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GEOGRAPHY: The region of Gondor comprises the lands of the southern kingdom of the Reunited Kingdom. It is bounded in the north by the White Mountains, with the exception of Anórien, Dagorlad, and Emyn Muil in the northeast, and by Old Púkel-land on the northwest. To the south and west it is bounded by the Sea, and to the east by the Mountains of Shadow on Mordor's westernmost border. The lands are very fertile in most places, and, over the Great River to the east, fair Ithilien boasts the finest gardens in the region.
HISTORY: The Reunited Kingdom has long held Gondor, and though it later reclaimed Arnor, Gondor remained the centre of its population. Recent times have seen the rise of the Shadow Cult in the east of the region, and the loss of Ithilien to the new kingdom of Adûnabâr in Mordor. Elves of the Woodland Realm came to Ithilien in the early days of the Fourth Age and grew gardens there of marvellous wonder. It was from Ithilien then many of the Elvellyn originally came.
INHABITANTS: Gondorians are Men of the West and their loyalty runs to the Reunited Kingdom. However, there is a heavy influence of the Shadow Cult in the lands of Ithilien.
FEATURES: This is a region replete with renowned wonders and features. In the upper reaches of Morthond Vale sits the Stone of Erech, still feared by corsairs to this day. In Belfalas's bay stands the Tower of Dol Amroth and a little north of it the old Elven haven of Edhellond. The ruins of Osgiliath sit east of Minas Anor and, to the south of Ithilien, the barrows of Folcred and Fastred of Rohan. To the north, beyond the White Mountains, are strung the beacon-tower hills, and the imposing Argonath, the Pillars of the Kings, rise in the North March of Gondor, forbidding any enemy to enter. To the south, in Ithilien, Emyn Arnen sits fair upon the hills of the same name, and here are also to be found the Elven gardens planted by Legolas and his kin. And by no means least rises the City of Minas Anor from the Pelennor where grows the White Tree itself.
SETTLEMENTS: Lathron, Ost-in-Agarlad, Calenhad, Minas Anor, Emyn Arnen, Minas Ithil, Arnach, Pelargir, Linhir, Tarnost, Ethring, Calembel, Mornan, Dol Amroth, Harlorn, Anfalas, and Pinnath Gelin.
FORTS: Fortress of Cair Andros, Annûfalas Keep, Rómefalas Keep, and Thoronburg Keep.
DEVELOPER'S NOTE: Lathron ("hearer, eavesdropper"), Ost-in-Agarlad ("city of the glorious plain"), and Harlorn ("south haven") have been added for the purpose of gameplay and do not exist in the writings of Tolkien. Calenhad is an added settlement named after one of the beacons of Gondor; Emyn Arnen is named after the hills upon which it sits; Arnach is named after the older name of Lossarnach; Ethring is named after the crossings in that location; Mornan is named after the valley where it lies; Anfalas is named after the name of that area; Pinnath Gelin is named after the hills that make up much of that land. The keeps of Thoronburg ("fortress of the eagles"), Rómefalas ("east shore"), and Annûfalas ("west shore") have also been added for gameplay purposes and make no appearance in the writings of Tolkien.


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Is it me, or my Tic Tacs?
The Ferrero candy promises it will make people feel like a million bucks…almost.
Do people just like me for my Tic Tacs? Making would-be owners of the Ferrero candy feel like they won the lottery and also question their self-worth is the premise of a new ad campaign.
The tagline for the print and OOH spots is "Feel like a millionaire. Well, a Tic Tac millionaire."
Three spots feature despondent-looking people sitting in silent contemplation, wondering if people are just using them for their Tic Tacs. One spot, featuring a man sitting in front of a line of washing machines, says "Am I truly funny, or do they just want me for my Tic Tacs?"
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Not clear that we can learn anything about learning from neuroscience yet
July 8, 2013 at 1:08 am 2 comments
I like David Brooks's opinion pieces quite a bit, and particularly his pieces where he draws on research. The piece linked below touches on an issue that I've been wondering about. All this neuroscience data about what part of the brain lights up when — what does it really tell us about how the mind works? Does it actually tell us anything about learning? Brooks' opinion: Not yet.
These two forms of extremism are refuted by the same reality. The brain is not the mind. It is probably impossible to look at a map of brain activity and predict or even understand the emotions, reactions, hopes and desires of the mind.
via Beyond the Brain – NYTimes.com.
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If you want to know the contributions of neuroscience, don't turn to David Brooks. Read some science instead. For example: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2366939/
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(Part Two)
of the most hostile
"Taking advantage of the negotiations to free the Bay of Pigs' prisoners, the CIA tried to use a key person in the talks, American lawyer James B. Donovan, to deliver a lethal gift to Fidel Castro: a wetsuit contaminated with a fungus that lacerates the skin and an underwater breathing device infected with tuberculosis...the gear in fact was given to the Cuban leader in November 1962.
"The revelation is one of many anecdotes in After the Bay of Pigs, a book on the
negotiations held between the Committee of Relatives for the Liberation of
Prisoners and
"The 238-page book, published late last year, was
written by Cuban exile Pablo Pérez-Cisneros with businessman John B. Donovan,
son of the late negotiator, and Jeff Koenreich, a veteran member of the Red
Cross who has promoted humanitarian missions between the
"Pérez-Cisneros is the son of Berta Barreto de los
Heros, who was coordinator in
"Barreto de los Heros started the book but died in March of 1993. Her son, who spent eight years researching and finishing the book, was the person who bought the wetsuit and scuba gear at the end of 1962, not knowing that both were destined for Castro.
"In June 1962, Pérez-Cisneros visited James B.
Donovan's office in Brooklyn for the first time to request his intervention in
the negotiations with
"Two months later, Donovan made the first of 11 trips
''When Donovan returns to
"Pérez-Cisneros, who had been a champion underwater
spearfisherman in
"Castro received them in November 1962, and some weeks later, on another one of Donovan's trips, the Cuban President told the lawyer that he had used them.
"Only months after the negotiations had concluded did Pérez-Cisneros learn all the details about the real story.
"During World War II, James Donovan had worked for the
Office of Strategic Services, which preceded the CIA. He was later named one of
the prosecutors in the Nazi war-crimes trials in
"When Donovan informed the CIA that Castro had
requested diving equipment, the
"In May of
1963, Castro invited Donovan and lawyer John E. Nolan, who represented
then-Justice Secretary Robert Kennedy, to a day of diving in the Bay of Pigs
area and again used the
"In late 1963, ''Donovan told me that the idea of an
attempt against Castro gave him goose bumps, and he refused to take the
equipment from the CIA, thinking that if
"The book, sprinkled with curious and unexpected events, is a tense story of how love, determination and cleverness made possible the exchange of the Brigade 2506 prisoners for $53 million in food, medicine and medical equipment.
"The efforts of Donovan and the Families Committee came at a moment of uncertainty over the prisoners' fates…
"The committee's first meeting with Castro took place
in Barreto de los Heros' house in
"Donovan's entry into the negotiations accelerated the release process.
"Knowing that Barreto de los Heros' telephone was tapped, Donovan arranged a secret code for communications.
"In mid-December, Castro agreed to an exchange and
handed over a 29-page list of food and medicine that was to be sent to
"On Dec. 23, 1962, the first five
planes left for
I have literally transcribed the article's words. I wasn't aware of some of the specific information. Nothing that I remember is far from the truth.
My relationship with the Cienaga de Zapata (Zapata Marsh) began very early. I learned about the place thanks to some American visitors who would talk to me about the "black fish", a very dark trout that was very abundant in the Laguna del Tesoro, at the heart of the marsh, at a maximum depth of 6 meters. In those days we were considering the development of tourism and possibly 'polders' like the land reclaimed from the sea by the Dutch.
The spot was famous from my days as a high school student, when the marsh was populated by tens of thousands of crocodiles. Indiscriminate catch had almost exterminated the species. It was necessary to protect it.
were impelled above all by the desire to do something for the charcoal burners
of the marsh. That was how my relationship with the
the invaders landed there, three roads crossed the marsh, some facilities had already
been built and others were being built for tourism, even an airport in the
vicinity of
In order to deal with the issue of captured prisoners, I met Donovan, who seemed to me –and I am pleased to confirm it with his son's testimony– to be an honorable man; I indeed once invited him to go fishing, and without a doubt I talked to him about a wetsuit and diving equipment. I cannot remember the other details too clearly; I would have to make some inquiries. I was never concerned with writing my memoirs, and today I understand that was a mistake.
For example, I was not able to remember the exact number of wounded so precisely. What stayed in my mind was the memory of those hundreds of our wounded; quite a few died because of a shortage of equipment, medicines, specialists and the lack of suitable facilities in those days. The wounded men who were sent earlier surely required rehab or better care, but that was not available to us.
From our first victorious battle, on January 17, 1957, it became our tradition to look after the enemy's wounded. The history of our Revolution records that fact.
In the book of memoirs called "Faith of my Fathers", written by McCain with the omnipresent help of Mark Salter, technically very well written, the main author states:
"I was often accused of being an indifferent student, and given some of my grades, I can appreciate the charity in that remark. But I was not so much indifferent as selective. I liked English and history, and I usually did well in those classes. I was less interested and less successful in math and science."
Further along, he assures us:
"A few months prior to graduation, I had taken
reputation as a rowdy and impetuous young man was not, I'm embarrassed to
confess, confined to Academy circles. Many upstanding residents of lovely
Earlier, upon describing some of the events of his childhood, he tells us that:
"At the smallest provocation, I would go off in a mad frenzy, and then, suddenly, crash to the floor unconscious.
"The doctor prescribed a treatment that seems a little severe by modern standards of child care. He instructed my parents to fill a bathtub with cold water whenever I commenced a tantrum, and when I appeared to be holding my breath to drop me, fully clothed, into it.
Upon reading this, one has the impression that the methods that were applied to us in those days –both in my case, living in that pre-war era, just as in his –were not exactly the most fitting to deal with children. In my case, there was no doctor advising the family; they were ordinary people, some were illiterate, and many of them only applied traditional treatments.
Other episodes narrated by McCain relate to his adventures as a cadet on training trips. I am not mentioning them because they stray from the contents of my analysis and they have nothing to do with personal matters.
Naturally, McCain was not in the Congress hall on the night of Bush's speech last January 28th, because some things in this man's policies are compromising to him. He was in Little Havana, at the Versailles Restaurant, where he received the tribute of the Cuban community. It is just as well that we don't look too closely into the background of several people who were there.
supports the war in
recognizes the importance of keeping strong relations with
would reinforce security on
wants the Latino vote, unfortunately most of these don't vote or do it
exceptionally; they are always fearful of deportation, of their children being
taken away or of losing their jobs. On
He supports Bush's "The No Child Left Behind Act". He supports the allocation of more federal funding for low interest scholarships and university grants.
Like any other candidate, he has his little government platform. He promises to reduce dependence on foreign energy. It is easy to say, but these days it is difficult to do.
opposes subsidized ethanol production. Fantastic: I suggested just that to
Brazilian President Lula Da Silva, that he demand the
other Latin American nations were set on the path of producing ethanol from
sugarcane by the
And we can't miss the promises ensuring quality of air and water, the suitable use of green areas, the protection of the national parks that would become just a memory of what once used to be the nation's natural splendor, victim of the unrelenting dictates of the market laws. The Kyoto Protocol, nevertheless, would not be signed.
These sound like the dreams of a castaway in the middle of a storm.
He would reduce taxes for middle class families, keeping the Bush policy of cutting back the permanent taxes and leaving rates at their current level.
He wants greater control over the costs of Medicare and Medicaid. He thinks that families should be in charge of their healthcare dollars. He would carry out health and prevention campaigns. He supports the plan of the current President allowing workers to move money from social security taxes to private retirement funds.
Social security would suffer the same fate as the stock market.
He is in favor of the death penalty, the growth and build-up of the armed forces, and the expansion of the FTAs.
Some McCain maxims:
"Things are
tough now, but we're better off than in
"I'm well-versed in economics; I was at the Reagan Revolution." (Jan 2008)
"To avoid recession, stop unchecked spending." (Jan 2008)
"Loss of economic strength leads to losing military strength." (Dec 2007)
"Republicans have forgotten how to control spending." (Nov 2007)
"Certify border is secure; only then allow guest workers." (Jan 2008)
"2003 "amnesty" didn't mean rewarding illegal behavior." (Jan 2008)
"Round up and deport two million aliens who committed crimes." (Jan 2008)
"Do everything I can to help all immigrants learn English." (Dec 2007)
"No official English; Native Americans use own languages." (Jan 2007)
"Immigration reform needed for national security." (Jun 2007)
"Bipartisanship shows preparedness for presidency." (May 2007)
"Maintain Cuban embargo; indict Castro." (Dec 2007)
"Naive to exclude nukes; naive to exclude
"War in
promises to visit his properties on the continent. He said that after being
elected to the White House in 2008, his first trip would be to
In his entire book, an obligatory reference in my Reflections, he states that he was good in history. There is not one single reference to any political philosopher, not even to one of those who inspired the Declaration of Independence of the Thirteen Colonies on July 4, 1776; in 4 months and 23 days it will celebrate its 232nd birthday.
More than 2400 years ago, Socrates, the famous Athenian wise man, celebrated for his method and martyr to his ideas, conscious of human limitations, said: "One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing." Today, McCain, the Republican candidate, proclaims before his fellow citizens: "One thing only I know, and that is that I know everything."
I shall continue.
Fidel Castro Ruz
Date: February 11, 2008.
Time: 5:35 p.m.


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How to Care for Warriors Who Used to be Wounded
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For many back home from the battlefield, the wounds are right there in the open: the amputated leg, the mangled hand. But some of those who were injured don't still see themselves as wounded warriorsClick here to read more


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Bradley Rourke
President, Director and Chief Executive Officer
A Corporate Finance Executive with 30 years experience in Mining, Energy, and Real Estate, Mr. Rourke holds a proven track record with successful start-up companies. His leadership experience and entrepreneurial approach have given new direction and scale to the Scottie Resources efforts in the Golden Triangle.
Thomas Mumford, Ph.D., P.Geo
Vice President Exploration
Dr. Mumford is a registered professional geologist with Engineers and Geoscientists - British Columbia (EGBC) with a comprehensive field, technical and academic background in the Golden Triangle mining district. Dr. Mumford has served as a lecturer at Carleton University and British Columbia Institute of Technology. He holds a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from University of New Brunswick, and was awarded the Leopold Gélinas medal for the best M.Sc. thesis from the GAC Volcanology and Igneous Petrology division. He also holds a Ph.D. from Carleton University focused on magmatic controls for the Thor Lake REE deposit in the Northwest Territories.
Christina Boddy, B.Sc.
Corporate Secretary
Christina Boddy, B.Sc., has acted as Corporate Secretary for a number of public companies in recent years, including Nevada Sunrise Gold Corporation (TSXV.NEV), ALX Uranium Corp. (TSXV.AL) and Aton Resources Inc. (TSXV.AAN). Ms. Boddy acts as a consultant to public and private companies through Rhodanthe Corporate Services, a BC-based private company.
Stephen Sulis
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Sulis is currently working as CFO with a number of TSX Venture Exchange- and Canadian Securities Exchange-listed companies, predominantly focused on the resource sector, both in Canada and around the globe. His professional experience includes exploration and mining companies, implementation of accounting software, various equity financings, and implementation of internal control policies. In addition to his accounting experience, previously Mr. Sulis worked in the financial sector with TD Canada Trust. Mr. Sulis graduated with distinction at Capilano University, North Vancouver, and holds a bachelor's degree in business administration as well as an advanced diploma in international business studies.


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I thought it'd be useful to look back at how this whole camping debate started. No, not this past summer, when Council voted to decriminalize camping/sitting/lying. Let's go back to when the camping ordinance was first implemented.
You could be forgiven for assuming the rules that Council scrapped had been on the books since the city was first incorporated. Based on the outrage their repeal has caused, you'd think a camping ordinance was a basic building block to any U.S. city.
Alas, City Council did not target homeless encampments until 1996. Let's take a look at the Chronicle reporting on it at the time. How similar –– and yet how different –– the story is from the one we've been hearing the last few months:
On Thursday, January 25, the first day that the ordinance went into effect, making it a Class C misdemeanor for an individual to sleep, store personal belongings, cook, or build fires in public areas, about 200 people gathered on the steps of the Capitol building to protest its passage.
APD vs. City Council
Back in '96, the police also felt abandoned by City Council's camping policies. But for very different reasons:
Michael Urubek says the city council is dreaming if it thinks the new encampment ordinance will succeed in solving the homeless problem. His view may not sound radical until you know who he is: Urubek is the Austin police lieutenant in charge of fielding questions about the city-wide camping ban. As spokesman for the municipal entity responsible for enforcing the new ordinance, Lt. Urubek knows he's supposed to toe the party line about how the new law will aid police in cracking down on the homeless population. But the man just can't seem to lie.
"What were the city council's expectations after this [ordinance] was passed? The police department is not targeting the homeless. We don't have the staff to round them up or the room to put them away," Urubek huffs. "Maybe the council should have thought this through a little more."
Urubek likens the council's action to a political game. "[The councilmembers] said, `We'll talk our game; we've done our job [by passing the ordinance]. And now we are not going to have homelessness anymore,'" he says. "But the only problem is, it's not going to work in the long run… [Violators] will go in court one day and come out the next."
Just like San Francisco!
As is the case today, back in '96 people responded to Council's action by drawing comparisons with San Francisco.
Another city that, like Austin, has gained nationwide attention for defying its reputation as the liberal bastion of its state by cracking down on the homeless is San Francisco. City leaders there launched a campaign two years ago to ticket homeless people for some of the same offenses detailed in Austin's new ordinance. According to an article in the Washinton Post on January 1, the move was widely criticized as having little impact other than wasting police resources and inconveniencing homeless people. Police issued more than 27,000 tickets with little effect. "Several million dollars have gone down the drain so this mayor's office can give the business community the perception they're addressing the problem, by having fewer homeless people visually present," Paul Boden of the Coalition on Homelessness told the Post.
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This fun, fall, Oktoberfest themed drinking shirt features the text "Beer Goes Here" with an illustration of a mug of beer and some wheat. Perfect for celebrating being German, drinking with friends, family parties, and of course, Oktoberfest!
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Thursday, July 3, 2014
Congratulations to our July Scrapbook Place Blog Member of the Month Diane Hickman. Many of you may know her but how much do you really know about her???? Diane joined Scrapbook Place on September 15, 2005 she is our very first post on the group when it first opened. She is an antique gold member LOL. She has resided in California since she was 15 but was born and raised in NY. Diane's greatest joy in life are her children and her grandchildren. She has a daughter Kelly and a son Steve. Steve has 4 children named Bryce, Hunter, Katie and Jordan all ranging from 3 to 11 years of age. Although she is currently unemployed she has a lot to keep her on her toes. Diane takes care of her wonderful father and she babysits her grandchildren. In her free time she sells Stampin Up and she also sells Origami Owl Jewelry. Diane has been an avid scrapbooker for 15 years and also into card making for 5 years now. She hold classes on card making when she can and offer 20% discount to all Scrapbook Place members. Diane is currently on summer break from school as she is studying Early Childhood Education. She has one great thing in life she loves to do and that is travel. Her love for travel has given her the ambition to set a goal and that is to visit every state before she kicks the bucket. Some of her favorite places to visit are Washington DC, Seattle, New York, Yosemite Nat'l Park and Oregon, where her brother resides. A few places she really wants to visit are Mount Rushmore and Philadelphia, for the historic aspect. During her travels she collects shot glasses from the many places she visits. Diane recently purchased a Mustang and like a true mustang she is always on the go. So if you ever go to California and see a sweet girl in a fast mustang, wave at her, it is probably Diane speeding on her way to a new destination. Although Diane lives in California she does not like being in the sun. Some other things in Diane's life that she enjoys doing are playing Bingo and she really loves to read, although, she says she does not get to read nearly as much as she would like to. By living in California she has met and seen many different famous people. She saw Mel Gibson & Renee Russo film Lethal Weapon 2 because her BFF was a prop master for the movie industry. That was her birthday present one year and at her prior job in a communications company she got to speak with some famous people, some of whom are real idiots she says. After all of the fun is over each day she lays down for a much needed rest dreaming of somewhere great to travel someday. Thanks Diane for sharing such an awesome part of your life with us.
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Oh Diane - yes I never knew this much about you! Such a dear sweet friend you are - so glad to hear so much about you now - makes our friendship even sweeter!ReplyDelete
Thank you Cindy for the wonderful write up & Thank You Linda for the beautiful comment :o)ReplyDelete
Great information on our lovely Diane!ReplyDelete
Wow, I loved living in California when I was in the service. I was stationed at Ft. Ord, which is no longer a military post but part of a university, and close to Monterrey.ReplyDelete
I love to travel too, and extend an invitation to you, Diane. Any time you wish to visit the Windy City, mi casa is tu casa! I'll take you all over the place! LOL
I may just take you up on that Pat!! I was in Chicago for a Union Convention when Hurricane Katrina hit. Quite a few people were unable to go home, I loved it there. Where I was, it was so clean. Didn't do any sightseeing though because we were busy busy busy!ReplyDelete


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Ragasthan, India's version of Burning Man and Asia's first desert camping festival is back for its third edition. Starting today till February 25, the Thar Desert will come to life with activities at the festival including cinema, art, adventure, and lots of food and shopping stalls. By Pallavi Mehra
"Where do you belong?" You belong to you, come claim your life!" begins the Ragasthan 2018 teaser video. Ragasthan is Asia's first desert camping festival bringing together life enthusiasts in the middle of nowhere in the Thar Desert, 400 kilometre from Jaisalmer. It's is a three-day carnival of eclectic music, culture, tradition, collective participation and shared experiences. Ragasthan 2018 promises countless perfect moments with friends, strangers and yourself under a bed of stars and on a million grains of soft sand.
This year's itinerary includes over 50 artists, one artists' village, a sociable camping space, numerous film screenings, bars and restaurants, art installations, morning yoga sessions and football on the expansive sand dunes. Artists headlining Ragasthan 2018 include Ensemble Quinetique from the Netherlands, Delhi 2 Dublin from Canada, Christ Burstein from Argentina and Dhruv Visvanathan.
Working towards creating a celebration of freedom, the Ragasthan crew has set up 630 Swiss tents with running water and warm beds, 530 camping tents and 300 cases of free beer. Festival attendees can also bring their own tents or stay in Jaisalmer, which is a 40-minute drive away.
In the past 2 years, Ragasthan has hosted 137 acts, 436 artists and 5,500 crazy festival-goers from 37 countries. The Ragasthan 2018 trailer video ends with the following, "stop talking about life changing experiences, stop living someone else's life and start living yours!"
Here's a sneak peek of the desert camping festival:
Tickets to Ragasthan 2018 range from Rs 4500-Rs 60,000. You can fly into Jaisalmer or Jodhpur and drive to Ragasthan.


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Alanis Obomsawin has made a name for herself as a documentary filmmaker who does double duty as a storyteller for her First Nations people. She was most recently the subject of a retrospective at Toronto's Hot Docs festival, receiving the fest's Outstanding Achievement Award and premiering her latest National Film Board doc, Professor Norman Cornett – 'Since when do we divorce the right answer from an honest answer?'. Obomsawin has received many accolades for her filmmaking, but she told realscreen about some of her other creative talents that some people may not know about.
1. I do etchings. It's quite passionate for me. It's like therapy in terms of what it does to work with my hands for hours and hours making these little lines, and I enjoy it so much.
2. I like to make toys for children. I make a lot of stuffed animals, dolls, clothes and I repair old toys. I recycle, I buy some, I make some. I love doing that. I've been doing that for many, many years.
3. I like to dance. I dance every morning in my kitchen, repeating the same song over and over again. I get to the point where I love one song so much I might listen to it ten times, dancing to it. These days I've been listening to Pink Floyd's [The Wall] a lot, mainly because part of it is in my film.


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See also: Olympics' CIO Gerry Pennell aims for personal best
CIO for the London Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (Locog), Gerry Pennell's Commonwealth Games experience allowed him to get up to speed quickly, although the scale of the Olympics is much larger.
At the end of each Olympic Games cycle there is a formal handover organised by the International Olympic Committee, and Pennell's last Olympic task in November will be to head to Rio as their organising team prepares for 2016.
The technology developments created for London 2012 will also be used by the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014.
The legacy of the Games for London is often cited as being key to its winning bid.
Arrival at the park via the new Javelin rail service from central London, and crossing through the heaving Westfield shopping centre four years after interviewing the then CIO of host borough Newham, I was left with the feeling that the park, venues and related infrastructure will create a longer term benefit to this formerly deprived part of London.
But as the world struggles to re-invigorate its economy, employment is the word on everyone's lips.
Pennell can only speak for IT, but he is confident that the 2012 project has and will create a tranche of IT professionals akin to what performance director Dave Brailsford has done for the new wave of British racing cyclists that circulate the velodrome we meet in.
Pennell has 350 IT professionals on his books, which rises to 600 with the professional partner and providers that are involved at games time and rises to a total workforce of over 5000 including a couple of thousand volunteers for the duration of the Games.
The one-off nature of an Olympics and its scale are what provide the learning curves that leave that legacy, says Pennell.
"Early on it feels like an enterprise project. You have to create a team, a process and a technology strategy from zero."
Pennell's staff work through strategy, development, deployment and operations during their tenure, a holistic experience, he says, that can only benefit their careers.
"It gives them a much broader technology understanding. You really do need to play all the areas, but a lot of IT careers don't allow that. I worked in operations and networks and some of these are capable of being the CIOs of the future. You go through a project like this and come out the better for it."
Pennell says motivating and managing his team, which includes seven direct reports, is not a problem.
"I spend a lot of my time trying to get people to have a good work/life balance. Everyone in Locog is passionate about the Games," he says of the draw of the project.
With technology central to the delivery of the Games and expectation high, Locog has formed a close technology team beyond its internal operations to ensure the team secures victory.
Atos has a long-standing relationship with the IOC to create and deliver the central results and accreditation software.
Swiss Timing has the critical role of measuring athletes' times around the track or across the pool, and BT and Cisco have created the LAN, WAN and wireless networks across the Olympic venues.
Finally Airwave and Akomi ensure there is a trunked radio network and web content delivery.
Closing ceremonies As a clock in Trafalgar Square counts down the days to the opening ceremony on July 27, Pennell is building up to one of the biggest moments in his CIO career and in the UK's prodigious sporting history.
But it will mean that come the end of 2012 he will be on the market. How does he describe his life since 2008?
"Building an infrastructure of this scale is very exciting. It is the best job in IT, but occasionally the worst," he says of the constant attention of all-too-willing critics.
"We have achieved a remarkable amount. The worst bit of Manchester was after the closing ceremony. The adrenaline is over, people are very tired and many people are leaving, but there are things that have to be done."
Having worked on a Commonwealth Games and now an Olympics, would he consider promoting himself a specialist at this unique type of CIO challenge?
"I'm not doing one of these again. I said that after Manchester, but I couldn't turn down the Olympics," he says.
The offer that came while he was CIO of the Manchester-based Co-operative Group.
It's clear from meeting Pennell and members of his team that the driving factor is their passion for the event and for the technology involved in putting on four weeks' worth of sporting spectacle.
They may not see much of the action. Pennell would watch the sailing, a sport he takes part in, if he could.
But, I suspect that just like the sporting legends competing in London, whether their name is Hoy, Bolt or Ainslie, their focus throughout the Games will remain firmly on performance excellence and gold medal-standard delivery.


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Top Executive Search Firms
What Top Executive Search Firms Lists Can You Trust?
Whether you are a senior executive seeking your next opportunity or a chief people officer shopping for a retained search firm, the question is the usually same. How can you tell which of the 'top executive search firms' lists you can trust? With fake rating websites multiplying like bunnies on the Internet, senior executive candidates and executive search buyers must beware. A list of top executive search firms isn't always what it seems.
Got Search?
Many Internet Executive Search Firms Lists Unreliable
Online top executive search firms lists are pretty haphazard. For example, at least one of these sites appears to be completely fake. Another list published by Forbes includes a search firm that is reportedly responsible for that bogus
Trusted Executive Recruiter Directory Now Outdated
Of course, it wasn't always this way. There used to be a directory that was the go-to resource in most Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) offices across the country. The Directory of Executive and Professional Recruiters provided a reliable list of executive search firms you can trust and detailed firms' specialties. Kennedy Information stopped publishing the directory several years ago.
The Good Search Analysis
The Good Search has analyzed seven popular top executive search firms lists. We summarized our thoughts on their respective strengths and weaknesses below. In doing so, we also revealed the list we find to be the most reliable and informed.
We researched the following:
- TopExecutiveSearchFirms.com
- Forbes' America's Best Recruiting Firms
- CEOworld's Top 100 Best Executive Search Firms
- Crain's NY Business 25 Largest Executive Recruiters
- AESC Retained Search Firms Members
- Cleverism's Most Extensive List of Executive Search Firms
- Hunt Scanlon's Executive Search Review Top 50 Recruiters
Google: "Top Executive Search Firms"
Executive search buyers regularly google the keywords "top executive search firms." They do so when they're shopping for a headhunter to help fill an executive opening. It's only natural to try to figure out who the best headhunters are. When we googled the keyword phrase "top executive search firms," the top two search results pointed to TopExecutiveSearchFirms.com. Yet, as far as we can tell, the site is not what it seems. Evidence suggests it is a website created by one of the firms listed in the Top 20 for marketing purposes. In other words, it appears to be a fake search firm ratings site.
TopExecutiveSearchFirms.com is a website that, as far as we have been able to determine, is designed to mislead visitors. It purports to be a website that ranks executive search firms algorithmically. However, a marketing firm has claimed that it created the website for a search firm client that — surprise, surprise — lists itself as one of the top 20 executive search firms on the site. The marketer explained that the search firm:
"came to us asking to help them gain more attention in the executive recruitment space. We created and marketing [sic] this microsite with a ton of success. Today, the site gets more than 10,000 visitors a month."
The marketing company claims it created TopExecutiveSearchFirms.com for a search firm, and that website then named that search firm one of the top 20 firms. In fact, the website has been slyly moving the client search firm higher in the rankings every couple of years from #5 in 2012 to #4 in 2014 to an even higher ranking today. If you surf over to the corporate website for the search firm, you'll find that the search firm's website touts recognition by TopExecutiveSearchFirms.com in press releases. In doing so, it does not reveal that the search firm created the very website that concocted the bogus ranking that they've given to themselves.
What about other
Executive Recruiting Firm LIsts?
Forbes' Best Executive Recruiting Firms
In partnership with Statistica, Forbes publishes America's Best Recruiting Firms. It explains that the rankings are based on a client survey of 4,500 candidates and HR-managers as clients of recruitment firms within the last three years and an expert survey of 30,000 external recruiters from recruiting firms. Forbes' disclosure of its methods is laudable. Additionally, the Forbes list does feature many of global retained search firms that are undisputed leaders among the multinational traditional retained search firms: Spencer Stuart, Egon Zehnder, Korn Ferry, and Heidrick & Struggles.
However, the Forbes list is not perfect. It also includes the search firm that appears to be behind the fake search firm rating website TopExecutiveSearchFirms.com. Creating a misleading, if not fraudulent,
CEOworld's Top 100 Best Executive Search Firms
Crain's NY Business 25 Largest Executive Recruiters List
Crain's New York Business has published a list of the 25 largest executive recruiters. It is available in the Crain's Book of Lists, and the data is also available for purchase and download. However, if you are seeking a list of retained executive search firms, you will be disappointed
AESC Retained Search Firms List
The Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consultants offers a list of retained executive search firms. The AESC is the leading retained executive search firm association. One benefit: its members do agree to abide by the AESC's Code of Professional Conduct. In an industry where virtually anyone can hang out a shingle, that is not insignificant.
However, the global list is limited to member firms. That means a number of leading boutique firms are nowhere to be found on the list because they are not members. Moreover, as is the case with most of the lists we've detailed, there is no easy way to filter the list by firm specialty or location. In addition, the list is not ranked: all member firms are created equal.
Cleverism's Most Extensive List of Executive Search Firms
Hunt Scanlon Top 50 Recruiters
Hunt Scanlon is the publisher of Executive Search Review's Top 50 Recruiters. The leadership intelligence company has covered the retained search industry for some 30 years and regularly produces detailed research reports. Hunt Scanlon Media says it interfaces daily with more than 60,000 human capital professionals in more than 30 countries. Its employees regularly communicate with CHROs, heads of talent acquisition, hiring executives, and the executive search consultants who service them. As a result, they have their fingers on the pulse.
Hunt Scanlon conducts original research to compile its list of the leading search firms. That research is informed by its decades-long industry knowledge that it keeps current. For those reasons, we believe the Hunt Scanlon list is the most reliable.


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Fair ideas was a major conference jointly hosted by the IIED and Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC) in Rio de Janeiro on 16-17 June 2012. It opened up a space for researchers and practitioners working for a greener, fairer world to add important knowledge, experience and momentum to the official summit.
Nearly 1000 people came to the Fair Ideas conference to debate topics in four broad themes: business models for sustainability, urbanisation that improves lives, transforming economic systems for people and planet, and shaping sustainable development goals.
Key messages and recommendations from the conference are available and the outcomes of the conference's 40+ sessions were compiled into a single summary report.
In 1992, the original Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro ignited the search for solutions for a sustainable planet. Twenty years later, the world has changed. Economic power has shifted, corporate influence has grown and political will has faded. There is a real need to take stock of what we have learnt and to examine how this can be most usefully applied to new contexts.
At IIED we believe there are two key imperatives:
- to reduce global resource consumption in ways that include the world's poor majority;
- to strengthen local accountability and agency, recognising that better livelihoods and environments critically depend on effective local governance and organisations.
Trade-offs and 'win-wins' in addressing these local and global priorities coherently are most often shaped through effective national level policy and practice.
Against this backdrop and over two days, Fair Ideas addressed four broad themes:
- Shaping Sustainable Development Goals pointed to practical ways in which the goals could work for specific countries and sectors.
- Urbanisation that improves lives identified examples of good practice and shared ideas for promoting wider change.
- Business models for sustainability highlighted examples that break the mould from a range of sectors, which can be replicated and learnt from.
- Transforming economic systems for people and planet showcased experiences in transforming systems to both reduce ecological footprints and more equitably distribute benefits.
Fair ideas provided equal space for practitioners, policymakers, activists, business representatives and researchers on what it will take to achieve significant change.
The two-day event took place between the final preparatory negotiations and the summit itself. We have taken its key conclusions into the summit itself, and are continuing follow-up discussions there.
Around 20 organisations committed to supporting sessions at Fair ideas, including a number from Brazil who led in organising sessions in Portuguese, addressing issues which are of particular relevance to the country. A full list of partners can be seen in the carousel on the right.
Fair ideas highlights: Sharing solutions for a sustainable planet (2012) a summary report from the conference
A three-point action plan (2012) Special edition briefing before the conference
Fair Ideas: Sharing solutions for a sustainable planet (2012) Event brochure
Fair Ideas conference programme 16/17th June (2012) Event material
Fair Ideas: Speakers notes (2012) Event material
Fair Ideas: Chair notes (2012) Event material
Fair Ideas: Session leader notes (2012) Event material
Better lives, smaller footprints: how the sustainable development goals can help (2012) IIED side event at Rio +20: Agenda and panellists
- Ida Auken, Minister of the Environment, Denmark
- Christian Friis Bach, Minister for Development Cooperation, Denmark
- Eduardo Braga, Senator and leader of the Senate, Brazil
- Lidia Brito, Head of the Science Policy Division Unesco
- Sandy Cairncross, Professor of Environmental Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
- Camilo Capiberibe, Governor of Amapá State, Brazil
- Édison Carlos, President Instituto Trata Brasil
- René Castro, Minister of Environment, Costa Rica
- Sue Edwards, Director Institute for Sustainable Development, Ethiopia
- Fabio Feldmann, Executive Secretary, Paulista Forum on Global Climate Change and Biodiversity, Brazil
- Falguni Guharay, Coordinator Servicio de informacion Mesoamericano sobre agricultura sostenible, India
- Karen Hamilton, Vice President Unilever, UK
- Ashok Khosla, President Development Alternatives, India
- Jan McAlpine, Director, UN Division on Forests, and head of the UN Forum on Forests Secretariat, USA
- Bihunirwa Medius, Head of the Farmer Enterprise Development Unit, Uganda
- Andrew Mushita, Director Community Technology Development Trust, Zimbabwe
- Sara Namirembe, Research Analyst World Agroforestry Centre
- Paulo Petersen, Director Assessoria e Servicos a Projetos em Agricultura Alternativa, Brazil
- Kate Raworth, Senior Researcher Oxfam, UK
- Johan Rockström, Director Stockholm Resilience Centre, Sweden
- Judith Rodin, President Rockefeller Foundation, USA
- Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, CEO Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, South Africa
- Achim Steiner, Executive Director UN Environment Programme
- Pavan Sukhdev, McCluskey Fellowship Yale University, USA
- Izabella Teixeira, Minister of the Environment, Brazil
- Kevin Urama, Executive Director African Technology Policy Studies Network, Kenya
- Virgilio Viana, CEO Fundação Amazonas Sustentável, Brazil
Hosted by the PUC, Fair ideas took place within a range of meeting spaces that included an auditorium that seats up to 700 people, 2 lecture theatres which hold up to 150 people each, and a range of fully-equipped classrooms with capacities of between 15 and 100.
The auditorium sessions provided the broad framing for each of the Fair ideas themes, and included presentations by high-level speakers from across the world.
All recordings are gathered in this playlist.
We are grateful for the financial support provided to this event by the PUC; session lead organisations; and IIED's core donors: Danida (Denmark), DFID (UK), Irish Aid and Sida (Sweden).


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Summary Of the DramaZeynep is a high school teacher in the story of Kefaret (Atonement). She has a happy life with her husband, Dr. Ahmet, and their two children, Can and Elif. When Zeynep's daughter goes missing, her life is shattered, and she learns a lot of truths about her family and friends as a result.


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Lifelong Love Affair
Bruce Kirby has so many sailing stories that even after nearly 63 years of marriage, his wife, Margo, still hasn't heard all of them.
"I'm probably the only person left who remembers listening to the America's Cup on the radio before the war," the 90-year-old Kirby says, describing the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's blow-by-blow coverage. "My father and brother listened to it in 1934. By 1937, when Ranger beat Endeavor, I remember distinctly listening to it."
"I never knew that," Margo says.
Sitting at the dining room table in the Kirbys' home in Rowayton, Connecticut, Bruce shares how he grew up sailing in Ottawa, Canada, and started sketching and carving boats out of wood early in his life. He worked as a full-time newspaper journalist, but always drew boats on the side. In the 1950s, he found early success sailing the International 14. In the 1960s and early '70s his successively faster designs of that restricted class drew the attention of world-class sailors.
Sailing was a constant presence in his life, and he was good at it. Kirby jumped from the International 14 into the Finn class to sail for Canada in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, where he became friendly with Paul Elvstrom, the Dane who won three consecutive Olympic golds in that class. Kirby skipped the 1960 Rome Olympics when he and Margo had their two daughters, but he returned to the Finn class at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics.
He did quite well in 1964, and in one heavy-air race found himself in second place and gaining on the Russian ahead of him. Kirby caught a gust and a good wave, but when the Russian broached, they collided and the Russian capsized. Kirby, believing he might have violated a rule, did the honorable thing and reported himself to the race officials. Afterward, Kirby asked Elvstrom for his opinion and he deadpanned, "If he was upside down, he couldn't have hoisted a protest flag."
In the 1968 Olympics, Kirby and Elvstrom crossed paths again. Both had switched to the Star class, but neither was racing well. "In a late race, Paul and I found ourselves in first and second place," Kirby recalls, "and as we crossed he said, 'What are we doing up here?' He had a great sense of humor."
In 1969, at the request of a Canadian friend, Kirby sketched a preliminary design for the Laser. Fifty years later, Kirby pulls the fading sketch, now known as "The Million Dollar Doodle," out of a basement drawer. The friend had been building Kirby's International 14s in Canada, and built a prototype of the Laser for a design competition, which it would go on to win. At the 1970 New York Boat Show, 144 Lasers sold off the floor, a record number of sales that Kirby thinks still stands today.
While Kirby continued his work as a yachting journalist, Margo answered the incoming mail from a post office box overflowing with Laser orders.
"The Laser paid for our house," he says of the larger Rowayton waterfront home that he and Margo sold last year. Laser royalties also allowed Kirby to quit his yachting editor job in the 1970s and devote himself to full-time boat design.
For years after that, every time the phone rang, he would joke: "Answer it. It might be someone to ask me to design a 12 Metre." And that call did come. In 1981, a Canadian lawyer named Marvin McDill rang to say that Canada should compete for the America's Cup. Kirby designed Canada One for the 1983 Cup and turned her into the wing-keeled Canada II for the 1987 Cup. Nearly 40 years later, macular degeneration is preventing Kirby from drawing more boats, but he and Margo still laugh about answering the phone to see if someone wants him to design a 12 Metre.
In 1987's America's Cup Canada II did not make it out of the round-robin stages, but Kirby recalls how Canada II beat American yachtsman Dennis Conner in a light-wind duel in Fremantle, Australia. That win put Conner's quest to regain the Cup at risk. "If he'd lost one more race, he would not have made it to the semifinals," Kirby says with some pride. "Dennis was not happy with us."
Throughout his life, Kirby designed boats, including the San Juan 24 that led to a host of other fast keelboat designs, and the Sonar, which became one of the official Paralympics sailboats. And he always sailed, for 83 of his 90 years, until he broke a vertebra last year. Into his 80s, he'd race a Laser or just reach it back and forth in a blow, sail with others on larger boats, or cruise with Margo aboard the Sharpie he designed for them to navigate out of the shallow waters near their home.
Today, he is considered one of the great yacht designers of all time. The Laser is well past the 220,000 sales mark, and all of his achievements have been widely honored, including an induction into World Sailing's Hall of Fame in 2012.
But his love of sailing wasn't always fully appreciated by all parties. Margo recalls how, early in their marriage, her mother asked Bruce: "When are you going to get this sailing thing out of your system?"
Happily, he never did.
This article originally appeared in the June 2019 issue.


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Judge in Roger Stone case says she's considering gag order
Washington – A federal judge on Friday cautioned longtime Donald Trump confidant Roger Stone not to treat the charges against him like a public relations campaign or book tour, and said she may issue a gag order in the case.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson said she had already noticed a significant amount of publicity in the case, including television appearances by Stone himself.
"This is a criminal proceeding, not a public relations campaign," Jackson said. She said that while she understood Stone's desire to defend himself, he risks tainting a pool of jurors who may ultimately decide his case.
Jackson did not immediately issue an order barring Stone or prosecutors from discussing the case, giving both sides until next week to weigh in.
Stone, 66, who was arrested last week in a pre-dawn raid at his Florida home, is the sixth Trump aide charged in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible coordination between Russia and Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. He has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of witness tampering, obstruction and false statements.
Wearing a double-breasted pinstripe suit, Stone emerged from the courthouse after Friday's hearing and struck his two-handed victory pose in homage to former President Richard Nixon. He was then whisked away into a waiting vehicle amid supporters holding "Roger Stone did nothing wrong" signs. A protester held up a placard reading "Treason."
Stone made the rounds on television last weekend and held a news conference Thursday at a Washington hotel, where he said he was prepared to tell the truth to Mueller but he had no derogatory information about Trump, his longtime friend.
"I have great affection and remain a strong and loyal supporter of the president," Stone said.
He also said he was prepared to adhere to a gag order if the judge issued one but that he would likely appeal it. Among his lawyers is a noted First Amendment attorney who successfully represented the rap group 2 Live Crew in an obscenity court case nearly 30 years ago.
A seven-count indictment accuses Stone of misleading Congress about interactions with friends in which he discussed emails that were stolen from Democratic groups and in the possession of WikiLeaks. The anti-secrecy website released the communications in the weeks before the presidential election in an effort to harm Hillary Clinton's campaign.
But the indictment doesn't accuse Stone or anyone close to the campaign of coordinating directly with WikiLeaks or having advance knowledge of its plans.
"I am not accused of Russian collusion, I am not accused of collaboration with WikiLeaks, I am not accused of conspiracy," Stone said Thursday. "There is no evidence or accusation that I knew in advance about the source or content of the WikiLeaks material."
In a court filing Thursday, prosecutors with Mueller's office said the FBI seized physical devices from his home, apartment and office. They said multiple hard drives containing several terabytes of information have been recovered, including bank and financial records and the contents of numerous phones and computers.


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I also believe that too much of a good thing can be bad for you. This week I did a little experiment! I took Facebook off my phone. I did not disconnect, I still have it on my computer, and since I do not have a desk job and only work from my computer about 3 times a week, I now check Facebook about 3 times a week and not 3 times before 10am.
My goal with this step is to get more intentional with my relationships. If I want to see how someone's sick child is doing, rather than have Facebook tell me, I am reaching out on a personal level and finding out for myself. And what about my friends latest beach holiday, let me call them up! This little experiment has already freed up a lot of space in my mind, my thoughts are no longer consumed with what other people are doing.
Facebook is a fantastic tool in helping people stay connected and I've taken advantage of it's marketing reach time and time again, but it can most certainly cross over into an unhealthy obsession with what thy neighbour is up to, if we let it. So let's take Facebook back to being a tool shall we?! I wouldn't carry a screwdriver around with me everywhere and look at it every 30 mins would I? Nope, but I would grab it and make full use of it when I need to. So why not do the same with Facebook, and many other time consuming social media apps. Time we can never get back, time we could be spending investing in relationships face to face. Time spent playing with our children.
I still keep up to date with news and groups that I follow through twitter and Instagram. And again I must stress, I really appreciate how Facebook keeps me tied to my family and friends around the world. This is by no means an anti-Facebook post, this is more of a post encouraging a healthy relationship with Facebook and even more so, healthy relationships with the people who mean the most. And yes, I will still post this onto our Facebook group, why? Because I like and appreciate Facebook, and I'm learning better ways to use it as the tool it was designed to be.


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Responsive Design Trends : What's Changed in 2019
By Jash Unadkat, Technical Content Writer at BrowserStack - August 5, 2019
Ever wondered how businesses have started to give more importance to responsiveness, to provide users the best web experience? To deep dive, let's get started with the concept of mobile responsiveness.
What is a Mobile Responsive Web Design?
Mobile responsive web design is an approach that is widely implemented in the web designing process that enables the web pages to render well across various mobile devices (desktops, smartphones, tablets, laptops) having different window or screen sizes and resolutions. Web developers, especially the front-end developers, focus on developing mobile-friendly websites as the users tend to interact with the website more through smartphones.
Why is it important to have a Responsive Web Design for your website?
Given the growth in smartphone users, there has been a remarkable increase in website traffic. This drastic change drives us to the conclusion that people's expectations regarding how a website should appear on a mobile device have changed too. The following are a few stats (as per Infront webworks) that denote the importance of having mobile responsiveness.
- Nearly 60% of total internet access happens on mobiles in 2019
- Mobile phones drive 50% of total e-commerce revenue
- Total number of adults making use of smartphones is 77%
- 94% of online visitors judge a website based on the responsiveness of a specific website
After analyzing the above stats, one can conclude how crucial it is to have a responsive web design for a website to cater to the rapidly growing online users through smartphones.
A web developer builds a user-friendly website to reach the maximum audience. Google recommends all websites to be mobile friendly and assigns an extra weight for responsiveness, at the time of indexing a page. Responsive webpages thus have superior search positions.
As a result, organizations need to invest resources for cross browser compatibility testing and testing across a variety of real devices.
Understanding Responsive Web Design with Example
Let's consider water as an example.
- If water is poured into a jar, it adopts the shape of a jar
- If water is poured into a bottle, it takes the form of a bottle
Similarly, think of the content on a website as water, where the content adjusts and renders itself as per the screen-sizes across various devices just like water adopting the shape of various vessels it gets poured in.
How to Make a Responsive Website?
Following are a few best practices a web developer should follow to make a website responsive:
- Including the <meta> tag element in all the pages: It helps to set the viewport of all web pages which instructs the browser on how to resize the page. Following is a code snippet for defining the meta element on each web page.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
The example below shows how a web page is rendered with and without a viewport meta tag.
Without Viewport meta tag vs With Viewport meta tag
Images source: w3schools
- Making the images responsive using the CSS max-width property: Responsive images scale automatically to fit any size across various devices in the browser. Once the CSS max-width property is set to 100%, the image is easily scalable. Example of the related code snippet:

- Making the text responsive: One must set the text size with 'vw' (viewport width) unit to make the text size scalable. A related code snippet is as follows:

Hello World

- Making the video player responsive: Similar to the images, the video player can be made to scale flexibly once the CSS property "max-width" is set to 100%
- Using Media Queries: Using media queries is another standard method in responsive web designing besides resizing images and text elements in which one can define different styles for different browser sizes.
.left, .right {
float: left;
width: 20%; /* The width is 20%, by default */
}.main {
float: left;
width: 60%; /* The width is 60%, by default */
}/* Use a media query to add a breakpoint at 800px: */
@media screen and (max-width: 800px) {
.left, .main, .right {
width: 100%; /* The width is 100%, when the viewport is 800px or smaller */
Most Common Mistakes to Avoid, while working towards Responsiveness
Here are a few common mistakes to be avoided, as prescribed by Google:
- Web developers must ensure that the Google-bot can easily access the CSS, JavaScript and image files used on the website
- Avoid using media or any other content that is incompatible with mobile devices
- Avoid faulty-redirects for mobile users (i.e. A mobile user's original request should be redirected to the appropriate mobile site's URL)
- Avoid interstitials that cover up the original content. It may be frustrating for a visitor.
- A web developer must avoid usage of tiny fonts which may result in a lousy viewing experience
How to check if a website is Mobile Responsive?
Manually testing the website across various devices for responsiveness using the developer tools in the browser can prove to be a very tedious task. As test automation is slowly gaining importance, there are tools available in the market using which one can quickly determine the responsiveness of a particular website across multiple devices and browsers.
One such tool available is Responsive by BrowserStack, which makes mobile responsive testing simple. The responsive tool provides a combination of real devices to test on the fly! The screenshot below gives a clear idea about the tool.
Using a Responsive tool, one can quickly analyze the output rendered across 2000+ devices and figure out any flaws.
Similar to Responsive tool, BrowserStack also provides a tool known as "Screenshots". Screenshots, as the name suggests, captures the rendered output across a range of devices and share a link with all the screenshots. Refer the below image for better understanding.
Final Thoughts on Responsiveness
Traffic from mobile devices is up to 60% of all website traffic. Thus, creating a website that works seamlessly on mobile devices is critical. This is achieved by adopting a responsive design. Making the website responsive is not straightforward. Web developers must implement best practices and make use of handy tools like Responsive and Screenshots. Comprehensive testing ensures excellent user experience and results in better search rankings.


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Yeah…there are days I wonder about things like this…
There's only one reason I can think of, Silver, that an infinitely powerful, all-knowing, fun-loving, eternal gladiator of the Universe would ever choose to be born into a little human body, with stub-able toes, adrift in time, immersed in space, cloaked in mystery:
There'd have to be much more to what was going on than mere mortal eyes could behold, and it would have to be really, really, really, really, really beautiful.
And it so is.
You'll "see,"
The Universe
© http://www.tut.com ®
Love it all, Silver, before it's just a really, really, really, really, really beautiful memory.
Those days are the ones when I truly wonder if the struggle is worth it. And then something happens. A Carolina wren lands on the window sill and trills at me, head cocked, it's knowing gaze checking me out. A sunrise paints the eastern sky with strokes of vibrant watercolors. A star winks in a midnight sky, thumbing its nose at the full moon. There's the Green Giant's laughter, phone calls from The Only, the purr of Editor Cat and the snores of the Office Dogs. There's watching TV and Lawyer Guy and I spouting the same thing at something we just saw on the screen and yelling, "JINX!" as we laugh. And you know what? There's a whole lot to love about my life. That includes all the friends, readers, and fans I've met one way or another. S'all good, I think. And I have a lifetime of beautiful memories to look back on.
What about y'all? What memory sticks in your mind?


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San Diego State University's primary commitment is to the safety, health and wellbeing of all campus community members, including students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Staying conscious of the uncertainty of COVID-19, the The Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center is now open. Please feel free to continue to contact us by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or connect virtually Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m.–12 p.m.
VOW to Hire Heroes Act
Under the VOW Act, unemployed post-9/11 era veterans will be offered a Gold Card which allows them to access intensive and follow-up services they need to succeed in today's job market. The Gold Card initiative is a join effort of the Department of Labor and Department of Veterans Affairs' employment and training services. Eligible veterans can print a Gold Card at the following link http://www.dol.gov/vets/goldcard.html. You can also find more information about this program at any of your San Diego One-Stop Career Centers or www.dol.gov/vets/goldcard.html.
Medal of Honor Speak Out
Our nation's greatest heroes - Medal of Honor recipients - speak out to save lives by encouraging America's military to seek help when adjusting to life after combat, particularly for post-traumatic stress (PTS). View the video to hear their message.
SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific Full-time, Paid Internships
Any veterans who may be interested in acquisition - engineering, business financial management, logistics management, and contracts management - internship positions, should forward their employment package to email@example.com. The package should consist of: 1) Cover letter (optional), 2) Resume, 3) Unofficial transcripts, and 4) DD-214 (Veteran's Preference). These are full-time, paid positions available for recent college graduates.
Veterans Service Officers Job Training
The Women Veterans Resource Center is offering all veterans the opportunity to receive job training to become a certified Veterans Service Officer. In this job, you will help veterans submit their claims and get their benefits, prevent homelessness, understand the VA system, and assist veterans with many other services. If you are detailed-oriented and love helping veterans, contact the WVRC at (619) 825-5757 or firstname.lastname@example.com to find out more about the training schedule and to register.
Training is also offered in other fields, such as Hotel Front Desk Agent & Reservations, Customer Service, Banquet Servers, as well as Financial Literacy, Resume writing and job interviewing skills.
If you have any questions about veteran services at SDSU, please contact the Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center at (619) 594-5813, or visit us in the SSW 1575.
Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center Hours
The Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center is located along Centennial Walkway in Student Services West, room 1575, and is open Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Just look for the flagpole. If you haven't seen the new Bunker (a.k.a. the Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center lounge), check it out next time you are on campus. The Bunker has an XBOX 360 with Madden 2011, MMA, and Halo Reach games. All student veteran or military students are welcome to stop by the Bunker to play or hang out throughout the day.
Warning about Veterans Affairs Services (VAS)
(Forwarded by Kevin Secor, VSO Liaison, Office of the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs)
An organization called Veterans Affairs Services (VAS) is providing benefit and general information on VA and gathering personal information on veterans. This organization is not affiliated with VA in any way.
VAS may be gaining access to military personnel through their close resemblance to the VA name and seal. Our Legal Counsel has requested that we coordinate with DoD to inform military installations, particularly mobilization sites, of this group and their lack of affiliation or endorsement by VA to provide any services.
In addition, GC requests that if you have any examples of VAS acts that violate chapter 59 of Title 38 United States Code, such as VAS employees assisting veterans in the preparation and presentation of claims for benefits, please pass any additional information to Mr.Daugherty at the address below:
Michael G. Daugherty
Staff Attorney
Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of General Counsel (022G2)
If you have any questions about veteran services at SDSU, please contact the Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center at (619) 594-5813, or visit us in the SSW 1575.
GEICO Supervisor Leadership Program
Become one of 10 people to join GEICO's management program. They will consider students graduating this year or alumni as well. The program offers full training and the opportunity to become a leader within the company. Los Angeles and Northern California offer a similar leadership program for candidates who would like to move outside of San Diego. Applications may be submitted on the GEICO Jobs Web site. If you have questions, contact the San Diego hiring manager, Rocio M. Rodriguez, at (858) 513-5247 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Post 9/11 Chapter 33 Benefits
If you are planning on using Post-9/11 G.I. Bill (Chapter 33) benefits for spring 2011, the following are the necessary steps to be taken in order to receive these benefits:
1. Turn in your Certificate of Eligibility for your benefits to the Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center, SSW 1575, if you haven't already.
2. Tell the Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center representative that you need to get on the Chapter 33 list for spring 2011 in order to get your fees waived.
3. Register for your classes in January.
4. Return to the Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center to fill out the Responsibility Agreement for spring 2011.
Enjoy your semester!
If you have any questions about veteran services at SDSU, please contact the Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center at (619) 594-5813, or visit us in the SSW 1575.
Operation Welcome Home
A California's Operation Welcome Home Representative will be at the Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center on Tuesdays from 9 a.m. -12:30 p.m. and Thursdays from 12:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. The CalVet Corps member can assist or provide veterans with information on Unemployment Insurance, Health Care and Education benefits, employment services, counseling referrals, job referrals, housing programs, Veteran's Preference Points, workshops and training opportunities, and more.
Find Us on Facebook
The Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center is now on Facebook. The new Facebook page connects current students with prospective students and features upcoming events, photo albums, and more. Be sure to join our online Facebook community.
New Veteran Alumni Chapter Web site
Stay connected with the SDSU veteran alumni community through the new Veteran Alumni Chapter Web site. The Web site features a list of upcoming events, message boards, photo gallery, and alumni board contact information.
Pad Squad Job Opportunity
Represent the San Diego Padres as a member of their Pad Squad. Applications are being accepted now. To read a full job description and apply, visit the Padres Job Web site.
Troops to Teachers Office Open
It is with great pleasure that we announce the grand opening of the California State Troops to Teachers office, located in the SDSU College of Education's Office of Student Services. Over the last decade nearly 11,000 military members have used the Troops to Teachers Program to transition to a career in public education, many of them in the largest military market in the nation right here in California.
Nearly half of the Troops to Teachers participants accept teaching positions in math, science or special education. Over one-third of Troops to Teachers participants are minorities, over 80% are male and over 80% teach in economically disadvantaged districts and schools. Another significant superior success of this program is the commitment of the program participants. While about half of all new teachers leave the profession their first five years in the classroom, over 75% of Troops to Teachers participants remain teaching after ten years.
For more information on the Troops to Teachers program, contact Director Bill Leitheiser, at (619) 594-6326 or Associate Director Kawanda McLendon at (619) 594-6325. You may also visit the Mountain Pacific Troops to Teachers regional website.
If you have any questions about veteran services at SDSU, please contact the Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center at (619) 594-5813, or visit us in Student Services West, room1575.
SDSU Ranks No. 30 on List of Best Universities for Vets
SDSU is the highest ranked university in California, and ranks 30th among 100 universities nationwide for military veterans who are preparing for the next phase of their lives and careers. The report was published in the Military Times Edge, a publication for military veteran and active duty personnel. The Joan and Art Barron Veterans Center provides academic and student services to more than 1,000 veteran and active duty military students.
The Rucksack Rewards
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) recently launched The Rucksack, a free membership rewards site open to all confirmed veterans of Iraq (OIF) and Afghanistan (OEF). With The Rucksack, Member Veterans collect rewards and get access to exclusive tickets, giveaways and more. Sign up is easy - get started at http://rucksack.iava.org.


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Advocate. This was a badge I unconsciously affixed to my vest as a child.
Watching my mother fight tirelessly for my educational rights, inclusion, respect, and dignity in every sphere colored my world. Translated to me through her actions, relationships with my doctors, teachers, therapists, and every other person entering my orbit was the message that I was worth it. Learning to become my own advocate was not only crucial for my health, educational success, identity, and self-worth, but also for a broader mission beyond myself.
When the gossip mill churns zephyrs of misinformation about somebody during her high school career, she often adds this to her résumé of flippant rebellion. When rumors persist with contagion and the notorious recipient is 6 years old, it is far more likely she will dissolve into a puddle of confusion and hysteria.
Differences in my method of walking, talking, and general balance and coordination configured me into a blond bull's-eye for teasing. With my multicolored, fluorescent braces strapped to my skinny legs, I symbolized a beacon of the unknown.
Though I would later come to realize that the etiology of cruel comments came not from my ponytailed classmates, but rather from their parents, this did not matter at the time. What concerned me was that the other kids chose not to use the same crayons as I did because they feared whatever terrible malady swimming through my bloodstream was contagious. I was a monster. And they did not want to become monsters, too.
Attempting to disarm erroneous assumptions can be challenging. Ironically, the more ridiculous and incorrect they are, the harder it was to convince my peers that the differences we shared were fewer and far less cataclysmic than they had envisioned.
No, cerebral palsy is not congenital.
No, my disability is not contagious.
No, I am not retarded.
No, I did nothing wrong to acquire a disability, and neither did my mother.
Yes, hard as you may find it to believe, I am human. I feel, think, dream, and desire a fulfilling life, just like you do.
While my peers were learning to read and follow directions, I was simultaneously fighting for an education while educating my educators. More hurtful than the inhumane knives hurled at me by my peers were the teachers condoning them.
With their refusals to accommodate my lawfully mandated adaptations, and their assertions that it didn't matter because I would never amount to anything anyway, battling antiquated ideologies was a full-time job thrust upon me. And they say public education is free. In complex ways, I paid a hefty price for the learning that I earned.
For every academic skill I mastered, I simultaneously had to convince a number of reluctant bureaucrats that I deserved every equal opportunity, that I would accept nothing but the best, and that I would be showing up, day after day, to get it.
Note: Cerebral Palsy News Today is strictly a news and information website about the disorder. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. This content is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have read on this website. The opinions expressed in this column are not those of Cerebral Palsy News Today or its parent company, BioNews Services, and are intended to spark discussion about issues pertaining to cerebral palsy.


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By George Harvey
The UN panel on climate change has issued its latest report, The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has issued its Fifth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis. The report makes one point very clear:
Climate change is real, and it is caused by human beings.
The scientific community has come to the point that it sees no viable alternative to this view. It is not a matter of natural change, it is not imaginary, and it has not slowed down just because a polar vortex made us colder than we had been for years. There is no other scientific explanation for what is going on.
Deniers of all stripes will doubtless continue to deny. Whether it is out of fear of some bogeyman, such as some diabolical attempt at world domination, or fear of losing a lifestyle that includes fast cars and an absolute right run the furnace with the thermostat at 75º while running the air conditioning at 68º, they will deny. And how could we expect otherwise – after all there are still some who insist that the world is flat.
The report also makes another thing very clear:
Reducing the effects of climate change will require substantial and sustained reductions of greenhouse gas emissions.
In a nutshell, that means being as efficient as possible, switching to renewable energy sources, and turning to a lifestyle calculated to be sustainable.
We might make the observation here that if a lifestyle is sustainable, then it includes an ability to survive. It should be obvious, but deniers tend to believe a non-sustainable lifestyle is okay, even though it clearly must end at some point. And why would anyone actually choose a social paradigm that is terminal?
Perhaps it needs to be pointed out that if we adopt a sustainable lifestyle, then we gain a possibility of achieving, at some point, a goal that is otherwise impossible:
By living sustainably, we can live healthy, happy lives.
For those who object to this conclusion, it might be pointed out that this is not a guarantee; it is merely a statement of a possibility. However, the converse is also true:
By refusing to live sustainably, we cannot continue to live healthy, happy lives, because eventually we lose the ability to live at all.