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Manly Rotary Club meeting 19th April 2016
- Manly Rotary Member Stephen Russell has been awarded a Companion of Rotary Health award that was presented by Terry Kennedy. Well done, Stephen.
- Maggie spoke about the inspirational speech from Nick Farr Jones AM at District Assembly and his message of spirit.
- Enza spoke about this year's focus for District Assembly on engaging with the Indigenous community. This is a good reminder for Manly Rotary to continue working closely with Clontarf Foundation.
Lynne gave a brief presentation on the need for clean water in Papua New Guinea.
President Maggie's Background and introduction:
Today in PNG less than 10% of people are formally employed. 84% of people continue to live in remote, rural areas in predominantly traditional style housing which lack running water, electricity, plumbing. It is still the case that most PNG people defecate in the open in the bush or over reefs and with high population growth, the health concerns are mounting.
Despite water and sanitation being prioritised by the PNG government and development organisations, there are 3 reasons why big leaps in sanitation – not baby steps - are needed now:
- Health: The common practice of open-defecation increases the risk of contamination of groundwater and streams which most people continue to rely upon for drinking and washing. This underpins PNG's continued ranking amongst the worlds worst on health outcomes as measured by the UN Human Development Index.
- Gender equity: a lack of toilets means young girls will absent themselves from school when menstruating. Lower attendance translates to lower academic achievement, lower economic outcomes, poorer social outcomes and entrenched gender inequality.
- Current methods are failing the PNG people: Wateraid, is a large NGO (funded by DFAT). In 2014 they reported bringing water and sanitation to 2800 people in PNG at a cost of $1.2m. At this rate, it will take 2656 years to cover all of PNG and at a huge cost to the Australian taxpayer.
Clearly faster and more cost effective solutions must be found. One approach gaining acceptance involves the training, equipping and engaging locals – who then train others – to collectively solve the challenges faced.
Recently, Friends Of Rambutso (FOR) used this approach to successfully run a woodwork without nails workshop with 5 villages in Rambutso in Manus Province, PNG. It resulted in the Provincial Government offering to pay the Rambutso workshop participants to share their skills with all other Manus communities and confirmed support for the train the trainer model.
Rambutso community leaders have identified sanitation as a top 3 priorities and want to partner with FOR to deliver culturally and environmental suitable toilets using a train the trainer approach.
Project Opportunity
FOR intends to run a workshop teaching all 12 villages how to build and maintain suitable composting toilets. At the conclusion, workshop participants will be required to train others and successfully build a toilet for women in their village. Upon doing so, they will receive materials enabling further toilets to be built. In total, local teams will build 24 toilets in 12 villages.
By funding just 2 toilets for each of Rambutsos 12 villages, this project delivers sanitation to more people than Wateraid in 2014 at an estimated one tenth of the cost.
FOR will help broker an agreement so that the original Rambutso workshop participants can be hired by the Provincial Government to share their skills with all other Manus communities. In this way, an initial focus on toilets for Rambutso (6% of the provincial population) is leveraged to achieve 100% coverage of the province.
Very little happens at a province wide level in PNG: this would be a major achievement.


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Torn between modern and traditional? Contemporary and classic? Sometimes, we just can not seem to choose the perfect style genre for our home. That's where the eclectic style comes to the picture!
For those who wonder what eclectic defines as, it's the popular adjective in interior design parlance, meaning a decor that contains heterogeneous elements—a mixture of textures, time periods, styles, trends, and colors. There's something dynamic about a space that resists the urge to meticulously match items in one design style.
Let's face it: most of us are eclectic. We like a little of this and a little of that. We may have items we've collected over the years, representing different aspects of our personality. Why not bring your different personalities in your interior spaces? Check out this stylish eclectic home you will definitely love!
When it's done well, eclectic broadcasts your confidence in your own style yet adheres to the fundamentals of good design. You do not have to choose between profiles or periods; there's room for a range of favorites. The interiors on this house speak eclectic all over. Let's check out all the stylish parts of the house!
White is used as the base color of the home that's seen all throughout the walls, ceiling, and floors of the house. It acts as a canvas for the other components to boast its style and colors. Seen in this picture, the kitchen and dining area oozes in lovely tones of a pinkish purple color, Magenta. So chic and contemporary!
A slightly unusual yet stylish approach to interior designing, this eclectic kitchen area features a cropped out window frame that allows homeowners to take a peek on what gastronomical magic is happening inside the kitchen!
Try to spot the small, quirky details in this angle. Pictured above, a part of this area is decorated with tiny wall decor that flourish in different colors and shapes. What a fun way to decorate this eclectic house!
This stairway keeps a hidden gem underneath it -- a bathroom! And yes, we consider it as a gem because of its beautiful interior details. Another contemporary color, this bathroom offers us burnt orange walls that remind us of Moroccan tones.
In this angle, you can clearly see an industrial staircase dividing two eclectic rooms of the house -- the living area and the home office area. The living room boasts a touch of Bohemian style with its warm orange colors and wooden elements. On the other hand, the office area features a modern style of interior design where touches or orange can also be seen. Brown window blinds serve as a partition for the area to have a little privacy when needed.
If you're feeling the Bohemian style of this living room, check out this ideabook on 'How to bring that bohemian-chic vibe into your home'.
This eclectic home seem to have everything in it! It offers a stylish music room that features very similar colors found in the living areas of the house.
Going down the hallways, the house provides a neutral palette with a splash of contemporary colors, thanks to this decorative ladder piece.
Moving up to the Master bedroom, the eclectic style still flourishes. An ounce lighter than magenta, this dainty bedroom offers dashes of pink that makes the room very feminine. The brick wall, as well as the abstract photographs, accentuate the play of style genres in the house's interiors.
This bedroom doesn't seem to run out of windows! A wide set of industrial glass windows go all out crazy all throughout the room, bringing in a full glow and natural light.
The bedroom provides the homeowner an easy way out to a relaxing patio.
Pop Arq surely did it right designing this home the eclectic way, and that includes the outdoor enclosures. Nothing is more refreshing than a good lounge outside your home. This outdoor patio showcases a great fusion of styles through its church-like windows and doors and traditional furniture pieces. The glass doors are also decorated with intricate steel sidings that create a medieval feel to the patio.

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Iceland is the most expensive country on the planet. You have to be a billionaire to travel there. Luckily, I am. A scoop of vegan ice cream is like 50 bucks. A half a tank of gas is like 500 bucks. Plus I'm a big tipper. You will notice that grocery store cashiers to postal workers are all wearing Rolex watches and sporting very high end clothing. They are the highest paid workforce in the universe. We met an innkeeper who put himself through law school and it only cost him 5 grand. State pays for everything. All of that is beside the point because it is a gorgeous place to visit. The architecture of the little towns has it's own kind of simplistic beauty and charm. Once on the road, you see nothing but nature for hundreds of miles. A visual joy.
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From one league to many
When you first incorporated as the International Quidditch Association your mission was to govern quidditch worldwide, though at the time quidditch barely existed outside the United States. At the first Global Games (the Summer expo) five teams attended showing off their own nascent attempts at starting up. In 2014 eight teams attended the second iteration of the tournament and presently 15 National Governing Bodies are recognized by the IQA. You of course have changed your name and focus to that of US Quidditch allowing this worldwide growth to flourish.
It is thus fitting that on your birthday we are beginning our Onward to Oxford series where we will be profiling all of the teams attending the European Quidditch Cup where teams from 11 countries will be in attendance.
United States Expansion
In October 2009 Middlebury College hosted World Cup III, the last World Cup before your incorporation; 22 teams attended. By 2011 you were welcoming 96 teams to New York City with crowds in excess of 10,000 people for World Cup V. This year approximately 150 teams attended seven regional championships around the country to have a shot at attending USQ World Cup 8. You have 160 registered teams with nearly 4,000 players registered around the globe. We don't need to tell you this but you've grown a lot over the past five years.
In the process you've taken the sport around the country. Before your incorporation the place for top-notch quidditch was a town of fewer than 9,000 people fewer than 100 miles from the Canadian border. Now regional championships exist around the country and if you want to be crowned the sports top team you will do so at a World Cup that could be hosted anywhere in the US...on the eastern seaboard (but we know you're working on that).
You've grown from a league where one team has won all the championships to a sport where...two teams...have won all the championships. A sport dominated by one college to a sport dominated by the state of Texas (I mean how many teams from that state have made it to the final four at World Cups).
Big Screen Glory
In the past five years your mainstream recognition has soared. I mean of course there were those seven books and eight movies that mostly featured the name of your sport prominently, but we all know that the sport they showed isn't what you're all about. Pitch Perfect showed quidditch in the background during a club fair, and while Vince Vaughn may have called timeout after suffering a brutal facebeat (which rulebook was he using?) to talk about Flashdance, but in the process he brought your sport in front of millions of eyeballs (or at least thousands since it's unclear if anyone has watched a Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson movie since Wedding Crashers).
Not only has Hollywood taken notice, but so have aspiring filmmakers. Mudbloods recently featured the UCLA team as well as your own struggles with putting together World Cup V. Movies like that show the world is starting to take you seriously.
Not just a sport but a viable nonprofit
In the time since your incorporation you've been able to make yourself into a real business, though I hesitate to use that word. You now have five salaried employees and have also found a way to pay numerous people who volunteer as referees. You've instituted an individual membership program that makes you similar to many of your peer sports worldwide and have continuously upped the quality of the events you've hosted and the services you provide.
Outside of the sport of quidditch you've been influential in your larger community. You've tirelessly advocated for equality in all forms recognizing that there are far more than two gender identities in the world. You've hosted book drives that have resulted in tens-of-thousands of books being donated and money raised for community literacy projects. Perhaps most importantly you've helped thousands find a larger community, a group of friends, a place of happiness, and a sense of belonging.
Happy Birthday USQ from the Quidditch Post and the quidditch community.


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CES LIVE: Nissan Leaf Nismo RC racer gets double power, AWD
The electric race car can now hit 62 mph in just 3.4 seconds.
Nissan has revealed an updated Leaf Nismo RC all-electric race car, adding a second motor for more power. The concept made its debut in Japan in November 2018, and we caught up with it during CES 2019.
The purpose-built racer was originally launched with rear-wheel drive. The extra motor enables all-wheel drive, with a combined 322 horsepower and 472 pound-feet of torque sent to all four wheels -- more than double the maximum power and torque of the RWD model.
The Leaf Nismo RC is a far cry from the production EV, built upon a carbon composite monocoque structure with a weight of just 2,690 pounds, though it does source its lithium-ion battery and inverters from the street car.
Nissan says the more powerful racer can launch from zero to 62 mph in 3.4 seconds, a 50-percent improvement over the previous model.
The Leaf Nismo RC will be limited to just six units that will be deployed across the globe to highlight Nissan's electric vehicle endeavors.
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Alternative Cuts of U.S. Beef Focus of Retail, Restaurant Promotions in Taiwan
Encouraging restaurants and retailers in Taiwan to use alternative cuts of U.S. beef, USMEF collaborated with Taiwan Fresh Supermarket (TFS) and the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain in a series of promotional activities and product tastings. The efforts, funded by the Beef Checkoff Program, were designed to maintain the competitiveness of U.S. beef in the Taiwanese market by providing consumers, foodservice operators and importers with information on available products.
"Taiwanese consumers have adopted more beef in their diets over the past couple of decades, but their knowledge of beef remains relatively limited," explained Davis Wu, USMEF director in Taiwan. "People are used to purchasing meat with a tender texture and rich marbling, such as ...
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Effervescence is the annual cultural fest of Indian Institute Of Information Technology Allahabad. Held in the middle of October it encounters a humongous footfall of almost 25,000 people from all across the nation.
Being one of the most exalted cultural fests of North India, Effervescence has always ebulliently embraced the phenomenal cultural talent nationally as well as internationally. Hence, as an attempt to stride towards the zenith of excellence, they announced the sixteenth edition of their cultural fiesta from 16th -19th October 2019.
With less than a week left for the colossal mega event, the thrill and excitement seems to be brimming. Effervescence 2019 is going to be a memorable one with artists and celebrities who will be setting the stage on fire this year at IIIT Allahabad, the festival already looks like it's going to be the best one so far!
Effevescence'19 takes both pride and joy in featuring celebrity Neeti Mohan, for the grand finale. It's going to be a culmination of excitement and nostalgia that they strive to surpass leaps and bounds every year. Also this year, they are lucky to be able to witness the wit and humour of Anubhav Singh Bassi.
These 3 days are definitely going to be exhilarating! The preparations for the fete is running full fledged all round the clock, with the dedicated cultural societies and organising teams working day and night to surpass the standards set for the festival in the preceding years.
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Does Your Feed Include Images?
Bing Ads has announced a wave of new facilities for users of its PPC services including multiple images appearing in product ads by the end of April, as long as your feed includes the URL of the image. The service will now allow you to add up to 10 extra images to the feed.
What are the technical specifications for multiple product images in Bing Ads?
To add up to 10 images into the feed, simply add the URL's of the images (not the directory containing the images, separated by a comma. The images need to be a minimum of 220 by 220 pixels and have a maximum file size of 3.9mb (although we would recommend using an optimiser if your files are that large. Products cannot contain watermarks or text such as free shipping. Images must be in either bmp, gif,exif, jpg, png or tiff.
Benefits of multiple images in Bing Ads
The benefits of multiple images for one product should be obvious.
First of all, it allows the user to view the item from multiple directions and angles. Whilst this is no guarantee of a sale if you are already at the product search stage, the customer is very close to buying their item. Adding extra images at this stage, particularly high-quality images should give a good impression of your site to potential customers.
If you are using the images that already exist on your site, or the images can be pulled from the manufacturer, then there is virtually no additional cost other than reformatting your feed to take advantage of the extra image.
There is also the advantage of taking up additional space on the desktop with your images, denying the space to your competitors.
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Apollo 11
A look at the Apollo 11 mission to land on the moon led by commander Neil Armstrong and pilots Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins.
Release Date: 2019-08-23
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- Language: English
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If you haven't been on the job market for some time, it is possible your resume won't meet the expectations of today's hiring managers. Formatting standards have changed, so the resume design you selected 10 years ago can actually hurt your chances of getting called in for an interview. To help make sure your resume… Read more »
When people think of workplace safety, an office environment isn't the first workplace they picture. But serious accidents and injuries occur in almost any setting, including offices. In fact, the leading types of office injuries1 result from common accidents like trips and falls, strains, falling objects, striking against objects and being stuck between objects. To… Read more »
When you're looking for a new job, it is common to be excited and even a bit anxious. While following up on an opportunity can be a smart move, going too far can quickly have you labeled as a pest instead of someone who is simply interested in a position. To make sure you don't… Read more »
Once you've decided that working with a staffing agency is the right choice for your business, you may be wondering how to choose the right firm to ensure you get the employees you need. With approximately 15 million workers1 finding positions through these organizations, it's no surprise that there is a wide range of staffing… Read more »
It's common to feel a bit nervous before your first day on a new job. Often, you still have a lot of questions about the work environment and want to make the best impression possible. To help make your transition into a new position as seamless as possible, here are some tips to take with… Read more »
When choosing a staffing agency, you want to select a company that isn't going to provide a cookie-cutter approach that ignores the unique needs of your business. Skilled firms are capable of learning about your company, allowing them to create a personalized solution designed to help you succeed. If you ever wondered what makes their… Read more »
Many job seekers see a job as won or lost based on the interview. While that part of the process is obviously important, what you do before sitting down with the hiring manager can play just as much of a role in whether you are selected as any other component. To help ensure you don't… Read more »
As of 2015, millennials became the largest part of the active workforce1 and are expected to represent 34 percent by the year 2024, based on a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics2. And with unemployment sitting at 4.7 percent3, companies can't ignore Millennial workers when they need to fill positions. However, making sure you… Read more »
Based on information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics1, millennials will make up approximately 34 percent of the labor force by 2024. In fact, they overtook Gen Xers as the largest part of the workforce2 back in 2015. But, even though this generation accounts for nearly one-in-three workers today, many are still fighting against stereotypes… Read more »
Many companies are concerned about bringing employees on board who have a resume with too many jobs in a short period of time. It turns out hiring a former job hopper isn't necessarily a bad move depending on the employee's motive. Some workers have changed jobs to take advantage of opportunities to advance along their… Read more »


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Just a word to let you know that my wife Bev and I had a great time on our recent trip on board Aurora Explorer. We had unique experiences, good food, a fine crew who could not have done more for us and comfortable accommodation aboard the Explorer. We are so glad to have had the opportunity to do this trip.
COVID-19 Update - Trips 1-8 cancelled. See home page for more information.
"Humpback on the starboard side," shouts First Mate Kevin, sticking his head down the companionway from the bridge of the motor vessel Aurora Explorer. I grab my camera and leap up from the lunch table. In half-a-dozen steps, I'm through the back door of the main cabin and poised for a shot just as the last tip of a massive tailfin slips out of sight, leaving only a neatly expanding circle on the surface of the sea. I wait a few minutes in case the whale resurfaces within range, but I'm not disappointed when it doesn't. I already have one good tail shot.


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Hot Space
Trends of shopping have changed in the past decade. While internet retail is estimated to expand to 10% of total Singapore retail sales in 2022, many successful businesses today maintains a physical brand presence while actively building their online market reach. They leverage on the many complementary merits of both online and offline channels to win both mind and wallet-share from consumers.
Why Hot Space?
Capitalising on the trends of 'Showrooming', we have launched Hot Space where well-curated, design-centric and artisanal vendors can showcase and prominently market their brands and products to retail shoppers with a touch and feel experience, and channel them to their online stores via QR codes on display.
Consider having an average of 1500-2000 walk-in customers a day at Bugis+ or about 500-1000 walk-in customers at Orchardgateway getting to know your brand and products and attracting them to your online store from as low as about $3.20 /day to a max of about $15.00 /day? Wish to have a physical space where your online customers can view your actual products before making a purchase, test out a new product or expand your brand to Singapore's market without needing to invest heavily in infrastructure set-up?
Understanding the needs of many product vendors both locally and internationally, Hot Space is created as a supportive retail display advertising platform to drive your business forward by bringing you more opportunities, and less uncertainties in today's highly competitive online marketplace. And you may also get a sizeable boost in sales with potential bulk orders from our corporate clients!
Price Plans
Based on each Hot Space size of 50-80cm (L) x 30-45cm (W) x 25-30cm (H). Currently we have 2 outlets available for Hot Space (Bugis+ #02-51/52, and Orchardgateway #03-02).
Kindly note that the option for a 1-month sign-up is only valid until 31st of October. Thereafter, a minimum of 3-months sign-up per contract is required. If you wish to test your product's current marketability or whether Hot Space is a good channel to reach out to more audience for your products, do give it a shot.
Aside from these standardised spaces, there are some differently sized spaces which are separately quoted. Kindly check with us if you are interested to find out more about these spaces.
Choping your space and getting started!
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Officers injured in western suburbs
UPDATE: Police have taken three males into custody after drama unfolded in Perth's western suburbs this afternoon.
Three men, one of them in handcuffs, were on the run after the stolen car they were driving rammed a police car in Jolimont this afternoon.
Car stolen with child in vehicle
A police officer was assaulted in the incident and was taken to hospital with broken ribs.
Several police cars and ambulances converged on Jolimont.
Police said two people were in the car and were being apprehended by police.
One offender had been handcuffed and police were apprehending the second man.
The second male allegedly assaulted a constable.
Both men were on the run.
"They were located a short time ago in a park at the intersection of Peel Place and Cardigan Terrace in Jolimont," police said at 4.30pm.
In a separate incident, a police officer is in hospital after being assaulted while attending a domestic dispute.
A St John Ambulance spokesman initially confirmed the officer had been stabbed at a Nedlands home mid-afternoon.
But after receiving a more detailed report, he clarified that the officer had been assaulted at a Jolimont home and had been taken to Royal Perth Hospital.
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Philipp Hildebrand, Vice-Chairman of Swiss National Bank has given an insightful speech on the payments system and its resilience in this crisis. He says substantial efforts were made to make a resilient payments system:
Let me begin with my conclusion. Throughout the financial crisis, the global financial market infrastructure has stood up very well and has helped to prevent the enormous uncertainty in the financial system from becoming even more pronounced. This favourable assessment applies to the payment and settlement systems in Switzerland as well as to global financial market infrastructure. Ladies and gentlemen, this is not an achievement we should take for granted. It is mainly due to the fact that, in the years prior to the crisis, the financial sector has invested a great deal in enhancing financial market infrastructure.
In Switzerland, for example, a fully integrated infrastructure for trading, clearing and settling financial market transactions has been in place for many years. The core elements of this infrastructure, known as the Swiss Value Chain, are the Swiss stock exchange, the SECOM securities settlement system, the x-clear central counterparty and the SIC payment system. Integration of these infrastructures makes it possible, first, to standardise and automate the processes, which leads to considerable gains in efficiency. Second, risks relating to the technical aspects of the settlement process can be largely eliminated.
At the level of the global financial market infrastructure, the most important innovation of recent years has most certainly been the development of Continuous Linked Settlement (CLS). This system has been in place for some years and enables foreign exchange transactions to be settled almost free of risk. In particular, CLS allows to eliminate principal risk, which is often referred to as Herstatt risk.
This is the risk that one of the parties to a foreign exchange transaction meets its obligations, yet does not receive the countercurrency. Herstatt risk is thus a traditional counterparty risk.
He then reviews how the payment system was under stress after Lehman crisis but managed to ride the crisis. There were hardly any crisis as far as payment systems are concerned. However, there were different kinds of concerns as Lehman had equity stakes in many payment system companies. This is one concern he says we should address. Second concern is working on payment systems in growing financial markets like OTC derivatives.
He finally reflects on regulation vs self-regulation debate and says we need a right balance.
Interesting aspect of the crisis.
Actually he covers one of the most under-reported and unglamorous part of the financial system – Back-office. Typically a fin firm activity is divided in 3 areas- front office (dealing in securities, offering loans, taking deposits etc), mid-office (risk management, research etc) and back-office (looks at settlement and payment issues). Back-office jobs are usually the least wanted and least known. However, it is the backbone of any firm and is mostly a thankless job.


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Caltans I-138 Road Closure Starting March 07, 2018
- Posted on: by Gilbert Jones
- Categories: Miscellaneous, News
- Tags: detour, road closure
Caltans I-138 Road Closure
Starting today, March 7, 2018, as post by the City of Hesperia, the I-138, east of the I-15, will be closed for construction. The closure, per the Facebook post, is supposed to last for 10 days. If you need to access this area, the detour suggests to go up to Ranchero Road in Hesperia/Oak Hills, and take Summit Valley Road.


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Thursday, September 20, 2007
Newsarama Shazam Interview
hey all,
well i'm finally able to show some more of the artwork for Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam.
i was very honored to do a NEWSARAMA interview.
please check it out and ALSO, don't forget to visit the new MAGIC OF SHAZAM BLOG for other updates and behind the scenes fun stuff.
take care and all the best,
m . . .
8 comments:
- mike said...
can't. wait.
- Thursday, September 20, 2007
- Ghost Image said...
I am really looking forward to this book. I wanted to let you know that I put up the sketch you did for me of Quick Draw McGraw on my Hanna-Barbera sketch blog at http://hbtown.blogspot.com/
Thanks again for the sketch!
- Thursday, September 20, 2007
- Joshua Middleton said...
Hey Mike,
I just found out about your Shazam book and the drawings and designs I have seen so far are just perfect!
You are really doing it how it should be done, and books with such spirit are few and far between, so please keep it up!
All the best,
- Thursday, September 20, 2007
- mdtk said...
Wow that is high praise indeed from another Captain Marvel artist.
- Monday, September 24, 2007
- Product 360 Creative said...
hey Mike - I met you on the plane on the way back from AZ. I just found your card & came to check out the site. Great stuff! Congrats on all the exciting projects. I love your positive spirit & contribution. Good on ya!
- Monday, October 01, 2007
- mike . . . said...
hey everyone!
thanks so much for the kind words and comments . . .
mike - dude. i can't wait either. ;):)
geoff- that was a really fun sketch to do. thanks for asking and visiting.
joshua - wow. thanks, man. hope all is well. haven't seen ya in a while. hope to catch up again soon. your book with Judd is one i really admire.
mdtk - yep. i'm definitely honored.
kate- hey how's it goin?!!! long time no talk. send me an email and we'll catch up. thanks so much for the hellooooo. :) hope all is wellll with you.
well, more fun stuff to come soon.
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i like ur art work. MERRY CHRISTMAS!:)
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I like your artwork as well Mike and Happy New Year.
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Forever with a love of pattern and texture, Natalie chose the delicacies of fabric design, and lace in particular, in which to place her focus. With its rich historical value and the various stylistic qualities that lace possesses, a perfect inspiration was borne...and a first collection followed; here pattern, intricacy and the appearance of fragility are key.
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Time machine is wonderful, but it makes a mobile Mac user cry- waiting for a backup to finish or cancel before we rush to a meeting makes life difficult. unDock adds a simple but critical piece of functionality to your Mac- an "Eject All" shortcut with super powers.
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Splendidly useful at work - I use Time Machine on an external drive at work, but I quite frequently need to unplug on a minute's notice to bring the laptop to a meeting or discussion. Before unDock, if Time Machine was doing a backup at the time, I'd either have to leave the laptop or grit my teeth and pull the cord out, causing OS X to give me sundry stern looks and disapproving lectures. Now I just hit the shortcut, wait a few seconds, and I'm off.
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Thanatology — Than a*tol o*gy (th[a^]n [.a]*t[o^]l [ o]*j[y^]), n. [Gr. qa natos + logy.] A description, or the doctrine, of death. Dunglison. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thanatology — (n.) scientific study of death, 1842, from Gk. thanatos death (from PIE *dhwene to disappear, die, perhaps from root meaning dark, cloudy ) + LOGY (Cf. logy). Thanatism (1900) is the belief that at death the soul ceases to exist. Hence also… … Etymology dictionary
thanatology — [than΄ə täl′ə jē] n. [ THANATO + LOGY] the study of death, esp. of the medical, psychological, and social problems associated with dying thanatologist n … English World dictionary
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Michael Harris, Pleasant Hill City Council
Sue Noack, Pleasant Hill City Council
Bill Bankert, PH Planning Commission
Patrick Remer, PH Library
Katherine Bracken, PH Library Commissioner
Wendy Gollop, resident
June Catalano, City Manager
Steve Van Dorn, PH Chamber of Commerce
Susan Weaver, Friends of the Library
Terry Gerbracht, PH Resident
Melinda Cervantes, County Librarian
Allison McKee, Deputy County Librarian
Andrew Murray, Assistant City Manager
Martin Nelis, City staff
Jim Kennedy, Consultant to Contra Costa County
Sandy Bonato, PH Rec & Park District
Dan Safran, Friends of the Library
Lianne Marshall, City consultant
Michelle Lacy, PH Rec & Park District, General Manager
Public Comment
There was no public comment.
Update on the agreement between Contra Costa County and the Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District
Jim Kennedy provided the update. He stated that the two parties had reached an option agreement whereby the County would sell the current library site to the PH Rec & Park District. Michelle Lacy stated that the District was delighted that this agreement had been reached. The agreement states that the District would allow the library to continue to operate after the sale of the property. The District must exercise its option (purchase the property) by December 31, 2019.
Mr. Kennedy stated that the County would now be working with the City to transfer a portion of the vacant site at 1700 Oak Park Blvd for the new community library. Any development of the sites would also incorporate improvements to Monticello Avenue and Oak Park Blvd.
Mayor Harris stated that considerable progress has been made since the Task Force was formed three years ago. With the passage of Measure K and the agreement between the Park District and County, the stage is now set for the City to move forward with the design and construction of the new library.
Update on the Schedule for Library Architectural & Design Services
City Manager June Catalano announced that the RFP for Architectural & Design Services has been issued (on April 18th). The City has also hired a project manager, Lianne Marshall, to assist with this process. Ms. Marshall explained that the RFP was sent to 30 architects; that a bidders' conference is scheduled for May 8th, and proposals are due on June 5th. The City is expecting to interview the finalists the week of June 26th. The plan is to have final selection of the architect by early fall.
City Manager Catalano stated that there would be multiple workshops as part of the community engagement process during the design phase for the new library. In response to a question, she also mentioned that one of the key criteria in selection of the architect would be their ability and past experience in conducting public workshops and engagement with the public.
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Susan Weaver asked about the future role of the Library Task Force. Mayor Harris stated that the three subcommittees had effectively completed their roles in helping to determine the need for and feasibility of building a new library; and building community support for that, as evidenced by the passage of Measure K. He stated that additional fundraising would be needed for furnishings and fixtures, and suggested that this this is possibly where the Task Force could focus its attention going forward.
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Texas High School Students Earn Placement in Regional Orchestra
Texarkana, TX – Texas High School Band students, CARSON McCARVER (Cello), IAN PEREZ (Violin), KATHERINE STOECKL (Violin) and MAX YOUNG (Double Bass) earned placement in the Texas Music Educators Association All-Region Orchestra during auditions held on October 15 in Tyler, TX.
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The Ghana Airports Management Company (GACL), a state-owned company responsible for managing all airport facilities in the country, is financially constrained due to the high cost of the funds secured for constructing the state-of-the-art Terminal 3 at Kotoka International Airport (KIA).
The B&FT on August 12, 2015 reported that the GACL had secured an amount of US$250million from a consortium of banks led by Ecobank Capital.
Aviation Minister, Joseph Kofi Adda, speaking at the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of a new headquarters building for the aviation sector regulator – Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) – said cost of the funds is too high and is crippling the GACL.
"In the recent past we have had exaggerated or bloated cost and the use of expensive money to carry out projects. In some cases, we've had a very high-interest rate on loans; such as the loan used for the Terminal 3 construction.
"The interest rate of 8.5% at the time was very high and now a few years later we still have the effect of what one might say amounts to strangulation of the Ghana Airports Company – by preventing it from taking up more projects freely as its revenues are being held in escrow to serve and retire the loan," he said.
He indicated that government has successfully renegotiated the rate down from the initial 8.5 percent to 5 percent. "Government had to renegotiate it to 5%, which is still not enough; and so we continue to look for ways of bringing it down even lower," he said.
The GACL in 2014 announced that it was to expand facilities at the Kotoka International Airport to accommodate the increasing passenger throughput and increasing number of airlines servicing the facility.
Part of the proposal was construction of the third terminal to be known as Terminal 3 within the KIA enclave, resurfacing the runway, taxi-ways, new aprons, installation of ground lights, laying underground fuel lines, and installation of runway lights.
This, however, required huge capital outlay that the sole shareholder, government, was unable to provide given its limited budget.
Management of GACL, following promulgation of the Airport Tax Amendment Act in 2013 – which allowed the GACL to retain 100 percent of its revenues – turned to private capital to improve aviation infrastructure in the country.
Prior to amendment of the Act, 60 percent of all airport taxes went directly to the Ghana Revenue Authority to support the national budget – while GACL retained just 40 percent.
The ultra-modern Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport, constructed by Turkish company Mapa, became fully operational on September 15, 2018.
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Mr. Adda noted that the GCAA, as the leading aviation sector regulator in the country, is in need of an ultra-modern office facility to effectively execute its mandate.
He said urged the Authority to ensure that the public purse is adequately protected at all times as directed by the President, before, during and after construction of the facility.


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On the first anniversary of the SEC regulations allowing general solicitation for certain private placements a new accredited investor site has been launched. Hotel Innvestor seeks to alter the business model for hotel investments with their investment crowdfunding platform. Founded by Tim Edgar, an industry… Read More
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The city on Friday named Deputy Chief Al Roechner its interim police chief.
Roechner starts Thursday, replacing Brian Benton, who officially retires Nov. 27 but is taking about three months of unused paid leave before he goes.
Roechner has been with the Joliet police for 27 years and has held command positions the last nine. He currently is deputy chief of investigations,.
Roechner told The Herald-News that he is honored to be named interim chief in the city where he grew up.
"I was born and raised in Joliet. I take pride in that," he said.
During his time as interim chief, Roechner said, he plans to "just do the best I can to keep the department moving forward."
Roechner said he will seek to become the permanent chief.
Benton announced his intent to retire on Aug. 8.
The city has not posted the position yet, and a timetable has not been set for hiring a new chief.
In a news release announcing the appointment, City Manager David Hales said he looked forward to working with Roechner "during the next few months until a permanent chief is named." He noted Roechner's "extensive police command knowledge and experience" and "budgeting and financial experience."
In the news release, Roechner said, "I look forward to representing the incredible men and women of the Joliet Police Department, working with the dedicated members of our City Council, and finally, but most importantly, serving the residents of Joliet in any way possible. I am confident my almost three decades of service and leadership to the city will provide a smooth transition for the residents and leaders of our community."
Roechner is a 2003 graduate of Northwestern University's Center for Public Safety School of Police Staff and Command and a 2011 graduate of the Police Executive Research Forum Senior Management Institute.
He and his wife, Nancy Griparis, are lifelong residents of Joliet. They have three adult daughters, Catherine, Hallie and Zoe, and one grandson, Nico.


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On 11 November 2018 MaltaPost, in collaboration with the Central Bank of Malta, will be issuing a philatelic numismatic cover consisting of a brass coin and a postage stamp to mark the centenary of the Armistice which brought the First World War to an end. On 11 November 1918 the allies and Germany signed an armistice which brought an end to the First World War. The war claimed the lives of more than 16 million persons and had a profound impact on the course of world history.
The brass coins which were designed by Noel Galea Bason were struck in circulation quality at the Royal Belgian Mint. The coin reverse features a nurse administering medication to a wounded soldier. This recalls the major humanitarian role played by Malta, called the 'Nurse of the Mediterranean', during the First World War. The figure of a soldier and a poppy, are evocative symbols of remembrance and pay tribute to the many servicemen, including some 600 Maltese, who fell during the conflict. During the war Malta had 27 hospitals and convalescent camps and more than 130,000 casualties were treated in Malta. The obverse shows the emblem of Malta.
The postage stamp depicts the hospital ship 'Rewa' in the Grand Harbour. This ship was sunk by a German submarine on 4 January 1918, whilst on transit from Malta to Britain. The coin and the stamp will be presented together in a purposely designed postal cover which will bear a special cancellation of the first day of issue.
This product is limited to 2,500 covers. It may be purchased on the first day of issue from the MaltaPost branch at Castille Place, Valletta. Covers may also be purchased online from the Malta Coin Centre (MCC) e-shop and the MaltaPost website. The price of each cover is €10 inclusive of VAT.
For further information, the public is kindly requested to contact the Malta Coin Centre via email or by calling (+356) 2550 6006/7/8 or by contacting MaltaPost.


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On May 22 Ursula Burns shattered the glass ceiling at every Fortune 500 company. She became the first African American female to become CEO of a Fortune 500 company at Xerox Corporation. Rising from the ranks at Xerox, she takes over the reins from another woman. She is eager to move the company forward and break a little glass in the process.
Another African American woman also broke some glass this week. Benita Fitzgerald Mosely became the first USA Track and Field Chief of Sport Performance. She is the current CEO of Women in Cable Communications. Fitzgerald Mosely, a former Olympic gold medalist and critic of USA Track and Field performance during the 2008 Olympic games, was a member of an independent panel reviewing USA Track and Field performance. Remember the 2008 Olympic mens and womens relay dropped baton debacle, drug issues and disorganized coaching. Fitzgerald Mosely will demand higher standards.
These women were not selected because of their gender or race. They were chosen because of their superior qualifications and their ability to lead. No quotas were set for their hiring. Both are highly qualified for their respective roles. Yes, diversity and superior qualifications do co-exist. Those who think otherwise are sadly misinformed.
Congratulations to Ursula Burns and Benita Fitzgerald Mosely for busting through the glass ceiling. Ladies, we've come a long way. Yet we still have a long way to go. This is only the beginning.


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As a graduate of the University of Alberta, I have obtained a Bachelor Degree in Science and Education certification. Continuing in my belief of life-long learning I am midway through my Masters in Public Health. Combined with financial and risk management training through the University of Toronto, experience in policy and governance, I am committed to using my education, experience, energy and passion to continue in my efforts to lead progressive change in education for the students of Edmonton Catholic Schools. Additionally, I will continue to advocate and support district initiatives aimed at building capacity to create a shared vision as we embark on educational reforms that will prepare students for success in the 21st Century.
Prior to Trusteeship, my career path included:
- Owner operator of a small construction business, Edmonton/St. Albert.
- Chemistry instructor, NAIT
- Diabetes research assistant, University of Alberta.
In the role of elected Trustee, recent work included such things as, a call for mandatory vaccinations against major child preventable diseases such as measles and mumps; age appropriate curriculum to teach ALL Alberta students how to identify and report sexual abuse; recommendations to the Ministry (based on a global scan of best practices) to enhance mental health and emotional well-being in students; call for mental health and fentanyl information sessions for parents and students; partnerships with Reboks Canada and the University of Waterloo to enhance physical activity opportunities for children; financial literacy curriculum; advocacy for strong and meaningful LGBTQ policy.


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Savory Middle Eastern Flatbread is also known as lahmacun, lachmagine, lahm b'ajeen and a variety of other names, depending on the provenance of the particular recipe. The common denominators here are ground lamb and a deep, almost caramelized tomato flavor. The rich tomato flavor in this recipe is thanks to two sweet and tangy ingredients: tomato paste and tamarind paste.
Preheat the oven to 450°F.
In a large skillet heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook until lightly golden, 8-9 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 additional minute.
Transfer to a food processor, cool slightly, and pulse with the lamb, diced tomatoes, tamarind, tomato paste, parsley, salt, cayenne, cumin, and cinnamon until well incorporated but not a paste, about 15-20 pulses.
Spread the dough onto a 13-inch round pizza pan or rimmed 10 x 15-inch baking sheet, using 1 tablespoon olive oil to help. Spread the lamb mixture evenly onto the pizza, leaving a 1-inch border of dough around the edges. Bake until the crust is golden and the topping is cooked through, about 16 minutes.
Remove the pizza from the oven briefly and preheat the broiler. Broil the pizza until the color deepens and the edges begin to darken, 2-3 minutes, being careful not to burn it. Garnish with parsley and pine nuts.
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Flat earth falls short on many accounts, but the one I want to address here is its mistaking the physical as final reality. This is an error that it shares with more popular concepts, such as heliocentrism (earth going around the sun) and even geocentrism. If one accepts a physical reality as final, he cuts himself off from being able to see that his model is wrong. Models proposed based on physical observation do not establish final reality.
Hebrews 11:3 (KJV)
Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.


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And if you would like to transfer your Wix site, here's our in-depth tutorial on how to transfer from Wix to WordPress.
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So, if you're deleting your Wix site you probably don't want to keep paying. This step is optional - you can keep paying if you think that you'll use Wix in the future.
To cancel your Wix subscription, log into your account and on the top right corner under 'Account Settings' click 'Billing and Payments'.
There, you'll see your active plan and click 'Cancel Plan'.
You'll be prompted with a window to choose the reason for canceling, so pick the one that suits your situation.
2. Move your site to trash
Now that Wix won't charge you for the premium plan, you can go ahead and delete the site.
Find 'Site actions' section on your dashboard and click 'Move to Trash'. A window will appear asking if you really want to remove the site - click 'Move to Trash' once again.
That's it - your Wix site now is not reachable. However, Wix keeps your deleted websites, so you can always restore them.
The restoring process is also easy and quick - you can find your deleted sites in the 'Trash' folder and retrieve them from there.
3. Additional step: how to unpublish Wix site
If you don't want to commit to fully deleting your site, you can unpublish it. That's a great feature since you can your get site live any time you want.
The process of how to unpublish a Wix account is actually even simpler than deleting a Wix site.
Head to the 'Site Manager' section of your dashboard and click 'Unpublish' next to the chosen website. The site will be unavailable to reach instantly.
If one of the reasons for why you are looking to unpublish a Wix site is privacy, then there are other options to keep your site discrete. For instance, it is possible to give a few users a direct link to the site privately, thereby hiding your site from search engines. This way, you can control who views your website while it is under construction.
4. Additional step: how to delete Wix account
There is a difference between deleting a Wix site and deleting Wix account. If you delete a website, you're still a member of the platform, and you can continue building new websites.
However, if you're sure that Wix is not the website builder for you - go ahead and delete the whole account. Who needs another membership that's not used, right?
You have two choices here: either deactivating your Wix account or permanently deleting it. But here's the thing, if you have any active premium services, you can only deactivate the account once they expire.
This can be time-consuming if you want to get rid of your account as soon as possible, so I will concentrate on deleting the Wix account.
Just note - once you delete a Wix account, you cannot reactivate it again. This process completely scrapes any evidence of your existence from their databases.
First of all, if you skipped the first step - cancel your paid membership. You will have to manually deactivate all premium services, such as mailboxes and premium plans. Wix will not reimburse you for any services once you delete your account.
Secondly, you'll have to either cancel or transfer the domains you own.
To transfer your domain to another host, go to your site's dashboard and click 'Domains' under the 'Subscriptions' tab.
Next to the domain you want to transfer, click 'Move away from Wix'. In the next 24 hours, you will receive a transfer code in your email address that you will need to use when registering to another host.
Since domain is a premium service, to remove it all you have to do is cancel this service under 'Billing & Payments'.
Lastly, all you have to do is request Wix to permanently delete your account.
Once you delete a Wix account, you cannot reactivate it again. This process completely scrapes any evidence of your existence from the databases. You may contact support at any point during the 7-day period to request to stop the process. Once the period is over, you will not receive any further communication from Wix.
Note that when you go through with the deletion process, search engines might still display your Wix site, that is until they update their databases.
How to Delete a Wix Site: Consider Your Options
All in all, Wix is a great and easily understandable website builder. But if you wish, it is easy to delete a Wix site and start over if you feel that this platform doesn't suit your needs.
However, there are less permanent solutions to try if you're not completely sure. My recommendation - before permanently deleting your site and Wix account, try cancelling premium services or unpublishing your site.
But in the end, we'd also love to hear your thoughts? Why have you decided to leave Wix? Comment your experiences down below!
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2019 October 28th
Great info , good thanks.
Great info , good thanks.


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As you might have gathered from some of my past articles on the subject, I'm more interested in UFOlogy as a cultural phenomenon than as anything objectively happening in our skies, and read UFO books more for entertainment than for information. There's a certain joy to be had in delving into this rabbit hole without being too invested in the truth of anything you encounter, and I'm gratified to know I'm not alone in this, since much the same approach seems to be taken by Jack Womack, who over the years has obtained quite the collection of UFO books.
Womack offers us a guided tour through his library in the coffee table book …Flying Saucers Are Real!, which combines some brief writings on the subject from Womack with a range of delightful front covers, photographs, illustrations and textual extracts from the books under discussion. Womack convincingly argues that the UFO flap was essentially an evolution of the Shaver Mystery of prior years – a bizarre craze in which the claims of one Richard Shaver that he'd intercepted and decoded secret messages from fallen civilisations and evil BDSM robots from the Hollow Earth became unaccountably popular on a commercial level. Pioneering science fiction editor and shamless huckster Ray Palmer not only turned the Shaver Mystery from a lone man's delusion into a minor pop cultural phenomenon; he was also instrumental in early publicity for Kenneth Arnold's infamous 1947 sighting which kicked off the modern UFO meme – a meme whose evolution and mutation Womack traces across the rest of the book.
The bulk of the material here hails from the 1950s and 1960s, with a few exceptions – such as the cover of the 1989 edition of Space Aliens From the Pentagon by William Lyne and other such pieces with a particularly exciting aesthetic to them. This makes the volume a charming portal into an era when book covers were garish and gaudy, UFO photos were blurry and lampshade-ish, and contactees like the Unarius Institute's Ruth "Uriel" Norman dressed fabulously and told us that space Aryans just wanted us to love each other. Whilst the book will offer little if you want to argue for the objective reality of UFOs and alien visitors, it offers a striking visual history of the way we talk about the subject.


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Tesoro High School took the mat at USA Spirit Nationals in the Super Varsity Show Cheer Advanced division and they brought some major competition to the floor. The team traveled from Las Flores, California, not far from the 2019 USA Spirit Nationals!
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Earn college credits or complete a certificate program, while you are in high school, for free (dependent on the program and books and tools are not included).
Denver Public School District Concurrent Enrollment makes funding available for qualified high school students to attend college classes at Emily Griffith Technical College. Students earn transferable college credits, elective high school credits, and could possibly earn an industry recognized certificate which is extremely valuable for future employment. This is an exciting education opportunity for many students to earn college credits and skills that will make them employable while they are still in high school.
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• The Testing Center hours of operation are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.; Thursday 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; Friday 8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
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• Students must have a Colorado ID or high school ID
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At Turramurra High School our emphasis on creativity in computing has enabled many students to commence rewarding careers in related industries. The skills they have acquired have been in demand in web-based, film and multimedia industries.
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- Online Banking via BillPlz (Banks within Malaysia Only).
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- For cash deposit or wire transfer direct into account, please select Bank Transfer upon checkout.
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- Fasmoto ships from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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- We use express courier services. Transit time is usually between 3-5 working days for within Malaysia.
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- The services we have available for International shipments are Pos Malaysia Economy, DHL Ecommerce, DHL Express, Aramex and UPS. Subject to availablity and will vary based on product and shipping location.
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Spanish indie-rock band Hinds adds depth and complexity to its sound on its sophomore album, "I Don't Run," while continuing what its members do best: making fun, bittersweet music about the messes and misadventures that come with living and loving as a young adult.
As a grandiose guitar riff dives into a rowdy intro on lead track "The Club," main vocalists Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote clearly intend to feature unfettered emotional sincerity on their latest project. The duo not-so-subtly challenges a lover to shed their hesitations and live in the moment by asking "politely … what the hell do they have / that you want so bad?"
The feisty girl group thrives on a fierce persona that plays into the classic, rebellious indie-rocker identity. "Hinds," a name the band adopted after its former name, Deers, was legally challenged by a band called The Dears, takes the musical traditions that inspired their music and transforms it into a complex — and, at times, contradictory — emotional exploration.
Hinds' vocals overlap and interact with each other, producing raucous and incomprehensible swaths of sound that characterize the band's carefree approach to its music. The essence of the songs, though, can still be gleaned without being able to make out their exact lyrics; the chaos that comes with these intertwining vocals clearly expresses the band's message.
On "Soberland," Hinds' emotional honesty bares a more vulnerable side that returns as a motif throughout the album. The group refuses to delude itself about the realities of growing up. "How am I supposed to love you and stay away," Perrote and Cosials croon over a playful and light-hearted backing track that contrasts with the realism of the lyrics.
This vulnerability is developed further on the lead single "New For You," which ironically combines unadulterated confidence in tone and backing track with lyrics that share intimate insecurities. The single perfectly embodies Hinds' attitude toward life: taking everything one day a time and — perhaps most importantly — not too seriously.
Even though the group bounces from track to track with airy guitar riffs and lively drums, the subject matter rarely feels unimportant or banal. In most cases, the cheeky backing tracks and vocals save the songs from moody, angsty indie-rock cliches.
"To The Morning Light" and "Finally Floating" capture the frustration with love that forms yet another aspect of Hinds' thematical repertoire. The fast-paced "Finally Floating" reflects the way a lover can try to escape thinking about a partner, only to lie in bed and think of nothing else. Failure to meet their own ideal of being happy despite what life throws at them frustrates the band's members; in "To The Morning Light," Cosials and Perrote lets their facade of leisure falter, and anger bubbles in their voices.
With these conflicting emotions in mind, "I Feel Cold But I Feel More" sobers the ready-to-party attitude and substitutes it with a cautious acceptance that represents a greater emotional maturity in Hinds' songwriting. Additionally, the song hints at the directions Hinds' music may take moving forward. Through its reluctant acknowledgement that adulthood may not always be a party, the track paves the way for the band's voice to develop as its members age.
Despite this introspective interlude, Hinds pushes on and returns to the impossible game of trying to define a relationship in "Rookie," a youthful and daring song. Perrote and Cosials sing in unison, "We want to fall in love / If you're doing it wrong, at least do it strong."
Perrote and Cosials know that this time in their lives will not last forever, and the plucky guitar riff at the end of the song signals a sense of urgency to make the most of youth. On album's closer "Ma Nuit," however, the vocals lower to a distant, echo-filled and practically indistinguishable hum.
Alongside an acoustic guitar and paired with the only Spanish lyrics on the album, "Ma Nuit" sounds like one of the most authentic songs, even though it differs in tone from their usual work. Here, Hinds spotlights longing and insecurity without the usual fanfare of percussion and guitar. "Ma Nuit" complicates the happy-go-lucky persona of Hinds without falling into a caricature of angst and over-seriousness, and this distinction makes "I Don't Run" stand out.
With an emphasis on authenticity in the face of difficult realities that come with transitioning into adulthood, "I Don't Run" refuses to be reduced to a generic indie-rock album. Instead, it brings a level of emotional complexity that reminds the listener that even in hardship, having a little fun is still O.K.


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Support Code: S0025
After an error code is displayed on the Nintendo Switch console, the details section for that error code will show support code S0025.
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Save time and make sure that students are excited and know what is expected of them (and why).
Step 1:
Plan how you're going to use Aula and what kind of lecture/class preparation you expect of students.
Step 2:
Make a few Powerpoint slides or pages in a Word document, describing the course set-up. Feel free to use this template from the video below.
Step 3:
Record a short "Screencast" showing and explaining to students how the course is going to work and how you will use Aula. One easy-to-use screencast software that does not require a login is Screencast-O-Matic (shown in the video below). Other easy-to-use and free screencast software that you can use include CloudApp and, for Mac users, Quicktime.
Step 4:
Upload the Screencast to your Youtube channel. If you need help on setting up a Youtube channel, see this article and the video below.
Step 5:
Post the Screencast in the Class Feed and invite students to comment if they have any questions.
Example: (if you already know how to make screencasts, just skip to 0:50)
Advanced tips
Remember to avoid mentioning years and specific textbook pages if you want to re-use your content in the future.
You may want to experiment with more advanced Screencast software such as ilos and ScreenFlow.
An advanced example of this type of approach is this video from Morten Tabor, an econometrics lecturer at the University of Copenhagen.
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