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According to Fashola, experts who attribute the slow growth of Nigeria's economy to power supply challenges make such arguments without facts and are not correct.
This is coming as he directed power distribution companies to find ways of collecting the outstanding debts owed them by public sector organisations from state governments, adding that the Federal Government had verified and given approval for the payment of its own portion of the claims.
The minister stated these at a civil society engagement workshop on the Power Sector Recovery Programme in Abuja on Wednesday evening.
Fashola said, "We hear all our so-called experts who say (non-availability of) power is why the economy of Nigeria is not growing. That is not factual and it is not correct. At the time when we had less power in 2013 and 2014, the economy of this country was growing at seven per cent per annum.
"We had less power then than we have now, but the economy was growing. So that is not an honest statement to make. It is not an honest statement at all. That is not the reason. Power will clearly contribute to the growth but power is not the reason why the economy is not growing."
He further argued that some industrialised nations of the world were still faced with power supply problems, stressing that Nigeria was importing goods from such countries.
Fashola stated, "I have also heard of the need for industrialisation and yes, that's true. But there are nations that haven't solved their power problems and are industrialised faster than us, and who are solving them and industrialising at the same time. Today, we import things from India; all of India is not powered.
"So, let us stop repeating the stories that we have been told and get more current information about what is happening. We know that the industries are not getting enough power, but the correct statement is not because there is no power. The reality is that we have 7,000MW and we are selling 5,000MW.
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When I unpacked it from the huge box yesterday, carefully crammed with the most newspaper balls I have ever seen, I felt like a kid on Christmas.
The case had obviously seen a lot of handling, and a lot of moving about. I fumbled with the mechanism to open it. Eventually figured out the old-fashioned latches.
When I opened the case, the typewriter took my breath away. Gorgeous! I was immediately taken with the lovely color; surprised by its shine; awed by its newness. I doubt that it was ever removed from its case throughout all its years. No scratches, no sign of rust, no wear and tear at all.
After admiring its appearance, I grabbed some printer paper and put it to the test. It works! Smooth and easy. All the keys worked, all the knobs and levers and buttons did everything they were supposed to. Even the bell chimed when I reached the end of the first line, prompting me to use the return bar to start a new line. Fun, fun, fun. Oh, how it took me back to the good old days when one needed very strong fingers, especially pinkies, to hold down the shift key to make a capital "A".
As promised on ebay, it was in mint condition. Even the aging typewriter ribbon still has some life in it. Hopefully it won't be too difficult to find replacement ribbons as needed because I intend to use this little beauty. It will sit next to my computer in my scrapbook room. Oftentimes I have felt a typewriter would be quite useful when trying to print on something other than 8.5 x 11 paper.
Sometimes there is nothing so powerful as a bit of nostalgia, a momentary backward glance at how life used to be. The reminders are there, too, of how most things have gotten easier, been improved. That was very apparent when I hit a wrong letter and wasn't able to find any delete key to make immediate, easy corrections. Things have certainly changed with the times, but if we are wise, we will pause occasionally to remember and cherish the building blocks of our lives, the tools used to set the foundations that we continue to build upon.
I love my typewriter, but most of all I love the memory of a similar one used years ago that bore the fingerprints of my grandmother as well as my own. I love that I was able to learn to type. It opened up a world for me that has filled my life with joy. Now I just need to strengthen my pinkies again...

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Japan Audio Society (JAS) announced that it has certified LHDC™ as an audio codec for its "Hi-Res Audio Wireless" certification.
LHDC™ stands for Low latency and High-Definition audio Codec. In comparison with the SBC audio codec, LHDC™ allows more than 3 times the data transmitted and seeks to provide the most realistic and high definition of wireless audio.
The "Hi-Res Audio Wireless" certification can be granted to wireless connection capable products which meet the following conditions where the wireless connection is not be used inside a product or between the unit of product, i.e. left and right transducer.
- Wireless Audio Data Transfer shall connect products defined as Hi-Res Audio logo applicable or Hi-Res Audio Wireless logo applicable.
- Wireless Audio Data Transfer shall use Audio Codecs which defined by JAS for this purpose.
- Wireless Audio Data Transfer shall not have enough bandwidth to transfer Digital Audio data defined at 96kHz/24bit.
Audio Codecs currently certified by JAS for its "Hi-Res Audio Wireless" certification are LDAC™ and LHDC™.


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I had not heard of this term until i read this post on Gardenporn. It dawned on me that this was what we were trying to do in my garden- a garden planted with vegetables, herbs and edible flowers.
I was then off to my next task-Google the term and read up all about it. I came up on these 2 links on Brooklyn Botanical Garden, post 2 on bbg. I have quite a few of their books and like the simple way in which they explain things.
This is how our garden beds looked last year. A recap......these were re-purposed from the fence boards on the north side of our property
The tomatoes went in buckets (and in the background you can see the missing boards on the fence).
Granted that this didn't turn out to be a true Potager because it was all vegetables of one kind in one bed, and no ornamentals/ companion plants. The intent was there though and hopefully it gets implemented this year.


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Directors and Writers: Tyler Harding and Jacob Lovick
Reviewer: James Garrington
One of the great things about small fringe venues like the Old Joint Stock is that they can host productions that are simply not possible in larger venues as they would be too risky. The latest of these is comedy duo LoveHard's The House on the Hill, being honed prior to appearing in Edinburgh this summer.
Running at around an hour, The House on the Hill is almost more an extended sketch than a play, part scripted and part improvised. An American family is moving into a house in a remote part of Scotland. The house seemingly has a spooky history, and the locals are far from welcoming to strangers too – but all the incomers want is to settle down and escape from their past. It's a comedy ghost story, and the material is in some places very adult – it's also whacky, off-the-wall and anarchic with some distinct echoes of the sort of thing you might have seen on television in Monty Python's Flying Circus and similar sketch shows.
The duo, Jacob Lovick and Tyler Harding, play more than 30 characters between them, American and Scottish, young and old, male and female. If you've seen the recent stage version of The 39 Steps you'll know the sort of thing – though here the different personalities are presented using only physicality and characterisation, rather than costume. The set is practically non-existent – just some boxes and lamps with the whole effect being created using some appropriate sound effects and the skills of the performers.
Harding and Lovick do what they do well, though the improvised comedy nature of the piece makes it difficult for them to keep their faces straight sometimes – but in many ways that adds to the enjoyment of the production, and makes the audience feel part of the joke. They certainly manage to clearly differentiate the large number of different characters they're presenting, not an easy thing to do when you have no costume to fall back on.
It's not going to set the world alight – but if you're a fan of Monty Python, Not the Nine O'Clock News and Rik Mayall, and you come along prepared for material that some may find distasteful bordering on offensive, you'll have a great time.
Madcap, anarchic, and very funny.
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At RIS, sports is considered to be one of the best tools for developing life skills like : self discipline, courage, confidence, team spirit etc. A range of indoor and outdoor facilities are provided to build the child's muscle strength and gross motor skills . A very high level of adult supervisions ensure safety and enables them to meet physical challenges like balancing, skating etc, which helps to develop their stamina and maintain physical health. At the same time a lot of activities are designed involving cutting, pasting, tearing and molding to develop the fine motor skills required for better handwriting and presentation.
At RIS, we are committed to developing an educational process in a stress free environment, bringing in a feeling of togetherness. The student are encouraged to compete only with themselves and try to better their own achievements because every student is unique and needs to special attention. All efforts are made to ensure that learning is an extremely enjoyable experience at RIS.
By Means of adult supported practical experiences , student become familiar with sorting, matching, ordering, sequencing and counting activities, which forms the basic for early mathematics. As they use their developing mathematical understanding to solve practical problems , students are supported to learn and use the vocabulary of mathematics, identifying objects by shape, position, size, volume and number.
At RIS, we believe every student is special and needs to be individually treated, each in a different way, to bring out the best in them . Students are encouraged to support their peer group, share their feelings during circle time, listen to their friends and corporate with everyone. Social skills like team spirit, sharing, taking turns etc, is given due important so as to ensure better citizens tomorrow. Various activities like story telling and fun activities in the class and during circle time , not only enhance their knowledge but also leads to developing listening skills, empathy etc.


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Honestly, I cried on the day my confinement nanny (Sin Nooi) from PEM Confinement Nanny Agency left. For one entire month, she did EVERYTHING – from showering baby, washing laundry, cooking, changing diapers, night duties etc etc. Just click here to see what she did every day.
Before she left, I kept thinking… What would life be without someone so experienced like her? How could I stop baby from crying when she was not around? That said, I didn't panic as I knew that my MIL would be around to help take care of baby and we all have been understudying Sin Nooi when she cared for baby.
This is Sin Nooi with Baby Wong. The photo was taken before Sin Nooi left as I wanted it as keepsake so baby can remember who took care of him when he was really small!
So anyway, when nanny was around, I spent most of my time pumping, resting and working on my blog and social media accounts. I only started learning the ropes from the 3rd week. Fortunately, though I was really lousy at baby care, Sin Nooi was super patient and guided me through all the steps and provided loads of advice. This proved really useful now that I look back and especially when my MIL had to return to Malaysia at the eleventh hour as she wasn't feeling well and I was left all alone to take care of baby for several days.
Showering baby
If you have ever tried before, showering babies is never an easy job. They cry and they move around so much. It does not help if you are not strong in the first place. That said, Sin Nooi was really good at it as she was always very firm and swift. We learnt the steps and kept reminding ourselves that we would also have to do the same when she left and luckily, baby has been rather cooperative. 🙂
Look at how well-behaved Baby Wong was when Sin Nooi was showering him.
Documenting my MIL's first few attempts at showering Baby Wong.
Here's a clean baby looking comfy in his thick, fluffy towel. ❤
Night Duties
Sin Nooi took charge of the entire night duty when she was here as she wanted me to rest more. When she left, night duties were all left to Jj and I. I was lucky that Jj is a hands-on kind of dad. In fact, we often "fought" to take care of baby which I felt was rather sweet. Hehee ❤
Anyway, night duties are not easy at all. When I was mugging for my exams last time, I used to wake up at 3am to study on a daily basis. I thought that it would be the same but sadly, things do change when you are older. It is very easy to feel tired so I found ways to keep myself going. So, here I am taking photos with my clingy little koala and his super clingy face. ^^
During confinement, when I wasn't latching baby, Sin Nooi would be the one feeding him. We observed how she fed (especially how she woke baby up to finish the milk – like shaking and tapping on the bottle). Those were really useful tips else it would be extremely painful for me to see wasted milk! I am sure mummies out there would understand what I mean.
Jj feeding Baby Wong while he stares into space. LOL
I am really bad at cooking so on days that I do not have my confinement meals, my MIL has been doing all the cooking and she inherited some recipes from Sin Nooi. One of the most important dishes is green papaya fish soup as it is a milk booster and I really enjoy drinking it.
Heading Out
When Sin Nooi was around, we brought baby out for his check-ups and all. She taught me how to pack baby's bag. Honestly, as a first time mum, there are many things that may be commonsensical but which I am absolutely clueless. For example, I nearly forgot to bring breast pads for myself and an extra romper for baby until Sin Nooi told me to do so. These would be highly important if I have sudden leakage or if baby has a poonami.
And yes, thanks to Sin Nooi's guidance, we have been bringing baby out regularly now and baby has been enjoying himself.
Sharing a blurry photo of him in his brand new tula. 😀
As you can see, we are certainly thankful to Sin Nooi for all her advice and tips. No regrets on engaging a confinement nanny at all! If you are still thinking if you should be getting one, please do so! I have heard of mummies not engaging a nanny and getting their husbands or mums to help out with their confinement instead and they really regretted it.
As you would only be doing your confinement once for each child (and once in your entire lifetime if you are only planning to have one kid) and that confinement is really a golden period to recuperate, it is better to be safe than sorry.
If you have any questions on engaging a nanny or would like to share your experiences with me, feel free to comment below or drop me an email.
Thanks for reading! ❤


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There have been 1000 All Blacks but the most mysterious of them is a huge prop called Keith Murdoch, and now he is caught up in yet another strange saga in Australia.
In 1972 Murdoch caused a sensation when he was tossed out of the All Black squad then, on tour in Britain, he punched a security guard at Cardiff's Angel Hotel. He had just scored the winning try against the Welsh.
It was the first time anybody had ever been 'fired' rom the All Blacks and so deep was the shame, Murdoch did not return to New Zealand and instead disappeared into the Australian Outback.
Reporters tried to track the huge prop down, but he never spoke publicly.
Now Murdoch, 55, is wanted as a witness into the death of 20-year-old Aborigine Christopher Kumanjai Limerick, whose decomposed body was found at the bottom of an abandoned mine-shaft near Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, last October.
The inquest has been adjourned while police try to track Murdoch down.
Murdoch made several fleeting visits to Dunedin to visit his family, but otherwise has lived and worked in Australia, mostly operating heavy machinery. Recently he has been living in Tennant Creek, where the inquest is being held. He was last seen a month ago in the Mataranka area, about 600 kilometres (372 miles) north of Tennant Creek, a police spokeswoman said.
The inquest was told Murdoch was one of the last people to see Limerick alive.
Young Otago prop Carl Hayman became the 1000th All Black in a New Zealand victory over Samoa.


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I had my first day off today in almost a month. I havent worked less than 70 hours a week in nearly 3 months. I'm pretty tired, and brain-drained, but I am happy. As stressful as meeting deadlines for comics can be, I still have to say that my worst day doing this is better than my best day ever was doing any other job. Thank you God.
Even more than that, I am thankful for my wife. I am a very lucky guy, for so many reasons.


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SNOMED CT is already the most comprehensive global health terminology. However, SNOMED International recognizes that there remains much work to do to enhance coverage in some clinical domains, to further enhance modeling of content and to update keep pace with the rapid development of clinical and scientific knowledge.
New content is added to each release in response to user requests and existing content is subject to regular review and refinement. In addition, content domains are considered for inclusion on a regular basis. For these reasons, in a sense SNOMED CT will never be complete, but it will continue to develop to reflect the current understanding and recording requirements of the clinical care process.


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My Mama is a public school teacher (yay for teachers!!) and she asked me to make a cake for her co-workers/friends for the last day of school- to show them that they are appreciated!
She gave me a tshirt with the school mascot and colors and asked me to write "God Bless You Teachers" on the cake. So I did just that!
Other than the letters, which were time-consuming (but totally my choice and fault because I can not write in buttercream, so I have to cut them – I used funky alphabet cutters this time!!!), the actual Trojan "guy" was my biggest challenge.
I decided to go a (maybe) less traditional route and just paint him. I shaped some of the yellow/gold fondant in an arch around some white fondant, cut it to the shape of the picture on the t-shirt, then I used a paintbrush and black gel food coloring and just painted him!


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The Brazilian indigenous leader and the Hutukara Yanomami Association jointly receive the award.
Indigenous protests throughout Brazil2019-02-01
Indigenous peoples in Brazil fear their constitutionally recognized rights are under attack. This week they took to the streets in protest.
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PNG must act on international criticism2016-05-13
Civil society organisations are urging the PNG government to take immediate action to end pervasive land grabbing and illegal logging.
Norway's pension fund raises the bar on business and human rights, draws praise2016-02-04
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Our retail stores are conveniently located and put pharmacists at the heart of healthcare. Our pharmacists are well placed to provide a significant role in the provision of healthcare services, working closely with other primary healthcare providers in the communities we serve.
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In addition, Boots UK is one of the leaders in the optical market, with 606* practices, of which 165* operate on a franchise basis. Around 30 percent of practices are located in Boots stores with the balance being standalone optical practices.
We continually seek to enhance the position of Boots as a trusted pharmacy brand and a leading provider of healthcare, beauty advice and services in local communities. We do this by delivering expert customer care, through investment in existing stores, by selectively expanding our store portfolio and, increasingly, through developing our omni-channel offering.
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Medalhaul© Celebrates GB Medal Haul at the Rio Games 2016 with a Flash Sale.
Rated Top Game in a review by The Sunday Times
Sharing anniversaries with the Olympics, Medalhaul© the first sports related board game (that comprises of various sporting events) celebrates the unparalleled Success achieved by Team GB at the just concluded Rio Games 2016 by carrying out a promotion reflecting the successes achieved by our athletes in both events.
A total of 64 board games representing the number of Gold Medals achieved by the Paralympians would be sold to the public @ £5 using a special promo code (MH64).
A total of 27 games representing the number of Gold Medals achieved at the Olympic Games would be sold @ £5. The total of the sales proceed would be donated to a worthy cause to promote Sports to be nominated by three organisations by request on a first come basis (code available upon request).
A total of 214 board games representing the total Medals achieved by the Paralympians would be sold to the public @ £8 using a special promo code (MH214).
The promo will commence in the coming week (26/09/16) and will run for 16days to match the duration of each event.
Faced with many challenges of the market being flooded with so many variations of customised Olympic merchandise, Medalhaul boardgame first edition is unique as it is a product that was formed to capture, promote and bring awareness about sports in an educative and entertaining way to both adults and kids. Since its launch, it has been rated Top Game in a review by The Sunday Times and was highly commended in the Toytalk 2012 awards (for Best Board Game 8+ category) and has appeared in a lot of publications.
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Musicals on film are often a hit or miss. Some belong on Broadway, while others like Across The Universe (2007) portray an era both accurately and artistically that is too often forgotten. The story follows Jude (Jim Sturgess) from Liverpool to New York City. Jude goes to America to find his father and instead finds himself amongst an eclectic group of friends trying to survive through the counterculture and anti-war movement during the Vietnam War. Jude's life story alludes to John Lennon, one of the four Beatles, which the music in the movie comes from, as both Jude and John Lennon came to New York City from Liverpool and followed an artistic career. John Lennon, however, was not deported like Jude at the end of the movie.
The 30 songs chosen for Across The Universe covers events from 1963 to 1969, but is condensed into a two year period for the film. The movie alludes to people and celebrities that the Beatles either had some form of relationship with or stars that rose around the same time the movie takes place. For instance, Sadie (Dana Fuchs) represents Janis Joplin, which can be seen through her drinking habits and heard through her rough singing voice. The scene where Jude uses strawberries for an art piece parallels Stuart Sutcliffe, once a bassist for the Beatles. Jude creates a splatter-paint portrait of a strawberry, a Jackson Pollock-like style, which Stuart was also heavily influenced by in his own art. The bus in the scene with Dr. Robert (Bono) is the same bus the Beatles used on their Magical Mystery Tour. It's also very similar to the bus Ken Kesey and the Merry Pranksters drove. At the party before the cast gets on the bus they can be seen drinking "electric" kool-aid referencing Tom Wolfe's novel, Electric Kool-aid Acid Test.
The director, Julie Taymor, did well by referencing accurate events and places. For instance, there was a violent student protest in front of Columbia University in the Sixties and an explosion that occurred in a New York townhouse on West 11th Street due to an organization called "Weather Underground". The last scene where Sadie and the Po Boys are singing on the roof top is referenced to the Beatles concert on a rooftop in London where the police stopped them during the song, "Let It Be". Cafe Huh?, the club where Sadie and Jimi Hendrix sang in the movie was the same club in Greenwhich Village, called Cafe wha?
Along with an authentic portrayal of the era, artistry comes forward in the film through the blending of dialogue and music transitions. Although the Beatles music can be listened to on loop, the music video portion of the movie doesn't take over the rest of the screenplay as it often does in other musicals. The music videos are more or less used to cover exposition and montage within the screenplay. During the use of "Let It Be", the scene covers Daniel's (Spencer Liff) death and his funeral as well as the funeral of little boy in the war who first started singing the song. This was a simple set up to show that war was bigger and affected more people than just the few characters in the movie. One of the best uses of transition in Across the Universe is the scene where Max Carrigan (Joe Anderson), Lucy's (Evan Rachel Wood) brother, goes off to war. The song, "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" plays in the background. As Max reports to his official he sees the poster of Big Ben singing "I want you, I want you so bad." He is then placed on a conveyor belt, denoting him to one of thousands of soldiers portrayed like G.I. Joes. The music video ends with Prudence (T.V. Carpio) sitting outside the apartment window admiring Sadie and the scene is back to the life of Jude and his eclectic friends.
What could have been a terrible portrayal of the Beatles music, turned out to be a fully thought out portrait of the Sixties. Across The Universe starts out in a simple fashion by looking into Jude's eyes as the camera zooms in. The camera does the same thing in the end when we see Lucy standing on the opposite rooftop, ending the movie in a relatively similar way. This loop allows the audience to tie up any loose ends and have a sense of completion. Across The Universe is a nicely wrapped present of artistry and authenticity.


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At times, life seems so boring and jejune that not even your mobile will satisfy your need to do something. We can go hours on end chatting away with our friends or poking social media. But, one fine second, we will surely arrive at a point when we say "Man, I'm bored!" We thought of bringing you some productive things to do when bored.
Your mind feels heavy and your heart feels drowsy. It's like you haven't got a soul in your body anymore. It is that kind of 'bored' where even existence becomes a burden. There are many creative things to do to feel alive again.
Get on the floor – Don't be bored
Go take a walk or walk your dog, exercise – do sit ups, push ups, lift dumbbells, do craft-works – these are so very old and clichéd advice. When I'm bored, that means, I don't want to do boring works! Though crafts and gym might be fun for some, I believe 'challenge' is the only right word that can lift your bums from your seats.
- Use a Pedometer app
We've advanced into a world of technology, so, use it! Install a Pedometer app that counts your steps. Beat your high score of the previous day. You always try to cross your best score in games, don't you? Why? Because it's fun! Pick up your smart-phone and play the "Pedometer" game, people!
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Want to make it interesting? Then go and count the number of steps to your terrace using one of the apps listed in the link – Click here!
- Stalk a stranger
I'm not talking about 'bad' stalking, though the word itself implies negativity. Do it for fun and make sure you know your limits.
- Go out
- Pick a person, preferably a pedestrian
- Walk stealthily and find in you – your novel criminal skills (haha)
- Observe them. Know their personality traits.
- Give adjectives to their personality, the way they talk, the way they walk, their encounters with fellow people and so on.
This will allow you an exercise of both brain and body. It'll help you analyse how strangers work around you and how you flutter in their lives.
To make it interesting, ask your friend to stalk another stranger and you report your exchanges!
- Re-live your childhood
Most of us, at this age of adulthood, prefer shuttle to swings. We feel uncomfortable to sit on a swing and swing like we used to do when we were children. What harm does it bring you if someone, moreover, an unknown person, says something about your carefree attitude? Find your lost self. Take time to occasionally get on a Slide and slide down its plane. Play with small children in a park and you know what? You won't be bored; you'd be like a dog with two tails.
If you want to have loads of fun, play "Run and Catch", "Lock and Key", which is also known as "Land and Water", "Which color do you want?", "Seven Stones" or "Dodge Ball" with your group of friends. Go get some bruises, fellas!
- Get "Dirty" – I mean it
Hey! Don't let your minds wander elsewhere when you come across 'dirty'. Almost everyone has a bike or a car in their homes. Even a bicycle would do! Wash them. Take out your old shorts and a shirt. Shoot that water at your vehicle. Get someone to click your pictures while you wash so that you can tell everyone in your friend circle about the amazing job you've accomplished. 'Coz we are social media freaks, aren't we?
To do this task, do not be alone because you'll certainly be bored. Get your siblings or cousins or even your mother! Mothers can be pretty lively, you know? Their hidden child comes out at times like these. All of you can play "Water and soap Holi" while washing your car!
- Bathe your furry teddies, girls!
I strongly believe this will only apply to women and not men. So, sorry guys! Girls, don't let your teddies roll about in dust forever. Give them a clean bath. This helps you in moving your bored body and you WILL because your 'teddy' is your best mate. You'd do anything for them, wouldn't you? Besides, if you won't clean him/her, you'd be inhaling all its grime when you hug it and sleep.
P.S. – Boys, you can wash your sister's dolls, if you have one. This will help you in learning domestic works, which is a must, irrespective of gender.
Methods to wash a teddy bear – Click the link for procedure.
- Learn a Dance from YouTube
Choreographing a dance for no one would be a bit boring. Select a song, preferably, your favorite one. Search for a choreography of your selected song on YouTube. Many people – many channels and wonderful steps! Challenge yourself to finish one dance. My personal favorite channel in YouTube is "One Million Dance Studio". And, the guys and girls are so damn dexterous. They choreograph almost all songs.
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- Do hair styling
Girls with long hair can play with their hair. Braid them and invent your own styles. Initially, start by copying styles from the internet. Your hands might throb because you've to hold them up for so long! Keep trying till you find a hairstyle that'll make your face look equally beautiful and sexy. And, those with short hair – just find your friend and trouble her with your ridiculous hair styling!
- Create a crossword or Sudoku puzzle
You've read it absolutely right! There are tricks to solve a crossword or a Sudoku puzzle, just like there is one for a Rubix cube. If you know those, it won't be fun anymore. You'll be bored to flip the page and solve another puzzle which will hardly take 2 minutes! So, create one.
"Creation is as much an art as deduction"
Your brain will work more while creating, as compared to solving. You'll face failure and that's where you challenge yourself. That's when you awaken your bored life.
- Language conversion of songs
This one is literally so funny that you will not be tired of it. It'll be fun if there are a group of people in person. Well, if there aren't, then you always have "Groups in WhatsApp". Go on and select a song that you often sing – be it, English, Hindi or any other. If you select a song in your native language, convert the lines to English – literally.
The funniest part is when you sing those converted lines. That's downright hilarious! Spread those voice notes, if you are daring enough. Play a war with your friends and choose a winner!
Still Thinking What Are The Things To Do When Bored?
These are some things to do when you're really bored. Let us know what you do in your bore-zone in the comments below.


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Hard problems are solved more easily when people work together. If you take a look at Nobel Prize winners over the last hundred years, there's a steady upward trend in the number of people who've shared the prize in almost every category.
Many of us need to collaborate to do our jobs these days. According to Mckinsey up to 40 per cent of jobs involve high degrees of interdependence. One of the key benefits of collaboration is innovation. Yet organisations tend to still focus on individualistic measures when hiring, discussing development or reviewing performance. In reality our individual success is dependent on the people with whom we work. To address this imbalance, organisations are quite rightly thinking about how they can encourage effective collaboration.
One of the first things that needs to be grasped is when to collaborate. Collaboration is no panacea. There's a balancing act between productive, innovative collaboration and collaborative overload. A tipping point between innovative discussions and endless meetings.
Rob Cross and Peter Gray of the University of Virginia's business school recently warned of the curse of collaboration in the Economist highlighting that knowledge workers spend 70-85 per cent of their time collaborating; "attending meetings, dealing with email, talking on the phone or responding to requests for input or advice". In the last twenty years collaborative activities have increased by more than 50 per cent and there comes a point where we need to question whether we're meeting for a purpose or out of habit.
We know the feeling when the "dark side of collaboration" affects our productivity: useless meetings, meaningless emails cc'd to the whole office, etc. We may feel forced to take work home or work over holidays which has a negative impact on our work-life balance, stress-levels and general wellbeing.
So how can we make collaboration work?
Start with goals
Which goals require us to collaborate with others is the first question to ask. "Do team members need to apply different skills or perspectives for an improvement that one member couldn't achieve?"
We often see teams with a clear strategy, high level goals (eg to improve customer service), but the sub-goals (eg to improve the way we communicate) are not so well defined or explicitly owned by a group with a clear plan to achieve it. So instead of collaboration taking place, just one person takes accountability for moving the goal forward. They may flounder due to lack of support from others. Sub-teams are often better off being self-led. In this situation, if one member fails to deliver, the whole team will fail. Collective responsibility prevails. If, however, the sub-team requires more input from some members than others, then it might be more appropriate for the team to have a leader. In this case an empowering, facilitating and helpful type of leadership will again foster more collaboration.
Lead with collaboration in mind
Did you know that the alpha male in any cartload of chimpanzees is the chimp who connects the other chimps together, who makes the other chimps feel at ease and who is generally the most helpful chimp? If we want to see collaboration work in an office environment then we need leaders who are essentially like alpha male chimps. This means team leaders that get out of the way, empower and trust their sub-teams to manage themselves - this will foster more collaboration.
Develop psychological safety
This term was coined by Harvard Business School professor Amy Edmondson as "a shared belief that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking." Without some form of interpersonal risk taking, a collaborative unit will rarely get to the heart of the matter, manage its own process, challenge or influence each other, or demonstrate creativity- all of which are well known drivers of good collaboration. Edmondson highlights a number of ways a team leader can create the environment conducive to creating high levels of psychological safety: use supportive language; don't interrupt; ask for help; seek feedback; acknowledge the ideas of others even if you disagree; be accessible; acknowledge mistakes; encouraging dissent; admit when you don't know; embrace failure as learning.
Collaboration is a result of the disciplines of goal setting, empowering leadership and promoting high levels of psychological safety amongst other things. All are required for it to work or, like a pack of cards, the collaborative 'house' will come tumbling down.
This article was written by Tom Marsden, CEO of Saberr, and George Karseras, a team coach and chartered occupational and sports psychologist. They are collaborating on the development of CoachBot a digital coach for teams.
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The recent cuts of three, or maybe even four, internet cables in the Middle East sparked anger, frustration, disbelief and conspiracy theories of varying degrees of implausibility.
The recent cuts of three, or maybe even four, internet cables in the Middle East sparked anger, frustration, disbelief and conspiracy theories of varying degrees of implausibility. The loss or slowdown of the internet in various places caused big business headaches, was an irritant to individual users and even resulted in service provider Batelco issuing compensation to its customers.
None of these reactions are ridiculous (except perhaps some of the more ludicrous conspiracy theories) but all of them were a tad overplayed. It did rather stretch the concept of coincidence that so many cables, in different locations, should be simultaneously accidentally out, but it was an over-reaction to the absence or slowdown of a service that nobody has actually had for that long.
What was really shown up by the cuts was just how true it is that the internet is now the third utility. After power and water, the thing no-one seems to be able to live without is connectivity. And just like when there's a power cut or a water shortage - chaos ensues.
Power and water are things that a lot of countries in the world now take for granted and those same countries are beginning to feel the same way about the internet. But of course, we're all missing the point. Michael Faraday invented the electric motor in 1821 and by the end of the 19th century electrical engineering was turning electricity from scientific experiment into everyday tool. The internet, on the other hand, wasn't even around until the 1970s.
The market is what's pushing the internet to do in less than 40 years what it has taken electricity over a hundred years to do - connect throughout the world - and electricity hasn't even gotten everywhere yet and we still get power cuts. Or to put it another way, electricity became common in Dubai in the 1960s - the internet followed in the early 90s. But because the market is pushing the internet so hard, the term "ubiquitous" is often to be seen close to the term "internet", along with "almost" and "nearly".
Because of this pervasive uptake, e-mail and everything else the internet can provide has become a staple part of the modern enterprise. So, of course enterprises worry about downtime, and it is a valid concern, but it's hard to believe that most companies can't survive a little of it. We often hear that things are different now because enterprises are global. That's another claim that could use a little perspective.
First and without the need for elaboration - time zones. Secondly, holidays (whether religious, historical or governmental) are different all over the world. Thirdly, a large proportion of the world doesn't even share the same working week as the rest. To cite globalisation as an added reason why companies can't cope with the lack of an internet connection is somewhat blinkered, to say the least.
While researching the upcoming feature for March's issue of ACN on web-based software for the enterprise, something that came up as an obstacle to adopting SAAS was connectivity issues. How could an enterprise rely on a web-based CRM or ERP if it had to worry about its internet connection? Well, quite simply, if business really does fall apart when the internet is offline, as many would currently claim, then it's going to do just that whether the enterprise adopts SAAS or not. And for most enterprises, downtime refers to the times their server or a particular application crashes - not the times they are offline.
Despite appearances, the recent cable problems were not a cause for hair-pulling and hand-wringing, quite the opposite in fact, they should have given everyone a glimpse of the future - when the internet is (finally) ubiquitous and we all take the very occasional internet cut in our stride.


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In a recent post on integration architecture Alan Glickenhouse touched on the question of when and where API management should be used in relation to microservice architecture. This post looks at that question at the next level of depth, exploring the positioning of API management to both embrace microservices architecture and yet still manage the complexity it can introduce.
It is not uncommon for a large enterprise to have hundreds or even thousands of core applications containing the data and functions that help them run their day to day business. If all these applications were refactored into microservices architecture, each application might result in tens or even hundreds of microservice components. Whilst many applications will never be refactored into microservice architecture, some will – or at least parts of them will. Certainly many new applications will be written using these fine grained microservices components in order to gain the benefits of greater agility, more independent, elastic scalability and truly independent resilience models.
Clearly microservices architecture by its very nature implies an enormous increase in the number of components sitting on the network, and we need to consider how to handle that complexity.
One aspect of this complexity is the interfaces that these microservice components make available. Most microservice components will make their capabilities available via an interface such as RESTful HTTP/JSON based APIs. Just as the number of microservice components on the network increases, so does the number of exposed APIs on those components.
How do we find the APIs we want from the overwhelming set available. Which are we "allowed" to re-use in other contexts? Ideally of course microservice components are completely independent, but in reality, there will always be some invocations between them. How will we know which sets of components are dependent on one another and how far failures will permeate. We need to better understand this increasing number of possible linkages between components across the enterprise landscape.
Is this the level at which API management should work? It might be tempting to think that we should apply API management at this fine grained level and it would allow us to administer this increasing number of interfaces. However, whilst API management has its place in a microservice world, we first need to re-establish some notion of boundaries and ownership.
Things were a lot simpler with traditional siloed applications. These often represent only one large component sitting on the network, or perhaps two for high availability. Whilst within the silo there might be much communication between the different parts of the application, this was typically hidden, and indeed unavailable to anything beyond the application's boundaries. It certainly wasn't made available as APIs on the network. An example would be the calls between EJBs in a Java application. These are only internally available calls, and may well be done in memory as local calls, never reaching down to the network.
Only capabilities that the siloed application wanted to make available to other applications would be exposed via a network level interface such as a web service, or more typically now, a RESTful JSON/HTTP based interface – we'll generically refer to these as "APIs" for simplicity from this point on.
In microservices architecture, an application is broken down into multiple independent microservice components. Although ideally these microservice components are as independent as possible, there will always be a need for some intercommunication, and since each microservice is a separate network component, they will typically do this internal intercommunication via APIs too.
So, now we have a plethora of APIs, some of which are really only used in the narrow context of a close knit set of microservice components, and some that are intended for much wider re-use across the enterprise, and perhaps beyond. Technically however, they all look the same. How do we find the ones we need, and indeed how do we stop consumers from calling the ones they shouldn't. Indeed the idea that there even is an application boundary has potentially been lost. It could be said that there is no boundary at all, unless we choose to create one.
Without this notion of an application boundary, anything can call anything. Perhaps more importantly, we have little indication of ownership and accountability. Who has the responsibility for ensuring that a set of microservice components work together reliably to provide a business capability? How do we provide the fine grained access control to ensure that microservice components are only called by those that know how to use them appropriately.
It becomes clear that the only way to manage such a large number of components is to bring back some notion of the original application boundary concept. We want components within the boundary to be able to talk to one another's APIs at will, and then only make some APIs available beyond the boundary.
We can use network level mechanisms to create protected communication within the boundary using for example Kubernetes namespaces and perhaps further security mechanisms such as certificates or token based authentication to ensure that internal communication is secured. We would not expect to see a full API management capability intercepting communication internal to the application. These components know about one another, and are likely created and maintained by the same group of people. The specifications of their interfaces are part of the internal design of the application. Ideally, these essentially internal components of the application should communicate directly with one another, with no additional latency or complexity introduced.
Next we need to explicitly expose specific URLs beyond the boundaries for use by other applications. We would likely use for example the Ingress functionality in Kubernetes to make these API available outside the namespace boundary. But how will the owners of the microservices make definitions of the APIs they want to expose easily discoverable? How will consumers explore what APIs are available? How will we administer access for them?
This is where API management comes in, enabling us to control which consumers can explore what available APIs, whether they can self-subscribe to use them, and enable us to capture analytics on that usage.
So, summarizing all that, we're saying that inter-microservice communication within an application boundary is different from inter-application communication that goes across different application boundaries. Although they may both be performed using web APIs, their implementation may be radically different.
Now whether these boundaries we introduce in a microservice architecture represent the same groupings as we would have had originally had they been siloed applications is an interesting question. We are certainly not tied to those boundary definitions. What is perhaps more interesting is that we could potentially change our mind on the shape of these new boundaries over time. It would have often been impractical and maybe even impossible to move code from one siloed application to another. Now, since the boundaries are just arbitrary decisions made by us and defined by mechanisms such as the exposure of services via API management, those boundaries could be changed more easily.
So, we have asserted a number of things in this blog post:
- Some form of grouping of microservices, which we might describe as an "application", is necessary to manage the increased complexity in the number of components this architectural style produces.
- Group of components must have an owner at the group level in addition to the owners at the component level in order to ensure a consistent design of the overall application.
- These groups of components need to live within some form of enforceable boundary, perhaps via security models, or even down at the network level to enable inter-communication within the boundary that should not be available beyond it.
- Communication within the boundary should be "light touch", meaning it does not need to go via a formal API gateway.
- Any APIs exposed beyond these boundaries are destined for broader re-use by consumers outside the ownership domain of the boundary. As such they should be exposed using some form of API management to provide discovery, self-subscription, traffic management, and more.
There is certainly more to be said on this topic. For the time being, hopefully this serves to provide clear guidance on where API management itself fits within a microservices architecture.
Update: 13 Nov 2018 – further post published extending this discussion to explore the role of a Service Mesh in comparison to that of API Management to see how their roles differ and yet also complement one another.


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Ever since it first appeared on television in 1965, A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS has been a staple of the holiday season in America. In fact, the show has appeared every year since it aired on either CBS or ABC, and is now available as a live stage production. Thanks to its timelessness, A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS will continue to be a part of celebrations for years to come. It's funny how a simple premise can resonate through the generations, but it is and will remain symbolic of how the quest for the best gifts or prettiest tree often distracts us from the important things during the festive period.
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- Linus Van Pelt…Patrick Jotz
- Snoopy…Dann Pryce
- Lucy Van Pelt …Abigail Stokes
- Sally Brown…Alyssa Schirm
- Patty…Kiana Schwab
- Violet…Katriel Schwab
- Pig Pen…Michael Bradow
- Schroeder…Daniel Alexander
- Frieda…Kalsey Colotl
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Hi guys, bit of an odd question here that I have not seen an answer to yet.
Which tank is best able to sustain (either through healing or shields) and also able to do a bit of dps?
Justicar definitely has been working for me at 70 but killing packs of mobs tends to take a long time.
In a previous iteration of Rift, long, long ago, I used to have a riftstalker and paladin tank both at 50. Each one had two greater essences that healed on block (or damage, can't remember now). With the paladin blocking tons of attacks I remember being able to tank dozens of mobs and not dying. With the riftstalker, I believe it was triggering on the aoe damage somehow and then healing.
Due to there not being any greater essences anymore (at least from what I have seen), is there any way to get this style of play again?
My paladin is at lvl 61 and I have a long ways to go before I can test things out at 70 with legendaries. My rogue is much lower. I have done some calculations on rogue healing based on the legendary, and from the gear stats I have seen in game, it seems that a rogue would get (say 350k health so 35k over 5 seconds) 7k per second healing, which does not seem like very much.
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Re: Why don't images from Status Updates display in the Activity Tile?ruth_neighbors Oct 7, 2019 9:00 AM (in response to tmaurer)
That's a good question, Tracy. Thanks for pointing it out. I'm not sure why it doesn't display images -- I was looking at our original specs and don't see us saying anything about ignoring images in status updates. I'll have to ask the development team if there was a reason.
And yes, I see that you also started a ticket for this. I'll be sure to respond in both places once I know more.
Re: Why don't images from Status Updates display in the Activity Tile?tmaurer Oct 7, 2019 10:06 AM (in response to ruth_neighbors)1 person found this helpful
It would be super helpful if this could be fixed. I'd really love to make status updates more of a thing, since they are so easy for people to do from mobile. Quick and easy is something we need more of, especially for busy sales people and executives on the go.


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Heroes of the Desert
This is Hazem abu Gwedar. I first met Hazem hitchhiking back to Beer Sheva from the village of Al-Zarnouq; he gave me a lift. A few weeks later, I was in Al-Zarnouq again and met Hazem's brother, Muhammad. We subsequently became friends and it wasn't till a few weeks later that I realized that Hazem was Muhammad's brother. Since then, I've become friends with their entire extended family, and they are one of the reasons why Al-Zarnouq is my favorite village in Israel, and I consider the abu Gwedar clan to be the warmest and most kind people I've met.
Hazem abu Gwedar is the only Bedouin with a certified teacher-level black belt in Shotokan Karate. He makes his living driving a bulldozer, and teaching in a dojo in Ashkelon to Jewish Israeli students, but started a small Karate club in his village to teach the kids Karate. They were featured in a documentary about the village, which I have digitized and put online here. In it, the kids talk about the ways in which the experience of learning Karate has changed their lives, made them see the world differently, allowed them to connect to each other in ways they would not have been able to otherwise. There are subtitles in Hebrew and Modern Standard Arabic, but not English.
One time I asked him if he's ever had to use Karate out of the dojo. He sort of looked away for a moment and said, "…once. In Akko." I asked what happened and he said, "This group of fellahin [non-Bedouin Northern Arabs] came up to me and a few friends near the beach. They had been drinking. They started to give us trouble and I straightened them out."
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Student Expectations
Before leaving the junior high, students will be expected to demonstrate growth in each of the following areas:
- Respecting others and recognizing individual differences;
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- Being responsible decision-makers;
- Working cooperatively and productively;
- Demonstrating an awareness of and need to be involved in global and cultural issues;
- Understanding the importance of learning throughout life;
- Participating in diverse learning opportunities;
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It is important that we work together to insure that students have a positive and successful junior high school experience. Parental interest in school activities and open communication between home and school are critical to enable students to pass confidently into their high school experience.
Character Education
- Caring - Showing understanding of others by treating them with kindness, compassion, generosity, and a forgiving spirit.
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The Netherlands: In-depth PEST Insights
The Netherlands: In-depth PEST Insights
Published: September 2019
Publisher: MarketLine
Product ref: 312195
Pages: 84
Format: PDF
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This PESTLE country analysis report on The Netherlands provides a holistic view of the country, with insightful analysis of current and future issues, supplemented with relevant quantitative data to support trend analysis.
• Understand the political system in The Netherlands through analysis of key figures in the country and governance indicators.
• Understand the economic situation in The Netherlands through a balanced assessment of core macroeconomic issues.
• Understand customer demographics in The Netherlands through analysis of income distribution and the rural-urban split, as well as healthcare and education.
• Understand the technological landscape in The Netherlands through analysis of relevant laws and policies, as well as patents data.
• Understand the legal landscape in The Netherlands through analysis of the judicial system as well as performance of the legal indicators
• Understand the environmental landscape in The Netherlands through analysis of the environmental regulations and the performance of the environmental indicators
• The political landscape section discusses the evolution of the political scenario in The Netherlands, as well as the country's economic, social, foreign, and defense policies. The section also discusses the country's performance according to World Bank Governance Indicators.
• The economic landscape section outlines the evolution of The Netherlands 's economy, as well as the country's performance in terms of GDP growth, composition by sector (agriculture, industry, and services), fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, credit disbursement, banking sector, and employment."
• The social landscape section analyzes the government's social welfare policies, as well as the country's performance in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education.
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• What is the outlook in The Netherlands in terms of political stability, policies towards business, and the popularity of the government?
• How does The Netherlands perform in terms of GDP growth, its fiscal situation, international investment position, monetary situation, and employment?
• How does The Netherlands perform in terms of healthcare, income distribution, and education?
• How does The Netherlands perform in terms of technology-intensive sectors like IT, life sciences, and R&D expenditure trends?
Table of Contents
1.1. Catalyst
1.2. Summary
1.2.1. Key findings
1.2.2. PESTLE highlights
1.2.3. Key fundamentals
2.1. Key facts
2.2. Geographical location
3.1. Summary
3.2. Political analysis
3.2.1. Overview
3.2.2. Current strengths
3.2.3. Current challenges
3.2.4. Future prospects
3.2.5. Future risks
3.3. Economic analysis
3.3.1. Overview
3.3.2. Current strengths
3.3.3. Current challenges
3.3.4. Future prospects
3.3.5. Future risks
3.4. Social analysis
3.4.1. Overview
3.4.2. Current strengths
3.4.3. Current challenges
3.4.4. Future prospects
3.4.5. Future risks
3.5. Technological analysis
3.5.1. Overview
3.5.2. Current strengths
3.5.3. Current challenges
3.5.4. Future prospects
3.5.5. Future risks
3.6. Legal analysis
3.6.1. Overview
3.6.2. Current strengths
3.6.3. Current challenges
3.6.4. Future prospects
3.6.5. Future risks
3.7. Environmental analysis
3.7.1. Overview
3.7.2. Current strengths
3.7.3. Current challenges
3.7.4. Future prospects
3.7.5. Future risks
4.1. Summary
4.2. Evolution
4.2.1. Pre-1950s
4.2.2. 1950-80
4.2.3. 1980-2000
4.2.4. 2000-2004
4.2.5. 2005-2019
4.3. Structure and policies
4.3.1. Key political figures
4.3.2. Structure of the government
4.3.3. Structure of legislature
4.3.4. Key policies
4.4. Performance
4.4.1. Governance indicators
4.5. Outlook
5.1. Summary
5.2. Evolution
5.2.1. 2002-2018
5.3. Structure and policies
5.3.1. Financial system
5.4. Performance
5.4.1. GDP and growth rate
5.4.2. GDP composition by sector
5.4.3. Fiscal situation
5.4.4. Current account
5.4.5. Foreign trade
5.4.6. International investment position
5.4.7. Monetary situation
5.4.8. Key monetary indicators
5.4.9. Unemployment
5.5. Outlook
6.1. Summary
6.2. Evolution
6.3. Structure and policies
6.3.1. Demographic composition
6.3.2. Education
6.3.3. Healthcare
6.3.4. Social welfare
6.4. Performance
6.4.1. Healthcare
6.4.2. Income distribution
6.4.3. Education
6.5. Outlook
7.1. Summary
7.2. Evolution
7.3. Structure and policies
7.3.1. Intellectual property
7.4. Performance
7.4.1. Opportunity sectors
7.4.2. R&D expenditure
7.5. Outlook
8.1. Summary
8.2. Evolution
8.3. Structure and policies
8.3.1. Structure of the judicial system
8.3.2. Legislation affecting business
8.3.3. Tax regulations
8.4. Performance
8.4.1. Effectiveness of the legal system
8.5. Outlook
9.1. Summary
9.2. Evolution
9.3. Structure and policies
9.3.1. Environmental regulations
9.3.2. Environmental actions
9.4. Performance
9.4.1. Environmental impact
9.5. Outlook
10.1. Ask the analyst
10.2. Disclaimer
List of Tables
Table 1: The Netherlands - Key Fundamentals, 2016-2023f
Table 2: The Netherlands - Key Facts, 2019
Table 3: Analysis of the Dutch Political Landscape
Table 4: Analysis of the Dutch Economic Landscape
Table 5: Analysis of the Dutch Social Landscape
Table 6: Analysis of the Dutch Technological Landscape
Table 7: Analysis of the Dutch Legal Landscape
Table 8: Analysis of the Dutch Environmental Landscape
Table: Mid-year Population by Age (as a Percentage of the Total Population), 2018
Table 10: The Netherlands - Patents Received from the US Patent and Trademark Office, 2010-2018
Table 11: International Environmental Treaties Signed and Ratified by the Netherlands
List of Figures
Figure 1: Map of the Netherlands
Figure 2: The Netherlands' Real GDP Growth Rate (%), 2011-2018
Figure 3: The Netherlands' Current Account Surplus (US$ Billion/% of GDP), 2013-2018
Figure 4: Household Debt Comparison of OECD Countries (% of GDI), 2018 or Latest Available Data
Figure 5: Comparison of Real Average Growth and Labor Productivity, 1990-2017
Figure 6: The Netherlands' Budget Balance (% of GDP), 2009-2018
Figure 7: The Netherlands' Real House Price Index (2007=100), 1996-2016
Figure 8: The Netherlands and the EU27's Trade with the UK (% of GDP), 2016
Figure 9: The Netherlands - Comparison of Population with Tertiary Education (%), 2017
Figure 10: The Netherlands' Labor Market Participation Rate by Gender (%), 2008-2018
Figure 11: The Netherlands' Old Age Dependency Ratio, 2050
Figure 12: The Netherlands - Researchers per 1,000 Employed, 2017
Figure 13: The Netherlands - Household Internet Connectivity Comparison, 2018
Figure 14: The Netherlands - Total R&D Expenditure Comparison (% of GDP), 2017
Figure 15: The Netherlands - Company Spending on R&D Index Comparison, 2017
Figure 16: The Netherlands - Cost of Starting a Business (% of GNI Per Capita), 2018
Figure 17: The Netherlands - FDI Restrictiveness Index Comparison, 2018
Figure 18: The Netherlands - Product Market Competition, 2018
Figure 19: The Netherlands' Construction Permit System Score Comparison, 2019
Figure 20: The Netherlands' Getting Credit Score Comparison, 2019
Figure 21: Time Taken to Comply with Tax (Hours per Year), 2018
Figure 22: Tax Wedge (% of Labor Cost), 2018
Figure 23: The Netherlands - Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Million Tonnes), 2016
Figure 24: Exposure to PM2.5 (Micrograms Per Cubic Meter), 2017
Figure 25: The Netherlands - Municipal Waste Generation Intensity (Kilogram Per Capita), 2017
Figure 26: The Netherlands - Share of Energy from Renewable Sources (%), 2017
Figure 27: The Netherlands - Political Events Timeline
Figure 28: The Netherlands - Key Political Figures
Figure 29: The Netherlands - Distribution of Seats in the House of Representatives, 2019
Figure 30: Evolution of GDP Growth in the Netherlands, 2007-2018
Figure 31: The Netherlands - GDP Growth Rate (US$ Billion/%), 2013-2023f
Figure 32: Sector-specific GDP in the Netherlands, 2018e
Figure 33: Agricultural Output in the Netherlands (EUR Billion/%), 2013-2018e
Figure 34: Industrial Output in the Netherlands (EUR Billion/%), 2013-2018e
Figure 35: Services Output in the Netherlands (EUR Billion/%), 2013-2018e
Figure 36: The Netherlands' External Trade Position (US$ Billion/%), 2014-2018
Figure 37: Consumer Price Index and CPI-based Inflation in the Netherlands, 2013-2023f
Figure 38: Unemployment in the Netherlands (Thousands/%), 2013-2023f
Figure 39: Major Religions in the Netherlands, 2017
Figure 40: Healthcare Expenditure in the Netherlands (US$ Billion/%), 2008-2017
Figure 41: Public Education Expenditure in the Netherlands (US$ Billion/%), 2007-2016
Figure 42: Internet Users in the Netherlands (Millions/%), 2013-2018e
Figure 43: Carbon Dioxide Emissions in the Netherlands (Million Tons/%), 2010-2017
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Activation of the Rainbow Serpent
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Join with a group of like minded people as we create a powerful circle of light on
Saturday, January 1, 2011
10:30am to 1:30pm
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Part of the proceeds will be going to assist the Indigenious Grandmothers to continue their work of carrying the message of healing and awakening to our beloved planet and a portion will go to provide blankets and necessary items for our animal allies at the animal shelters
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2011 is a critical year in the choices mankind will make in preparation for the planetary shift that will occur in 2012. The same time cycles that are part of the Mayan calendar are also the same as the early Vedic cultures. The time structure our world lives under was artificially manipulated after the Mayan culture disappeared to create confusion and imbalance amongst mankind by the church, and has effectively done just that. 2011 is the Year we must focus on returning to the first religion known as the earth religion which belongs to everyone, and truly become more aware of the time cycle of the natural world.
In 2008 the financial structure of the world began to collapse because it had been built on greed, manipulation, control and deception. Numbers and numeric codes, define our existence, our truth. Human DNA, our genetic memory, is encoded to be triggered by digital codes at specific times and frequencies. Those codes awaken the mind to the change and evolution of consciousness. 11:11 is one of those codes, meaning activation of DNA. 11:11 will be most significant this year as it is designed to awaken the Shamanic Mind within all of mankind. The same time frequency that nature follows.
Physically seeing 11:11 will begin to create synchronicities in your life. Two significant activations will take place this year. 1:1:11 which creates 1111 and November 11 – 11:11:11. This promises to accelerate consciousness toward 2012. 11 is a double digit and is therefore considered a Master or Power Number. Because eleven is the first number, which cannot be represented by a human using his or her ten fingers, it is often considered a mysterious number. Eleven is a higher octave of the number two. It carries psychic vibrations and has an equal balance of masculine and feminine properties. It contains many gifts such as psychic awareness. 11:11 is a wake-up code when we physically see it on digital clocks and watches. It serves as a key to unlock the subconscious mind, our genetic encoded memories, that we are divine spirits having a physical experience. The code awakens the memory of our soul during the time of the rise and fall of civilizations, our personal experiences and lessons, loops in time. They are cycles of time that create and recreate following the blueprint. 11 represents spiraling twin strands of human DNA moving into a higher frequency of consciousness. 11+11=22 and 22 is a Master or Masonic Number, an initiation cycle.
Once the life code has been activated, you will experience a sudden awakening after which reality is never the same. This will create clarity, healing and balance. Once you open the Door to the remembrance and the awakening, there is no going back. Your soul will automatically and quickly move you through many experiences. Your consciousness is expanding and therefore you will manifest faster and with greater comprehension, becoming more aware of the meaning of synchronicity that will become more and more frequent. They are created by your soul as you begin to realize your full potential. 11:11 signals changes in your life. As we move into the year of the Rainbow Serpent and the dreamtime the first wave of energy to assist in the return to the dream time will be on January 1, 2011. (1:1:11). Join with others on this monumental day of awakening as we create a circle of divine light to anchor this wave of energy to our planet. Individually we will each move through a conscious shift in our DNA, opening to the rememberance and activation of the shamanic mind to create the new dream.
We will gather at 10:30am to begin to align to the wave of energy being sent to the planet as we move through a series of rituals and processes clearing out old limiting thought patterns and embracing the dream time. This will be a powerful day to join together to create the collective dream of a world in harmony and balance as we share the andara crystal and receive healing from the circle of light and guidance for your personal journey in 2011. I will be returning to Switzerland in January to activate the rainbow serpent energy and awaken the crystal grid as I begin a personal journey that will carry me to Oregon, New Zealand, Australia, Bali, Easter Island, Lake Titicaca, Canyon de Chellys and Mount Shasta in 2011. I am working on these experiences and journeys for the coming year and will send out more information as the details and dates are confirmed.
We are entering the dreamtime once again. From the seemingly impossible, anything is possible if we keep dreaming.
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I will be the first to say I was wrong.
I have been somewhat critical about what I perceived as slow response and self-preservation from our national support groups. Today I saw the "old school" support that I was used to from NDSC.
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