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Martine Neddam
Martine Neddam is an artist who uses language as raw material. Since she began as an artist her favourite subjects always were 'speech acts', modes of address, words in the public space. Since 1988 she exposed text objects (banners, plaques, shadows on the wall) in museums and galleries. She also realized many large-scale public commissions in several European countries: Netherlands, France, and Great Britain.
Since 1996 she created on Internet virtual characters that lead an autonomous artistic existence in which the real author is never disclosed.
- Mouchette, created in 1996 whose website is still active to this day is a 13 year old girl who exposes online the fantasies born from her dark imagination, constantly triggers for user's participation and response from her web audience. She has become such a cult figure that she decided to share her identity with her online friends in Mouchette's Network.
- David Still who was created in 2001 offers his identity and the use of his email account to all the passing web surfers.
- XiaoQian, created in 2006 is a Chinese artist who creates virtual persons.
There, in May and June 2008 she is giving a special course in the Masters Program about virtual characters.
About public commissions http://neddam.info
Mouchette: http://mouchette.org
Mouchette's CV: http://mouchette.org/cv
David Still: http://davidstill.org
David Still's CV: http://davidstill.org/cv
XiaoQian: http://turbulence.org/Works/XiaoQian/
Virtual Person: http://www.virtualperson.net


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Our team of nearly 7,400 accomplished professionals from around the world has put Celanese on the path to becoming the premier chemical company. Their leadership, support and innovation helped Celanese achieve tremendous growth, especially during the past five years. As a global leader in the chemicals industry, Celanese International makes products essential to everyday living. Our products, found in consumer & industrial applications, are manufactured in North America, Europe and Asia.
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The primary factor in Celanese's success is simple --- it's our dynamic, innovative and results- oriented employees who drive Celanese's growth everyday.
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Our employees say that working at Celanese is very rewarding. We understand the bottom line. You want to be rewarded and receive benefits for your ideas and innovation. If you join us, you'll find competitive pay, varied professional opportunities, and the chance to make a difference in a growing, global company.
If you're looking for a premier company where you can create immediate impact, contribute to growth and collaborate with colleagues around the world, Celanese may be a great fit for you.
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• Primary responsibility is to execute transactions for Raw Materials, MRO, and Corporate Services – to ensure reliable supply of goods and services
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1 +1/4 cups All purpose Flour
1/4 cup Cocoa powder (dutch process)
100 gms Dark Chocolate, break it into small pieces
1+ 1/4 cups Brown sugar
2 Eggs, room temperature
1/2 cup Oil
1 cup Boiling water
1 cup mini Chocolate chips
2 tsp Chocolate essence
1 tsp Baking powder
1/2 tsp Baking soda
Pinch of salt
Pre-heat the Oven to 180 Degree Celsius. Line the cupcake tray with the cup liners. Add chocolate pieces in a microwave proof bowl and heat it for 30 seconds on medium power. Remove and stir, if the chocolate is not melted, returned to microwave and repeat the process. Set aside to cool.
In a large mixing bowl sift together all the dry ingredients. In another bowl, beat one egg at a time with blender till it is fluffy, then add another. Add all the wet ingredients in it EXCEPT WATER and beat well. Slowly pour dry ingredients, chocolate chips and melted chocolate and stir well. Finally pour boiling water to your batter and blend it for a minute. MIND it the batter will be runny, so don't faint !!
Spoon the mixture into prepared tins (they swell beautifully so fill only 3/4) and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle of a cupcakes comes out clean : it is done ! Remove from Oven and cool on wire racks.
Sending this to Cook Like Priya's ongoing event where she has joined her hands with Divya (youtoocancookindianfoodrecipes) , which is going fantastic I believe.


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it seems to me
that life, this brief life,
is nothing other than this:
the incessant cry of these emotions
that drive us, that we sometimes attempt
to channel in the name of a god, a political faith,
in a ritual that reassures us that, fundamentally,
everything is in order, in a great and boundless
love — and the cry is beautiful. Sometimes
it is a cry of pain. Sometimes
it is a song.
And song,
as Augustine observed,
is the awareness of time. It is time.
It is the hymn of the Vedas that is itself the
flowering of time. In the Benedictus of Beethoven's
Missa Solemnis, the song of the violin is pure
beauty, pure desperation, pure joy. We are
suspended, holding our breath, feeling
mysteriously that this must be source
of meaning. That this is the
source of time.
Then the
song fades and ceases.
"The silver thread is broken,
the golden bowl is shattered, the amphora at
the fountain breaks, the bucket falls into the well,
the earth returns to dust." And it is fine like
this. We can close our eyes, rest. This all
seems fair and beautiful to me.
This is time.


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Okay, I'm being lazy; this is an easy post. I do have some good stuff in the saddlebag, though.
A while back (actually last May) I wrote about Goedel's proof, about how he proved that it's impossible to have a completely consistent set of rules about anything. If you skipped the post, you should go read it. It's not exactly about writing, it's about a fact of life: We'll never figure things out completely because contradictions always exist.
So here's proof. Is this Break of Day comic logical or not?
Answer: Yes, it's logical, but it's also contradictory.
PS. I can't help making a writing comment: It should be "…petition to help stop us."


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How about this: a colour shrink wrap for your car. Foilacar, says its developer, can help protect the original car's paint colour, jazz up an old car or even elevate it to style icon status.
There is an apocryphal story about a nouveau riche owner of a flashy high-end car who wanted to ensure that his brand-new car stayed that way... and ended up scotch-taping the entire exterior. That may have been a joke that emanated from a bored mind, but now a German named Swen Roters has stood the joke on its head.
Roters is the founder and managing director of Foilacar, a company that 'foil wraps' your luxury car in protective and decorative film to essentially decorate and protect your vehicle.
The day I visit his workshop, Roter's team is 'scotch-taping' a Lexus in gold-coloured foil with a matte finish (''so it doesn't appear too blingy''). The method seems fairly simple: take a foil, measure the area to be used, cut, peel and paste. Voilà! The car has a new look.
But what is this wonder material that has car-modification addicts racing to wrap? It's a type of foil wrapping technology from Germany that gives a new look to your car while protecting it from minor scratches. What's more, it is a fully removable colour foil that allows you to revert to the original colour of your car at any time. This German high-end product ensures the same optical appearance and surface structure of a regular paint finish.
"You just peel it and stick it like you would any sticker!" explains the natty-looking Roters. "Anytime the customer feels he doesn't like the colour of the sticker, he can ask for it to be peeled off. It can be done easily and will not leave any damage or residue. The car returns to its original colour.'' The foil also helps protect the car against minor scratches (thanks to the 100-micron-thick material). ''This means it will also provide protection for the original paint. Even if the car suffers a minor scratch, the original paint will not be damaged.
"You can wash the car, even wax or polish the Foilacar coating if it's a shiny finish." he says. So how much is all this goingto cost?
For an average luxury car like the Mercedes S-Class, the price would start at about Dh15,000 for the basic colours (green, orange, silver, black, blue and white). "If the car is a special model with a body kit, the cost goes up as the work increases," he says. "For some special colours, like gold matte or white matte, the price would be about Dh20,000-Dh25,000, depending on the size of the car."
Then there are some special colours such as carbon fibre for which the price starts at Dh35,000.
"Not everybody likes [this particular one], because it can be a bit [over the top]," says Roters. "But we've already done a Bentley Continental GTS with this and it looks very nice. I must add it looks good only on certain cars. Mostly customers want this colour only for dramatic highlights like the spoilers, side skirts, mirrors, and so on."
But Roters will not stand in the way of customer tastes. "We have more than 100,000 colours available, and have installed at least 250 of them on various cars. Sometimes some colours don't match the interior. In such cases, we advise the customer to choose shades that are darker or lighter than the one used for the interiors."
For that out-of-this-world touch, Roters offers a unique Swarovski Crystal Skin colour that costs around Dh300,000. "Crystal Skin coatings feature a thin layer of original Swarovski crystals, giving the foil a unique sparkle," says Roters.
The charges depend on the car's size. "Most of the luxury cars, such as the Mercedes S Class or the BMW 7 Series are almost of the same size as far as using our material is concerned. But working on some cars, especially the smaller ones which may have a complicated shape, can be time- consuming and hence more expensive to cover. Although we may use less material than we would for a larger car, the time used to cover it may be more so the charges may go up,'' he says.
We have to take extra care when working on cars like the Bugatti Veyron, which costs around Dh7 million, he adds. Roters says his company specialises in covering high-end luxury cars.
Though Foilacar is now a world player, Roters started small.
"I started my first company in 1994; a small agency advertising on sign boards in Germany," says Roters. "In 1998, I started designing stickers and logos for cars. In late 2000, I developed the idea of using the sticker which we normally used for design, to cover the entire car."
It was a case of trial and error before they perfected the technique. "Over the years, we experimented with different materials, the ones that will last, and also ones that can be removed easily, and that which approximated a paint job. That was the ultimate test the customer should not notice that it's not a paint job."
Roters came to Dubai in 2005 to test out the market, and promptly decided to open a branch here.
"I started one here in 2007 with a local partner, but we parted ways in 2008. However I got an even bigger partner who is now collaborating with our business worldwide.
"The Foilacar Premium outfit in Dubai is our first workshop outside Germany, and will be our second headquarters. From here we will conduct training for all other centres in the Middle East. Dubai may be small when compared to Germany, but the number of high-end luxury cars here& You will never find such a concentration anywhere else in the world," Roters says.
"In Germany, we'd get customers from all over Hamburg, Munich, sometimes Berlin, many times more than 800km away. Here, you get all your customers within a radius of 50km! Also the last couple of years, the world focus was on Dubai, so we used our Dubai outlet as a kind of demo showroom to show what we are capable of. Now, we have around 950 franchise requests from across 60 countries around the world."
Though headquartered in Germany, Foilcar will be operating out of Dubai for all practical purposes "because we are not only selling a product but also an idea and the know-how, which means we have to have trained people who take up a franchise. We have many enquiries from the Middle East."
What happens in the case of an accident? "Before installing the film the paint surface has to be dent and scratch-free. Minor scratches won't damage the foil. But if a major accident occurs, the damaged surface may have to be re-painted before our foil can be used on it.
"If the damage occurs on the bonnet, the entire bonnet may have to be covered with the foil. We can't do small portions. The reason is that a line will be visible when a new piece is stuck on the old coating." The benefits are many: the film has UV-protection qualities, so months or years later when you decide to remove the foil, the original paint will not have faded and your car will look as good as new. Does the foil come with warranties?
"The intense heat and humidity in this region do not allow us to offer the two-year warranty we do in Germany. There, the foil lasts around five years. Here, we offer a one-year warranty. Also, here the foil will last for two to three years. Of course, it also depends on whether you park your car out in the sun or in a garage, and how you treat the car."
Roters enjoys doing new things for his clients: "We create special colours for special cars, like the daylight orange we did for a Lamborghini Murcielago SV 2010 model; it's so bright, it makes you close your eyes in sunshine. If any customer wants a special colour, we'll produce it. And it will remain unique if he so desires."
Right now, Roters is focused on opening new outlets in the GCC, especially Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. "We also plan to participate in national and international motor shows, starting with the Dubai Motor Show this year and the Geneva Motor Show next year.
"We have requests from Mexico, Brazil, North and South America, all over Europe, South Africa, Russia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan, even Australia and New Zealand. Initially, we plan to give out five franchises, and another five by the end of the year."
But for all this, Roters remains an entrepreneur at heart. "For me, Foilacar stands out due to its uncompromising German quality. Foilacar films are all developed and produced in Germany, and represent value for money."
That will remain his pitch no matter where he expands to.


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Whistling arrows are arrows whose head is made up of a hollow wooden or iron 'turnip' through which several holes have been drilled. Whilst flying, the arrow emits a whistling sound that is used as a signal for directing armies in battle, to confound enemies, to transmit messages, to show one's position, to scare away animals, etc. Whistling arrows (also called signal arrows) are extensively used by Inner Asian and East Asian peoples, most notably the horse nomads and the Chinese.
The 'turnip' is fairly large (3cm~10cm in diameter) and may break upon impact, depending on its material.
Stats for The Celestial Empire:
Deer-horn- or Bone-made Whistling Arrow
Value: Average
Damage: 0-1 (1D2‒1)
Chance of breaking upon impact: 60%
Wooden Whistling Arrow
Value: Expensive
Damage: 1-2 (1D2)
Chance of breaking upon impact: 40%
Metal Whistling Arrow
Value: Expensive
Damage: 1-3 (1D3)
Chance of breaking upon impact: 30%


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The Center Economic Development Corporation is a 4A economic corporation as created and governed by the Texas Local Government Code. This is the entity collects a 1/4 cent sales tax and is responsible for providing assistance to recruit businesses to Center and to help retain and expand existing businesses.
Members of the CEDC Board of Directors are: John Snider, President; Mark Ivey, Vice-President, David Chadwick; Bill Lloyd and Jim Forbes.
Both Corporations are managed by Chad Nehring, City Manager. Both of these boards meets on an as needed basis.


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FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Around 150 children gathered Saturday at the Child, Youth and School Services Youth Sports Complex to participate in a mini baseball clinic led by Detroit Tigers pitcher Edwin Jackson and Shaw High School baseball players.
"It's good to be back at Fort Benning," said Jackson, who played baseball and football for CYS&S at Fort Benning in the 1990s when his father, Edwin Sr., was stationed here.
"My favorite part about the camp was seeing the smiles on the kids' faces and talking with them."
"Wow, it's really neat that I get to meet Edwin Jackson," said Jackson Hunter, 10, who saw Jackson play against the Minnesota Twins. "It's cool to think he used to play at Fort Benning when he was a kid."
Among those at the camp was Jackon's former CYS&S coaches, including John W. Peeler and Brian McCall.
McCall said he saw Jackson's early potential.
"I saw talent," McCall said. "With some kids you have to use redundancy (but not with Edwin). He picked up things quite quickly and he would run with it. I would use him as a peer instructor to help the other players."
The prep star played basketball, football and baseball until his sophomore year at Shaw High School, when he decided to put all his efforts into baseball.
"To make a long story short, his heart was in baseball and he stuck with it and it panned out for him," Edwin Sr. said.
But school came first, said his mom, Regina. "I always told him, 'You get good grades, you play sports. You get bad grades, you can't play sports.'"
Jackson's big break came in 2001, his senior year.
"There were two other kids scouts were looking at and it just so happens at this particular game we were playing at Golden Park against Columbus High School," Edwin Sr. said.
"Edwin was the center fielder and he threw one ball from center field all the way home and got the guy out. And from that point in time, the scout asked about him, but we had no intention of thinking he would be drafted because they never really came to look at him up until his senior year."
McCall remembers the throw by Jackson.
"It was close to the wall - close to 400 feet," he said. "Edwin threw a dart to home plate. There was no bounce, no nothing. It was a straight line drive probably at 95 miles per hour. It was incredible."
Shortly after the game, the Jacksons received a phone call from a major league scout saying they wanted to draft Jackson.
"It was an unexpected surprise to be drafted straight out of high school but playing in the major leagues was always a dream of mine," Jackson said.
Jackson was drafted in the sixth round by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an outfielder and later became a pitcher.
Jackson played with the Dodgers until 2006 when he was traded to the Tampa Bay Rays, where he led the team with a team-record 14 victories, but was left off the club's American League Division Series roster.
"There wasn't much I could do about not being selected for the (ALDS) game, so I just went on with a positive attitude," Edwin said.
"When Edwin was left off the roster, I was hurt for him because he was hurt," Regina said. "Edwin would never say anything (though). When we saw him, me being his mom, I could see his face and (saw) that he was hurt. He said 'it is what it is.' (But) I told him it's OK."
His parents always emphasized to him there would be ups and downs and he had to roll with them, Edwin Sr. said.
"Every game whether it's good or bad, I call him and tell him 'it's OK,'" Regina said. "I always tell him to give 110 percent and you can't control what the other players do, you just have to do your job."
Edwin's positive attitude paid off as he was put on the American League Championship Series roster. He pitched two innings in relief and went on to pitch two innings in Game 4 of the 2008 World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies.
"It is something I will never forget," Edwin Sr. said. "When he came out of the bull pen, it was excitement, nervousness and joy all bundled up in one. It was a feeling you never dreamed that you would be sitting watching your kid play in the World Series."
"It's hard to explain what it felt like to be on that field and play in the World Series," Jackson said. "It was amazing."
Jackson pitched in the 2009 All-Star game. In his career, he has 472 strikeouts, and a 4.66 earned run average, with 38 wins and 39 losses and is tied for the most wins in a season by a Rays pitcher with 14. In 2009, Jackson was traded to the Detroit Tigers, where he went 13-9.
"If you have a dream, don't let anyone tell you you can't do it and it won't come true," Jackson said to the children at the camp. "And remember, grades come first, then sports."
Jackson closed the camp autographing balls and T-shirts for the children.


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This weekend is not my weekend. I'm not going to go into huge details but I have had a rough couple of days (well since Wednesday). Today was my first little ray of sunshine with me and my boyfriend going out with a really fun group of people to a football game. The game was a great pick-me-up, especially since my beloved and heartbreaking Cleveland Browns finally won 1 game! Yep, thats right, almost half way through the season and we finally won our first game this year! 1-5 baby, Super Bowl better watch out! Anyways, to damper my awesome day, we got caught in a downpour while walking home and I ended up breaking a nail on my non-swatching hand. This was a break so bad that it bled. I haven't broken a nail like this since May, so needless to say I'm a little traumatized. So lets go to my favorite indie brand to cheer me up!
Hare Polish "Midsummer's Midnight" was the polish that I wanted the most when Hare Polish went on sale about a month ago. Midsummer's Midnight is a black jelly polish with pink and green round medium glitter, blue and purple square glitter, and silver microglitter. Yes, this is a little bit a glitter bomb but not so extreme where I'm turned off. I think all the colors kind of come together to form a mardi gras type of color palette. Plus, the black base tones down all the different colors and turns it into more of 80s graffiti-esque polish. Also, if you have been following me for a while, then you know that I'm not into any shape of glitter besides round or hexagonal. But the square pieces in here blend so well with the other glitters and the black base that I don't even notice that they're square.
I had to see what it looked like with a flash! Since its bright colored glitter in a dark base, I had to know what it would look like with a flash. This is where you get a lot more of the colors to come out!
Formula wise, this is one of the more sheer Hare Polishes I've tried. Ok, this is the sheerest one. This was 3 coats, and the 3rd coat was pretty thick. I think I'll have to wear this over black the next time I wear it because when i first applied it, basically all that showed up on my nail was the glitter and the base looked like a very sheer charcoal grey. If the polish didn't have so much glitter, it would probably be a 4 or 5 coater. Dry time was really good because it is so packed with glitter, but I needed 2 coats of top coat to get this polish smooth. It was a little bit gritty in texture.
Honestly, I think this polish is gorgeous but it is definitely a layering polish. I'm a little bummed about that, but its a very nice edition to my collection. And I have to include one big picture because I think this polish is so stunning and I want you guys to be able to see this awesome-ness.
What do you guys think? Do you have any Hare Polishes? What are your favorite indie brands? Do you have any polishes that are really sheer but you still love?


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Paperback Publication
Spring has come around at last, and the canal here is bursting back to life, although I haven't seen the flash of the kingfishers along the towpath for a while.
Here's another shy little kingfisher that you might see around if you're lucky: It's the paperback of Everything Love Is, launched on May 18th (a few keen eyes have already spotted it in bookshops around the UK). Here is the beautiful jacket artwork for the UK paperback edition:
I'm really glad that David Mann's design from the hardback has been kept with just a few tweaks – look at that spine!
By the time a paperback goes to press, a lot more people have been involved in helping it along the way than those thanked in the original acknowledgements. So I want to take the opportunity here to shout out a big thank you to some more of you!
I'm very grateful to the authors who have read this book and said such lovely things about it. Thank you to Joanna Cannon whose words you see on the front, and also Vanessa Gebbie, Paul McVeigh and Katie Fforde whose kind words are on the back of the jacket. I'm so proud for this little book to carry the names of such wonderful writers.
Thank you also to the wonderful book bloggers who have been supporting this book since its launch last July. Your support is really appreciated. We are going to make a bit of a splash around social media this week with these e-cards, and I've added clickable links to the reviews below.
Thank you too to everyone else who has left a review on a retail site or blog. These are for you:
And here are some thank you sunflowers to the book shops who have been supporting the hardback over the last year:
There's a lot in this story for book clubs to get stuck into, so do bear in mind that I'm always happy to show up at your book club discussions virtually to answer your questions. You can find a few ideas for discussion points to get you started over on the Bibliomaniac site here and a reading guide will be available here soon.
If you'd like more information please do use the Contact page, or find me on twitter @ckingwriter
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ALEPPO—A bomb attack led by Syrian rebels killed three members of the Armenian community in Aleppo on October 5, Kasbar Shatoyan, born 1986, Movses Movsesian, born 1987, and Hagop Apraham Challakian, 1959.
According to Aleppo-based news outlet Kantsasar, the attack took place in the Armenian-populated district of Aleppo, Nor Kyugh.
Challakian was among the injured from the attack, but later succumbed to his severe injuries after being taken to the hospital. Varoujan Donbedian and Shahe Panoian are reported to have minor injuries.
This attack comes less than a week after five Syrian-Armenians were killed in a rocket attack in the Villaner district of Aleppo. The victims were Dzila Jabaghchourian, Arman Hindoyan, Hasmig Giragossian-Berejiklian, Mirelle Hindoyan and Pierre Hariro.
On September 28, Sevan Haddad, born 1969, was killed during a shelling attack in the Sulaymaniyah district of Aleppo.
The Armenian Relief Society's Syrian-Armenian Relief programs appeal to the community to contribute to keep the momentum of emergency relief efforts to the Syrian-Armenian community.
The Syrian Armenian Relief Fund, based in Los Angeles, is holding a gathering at the Western Diocese of the Armenian Church in Burbank, California on October 10 to inform the community of the current situation in Syria, pray for the victims and to protest the continued violence against innocent civilians.
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Be Careful What You Wish For...14 March 2006
When pondering whether I really want to become a professional poker player, I often use a simple comparison – is Jessica Simpson really someone I want to date, or am I happy just coveting from afar?
Sure it sounds good on paper. A passerby asks you, "What do you do for a living?" Looking at your questioner, you bring your designer sunglasses down a little bit from your eyes and respond with a directed stare "I play poker for a living."
Ever since I began my little high school ring game eight years ago, I've loved the game of poker to the point where I've imagined a life of doing nothing but playing for profits in games around the globe.
To validate my intentions, I bought dozens of poker books and began playing whenever I could. I'd watch the World Series and World Poker Tour events, trying to mimic the professionals in hopes of one day becoming listed among them.
The concept is appealing. Pack up a suitcase and move to Vegas. Risk it all in a high-stakes game of who the hell cares. It all sounds amazing, that is, until you have a mortgage payment or worse, a lady friend.
As you get older, the reality of playing poker professionally hits you like a Mike Tyson right. What happens if I lose my bankroll? Can I keep the house if someone pushes me all-in? Will my girlfriend ever stop hounding me about getting a real job?
For most, that's where the dream ends. Many amateur players are happy to keep the dream a dream.
While covering PokerRoom.com's inaugural "Become a Poker Pro" tournament aboard the Majesty of the Seas Royal Caribbean Cruise ship, I had a chance to observe players aspiring to go professional and test my theory in real-time.
"Become a Poker Pro" was PokerRoom.com's brainchild, an online tournament that produced a final table where a PokerRoom.com player would get a chance to earn $60,000 and 12 entries into the world's largest tournaments. For all intents and purposes, that person would become PokerRoom.com's first professionally sponsored player, boasting a $250,000 total prize package.
I carefully watched the 10 invited contestants' reactions during the tournament to see what they would do in order to capture a one-year professional contract. What I saw was a mixed bag.
Some came geared to play. Skipping the free drink service that I liberally enjoyed, this group of motivated players stayed away from the temptations of the Caribbean and stayed focused on becoming the newest professional poker player. This group did quite well, but seemed the most affected when busted.
Another group of players seemed indifferent to their chances, projecting an attitude of "whatever happens, happens," Win or lose, these players were on a free cruise and there to make the best of it. These players partied hardy, played well in the tournament, thanked PokerRoom.com for the good time, and went home with a smile.
Those were the two types of reactions I expected. I figured it would be one or the other, those who tried hard, or those who didn't care. What threw me for a loop was the third group; the players who were terrified to win.
Seriously, more than one of the knocked out contests actually looked relieved to be done playing. One such player defined my point. When he lost his final all-in attempt, this player smiled for the first time all day, began breathing normally again, regained the color in his face, and happily grabbed a much-needed beer.
Imagine if he had won?
I pondered this reaction for a while and tried to figure out why he looked so relieved. In the pre-tournament interviews, the player was gung-ho, confidently predicting a good showing. He was one of my picks to take the crown.
But when the lights came on and hole cameras were introduced, something changed. I believe for this player it became too real and maybe he decided he didn't want to be a pro anymore. I believe he decided he was happy with the life he had.
Think about it. Can you blame him?
Here was your average guy. One who typically plays above average poker in the comfort of his own home. He probably dons pajamas in most of the Internet tournaments he enters and overall, he makes a little extra income from these efforts.
He has a job and most likely, has a life routine that makes him comfortable. Although the idea of going on a cruise and becoming a professional probably sounded nice on paper, when confronted with it head-on, I think he changed his mind.
Which got me to thinking, would I really leave the security of Boston life to chase the professional poker dream? I honestly don't know. Judging by the face of the aforementioned player, I don't think I'd know until I was confronted with the same bright lights.
Like most of my dissertations on life, my point revolves around Jessica Simpson. I think I would enjoy following her around like a love whipped dog, but when reality kicks in, the once enjoyable trist would probably end in red-carpet tedium, especially since I'm really not that worthy.
Dreaming about playing poker professionally is kind of like dreaming about Jessica. For some, including a couple of young men on the PokerRoom.com cruise, that dream is better left as a fantasy.
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I tend to get about 100 messages a day. That's down from about 300 before I started actively managing my inbox.
In a fairly recent column in the magazine, I wrote about both SaneBox and Unroll.me and how they helped me get some sanity. I'm still using both on a regular basis, but I can't say they have completely solved the email crisis for me.
Part of the problem is the nature of my job: I'm a tech columnist so I'm inundated with pitches, edits, feedback letters--the whole works. It's a win for me--I receive great ideas and communicate directly with some incredibly smart people, but the influx is also a time-suck.
Inbox zero is an admirable goal. Studies show we're more productive when we have less clutter around us. But many of the tools I've tried focus on broad categorization and not action.
Recently, I tried a new app called Mailstrom. First off, I really like the name. It's a play on maelstrom ("a violent or turbulent situation," indeed). The sign-up process is painless: You just type in your email account and password, then approve the access.
Analyzing my inbox took a good 30 minutes; then I received a notice informing me I could start using the app. The idea is to do some housecleaning and stay at zero each day. I'm a good test subject because I had a few dozen emails--some waiting to be archived, a few that only needed some minor attention, and plenty of extra fluff.
The app splits email into buckets but they're not intended to stay there. The one for Sender shows grouped emails. If you don't really need to deal with that topic anymore, you can delete all the related messages in two clicks. You can also view by time--say, all messages older than three months ago. You can continue to chop away at your inbox by removing social networking notices and shopping-related messages.
My favorite feature is the size bucket. You can see messages over 10MB, between one and 10MB, and under one MB. In a few seconds, you can remove huge emails with attachments that tend to slow down email processing. In all, I culled all of my Gmail messages down to zero in about 10 minutes, which is impressive. The same management chore would have taken three times as long without Mailstrom, especially since Gmail provides no way to see large emails. (An upcoming version of Gmail will provide similar categorization.)
Mailstrom works with Gmail, Google Apps, Yahoo, AOL, or any IMAP email service. It's entirely free. You'll see some nifty charts as well that show your time of use (say, if you mostly get emails in the morning or at night) and a quick tally of your zero-state (how many messages you've received today and how close you are to zero).
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Bring to life our new 100% natural soft drink for adults
Contest ended on July 11, 2012
Creative Writing - Label & Package Design
When you are hanging out with friends or colleagues and you want to drink something for you that is tasty and refreshing. What do you choose? Good news: We have just created a new soft drink for adults that is non-alcoholic yet tasty, refreshing, a bit fizzy, not too sweet and matches your active lifestyle. What should this perfect soft drink look like?
Your challenge is to bring to life the perfect 100% natural soft drink for adults through a print ad or a poster. Give it a name, personality, and look and feel. This product would be available in a bottle or can. Be creative and keep in mind it must be a drink that you would be proud to be seen drinking.
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Soho - LycheeLiqueur
Country of OriginJapan
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Associated GroupsFruit Liqueurs Lychee Flavoured Lychee Liqueur
The exotic mystique of the East meets the vibrant, high-energy West in this new, trendsetting liqueur.
Soho captures the luscious flavour of the Asian lychee (pronounced "lee'- chee"). Indigenous to southern China, the lychee is an icon of Asian culture and has been enjoyed in the Orient for more than 2,000 years.
The brittle, red outer shell of the lychee opens to reveal the firm, opalescent fruit with a texture similar to a grape, but a taste far more exotic.
This heart-shaped delicacy is also fabled to be the world's most romantic fruit - a symbol of love and sensuality.
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A good true flavour of Lychee. Tastes like you'd expect it to. Have only drunk it on it's own though. Keen to develop some cocktails with it in.
Sweet, yes. But light, smooth and refreshing! A favorite anytime.
I had SOHO 7 years ago from my local supermarket and i loved it from day 1, then just as quick they stopped selling it. Ive been looking ever since. Just ordered two bottles and will be back for more very soon. Just as good on its own over ice to sip at. Have a great day.
Soho is lovely. Very sweet. Nice mixed with orange juice or lemonade. Try it if you like sweet drinks - you'll love it!


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Blondie's Chris Stein Still Making Waves 40 Years Later
By Jaime Lees
Tue., Jun. 30 2015
For Chris Stein, music and photography have always been married. When he attended the School of Visual Arts in New York during the late '60s, he made it his mission to document downtown culture. As luck would have it, that culture just happened to include a music scene that was on the brink of an international explosion.
"What I tell friends now, or photographers: Just take pictures of your friends, because you never know what's going to happen," he says.
It's fitting that the Brooklyn native and icon of the CBGB scene is speaking to us about his body of work while walking the noisy streets of New York. As the guitarist for Blondie, Stein is often credited with bringing a fresh take to the city's burgeoning '70s punk scene. His musical instincts propelled the band well past its hybrid new-wave beginnings, and together the group explored elements of rap, disco, reggae and even saccharine girl-group sounds. The result was a genre-busting mixture of oddly seductive, delightfully bratty and distinctly catchy pop songs that still defy classification.
"I don't know if we thought of ourselves as Renaissance people back then, but that was part of the equation, somewhat," Stein says. "Everybody was just doing more than one thing pretty consistently. I guess some of the people were just doing music, but a lot of people I knew were doing more than one thing."
Stein does more than one thing, too. Most recently he has received high praise for his photography book, Negative: Me, Blondie, and the Advent of Punk. Released late last year, Negative shows how Stein's keen eye, coupled with unfettered access, made him one of the most celebrated and consistently reliable custodians of the era. The book contains hundreds of photos that archive the scene and people Stein encountered, focusing heavily on the undeniably photogenic Debbie Harry — singer for Blondie and Stein's then-girlfriend.
The son of painter mother and a "frustrated writer" father, Stein describes his parents as "very supportive."
"It was kind of a lower-middle-class artistic upbringing," he says. "They got me my first guitar when I was twelve, and that was it."
It's been more than 40 years since CBGB opened and almost nine years since it closed. The Lower East Side has been scrubbed clean and Stein's hair is now Andy Warhol silver, but the man retains the same spongelike attributes that helped to make him a world-famous musician. Though the 65-year-old admits to spending "too much time sitting around and watching TV" (Game of Thrones is a favorite), he still finds plenty of time to explore new projects. He claims that his creative drive comes in spurts, but it seems that something inside of him is always taking notes for future artistic purposes.
Stein credits his constant curiosity and energy to his young daughters.
"I have the same inner conflicts as everybody else," he says. "I have to force myself to get motivated and move forward. I have two little kids now — it's a whole different thing dealing with those guys. They definitely keep me in a younger frame of mind because I have to deal with them physically all the time."
He keeps up with newer trends, too.
"I really like Instagram. I deal with that a lot, and there is a lot of amazing photography on there," he says. "That's always inspiring. A lot of street photography. And it's really coming up now with the ease of taking sneaky pictures of people. Everybody wanders around staring at their phones and taking pictures of people at the same time."
While he concedes he isn't as active hunting for new music as he is with photography — "It's just too much shit to plow through. It's kind of overwhelming to go out seeking stuff," he explains — Stein has found a new obsession in today's Latin music, including reggaeton, cumbia and Latin electronica. He confesses that his Spanish is pretty lousy but says that he responds to "the musicality of it. The melodies and stuff. It's beautiful. Reggaeton is really hard-edged — it's a great combination of the hard-edged dance music with these beautiful melodies."
Stein rejects his generation's tradition of writing off all modern music.
"You hear it all the time: 'There's no good music now.' But there is," he insists. "It's 50 percent garbage, but it was always 50 percent garbage. In the '60s…nobody remembers the crap; they just remember the good stuff."
Blondie at Fair St. Louis
6:30 p.m. Friday, July 3. The Budweiser Stage in Forest Park, 5595 Grand Drive. Free.
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This serves to provide value to your followers, which will help you maintain a following, but it also highlights your expertise and knowledge base in the field. You can even answer FAQs in a social media setting. This is a great way to engage your prospective clients while showcasing all that you know in your field.
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Ten-man Dons fell to only their third home league defeat of the season after going down 2-1 to Chesterfield at stadiummk.
Lewis Baker made his first start in place of Samir Carruthers, while George Williams and Will Grigg came into the starting XI for Carl Baker and Devante Cole.
The Dons settled the better of the two sides and created the first opportunity on seven minutes, but Sam Hird was in the right place to clear away Daniel Powell's dangerous ball into the box.
At the other end, Kyle McFadzean did well to block Jay O'Shea's effort before Ollie Banks guided a shot wide of the target when well placed following good play down the right by Tendayi Dariwka.
The visitors, growing in confidence, came even closer on 15 minutes when Gary Roberts hit the post with a fierce effort after O'Shea's initial drive had deflected kindly into his path 12 yards out.
Former Don O'Shea then headed a Roberts cross over the top as the game approached the midway point of the half.
The next opening for the men from MK1 came on 25 minutes but Grigg's endeavour wasn't rewarded as the ball eventually deflected into the grateful arms of Tommy Lee.
Robinson's side went in front in some style just three minutes later when, after a short corner involving Williams and Reeves, the latter fed Baker, who fired an unstoppable effort into the top left-hand corner from 25 yards – not a bad way to mark his home debut! 1-0
A defensive mix-up presented Caolan Lavery with a chance shortly afterwards but Antony Kay got back to block a goalbound effort after the Spireites striker had pushed the ball past Ian McLoughlin.
Hird then shot high and wide at the back post following a teasing ball across the box while, at the other end, Reeves brought a fine save out of Lee from 25 yards on 41 minutes as the tempo of the game increased.
After Kay had to be alert to thwart Lavery in the opening two minutes of the second half, the Dons pushed forward for a second and Grigg saw a shot blocked from the edge of the box.
The visitors were level on 66 minutes when Roberts won the ball off Jordan Spence, beat McFadzean and coolly rolled the ball past McLoughlin. 1-1
Dons responded and Powell arrowed an effort over the top with just over 15 minutes remaining but, in truth, Robinson's men were finding it difficult to breakdown a stubborn Spireites defence.
Their pursuit of victory was made even tougher when Dean Lewington was shown a harsh second yellow card and subsequently sent off on 80 minutes for a foul on Gboly Ariybi.
However, that didn't deter them going forward and Grigg was denied a certain goal by a last-ditch challenge before Carl Baker saw a curling effort well saved by Lee.
Kay ensured the Dons remained level on 87 minutes, blocking a dangerous cross after Dariwka had got in down the right-hand side.
But Dons hearts were broken in the 90th minute when Lavery headed home from inside the six-yard box to claim the points.
MK Dons: McLoughlin; Spence (Hodson 72), Kay, McFadzean, Lewington (c); Potter, L Baker (Andrews 84); Powell, Reeves, Williams (C Baker 36); Grigg.
Unused subs: Burns, Carruthers, Green, Cole.
Bookings: Spence, Lewington.
Send-offs: Lewington.
Goal: L Baker (28).
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A Flood of Troubled Soldiers Is in the Offing, Experts Predict (NYTimes)
Chickens Come Home to Roost (t r u t h o u t):
The day before Thanksgiving, the Defense Department released a report by the Defense Science Board that, for the first time, critically examines Bush's "war on terror." The report candidly admits: "Muslims do not hate our freedom, but rather they hate our policies."
"The Green Mountain Manifesto," Thomas Naylor, Second Vermont Republic
1. What is the Second Vermont Republic?
The Second Vermont Republic is a peaceful, democratic, grassroots, libertarian populist movement opposed to the tyranny of the U.S. Government, Corporate America, and globalization and committed to the return of Vermont to its rightful status as an independent republic as it once was between 1777 and 1791.
2. What is the primary objective of the movement?
Independence. To extricate Vermont peacefully, legally, and democratically from the United States as soon as possible and create an independent nation-state based on the Swiss Model...(Autonomedia)
Vermont to Secede from Bush's America? (Infoshop.org)
Of course 'America' is hardly his to begin with.
Comparison of Libertarians and Anarchists (monumental mistake (infoshop blog))


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A 61 year old man was found floating unconscious in the sea at Limassol's Akti Olympion on Sunday morning, but despite efforts by lifeguards and an ambulance crew he was pronounced dead.
The Limassol Lifeguards Association said the unconscious man was spotted at around 10 am, about 20 metres from the shore by lifeguards who brought him to shore and tried to resuscitate him.
Efforts were also made by an ambulance crew at the scene and on the way to Limassol Hospital but they too were unsuccessful, the association said on their Facebook page.


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Police in Derry/Londonderry are investigating a paramilitary style shooting in the Galliagh area of the city on Wednesday 25th September.
Chief Inspector Bob Blemmings said: "We received a report just after 8pm that a man, aged in his thirties, had been shot in both legs. Information now suggests that the man was shot in the Brookdale Park area and that he was then able to make his way to Leafair Gardens where he received assistance. The injured man remains in hospital receiving treatment for his injuries.
"This has all the hallmarks of a paramilitary attack and a group of men are believed to have been involved. This was a vicious and brutal shooting in the early evening when families were going about their business and the fact that these gunmen thought it was acceptable to shoot this man in a built-up area where children and teenagers could be passing by shows the contempt they have for people in their community. There is absolutely no justification for an attack like this in our communities, and we must all work together to bring those responsible to justice and to stop this from happening to anyone else.
"If you saw anything suspicious, or if you know anything about this incident which could assist us with our investigation please pick up the phone and call detectives at Strand Road on 101 and quote reference number 2015 25/09/19.
"Alternatively, information can also be provided to the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 which is 100% anonymous and gives people the power to speak up and stop crime."


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February 19, 2018
By Lori Duffy Foster
I once told a fellow writer I would miss two appealing conferences because of conflicts with my children's lives. One fell on the weekend of my son's first-ever prom and the other clashed with summer camp drop-off.
She commended me on my "sacrifices," but suggested I reconsider. I needed to prioritize writing over my kids if I wanted to succeed, she said.
I chose my career, but I also chose to have children. I believe in balance, but when I must tip those scales, they will always tip in favor of my four kids. My husband is no different in his approach to his career, though he doesn't have as much flexibility. Motherhood has made me a better writer, so if it slows me down a little, that's okay.
My perspective is unpopular, at least that's what I gather from forums, blogs and books on the subject. We female writers are supposed to protect our writing identities at all costs and forgive ourselves the selfishness required by our career choices.
Don't get me wrong. I am selfish sometimes. Lots of times. The house could be cleaner. I could make healthier meals. I could do projects with my kids more often to keep them off their iPods and computers.
But no conference is worth missing my son's first prom. No networking opportunity is worth missing camp send-off. And no novel of mine is going to suffer because I didn't go to that one workshop.
We women have good reason to be protective and defensive when it comes to our identities as writers. Despite the strides we have made as a gender, society as a whole still tends to see male writers as professionals and women as hobbyists. But we don't have to deny one identity in order to reinforce the other.
I completed four novels while my children were in the most physically and emotionally demanding stages of their lives. They still need me now, but their needs are less intense. Achieving a balance is easier and it will only get better.
My kids are old enough now to understand I need quiet time to write. They support me, get excited for me and are proud of me. And I am secure enough in my identity as a mother to do all that without guilt, to enjoy success as a writer. I have not sacrificed. I have compromised to get what I want, an entirely different concept.
We are not going to change society's view of female writers by mimicking the success of stereotypical male writers. Why would we want to do that? We need to show the world something different. We need to show that parenthood (fatherhood included) is an asset for writers, not a complication or a burden.
I will go to a conference this year, but I won't miss a child's birthday, a school event, or a milestone to do it. Childhood lasts so long, but I intend to write forever. Where is the sacrifice in that?


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Just over the border in Germany is a small village called Wilsum with a gem of a B&B called De Rieke Smit. We stayed here for a couple of days while away for my birthday.
This historic farmhouse has been restored with great attention to detail.
We were warmly welcomed by Jolanda en Rob. The rooms are very comfortable. It is such a pretty and quiet area. We enjoyed an evening of good food and conversation with them having booked Table d'Hôte.
I particularly enjoyed hearing a little about the history of the house. Jolanda showed me the old photos that are now a permanent part of the house.
This was a perfect place for a short break!


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Leaving the comforts of college and entering the workforce can be a daunting prospect. Most educational institutions do their best to prepare students ahead of time, but it seems many graduates may leave education with a bucketload of qualifications but without being work-ready.
A survey conducted by the Association of Graduate Recruiters in the UK last year found that 87 per cent of employers were unable to find suitable graduate applicants to fill advertised positions because many students lacked the skills needed to survive and thrive at work.
The situation may not be as grim in Ireland, but there is growing concern that with more companies than ever looking to hire graduates, more needs to be done to ensure those leaving college can adapt to the workplace.
According to figures published by GradIreland, the average number of graduates hired in 2013 more than doubled from 2012. Furthermore, 39.1 per cent of companies it surveyed predicted an increase in intake.
However, the study also revealed that many graduates entering the workforce lack both hard and soft skills.
The survey showed 49.2 per cent of graduate employers cited a skills gap in IT and technology as the biggest impediment to meeting their recruitment needs. In addition, 43.2 per cent noted a deficit in both written and verbal communication skills with a shortfall also seen in a number of other areas such as problem-solving, confidence, motivation, independent working, flexibility, diligence and teamwork.
Experts are divided on whether the onus should be on students or colleges to ensure those graduating are properly prepared for the workplace. Some also believe employers should have realistic expectations of graduates' readiness for working life.
"Based on the calibre of students applying to our programme at BWG, I can certainly speak to the fact that today's graduates are incredibly smart and incredibly tech-savvy. However, there's still a way to go in making them truly work-ready and equipping them with the practical skills only learned through real-life experiences, such as how to deal with customers or challenging situations," said Peter Donohoe, HR director at BWG Foods, the company behind Spar.
He feels that while employers and colleges bear a certain amount of responsibility for ensuring graduates are work-ready, it is primarily up to the individuals themselves to get up to speed ahead of time.
"There is an onus on graduates themselves to seek out experience before they move into their first 'real' job," he said.
"Due perhaps to the recession, many students have not held part-time employment while studying that would have given them the practical experience they require to quickly transition to a workplace setting after graduating from college.
"However, they can get these skill sets through other means such as involvement in sporting clubs or volunteering, for example, and this is what we look for when bringing graduates into the organisation."
Sean Prendeville from Castleknock, Dublin, who is currently working with BWG through its graduate programme, believes the fact his course was run on a 9-5 basis helped him prepare for working.
Nonetheless, he says there were many aspects of the business world he wasn't in tune with before graduating.
"I studied engineering originally so there were some skills I felt I was lacking when I started with BWG. I wasn't up to scratch with some of the IT systems in use here and also didn't have too much full-on business experience," he says.
"The graduate programme here was very useful though as through it we get to spend six months working in each division, so I was able to learn about areas such as marketing and sales."
Communication skills
Brendan Baker
, head of career development at Maynooth University, agrees that while there is plenty of support for graduates at college, it is largely up to them to prepare themselves for the transition from college to the workplace.
"Employers are right to set the bar high in terms of what they are looking for from graduates. Our job is to help students become more employable.
"We do what we can to ensure that, as well as leaving with excellent academic scores, they also have great communication skills and so on. It's ultimately the responsibility of students to equip themselves for work," he says. "What we're told by graduate recruiters is that some students are well-attuned to the culture of the workplace early on and hit the ground running while others struggle.
"Relevant work experience undertaken ahead of time is very helpful in adapting, but it is still a very big adjustment to go from a part-time job into a professional working environment."
Aoife Robinson, a graduate employee with MSD in Ballydine, Clonmel, says the transition to work wasn't as difficult as she had envisaged, thanks in part to an understanding employer and previous experience.
"It's a completely different environment and I think college will never prepare you for work, but taking part in placements while I was at UCD opened my eyes to what it might be like," she says.
"MSD has been great at helping to integrate new employees such as myself into the business. I feel the company isn't blind to graduates coming in and not knowing everything. There's plenty of training so that we can upskill."
As one of the most sought-after companies to join, Google Ireland can choose who it wants to take on. Not surprisingly, it looks for individuals who stand out. The company's university programmes specialist Deborah O'Neill says it spends a lot of time during the recruitment process ensuring that the candidates it takes on are "Googley" and will be a good fit with the company.
"Google hires graduates who have a variety of strengths and passions, not just isolated skill sets. Someone who can demonstrate a passion for the online industry and who has made the most of their time at university through involvement in clubs, societies or relevant internships will generally thrive," she says.
O'Neill says the company favours ability over experience and seeks to help the transition into full-time employment by providing new recruits with a two-year developmental programme which is meant to equip new staff members with the business, analytical and leadership skills needed to be successful at the company.
Graduates also receive one month's 'Noogler' training to aid the transition to the workplace.
Big leap
According to graduates themselves, no matter how much preparation you have beforehand, it's still a big leap going from college to work and continual training is required to help them make the grade.
"Life changes dramatically when changing from student life to working full-time. I was lucky enough to have completed several internships before starting to work at Google, which gave me an idea of how my day-to-day life would change," says Paul O'Connell, a Google graduate employee working as an associate account strategist for the UK market.
He believes the training he has received since joining the company has helped him become familiar with his new life.
"My experience has been a very good one. The training I was given did two main things: it provided me with knowledge on the products I would be working with and it allowed me to settle in to the company and my team," he says.
"What I wish I had known ahead of time was how important your personal brand is in work. Before starting to work, I hadn't really considered the importance of your own image and attitude; I just had a one-track mind that was, 'As long as I do my job, that's fine'.
"I have come to realise that if you want to be successful, you must go above and beyond your role and develop an excellent personal brand."


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Academic Profile of the TU Berlin
A university is like a vibrant city, revealing a new face every day while preserving the continuity upon which it is founded. This describes the Technische Universität Berlin well. Here, thousands of people work together on innovative projects, whether students, researchers or staff members – right in the middle of one of Europe's most exciting cities.
With more than 28,000 students, the TU Berlin is one of the largest universities of technology in Germany - and at the same time it is extremely multinational: 300 international cooperation agreements and about 6,000 students, making 20 percent of the student body, from about 130 countries all over the world make TU Berlin a real international training place. The majority of international students come from Turkey, the People's Republic of China, and Poland, as well as from Cameroon, Indonesia, and various East European and Arabic countries. The courses of study with the highest proportion of international students are computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, and architecture.
One of our most important tasks is to educate our students to meet the challenges of a world increasingly characterized by technology and progress. Our goal, however, is not to simply impart knowledge in order to create innovative ideas, but rather to give our students the ability to recognize relevant societal and economic problems and then to analyze and solve them.
To this end the TU Berlin offers a broad spectrum of 70 academic subjects (click here for an overview on programmes and courses). Our main emphasis is on technologically oriented courses of study such as mathematics, as well as natural and engineering sciences. We offer the broadest spectrum of engineering sciences of any university in Berlin, with our own unique character in terms of our academic profile and subject orientation.
The TU Berlin also offers courses of study in economics and planning sciences, the humanities and social sciences. At the TU Berlin, the humanities and social sciences are closely linked with technology. Our courses also promote hands-on experience, which is underscored by ongoing commitments from well-known firms such as the Deutsche Telekom AG for the Deutsche Telekom Laboratories, and Siemens AG for the Centre for Knowledge Interchange. This centre helps students to obtain work-study jobs, prepare their dissertations and find traineeship positions. For more details see here.
Some figures:
- 26,850 students, including 5,570 students from other countries
- 7 schools
- 300 Professors, 16 Junior Professors
- 1,985 research associates
- 1,050 externally-funded positions
- 90 courses of study
- 1,985 staff in administration, libraries, central institutions and workshops
- 259.6 million euro in state subsidies for the year 2008
- 81.2 million euro in external funding for the year 2007
- Average of 30 habilitations and 400 doctoral degrees granted each year
- Approximately 150 trainees each year in 16 professions


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So you want to choose a TV stand that does justice to your sleek flat-panel TV. The good news is that since the shape of your TV changed, there has been a significant change in the style and shape of TV stands too.
But still, you do have to find a good match for your TV, because you need it to have a sturdy support, and you want it to look good. Here are some thoughts to keep in mind when you go shopping for one:
TV Size
It is important to select the correct size stand because not only are you looking for stable, sturdy support for your TV but something that looks good while doing its job.
Make sure that the total width of the stand is more than the total width of your TV. That is important to giving your TV a sturdy base.
The other thing to keep in mind is that the stand should be capable of supporting the TV's weight. Check the manufacturer's guidelines for whether the stand is suitable for your TV model and size. This is important to prevent furniture tip-overs that not only damage equipment but are a leading cause of injuries, especially for children.
Room Size
The amount of space you allot to your TV stand depends on the size of your room, as this should always be taken into consideration before you choose any furniture. A large media room calls for a larger stand because a small TV stand would feel visually lost. It's all about scale, anyway.
A smaller media room by the same token may need a more space efficient TV stand, that helps with storage too.
How much storage do you need? That depends on your equipment. Do you have surround sound speakers and additional audio/video equipment as well? You may have DVD collections that need to be stored properly as well.
You may want to put everything in one place, in which case you may have to go beyond a simple TV stand and look for an entertainment center. If space doesn't allow for you to put everything in one place, you may want to consider separate storage units.
Choosing the material of construction for your TV stand is a matter of personal taste because there is a variety of materials out there.
Wood is the more traditional material. Veneered plywood is mostly used in TV stand construction, but you can find other wood too. Incidentally, plywood is much stronger for supporting heavyweight than real wood.
You can also find glass, stainless steel, aluminum, and modern plastics. Mostly tempered glass is used in TV stand construction, so if you have small children, you may want to consider wood. Tempered glass can break into tiny pieces if it is dropped or receives a blow. They won't be shards of glass and are much safer, but I do feel that you're better off with a sturdier material when children are concerned.
Appearance and Style
Choosing the appearance and style of your TV stand will be a matter of personal taste. You can choose to purchase a stand that matches your existing furniture as closely as possible. As you will no doubt see, there's plenty of choices out there.
You can choose to have a modern, contemporary-looking stand to go with the lines of your TV set, but echo that style somewhere in your other furnishings if that is not the dominant style of your room.
You can match a traditional looking room with more traditional looking TV stands, as plenty are available.
Special Features
Some features that may be included in some units, but they are by no means standard:
- Media storage
- Casters for ease in moving
- Adjustable shelving
You may want to look for these features to get the most out of your TV stand.


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Use Earth Engine in your teaching! The materials on this page are community developed curricula for teaching Earth Engine in higher education. Scroll the directories below to see all the contributed content. If you use these materials to develop courses with Earth Engine, please give attribution! To contribute teaching materials to this page, contact email@example.com.
Introductory Remote Sensing Code Labs
The following code labs were developed by Nicholas Clinton and David Saah for an introductory remote sensing class at the Geospatial Analysis Lab at the University of San Francisco:
Some Code Labs have been translated to Japanese by Yu Fujimoto of Nara University, Nara City, Japan.
Introductory Workshop on Geospatial Analysis at Yale-NUS Data 2.0
Tirthankar "TC" Chakraborty, a doctoral scholar at Yale University, developed an introductory workshop on geospatial analysis using Google Earth Engine for the Yale-NUS Data 2.0 hackathon organized by Data-Driven Yale and Yale-NUS college.
Introductory Remote Sensing Lectures
The following materials were prepared by Ran Goldblatt for the Advanced Spatial Analysis class in UC San Diego's School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Center on Global Transformation:
Geospatial Software Design Exercises
The following materials were prepared by Dana Tomlin for a course geospatial software design class cross-listed at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale:
Advanced Remote Sensing Tutorials
These tutorials were developed by Ge (Jeff) Pu and Dr. Lindi Quackenbush at State University of New York - College of Environmental Science and Forestry as part of an advanced remote sensing course. Funding for developing these tutorials was provided by AmericaView.
Chinese language materials
These docs are contributed by Jinzhu Wang of Southwest University & Deakin University Australia, School of Life and Environmental Sciences. They are based on the Google Earth Engine guide and tutorials.
These slides and docs are contributed by Shiwei Li from Beijing Huanyuyiyan Research Center. They were used for a two-day workshop held at the Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth (RADI), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China, March 8-9, 2019.
Russian language materials
These docs are contributed by Elizaveta Khazieva, Nikolay Nikiforov and Nikolay Bilev at Moscow State University, Geology Department, for a 2019 course on new approaches for geospatial data analysis. Please see the providers' course website for an alternative format that includes videos, links to suggested reading, and tasks.
These tutorials are provided by Vasily Lobanov and Yaroslav Vasyunin, Center for Remote Sensing at the Academy of Engineering, RUDN University, Moscow.
The Global Snow Observatory
Materials developed by James Coll, Xingong Li and Terry Slocum at the University of Kansas for a workshop at the Association of American Geographers 2015 annual meeting are available from the Global Snow Observatory website.
Where The City Meets The Sea
For the Where The City Meets The Sea course at NYU, Mary Killilea and Holly Orr developed this introductory doc.


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How to rank data with multiple references in Excel?
To rank values in a range must be very easy for most of Excel users, but have you ever tried to rank data with multiple references as below screenshot shown? Here, I introduce a method to quickly and easily handle it in Excel.
Rank multiple references
To rank multiple references, you only need a formula.
Select a blank cell which you will place the ranking result, enter this formula =1+SUMPRODUCT(($A$2:$A$12=A2)*($B$2:$B$12>B2)), press Enter key, and drag fill handle over the cells to apply this formula.
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text: Celebrity Chris Zylka and Hanna Beth Are Engaged His model girlfriend Hanna Beth announced the happy news on Twitter By Michele Corriston Published on April 27, 2014 12:35 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: Jamie McCarthy/Getty Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone aren't the only Amazing Spider-Man actors in love: Costar Chris Zylka is engaged, according to a Tweet from his new fiancée. "I'm engaged !!!!!" model and designer Hanna Beth, 25, wrote on Twitter Saturday. On Sunday she added: "My life feels like a dream right now. Everything is way too perfect. So happy." It seems Zylka, who plays Flash Thompson in the superhero film, gave his bride-to-be more than a ring. Beth also posted an Instagram of a puppy on Saturday, writing, "OMG!!! I have the best boyfriend in the entire universe. Say hello to our little baby. Best surprise ever picking her up next week." Zylka, 28, is known for his small screen roles on Twisted and The Secret Circle. He's set to star the upcoming show The Leftovers with Justin Theroux. Beth was linked to Sum 41 singer Deryck Whibley in 2009, and Zylka previously dated Pretty Little Liars actress Lucy Hale. Though his social media sites have been silent on the engagement, Zylka did post an Instagram showing the lovey-dovey couple last week. "Me and my angel," he captioned the sweet picture. PHOTOS: Say Yes to the Ring! Stars' Best Engagement Selfies


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Awesome Tapes From Africa continues to unearth must-hear gems for a wider audience with its reissue of South African bubblegum music stars Umoja's 1988 EP 707.
Bubblegum music was defined by its call-and-response vocals and catchy synthesizer-led melodies. Helmed by 'Om' Alec Khaoli, who turned to the pure pop form as an escape from apartheid in the mid-80s, Umoja's EP 707 was a chart-topping, radio-friendly hit for the genre in 1988 that achieved double-platinum status.
Umoja translates as 'oneness' or 'unity' in Swahili. 'Bubblegum music was about escape', explains Khaoli in the press release. 'If you had grown up in South Africa at the time, there was nothing more in your life than oppression. It was even in your dreams. Anything that was a way out was welcome 'When this music was playing everyone just wanted to dance, just have a good time.'


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Music distribution giant Universal Music Group and popular music streaming service iHeart Radio announced today at the CES in Las Vegas that the two companies will merge to bring music fans a series of "virtual reality" concerts in 2016.
The companies predict the partnership will make live music-generated "immersive VR experiences" more accessible to large US audiences in an unprecedented strategy. These experiences could happen pre-show, post show or dueing the set of a single artist, but never an entire set of virtual reality. These "VR experiences" will occur with one major Universal Music Group artist during one of iHeart's signature events such as the iHeartRadio Music Awards, the iHeartRadio Music Festival and the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour.
UMG is still in the middle of booking artists to take part in the concerts, but the first VR music series is already scheduled to take place at the iHeartRadio Music Awards on April 3rd, 2016.


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Shedding light on influenza's insidious nature, scientists from the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts have discovered how the flu virus is able to quickly infect its host by first targeting and then killing off special cells of the immune system that are actually best equipped to neutralize the virus.
Confronted with a harmful virus, the immune system generates B cells capable of producing antibodies perfectly suited to bind to, and disarm, viral invaders. These virus-specific B cells proliferate and secrete antibodies that slow and eventually eradicate the virus. After exposure to a virus a population of these immune cells retains the information needed to neutralize the virus and takes up residence in the lung to ward off secondary infection from re-exposure to the virus via inhalation.
On the surface of these so-called memory B cells are receptors that bind to virus particles to reduce viral spread. While such cells normally serve at the body's first line of defense, it turns out that the flu virus exploits these receptors to gain entry, allowing the virus to disrupt antibody production and ultimately kill the cells. By dispatching its enemies in this fashion, the virus is able to replicate efficiently before the immune system can mount a second wave of defense. This counter-intuitive pathway to infection is described this week in the journal Nature.
"We can now add this to the growing list of ways that the flu virus has to establish infection," says Joseph Ashour, co-author of the Nature paper.
"This is how the virus gains a foothold," adds Stephanie Dougan, also a co-author of the study. "The virus targets memory cells in the lung, which allows infection to be established — even if the immune system has seen this flu before."
Discovering this dynamic of the virus was no small task, in part because virus-specific B cells are found in exceedingly small numbers and are extremely difficult to isolate. To overcome these challenges the researchers attached a fluorescent label to influenza viruses, thus identifying flu-specific B cells by their interaction with fluorescent flu micelles. The B cells' nuclei was next enucleated into mouse egg cells via somatic cell nuclear transfer (SCNT) to generate a line of mice with virus-specific B cells and cell receptors.
Though complicated, the generation of mice with B cells specific for a known pathogen allowed Dougan and Ashour to track the virus's interactions with the cells in unprecedented fashion. Because the infectious process they discovered is likely not exclusive to influenza virus, these scientists believe their approach could have implications for other viruses as well.
The study was supported by the Cancer Research Institute, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, the Human Frontiers Science Program, and the National Institutes of Health.
Source: Stephanie K. Dougan, Joseph Ashour, Roos A. Karssemeijer, Maximilian W. Popp, Ana M. Avalos, Marta Barisa, Arwen F. Altenburg, Jessica R. Ingram, Juan Jose Cragnolini, Chunguang Guo, Frederick W. Alt, Rudolf Jaenisch, Hidde L. Ploegh. Antigen-specific B-cell receptor sensitizes B cells to infection by influenza virus. Nature, 2013; DOI: 10.1038/nature12637