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Protection is key, especially when systems like the Blink 1 Camera exist. It's a small budget item that will keep your home and property safe. But because Blink are so new to the smart camera market, how does it compare to other home smart CCTV systems available on the market? Let's find out.
To start with, the Blink 1 Camera is a very simple offering. It comes in two parts. The first is the camera which is small and lightweight measuring at only 7 x 7 cm. It requires two AA batteries to power which Blink say will last up to two years which is insanely cost effective. The second is the hub, which is required so your camera can communicate with your WiFi router.
As part of Blink's plug and play offering, setup is relatively simple. Power on the hub with the provided USB plug and give it a name inside the Blink Camera app which is available for iOS and Android. Follow on screen instructions which give you prompts to scan QR codes on each item and connect it to your WiFi network. It was all set up in under 10 minutes. You can also set up a maximum of 10 cameras on the hub and each will have a range of around 100 feet.
Once inside the app, settings are relatively simple as well. You can set whether the camera gives you a temperature reading in fahrenheit or celsius, enable motion detection sensitivities and even control the night vision. On the standard Blink 1 Camera, nightvision basically means a white light on the front of the camera shines, whereas on the Blink 1 XT you get proper infrared night vision. There's also no ability to pan, tilt or zoom either which is a shame if your camera picks up something further away. You have to aim the camera at the exact place you want it to protect. No in-app adjustments can be made. The Blink 1 Camera also only records at 1280×720 which is passable, but doesn't give you the sharpest image.
You have the ability to take snapshots of what the camera sees as well as livestream the feed. However, live streaming is capped to 30 second increments. Once your 30 seconds is up, you will have to reconnect to the livestream. If you wanted to save any footage, then you can upload up to two hours of recording on the standard data plan, which is good in a way as other brands like the Arlo for example want subscription fees. There's no on-demand recording capabilities, but through the Home Monitor app, you can schedule your arming times, which is great if you leave the house on a schedule like for work.
But on a brighter note, the camera system is compatible with Amazon Alexa, so if you're rocking an Echo or Echo Dot in the home, you can use that to bark instructions at the camera thanks to its IFFT compatibility. The camera itself unfortunately does not have two way audio either. It can only be used for vision.
So, would I recommend the Blink 1 Camera to protect your home? Absolutely. Okay, it's not the best camera on the market, and the quality of the recordings aren't as great as something like the Netgear Arlo for example, but the fact that there is no subscription to store your footage on the cloud, has a very easy setup process, and can have up to 10 cameras on one hub, make this a very exciting offering to the home security industry indeed. What more, the Blink 1 XT is waterproof, so it can go outside. For more information on the Blink 1 Camera System, then head over to their website.


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A lamp shines through the leaves of a tree along Buendia Avenue, Makati City. Taken 6 March 2011.
Looks like one of those hipstamatic prints, no? It was taken with a Samsung Galaxy Tab GT-P1000 with whatever setting was default out-of-the-box.
Photography has come a long way since I was a teenager toting a Kodak or Minolta instamatic camera loaded with Kodak or Fuji color film. (When I was in college, it was cheap black-and-white "reload" film for journalism classes.) There wasn't such a thing as instant gratification when it came to photography. You just kept clicking the shutter, hoping that at least one out of the 36 shots in the roll wouldn't suck so badly. Then you took the roll of film to a photo shop where developing could take as fast as an hour or as long as a week or two, depending what year it was and what kind of shop you visited.
It was exciting to take the rectangular packet filled with prints, open it, and survey the images you took. First thing I'd do after opening the packet was inhale to get that special "new photo" scent of developer chemicals. Prints could be done in matte or glossy; another term used was "silk". Glossy was nice and shiny but prone to fingerprints; you didn't get that problem with silk but then the image wasn't as spectacularly vibrant.
Usually the shop would screen your roll and not print the bad shots; you'd be charged only for the good shots.
The quality of the images varied. I only had point-and-shoots and had no idea about settings, so I always hoped for the best. Sometimes they'd come out grainy, or there'd be ghost images or effects, or the colors would be washed out, or the image would be off-center, or half the photo would be fine and the other half golden or greenish. It was like Forrest Gump's box of chocolates.
I didn't get much of an allowance during my student days so film and developing cost quite a lot for me; the upshot was that I couldn't indulge my interest in photography as much as I wanted. I greeted the digital age with much rejoicing and fanfare.
The digital format is less expensive and gives you instant happy because you can look at your images while still in the camera. There's hardly any lag time for "developing", because you can upload the photos from your camera into your laptop anywhere you are, and do cropping, tweaking, and all sorts of image manipulation that would not have been possible during the film days without your own darkroom and lots of knowledge and skill.
Today portable gadgets such as mobile phones, laptops, and tablet computers have built-in cameras! What convenience – there's no need to bring a separate camera if all you need is a simple image.
But what I notice with phone and tablet images is that even if you can see on your gadget what you just shot, it's a different thing once you upload to your computer. The images can be grainy, distorted, discolored, and whatnot – harking back to the days of film photography when you never knew what you were going to get.
Now we get to have both worlds. What exciting times we live in.

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The price of copper was down again Friday on new data that outweighed concerns about tight supplies.
July contracts for copper dropped 3.4% to $3.97 per pound Friday in New York trade, as the metal used in construction and manufacturing fell 8.3% for the week. Additionally, contracts for Aluminum declined accordingly.
Reports that China will continue to tighten monetary policy in an attempt to rein in inflation, could result in declines in copper demand.
Also contributing the price decline was a report from a private company showing that the US private sector added 179,000 new jobs last month, fewer than the 200,000 new jobs analysts expected would be added to the economy, while in a separate report the Institute for Supply Management reported that its non-manufacturing index was at 52.8 last month, down from 57.3 in March, showing that the US services sector expanded at its slowest pace in 8 months in April.
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Yes, I have been surfing before, but I was more of maturing the websites in my bookmarks collection. Now I have taken time to read some of them carefully, and have even added some new. To be able to pick out the best I rethought my motif to do this experiment. The first requirement is that there's as little trouble as possible. "Trouble" in this case is to many new and complicated procedures in the growing method, too complicated containers and soils.
Hm, perhaps I should rephrase that in a positive way. Indoor vegetable gardening should be easy, leaning to the most on well known methods and should be done with stuff you can find at your home.
This rule kind of disqualified this site, Greenpinelane, were indoor gardening using LEDlights is recorded. It's hard on the eyes too, but I included it anyway, because it's a comforting fact that you can grow in such an advanced way using so simple materials. And who knows; the day we actually buy that castle sized flat downtown (posh in Sweden) I might single one room out for LEDlight cultivations.
Container Vegetable Gardening is better. Someone who really knows something about cultivation have written a short text(yes, short. You don't know how loooooooong things like this can become) about growing vegetables in containers. This is mainly for beginners, but an experienced beginner like me have use for it too, as a cheating note on what you 'should' know. I value the table at the bottom most, where you can see the size of container needed by different vegetables. (For my non-US readers; it's an US gallon ie ~3.8 litres, and an inch meassures roughly 2.5 centimeters.)
The last site is a favourite. Container Gardening: Plant and Grow Tomatoes in a Small Space for Healthy, Nutritious Meals. I may not be a fan of tomatoes, but this site gives me some tips on high producing kinds - highly sought after by an indoor gardener. Except for the fruits tomatoes are poisonous, so I think this is a plant for my future study.
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Erysiphe betae in the bin
Today I removed a lot of leaves from my remaining turnips. They have turned white and moldy on the top side, so I suspect Erysiphe betae (I haven't found the common name). This irks me a bit; those leaves are good eating. Today I just tossed them. I have no idea on what to do with Erysiphe betae, neither do I know if it's possible to eat it. I need to do some more research!
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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Time to surf!
Don't you think this is a nice picture. It's Biosphere2 in backlight (photographer is flickr alias ericvh, you find his profile and more of his photos here). Biosphere2 was meant to be a gigantic perpetum mobile, built as a selfsustaining eco system providing both water and oxygen to the inhabitants. Among other things you find in there is an ocean and a savanna. 1991 six persons moved in an the doors were sealed tight behind them. Nothing from the outside world were to be allowed inside, not a single molecule. The aim of the project was to... was to...
And that's what's proved to be the snag of the thing. What I learned via media at that time was that this was a scientific study to learn thing useful for longtime spacetravels (at least this is what I recall). But the bionaut soon disagreed on the aim of the project. Was it a scientific study, a business project (it was a private company that payed the whole thing), or an arts installation. People who had been friends for a long time stopped talking to each other for years, even after they had left the biosphere. That the oxygene level sunk alarmingly and that they weren't able to feed themselves properly probably added to the tension.
Perhaps the conflicts could have been avoided if anyone had taken a look at psycological studies made at persons living isolated in small groups. Because there are actually persons living under similar conditions, eventhough they don't have a bonsai ocean handy. One way is to go sailing, make a long trip and stay at sea for a very long time. Another way - the one most studied - is to go on scientific excursions in the Antarctic, living completely isolated in small groups for as long as six months.
Today Biosphere2 is managed by Arizona University, and you are alowed to visit the place. Guided tours are arranged for a fee. If I ever get a chance to visit the USA again I'll try to get there. I have a soft spot for the project. After all, my own vegetable project is something similar; trying to sustain edible life in a totally weird place. And it's worth pondering that one of the big mistakes was to not look for lessons already learned. I'll spend some more energy trying to understand ordinary indoor gardeners, as well as look for predecessors to my vegetable gardening.
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Friday, September 14, 2007
I'm back!
My tiger nuts needs repotting...
Hallo everyone! Thanks for all your kind comments!
I'm finally back. I've worked hard on my paper and was then forced to rest. Now my spirits are finally returning; I want to clean up! You know how a home looks after a member of the household has been immersed in some important task? Laundry in big piles, post (snailmail) ends up whereever there's place for it and, since our roomba has broken a brush, a heavily pebbled floor. (This particular brush has to be sent for from the USA, since the swedish retailer don't have it in stock. Why on earth sell roombas at all, then? On the other hand I wouldn't have an automatic vacuum cleaner at all if they didn't have them, so I'm only complaining a little.)
I can't complain about the spirits of my indoor plants either. Last week I used only homegrown vegetables in a casserole for the first time. Every morning I enjoy a strong lemon balm tea, which are said to restrain viral infections. By a coincindence I've discovered that sciriadae don't like when garlic are planted into the containers. I had a few cloves that had started to sprout, and I dug them down into my herbgarden just to see what happened. After a few days the little things were almost gone from the container. I have to try this out on my other gardens to see if I'm right!
The project has reach a level where it needs some check ups and evaluations, though. I now know that I can grow vegetables in containers. It's time to calculate how I am going to do to get a full amount for three persons.
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Holiday Wines 2018, Part 3!
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Holiday Wines 2018, Part 3 – the great wines just never end.
Having been a food and wine fan for many years, I'm sure that many of you, like I, was (and still am) a big follower of Parts Unknown featuring Anthony Bourdain – travelling the globe, investigating cultures, meeting people, being a lovable curmudgeon, and using the periscope of food and drink to view whatever country he was exploring on any given episode. I recall an episode in Manilla, where he was astounded that the Christmas/Holiday season starts being celebrated in September – here's a quickie view of that episode.
According to Rappler.com, Christmas starts being celebrated 100 days before – at least:
"In the Philippines, the Christmas season kicks off on September 1st or the start of the so-called 'BER months' – more than three months before the actual Christmas day. Christmas songs start playing on the radio and in the malls, holiday promos from airlines pop up, invitations from friends and family to get together and eat out start coming in, and Christmas trees, balls, and lights now occupy every department store's racks – literally overnight."
So, the point I am getting to, is that as long as you want to stretch out your Holiday season, the more acceptable it is to us. And, it makes even more sense if you're a lover of great food and wine. Whether you are preparing food at home, going to a relatives or friends, going to a local café for a pizza, grabbing some Mexican take out from Poquito Mas (outstanding "fast food" chain in Los Angeles, fresh homemade corn and flour tortillas and grilled vegetables/meats/seafood), Chinese take out from Hop Li (yes, you need the Shrimp with garlic/black bean sauce, seafood Lo Mein, and string beans in X.O. sauce), or just eating a turkey sandwich from leftovers, there's a great wine to pair it with from LAWC – at a great price, too.
There's a huge supply of amazing wines at LAWC this holiday season – far more than we can go over in just a few Holiday blogs. But here are a few choices are sure to delight any time of year. And, if you take a peek here, you'll find a list of wines with deep online only discounts. And, below is a list of sure winners that you'll need for any occasion.
2016 Charles Smith Substance CS Cabernet Sauvignon
I have read much about the interesting life of Charles Smith (managing metal bands in Europe), and have enjoyed his wines whenever I can. However, this particular wine really threw me for a loop – there's no way that a Cabernet under $45 can be this good – and at LAWC it's $13!! Smooth, velvety, and luscious, this opulent Cab was bursting with berries and cassis. This is a CASE BUY without a doubt! Great with a rich pasta, burger or flank steak on the grill, pizza, pot roast or you name it! No wonder this was listed as one of the 2018 WINE ENTHUSIAST TOP 100 BEST BUYS: #52!
"Amazingly, there are 125,000 cases of the value-priced 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon. The wine offers up classic aromas of crushed cassis, loamy soil and pencil lead. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, layered and flavorful, with chewy but ripe tannins and succulent balancing acids, concluding with good length. Considering the scale of this cuvée and the pittance it commands, it's a remarkable achievement." (92 points, Wine Advocate)
"The largest production cuvée, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon was vinified in tank before being pressed to barrel where it went through malo. Aged 13 months in barrels, its vibrant purple color is followed by a terrific bouquet of blueberries, cassis, scorched earth, and spice. Deep, rich, full-bodied, and beautifully balanced, this is the real deal, ladies and gentlemen, and it's a no-brainer purchase. Just pretend you paid three times the price." (93 points, Jeb Dunnick)
Billecart-Salmon NV Brut Rosé (in 3 sizes – 375ml, 750ml, 1.5l)
Started in 1818, and now led by Francois Billecart, who crafts elegant wines with the maxim "Tradition is meaningless without great quality".What an amazing wine this is! I know I have preached the virtues of Rose' Champagne previously, but if you still haven't tried one, this is a must-do! I always say that you get everything you love about Champagne, with the delight of wisp of raspberry added along. What possible can there be not to love? And this is in limited amounts, so you need to get on this quick! Introduce this to your friends that haven't tried it before, and you'll be seen as a bon vivant for life. One of my favorites to pair with Champagne is Thai food – the delicate flavors that would be bombarded to oblivion with many red wines are perfect with the light and crisp acidity and bubbles, and bitter orange nuances.
"A gorgeous rosé Champagne with sliced strawberries, orange peel and hints of cream and pie crust. Medium body, tight and integrated tannins and a long and flavorful finish. Tangy acidity. The texture shows a fine bead and lightness. Long and intense. Drink now." (94 points, James Suckling)
"A lovely rosé in an almost vinous style, with mouthwatering acidity and a fine, lacy mousse carrying appealing flavors of ripe raspberry, white cherry fruit, star anise, mandarin orange peel and honeysuckle. Lightly chalky on the lasting finish. Enjoy with food. Drink now through 2020. (93 points, Wine Spectator)
If you love dessert wines as much as I do, you have not been forgotten! We have a great supply this year, and one of our many highlights is the 2011 Alois Kracher #8 Scheurebe Trockenbeerenauslese Zwischen Den Seen 375 ml. Trockenbeerenauslese translates to "select dry berry harvest", or "dry berry selection", made from hand selected overripe grapes often affected by "noble rot" (just like the infamous sweet Bordeaux Sauternes wines, made from Semillon grapes) making extremely rich sweet wines – these grapes were dried on the vine rather than the resulting wine being a dry style. Flavors and aromas of pineapple, custard, Granny Smith apples and a hint of candied ginger – this will knock you out with any fruit tart, pecan pie, or any cookie assortment you can imagine! If you have not enjoyed any dessert wines, now is the perfect time – especially with all the sweets that you have been stockpiling (like me) in the pantry (and it's perfectly normal to have a few hidden in the back away from other family members).
Wine Spectator awarded this wine 95 points! – "Rich and unctuous, with plenty of fresh acidity behind the pure and focused flavors of Gala apple, melon, lemon curd and pear tart. A suave style, offering some savory notes on the long, creamy finish. Drink now through 2050. 150 cases made"
And, 94 points from Wine Advocate: "The 2011 Scheurebe Trockenbeerenauslese No 8 Zwischen den Seen displays minty flavors along with grapefruit aromas. Sweet, piquant and viscous on the palate this is a very round and well structured TBA from a very hot year, but it is well balanced and fresh, with lemon flavors in the finish. Very good length."


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Content yourself with chopping down only slender trees, mere saplings,
at first, and as you acquire skill, slightly heavier trees can be
felled. Begin in the right way with your very first efforts and follow
the woodsman's method.
Having selected the tree you desire to cut down, determine in which
direction you want it to fall and mark that side, but first make sure
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drop on one of the camp shelters. See that the way is free of hindrance
before cutting the tree, also _clear the way_ for the swing of your
extended _hatchet_. If there are obstacles, such as vines, bushes, limbs
of other trees, or rocks, which your hatchet might strike as you raise
and lower it while at work, clear them all away, making a generous open
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swing of the hatchet. Take no chance of having an accident, as would
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You may have noticed that the top surface of most stumps has a
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Post Exhibit Strolls Fashion Forward through History
Nestled on a 25-acre estate in Washington, D.C., is the last home of a woman who lived a life so extraordinary that it's been immortalized in a new exhibit curated by a George Mason University theater professor.
Marjorie Merriweather Post was a businesswoman who grew her father's cereal venture into a multimillion-dollar company while establishing herself as a fashion-forward socialite. She did both in the early 20th century—at a time when it was unusual for a woman to be the boss, much less a boss with a wardrobe that demanded as much respect as the position.
Seventy-five dresses from this wardrobe make up the exhibit "Ingénue to Icon" at her former home, now known as the Hillwood Museum.
Exhibit curator Howard Vincent Kurtz handpicked the gowns displayed in the exhibit from the 175 Merriweather Post had in her possession when she died in 1973 at the age of 86.
"She wanted her home to become a public museum," said Kurtz, who has divided the last 18 years of his career between teaching at Mason and curating at the Hillwood. He conducts research, conservation and costume display at the museum.
I'm actually carrying out her wishes; she saved [these dresses] for a reason.
Howard Vincent Kurtz, Exhibit Curator
The exhibit, located in a small cottage on the property called the Adirondack, is arranged in a semi-circle, with the dresses Merriweather Post wore as a young girl to the far right. As visitors move left, they see her evolution from a Midwestern girl clad in the feminine blush pinks of the Edwardian era to a mature mid-century woman.
Kurtz wrote the book Ingénue to Icon: 70 Years of Fashion from the Collection of Marjorie Merriweather Post, which doubles as the exhibit's accompanying catalog.


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Touristing on the Oregon coast in the fall is a mixed bag: the weather will be sunny and then rainy, and then foggy and cold, often in one day! So timing is important, and impossible to predict. Take last Tuesday, for example. I left my campsite on a sunny and warm day around noon and when I arrived at the road to the Cape Blanco lighthouse 30 miles south, I found nothing but fog. I couldn't even see the road to the lighthouse, let alone the actual beacon of light supposedly able to save ships from the rocky coastline!
So today, when it was overcast and slightly drippy at my campsite, I aimed once more for Cape Blanco. Hah, fooled the weather gods long enough I got some photos, a tour of the inside, and was back in my car just as the first fat raindrops fell.
It's a cute little lighthouse, with four windows in the machine room below the light providing beautiful views to the north, south, and west. Back in the day when the lighthouse keepers were humans, one person would stay in that room all night long, looking out those windows for shipwrecks and sounding the alarm if one was spotted.
The light itself is a second order Fresnel lens, 2 meters high and eight-sided, and it creates a flashing white light at 20 second intervals. Here's when the light is flashing towards my camera.
Each side is a set of thick glass prisms, designed to capture as much light as possible and concentrate it into a single powerful beam that can be seen over great distances (ships at sea like this "see it from far, far away" stuff, trust me!).
Many of the old Fresnel light structures have been retired, replaced by more modern high-intensity lights, so seeing a second order lens made me quite happy because I love the old glass.
How rough is the weather at Cape Blanco? Well, this lens was installed in 1936, and sometime between then and now, lighthouse windows blew out in storms and damaged some of the prisms.
As with every lighthouse I love, the stairs are so cool, and I always have to take a picture of them! The bricks are the original ones created and fired on side when the lighthouse was built in 1870.
And to end our little tour, here's the southerly view from the lighthouse, looking down the coastline towards Port Orford.


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I decided to start blogging. Being a writer of books, I find I end up with lots of scraps that won't make it in the books, but that would be good candidates for the blog format.
I'm not overly interested in sport - so it's perhaps unexpected that my first 'Philosophical Muser' blog should be about sport.
The lionisation of sports stars and sports teams, and generalised sport fanhood, is a mental commitment that usually stifles the development of real excellence of mind. In much of
Europe the national obsession is football - which is probably an unhealthy obsession in excess, just like almost all sport obsession is. I suppose the corollary issue is that sport is something of taste, so how do we measure quantity to find what is excessive and what isn't? There is one way - by assigning value using an economic template. The sorts of sums of money involved in football constitutes crazy money. I know this because when one talks in terms of tens of millions, it's obvious to me that the money could be spent better elsewhere.
Ah, but wait, you may say - if sport gives people great pleasure, and people wilfully follow it at some personal cost, who is anyone to say the money could be better spent elsewhere? That is the wrong question. The right question would be - if the vast sums of money associated with sport were diminished and put into more worthwhile uses, would the diminution that greatly compromises the quality of sport be worth it against the gains obtained from the increased resources in other uses? Let's say the benefactors and businessmen behind sport and its media outlets got together and agreed to charitably take 75% of the crazy money out of sport and invest it in projects that helped the needy. Yes the quality of sport would decrease, but not by very much, and the enjoyment levels would soon equilibriate again. More so, the quality of life for those in need would increase greatly. Sport involves huge sums of money that generates rewards that would not be greatly diminished with much of the crazy money taken out. In the global sense, where one is measuring quality of life and well-being, sport (and many other things, of course) sucks up a lot of money and provides relatively little in return.
Once again, that is not a wild speculation - it is based on the economic principle that market economies quite naturally shape rewards, contribution and demands commensurably. With a small degree of flexibility, the price of a bunch of bananas, or a mobile phone, or a lawnmower, or a scarf, or the fees of bricklayers, plumbers, removal men, etc reflects the demand and willingness to pay a particular sum for the goods or services. That is why (save for anomalies) the market generally isn't over-saturated or in great scarcity of the products consumers buy and the services people need. Sport doesn't have this 'invisible hand' (to use Adam Smith's term) to regulate its dispensations - it can extend globally and amount to a huge over investment which robs us of a great many resources and denies the more valuable and worthwhile alternative uses. Because of this, irregularity in the market economy doesn't provide the optimum number of sports stars as it does goods supplies, bricklayers, plumbers and removal men.
Does all this mean people should give up their love of sport? Not necessarily - it gives them pleasure, and the crazy sums of money involved aren't going to change for the better anyway. And remember, this wasn't a post about how to live your life, it was the expression of a truism based on economic facts. Compounding this is the fact that money isn't the same as wealth - money buys you the things you want and need, but it is the assets that money buys that gives quality of life. You don't create wealth just by giving someone millions of pounds. You create wealth when you start a company that fulfils the demands of the consumer with the supply of a particular product that adds quality or well-being to people's lives. You create wealth when you streamline a company of its extraneous staff. You create wealth every time you close down an entity that sucks up more resources than it provides. You create wealth when you invent new things, or synthesise two concepts in innovation, or construct new theories that generate prosperity when actioned. That is why the crazy money in sport is doing much less good than that crazy money could do elsewhere.
Next time I will tell you why your mental excellence might be enhanced by giving up some of the things you most enjoy.


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July 11 was the first full day of General Synod. Primate Fred Hiltz gave his Primatial address and you watch it here.
Also on Thursday Representatives of the Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) were accepted as full voting members of General Synod 2019 Attending members were invited on stage to receive proper accreditations and voting devices.
Following this, Archbishop Fred Hiltz, responding to a national call, and at the request and with the authority of the Council of General Synod, offered the an apology for the cultural and spiritual harm the Anglican Church of Canada inflicted on all Indigenous Peoples. Click to read the response in full.
Also on July 11, the 42nd General Synod passed a resolution acknowledging receipt of the report 'One Step on a Journey: The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement and the Anglican Church of Canada—Lessons Learned', along with its executive summary. The resolution encourages all levels of the church to read the documents and to "take action on their recommendations for ongoing reconciliation work both within the Anglican Church and more broadly."
Melanie Delva, reconciliation animator for the Anglican Church of Canada, presented the 21-page report and the resolution to General Synod. Delva played the lead role in writing One Step on a Journey and the exercises that provided its content, which asked respondents to reflect on their experiences of the IRSSA. Read the entire report here.
On Friday morning rules were changed to enable a self-determining Indigenous church within the Anglican Church of Canada. And the title of Archbishop was bestowed upon National Indigenous Bishop Mark MacDonald. Archbishop MacDonald now ranks with the Metropolitans. After the nearly unanimous vote, Primate Fred Hiltz presented Archbishop Mark MacDonald, with a metropolitan cross made for the new role, which was decorated by Saskia Rowley, graphic designer at the national office of the General Synod, with input from Indigenous Ministries Coordinator Canon Ginny Doctor.
"So you see on the cross there the four colours for the four peoples of the world. You'll see she's drawn the colour blue in the middle, blue of course being the colour of hope for the Indigenous peoples," explained Hiltz. There is also an eagle feather hung from the cross, "reminding us of the great text that is so dear to Indigenous peoples, the text from Isaiah: 'Those who wait for the Lord renew their strength; they mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not grow weary, they shall walk and not faint.'"
Friday afternoon and evening was dedicated to discussing the proposed changes to the marriage canon (canon XXI) Many members of Synod spoke both for and against the proposed changes. Following emotional pleas from both sides the vote was taken. To pass the motion there had to be a 2/3 majority in each of the three houses, bishops, clergy and laity. The clergy (73.2%) and laity (80.9%) surpassed the needed votes however votes from the house of bishops were only 62.2% in favour so the motion was defeated. This caused anguish throughout the crowded hall especially with the youth delegates, some running from the room in tears. Chaplains were on hand to offer pastoral support to whoever needed it.
Acknowledging the earlier observation of a member of synod, Archbishop Fred Hiltz noted, "Our children are crying. And many of you are crying, for a variety of reasons. So I think it's time to adjourn. It's time to leave this hall in silence. It's time for you to go and do what you need to do—to cry, or to gather with delegates from your own diocese; to gather with friends, to gather in circles of prayer, just to try and be attentive to one another."
While the proposed changes to the marriage canon did not achieve the supermajority required in each order, General Synod did adopt overwhelmingly the 'Word to the Church' from the council of General Synod and its affirmations. The affirmations are as follows:
Affirmation #1
Indigenous Spiritual Self-determination Whatever the action of the church at this General Synod, we affirm the right of Indigenous persons and communities to spiritual self-determination in their discernment and decisions regarding same-sex marriage.
Affirmation #2
Diverse Understandings of the Existing Canon
We affirm that, while there are different understandings of the existing Marriage Canon, those bishops and synods who have authorized liturgies for the celebration and blessing of a marriage between two people of the same sex understand that the existing Canon does not prohibit same-sex marriage.
Affirmation #3
Diverse Understandings and Teachings
We acknowledge the ongoing reality that there is a diversity of understandings and teachings about marriage in the Anglican Church of Canada, and we affirm the prayerful integrity with which those understandings and teachings are held.
Affirmation #4
Our Commitment to Presume Good Faith
We affirm our commitment to presume good faith among those who hold diverse understandings and teachings, and hold dear their continued presence in this church.
Affirmation #5
Our Commitment to Stand Together
We affirm our commitment to walk together and to preserve communion, one with another, in Christ, within this church, within our Anglican Communion, and with our ecumenical partners.
The full document can be read here.
Primate Fred Hiltz and officers of General Synod were visibly upset at the reaction caused by the vote on canon XXI
On Sunday, July 15, Archbishop Fred Hiltz read a letter from the House of Bishops to General Synod, Read that here.
The following day, July 16, this statement was delivered by the Prolocutor and Deputy Prolocutor, in response to the statement from the House of Bishops.
You can read that here.
On Sunday morning delegates were invited to services at churches throughout the Diocese of New Westminster. Everyone enjoyed the wonderful hospitality shown by the various congregations!
Sunday evening a reception was held to honour our Primate, Archbishop Fred Hitz. Michael Curry, Presiding Bishop of The Episcopal Church, and Susan Johnson, National Bishop of The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada, brought greetings and thanksgivings to a banquet celebrating our beloved Primate, Fred! Prolocutor Peter Wall also spoke and then was joined by Dean Peter Elliott and Bishop Susan Bell for a song written especially for the Primate, followed by a presentation of copies of hymns composed for Fred. And Archbishop Hiltz took to the podium to thank everyone for the kind words. He kept the crowd laughing with stories from his past 12 years as Primate.
Pictures courtesy of Wendy Godfrey
Sunday evening delegates were treated to a Gospel Jamboree! Archbishop Mark MacDonald joined pianist Lonnie and other guests for a time to get together for prayer, for singing and dancing! A great time was had by everyone in attendance, including Primate Fred Hiltz. Hiltz was presented a gift for his work on reconciliation from Archbishop Mark.
(Photos courtesy of Wendy Godfrey)
On July 15 a resolution passed first reading to delete prayer number four in "Prayers and Thanksgivings upon Several Occasions" from use and future printings of the BCP, and replace it with a prayer entitled "For Reconciliation with the Jews."
The resolution passed by nearly unanimous votes in all three orders.Primate Fred Hiltz presented Rabbi Adam Stein with a gift and signed copy of Resolution A051-R2, "Prayer for Reconciliation with the Jewish People." Photo: Brian Bukowski
On Sunday, General Synod welcomed Suheil Dawani, Archbishop of the Diocese of Jerusalem, and the Primate of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East. He spoke about the power of building bridges and respect between religions in the Middle East.
He asked that we all pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
Photo courtesy of The Diocese of Algoma
An election was held to choose new members for the Council of General synod (CoGS) In our Province of Rupert's Land, members include Gregory Kerr-Wilson- Bishop, Joey Royal-Bishop, Amos Winter-Clergy, Freda Lepine-Laity, Michael Siebert-Laity, Chris Wood-Laity, Luke Gobbett-Youth
Delegates from other provinces:
Province of British Columbia and Yukon
Lynne McNaughton-Bishop, Marnie Peterson-Clergy, Ian Alexander-Laity, Jody Walker-Laity, Dale Drozda-Youth
Province of Canada
David Edwards-Bishop, Paulette Bugden-Clergy, Margaret Jenniex-Laity, Ann Cumyn-Laity, Scott Potter-Youth
Province of Ontario
Andrew Asbil-Bishop, Valerie Kerr-Clergy, Kim Chadsey-Laity, Hugh Mackenzie-Laity, Lyds Keesmat-Walsh-Youth
Anglican Council of Indigenous People
The Rev. Canon Dr. Murray Still, Ms. Sheba McKay
Anglican Military Ordinariate
Major The Rev. Dennis F G Newhook
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada:
To be named in September


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Deciphering the many moods of a teenage girl
January 29, 2012
The problem with being a parent of one teenage girl and one soon-to-be teenage girl is I never know who I'm going to get when I wake up in the morning.
Will I get the happy-go-lucky, carefree girl who has the world by the tail and greets the day with a positive attitude, or will I get the morose, brooding teenager who grunts responses, barricades herself in her bedroom and doesn't look up from whatever electronic device she is holding to answer questions?
It's the luck of the draw every day. There's no rhyme or reason to it. I just have to be ready for anything.
I have learned there are certain signals that can predict the mood of each child, and I've tried to learn to read these to avoid being blindsided:
» The Grunt. When I ask "How was your day?" and get The Grunt, I know not to ask anything further. If something serious happened that they need to talk about, they will likely come to me later. Asking questions after The Grunt just leaves me open to "Just leave me alone," or "I don't want to talk about it right now." Honor The Grunt.
» The Eye Roll. This can mean several things: "Can you just let it go?" or "You are so stupid," or "I don't want to do what you just asked me," or "Really? You should know better." I have little patience for The Eye Roll most of the time. If I am trying to annoy my daughters, say by showing them my latest dance moves, then I find it amusing. If I am asking them to clean their room for the 100th time, then it sends me through the roof. The Eye Roll can be a dangerous thing. I feel I probably get it more behind my back. To my face, it might cause more trouble than it's worth.
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» The Sigh. Normally, this is just a sign of exasperation " not necessarily dangerous " but it can be a precursor to something more serious. Usually The Sigh just means they don't want to talk or do what I asked, but they probably will. The Sigh, like The Eye Roll, can also mean "You are so stupid, Mom," but at least it is better than actually saying it. The Sigh only really irritates me when I feel I've asked something reasonable and I get it. Then it's likely to make me mad.
» The Silent Treatment. I know things are about to get ugly when I start getting this one. It means I've done something so irritating that if my daughter opens her mouth, she knows it's likely to result in something very bad. I often get The Silent Treatment after I've had to discipline them for something, especially a bad behavior. It's the ultimate, "You don't understand me and you're not even worth my words." Most of the time I honor The Silent Treatment. At least it's peaceful.
» The Closed Door. More and more I am greeted with a closed bedroom door. This can mean "Leave me alone," but it can also just mean, "Hey, I need some time to myself." Everyone needs their own space sometimes, so I generally honor The Closed Door and try to knock when I need something and be respectful. Of course, like any overprotective mother, a prolonged closed door makes me wonder if something is wrong and I usually can't help but intervene. I do make them come out for meals and occasional conversations.
Of all the signals, this one is usually benign. My dog, however, hates The Closed Door and has been known to sit outside with one of her stuffed "babies" in her mouth and whine until she is let in. It's definitely not a tactic I can employ to get entrance, but I admire her tenacity.
Every day is full of new possibilities. Despite the uncertainty of my daughters' moods, I try to keep a positive attitude myself and tackle whichever child I am faced with. Some days that is easier than others.
One thing " it's never boring.
Theresa Myers is the editorial page editor at The Tribune and lives in Greeley with her husband and two daughters. She can be reached at tmyers@ greeleytribune.com.


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The Craftbeericans is social craft beer drinking show that combines all things that make America great: Craft Beer, Wrestling, BBQ, and Momma. My friend Tom Harness is a social media guru and owner of Harness Digital Marketing.
Todd Bryant is the morning drive DJ at the new Magic 95.1 in southern Illinois and runs a voice over business called Todd Bryant Voice Productions.
Todd Ellis hosts the Craftbeericans on his farm for some fun with guns and pumpkins each fall. He also has his own digital creative agency called Plain Brown Media.
Doug Brinkley is a home brewer who has created a beer after each member of the Craftbeericans. I'm partial to the Hunsperger Beatdown Berry.


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Living in the middle of no where is addicting. I have found solitude and isolation to be surprisingly more exciting than a city stuffed full of millions of weird people on cell phones.
The clean air, the sounds of bugs and birds chirping as you wake up and go to sleep, the mystery of potentially undisturbed land by humans… this is what I came to see in Borneo and this is why I purposely went out of my way to stay in Danum Valley Conservation Area.
438 kilometres of virgin old growth jungle as dense and lush as far as the eye can see and breath-takingly beautiful as your little brain can imagine.
Danum Valley is a protected area from hunting, logging and all those other bad, bad things that us naughty humans tend to do. It is mainly used as a research area for scientists from all over the world but it is open for tourists who want to stare at technicolor centipedes and giant leaves bigger than your head. It doesn't get any more real than this.
How can I describe this place to you? Magnificent? Awe Inspiring? It's pretty much Jurassic Park in real life! The trees were higher and more solid than any concrete post I have ever seen, the animals more abundant than your average zoo and the leeches… well, that's a whole different topic that I cringe at the thought of writing about.
I will say that having 5 disgusting worms suck your blood at one time was an annoyingly painful but small price to pay for the beautiful hikes and exciting animal sightings.
We were approached by friendly barking deer, hung out with prehistoric looking bearded pigs in a natural mud pit and stood under a Rambutan tree in the pouring rain as a mother orangutan fed unripe fruit to her baby.
Continue reading (Incl. Pic) at: Danum Valley: An Education


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Good Morning, Dear Friends and Prayer Partners! This is the day that the Lord has made and we will rejoice and be glad in it!
This morning the half moon was visible in a clear sky, so it looks like no rain today.
Because we have a boy with a sore sunburn, we did not go to the Park yesterday, but he is healing and should be able to wear a shirt today. Instead, we made and baked cookies, which was fun.
From The Promise Bible:
What do I do when problems overwhelm me?
Psalm 145:14
"The Lord is my light and my salvation-so why should I be afraid? The Lord protects me from danger-so why should I tremble?"
Problems can turn our eyes from the Lord. Use them instead, as opportunities to turn our eyes to the Lord for his protection, his guiding light, and his saving power.
Psalm 145:14 "The Lord helps the fallen and lifts up those bent beneath their loads."
God finds the fallen and never passes them by. When we feel we can't go another step, he shoulders our loads, easing our pain and burdens.
Psalm 42:5-6 "Why am I discouraged? Why so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again-my Savior and my God! Now I am deeply discouraged , but I will remember your kindness -from Mt. Hermon, the souirce of the Jordan, from the land of Mount Mizar God's Mercy. "
He has been faithful in the past and will be faithful in the future. Memory ignites the fire of hope and drives away the darkness of despair.
I always give thanks for you remembering you in my prayers with thanksgiving, joy and love!
Love and hugs,
Amaryllis (15 and counting)


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Yemeni artist Asmahan A. Mosleh (beforehand) continues to color beautiful acrylic mandala works infused with gold leaf accents. The meditative items take days to finish with upward of eighty hours spent on a person portray.
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Jesus said that we should forgive each other 70x7. How often and when will God forgive us?
God forgave Israel for 490 years. (70X7) Personally, I don't want to push the envelope... that cup of iniquity may be fuller than I already realize...
Yes, sin changes us, and the more stubbornly it is persisted in, the weaker becomes the desire to repent and the stronger becomes the pride that won't bow down in repentance. I don't think God has an exact upper limit on the number and type of sins that may be forgiven, but I do believe our individual spirits can only take so much self-inflicted punishment before they become so hardened that we won't bother seeking forgiveness.
Yes George. It's not a question of 'How many sins will God forgive?' It is, 'How much sin can we allow in our lives that causes us to not seek forgiveness anymore.' God's love and forgiveness is unfathomable. God will always forgive a repentant heart. Remember that He came to die for sinners KNOWING that most would spit in His face and trample His gift on the ground.If that isn't love and forgiveness, I don't know what is.There is always a way back to God's forgiveness. I love the words to one of southern gospel songwriter Phil Cross' song, 'Jesus Built a Bridge You Cannot Burn'With only three nails and two pieces of woodWith one rugged cross, Jesus built a bridge....Jesus built a bridge you cannot burnNo matter where you are, you can returnTo the Father's house today, there is always a wayJesus built a bridge you cannot burnTo God be the glory!
I believe that God forgives us as often as we sincerely repent. Do do more would be cheap grace; to do less would go against His nature.


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On 30 November 2018 in Bern, the Organisation of the Swiss Abroad (OSA) handed to the Federal Chancellery more than 11,000 signatures gathered online among the Swiss Abroad. The petition calls for electronic voting to be made available to all Swiss Abroad by 2021. This voting method is often the only way that the Swiss Abroad can exercise their political rights, as voting documentation sent by post often reaches them too late.
Because of criticisms of electronic voting, the Council of the Swiss Abroad – recognised by the Confederation as the representative of the «Fifth Switzerland» – decided at its meeting on 10 August to launch an online petition, www.evoting2021.ch.The petition demands that the Federal Council and Parliament make electronic voting available to all Swiss Abroad by 2021.
In the space of a few months and using only the means of communication available to the OSA, the petition has gathered 11,492 signatures, almost 7% of Swiss Abroad registered on an electoral register. As of 4 March 2018, 172,000 Swiss Abroad were registered on an electoral register, equivalent to the electorate of the canton of Thurgau. The OSA aimed to reach 10,000 signatures, so this result has exceeded expectations. This success is evidence, if it were needed, of the importance of this voting method for our fellow citizens abroad.
Like their compatriots in Switzerland, the Swiss Abroad are entitled to take part in elections and elect representatives to the Federal Parliament. Unfortunately, they often receive their documentation too late to cast their vote within the deadline.
The petition was submitted on 30 November 2018 to Federal Chancellery by the OSA's President, Remo Gysin. Mr Gysin declared that «only the introduction of electronic voting can guarantee the democratic rights of the Swiss Abroad.»


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Category: hipsters
Mr Carson is grainy on the facts.
Privacy never existed.
Leicester City was a hipster's choice club until it moved into the top four.
David Moyes and José Mourinho are about equal in their ability to produce Schadenfreude Saturdays.
Amexgate (Marco Rubio) looks like criminal activity. I suppose no Florida prosecutor has an interest in pressing charges.
Now I know how Joan of Arc felt
Kim Davis is the Pope of religious bigotry.
Pope Francis looks a bit like Peter Gabriel.
Texas + football brings out the paleolithic in people.
Anti-gentrification protestors are as well meaning and as misguided as their colleagues in the Occupy movement. Attacking a cereal shop in the East End of London is as impotent a gesture as the refusal to formulate specific demands for political authorities.
Hipsters keep our culture fresh. Embrace them and then real progress might commence.
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I miss the rave culture of the 90s.
Like it or not, hipsters have reinvigorated contemporary culture without any heavy dose of cultural vanguardism. They saved the vinyl lp and the fixed gear bike, quietly and without making a fuss about it.
There have been three great companies in modern history: the East India Company, the Ford Motor Company, and Apple.
The release of an Apple product is like Christmas day.
Heavy horse
Georg Lukács, "Realism in the Balance" [1938], in Theodor Adorno et al., Aesthetics and Politics, 41:
One inescapable consequence of an attitude alien or hostile to reality makes itself increasingly evident in the art of the 'avant-garde': a growing paucity of content, extended to a point where absence of content or hostility towards it is upheld on principle.
This is a good thing: content is myth.
The Sound of Music is likely the best piece of Popera (in the English language) ever, followed closely by My Fair Lady.
Criticism of hipsters, whether they live in Brooklyn, Neukölln, or East London, is hackneyed.
The trouble with patriotic Russian propaganda is not that it's propaganda but rather that it is so boringly predictable. The same cliched code words are shuffled around: CIA, fascists, oligarchs, NATO imperialism, etc. The same reports of Mr Putin's popularity (sometimes 70%, sometimes 80%) indicate levels of support not seen since Stalin. It's bargain bin junk, not even worth debunking.
My plea to TASS: be bold. Be original. Throw away the old CCCP counter-intelligence handbook. Surprise us!
Through the never
Hipsters churches in Silicon Valley makes sense. There's a lot of irony in religion.
I'm ready for iRapture.
The Protestant sects were once start-up churches.
Dante had Texas in mind.
Sure on this shining night
The case for lifting the ban on imported haggis would advance if hipsters make it part of their lifestyle.
There's no peak ramen. Gourmet ramen is here to stay.
Kim Dotcom is pirating a new product.
Women are more likely to believe in God and the afterlife than men (at least in the UK). It's too bad women don't exercise more power within religion.
The same Republicans who deny the existence of climate change believe dinosaurs were on the ark.
I stay away
There are "no-go zones" for rational people in
Louisiana the Republican Party.
In the wake of the SOTU address, the Republican Party will move further to the right, which is just what the POTUS wants. Those who are paranoid and driven by blind emotion are easily manipulated.
TLC is nothing without the pyromanic Left Eye.
This is good news for hipsters in the unlikely event they find themselves on the wrong side of the law.
This is England: Magna Carta, Agincourt, Shakespeare, parliamentary government, Churchill, Page 3.


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What skills will future generations of IT engineers need to develop, and how will automation help organizations overcome the current shortage of IT technicians and engineers? In this third and final post in our series, we talk with Sunny Shah, VP of Technology at TierPoint, for answers to these questions, and more.
Did you miss parts 1 and 2 of our interview with Sunny? You can access those posts here:
- The Current State of Data Center Automation
- How the Changing Role of IT Leads to Data Center Automation
The IT organization is evolving due to automation
Interviewer: How is the IT organization evolving as data center automation increases?
While we often think of IT people as being on the cutting edge of change, there's a surprising amount of resistance in IT to change. A lot of forward-thinking organizations are forcing the conversation. They've even created a new role called the DTO, Digital Transformation Officer, that is part of executive leadership. These DTOs are given executive authority to execute digital transformation throughout the organization in support of the business' objectives. And they have the highest level of support. In some companies, this role even reports to the board of directors, instead of to the CTO or CIO.
In the traditional model, each of the IT functional silos perform their parts to support a service. You have a server team that deals with Compute, Network team that touches Network and Storage Team that provisions storage. Each of the teams needs a lot of coordination and well-documented hand-off steps and the speed is often time sacrificed in the name of quality, accuracy and reliability. However, IT is now being challenged to turn into an enabler rather than acting as a barrier. The attitude is shifting from "why" to "how can I" for your smart Agile IT leader. It is this paradigm shift from a "technology focus" to "a business focus", that is being embraced by IT leaders to deliver everything faster, better and in a more secure manner.
We're also seeing an evolution within IT that is being spurred on not only by automation but also by the current skills gap. Most companies will have functional engineers on staff. For example, they might have a very smart storage engineer who knows EMC, NetApp, Nimble, Pure… You name it; they know it. Clearly, this is a valuable individual in any company. But, the challenge these companies face is that when you automate you need engineers who also have some programming expertise.
For example, they may need to write a utility script or write a small script that can run and extend their NetApp volume across forty data centers at the push of a button. It's not that the companies ignore the need for this skill, it's that they never realized how necessary these programming skills are at this stage of digital evolution.
Growing skill sets for data center automation
Interviewer: Sounds like there's some skills development that needs to happen. How are organizations addressing that, and is there anything they can do to speed up the process?
Some companies have developed a DevOps culture that pairs programmers with engineers, so they can help each other out and supplement the skills gap on both sides. This promotes agility as well as helps companies and individuals think about the use case for what they're building.
This makes for better engineers too. When they have a higher-level view of what they are doing, they're going to be able to continue to develop their practices and processes to support the company vision.
Key skills for data center new hires
Interviewer: What sorts of skills should organizations be looking for in new hires?
It used to be that hiring managers needed to look for individuals who could fill specific roles, but as rapidly as IT is evolving, you need a much more rounded employee than ever before. I also think you need to look for employees who have a grasp of business concepts and understand IT's role in achieving the business' objectives. As technology evolves, you can teach a bright, young engineer what they need to know. It's a lot harder to teach someone who only cares about hardware or networking what they need to know about the business as a whole.
In the future, your next generation IT engineers will need to be a "jack of many trades, but master of some." Learn to code. Understand how to analyze large amounts of data! New IT engineers should always be looking for ways to improve and evolve themselves. Never lose your innate curiosity and love of learning.
Expert advice on automation
Interviewer: Any final words of wisdom you'd like to share with our audience?
Don't jump into this space with a "Platform First" strategy. Many technologists make this mistake. They go after an automation platform provider, and they assume that once they get it rolled out, it will address all of their issues.
It's not going to happen! You have to make sure you understand your current processes and your use cases. You have to make sure you evaluate your team's skill set. You have to sell why automation makes life better and why it's not a threat to IT's existence. You have to demonstrate to your IT that you're as committed to them as to the needs of the business by helping them see where they fit in the big picture. If you do those things well, the platform and the technology options are just going to fall into place.
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Learning through experience definitely makes an impression, but isn't it better sometimes to learn from the successes and failures of others? Scripture tells us that those who came before us are examples for us (1 Cor. 10:6 and 11), given that we could learn what to do-and what not to do. Few offer us the lessons that Elijah does.
Looking for God's provision? Elijah dealt with that. Trying to believe God when everything in the natural is against you? Elijah dealt with that too. Battling with self-pity? Elijah faced that as well. Elijah's ministry wasn't very long, but it was packed full of life lessons that we can use today.
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It's important to be reminded that your favorite players are human like you. Goofy, embarrassing, and shameless humans. It's comforting. Seeing a world class athlete clown themself is like being enveloped in a warm blanket of self-worth and vindication. For that reason, here's a picture of Manchester City's Sergio Agüero meeting Will Smith, while wearing a shirt that features the face of Will Smith.
Yikes. Will Smith is obviously a great man. Regardless of who it is, he would be well within his rights to call security on any person who gleefully approaches him wearing his face. This is why celebs should carry their own stun guns. You never know when a Premier League striker will run up on you being all weird.
Really, I can't be too harsh on Agüero. That is the Fresh Prince, after all. And this close to Memorial Day, all good people across the globe have had "Summertime" on loop since they left work last Friday.
For whatever reason (💰), Manchester City was in Toronto this week to play Toronto FC in late-May. Smith is in town filming his next movie, Suicide Squad.


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What to expect at Knox …
We have been in Bracebridge since 1865, but have changed a few things since then.
- We use multimedia and are pretty relaxed during worship, though we take God's love seriously.
- We adhere to a "Leading with Care" policy, so our place is safe for children, youth and vulnerable adults.
- We have a fully accessible facility.
- Sundays, you will be greeted at the door, and may sit anywhere.
- We like to try new things in worship and are friendly and we dress casually.
- We have a rotating gallery of congregational art, changing every 3 months.
- We don't have all the answers – in fact, we have more questions than answers – but we invite you to join us on a journey of faith!
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Whangārei woman Olive Harris, an amateur historian who has written four books about the Hokianga's early days, has also written of her suffragist great-grandmother, Lucy Kate Figēs Hawkins.
A garden party atmosphere was far from an apt description on the day many women made huge efforts to vote in the Hokianga.
Unlike what their sisters were enjoying across much of New Zealand, the weather was dismal.
The dainty, French/Italian former stage actress travelled miles up-harbour by boat to the Motukaraka school house, ''in terrible weather, but she was determined to vote'', Harris said.
''Lucy Kate Hawkins added her name to that historic electoral roll.''
For several years the Hawkins family had lived at Waitapu, inside the harbour near its north head, where they were the only European family.
Patriarch Thomas Bratt Hawkins was sole teacher at the Matihetihe Native School, Mitimiti, over the hills on the west coast.
His great-grand-daughter has pages of letters sent to and from Hawkins and the education department of the day, he complaining about the little school's condition, the fact the department would only give him one horse for the long journey every day, and his poor pay.
Olive Harris wondered if ''Great Nana'' had a sense of independence honed during her nomadic upbringing in Europe and England by parents who were well-known actors and entertainers.
Perhaps the Hawkins sat in their tiny roughsawn house in the backblocks musing on social justice issues and people's rights. Certainly, they had suffered alienation from society back home in England and were in a kind of exile.
The son of a wealthy steelworks family, Hawkins fell in love with the dancing, singing, melodramatic actress when he first saw her on the stage.
It was roses at the stage door and lines of flowery poetry after that, and he defied convention to marry her.
His family were aghast, Hawkins was disinherited, and the couple were cast out from the family pile, Hollow Estate.
The Hawkins emigrated to Auckland with four young sons in 1881, then over a couple of years made their way north, first to Warkworth and then Waitapu, where the well-educated Englishman got a teaching job. By then they had another son and a daughter.
Harris is very proud of her connection to the suffrage movement. She is not sure if her ancestor was one of the 200-plus Northland women who signed the mighty suffrage petition as it was toured around the country, but the election day itself would have been her second journey up-harbour to ensure her right to vote.
All women had only 12 weeks to get on their local roll between the new Election Act 1893 being signed on September 19 and the election itself only 12 weeks later.
Harris won a Genealogical Society award for her book about the Hawkins family's history, called From Hollow Estate to Hokianga. - Lindy Laird


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As a small business owner, setting up your budget enables you to forecast your overall outgoings and profit margins. It can become grinding because sales are slow and you are learning how the business actually operates, to acquire customers, market products, understand how changing processes and products affect your financials, and every idea you have does not automatically work as you envision it to increase profits.
The focal point of corporate governance within small businesses is that all businesses need to set company strategic goals, provide the leadership to put them into effect, supervise the management of the business, and if the company has stockholders, report to the stockholders on their stewardship.
If you are running a business or have recently started a small business set up, it is advisable to get as much credit as possible on your credit cards – but do this at a reasonable rate, because getting too much credit will surely make your credit score fall.
Some of the risks that small businesses face are overhead cost, cost of equipment, expected sales volume, salary cost, taxes, price charged for service or product, competitor's actions, the local economy, changing trends, risk that the product may become obsolete.
There are many businesses who would never qualify for a traditional bank loan, regardless of how badly they need it or want it. If their credit scores are low, or if they are unable to provide the collateral the banks require their applications will be rejected.


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Using producers' own production and financial data from the Lockhart region, modelling was initially undertaken to assess pasture and livestock production, and enterprise profitability for two prior periods (1970-1999 and 2000-2009) to ensure the models were performing correctly. Modelling was then performed looking ahead to 2030, using 4 different climate scenarios.
A Prime Lamb enterprise was examined. The pasture base was annual ryegrass and sub clover
Weather predictions & pasture production
Projected weather for the four 2030 scenarios and the impact on pasture production are shown below
Key findings
- Compared to 1970-1999, over the period 2000-2009 rainfall was 25% lower, average maximum temperature was 4% higher and pasture production 31% lower.
- These figures are among the biggest impacts in the state for this period
- For 2030:
- The temperature increases are consistent (+7%) but the rainfall forecast is more variable ranging from a +8% to -16%, and averaging a 3% reduction.
- Rainfall is significantly less affected than during the dry 2000-2009 period
- On average, there is a 9% decrease in annual pasture production (range +10% to -27%), exhibiting a considerable range similar to rainfall. The USA1 and German models show a considerable reduction while the UK model shows a significant increase
- Generally all models predict lower spring, summer and autumn pasture growth. All models (except German) have higher winter growth with the UK model also having higher spring growth.
- All models (except German) have higher pasture growth in the June to October period followed by lower mid to late spring growth.
For more information see the attached fact sheet.
Livestock & Financial Impacts, and Adaptations
Using the modelled pasture production figures, the impacts on livestock production and farm profitability were then calculated. Such impacts were initially based on a "business as usual" case i.e. no adaptations (changes to farm management practices) were made.
Then, by discussing these predicted results with farmers, a series of possible adaptations were agreed to and modelled. These adaptations were assessed for their ability (either individually or in combination) to help reduce the impact of climate change on livestock production and farm profitability.
To see the 'business as usual' impacts, and then what adaptations were proposed by producers and modelled for the prime lamb enterprise at Lockhart, please click on:


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Artraker Lorena Wolffer : "A country at war with women"Short read
States of Exception (Estados de excepción) is a series of participatory cultural interventions conceived for women to freely and joyfully exercise our rights in public and secure environments, which is currently being produced in Mexico and abroad.
Conceived in response to the growing wave of violence against women in Mexico that forces us to live in a de facto state of exception — outlined in Article 29 of the Mexican Constitution as the suspension of the population's rights in cases of conflict or war — the project is centered on the creation of reverse states of exception. These are time and space-specific interventions in which women can exercise the totality of our rights in public arenas.
The first State of Exception is a four-course meal for 20 female passersby that take place in public streets or plazas. This apparently modest gesture — transporting an event that would normally take place in private settings into public spheres — produces a remarkable effect; it not only empowers each of the women participants but also delineates, for both the participants and the audience members, that other ways of being and relating to one another are possible.
For over twenty years, Lorena Wolffer's (Mexico City, 1971) work has been an ongoing site for resistance and enunciation at the intersection between art and activism. Lorena's artwork addresses issues related to the cultural fabrication of gender and tenaciously advocates for women's rights, agency and voices. She has also produced, facilitated, and curated dozens of projects with numerous artists using platforms such as museums, public spaces, and television.
From the creation of radical cultural interventions with various communities of women, to pioneering pedagogical models for the collective development of situated knowledge, these projects are produced within an inventive arena that underlines the pertinence of experimental languages and displaces the border between so-called high and low culture. Wolffer's work — a stage for the voices, representations, and narratives of others, which are usually invisible in the Mexican scenario — brings to light the possibility of social realms that are grounded in respect and equality.
Lorena Wolffer won the 2014 Artraker Award for Social Impact.
"I Spy with my little eye… A new generation of Beirut artists".Exhibition, Short read
Margaux Portron, Research and Communications Associate, Artraker.
Yesterday I visited the exhibition "I Spy with my little eye. A new generation of Beirut artists", at the Mosaic Rooms, in London. It ends tomorrow, so if you can make the time, go and see it.
"I Spy" struck me for two reasons.
The first is the content of the exhibition. As discussed in last week's post with Yahya from P21 Gallery, we expect artworks from warzones or postconflict zones to talk about war. This is the opposite here.
Here you can see a lamp hanging from a chandelier. The artwork by Stéphanie Saadé is part of a series called Re-enactment LB /Chandelier, "a scenario seen in a traditional Beiruti house – a lamp used only as a support for another lamp".
The phone is part of the installation Let it ring, by Charbel-joseph H. Boutros, where three phones were dialled – the three phones are displayed throughout the Mosaic Rooms. "the installation/performance employs disappearance as a mode of visual suggestion, conveying historical and intimate meanings, finding poetic lines that extend beyond the realm of existing realities".
The series of photographs by Georges Awde depict Syrian boys living in Lebanon, certainly, but they're more about coming of age for boys than about fleeing a warzone:
For some curatorial reason, however, the photographs were hung quite low on the wall, and because they were displayed in the halls I couldn't really take a step back (literally), to look at them. It is a pity because these are really powerful pictures (as the comments left in the gallery book also suggest).
Which brings me to the form of the exhibition.
I liked that there was no info on the artworks on the walls: you had to take a brochure and find the artist in there. There are so many artworks there that I feel like info on the wall would have disrupted their message. Instead, the pieces work with the space without the museographic codes.
For instance, this is not an artwork:
The Reeds corresponds to the photos, it is not the whole installation. I absolutely loved this set up, because it engaged me physically with the artworks: you have to dig into the box, the photos will not stay in the same order, etc. But even more so, because it comprises "photographic shots of a sexual cruising ground tucked away ine one Beirut's iconic waterfronts". Very graphic images indeed. This set-up transforms us from spectators to actors – you do not simply walk past.
The Mosaic Rooms
Free Admission
Opening times: Tuesday – Saturday, 11am-6pm
A.M. Qattan Foundation
Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road
London SW5 0SW
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