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The importance of SMEs in the European economy is not to be overlooked, as they account for 99% of European businesses and employ up to 90 million people. The current situation of European SMEs is in the basis of several reports by governments, academic researchers and even the private sector. Microsoft and Hult International Business School's report 'In Good Company' is one of the latest documents detailing European SMEs' practices, opportunities and challenges. The report has a particular focus on SMEs' attitudes towards their main goals and their vision on digitisation.
The report has shown that European SMEs differ among them when defining keywords such as 'success' and 'growth'. For instance, Danish, Dutch and Polish SMEs lead on defining growth as "pursuit of passion"; meanwhile, other countries such as Greece, Czech Republic and Hungary are inclined towards a definition which is closer to "making more money every year". Even more surprising is the fact that, overall, European SMEs are more concerned about being known by indicators such as "quality of services" and "quality of products", rather than of "speed of innovation". This comes to show that a stable, quality-based business is often more important than having a reputation of being an innovator.
As Mr. Eleftherios, from Alice & Logan, a Germany-based SME has stated:
"Some people have an idea to make some money quickly, then there are brands that do things because they enjoy them. Of course I want the business to grow so that I can make a living out of it, but in a way that I can keep track of it so that it is fun and I enjoy it"[1].
Microsoft and Hult highlight the opportunities on digitisation, which encompasses great prospects for SMEs and can make them more competitive in local, European and International markets. Nevertheless, "only 41% of companies agreed that they spend what they should on IT, 37% agreed that they spend too little and the rest did not know". This comes to show that , even though it presents itself as a possibility to increase productivity and competitiveness, digitisationis yet to be regarded as a priority for entrepreneurs.
Just as well, Microsoft's "Walking In Your Shoes" article lists some recommendations that can help SMEs to benefit from digital tools, which include:
- Defining one's own vision of success;
- Putting technology at the core;
- Working smarter, not harder; and making digitisation a concrete idea.
You can read Microsoft's full "In Good Company" report here. Microsoft's "Walking in Your Shoes" article is also available online.
[1] Microsoft and Hult International Business School (2017) "In Good Company. A Study of SMEs Across Europe by Microsoft with Hult International Business School". Accessed 12/06/2017, available [online]


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Osram Sylvania continues to light up a variety of architectural projects. Pictured is its recent work with Van Nuys, CA-based Moody Ravitz Hollingsworth on a new-generation Sega GameWorks center in Columbus, OH, which has a club, rather than an arcade, feel. This is due in part to its use of more kinetic 50W PAR-30 and 120W PAR-38 Capsylite halogen lamps as a base. The new design is now standard for the chain, including 11 new properties in the US, Brazil, and Guam.
Closer to home, in Danvers, MA, March 29, the company invited media representatives, including LD, to its $2 million Lightpoint center, a six-year-old facility for lighting education. There, the firm announced its new wares for this month's Lightfair show and discussed future trends in illumination; the day-long session included a talk on organic LEDs and phosphorescent materials by Sheila Kennedy, AIA, principal of Kennedy & Violinch Architecture and associate professor of architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design.
Announcements included Sylvania Tru-Color lamps, available in every major product line (including fluorescent, CFL, HID, and halogen) providing reliable color over the life of the system, according to Dwight Kitchen, the firm's commercial engineering manager. Lamps include the Metalarc Ceramic family of metal-halides, combining conventional pulse technology with "bulgy" ceramic arc tube designs, and Octron 800 XP Ecologic extended performance T8 fluorescents with a high CRI of 84, 20% longer life, and higher initial and maintained lumens over conventional T8s.
The firm has also bulked up its energy-efficient lamps and ballast systems offerings. Options include Quicktronic T8 electronic ballasts which, when coupled with Octron T8 lamps, can provide at least a 30% reduction in energy costs over T12 magnetic systems in environments like stores and office buildings.
LED modules, in surface-mount and other varieties, are another hot item, for effects lighting and marker lights for walkways, steps, and seating. The firm has developed Backlights, for commercial signage. Its DALI (Digital Addressable Lighting Interface), a lighting management system incorporating daylighting techniques for a more energy-efficient office environment, was also discussed as the firm prepares for Lightfair.

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Capitol Hill's state Rep. Nicole Macri won't be able to deliver an end to Washington's ban on rent control this year. Her legislation to repeal the ban on rent regulation in the state died in committee last week in Olympia.
The 43rd District representative didn't address the defeat in her most recent update to constituents but she did count down some of the legislation she has sponsored aimed "keep people in their homes" including HB 1570, a bill to make a state real estate transaction fee permanent "to fund crucial housing services like emergency, DV, youth and young adult shelters; eviction prevention, move-in assistance and allows rental vouchers to be used in both for-profit and nonprofit homes."
As for rent control, in 2015, the Seattle City Council passed a resolution calling for the statute to be changed and arguing municipalities should have the power to pass laws that "increase the supply of rent-restricted units and that protect tenants from sudden and dramatic rent increases, without causing a negative impact on the quality or quantity of housing supply." Seattle Met's Hayat Norimine reports that, despite the setback, city officials are optimistic the mood might be shifting in Olympia.
You can hear more from Macri plus her counterparts Rep. Frank Chopp and Sen. Jamie Pedersen at the 2018 43rd District Town Hall:


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The federal debt limit does not affect the state of New Jersey, per se. But the frequent brinkmanship over it in Washington could eventually lead to loss of federal dollars to our budget if an extension of the debt limit is not approved. If the federal policymakers do one constructive thing this year, eliminating altogether the debt limit — and the requirement that it periodically be adjusted by Congress — would be a good start.
The U.S. treasury technically hit the statutory debt limit of $22 trillion in March of this year, but took the usual "extraordinary actions," such as deferring payments into Civil Service and Postal Retirement Funds, in order to provide the necessary cash to make budgetary expenditures.
Currently, the debate over the debt-ceiling extension is being combined with political maneuvering related to spending caps, lagging tax revenues, long-term deficit projections and the related impact on the U.S. and global bond markets. Best guess is that, unless Congress votes to raise the ceiling, a default could occur in September, 2019. This political wrangling benefits no one and a failure to meet debt requirements is even worse than closing down the government again — the most recent test of chicken played by both parties.
Debt-ceiling politics is simply gamesmanship; encourages needless brinkmanship and it endangers the creditworthiness of the U.S. government. To paraphrase former Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke — refusing to raise the debt limit is unacceptable no matter what the reason.
I propose we eliminate it altogether. Here's how with some background:
What is the debt ceiling? Raising the debt-ceiling is not about spending more money. It is about paying for what already has been approved and spent. Furthermore, the rational and apolitical way to address permanently this issue is simply to eliminate the current debt-limit process. Sounds scandalous? Not really.
Each year the president proposes a budget — actual spending is approved later only when Congress passes a series of appropriation bills with the president's signature. If all goes well, spending commences on Oct. 1. (Nothing ever goes well; but that is another story.)
The federal government has had budget deficits in 44 of the last 48 years — where expenditures exceed revenues.
How do we pay our bills when revenue is not sufficient? We borrow. The cumulative total of all previous annual deficits has aggregated to over $22 trillion of debt. In some years the deficit has been as large as $1.4 trillion (FY 2009 fiscal crisis). The last budget under President Obama had a $550 billion deficit. The gap between receipts and expenditures is projected to reach the $1 trillion level again before the end of this fiscal year.
What happens if the debt ceiling is not raised? While it's possible, the government will not likely default on its debt payments. That action would be unprecedented and would severely damage the long-term credit-rating of the government. Most likely other bills would not be paid — maybe Social Security checks, maybe Medicare payments, maybe salaries. Somebody would need to prioritize bill paying so that debt payments on bonds could be made.
What's the problem with prioritizing bills? Can you imagine the politics around that issue? Furthermore, prioritization of bill paying is really default by another name as the government is choosing not to pay its IOUs. All claims are backed by the credit of the government. Can you imagine the claims against the government? More important, the once-golden credit of the U.S. government would be compromised, resulting in higher interest rates and more politics.
How often has the debt ceiling been raised? The debt ceiling has been increased 87 times since 1959 as ultimately Congress and the president reach an agreement. And, always, the delay is strictly political. The rhetoric is always the irresponsibleness of the guy in the White House or the other political party. During Obama's tenure, the Republicans withheld raising the debt ceiling unless he eliminated the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Eventually wiser heads prevailed as the president would not budge on the ACA. Curiously, when President Obama was Sen. Obama he threatened not to raise the debt ceiling when George Bush was president!
Doesn't the debt ceiling solve the problem of runaway deficits? An argument that is usually made is that our debt is now almost 100 percent of gross domestic product and is projected by the Congressional Budget Office to increase to 185 percent of the nation's total output by 2040 and therefore adherence to the debt limit would solve the problem.
It does not. The solution to debt is to limit spending — or to raise taxes. Each year Congress and the president approve spending and revenue and those decisions determine the debt that must be issued. If budgets were lower or taxes higher, debt would decrease.
We could certainly have a discussion about what is driving spending (mostly Social Security, Medicare/Medicaid and defense) and how reducing these costs would lower the amount of debt. But that is another discussion.
Why we should eliminate the debt ceiling: I argue the debt-ceiling debate is counterproductive. It's politically driven. It has no rational reason for existing. And it plays no constructive role in budget policy. Think of it this way — if Congress and the president approve spending bills that result in a deficit, they have explicitly agreed that more debt is needed to pay bills.
What needs to happen? When appropriation bills are enacted the statutory debt ceiling should automatically increase to pay for bills that are consistent with the assumptions in the spending bills. That's not difficult logic but it's ignored for political reasons.
This change will stop the needless and unproductive rain dance that happens periodically.
And, we need to address rationally and realistically the long-range fiscal problems facing the country. Thoughtful practitioners, academics and politicians have produced reams of reports to deal with the issue, but the approaches — tax increases and significant program changes — always stops the process from moving forward.


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Laser Cutter Notes
Release status: unknown
turnkey or DIY laser-cutter toolheads
|CAD Models
|External Link
- 1 RepRap Research/Writeups
- 2 Background
- 3 Cost Estimate
- 4 Components
- 5 Usage
- 6 Capacity/Specifications
- 7 Requirements
- 8 Cutting speed
- 9 Health and Safety
- 10 Similar projects
- 11 External links
RepRap Research/Writeups
See the Laser Cutter Working email@example.com for discussion.
Cost Estimate
- comercial 'naked' diodelaser with [email protected] and 0.1mm atached glass fibre: ~230 Euros (in quantities above 5 pcs).
- turnkey-system with [email protected], a visible red pilot-laser and jack for the glass fibre: ~1000 Euros (in quantities above 5 pcs).
Laser Light Sources
- Different laserdiodes:
1 watt pigtail diode laser with optical head (focus ~50 microns):
- Complete modules:
5 watt pigtail diode laser with 4xLM317-driver atached and lighting on a beam-indicator without optics:
complete 5 watt pigtail diode laser-module with 4x or 5x LM317-driver, MOSFET, microcontroller, armored tube and an optic head - prototype on the left, V2 on the right:
- Applications:
'real blue' 445nm-diode with 1Ampere current and roughly 1Watt output power. - left = focussed beam, middle = burning without filter, right = UV-filterplate:
1. Laser-source:
- CO2-lasertube ... sealed (RF) or 'naked' glass-tube
- diode-laser ... best with atached glass fibre (=pigtailed)
- ...
beam-feeding optics
2. beam-feeding optics:
- CO2: - mirrors
- diode-lasers: - glass fibre and/or lenses and mirrors
- ...
focussing optics
3. focussing optics:
- CO2: - Germanium- or ZnSe-lens for CO2-laser ... concave mirror is possible too
- diode-lasers: - 'normal' optical lenses
- ...
3.1. Embedding a Pilotlaser as guide or beam-indicator:
power source and output-power control
- Main article: Bright Light Circuit
4. power-source:
- CO2: - mostly monolithic PS, good when below 40 Volts for RF-CO2-lasers, 'naked' and DIY-CO2-tubes need above 1000 Volts
- diode-lasers: - constant-current-driver (e.g. more LM317 in parallel)
- a 5xLM317-driver with switching MOSFET:
- modified driver with 2xLM317 with 1Ampere each and 3xLM338 with 2, 2, and 2.6 Ampere for free combinations from 1 to 8.6 Amps:
- ...
5. output-power controller:
- CO2: - embedded in RF-CO2-lasers - mostly TTL-input capable of switching the laser output with some ten kHz
- diode-lasers: - current-modulation and/or PWM-switching for diode-lasers until some kHz
- diode-lasers: - AOM (AcoustoOpticalModulator) switching until some hundred kHz
- ...
6. controlling the output-power:
- generating geometrically defined pulses from the XY-clocks of the CNC-controller:
- calculating the needed power relative to moving speed of the laser focus
- ...
air jet
While not strictly necessary, many laser cutters have a blow a jet of air at the point being cut. Is it better to use (a) relatively cool room-temperature air, or (b) hot air?
CO2-laser cutting acrylic:
- cutting:
- brazing / hard soldering:
- similar to an inkjet-printer, where many nozzles ar aligned in an array to print many dot-lines synchrone, you can align multiple diode-lasers in an array to process parallel lines simultanuous.
With falling prices of laserdiodes it should be possible to build a head with 8 hating/burning spots in a line with a distance of 5mm (diameter of typical small collimator-lenses) between them (or less, when arranging in a zigzag-array) in a DIY-range below 1000 Euros.
With a software separating the processing data for the single lasers you can speedup the time per sheet along with the count of lasers ...
- Power
- Nitrogen tank or clean dry compressed air.
Cutting speed
The primary factors affecting cutting speed v are laser beam power P, the material being cut and its thickness h. The dependence of v on P and h is approximately proportional, i.e. severance energy P/hv is approximately constant for a fixed material and cutting process. Severance energy can be thought of as the laser beam energy needed to make a cut of 1 mm2 area (i.e. 1 mm cut length × 1 mm thickness). Note that 1 Watt power is 1 Joule of energy per second, so a 36 W laser should cut 3 mm acrylic sheet (P/hv=1.2 J/mm2) at the speed of about v = P/h / (P/hv) = (36 W) / (3 mm) / (1.2 J/mm2)=10 mm/sec.
| Typical severance
energy (J/mm2)
| Min-max severance
energies (J/mm2)
|Acrylic sheet
Health and Safety
Laser-goggles are essential when working with lasers!
This laser-goggles have blocking ranges of 700-1100nm (for diode-lasers and NdYAG) and 10600nm (for CO2-lasers)
Fumes and vapours are extremely toxic and carcinogenic!
You can absorb the toxic vapours by exhausting the fuming area through a charcoalabsorber - e.g. the disc-shaped filters often used in deep fat fryers, or filtering units for soldering ...
Common laser-fume absorbers are really big parts but much more capable than absorbers for soldering vapours:
When using inert (and other) gases in an enclosed room you have to test for leakage or monitor the oxygen-concentration in the room.
Similar projects
There are some similar projects to create an Open Source laser cutter, some of them already shipping devices:
- LaserSaur (see Bill of Material, G-Code driver,Arduino Shield, and Application)
- LaosLaser (see http://wiki.laoslaser.org/)
- http://forums.reprap.org/read.php?133,109411
- how to build a Router Laser CNC using some part from old printers
External links
- Optical Density Calculator to find out which kind of goggles you need.
- ↑ Steen, Mazumder. Laser Material Processing, 4th ed, Springer-Verlag, 2010.


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February 12th, 2019Student Accommodation News
Rental growth in the UK student accommodation sector has been positive in the 2018/19 academic year, according to Knight Frank's UK Student Housing: Rental Update 2018/19.
The headline statistic is that rental growth across the UK student accommodation market was 2.26% for 2018/19. This is slightly down on the figure of 2.55% growth recorded for 2017/18, but overall it is only a small decline in the rate of growth. Overall the market is still growing strongly – and that is despite significant and increasing development activity bringing new product to market.
Of course, this is the average figure and it is always worth delving a little deeper in order to find where the best growth is happening.
Predictably it is cities with large, growing student populations and a current shortage of accommodation are where to find the best returns. Manchester is a perfect example of this, with other cities like Liverpool, Leeds, Nottingham, Newcastle and Sunderland also providing investors with great rental yields.
In contrast, the Knight Frank report cites Plymouth as a city with a high level of existing stock and a stronger development pipeline. For understandable reasons, this is reducing returns for some student accommodation in the city – but all that means is that you need to pick and choose your investment more carefully than normal. If you can find a premium investment opportunity in a unique setting which is close to the city centre and the university, then you do not have much to worry about.
So – you have decided where to buy; what type of student accommodation should you purchase?
The cheapest type of apartment is a student 'pod' with no en-suite facilities, but the average rents for those are the lowest, standing at £151 per week in London and £109 per week outside the capital. The most common type of room is the student 'pod' with en-suite facilities which rent for an average of £199 per week in London and £126 in the regions. Finally, full student studios tend to be the most expensive to purchase but come with the highest average rents - £294 per week in London and £175 in the rest of the country.
Knight Frank notes that there is a slight move away from the larger studios amongst current development, however the majority of the product being delivered is still towards the premium end of the market.
Whilst this push towards premium units may make it harder to find investment units at the cheaper end of the scale, it may help to increase rental returns in the long run. If the larger studios become the de facto norm, then it is likely that students will continue to compete for the best units and pay a higher rent in order to secure it.
This is a good time to be investing in student accommodation, and it is likely that the gains recorded by Knight Frank will continue. For those looking at their next investment, make sure to follow the market and put your money into a city with a growing student base, and consider a premium unit to maximise rental yields.


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Photo by Dante Fontana
Having first purchased handspun yarn unknowingly while learning quickly that crocheting was not the craft for her, Lexi Boeger kept buying the yarn simply because she was drawn to it.
When she returned to Lofty Lou's on Main Street for more, the owner had to tell her there wasn't any; she had made it herself, so it was unique and irreplaceable. "Classic me never asked, 'What's this for?' I didn't care, I had my own idea for it," says Boeger. "Once Lou showed me what spinning was, something in me was like, 'I have to do that!'"
Eleven years later, that's exactly what she's done as owner of Pluckyfluff, her handspun yarn company. As a basic function, Pluckyfluff sells handspun yarn – yarn made by hand from fibers in their natural state. The ancient craft that has grown and adapted through the years and in modern times, as the needs diminished, has made room for artistic expression to run free.
"What I've done is taken traditional techniques and exploited them to be used in a creative manner so it's more of a fiber art," Boeger says. "They're often not functional at all, but it's introducing a modern sensibility of creativity into an ancient craft."
Indeed, people have used her handspun yarn for a variety of things from socks to artwork. They've created garments by using the yarn to knit and crochet, as well as in artwork and soft sculpture, and also by hanging it on the wall as-is. Boeger personally uses her yarn as an art installation by putting it into a space and letting it transform even further. This is precisely what she has done for her showing Stranded at Placerville's UpStairs Gallery (through May 15) with fellow fiber-based artists Claudine Granthem and Oran Miller.
In addition to her installations, Boeger is the author of two books – Intertwined: The Art of Handspun Yarn, Modern Patterns and Creative Spinning and Handspun Revolution. With a third in the works, she also travels around the globe holding spinning workshops called "Camp Pluckyfluff." Most recently hosted in Australia, her pay-what-you-can workshop will also be held locally this year over Labor Day weekend and private lessons are always available.
Although a $6 spindle and some wool can get any novice started, Boeger recommends a beginning lesson at Lofty Lou's, which she describes as a valuable resource for spinners as well as The Hangtown Fibers Guild.
There's been a big resurgence and interest in handcrafts throughout our culture as a whole. Unlike commercial yarn, handspun yarn tells a story – it's unique and unpredictable. When Boeger started selling her yarn on eBay in 2001, there were only two other suppliers, now there is an entire handspun yarn category. "Handspun yarn is following on the heels of this new craft revolution. I mean, every kid on the street's knitting now," says Boeger. "We actually live in a weaving and spinning rich community…who knew?"
For more information, visit pluckyfluff.com.


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Summer Skiing and Southern California's Switzer-land
Summer Skiing and Southern California's Switzer-land
L.A. as Subject's latest contribution to KCET's SoCal Focus blog features archived photographs from the several member institutions related to Southern California's so-called golden age of hiking:
As spring warms into summer, many Southern Californians are returning to the local mountains to enjoy the fresh air, tranquil settings, and opportunities for physical exercise. In doing so, they join a long tradition of hiking, camping, fishing, and other recreational activities in our region's mountain ranges.
Regional boosters exploited the mountains' abundant opportunities for recreation, extolling—as some Angeleños still do today—the ability to play in the surf in the morning and on sylvan hillsides in the afternoon.
In the late nineteenth century, many who responded to the boosters' appeals settled near the base of the San Gabriel Mountains in Pasadena. In 1884, one such man, a health seeker named Commodore Perry Switzer, opened a fifteen mile trail up the Arroyo Seco to a pristine mountain playground of crystal pools and deep gorges. Switzer built a camp near a seventy-foot waterfall. The settlement became famous as "Switzer-land", and, as Charles Frederick Holder wrote in All about Pasadena and Its Vicinity (1889), was "visited by nearly every person who tarries in Southern California."
Keep reading the full post on the KCET website.


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In addition to the elves' squalid abodes, they also needed some dank caves to toil within all the live-long day. I used the excavator to establish the scale of the various rock formations, and then cut them out of pink insulation foam.
I made the cuts at an angle to make everything slope slightly upward.
Each cliff piece would be built out of multiple layers of foam. Each time I finished a layer, I turned it upside-down and traced its shape onto the foam, then drew a new line that would become the next layer up. A smart person would have used two different-coloured markers for this, but I have a bad brain that doesn't always work, so instead I tries to use tick marks to indicate which lines were for reference and which were actual cut lines, which turned out to be SUPER CONFUSING. >_<
But, whatever. The final rock formation looked pretty sweet. 🙂
Once it was all cut out and glued together, I brought everything outside to sand down the sides and corners. I didn't want it to be completely smooth, but I wanted to conceal the flaked-off styrofoam and the obvious knife marks.
Not great, not terrible. "Good enough."
I wanted to paint the hills with spraypaint to save time, and I knew this would require sealing everything first with Mod Podge to prevent the spray from just eating away the foam. However, I REEEEEEALLY didn't want to brush Podge over all of the irregularly-shaped rocks, so instead, I tried shooting it through my airbrush.
And to my mild surprise… this worked. 😀 You have to dilute the podge quite a bit, crank up the air pressure, and clean the airbrush immediately after to avoid gluing it shut, but the podge does spray quite nicely and coats very evenly. I'll definitely be doing this again for future terrain projects. 😀
Everything was sprayed with dark brown Rustoleum camouflage paint (basically, it's just normal paint with a nearly dead matte), then highlighted with dark grey, light grey, and white, all out of spraycans.
However, I wasn't satisfied with merely surrounding my village with plain grey rocks. I was building a magical present mine, so I needed some whimsical rainbow present ore, dagnabbit. >:(
And because magic = lights, I bought some battery-powered Christmas lights from the dollar store, and set to work embedding them on the underside of my cliffs.
The string I bought had a few too many lights for what I needed, so I had to really cram all of the lights in to fit them all. They were all just roughly glued into place with very large amounts of hot glue.
I had a few of the lights poke through to the top because it looked cool.
Once the lights were in place, I needed to add the presents. Fortunately, dollar stores sell these tiny present decorations, which are bits of foam wrapped in shiny cellophane, with gold string tied around them as bows. They're super cheap and make great atmospheric decorations for stupid projects like this. 🙂
The presents nearest to the surface were embedded into the styrofoam by cutting rectangular holes and gluing the presents into them.
Other ones deeper down were simply glued to the surface. I wanted to cover most of the visible LEDs so that their light was illuminating and bouncing off of the presents without being directly visible to the viewer.
Final result: totally badass. 😀
A second, smaller ore vein had even less room to fit all the LEDs, so there's basically just a massive wad of lights crammed in under the foam with no attempt to make it look good. This mess then required a super dense coverage of presents to hide it. Not my finest work, but whatever, it did the job. 😛
The last major detail I needed for my village was a rail system and mine carts to move the mined ore around. For the mine carts, I designed a simple trapezoidal box template, traced it onto foamcore, and cut out six copies with a knife.
I then stuck them together with hot glue.
I didn't want to make my own wheels for the carts, so instead I bought a cheap pack of plastic cars from the dollar store.
I clipped the cars apart with hobby clippers, taking care to leave the wheels attached to the axles.
Foam was cut away from the carts to give the wheels space to slot into them.
The axles were glued underneath, with a strip of paper sealing them into place.
I wanted the carts to be full of ore, so I built some small chunks of rock in the same way as the cliffs above, impaling them on wooden skewers to make them easier to paint.
Presents were jammed into these rocks…
…and then the rocks were glued inside the carts. A strip of ribbon around each cart completed the look.
Mine carts need tracks to run around on, so as the very last stage in this project, I set about making some of those.
The Michaels near me was COMPLETELY out of white and brown craft foam, however, so I was left to desperately rummage for something to build tracks out of. All I could find in my apartment for the rail bases was cardstock paper. It was nowhere near sturdy enough and would absolutely curl over time, but it was all I had, so I sighed and got to work.
To make the curved track sections, I just drew a smooth curve freehand onto the paper, and then used a ruler to measure and mark ticks 2.5″ away from it as a guideline for the other side, which I then connected together. I made a variety of different curvy shapes to let me arrange the tracks into different layouts.
Using a sponge, I applied dark brown paint down the center of each track segment.
I then needed to build the actual tracks. For the wooden railroad ties, I used the Silhouette to cut a 1ft square of craft foam into 2″ x 1/4″ segments, then spraypainted the entire sheet dark brown.
I cut these out with a pair of scissors, and then glued them over the paper curves with white glue.
The rails were also cut out by the Silhouette (the first pass, anyway); I happened to have some actual grey for this one.
The flexible foam rails turned out to be fairly easy to bend into shape, and were glued down to the ties with hot glue.
Final result: not sturdy at all, but they look pretty sweet.
"Good enough".
OH, RIGHT. Random last detail: to make the board functional, a bunch of the buildings needed ladders. Ladders are super fiddly and gross to build, so I built the fastest version I could think of. First I used foamcore spacers to keep both ends evenly separated…
…and then glued thin strips of craft foam between them. A quick coat of spraypaint, and they were… say it with me… "Good Enough". 😛
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Perfect location for us. Steamboat has wonderful restaurants, shops, and beautiful Colorado views.
This Bear Creek Lodge town home is a spacious 3 bedroom, 2 1/2 Bath unit with over 1,800 square feet of living space. There is plenty of room for your entire family to relax while on vacation in Steamboat Springs. The main floor of the town home has a very open feeling as if flows from the kitchen to the dining area and across to the living room with a river rock gas fireplace. The kitchen area has plenty of space for 2 or 3 people to help prepare your family's meal and there is also additional seating at the bar area if you are entertaining friends during your stay. The kitchen is also fully stocked with all your cooking needs. The main living room has plenty of seating around the fireplace and a flat screen TV. There are 3 porches off the town home with plenty of shade from large mature trees. It is not uncommon to see wildlife resting in this area when the snow gets deep on the nearby mountain. When you are ready to hit the slopes for some skiing or snowboarding, there is a shuttle stop located ½ block down from this unit. This shuttle stops by every 20 minutes and can take you back and forth between the Steamboat Ski Resort and your vacation home (base of ski resort is only 3 blocks away).
The bedrooms are all located on the 2nd floor of the town home, with a queen in the master bedroom, a queen in the 2nd bedroom and 2 twin beds in the 3rd bedroom. The master bedroom also has an attached master bathroom with shower and jetted tub. There is a shared full bathroom off the hallway for the other bedrooms and a commercial size washer and dryer in the laundry room. There is also a 1/2 bath on the main floor.
There is an attached two car heated garage, so you don't have to worry about clearing the snow off your car when the snow piles up outside! There is also plenty of room to store your skis/snowboard and related gear when you get back from the slopes.
**Pets Allowed with Security deposit and signed waiver**
Perfect location for us. Steamboat has wonderful restaurants, shops, and beautiful Colorado views.
We thoroughly enjoyed our three night stay. The townhome was very spacious, clean, all the dishes that you can imagine and allowed dogs. Nice location in a friendly, low key residential neighborhood. We had our own vehicle but I understand it to be close to public transportation. I would return! Thank you for allowing us to visit.
The property was clean, very comfortable and spacious. Enjoyed walking our dog on the nearby trails and the neighbors were very friendly! Our dog was very curious about what was behind the locked owner's closet in the master bedroom. Must be some dog treats stashed there!


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Craftsvilla.com sets aside Rs 10 Cr for seller financing
The marketplace has already facilitated loans of Rs 10 lakh each to about 100 vendors through this initiative.
Craftsvilla plans to offer video buying for online shopping
The startup claims to have seen an increasing number of customers from tier 2 and 3 cities, approximately a 30-50% rise in transactions.
Did all the things a startup shouldn't do: Craftsvilla co-founder Manoj Gupta
"It's never easy to lay off people, our first two years were chaotic, we ate through our funds, sold our home and did all the things a startup shouldn't do," says Manoj Gupta.
Craftsvilla to launch ten experience centers by March 2016
The first two experience centres will be set up in Mumbai and will be followed by three in Delhi, two in Bangalore, one in Chennai, one in Hyderabad.
Craftsvilla sets aside Rs 65 Cr to acquire startups to enhance customer experience
Craftsvilla.com has set aside a little over a quarter from its latest round of funding to acquire technology startups that will complement its business.


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March Reads
In line with my 2018 goals of reading more books and my Lenten goal of not watching Netflix, I am happy to report that for the first time since Elizabeth was born (almost two years!), I have read four books in one month. To be completely honest, I'm not certain that I've read more than… Read More March Reads


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After 120 years CA's Jelly Belly still setting supply chain and efficiency examplePosted by Gino DiCaro, VP, Communications on Aug. 17, 2018
This week CompanyWeek and CMTA bring you a profile on California's iconic 120-year old Jelly Belly Candy Company. Under the leadership of fifth generation CEO Lisa Brasher the company is expanding into new markets and categories, requiring new supply chain efficiencies, and remains an international powerhouse among the confectionery industry.
Jelly Belly produces a whopping 15 billion jelly beans a year. With more than 100 flavors, including a line of organic beans, the company needed to improve efficiencies to keep up with delivery times. "We don't limit our commitment to innovation to candy making," says Brasher. "We extend this to the supply chain too. Over the years, we have developed new relationships with vendors from ingredient suppliers, to shipping and logistics, to keep our company running as efficiently as possible. In the last few years, we have worked with a third-party logistics provider to improve delivery times to the Midwest and East Coast. Gone are the days of three to five days to deliver to these accounts, and that improves our retailers' businesses and ours."
Just like so many California manufacturers Jelly Belly and Brasher are constantly improving its supply chain, but Brasher also uses technology to find efficiencies elsewhere in the system. "We look for opportunities across the board to improve efficiency by investing in technology," says Brasher. "For example, we have further automated our packaging process by developing a number of different package types, all with different needs to pack efficiently. Automation has allowed us to improve accuracy and output. Ultimately, it doesn't matter if we can produce 1,700 Jelly Belly beans per second if we can't pack them up and ship them out in a timely and cost-productive way."
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Micro-credentials to enhance professional development opportunities
Following a feasibility study into micro-credentials, EEA is developing a framework and pilot module aimed at developing the next generation of engineers in the line and cable design areas.
Feasibility study
EEA (Electricity Engineers' Association) provides professional development services to members and the wider power industry via Queensland University of Technology and other providers. It's objective in investigating and developing micro-credentials is to enhance the uptake of professional development by engineers already employed in the electricity supply industry.
In the Engineering e2e-funded feasibility study, EEA aimed to clarify the purpose, structure and delivery of existing courses, consider their ability to meet the current and future needs of engineers and the industry, and look at how micro-credentials could fit in.
Reviewing existing EEA courses
The study reviewed course content and found that courses provide the right training size and content for micro-credentials. It also looked at the governance and management of EEA professional development services, identifying the need for increased engagement with industry, more flexible delivery, and structured quality assurance processes.
The final report concluded that micro-credentials complement EEA's existing courses and would facilitate professional development and lifelong learning.
PD ecosystem – a continuous feedback loop
EEA wants its professional development programme to provide practical knowledge and skills that engineers can readily apply to their day-to-day job. It envisages micro-credentials as embedded in a wider 'professional development ecosystem' – "….a continuous feedback loop that strengthens EEA's course review and delivery strategies, and validates the usefulness of the training provided."
Challenges to address
Introducing micro-credentials involves addressing a number of challenges. These include: understanding industry needs and facilitating access to professional development; aligning EEA training services to industry demand; tailoring courses to a wide range of industry sectors; and adapting delivery models in a rapidly changing technology/training environment.
Consultation with stakeholders
The feasibility study included consultation with stakeholders regarding current and possible professional development services. Existing and potential providers were invited to give feedback on and suggestions for providing micro-credentials.
EEA members and past course attendees were surveyed and expressed satisfaction with current course content. Many, however, commented on the difficulty in taking time out to attend courses.
In meetings with industry, employer representatives identified topics most relevant to their needs – some covered by existing courses and others identified by specific sectors as needing to be addressed. Some employers requested that courses offer more than technical skills.
The researchers also contacted other stakeholders, including Engineering New Zealand, Electricity Networks Association and the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA), to discuss their views on the proposed micro-credentials and qualifications.
Key recommendations
The report recommended an EEA Professional Development Committee be formed to work on developing, maintaining, evaluating and reviewing courses, with an emphasis on flexibility and quality assurance.
It noted that engineers have varying needs and goals, so there can't be a one-size-fits-all approach. "EEA must clarify its target audience and objectives. This includes deciding whether helping engineers reach Chartered Professional Engineer status is a focus for micro-credentials or not, and consideration of issues such as recognition of prior learning and pre-job requirements. "
The report also recommended EEA consider ways to modernise delivery; for example, through online learning or digital badges.
Following the feasibility study, EEA committed to trialling micro-credentials and in February 2019 submitted its plan to the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC). EEA will develop and deliver an Overhead Line and Cable Design skills Competency Framework and a pilot micro-credential. Work is in progress via three workstreams.
Workstream 1 involved analysing and deconstructing the AS/NZS 7000:2016 (Overhead Line Design) standard and the soon-to-be-published handbook. This involved consultation with the Overhead Line Design Forum and others.
Workstream 2, designing and developing the micro-credential started with a survey of subject matter experts at the Overhead Line Design Forum in May. The results of this, along with further analysis and consultation, resulted in the recommendation for a staged approach to developing the micro-credential learning packages, starting with Design Principles and Stay Design.
In addition, members have requested that safety in design principles are woven into each micro-credential developed. This material will be provided in line with the EEA's Safety in Design Guide (November 2016).
Workstream 3 involves monitoring and evaluating the pilot, and reporting on lessons learned from Workstreams 1 and 2.
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Downham Hall coffee shop is located in our beautiful Orangery, now restored to its former glory, overlooking the north wing grounds and stunning Essex countryside. It is open Tuesday-Sunday to the public, serving locally sourced, fresh, home-made produce from 7am until 4.30pm.
We can accommodate group bookings. If you wish to book our coffee shop for a larger group or meeting, please contact us on 01268 422 464 or email us on email@example.com
The Orangery is the perfect place for a great start to the day. With its glass roof and panoramic views, the Orangery easily has the best views at the Hall.
Served for non-residents Tuesday-Sunday from 8am until 10am, our breakfast menu offers a selection of home-made cereals, fresh bread, eggs laid by our own chickens, sausage and bacon from a local butcher and a range of jams and marmalades. We also offer other well-known branded jams and condiments to suit every taste.
While our Full English breakfast often takes centre stage, for those wishing to fuel up for a busy day, our continental breakfast is not to be sneezed at. With homemade granola, fresh fruit salads, cheeses, hams, fruit juices and a selection of yoghurts, there is something for everyone on our menu.
We also offer filtered Columbian coffee and a wide range of teas, brewed to perfection in traditional tea-pots. Please ask us about our selection of teas.
Our coffee shop serves a wide selection of locally soured hot and cold lunches all year round from Tuesday-Sunday.
In the summer, cool yourself down with a chilled drink served with ice, while enjoying the summer breeze coming in through the French doors. Or why not have lunch outside on our garden terrace while taking in the spectacular scenery? On wintery days, admire the beautiful misty fields from the warmth of the Orangery, while warming your fingers around a traditional pot of English breakfast or fruit tea. The perfect pit-stop after an invigorating walk in the countryside.
Our coffee shop serves a selection of delicious sandwiches, light bites and home-made. We can also cater for special dietary requirements. If you do have any dietary requests, please let us know ahead of your visit where possible, to allow us to source fresh produce. For a full list of our lunches, please contact us.
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Swiss Closures vs. Silk Closures
The most common question that I hear is "what type of closure is the best?" If you have ever had this question - then this post is for you!
Although both types of closures can be used in addition to your sew-in as a protective style, your choice would greatly depend on the condition of your own natural hair.
If you want the full benefits of a protective style without having to blend your hair with extensions, a lace closure can be a great styling option. It blends seamlessly with our Virgin Hair extensions and can be colored, curled, and reused with the proper care.
Swiss Lace Closures are customized to match your style with knot-bleaching while Silk Lace Closures have a more "life-like" appearance that looks like the hair is growing directly from your scalp.
However, if you are experiencing thinning or balding hair, which can be the cause of several factors including stress and diet, a lace frontal or nape closure can completely change your look. These units usually require the use of glue but our professional stylists use only non-toxic products and are trained in the application and removal of lace glue products.
Visit our gallery of dolls on Instagram for actual client pics wearing swiss, silk, and frontal lace closures before you choose your next style. Sound off below on your thoughts or experience about wearing a closure vs. managing your leave-out.


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Spain's Rajoy to start government talks with other parties on Friday
Spain's conservative acting prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, will call the heads of the Socialist Party and the liberal Ciudadanos on Friday, to seek their support to form a government.
Spain has been without a proper government since an inconclusive election in December. Rajoy's People's Party won more parliamentary seats at a second vote in June, but did not reach the 176 needed to form a majority government.
A party spokesman told TVE television Rajoy would call Socialist leader Pedro Sanchez and Albert Rivera, head of the fourth-placed Ciudadanos, and was eager "to form a government as soon as possible."
He needs the support or at least the abstention of both to win a confidence vote in the 350-seat lower house of parliament.
Despite the political uncertainty, Spain has continued to rebound from a punishing recession that started with a real-estate crisis in 2008.
The government raised its economic growth forecast for 2016 on Friday to 2.9 percent from 2.7 percent previously, as it prepares next year's budget, which could be delayed if Spain remains without a government beyond September.
Rajoy has not said when he might call the confidence vote but said he hoped Spain would have a government and pass its budget in time for a European Union deadline in October.
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Once more 'round the mountain, guys. We've officially started Year Three of the Elsewhere Plans festival calendars. It's been a bit slow at times, a bit hectic at others, but there's still lots of things to do. Let's see what's up this month. And as usual, subscribe to the Elsewhere Plans Festival … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: Festival Calendar July 2015
Welcome to July, normally the thickest batch of festivals of the year. We've got 'em coming from just about every part of the planet right now, so no matter where you are in the world, you've got no excuse to skip out on doing something awesome. As before, you can find a more complete listing of … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: Festival Calendar June 2015
Quick turnaround time this month. Summer's here and festival season is well in swing. If you're like me, you've already got a few under your belt and you're hankering for a few more. Which continent are you on? Luckily, no matter the answer, there's something worth doing. And as usual, subscribe … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: May 2015 Festivals Calendar
So, I think I have some explaining to do. We're coming off the longest break in publication that I've ever had, which is hardly great for my readership. As it turns out - and come on, who could have guessed - a laptop imploding in the middle of the rainforest does not a productive writing schedule … [Read more...]
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Scary news for smoothie addicts everywhere: An outbreak of hepatitis A responsible for making 55 people sick in six different states has been linked to frozen strawberries used in drinks served at the popular Tropical Smoothie Café restaurant chain. Over 20 people were hospitalized with the highly contagious viral liver infection, which is a pretty high price to pay for drinking one fruity frozen beverage. But does this mean you have to put your smoothie habit on hold?
You're most likely fine to keep on sipping, as infections linked to the strawberries, which were imported from Egypt, have only been reported in Virginia (where the outbreak apparently started), Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Plus, nearly everyone who got sick bought their smoothies from cafés in a specific area including Virginia and adjacent states (the one case in Oregon was someone who'd traveled to Virginia). Even more comforting (for people not in those states, of course) is the fact that Tropical Smoothie Café immediately removed the imported strawberries from all their stores after being notified of the outbreak by the Virginia Department of Health on August 5. They replaced them with new strawberries from a different supplier.
More from CafeMom: 6 Foods This Expert on Food Poisoning Will Never Eat (PHOTOS)
Still, any time food safety is compromised to this degree it's pretty alarming -- and while you might expect to get sick from raw oysters or undercooked chicken, most of us don't typically think of a smoothie as something that might end up sending us to the ER. And while hepatitis A is treatable, at least (and doesn't cause chronic infection), it can still be pretty unpleasant: Symptoms include jaundice, fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, and fatigue. Hepatitis A also has a long incubation period (15 to 50 days before the onset of symptoms), which is why health authorities didn't officially make the connection to the strawberries until August, even though this recent outbreak started way back in May.
More from CafeMom: 5 Ways to Tell It's Food Poisoning & Not a Stomach Bug
Then, of course, there's the disturbing and distinctly unappetizing way that hepatitis A is spread ... according to the CDC, the virus is most commonly transmitted when somebody eats something that was contaminated with the feces of an infected person. Ewwwwwwwwww. We'll just put hep A right up there with E. coli and Listeria at the top of our "NO THANKS" list.
On the bright side, cases of hepatitis A are dwindling in the country, with rates declining by 95 percent since the introduction of a vaccine in 1995. So your future smoothies are probably safe. To be honest, though, we're not feeling thirsty just yet!
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After its 2017 model year received a major facelift, we thought there isn't much to expect for 2018MY. Luckily, the new Hyundai Santa Fe has been generously packed with all the essentials, thanks to the new value-focused trim plus enhanced new features.
At $27,800, the front wheel drive Hyundai Santa Fe Sport Value features new roof side rails, new front fog lights and daytime running lights (in LED). For superior comfort, the crossover has been equipped with heated front seats and power driver seat with lumbar support.
The latest and most convenient technologies have been added to the new model too. Among them are Hyundai's Blue Link Connected Car System, dual automatic temperature control with Clear Air technology, a 7-inch infotainment audio display with Sirius XM, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto integration.
Additional enhancements were also included for better safety and accessibility such as proximity key with push start button, power windows and heated side mirrors with turn signal indicators.
Hyundai's premium wood finish is now available on any of Santa Fe's Sport models as well as on the leather-equipped version. The Blue Link-equipped models, on the other hand, come with all the standard services and features good for 3 years.
Blue Link's standard services are comprised of Guidance, Remote and Connected Care Packages. With just an Onboard Navigation required, the Guidance can already send you the latest multimedia and navigation updates. This comes with Destination Send-to-Car and Destination Search which are both powered by Google.
Most features on the Remote can now be activated using a smartwatch, a smart device application or with Amazon's Alexa skill. It involves valet alert, speed alert, geo-fence, curfew, alarm, stolen vehicle immobilization/slowdown/recovery, car finder, remote horn and lights, door lock/ unlock as well as remote start with climate control.
Lastly, the Connected Care consists of on-Demand diagnostics, driving information, maintenance reminder, Service Link, automatic diagnostic trouble code, monthly vehicle health report, enhanced roadside assistance, SOS emergency assistance and automatic collision notification.
All Santa Fe engines use high pressure direct injection and DCVVT (Dual Continuously Variable Valve Timing) with 6-speed automatic as standard transmission. The All-wheel-drive versions gets an additional windshield wiper de-icer and Active Cornering Control.
The model with the 3rd row is powered by a 290hp 3.3-liter V6 while the Sport trim is offered with a 240hp 2.0-liter turbocharged four cylinders or the 185hp 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine.
Prices start at $32,300 for the turbocharged Santa Fe Sport while the top-of–the line 2.0T Ultimate Sport model comes at $36,600. For an additional price of $1,500, all models can be availed with an all-wheel-drive set-up. The 2018 Hyundai Santa Sport is on its way to the dealerships with a starting price of $25,900.


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A Members Invitation To An Evening of Appreciation – Associates Night – 2016
Dear Members – Dear Friends ,
It gives me great pleasure , on behalf of the Executive Committee , to enclose your invitation to our "Associate Members Appreciation Night" on Tuesday 2nd February at Rustic Stone – 2nd Level.
This promises to be a great social occasion , as well as an opportunity to network , mingle with and thank our Associate Members for their support of Les Clefs d'Or Ireland .
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When it comes to cop TV nowadays, most of the various series consist of the police procedural teams such as "NCIS" and the now-departed "CSI" franchise. Back when I was a kid growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, though, a lot of those shows were productions starring rebellious lone-wolf detectives with "name" titles such as "Cannon", "Barnaby Jones", "Columbo", "McCloud" and "Banacek". Mind you, Leroy Jethro Gibbs of "NCIS" probably could earn his own show on his supremely crusty personality if he were ever to leave the agency and go solo.
During that same time period, though, there were the Japanese cop shows, and my impression of them has always been of the elite team at the Tokyo police department with the wise commander at headquarters, the field boss and a whole bunch of junior tecs willing to whip out the guns and run for lots and lots of kilometres. I will have to talk with JTM about this since the old shows are more his forte.
However, I have found out that there was at least one show back in the 1970s which dealt with one ippiki ohkami (lone wolf) who looked so hard-boiled that even Dirty Harry would have taken a step back if he were to meet him in a dark alley. The show was titled "Hijo no License"(非情のライセンス...Extraordinary License), no connection to the song performed by the late Yoko Nogiwa(野際陽子)that I had written about recently, and the star was singer-actor Shigeru Amachi(天知茂)as Detective Aida, hero to the defenseless...bane to the police chief. The guy struck me as a particularly seen-it-all, done-it-all Japanese Michael Caine doing his version of Peter Gunn.
Amachi also sang the ending theme "Showa no Blues" (The Showa Blues) which didn't directly reference the Showa Era but just his character's probable philosophy toward life that involved struggling, pushing and slogging through the years toward the inevitability of death that awaits us all. I gather that Detective Aida wasn't exactly the life of the party at the year-end celebrations.
But I gotta say that "Showa no Blues" seems perfect for the character. The music by Masaru Sato(佐藤勝)is languid and oh-so-shibui, and matches Detective Aida's measured strolls through the lonely byways of the city. This is a guy who doesn't need to go anywhere fast since there is nothing novel for him to catch and there is no place where the bad guy can hide from him. His eyes alone could probably take down the perp. Meanwhile, Michio Yamagami's(山上路夫)lyrics repeat Aida's cynical view toward life even at the cost of happiness with the lady who loves him.
I can also say that this is the type of song that Yujiro Ishihara(石原裕次郎)would probably raise his glass of whiskey on the rocks to. Perhaps Amachi and the Tough Guy even met up for drinks at some hole-in-the-wall in shitamachi.
The link below will take you to another rendition of the song but with scenes from "Hijo no License".


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End of an era?
I got an email today from Gael Duval, creator of Mandrake Linux (now Mandriva) with an updated set of contact information, notification that he and Mandriva have parted ways, and a heads up about his new project, Ulteo.
It wasn't his choice – more like a Steve Jobs treatment. If you'd like to have a little more in the way of details, Gael's explaination can be found here.
Way to go, folks. Firing the founder tends to do wonderful things for the company. Look at how Apple was doing during Job's absence.
In all seriousness though, I'd just like to wish Gael good luck in his new venture.
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In January, I began Outside the Lines, a painting a day for a year. I sometimes, like today, use a stream of consciousness approach, dabbing blobs of paint, and studying it to see what image emerges. In this, I saw two people hugging. I actually like the stream of consciousness almost as much as I like the final painting.
Klimt helped me turn the SOC into a proper painting. The best part about copying a master is that as you're doing it, you learn how a master paints. Their energy infuses you.
I'm now part of a 30-day painting-a-day challenge called 30-in-30, where artists from around the country are doing a painting a day for the month of September 2016.
Since I've been doing this since January, and because I did another painting-a-day series two years ago called Operation 365, I wanted to offer some tips for anyone taking on the task.
- Composition with lots of objects and figures is very difficult to finish quickly. One object or person is usually the easiest to tackle.
- An up-close view point, a close up of a face, or a torso or a dog is usually easier than a far-away view. You can get into more details with the time you have.
- Some days it's difficult to come up with a subject matter. I use the stream of consciousness approach, dabbing paint any which way and looking at it to see if an image emerges, to job my visual memory.
- Another trick for coming up with ideas images to paint every day is to get into a series of similar paintings within the overall series. I did a mini-series that involved a cartoon like character with large hands who was dropping something into a bowl. I kept adapting what he was holding every day for about a week.
- Allow it to be a mess. Don't try to make it perfect. Don't draw the hands carefully if you don't want to, just make them a swash of color. Experiment with letting go of details. This is the biggest thing I learned from the two painting-a-day series, how to allow myself to be in the flow, be sloppy and forgo details. It has opened up my painting ability significantly to let go of this control. (The following is from Operation 365 and was painted in 2014.)
Caroline Allen is a novelist, visual artist and coach. http://www.carolineallen.com, http://www.artofstorytellingonline.com.


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Sputnik: How could peace realistically be achieved between Kosovo and Serbia?
Nikola Mirkovic: For peace to come back to Kosovo, both parties would have to get the United States and Brussels out of the discussion. What is happening today between the Albanians and the Serbs is that there is a lot of pressure coming from the west, so that they can broker a deal quickly to get into the European Union and that is making politicians on both sides do hasty things and not taking the time to find a peaceful solution to this problem.
There's even more pressure on the Serbian side because Brussels and the US have told Serbia that it had to abandon its province and Serbs refuse that. This is not the position of the United Nations, so it's difficult to find a peaceful solution when one of the parties has a knife to its throat and is getting a lot of pressure from western countries.
Nikola Mirkovic: I think the west wanted to punish Serbia because when eastern countries started leaving the communist bloc, and entering into the EU and NATO, one country resisted and that was Yugoslavia.
Yugoslavia wanted to remain independent and non-aligned. NATO did everything it could to separate Yugoslavia, they fomented ultra-nationalism, they helped and gave arms to different factions.
The Serbs were the biggest country within Yugoslavia and Yugoslavia did not want to break up. The west broke Yugoslavia up and continues punishing the Serbs. The Serbs want to maintain this non-aligned position, to enter the EU but not be enemies with Russia. They are receiving a lot of pressure from Brussels because it is not applying sanctions on Russia. Serbia is conducting military exercises with Russia, but the west wants Serbia to be totally within the European Union and with NATO. That's why there's a lot of pressure on Serbia and that's been the case for the past 20 years.
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Samurai Shodown is back this year! Whether you played SamSho (that's what cool people call the series to save time) when it released over 20 years ago, or have seen some of its characters pop up in other games, the return of the classic sword-fighting franchise should be a welcome sight. That sight happens to pretty nice, too, what with the watercolor look and all.
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Students Learn Lifelong Skills While Building Animal Shelters
Jan 30, 2015 04:06PM
By Clare Heekin Lynch
In Ryan Scott's "Architecture, Engineering and Construction" class at Hampton Middle School, eighth-graders get more than a chance to learn design and building skills—they get the opportunity to actually make homes that will be used by satisfied customers—the dogs at Ataboy Kennels.
"The kids gain design experience as well as technical construction experience, because the final product involves so much thought, skill and patience," he added. "Students need to know, from start to finish, what building a structure such as a doghouse entails step-by-step."
The students become apprentices, of sorts. After using computer programs to design their doghouses, they make a list of all of the parts and materials they'll need, including sizes and lengths, and then work on the actual assembly. "It's a challenge at times," Scott laughed. "To have 26 14-year-olds gain confidence and comfort in using power tools all at one time, while promoting safe learning techniques…it can get interesting!"
Scott also emphasizes the importance of attention to detail in students' work. "The doghouses are not just put together—every single aspect down to the shingles and the trim are carefully thought out," he explained.
As to the community outreach aspect, Scott believes that by doing these types of projects, it increases students' awareness as to what's going on outside of their worlds, as well as brings a sense of pride in what they can accomplish. "Kids today need the real-world connection when working on a project—not just the hands-on aspect," he explained.
"They are so excited to come to class every day, and they are proud to know that their work is going somewhere that it will be used to make a difference," he added. "As a teacher, I see students who have a hard time focusing in a regular classroom setting, but here, they become leaders in the classroom. It's pretty incredible, to be honest."
Scott started offering the class about five years ago, and his students have produced about 60 shelters for animals during this time. "In the beginning, we donated the doghouses to the Humane Society for their officers to place on properties where they couldn't legally remove an animal left outside in the harsh elements," he explained. Due to a change in staff at the shelter recently, however, Scott was left to find a new benefactor for the animal havens.
Hampton Middle School colleague, Donna Halter, eagerly stepped in and suggested Ataboy Kennels in Gibsonia. "Donna is a huge animal advocate and worked very hard to make the connection with the kennel," said Scott.
"Donna does so much for all of the animal groups she volunteers with, and I was so excited when she came to me to see if we could use the shelters," said Ataboy Kennel owner, Denise Wylie, who is already using the doghouses for rescues that are brought into her kennel, as well as for visiting dogs. "Our dogs love to be outside and use their runs, and to be able to add a shelter to the runs so that they can be completely comfortable is really a big deal."
The feral cats on the property also use the houses, which the staff stuff with straw to provide warmth. "This is such a nice thing for the kids to do," Wylie said. "The donation of the houses really helps us all out. I can't thank Donna, Ryan, the school district, and all of the kids enough. And the animals thank them, too! They are doing so much more than they realize."


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With utter and total mindlessness, this brutal beast has a single mission: to defend his beloved Horde Empire against the good that is Eternia! As an homage for the original, Grizzlor is protected by"fur"that feels just like the vintage figure, plus a breast plate, classic-style green crossbow, axe, machete, sword, plus a removable loin cloth. Underneath the fur exterior is a fully-articulated figure sculpted in fearsome detail by The Four Horsemen.
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text: Luxurious, executive home in desirable River Ridge. This impressive 3,440 sq.ft. home has 10′ ceilings on the main floor and 9′ ceilings on the second floor and is built on an over-sized, 56 foot wide lot. It features a gorgeous custom kitchen with large island as well as a butler's pantry w/ walk-in closet. Elegant 2-storey great room with an abundance of windows w/ view of the backyard, as well as a beautiful gas fireplace w/ a 2-storey stone mantel. Spacious main floor flex room w/ French doors, which can be formal living/dining room, music room, office etc.; the possibilities are endless! Breakfast area, w/ over-sized sliding doors to a covered deck. 2-pc bath as well as a mudroom, conveniently located off the garage. The second floor boasts a large master bedroom w/ exquisite 5-pc ensuite, as well as 3 bedrooms; one w/ a 3-pc ensuite and two w/ access to a 5-pc Jack & Jill bathroom. Convenient upper laundry room w/ custom cabinetry. Loft area, overlooking the great room. High-end finishes throughout incl. granite and quartz countertops, hardwood flooring, ceramic tile, many pot lights and much more. Construction of this house has started. Vacant lots in Carriage Crossing and River Ridge available for custom building. Contact listing agent for more information. (id:20426)


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AT&T got the future pretty right in 1993
the folk at Computerworld posted this Magnum P.I.-narrated piece from AT&T in 1993.
even though they kill you with high iPhone bills, they kinda nailed this one….
here's another prediction film, home shopping made in 1967
it's amazing how slow off the mark Microsoft appear to be….
some lead, most follow
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Membership in the Spirit of St. Louis Women's Fund is open and inclusive. You do not have to wait for an event to join.
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Members pledge $1200 annually.
The Spirit of St. Louis Women's Fund (SOS) strengthens the Greater St. Louis community through informed, focused grant-making by educating and inspiring women to engage in significant giving.
Grants are not restricted to issues dealing exclusively with women, but are made to organizations focusing on at least one of the following areas:
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Single-year grants of $5,000 – $25,000 are awarded to nonprofit organizations in the Greater St. Louis community.
To be considered for SOS grant funding, organizations MUST:
- Be tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code
- Have an operating budget of less than $1.5 million
- Be headquartered and provide services within the Greater St. Louis Community which includes the City of St. Louis and/or the following counties: St. Louis, St. Charles, Jefferson and Franklin in Missouri or St. Clair, Madison and Monroe in Illinois (Organizations can provide services outside this specific area but SOS will only fund the services provided to the Greater St. Louis Community)
Organizations receiving SOS grants for two consecutive years or receiving a multi-year grant must wait one year before applying for additional grant money.
Letters of Inquiry are evaluated by SOS membership to determine whether the organization's mission and proposed project fit within SOS eligibility guidelines. Other factors evaluated include the proposed project's feasibility, as well as the organization's ability to plan, implement, evaluate and sustain the project.
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One of the most fascinating, and frightening things about teaching this generation of students is their ease with technology. They are different in their approach to information gathering. This difference has been discussed in many educational arenas, but I wanted to talk for just a moment about hitting the student where they live - Youtube, facebook and other social sites. Most folks of my generation prefer to think of tweets as a sound that a bird makes. We don't feel a need to be connected 24/7 to everyone in our lives and prefer a different way of communicating. Such is not the case with many of our students. At Stetson I've played with online resources to assist the students in becoming better, and that has worked to some degree. It has not been perfect. I am now working on the 2nd edition of my trial ad book, cutting the final edits. I mean the edits to the videos and podcasts, not the edits to the book, which is long done. Here is an example of the type of stuff I've been working on:
Now this video clip is the result of 3 days of shooting, editing, modifying, converting, powerpointing and just plain hard work - it is also an awful lot of of fun. I've even started a YouTube channel to distribute this stuff. You can view it at www.youtube.com/user/TRIALADVOCACY . Now where did I put that microphone?.....
In an adversarial legal system the quality of advocacy directly affects the outcome, and hence justice. This blog is for everyone -however they serve our legal system - who is committed to improving the teaching of advocacy skills and ethics so that parties and the community are well served by persuasive and ethical advocates.
Saturday, July 24, 2010
YouTube, Facebook etc - now integral for Teaching and Learning
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Common Homeopathic Remedies For Ulcer
Homeopathy offers some very good medicines for peptic ulcer disease. But for a homeopath, the symptoms of the disease are much more important than the ulcer itself. This is because to select the right medicine a homeopaths needs to differentiate between the finer presentations of a disease which, vary from person to person. A homeopath not only tries to heal the ulcer but also tries to remove the general predisposition to acquire it. The homeopath not only tries to find 'What is wrong?', but also 'Why it went wrong?'; 'Where it started going wrong?'; 'How it evolved to the current stage?' etc. To find the answers to all these questions, a homeopath tries to gather as much information as possible regarding the pat and present medical history of the patient, his/her family history, his/her general physical and psychological characteristics etc. This hard work on the part of homeopath not only helps in removing the acute symptoms and the ulcer but also is usually able to remove the tendency for relapse. The 'on-again/off-again' nature of the disease is often removed and the general health of the person also improves as a result.
Some of the commonly used medicines for gastritis and duodenal ulcers are :
1. argentum-nit
2. arsenic-alb
3. atropine
5. hydrastis
6. kali-bichrom
7. merc-cor
8. ornithogalum
9. phosphorus
10. uranium-nit
11. terebintha
12. lycopodium
13. pulsatilla
14. graphites
15. natrum-phos
16. medorrhinum


text: Using the power of photography: SDN Announces Call for Entries Please share Share on FacebookShare on TwitterShare on LinkedinShare on Pinterest August 4, 2013 SDN Announces Call for Entries Since SocialDocumentary.net launched in 2008, our tagline has been "Using the power of photography to promote global awareness." We are now making this the theme of our next call for entries. Two Grand Prize winners will be each awarded a $4,000 fellowship to spend up to two weeks documenting the global health projects of Management Sciences for Health (MSH),www.msh.org. An additional monetary award and two honorable mentions will be specifically honored by SDN. SDN is especially excited to announce that all winner's work will be featured in an exhibition at powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY,February 27 to March 23, 2014. Begin Accepting Entries Online: August 9, 2013 Deadline for entries: September 28, 2013 Jurors Submissions will be reviewed by a panel of industry professionals. Shahidal Alam, Founder, Drik Photo Agency, Bangladesh Barbara Ayotte, Director of Strategic Communications, Management Sciences for Health, Cambridge Dimitri Beck, Editor-in-Chief, Polka Magazine, Paris Manoocher Deghati, AP Middle East Regional Photo Editor, Cairo Jennifer Pritheeva Samuel, Director, Anastasia Photo, New York Glenn Ruga, Founder and Director, SocialDocumentary.net, Boston Prizes Two Grand Prizes: MSH Photography Fellowship: Two winners will each receive a Photography Fellowship with Management Sciences for Health (MSH). $4,000 honorarium and up to two weeks of expense-paid travel in one to two of the countries in which MSH works. Travel will occur between December 2013 and June 2014. (See below for further details on the MSH Photography Fellowship) SDN Documentary Prize: $1,000 cash award 2-3 Honorable Mentions All winning entries will participate in an exhibition at powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn, NY,February 27 thru March 23, 2014. There will also be a web-based component to the exhibition. SDN and MSH will pay all printing and preparation costs for the exhibition. >>Click here for more information and application instructions. About SocialDocumentary.net SocialDocumentary.net is a website for photographers, NGOs, journalists, editors, and students to create and explore documentary exhibits investigating critical issues facing the world today. Recent exhibits have explored oil workers in the Niger River Delta, male sex workers in India, Central American immigrant women during their journey north, and Iraqi and Afghan refugees in Greece.Click here to view all of the exhibits.


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Our client is a leading FMCG organisation exporting to over 130 markets globally. Due to continued growth they are seeking an experienced International Customer Relationship Co-Ordinator to join their team based in Dublin.
The Role
The International Customer Relationship Co-Ordinator will serve as a key member of the Customer Service team and will be a key contributor to all export shipping and customer relationship requirements. As Customer Relationship Co-Ordinator, you will be responsible for:
- Managing all exporting and distributing shipments to relevant markets
- Working closely with all internal and external stakeholders, maintaining and building on relationships
- Working closely with the current customer service team to ensure all functions are collaborating effectively to ensure the resolution of any conflicts that might arise
- Ensuring compliance is met for transporting high-value goods
The Person
The ideal Customer Relationship Co-Ordinator will have 3-5 years working within a fast-paced FMCG manufacturing environment. You will also have:
- Exceptional communication and organisational skills
- A degree qualification in Supply Chain, Business or related discipline
- Experience using ERP systems (Would be beneficial)
- Experience in export and distribution
The Benefits
The successful Customer Relationship Co-Ordinator will receive a competitive base salary along with a strong benefits package which include:
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Free Dinner And A Christmas Show At Tewksbury Congregational Church
Nov 25, 2014 06:11AM
By Bill Gilman
As we all approach the holiday season, our schedules get busy and time seems to speed up. Christmas shopping got you down? Looking for a change of pace? Had enough running with the kids? Wouldn't it be nice to take a Friday night off from making dinner?
On Saturday, December 13, you are invited to do just that at Tewksbury Congregational Church. An original, hilarious production of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever starring TCC youth and members will begin at 4 pm in our sanctuary followed by a Community Wide Spaghetti Supper.
Advance tickets for General Admission can be reserved here:
After dinner, we will have a kid-friendly movie to entertain the younger generation while the adults can take some much needed time off relaxing with friends and neighbors. There is no cost for the pageant, food or the movie, just feel free to stop by at any time to take a break.
The members of TCC share your need for a moment to slow down in this busy season, so come on over to the big church in the center of town and take a night off!


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I think we all know that something big is going on this coming weekend? Yes, the annual Locksmiths' Exhibition opens its doors on Saturday! We're expecting in excess of 1400 visitors - hope to see you there! ANNOUNCEMENT THURS 28TH FEB: Just before the show kicks off we have pre registered visitor No 1250 Steve Calow - Steve if you find me when you arrive I will treat you to lunch. Mick.
One other thing. We've had a notification from the police re an increase in heating oil theft during the present cold weather. Their advice to homeowners is below, but it strikes us that rural based or mobile locksmiths could turn this into a sales opportunity for additional security. Don't wait for them to come to you after they have had their oil stolen, perhaps on your travels or via a leaflet campaign to isolated properties you could point out the risks and get them to come to you beforehand? Maybe even contact your local heating oil supplier and get a list of addresses from them where they deliver, or they might even hand out your leaflets for you when they deliver the oil? Brand it as a service from you both and you could all be winners!
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