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Today, the Lexington Fair Housing Council is proud to release a new report, Mapping a Segregated City: The Growth of Racially/Ethnically Concentrated Poverty & Affluence in Lexington, 1970-2014. We feel that the report identifies several long-term trends in the city of Lexington regarding not only where affluence and poverty have become concentrated, but how those trends intersect with populations based on race and ethnicity. We hope that this report will not only be an awakening for many in our city as to how severely segregated Lexington has become with regard to class and race/ethnicity, but that it will also be a new tool with which city officials can use to address this deeply institutionalized problem.
For those who are interested in reading further about the issue of concentrated poverty and affluence within cities, the following resources should prove a fair starting point. The resources below will provide a macro-level view of concentrated poverty across the US to show that concentrated poverty is at an all-time high in the US, so we're not just only talking about a local Lexington issue. Additionally, these resources help frame how we're taking a more holistic approach to the issue of concentrated poverty because we're looking at the issue through the context of increasing inequality and spatial segregation of the non-white poor and affluent whites. As the report from the Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility rightly asserts, "A major obstacle to housing assistance recipients moving up the economic ladder is the lack of individual choice in housing programs and bureaucracies." With this new report, the Lexington Fair Housing Council hopes that the overdue work to reinforce an individual's choice in housing programs will be reinvigorated within city leadership.
Lost in Place: Why the persistence and spread of concentrated poverty–not gentrification–is our biggest urban challenge (City Observatory)
America's Biggest Problem Is Concentrated Poverty, Not Inequality (CitiLab)
Where the White People Live (The Atlantic)
A Better Way: Our Vision for a Confident America (Task Force on Poverty, Opportunity, and Upward Mobility)


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More than 50 million Americans, including many children, have at least one type of food allergy. At Allergy and Asthma Specialists of Greater Washington, diagnostic tests like oral food challenges are used to identify which foods trigger your food allergies. The leading allergists in Fairfax, Gainesville, Vienna, Warrenton, Culpeper, and Front Royal, Virginia offer customized oral food challenges to identify your specific allergy in a safe and controlled environment. Schedule your appointment by calling the most convenient clinic location for you or requesting an appointment online.
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A Fresh Start for JunePosted: 2016/05/31 Filed under: books, Early Review, Fiction, NonFiction | Tags: Aleksandre Solzhenitsyn, biography, Chaim Potok, Colin Cotterill, David Chbosky, David Shipler, David Winner, E Borgia, Fiction, JD Salinger, jordan, Linda Hunt, Lorrie Moore, Louise Erdrich, Margaret Drabble, Martin Moran, mfk fisher, Nell Freudenberger, NonFiction, Robert Caro, short stories, sports, war, world war ii, Zoe Valdes Leave a comment
May is ending with disappointment. The caboose of the story (instead of the whole train) is that due to work obligations Kisa & I were not able to make it to Maine for a long weekend over the holiday. As a result I had to burn two vacation days at home. June will be a better month. But, to be fair – May wasn't so shabby for books:
- Brilliant Orange by David Winner
- Bold Spirit by Linda Hunt
- Jordan by E. Borgia
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandre Solzhenitsyn
- Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill
- The Chosen by Chaim Potok
- Map of Another Town by MFK Fisher
- All the Rage by Martin Moran (ER)
- Arab and Jew by David Shipler
- Perks of Being a Wallflower by David Chbosky
- Master of the Senate by Robert Caro
For JUNE, here are the books & why:
- Yocandra in the Paradise of Nada by Zoe Valdes in honor of Caribbean Heritage Month
- Thirty-Three Teeth by Colin Cotterill to continue the series started in May
- Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich in honor of her birth month
- The Millstone by Margaret Drabble in honor of family month
- A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan in honor of World War II (D-Day)
June is National Short Story Month:
- from Birds of America by Lorrie Moore:
- Four Calling Birds, Three French Hens
- People Like That are the Only People Here: Canonical Babbling in Peed Onk
- from Lucky Girls by Nell Freudenberger:
- The Orphan
- Outside the Eastern Gate
- from Nine Stories by JD Salinger:
- A Perfect Day for a Bananafish
- For Esme: with Love & Squalor
May I ReadPosted: 2016/05/10 Filed under: books, Early Review, Fiction, NonFiction | Tags: Aleksandre Solzhenitsyn, Chaim Potok, Colin Cotterill, David Winner, E Borgia, Early Review, Fiction, Helga Estby, Holland, jordan, librarything, Linda Hunt, Martin Moran, memoir, mfk fisher, middle east, NonFiction, siberia, sports, walking Leave a comment
I never recapped April nor predicted May. For the first time ever, April books are still being read. To be fair, the Lyndon Johnson series started in February so technically these leftovers are not specific either April nor May.
April was an oddball month in that my reading was all on the fly. I trained for another half marathon and that took a lot of my time. Not nearly as much as the full mara, but still…
Here are the Challenge books finished in April:
- King Lear – Shakespeare (not scheduled)
- Guernica – Van Hensbergen (not scheduled)
- Grand Tour – Tim Moore
- Green Thoughts – Eleanor Perenyi
- Alice in Sunderland – Bryan Talbot
- Considerable Town – M F K Fisher
- Don't Eat This Book – Morgan Spurlock
Here are the just for fun books:
- Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work – John Gottman
- Spark Joy – Marie Kondo (not scheduled)
Here's what on tap for May:
For the Early Review program through LibraryThing:
- All the Rage by Martin Moran
To celebrate May:
- Brilliant Orange: the Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer by David Winner ~ in honor of the tulip festival in Holland
- Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America by Linda Lawrence Hunt ~ in honor of Just 'Cause and their 60-mile walk (although this year it's in June).
- Jordan: Past & Present: Petra, Jerash & Amman by E. Borgia ~ in honor of Jordan gaining independence in the month of May
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandre Solzhenitsyn ~ in honor of Russia's Victory Day (may 9th, 1945)
- Coroner's Lunch by Colin Cotterill ~ to celebrate Laos Rocket Day (already read – this took me less than a day)
- Chosen, the by Chaim Potok ~ in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month (AB – already read)
- Map of Another Town by MFK Fisher ~ to finished the Two Towns book started in April
- Master of the Senate by Robert Caro ~ to finished the series started in February in honor of Presidents' Day.


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Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) says he intends to support Brett Kavanaugh's contentious nomination to the Supreme Court — unless the FBI "turn[s] up something" in its investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against the judge.
"I'm a conservative. He's a conservative. I plan to support him unless they turn up something — and they might," said Flake. He added that he was particularly interested in hearing more from a high school friend of Kavanaugh's who has agreed to cooperate with the FBI probe.
That friend, Mark Judge, "sticks out because he was mentioned so much by Dr. Ford, and he might be able to shed some light on her recollection of time and events," Flake said, referring to Christine Blasey Ford, the California professor who testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday about her alleged assault by Kavanaugh when they were teenagers.
Flake's comments, published in The Atlantic on Saturday, were made shortly after the White House agreed to his surprise call for a delay in the final Senate confirmation vote on Kavanaugh to allow the FBI to conduct an investigation — though one limited in time and scope — into the accusations of sexual assault that have been leveled against the judge.
When asked by The Atlantic about his decision to call for the delay, Flake, one of a handful of swing votes on Kavanaugh's nomination, said that he'd been feeling "unsettled" about how the judge's confirmation process had been playing out, especially the partisanship that appeared to be wrenching the Senate "apart at the seams."
"I don't know if there was any one thing, but I was just unsettled," he said. Flake, a member of the Judiciary Committee, said that as Ford and then Kavanaugh testified before the panel on Thursday, "I saw the food fight again between the parties — the Democrats saying they're going to walk out, the Republicans blaming everything on the Democrats."
"The majority and minority parties and their staffs just don't work well together," he added. "There's no trust."
Flake said he hoped the FBI investigation would help to preserve the credibility of the Supreme Court and the Senate, which he described as "coming apart at the seams."
On Friday, Flake told reporters that he had very much "wanted to support" Kavanaugh, but he also wanted a "process we can be proud of."


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January breaks global records for heat, melting sea ice
This year's El Nino tied for strongest on record
The January figures are in, and Earth's string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. But NASA said January stood out: The temperature was above normal by the highest margin of any month on record.
And January set another record: Arctic sea ice reached its lowest point for that ice-building winter month.
NASA said January 2016 was 1.13 degrees Celsius (2.03 degrees Fahrenheit) above normal. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which calculates temperatures differently, said last month was 1.04 degrees Celsius (1.87 degrees Fahrenheit), which is the second biggest margin in history. NOAA said the greatest was this past December.
January's average global temperature was a record 13 degrees Celsius (55.5 degrees Fahrenheit), easily beating the old January record set in 2007, according to NOAA. Records go back to 1880.
'Off the chart' Arctic warming
There were colder-than-normal patches in parts of the United States, Europe and Asia in January, but they were overwhelmed by incredible "off our chart" warming in the Arctic region, according to NOAA climate scientist Jessica Blunden. Siberia, northwest Canada, and a lot of Alaska were at least 9 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than normal, she said.
That heat was why there was record low sea ice in the Arctic for this time of year, when sea ice grows, Blunden said.
Arctic sea ice covered, on average, only 13.4 million square kilometres (5.2 million square miles) in January, which is 233,000 square kilometres (90,000 square miles) below the previous record set in 2011, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center. It's also 1 million square kilometres (402,000 square miles) less than the 30-year normal.
The string of nine consecutive record hot months matches June 1997 to February 1998, which was the last time Earth had a large El Nino. It is still behind the 10 straight months of record heat in 1944, Blunden said. It's likely we'll tie that record in February, she said.
The current El Nino — an occasional natural warming of parts of the Pacific that changes weather around the world and spikes global temperatures — is tied with 1997-1998 for the strongest on record, according to NOAA. And while it has been predicted to ease soon, it has not lessened yet, said NOAA Climate Prediction Center deputy director Mike Halpert.
NASA chief climate scientist Gavin Schmidt blamed the record heat mostly on man-made climate change, with an assist from El Nino.


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Today I have a fun wintry card to share with you. This card is focused on coloring the precious Winter Bears. I absolutely love how the Copic colors turned out and how they matched the ModaScrap paper so perfectly.
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With the chilly days fast approaching I just had to play with this adorable Stylish Snowman die set. I love how many options you have with the set. I used a typical top hat and scarf but you can also dress up your snowman with two other hats – there are three in the set – or even reindeer antlers! How cool is that?
Welcome Back Friends,
DT Melanie here with you today with a super cute project. Playing with the "Gingerbread Home" die set made me feel like I was playing with paper dolls again, just like when I was a kid. I bet a lot of you remember those days 🙂
The Gingerbread Home set is just adorable… let's take a closer look…
Welcome back friends.
Melanie here with you today to share a little Halloween Magic. Before receiving these Halloween dies I would have said "I don't make Halloween cards," but now that I have played with the dies and stamps from this collection I am hooked. They are amazing and if you like doing scenes then make sure you check out all the others from the collection, especially the Haunted House Set.


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The lime deposit is a big culprit when it comes to wasting energy. We are thinking in particular of the washing machine and the dishwasher. A lime deposit of two or three millimeters can increase the consumption of your device by 25%. Not only will regular descaling increase the performance of your machines, but they will also last longer. Two birds with one stone. With the Power to Choose Houston you can now find the best choices.
- The average annual consumption of a class A + washing machine or higher is 100 kWh, at the rate of 4 detergents per week. An old energy-consuming device will certainly consume 300 kWh for the same number of washes. If in your case you do much more than 4 detergents per week, the difference in consumption will be exponential.
- While optimists say that you should be satisfied with a half-full glass, this does not apply to your washing machine. It is more advantageous to run one full machine than two half-full. So wait a while until your laundry basket is completely full.
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The consumption of a dryer can quickly reach 500 kWh per year or more, we can consider that this device is, therefore, a real greedy. The idea of hanging your laundry outside when the weather permits and preferably with a light breeze is not an absurd idea and in case of rain a drying rack in the living room or garage can also help save energy. After each operation, the dryer filter is probably filled. Do not forget to clean it after each drying session. As fabric dust prevents moist air from escaping, your dryer consumes more energy with a clogged filter.
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In the kitchen with Pierre Gagnaire
What is your favorite fall dish?
The mushrooms.
Your fetish autumn dessert?
The fig pie from Solliès.
Your madeleine of proust?
A square of chocolate on a small slice of country bread spread with half-salted butter.
Your favorite autumn smell?
The wet earth mixed with the leaves.
The dish you like to cook for your loved ones?
Veal breast with onions.
Your crisp news?
The opening of the new GAYA rue de Saint-Simon, as well as the upcoming opening of Piero TT, our Italian rue du Bac, instead of the old Gaya.
A simple recipe to share for our readers?
Thin strips of avocado, interspersed with thin slices of red beets. Add fleur de sel and black pepper to the mill.
Thread a hard-boiled egg over the grind, then a pinch of chives and duck.
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Diplomats from EU countries have raised concerns over the mass removal of police officers of all ranks in Turkey and how it will affect international security cooperation.
Countries which are cooperating with Turkish police on international security matters are wondering how the recent replacements in the Interior and Justice Ministries, because of the recent corruption investigations, will influence international security monitoring.
Hundreds of high ranking officers have been replaced and a senior EU diplomat has said that:
"All of the changes and uncertainties create concerns that our cooperation in the future may slow down." He explained that, "for instance, in terms of the fight against terrorism. We have concerns to ensure cooperation on the issue of foreign fighters in Syria continues."
On 8th Jan, the EU expressed concern about developments in Turkey where the government is embroiled in a high-level corruption scandal, and which, in retaliation, it ordered a purge of police officers of all ranks.
"The recent steps [removing, reassigning or firing police officers and investigators] are a matter of concern," said a Commission statement.
"We urge Turkey, as a candidate country committed to the political criteria of accession, including the application of the rule of law, to take all the necessary measures to ensure that allegations of wrongdoing are addressed without discrimination or preference in a transparent and impartial manner," said the statement, adding that any action which undermines the effectiveness of investigations into these allegations should be avoided.
Nearly 600 police officers, along with prosecutors, were replaced after an investigation into high-level corruption shook the government on 17th December, when 24 people were arrested as part of the massive corruption investigation, including the sons of former Interior Minister Muammer Guler and former Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan.


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Outdoor Jazz Concert
Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019 @ 2:00 pm
Traditional Jazz of Nat King Cole, Duke Ellington, Cole Porter, Summertime (by George Gershwin) and much more.
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Dear Brenda, once again you surprised by the synchronicity of your post with my thoughts.
You know my difficulty with English, so this post if metaphorically is difficult for me to understand. But if it was written in a literal sense, it is very easy to understand. I would almost say that was made for me.
Since last May I am the mayor of my town.
Still I do not quite know how it happened.It was one of those things that come from the Universe, in which not knowing how you become involved, despite having no interest in political affairs.
Summer is a quiet time for politics, so until early September will not have to work hard.
I spent the summer working out procedural issues, bureaucracy and office, but not political issues in the strict sense.
So I had time, as I have said on other occasions, for my garden, my books, cooking, beach, ponytails and slippers.That is, a wonderful summer of quiet and relaxation .
Well, this morning, as I took a motorcycle ride with my husband, a horrible thought gripped my heart: Oh my God, September, is there !! How am I going to flesh out this mess that I am. I stuck to that policy ?? I hate politics and politicians. !!! It must be a mistake!! A terrible mistake!!!!
Immediately "I heard": no, it's not a mistake. you're where you need to be. do not forget that the road is the joy
The answer left me somewhat surprised, I heard loud and clear, but still does not comforted me.
Maybe it's because I still do not trust me and my new capabilities, but requested a confirmation that what I felt was right. I have asked about it a signal, a clear signal today, before bed. If not today, not worth it.
And here it is. Today at 22:33, in my Mcbook, from the bed, before sleep, I notice that jumps you hang a post. When you put normally on Monday.
This clear. This is the sign that I ordered.
Clearly I'm where I need to be … but still do not know why …..
Love, blesses and sparkles
Dearest Brenda–interesting you posted today as I have just begun looking for a new job–my other one ended abruptly but appropriately as it wasn't my truth. And now I'm in a space of "what do I create?!" and reading your words reminds me to create something joyful that pays extremely well. As the CEO of me, I've already created it! Now, I only need to allow it to come into being. 🙂 after all, I Am Complete–it's all there waiting for me to step into it!! (loved the blog talk show too!!)
Have a wonderful week!!
Love and Light,
A truly speak-your-truth message, thank you. And note to Cristina, you'll know what to do and more importantly what to say, it will come absolutely naturally. I'm so very pleased for you, Cristina, that your niche is found. Today I spoke my truth and I astounded myself, and with that speaking came such freedom. Thank you, Brenda, for this post, timing is impeccable and I note the reference to 'wave'. Love, BUS
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Even as creating our earth dreams… there's this sadness at all the horrors we endured
Even though it was illusory
Strange sadness- I suppose its based on compassion
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2006-05-24 10:57:08 Dr. Thomas is very professional, friendly and he knows what he's doing. His office also seems to have very state-of-the-art technology, of all the dentists I've been to in Davis I've had my best experience with this one. —HaggroAlex
2006-12-29 00:10:49 They're going to refuse service to you if you don't provide them with your SSN to bill to insurance companies. They don't care if you give them your dental insurance member id number, they still want your SSN. —JohnWong
2007-04-06 01:05:52 I have been to this dentist several times for treatment, and they've been very good, and courteous. I had the composite on my front tooth repaired by them, and then I decided to splurge on a whitening treatment, and they offered to resurface my composite to change the color to match my whiter teeth. If your teeth are sensitive, don't hesitate to ask for the lidocaine, and they won't hesitate to inject it. There's nothing like feeling nothing! —KarlMogel
2007-05-15 12:20:46 JohnWong, they also asked me for my SSN, but said they'd accept my insurance member number. I called up the insurance (Delta Dental) and they said my member number is the SSN and I would have to get my employer to change that. This sucks! —JoFeuerstein
2008-04-05 15:39:10 I have been going here for 14 years and totally enjoy their office. I agree that they always seem to keep up to date on the latest technology and have staff that has been with them for years. I've had many different types of dental work done here and I've always been satisfied with the service I've received. —loneshark
2008-05-27 13:44:26 I've been going to Dr. T for about 7 years now, and have always been very happy with the service he and his staff provide. I am very picky about my dentist and would never go anywhere else. —NotSure
2010-10-08 08:32:58 I have gone to Dr. Thomas several times and found him to be very good. However, the management of his office leaves much to be desired. If you have insurance, don't give them any money up front as you will be pulling teeth to get it back. They will present you with services and products to spend that money on. They don't automatically mail your money back to you. Their dental hygienist said to me that I needed a "deep cleaning" of some back teeth or I would lose them. So I finally agreed and the only deep cleaning I got was of my pocketbook. So save yourself $835 and get a deep cleaning kit called Waterpik at Target. natacami —jm7sumner
2011-01-23 20:53:41 I totally agree with jm7sumner. The dentist is nice as well as his hygienist. But their bookkeeping and billing are so confusing that you better pay your copay with your insurance statement in you hands and make sure you account has a 0 balance after you pay. I had a major treatment done and paid my portion up front. When I realized I paid much higher than it should be, I asked to get my money back. They wouldn't answer me until I went to the office and asked for the office manager. She sat down with me to do the "math" and had to agree that I over-paid for that treatment. However, she rightaway pointed to me that I owed the office that much amount for a panoramic x-ray I took 4 years ago that insurance didn't pay :0(. Of course I didn't get my money ($300) back but they lost 5 customers (my whole family) from that day. —CathyLee
2011-09-29 16:26:54 They definitely have a profit driven business model—forget the fact that you're a student on a tight budget. Despite being told repeatedly I don't want any more cleanings than the insurance pays for, they continue to pester me, and don't bother telling you that deep cleaning is not covered completely. Well, $80 may not seem alot to them! So they have a fascade of polite customer service, but they have revealed themselves to be greedy capitalists that you have to protect your pocketbook from. —AlanRaetz
2013-02-28 02:38:01 This clinic is the worse clinic ... If you want to meet a theft or layer they are....I had a bad history with dr , and staff ..... After one year I suffered a sever pain in my teeth that he treat it he didn't treat it well —Marmar
2014-02-10 12:34:28 I would recommend this dentist. I also left a review at http://www.findmydentist.com —mikeladin
2016-04-13 11:31:43 yes, i absolutely recommend Thomas Dental Care! I first met with Dr. Thomas last year, after learning that my teeth had become very bad; really, as a different dentist told me i had no options. I spent several months (while teeth condition only worsened) avoiding a dentist as i was too upset and afraid to deal with the problem. Then i met Debbie at Thomas Dental Care who encouraged me to see Dr. Thomas--and thank goodness that i finally did begin treatment with Dr. Thomas, who has restored my teeth. It is important to relate, here, that Dr. Thomas is highly skilled dentist with a lot of kindness and patience. He and his warm staff have been so encouraging throughout my treatment there. He explains procedures and is always thinking through the best action steps to take during the long process of restoring my teeth. Dr. Thomas explains what the plan is, which relieves much of the anxiety i've had, and answers questions sincerely and professionally. He is a kind person, as is he staff, and dedicated to helping people. I am grateful to Thomas Dental Care for helping me recover a decent self image that i'd lost when i realized how bad my teeth had become last year. pam driggers —shalom01
2016-06-05 16:36:51 yes i absolutely would recommend Dr Thomas to everyone.I met Dr. Thomas feeling hopeless about saving my teeth, and indeed he has restored most of my teeth by now. i'm using an invisaline now and looking forward to three implants. I've been so ashamed and embarrassed about my teeth---but Dr. Thomas and his friendly staff have help me to recover my self esteem--and my teeth--because they really do care about the people they take care of. Dr. Thomas always works with a plan in mind. It seems he can achieve anything! i am very grateful to Dr. Thomas and his staff for their skills and the assurance they have provided. —shalom01


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I suck at following spoken directions, verry merry berry much. At following spoken directions, my suckage is not within normal limits. I suck abnormally at following spoken directions. My suckage at following spoken directions is not only high, verry merry berry, but high, eggstremely.
Here is a schematic to visualize these advanced concepts:
As you can see, I really really really suck at following spoken directions.
I suck at doing things when someone tells me what to do:
When someone tells me what to do when I am cooking dinner, I have no idear what they are talking about, and I wish that they would stop, so I can cook my dinner in peace, quiet, and combobulation, a lack of discombobulation.
When someone tells me what to do when I am doing a science experiment, I have no idear what they are talking about, and I wish that they would stop, so I could do my science experiment in peace, quiet, and combobulation, defined above.
In seventh grade, when my Home Economics teacher told the class what to do when we were making aprons, I had no idear what she was talking about, and I wished that she would stop, and I sucked at making my apron. At making my apron, I sucked so eggstremely much that I had to go to school extra early in the morning for a special remediation of my apron-making deficits. Me and the teacher both had to show up extra early, so she could show me how to make my apron, me having learned nothing at all from her spoken directions in class. After she showed me how to make my apron, my deficits in apron-making dissolved, problem solved, and I became purrrty durrrn good at making aprons. I made an apron for my class, and I made moar moar moar aprons for fun. I made so many aprons for fun that you could even say that I got an itsy-bitsy obsessed with making aprons, but fortunately, the fad went almost as fast as it had come.
In general, I learn nothing at all from people telling me what to do, whether they are teaching me how to cook dinner, do science experiments, or make aprons. When people tell me how to do things that I already know how to do, I can do everything just fine by ignoring everything that comes out of their mouths. When people teach me how to do things that I don't know how to do by telling me what to do, or giving me spoken directions, I suck at doing whatever I am supposed to be doing, knowing whatever I am supposed to be doing, understanding whatever I am supposed to be doing, and learning whatever I am supposed to be learning to do.
This was true when I was a child. This is true for me as an adult. This was true when I sucked at language. This is true now that I have good language skills. It doesn't matter how old I get, or how great my language skills become. I suck, sucked, and will suck at following spoken directions 4evar and evar and evar.
But why do I suck at following spoken directions? Why do I suck so much at learning from people telling me what to do?
I don't know eggsacly, but I have a few idears:
I suck at processing hoooman speech.
I suck at processing hoooman speech into meanings.
I suck at processing hoooman speech into the non-spoken meanings that I understand fast and good in my own mind.
I suck at processing hoooman speech into the non-spoken, non-verbal meanings that I understand fast and good in my own mind.
I suck at processing hoooman speech into the visual meanings that I understand fast and good in my own mind.
I am a visual thinker, so I understand non-spoken, non-verbal, visual meanings fast and good in my own mind, without taking much time or making much effort to understand them. Them, I just get, just like that, and that is just how I naturally normally think.
I am not a verbal thinker, so I have to translate all verbal spoken directions into non-spoken, non-verbal meanings as the verbal directions are spoken into my ears and brain. This translation takes time and effort, so my understanding of things passed this way into my brain is slow and sucky. It is slow and sucky compared to my natural normal way of thinking, and it is slow and sucky in general. Sometimes, the machine that does the translation gets bogged and clogged when there are too many directions feeding into it too fast, more after four after three after two after one. Sometimes, the machine gets overloaded and shuts down, and all the translations stop. For awhile, anywhile from tenths to tens of hours, the translations cease, and the machine rests in peace. After awhile, when the machine slugs back to life again, the translations start again, but it would be a good idear not to overload the machine again. It would be a good idear not to shut down the machine again. It would be a good idear not to tell me what to do, step after step after step. It would be a good idear not to teach me anything new by giving me spoken directions, yak yak yakkity yak yak. Instead, just show me in actions, pictures, or text, and I will probably get it just fine.
This is what it looks like when the machine bogs and clogs:
"In one ear…&…Out the same ear," the machine rejects the snail trail.
In moar moar moar official terms, this slow, sucky, sluggish, slimey snail trail is a language processing disorder, an auditory processing disorder, or both. Many autistic people have one, the other, or both.
For example, many autistic children have poor receptive language, meaning that they suck at following spoken directions, learning from spoken language, and understanding what the begeebus people are yakking at them. Maybe they can follow one step at a time, or maybe not. Maybe they can follow two steps in a row, or maybe not. Slime together three or four or moar moar moar slugs in a snail trail, moar moar moar words, and forget about following anything or learning anything. I can't follow that many steps, that many words, and my brain overloads and shuts down when the machine bogs and clogs, which means the end of any learning of anything in any way for the rest of the day.
So what do we do about this problem? This language processing disorder or auditory processing disorder or ear-brain disconnection disorder or whatever it is?
Problem: Poor receptive language through the ears, slow and sucky, sluggish and slimey
Solution: Develop good receptive language through the eyes, fast and good, autistic and awesome
When I was in grade school, I had a special education plan that I call the "Leave Me Alone" education plan. Ackshuly, I call it the "Leave Me The Fark Alone" education plan, or LMTFA for short. According to LMTFA, I was allowed to ignore everything that came out of everyone's mouth at school. I did not have to listen to the teachers in class, and I did not have to pretend that I was listening either. I did not have to work or play with the other kids, including the other kids in the gifted and talented program that I had gotten into based on the results of a non-interactive, non-spoken, non-verbal test, basically an IQ test like the Raven's Progressive Matrices.
Instead of learning from other hooomans in the typical way that hooomans learn from each other, I got to learn on my own from pictures and words in textbooks, worksheets, flashcards, puzzles, and games, thus completely bypassing my receptive language deficits through my ears and my expressive language deficits through my mouth.
If slow and sucky through the ears, then try the eyes instead.
If slow and sucky through the mouth, then try the fingers instead.
Nevar evar evar assume that slow and sucky in one way means slow and sucky in all ways.
Nevar evar evar assume that disability in one way means disability in all ways.
Always search for a way that works.
When I was a kid, I could not learn many things in the typical ways, but I ended up learning many things anyway, because there was always someone willing to adapt to me and teach me in my own way instead of me always having to adapt to everyone else and learning nothing on their highways.
From third grade (or was it second, I furrrgotz) through fifth grade, I had my special education plan that worked grrrrrrreat!!! for me, but I am not advocating for all awesome autistic kids to be left alone to their own soft- and hard-ware. Instead, it would help a lot lot lot if kids with receptive language problems and/or auditory processing problems were taught to read and write and type, so they could bypass their weaknesses to develop their strengths. It would help if the kids could read what was said at the same time that it was said. It would help if the kids could write what they wanted to say, then read what they wrote. It would help if the kids could type what they wanted to say for everyone else to read. All these things would help adults as well, no matter how highly intelligent or how high-functioning they are. As long as they are autistic adults with language and auditory processing problems, then they will benefit from an accommodation for their weaknesses and a recognition of their strengths.
Speaking of strengths, here is another story to balance out the snail trail:
In seventh grade, we were required to take both Home Economics and Industrial Technology as part of the standard junior high curriculum in our school district. Industrial Technology consisted of a bunch of twelve-year-olds on sugar highs running around in a large multi-room workshop operating saws, drills, and sanders, while the lone teacher operated on standby to call the nurse's office or 911 when I sanded off my fingernail on the belt sander, ooops, or the nerd/geek/dork with the preppy haircut and big glasses cut off his finger with the bandsaw, yikes. In this class, I completed several projects with no problems whatsoever. We had to make a whistle, and I made the whistle that blew the loudest. We had to make a miniature load-bearing bridge, and I made the bridge that bore the greatest load. We had to make a gas-propelled model vehicle, and I made the sharkmobile that flew the fastest.
In this class, I did grrrrrrreat!!!, but not because I knew lotsa fizzicks (I didn't), or had lotsa experience building things (I hadn't), or was a gigantic nerd/geek/dork (OK, I was). I did grrrrrrreat!!!, because there were no verbal directions for doing anything, no spoken directions, no written directions, no textbooks, no worksheets, no flashcards, no rulez. Instead, the teacher just drew some pictures of whistles and bridges and cars on the chalkboard and showed us a few of these things, the real things, to hold in our hands, and we were left alone to our own soft- and hard-ware, small pieces of which got lost during the process, ooops.
The only verbal directive was not to lose any of our body parts in class, and I had no problem complying with that spoken direction. The fingernail didn't count, cuz it grew back just fine, and I'm purrrty sure that the guy got his finger reattached just fine too, two for two.


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Our eyebrows give definition and drama to our whole face but, sad to say, as we age they can become paler. Add to that a lifetime of plucking and our poor old brows have started to look slightly moth-eaten. The simplest trick to looking more youthful is to fill in those brows.
Here Trinny demonstrates how – Continue reading


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Pit stops on the road to paintball
After about two and a half hours, we determined that we needed to talk to one of the guys on our team who was probably, at that exact moment, lying on his stomach behind a burned out jeep, pinned down by enemy paintball fire. So PP and I start walking down the hall to the parking lot to drive over there and find said pinned-down expert. PP is still talking on his cell phone, dialed into this emergency phone conference.
As we pass the men's room, I motion to him that I have to make a quick pit-stop before we drive. I turn left, push open the door, and walk toward the urinal.
As I'm taking my piss, I realize something odd.
I can still hear PP talking on his cellphone. That's because he is standing right next to me, pissing away.
Still dialed in.
There is no mute.
There is only pee.
And flushing. Lots of flushing.
I quickly wash up, break for the door and stand in the hallway outside the men's room, waiting for PP to finish up.
I learned something else. Apparently, "finishing up" doesn't necessarily need to happen on any particular side of the men's room door, because PP comes out of the men's room and he's still zipping up when he hits the hallway. It was awesome.
I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on the hand washing thing even though I didn't witness it, but jesus. On one hand, I admire him for not giving a shit what people think, but on the other hand, I'm just glad no bigwigs were walking by at that exact moment.
So to all the people on the phone -- sorry. I didn't know he would follow me, and subject you to this. Also, if you're keeping track, I'm pretty sure his pee noises were louder than mine, since it sounded like he was aiming right for the water instead of banking it off the back.
I will, however, cop to that last double-tap flush you may have heard. That was all me.
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That's nasty. I could never look at someone the same way after experiencing that.ReplyDelete
Jesus man...cut him some slack.ReplyDelete
I'd call that just pure dedication.
Many a time i've talked to me mateys whilst taking a slash
Well, yeah. A matey, that's different. Almost expected if there is beer and general drunkeness involved on either end of the phone. So, yeah, we'll call it dedication.ReplyDelete
Yeah, but was he more dedicated to the teleconference or the leak-taking adventure? You can never be sure.ReplyDelete
No matter what, he could at least practice at the coveted "quiet piss" ... some people I know have that down to a science.
Why do you just arbitrarily call him SD? For the record it wasn't me. Ass. SD is always code for SHOP DUNGAREES. Don't soil my good name on your blog with your peepal stories. You should start your own onsite payment company and call it peepal.comReplyDelete
I didn't even think of that. For the record, SD stands for "Special Dark"ReplyDelete
If the people on the other line couldn't figure out the problem, than f them and I let them hear me piss. I believe the phrase 'piss off' came from that.ReplyDelete


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Merry Christmas from our family to yours! Here's a snapshot of our five handsome/beautiful kiddos just before we went to our church's Christmas service.
I snagged a few shots of just the boys while we were waiting for Hannah. These really capture their personalities.
Hope you have a wonderful time celebrating the birth of our King, Jesus. Merry Christmas! I'm not afraid to say it. :-)
And please remember to pray for, and give a little word of encouragement to, both the missionaries and the military men/women who are in far away places around the world right now. It's a tough time of year to be that far from "home" and family.
I was just pondering how rare it is for us to be in the U.S. during Christmas, and decided to take a trip down memory lane. This is the first Christmas that our twins will remember in the U.S. For most of our other kids it's only the second. Here's a shot from each year that we've been "home" in the lower 48 for Christmas in the past 14 years (obviously the shots from this year are the ones above.)
This was the last time we were on furlough, four years ago. Our twins were two.
We had not planned to be in the U.S. this year, but because of Joy's high-risk pregnancy with the twins, we flew back to the U.S. just a few days before Christmas. Within two weeks Joy was on full bed rest, and in March the twins were born. By early May we were back in Indo.
This was our last Christmas in the U.S. before leaving for Indonesia. In fact, I think this might have become one of our prayer cards. Wow! We've really changed!
2003This was the only full year that we weren't in full-time ministry, or on our way there, since 2001. We had just left Alaska after our two-year village ministry, and hadn't yet joined MAF.
We were actually serving full-time in a remote, isolated village in Alaska at this time, but desperately needed a break. We flew down and surprised family this Christmas.


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Presentation of EQUAL-IST project and crowdsourcing platform at the 16th Annual STS Conference 2017: Social Justice in Science, Technology and Environment
Category : Events
On the 8th May 2017 member of the Horizon 2020 Equal-IST team Ganna Plekhanova (S. Kuznets KhNUE) presented Equal-IST project and crowdsourcing platform at the 16th Annual STS Conference 2017: Social Justice in Science, Technology and Environment in Graz, Austria.
The 16th Annual STS Conference Graz 2017 was devoted to research in the areas of Science, Technology and Society Studies (STS) and Sustainability Studies.
Thematic Tracks of the conference were:
- Queer-feminist and Gender Justice Issues in STS
- Sustainable Food Systems
- The Mobility System and Social Justice
- Towards Low-Carbon Energy Systems
- Digital STS Discourses
- Responsible Research and Innovation
- General STS Topics
In the frame of track "Queer-feminist and Gender Justice Issues in STS" the next topics were discussed:
- Gender equality plans for higher education and science institutions in STEM areas
- Motherhood and care-constructions and transformation through technologies
- Critical, feminist, and engaged pedagogies within STEM and social science education: Learning and teaching social justice
- Social gender justice in academia and research
- Women and GM crops: Understanding impacts and the need for socio-economic considerations
- Queer-feminist science and technology studies
The topic of the presentation was "Gender Equality in ICT Departments on the Example of Simon Kuznets Kharkiv National University of Economics". The presentation focused on goals and objectives of the project, prospects of Gender Equality Plans implementation for ICT Departments and results of the gender audit at S. Kuznets KhNUE.
Besides, Ganna Plekhanova presented crowdsourcing online platform, which was developed during the project HORIZON2020 ΕQUAL-IST, demonstrated its basic functionality and attracted conference's participants to use the platform as external experts.


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Strategic Partners 2016
The Think Tank for electrical Retail and Industry
Young shoppers attitudes to physical stores
This creates opportunities for brick and click retailers to challenge the purely online players, some of which – like eBay and Amazon – are responding by migrating out of their virtual comfort zone to investigate the high street. Global Young Shopper survey questioned shoppers aged 16 – 21 in ten markets around the world. Here's what they told us about their online and offline shopping experiences.
Omnichannel has moved from opportunity to necessity
The advent of digital has changed – and continues to change – the way we shop for everything, from clothes to cars.The latest research from GfK shows that rather than seeing digital as a one stop shop, consumers are enjoying an omnichannel shopping experience that blends digital with traditional bricks and mortar retailers to create a newkind of purchase journey.
Internet Vs. Store- Based retailing: The global move towards omnichannels.
As consumers continue to blend their off-line and on-line activities, from "showrooming" and retail apps to sofa shopping and click-and-collect, the lines between internet retailing, e-commerce and physical retailing are becoming increasingly blurred. Big retailers are taking an "omnichannel" approach by merging their offline, on-line and mobile capabilities to create a seamless experience for shoppers. This report studies the impact of omnichannel trends on global retailing.
Technical Consumer goods: Time to say goodbye to stores?
For better or worse, online retail will continue to siphon turnover from stationary retail. And the more comparable the products, the more long-lasting the shift of turnover from stationary by online retail. Technical consumer goods (TCG) retailers and manufacturers have been among the first to discover this. Multi-media products and consumer electronics sales have gone through the (virtual) roof of online retail, leaving point of sale-oriented retail expansion planners vacillating in recent years between denial, panic and fatalism.


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Yahoo Employee Foundation
The Yahoo Employee Foundation (YEF) is a charitable organization run by Yahoo emploees. YEF is funded by an annual employee fundraising drive, with matching through Yahoo's Matching Gifts program.
Yahoo employees volunteered at a special weekday work day that was organized as part of Yahoo's annual Summer of Service program. The Yahoo Employee Foundation also made a Yahoo Choice Grant (voted by Yahoo employees) to the Bicycle Exchange.


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Lindsey Vonn anuncia el fin de su temporada, por accidente en Andorra
American skier Lindsey Vonn, first in the overall World Cup standings, has decided to end her season because of three fractures in her knee, she announced on Facebook. Vonn crashed Saturday in Andorra during a super-G race and was taken off the mountain on a rescue sled. The original X-rays indicated a hairline fracture, where… Read more »


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– Copperleaf Moves Up the List of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies in 2016 –
Vancouver, BC, September 20, 2016—Canadian Business and PROFIT ranked Copperleaf Technologies No. 17, up from No. 20 in 2015, on the list of Canada's Fastest-Growing Software Companies in 2016. Published in the October issue of Canadian Business and at PROFITguide.com, the annual PROFIT 500 is the definitive ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies, ranking businesses by their five-year revenue growth.
In the PROFIT 500 ranking across all industry sectors combined, Copperleaf made the list at No. 70, with five-year revenue growth of 1,081%. This ranking also places Copperleaf in the top 10 Fastest-Growing Companies in Vancouver for 2016.
"Companies become a part of the PROFIT 500 through innovative thinking, smart strategy and sheer grit," says James Cowan, Editor-in-chief of PROFIT and Canadian Business. "These firms demonstrate what Canadian entrepreneurs can achieve, both at home and across the globe."
"It's an honor for Copperleaf to make the PROFIT 500 Fastest-Growing Companies ranking again in 2016," says Copperleaf CEO Judi Hess. "We're especially excited because we're continuing to grow not only our revenue, but we are also expanding our team, our offices, our customer base and so much more. It's a true testament to the team, our culture and the value we bring our clients."
View the complete ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Companies at http://www.PROFIT500.com.
- The 2016 PROFIT 500 ranking of Canada's Fastest-Growing Software Companies can be viewed here.
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PROFIT: Your Guide to Business Success is Canada's preeminent media brand dedicated to the management issues and opportunities facing small and mid-sized businesses. For 34 years, Canadian entrepreneurs across a vast array of economic sectors have remained loyal to PROFIT because it's a timely and reliable source of actionable information that helps them achieve business success and get the recognition they deserve for generating positive economic and social change. Visit PROFIT online at PROFITguide.com.
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The Sheriff's Office during heavy traffic to and from the Fulton County Fairgrounds may direct traffic from the following gates in one direction. Gate J (Co Rd J) will be directed to the west, the North Gate (SR 108) will be directed to the north, and the South Gate (SR 108) will be directed to the south.
The Sheriff's Office knows that this may cause some stress on those leaving the Fulton County Fairgrounds that are not familiar with the area. To help levitate that stress we would like to remind you that the Fulton County Road System is set up in square miles around the Fulton County Fairgrounds. Therefore if you keep making left or right turns you will get back to a State or US Route. We appreciate your patience in this matter and strive in trying to keep the traffic flowing as smoothly as possible during the Fulton County Fair.
Alternative Routes are posted on signs in the parking areas to help direct you to your possible destinations.
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Introduced in 2007, the HABRING² ChronoSport features legendary chronograph calibers such as Valjoux 7733 or the Valjoux 7734 movement.
Maria Kristina and Richard Habring decided to equip their new chronograph a historical movement that is no longer produced. This movement had to be equally as robust as any modern movement. The result is a limited series of the ChronoSport with alternatively either the Valjoux 7733 or the Valjoux 7734 movement.
With the ChronoSport, Maria Kristina and Richard Habring have succeeded in creating a modern chronograph with loving attention to technical finesse and tradition. The ChronoSport is reminiscent of the elegance of classic chronographs without being a mere copy. The ChronoSport has the advantage a clear dial, easy to read but not too plain. The size of the small indicator dials makes them easy to read.
The customer has the choice of three different dial-colours: galvanic black, galvanic blue or copper-tone. All three variants have applied rhodiated numbers and hour-markers which are coated with Superluminova in order to ensure easy legibility in the dark. The polished, rhodiated (rhodium-plated) baton hour and minute hands are also fitted with Superluminova.
The large three-part stainless steel case of the ChronoSport guarantees adequate protection for the movement. The doubly sealed massive stainless steel crown and the push-buttons are easy and safe to operate. And as Maria Kristina and Richard Habring deliberately chose to do without screw-locked buttons, it is possible to stop the time of any event at all times without any lengthy preparations. The sapphire crystal, reflection-free both inside and outside, ensures excellent legibility in all light conditions.
If the customer wishes, the ChronoSport can be fitted out with a black, blue or mother-of-pearl coloured strap made of micro-fibre so that the watch does not have to be taken off for aquatic sports. The micro-fibre strap is rubber-lined and therefore extremely hard-wearing. Alternatively the ChronoSport can be supplied with a stainless-steel strap.
A massive stainless-steel back is standard on the ChronoSport. It provides reliable protection for the movement at all times. Flexible production methods and customer-awareness at Habring2 make it possible to individualize the watch in accordance with the buyer's wishes.
For the technically interested customer, who not only wants to tell the time or use the ChronoSport as a stop-watch but wants to be able to see the Valjoux calibre working, it is possible to refine the movement with an engraving. Maria Kristina and Richard Habring's devotion to their handicraft is reflected in the decoration (refinement) of the movement. They sought a way to give their watches a unique appearance which would be recognized immediately by the connoisseur. They made no attempt to invent a "Wörthersee"-ribbing in order to resent the customer with a supposed innovative decorative engraving. Instead Habring sought inspiration from the traditional engraving handicraft of the region around Ferlach. With the intricate decorations found on hunting rifles in mind, Maria Kristina and Richard Habring, together with the Master Engraver and watch enthusiast Florian Güllert from Klagenfurt, developed the engraving for the "Carinthian" which can, if requested, be used on the ChronoSport.
If Maria Kristina and Richard Habring present a chronograph for everyday use, it must above all be robust and reliable. It is therefore only logical if they revert to an old chronograph caliber, a particularly robust and reliable movement, for their ChronoSport. Their decision to use the reputed Valjoux calibre 7733, which especially valued by experts for its quality and dependability, was understandable not only because of its excellent time-keeping qualities but also for its outstanding technical specification.
A bone of contention for many collectors is the so-called "Kulissenschaltung", or cam-shift mechanism. In spite of its poor reputation, this mechanism is not only inexpensive to produce and to assemble, it also functions faultlessly, precisely and reliably. With this mechanism the function of the column wheel is replaced in the 7733 by a specially shaped cam-disc below the hammer, the so-called "Kulisse" or cam-shift. In technical terms, it fulfills the function of a curved cam-disc although it does not rotate but simply swivels slightly around its arbor.
Precisely calculated curves create protruding cams and pits into which the various levers of the chronograph mechanism engage. This determines whether the chronograph is activated, de-activated or stopped. In the Valjoux 7733 this cam-shift is riveted from below to the hammer and thus supports the function of the cam-disc. The hammer is shaped in such a way that it controls the function of the clutch by means of a small hatchet-shaped extension.
The great advantage of the cam-shift mechanism over the pillar wheel is of a mainly technical nature. Whereas the pillar wheel must be milled with great precision and almost always requires subsequent machining, the cam-shift can simply be stamped and so can be manufactured in quantity with constant precision and quality.
The tolerances are so minute that no subsequent machining is necessary. Should any deviations arise, they can easily be compensated by adjustment through the eccentric screws. Production costs can be further reduced by the springs which in most cases can also be pressed rather than having to be formed in a complex operation. Seen against this background it is clear that the development of the 7733 was a step in the right direction: wristwatches, including chronographs, were never status symbols, but timepieces.
The 7730 caliber family was by no means a completely new construction. The roots of this chronograph caliber are to be found with Venus SA, a firm which also belonged to the Ebauches SA. This manufacturer of watch movements specialized in the production of large-volume chronographs. Venus was taken over by Ebauches in 1966 and closed down. But some of the Venus calibers continued to be produced by the Valjoux SA firm, also part of the Ebauche group. In that way the modern Venus caliber 188 lived on as the Valjoux calibre 7730. With the introduction of the Valjoux 7730, the movement underwent constructive modernization.
The 7733 was fitted with a movable adjustable stud-holder so that it could be regulated better and more quickly. The small regulating-finger disappeared, as did the screw-balance too. For anyone looking at the 7733 the most obvious change was to the Chronograph bridge which had the shape of a very stable "V". An even closer look would reveal the fact that the other bridges and the balance cock too had modified shapes.
An even closer look would show that changes had been made to the chronograph mechanism. First and foremost there is the re-shaping of the hammer. The two sides are now separated from the top and so give the cam-shift mechanism a more slender form. This technical modification has the advantage of enabling the minute-counter to be set at the zero-position. The sliding gear together with its toothed-wheel, which drives the minute-counter wheel, was also adapted. This improved engagement with the minute-counter wheel for which constant pressure is required – guaranteeing the reliable and faultless functioning of the 7733.
The most noticeable change on the dial side of the 7733 is the newly shaped setting-lever spring. It was necessary to reshape it because the 7733 has a spring-loaded setting-lever which makes it easier to install the winding-stem. But one technical detail of the caliber 7733 was maintained. It retained its classical amplitude of 18 000 A/h. Chronograph experts may well be surprised at this decision since at about the same time the much more traditional pillar-wheel caliber Valjour 23 and Valjoux 72 were adapted to 21 600 Ah.
Nevertheless, in spite of the slow beat of 2.5 Hertz, the Valjoux 7733 keeps remarkably good time. The 7733 and 7734 calibers had a standard 30-minute register but they could also be supplied with a 45-minute register. HABRING²'s ChronoSport is available with the 45-minute version only. The advantage of this for the ChronoSport is that the wearer can make better all-round use of his chronograph. For example, the football fan can stop a whole half of the match. He can then read off the added-time without having to make any calculations.
The ChronoSport, like all the other HABRING² watches, comes in a three-part wooden case made of brushed and oiled Oregon Pine. This case has an integrated drawer for spare-parts and contains a set of spares. Should the wearer wish to take off his ChronoSport when travelling, he can place the watch in a micro-fibre travel case which is included in the delivery. This travel-case is something special too. It is fastened with a reserve strap for the ChronoSport – an unusual feature which has the tremendous advantage of ensuring that ChronoSport never has to go without a reserve strap.
Technical details
Model: HABRING²-ChronoSport
Screwed stainless steel watchcase made of three parts with 42mm diameter
Water-protected equivalent 50 meter depth
Double sided antireflective coated sapphire crystal
Solid double sealed stainless steel crown and pushers
Individually engraved serial number 01 – 200X till 12 – 200X (year of production) between the lugs at 6 o'clock
Galvanic black, galvanic blue or coppertone dial with silver subcounters
Applied rhodiated numerals and hour markers with Superluminova coating
Polished and rhodiated hands with Superluminova coating
Valjoux 7733, 7734 or 7737, hand wound
Indication of hours and minutes, small seconds at 9h, chronograph-function mit indication of seconds from the center and 45-minutes counter at 3h Valjoux 7734 with additional date function at 6h
Shock protected according DIN and NIHS, antimagnetic pallet fork
17 jewels
Power reserve after being fully wound: approx. 44 hours
80 maintenance relevant parts, (Valjoux 7734: 93 maintenance relevant parts)
Black, blue or beige strap of microfibre material
Travel pouch of microfibre material with integrated spare strap
Stainless steel bracelet on request
Handmade three-part wooden box made from brushed and oiled Oregon-pine with integrated spare part compartment with a set of spares
Certificate/warranty card


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Cary Grant) has returned to his life of crime. The trouble is Robie is innocent. However no one, not the police nor his former friends, will believe him. With the help of an insurance agent (John Willliams) Robie hatches a plan to catch the thief in the act and clear his name.
Our retired thief cleverly insinuates himself into the lives of a wealthy widow (Jessie Royce Landis) and her beautiful daughter Fraces (Grace Kelly) knowing that their jewels will be on the list of the imposter. What he doesn't anticipate is Frances recognizing him as the Cat and still being attracted to him.
In terms of enjoyment and escapism there are few films as well made as this one. Though not on the level of some of Alfred Hitchcock's more important films like Psycho or Rear Window (also starring Grace Kelly, read that review) aside from North By Northwest it's the most fun film the great director ever made.
Re-released again on Blu-ray and DVD, if you don't already own this film then this is as good a reason as you'll get to pick it up, if however you are like me and have already bought the previous DVD than there's not quite enough new material to justify purchasing this one as well.
This is a great film that shows a different side to Hitchcock and showcases the immeasurable talents of Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, who just shines on screen. I don't know if there's a woman who's looked better on screen than Grace Kelly does here. Here is a star folks, and given some devilishly good dialogue and paired with Cary Grant she holds her own with a combination of beauty and poise, and carries the film with a wit, smile and elegance that we could use a little more of in Hollywood today.
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Interview of George Sherwood, CEO, Testcover.com
The interview was conducted by Quality Testing. George Sherwood is CEO of Testcover.com. Quality Testing interviewed him recently, to discuss about Testcover.com and WSDL interface.
By: Kiran Kumar
GS: I am a software engineer and entrepreneur. I live in New Jersey in the US. My wife and I have three grown sons. I like to learn how things work and to solve problems. My training is in physics, but most of my career has been in engineering, first at AT&T Bell Labs and now with Testcover.com. About 20 years ago I wrote my first combinatorial test tool, CATS. I was supervising a system test team responsible for a family of local area network products. The test job was large and labor intensive, with extensive configuration requirements. We needed a way to reduce the number of test configurations, and CATS was the result. I've been interested in software test design ever since.
QT: How does your day start and how does your day end? What all do you do in a day that corresponding to testing?
GS: Every day is different. Working in a small company I have many roles. Much of my time is spent on operations – keeping our service up and ready for use – and on consulting with customers and partners. Because Testcover.com provides a test design service, we maintain a lot of content on the site for testers. This material gives examples and instructions for generating pairwise test designs. In addition we have development projects of our own, to extend and improve our service. Before we deploy a service upgrade, much of my time is spent on being sure the upgrade is ready.
QT: How did you get the idea to develop your own product (Testcover.com)?
GS: CATS got me interested in test design problems. I began doing research on covering arrays, which are mathematical templates for test cases. This work has led to improved designs with fewer test cases. At the Labs I had worked in the IP Services Delivery Division, which developed IP services for AT&T as well as for major cable companies. The math research and the internet development experience made founding Testcover.com a natural next step. The research was fascinating to me, but to be relevant, people have to use it and benefit from it. In the end it's about tools, giving testers what they need to work more effectively.
QT: Tell us briefly about Testcover.com and how it will be useful for a Test Engineer?
GS: Testcover.com offers a pairwise (or all-pairs) automated test case generator service. It improves test efficiency by reducing the number of test cases and by improving the test cases' ability to find defects. Customers can use the service without buying, installing or maintaining software. It's available on a software as a service (SaaS) basis. Customers can save time and money, and get the results they need to develop quality products and services in less time. We do this with a simple HTML interface to the service. We also have a web services description language (WSDL) interface for integration with existing test tools.
QT: What is WSDL?
GS: WSDL (pronounced wiz-del) is a standard XML-based language for web services. Our WSDL interface enables other test tools to access the Testcover.com service and create test designs.
QT: Why did Testcover.com develop its WSDL interface?
GS: There are so many ways to use pairwise testing, and so many good test tools already in use, that it made the most sense for testers. Customers already have invested in specialized tools for test automation, database testing, embedded software testing, and more. Developers of these tools can enhance their value by including pairwise technology through the WSDL interface. At the same time, the customer's investment in current tools and training is preserved.
QT: Is Testcover.com compatible with any test environment?
GS: Yes. Because the service is based on the web, it is accessible virtually anywhere, from a variety of browsers. There is no need for installation and updates: You just submit a request where and when you need to. Whether you want to specify physical test configurations, manual test cases, or automated test cases, the Testcover.com service is ready to support your need.
QT: Does the Testcover.com support Agile Development?
GS: Yes. The service is ideally suited to the incremental development and frequent releases of agile development. As new configurations or new features are proposed, corresponding test configurations and test cases are quickly and easily generated. Traditionally pairwise testing has been used in more formal processes (like Six Sigma or CMMI). But the ease of use and rapid response of the Testcover.com service make it practical for a broad range of development processes.
QT: What are the greatest threats right now to the software testing discipline? What are the greatest hopes for a brighter testing future?
GS: Our great success in developing new technologies and making them available to more people is an unprecedented testing challenge. Users increasingly depend on software for smart phones, appliances, vehicles & traffic control systems, medical devices & healthcare systems, online shopping and banking, virtual offices with virtual meetings… The list goes on and on. We expect rapid technological innovation with little room for error. (See The RISKS Digest at http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/
QT: Any message to Quality Testing (QT) Members?
GS: Effective software testing is essential to life in the 21st century, and it gets more important every day. I'm glad to see Quality Testing is here to help.
We hope you enjoyed our interview with George Sherwood.
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Words & Music by Billy Joel
Album: Turnstiles (1976)
[C] Some folks like to [E7#9]get away
Take a [Am7]holiday from the [Gm7]neighbourhood [C7]
[F] Hop a flight to Mi[A7]ami Beach Or to [Dm7]Hollywood. [Bb9]
[C] But I'm [E7#9] takin' a [Am7]Greyhound [Cmaj7]
On the [F]Hudson [C]River line[D7]
[Fmaj7]I'm in a [G9sus]New York state of [Am7]mind [D7] [Am] [G] [G9sus]
I've seen all the movie stars
In their fancy cars and their limousines
Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens.
But I know what I'm needin'
And I don't want to waste more time
I'm in a New York state of [Am7]mind [G] [E7#9]
[Am7] It was so [D7]easy livin' [Gmaj7] day by day
[Gm7] Out of touch [C9] with the rhythm and [Fmaj7]blues
[Bm7] And now I [E7]need a little [Amaj7] give and take
The [Am7]New York [D7]Times
The [Gmaj7]Daily News [Dm7] [G7sus] [G7]
Comes down to reality
And it's fine with me, 'cause I let it slide
don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside
I don't have any reasons
I've left them all behind
I'm in a New York state of mind [C]
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As reported on the MoneyforJam blog, Microsoft is heavily discounting Windows to keep market share in the face of cheaper Linux offerings. Reuters notes:
In a significant development, Asustek said it would also offer a version of the ultra low-cost PCs with Microsoft's Windows operating system, after initially saying that all the computers would carry the open-source, free Linux system. Windows versions of the computer would cost about T$1,000 more than Linux versions [T$1,000 = US$30.00], leading many to say that Microsoft had offered the Windows systems at a big discount from its usual price of T$2,000 to T$3,000 for mass buyers.
So now Windows is worth $30.00. That seems about right. As MoneyforJam notes, XP (which is what ASUS will ship) is now the Vista Poverty Edition.


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Social media can be a powerful marketing tool. But used the wrong way, social media sites can have a negative impact on your small business — costing you goodwill and prospective customers. So how can you create a positive impression of your small business and/or your products on popular social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ — and avoid potentially costly social media blunders? To find out, I asked dozens of social media experts. Following are their top 15 picks for the most common social media mistakes small businesses (and businesses of all sizes) make and how to avoid them.
1. Not having a social media policy.
2. Treating all social media sites as if they are the same.
3. Not making the most of your social media bio.
4. Using social media as a megaphone.
5. Focusing on quantity of followers instead of quality.
6. Over-posting and posting inappropriate content.
7. Newsjacking.
8. Not monitoring social media for suggestions, complaints or questions regarding your business or products.
9. Deleting or ignoring negative comments — or responding in kind.
10. Not responding quickly, especially to complaints.
11. Posting too infrequently.
12. Sounding impersonal or automated.
13. Sending automated direct messages (DM) to all of your new Twitter followers.
14. Overusing hashtags.
15. Not including a measurable call-to-action in social media posts. [Speaking of which, check out my new ecommerce site, Prepster Pineapple Clothing! Our fab new Prepster Pineapple Yoga Pants are perfect for hanging out or working out in!]
To see a detailed explanation of each social media mistake, read my article titled "15 Big Social Media Mistakes Companies Make — and How to Avoid Them."


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Two popular sayings for a little girl's bedroom on a white background. "And though she be but little, she is fierce." "Let her sleep for when she wakes she will move mountains. " Available in many sizes. Or contact me for a custom size.
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The star, central couple in Outnumbered, played by Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner, has taken a step towards reality, with the pair reportedly dating in real life.
The actors, who play Pete and Sue Brockman in the hit BBC1 sitcom, have reportedly been quietly dating for over a year after the dissolution of both their marriages. A friend told The Sun: "They were going through marriage breakdowns at very similar times, but it was quite a while after their separations that they got together last year."
"They've always been really friendly but they were living their own lives until they were both single."
Outnumbered, which ran for seven years from 2007, followed the lives of the Brockman family as they raised their three young children, Jake, Ben and Karen. A Christmas special aired in 2016.
The show won three awards at the 2009 British Comedy Awards: Best Sitcom, Best British Comedy and Best Female Newcomer for Ramona Marquez, who played youngest sibling Karen.