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Rowan University
Rowan University's 1 for All PR campaign culminated in a campus Socratic Dialogue event on Nov. 20, 2019, hosted by senior PR capstone students in Assistant Prof. Alison Novak's class.
Ten guest speakers shared their insights and experiences with the First Amendment in the workplace or job market. Moderated by a local journalist and journalism professor, the panel reflected on the challenges of free speech on social media, particularly when one is searching for a job.
To prepare for this topic, the students made PR case presentations that highlighted current (or recent) events featuring the First Amendment. These included:
- Applebee's firing of an employee who posted a receipt on social media.
- Public school systems that asked new teachers to delete their social media accounts.
- High-profile CEOs fired for their comments on social media.
The class of 32 students spent eight weeks preparing for the Socratic Dialogue event," Novak said. "Students were split into five teams: presenters, research, publicity, (event) site, and finance. Each team was responsible for a variety of tasks."
See the items produced by the class.
In total, 120 students attended the event, including students enrolled in majors in every college on campus. After the event, PR students were asked to write a one-page position paper from the perspective of one of the companies represented at the event, on the First Amendment and social media in the workplace.
"I believe that the event helped our students learn about the First Amendment while also practicing vital PR skills such as event planning, media writing, and ethics," Novak said.


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The following news story appeared on the T&M homepage:
U.K. Subs - Live In Bremen 1982 To Be Issued On Vinyl
Combat Rock Records, France's greatest ever record label, will soon be issuing a vinyl version of the U.K. Subs' DVD 'Live In Bremen', which was recorded for German TV on 21 September 1982 featuring Charlie, Nicky Garratt, Alvin Gibbs and Kim Wylie.
Retitled 'Bremen 82', the track listing is:
1. Self Destruct / 2. War Of The Roses /
3. Police State / 4. Emotional Blackmail /
5. Holy Land / 6. Warhead / 7. Left For Dead /
8. Endangered Species / 9. Enemy Awaits /
10. Crash Course / 11. No Heart /
12. Tomorrow's Girls / 13. I Live in A Car /
14. C.I.D. / 15. Stranglehold / 16. New Barbarians
The Test Pressings - pictured below - have already been delivered, and the LP is set for a release mid May 2016.
Reproduced at the top right of this story is the front cover to the new LP, which will be on black vinyl, and carries a catalogue number of 'UK Subs French Connection 1'.
The LP is limited to 500 copies.
Alvin Gibbs has written a back cover introductory piece for the recording and below is some further background information regarding that show...
Below: Postcard from the Patrick Kerrane collection.
From Alvin Gibbs 30/9/1982, mentioning the TV show- click images to enlarge
You can also see Nicky Garratt's 1982 tour itinerary - click here
New U.K. Subs Specialist Label Launched By Combat Rock
...introducing 'French Connection Records'
My name is Caps and I run the 'Combat Rock' record label in France. I also play in a band called Charge 69.
I discovered UK SUBS via their first album 'Another Kind Of Blues' when I immediately became a fan. I first became friends with Charlie Harper in the early 80's and have seen the band many, many times since, in a lot of different countries. My passion for the Subs has increased over the many years since and despite loving lots of other bands I still regard the Subs as my favourite combo for so many reasons – the consistent quality of their records, never giving up through nearly 40 years, as well the kindness they always show to their audience and so on.
All this has now led me to start a subsidiary label of 'Combat Rock' records, which will be called, 'French Connection'; in order to solely release recordings by the UK SUBS. These releases will be for the band's "diehard fans". Each release will be limited editions of 500 copies. These will not be bootlegs however, as all the records will be issued through agreement with the band.
This first production is a live recording of their concert in Bremen – Germany in 1982 with the line-up of Charlie Harper, Nicky Garratt, Alvin Gibbs and Kim Wylie on drums. Previously only available on a DVD, I personally loved the recording so much that I thought it would be great to get a vinyl version of it. I hope you'll love this new version as much as me!
Here's hoping that we'll keep on this adventure.
UK SUBS Fanatic until the End!"

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New York Residents Get Green Light for Global Entryby Daniel McCarthy /
After the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) banned New York residents from participating in Global Entry back in February, the DHS on Thursday said it would resume allowing New Yorkers to enroll in the program.
The initial ban, announced by DHS Secretary Chad Wolf, made New York residents ineligible to enroll in trusted traveler programs, including Global Entry, because of DHS' disagreement over a new "Green Light Law" that New York adopted late last year.
On Thursday, Wolf announced that a change in the state budget, which was announced in April, would allow federal officials access to New York's motor-vehicle databas and allowed DHS to once again begin accepting applications from New York residents for those trusted traveler programs.
In a statement, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said "I am glad that this issue has finally been resolved for all New Yorkers."
Over 170,000 New York residents are enrolled in the program and would have been unable to re-enroll if the DHS continued locking residents out of the program. Once the program restarts in September, New Yorkers will be able to re-enroll or enroll.
Zane Kerby, President and CEO of the American Society of Travel Advisors (ASTA), issued a statement during the initial ban, writing that ASTA "strongly [opposed] this measure on behalf of the 8,700 New Yorkers who work at travel agencies in the state, their clients and partners."


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Join Adventure Cycling Association, Granite State Wheelmen, and Bike-Walk Alliance of New Hampshire for a special regional gathering at the Manchester Public Library in downtown Manchester on Monday, November 7 from 6:45 to 8:15 pm. There will also be a pre-presentation, no-host gathering at Strange Brew Tavern from 5:00 to 6:30 pm. Adventure Cycling director Jim Sayer will be in Manchester to talk about the latest in national (and global) bike travel news, including: cool new bike routes all over North America (such as the new Bicycle Route 66 and Texas Hill Country loop and the forthcoming Chicago-NYC route), bike overnights, the U.S. Bicycle Route System, new tours, partnerships with Amtrak and the National Park Service to promote cycling, and national and state advocacy efforts. You'll also enjoy local updates, beautiful imagery of bike adventures from around the planet, and a chance to mingle with Jim and other folks interested in bike travel. Join us and bring a friend!
When: Presentation on Monday, November 7 from 6:45 to 8:15 pm; pre-presentation, no-host gathering (food and drink at happy hour prices) at Strange Brew Tavern from 5:00 to 6:30 pm.
Where: Manchester Public Library in downtown Manchester, NH at 405 Pine Street; Strange Brew Tavern is short walk or bike ride away at 88 Market Street.
Please RSVP at email@example.com or (406) 532-2751 by November 4.
We look forward to seeing you in Manchester!


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Corporate Overview
Dohatec New Media, founded 1992, provides Software Solutions Design and Development services to institutions, government agencies and corporations globally. We specialize in Web Applications, Database Development, Custom Multimedia and Electronic Publishing applications. Our teams of expert engineers, project managers and support staff have decades of experience to develop, deploy and service these applications for commercial clients in the United States, Canada Europe and Asia. The industry segments to which services are delivered include Education, Healthcare, International Institutions, Government, Life Sciences, Media, Manufacturing, Publication, Retail, Sports and Leisure. ASP, ERP, CRM, SCM, MIS, e-Commerce, e-Government Solutions for Intranet and Internet are developed for international clients. Dohatec New Media has an Information Security (IS) and a Bank Information Security Practice and can provide use of our on-premise security-certified Data Centre for immediate use.
Since its inception, Dohatec products and services have maintained a global and demanding client base which includes international organizations such as the World Bank, Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), World Health Organization (WHO) and United States Postal Service (USPS) in Washington, D.C., World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva and United Nations Development Programme in Dhaka. Periodic major electronic publications of the World Bank and WHO in Washington DC were developed on Dohatec software.
Since 2006 Dohatec has been in the Identity and Biometric space. A key accomplishment was the Voter Enrolment Software with implementation of biometric face and finger matching Dohatec developed for the Bangladesh Army. In this engagement our detailed understanding of multi-language forms, web and back-end databases, biometric systems and project management expertise was crucial, and facilitated completion on time.Using Dohatec's solution and support, the Bangladesh Army implemented the project and completed the registration of over 80 million voters, capturing their photographs and fingerprints, for the first time in Bangladesh history, in 11 months. To read more about this project, click here.For each of the over 80 million persons registered, Dohatec computed de-duplication matching using Biometric Fusion Server on distributed systems.
Dohatec New Media is a Certifying Authority (CA) and issues digital certificates, web SSL certificates and public key infrastructure (PKI) enablement tools and services in Bangladesh. We are the chosen security solution for a number of government institutions in Bangladesh. For a number of years, Dohatec has worked in many e-Governance projects, internationally and in Bangladesh. Our Electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system solution was showcased by the World Bank and other development agencies worldwide in 2005. Subsequently, we were the nominated Sub-Consultant for the Public Procurement Reform Project II funded by the World Bank. Dohatec implemented the Public Procurement Management Information System (PROMiS) for the Government of Bangladesh, CPTU. Our e-GP system along with the PROMiS management and monitoring system has been the central public electronic procurement system in Bangladesh since 2006.
It is known to many large international IT Companies because of their position as an ISV and it is able to access technology and resources globally. Dohatec is a Microsoft Partner, IBM Partner and Intel Partner. Two international awards for software were received from Swiss Interactive Media and Software Association (SIMSA).


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Oh hey guys, how's your weekend so far? Quiet? Mellow? Drama-free? Well, good--you earned it, 'cause that's sure not how the week went.
In fact, with all the Twilight tumult and good TV goss out of TCA's (thanks for all the scoop, Jess R!), it was hard to keep all the ups and downs straight.
Which is why it's the perfect time to roll out our bright new feature--Our Pop Culture DOs and DON'Ts of the week. Kick back and let us--and by us, I mean Glamour's design wizard Michelle Rial--lay out who's kicking butt, who's getting their butt kicked, and all the "meh" stuff in between.
Check it, pin it--then catch up with all the full stories that kept us buzzing this week!
More on all the week's biggest scoops...
Alexis Bellino Suing Tamra Barney Over "Jesus Jugs": Crazy or Justified?__
*True Blood: Have Bill and Eric Gone Crazy?*
The *Bachelorette Finale Recap: Emily Chooses Jef!*
Kristen Stewart Apologizes For Cheating On Rob Pattinson
Rupert Sanders Apologizes For Cheating With Kristen Stewart
Mindy Kaling Talks *The Mindy Project and *The Office at TCA**
Mariah Carey Is Your Newest *American Idol Judge*
Carly Rae Jepsen On "Call Me Maybe" Insanity
__What do YOU think were the biggest celebrity DOs and DON'Ts this week? (PS--I kinda can't believe that the Bachelorette finale and the K-Stew scandal were the same week. It was a loooong celebrity news cycle this time around!
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When I came out of the Edinburgh Film Festival screening for The Overnight the first thing I thought was how the hell am I going to review that? You see, it's like no other film I've ever watched.
The Overnight follows couple Alex (Adam Scott) and Emily (Taylor Schilling) who have just moved to LA with their son. They arrange a play date with Kurt (Jason Schwartzman) and Charlotte (Judith Godreche). Once the children are put to bed the adults start to have some fun of their own.
And by fun I mean drinking, smoking pot, getting naked and looking at paintings of buttholes. Yes, I'm actually being serious about that last one. And it only gets more bizarre as the film goes on. Writer/director Patrick Brice is clearly not afraid to push the boundaries and it shows. I'll admit that I spent more than one scene with my hand over my mouth in shock. The good kind of shock though. And really that's the beauty of the film. It holds nothing back. It's completely wacky but at the same time completely wonderful.
The boldness of the film also really complements the comedy. In fact it goes hand in hand. And The Overnight certainly is funny. One of the funniest comedies I've seen in a long time. In fact the entire cinema audience was laughing the whole way through. And I'm pretty sure everyone came out smiling afterwards.
Despite all the weird and wacky content there's a strong sense of realness and authenticity throughout. Here we have two couple at points in their marriages where they're struggling. They're searching for solutions to salvage the relationship. It's a common issue that many people go through and as such the film really resonates with the audience. For all the comedy gold present in the film there's also this sadness that comes along with it. Each of the characters are actually quite vulnerable and their insecurities really make you connect with them.
Whilst I commend the writer for creating such fantastic characters I also must mention the actors who gave such brilliant performances. The chemistry between the four really was incredible. Jason Schwartzman was a particular standout; the perfect combination of funny, tender and compelling. It felt as if the part was written for him.
To conclude The Overnight is a thoroughly enjoyable and fascinating comedy with an intelligent script and great performances. A must see!


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Quarterly earnings take a weather hit
The unsurprising mantra from companies that issued quarterly earnings reports in April was "weather." The winter that wouldn't end depressed boat and gear sales throughout the January-March quarter, but many are optimistic that increasing customer demand will translate to delayed 2014 sales, at least in some segments.
Here are highlights from the reports of publicly held marine companies:
Brunswick Corp.
Brunswick Corp. says first-quarter net sales fell 3 percent, to $969.2 million. Sales were flat in the marine engine parts and accessories business, and engine sales declined. The boat segment saw a 2 percent decline in sales for the quarter, which ended March 29.
CEO Dustan E. McCoy and CFO Bill Metzger released infographics demonstrating the chilling effects that cold weather had on sales. "At this early point in the marine season we believe that retail sales could be deferred to later months," Metzger said during a conference call with investors and analysts.
Metzger said the previous spring also was marred by cold and harsh weather, causing a larger overall drop in sales than it did this year despite worse conditions in 2014. Fiberglass outboard boats continued to show solid growth, and the aluminum category, the "most vulnerable to cold and ice," was down modestly, Metzger said.
For Brunswick, the hiccup was not just in demand. It also had to do with delayed production and delivery, McCoy said. "What we're hearing from dealers is that they've got products sitting around, sold, that they're not able to deliver," McCoy said. "That's especially true in the Midwest," where there was still ice on the water in April.
The new Sea Ray L650 Fly, launched in Miami, as well as the SLX 350 and the 510 Fly, launched in Fort Lauderdale, are all sold through 2014, McCoy said. "So the issue there is not demand, but the ability of our folks to get the product out, and I'm convinced they'll be able to do it because they're really good."
During the next 18 months to two years, the company may be looking to acquire "support marine parts and accessories businesses," McCoy said.
The marine group will continue a focus on affordable boating options that has been successful, "but a bit differently than I would have predicted," McCoy said. For example, the 350 SLX, a dayboat costing $150,000 less than a 35-foot cruiser, has surpassed expectations. "So bringing product with exactly the right features into a size segment that transacts for significantly less than same-sized boats with different features is a home run," McCoy said.
Lund has made strides to grow margins and market share by taking the price of a 19-foot boat down to what an 18-foot boat used to cost, and an 18-foot boat into the 17-foot price range, and so forth. "What we're seeing quite interestingly is people moving up in size," McCoy said. "Folks who used to want a 17 are now buying an 18. So it works, but not quite the way people thought it would."
Although cold weather cut into second-quarter boat sales at MarineMax, company executives remain confident that the lag will be offset by early spring sales.
"We continue to see demand in just about everything that is new, somewhat innovative and priced right," MarineMax CEO Bill McGill told analysts and investors during a conference call to discuss the company's results for the quarter. "In some cases the demand for new product is the strongest I've seen in my 41 years in the industry."
The company has had a hard time getting enough boats to meet demand, even in the challenged sterndrive and inboard segments, McGill said. Anticipated new product from core suppliers such as Brunswick Corp. "should help push demand and drive additional sales and growth," McGill said.
Revenue was $136.6 million for the quarter that ended March 31, compared with $160 million in the comparable quarter last year. Same-store sales declined about 16 percent, primarily because of poor weather, after two consecutive March quarters of double-digit percentage same-store sales growth on a year-over-year basis.
"During the March quarter we had more days where stores closed than in their prior 16 years in the market," CFO Mike McLamb said. "As March ended we had significantly greater backlog than last year. As we approach the end of April, we believe we'll end with strong double-digit improvement over last year, potentially fully offsetting the decline. May and June are critical months. While the momentum feels good, we have work to do. We started April with a materially larger improvement in backlog. We have the potential to make up entirely for March with our April backlog. That will give you an idea of the uptick of contracts we're in."
"We still have the selling months ahead of us, based on what we're hearing from customers, based on backlogs … we believe this will be a fine quarter," McGill said. "We need things to go right up there. We understand there will be cold weather up north … after a little break. Customers are looking forward to the country warming up so they can get back on the water."
MarineMax delivered about a half-dozen Sea Ray SLX 350 models during the quarter, but it has more than 50 under contract, McGill said. "The same goes for 650s and 510s. You know, this quarter would've looked better if we could've gotten those 50 SLXs delivered."
Marine Products Corp.
Sales of higher-priced boats helped the Chaparral and Robalo builder realize a 36.5 percent first-quarter gain in profits, to nearly $2 million. Weather might have come into play in regard to the number of units sold — the company saw a 5.4 percent decrease from the 2013 quarter.
The company said sales rose 7.7 percent and that it earned $1.98 million, or 5 cents a diluted share, during the quarter that ended March 31, compared with $1.45 million, or 4 cents a share, a year earlier. Net sales totaled $47.7 million, compared with $44.3 million in the quarter last year, and the company attributed the gain to a 13.4 percent increase in the average selling price per boat and an increase in parts and accessories sales.
The company said average selling prices and parts and accessories sales increased, compared with the prior year, because of a favorable model mix that included larger Chaparral H2O models, improved sales of large Robalo models and a significant number of the company's 307 SSX Sportboats, which were introduced in the 2014 model year.
Gross profit for the quarter was $8.84 million, or 18.5 percent of net sales, a 24.3 percent increase from $7.1 million, or 16.1 percent of net sales, in the same period in the prior year.
West Marine
Also citing the cold spring, West Marine said its first-quarter revenue was $113.3 million, a decline of less than 1 percent from a year earlier, and comparable-store sales were down 1.7 percent.
The California-based boating supplies and accessories retailer reported a net loss for the quarter that ended March 29 of $11 million, or 46 cents a share, missing projections by 8 cents, compared with a loss of $9.7 million, or 41 cents a share, for the quarter last year.
The company will continue to invest in strategies that will make it less dependent on weather, CEO Matt Hyde said.
"We had mixed results this quarter," he said in a statement. "The top line reflected disappointing retail sales, largely driven by a cold and snowy winter and spring. We also experienced, as expected, soft sales as a result of the initial transition to our new e-commerce platform, though recently we've begun to recover from the transition."
"Despite the tough quarter we remain optimistic," Hyde said.
Caterpillar reported a first-quarter profit of $922 million, or $1.44 a share, an increase from $880 million, or $1.31 a share, in the first quarter of 2013.
First-quarter 2014 sales and revenues were $13.24 billion, about flat with $13.21 billion in the quarter last year. Increases in construction industries and energy and transportation were offset by declines in resource Industries.
The company's outlook for sales and revenue remains unchanged at $56 billion in a range of plus or minus 5 percent. Although the sales-and-revenue outlook range remains unchanged, the company is increasing its 2014 profit outlook by 25 cents a share. Excluding restructuring costs of 17 cents a share, the company's profit per share was $1.61 for the quarter. Profit in the first quarter of 2013 was $1.31 a share.
FLIR Systems
FLIR Systems saw first-quarter revenue rise 1 percent, to $350.5 million, from $348.6 million in 2013. Revenue from the maritime segment was $52.6 million, up 4 percent from the year-earlier quarter.
Operating income for the quarter that ended March 31 was $42.5 million, compared with $69.1 million last year, and was affected by $8.4 million in pretax charges related to previously announced restructuring initiatives.
Profit for the quarter was $29.9 million, or 21 cents a diluted share, compared with $51.6 million, or 35 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. The net after-tax effect of the restructuring charges in the first quarter was about $6.4 million, or 4 cents a share.
Oregon-based FLIR's backlog of firm orders for delivery in the next 12 months was about $514 million as of March 31, an increase of $24 million during the quarter.
Garmin Ltd.
Marine segment revenue grew 19 percent at Garmin Ltd. as demand for new products, including autopilot solutions, chart plotters and radars improved. The company reported $583 million in total revenue for the quarter that ended March 29, with outdoor, fitness, aviation and marine delivering 58 percent of total revenue and growing 22 percent from 2013.
Net income for the quarter was $118.8 million, or 61 cents a diluted share, compared with $88.7 million, or 45 cents a share, a year earlier. For the marine segment, gross margins improved year-over-year, to 52 percent, in the quarter, with the product mix shifting toward new products with higher-margin profiles.
Garmin said that although first-quarter results exceeded its expectations it will wait until the second quarter to update guidance because the first quarter is historically its seasonally weakest quarter of the year.
Twin Disc
Twin Disc's sales were down, but margins rose for its fiscal third quarter. Although it was hard to quantify how much weather had to do with the drop, president and CEO John Batten said severe winter weather in the United States and Canada affected supply chain performance and caused shipments at the Wisconsin-based company to be delayed.
Echoing other comments about the late winter and early spring months, Batten emphasized that demand remained strong. Sales dropped to $60.7 million for the quarter that ended March 28 from $68.2 million a year earlier, and the company reported a net loss of $393,000, or 3 cents a share, compared with a loss of $757,000, or 7 cents a share, last year.
Gross margin for the quarter was 27.4 percent, compared with 25.9 percent a year earlier. The company said the increase was the result of a more profitable mix of business. For the year to date, gross margin was 29.3 percent, compared with 28.4 percent for the first nine months of fiscal 2013.
This article originally appeared in the June 2014 issue.


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I wanted to pass along an observation that over time has proven to be an issue. It's a simple thing of the list of calendars being un-ordered when adding/updating an event (in this case, stake events). In our case, we have several Stk Leadership-??? categories -- these all sort fine when viewing the actual calendar (under the 'Stake Calendars' column on the left), but not when adding/updating an event. When members are going in and adding/updating events, my understanding is they're not always realizing that a 'best' category is available for selection because they're not seeing a listed ordered alphabetically. I see this as a really simply fix to help usability.
Display of calendars when adding an event
Discussions about the Calendar Tool at lds.org. Questions about the calendar on the classic site should be posted in the LUWS forum.
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Today is the First Monday in February. That means it is time for Secret Recipe Club! Once a month we cook from our 'assigned' foodie blog and post out goodies. It is always the first Monday.
This month I was fortunate enough to meet STEPHANIE ofSustainable Cooking For One. She lives in Upstate New York and is gluten free and vegetarian. That made it interesting for me as I am not either and some kind of meat is always on our table. There are a lot of tasty recipes on her site made for gluten free so I picked a couple that I could easily adapt. Lots of good veggies, too.
For Breakfast we had…
…Pumpkin Waffles
{Yes, I know, there is no waffle. I know I took pics but they are not to be found – sorry!!}
Sunday is usually our day for pancakes or waffles so this was a good time to try out these pumpkin waffles. With all the spice in the waffles they were packed with flavor and didn't need very much else, but we did use a little Maple Syrup on top. I added pecans to mine and loved the extra crunch they added (in addition to the flax seed)
This makes a lot, but they are well worth freezing. Expect 12-14 full sized waffles, fewer Belgian waffles.
1 c pumpkin, mashed or canned
6 eggs, separated
2 T sugar or maple syrup
3 c milk or your fake milk of choice
1/4 c oil (use a light olive oil or canola oil)
1 cup AP flour
1/2 cup Whole Wheat Flour
1/4 c ground flaxseed
2 t baking powder
1 TBL Pumpkin Pie Spice
1 TBL chopped pecans
{RED is my subs}
Stir together the egg yolks, pumpkin, sugar, oil, and milk. In a small bowl, mix together the flour, spices, pecans,and flaxseed. Start whisking the egg whites. Whisk (or beat with a mixer) until they are stiff. Meanwhile, heat the waffles iron.
Stir the dry ingredient into the pumpkin mixture. When the dry ingredients are dampened, fold 1/4 of the egg whites into the batter. When mixed, gently fold the remaining egg white in.
Bake according to the directions of your waffle iron. Don't try to remove them too soon! One key is to watch the steam coming from the iron. When it decreases significantly, that's a sign they are close to done.
To freeze, cool completely on cooling racks and pack into freezer bags. Reheat in a hot oven (~400 F) for 5-10 minutes.
Here is Stephanie's Original Recipe
Dessert was simple. Simple doesn't mean something not so good. In this case it was
Maple Crusted Baked Apples.
Stephanie said that baked apples are underappreciated. She's right. But here they make fairly regular appearances. They are so easy to put together and so good to eat. Hers are 'stuffed' with raisins and pecans. I added a dried fruit mix of cranberries, dried cherries, pineapple, raisins, etc.
1 medium apple
Pinch of any or all: cinnamon, allspice, ginger, nutmeg, and cloves
4 Tbl Dried Fruit Mix
2 T chopped raw pecans
1 T maple syrup (real, preferably grade B)
Peel one circle around the middle of the apple, and a little off the top of the apple. Remove the core. Peel all or part of the apple.{While Stephanie typically cuts deep circles into the apple from top and bottom with a paring knife I peeled most of the apple.} Place the apple in a small baking dish or oven-safe bowl. Mix together the spices and roll the apple in them. Mix any remaining spices with the raisins, and add about 1/3 of the pecans. Stuff that mixture into the center of the apple. Pour the maple syrup over the apple, and top with the remaining pecans. Bake until soft. Spoon the syrup/juice blend over the apple before serving.
Sorry to say that these two treats were all I had time for this month. It has been crazy around here lately. But I pinned a few other recipes of Stephanie's I want to try – Corn Gratin, Spinach-Mushroom Quesidilla, not to mention a new recipe on a new post – Chocolate Hazelnut Butter Cookies. And if you visit with Stephanie be sure and read some of her articles which are very informative – like the one on Food Variety. Thanks, Stephanie, for the recipes and the wonderful articles. I will be visiting again!
And visit the other members of SRC


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The new Indian drama Bhag Milkha Bhag (Run Milkha Run) does something almost unheard of in the annals of biographical sports pictures: It begins not with a moment of triumph for its central character but with his most agonizing moment of defeat, when he went in as the favorite in the 400-meter but finished without a medal at the Rome Olympics in 1960.
Sprinter Milkha Singh, popularly known as "The Flying Sikh," had won gold medals at the Asian Games and the Commonwealth Games in 1958, and set a world record in the 400-meter of 45.6 seconds. But in that crucial race in Rome, he did something unthinkable in the discipline of running. While leading the field, he turned to look back over his shoulder, and then fell behind, finishing in fourth place.
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"That incident was the fulcrum of my thinking about the story," says the film's writer-director, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra. "The film is not about athletics, and it is definitively not a conventional biopic. It is the story of a man who lost his most important race but won in life. It is the opposite of the story of Raging Bull, in a way, in which Jake LaMotta wins his most important fight but loses in life."
Mehra began thinking about telling Singh's story almost five years ago, when he chanced upon the runner's autobiography and had it translated from Punjabi. "All the folklore of Milkha Singh came back to me. As a young man I was a competitive swimmer, and we used to practice in the same stadium where he had trained 30 years before. We were always given Milkha Singh as a reference point — his passion, his dedication — and that left an indelible mark. I've always felt that a deep connection with the subject was necessary for me to tell a story properly, and I felt that with him."
Mehra adds that he was especially intrigued by the "astonishing odds" that Milkha had to overcome: "During the period of Partition in the Punjab in 1947, which split Pakistan off from India, Milkha witnessed the massacre of his mother in front of his eyes, of his father, his three sisters, his four brothers, the whole village. There was a mass funeral afterwards for two or three thousand people. He somehow ran away from there and ended up in a refugee camp in Delhi. So how does someone who has been through all that, who has no parents, no home, no clothes, no shoes — how does a person in that position pull themselves up and go on to become a world beater, a person who less than 10 years later was setting records as a runner that stood for decades?"
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In this, Bhag Milkha Bhag appears to be connected thematically with the most prominent of Mehra's three earlier features, Rang De Basanti (Color It Saffron, 2006), which was made to address what Mehra saw as a lack of political engagement among complacent young people in 21st century India.
"Rang De Basanti's central characters form a group of apolitical slacker college students in Delhi, led by a superstar Aamir Khan, who are recruited as castmembers for a low-budget film about key figures of the Indian independence movement, such as Bhagat Singh and Chandra Shekhar Azad. Eventually they are moved to emulate the heroes they have portrayed by staging protests of their own."
The film was India's Oscar submission that year and became a cultural phenomenon, inspiring real-life demonstrations against government corruption. For Mehra, Milkha Singh, too, is a role model of a type that is sorely needed, and not only in India.
"I think that Milkha's story has qualities that make it universal," he says. "Here is a kid who did not have parents, who had never gone to school, who at the age of 12 picked up a knife and joined a gang and mingled with hardened criminals — and yet that kid chose not to go down that path. If he can do it, imagine what the generation of today could accomplish, with the advantages that they have. There is no reason for anybody to complain anymore!"
Because athletics are popular everywhere, and because Singh's story of triumph over huge deficits could resonate "anywhere that people have suffered adversity or oppression," Mehra hopes that with Bhag Milkha Bhag he can take "at least some baby steps toward world cinema, toward speaking to a world audience."
Referring to distribution patterns instituted in India to help combat rampant video piracy, Mehra says he feels "confined by the fact that Indian films open day-and-date all over the world, in India and in the Indian diaspora, and then go away. You want more people to see your films. So we are planning to make a 'world cut' of the film over the next three to six months to distribute in other ways. I will take it door-to-door to festivals and distributors and hope that it will find acceptance. And if it doesn't, I will try again, because you learn from everything."
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Week commencing 6th June 2016
Thank you to those who regularly read my blog and if this is your first time then I welcome you to behind the scenes of the life of a fundraiser. The idea of my blog is to give people an insight into my voluntary fundraising roles and my community/charity work which I juggle whilst working full-time. Please enjoy reading Blog #15 and feel free to share.
Monday 6th June 2016
Before heading off to work I went to put some finishing touches to two of the giant Kearsley in Bloom frames. The first one I placed a big planter across the bottom of the frame to cover the gap, filling it with soil and then decorative slate. I took my muscle with me (My husband) which is a good job because I also took a little tumble which resulted in me having to wear flat shoes all week for work. The second one was to place rockery stones in front of the gap, each frame we are trying to keep slightly different to encourage people to visit all four frames. However when we arrived to see the stones which were delivered by Easylawn Turf www.easylawnturf.co.uk earlier in the week they were huge, but then again Kearsley in Bloom is definitely all about giant creations. Yet again my muscle (My husband) did the majority of the work with some direction from me.
This evening was a first! Doing something for the first time always brings that exciting but nervous feeling. I volunteered for Bolton Live review team whereby I attended the Octagon Theatre in Bolton www.octagonbolton.co.uk to watch Singin' in the Rain. After the performance I then set off writing my first ever review. I aimed to write 600 words and before I knew it I reached that target. The show was amazing and definitely a must to go and watch. Here is my review for those interested… www.boltonlive.org/2016/06/07/singin-in-the-rain-in-a-heatwave/
Tuesday 7th June 2016
Only a few weeks off Kings Church #LoveDoes project www.kingschurchlife.com where I am organising the fun day aspect of the two community weekends. This fun day is totally different to my usual, because the idea is that we give an afternoon of free fun for all the families in the community. I finalised stalls and produced the event plan so that everyone knows where everything will be situated. The space isn't the easiest to work with but it is manageable and will all come together on the day. Yet again this is an event where volunteers are the cogs turning the wheel, so I began recruiting extra volunteers to help set up and look after one of the stalls.
Wednesday 8th June 2016
A quick turnaround from investigating collisions to radio presenting #CommunityCorner on Bolton FM www.boltonfm.com with David and Tony. We had a couple of guests in the studio one being a great guy called Martin McLoughlin from a charity called NICE www.boltonnice.co.uk which stands for Neighbourhood Investment in Community Enterprises. They have a number of different aspects to their charity including Community Toolbox, Community Bus, Community Centre and Recycling basically obtaining people's unwanted items and facilitating them to go to new homes. If you have never heard of this charity make sure you check out their website.
Thursday 9th June 2016
Kearsley in Bloom is starting to flourish throughout the Kearsley Ward which is the community in which I live. Tonight we had a team meeting to finalise the last part of the project for the festival. We want to encourage residents and businesses in the area to take part by submitting a display or hanging basket to make the area beautiful and raise vital funds to help put on the next Kearsley Scarecrow Festival www.facebook.com/Kearsley-In-Bloom-511757432318894/?fref=ts. Come and visit the area see our planter displays, giant frames and giant flowers.
Friday 10th June 2016
During my lunch break I popped into M and A Brown www.mabrown.co.uk to pick up my order of Kearsley in Bloom stickers which will be placed on all 50 of our planters around the community in due course.
My big summer event which is a Celebrity Football Match & Family Fun Day in aid of Street Soccer Academy www.streetsocceracademy.co.uk is fast approaching luckily the charity have a great support next work and recruiting volunteers isn't something I need to do. However tonight was spent planning where the volunteers will need to be used to ensure the event runs smoothly. I also started to prepare tombola stalls which will be one the charity stalls that will help raise funds for this great cause.
Saturday 11th June 2016
Today I took the day off to go and support my husband Michael who is the rock behind all my work. He was taking part in his first open water swim at Lake Windermere. He was fantastic and completed the mile swim in 36 minutes.
Sunday 12th June 2016
Today I had a fantastic day supporting Christina Cunningham who is the current Miss North West and Miss England finalist www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1475402556111009&fref=ts big fundraiser. Kearsley's Biggest Garden Party in celebration of the Queen's 90th birthday was a great success despite the rain. Christina used a number of my regular stall holders and vendors which commented on several occasions how relaxed I was. Yes I was totally relaxed and loved helping out and running a tombola stall which is one of my favourites. We all got wet numerous times but it was nothing a pair of wellies and a raincoat sorted out and that's coming from the girl who hates getting wet.


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I love dog subscription boxes and we've tried many of them. I ordered the first BarkBox for Chester and Gretel almost 7 years ago and I've been hooked ever since.
The treats and toys that come inside the box are high quality. The treats are always made in the USA, are of similar quality to what I would find in the boutique pet stores I shop in, and the toys we've receive are generally on the more durable end (C'mon, Dachshunds ARE strong chewers so I am surprised when a toy last more than a day or three).
Now, for me, the surprise alone makes getting a subscription worthwhile. However, the value of the items in the box always exceed the monthly subscription cost (which is $30 and under).
For example, in the June BarkBox we received:
- Jurassic Pork Treats – $8
- Dino-Bite Treats – $6
- Small Pork Roll – $3
- Hatchin' Harry Plus Toy – $10
- Uh-Oh Volcano Toy – $10
- Saber Chewth Tiger Teeth Toy – $8
Total Value = $45
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Inspiring Discoveries
To me, the value of a BarkBox subscription is not just what comes inside the box. The goodies that arrive every month are a little different than what I might normally buy myself. In a good way.
I've tried a lot of toys and treats for Chester and Gretel. At least I used to. I found what I liked and don't stray far from that. When it comes to treats, that means they end up getting the same thing over and over again. I'm sure the new flavors and textures of treats that come in the BarkBox are a welcome surprise for them.
But even more than that are the discoveries I sometimes make through what comes in our BarkBox. Take the recent "miracle".
Gretel's favorite toy is a nut. It came stuffed inside a squirrel years ago but the toy isn't available anymore. Anyway, it's pretty sad looking and we only have one left. I've been searching and searching for a potential replacement. Literally, for years. Nothing has been the right size or had the perfect roundness she loves.
Back in April, our BarkBox was Japanese-themed and came with a sushi toy. The accompanying notecard showed all of the toys in the series and Edna's Edamame caught my eye because it looked like it might be a nut replacement. I visited the BarkShop and found it. I also found a pea toy. I bought both. It turns out that the edamame beans, while a hit, are not the size of Gretel's favorite nut… but the peas are!!
Whoo hoo! They're the perfect size. Now she has more "nuts" to love on and play fetch with (these toys are one of the only things she actually brings back to us to throw again).
Finding a replacement for the nut is priceless and I wouldn't have been inspired to browse the BarkShop, and discover the nut replacement toy, if I hadn't received my BarkBox in the first place.
It Gets Better
The story gets even better though.
Last month, our box was western-themed and came with a "Take the Money and Run" toy. It was a crinkly bag that had little "coins" inside. While they are not spherical, they are pretty much the same size as the nut and the pea. Gretel loves them. More replacements!
And about the treats….
Their treats are so darn cute. They always have names and little sayings that go with the monthly theme. My favorite treat this month was the Jurassic Pork Jerkey. If the name isn't cute enough, the bag says, "Tastes like dinosaur (probably)."
I decided to check out the BarkShop to see what other funny-named treats they had. Although not cute by name, I found the Coconut and Cranberry Shareables Granola Clusters. They're a crunchy, wheat-free, 100% human grade, organic-certified snacks that both you and your dog can eat. Unfortunately, they were sold out but I think the idea is awesome. It makes me want to check out the BarkShop more often.
In the End
I love receiving BarkBox for Chester and Gretel. Honestly, I don't always love everything inside the box but I usually use enough to feel like it's worth the money.
If there are things in the box that Chester and Gretel don't like, or I don't like for them, I donate them to the rescue I adopted Gretel from. Knowing I'm helping homeless pets, and that I'm giving back to the rescue that brought Gretel into my life and made me a happier person, gives me the warm and fuzzies.
When you consider that BarkBox inspired me to finally discover a replacement for Gretel's favorite toy (and made that possible through the associated store – BarkShop), to branch out the "flavor palette" for Chester and Gretel, and gives the warm fuzzies from donating stuff to animals in need, it makes it more than worth it to me.
See what Chester thinks of the volcano toy that came in this month's box.
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Good morning, all! This weekend has been a good mix of busy and fun. I hit the mall with both kids in tow to pick-up a few things for school. I think The Teen is good now but The Girl needs a few more things. Still need to do the school supply run as we did not get to it yesterday because of this movie:
After all that shopping, we headed out to see Guardians of the Galaxy. I'm not sure what I expected but it was really good. The overall audience reaction was good too. Lots of laughs, good special effects and a nice movie for the entire family to see which is such a rarity these days.
Some not so good things, our garbage disposal went out as did our AC, which has been a lemon since the first day we put it in. The company that did the install is trying to make good on it, but that doesn't make us any more comfortable. The humidity has been 63% and nearly 100 degrees and on Tuesday and Wednesday we have go without any air so they can isolate the lines. I am not going to be in a good mood, that's for sure.
What am I reading?
I am about halfway through California by Edan Lepucki. I had hoped to be done with it by now but the entire day of shopping kind of sucked up my time. Today, we are going to church and will probably do the school supply run too. We'll see,
What am I cooking?
Not sure. Once again my cupboards are bare. My kids are in that growth phase so I cannot for the life of me, keep food in the house. With the weather the way it is, gloomy yet hot as heck, what do you make? I sort of want soup but I also kind of want salad. Sigh.
What am I watching?
Besides Guardians of the Galaxy, I haven't been sitting down long enough to see anything else.
What about you? How has your weekend been?


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Saraswatichandra 12th May 2014 Written Episode Update
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The Episode starts with Kumud asking Saras to take Kabir and go. Kabir says no Saras, take Kumud and go. Kumud says take Kabir with you, fulfill your mum's dream. Kabir says no Saras, my death was destined, after all I did all this, can I become a good son and brother, you will take Kumud, now. Kumud says no take Kabir. Kalika tells Danny that Ghuman asked her to do all this as she does not want you and Kusum to unite. She asks me to make Kusum hate you and you both separate and this marriage breaks, so I did this, I was not doing it, but was made to do this. Everyone are shocked. Yash slaps Kalika getting angry and she falls. Yash's mum is also angry on her. Yash says come, get out of my house. Kalika says I was not doing this, she made me go this. He throws her out of the house. She says open the door, I will not do this again, please.
Saras frees Kabir first while Kumud looks on. Kabir says what are you saying, take Kumud, you are doing a big mistake. Saras says go from here, get up. Kabir says I won't go anywhere. Saras lifts him and says go out. Kabir says what did you do Bhai, now the bomb will activate. The bomb activates. Kumud asks Saras to leave with Kabir. Saras says listen to me, I can't go leaving you. He asks Kabir to find something sharp. Kumud cries and says go Saras. Saras says we will live together and if we have to die, we will die together. Kabir brings something. Kumud asks Saras to go. Saras looks at the bomb and Kabir says be careful.
Saras tries to stop the bomb. He is tensed to cut the wire. Danny is in shock. Yash apologizes to Danny for what Kalika did. He says I m sorry, we all blamed you and you heard all. Kalika says Yash open the door, I m ready to apologize to everyone, where will I go, I m your wife, I have no one without you. Kusum opens the door. Kalika says I did a big mistake Kusum, I will touch your feet and apologize. Kusum moves back. Kalika says Yash, forgive me please. I know I did a big sin, I m sorry. She asks Yash's mum to forgive her. She apologizes to everyone and says don't make me go out of house. Kusum says you satyed for two mins outside the house and you are folding hands, now think what was Danny going through when everyone was blaming him, tell us how are you feeling now.
Kusum says I knew this is your drama, I knew you were lying, even if you bring 100 witnesses, I would have not believed you, I trust my Danny, I wanted you to tell the truth so I did this. Kabir asks Saras to cut the wire. Saras says Jai Mata Di and closes his eyes. He cuts the wire and the bomb stops. Kabir and Kumud smiles. Saras is relieved. Kabir hugs Saras. Saras hugs Kumud. Kabir cries. They free Kumud from the chair. Kumud happily cries. She gets up and hugs Saras. The brothers have a stare. Kabir says I always knew we are brothers, but knew the meaning today, forgive me Bhaiya. Saras hugs him. Kabir cries and says that woman did wrong with us, we can't forget it. Saras says don't worry, her sins pot is full, we will make her pay for it.
Kumud and Saras come to a church to pray and thank the Lord. They pray. Saras thinks it was Kumud's trust and support that he found his brother, thanks. They sit in the car and leave taking Kabir. Saras and Kumud smile. The driver asks you said you came to meet your family, is he the one. Saras says yes. The driver asks where to go. Saras says home and holds Kumud's hand. They fly back to Ratnagiri. Danny comes to the room and closes the door. He thinks of Kalika's words and is shattered thinking how can a mother make her son's image of a rapist just to end his marriage. Kusum comes in. Danny hugs her and says she is my mum.
He cries and says she can make fake papers, can lie to me, but how can put such a bad blame on me to make me away from my wife. How can she do this. Everyone see Danny breaking down and feel bad for him. Badimaa says I can't see this, think when Danny comes to know Ghuman's sins, about Kabir…. Vidyachatur says Lord should not give any son such pain, poor Danny, Saras has his mum in his heart but for Danny, mum's relation has broken. Badimaa says Ghuman's every relation has faced this, be it her son. Ghuman laughs keeping Menka captive. She says I m feeling so happy tonight, as everything is celebrating my victory. She says Kabir and Saras would have died there and Kusum gone from Danny's life. She gets Kalika's call.
She laughs and says why is she calling me, now I don't know you, I got what I want. She then gets Danny's call. Danny asks where are you, I want to meet you. Ghuman says I m out for some work, I will come home in morning then we will talk. She thinks plan have worked. She smiles and says I know you want to talk about what Danny, I m really sorry, I can't help you. Menka looks at Ghuman. Kusum asks Danny do you think you are doing right, think again. Vidyachatur says be calm, she is your mum, maybe after your anger cools, you regret. Guniyal says think what can be done, so think. Danny says I have thought to talk to her. I was quiet as Saras asked me to, but what she did today, she has to answer, let anything happen.
Ghuman takes a glass of cold water and asks Menka will she have. She says sorry, Kabir is dead so you won't have anything. She gets Kalika's call again. She answers it. She says I know Kalika, the work is done. Kalika says no, its all over, I told Danny that you made me do this. Ghuman asks what do you mean. Kalika says I told the truth to everyone, Kusum was taking me to hospital for tests, so I told them. Ghuman says useless, don't you have sense, how can you do this, its my mistake, I trusted you knowing you are a fool. She says remember Kalika, you have to pay for this mistake, not only money and much more. Kalika says Ghuman ji, I did this because you asked me, my husband kicked me out, they are waiting for Saras and Kumud then they will decide, I m in outside's room, this is happening because of you. Ghuman says no, its because of your foolishness, you deserve this. Ghuman ends the call and says so Danny wanted to talk to me.
Desai house: Saras tells Kabir that Ghuman wanted to take you away from mum and dad, but fate did not support her, Ghuman will be punished. Danny hears this. Everyone look at Danny.
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Best Practice Method to Get Screenshot Requests as Soon as Ready
Posted by Brandon Elliott on 13 August 2016 01:19 AM
Do you want to show a web page screenshot to your users the instant it is ready?
Do you want to use something like Ajax to continuously check for ready state?
Do you want to avoid being charged for constantly polling with excessive requests to ShrinkTheWeb to check for ready state?
This article addresses all of these questions. Some users have hammered this service with requests every 1-2 seconds (or even more than once per second), checking to see if a screenshot is ready. That is excessive and uses up costly resources. So, we pass those costs on to the customer in the form of bandwidth charges for each hit. However, it is not our intention to make money this way but rather to pass along costs for integrations that are not ideal. However, we prefer that users follow the "Best Practice" method below and save us AND themselves, time, money and frustration; while simultaenously improving their user's experience. ;)
Consideration #1: Security
If you are using jQuery/AJAX/etc or any "in-browser" code to poll our service, then you or your users may be facing cross-domain security issues. All of this is overcome by using a "middleman" or "proxy" script on your domain to make the initial request and provide status to your "checker" script.
Consideration #2: Keeping costs low
To avoid racking up unnecessary bandwidth charges, all integrations should rely on our "Notify Callback" feature to quickly deliver screenshots when ready and use local placeholders to designate request status. See below for an example.
Consideration #3: Getting screenshots as soon as ready
Our "Notify Callback" workers are constantly delivering or notifying users of screenshots that are ready. Typically, a "Notify" worker will notify of a ready capture in less than 1 second. Under extremely heavy load, there may be delays, so we recommend having a fallback check once every 20-30 seconds, just to be certain. This secondary check is not handled in our sample code.
Please note that if the screenshot is already READY, then we will ignore the CALLBACK request, because it is quicker, and less work on both sides, for you to just go ahead and download the image immediately. The process would be to parse the XML response of your request, every time, and if the status is "delivered" (image download URL will be provided), then go ahead and download the image. This is handled automatically in the sample code, but if making a custom integration; it is important to recognize this additional step.
Note: If this extra step, when READY, causes undue work to integrate, let us know. I am not opposed to adding an override to always push the image (in case it simplifies development).
Consideration #4: Figuring out the code
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Production: What's playing
Yiorgos Brokos is our team's sound specialist and producer of his own shows. This is his first one. Tune in on New Year's Eve at 7pm for a very Amusic hour with Yiorgos's production, What's Playing. Special thanks to Konstantinos Nikogiannis, Aggelis Dalachanis and Stefanos Nikolopoulos for their lovely performance of Seven Nation Army and Skyfall on the piano! Log in to the chatroom to exchange greetings on the day!


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WorldSkills Regional Competition for Construction Steelwork
Seven GOTAFE apprentices competed in the 2019 WorldSkills Australia Regional Competition for Construction Steelwork.
Seven engineering fabrication apprentices tackled the 2019 WorldSkills Australia Regional Competition for Construction Steelwork.
Competitors had to construct a roller assembly within a tight time frame testing their time management skills, their ability to interpret technical drawings and putting their technical skills to the test with various welding and cutting techniques.
The medal winners are now eligible for selection for the 2020 WorldSkills Australia National Competition. Congratulations to all competitors who were awarded with a gift bag from competition sponsors Max Abrase and Alpha Drills. Winners were:
1st place – Uilliam Anderson-Kitchener from Whitlands Engineering, Whitlands
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We breed F2B Standard Goldendoodles. This means that one parent is a F1 and one parent is a F1B. The puppies are 35% Golden Retriever and 65% Standard Poodle. .Full grown they will reach approximately 55-75lb.
We are a small in home breeder. We do not breed more than one litter at a time and only once or twice a year. This allows the 24/7 hands on care needed for each puppy. Our fur babies are raised as one of our kids. They are well socialized and raised with children. The puppies start potty training at 3 weeks of age. At three days old the puppies start their "Super Dog" program. This consist of 5 exercises to obtain Early Neurological Stimulation. The benefits to these exercises are the following
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Ctrlio helps motor insurers win customers more efficiently and manage their risk portfolios in real-time. Good for the insurer and, most importantly, the customer.
The Ctrlio team are looking for a talented engineer who is passionate about architecting and building high performance SaaS platforms, at scale. Ctrlio use machine learning to help businesses understand the competitiveness of their deals, in real-time, so that they can make offers with the best chance of conversion, at the moment that matters.
As a small close-knit InsurTech start-up, you will work closely with the CTO, Engineering lead and team, product and the data science team to architect and deliver a range of high-performance API based services and the underlying data pipelines, in an incredibly exciting industry.
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Is an igneous rock. At one time during its development, it was melted like volcanic lava. Unlike lava however, granite never reached the surface. It remained trapped inside where it cooled and crystallized, resulting in a very uniform, speckled stone that ranges in color browns, grays ,reds and pinks. Granite is striking and very durable.
Granite is the most durable of the stone surfaces, which makes it the best choice for a worry-free countertop. It is extremely durable, stain resistant and easy to care for. It is chip resistant and is unlikely to crack or scratch during normal use.
It is ideal for kitchens, counters, bar tops, dining tables, floor and wall covering, stairway, waterfall or planter.
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MODX Revolution: Building the Web Your Way presents an extensive look at an amazing and extensible Content Management Platform by providing real-world examples and hundreds of screen shots to bridge the gap typically experienced by users when pressing into new concepts and systems. Readers can approach this book as a quick reference, progressive primer, the basis to streamline team activities, or simply as a means to stretch skill sets into new areas based on the author?s decades of experience integrating development teams and partnering with clients around the globe. MODX Revolution: Building the Web Your Way is divided into four logical sections allowing readers to quickly access topics via the outline formatted Table of Contents or the index. Each chapter progressively increases in complexity and builds on concepts previously presented in the text. Features introduced in MODX Revolution 2.2.x-pl: Media Sources, Dashboards, and file-based Elements have also been introduced. In short, MODX Revolution: Building the Web Your Way is the book the author would have wanted on his desk, since he began using MODX products in 2005, and what multiple people from around the globe asked him for. MODX Revolution: Building the Web Your Way is an example-driven guide which effectively walks readers through various aspects of administrating, using, developing, and designing websites. Everything necessary to successfully operate a MODX Revolution site has been included in this book with the intention of familiarizing users so they can rapidly begin developing their own applications. MODX Revolution: Building the Web Your Way is divided into four sections: Part 1: Foundations contains quite a bit of explanation and numerous examples regarding each of the topics necessary to become familiar with MODX Revolution. Part II: Live Projects begins with a quick-start chapter and moves into real world development examples incorporating jQuery, Ajax, Search Engine optimization, and various other topics for building better projects. Part III: Administration introduces the concepts and techniques to effectively administrate a MODX Revolution project. Access Control Lists and other ?difficult? topics are presented in a straightforward manner utilizing very familiar terminology to quickly establish concepts usually considered to be advanced simply due to their assumed complexity. Part IV: Development takes a ?stone tossed across water? view of building dynamic PHP applications using MODX Revolution as a foundation. The areas of discovery range from the most commonly used methods in the API, to building third-party applications from scratch - including the xPDO schema and extending the generated classes into full applications. Regardless of your skill level, this book was conceived with the idea of allowing you to begin at your current level of experience and continue as far as you would want to. The examples chosen for this book are intended to easily reach a large number of readers, especially those who are self-taught or who are looking for a "low-impact" learning curve. The author intentionally refrained from using overly technical examples and verbiage so as to relate to a larger audience, even though some of the topics may be considered advanced to some readers.
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I had an opportunity to watch Garmin nüvi GPS equipped with CN maps while travelling by a car some time ago. I was curious about how good those maps are compared to OpenStreetMap. By my observation the Garmin maps are worse. They tried to navigate us through fields (despite unpaved ways were disabled in setup) or through a dead end street. Sure, OpenStreetMap contains errors too, but it has been making great progress at least in our country. While I wasn't much certain about using OpenStreetMap for car navigation a year ago, I've completely relied on it this year on my occasional trips, even when going abroad. And of course I fix errors and apply changes I discover. I'm not going to use proprietary maps for navigation anymore, despite their prominent support by proprietary GPS devices. OpenStreetMap is a nice free product and it's worth to contribute to it.
Well, we've got a nice free map. Now I'd like to have an outdoor navigation with a documented interface so that OpenStreetMap can be used on it without problems. What do you think, Garmin?


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Amos Gitai Builds Movies
By Lauri Donahue
Amos Gitai, 68, is a legendary filmmaker. He's been making movies for almost 50 years and has 65 credits as a director. He's had more invitations to show his work at the Cannes Film Festival than any other Israeli director.
I spoke with him at the 2019 Jerusalem Film Festival, which had a special screening of a newly restored copy of his first dramatic feature, Berlin-Jerusalem (1989).
Gitai grew up in Haifa, the son of immigrant parents, and attended the elite Reali School.
"My father was a great architect, a student of the Bauhaus," he says. "He was a pupil of Mies van der Rohe and Kandinsky. He came to Palestine in the '30s, and he died when I was still a soldier."
Gitai served in the Golan Heights on a rescue helicopter during the 1973 Yom Kippur War, an experience he depicts in his film Kippur (2000).
His chopper was shot down and the co-pilot was decapitated next to him. Gitai was injured. He says that near-death experience influenced his later work as a filmmaker.
"When you're in those situations, either it cracks you and you're lost -- and I know several people that happened to -- or you lose fear. And then you can do a lot of good things."
"When I finished my training in the army I didn't know what to do. Studying architecture was a way to talk to my dead father. So I got my diploma at the Technion and then I did a master's and PhD at Berkeley. And when I finished collecting all the academic degrees, which took about nine years, I decided to make movies."
Why filmmaking rather than architecture, after investing so many years in study?
"First of all, architecture is a bit formal. There's only so much that you can express. This country deserves a strong cinema that's engaged with it… and sometimes critical. In a way, I think that the best homage an artist can make to the country that he loves is to be critical."
He never went to film school.
"I like the freedom I have not being indoctrinated by any academic institution. Just to do what I feel like -- what touches me, what pisses me off -- which are basically the reasons I make a movie. I think this liberty is a great privilege."
His early films were documentaries, starting with House, which he made in 1980 when he was 30. It tells the story of a home in Jerusalem's German Colony neighborhood which belonged to a Palestinian doctor until it was expropriated in 1948 and became home to Jewish immigrants from Algiers.
He knew little about filmmaking initially. His mother had given him his first film camera, and he used it to shoot footage from his helicopter during the war.
His mother also gave him advice about how to get started: "If you have to do something you don't know, just take the best."
"So I took a great French director of photography who did La Belle et la Bête with Cocteau, who worked with Chaplin and Abel Gance. I took a sound engineer who worked with Godard. I asked Pina Bausch to do the choreography of one of the scenes. I was kind of an apprentice, teaching myself."
"Basically, cinema, like architecture, is teamwork. It's very nice that the director is getting a lot of the glory, but the truth is that sometimes the idea comes from the driver, or the set designer, or the director of photography, or the actresses or actors. So you have to have the faculty to listen. And at the same time, you have to make decisions."
"I learned this when I was a teenager. I went with my father to construction sites. He didn't want to over-impress me. So he just showed me how he would talk to a mason or to a carpenter and how in order to make a good building he needed the participation of all these people."
"Filmmaking isn't like writing a text or standing in front of a canvas, painting. You need to motivate, mobilize, inspire, and direct a group of people to get the best out of all of them."
An Exposed Nerve
House was rejected by the Israeli public television network, though it earned him a reputation at international film festivals.
"I think the film, which is very quiet film, touched an exposed nerve, which is a delicate matter. The 'nerve' is that Israelis have been teaching themselves to assume they are the only ones who deserve space on this piece of land."
Gitai's 1982 film Field Diary was also controversial, and shortly afterward he left Israel to live in France.
"Sometimes people follow in my footsteps and decide to leave Israel. They misread what happened to me. I couldn't get work because of the films which were sensitive. But it became a gradual decision. It's not like I decided in advance. I was invited for a few weeks to show my films in France. This few weeks became seven years."
He returned to Israel in 1993 after Yitzchak Rabin was elected Prime Minister and the Oslo accords had been signed.
"I think there was a spirit of openness and moderation. There were also a great hopes that finally this eternal conflict would calm down. And I wanted to be a part of it. The return to Israel was very constructive for the films I did."
The political environment for artists had changed as well.
"Shulamit Aloni instructed the public television network to reemploy me."
Aloni (Meretz) was Minister of Education under Rabin and later became Minister of Communications and of Science and Culture.
"She said to the network, 'You blocked the road of Amos Gitai for no reason. You should reintegrate him.' At this point I had already done things that people took notice of at different events worldwide. She thought it was good for the country to have somebody like me."
During this period, Gitai made acclaimed films like Kippur and Kadosh (1999) and worked with actors like Juliette Binoche and Natalie Portman.
"Unfortunately, just a couple years after I came back, as we all know, Rabin was assassinated."
Gitai made a docu-drama about the event: Rabin, the Last Day (2015).
A Tramway in Jerusalem
Although Gitai still lives in Haifa when he's not at his second home in Paris, many of his films are set in the Israeli capital – including the recent multi-lingual anthology, A Tramway in Jerusalem (2018).
"A lot of my friends live in Tel Aviv, and I spend time in Tel Aviv, and the Tel Avivians don't like Jerusalem. I actually like Jerusalem. Because it's a very dense story. Very divided. It always was divided. Politicians will tell you that it was unified forever but that's nonsense."
"The charm of the city is that it's fragmented. It's a mosaic of different cultures. And in the best case, they can live next to each other. It's a big hub which inspired humanity for good reasons. It's a great city."
"My mother was a non-religious teacher of the Bible. From my childhood she made me appreciate the Old Testament. I still do. It's a great book. It's much less religious than people think. It's not just stories. It's ethics and philosophy and a good critique of power."
"It is in the DNA of Jewish tradition to be critical. The Bible puts on record that the most mighty and celebrated King, David, was immoral. He desired Bathsheba, and to have her he sent her husband to die in the war."
"So what does the chief editor of the Bible, she or he, 3000 years ago want to instill? That when power is corrupt and immoral it deserves to be criticized. And that's very important. Don't be deterred. Don't be afraid. The attachment to truth and the critique of power is embedded in this culture."
"People who think that it's all about the mitzvahs and what's kosher and non-kosher… for me that's not the essence. The essence is the profound ethics. I think that's our great contribution."
"Look at scientists like Einstein, or at Freud or Marx. Einstein would say, 'What Newton found was very important, but I have a right to think differently.' And that's the basics of scientific research and intellectual discourse."
Film Funding
Even with his 65 films and many awards, Gitai still can't be assured that he'll get his projects funded.
"Sometimes you have to make something more modest."
He's critical of the current film-funding environment in Israel.
"Miri Regev forgets that she's the Minister of Culture for Israel -- not the Minister of Culture for Likud. She's not the only one on the planet. She needs to serve the entire population, not just the segment that voted for them."
"This particular regime made an assault on Israeli cinema. And maybe I had something to do with it. It's still the most opinionated cultural form in the country. In the past it was literature -- the great Israeli writers were on the model of the Russian intelligentsia, the speakers on the ethics of the country. But that's dying out."
"Now the filmmakers of different generations are opinionated. They sometimes give a good fight. So this regime considers them a menace to this angelic hasbara (propaganda)."
"There has been a major attack on all sorts of film financing. My great fear is that it will have a special impact on young filmmakers who are more fragile. It will push them to be more conformist. I think the country will lose."
Movies vs. Streaming
What does he think about Steven Spielberg's position that streaming films shouldn't be eligible for Oscars.?
"I think it deserves thinking about. On the one hand, you tend to think there's a point to what Spielberg is saying. On the other hand, there's a change in the mode of viewing films. I'm sure we'll find some modus vivendi. I'm still figuring out what I think about it."
Advice for Beginning Filmmakers
Gitai teaches film at Columbia University, and he arranged for his students to attend the Cannes Film Festival without paying the usual fee.
What advice does he have for filmmakers who are just starting out?
"They should dig into themselves to find what is important to them, but then go outside themselves."
"For my students at Columbia, I don't like the neoliberal system of teaching where everyone just does what they want. I want students to have some comparative base. Otherwise, each student just does his own thing. When you have a discussion in class, it's too politically correct and polite: 'You don't criticize me so I don't criticize you.' But it's not really meaningful."
"So I came with the New York Times for the day and I put it on the table. I told the groups, 'Let's pick a subject from this morning's paper.' For example, the wall that Trump's building with Mexico, or the disappearance of the glaciers in the Himalayas, or violence in the subways of New York."
"I said to the groups, 'Let's choose a subject.' One chose the wall, the other chose the glaciers."
"I explained to the students why methodologically I like this. Because it's like a mathematical equation. You need some elements in equations that are constant -- that are not variable."
"So I told them you can be for the wall or against it. I'm against the Michael Moore kind of cinema because it's demagogic even if it's for a good cause. When I see a film that's demagogic, I start to have a question about the cause, even if it's a cause that I'm for. Let people think. When you say something true, it will get to them."
"I told my students, you can make a documentary or fiction or melodrama, but this is a common subject. It was wonderful, because they had a comparative base. They were challenged with the same problem of how you transpose a subject into a project."
"About the glaciers, one student found an Uber driver from Nepal. He was a guide in the Himalayas. He took her to his home and showed her pictures of the glaciers and talked about how he lost his job and it was dangerous -- people were dying."
"And then another very brilliant student said, 'Amos , I have a problem. My father had a sister. One day she went to the parking garage and she was raped and murdered. This shattered his life. Now he's going to go see the killer in prison and he wants me to accompany him and film it.
And to me that's more important than the glaciers."
"I said, 'I think what you said is relevant to the glaciers.' How is it relevant? India says, 'Don't bother us with Global Warming. We have 1.3 billion people to feed and that's more important.
We don't want them to starve and that's it." That's legitimate. China says similar things. Africa says similar things. Europe is a little more disciplined. America, under Trump, also says this is nonsense."
"They have a similar argument to yours. They say, 'We have a much bigger problem than global warming.' So I think you should talk about your father, saying you're not going to do a film about global warming because of his story. It's shocking. And it will count as a film about global warming."
"You have to push the students to be creative, but to follow their own agenda as well, while sticking to the subject matter. It's contradictory. Be free -- but be free in reference to a theme. Some of the work they did was fascinating."
"I took them to Cannes because I wanted them to see the cynicism, the nonsense, the mundane aspects of the red carpet… but also to see some good films. And to see what you have to go through if you want to make good films. I think it's good to parachute into this hub to see the futility and the superficiality of this world."
"I try to train them to deal with the real world. But the real world is not as comfortable as a family that can be supportive and love you and think that everything you do is wonderful and that you're a genius."
"They're intelligent young people. They need to be confronted with the parameters of reality. Some of them will know how to swim well, but others will not."
A Vision for the Future
What's his vision for the future of the Israeli film industry?
"I think there is a very good basis. There are good young people -- ambitious in a positive way -- wanting to make, to create, to leave a trace."
"Sometimes I think that films are very interesting thematically or in subject or politically but less interesting formally, because cinema is also an art. It's a balance between form and narrative, form and thematics. The narrative, or the politics, can be overriding. I also like films that have a formal component."
"When people speak about the audience I think they should not think of them as consumers but as interpreters. So you should challenge them."
"The best films I've seen start when the screening's over. Because you go home have to really figure it out. Sometimes it was too slow; it was boring. Sometimes you really have to invest time to crack it. This is rewarding."
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Lauri Donahue is an award-winning American-Israeli screenwriter and playwright, based in Jerusalem.


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A History of Violence 2005 (R)
A History of Violence. *** NFK. Graphic violence. Very hot graphic sex scenes. It runs for about an hour and a half and it seemed to end a bit abruptly. Don't know about Viggo Mortensen as an actor but another guy that looks great playing a bad ass hero. Great short fight scenes. Maria Bello looked great. I recognized her from TV's ER. I enjoyed the movie.


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My grandson, Josh~I wrote this as one grandmother to another.
Sister Refugee,
your hopeless tear-streaked face
looks out at me from my tv screenand I recognize how easily
it might have been reversed,
I finding myself
sitting in your place.
It could so easily be me instead of youhuddled on that muddy hillside in the rain,
looking so tired and old,
so resigned and full of pain,
cradling a sleepy grandchild
against the bitter cold.
What do we know or care of politics?Our lives are about love,
and keeping children safe.
We walk the same earth,share the sky above,
that yours rains bombs and mine rains tears
a trick of fate
that could just as easily reverse
this time next year.
Your eyes meet mine across the mileswith bitter dread.
In the midst of all this folly
how do we keep the children fed?
How nurture the future,
how hang on to hope,
when life hangs suspended
by such a fragile thread?
We both agree
that this is not The Way,
are helpless but to endure,having no say,
until the tide can turn
and turn once more,
tossing us up
upon a kinder shore.