
In his role as state treasurer from 1999 to 2007, Berry earned a record $1.7 billion for Hoosier taxpayers through his targeted investment of state dollars. He also led the effort to provide tax incentives for families saving for their children's college education through the CollegeChoice 529 Plan, and returned 12 percent of his budget back to the state general fund.
Other officials, or their representatives, expected to attend the event will include 9th District Rep. Todd Young, Indiana House District 73 Rep. Steve Davisson and Indiana House District 74 Rep. Lloyd Arnold.
The Orange County offices up for election in 2014 will be assessor, sheriff, surveyor, prosecutor, District 1 commissioner and the four county council districts.
All Republican supporters, candidates, office holders and those interested are invited to attend the event. | {
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The Transport Data Knowledge Hub (TDKH) is a community of people who work with transport data and information. We provide a forum for sharing knowledge and experience and work together to improve our access to transport data.
The TDKH is part of the wider Transport Knowledge Hub, which has additional topic areas including aviation(external link), economics(external link), environment(external link), forecasting(external link), household travel(external link), safety(external link) and technology(external link).
The TDKH is administered by the Ministry of Transport.
Contribute to implementation of the Transport Domain Plan and Research Strategy and transport sector outcomes.
Grow the capability of subject matter experts to put people and systems in place to share and make best use of transport data.
Build relationships between subject matter experts to enable the sharing of knowledge and expertise.
Foster opportunities for collaboration amongst members.
Promote the sharing and effective use of transport data.
Share news and success stories on relevant initiatives, topics, research and events via meetings, newsletters, emails and other electronic distribution channels.
Drive and advocate for initiatives that improve the quality, use and accessibility of transport data.
Work together to develop a common vocabulary for transport information and data.
Be a single point of contact for transport data and information including research projects that have a significant data or information component.
Support the annual Transport Knowledge Conference and other relevant conferences.
The hub is open to anyone interested in transport data--related data and information. | {
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