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Hooray! My engagement ring which has been custom made by a fantastic seller on etsy Cocoa and China is winging it's way over to me as we speak. Rose gold with a black diamond, bit unconventional I suppose but I've never been one for showy jewellery so understated is the go!
I have spent the last week trawling through etsy wedding blogs to poach ideas and to be inspired by others, I think Sam might be getting tired of hearing about the wedding already so I will have to keep a cap on discussions and save them all up for six monthly wedding talks.
At the weekend we went to our niece's 5th birthday party (butterflies and pirates), and the event was craft-a-go-go! David had made two long tables and butterfly and pirate chairs especially for the occasion, not only that but there was an impressive array of handmade treasure chests, pink cakes, dresses and hats on show, I'm entering into a very craft focused family which suits me just fine!
Whilst we were up there we popped in to visit Colette and David's allotment, instant veg envy ensued and on returning to the shire we instantly signed up for one of our own (at least a year to wait, alas). Amongst the veg there were an impressive collection of sunflowers and cornflowers growing together and they look fantastic, a renewed excitement for the bouquets has now flourished!


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Hyper-V Amigos Showcast Episode 10 Failover Cluster improvements in 2016
In this Episode Didier and I talk about some of the cool Failover Cluster improvements in Windows Server 2016 that Didier will present at the Cloud & Datacenter Conference Germany in May. We also talk a bit about that Conference and the Speaker Lineup that is in Didier words amazing. After that we tell you about an experience we both share that was truly mind blowing.
I hope you have fun with this Episode of the Hyper-V Amigos Showcast.
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UNDERCOVER WITH THE KKK: Southern Unrest In Your Living Room
The subject of the Ku Klux Klan is a difficult one to broach in the world of entertainment. It's got all the heat you could want from a controversial subject and yet it is difficult to portray in way that isn't broad. It's all too easy for films on the subject to lapse into clichés or a sordid exploitation of the violence and race-baiting inherent in portraying the Ku Klux Klan. As a result, movies often have an easier time treating the K.K.K. as a joke, as in Bustin' Loose or Porky's II: The Next Day, than they do trying to portray it in a serious manner.
Undercover With The K.K.K. is an interesting exception to this unfortunate trend. It takes its basis from a memoir by Gary Thomas Rowe, a civilian who infiltrated the K.K.K. on behalf of the F.B.I. to gather evidence on the organization. Unfortunately for the film's producers, Rowe was prosecuted for participating in the murder of a pro-civil rights activist shortly before this film was broadcast, resulting in the hasty addition of a prologue featuring Robert Stack and some narration at the end that acknowledges Rowe's criminal activities.
That said, those unfortunate circumstances don't negate the worth of Undercover With The K.K.K. In fact, it's actually quite interesting. The film is designed to play to the same kind of audience that enjoyed the Walking Tall movies, portraying Rowe as a guy who wants to do good but quickly finds himself in over his head. The film begins in a suitable grim and pulpy fashion, with Rowe – effectively acted by 1970's t.v. regular Don Meredith – participating in a Klan swearing-in ceremony. It's got the flaming cross, the drunken southerners and all the frantic race-baiting talk you'd expect from such a moment.
From there, the film offers a surprisingly downbeat take on Rowe and his activities. To maintain his cover, he has to participate in Klan tactics that requires him to attack innocents and sometimes get himself hurt. For example, there are gritty, intense-for-t.v. scenes where the Klan trashes a restaurant that his opened its doors to the black community and a big riot in which the KKK descends upon a bus station where civil rights protestors are trying to exit a bus.
On a more personal level, being an undercover K.K.K. man causes havoc in his personal wife. He starts to drink heavily and is tempted by white-power groupies, resulting in a painful split from his wife, Billie Ruth (Margaret Blye, a Walking Tall series alumnus). He also finds himself caught between a rock and a hard place in that his K.K.K. superiors (portrayed by the effective trio of James Wainwright, Albert Salmi and Clifton James) are perpetually suspicious and always demanding tests of loyalty but Rowe's F.B.I. contact (Ed Lauter) offers little sympathy and keeps pushing him to pursue situations of greater risk. After the murder of civil rights activist Liuzzo, Rowe is finally pulled from active duty to testify in trials. However, things just shift into a different form of difficulty: he's branded a Judas by K.K.K. members and defense attorneys alike as his former friends try to have him killed.
The end result is interesting in that it doesn't portray Rowe or his work as heroic: instead, he is portrayed as a flawed man whose desire to be a hero results in the piecemeal destruction of his life and identity. The K.K.K. are rightly regarded with scorn in the narrative but the film also surprisingly critical of the F.B.I.: the Lauter character is depicted as a smooth-talking opportunist who doesn't really care what happens to Rowe as long as he gets a chance at some legal actions against the Klan.
This complex, often cynical tone works well thanks to a combination of taut storytelling and smart casting. Lane Slate's script piles on the action and suspense but makes room for character development to communicate the material's pessimistic take on the cost of the pursuit of justice. The directing chores were handled by Barry Shear, a t.v. vet who occasionally made great feature films like Wild In The Streets and Across 110th Street, and his direction is appropriately slick and tough. He pushes the violence envelope as far as late-1970's t.v. will allow and creates a convincing southern-fried atmosphere through some good location shooting.
Shear also gets strong performances from a committed cast. Meredith had previously proven his acting chops in a lot of cop shows, including some strong work in Police Story, and he acquits himself nicely here. Aside from one rather cartoonish drunk scene, he convincingly sells both the good side and the character flaws of Rowe. Wainwright is all steely cool as the K.K.K. chief and Lauter draws on his ability to be both sleazy and darkly humorous as the manipulative FBI man. Blye does nice work as the neglected wife and Salmi and James effectively explore the dark side of the good-ol'-boy archetypes they've played in the past.
All in all, Undercover With The K.K.K. is one of the more intriguing portraits of the Ku Klux Klan in that sordid subject's history – and its dark take on justice and the legal process give it added heft. It weighs in at a b-movie level, but a very solid and well-observed b-movie. If you like southern-fried crime tales along the lines of the Walking Tall series, this is a worthwhile t.v.-size excursion into the form.


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Dungeon #1: Inside The Great Deku Tree: The Greatest Walktrough - Guide for The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
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The Legend Of Zelda: Ocarina Of Time: The Greatest Guide To Dungeon #1 Ever The Great Deku Tree: Getting The Sword And Sheild. You will be awakened by a fairy named Navi, who will be your partner from now on. When you wake up, exit your house. Go down the ladder(or, how i like to do it, jump off!) and talk to the green-haired girl names Saria. She will blab (nothing important,anyways) about your new fairy. When she is done, go up the path and look around. You may see fields of long,mint-green grass(I really have no idea what it is). Go in the grass and run around in it to collect money. That won't be enough, so there are other ways to get money. From your house go east and you will find a house that is Saria's house. You will see a path on her house. climb up, go across the bridge to the end to fing a blond- haired kokiri along with a blue rupee. Northeast from your house is a building with a red roof;the Kokiri Shop. Left of it is 3 platforms in water. Jump across all 3 to get a blue rupee. Enter a building, come back out and hop on those stones. Repeat this process until you have 40 rupees. Enter that red- roofed building and talk to the shop owner. scroll to find a deku shield for sale. Buy it, go to the equipment subscreen, and equipt it with A. To fing the Kokiri sword, go east from the shop to find a raised cliff with a path you can use to go up. When you go up, you will see a fenced area. Go through it and enter the hole at the end. Move up and look left. Wait for the rolling boulder to roll across, and follow it through the grass. When the grass comes to an end, turn right to find a dead end....along with a large treasure chest. Open the chest to recieve the Kokiri Sword!Equipt It from the equipment subscreen. Follow the boulder down the path, exit from where you entered, and exit the fenced area. The Great Deku Tree: Entering The Great Deku Tree Go down from the raised terrain and go east to where the shop is. Across the small body of water is a path being blocked by Mido. Make sure you have your sword and shield equipted, and talk to Mido. He will let you pass afterwards. Follow the path and make sure you're in the center of the path. Halfway through Deku Babas will pop out. Destroy them without touching them and collect their deku sticks. Continue through the path to find The Great Deku Tree. He will ask you to save him from a curse. say yes and enter from his mouth to begin your first adventure and dungeon. The Great Deku Tree: Getting The Fairy Slingshot From inside the Great Deku Tree, You will see a wall with vines. Go over there, while avoiding Deku Babas. Climb the vines and go right to a wall with more vines. Open the chest for the Dungeon Map. Continue up the bridge to find a door. Enter to find a deku scrub in the middle of the room. Get out your shield and defend as he shoots a nut at you. It will backfire at him. Walk up to him and he will give you a hint and unlock the doors. Enter the other door to find a floating platform. Hop on it and quickly jump to the cliff on the other side of the room. Open the chest for the Fairy Slingshot. The platform collapsed, so turn around and look up at the other side of the room. Hiding in the webs is the tip of a ladder. Shoot it with your slingshot to bring it down and climb it and exit. The Great Deku Tree: Getting To The Boss Go back down to the where you found the dungeon map. Up in the vines, shoot the skullwalltulas down and climb up the vines to the next floor. There will be huge spider webs. In the two open areas from the webs, there will be a big Skullta that comes down. Wait for it to turn and expose it's belly, then quickly slash it. Repeat this again to destroy it. Ok, so be careful this time. Jump down and try to remain in the middle of your fall. If you get in the right spot, you will fall,breaking the web on the first floor and you will fall in a body of water below. Go to the side with the torch and small chest. Step on the switch to um....(i don't know what it does). Get out a deku stick and set it on fire from the torch. Jump in the shallow water and jump across to the other side quickly. Use the flame to burn the web covering a door.After that, quickly put it away and enter the door. In the next room, hit back the nut the deku scrub shoots. He will surender and give you a clue. On the other door, there will be a silver eye above it. Shoot it with your slingshot and the door will be unlocked. In the next room, jump in the water. On the left side from the enterance below the spike thing, there will be a switch underwater. Dive down and press it to lower the water. Quickly get out from where you entered and jump on the platform when it is in reach. Ride to the other side and jump off. There will be a Skullta blocking the way of the block. Destroy him and move the block to where the skullta was. Then jump on the block and climb up to the small cliff and enter the next door. In the next room there will be a lit torch with 2 unlit ones. Pull out a deku stick, light it on fire from the lit one, and light the 2 unlit ones. Then enter the door. At the next door pull out your slingshot and kill the skullta hanging from the ceiling with it. Go to the lit torch and light a deku stick on fire with it. Be careful of the ghomas. Turn around,head for the other side of the room, and light the web on fire, then crawl through the hole. In the next room, go left and push the block off the platform. Jump off on the other platform, light a deku stick on fire, hop on the block, and go to the giant web and slash it with the lit deku stick. You will fall in yet another body of water. Get out, and bounce back the deku nuts at the scrubs. Bounce back the deku nut at first the 2nd scrub,then the 3rd, then the 1st. Talk to the first one afterwards and he will unlock the boss door. Enter that door to fight Queen Gohma. The Great Deku Tree: Defeating Queen Gohma Go farther down the hall until a stone closes the door on you. It will grow dark. Look up at the ceiling, and you will have first sight at Queen Gohma. When she comes down, she will come after you. Pull out a deku nut, get close, and throw it at her eye. She will be temporarily stunned,giving you the opertunity to slash her away. She will soon climb up the ceiling and lay eggs. When they fall, quickly slash them without touching them to avoid little baby ghomas attacking you. Quickly get out of the center of the room or else Queen Ghoma will try to crush you. Repeat this process until she is defeated. When she dies, collect the heart container and step into the portal. You will then be transported back to the Deku Tree, and he will tell you how he was cursed. Afterwards, he will give you the Kokiri's Emerald. Congratulations! You have beaten the first Boss. The Great Deku Tree: The End Of The First Quest Exit and go back down the path to be stopped bu the Great Mido. After he is done blaming you, walk to the other side of the forest. You will see an exit that looks like a hollow log. Enter it to exit Kokiri Forest. While you are exiting, you will be stopped by Saria. She will say good-bye to you and give you a Fairy Ocarina. Reluctantly, Link will exit. Well, there you have it. Hopefully, This FAQ helped you. Please check out the many other Super FAQs of this game by me!


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Life Application Truth-Living By The Spirit
JOHN SHIRK – From Romans 8:5.
"Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires."
Our minds have a way of focusing on the desires of our leader, whether that be our sinful nature or the Spirit. Galatians 5 likens these two opposing forces to a tug of war. They are constantly working against each other, and if our heart is torn by divided loyalties, we will remain unsettled until we make an intentional commitment to serve the Lord. The Bible teaches that the mind of sinful man is death and is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, and cannot please God. On the other hand, the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace. The mind controlled by the Spirit is empowered to put to death the misdeeds of the body. In Galatians 5:16, the Apostle Paul said, "So I say, live by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the sinful nature."
We can live by the Spirit through faith in Christ and obedience to His Word as an expression of our love to Him.
Having our minds set on Christ is a vital sign of a changed life in the Year of Transformation.
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Will, Jada Pinkett Smith Donate Big Bucks for Million Man March
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are among the most charitable celebrities in Hollywood, always ready to throw down some serious cash for the causes in which they believe. This week, the power couple wrote a check for $150,000 to subsidize the Million Man March in Washington, D.C.
Through their Will and Jada Smith Family Foundation, which provides resources and education to inner-city families, the couple decided to support the event, which takes place under the theme Justice Or Else! on the National Mall in October.
This year marks its 20th anniversary. Will attended the first, held on October 16, 1995 in the nations capital. It was called by Minister Louis Farrakhan, who is still at the helm and organizing with rapper/reality star Game. The civil rights activist thanked the Smiths for their donation at a rally in Philadelphia earlier this month, encouraging other entertainers to follow the Smiths' example and open their wallets to the cause. He says he needs to raise $1.8 million in total to stage the march.
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Who is the Sicilian? Who are our ancestors? What does our DNA say?
Good questions, huh?
Even nicer because the answer is really articulated.
The Sicilian people are the sons of their past.
The Sicilian, in fact, is restless as the Phoenicians, poetic as the Greek, cunning as the Roman, ingenious as the Arab, shrewd as the Norman, capricious as the Swabian and indolent as the Aragonese.
All his ancestors!
And someone is always missing on that list!
All these people, however, in the end have created indigenous hospitable, generous (especially with foreigners) and particularly lovers of benches and relaxation.
Yes, that's right: in Sicily no stress!
The fairy tales they say of a population as well as its buildings, the humus of its land, the ruins of the past and the faces of the elders.
The fairy tales are passed down from mouth to mouth, from one mother to another, from one grandma to another grandma.
And tell us where we come from and who we are.
This is not in Sicily.
This spectacular sequence of different populations who dominated it, did not make it in time to create new myths and legends that were immediately replayed by other heroes.
Therefore to us Sicilian children, do not tell native fables.
And although it is a shame, because there are beautiful ones.
For example, go look for that of Aci and Galatea or that of the beautiful Demetra that goes back from the depths of the bowels on March 21, bringing six months of spring.
You want to see it on that day: go to the center of Sicily, where there is the lake of Pergusa, on top of Cozzo Matrice: there is a cave and from there comes Demetra, on a winged wagon.
Well, then there are also so many characters that have hit the imagination of us children.
One of them is Giufà, a little idiotic boy and a bit 'easygoing that once, just to say one of the things he did, saw the moon reflected in the well and tried to capture it with a bucket.
There, in the life of us Sicilians, at least once we have been Giufà.
The Sicilian population had two great moments of union and solidarity: the Revolt of the Vespers, in 1282 with which people rebelled in the presence of the Angevins wreoting riots throughout the island.
And the puppet opera, born in ' 700, a theatre that went around the cities and in which the puppeteer waved puppets representing the deeds of the Paladins to the court of Charlemagne.
Men, women and children gathered around this theatre and became inflamed by the heroic exploits of Orlando and his companions.
Even today you can assist at one of these shows in some cities, such as Palermo, Alcamo, Catania, Syracuse.


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brocade fabric ~ width 44"36" + border 8'' Wide~ mango /pink/ metallic gold ~ very pretty .very nice feel and finish, looks better than pictures,great for victorian gowns and much more,per yard plus shipping,the tradition of bringing silk to life brocade weaving, especially with gold and silver, has been an age-old tradition in india. there are two broad classes of brocades. brocades of pure silk or silk and cotton blends and zari brocades with gold and silver threads. the most important material in brocade weaving is silk. it facilitates lovely weaves, is durable, strong, fine and smooth. there are several varieties of raw silk of which the chief ones used for brocades are tanduri, banaka and mukta. tanduri is imported from malda and other places.
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Cents pace June Mint production
The U.S. Mint chalked up its highest production month during calendar 2011 in June while striking no quarters, half dollars or Native American dollars.
Monthly cent production alone jumped past the half billion mark, comprising 56 percent of June's numbers.
Denver struck the most cents with 269.2 million pieces, while Philadelphia came in with the slightly smaller total of 240 million.
The pace of nickel and dime production stayed steady from May to June, but the monthly totals were far higher than those registered in any month January through April.
June nickel production totaled 130.8 million pieces compared to May's 133.44 million coins. Again, Denver's total of 78.48 million trumped Philadelphia's 52.32 million coins.
The difference in dime production was even smaller. The June total was 213.5 million compared to the May total of 214 million coins. This time, Philadelphia outranked Denver with 110 million coins versus 103.5 million.
Bringing up the rear was Presidential coin production at 49.56 million pieces. Philadelphia again beat Denver with 27.02 million coins compared to 22.54 million.
So far this year, the Mint has struck dollars for Andrew Johnson and Ulysses Grant. There were 37.1 million Denver coins honoring Johnson and 35.56 from Philadelphia for the 17th President.
Somewhat larger totals were made of the Grant dollars. Denver weighed in with 37.94 million coins while Philadelphia added 38.08 million.
Interestingly, on present trend, the total number of the four Presidential dollars struck in 2011 will be about the same as the five America the Beautiful quarters.
The Gettysburg design finished out at 61.2 million, split 30.8 million from Denver and 30.4 million from Philadelphia.
Glacier registered 31.2 million Denver coins and 30.4 million from Philadelphia.
The Olympic National Park quarter design saw 30.6 million Denver coins and 30.4 million Philadelphia.
You add them all up and the numbers show the Mint is on pace to strike just over 300 million quarters this year, while it will strike somewhat fewer Presidential dollars than that in 2011.
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When you're part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, you'll do challenging work, and be part of a team that values performance, quality and innovation. As part of a successful, growing global organization you will be encouraged to perform at your best. With revenues of $18 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources
and opportunities to make significant contributions to the world.
Due to the growth of the Business a new role has been created to manage the instrument portfolio in the Sensititre range within the Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing team. If you want a role where you can contribute to shaping the business for the future and improve the work flow in customers laboratories then this is an ideal position.
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement 1-5 year strategic portfolio plan for AST instrument portfolio and customer solutions.
- Ensure the Voice of the Customer and market needs define new and enhanced products that solve customer challenges.
- Lead cross functional teams through the new Product development process to ensure the product meets the Voice of Customer driven product design specification.
- Develop and execute product launch plans, in collaboration with Global and regional marketing ensuring a compelling value proposition and positioning.
- Develop and implement training programs with a 'train-the-trainer' ethos that enables capability and confidence to over-sell specific products in the AST range.
- Propose budget guidelines and review regional sales plans ensuring accurate demand forecasting.
- Develop global workflow tools to support the implementation of strategies to support sales to reach targets.
- Co-ordinate implementation of corrective actions including production of required marketing and technical literature.
- Develop margin expansion through management of product value stream, range rationalization and clear price guidance to the organization
- Drive continuous improvement in line with the demands of the customer.
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🎄 Advent, Advent, time to glitter! 🎄
With our big Christmas party for the whole community & friends we cordially invite you to light up dark winter days. (Men invited!)
And if you buy a day pass to work at the space for that day, you can stay for the party for free – yay!
On Friday, 13 December 2019, we will celebrate Advent and all the glow starting at 5:30 pm at CoWomen in the Alte Münze. There will be a great program, possibilities to fulfill Christmas wishes, a concert by NOSOYO (yeeeeeeeeees!!!), Second-Hand-Secret Santa, Christmas music (before and after NOSOYO)…
…and the best: We support the initiative "Glitter for my sisters" from Argentina to support women's rights.
❄ Let's celebrate, get inspired and give back! ❄
GLITTER is the motto of our Christmas party, and we are donating 4 Euros of each ticket sold to the Grupo Fusa organization, a citizens' initiative that promotes holistic healthcare for young people and, above all, women, and allows them to exercise their sexual and reproductive rights. In Argentina, women take to the streets to demonstrate for pro-choice rights – and they traditionally paint their faces with green glitter. We're joining NOSOYO and supporting these women together with you!
🌟 NOSOYO will play a little concert at the party 🎸
🌟 NOSOYO will play a little concert at the party 🎸
The Berlin-based pop duo NOSOYO with roots in Holland, Germany and Turkey will fire us up with their catchy melodies and danceable beats! In addition to their music, the two of them are also activists: Their organisation 'Glitter to my sisters' supports the non-profit organisation Grupo Fusa in their mission to fight for health care and pro-choice rights for women in Argentina. For this NOSOYO collect donations through the proceeds of their EP 'Glitter to my sisters', their mini-festival of the same name on 19.12. at the Badehaus Berlin and the corresponding merchandise. So how about a T-shirt or a cup as a thoughtful Christmas present?
This and more will make your eyes sparkle:
Christmas Bazaar!
Our members and their friends show what they do. You can make Christmas wishes come true for yourself and your friends. Whether it's coaching sessions, books, jewellery...our members show what they create.
Second Hand Secret Santa
Bring something used for the Secret Santa. Do not bring old useless stuff nor buy something. You'll find something at home. Or at your parents' home. And it should fit in a jute bag. 🎁
Glitter Competition
The one who glitters the most not only gets fame for bringing the sparkle, but also a great prize.
Christmas Stollen, Spekulatius, Gingerbread and much more
Not all homemade... we have to sleep sometimes. But we are happy if you want to bring something! 🍪
Christmas musiiiic! (And NOSOYO!)
A lot, maybe too much. But there is also something else: A concert by NOSOYO!!!!!!
Let's remember what it's all about. And no, it's not Jesus.
Mulled wine, children's punch
...and maybe hot chocolate.
Nine great women have accompanied each other over a period of four months and have grown together on and in their leadership roles. Today we toast to them!
This is how it's gonna be:
17:30 – 18:15: Arrival and handing over the Secret Santa present. Meanwhile bazaar.
18:15 – 18:30: CoWomen – What a year! (Short talk by the team.)
18:30 – 19:00: Bazaar, mulled wine, active networking (yes, we make you get to know each other)
19:00 – 19:45: Concert NOSOYO!!!
20:15: Announcement of glitter competition winner
20:20: Secret Santa
until 21:30: Enjoy and sparkle!
At the bazaar, among others you will meet:
Gabi Bruckmeier | Smartphone classes for seniors
Gabi showcases and offers her 3 Books:
– Smartphone Training For Seniors
– The book to the course – Android or iPhone version
– Trainer's guide for all of those who want to do the course with someone.
"CoWomen verbindet alles, wonach ich gesucht habe – ein wunderschöner Coworking Space, eine großartige Community, die Infrastruktur, um mein Coaching Business weiterzuentwickeln, und eine unglaublich positive Atmosphäre!"
– Christine Muench, Life & Business Coach für Frauen
"Ich habe mich sofort in CoWomen verliebt, als ich durch die Tür kam! Es ist ein wunderbarer Ort um zu arbeiten, neue Leute kennenzulernen, sich zu vernetzen und sich als Frau unterstützt zu fühlen. Jedes Detail ist liebevoll gestaltet, damit wir uns wohl und motiviert fühlen. Es ist genau mein Ort, um meine Ziele zu erreichen!"
– Marine-Anais Refine, Entrepreneur


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23 Dec Wonderbox
This project was a collaboration between GDES students and MAHATAT, a public art organization located in the Middle East. During the collaboration, students worked to revive the magic of traditional 'wonder-boxes' by developing prototypes in English and Arabic, while considering the need for both functionality and portability.
The project methodology leveraged interactive and trans-media approaches for engaging the community in dynamic cultural and visual storytelling. Following the assembly of the boxes, students conducted ethnographic fieldwork to understand participatory tools for social inclusion. This project explores the implications of reviving traditional art forms through design practice that incorporates play and magic to support cultural preservation.
Co-taught with Basma Hamdy


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Partway through the uneven string of skits that comprises Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, the film loses its mind completely. Abandoning any pretense to coherence or plot (admittedly, such pretense is thin to begin with), the scene is a strange and silly set piece, in which various San Diego news teams come together in an abandoned lot. Rumble, middle-aged men, rumble.
The fight begins almost accidentally, as ostensible hero Ron (Will Ferrell) and his Channel 4 Evening News team (location reporter Brian Fantana [Paul Rudd], dumb-as-a-bag-of-hammers weatherman Brick Tamland [Steve Carell], and cowboy-hatted sportscaster Champ Kind [David Koechner]) stumble into a confrontation with their arch-nemeses, the plaid-pantsed "Numero Two" team in San Diego, headed by Wes Mantooth (Vince Vaughn). Just as the rivals face off by puffing their chests and revealing their weapons (chains, guns, clubs, switchblades, even a hand grenade), the fight is crashed, so to speak, by an assortment of increasingly ludicrous contender: the PBS squad (led by Art-Garfunkel-haired Tim Robbins), a wholly bland team commanded by hapless Frank Vitchard (Luke Wilson), and the Spanish-language team, led by mustachioed Ben Stiller. "Rule number one," all on-air personalities agree, is "No touching of the hair or face."
The throwdown is as obnoxious as anything else in Anchorman, but its gracelessness is zinged up with a certain energy, as the warriors in pathetic polyester — most of whom you'll never see again — produce an array of exotic weapons and lay each other out. Bodies fall, sirens sound, the guys scatter like Sharks and Jets. At this point, you're thinking, the film will pull out some old trick, call this segment a fantasy for one of its imagination-challenged participants, and move on. But no. Ron and his boys appear back at his office, gleefully rehearsing how great it was to take part in a "vicious cockfight," even if trident-thrower Brick will now have to lay low, since he'll be wanted for murder.
This bizarre and utterly nonsensical moment underlines the film's much-repeated point (not that it needs underlining). Namely, the titular character is an egotistical, sexist, self-inflating buffoon, adrift in a text that both critiques and comically celebrates the tendencies of the day ("the time before cable," or, the 1970s) to presume male superiority and prove it by childish competition. (His antics are accompanied by vintage soundtrack cuts, from Bill Withers' "Use Me" to Bread's "If" to Hall & Oates' "She's Gone.") Embodying such unabashed self-regard, Ferrell is once again (as he has demonstrated in Elf and, especially, Old School) fearless, if exhausting. Whether going shirtless to "pump up" or playing "yazz flute" (that's jazz flute) for a smoky nightclub audience, everything with this guy is full-throttle. (That goes double for his promotional efforts: he's appeared everywhere from TRL to Countdown With Keith Olbermann, "in character." Enough already.)
Beloved by his San Diego viewership for some 12 years, Ron is full of himself, rather like an extreme Ted Baxter. He drinks Scotch and smokes cigarettes on set, performs cannonball dives for his swinging pool party guests, and shares heartfelt conversations with his scruffy little doggie, appropriately named Baxter. "I look good," Ron tells his reflection, "Hey everyone, come see how good I look." Contrary to appearances, the man's self-image is not precisely solid (as indicated when Baxter observes that he is, for all his popularity, "lonely"), and it is soon threatened by the arrival of a woman reporter, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate, playing straight person). Brought in by news producer Ed (Fred Willard) to increase the team's "diversity," Veronica is immediately sent to cover cat fashion shows and report on recipes.
"Here we go again," Veronica says in her brief and incongruous moment of voiceover, as she endures the girly assignments and her smarmy, ass-grabbing colleagues ("She is a saucy mama," exults Champ). That her perspective is so oddly limited suggests that some other voiceover was cut, or her drop-in here is a fluke, like so much else in the film. Cast as the seeming straight person in the movie, Veronica/Applegate has her work cut out for her. The guys fall all over themselves in their efforts to out-gross-out one another, to show just how insipidly piggish and absolutely offensive they can be.
She is Ron is struck by her "classic blond" perfection, such that when his boys announce their intentions to take their runs at her, he blusters and protests: "She has feelings too!" Flabbergasted, the buddies call him out as a "schoolboy bitch," at which point Ron grinds back into macho-geek gear. This fools the team, but now you now know that he really is a nice guy, relatively speaking. He's also loathsome and pathetic (he's renowned for reading anything off the teleprompter), and his eventual romance with Veronica is patently absurd — all in the interest of purported comedy. During their first date (accepted after he offers to "squire" her about town, strictly professionally), she's inexplicably charmed by his skills on the flute and persistently overlooks his outright stupidity, while appreciating his sexual skill: "I'm storming your castle with my steed, milady!"
The upshot is Veronica's own professional ability. When, one night, Ron is unable to go on the air (this following yet another abuse-the-cute-pooch gag: when oh when will filmmakers get tired of this joke?), she aces her first attempt at news-reading (and increases the newscast's ratings by two points), she's reassigned as co-anchor, the first female in the nation. Veronica's career soars as Ron's collapses. Sputtering, he cites scientific fact to support his outrage: "You're just a woman, with a small brain."
Veronica's Jessica Savitch-like rise is meteoric and alarming. The guys can't take it. And neither can the movie, which devolves into a montage of Ron's descent (including heavy drinking at a bar tended by the apparently endlessly game Danny Trejo). "I have no heart," he wails, "Because a she-devil stole it!" Well, okay, she's gone — "Think I'll spend eternity in the city, / Let the carbon and monoxide choke my thoughts away" — but, worse, Ron's self-delusion has abandoned him. And the many minutes it takes for his recovery and the film's finale feel like an eternity.


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A New Chapter in the Staab Story
Welcome to Julia: Santa Fe's best new restaurant and an homage to one of its oldest tales. Enjoy a flurry of Southwestern flavors with an enticing, exciting, and unexpected collection of courses. Julia is defined by its focus on locally sourced ingredients and polished takes on signature dishes.
Styled in the Staab Tradition
The restaurant's namesake and muse is Julia Staab, an elegant Santa Fe socialite and matriarch of the prominent Staab family. In 1882, Mrs. Staab and her family, including her husband Abraham Staab, built a three-story brick mansion – in the French Second Empire-style – just two blocks east of the Santa Fe Plaza. The couple and their children entertained Santa Fe's well-heeled social circles in the grand residence, enjoying a life of opulence and local prestige. The grand residence was decorated with ornate European materials, creating an environment so enticing that the ghost of Mrs. Staab is said to have taken up permanent residence. The dining room at the new Santa Fe restaurant retains touches of the 19th century flair for which the original Staab mansion was renowned. Menus pay tribute to the restaurant's original resident with refined flavors and perfectly plated presentations, channeling Mrs. Staab's inspired sense of occasion and style.
The Julia Culinary Team was recently featured at the James Beard House in New York.
Julia Restaurant Menu
Open Daily for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Cocktails
In the spirit of the restaurant's namesake, Julia's menu is refined and adventurous. The woman who inspired these courses traveled the Santa Fe Trail and started a family in the harsh environs of the American Southwest. In her honor, we have crafted a collection of entrées, tapas, starters and sides that put a twist on tradition. Open daily for breakfast, lunch, dinner and cocktails, Julia's menu features a wide variety of traditional entrées with a twist and new recipes that you'll love.


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Kube's architecture is starting to emerge, so it is time that I give an overview on the current plans.
But to understand why we're going where we're going it is useful to consider the assumptions we work with, so let's start there:
- Kube is a networked application.
- While Kube can certainly be used on a machine that has never seen a network connection, that is not where it shines. Kube is built to interact with various services and to work well with multiple devices. This is the reality we live in and that we're building for.
- Kube is scalable.
- Kube not only scales from small datasets that are quick to synchronize to large datasets, that we can't simply load into memory all at once. It also scales to different form factors. Kube is usable on devices with small and large screens, with touch or mouse input, etc.
- Kube is cross platform.
- Kube should run just as well on your laptop (be it Linux, OS X or Windows) as it does on your mobile (be it Plasma Mobile or Android).
- Kube is a platform for rapid development.
- We're not interested in rebuilding mail and calendar and stopping there. Groupware needs to evolve and we want to facilitate communication and collaboration, not email and events. This requires that the user experience can continue to evolve and that we can experiment with new ideas quickly, without having to do large-scale changes to the codebase.
- Groupware types are overlapping.
- Traditionally PIM/Groupware applications are split up by formats and protocols, such as IMAP, MIME and iCal but that's not how typical workflows work. Just because the transport chosen by iTip for an invitation happens to be a MIME message transported over IMAP to my machine, doesn't mean that's necessarily how I want to view it. I may want to start a communication with a person from my addressbook, calendar or email composer. A note may turn into a set of todo's eventually. …
A lot of pondering over these points has led to a set of concepts that I'd like to quickly introduce:
Kube is built from different components. Each component is a KPackage that provides a QML UI backed by various C++ elements from the Kube framework. By building reusable components we ensure that i.e. the email application can show the very same contact view as the addressbook, with all the actions you'd expect available. This not only allows us to mix various UI elements freely while building the User Experience, it also ensures consistency across the board with little effort. The components load their data themselves by instantiating the appropriate models and are thus fully self contained.
Components will come in various granularities, from simple widgets suitable for popup display to i.e. a full email application.
The components concept will also be interesting for integration. A plasma clock plasmoid could for instance detect that the Kube calendar package is available, and show this instead of it's native one. That way the integration is little effort, the user experience is well integrated (you get the exact same UX as in the regular application), and the full set of functionality is directly available (unlike when only the data was shared).
Kube is reactive. Models provide the data that the UI is built upon, so the UI only has to render whatever the model provides. This avoids complex stateful UI's and ensures a proper separation of bussiness logic and UI. The UI directly instantiates and configures the models it requires.
The models feed on the data they get from Sink or other sources, and are as such often thin wrappers around other API's. The dynamic nature of models allows to dynamically load more data as required to keep the system efficient.
In the other direction provide "Actions" the interaction with the rest of the system. An action can be "mark as read", or "send mail", or any other interaction with the system that is suitable for reuse. The action system is a publisher-subscriber system where various parts can execute actions that are handled by one of the registered action-handlers.
This loose-coupling between action and handler allows actions to be dynamically handled by different parts of the system system, i.e. based on the currently active account when sending an email. It also ensures that action handlers are nice and small functional components that can be invoked from various parts in the system that require similar functionality.
Pre-Handlers allow preparatory steps to be injected into the action-execution, such as retrieving configuration or requesting authentication, or resolving some identifier over a remote service. Anything that is required really to have all input data available to be able to execute the action handler.
Controllers are C++ components that expose properties for a QML UI. These are useful to prepare data for the UI where a simple model is not sufficient, and can include additional UI-helpers such as validators or autocompletion for input fields.
Accounts is the attempt to account for (pun intended) the networked nature of the environment we're working in. Most information we're working with in Kube is or should be synchronized over one or the other account and there remains very little that is specific to the local machine (besides application state). This means most data and configuration is always tied to an account to ensure clear ownership.
However accounts not only manifest in where data is being put, they also manifest as "plugins" for various backends. They tie together a QML configuration UI, an underlying configuration controller (for validation and autocompletion etc), a Sink resource to access data i.e. over IMAP, a set of action handlers i.e. to send mail over smtp and potentially various defaults for identity etc.
In case you're internally already shouting "KAccounts!, KAccounts!"; We're aware of the overlap, but I don't see how we can solve all our problems using it, and there is definitely an argument for an integrated solution with regards to portability to other platforms. However, I do think there are opportunities in terms of platform integration.
An that's it!
Further information can be found in the Kube Documentation.


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Demonstration in Calais 12th July
Never again ?!
We thought that we had witnessed the worst in 2009 with the destruction of the Afghan jungle; the mass arrest of 278 of its inhabitants and their coordinated detention across the whole of France. However, this Wednesday 2 July 2014 the state showed how much further it can go. At 6am the CRS, PAF, Gendarme, and the Police Nationale undertook massive coordinated evictions and raids against the migrant population of Calais.
Using the cover of an eviction operation with an undisclosed date, 600 migrants were pepper sprayed, insulted, humiliated, terrorised, and detained. All witnesses of the eviction were violently removed from the site of the arrests. They were escorted onto buses and driven out of Calais, without having the least idea of their final destination. 200 people are still in detention centres, and those who were lucky enough to have been released, came out traumatised.
This show of force by the police is a result of a wish to disperse migrants so that they give up on their desire to travel to the country of their choice. It is an operation which reminds us of previous fascist periods, that generations have promised to no longer accept. We must re-mobilise a resistance.
Today in Calais, once again, migrants are being chased from the town. The majority of people are now in the peripheries – in places where police harrassment can be enacted to its fullest, where there is no-one to witness it. This situation sets us back 10 years, and we cannot accept that the many gains we have fought for, are being swept away.
We call upon everybody to come to Calais to oppose this unprecidented wave of oppression.
Come to Place d'Armes at 2pm on Saturday the 12th of July, for a demonstration against mass roundups and in solidarity with those detained and evicted.
And stay for the following days to construct a collective response so that this form of opression does not return to being the norm


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Middle Smithfield, Fernwood Resorts owner renegotiating sewage pact
Bushkill Group and Middle Smithfield Township are negotiating on several fronts.
The resort company is getting back $6.5 million in bonding it posted to ensure completion of its timeshare infrastructure, and the township's municipal authority is getting additional "temporary" sewage capacity to meet future development needs.
Township Supervisor Scott Schaller said supervisors agreed to release the letter of credit guaranteeing future roads and facilities for Bushkill's Tree Tops project. He said they agree with Bushkill that bond guarantees aren't legally required for designated "resort complex" facilities like Tree Tops.
They also agreed to release financial guarantees for all expected future timeshare construction at Fairway Villas. The township will require bonding for each phase of construction as Bushkill Group embarks on those projects, Schaller added, rather than for all future construction.
Bushkill Group controls more treatment capacity in the Middle Smithfield Township sewer plant than the township itself. It all goes back to a complex sewer expansion agreement in the early 1990s that increased the size of Fernwood Resort's sewage plant from 150,000 gallons to 1 million gallons a day.
Plant ownership was transferred from Fernwood and its parent company, the Rank Organization, to the township. The agreement also provided for construction of sewer lines down Route 209, from Fernwood to the entrance of Country Club of the Poconos, a housing development then owned by a subsidiary of Rank.
The agreement gave the municipal authority 30 percent of plant capacity to meet the township's sewer needs, despite the authority's ownership of the facility. Rank was guaranteed 70 percent of plant capacity for Country Club, Fernwood and other company holdings.
In 2000, Rank sold Country Club of the Poconos to Big Ridge Developers. Big Ridge, Rank and the municipal authority signed an amendment to the original plant agreement, reserving 30 percent of treatment capacity for Country Club and 40 percent for Fernwood and other Rank needs.
The municipal authority continued to have rights to 30 percent of the plant's capacity. Today that township capacity is nearly gone, allocated to meet private residential and commercial needs along the Route 209 corridor.
Now Bushkill Group, the successor company to Rank, has agreed to temporarily loan some of its capacity to the township's municipal authority to meet future needs. Details have yet to be worked out, but the authority will receive 80,000 gallons of Bushkill Group's allocation for four years.
That should be enough new capacity for the municipal authority to meet future demand in its service territory during the next few years, Schaller said.
"It allows us to bring office complexes, grocery stores, commercial projects to the township," Schaller said.
In the meantime, the municipal authority will pursue plant construction that will double current overall treatment capacity to 2 million gallons a day.
Bushkill Group Chief Executive Officer Andy Worthington and the the township municipal authority also have begun negotiations to phase out the complicated "transportation agreement" that created the municipal authority and resulted in the expanded Fernwood plant and sewer lines.
"He wants to become a customer and not a partner," Schaller said of Worthington. "They would like to see the transportation agreement disappear and go into a simpler process."
Schaller said attorneys for the company and the authority are putting together a new agreement.
"There's a commitment on both sides to eliminate the transportation agreement and they hope to do it as soon as possible," he said.
But before that can happen, the sides must agree on the financial and legal details of the current agreement and what steps are required to make all parties whole.
Authority officials have had repeated difficulties during the past year explaining key financial aspects of the transportation agreement. There are gaps in understanding the full impact of bond issues that funded plant construction and operations, and the respective roles of Fernwood's owners and the municipal authority in financing and operating the plant and lines.
Bushkill Group won release early this year of a $1.2 million bond that Rank posted to guarantee repayment of costs for transmission lines the authority built from the Fernwood plant to Country Club, to serve that development's sewage needs. Some residents contend the refund was premature and that the authority hasn't adequately explained how the line debt was satisfied.
The authority's accounting firm says the bond was released because for three consecutive years, revenues produced from Country Club sewer customers exceeded expenses for that service — satisfying a contract condition for the release.
Rank built the plant expansion before turning over the facility to the authority for $175,000. The sales agreement called for reimbursing Rank for building its own 70 percent of plant capacity by an unusual arrangement: From every $2,300 hookup fee the authority collected for a new home sewer connection at Rank's Country Club, the authority reimbursed Rank $900.
The initial debt owed by the authority to Rank/Bushkill Group has been whittled down to about $1.3 million, but there aren't expected to be enough total homes built at Country Club to ever retire the debt. So what happens to that debt?
Some Country Club residents question whether the reimbursement formula is legal under state law. All Country Club of the Poconos internal sewer lines appear to be privately owned by the developer, yet the township authority is charging those residents for home connections to the internal system the authority doesn't own, and turning the money over to the development's former parent company.
The municipal authority has made inquiries at Country Club to determine what company owns the Big Ridge sewer system and has asked the current developer to identify where those internal lines are located.
- It's unclear if the township bonds for the sewer plant place a disproportionate share of responsibility for repaying the bond debt on Country Club home buyers, or at least some of those Country Club residents.
- Municipal authority officials, accountants and bond experts say they don't know precisely how much it cost to build the plant expansion and related facilities. It isn't clear how bond funds were distributed to meet those obligations. Authority officials have said it's too expensive for them to assign officials to determine those costs, and they don't know where such records are located.


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Real-world Time and Attendance System Prices from Recent Buyers
Here's a sampling of actual prices paid by buyers of time and attendance systems who used our service.
- In-house solutions for small businesses
- Hosted (ASP) solutions
- Solutions for mid sized and larger companies
In-house solutions for small businesses
For companies buying time tracking equipment for fewer than 25 employees, there are two common price ranges. Basic time clocks and software can be found for around $300 to $500, while full-featured time and attendance programs that include employee scheduling, biometric input, or integration with payroll systems are more typically $2,000 to $4,000.
- "$399 time clock, software, proximity cards, warranty." - For 1 - 25 employees - Church, Kokomo, Indiana
- "Approx. $2,000 - 2 ethernet clocks, software for 10 people, 50 badges." - Computer/IT consultant, Murray, Kentucky
- "Hardware, software & service:$3,500." - For 1 - 25 employees - Wholesaler, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- "$365 - this included the clock itself (which had a proximity reader as well as a keypad for PIN entry,) its manufacturer's time and attendance software, 35 proximity badges, 50 feet of communications cable, 1 year warranty, and 30 days' setup support." - For 1 - 25 employees. - Manufacturer, Arlington, Texas
- "$3,000 with all the restaurant hardware and software." - For 1 - 25 employees, with scheduling and payroll integration. - Hospitality, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Hosted (ASP) solutions
Some companies opt for ASP solutions instead of purchasing a system outright. This allows them to pay smaller monthly fees for access to a web-based tracking system.
- "$35 per month." - For 1-9 employees - Wholesaler, 1-25, Mesa, Arizona
- "$750 setup, $9.95/month." - For 1-24 employees in 4 locations - Consulting, Fallon, Missouri
- "$70 per month for Internet-based software, includes setup, support, and reporting. Nominal monthly charge for equipment, depending on type." - For 26-50, 5+ locations, payroll integration - Transportation Company, City Of Industry, California
Solutions for mid sized and larger companies
Slightly larger companies will find it hard to stay below $1,000 for a full-featured solution.
- "About $1,000. Bar code system with clock, software, additional cards & licensing." For 26-50 employees in two locations, with payroll integration - Publishing/info services, Tucson, Arizona
- "$1,599 for hand reader with software and $399 for one year service contract for tech support and free upgrades." - For 26-50 employees, with payroll integration - Insurance company, Groesbeck, Texas
- "Complete automated PC system for 150 employees for $1,800." - Hospitality, Stockton, California
The largest companies can expect to pay quite a bit more for a system that can handle their needs. Here's an example from one of our buyers.
- "Over $10,000 and hardware is included." - For 500-1000 employees in 5+ locations, integrated with accounting software - Manufacturer, Portsmouth, Virginia
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'Jetman' Grounded on Grand Canyon Flight
After tricky permitting process, stuntman cancels wingsuit flight
Update: Jetman announced via e-mail he was canceling his Grand Canyon flight today. He provided no details, but promised further updates. We'll let you know what's happening when we do.
Original report: The Swiss daredevil who calls himself Jetman (his real name is Yves Rossy) plans to fly over the Grand Canyon today in his signature jet-powered wing suit. Rossy has been trying to organize the stunt for two years, and he's finally gotten all the appropriate permits and everything in order--the FAA has given the go-ahead. His plan is to drop from a helicopter, fire up the jet engines on his wing suit, fly for about 10 to 13 minutes, then parachute to earth.
Today's flight is a triumph not only of engineering and disposable income, but of dealing with bureacracy. The FAA is a big, complicated organization that has to issue permits for people to operate aircraft in the United States, and the Grand Canyon is operated by another big, complicated organization called the National Parks Service, which issues permits for people to hike and raft in it. Some folks wait for 10 years or more for that kind of permission.
According to the Las Vegas Review Journal, Rossy's approach to bureacracy was almost criminal in its simplicity: He didn't ask for permission to fly. The agency ended up sending him a letter last week outlining the requirements for the kind of flight he had planned, only after they heard about it in the news.
Rossy got permission to operate out of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, over whose land he'll be flying (that circumvents the Park Service), and he apparently thought that covered the airspace too, but it doesn't. He had to come up with a registration, airworthiness certificate (for an experimental aircraft, no less), pilot's license, and parachute. Inspectors were still looking over his craft last night, the Review Journal reports, and gave him the green light this morning.
Here's video of Rossy performing loops over Switzerland. Check back here for footage of today's flight.


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An international survey shows that Norwegians are less afraid of extreme weather conditions and melting ice than many other European nationalities.
Nearly eight out of ten participants in the survey, which was conducted in ten European countries, fear the consequences of climate change, such as melting ice, flooding, rising ocean levels, and more extreme weather, conditions, according to research.no.
Almost every fifth citizen believes that climate change is the most serious issue facing the world today. Italians are most concerned. Women, and older people, worry more than younger men. People who live along the coast also feel more anxiety.
The survey shows that Norwegians worry less about climate-related changes than, for example, Irish, Dutch, Spanish and German citizens, but says nothing about the differences between the different countries.
Thousands of people in Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Estonia, France, Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Spain participated in the survey, conducted by TNS Opinion in 2011.
Most people think that the climate is affected by human activity, also here in Norway, but the survey shows that Norway is the country where the second largest group of respondents believe that the causes of climate change are completely or largely natural.
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- 1.65 inch screen
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Annual briefing
On 28 April, masonic leaders celebrated the achievements of the past year, revealing an organisation that is embracing transparency and taking positive steps to ensure its long-term future
Held in the Gallery Suite at Freemasons' Hall, the Pro Grand Master's Annual Briefing Meeting brought together Metropolitan, Provincial and District Grand Masters and Grand Superintendents to hear about the state of Freemasonry and why its future is in their hands.
With Pro Grand Master Peter Lowndes welcoming attendees to the meeting, the President of the Board of General Purposes (BGP), Anthony Wilson, ran through the accounts for 2014, showing United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) finances to be healthy. He also highlighted the increasing importance of hiring out Freemasons' Hall to third parties as a source of income.
Second Grand Principal George Francis and President of the Committee of General Purposes Malcolm Aish explained how the Royal Arch was faring. 'The good news is that we had some magnificent figures on exaltations for 2014,' said George, congratulating attendees for the results that return the Royal Arch to the level it was at six to eight years ago. 'We're now hitting the 50 per cent mark of initiations so the prospects for the Royal Arch really do look rather good. I think there's still more to be done.'
Provincial Grand Master for Warwickshire David Macey looked at the progress being made with the membership database, ADelphi 2, which goes live at the end of July this year. Offering improved reporting capability and ease of use, ADelphi 2 will give Provincial Grand Masters and Grand Superintendents all the membership information they need, at their fingertips. David also stressed that a structured training plan is in place to offer support to everyone using the new system.
Taking virtual steps
With the Papers of Business for Quarterly Communications circulated electronically for the first time in 2014, James Long from the Electronic Systems Committee explained why it was felt necessary to make this change. 'We were prompted to some degree by looking to save money and make efficiency enhancements,' said James, 'but there was something else that actuated our motive here: we thought it entirely appropriate for a modern membership organisation. We must be responsive and reactive to what our members want.'
Looking at the need to improve communication within UGLE, James congratulated the attendees for embracing new technology. 'There are many Provinces and Districts that have well-constructed, thought-through and properly controlled communication strategies on social media. What we have to do is learn from all of those,' he said. 'We're going to continue to ensure that UGLE is making the best use of all electronic media for communication, both internal and external.'
Landmark events
Next on the agenda was the 2017 Tercentenary, which starts with events around the country in January 2017 and culminates with a celebration at the Royal Albert Hall on 31 October 2017. Anthony Wilson said that Grand Lodge expects to offer seats at the Royal Albert Hall to each Province and District on the basis of one place for every 80-90 members. Grand Lodge wants to widen the participation and is looking at ways to screen the event live in all the Districts and Provinces.
Staying on the subject of the Tercentenary, Provincial Grand Master for Somerset Stuart Hadler announced the design of a new branding for UGLE, which will make its appearance in the run up to 2017. While the coat of arms has for generations been a mark of status and standing in society, Stuart said: 'Society has changed over the past 50 years and a coat of arms no longer communicates the image and messages that a modern membership organisation needs to convey. One might also observe that we are seeking no longer to be silent.'
Stuart went on to discuss how the Membership Focus Group (MFG), the BGP and the Rulers believe that a positive and attractive image is vital. 'To preserve the integrity of the brand and achieve a corporate image, there is to be a strict protocol for us all to follow that will dictate how the symbol is to be used,' he said, adding that Provinces and Districts will need to review and revise their existing paperwork by 24 June 2016.
Freemasonry's image is just one of the areas being explored by the MFG. Tasked with assuring the long-term success of both the Craft and the Royal Arch, the MFG has been talking to Provinces about their experiences of recruitment and retention. Assistant Grand Secretary and MFG member Shawn Christie highlighted that many growing lodges hold vibrant meetings and regular social events that are open to non-masons. These provide an opportunity for prospective candidates to ask questions in an informal environment, learn more about Freemasonry and possibly, in time, join if both sides feel the fit is right.
Provincial Grand Master for Nottinghamshire Robin Wilson explained that the road to retention starts with proper preparation. 'For that to happen, the prospective members must be made aware of the essence of Freemasonry, what it involves and how it involves them,' he said. For this to succeed, expectations must be managed: 'Otherwise they could feel ambushed or disappointed by what they find on joining.' (See here for more details about the MFG's conclusions on membership retention.)
Next on the podium, Deputy Metropolitan Grand Master Michael Ward discussed how MFG research into leadership and education showed that many people, if not most, are motivated to join Freemasonry with an expectation of self-development. 'The opportunity for specific leadership and management development tends to emerge as our brethren get into more senior roles,' said Michael, adding that while there is a wealth of information available in all the Provinces, there has been limited sharing of best practices. 'Provinces are consequently reinventing and duplicating.'
Michael believes that there is a window of opportunity to develop and deliver high-quality training material using some of the best practices from around the Provinces. 'This creates a huge potential for us to enrich members' experiences and demonstrate that we have listened to and understood their needs. It also shows that we are committed to modernising while maintaining our traditions,' he said. 'The alternative is to ignore reality and ignore the needs of our members. Our future depends on inspiring and re-energising our membership. This can only be achieved with the full and active support of the Provincial Grand Masters and the Grand Superintendents.'
Malcolm Aish echoed Michael's sentiments when he outlined the MFG's proposed strategy for Freemasonry going forward, which had been circulated to the attendees prior to the meeting. 'The MFG feels a coordinated approach will achieve greater success but it is each Province that should consider its participation and support – for it is you that will implement a large part of the agreed strategy.'
Grand plans
Chairman of the MFG and Deputy President of the BGP, Ray Reed discussed the results from the annual survey for Provincial Grand Masters. He noted that 54 per cent of Provinces are providing training for new masters and 34 per cent for communications officers. 'These must be two of the most important areas because they can make such a massive difference in our Provinces,' said Ray. 'It's essential that we encourage those who don't have training for lodge masters to contemplate giving it.'
In a 30-minute address, Ray touched on the need to innovate and speed up communication, adding that there is broad agreement on what the key areas for development are. 'We're talking about training and educating people, about effective mentoring and about best practice in recruitment, retention and retrieval,' he said. 'The MFG has sought to better understand the problems we face in Freemasonry and we are now ready to move from analysis to implementation.'
Ray ended on a strong message, saying 'a successful future for Freemasonry will only come through quality leadership, consultation and collaboration'.
The presentations at the Pro Grand Master's Annual Briefing Meeting finished with a fitting quote from Henry Ford: 'Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.'


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Ian Kluft is part of the Stratofox Aerospace Tracking and Recovery Team. Ian's group has experience with tracking rockets at Blackrock. Blackrock is a great place to launch rockets, you can launch all day, up to 100,000 feet. It is far enough away from civilizaton that cell phones don't work. They stay in touch via amateur radios.
Stratofox wants to be invited to all the cool rocket launches, and are willing to help.
Stratofox stands for stratosphere fox hunt. It can be harder than a fox hunt to find a lost rocket. Tally Ho!
It has been around 2002. Their first recovery was with Paragon. Stratofox helps track and recover rockets. Ian reviewed their history. They've recovered a rocket that climbed to 20 miles and drifted six miles away from the launch site. Later they recovered a rocket that went to 72 miles and landed 20 miles away from the launch site. They've recovered Stanford BioLaunch balloons.
He encouraged those in the audience to invite Stratofox to come help with launches.
Stratofox is looking for more members. They do training. Ian walked through the steps. A person starts off as an "invitee" and meets with a member. He listed some of the skills they like members to have. It is a volunteer group. They don't have much of a budget. Donations are tax deductable.
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Saturday, October 24, 2009
Bastardy actor blocked
I never got around to seeing Bastardy, the doco on actor Jack Charles. By all accounts it's a brilliant film and Charles is a complicated character whose contributions to Australian theatre have been considerable. His life has been just as dramatic; his hundreds of acting credits are matched by a history of addiction, homelessness, criminal activity and the difficulties of living as both gay and Aboriginal over decades in which both weren't (aren't...) exactly positive calling cards in mainstream Aussie culture. Yesterday I received notice of the following: "LEGENDARY ABORIGINAL ACTOR AND CULTURAL LEADER DENIED ACCESS TO THE UK
Jack was recently invited to speak before a series of screenings of Bastardy at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival- one of the most prestigious documentary festivals in the world.
On the 22nd of October Jack was denied entry to the United Kingdom because of his previous criminal record.
Friends and supporters of Jack are now desperately seeking anyone who can leverage intervention on a federal government level;
Please help give Jack this incredibly important cultural opportunity to speak at this international forum."
The full press release is available here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/lhmtv5
As I say, I haven't seen the film so I can't really comment, but thought the story of interest.
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Disney World is said to be one of the happiest places on earth! Families from all over travel the distance just to spend their vacation enjoying the amusement parks, and gorgeous weather. It is not just families that visit the parks, though. Disney world brings out the kid in adults, too! There's a lot of Disney Tips that you Need to know before you plan your trip though, they will help you save money and have more fun!
Many marriage proposals even take place in front of the magical castle, that makes for a memory that will last forever! However, Disney World is such a large park, and full of many visitors that there is never enough time to experience all of the magic. Here are twenty awesome tips and hacks that will make your future Disney World vacation extra magical. We have some great tips for your FIRST Visit to Disney World too – you won't want to miss these!
20 Disney TIPS to Know Before You Go
#1. Saving money on dining isn't that hard!
While you are researching about the parks, also be sure to check out the restaurants' websites online. Look over their menus, and if you think the food sounds appetizing, book your reservation in advance, to guarantee a table. You can make reservations up to 180 days in advance.
We would eat breakfast at our hotel and take snacks with us to the park to hold us over until a later lunch. We would try to find something reasonably priced and smaller at lunch and then have a larger dinner later that night.
I'm kind of a foodie so I'm always on a lookout for the Best Food at Disney World.
#2. A secret for saving water…
You will want to stay hydrated while you are outside, however purchasing water at the parks can get very expensive. Save money by bringing your own refillable water bottle, and refilling it at the park. You can also get a free cup of water from counter service food spots if you simply ask.
I like to bring water bottles with filters so that we can fill them up at the drinking fountains around the park.
#3. Don't forget to carry markers for autographs.
If you plan on getting autographs from your favorite characters, be sure to bring a Sharpie marker so that it will be darker, and more legible. Packing a couple of extras will not hurt in case you leave one behind.
#4. Don't forget to rent a stroller.
Are you worried about having to bring your stroller on the plane, or leaving it in the stroller parking outside the restaurants, or while waiting in other lines? Rent Strollers from the park. You can even reserve them ahead of time.
#5. Grab a rider switch pass.
This pass is perfect for the family with a baby, and older children. Obviously, one parent will always have to stay off of the ride, to hold the baby. However, as soon as the ride is over, the rider switch pass allows the person holding the baby to swap with the adult that just went. This allows the other parent to get back on the ride with the older kids. No more waiting in line twice.
#6. Download the Disney App ASAP!
Download the Disney app to your smartphone. You will have access to maps of all the parks, the ability to make or change reservations, and even character wait times at the tip of your fingers, the entire trip!
#7. Bring in your own snacks!
You are allowed to bring light snacks, as long as your cooler is small enough. Make sure not to pack any glass bottles, and pack some paper cups, as you will not be able to bring in juice box straws.
We like to grab a few boxes of granola bars, fruit snacks and even some fresh fruit to throw in our backpack. Just remember NO CHOCOLATE – it will melt in the Florida heat! Finding out that we could bring our own snacks into the park was one of the BEST Disney Tips ever!
#8. Riding the Safari?
Do you plan to go on the Safari? If so, sit at the back! When you turn around to see animals that you missed you will have a much better view, instead of turning around to basically see other passengers.
#9. Buy Disney Entertainment gift cards at Target.
If you have a Target REDcard you can purchase Disney entertainment gift cards and get 5% off with your card. It may not be huge savings, but every little bit counts, especially when you are already going to be spending so much on your trip. Doing this will help you stay on budget at Disney World!
#10. Don't forget to ask where your favorite characters are hiding.
If your little ones have their heart set on seeing Anna and Else, stop by the information desks. The attendants cantankerous a look at their tablets to find when and where to find all of your favorite characters.
Also, your kids might LOVE Jedi Training Academy at Hollywood Studios but you need to know how to get them in so check out our post!
#11. Head to the back of the park, to get on the rides first.
If you arrive early, head straight to the back of the park as you enter the gates. Most people just want to get right on the rides, so they will jump in the first line they see, meaning the further back you go, the smaller the lines will be.
If we're at Magic Kingdom, we like to jump on the train and ride it to the back of the park and start there.
#12. Go during the off-peak season.
Disney's busiest times are when the kids are out of school. Avoid going in the summer or over winter break if you are looking to fight smaller crowds. January and September are great months to go.
We have gone during February and it was pretty quiet as well as the first week in December!
#13. Don't wait until official dinner times to eat at restaurants.
Most people wait until the end of their day at the parks to sit down at the restaurants. If you want a shorter wait at the restaurant and possibly better prices, go earlier in the day, for your meals!
#14. Make your FastPass Reservations as early as possible.
You can do this 30 days before your big arrival. And you will definitely want to do this early, because everyone entering the park will have three free passes to reserve, just like you!
#15. Ride the popular rides, while everyone else is eating dinner.
At dinner time, the lines will be slightly shorter, because, well, everyone will be eating. So while everyone is sitting down in the restaurants, head over to your favorite ride.
Or skip the parades and ride the rides! Everyone is stopping to watch the parades so you'll have shorter waits in line!
#16. Pack an extra pair of shoes for the park.
Shoes can take up precious space in your luggage, but your tootsies will thank you after a long, sweaty day at the park. Wearing a different pair the next day will allow your other ones to air out.
#17. Use your Fast Passes wisely.
It does not make much sense to reserve your FastPass in the morning when the lines are just beginning to grow. Use them during the busiest hours, to make the most of them.
#18. Don't head to the Magic Kingdom for fireworks.
The fireworks display will be much more enjoyable if you are not scrunched next to tons of people. Instead of going into the Magic Kingdom for the show, view them from a distance. The Polynesian Resort is a great place to see them from a distance.
If it's your first time to Disney, make sure you DO NOT miss the fireworks! I cry every time, they're so magical!
#19, Get to the parks early.
You may be thinking that everyone is just as eager as you are, but in reality, a lot of the guests that stay on site are likely still sleeping, or just rolling out of bed when the parks open. Get to the parks early before they really start getting packed.
BEST DISNEY TIPS – If your kids want to do the Jedi Training you need to be to Hollywood 60 minutes before they open! Trust me!!
#20. Download Line Apps
There are a handful of apps out there that will tell you the estimated wait times for rides. This is useful if you have a short amount of time to kill before your next reservation. Matter-of-fact, this information is available right on the Disney App itself.
There you have it, 20 Disney tips that will help your vacation be even more successful!
Portable Misting Fan – It's HOT in Florida and the lines can be really long. These seemed crazy when on our first trip when I saw people using them but quickly realized that we needed our own!
Autograph Book – Instead of spending $20 for a book at Disney make sure you buy one ahead of time!
Disney Costumes – Especially if you have a little girl who wants to look like a princess! These costumes are quite expensive at Disney so do yourself a favor and get one before you go!
Portable Cell Phone Charger – I travel with these everywhere but especially at Disney because there are very few places to charge your phone and you may need it to locate your party if you split up!


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Convicted deputy now suing 'Codfather' for $600,000
A trip that was meant to end with Antonio Freitas asking his girlfriend to marry him in France, instead resulted in the former Bristol County deputy getting convicted of a felony and now filing a $600,000 lawsuit against Carlos Rafael. Rafael's web of crimes entangled Freitas and a captain at the Bristol County Sheriff's Office, but Freitas is claiming his association with the fishing mogul was far worse than what a jury convicted him of. >click to read<


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Patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) frequently experience anxiety, fear, uncertainty, hopelessness, and limitations in daily activities, according to a global survey conducted by the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim.
"We know a lot about the physiological changes that occur in IPF but surveys like this help us to better understand the psychological burden," Marlies Wijsenbeek, pulmonologist at Erasmus MC in the Netherlands, said in a press release.
"While medical care is available to help slow the progression of IPF right after diagnosis, it is also crucial that patients are given emotional support from the earliest stage possible to help minimize anxiety associated with the disease. In daily practice we need to continuously remind ourselves that we are not just treating lungs, we are treating people," Wijsenbeek added.
The survey was designed to assess patients' concerns about IPF progression and about living with the disease. According to Boehringer Ingelheim, more than 150 patients from nine countries completed the survey.
Results showed that one of the biggest concerns among patients are IPF exacerbations. Of those surveyed, 39% said they are worried about experiencing an acute exacerbation. Another 22% said they are extremely worried. Patients said they are concerned that disease progression can quickly reduce survival chances.
Some patients also were concerned about the physical limitations associated with IPF, and they worried about how to maintain an active life, and for how long they would be able to do so. For some, it is important to accept and to learn how to live with the disease.
Therefore, it is important that IPF patients receive support beyond medication therapies. This could include enrolling in pulmonary rehabilitation programs, changing certain aspects of diet, and following an exercise plan that is appropriate for the disease and its treatment.
Patients also need to be encouraged to talk to their doctors about their concerns, as well as to other healthcare professionals such as psychologists and physiotherapists.
"A strong support network is vital for patients with IPF to help address the full impact of the disease," said Marianne Seiter, an interstitial lung disease nurse at Thoraxklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, in Germany.
"Nurses, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, can help patients take a proactive approach to managing their condition through a range of care options. With appropriate support we can work together to help patients maintain the best quality of life possible," Seiter added.
Patients may also benefit from sharing their worries with family and joining support groups to cope with their disease.
"As IPF patients, we know our lungs will deteriorate and it will be hard to breathe, but we don't know when that is going to happen," said Stephen Jones, an IPF patient from the U.K. "This can create a lot of worry and anxiety. It is important that we make the very best of the wide range of available support from healthcare professionals and patient groups, as well as close family and friends."
Boehringer Ingelheim is the manufacturer of Ofev (nintedanib), an approved therapy for IPF treatment, and is currently conducting clinical trials to study the treatment's effects in patients with interstitial lung disease associated with other conditions beyond IPF, such as systemic sclerosis and progressive fibrosing interstitial lung diseases.