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1. Recognition of Ukraine's Independence: 22nd January 1992.
2. Establishment of the diplomatic relations: 7th April 1992.
H.E. Mr. Olexander Nechytaylo is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of the Philippines since January 2018.
3. Bilateral Trade and Investment Cooperation
4. Bilateral legal base
5. Ukrainian Community: as of March 2020, around 200 Ukrainians are residing in the Republic of the Philippines.
6. Diplomatic missions and consular posts:
Embassy of Ukraine in Malaysia: http://malaysia.mfa.gov.ua
H.E. Olexander Nechytaylo, Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of the Philippines (since August 2017).
Embassy of the Philippines in the Republic of Poland: https://warsawpe.dfa.gov.ph/
H.E. Leah M. Basinang-Ruiz, Non-Resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Philippines to Ukraine (since May 2019).
Honorary Consulates:
Dr. Beatrice Jane L. Ang, Honorary Consul of Ukraine in the Republic of the Philippines
Contacts: phone: +632 8726 0355, E-mail: ukrainemanila@yahoo.com, Address: Suite 607, CLMC Building, 259 EDSA Greenhills, Mandaluyong City, 1554, Metro Manila
Mr. Valeriy Kovalenko, Consul General, a.h., Philippine Honorary Consulate General in Kyiv, Ukraine
Contacts: phone: +38 067 508 8464, + 38 067 932 25 88, Email: phconsulate.in.ukraine@gmail.com, Address: 19 A Michurina Street, Kyiv, Ukraine, 01014

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L'écriture taʿliq ( taʿliq en arabe) est un style de calligraphie arabe développé au , conçu spécialement pour satisfaire aux besoins de la langue persane. Le taʿliq a été élaboré à partir d'éléments des styles naskh, tawqiʿ et riqʿah. Il a été largement utilisé, en particulier pour copier la poésie persane après le  en Iran et en Inde, jusqu'à ce qu'il soit remplacé par le style nastaʿliq.

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The club is extremely grateful that we have come through the last few devastating days very fortunate that the fires that ripped through Plettenberg Bay did not reach the club. The club had a few worrisome moments as the fires flared up around the Roodefontein dam and near the 14th tee. Our thanks to those that fought tiresomely to keep the fires at bay and our thoughts and prayers to those that were affected by the fire. Some familiar images seen across Facebook the last week.
By the end of May the course was still holding extremely well and although there are a few dry patches we are still in fantastic shape considering the recent fires but also the large number of visitors that have played the course over the last few months, particularly in April which was an exceptional month with the pro tournament, Easter weekend with the Easter Games and other public holidays. Below images were taken at some of the past events held at the club and we look forward to hosting some exciting events in the months to come.


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TINA KALIVAS
FILM / FASHION / GREEK NATIONAL OPERA / COMMERCIAL / CV / ABOUT / CONTACT
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Tina Kalivas is a costume designer with a fashion background.
A skilled, technical seamstress and pattern-cutter who has sewed since childhood, she loves draping, tailoring, and working with couture techniques. Between 1998 and 2002 she worked with Alexander McQueen, pattern-making, building, and stitching his magnificent show pieces into reality. She launched her own eponymous label in 2003, which was sold in high-end boutiques all over the world. Tina Kalivas clothes were available in Browns, Liberty, and Harvey Nichols. She enjoyed dressing and creating bespoke outfits for wonderful female artists such as Amy Winehouse, Cate Blanchett, and Dita Von Tease.
Concurrently active in the film world as a costume seamstress, Tina worked on patterns and photo-types for Sandy Powell and was commissioned by Lindy Hemming to make couture gowns for the Bond film Die Another Day. An exciting creative opportunity arrived when she spent six months in Tokyo designing for Kazuaki Kiriya's fantasy historical film Goemon, where she was nominated for an Asian Academy Award. This lead to her second major feature with Kiriya, Last Knights, featuring Morgan Freeman and Clive Owen.
Most recently she worked on The Courier, creating bespoke leather pieces for Olga Kurylenko and Gary Oldman. She also designed and made the costumes for Saint Maud, the breakthrough debut of director Rose Glass.
Tina's love for diverse creative projects led to an invitation by the Greek National Opera to design for a special performance combining opera and ballet, a magical live event hosted by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation during the summer of 2019 in Athens.


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Tempat : Auditorium Prof. Ir. Suryono.


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Conservation, On the Watershed
We need to redesign our water bills to drive conservation
Our water bill for the end of the year was among mail delivered after our trip to England. "Great," I thought. "I can see how our efforts to save water are adding up."
I'd never really looked at the bill before, beyond figuring out how much to pay. But this time I took a harder look. With the drive to conserve I was expecting clear information on the bill to help me understand how our household is doing. How wrong I was. All you get is the number of gallons a day: 162.
So is that good? Bad? Indifferent? How does it compare to last year? To my neighbors? To what an efficient household would look like?
At first it had me pulling out my phone and searching the web for comparisons. But to be honest, that's not much help as different countries and regions use different metrics. What I wanted was something relevant to where I live.
In the end I turned the bill over and in small print it tells you how to compare water use. Bingo! Again, wrong.
First up I'd need to know whether the bill was for the "winter indoor use" period or not. It let me know that 45 gallons per person per day is considered "efficient" and 35 gallons "super-efficient" for indoor use. Outside the winter use period, I'd also have to calculate my outdoor allowance by measuring the area of lawn and shrub. Each 100 sq. ft. of lawn is multiplied by 12 (if I'm west of the hills) or 13 (east of the hills) and each 100 sq. ft. of shrub by 8 (west) and 7 (east).
Sound complicated? You bet! First up, I was unclear if my bill was considered "winter" or not as it included part of December which it told me is the winter period. With Pinole being in the hills I was unclear whether I should use the equation for "west" or "east." And since it was raining I wasn't going to drag a tape measure outside to measure the area of shrubs. The lawn is easy. We have none.
So in the end I kept it simple and focused on the indoor use comparison, which turned our to be 46 gallons per person per day. Just a shade over the efficient mark. I guess that good.
But even then I was left wondering how it compared to the last period, or last year, or my neighbors. Or what I could do to get to "super efficient."
I care about this stuff and I struggled. If we're to get serious about conservation in California we need to make this simple and automatic. There's no excuse that our water bills don't come with comparative information. They don't need to know how many people live in each home, but it would be easy to include a quick table that did the calculation for you. When I see these type of changes I'll know that conservation has become a way of life for my water company. Come on East Bay Municipal Utility District – I know you can do better!
Do you have any good examples of water bills you can share?
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What does the American Civil War have to do with a park at the geographic center of the UK?
January 5, 2016 Ruskin K Hartley	2 Comments
The history of place fascinates me. Especially when that place is a park.
On a recent trip to Williamson Park in Lancaster, England, I picked up another fascinating park foundation story. It's a surprising one as it spans both centuries and miles. It connects an ornate memorial that I have passed countless times driving up the M6, to the American Civil War, and to that classic kitchen flooring – linoleum.
Northern England in the nineteenth century was home to a thriving cotton industry. The fortune of whole towns was based upon the fortune of the mill. When the American Civil War broke out the flow of cotton from the southern States stopped and many local residents lost their jobs as the mills closed.
In Lancaster, the cotton famine stopped the mills owned by James Williamson Sr. and his son James Williamson Jr. They specialized in coated cotton products — James Williamson Jr. would go on to be known as the "lino king" and eventually became 1st Baron Ashton. In what is an early example of a public works project (albeit privately run), the displaced mill workers were employed to convert a disused quarry on Lancaster Moor into Williamson Park.
The park is well worth a visit. If you're a collector of geographic oddities, it's worth noting that it's very close to the geographic center of the United Kingdom. And from the outdoor balconies of the ornate memorial he built to his wife, you get glorious views across the sands of Morecambe Bay to the Lakeland hills — that is, if it's not raining!
The Ashton Memorial in Williamson Park, Lancaster
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How will climate change affect California's park visitation?
April 2, 2015 Ruskin K Hartley	Leave a comment
This year's warm and dry winter is expected to become the norm in the future. Over the past few weeks, I've spent time up at Tahoe and most recently among the north coast redwoods. My anecdotal observation is the weather this year is already affecting tourism and our public agencies have yet to catch up.
The lack of snow in the mountains drove people down to the lake shore where the visitor facilities remained closed for the season. At the Emerald Bay overlook, the parking lot was closed and cars were double-parked along the road causing a traffic jam in both directions. While the parking lot for Vikingsholm was open it was as busy as I have seen it during the summer. The house itself was closed and there were no park staff to be seen to greet the hundreds of visitors.
Up on the north coast, the Prairie Creek campground was partially open — and already full by late afternoon. The camp hosts told me they'd be turning people away rather than opening up the second loop as the maintenance crews hadn't got in yet to open up the additional campsites.
If this year is repeated and becomes the new normal, our public agencies are going to have to change the way they manage the parks. We'll have to be nimble enough to open them up earlier in the season as the weather, and visitors, demand. More park visitation is perhaps one bright spot in an otherwise bleak future.
Emerald Bay State Park – one of the gems of the State Park System
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Want to find 30 great parks near you?
February 6, 2015 Ruskin K Hartley	Leave a comment
Want to get outside this weekend and enjoy some time in the park? Perhaps to ride some single track, or take the dog for a walk? Well unless you know your parks pretty well, you can spend as much time visiting different web-sites to figure out where you can go to do what as you do actually in the park. That's where this great new web-site — CaliParks.org — comes in.
Take the Bay Area as an example. We have National Parks, State Parks, Regional Parks, City Parks, and more. Lots to choose from, but it can quickly get confusing. At this new web-site, just click on what you're interested in, enter your address, and you'll quickly get a list of up to 30 local parks, along with a map, and links to social media feeds about the park.
It's a great resource for anyone who'd prefer to spend more time on the trail, and less time figuring out where to go. Thanks to the team who put this together. Especially the Parks Forward Commission and my friends at GreenInfo Network who provided the mapping data that lies at the core of this great new site!
Now time to find a great place to enjoy in the rain!
Playing amid the woods, Roberts Recreational
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Paying to park
In the past week, I've visited a couple of great parks. 'Akaka Falls State Park on the Big Island in Hawaii and Point Lobos State Park, here in California. Both are much loved and much visited parks. Both have small parking lots and in both instances many people park outside along the road. Both charge for parking, and both have a $1 fee for visitors on foot.
But the Californian park does it differently: and I argue not as well. The $1 is a "suggested donation" in California whereas in Hawaii its mandatory. So why do I think the $1 should be mandatory?
Please donate $1 to support the park
In Hawaii there was a friendly person to talk to to learn more about the park as you paid your money. The funds provide a job for someone in the park and provide funding to maintain the park.
In California, there's a small sign suggesting you put a donation in the iron ranger. I had $20 and no small bills. So the park lost out. But it wasn't just the park that lost out. I am all for keeping access to parks affordable for all. But paying a nominal amount to get into the park can actually enhance the visitors experience by giving you a point of contact, it can provide entry-level jobs in the parks, and provide support to maintain the park. That's a win-win-win.
Come on California. You have a world-class park system, but in many ways it is far behind the times. What do you think? Should access be free for all? Or do you share my view that a small fee can be an win all around?
420′ 'Akaka Falls tumbles down through the rain forest.
Is this the most perfect meeting of land and sea in the world?
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Drought bites at 11,050 feet
The Siberian Outpost, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
High up in the backcountry of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park and the Golden Trout Wilderness the drought is taking hold. I spent most of Memorial Day weekend above 10,000 feet. The snow has largely gone, the wild flowers are almost non existent and the barren bones of the Sierra Nevada are laid bare.
The Big Whitney Meadow and the aptly named Siberian Outpost are starkly beautiful, even if they lack the flush of spring that normally visits the Sierra at this time of year. It really brought home to me that we're in the midst of a vicious drought. Not only have we lost the snow pack, but the water that is normally stored in these high alpine meadows is also dwindling. I was a visitor. But it's going to be a long hot summer for the golden eye trout and marmots that call these meadows home.
Snow Marker 251 – Cottonwood Pass
Big Whitney Meadow, Golden Trout Wilderness
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Time to get Mobile…..in the Park
July 5, 2013 Ruskin K Hartley	Leave a comment
And I am not talking about cell phones. I am talking about a growing trend among mobile visitor centers. This goes way beyond capitalizing on the trendiness of mobile everything — think food trucks, espresso carts, etc. It's really about meeting the changing needs of the park visitor. The mobile center can move around a park based upon where the people are at any particular time of year — and of course, being mobile they can also take the park to the visitor. I even saw the East Bay Regional Park District's mobile center taking part in the annual Fourth of July Parade on Alameda Island.
East Bay Park District on the move
I can also imagine that its cost and time efficient. A 2001 report from the GAO summarized construction costs for 80 visitor centers underway in National Parks at that time. They ranged from $500,000 to $39 million — averaging at a little over $6 million. That's a lot of money, leave aside the time it takes to obtain the permits, bid the job, construct the building and commission the exhibits. Its likely that by the time its completed, its already out of date!
Contrast that to a mobile center that can be designed, fabricated and deployed much more rapidly. I don't have cost estimates, but believe food trucks can start at around $50,000 fully kitted out. That leaves a lot of change — even from the cheapest traditional visitor center. I would love to see these become common-place: spending there weekends and summers in the parks, and there weekdays visiting schools, city parks and more.
It's time parks got out of the mindset of the traditional visitor center and started thinking about creative new ways of delivering services to the people in cost-effective ways. The mobile visitor center is a great start!
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Learning in the (skateboard) park
Cruising in the skateboard park
Parks come in all shapes and sizes and I never thought I would be having this much fun in a skateboard park.
I don't know what possessed me, but there I was with my six year old son strapping on pads while we watched the other guys (and they were all guys) practice tricks on their skateboards. I had even warned my son that he was on his own on this one as I had been on a board perhaps once, and that was at least three decades ago. My son on a "trixie" board as he calls it, and me on a longboard (supposedly more stable for us old folks).
Growing up, skateboarders were those punk kids who terrorized the neighborhood and insisted on riding places the signs said they should not. Perhaps that's still true some places, but somehow the whole sport seems to have matured. Half the people riding in the park were in their twenties (or older) and all were friendly and slightly bemused by the sight of us two. By some strange coincidence a number of the guys were pro's — yes, they made a (decent) living riding boards. Theotis Beasley even signed my son's first board. Not sure it was the message I was hoping my son would take away from this — but its a good reminder that excellence comes in many shapes and forms.
After a few valiant attempts to teach everything I had learned from a 3 minute 41 second YouTube video on starting to skateboard, a five year old came over and took charge. A few minutes later and my son was making his first tentative turns. "You know," he said, "It's OK for a five year old to teach a six year old because we're all good at different things." Pretty profound lesson from the skatepark.
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Free beach access: who should pay?
June 24, 2013 Ruskin K Hartley	1 Comment
A battle is underway in Sonoma County over expanding charges for parking at Sonoma Coast State Beach. The battle is pitting two state mandates against one another and playing out in a community that strongly supports parks and open space.
First we have the coastal act, passed into law in 1976, that seeks to:
Maximize public access to and along the coast and maximize public recreational opportunities in the coastal zone consistent with sound resources, conservation principles and constitutionally protected rights of private property owners.
Many have interpreted this to mean providing free access to ensure its equitable.
Sonoma Coast State Beach suffered service reductions due to budget woes (Celticcsu / Flikr)
On the other side we have the Department of Parks and Recreation that manages more 280 miles of California's coastline — that's about 30% of the total. In the last few decades the departments budget has failed to keep pace with either population growth or growth in the park system, finally leading to park closures and service reductions in the past few years. One of the parks that suffered service reductions was Sonoma Coast State Beach.
As part of a rescue package approved by the legislature, the Department has been asked to look at ways to become more self-sufficient. And that often means charging the users fees for things like park and day-use access. One of the parks it is looking at expanding fee collection for parking is Sonoma Coast State Beach. It makes sense that they look there — after all, it is one of the most visited parks in the system. Fees collected there would support the local park, and help the system as a whole become more fiscally solvent. One of the challenges is it's hard to get to the beaches without jumping in your car.
To date, the proposal has been unanimously rejected by the Sonoma Zoning Board and the Board of Supervisors. You can hardly blame the citizens in Sonoma — after all, they supported the 2010 failed effort to create a stable public funding source for state parks. It's now up to the Department to determine whether to appeal to the State Coastal Commission.
I certainly have sympathies for those advocating for free access — after all, who doesn't like free? I do! But unless California's are ready to provide additional funding for state parks through general taxation, the choice is really between no access and charging. And here the Department is proposing charging for parking not access per se. For the foreseeable future I don't see a scenario whereby parks gets a bigger share of the general fund. And I certainly don't see a scenario whereby Californians vote to raise taxes to fund parks.
It's time to get creative and accept that sometimes its worth paying for things we value. Once users start seeing the fees pumped back into the park to fix restrooms, mend broken beach staircases and spruce up signage hopefully they'll become supporters. This doesn't mean we should turn our back on the question of equitable access. No-one wants price to be a bar to entry. But rather than subsidizing those who can afford the $7 parking fee, lets find a way of targeting free day-use passes to those who really cannot afford to pay. Or working with local groups to operate a park-and-ride, perhaps even subsidized by the parking fee. Over time I am convinced that investing in our parks will foster a stronger group of supporters who just might vote "yes" in the future for greater public support.
To me, one final irony in all this is that it pits the Department against the Sonoma County Board and potentially against the Coastal Commission. They all should be allies in this — after all, they all seek to promote safe and equitable access to the coast. The only question is who is going to pay.
Sonoma Coast State Beach welcomes over a million visitors a year (Grant Loy / Flick)
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Can birds and people live together in California's first state park?
After many years of work, countless hearings, and reams of analysis the California State Park and Recreation Commission approved the Big Basin General Plan on May 17, 2013. I have followed this planning process on and off for 15 years (yes, 15 years). It was always going to be controversial. After all, California's first state park had never had a general plan before despite more than 100 years of public use. At various times the park has housed a swimming pool, dance hall, and cabins. Most of these are now gone, but their memory persists for many people. The question now was what level of use is appropriate for the 21st century? It was no surprise then that on June 19th the Center for Biological Diversity filed suit against the state and the Big Basin General Plan for failing to protect an endangered sea bird: the marbled murrelet.
The elusive marbled murrelet lives on the ocean and in the redwoods
The park is significant in the history of the marbled murrelet. It was in the park in 1974 that a group of biologists made a remarkable discovery. They found the elusive marbled murrelet nesting on the mossy limb of an ancient Douglas-fir. Until that time, no-one knew where this sea-bird made its nest. It was, I believe, the last bird in north America to hold on to its nesting secret. The murrelet hasn't fared so well over the past century as much of its nesting habitat — the limbs of ancient redwoods and Douglas-fir — have been logged. It now makes its last stand in protected redwood groves. Big Basin redwoods state park happens to be its southerly hold-out.
While the trees in the park are protected, the murrelet continues to decline. The exact factors are unknown, but most scientists believe that predation by jays and ravens plays a significant role. Jays and ravens are attracted to human food and can maintain high populations feeding off our picnic scraps and food waste. Once we leave, these voracious birds are known to seek out birds eggs — including those of the murrelet.
So what to do? Should we remove all human use from the park? Ban picnics? Stop people camping among the trees? It can be easy to say, "yes." And while the law suite filed by CBD doesn't go quite that far, it does open the question of significantly reducing the level of human use and activity in the park.
I for one think that is short-sighted. If we exclude people from the parks we will erode support. It also sends a message that we can't live with wildlife. I believe it is better to use parks as places to demonstrate how we can live with wildlife and send people home better able to do that in their daily lives. After all, food waste and trash is not only an issue in a park — it's an issue everywhere people live.
I am sure that State Parks can do more can be done to protect the bird, but excluding people will do little to build the community of supporters needed to protect both the park, and the bird, long-term. It's time to get back to the table and develop a solution for Big Basin that protects this iconic bird and leaves space for people.
Murrelets nest in the limbs of ancient redwoods like these
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Pentax K1 was announced back in April, 2016, means we can expect its successor announcement sometime in June of 2018. If you remember, Pentax K1 was the first Full-Frame digital camera from Ricoh. Due to its charming specification in under $2K price makes it a demanding Full-Frame DSLR camera.
Pentax K-1 is of course a great DSLR, but there are some areas which require Pentax's healthy attention, such as its Battery life, AF system etc.
Now let's see what could be the specifications of the camera that we think must be featured in Pentax K-2!
One thing that really makes the Pentax K-1 a unique piece then it is its resolution. Yes the Full Frame 36 MP CMOS sensor and the advanced PRIME IV image processing engine capture high resolution images with great sharpness.
But we do expect the upcoming Pentax K-2 would have maximum Effective Resolution of 42 MP like Sony A7R II that along with improve Dynamic Range and lowlight performance of the camera. However, Pentax mayn't change the the image processor and would love to keep the same Prime IV inside the core.
Very light improvement is needed in AF system. However, Safox 12 (in K-1) looks innovative and works wonderfully in capturing the rapid actions subjects. What we speculate: Most probably the AF module would be the same but there might be changes in AF points. The current FF K-1 employs 33 AF points of which 25 are cross-type. Plus, the lens also implements three f/2.8 luminance sensors to maximize performance in all lighting conditions.
We are speculating there could be 45 AF points in the upcoming K-2 (Expecting more) for much exceptional wider coverage of the target subject.
Usually, most of the Pentax cameras implement shake reduction property inside the body. K-1 also is equipped with a 5-axis Shake Reduction system. So we do also expect the same 5-axis I.S will be implemented in upcoming Pentax K2 so that we can get crisp and blur free images.
Must be the higher expectation in video terms! The Pentax K2 would be released sometime in 2018, when almost every imaging stuff features 4K functionality. The price of the camera must be revolve around $2k that means Ricoh must allow its camera to record 4K in 30fps. You know 4K is the must have feature in all these upcoming camera and most of the photographers love to splurge on the camera that can record 4K.
You should know that durability is one of Pentax's great suits. You can take Pentax K-1 to any weather condition if it is drizzling then also OK. On the other side, we are also hoping the Pentax K-2 will also be made of stainless steel chassis covered in a magnesium alloy shell that is relatively tough and lightweight. The K2 will be designed to resist dust and rain.
By the way, these are the major things we do greatly expect to see in upcoming Pentax K-2. There might also be changing in some additional features, such as improved GPS, Compass, and AstroTracer etc.
Pentax 645Z will use Sony's 100 MP Medium Format sensor?


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In the early 2000's, Mike Rosenbaum had an idea. What would happen if you used data instead of resumes to find, hire, train, assemble and deploy software engineering teams?
While the idea of skills-based hiring has gained acceptance, it was, and for some organizations continues to be, a radical concept. People have difficulty accepting that a company can be more productive and profitable by ignoring employee pedigree and instead matching them, according to their aptitude, to the job best suited for them.
Here is the complete story of Catalyte changing how to find and deploy tech talent, and how we're continuing to advance human potential for the digital economy. Enjoy!


A Melbournian who wonders as I wander. I have spent a lot of life colouring in moments and take great pleasure in creative expression of experience. Interested in Design, Art, Film, Photography, Painting and all things French.
What do you feel like doing on a 7.30pm? The nights in Melbourne are getting cooler and the energy at the end of summer lags. Doesn't a nice warm room, filled with the vibe of friendly energy and lots of humour sound cosy? Emily Tressider is offering this until the 21st of April.
7.30pm Weekdays Saturday and 6.30pm Sunday at the Trades Hall, Emily's humour flickers and tickles with sparks of wisdom and a wry understanding of life.
Emily has that type of charisma that commands a room when she enters. Immediately there is a sense of relaxation as she commands the stage with poise and grace.
Attired in black, which stood out well from the stage, her clothing and jewellery glittered with a sense of her personality that resonates with where she leads you.
Emily opens up her life to the audience as if you are her close friends and you feel privileged to laugh with her. Her thinking strikes a chord with everyone's experiences and there were many nods and sheltered grins of agreement.
The audience was brought alive by her energy. A vibrant crowd were there to have a good time and you could tell they were very much so. It was a bit like group therapy at times.
Emily gains your sympathy and your heart and with so many shows going on at the comedy festival, this is a great one to support.
The Trades Hall is well situated on the corner of Russell Street and Victoria Street. It is just above the Old Melbourne Gaol and easy to wander along to.
It helps If you know your shoe size and perhaps you should work on your pilate's core strength before you enter. Just so your sides don't hurt too much from laughing and you can feel a sense of superiority over the type who wears 1500 dollar shoes that you just know Emily must be a star at selling.
Go and be encouraged to 'just do' your life. Emily proves you can.


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At the beginning of March, 2005,we packed a ten year old minivan with 1500 booklets, almost 200 t-shirts, and several miscellaneous suitcases, and embarked on the somewhat obtusely named McCleave Gallery of Fine Art Cross-Canada Suitcase Gallery Tour. Over the next four months, we spent a week in fourteen different cities across the country, gave curators' talks in a handful more, and passed through countless rural and urban spaces. In every city where we stopped for a week, a local artist had created an installation in a suitcase, which we carried with us during business hours, displaying it to the public on a "by chance or appointment basis". The suitcases that we accumulated across the country were displayed in a huge variety of settings, some of which were previously art-oriented, like artist-run centres and children's art programs, and some of which were not, like a Vancouver law-firm, a bar in Lethbridge, or a Laundromat in Halifax. We now find ourselves in Dawson City, YT, with radically altered perceptions about contemporary Canadian art, and sixteen suitcases full of art which we have the challenge of presenting in a gallery setting in a way that respects the desire for innovative and anti-authoritarian curatorial practices that motivated the project.


Your final grade for this course is computed through an arcane process of fiddling around with weights and algorithms until I get results that I (not necessarily you) feel are fair and reasonably generous.
This compensates for different means scores and standard deviations on the exams. From the z-score, a continuous-scale GPA is computed. All exams carry the same weight and the lowest exam grade (based on the z-score) is dropped.
To get an idea of how your grade measures up, compute your z-score and add 3.15 to it to get a GPA for that exam grade (disclaimer: I may change this factor). Using the above example, the grade of 58 for exam 2 corresponds to a GPA of approximately 3.6.
Homework assignments are not normalized to mean grades but stand on their own. They are normalized only to the maximum number of points allotted for that assignment. For example, a grade of 8 where the maximum score is 10 is identical to a grade of 80 where the maximum score is 100. Programming assignments count for substantially more than written assignments.
Two sets of scrores are computed from the exam and assignment grades: one allots a greater weight for exams and the other places a greater weight on the assignments. Of these two scores, the greater one is picked for your grade.
If you are caught cheating in any way, I will assign you a grade of F. Your actions will also be reported to the department and to your dean.
If you do not turn in programming assignments or turn in truly pathetic submissions (that do not come close to working) you will not get a grade exceeding a D.


This work was produced over the course of one year, with a watercolour completed every day. Each page featured an image of someone doing a job that would have been readily identifiable to most people last century. However many of these now appear arcane and elusive to today's audiences. The works are arranged chronologically and feature labour from across the globe. In some images the distinctions between labour and leisure appear lost, and in others the labour described seems to be ironic or nonsensical.
As well as being a documentation or compendium of various types of work practices, the series was an attempt to regulate a single project on the basis of daily output. Produced in watercolour and pencil, the series resembles a collection of visual references from encyclopaedias from a past era when it was assumed that the productive capacity of the globe could be identified, organised into a provisional taxonomy, and used to categorise people, cultures and their production as a series of quantifiable outputs.
The work was exhibited in Framing Infinity, a drawing and print group exhibition curated by Ross Woodrow at Gympie Regional Gallery (April, May 2009).


> Topics>Safety>Fire Safety: Be Alert, Not Alarmed!
This program will explain fire safety.
The burning stages of a fire and how to recognize the dangers of each.
What happens in a flashover and the consequences of not acting quickly.
When stairs are a danger zone and what to do.
Dangerous reactions from residents and how to manage them in a fire.


Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp has offered a refreshingly honest assessment of last night's debacle at Southampton.
* "We lost nearly everything after the goal".
* "Body language was not good enough anymore".
* "We weren't compact enough throughout the game".
* "We lost so many easy balls it was unbelievable".
* "When there was absolutely no need to pass the ball through the middle, we tried it"
* Loris Karius is the only player who came out of the game with any credit. But for his saves, the Reds would've (deservedly) lost by three or four goals.
* Emre Can had an absolute nightmare. Constantly gave the ball away (10 times overall); painfully slow in possession; repeatedly handing Southampton possession with inaccurate Hollywood balls, and stupid drag-backs.
* As I've argued many times, Can is a legend in his own mind, but he just doesn't have the skill or game intelligence to play the way he wants to play.
* At this point, I'd rather see Kevin Stewart in the team ahead of Can; Stewart does what Can refuses to do: he keeps it simple, retains possession, and plays within his ability.
* Overall, Liverpool gave the ball away 42 times; that's once every 2.1 minutes! Just think about that. As noted above, Can lost possession 10 times, but Lallana was the biggest culprit, and lost possession 11 times.
"It will be different at Anfield. Our crowd will push us. We're not happy about the performance, but we know we can fix it".
I agree with this to an extent. Some fans are foaming at the mouth and engaging in the usual hysteria that follows a Liverpool defeat, but in the grand scheme of things (and in the context of the season so far), it's merely a minor blip; the proverbial 'bad day at the office'.
Yes, it's a disappointing result, but it's a two-legged tie, and given the club's goalscoring record this season, there is an extremely high probability that Liverpool will score one or more goals at Anfield.


Nov. 18, 2011—Collision industry consultant Stephen Regan on Thursday announced he joined Brian S. Hickey & Associates, a Boston-based governmental affairs firm, to help develop and grow its public relations and grassroots subsidiary, Strategic Management Services (SMS).
SMS is currently overseeing the grassroots efforts of the Massachusetts Right to Repair campaign, according to Regan. Regan has worked as a consultant for SMS on Right to Repair since January 2010.
Regan, of consulting firm Regan Strategies, said he has provided services to the automotive repair industry since 1999 in the areas of legislative and governmental affairs, public relations and association management. Regan said the move to Brian S. Hickey & Associates will allow him to improve upon his service offerings to the repair industry.
Regan is the former executive director of the Massachusetts Auto Body Association, and currently serves as chairman of the Collision Industry Conference's (CIC) Governmental Affairs committee. He is also a national director and executive board member for the Society of Collision Repair Specialists (SCRS), and former chairman of the National Auto Body Council's (NABC) Public Relations committee.
Regan said he will continue his volunteer roles with those organizations through his affiliation with Brian S. Hickey & Associates.
Brian Hickey & Associates has provided government affairs representation to the automotive industry for more than 25 years. The firm also represents clients in the areas of telecommunications, life sciences, energy, education and gaming. For more information, visit brianhickeyassoc.com.


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Q: Colorir palavra "até" um limitador Preciso colorir no RichTextBox preenchido com varias linhas, um texto antes de um limitador, Observe por exemplo os destaques:
1- não pintar porque não tem limite
2- pintar pois tem limite: não pintar
3- não pintar porque não tem limite
4- pintar pois tem limite: não pintar
(...) etc
Perceba acima que o limitador é :, a palavra vai ficar com cor até onde esse limitador está. Depois desse limitador o texto vai ficar como está mesmo.
Preciso fazer isso enquanto a pessoa digita mais especificamente no evento TextChanged do RichTextBox e quando o FORM inicia. Se a pessoa apagou o limitador, todo o texto que estava em tal linha vai ficar com uma cor só. Agora se a pessoa "colocou" o limitador de volta, a palavra "antes "desse limitador vai ficar com cor novamente.
Descobri que a classe REGEX é um boa auxiliar para isso, no entanto, não tenho ideia de como usa-la sabiamente.

A: Se eu entendi o que você quer, aqui está:
private void richTextBox1_TextChanged(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    int current = richTextBox1.SelectionStart;
    for(int i = 0; i < richTextBox1.Lines.Length; i++)
    {
        string line = richTextBox1.Lines[i];

        int index = line.IndexOf(':'), lineFirstIndex = richTextBox1.GetFirstCharIndexFromLine(i);
        if (index != -1)
        {
            richTextBox1.Select(lineFirstIndex, index);
            richTextBox1.SelectionColor = Color.Red;
        }
        else
        {
            richTextBox1.Select(lineFirstIndex, line.Length);
            richTextBox1.SelectionColor = Color.Empty;
        }
    }
    richTextBox1.Select(current, 0);
}

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Attorney General appointment
What major announcements is the White House holding back until after the election?
post-election
By CHQ Staff | 10/21/14
Right now, the White House is postponing virtually all controversial decisions and appointments. At least, it is refusing to announce them. That makes sense politically. They don't want to force embattled Democrats to defend these choices or, worse, to oppose them publicly. What do you think they're hiding?


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Chris Ballard Turning To Draft For Continued Defensive Building
Intro: Coming into the 2017 NFL Draft, the defensive side of the ball was expected to be a focus for the Colts. It certainly has been with Chris Ballard spending his first three picks on defenders.
INDIANAPOLIS – Who knows if Chris Ballard knows the stat or not.
When Ballard took reigns of the Colts in late January his early analysis of the roster told him one thing.
The defense needed help. A lot of it.
"We had some holes that we needed to fill," Ballard explained after taking his third defender, in three picks, to start the 2017 NFL Draft.
"Look, you all watch the same games I do. We had some older players on defense that were great, that were great Colts. But it was time to move on and find some younger players."
The stat that further explains Ballard's point is this:
*Since 2007, the Colts have drafted 34 defensive players. Only one signed a second contract in Indianapolis. That was Fili Moala (2009 second-round pick) and his tenure with the Colts lasted just one season into that second contract signed. *
The lack of building blocks on the defensive side of the ball has been absent in Indianapolis.
Ballard knew that had to change.
Hence the reason for three straight defenders to start a Colts' draft for the first time since 2010.
"I have been lucky between Chicago, where we were always good on defense, and in Kansas City, where we have been good on defense," Ballard said of the defensive importance following the third round of the draft.
"It's a quarterback's friend – extra possessions. And defense travels. It travels on the road when things aren't going good on offense. When you have a good defense, it keeps you in ball games and gives you a chance to win. We have a lot of new faces and it will take this group some time. But we think we have added some young players on the roster that can grow together and become the defense we want them to be."
It started on Thursday night when Ohio State safety Malik Hooker's surprising fall was a gift to the Colts. In Hooker, the Colts selected an elite playmaker who had seven interceptions in 13 games last season. For comparisons sake, the Colts had just eight picks in 16 games last year (29th in the NFL).
The secondary was not touched during free agency, but it's received major attention in this draft. After the 21-year-old Hooker went on Thursday, the Colts took 20-year-old cornerback Quincy Wilson in Round Two. Wilson, who played at Florida, was the SEC's top cornerback last season and his 6-1 frame could very well start opposite Vontae Davis in 2017.
Any defensive focus was left incomplete until a pass rusher was found. The Colts went that route in Round Three with Ohio's Tarell Basham. Unique length and initial quickness from Basham has Ballard believing the 29.5 sacks from the MAC can translate to the NFL.
Hooker. Wilson. Basham.
Get to know the names because the building is starting to receive some structure in Indianapolis.
"It's going to take time. It's going to take time," Ballard reminded of the defensive building. "I don't want to put that type of just stamp and say, 'Hey, we've taken these players and now it's fixed.'
"You want (a defense) that is athletic and that can take the ball away. That plays hard. That plays aggressive. That people know when they come into our building and when we go on the road, they are in for a four-quarter fight. It's going to take time to get there, but we think we have added some good pieces."
Colts Own No. 4 Overall Pick In 2023 NFL Draft
With the 2022 NFL regular season concluded, we now know what pick the Colts will have in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft.
Experts Grade Colts' 2022 NFL Draft Class
How did the Colts do in the 2022 NFL Draft? Various national experts weighed in after this year's draft ended on Saturday.
10 Colts Things Learned About 2022 NFL Draft: Chris Ballard's Strategy, Alec Pierce's Fit, Jelani Woods' Upside And More
The Colts drafted eight players in the 2022 NFL Draft: WR Alec Pierce, TE Jelani Woods, OT Bernhard Raimann, S Nick Cross, DT Eric Johnson, TE Andrew Ogletree, DT Curtis Brooks and CB Rodney Thomas II. Here's everything we learned about how and why the Colts drafted those players.
Colts 2022 NFL Draft Picks
Check out a list of all the picks the Colts have made and have left in the 2022 NFL Draft.
NFL Draft 2022 Recap: Colts See Patience Paying Off As Roster Construction Enters Next Phase In Offseason
While the Colts weren't aggressive in the first few days of free agency, and didn't have a first-round pick, they came away from the last month and a half confident in the roster that's been put together – so far.
Seventh-Round Pick Rodney Thomas II Brings Versatile Defensive Background To Colts
The Indianapolis Colts on Saturday used their seventh-round (239th-overall) pick in the 2022 NFL Draft on Yale University cornerback Rodney Thomas II. What did Thomas II have to say to Colts.com's Larra Overton shortly after being picked?
Newest Colts Defensive Tackle Curtis Brooks Has Chip On His Shoulder Entering NFL
The Indianapolis Colts on Saturday used their sixth-round (216th-overall) pick in the 2022 NFL Draft on University of Cincinnati defensive tackle Curtis Brooks. What did Brooks have to say in his first media availability as a member of the Colts?
NFL Draft 2022: Colts Select Yale CB Rodney Thomas With 239th Pick
Thomas had two interceptions in 10 games for Yale in 2021.
Colts Take 'Ball Of Clay' Tight End Andrew Ogletree With Sixth-Round Selection
The Indianapolis Colts on Saturday used their sixth-round (192nd-overall) pick in the 2022 NFL Draft on Youngstown State University tight end Andrew Ogletree. What did Ogletree have to say in his first media availability as a member of the Colts?
NFL Draft 2022: Colts Select Cincinnati DT Curtis Brooks With No. 216 Overall Pick
Brooks had 56 total tackles, 12.5 for a loss, with 7.5 sacks in a standout season with the Bearcats in 2021.
NFL Draft 2022: Colts Select Youngstown State TE Andrew Ogletree With No. 192 Overall Pick
Ogletree caught 40 passes over the last two seasons for Youngstown State.


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Massachusetts health network hacked; patient info exposed
Updated: 6:48 AM EDT Oct 29, 2021
WCVB
SOURCE: WCVB
A Worcester health care network says someone hacked into its employee email system, potentially exposing the personal information of thousands of patients.UMass Memorial Health notified patients earlier this month if their information was involved in the breach, which occurred between June 2020 and January. The personal data included Social Security numbers, insurance information and medical information, The Telegram & Gazette reported Thursday.More than 200,000 patients and health plan participants could have been affected by the breach, according to a federal database of cybersecurity incidents at medical facilities. The hospital says it has investigated the incident but couldn't determine how much of the personal information may have been stolen.Affected patients will receive free credit monitoring and data protection assistance.
WORCESTER, Mass. —
A Worcester health care network says someone hacked into its employee email system, potentially exposing the personal information of thousands of patients.
UMass Memorial Health notified patients earlier this month if their information was involved in the breach, which occurred between June 2020 and January.
The personal data included Social Security numbers, insurance information and medical information, The Telegram & Gazette reported Thursday.
More than 200,000 patients and health plan participants could have been affected by the breach, according to a federal database of cybersecurity incidents at medical facilities.
The hospital says it has investigated the incident but couldn't determine how much of the personal information may have been stolen.
Affected patients will receive free credit monitoring and data protection assistance.


Year 2018 has already started to make its way through our lives. And while you are setting your goals and preparing your list of resolutions to accomplish in the upcoming 12 months, we invite you to look back into December 2017 and recollect what our last meeting of that year was like.
Anna Lioznova in her CC project #3 entitled "Hand-made decorations and presents" spoke about the advantages of Do-It-Yourself type of presents for New Year. Anna even provided a whole tutorial on how to make beautiful candles decorated with decoupage technique, which definitely added a great deal to the cozy New Year atmosphere of the meeting.
Have you ever taken an IQ test, or any other kind of numerical tests measuring your skills or competence in some sphere? Yulia Tokareva had – and, moreover, was always supposed to do it throughout her life – due to the fact that most members of her family had a scientific background and expected their child to follow suit. In her CC project #6 entitled "How are you intelligent?" Yulia questioned the relevance of such tests as a tool for measuring one's intelligence and provided an alternative view on assessing people's skills and abilities.
While we are all acquainted with the concept of fast food, the idea of fast fashion may not sound as familiar to our ears. Diana Al-Zubi covered this recent phenomenon in her CC project #8 entitled "McFashion" and explained the economic and commercial reasons why it's gaining momentum so rapidly nowadays.
At our meeting #91 it was not only Sergey who took on the role of Santa Clause. In the Table Topics session led by Anton Shcheglov every one was given a chance to step into Santa's shoes (or, to be more accurate with details, to put on his cap) and make a little miracle. Each participant picked up a note with a New Year wish written by someone from the audience at the beginning of the meeting and was asked to describe how that wish could be fulfilled. With great pleasure we would like to congratulate Katya who gave a touching speech about pets and was chosen the best Table Topics speaker by the audience!
We would like to thank all the participants for creating that magical festive atmosphere at WS meeting #91 and are looking forward to seeing you at our upcoming meetings in the New Year!


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Home Day Trips Esk - "A country drive"
Esk - "A country drive"
Esk is A pretty and historic town within easy reach of Brisbane. Located 110 km north-west of Brisbane and 70 km from Ipswich, Esk is one of those pleasant, green, leafy and historic towns which, although gracious and stylish, appears to be little more than a main street and a few houses. It nestles under Glen Rock and Mt Esk on the Brisbane Valley Highway.
In fact Esk is the gateway to a region full of hidden delights. The town has a number of interesting historic buildings in an area which boasts the remarkable and elegant Bellevue and Caboonbah Homesteads.
There are many ways to access the Brisbane Valley. The northern side of Brisbane, via Caboolture to Kilcoy, then an option of entry via the townships of Somerset Dam or Toogoolawah.
Alternatively from the Gold Coast or Brisbane, via the Warrego Highway turnoff, west of Ipswich. Other options include, from the west via Gatton to Esk, or from Toowoomba to Esk via the scenic Hampton Road. From Maleny it is a quick trip through Kilcoy ? past the Somerset Dam and into Esk. A trip to Kirkleigh and the Somerset dam will have to wait for another day. They are locations in their own right.
The area around Esk was settled by European pastoralists in the 1840s after the New South Wales Government had opened up the land around the penal colony at Moreton Bay. One of the first settlers established the huge Wivenhoe run in the 1840s. It was here that the remarkable Bellevue Homestead was built in 1893 after the original residence had been destroyed by floods.
Free settlers moved in during the 1850s and 1860s.
Today Esk boasts a number of interesting National Trust buildings. The Club Hotel at 225 Ipswich Street, with its cast-iron balustrades and gracious verandahs, is considered a typical example of a Queensland country hotel.
Esk - Visitors Information Centre
Nearby is a delightful timber house at 212 Ipswich Street which stands out against the other buildings on the street. Constructed by brothers who owned the Esk sawmill it has a superb corrugated iron hipped roof with a verandah that is a showpiece for the joinery skills of the time.
Further down the road at 160 Ipswich Street is the old Esk Record building. With its distinctive gabled roof and overhanging verandah it is listed as a fine example of small commercial premises in a Queensland country town. It is now a real estate office and second-hand shop.
At the southern end of the main street are the unusually named St Mel's Roman Catholic Church, the beautiful old Staging Post Inn, which is both a guest-house and a restaurant, St Agnes' Church of England (1920), and the Anglican Rectory (1884) which has been recently restored.
North of Esk, at MS 336 Somerset Dam Road (i.e., the Esk-Kilcoy Road), in Toogoolawah, is Caboonbah Homestead, once owned by the politician Henry Plantagenet Somerset. The homestead was built in 1890, operated as a guest-house from 1935-1962, was a private residence from 1962 until 1973 when it was resumed by the Queensland Premier's Department as part of the Wivenhoe Dam project. It was later transferred to the Brisbane and Area Water Board and is now the headquarters of the Brisbane Valley Historical Society. Situated on top of a hill it enjoys superb views which, since the building of the Wivenhoe Dam, have included the lake created by the flooded valley below.
The Historical Society are developing the area around the homestead, and have established an important local folk museum collection, including the recently acquired McGrath Cottage. The museum is open every day except Thursday. For details tel: (07) 5423 1553.
The area supports activities to suit every taste. For the moderately adventurous, take a horse ride overlooking Lake Wivenhoe and spend the night under the stars at a stockman's camp. Join a camel safari at Balara Homestead near Coominya, utilise off-road vehicle parks.
Fishing is a popular recreational activity with the shire boasting three well stocked freshwater lakes (fishing licence required). Lake Somerset, Wivenhoe and Atkinson also provide picnic and camping facilities for visitors to enjoy a short break in peaceful surroundings. For the passive visitor, bird watching is a popular pastime or for the skiing enthusiasts Lake Somerset and Lake Atkinson have powerboat access.
To unwind, visit ostrich and deer farms, craft and antique shops and country markets. Take a break from the city and spend a night in one of the many B&B's, farmstays, motels, hotels, caravan/cabin/tourist parks or camping areas. Enjoy a beautiful meal in one of the Valley's many restaurants, cafes, hotels, hot bread kitchens, coffee shops, kiosks or roadhouses.
If real adventure is what you're after, abseiling, white-water kayaking, mountain bike riding or tandem sky diving 12,500 feet above the valley, are just the start. Take a camel to dinner, or a camel safari, or enjoy sailing on Lake Wivenhoe, water skiing on Lake Somerset and Lake Atkinson.
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Yesterday I woke with a thrill: the clocks had gone back, meaning an extra hour of sleep and the annual indicator that we're a step closer to Christmas holidays. This morning it was a different tale: it was dark, wintery and I wanted to hibernate. How can one hour have such a powerful effect?
According to Professor Cary Cooper, former president of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, the clocks going back carry negative symbolism. "They signal winter, that you'll be going to work in the dark, coming home in the dark and be inside working all the time," he says.
I guess survival of the fittest works in this case: the ability to adapt and embrace the changes we have no control of. To continue and thrive in the new environment, however, is something I'm currently working on because frankly, waking up in the dark is no fun.


When there's blow in insulation and a ceiling comes down it creates an awful mess. We completed this replacement from start to finish, electrical disconnected, new ceiling installed, flushed, painted, electrical reconnected and a complete thorough clean. Speed of service is very important in a job like this so our team got it done pronto finishing at approximately 8pm on a Friday evening.


Lake Almanor, where we are now camped, is a hydroelectric project – operated by PG&E. There are a number of nice campgrounds around the west side of the lake. Most of them have electric and water hookups at the campsite.
Luckily, with our solar power system, we have PLENTY of power. This is the first time we've been parked in direct sun most of the day while dry-camping. We arrived with our batteries at 67%. Within a couple of days, they reached 100% charge. We've been running the espresso maker, the microwave, the milk foamer, the flat-iron, the Wi-Fi hub, the TVs, the DVD player, the stereo, the lights, the water pump, and just about every other thing we could find with an "on" switch.
Each day, before noon, the batteries are back to 100%. We haven't even successfully run them below 90%, despite using lots of electricity at night.
In Oregon, in the winter, when days are short, dark, and rainy – and where the campsites are mostly shaded, we'll be glad for the extra capacity.


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Do you have free will ?
Posted on March 23, 2011	by Michaela
by John Tierney
Suppose that Mark and Bill live in a deterministic universe. Everything that happens this morning — like Mark's decision to wear a blue shirt, or Bill's latest attempt to comb over his bald spot — is completely caused by whatever happened before it.
If you recreated this universe starting with the Big Bang and let all events proceed exactly the same way until this same morning, then the blue shirt is as inevitable as the comb-over.
Now for questions from experimental philosophers:
1) In this deterministic universe, is it possible for a person to be fully morally responsible for his actions?
2) This year, as he has often done in the past, Mark arranges to cheat on his taxes. Is he is fully morally responsible for his actions?
3) Bill falls in love with his secretary, and he decides that the only way to be with her is to murder his wife and three children. Before leaving on a trip, he arranges for them to be killed while he is away. Is Bill fully morally responsible for his actions?
To a classic philosopher, these are just three versions of the same question about free will. But to the new breed of philosophers who test people's responses to concepts like determinism, there are crucial differences, as Shaun Nichols explains in the current issue of Science.
Most respondents will absolve the unspecified person in Question 1 from full responsibility for his actions, and a majority will also give Mark a break for his tax chiseling. But not Bill. He's fully to blame for his heinous crime, according to more than 70 percent of the people queried by Dr. Nichols, an experimental philosopher at the University of Arizona, and his Yale colleague Joshua Knobe.
Is Bill being judged illogically? In one way, yes. The chain of reasoning may seem flawed to some philosophers, and the belief in free will may seem naïve to thepsychologists and neuroscientists who argue that we're driven by forces beyond our conscious control — an argument that Bill's lawyer might end up borrowing in court.
But in another way it makes perfect sense to hold Bill fully accountable for murder. His judges pragmatically intuit that regardless of whether free will exists, our society depends on everyone's believing it does. The benefits of this belief have been demonstrated in other research showing that when people doubt free will, they do worse at their jobs and are less honest.
In one experiment, some people read a passage from Francis Crick, the molecular biologist, asserting that free will is a quaint old notion no longer taken seriously by intellectuals, especially not psychologists and neuroscientists. Afterward, when compared with a control group that read a different passage from Crick (who died in 2004) these people expressed more skepticism about free will — and promptly cut themselves some moral slack while taking a math test.
Asked to solve a series of arithmetic problems in a computerized quiz, they cheated by getting the answers through a glitch in the computer that they'd been asked not to exploit. The supposed glitch, of course, had been put there as a temptation by the researchers, Kathleen Vohs of the University of Minnesota and Jonathan Schooler of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
In a follow-up experiment, the psychologists gave another test in which people were promised $1 for every correct answer — and got to compile their own scores. Just as Dr. Vohs and Dr. Schooler feared, people were more likely to cheat after being exposed beforehand to arguments against free will. These people went home with more unearned cash than did the other people.
This behavior in the lab, the researchers noted, squares with studies in recent decades showing an increase in the number of college students who admit to cheating. During this same period, other studies have shown a weakening in the popular belief in free will (although it's still widely held).
"Doubting one's free will may undermine the sense of self as agent," Dr. Vohs and Dr. Schooler concluded. "Or, perhaps, denying free will simply provides the ultimate excuse to behave as one likes."
That could include goofing off on the job, according to another study done by Dr. Vohs along with a team of psychologists led by Tyler F. Stillman of Southern Utah University. They went to a day-labor employment agency armed with questionnaires for a sample of workers to fill out confidentially.
These questionnaires were based on a previously developed research instrument called the Free Will and Determinism Scale. The workers were asked how strongly they agreed with statements like "Strength of mind can always overcome the body's desires" or "People can overcome any obstacles if they truly want to" or "People do not choose to be in the situations they end up in — it just happens."
The psychologists also measured other factors, including the workers' general satisfaction with their lives, how energetic they felt, how strongly they endorsed an ethic of hard work. None of these factors was a reliable predictor of their actual performance on the job, as rated by their supervisors. But the higher the workers scored on the scale of belief in free will, the better their ratings on the job.
"Free will guides people's choices toward being more moral and better performers," Dr. Vohs said. "It's adaptive for societies and individuals to hold a belief in free will, as it helps people adhere to cultural codes of conduct that portend healthy, wealthy and happy life outcomes."
Intellectual concepts of free will can vary enormously, but there seems to be a fairly universal gut belief in the concept starting at a young age. When children age 3 to 5 see a ball rolling into a box, they say that the ball couldn't have done anything else. But when they see an experimenter put her hand in the box, they insist that she could have done something else.
That belief seems to persist no matter where people grow up, as experimental philosophers have discovered by querying adults in different cultures, including Hong Kong, India, Colombia and the United States. Whatever their cultural differences, people tend to reject the notion that they live in a deterministic world without free will.
They also tend to agree, across cultures, that a hypothetical person in a hypothetically deterministic world would not be responsible for his sins. This same logic explains why they they'll excuse Mark's tax evasion, a crime that doesn't have an obvious victim. But that logic doesn't hold when people are confronted with what researchers call a "high-affect" transgression, an emotionally upsetting crime like Bill's murder of his family.
"It's two different kinds of mechanisms in the brain," said Alfred Mele, a philosopher at Florida State University who directs the Big Questions in Free Will project. "If you give people an abstract story and a hypothetical question, you're priming the theory machine in their head. But their theory might be out of line with their intuitive reaction to a detailed story about someone doing something nasty. As experimenters have shown, the default assumption for people is that we do have free will."
At an abstract level, people seem to be what philosophers call incompatibilists: those who believe free will is incompatible with determinism. If everything that happens is determined by what happened before, it can seem only logical to conclude you can't be morally responsible for your next action.
But there is also a school of philosophers — in fact, perhaps the majority school — who consider free will compatible with their definition of determinism. These compatibilists believe that we do make choices, even though these choices are determined by previous events and influences. In the words of Arthur Schopenhauer, "Man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills."
Does that sound confusing — or ridiculously illogical? Compatibilism isn't easy to explain. But it seems to jibe with our gut instinct that Bill is morally responsible even though he's living in a deterministic universe. Dr. Nichols suggests that his experiment with Mark and Bill shows that in our abstract brains we're incompatibilists, but in our hearts we're compatibilists.
"This would help explain the persistence of the philosophical dispute over free will and moral responsibility," Dr. Nichols writes in Science. "Part of the reason that the problem of free will is so resilient is that each philosophical position has a set of psychological mechanisms rooting for it."
Some scientists like to dismiss the intuitive belief in free will as an exercise in self-delusion — a simple-minded bit of "confabulation," as Crick put it. But these supposed experts are deluding themselves if they think the question has been resolved. Free will hasn't been disproved scientifically or philosophically. The more that researchers investigate free will, the more good reasons there are to believe in it.
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3 Responses to Do you have free will ?
Dreamfable says:
Nice article… Although a bit difficult for my mediocre English understanding. 🙂
Personally I belief that human's have only a limited free will. And much of what a person calls free will is in fact nothing more then conditioning. A nice article on this topic micght also be: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110318112018.htm
Al together I believe that it is a difficult topic one can hardly understand fully.
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Well it depends on the extent of the hangover doesn't it?
If you're half dead in the morning then the chances are that you won't be able to walk, let alone run.
Even if you can manage a slow trot then it's likely that you'll have bowel trouble all around the course.
On the night before an event I'll usually have a few drinks and stop around 9pm and then drink some water and eat something, that way I can be certain that I'll feel OK in the morning.
I'll never be 100% physically though. This in itself makes me panic.
I'll think 'I haven't messed up my chances over a drink, have I?' and that in itself somehow motivates me. The nervous energy courses through my body and drives me on.
Be wary of running hungover and subsequently having such a difficult time out there that it puts you off running in future.
The last time I ran like this I only managed 3.1 miles and I didn't go out for days afterwards as I thought that all runs from now on were gonna be this arduous.
Is running with a hangover worth it then? Not really. Best to be at least a bit sober for your run.
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'Canaries in the Middle Eastern Coal Mine'
During this campaign, we've heard a lot of talk about Iraq. And regardless of who wins, we'll continue the conversation for years to come. Yet there's a topic neither candidate has addressed. It's a question that brings up one of the key moral issues in this election, religious freedom: that is, the treatment of Iraq's most vulnerable group, the indigenous Christian population. Iraq is home to approximately 800,000 Christians. These Christians, known as Chaldeans and Assyrians, are unique in many ways. As their name implies, they are descended from the people who built the biblical cities of Babylon and Nineveh. A bit closer to our time, their ancestors were among the first peoples outside of Palestine to embrace Christianity. An in fact, some of them still speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus. The coming of Islam turned them into an often-persecuted minority. In the early twentieth century, the Turks and then the Iraqi army killed thousands of these Christians and drove many more into exile. The Baathist Party was even worse. According to Nina Shea of Freedom House, they destroyed more than two hundred Christian villages between 1960 and 1988. As result of the discrimination, more than half of Iraq's Christians have left in the past forty years. The ousting of Saddam Hussein presents Iraqi Christians with a chance for a new start, one good result of the U.S. invasion you'll never hear discussed in the press. The interim law in post-Saddam Iraq includes a provision, Article 53D, creating a safe haven for Iraq's Christians. And they'll need one. On October 12, Islamic extremists killed a ten-year-old Christian boy while shouting, "We've come to exterminate you. This is the end for you Christians!" Prior to that, Christians "were murdered for 'collaborating' with the United States. . . . Christian girls [have been] assaulted with acid for not wearing the veil." And "Christian homes [have been] targeted by mortar attacks that killed and injured children sleeping in their beds." All of this, as Shea rightly says, makes implementing Article 53D a must. We must act, not just because of religious freedom, but because Iraqi Christians are, as Shea writes, important for "developing a pluralistic and democratic society," which is, after all, America's goal. Christians constitute "one of the most politically modern, skilled, and educated communities in Iraq today," according to Shea. Even worse than the potential "brain drain" is what Shea calls the "sane drain." Without a "sizeable non-Muslim minority," Iraqis who oppose an Islamic state will find their task all the more difficult. They will face even greater intimidation from Islamic extremists. It's also important to remember that Iraq isn't the only Arabic country with a Christian minority. Lebanon and Egypt, among others, are watching what happens in Iraq. That's why Nina Shea calls Iraq's Christians "the canaries in the Middle Eastern coal mine." And it's why we must stay the course in Iraq. As we go to the polls, Christians must make sure that we elect leaders who won't neglect religious liberty either in Iraq or anywhere else in our troubled world. For further reading and information: Nina Shea, "Canary in a Coal Mine," National Review Online, 14 October 2004. Learn more about Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom. "'We Are in the Modern Catacombs,' Says Young Iraqi Catholic," Zenit News, 26 October 2004. Yochi J. Dreazen, "Iraq Sees Christian Exodus," Wall Street Journal, 27 September 2004, A17. Scott Peterson, "Iraqi Christians struggle to stay," Christian Science Monitor, 18 October 2004. Robert H. Reid, "Five Churches, Hospital Bombed in Baghdad," Washington Post, 16 October 2004. "Agency says Iraqi Christians, targeted by fanatics, fleeing country," CNS, 6 October 2004. Daniel Pipes, "Christians Disappearing from Iraq," New York Sun, 24 August 2004. Christopher Hitchens, "The New Enemy of Humanity," The Mirror (London), 26 October 2004. BreakPoint Commentary No. 030813, "A Just Peace: The Need for Religious Liberty in Iraq." BreakPoint Commentary No. 040916, "Thinking about Vietnam: Hanoi and the Church." Paul Chu, "The Towers and the Church," Godspy, 8 September 2004. Nina Shea, In the Lion's Den (Broadman and Holman, 1997).
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The Trauma Controversy
Philosophical and Interdisciplinary Dialogues
Kristen Brown Golden - Editor
Bettina G. Bergo - Editor
SUNY series in the Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Provides multiple and accessible perspectives on trauma both as a condition and as a cultural phenomenon.
More than a psychiatric or spiritual condition, trauma is an experience that exceeds the capacity of language to fix and settle it. As trauma crosses the lives of individuals and erupts into cultural and historical collectivities, it invites comparison with psychological dilemmas. But how best to compare individual and social trauma? What is the relationship between physical trauma and psychic trauma? How do cultures recover from trauma? To address these and other questions, the essays in The Trauma Controversy plumb the significance of various notions of trauma from a variety of perspectives and disciplines. Adopting psychoanalytic, clinical, historical, anthropological, and philosophical frameworks as well as engaging the ideas of a diverse range of thinkers, including Merleau-Ponty, Freud, Foucault, Heidegger, and Kristeva, The Trauma Controversy takes a productive and important step in advancing our understanding of trauma.
"Undoubtedly, this volume of essays offers a very interesting and thought-provoking look at trauma research, revealing and discussing the ostensibly resolved problems, which are regarded here from different and unexpected points of view." — H-Net Reviews (H-Ideas)
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"The Trauma Controversy is a remarkable book in that it is not merely a collection of discrete and unrelated essays by significant individual players. Rather, the editors have taken care to cultivate a genuine conversation between various contributors in the volume." — John J. Thatamanil, author of The Immanent Divine: God, Creation, and the Human Predicament
Kristen Brown Golden is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Millsaps College and the author of Nietzsche and Embodiment: Discerning Bodies and Non-Dualism, also published by SUNY Press. Bettina G. Bergo is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the Université de Montréal. She is author of Levinas between Ethics and Politics: For the Beauty that Adorns the Earth and coeditor (with Jill Stauffer) of Nietzsche and Levinas: "After the Death of a Certain God."
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Gregg M. Horowitz
3. Overcoming the Confusion of Loss and Trauma: The Need of Thinking Historically
Sara Beardsworth
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Idit Dobbs-Weinstein
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Charles E. Scott
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Judith Lewis Herman, M.D.
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Sandra L. Bloom, M.D.
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Michael L. Galaty, Sharon R. Stocker, and Charles Watkinson
10.Traumatic Life: Violence, Pain, and Responsiveness in Heidegger
Eric Sean Nelson
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My IVF failed the very first time I did it. I was broken and shattered but then I realized that despite the heartache life moves on and it is upto me to how to move on in life. Thankfully me and my husband took in a stride and don't dwell on the failure or our baby less life. We have accepted the situation and realized that there are people with more serious problems, life threatening diseases etc. We at least have each other and our health for which we are thankful to God. I had met Dr. Malpani for initial consultation and he had explained very patiently about IVF, its success rates and how he would give us the best of treatment, medicines and care but ultimately the Hand of God also plays an important role. Dr. Malpani gave me good advice however for some personal reason we could not carry out the procedure with him. We went to some other clinic there I saw and met women who were completely stressed out, trying for 4-5 times and dreading failure and thinking that life begins and ends with a baby. There I was reminded of Dr. Malpani's words and wise wisdom and promised myself that I would not be like those suffering women. As I embarked on my IVF journey there was hope, excitement and joy but I never thought about the journeys end. The two weeks wait was stressful, my mind would wonder to what if...as soon as that happened I would start reading my fav book or listen to a song or a bhajan. It helped. After the Two weeks wait the result came negative..i was shattered, my husband was disappointed but he just said two words 'Never Mind'. Those two words said with support just helped me heal. AFter that we discussed in length our situation and came to the conclusion that there are people who are in worse situation then we are but life never stops for anyone. We decided to move on and live life to the fullest. After three months we again transferred the frozen embryos and too was not a success. We want to give IVF a second try however as we are in the Defense sector we have been posted out from Mumbai to a smaller city. Its been more than a year but we are at peace. I keep reading Dr. Malpani's blogs and news letter, they really help you to get a perspective on IVF. In fact even though he was not my doc but he has helped me cope with the situation. Hopefully we will get back to Mumbai soon and meet Dr Malpani for the second round OF IVF. However let me also say that we are very very hopeful that second round will work out for us but at the same time I think we are mentally prepared for a child less life.
You are a thoughtful person and this journey will make you stronger and better able to deal with life's vicissitudes !


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