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With the fast-paced developments in online and information technologies, software has become an inseparable part of our everyday lives. We carry around a world of information in our pocket, which we can access instantly. For many people, not a day goes by without interacting with a UI to get something done. Whether it's the consumption or communication of information, we want that software to run smoothly in order to achieve its purpose.
This was one of the main reasons for us to start Testbirds. We wanted to help companies and organisations to achieve the best possible software experience – one that corresponds with the wishes, needs or expectations of their end-users. We're proud to do so by means of crowdtesting, a fairly new testing type that complements traditional software testing methods.
With crowdtesting, we consult specified target users to provide us with feedback about how an app, a website or another piece of software is perceived and functions. Our testers do this on their own devices, contributing to an enormous pool of smart devices. They explore the capabilities of the software or follow specific use cases and eventually filter out all kinds of inconsistencies. After collecting this feedback in our platform, the usability issues are corrected to optimize the software.
Since we started in 2011, we've done a considerable amount of tests for hundreds of our clients. This way, we were able to gather valuable information on usability and functional issues for different form factors, which in turn enabled us to deduct valuable insights for developing or optimizing apps and websites. I would like to share some of those insights with you.
Different forms, different screens
The most noticeable development is the physical one, that of the form factor. Developers have to deal with smart devices that come in different shapes and sizes, from the smallest wearable to the largest smart TV and everything in between. So, whether it's a smartphone, phablet, tablet or laptop, developers have to consider the outcome of their work on different screen sizes. This may seem obvious, but it's one of the most frequent errors that we run into. A website for instance should be responsive, so it easily adapts to the corresponding resolution. Then, it takes quite some effort to make sure that all visual elements are displayed correctly and of course also function likewise.
Next to the physical differences, there is the software. The operating systems that run the apps and software define in a large manner how your app will work. However, fragmentation is a huge challenge. For example, Android 5.1 (Lollipop) is the most recent version that Google released for its OS. At the time of writing, only 3,3% of all Android-users actually have this latest version running on their device. That's less than the share of users with Android 2.3.3 (Gingerbread), which was released back in 2011. In terms of OS-functionalities and capabilities, this is essential and determining for the development process.
The number of mobile internet users has increased immensely compared to a decade ago. Convenient as it is to be connected all the time, the speed with which we are connected differs, depending on a subset of factors. This ranges from the build of the device and the network service (4G/LTE) to the ISP and the locally corresponding Wi-Fi connectivity. It's important for dev teams to take this into consideration when designing or building an app or a website. How does low connectivity affect performance? What are the load times and how can these be reduced efficiently? These are important questions to ask when creating software for mobile devices.
There's a myriad of smart devices out there. All have their own designs and features. Depending on the functional design of your app or website, developers can create new software with these features in mind. One could think of touch interfaces, NFC, GPS, Bluetooth, gyroscope, audio, video or lighting features for example. Of course, these features also depend on the type of device. A functional design for a stationary smart TV or desktop computer differs from one for mobile devices, such as smart wear, mobile phones or tablets. Not only does this affect the device itself, it also influences the way the device is used. What if your software is used on-the-go? Does your app need an online connection or can it use offline capabilities?
Dedicated copy
Several things are important when creating copy for apps or websites. First, be sure who you're writing your copy for. Accordingly, the tone of voice and overall imagery of your software should match. Second, as smartphones have smaller screens than laptops, make sure that you keep the text clear and compact when developing for smaller form factors.
For mobile websites, text can be reduced and adjusted in a responsive design. Less is more applies very well in this case. Also be aware to use the right interaction terms for the right media. When browsing on a desktop computer, I'd prefer not to read instructions for hand gestures, such as swiping and such. This may seem arbitrary, but good and corresponding copy in the end enhances the overall experience and retains users.
User-friendly navigation
Lastly, it should be easy to use an app or website. If you offer too many options and information, it will be confusing. Again, less is more. When developing an alternative navigation, offer guidance in the form of a small tutorial or tooltips. In case you do have a lot of data to display, make sure to include helpful options, such as a search bar or filtering functionalities.
Something that also enhances the user experience is to match an app's design with the OS it was built for. It's important to take the design principles into account when developing an app. This way, it's more intuitive for end-users to recognize familiar patterns and actions.
Usage as currency
Overall, thanks to the many crowdtests we've conducted at Testbirds, these key insights could be distilled. Hopefully, they will benefit developers with programming for different form factors. I also hope it shows the value of involving end-users in the development process, because without them, we couldn't have shared these insights.
Therefore, I'd like to close with an important remark by the Microsoft's CEO Satya Nadella. Last year, he stated that usage is the new currency. And in that case, if you want your software to be of any value, don't disregard the people you're developing for and dare to involve them in the process.
What tips do you have for different form factors? Let us know in the comments.


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LB'S NOTE: A few weeks ago, Fake Video, made possible by comparatively easy to use software that can replace people's faces and expressions with those of others without an overt sign of doctoring, was the latest Big Scary Thing.
Now, however, we're talking about something even more fascinating – to me anyway – AI voice replacement so natural that, at the very least, an awful lot of actors may soon be out of jobs. TVWriter™ Bob Tinsley tells the tale (in his own voice).
by Bob Tinsley
I've recently begun following the Voice First movement and the influence of AI in publishing.
Because of the boom in the audiobook market writers often make more money from their audiobooks than they do from their print and ebook books combined, and that divide increases every day. Fewer units sold, but bigger profit margins.
This is leading to an increasing preference for releasing audiobooks either before the print release or simultaneous with. Usually, because of production times (see below) audiobook releases lag print and ebook by a couple of months.
The increasing use of voice interfaces with computers and web entities
like Alexa, Siri, and Google Assistant has led to voice SEO.
If you ask Alexa to find books by a given author it won't find anything
unless that author has audiobooks — in Amazon's environment! Same
with Siri and Google Assistant. So if you don't have voice products out there, you don't get found.
So, Voice First. Of course this narrow-search will probably get corrected somewhere down the line, but the smart ones aren't waiting for that.
Fitting nicely with this is the disruptive role of AI.
Joanna Penn, who runs a high-six-figure, one-person publishing business and is always looking to the future to find ways to keep that business growing, is fascinated with the role of AI in voice emulation.
She went to a website called lyrebird.ai, gave them a 45-second sample of her voice, and the AI gave her back a generated file of a different text in her
voice with her inflections. She could tell it wasn't really her voice, but it was close. If their service were commercially ready she said she'd be using it to produce her podcasts now.
Amazon Web Services has a service called Polly. It will convert any text file into a mp3 file. I've been playing with it for a couple of days. It converted a 4,400 word short story into a mp3 file in a fraction of a second.
The voice (Polly has, at present, four female voices and three male voices available in 26 languages) is still robotic but better than any widely available text-to-speech engine currently available. The tone of these voices actually rises at the end of a question.
Not only is it fast, it's essentially free. You can convert over 800,000 words for free per month Over that, it costs an extremely reasonable $4.00 or so per each additional 160,000 words.
Couple this info with Voice First. Producing a 100,000 word book today
will cost between $1,800 to $2,600 and take a couple of months, depending on how busy the narrator is. Polly will do it in minutes for nothing.
I am experimenting with having Polly narrate another of my stories with several voices. I divided my story into blocks, or scripts, for different voices then ran the blocks through Polly using two female voices and two male voices.
A 3,500 word story took me about an hour to divide the text into four scripts and less than a second to convert each script. I need more than two male voices, but I can frequency shift the ones I have to get the others.
I loaded the mp3 files into Audacity and greatly improved intelligibility just by doing some amplifying, normalizing, and equalizing. So far, I'd say I've got about 2 hours into the project. Next comes production and editing. I figure I'll probably come out under 6 hours in two or three days. My Wild Bill production with real live actors for Drift & Ramble took a month and around 20 hours for production.
Now no one will mistake this for a human dramatic reading, but the
advantages are obvious. A lot of people won't be able to stand it for very long, but there are also a lot of people out there who listen at 1.5 to 3 times normal speed, want content, and don't care what it sounds like as long as it's intelligible. This technique seems perfect for that audience.
It's also perfect for creators who want to start a podcast, but are mic-shy,
don't have the training, don't have a quiet recording space, don't
have the equipment.
Write out your podcast, run it through Polly, and post it. Zero time investment past the writing which our (not really so mythical) was going to
do anyway.
I'm thinking that as time goes by, not only will audiences become more used to listening to generated voices, those generated voices will improve until they are indistinguishable from human voices. When they do, audio performances of all kinds will have an exciting and potentially very profitable new twist.
We aren't there yet, but we will be. A whole new generation of creative dreamers will have the best chance in history to share their dreams (and not go broke doing it).
(Admission: I stole that last paragraph from Gene Roddenberry and TVWriter™'s Larry Brody. It's something Roddenberry said to LB at a script meeting a ton of years ago. Wonder what the Great Bird of the Universe will sound like via AI.)
Bob Tinsley is an artist, writer, boataholic and a new pro in the field of Audio Drama. In other words, he's an expert in finding new marketplaces, as he's showing us here.


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Nancy and Bob Seaman had a long and unhappy marriage. They got married in 1973, and by 2004, they were sleeping in different areas of the house and communicating exclusively through angry post-it notes. It looked like they were heading for divorce. But then Bob went missing. It didn't take long for police to discover his body in the back of Nancy's Ford Explorer. There's no question that Nancy murdered Bob, but that's where the certainty ends. Nancy claimed he'd been abusive for the entirety of their marriage. The couple's youngest son, Greg, backed her up. But their oldest son, Jeff didn't. Who was the jury to believe? Was Nancy a cold-blooded killer? Or was she an abused spouse who lashed out in self defense?
Elizabeth Freeman was one hell of a woman. She was born into slavery in the mid-1700s. But thanks to a lot of gumption, the newly created Massachusetts Constitution, and a kick ass legal team, Elizabeth became the first enslaved woman to successfully sue for her freedom. Her lawyers argued that Massachusetts' new constitution, which championed freedom and equality, effectively abolished slavery. Just nine years after her lawsuit, the federal census recorded no slaves living in Massachusetts.
And now for a note about our process. For each episode, Kristin reads a bunch of articles, then spits them back out in her very limited vocabulary. Brandi copies and pastes from the best sources on the web. And sometimes Wikipedia. (No shade, Wikipedia. We love you.) We owe a huge debt of gratitude to the real experts who covered these cases.
In this episode, Kristin pulled from:
"Freedom Suits of the Pre-Constitutional Era," www.mass.gov
"Elizabeth Freeman," PBS
"Jury Decides in Favor of Elizabeth "Mum Bett" Freeman," www.massmoments.org
"Elizabeth Freeman," www.womenhistoryblog.com
"Slavery in New England," section of the book Bentley's MIscellany, Volume 34
An episode of "Finding Your Roots"
Wikipedia entries for Elizabeth Freeman, Quock Walker, Theodore Sedgwick, the Sheffield Declaration, and the Colonel John Ashley House
In this episode, Brandi pulled from:
"Nancy Seaman" episode Snapped
"The judge who sentenced Nancy Seaman for murder now wants to set her free" by Hanna Rappleye, NBC News
"Nancy Seaman" wikipedia.org


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Flap meat is part of the flank (groin area). As this part of the cow is used intensively by the animal, it has a coarse structure. Flap meat is shaped like a half moon and was traditionally passed through a mincer to make tartare. Nowadays, it is often cooked rare. It is very important to cut flap meat properly - always against the grain to prevent the meat from becoming too tough.
Basic techniques: roasting, stewing, grilling, cooking rare, braising, poaching, frying.
Taste combinations: mackerel, halibut, chips, potato, mushrooms, onion, tomato, courgette, aubergine, white cabbage.
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How do you recreate the supportive environment of a Samaritans branch online?
Simon Stewart, Samaritans Senior Production Manager (Caller Services), was one of our expert speakers at this year's Annual Conference. Simon shared with us his experience of designing and developing Samaritans listening service via online chat. Samaritans Samaritans have 201 branches across the UK and Republic of Ireland. Every six seconds… Read More
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How you've helped shape this year's Helplines Partnership Conference
It's less than two weeks to go until this year's Annual Conference and Awards. Over the summer, we heard from a lot of helplines through a series of events we hosted for our members and non-members. One of the questions we asked was 'if you had a magic wand, what… Read More
6th Nov 2018
Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service
Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service (LSLCS) is a mental health charity based in Leeds. They provide out-of-hours support to people in acute mental health crisis with the aim of reducing hospital admissions, A&E visits, and use of statutory crisis services. One of the ways they do this is through their… Read More
23rd Jul 2018
Harnessing the power of skilled volunteers
Doing more with less is a challenge facing many charities. When time and resources become stretched it can be difficult to focus on much beyond delivering the service your helpline provides. If you don't have the specialist skills within your organisation, or you need a little bit of extra support… Read More
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Type: Bug
Status: Closed (View Workflow)
Priority: Major
Resolution: Done
Affects Version/s: 11.0.0.Final, 14.0.0.Final
Fix Version/s: 17.0.0.Beta1, 17.0.0.Final
Component/s: JMS
This issue was discovered as a side effect of: -
This change updated the size to be 1024 for the tests as a large file was not necessary. For continuous integration the agents have a blocksize of 512 so as the configured size is a multiple of the blocksize this was fine.
However running the test 'org.jboss.as.test.integration.domain.ExpressionSupportSmokeTestCase' on a machine with a blocksize of 4096 this test would fail as the servers would fail to boot.
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{"jboss.messaging-activemq.default.jms.manager" => "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: File size cannot be less than 1024 bytes Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: File size cannot be less than 1024 bytes"}
After further debugging I have tracked it down to this class 'org.apache.activemq.artemis.core.persistence.impl.journal.JournalStorageManager' - I can confirm the configured value does make it to this class but it is the following block of code which then looses the value: -
int fileSize = config.getJournalFileSize(); // we need to correct the file size if its not a multiple of the alignement int modulus = fileSize % journalFF.getAlignment(); if (modulus != 0) { int difference = modulus; int low = config.getJournalFileSize() - difference; int high = low + journalFF.getAlignment(); fileSize = difference < journalFF.getAlignment() / 2 ? low : high; ActiveMQServerLogger.LOGGER.invalidJournalFileSize(config.getJournalFileSize(), fileSize, journalFF.getAlignment()); } Journal localMessage = new JournalImpl(ioExecutors, fileSize, config.getJournalMinFiles(), config.getJournalPoolFiles(), config.getJournalCompactMinFiles(), config.getJournalCompactPercentage(), journalFF, "activemq-data", "amq", journalFF.getMaxIO(), 0);
The file size comes in as 1024, the default is AIO so getAlignment returns the blocksize which in this case is 4096. So modulus and subsequently difference become 1024.
The file size and difference are both 1024 so low becomes 0, high becomes 4096. Due to the difference being less than half the block size low is selected and the file size is set to 0.
To select a correct filesize it looks like if low is less than the alignment always select high should be an option.
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WFLY-9596 Update domain mode tests to use NIO journal type for messaging
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- is incorporated by
WFLY-11606 Upgrade Artemis to 2.6.4
- Closed
WFLY-11876 Upgrade Artemis to 2.8.0
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If you've spent any time on my blog or in conversation with me since October or November last year, you will have heard me talk about Patti Digh. I'm a huge fan of her writing and am almost half way through a group coaching program with Patti and her coach, David Robinson, which I'm loving, loving loving.
If you love to read thought-provoking, beautifully written essays, please spend some time on Patti's blog at www.37days.com and/or read her book "Life is a Verb". I read and re-read it on a daily basis.
Today Patti wrote a blog post/essay about the process her oldest daughter has just gone through in making her college selection. I think this should be required reading for all mothers and especially all mothers of daughters.
Click here to read Patti's post.
Patti concludes:
"Parenting is an exercise in letting go. So is living."


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Kentucky may not be the first destination that springs to mind when considering a getaway for you and your gal pals, and we wouldn't blame you. Kentucky isn't exactly a shopping mecca … But trust us when we tell you that Kentucky has a sweet something you and girlfriends will happily trade for the shopping, fine dining and shows. Your own private boat (the size of a yacht) complete with bar, hot tubs and ample room for partying.
Vegas, New York and Chicago, while sinfully delish, can't always hold a candle to truly getting away – which is what you'll do on the Cumberland River. Imagine a houseboat with 6 private bedrooms, a fully equipped kitchen and dining room, rooftop hot tub, central heat and air…Sounds sweet, right?
Safe Harbor Rentals operates from Burnside Marina and offers a variety of houseboats ranging from 64 to 80 feet long. Yes, you get to drive the boat and yes, you get to take it as far up the river as you like.
Before you panic, these boats are amazingly easy to operate – if I can do it, anyone can.
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For the second time this season Hayden will race on home soil, but the Indianapolis round is his true home.
2006 saw Nicky Hayden crowned as the MotoGP™ World Champion, continuing a long line of American champions in the 500cc class: Kenny Roberts Sr., Freddie Spencer, Eddie Lawson, Wayne Rainey, Kevin Schwantz and Kenny Roberts Jnr. But since 2006 no American has been able to lift the crown, the MotoGP™ championship dominated by flying Spanish and Italian riders.
The 'Kentucky Kid' joined the World Championship in 2003, moving from the American domestic series as Superbike Champion, landing directly on the Repsol Honda factory machine. Claiming two podiums in his debut year and finishing fifth overall, the young American impressed many in the paddock and would stay with Repsol Honda for several years.
It was not until 2005 that Hayden would claim his first victory as the MotoGP™ paddock returned to his homeland of America at the famous Laguna Seca track. A home crowd would again spur Hayden to victory in 2006 at Laguna Seca as he went on to take his first World Championship, the last title won by an American in the premier class. Many have criticised Hayden for only winning twice on his way to the 2006 title, but at no point was the season ever easy for Hayden.
The journey to the title was hard and full of emotion, just when things looked to be going Hayden's way the infamous Estoril round happened when the Kentucky Kid was taken out by Repsol Honda teammate Dani Pedrosa.
Now in 2015 Hayden is the sole representative from the United States in the World Championship, their domestic series recently restructured under the MotoAmerica banner after years of hardship. Hayden is confident that there will always be Americans battling it out, "I think it's gonna take a bit, there will be a delay but to think there will never be Americans is ridiculous. Hopefully the MotoAmerica series can bring back strong Americans and push the riders against each other hard and raise their talent."
After his championship year Hayden encountered several tough seasons as the Honda struggled against the Yamaha and Ducati efforts, Hayden achieving a smattering of third places in 2007. However in 2008 Hayden's true home round would be introduced as the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was added to the calendar, Indianapolis far closer to Hayden's home in Owensboro, Kentucky. Despite the first visit to the legendary 'Brickyard' circuit being somewhat hampered by hurricane Ike, Hayden rallied in front of his home fans and finished a strong second behind Valentino Rossi in the beating rain.
In 2009 Nicky Hayden stepped away from Honda and began to race for the factory Ducati squad and brought a special stars and stripes themed livery to his home round of Indianapolis. Again Hayden finished on the podium. The home fans always seem to bring out the best in the Kentucky Kid and spur him on.
Unfortunately since 2009 times have grown increasingly difficult for Hayden as Ducati begun to struggle more and more. In 2012 Hayden suffered a massive highside at Turn 14, along with Casey Stoner and Ben Spies, and was forced to miss the race with a broken right hand. A return to Honda in 2014 was not the return to glory Hayden had hoped for as he battled with a wrist injury throughout the season, again forced to miss the Indianapolis GP.
The 2015 Indianapolis GP will be the first time the Kentucky Kid has raced on the revised track layout and surface of the Brickyard. Despite the hardships Hayden is eager: "Indy really is a special place with a lot of history. They made a lot of changes, I didn't get to try them last year but the riders seem to enjoy them a lot. I look forward to trying it tomorrow."
As always Nicky Hayden has produced a special helmet for his home event. This year's version includes the quote "It can't rain all the time," reminding Hayden to remain positive despite the difficult races of late. Hayden has also included a tribute to Bernat Martinez and Dani Rivas, the two Spanish riders who sadly lost their lives during the MotoAmerica round at Laguna Seca a few weeks ago. If one thing is certain it's that Hayden will put on a stellar performance for his home fans.
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Eight Mindful Steps to Happiness (pp. 46-50)
Third Noble Truth, The End of Dissatisfaction
The Third Noble truth reveals the cure, the cessation of all attachment.
How does one cultivate total cessation where:
"You are living the deathless; you are no longer defined by, living from, or identified with whatever is arising and passing?" –Dancing with Life, p 156
Practicing choiceless awareness through meditation is a start. When off of the cushion, practicing mindfulness when dissatisfaction or suffering arises is beneficial. Mindfulness in this context is seeing the emptiness of the experience and seeing the attachment if it arises. Attachment can come in many forms such as judgment, commentary and decision-making.
Mindfulness helps one realize "not knowing." Knowing is a product of the mind and is an attachment. As Ajahn Sumedho notes in his book, The Four Noble Truths, "We reflect as we see the nature of desire; as we recognize that attachment to desire is suffering. Then we have the insight of allowing desire to go and the realization of non-suffering, that is the cessation of suffering. These insights can only come through reflection – through really contemplating and pondering these truths, they cannot come through belief." p 40
Life is your teacher – there is no need to create a practice environment. As you experience brief moments of release from cessation, the moments of release will expand.
Remember, "All that is subject to arising is subject to ceasing."
Useful practices recommended by Phillip Moffitt in Dancing with Life include:
- In meditation, note the arising and falling away of phenomena (thoughts, memories, sensations, perceptions.) The falling away of one phenomena before the start of another is similar to cessation.
- In daily life practice, notice the arising and falling of pleasant and unpleasant feelings. Note how this affects your body and mind. Notice how your reactions last long after the passing away of the phenomena.
- Focus your attention on others and their reactions and how this affects you.
- Reflect on the arising and falling of phenomena. By direct inquiry, you can note cessation.
- Notice the burning of the phenomena that arise and the disenchantment you develop over time.
- Work with the practices noted above and see what you discover.
Next: Skillful Understanding: Summary
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From Monday 14 April onwards, you will need to log in to the Forums with your PSN Sign-In ID (email address) and PSN password. Your Forum name (i.e. the name that will appear on your public profile and next to your forum posts) will be your PSN Online ID.
This change was originally planned for March 20th but was delayed.
I hope this works...you need to own a 360 pretty much to get into the Xbox community and thats a good way to keep trolls out, Sony needs to think of something like that as well because there's too many new playstation forum members with 2 posts lying that they're on their 7th PS3 and how much they hate the system, then they're never seen again.


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The Advantages of House Buying Companies
The first benefit of dealing with house buying companies is that they pay cash. Meaning that once the deal is closed, you will get your payment. Not only that but you will also not have to pay any fees or commission like in the case of realtors. Unlike other house buyers who will pay you through check as this will require you to wait for some time.
Another benefit of house buying companies is that the will prevent the foreclosure of your house. One thing that you need to know is that the bank will always remain with your title when they give you a loan which acts as collateral. With this, they will be in a position to sell your house when you fail to repay the loan. The good news is that house buying companies will help you in resettling all the mortgage arrears as this will allow you to repossess the house by getting your title back.
In adding, house buying companies are also beneficial because they will buy your house even when it is in a poor state. With this, you will be free from making the necessary repairs before you think of selling it. One thing with this repairs is that they are always costly and time consuming and this will make your house to take long before you sell it. Apart from that, when you don't have the money to make repairs at the moment, your house will even stay longer before you get people who want to buy it. This is because they know the potential return that they will get when they renovate that house.
Also, it is beneficial to sell through the house buying companies because they will speed up the house buying process. One thing that always makes the traditional house buying process to take long is that they need to prepare a lot of documents. The best part of dealing with house buying companies is that they only need the title of your house and this will save you from tiresome and time-consuming exercise. It is also speeding up the process because you will not have to engage a professional to inspect the house before you sell it.
Besides, selling your house through house buying companies will also save you money. It is essential to note that when you sell your house traditionally, you will use a lot of money to pay different brokers, realtors, inspector and individuals who will be helping you with documentation as house buying companies will free you from all these charges.
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Among countries of the world, Australia and New Zealand are like siblings, with a shared colonial history and close trade, military and cultural ties. They even have a joint holiday to commemorate the sacrifices both nations made in World War I.
So it was something of a shock on Tuesday when Australia's foreign minister, Julie Bishop, accused New Zealand's Labour Party of trying to "undermine the Australian government" by exposing the citizen status of Australia's deputy prime minister.
Revelations surfaced a day earlier that the deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, was a New Zealander by descent.
Four other Australian politicians have resigned or come under scrutiny in recent weeks because of questions about their citizenship. What started out as a minor political scandal now threatens the government of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. The Australian Constitution does not allow people with dual citizenship to be legislators, and if Mr. Joyce is forced to step down, the government will lose its one-vote majority in Parliament.
His case will be decided by Australia's High Court.
The citizenship contretemps began last month when the deputy co-leaders of the Australian Greens, Scott Ludlam and Larissa Waters, resigned from the Senate after they discovered that they were dual citizens. Ms. Waters, who in May became a trending topic around the world after she breast-fed her daughter in Parliament, turned out to have Canadian citizenship. Mr. Ludlam, like Mr. Joyce, has New Zealand citizenship.
Then Matthew Canavan stepped down from his ministerial post, though not his Senate seat, after learning his mother had registered him for Italian citizenship, and Senator Malcolm Roberts has been forced to offer evidence that he renounced his British citizenship after documents showed he had traveled on a British passport.
On Monday, Peter Dunne, a government minister in New Zealand, said in an interview that Mr. Joyce could claim citizenship in that country because his father had been born there.
On Tuesday, Ms. Bishop accused the Australian Labor Party of contacting the New Zealand Labour Party — both are left-leaning opposition parties — to suggest an inquiry into Mr. Joyce's citizenship.
She specifically pointed a finger at Bill Shorten, the leader of Australia's Labor Party, saying he used New Zealand's Labour Party to "raise questions in a foreign parliament deliberately designed to undermine confidence in the Australian government."
Mr. Dunne, the leader of New Zealand's right-leaning United Future party, said claims that he was provoked to investigate were "utter nonsense."
But a New Zealand Labour politician, Chris Hipkins, admitted that an Australian Labor Party member had suggested that he raise the questions in New Zealand's Parliament.
New Zealand will hold a general election on Sept. 23, and Ms. Bishop said her government would find it hard to work with New Zealand's Labour Party if it won. She said the left-leaning parties in both countries had put relations between Australia and New Zealand at risk.
"I would find it very difficult to build trust with members of a political party that had been used by the Australian Labor Party to seek to undermine the Australian government," she said.
The new leader of the New Zealand Labour Party, Jacinda Ardern, called Ms. Bishop's accusations untrue.
Ms. Ardern said she would "not let false claims stand in the way" of the relationship between her country and Australia. She met with Australia's high commissioner, its highest envoy in New Zealand, on Tuesday to voice her disappointment with Ms. Bishop's remarks and to say that the behavior of Mr. Hipkins was unacceptable.
Mr. Turnbull said Monday that Mr. Joyce's case showed the need for the High Court to examine the application of the constitutional provision that bars dual citizens from taking office.
He added that "possibly millions" of Australians might not know they had dual citizenship with other countries.


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Six-tracker of quality archival material from D'Arcangelo, most of it previously unreleased. This follows Suction's reissue of the perfectly po-faced Italian duo's 1996 Rephlex EP, and the label bill it as an "imaginary sequel" to that much-loved record. Personally, we reckon this is the superior offering: a stunning, consummate realisation of the duo's totally logical yet somehow never less than peculiar-sounding synth-pop/AI-techno fusions.
The pure industrial electro hauteur of 'Callying Sybil', with its broken, blown-out, hammer-to-the-chest snares and looming strings, seems to shrink the distance between Christoph de Babalon and Amber-era Autechre; the ultra-alienated, minimal, droning avant-d'n'b of 'Qaballah' meanwhile is the sort of fearless-yet-rooted track that gives BRAINDANCE a good name.
The three tracks on the B-side basically constitute an extended love letter to The Human League, but whereas their best known stuff in this retro-futuristic vein always sounded a little twee to us (whether deliberately or not), these lesser-spotted examples are tough-minded, dead-eyed and ultra-addictive - check the RUDE arpeggiated bassline and clipped drums of 'Diagram V', or the metronomic, none-more-EURO-sounding robo-trancer 'XXIII' which feels like the true missing link between the bedroom-bound '80s minimal wave and the seamy dancefloor ecstasies of Nag Nag Nag etc circa 2001.
So f*****g good. With sweet picture sleeve depicting the boys in all their pouty android glory.
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The attached report dealing with a "Pavement Investigation, Middletown-Eastwood Portion of US 60, Louisville-Shelbyville Road", is submitted in response to your directive of December 16, 1953. All of the field and laboratory work on the investigation was completed under Mr. Drake's supervision prior to his temporary transfer to the Division of Design on June 1, and during the past month he has been able to spend portions of his time toward completion of the report.
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Drake, William B., "Pavement Investigation: Middletown-Eastwood Portion of US 60, Louisville-Shelbyville Road" (1954). Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report. 1263.


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Starting tomorrow Andrew and I will be fitting our food focus into a healthier lifestyle. We want it to be something where we don't feel hungry all the time and enjoy the meals but where we don't pack on the pounds. We have a habit of eating a lot of rich, fatty foods because we're both gluttons. However, enough pudge is enough and we're on the road to eating right and loving life. We've got one part down–time to focus on the other and make them work together. We'll be eliminating most dairy (besides yogurt) and limiting bread/pasta consumption. Lots of fruits, veggies, beans, and greens. Today was a huge prep day to hopefully eliminate a lot of the work during the week. The beet soup and salad dressings are all made along with a white bean salad we'll be having in pitas…without cheese!!?!? I'm trying to stay positive about the no-cheese thing. I'll be adding it back in but slowwwly.
We got a TON of salad greens from the farmer's market this morning and over at The Kitchn they have an interesting way of keeping them fresh and crisp all week:
Wash your greens and put them through the salad spinner. Transfer them to a towel and let them sit out for as long as you can (or until you go crazy that your counters are all occupied). Once they've had time to dry, roll them up in the towel they're on and wrap a rubber band around each end. Store in the fridge and unroll as you need them. I'm sure I'll get some sort of comment from Andrew about the towel in the fridge. Hopefully he says something and doesn't just throw it in the laundry hamper…
…he might! I'll let you know how the "tootsie roll" salad storage works out for us.


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Article by Ashwini Chubé
Post my Reiki Masters attunement my life became a series of miracles and things which were out of the world. In those days I used to do 2 things after work.
1. Pray intensely for myself and my family
2. Meditate and do a lot of self healing with Reiki
Encounter with the Unicorns
Within 3 months of the Masters Training and in a month of my Angelic Healer Master training – I had one major breakthrough in my career. I had an opportunity to travel abroad for a work assignment. I was waiting for this opportunity since I began my corporate career or maybe much before that since I was in MBA school. In my MBA school days, I used to daydream about sitting in an overseas office working at my desk and seeing snow outside. As you think you create. In the extreme winter, I landed in the beautiful City of London where the temperature was -5 degrees – an extreme of 27 degrees in Mumbai.
This opportunity gave me great work exposure beyond what I was working in Mumbai. I got a very good recognition among my overseas team as a hardworking and intelligent team member. I had a strange sense of coming home in a foreign land. I felt I was living my dream life. Each and every thing was having instant manifestation. I was probably living in 5D.
But there was this one particular day I vividly remember when I truly connected to Unicorns. It was a freezing day and I was in high spirits. My immediate seniors had praised my work and I was given all adjectives from creative to hardworking and genius to dedicated. My boss had, in fact, asked me to explain to my seniors about the complex excel sheet I had made from the scratch – they were impressed too. They had never seen anyone doing this new type of complex excel modeling. Happy was an under statement to what I was feeling. I always knew I was good at my work, but this was a totally new high.
As I walked towards my service apartment in frozen weather I gasped for my house keys. And while searching for them in my purse I spent an extra minute walking. I saw a woman in front of me walking with a bag in her hand with a huge image of a unicorn. The Unicorn caught my eye – as if he was trying to tell me something. That night I dreamt of Unicorns. Huge white shiny horses jumping with joy. I felt they represented my soul. Freebird happy go lucky loving.
For the next 2-3 weeks, I saw Unicorns everywhere. Be it, shops, stores, parks. I still took it as coincidences but was immensely drawn to them.
On a Sunday afternoon, I was at the Hamleys store in Oxford street. There was a huge Unicorn soft toy and it caught my special attention. The same evening I felt a very positive presence in my house. When I closed my eyes (which I always do when I sense energy) I could see a huge white Unicorn standing behind me emitting pure white light. In a moment I felt beyond amazing. It was an out of world experience.
The further connection
I came back to a Mumbai after the end of my work assignment in extremely high spirits. I continued to see Unicorns for the next month when I almost channeled an article on Reiki Rays about them named "Unicorns and Reiki". Almost 2 days after my article released I came across a book "55 steps to Ascension" by Diana Cooper. The book exactly spoke about Unicorns what I was experiencing. And I realised I wasn't hallucinating but all my experiences were 100 % true. But then due to some family emergency situation, I got extremely stressed. Things got better in a few days however after which my vibrations slowed down and I stopped seeing Unicorns.
In May 2015 – things at work started getting too stressful. I also started working longer hours. My desktop had been slowing down and crashing more frequently. Anyone who has learnt energy science can understand how much impact energetically you are on your computers/gadgets/machine. Most data I worked on used to not get saved and my machine used to crash every 2 days. My work was getting delayed and I had a tough time meeting my deadlines. I changed 3 machines in 15 days, however, each machine continued to collapse. This invited much annoyance from my seniors. I felt like the whole universe conspiring on my side to quit my stressful job. I started hating my job and all the things I used to love about it. It was unbelievable how things had just shifted in a few months. As if someone was telling me to wake up!
One such day I was at my desk and I felt a presence of divine behind me. I closed my eyes and realised I was surrounded by a team of huge glowing horse like looking white Unicorns. I was actually seeing them with my third eye. I was elated by this experience and although my logical rational brain was arguing otherwise. Knowing that they were there for a reason I asked them what do they wish to tell me.
For the next few days, I continued to see them – in my meditation, visions, social media, print media etc.. One night just before going to sleep, in my meditation, I went into a light trance. And there they were. A huge group of Unicorns among which one was more prominent, like the leader of the herd of horses. "My name is Cranio and I am your spirit Unicorn. Know that all the things you are going through are for a reason. This job has already given you whatever it had to. The purpose is over and you just have to move on. The problems you're facing are because this is not your life purpose hence the universe is pushing you towards your life purpose. Go and do something in learning, in development and training. For the next six months do proper research on it and then move on to a new career in learning and development. You are meant to be a trainer, a speaker, a writer".
Before I realised I woke up from the trance or the near theta state and remembered each and every word of Cranio aka the unicorn. In exactly 3 days I was speaking to my senior on the mid year review and I really don't remember why but I told her that I d like to get into a new learning and development role. She said, "If you like to explore it do it- but first find a job and only then quit".
However, I followed my gut feeling and quit my high profile job in August 2015. I was really not sure what I wanted to do but I knew I had big dreams and would make it there one day. I felt a strange state of relief when I quit my job.
The Dark Night of the Soul
The whole picture changed in six months. Next 4 months were a living nightmare for me. I was jobless – amidst a life transformation – doubting my own self and my feelings, doubting my relationships – dealing with family health emergencies – scared, fearful, anxious, worried, disappointed, and a lot more. I stopped connecting to Unicorns completely and felt my life was collapsing like a pack of cards. I was constantly seeking advice from my spiritual teachers and doing a lot of self work. This period what I refer to as the dark night of the soul taught me many lessons. I meanwhile 6 months post quitting my job became a certified trainer after doing the trainer certification course. This was the only good thing that happened in those days. Well, being brought up in a typical middle class family I started looking seriously for trainer jobs with zero luck. I got only 1 interview call and the lady who took my interview said she 'll never hire someone like me who speaks from the top of her throat (I still don't understand what it meant).
The Past life Regression and Reconnection
In May 2016 I went to see a past life regression therapist as I was dealing with a plethora of emotions in my personal life which had no apparent and logical reason. I had tried all therapies but I wasn't getting the answer I sought. The PLR(past life regression)session went very well. A lot of healing happened that day and in just one session I felt a lot of shift and healing happening. I got a lot of answers to my questions. Towards the end of the month I started feeling myself again. 4 days later I got an opportunity to be a speaker at a forum based in Mumbai. The talk was later put on YouTube channel and in no time I got 500 views. The talk has close to 4000 views now.
On 22nd May post midnight while going to sleep I was talking to my friend and while talking to her I realised – what if I could start my own in training instead of looking for a job? It will give me work to do – the work I love and also pay my bills. She agreed with me. We spoke for a long time, however, couldn't come up with a business name. I tried and tried very hard, however, no luck. I went off to sleep.
Around 3 am in the morning I saw a huge Unicorn in my dream and gave me a quick insight. In a moment like a golden thought – the name Unicorn Insight came to my mind. I texted my friend and told her "Unicorn Insight" it is.
Initially, it took time for this business to take off. I knew what I wanted but had no clue on how it was going to happen. I had no clue how I was going to do it. Most people asked me "But from where will you get clients?" "There are already trainers in the market – why will people hire you as a trainer?"
I just surrendered the situation to the divine and let it happen on own.
Glastonbury and my accelerated journey
My first training happened in July. Where I got 6 participants of which only 3 turned up. I was disappointed as I had paid a huge sum of money to the venue. However, it did not dampen my spirit.
A few days later I flew to beautiful England once again to recharge my batteries and to learn to heal by connecting to the spirit world in detail. As I stayed in my hotel room in London and was just about to sleep I meditated once again with the Unicorns. I continued the practice for next 10-15 days. At the beautiful Glastonbury which is the capital of magic and alternative medicine, I got my first Unicorn Figurine.
One last day before I was about to fly back – I saw a white light at night in my room before sleeping. As I was guided I took paper pen in my hand and started writing "Your life purpose is to be a trainer, a motivational speaker, a writer, a coach. All the knowledge you have learnt needs to be shared with the world. Go… and spread the joy and love you have in your heart. We will support you with all the finances, opportunities by sending helpful people in your life. Go and just have fun and joy doing what you love."
After coming back I finally took a leap of faith and launched myself as a corporate trainer and motivational speaker. The Unicorns were right. Opportunities started flooding in. Clients contacted on own. Got so many opportunities to do corporate training. My work started flourishing. I did all kinds of corporate training. I started to train everyone from corporates to professionals, from associations to college students. I became a regular speaker with forums and launched my own brand in a completely unique way.
A year and a half later 2 of my friends joined me and we 3 took the Unicorn Insight brand to another level. Today we are doing a lot on the brand and it continues to touch many lives in a different manner.
Following are the steps to find your life purpose with the Unicorns
- Keep the intention to connect to your Unicorn
- Sit in a comfortable place where you won't be disturbed
- Light a candle and play a soothing meditational music if you wish to
- Close your eyes and breathe
- Now draw the CKR HSZSN SHK and DKM symbols and put the intention by saying "Dear Reiki Energy – please connect me to my Unicorn and help me reveal my life purpose."
- Sit still for the next 15-20 mins
- Close the session with the CKR
- Now take a paper pen and write down whatever you feel for the next 5 mins – you may be surprised by what messages you get. Keep a record of it
- Over the next few days – look for dreams, visions, and signs. Look for any number sequences or billboard signs or any other signs.
- Write all the details for next few weeks. Try joining the dots for any clues. Have faith
There is so much hype created in the world about finding your calling. Know that it is not something impossible and you just have to introspect yourself to find it. I never intended to find my calling nor was I desperate or obsessed to find it.
If you are reading this article and looking to find your passion the Unicorns may be able to help. However, this was my story and my experience with them. Not necessarily you 'll have the exact story. Have faith and patience. Do not compare your journey with mine or anybody else's. Your journey is unique and will show up in the best possible manner.
Love and Blessings to all my readers
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Ashwini Chube is a Motivational Speaker, Life Transformation Trainer, Wellness coach, Spiritual Teacher, Access Consciousnesses Bars Facilitator & Reiki Grandmaster. Ashwini is also a Writer, an avid blogger and is currently working on her 2 upcoming self help and spiritual books.
She has founded the company Unicorn Insight with a vision to create a world where the world runs on consciousness, joy abundance and love instead of fear, lack and scarcity. Ashwini's mission is to empower individuals to know who they truly and authentically are and help them tap in their power. Unicorn Insight has been instrumental in transformations of lives - whether it is through individual one on one coachings, group workshops, corporate trainings or motivational talks.
Ashwini is a former Investment banker and holds an MBA in finance having worked in Corporate world of Banking and Mergers and Acquisitions with Banks like Morgan Stanley and RBS for 8 years in Mumbai and London before she pursued her calling in 2015.
Get in touch with Ashwini through her Website: www.unicorninsight.com or at email@example.com. Her Facebook page is: facebook.com/ashwinichubeofficial


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AIMS' new centre in Rwanda offers a model many of our organisations, and many entrepreneurs, can follow. It's an exciting endeavour creating a quantum leap for the continent. But it should also make us ask hard questions about what we deem important and what we talk about.
As soon as I touched down at Kigali International Airport, Rwanda, I could feel something phenomenal was in the air. Perhaps it was because people kept telling me that Kigali is a true African city, or perhaps it was the sheer amount of beauty of Rwanda — an African nation with its own, unique African identity — or perhaps it was the amazing innovation and technology I encountered from touchdown (free Wi-Fi on the bus, MTN tap-and-go payments, and more) right to where I was going: The African Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS).
After having received an invite to attend the launch of the new AIMS in Rwanda, I was pretty excited, and I must say it is truly impressive. And best of all, it's truly Pan-African. It inspired me in ways I didn't imagine, but also made me ask some hard questions of what it is we prioritise in our media conversations. I left asking: why on earth are we not talking more about this sort of thing?
AIMS has done amazing work across Africa and is at the forefront of our scientific and mathematics development. Yes, we actually have a vibrant scientific side, to the surprise of too many. President Paul Kagame of Rwanda summed it up nicely when he said, "We have to move 'beyond potential' and create a workforce that will lead [a] real transformation for Africa. It will only be done through innovative scientific training, technical advances and breakthrough discoveries. And there is not going to be a short cut." AIMS contributes to this by having created a network across the continent via its various centres in South Africa (initially founded in Cape Town in 2003), Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, Tanzania, and now Rwanda. It not only educates but it also actively promotes mathematics and science in Africa in various effective ways, some of which we will cover below. It is essentially creating a pool of excellent African mathematicians and scientists who will (in turn) apply solutions to our continent's challenges. Yes, many of them actually stay here.
It's doing this in such unique ways that I think can speak to just about every business, entrepreneur, and organisation in Africa. It is actively addressing challenges such as the brain drain, gender equality, cost barriers, and creating ecosystems. Let me elaborate:
- It has a huge focus on gender equality. Maths and science are notoriously well known for having a small female workforce. But up to 30 percent of AIMS' graduates are now female. It truly makes an effort. For example, if a woman is pregnant, AIMS has a saying that her body may be pregnant but her brain isn't, meaning she can continue studying and working. They make sure that she is well supported, provided antenatal care, and they even set up homes on the campus for family members to help take care of the baby while she is still studying. In line with its high focus on gender equality, AIMS has also just elected its first female research chair, Dr Gisele Mophou. It's amazing to see a female mathematician and scientist at this level.
- Its Next-Einstein Initiative keeps our brains here. It plans to see 15 research centres established in Africa (it currently has three). In addition to Mophou, the research chairs include the likes of Prof. Mouhamed Moustapha Fall, whose credentials and work has been internationally recognised (some years ago he was being dubbed the 'next Einstein' in popular, international media. I wrote about him in my book Disrupting Africa where he is using mathematics to help curb over-fishing). He forms part of the Next-Einstein Forum (NEF) fellows, which is doing groundbreaking work in the field of maths and science here in Africa. The Next-Einstein Initiative, however, also plugs the brain drain by partnering with the Canadian government, the German government, and the U.K. as well as other institutions, so that the research initiatives have access to resources that keeps them on the continent.
Typically, what happens with people like Fall is they are quickly snapped up by the likes of Harvard and Oxford, and to be honest, with few opportunities in Africa where you can grow in the mathematics and science fields, what else would you do? However, AIMS' model keeps them here and even helps integrate scientists and mathematicians into other forms of work, where you might not expect to find these sorts of people (more on that below). It's not just about funding them in terms of a salary but it gives them access to resources, provides collaboration between universities across the world, creates an international network of people in similar fields, and keeps the research thriving.
Dr. Rosita Yocgo, Research Manager at AIMS, says this means their graduates and research chairs get to interact with the best across the world and don't really feel the barrier between being overseas and being here. "The more research chairs we can create the more we will be able to attract researchers that have already gone and are working in the diaspora, and be able to convince them to come back to Africa because they will have the same opportunities," she says.
This last point is key. Not only are they looking to plug the brain drain, but also reverse it. I think that is hugely exciting.
- It is focusing on the future – quantum science. The Rwanda launch coincided with the launch of AIMS' Quantum Leap Africa Initiative, where it will (for the first time) create an environment that focuses on quantum science, bringing a new dimension to the ecosystem it has been developing for quite some time.
- It finds creative ways to stimulate a new ecosystem. I've spoken a great deal about a new technological ecosystem for Africa, and AIMS seems to have a very similar vision through what it's doing. This launch in Rwanda is the first time AIMS is formalising the ecosystem it has been developing – an ecosystem within the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. By putting learners from all these fields together in one network, they share resources, ideas, and creativity. In times past many of these fields worked in isolation but it's becoming increasingly clear that these fields now intersect, and so the people working within them and studying them should too. At the launch, I could feel the excitement in the air that this was a ground-breaking event; a paradigm shift of sorts with regards to where the future is going.
- It has a 24-hour learning environment. Lecturers and learners stay on campus, even eating together. This model is producing amazing fruit. It's not just data that people are dealing with but the establishment of relationships is key, and immersing people in the world 24/7 has a way of making it truly alive rather than just something in a textbook. It's worth adding that the lecturers at AIMS have come from the likes of Oxford, Harvard, and other amazing institutions across the world – meaning students have easy, relational access to these bright minds who have pioneered in their fields.
- It actively creates unique opportunity and work for learners. Rather than giving them tuition and them sending them off into the sunset, AIMS actively works at placing learners in key positions. "We've done this really well," says Mimi Kalinda, Director of Communications at AIMS. "Usually, students doing PhD's and Masters in the fields of science and mathematics end up in academia. But we believe the mathematical sciences are applicable to industry and policy-making. Mathematics can be applied to agriculture, energy, food shortage, and so on. So we have a focused programme where we find opportunities for our graduates in industries and/or policy-making, so that not all of them end up in academia. Some obviously do but through this initiative, we want to ensure that we can open up their options and viewpoints on how they contribute to the continent."
- Its tuition is free. This blew my mind. Students go through an 18-month programme that is free. "If you're a really bright student you don't need to have cost as a barrier," says Mimi Kalinda. "It's obviously a stringent and rigorous process to get in, but once you're in you get your Masters degree for free." Accommodation is also free.
As I was boarding the plane heading back to South Africa, I got the feeling that AIMS presents a very tangible and viable business model that other organisations and entrepreneurs should model. Think of what we could do if we created ecosystems in various fields and innovation like AIMS has done. Think what we could do if we could find ways to address the cost barriers more effectively. Think about what we could do if we could create environments where people have easy access to experts and people who are pioneering in their field. Think what we could achieve if we all, like AIMS, thought Pan-African from the beginning, making that a central focus.
But I also had a lingering feeling that something else needs to be stated, primarily in the form of questions:
Firstly, why is the media not talking about this amazing work, and showcasing the research and amazing students coming out of this institution all over Africa? Why is it that we're just so silent?
Secondly, why is there not more partnering going on? My own work in innovation highlights that there is a tremendous amount to be gained by partnering via funding and expertise and networking. Surely there should be more of this sort of thing going on?
AIMS is truly shaping the future of our continent – and in ways I never expected. It's making a huge impact and I, for one, am excited. But I think we all have a lot of work to do – and much of it starts with our thinking.


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Git is a distributed version control system. It is primarily used for software development. So, here we will discuss how to create a new git repository and push it to GitHub. Before that, I would suggest you to go through the following article to know more about version control systems.
What is Version Control System?
What is Git?
Git is an example of a Distributed Version Control System. It is the most widely used modern Version Control System in the world developed by Linus Torvalds in 2005 for the development of the Linux kernel.
In addition to being distributed, Git has been designed with performance, security and flexibility in mind.
So, with Git, you can easily follow your source code's revision history and track changes. It is possible to find out how the version has changed and who has made the changes. Also, when the latest version of a file is on a shared repository or central repository, Git will prevent unintentional overwrites by anyone on your team who has an older version of the file.
The core of Git was originally written in the programming language C, but Git has also been re-implemented in other languages, e.g., Java, Ruby, and Python.
What is GitHub?
GitHub is a web-based Git repository hosting service, founded in 2008. It has been recently acquired by Microsoft. GitHub offers all functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. It hosts remote repositories and allows code collaboration with anyone who has an access to the GitHub. It's free to use to host public repositories and has an Enterprise version like most open source applications.
There are around 85 million repositories hosted on GitHub, and 28 million developers contribute to them.
This post discusses how to create a new git repository and push it to GitHub.
Initial Steps:
- Git installation
- Creating GitHub Account
Installing Git:
Debian and its derivatives
sudo apt-get install git
Fedora, RedHat and its derivatives –
yum install git
Mac OS:
Setting up GIT
[email protected]:~> git config --global user.name "admin" [email protected]:~> git config --global user.email "***@thegeeksalive.com" [email protected]:~> git config --global core.editor vi [email protected]:~> git config --list user.name=TheGeeksAlive firstname.lastname@example.com core.editor=vi [email protected]:~>
The above details are stored in a file called ".gitconfig" which you can edit manually to add different configurations. The exact path to this file is "~/.gitconfig" i.e, under the user home directory. Please make sure that you're following the syntax and formatting properly while adding the contents.
Creating GitHub Account:
Now, go to the GitHub site and signup. GitHub accounts are free for public repositories but there will be a nominal charge for setting up private repositories.
Git repositories
A repository is just a directory in your project's root directory. A Git repository contains the history of a collection of files. We can create a new repository or copy an existing repository. The process of copying an existing Git repository via the Git tool is called cloning. When we clone a repository (stored in a remote location), the complete repository with its history will be copied to our local machine. This is usually known as a local repository.
To remove/delete a Git repository, you can simply delete the folder which contains the repository.
Creating a local repository:
We have to create a directory on your local machine and then convert it as the Git local repository.
[email protected]:~> mkdir myrepo [email protected]TheGeeksAlive:~> cd myrepo/ [email protected]:~/myrepo>
Next, we will initialize the above directory as a repository. We will execute the "git init" command in the root of the new directory to do this.
[email protected]:~/myrepo> git init Initialized empty Git repository in /home/admin/myrepo/.git/
Now, we will create a file in the directory with touch command or with any of your favorite editors.
[email protected]:~/myrepo> vi testfile [email protected]:~/myrepo>
Git will be aware of the changes happening in this repository. You can do a "git status" to know the status of your repository.
[email protected]:~/myrepo> git status On branch master Initial commit Untracked files: (use "git add <file>..." to include in what will be committed) testfile nothing added to commit but untracked files present (use "git add" to track)
This means that git has noticed the creation of a new file called testfile but unless you execute "git add" command git is not going to do anything with it.
[email protected]:~/myrepo> git add testfile [email protected]:~/myrepo> git status On branch master Initial commit Changes to be committed: (use "git rm --cached <file>..." to unstage) new file: testfile
So, by doing "git add" we are actually marking that file to go to the staging area (Index). All files that are moved to this staging environment are then committed into the Git repository using the "git commit" command.
syntax: git commit -m "<commit message>"
[email protected]:~/myrepo> git commit -m "first commit" [master (root-commit) b190ab6] first commit 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 testfile
Committed means that the data or that particular version is safely stored in the database.
Pushing the local repository to the GitHub:
The next step is to push this newly created local repository to the Github so that it will be available for the public. By doing this, they can see our code, pull it to their system modify it and push it back. The GitHub push is recommended only if we need to work collaboratively on the code.
So, go to GitHub and create a new public repository there.
On clicking the "Create repository" button, the GitHub will ask if you want to create a new repo from scratch or if you want to push an existing repo you have created locally.
Since we have already created a new repo locally, we want to push that onto GitHub. So we will follow the "….or push an existing repository from the command line" section.
In order to push the local repository to our GitHub repository, we need to set the remote URL of the newly created GitHub repository to our local repository. The command "git remote -v" will show whether our local repo is linked to any remote URL.
[email protected]:~/myrepo> git remote -v [email protected]:~/myrepo>
This means, by default the remote URL is not setup for this local repository. So, we will setup the remote URL using the "git remote add origin" command.
[email protected]:~/myrepo> git remote add origin https://github.com/thegeeksalive/myrepo.git [email protected]:~/myrepo> git remote -v origin https://github.com/thegeeksalive/myrepo.git (fetch) origin https://github.com/thegeeksalive/myrepo.git (push) [email protected]:~/myrepo>
Now, we can try pushing the contents of our local repository "myrepo" to the remote GitHub repository.
[email protected]:~/myrepo> git push -u origin master Username for 'https://github.com': <username> Password for 'https://<username>@github.com': Counting objects: 3, done. Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 224 bytes | 224.00 KiB/s, done. Total 3 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0) To https://github.com/thegeeksalive/myrepo.git * [new branch] master -> master Branch master set up to track remote branch master from origin. [email protected]:~/myrepo>
The username and the password is the one we created during the GitHub signup process.
That's it!!. All the contents on your local repository are now pushed into your GitHub repository. We will discuss more git operations in the future posts. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.


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Monday, May 7, 2007
#9: The Boneyard (James Cummins, 1991)
This ultra-low-budget B-movie is all over the place, never quite knowing what it wants to be, but its sloppy inconsistency is its greatest strength. If director and special effects man Cummins stuck with just one element of the goofy-ass script, this would have been an unremarkable film. I still can't call it remarkable, but it ain't boring. It encompasses a jaded, near-retirement detective and his moronic young partner, a middle-aged psychic who used to help them out until the job got to her (she's also in mourning for a dead child), a suicidal young woman, a mortician secretly under the sway of an ancient Chinese curse, zombie children, vomit and slime, a nearly abandoned morgue open for one more week, Phyllis Diller (as Miss Poopinplatz), Norman Fell as an aging hippy forensic pathologist, a mutant poodle, and a mutant Phyllis Diller.
The film's tone veers from police procedural to murder mystery to overly serious drama to broad sitcom comedy to creepy horror to goofy horror to action thriller and closes with what would have been the cheesiest '80s song ever written if it hadn't been 1991. I can't recommend this one to anybody who doesn't like horror or cheap B-movies, but as an avid fan of both, I got a lot of enjoyment out of it.
Norman Fell's part was originally offered to Alice Cooper, who turned it down. I really wish I had been listening in on the brainstorming process that led to that decision:
"Guys, Alice Cooper won't do it. Who can bring something similar to the role?"
"Norman Fell?"
"I love it!"
This is the only film in which Phyllis Diller appears without a wig.
Director James Cummins decided after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that horror was too negative for our modern world. Here is what he does now.
Read Spacebeer's take on "The Boneyard" here.
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Little Doodle is totally giving me the creeps. And the heart on his t-shirt was inspired by two rounds of open heart surgery? That isn't making the world a more positive place after 9/11. It is just weird. And freaky.ReplyDelete
Also, I love that the middle-aged psychic is this regular-looking, overweight, non-Hollywood woman who keeps it together, kind of saves the day, and doesn't get killed in a dumb way or made out to be the butt of younger people's jokes. There is a lot of silly stuff in this movie, but there is also actually some neat characterization, particularly between the detective and the psychic.
And Phyllis Diller is awesome.


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Do you believe in writer's block? I couldn't throw a much more inflammatory question at a group of writers if I tried! Some writers are firmly convinced that they have been and are afflicted with writer's block on a regular basis. Other writers suggest that the blocked writers are nothing but a bunch of malingerers.
And where do I stand on this polarizing question?
Somewhere in the middle. I've experienced times myself when I had difficulty writing. Back then, I would have called myself "blocked." Looking back with 20/20 hindsight, however, I realize that the block was always the symptom, not the disease.
Not Anne Rice
During my first year in college, for instance, I got my hands on some of Anne Rice's first vampire novels. I didn't read them; I inhaled them. I wanted to much to be able to write like she did, but when I picked up pen and paper - you guessed it! I was blocked.
Or was I? Years later, I can look back and see why the words wouldn't come. First I was deathly afraid of putting myself and my words out there and being laughed at. Second, I was trying to imitate the style of an inimitable author. I wasn't meant to write like Anne Rice. I was meant to write like Debra Stang. Once I worked through my fears of criticism (though I still don't enjoy it much) and realized that, while imitation might be the sincerest form of flattery, it's really nothing but a ticket to mediocrity.
When I started telling my stories in my words again, the block faded away as if it had never been.
Now is Not the Time
Flash forward to 2001, the year I officially started my writing business. I was blocked again. My email dinged repeatedly, letting me know that new clients were coming in and old clients were trying to get in touch with me to see why I was late. This, I thought as I stared into the mirror at the circles under my eyes, this had to be writer's block.
It wasn't. One of my closest friends had just died very unexpectedly. She had gone to the hospital with pneumonia. A few days later, her breathing got worse and she had to be placed on a ventilator. She died of a disease I'd never even heard of: ARDS (Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome).
My friend and I had spoken often of our dreams. She was a gifted artist who wanted to make her living from painting. I was a decent writer who wanted to support myself with the pen...well, with the keyboard, but let's not quibble. Anyway, I felt like I owed it to her to throw myself into a freelance career.
Unfortunately, I had overlooked kind of an important step. Grieving. It wasn't writer's block I was struggling with - it was my grief and rage that my friend's life had ended almost before we knew it was at risk. Writing didn't help. I needed to talk, first. And cry. And talk some more. And cry some more. A lot more. But when I finally came through on the other side, I was able to start writing again with the same passion I'd always had before.
Writer's Block is a Catch-All Phrase
There are other conditions in my life that have masqueraded as writer's block:
- Burnout (resolved after a three day vacation)
- Bipolar Disorder (managed with medication and counseling)
- Boredom (time to shake the manuscript up a little; if it's boring to write, it will be deadly to read)
- Poor Planning (not plotting carefully enough and writing myself into a corner)
- Bad-Muse Day (I don't allow myself too many of these; when they come, I spend the day working on the practical side of my business like marketing and invoicing)
So yes, I do believe that writer's block is real in the sense that some writers are dealing with physical, emotional, financial and even spiritual problems that make it very hard for them to put pen to paper and end up with something meaningful.
But if you're serious about becoming a writer, you can't just leave it at "I've got writer's block." Now you need to go in like a pit bull and figure out why you aren't able to write (the real reason) and what you can do about it. Maybe you just need time, as I did after my friend died. Or maybe you need to rework your manuscript, or accept some different assignments for variety.
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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey
New gameplay for Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is here and shows off a bit more on how we will identify things in Ancestors with our babies
Here we go with a bit more gameplay for Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey today and it is just a nice little bit. I will take everything that we can out of Panache Digital Games here as it has been an interesting concept from day one for me. Especially given the pedigree of the developers in charge of it all. That and the interesting use of the game's world to force exploration in Ancestors. This is one of the bigger aspects of the game besides trying to survive all of the other harshness of the world. I am guessing there is something with keeping your babies alive too. That would at least make sense.
As you can see in this new video for Ancestors, we will need to move about the world but will have some kind of markers out there to indicate what and where they all are. That is as long as we focus a bit and spot them while running around the world dodging giant birds. That is at least as we get to see here given the way the ape is attacked and hunted in the latter half of the video. If you want to see all of that in motion for Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, have a look below if you have not already skipped right along already. It happens when we get excited for our favorite video games we are interested in.
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Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person open-world survival game where you Explore, Expand, and Evolve to advance your clan to the next generation in this exhilarating new adventure from the creator of Assassin's Creed.
Embark on the most incredible odyssey known to humankind: human evolution. Spanning from 10 million to 2 million years ago, begin your journey, "Before Us," in Neogene period Africa. Explore a beautiful yet ruthless world, from swinging through tree branches in the jungle to stalking prey across the golden savannah grasslands. Decide what attributes to learn and hone in order to pass down knowledge to future generations, from crafting tools to enhancing evasive tactics against predators. Just like real life, make sure to eat, drink, and sleep to stay alive and have the energy to face any danger that may come your way.
Grow your clan and find strength in numbers as you progress through critical evolutionary stages of human evolution. Your choices will write your clan's story and determine if you can survive your evolution.
Is this how you expected everything to work in Ancestors or did you expect something a little less Assassin's Creed for the game? How do you think these will stay active as the game progresses or will it only be when you are near that it will show? Will we have to keep all of our babies alive or will they be able to fend for themselves at some point? Let us all know what you are thinking down in the comments and then feel free to discuss. When we have more to share for Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, we will share it all here. Just be sure to keep swinging on in to spot it all.


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Nicolas Namias has been a member of the Management Board of BPCE and Chief Financial Officer since November 1st, 2018.
A former student of France's elite Ecole Nationale d'Administration, and a graduate of Stanford Graduate School of Business (Executive program), the ESSEC Business School and Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), Nicolas Namias began his career in 2004 in the Treasury within the French Ministry for the Economy and Finance. He was initially tasked with preparing the G8 and G20 international financial summits, before being appointed as the government's substitute commissioner to the French financial market regulator AMF. In 2008, he joined Groupe BPCE in the Finance Department and subsequently became the Group's Director of Planning for Commercial Banking & Insurance. In 2012, he was appointed technical advisor to the French Prime Minister for financing the economy and business organizations, and for international economic affairs.
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Fannie Mae does not
expect a lasting impact from the current partial government shutdown, at least if it is over soon. In its January Economic Developments report, the company's Economic and Strategic Research
(ESR) Macroeconomic Forecast Team again
predicts a slowing in economic growth, down from the estimated pace of 3.1
percent in 2018 to 2.2 percent this year. This moderation, from what they say
will probably turn out to be the strongest pace of the recovery, will be due to
the fading effects of the fiscal stimulus and tightening financial conditions.
They add however that despite the shutdown, the economy will continue to grow,
and the current expansion will become the longest on record.
Despite the economic
strength in 2018 there were still some evident trouble spots, especially in
housing where single-family homebuilding continued to be "lackluster" and home
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sharply near year-end, volatility spiked, corporate credit spreads widened, and
the yield curve flattened. The expiration
of the Continuing Resolution affected approximately 25 percent of discretionary
outlays and the shutdown is the longest on record, but the ESR Team sees some
upside offsets from strong employment and wage growth.
Still, the growing downside
risks have turned the Federal Reserve more dovish and it is communicating its
willingness to be patient about raising rates. The economists believe that a
slower pace of rate hikes will help stabilize home sales.
While the forecast is
generally upbeat, Fannie Mae does see downside risks. If stock market
volatility continues it could lower confidence and curtail spending. The Conference Board's consumer confidence
index posted the largest monthly decline in three years in December as the
expectations component plunged the most in five years. Slower growth abroad could limit foreign
demand for U.S. goods and services and the continuing uncertainty about trade presents
an additional hurdle.
Then there is the
downside risk of the shutdown dragging on. The Bank of America Merrill Lynch
suggests that every two weeks of shutdown will shave 0.1 percentage point off
of growth. In addition, business may
temporarily forgo investment because of the uncertainty. The shutdown has also
delayed economic data releases from several agencies including the Bureau of
Economic Analysis and the Census Bureau which eliminates information needed to
assess the economy. Market stresses will increase if the shutdown extends into
the debate on the debt ceiling which must be reviewed by March 2.
partial shutdown will also have ramifications for housing. Homeowners who are
furloughed, working without pay, or laid off from their contracting jobs may
have difficulty meeting their monthly mortgage payments which could evolve into
rising delinquencies, defaults, even foreclosures. Prospective homebuyers
affected by the shutdown may delay a home purchase and this could spread to
those not affected if the shutdown undermines broader consumer confidence.
Fannie Mae's Home Purchase Sentiment Index
declined in December even though the underlying survey was completed before the
shutdown began. Results from the January release could reflect post-shutdown responses.
A third impact could be disruption of some federal mortgage programs. The closure
of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has halted activities under its Direct
and Guaranteed Loan programs. While the Federal Housing Administration is open,
it is operating with reduced staff, which may delay endorsements.
Beyond those risks,
Fannie Mae expects home sales to stabilize this year after declining in 2018. Mortgage rates are expected to change little
in 2019 from their level late last year of around 4.5 percent, allowing
potential homebuyers time to adjust to the rate environment after the
volatility experienced in 2018. Home
price increases should slow, from 5.5 percent in 2018 to 4.2 percent this year
according to the company's forecast. At
the same time, the prediction for continued job growth implies that the
unemployment rate will remain near historic lows - a positive for wage growth
and affordability.
Single-family construction will grow modestly this
year and lower interest rates should help builders with their borrowing costs. Multifamily construction, which has had a
solid run since 2010, is expected to retreat but will be supported by continued
household formations by Millennials. Total
residential investment, which contracted last year for the first time in seven
years, is projected to rebound
The forecast for purchase
mortgage originations last year and this remain the same as last month, but have
been upgraded slightly for 2020, due to a more optimistic view of home price
growth. Lower mortgage rates have led to
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2020 respectively, but refinance volumes are still expected to decline.
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When I am working nights I never seem to have the time to do anything apart from work and sleep, but I have got a week off from Monday so not too bad.
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I have printed onto white linen card stock from Paper Mill Direct and re-sized and re-coloured the image in Publisher. The brown card is also from Paper Mill Direct called Buff.
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Escape to this gorgeous beach villa in ECR — perfect for you and squad for the weekend.
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Every so often it helps to take a break and get a change of scenery. When better place to do that than this gorgeous 4,000 sq ft designer villa down East Coast Road. The property is located inside a gated community and features a lush lawn and well-maintained pool.
The pool is in an open space on the eastern side of the building meaning, you'll be out of the sun post noon if you get in the pool. Exactly what the doctor ordered for the sweltering Chennai heat. The owners have added a few deck chairs to the poolside and coupled with the surrounding lawn, it becomes the perfect place to just hang out with your squad and maybe drink a few beers.
Though it is worth pointing out that while the setting is great for a house party, the owners are staunchly against raucous party animals, so the property is best enjoyed if noise levels are kept to a minimum. Venturing inside the house, you will find four large air-conditioned bedrooms with twin beds and attached bathrooms, a fully equipped dining area, a spacious drawing room, a kitchen and on the top floor a beautiful terrace with a stunning view of the surroundings. The house comes with high ceilings and large glass windows. Light seems to flow through the house during the day and its proximity to the beach helps with ample air circulation if you're inclined to leave the windows open.
Speaking of the beach it's just a two-minute walk away! And the best part about it is that because the property is far outside the city, the beachfront is clean and quiet. A rare site for any Chennaite. The place is equipped to house eight people, and if needed a few more can be accommodated thanks to the extra mattresses kept by the owners. The property is not your average beach house, it's luxurious and large, and the price actually depends on when you are looking to book it. When we tried booking it this month, it came to about INR 15,000 a night. Now count how many in your squad and divide. That's how much each of you will end up paying.