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Staff Accountant at ClearDATA
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Staff Accountant
Reports to: Controller
Department: Finance
Location: Austin
ClearDATA is hiring a Staff Accountant to join our fantastic finance team. We are seeking creative and passionate accounting experts to join us in making healthcare better every single day. Our customers include some of the biggest names in healthcare and life sciences. They depend on us to deliver tools, systems, and services that keep them compliant and secure in the cloud without slowing them down.
What You'll Do:
- Prepare and record certain asset, liability, expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information, producing related reconciliations.
- Maintain and balance certain subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.
- Prepare bank reconciliations utilizing NetSuite.
- Perform certain reporting metrics, specifically around Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable.
- Assist in Sales Tax Nexus study.
- Cross-train with Accounting Associate for Accounts Payable, Employee Expense & Customer Collections coverage
- Assist with preparation of documentation required for future SOX compliance.
- Assist with improving the monthly close process by identifying efficiencies and streamline current processes.
- Assist in the review of annual operating budgets, plans and forecasts.
- Assist with special projects, analyses and duties as needed.
What You'll Need:
- 3-5 years accounting experience, public accounting preferred but not required
- Undergraduate degree in Accounting
- Experience understanding of accounting and reporting requirements, as well as internal controls implementation and SOX compliance
- NetSuite experience
- Demonstrated ability to improve processes
- Advanced Excel skills (e.g. - pivot tables, VLOOKUPS) and proficiency in MS Office Suite
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Strong work ethic and proven track record of success in an entrepreneurial environment; demonstrated ability to multitask, work independently, and meet deadlines while maintaining a high standard of accuracy
- Reputation of teamwork and collaboration across functions
- Self-starter and detail-oriented problem solver
- Highly analytical, with ability to dig into large amounts of data
- Someone who thrives in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
Why You'll Like Working Here:
- Dynamic company that rewards high-performers
- Be on the cutting edge of new technologies and services
- Collaborative team environment that values multiple perspectives and fresh thinking
- Servant leadership Management
- Business-casual dress code
- Flexible working hours
- Medical, Dental, Vision, HSA, Life and 401K
- Stock options
- Unlimited Vacation!
- Competitive base, commission and bonus structure
ClearDATA is an EEO/AA employer M/F/V/D
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Traditional Irish Music
From the green hills and finger lakes of upstate New York to the flatland of the Curragh of Kildare, Jayne Pomplas and Ian Kinsella emerge with an album that encompasses the best qualities that you would expect on a fiddle and guitar album of traditional music.
We have come across both names before - Jayne with her duo album alongside Luke Deaton from Dublin (My Mind will never be Easy) and her previously released eponymous album recorded in New York and Ian's most recent album with Dublin fiddle player Padraig O'Neill "When the Prescription Runs Out."
Despite the fact that it is essentially a fiddle and guitar album we are treated to what some people have described as an explosively full sound from the two musicians.
With Jayne's dexterity and tune choices coupled with Ian's dynamic backing, diversely interchanging between counter melodies, Travis picking to full-on rhythmic drive, the two collaborate here to provide very unique musical experience. We are treated to a rousing, swingy rendition of Sean sa Cheo which ends on a far removed version of the Green Bushes of Rushes from the opening idea, to beautiful takes on Carolan's "Si Bheag Si Mhor" and Phil Cunningham's "Flatwater Fran."
The recording is a must for all fans of duo albums where both instruments stand out on their own platforms while the cohesion between the two players is always present.
Having toured the U.S as part of an eight-piece band in early 2017 the two decided to hit the studio straight after, thus providing the fresh energetic sound that is heard on "John sa Cheo."
The album can be purchased online on iTunes. If you are an Irish radio broadcaster the album is available as a free download through Tradconnect. Contact us for details.
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Neil Gaiman, in his journal at neilgaiman.com says this about the report from AICN:
[...] Which is really interesting, except for it not being true.
Oh, it's true that Alan's rejected the money for CONSTANTINE and assigned it to his cocreators, but he's now done that for all films of his and things he's done that might one day be filmed. This was because he was deeply hurt and offended and irritated by being accused in the Larry Cohen lawsuit of having written League of Extraordinary Gentlemen as some kind of studio shill, and because Alan never does anything by halves. Up until the lawsuit his position was that he didn't care about the films people made from his work, but was happy to cash the cheques; after, he decided that he didn't even want to cash the cheques.
His share of Constantine was redistributed among his co-creators, John Totleben, Steve Bissette and Rick Veitch and to Jamie Delano and John Ridgway.
As far as I know, from having spoken to him, Alan's view on Constantine itself is the same as his view on From Hell and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, which is that he'll probably rent the DVD one day, you never know, hell might freeze over, -- and that the important work is the comic -- the main difference being here that the film is, from what I understand, mostly based on the Garth Ennis and Jamie Delano issues of the Hellblazer comic.
(And, for whatever remains of the record, Alan hasn't seen anything of Constantine -- no scripts, no nothing. Nor has he had any contact with DC on it except for asking Karen Berger to redistribute the money and the credit.)
I tend to feel that the filmmakers started with two strikes against them, simply by casting Keanu Reeves instead of, say, Jude Law, but everything I've heard since has been encouraging, so while I'll be sitting in the cinema with my arms folded and an "okay, convince me" attitude, I'll at least be going to see it.
Emphasis mine.
I know I'm glad to hear this. I didn't think the "geek community" impact was much of a factor in the success of the movie, but I was previously concerned with the quality of the script and this whole thing brought up those concerns again. Nice to have it cleared up.
Thank you Mr. Gaiman...
I think I'm going to go out and buy Neverwhere on DVD this weekend. I'd start reading Sandman, but I'm already spending too much on comics these days.
(Thanks to some random guy at the Straight-to-Hell forums)
By the way, Neil Gaiman? Brilliant Author.
Also effing HOT.
Um... Not my type, but I believe you when you say he's brilliant :-)
I wasn't so concerned with the 'geek' reaction, (besides, I *heart* geeks) and understood all the beautifuly put arguments that they are 'but a small market'.
I was concerned because of the way some journalists write. In my mind, it goes like this:
They need an article. They google for back-ground info. They pick the juiciest tid-bits, & combine them in a so called 'all new' article.
THIS will be quoted endlessly, even though it has been deemed false. It will pop up in the little 'intro's' they write before a so-called 'exclusive' interview. As in: Despite the fact that AM denounced it, bla, bla, Keanu Reeves feels confident that, etc, etc. You know these kind of stories, right?
Average movie-goers who are not so interested in Mr.Reeves as we are ;-) will be influenced by that, so whatever way you put it, it's bad press. In more ways then one.
I've made a blood-oath with some girls over at Nettie's that we shall all see it one more time then intended, to make up for the ticket-loss sales, LOL! Ha! That will teach them! ;-DPosted by: Julie! on March 4, 2004 04:46 PM
"I'll be sitting in the cinema with my arms folded and an "okay, convince me" attitude."
GREAT. And it all will be blamed on Keanu if it's not a good movie. I'm afraid that a lot of people do that anyway (convince me) - and moreso if Keanu is attached. If they'd drop the attitude of having to be soooo convinced, they'd see that Keanu is a very gifted actor. Why can't it be a good, reasonably entertaining movie? Why does it have to blow everyone's socks off? They won't credit Keanu with the success anyway. SIGH.
But I AM happy to hear that this has been a pattern for the author and it's not because of this particular script, director, producer or star. Thanks for posting it, Krix. :)
And Julie, you're right. They will preface many of the reviews of this movie using the alleged controversy (that doesn't really exist).Posted by: MC from RD on March 4, 2004 04:50 PM
I may have to check out Gaiman's books just to own the back cover photo. I am glad that someone is speaking up to refute the heinous story at AICN and elsewhere.
After all the years of reading the preconceived notions of Keanu by the critics and public, I've taught myself to tune out the Keanu nay sayers. I for one will just have to accept the fact that after 20+ years as an actor, he will never get the respect he deserves. Over the years it became de rigeur to diss him; now it seems to be politically incorrect to admit when he turns in a good performance. There are very few actors who are more pre-judged before a film even leaves the editing room. I admire him for forging ahead with his craft. I have to wonder just how thick his skin really is. It pains me to think how such criticism sometimes may have really hurt him. He is human after all.
I cant wait for this movie. He seems to be really excited about it, and that makes me want to see what great a job he did. I hope its rated R so the geeks cant get in.
Thanks, krix. As I Suspected. However, Julie! may be right in the fact that now this is out there...
Well, I'll probably see it twice in the theater, but I can't imagine any Keanu film I wouldn't want to see at least twice on the big screen. And this really does look good. Maybe since it has Djimon "Academy Award Nominee" Honsou in it, they'll have to cut it some slack. But Chianti is soooo right. In everything she says. I hope his skin is thick. It just irks me that so many (including Neil Gaiman) immediately pick out Keanu as their source of irritation.Posted by: bakednudel on March 4, 2004 05:57 PM
Gaiman MUST be Brilliant ... he has tales of Morpheus! Coincidence? I think not. *twilight zone music plays* :)
And, at least he's going to see it, even if he does have his arms crossed.
Moore sounds like a movie studio dissident. No studio could ever do his creations justice. He makes no bones about it. He's just stopped the hypocracy of taking money for something he's washed his hands of all along.
That was a truly obnoxious article from AICN, considering they stretched the truth to make it attract readers. But as they say, there is no such thing as "bad" press...only press. Although "they" never said anything about painful press now did they? I agree, Keanu is very much prejudged by Hollywood media. But how can you expect people that choose a career as a Hollywood journalist to grasp the depth of content in a Keanu Reeves film, or look beyond his visage to see his talent in a romance? They haven't got enough depth themselves, they don't know what to write so they bash or swoon. It is really all they know. Most who write are also jealous men, is a big factor I think. Where some other actors face this, they are not the box office draw that is Keanu. It sells papers to more of the same public that "don't get stuff" either. The rest of us don't read that kind of media much because we are too smart for it and see right through what they say. Brad Pitt would never face this because he doesn't choose deep content, so they "get" him. But then I hardly see his stuff either. If you recall, he was bashed for "Joe Black." Too out of the ordinary.
Myself, I like the Sandman comic...it is in fact the only adult comic I've actually read. But where I don't read comics, I've seen almost all movies made from comic books because I like them. It is the only way I would otherwise experience these stories. As for me, if they would have cast Jude Law I would avoid the film...I don't like his stuff, and I don't like him. I think this is why they chose Keanu even though he has dark hair and they know they going to piss off the "geeks." Keanu is a stronger draw to fill a theater with a broader audience (especially after the Matrix movies. The broad audience does not know who Alan Moore is so they don't care about his opinion. I don't know many people who like Jude Law either, and in my personal opinion he is too superficial in real life to grasp how to bring the role to life (sorry, I have a difference of opion with you on this).
But h*** what do I know about makin' movies! Blah...just my opinionPosted by: shelz on March 5, 2004 11:30 PM


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Had a bit of a spring clean? Got unwanted books, toys, tools, bric-a-brac, kitchenware, small furniture or bikes?
Then bring them along to the next Give or Take Day organised by the Park Community Centre on Chelmsford Street, Weymouth on Saturday 13 April, from 9.30am to 12 noon. You can pass on the items you own but no longer make use of, and pick a few things you need, and its all free.
Staff from the local Dorset Waste Partnership will also be there to give information on your local recycling scheme, and tips for reducing and reusing your waste.
For more information, contact the Park Community Centre on 01305 839579 or visit the newsroom.
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Lahore, October 09, 2014 (PPI-OT): The Lahore chamber of commerce and Industry on Thursday took a strong exception to the re-imposition of Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) and called upon the Federal government to immediately withdraw it.
In a statement issued here, the LCCI President Ijaz A Mumtaz said that the GIDC was not only a violation of Articles 8 and 18 of the Constitution but it would also give a deadly blow to the economic activities in the country.
"The Cess was imposed in January 2012 through a Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC) Act 2011 on the pretext of mobilizing funds for infrastructure development work for Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline Project and since the government had already stopped work on this mega project therefore it has no justification to re-impose GIDC through an ordinance."
The Supreme Court has already declared this case illegal confirming decisions by PHC and SHC. The LCCI President urged the government to facilitate growth of businesses which would automatically generate more tax revenue, create more jobs and increase exports instead of introducing such harsh measures.
Gas Infrastructure Development Cess (GIDC), Ijaz A Mumtaz said, would make Pakistani merchandise uncompetitive in the global marketplace and hurt the country's exports. The value-added and export-oriented industries have been earning valuable foreign exchange to the tune of billions of rupees, he said, adding that GIDC would increase the cost of production.
While quoting the example of textile sector, the LCCI President said it was one of the most value-added and export-oriented sectors in Pakistan, accounts for more than 60 percent of total exports of the country. "95 percent of its inputs are locally produced and by making energy out of their reach, government is in fact curbing the use of local inputs."
He said that even the slightest raise in the cost of production, at this critical juncture, would, therefore, spell doom and oust Pakistani merchandise from the international export market which would deprive the exchequer of much-needed valuable foreign exchange to the tune of billions of dollars.
The LCCI President said the re-imposition of the Cess would also aggravate food inflation as the rise in the cost would be passed on to the end consumers and may lower productivity due to higher input costs.
For more information, contact:
Shahid Khalil
Information Department
Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI)
Lahore -54000, Pakistan
Tel: +92-42-111-222-499
Fax: +92-42-6368854


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"As part of the Jewish history learning curriculum, I made a Jewish history Power Point presentation, from creation of the world (Bereshit) to the end of the Exodus. This took a good two months or so, and it was all worth it. Plus with my Hebrew education I was able to do it with no help! And I am currently working on the second part of my presentation!'
Daniel asked to create a presentation about Jewish History using the Power Point. I did not know what to expect and watched quietly as he developed his presentation step by step over the weeks. When Daniel was ready to share some of his work with me I was deeply impressed with his creativity, sense of humor, computer skills, and how he managed to not only showcase the important milestones of Jewish history but also touched on all the important details that weave the story together.
Daniel wrote the storyline on his own based on what he has gained from his Jewish education at MJDS.
He asked for help from his friends in the classroom with regards to choosing the right pictures for his slides. He proudly presented his slideshow to the Lower Elementary class as well as to his own classmates and teachers.
Over and above the impressive outcome, the process shows the initiative, self-direction, creativity and Judaic knowledge that are so highly valued at MJDS.
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(Note edited some stuff, particularly where I erroneously claimed that early Epic items are BTA. I meant of course BTC).
Anyone who reincarnate a lot knows the value of specific items.
Be it from things like Shadowfell or even older Epics – where Web of Chaos and even Chronosphere holds great value.
Specifically from the heroic part of Shadowfell.
Not all of the items are useful – but if you're doing Iconic then you will find some level 15 stuff from there. Such as Sage's Spectacles.
I'm sure you can now find similar items among the random stuff – but if you don't got one – this will work nicely for your Iconic Deep gnome or anything Int based. And since these are autgranted on completion of the quest (end reward), it won't take you any grinding to get it. Or why not for a melee using the Int for DC enhancement option(harper tree)?
Or Sage's Cuffs.
Items that provide lore are plenty. You can easily find some kind of hand held with it. So for most casters this won't be hard to find but it's hard to argue against 18 percent on a level 15 item. At this stage you will most likely find 15 or 16 items – even at 20. But for classes such as Artificier this is a great item. Prior to 29 and release of the new random item scheme lore items such as these were hard to come by outside hand helds. You can for sure craft them, but that usually digs into other hard to slot things like trinkets. Now you can find lore on rings so it's not all that rare to find an all force based ring that easily fits into any build option – but for those that don't have one yet and for anyone that want to maximize lore – this is definitely top notch for level 15.
Heroic Green Steel is of course still very much the staple – but there are a bunch of heroic things from later packs that starts to budge into this a little. Not to mention new random items.
Like the Set from Update 28. It's 'almost' like the Abashai set in that it provides several layers of set bonuses. Both as a pair or as 5 pieces.
Such as this item. As a pair (boots and bracers) it adds another +1 Quality Strength. If you have 5 items all stats get +2 Quality to all ability stats.
That is certainly not bad. Considering that the Abashai set only adds a Sacredh bonus to specific stats (such as Strength and Con) . Match this with a random item (or crafted) that provides +6 in say strength and you have in effect +10 (6+2+2).
You can also find a few nice heroic items in Update 29. These are great items that allow you to fill in the blanks where you might not have or need the set from Update 28.
And once you hit 20 you got things like the Abashai set which is perfect for melee and caster alike followed by many items at different levels from Menace of the Underdark. At 20 (such as the commendation turn in items with triple set bonus), 21 thru 23 for a host of excellent early gear followed by a spread of items until you start getting into the latest updates on the upper end (Epic Macabre, and some of the Epic items from 28 and 29).
Note. Early Epic level items are usually BTC. One regrettable feature in my opinion.
And if you're looking for excellent weapons look no further than to either Heroic Green Steel or the new items from Update 27. Such as Bleeding Edge or even the greataxe.
Altho if you're looking for single hand melee items then I do like the excellent Cannith Challenge items. As long as you don't triple tier upgrade them they're BTA and very nice.
I like this one because of both the resist but also the paralyzing effect. And the robe – a great item for casters and melee have a freezing ice effect that can proc.
Again – keep it BTA and you can create greataxes, rapiers and this khopesh and have an assortment of terrific item without doing some significant grinding for BTC green steel items and such.
And for the early Epics it's hard to argue against Cannith challenge items. Something I've discussed in the past. It is also what I'm using now for my Deep Gnome. Such as the Epic clothing, boots and cloak. Altho I confess I'm hoping to pull a scroll for the Robe of the Diabolist instead since that is a great int based item.


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Movie Night: East Shore United Methodist Church presents... "The Star"- The Story of the First Christmas
East United Methodist Church presents…
The Star: The Story of the First Christmas
at Atlas Cinema Lakeshore in Euclid, OH
In Sony Pictures Animation's The Star, a small but brave donkey named Bo yearns for a life beyond his daily grind at the village mill. One day he finds the courage to break free, and finally goes on the adventure of his dreams. On his journey, he teams up with Ruth, a lovable sheep who has lost her flock and Dave, a dove with lofty aspirations. Along with three wisecracking camels and some eccentric stable animals, Bo and his new friends follow the Star and become accidental heroes in the greatest story ever told - the first Christmas.
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at 5:00 PM
Ticket: $5 per person
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Thank you so much!
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Armando Arellano
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For the first time in forever I feel the real me. Though bought up in a sturdy ambience, when its time to face the real world I would hear my voice stammering. After making the hard and fast desicions about college, here I am once again writing in regret, because writing is all I have ever wanted to do. Here I am swallowing my pride about becoming a doctor because I lost myself in the way. This blog is not the path for others to realize who they really are but for myself to realize who I have become!
– Gist of my life and stay tuned for more MYWIDEAWAKE moments!


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Leen and Bertus (aka the Bloody Butcher), creators of Reuzel started learning mens haircutting when they were just fourteen years old. With their love of classic barbering and the influence of rock n' roll, kustom culture and its sub cultures, it was inevitable that one day the pair would open the temple of barber shops, "Schorem Haarsnijders en Barbier". In addition to the successful Wiseguy - Schorem Editions the Reuzel Edition collection.
The Charger - Reuzel is Wiseguy's latest product development based on the Wiseguy Flex System. We reverse engineered while developing the Charger due to the fact that it has a novelty leather back strap and elastic front straps.
Reuzel Scumbag 'Pig on white' elastic front straps with the signature Wiseguy back panel connected to our nubuck black leather back strap give the Charger Reuzel a Schorem inspired look. We finish the Charger Reuzel with brass coloured parts.
Front straps: white/ blue elastic webbing
Back strap: authentic nubuck leather in camel brown
Wide: 1.36 inch / 3.5 cm
Leather parts: authentic nubuck leather in camel brown
Elastic: European manufactured
• 3 brass metal clips
• 3 brass lobster hooks,
You may decide to have lobster hooks on the 3 straps or clips on the front straps and the lobster hook on the back strap. Customisation to the max.
Optional loops/ buttons
• 3 Leather loops in matching color
• Sewing kit, thread & needle
• Button distance indicator
• 6 sew-in buttons (formal wear)
• 6 + 2 spare Wiseguy original hammer-on buttons (casual wear)


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What makes a Mars settler?
SEVEN AUSTRALIANS ARE among the final contenders for a chance to live – and die – on Mars, around 225 million kilometres away. They're candidates for Mars One, the controversial manned mission to Mars project founded by Dutch entrepreneur Bas Lansdorp and scientist Arno Wielders in 2011.
Currently, 34 nationalities are represented in the remaining squad, aged between 20 and 61. They're all vying for one of 24 initial places in the proposed Red Planet colony.
After further testing including isolation and interview phases in September 2016, the remaining team will be offered full-time employment-as-training. The first four-person crew is planned for a 2026 launch, followed by waves of four every two years.
Their prize may seem bitter-sweet: the aim is to create a permanent settlement, and by ruling out a return trip it proposes to reduce much of the cost and technological issues.
So what do these candidates see that would be worth giving up their lives on Earth?
Dianne McGrath, 46
What's your motivation to go, knowing you'll never be able to come back?
A lot of people think it's just about adventure, but it's much stronger than that. Part of it is about legacy: it's rare you'll have the chance to do something so meaningful, and have an impact not just on your own life, and the lives and futures of people alive today, but on our future as humanity.
How does your expertise tie into the project?
I was previously Director at the Australian Energy Regulator for Energy Made Easy, and I'm currently studying Environmental Engineering, focusing on sustainable food systems and waste. I also volunteer on the board of three food security and sustainability not-for-profits. One aspect of sustainability is viewing everything as a loop, not a linear supply chain. When you think about what we'd need to survive sustainably on Mars, it has to be a closed system – the challenges of feeding the colony are an opportunity to develop processes that could potentially improve practices here.
How do you feel about the fact that you may have to live for years in a confined area with only three other people?
We need not just technical skills, but personal qualities and skills – behavioural, psychological, emotional – to thrive. The first four will be gender-diverse, and they're supposed to be from different continents, with a spread of ages to improve problem-solving skills. What we learn from each other will be really interesting.
Leaving is a big concept and it's something all the candidates had to consider just by applying. I've got a mother and father and brothers, and a partner who I love, and these are discussions we've had.
So are planet-to-planet long-distance relationships the way of the future?
After the convicts, there were settlers for whom it was a choice to go to Australia to start a new life. We arguably know a lot more about Mars today than the first settlers knew about Australia, plus we have another 10 years to prepare for it rather than just trying our luck. I think some aspects of those early settlers are part of our psyche – part of us responds to those sorts of challenges and opportunities.
We'll also be able to keep in contact with everyone on Earth. We'll have email, video conferencing, I'll still be able to tweet. I'll probably have contact with family more than I do now!
Joshua Richards, 30
Physicist, comedian, Royal Marine Commando – you've an extensive CV. How did Mars One fit in?
I've jumped around a bit, but kept coming back to space, though I never felt there was any opportunity for me to actually work in it. Because of all the work I've done for Mars One, I've discovered opportunities I wouldn't have otherwise. For example, I was the team co-lead developing the Helena payload for Mars One's 2018 lander, with the University of Western Australia's Motorsport team. We toured during National Science Week talking to students.
There's been considerable discussion in the media as to whether the mission is feasible, or worse – that it's a hoax. How would you respond to that?
I believe in the research behind it. But even if we never actually get to Mars, or someone else gets there first – it wouldn't really matter because we've captured the world's attention and focused it on something truly magnificent: space exploration.
If it were somehow an elaborate hoax, it's a hell of a hoax – and one that's engaging millions of people globally, inspiring young kids to consider careers in aerospace.I want future generations looking up at Mars with a sense that they can do it too.
What if you were in the first crew and for whatever reason they couldn't send anyone else up?
That's pretty grim, but we'd still be up there. You'd still have kids being born, who'll be young when we get up there, and you'd be able to point out Mars in the sky to them and tell them that people live up there. Even if we were marooned and were left up there to die, we still would have reached it, in the same way that we reached the moon… so people will still want to explore and go further.
How do you (and your loved ones) feel about your leaving?
The way my parents and I have looked at it, we've got time now… it really makes you live in the moment. I've had a list of 101 things to do before I die that I'd been making my way steadily through over the years, but now I'm making a real concerted effort on it. No one can really count on having a certain number of years anyway.
Rohan Lyall-Wilson, 41
What's the biggest attraction for you?
There's been chatter around human settlement on Mars for years, but this engagement with the public, opening up the application process, has made the idea a lot more tangible than simply a bunch of professional astronauts working for NASA. For me it's already been a success.
And the concept of the pioneer. By all means, it's going to be difficult, but if there's a challenge there, that was enough for me in some respects. It's not just the idea of being first, but being part of a team constructing something from effectively nothing.
My family has a bit of travel history – my great uncle was Major Wilfred Blake, who led the first (unsuccessful) round-world trip by aeroplane in 1922. Travelling around the world is very different to travelling to another planet… but travel, seizing the opportunity (all those clichés!) have always been discussed in my family.
You work in risk management. How does your expertise influence your approach?
My concern would be the uncertainties we haven't yet accounted for in enough detail – it's still early days to know what those might be, but it's the unknown unknowns.
My wife and I had spoken about the 'risk' of the reality of this project and how real that may be at this time. But my wife's initial response wasn't surprise – I'm one of those strange people who have been thinking about the idea of human settlement on Mars for more than 20 or so years, since back in the 1990s when some of the NASA rovers were hot in the media. I started to think it's very well to stick robots on another planet but surely we're going to attempt a human presence, so it was some time around then that I started planning for the possibility.


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I find it very interesting how when the city stops mowing the grass there is a rapid succession of plants, first comes bird's foot trefoil then purple vetch and then the grass comes back as the dominant field plant again. I imagine there are further stages but I haven't encountered them yet.
In the above photo taken earlier this summer, you can still tell where the mower reached in 2011. This is a view along the edge of the 2011 planting area; in the summer of 2011 the mowers were guided by the easily visible newly planted trees. The city then put the naturalization area sign in later in the summer a few feet in front of the treed area. In the following years the mowers couldn't see the trees as easily because of the long grass and so took their cue from the location of the sign adding another broad swath of lawn to the uncut area. The strip in front of the tree planting area has since grown over in trefoil. In contrast, the 2011 tree planting area further back from the bike path has had four summers without mowing and is mostly past the trefoil stage and is now more dominated by purple vetch.
The 2009 tree planting area which is in its sixth year without mowing is mostly free of both trefoil and vetch; there the field areas are dominated by grasses again with the patches of sumac rapidly invading the open spaces. Some trees are tall enough to compete with the sumac but I have broken off some sumac stalks to let the light down to a couple of spruce trees that were becoming overgrown.


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Are American Youth Alienated From Organized Religion?
Date Issued2004
Smith, Christian
Faris, Robert
Denton, Melinda Lundquist
National Study of Youth & Religion (U.S.)
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One of the most widespread and persistent stereotypes about U.S. teenagers is that they are alienated from "established" or "organized" religion and that this alienation is increasing. Much popular writing about adolescents assumes this view; however, empirical data suggest that this stereotype has little basis in fact. The majority of 12th graders in the United States — about two-thirds — do not appear to be alienated from or hostile toward organized or established religion. Only about 15 percent appear to be alienated from religion, a number comparable to the percentage of U.S. adults who are alienated from religion. Another 15 percent of U.S. teens appear to be simply disengaged, neither warm nor cold, toward organized religion. Correcting misinformed stereotypes about youth alienation toward religion might help to inform community and religious institutions how they might better serve young people.
The purpose of the project is to research the shape and influence of religion and spirituality in the lives of U.S. adolescents; to identify effective practices in the religious, moral, and social formation of the lives of youth; to describe the extent to which youth participate in and benefit from the programs and opportunities that religious communities are offering to their youth; and to foster an informed national discussion about the influence of religion in youth's lives, in order to encourage sustained reflection about and rethinking of our cultural and institutional practices with regard to youth and religion.
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COPAA Continues Work to Raise the Bar of Protection
December 16, 2011
We are pleased to announce the introduction of the Keeping All Students Safe Act in the Senate by Chairman Tom Harkin this afternoon. We sincerely thank Chairman Harkin for his unwavering commitment to the safety and welfare of our nation's children. This bill would promote the development of effective intervention and prevention practices that do not impose restraints and seclusion; protect all students from physical or mental abuse, aversive behavioral interventions that compromise health and safety, and any restraint imposed for purposes of coercion, discipline or convenience, or as a substitute for appropriate educational or positive behavioral interventions and supports. Importantly the bill also works to ensure the safety of all students and school personnel and promote positive school culture and climate.
For years, schools' use of restraint, seclusion, and aversive interventions was unpublicized and little-known, despite their widespread use. However, recent reports by COPAA and the National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), and Congressional testimony of the U.S. General Accounting Office have served to shine a spotlight on these abusive practices. See e.g., Unsafe in the Schoolhouse: Abuse of Children with Disabilities, COPAA (Jessica Butler, 2009); School is Not Supposed to Hurt: Investigative Report on Abusive Restraint and Seclusion in Schools, NDRN (2009); Seclusions and Restraints: Selected Cases of Death and Abuse at Public and Private Schools and Treatment Centers (GAO-09-719T). This bill recognizes that "physical restraint and seclusion have resulted in physical injury, psychological trauma, and death to children in public and private schools," as described in these reports. Existing laws alone have not protected students against such abuse and injury, though many do offer important protections. The bill, therefore, includes a critically important savings clause that preserves existing additional rights under state and federal law.
COPAA is a national organization of parents, advocates and attorneys dedicated to protecting the civil and educational rights of children with disabilities, whose members represent families in 48 States and the District of Columbia. As such, COPAA believes this legislation is a crucial first step toward the ultimate goals of eliminating abuse and restraint in schools and assuring that children who exhibit challenging behaviors obtain appropriate, safe, and effective educational services. COPAA is at the forefront of efforts to establish such federal protection and has been working on this issue for a number of years as a member of the Alliance to Prevent Restraint, Aversive Interventions and Seclusion (APRAIS), and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD).
Specifically, COPAA supports the bill because it contains many provisions that provide a minimum floor of protection that does not yet exist in many states. We are pleased that the bill establishes minimum standards for the use of restraint and prohibits locked seclusion in educational settings. Restraint may only be imposed on a student if there is imminent danger of serious bodily injury. We are very pleased that the bill prohibits restraint as a planned intervention in students' education plans, including behavior plans and Individual Education Programs (IEPs). We applaud the emphasis on evidence-based practices shown to be effective in the prevention of the use of physical restraint; in keeping both school personnel and students safe in imposing physical restraint in a manner consistent with this proposed Act; in the use of data-based decision-making and evidence-based positive behavioral interventions and supports, debriefing, conflict prevention, behavioral assessments, de-escalation of challenging behaviors, and effective and safe conflict management.
COPAA actively continues our work to raise the bar of protection and safety for all students through the passage of this legislation. We will not rest until all students are protected in accordance with the principles outlined in our document: COPAA Declaration of Principles Opposing the Use of Restraint, Seclusion and Aversive Interventions.
We urge all of our colleagues to join us in support of this critical legislation at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KeepingAllStudentsSafeAct
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Pentagram partners Jody Hudson-Powell & Luke Powell created an inspiring visual identity for the start-up based on 'resolution' translated into evolving shapes. The brand identity developed includes a software generating shapes and colours in infinite combinations.
We decided to reflect the brand identity into the physical design by creating a system of modular tiles that can be assembled in a huge number of ways giving a unique and playful design to a product that rarely gets to capture attention. It also involved solving technical issue and creating custom sized heatsink. A bold chassis front for server racks was also created to indicate the presence of the IPU (Intelligent Processing Unit) inside the usually black box. The pattern is used to create the required ventilation on which a small badge can be clipped.
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Mangaluru, Mar 15, 2018: Mangaluru based Karnataka Bank has reached yet another milestone by opening its 800th branch at Bengaluru – Bull Temple Road in the Bank's own new building on 14-03-2018. This is the 36th branch opened by the Bank during the current financial year 2017-18 and is also the first all women branch of the bank.
Shri P. Raghuram, Former Chairman of the Bank, inaugurated the Karnataka Bank New Building and Smt. Usha Ganesh, IAS [Rtd], Director of the Bank inaugurated the 800th Branch of the bank within this building complex. Bank's Bengaluru – Regional Office is also shifted to this new building and the new office space was inaugurated by Shri P Jayarama Bhat, Chairman of the Bank. Shri Mahabaleshwara M S, Managing Director & CEO, lighted the lamp of prosperity and the function was presided over by Shri P Jayarama Bhat, Chairman of the Bank.
"In line with our Bank's Vision to be a progressive, prosperous and well governed bank, we have opened 36 branches, during the current financial year and at present Bank has 800 branches across India with a business turnover of ` 1,06,000 crores. Further, as part of our Financial Inclusion initiative, we have opened 8 Financial Inclusion branches.
On this historical occasion, we re-affirm our commitment to reposition the Bank as "Relevant and Significant Bank" by focusing on technology and by keeping intact its core values and identity" said Shri Mahabaleshwara M S, Managing Director & CEO of the Bank.
The function was attended by all the Directors of the Bank, Regional Heads, Executives, Ex-employees of the bank, local branch managers and staff members.


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Clearly, We Are the Best! is a remembrance of someone's 1982 life on the cusp of womanhood. It was originally a graphic novel by film director Lukas Moodysson's wife Coco Moodysson. The story and the way it's presented in this film probably bring us as close as any of us will ever come to understanding seventh grade girls.
It starts with two seventh-graders who agree to love each other and hate everything else. Their passion for both poles of emotion is almost more than we, or they, can handle. To express their mutual and universal disgust, they agree to start a punk band, even though their knowledge of music goes no further than banging things together. Eventually, they recruit a third girl who can actually play the guitar. "What's a chord?" they ask her, not that they care.
The girls' songs, and most of their conversations, begin with the same word: "hate." Other children are deliberately mean to the little outsiders, and they're treated as enemies. As for the well-meaning teachers and parents that trespass into the girls' world, they're mostly buffoons and they're in the way.
I laughed and cried all the way through the movie as the skyrocketing, nose diving, unfathomable hormones tortured the squealing, screaming, hating, loving nearly-women up and down through their perpetual crises.
Movie information:
"We Are the Best"
Directed by Lukas Moodysson
2013, Swedish with English subtitles
102 minutes
Photo: Liv Lemoyne, Mira Barkhammar, Mira Grosin in "We Are the Best!." Courtesy of Magnolia Pictures


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MSc in Management
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21 September 2020 - 27 September 2020
28 September 2020 - 11 December 2020
Semester one
1 February 2021 - 28 May 2021
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June 2021 - September 2021
Dissertation / Practice Track
December 2021
Please note that units and course information below refers to the 2019/20 academic year. 2020/21 content is likely to be similar but is subject to change.
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- Virtual organising: understanding group behaviour online
- Understanding employment law
- Strategic management
- Fundamentals of corporate finance
- Financial management for international business
- Management consulting: data driven approaches
- Project management
- Strategy and human resource management
- Strategic brand management
- Investment banking
- Leading and managing change
- Entrepreneurship and innovation
- Global governance and accountability
- Principles of corporate social responsibility
- Supply management
- Business analytics
- Consumer behaviour
- Strategies for sustainability
- Contemporary and emerging issues for organisations
- New product development
- Risk and risk management
- Economic governance and industrial policy
- Managing strategic partnerships
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You will produce a unique piece of research using techniques learned throughout the year.
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You will work with one of our partner organisations to solve a real business challenge. In teams, you will apply what you have learned and present your work to the company.
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You can find full course information for the 2019/20 academic year on the University's programme and unit catalogue.
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You'll learn from academics who are experts in the field of management.
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All units are taught on campus.
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Interpreter of MaladiesDownloadable Audiobook - 2011
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Having read this anthology of stories some time ago, I wanted to revisit this material in audio format, especially after having read The Namesake and other of Lahiri's more recent works.
The stories still hold together, rather magically, especially the ones set in Bengal.
I wish that the producers had hired an actor or two who could have authentically captured the nuanced inflections and cadences of South Asian English (especially of Bengali Englishes). Audio tracks for books set in London and Ireland reflect this linguistic richness; a Pulitzer Prize winning book deserves no less of a treatment.
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Yesterday my sister Ani back to the home. And every she in here, i always opened her notebook. I looked some funny pictures at there. Yeay, so full expression of her. There she was thinking, counting, weird smile until 'ngupil'. Hahaha very-very LOL. Unfortunately, she didn't allow me to share her pictures because she not wear the hijab :( So, i just share little pictures which edited allowed of her :)
Ahhh... what do you think about her pictures? Funny right? Oww, i really want to share picture when she 'ngupil' because that picture is very weird and lol i think :) Hmm.. want to see my photos which edit by me? although no better than Dek Ani, but not too bad lah~~ hahaha ^^v
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2019 Annual National Planning Conference (ANPC) in China: "Vigorous City and Countryside, Beautiful Human Settlements"
October 19-21, 2019
Chongqing, China
The Annual National Planning Conference (ANPC) hosted by Urban Planning Society of China (UPSC) is the most influential and popular event for regional, urban and rural planners across China, best known for its academic focuses, engaging contents and top-level attendees. Since 2001, ANPC has been held in Hangzhou (twice), Xiamen, Beijing, Xi'an, Guangzhou, Ha'erbin, Dalian, Tianjin, Chongqing, Nanjing, Kunming, Qingdao, Haikou, Guiyang, Shenyang and Dongguan.
As an important academic exchange summit, ANPC is recommended as a key national academic meeting by China Association for Science and Technology (CAST). As an open and comprehensive platform, experts from the academia, public and private sectors, actively participate to share their state-of-the-art studies on issues including but not limited to regional, urban and rural planning, towns and mountainous planning, zoning, housing and community planning, economic, social and environmental development, urban design and urban regeneration, transport and infrastructure, historic and cultural heritage, public policy and administration, new technologies and smart cities researches and etc. ANPC's first day is a general plenary session with invited speeches from prestigious scholars around the world. The second and third days are packed with various parallel sessions in forms of academic dialogues, special dialogues, thematic exhibitions and working sessions.
In 2019, The People's Republic of China will celebrate its 70th birthday. For more than 40 years, planning has played an extremely important role during China's remarkable urbanisation process, which has greatly promoted the development of this country as well as the world. This year, ANPC's theme is Vigorous City and Countryside, Beautiful Human Settlements, aiming at exploring and discussing how to better serve building a socialist modernised powerful country in an all-round way, how to meet the people's increasing yearnings for a better life and to create vigorous urban and rural human settlements through planning, how to better build an ecological civilization with coordinated and integrated urban and rural areas, how to give full play to the leading role of planning in urban and rural construction and development during the process of building a modernised national governance system and increasing national governance capacity, and how to build on scientific and theoretical research to elevate the planning discipline in order to better assume the responsibilities to make spatial plans in the new area.
The deadline for paper submission for ANPC is May 4, 2019 (click http://paper.planning.cn to submit a paper).
For more information about UPSC, please visit http://www.planning.org.cn.
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- Skipper- Mark Hanna
- Overseas player- Darnell McCallum
- Ins- Darnell McCallum, Todd Killen, Dale Culbert, Rodney Pearson
- Outs- Clinton Pienaar, Marty Mehaffey, Dean Mehaffey, Tommy Thompson
Quite a few comings and goings at Newbuildings ahead of the new season including a change of overseas player--former Ballyspallen wicket-keeper/ batsman Darnell McCallum replacing Clinton Pienaar at the club.
McCallum is an excellent signing; a quality 'keeper and top order batsman that will prove very useful as his new home.
There's a change of captain too; Mark Hanna taking over from Marty Mehaffey who has joined Burndennett.
Dean Mehaffey will ply his trade at The Holm this season but there is better news elsewhere for new skipper Hanna with Todd Killen coming in from Glendermott while Dale Culbert and Rodney Pearson are also believed to be joining the club.
Tommy Thompson is understood to have told Newbuildings he has retired from playing, but Chairman Raymond Mitchell remained upbeat ahead of the new campaign.
"Yes there have been a few changes but it's always best to wait until the start of the season and take things from there" he suggested.
"What we do know is that we will still have a good nucleus of young players around the club- Jason Dunn was excellent for us last year and both Trent McKeegan and Todd Klllen are now in the young Warriors setup.
"We will look to those guys and Cian Wallace to set the standard this time.
"Chris Cooper we'll miss a few games at the start of the season however Peter Allen will be available for much of the year and the likes of Gary Mitchell could also come into the reckoning.
"We were a bit disappointed that a lack of discipline cost us last year however we have talked that through and the boys know what is expected of them this season.
"Newbuildings Cricket Club will work with the North West Cricket Union and the Umpires Association to ensure there is no repeat of that this time.
"We want to welcome people to our ground and be able to enjoy the sport because we have worked hard as a club to get the place ready.
"Just on a final note; we are losing Marty and Dean Mehaffey from the club and we would like to thank the boys for their service. Marty has been here for 8 years-since the club began really- and we wish him and the others well for the new season."
Interesting times ahead for Newbuildings this summer, but as the chairman has suggested, it may be worthwhile waiting until the start of the season to assess their chances.


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Sabrina's Weekly Digest No. 12
I finally got Google Analytics installed last week, and I know that this little digest of mine hasn't done very well so far. One week is not enough time to gather a conclusion from the data, but I've had a feeling that only five of you read these things, unless someone with thousands of followers retweets it. Nevertheless, I persist.
I got a new keyboard this week. It is a mechanical keyboard, so it is a bit like going back to the days when I played games on on DOS and typed stories on a typewriter, BUT its backlight sports a rainbow of colors, and mechanical keyboards are supposed to be more ergonomic. Next is a super awkward looking mouse!
Over the summer, I wrote a piece I called "Evangelicalism and the Body, pt. 1". I had intended for it to be two parts, and after working on it more in earnest this week it looks like a tangled mess right now, so it might be more than two parts after editing. On Tuesday, I published "Sunday Reflections" which might be a weekly, because it seems I have thoughts about church more often than not. Tomorrow, Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury, is visiting my church, and there will be baptisms, so you can count on some reflections for next week.
Find last week's digest here.
Anyhow, here's what I've been consuming lately.
I'm subscribed to probably two dozen or more podcasts, but I really only listen to a few of them consistently. I'm also gonna have to go back and refer to my first digest in which I list a bunch of podcasts that aren't hosted by just white men, because my subscriptions are cluttered with a lot of podcasts I don't listen to anymore! This week, I listened to Kat Armas chat with Brandi Miller on The Protagonistas about unlearning and relearning the Bible, another Faith and Capital episode (maybe you should just assume it's given, at this point, but the new episode on Monday is all about Puerto Rico, so I'll definitely say more about that one!), and today I listened to episode 3 of Profane Faith's fourth season.
I need some recs, here. What are you all listening to?
I'm sheepishly admitting that I haven't been reading too much. Oh! What a travesty. I am over halfway through with The Water Dancer, which I mentioned two digests ago, and I still think I should recommend it. Ink and Bone, also mentioned two digests ago, is giving me anxiety so I've had to stop reading that one. Why did it give me anxiety? Well, it involves someone eating the pages of a rare and very valuable book. That's basically it.
Articles and miscellanea
Boy did I find an interesting long-ish read for you all, and the title is misleading: "How St. Augustine Invented Sex". The title should more accurately read, "How St. Augustine Invented the Doctrine of Original Sin/Total Depravity Through Sexual Experience". If you're well-versed on St. Augustine (I've only read a few pages of Confessions), I'd very much welcome your thoughts.
Here's a refresher on kyriarchy from someone besides me: "Kyriarchy 101: We're Not Just Fighting the Patriarchy Anymore"
And, as a follow-up to last week's piece on FBI surveillance of dissenters: "The FBI Spends A Lot of Time Spying on Black Americans"
GBBO is over for the season, so now what? I've been watching Modern Love this week, too, but that's no substitute. C insists that I watch Roseanne and Law and Order SVU with him and I need something to break it up, because I am almost done with Modern Love.
As I said, I'm looking for music recs! What else is happening? Let me know!


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This idea really came from another tower defense game.
How it works is pretty simple, once you complete a stage, you move to the next one, but after 3-4 levels, a counter attack appears at a previous stage and you have to go back to it, where stuff happens (i.e. enemy opens an entirely new path, some strategic points gets destroyed and you cant build ontop of it anymore, enemy sends in new units, etc.)
But all the towers you built from last time stays, and the enemies pretty much start off very strong because you already have your defenses set up.
This means that you start off immediately with huge battles, and from the previous level you have to think about your defenses for the counter attack.
Its sort of kinda like iron or heroic challenge in the sense that it happens after the main battle, but the main difference is that your towers from last time stays.


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Wow, what an exciting opportunity to be able to have input into the wonderful journey a photographer embarks on when they decide to take their wedding photography to the next level. The 5-day DPC Wedding Photography Workshop provides the perfect platform for 2 of South Africa's foremost wedding photographers to share their insights into this fast-paced genre of photography.
Trompie & Warren presented a knowledge packed, hands-on workshop over 2 theoretical weekends and an all-day practical.
Here is a short overview of what was covered with the wedding photography workshop students:
Day 1-2: Commercial and Marketing Aspects of Wedding Photography
On the first two days, we focused on the commercial and marketing side of wedding photography. This includes discussions on developing a personal style, branding your business and other administrative and creative issues that a wedding photographer faces.
Day 3: Practical Shoot
We had a shoot with three gorgeous female models as well as a couple shoot, covering various basic as well as creative lighting techniques; from working with natural light to more elaborate flash and artificial lighting setups. We also covered some very important aspects related to posing and working with the models, and couple.
Day 4-5: Digital Workflow
On day 4-5 we covered digital workflow; from image selections to editing, and creating wedding albums. Our focus here is to establish consistency and accuracy without sacrificing creativity by using the latest and greatest editing software, custom-presents and online services.
Techniques Learned
The "wedding shoot" is really the highlight of the wedding course and I would like to share some of the techniques we covered:
We discussed the different approaches to ease your new (and often times nervous) clients into a relaxed, playful and enjoyable photo shoot.
Shooting for the album
It's important to be able to tell stories with your images that flow naturally into each other. This entails careful selection of lens choice, lighting conditions, poses, emotion and composition. The below images were taken using our reflector to create soft and romantic light it which to shoot our clients during early morning sunlight.
Posing your clients
We understand the "moment" shots are what counts but when it comes to picture-perfect portraits wedding photographers need to be able to pose their clients in an effective way. Here Warren James is demonstrating simple yet highly effective ways of getting the best out of your clients. For more about the DPC posing workshop presented by Warren visit: Posing 101 Workshop
Detail Shots:
Here we showed our students how to use interesting surrounding elements with simple lighting techniques to create beautiful wedding detail shots:
Getting Ready Images
Here we showed how to use your indoor as well as outdoor area's to create depth and elegance for getting ready images.
Shooting in harsh light.
As wedding photographers, one of the biggest challenges we face is difficult lighting conditions. Being able to shoot in any lighting condition is a wedding photographer's most important tool sets, and this includes harsh daylight sun.
Flash Photography
Here the DPC team showed our students how to effectively balance the bright ambient light from the sky and distant hills using high powered strobes. We used a large softbox & Photon 600W strobe light powered by a portable battery pack to create punchy and eye-catching images.
Conceptual Storytelling
We all know how effective the power of story is. Being able to translate your client's wedding story into imagery is essential for wedding photographers. Warren demonstrates here how to embellish your client's wedding story with conceptual images.
Using Soft light to your advantage.
We all know that the golden hour gives us the best light. That does not mean that we cannot make it even better. Trompie demonstrates here how to capture a beautiful sitting shot during the "good light" photo session.
Sunset Images
Without a cloud in sight, we showed our students how to extract added colour from a sunset using custom white balance methods. We also showed our students how to use silhouette images to tell the sunset story.
Wrap up
Thank-you to everyone involved in putting together another very successful DPCwedding photography workshop:
Course Admin and Makeup: Jenna Bester
Models: Rynhard Maritz and Jasmin Cloete
Outfits were provided by Dream Bride
A few other behind the scene images:


text: FERC Approves Dominion Energy/SCANA Merger – Deal Still Alive July 18, 2018 Dominion Energy, Energy Services, Industrywide Issues, M&AIn January Dominion Energy announced a deal to buy out and merge in South Carolina-based SCANA Corporation (see Dominion Buys SCANA, Mulls Atlantic Coast Pipe Expansion into SC). SCANA is an energy-based holding company principally engaged, through subsidiaries, in electric and natural gas utility operations and other energy-related businesses. In other words, the local electric and gas company for much of South Carolina. Dominion is a big company with many operations–they are a pipeline company, an electric generating company, and a utility company (like SCANA). The merger makes sense. Dominion gets to grow and add more customers to its utility business, especially if they expand their now-under-construction Atlantic Coast Pipeline–flowing Marcellus/Utica gas–into South Carolina (see Atlantic Coast Pipeline's Future Plans: Expand in NC & SC). But there was recently a big bump in the road. SCANA had started, and later abandoned, building a nuclear plant, costing ratepayers boatloads of money. In June, the SC legislature passed a bill (vetoed by the governor but overridden) lowering SCANA's electric rates by 15%. Dominion threatened to cancel the merger (see Dominion Bid to Buy SCANA in Trouble Following Passage of SC Bill). But then the sun came out. Last week the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission officially blessed the merger plan, and in announcing FERC's approval, Dominion didn't say a word about the 15% reduction or pulling out of the deal. All of that seems to now be forgotten. In fact, Dominion's CEO told SC Gov. Henry McMaster that Dominion is not canceling buyout/merger plans, even with the bill…Please Login to view this content. (Not a member? Join Today!)RelatedPost navigationInterim EPA Chief Tries to Make Peace with DC Swamp DwellersM-U Companies Collaborate with Eco Group on Pipeline ReportYou do not have permission to view the comments. Click here to cancel reply.Please Login to post a comment Notify me of follow-up comments by email.


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Box Office Preview for the Weekend of June 4, 2010
Get ready for a post-Memorial weekend pileup at the nation's theaters as four brand new wide release openers debut in an already crowded marketplace and in the midst of a box office slowdown.
The good news is that there is something for every taste and every age range as the four "food" groups of the genre scale are represented. In the comedy realm we have Universal's "Get Him to the Greek" starring Russell Brand as his "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" character the musician and notorious lothario, Aldous Snow and re-teaming him with his "Marshall" co-star Jonah Hill. Notably, Sean "P Diddy" Combs has been getting raves for his performance as a record company executive. Great marketing, a funny trailer and a terrific concept may make this one a sleeper comedy hit. Directed by Nicholas Stoller and with characters created by actor Jason Segel, "Get Him to the Greek" will aspire to get audiences to the movie theatre this weekend.
Lionsgate brings the action genre vibe with the "rom-action" comedy "Killers" starring Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl as ill-fated lovers who find themselves caught in a web of danger and unknown identities in a sort of updated version of "True Lies." The film combines action, humor and romance into a "date friendly" package that will hopefully draw men and women in equal measure. This genre hybrid has brought us films like "Date Night," "The Bounty Hunter" and of course "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" and it will be interesting to see if this resonates with audiences enough to draw crowds this weekend.
No genre-laden weekend would be complete without a solid serving of family-friendly entertainment and Fox will let the dogs out as "Marmaduke" brings the kibble home with this PG-rated family film that brings the classic comic strip-canine to big screen life. With hope for a franchise starting weekend, the film features Owen Wilson as the voice of the eponymous canine character, Emma Stone ("Superbad") as the voice of Mazie and George Lopez providing the voice for Carlos the cat. Kids love dogs, families love family films and with the summer season in full swing, look for "Marmaduke" to have a solid box office bite when it opens on Friday.
Finally great casting and a truly scary concept deliver the R-rated thrills in Warner Bros.' "Splice" which stars the always-terrific Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley. Solid casting can often elevate the material to a whole new level and Brody and Polley bring their serious acting chops to bear on this horror/sci-fi genre film and take the quality and the pathos up a giant notch and the effect is scarily effective. As an executive producer on the film, the great Guillermo del Toro (director of the amazing "Pan's Labyrinth" and the "Hellboy" films), "Splice" takes a "science gone wrong" premise and wrings some truly chilling and disturbing images and situations out of the idea. The relatively unknown Delphine Chaneac beautifully plays the object of Brody's and Polley's experimentation and her touching, sensual and ultimately scary-as-hell performance will have many men looking askew at their dates as they leave the theatre. A solid R-rated thriller that should generate way above average word-of-mouth for a film of this type, "Splice" could perform well this weekend and beyond.
The marketplace needs a boost and it needs it now as the Summer attendance is off around 5% from last year and many films have not performed to expectations. With some luck, these four new films coupled with the current films in theatres can instill the excitement in moviegoers that has been sorely missing over the past month. A savior may come in the form of a re-make of an 80's classic when Sony's "The Karate Kid" opens on June 11 and will likely surprise the analysts with a bigger-than-expected debut. Fox's "A-Team" also opens during this "Totally Eighties" weekend that I hope will help to jump start this all-important movie going season.


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The best fungicide for tomatoes, or any other kind of plant, is prevention. Fungicides can protect a plant if they are used before any kind of fungal infection begins. Once a fungus attacks a plant, eliminating it isn't easy. You can control its spread by continuing to spray uninfected parts of the plant, but there is little chance of stopping a fungus once it starts. Proper planting and care practices are your best weapons against tomato fungus.
Plant tomatoes when the soil has warmed to 55 degrees Fahrenheit and the night air temperatures are in the 50s. Give the plants plenty of air circulation for when they reach their mature size; don't crowd them. Plant them in full sun in rich soil, and water only at the base of the plants, not from above with a hose or sprinkler. Wet foliage encourages fungal disease. Don't overfertilize tomatoes. A handful of tomato fertilizer and a handful of lime added to the hole when planting is all they need for the season. Plant tomatoes in a different spot every three years to prevent diseases from building up in the soil.
Septoria Blight
After the first fruits set on the plant, the lower leaves of the plant can become infected with white or gray spots with a black or brown margin. Pick off infected leaves, and discard them in the garbage. Spray the plant with an organic fungicide containing copper or a synthetic fungicide labeled for use on vegetables or one containing Chlorothalonil. Septoria spreads quickly in wet weather, so be sure the plants are well spaced, and avoid working among them when they're wet. Clean up all refuse in the fall, so the fungus doesn't overwinter in the debris.
Early Blight
Dark brown or black spots can appear on the lower leaves of the plant after the plant has set plenty of fruit. Rings appear inside the spot, making it resemble a bull's eye. The fungus attacks the stems and fruit, too, producing black, sunken spots. Leaves yellow and drop off. Pick off infected leaves and fruit, and cut off affected stems, dipping your pruners in a one-part-bleach, nine-parts-water solution between each cut. At the first sign of trouble, begin spraying the plants with an organic fungicide containing copper or a synthetic fungicide containing Clorothalonil or Mancozeb.
Late Blight
Late blight appears toward the end of the growing season when night temperatures begin to cool. Black, wet-looking spots start at the leaf edge and spread inward. Wet weather aids the spread of the fungus, and it affects the fruit, as well, with rough, dark brown patches. Remove infected plant parts, and spray with an organic fungicide containing copper or a synthetic fungicide containing Chlorothalonil or Mancozeb.
Janet Bayers
Since 1981 Janet Bayers has written on travel, real estate trends and gardening for "The Oregonian" newspaper in Portland. Her work also has appeared in "Better Homes & Gardens," "Traditional Home," "Outdoor Living" and other shelter magazines. She holds a Master of Arts in linguistics from Michigan State University.


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One of my favorite reads last month was an early copy of Michael Connelly's new novel The Late Show. The book is the start of a new series, featuring Renée Ballard of the LAPD, and fans of Connelly are going to love it. In my opinion, he just keeps getting better and better.
I reached out to the author to talk a little about his new series, his new protagonist, his writing schedule, and even what shows he likes to watch.
Chris Schluep: First of all, congratulations on a great third season of "Bosch." It's the best one yet.
Michael Connelly: Yes, I am really happy and proud of the show and the third season. I'm a pretty harsh critic when it comes to my own stuff or things that come from my work. I have to say the show has gotten better from season to season and that's pretty rare. Now we have to make the fourth season the best yet.
CS: How did Renée Ballard come to be?
MC: She came from a need inside of me to do something different and at the same time the inspiration felt from knowing an LAPD detective named Mitzi Roberts. She's graceful and fierce and she has worked the midnight shift. Through her, or because of her, I came up with Renée Ballard.
CS: What kind of person is Renée?
MC: I like to start my characters with a one word description. For Renée it would be fierce. From there I could extrapolate and throw in descriptors like compassionate, graceful, undaunted and haunted. These all come from different psychological sectors of her life, but when you combine them I think they are the ingredients of a good and interesting character. Before L.A., she grew up on the surfing shores of Maui and that sounds pretty romantic. But she spent many of the nights sleeping on the beach and following an itinerant father and a virtually non-existent mother. Most people escape to Hawaii; she had to escape from it to find her calling.
CS: Describe what "The Late Show" refers to. Why did you decide to have her work the late show?
MC: The midnight shift in Hollywood is nicknamed the late show because Hollywood has so many bizarre denizens and they tend to come out late at night. There is a level of bizarre entertainment to it and thus the nickname. What drew me toward a story in which I would follow a detective on the late show is the idea that the detective often works alone and handles all calls for a detective, so the night could run the gamut from burglar to murder and everything in between. After many years of writing about a detective who only handles homicides, that freedom to write about whatever crime was of interest to me was a big draw.
CS: How does it feel to be sending a totally new character and series out into the world?
MC: In my head I think it's about time. I'm very lucky. I get to write what I want and I certainly love writing about Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller but it's pretty much been all them for almost ten years. I really felt the need to come up with a new character and I am quite excited about sending Renée out into the world to see how she does.
CS: Are you working on the next book with Renée Ballard?
MC: I am just finishing a book for the fall that will feature Harry Bosch but has Mickey Haller, the Lincoln lawyer, thrown in and a visit from a character from early in the series — Jerry Edgar.
CS: How do you juggle your schedule, in the writers' room v novel writing?
MC: I love to start writing in the early morning. So this works great with the TV show because the writing room doesn't start till late morning. I usually get a lot of book work done before the writing room even convenes.
CS: Is there a typical work day for you?
MC: Just as I mentioned above. Start with book writing, then get into the TV show. They play off of each other in a way. I think one inspires the other. A really good day for me is to write my book for about four hours, go to the writing room for about four hours and then maybe come back to the book to finish the day for a few more hours of it.
CS: What's ahead with Bosch Season 4? Any hints for your audience?
MC: Well, Season 3 left some big loose ends and they will be carried over and tied up. Then we are also tackling the book Angels Flight which I love because it takes Bosch across so many iconic locations in Los Angeles. I can't wait to start filming.
CS: Are there any Amazon Prime shows that you watch as a fan?
MC: I am totally addicted to "The Man in the High Castle." I have binged both seasons in the weekend they came out. And I really like "Patriot," which is a pretty unique show. Kurtwood Smith is a hoot. And of course, I love watching Jeffrey Tambor in "Transparent." Going back to "Larry Sanders" and "Arrested Development," that guy has had an amazing run of great comedic and socially important roles.
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Huda Al-Marashi
When Huda Al-Marashi meets Hadi, the boy she will ultimately marry, she is six years old. Both are the American-born children of Iraqi immigrants, who grew up on opposite ends of California. Hadi considers Huda his childhood sweetheart, the first and only girl he's ever loved, but Huda needs proof that she is more than just the girl Hadi's mother has chosen for her son. Tonight Huda Al-Marashi shares the story told in her memoir, First Comes Marriage: My Not-So-Typical American Love Story (Prometheus).
"An honest, often amusing, account of one young woman's quest to balance the traditional Muslim values she acquired from her Iraqi immigrant parents with the romantic fantasies she acquired from American media. Her story is both unique in that the devout, overachieving narrator is not the rebellious first-generation daughter we've come to expect from immigrant narratives, and universal in its instructive journey from youthful hubris and naïveté to learning how to make a marriage work." --Faith Adiele, author of The Nigerian Nordic Girl's Guide to Lady Problems, and founder of VONA Travel Workshop for Writers of Color


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Managing a small business implies the need to deal with time and budget constraints, and certainly, you do not want to spend hours on the internet researching how to do things – Technology can be quite tricky if you do not know what you're doing. Therefore, hiring an IT consulting is the best option, because you will have experts to assist in choosing the best solutions available and to leave the IT of your company up to date. There are hundreds of benefits that an IT Solution Companies in Dubai can provide. But there are some important steps to be taken in order to streamline the IT budgeting process.
There are some steps that ensure greater accuracy in the planning of budgeting for IT projects. Keep an eye out for the following tips that can help you better define scope, task description, delegation of activities, and cost setting:
1. Triad Scope, Time, Cost
The efficiency of a budget, which leads directly to the success of a project, can be measured by some tools. Delineating and tracking the scope, concern about always staying within the predetermined costs, and always seeking to meet delivery estimates are the more traditional ways a manager has to follow an IT initiative. This triad is the basis for any project that achieves its goals at the end of the journey. The three variables – scope, time and cost – are closely linked and any change in one of them causes a reaction in the other two. So always be aware of planning, delivery estimates and how much it will cost your client.
2. Agile methodologies
Agile methodologies are already an increasingly common and present practice in the software development world. They aim to accelerate development with quality and continuous improvement, such as increased communication among team members, daily organization to achieve the stated purpose, quick responses to possible changes that may appear throughout the project, and increase productivity.
Scrum is one of the most used methodologies for managing and planning IT initiatives. Briefly, it can be explained like this: projects are divided into cycles, usually monthly, called Sprints. This Sprint is equivalent to the defined time in which a group of activities should be finalized. All the features that will be implemented in the project are exposed in a sort of list known as Product Backlog. Before each Sprint, a planning meeting is held which selects the Backlog tasks that will be part of that cycle of activities about to begin. So with Scrum, the success of assertive budgets is centred on the use of sprints in the short term. If the intention is to build medium- and long-term budgets, this objective can be achieved by macroplanning, subject of the next topic.
3. Macro-planning
Dilute a major project into smaller projects: this is the premise of Macroplanning. Right at the beginning of the work, all the activities that are part of the project will be superficially listed and discussed by the team members, and then separated in stages of execution. This technique contributes to a more assertive delivery of project time and cost estimates, making it clear to the client that these variables can be adjusted according to the progress of the project. Macroplanning thus gives more dynamism to work, decreases initial planning time, and speeds up the execution of tasks, which will be better divided over the entire journey of creating a product or service.
5 Signs That Infrastructure Is Draining It Budget
1. The total cost of acquisition (TCO) of the infrastructure is high
When calculating TCO, you evaluate the total acquisition costs (direct and indirect) linked to an asset throughout its life cycle. By doing so, you can identify cost reduction opportunities and look for alternatives. In addition, the TCO allows a detailed view of operations and the environment, something that financial reports would not allow.
2. The depreciation time of the data centre assets is short
While extending depreciation of equipment is an option, the cost is high and the result is long-term. With technology evolving rapidly, the solution may be to invest in new servers, with higher performance, lower depreciation and reduced energy consumption. An even better alternative is the choice for Cloud Computing solutions. By betting on the cloud structure, there is no need to buy new equipment for a depreciated environment.
3. Most of the data centre is within the company
Expenditures for business infrastructure and operations account for a considerable amount of the total IT budget. In other words, it is infrastructure and operations that are essential to reducing IT spending. The use of data centre services in the cloud turns out to be an excellent option for companies to reduce these costs, with high quality indices and SLA in the service rendering.
4. Storage costs are high
Without adequate strategies, increased data storage can consume cost savings in other areas of the enterprise. Knowing this, it is clear that the easiest way to reduce TCO is to decrease the cost of capacity. In this logic, cloud service providers with high storage capacity and low power consumption are a great alternative to physical servers. In addition, acquisition costs, workload, capacity and disk performance also affect the TCO. Therefore, when evaluating the best alternative, consider other variables such as scalability, safety, density, maintainability and disposal. Ideally, you should choose a solution with higher capacity and performance at lower costs.
5. There is no continuous improvement in processes
While technology streamlines IT operations and makes processes simpler and more agile, you need to continually evolve. Improvement goes beyond technology and can reduce the time spent managing IT assets, in addition to reducing TCO. Improving processes helps, for example, decrease the response time and downtime of operations.
Reducing costs is a constant pursuit within any company, especially when in the midst of economic crises. With an ever-tightening IT budget, CIOs and IT managers focus on areas that can ensure significant cost savings. We need to know, first, if the infrastructure is draining IT investments and then evaluate cost optimization opportunities.


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I really thought I would be much better today, but not happening. My pneumonia is getting better, thank the Lord, but now I am having my stomache issues again. I was in the hospital just shy of 2 weeks in November and this is how it started then. So my meds are doubled right now in hopes that I don't have to go back for a stay in the hospital. Also, I should know this week who my gastro specialist is and when I get in. I'm praying that is soon. So until I feel better, I am going to be on the couch and not posting much.
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08 April 2019
Meet the latest stars of the St. Modwen Homes campaign – as individual as you are – Kayla and Stu.
Kayla and Stu moved into their home at Weogoran Park in Worcester, last December with their three French Bulldogs, Jessie, Mo and Louie, and couldn't be prouder of their new home.
Kayla comments: "We just love our Garnet! The house is absolutely stunning, but what really makes it is how perfectly it suits our lives. We have three French Bulldogs and, as you can imagine, it can get quite hectic on a day-to-day basis (I'm constantly cleaning!), but the house and the area is just perfect for them and we now have enough room for us all to snuggle on the sofa and enjoy our spare time together.
"There's loads of green space for them to play and run around in, which was a must have for us when looking for our new home.
"We moved in last December, so Christmas was amazing and I had so much fun decorating the house – it was one of the first things I did when we moved in – we may not have had a sofa but we made sure we had more than one Christmas tree!
"My favourite room is definitely the kitchen. We love entertaining and came from a much smaller house where we were mostly eating TV dinners on our laps. So to go from that to a kitchen/diner the size we have is incredible. We've had lots of friends and family over since moving in and the kitchen is definitely a focal point."
Stu adds: "The experience of moving to a St. Modwen home has been incredibly easy. We love how individual the houses look but also how they really do suit your lifestyle. Our house is perfect for us and Kayla has spent a lot of time and care adding those finishing touches which really make it a home. Jessie, Mo and Louie love it just as much as we do – particularly now that they have so much room to run around in!
"Moving house was a big step for us and now we're ready for our next step – marriage! We're getting married this year so the whirlwind is yet to stop but moving with St. Modwen Homes took a lot of the stress out of the process – you feel like a partner not just another housebuyer. We would definitely recommend buying with St. Modwen Homes, the process couldn't have been easier and our house immediately felt like a home from the moment we moved in."
St. Modwen Homes has launched its latest campaign – as individual as you are – featuring its latest stars – you!
They've teamed up with several homeowners who have shared a slice of their lives in their St. Modwen Homes. Watch the St. Modwen Homes' video here: www.facebook.com/watch/launchvideo and share your own #IndividualMoments…
How do you share your photos?
Sharing your photos and/or videos with us couldn't be easier. You can either share on our social pages using the hashtag #IndividualMoments, or upload to our photo gallery www.stmodwenhomes.co.uk/share-moments/. If we love your shot, we'll even give you £50* to be our next star – so get sharing! We can't wait to see your #IndividualMoments…
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My grocery budget is $300 each month for a family of four – two adults and two kids. This real food budget includes food, toiletries, household items as well as health & beauty products.
Thank GOODNESS this is the last week of the grocery budget. We're out of so many things… onions, garlic, cranberries, FRUIT… but we're making do and scraping by with what we have in the pantry. Snacks have consisted mainly of the one-of-this and two-of-that, but the kids don't mind and I'm cleaning out the cupboards in the process. Score!
I started out this week $4.58 over budget so I knew it would be close. I made three trips and looking back, I probably could have changed one trip to lower my bottom line just a hair more.
Savemart – $5.30
Since family dinner was on Monday night instead of Sunday, I had tacos on the menu for Sunday. This included homemade tortillas, but I failed to put two and two together and realized at 2pm Sunday afternoon that we wouldn't get home from evening service until 6:30pm, and then I'd start cooking. It takes about 30 minutes to make the tortillas and frankly it would have made dinner even later than it was already looking to be. I gave in and bought a package of tortillas, a can of jalapenos (for the salsa) and cilantro (for both the salsa and tacos).
Later in the week I picked up a head of lettuce for our DIY salads. Can't really avoid that one, lol.
** Looking back now, I could have opted to change the menu from tacos to coconut shrimp. I would have needed to purchase canned pineapple (since Mr. Crumbs blended my stockpile into smoothies), so the change would have shaved maybe $2 off the total.
Costco – ($5.50)
I returned some strawberries that had started to prematurely mold. No issues with Coscto's excellent return policy, but this is not the first time we've had to return produce there. We're only a few miles from a large farmer's market, so I'm seriously considering buying our produce there each week. Although I got a new toy for my birthday so expiring fruit may not be an issue anymore… 😉
Total for June – $304.38
Despite being a few bucks over budget, I'm really excited! This is the closest I've ever been to being in budget! I'm hoping I can do just as well next month – keep your fingers crossed!