People often joke that their office is so small it feels like they are working in a closet. This well laid out and organised home office actually is in a closet.
Lifehacker reader Chris Grossmeier recently moved and found himself without the space for a home office. Rather than resign himself to working off the dining room table he converted a walk-in closet to a home office.
Home Office 2.0: An upgrade from Home Office 1.0.
While this is inside of a walk-in-closet, it does free up a room as a guest room. With a lock on the door, I can keep my office out of sight and out of mind during the holidays when friends and family are visiting.
Some details... the room is a walk-in closet. 75" wide x 96" deep and 8' tall. The custom desk and cabinets were built by Techline of Excelsior, MN. What you do not see are the full height shelves behind the door on the right and the upper cabinets that wrap around the room to the door on the left.
Almost all of the cables are suspended under the work surface to keep them out of sight and out of mind.
The small fan on the left was a recent addition to keep things a little cooler. the room does have a dedicated air supply and return vent. it also has a dedicated 20A quadruplex outlet on the wall in front of the chair. In all, I sustain around 500watts of power when the office is running. Everything is separated out to essential and non-essential power strips. All feed into UPS's to ensure no brown outs or surges.
As a software engineer for VMware, the extra monitors are a blessing. managing Labs, multiple VM's, and email, a browser, and my desktop need the extra real estate of the three Dell U2410 monitors. With the addition of the Macbook, iPad dock, and my blackberry... I may never need to go to an office again.
This sure does beat the old folding table. It is also the only time you will ever see my office clean and organized. It will be a steady decline of organisation and cleanliness from here on out.
Even if his office does end up a total mess in a week, he won't have much to clean up thanks to the compact proportions of the office! We're quite impressed with what a great job he's done turning a closet into a functional, albeit lilliputian office and would love to hear from other readers with similarly compact offices.
It's not a bad idea, as long as you're OK with not having any natural light.


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City Room | Next Step in Easing of Brooklyn Parking Rules
Next Step in Easing of Brooklyn Parking Rules
By Sewell Chan
August 11, 2008 4:30 pm August 11, 2008 4:30 pm
The city is replacing about 8,000 street-cleaning signs in a number of Brooklyn neighborhoods. The next phase starts in one week. (Photo: Ruby Washington/The New York Times)
The New York City Department of Transportation announced on Monday that street-cleaning rules will be suspended in Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and other neighborhoods west of Court Street starting next Monday in the third phase of a four-phase overhaul of parking regulations in much of Brooklyn. The project involves the gradual replacement of some 8,000 traffic signs, and alternate-side parking rules are being suspended in phases
The first phase of the project, drew much fanfare when it was announced in May. Many Park Slope residents and motorists welcomed the notion of a Summer of the Spot, but some worried that outsiders would flood the neighborhood looking for easy parking. The rules there were suspended from May 19 to July 14, and when the new rules took effect, on 2,800 new signs, most residents welcomed the resumption of street cleaning.
The second phase of the Brooklyn parking overhaul began July 7 and will end Aug. 25. Enlarge this image.
The second round of the Brooklyn parking overhaul began on July 7 in parts of Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Gowanus. Today, the department announced that new alternate-side parking rules would take effect in that area — where 2,100 new signs have been installed — starting Aug. 25. The area is bounded to the north by Wyckoff Street (not included) from Court Street to Third Avenue and Saint Mark's Place (not included) from Third to Fourth Avenues; to the east by Fourth Avenue (included) from Saint Mark's Place to 15th Street; to the south by 15th Street (not included) from Fourth to Hamilton Avenues and Hamilton Avenue (not included) from 15th to Court Streets; and to the west by Court Street (included) from Hamilton to Atlantic Avenues.
And now, the third phase begins.
The third phase of the parking overhaul will begin Aug. 18 and last for three to five weeks. Enlarge this image.
The Transportation Department announced today the boundaries of the third phase of the overhaul, which will include parts of Boerum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and Gowanus East. Alternate-side rules will be suspended there starting next Monday, Aug. 18, to allow for 1,600 new signs. The suspension will last for three to five weeks. The affected area is bounded to the north by Atlantic Avenue (included) from Columbia to Court Street; to the east by Court Street (not included) from Atlantic to Hamilton Avenues; to the south by Hamilton Avenue (not included) from Court to Van Brunt Streets; and to the west by Columbia Street (included) from Atlantic Avenue to Degraw Street; by Degraw Street (included) from Columbia to Van Brunt Streets; and Van Brunt Street from Degraw Street to Hamilton Avenue.
The fourth and final phase will be in Red Hook, but the boundaries and dates have not been announced yet. In total, about 8,000 signs are being replaced as part of the project. (Earlier, the city had estimated a higher number of signs needing replacement, about 9,200).
The Transportation Department explained the purpose of the overhaul:
In many cases, residential street-cleaning parking restrictions are being reduced from three-hour intervals to just 90 minutes, and from twice a week to just once a week, to ease parking for local residents. On commercial corridors, some streets will now be cleaned more often and regulations will be better coordinated to help ensure some curbside parking for local shoppers. The new rules were established by the Department of Sanitation.
The changes do not affect 8 a.m.-to-6 p.m. parking rules or meter regulations, or any other parking rules that are not street cleaning regulations, the city said.
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Two years ago I blogged about an awesome product from OllyDog called the Olly Bottle.
Well, our first Olly Bottle bit the dust a few months back when I accidentally slammed it in the car door (whoopsie) so we upgraded to a couple of new ones the other day.
Yep, I said a couple because OllyDog now has two sizes in their Olly Bottle.
We replaced our 1 liter bottle with this fantastic light blue and grey combination and added a little nugget to our Olly Bottle family with the lime green 600 ml bottle.
I love these bottles because they're perfect for a quick swig of water when I need it and even more perfect for Teton when he's thirsty and we're out on a walk, hike, or snowshoe trek.
Plus, they're a great value. The 1 liter bottle is $13 and the 600 ml bottle is $10.
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Just because…here are a few photos of Teton's excursions this week.
At the dog park with his cousin, Henley P.!
Being a big boy dog and running through muddy, wet fields!
I've got a cool giveaway coming soon on Her Dog Blog so make sure you stop by later this week and next!
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Firefighters in 7,000 metre pole challenge for charity
Firefighters ahead of their pole challenge Credit: Tom Savvides
A group of firefighters from Brighton & Hove are attempting to break the world record for pole dropping.
Green Watch from Hove Community Fire station are also raising money for the Fire Fighters Charity, as well as the Rocking Horse appeal.
The team are planning to climb and slide nearly 7,000 metres up and down a fire station pole that has been put in place at Brighton's Churchill Square between 9am and 5pm today. They want to grab back the record which they set in 2009.
The challenge for the East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service firefighters marks one of the last time the 13 members of Green Watch will be together. Next month one of the fire engines will be taken away from the Hove fire station and the team will be cut down to seven members.
"We have a change of establishment on station, as you know, at the end of March and we want to go out in style getting back our world record before we go our separate ways upholding our continued good work we undertake for charity.
"We have match funding in place, which enables individuals' donations to charities to be doubled, so would like to raise an enormous amount of money for the two fantastic charities.
"We want the public to turn out in their thousands to support us, cheer us on and donate whatever they can, as it is gonna be a great family day.
"Whilst it is important to keep fit for our jobs, we have definitely upped our training for the big event. Each day on duty we spend an hour coming down our fire pole on station and running back up the stairs."
– Darren Eaton, Firefighter
East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service
Hove Community Fire Station


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Nearman's new translation of Shobogenzo
Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Rev. Hubert Nearman, O.B.C. has put out an ambitious new translation of Shobogenzo, a 14-year labor of love, now available from the Shasta Abbey website.
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"First Dogen Book" now available in print
I am pleased to announce the print availability of "First Dogen Book", a brand new book containing extensively annotated translations of selected fascicles from Dogen's Shobogenzo.
First Dogen Book is available for $19.95 from:
, the publisher
The fascicles included are:
Bendowa (Dialog on the Way of Commitment)
Genjo Koan (Truth Unfolding)
Uji (A Particular Hour)
Soshi Seirai I (Why the First Patriarch Came from the West)
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You know the sea nourishes life
In the middle of Genjo Koan, Dogen introduces an analogy involving fish, birds, sea, and sky. This was actually the first bit of Dogen that I ever translated.
Swim as they may, fish find no end to the sea; fly as they may, birds find no end to the sky. Yet fish and bird still remain in the sea and sky as they have for ages…birds would perish instantly if they left the sky, fish would perish instantly if they left the sea.
This all seems rather understandable by Dogen's standards. But just when we're ready for some kind of insight or conclusion, Dogen launches into an opaque series of Chinese anagrams:
以水為命しりぬべし、以空為命しりぬべし。以鳥為命あり、以魚為命あり。以命為鳥なるべし、以命為魚なるべし。
What do they mean?
Dropping off body and mind
David A. Shaner discusses Dogen's "dropping off body and mind", something I've taken up more than once (here and here ), in "The Bodymind Experience in Japanese Buddhism: A Phenomenological Perspective of Kukai and Dogen", an excerpt from which can be found here, in the Digital Library and Museum of Buddhist Studies, a Taiwan-based initiative.
Excerpts of interest:
Shinjin datsuraku is a phrase traditionally translated as "cast off body and mind." The importance of this phrase cannot be underestimated. It occurs throughout Shobogenzo, works by Dogen not included in Shobogenzo, and is most evident in Shobogenzo Zuimonki, which was edited by Dogen's disciples shortly after his death…In fact, Dogen stated explicitly that this is all you need to understand Buddhism.
"From the first time you meet your master and receive his teaching, you have no need for either incense-offerings, homage-paying, nembutsu, penance disciplines, or silent sutra readings; only cast off body and mind in zazen." (Bendowa)
"Casting off," interpreted phenomenologically, is parallel to the neutralization of thetic positings characteristic of first order bodymind awareness. Dogen is emphatic in his emphasis that casting off is not a denunciation (negative positing) of body and mind. One must cast aside all thetic positings, for example, "accepting good" and "rejecting evil."
In keeping with the terminology utilized throughout, it would be more accurate but also more cumbersome to translate shinjin datsuraku as "cast off the mind-aspect and body-aspect." In other words, cast off all abstractions in order to become aware of the bodymind ground at the base of all experience.
Dogen and the game of Go (II)
I recently posted on a mention of the game of Go in the "Spring and Autumn" fascicle of Dogen's Shobogenzo.
You'll recall the setting: Chinese Zen master Wanshi is commenting on an old story about heat and cold. I translated Dogen's paraphrasing of Wanshi's comment as:
Discussing this is like two players playing Go, where you've got to answer my move if you don't want to get taken for a ride. You won't grasp what Tozan is saying until you've internalized this.
Dogen then comments on the commentary:
Sticking with the go analogy for now, the real question is what's happening with the two players. The minute you talk about two players playing go, you've become a bystander, which is no good because bystanders can't play go. Playing go means one player and his opponent facing each other, it must be said.
I've now belatedly come across a translation of this fascicle by Francis Dojun Cook, in his How to Raise an Ox . This is an excellent, readable translation, with solid commentary, by someone who is a Buddhist scholar rather than a Zen master. I recommend it. For this section, however, he gives:
Now, the example of playing checkers is quite appropriate, but what sort of thing is this business of two people playing? If you speak of two people playing, you are still caught in duality [literally, "there will be eight eyes"]. And if you are caught in duality, there is no checker game. How can there be? Therefore, shouldn't it rather be said that only one person is playing checkers and that he is his own opponent?
Quite a jump from "eight eyes"—which has a perfectly well-understood translation as "bystander"—to "duality". And it is not "if you are caught in duality, there is no checker game", but the opposite: you can't play in the Go game if you're outside looking at it.
I also recently acquired the three-volume Nishiyama/Stevens translation, the first complete English translation of SBGZ, done back in the '70s, which is now inexplicably out of print (perhaps it suffered from a lack of notes and commentary). This translation, as well, was done by Buddhist scholars and translators rather than Zen masters, and it shows it. Their translation of this portion of Shunju is the most accurate yet:
What is the meaning of "two people playing go"? If we say "Two people are playing go" it means we are a third party not actually playing. If we say such things then we must stop talking and directly face our opponent.
What is Shobogenzo about?
Shobogenzo is Dogen's opus magnum, but what kinds of things did he really write about? What was his focus? I've done a simple analysis by fasicle:
Philosophy: 42
Practice: 22
Doctrine: 14
Rules: 10
Tradition: 4
Ethics: 4
As expected, philosophical topics dominate; these are the "famous" fascicles such as Genjo Koan and Uji. Next comes practice, ranging from Bendowa, Dogen's chatty overview of Zen, to Zanmai-O-Zanmai, a discussion of samadhi.
Doctrine follows, although of course, the fascicles I've classified as "doctrine" are also somewhat philosophical in nature, typically with Dogen taking up some Buddhist doctrine and putting his own unique spin on it, such as in Sokshin-ze-butsu, sometimes translated as "Mind Here is Buddha".
In addition to being a thinker and writer, of course, Dogen was also running a big monastery, accounting for the 10 fascicles about rules, down to details of how to run a summer practice period (Ango), what to write on message boards in the kitchen (Jikuinmon), and how to wash yourself (Senmen and Senju), these fascicles among the longer ones, meaning that they occupy a greater proportion of the whole in terms of page count.
Bringing up the rear are tradition, the topic of fascicles such as Shisho ("Certificate of Transmission"), and ethics, under which I've categorized fascicles like Shoaku Makusa ("Do no Evil").
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Truth Unfolding–new translation of Genjo Koan
Truth Unfolding: an annotated translation of Dogen Zenji's Genjo Koan (PDF, 180KB)
I'm pleased to present a new annotated English translation of Genjo Koan, Dogen's definitive, elegant exposition of the importance of practice, one of his primary themes. Dogen was the 13th century Japanese Zen master who launched the Soto school of Zen Buddhism in Japan and penned Shobogenzo, a collection of nearly a hundred essays renowned for their power, clarity and poetic beauty.
The intent is to provide an accessible introduction to Dogen's writings for the English reader. This objective governed the translation policy, and the nature of the commentary.
The translation approach taken was to emphasize accessibility and readability, while maintaining the greatest possible fidelity to the original. Dogen presents formidable challenges to the translator. He wrote in a medieval Japanese with unfamiliar syntax and vocabulary. His writings are sprinkled with innovative stylistic devices he used to drive home his message. And the concepts he is conveying can at times seem very opaque.
Soto Zen has taken firm root in the West over the last three decades. This has been accompanied by half a dozen or more English translations of all or part of Shobogenzo. These translations are the fruits of the labor of esteemed Zen masters and scholars. Still, there is ample room for new translations with new insights. The density and interrelatedness of Dogen's writings means that each hour or day or week or month spent pondering a phrase or sentence or paragraph can add value to the enterprise of rendering Dogen into an English which accurately conveys his meaning and style. This translation is yet another such effort.
The concept of fidelity operates on many levels. One such level is vocabulary, which is mapped precisely here, even in cases where this requires the use of unfamiliar words or Buddhist technical terms, which are then explained in the notes. Examples include both Chinese Buddhist terms which are mapped back to their Sanskrit equivalents, such as dharma, as well as native Japanese words such as satori. A second level is style, which is mirrored in these translations to the absolute extent possible. For instance, repetitions which might not usually be found in English are carried though. Where Dogen omits a word it is omitted in the English as well. If Dogen is in a lyrical or poetic mode, that should be mirrored in the translation as well.
One level which is not mapped religiously, on the other hand, is that of Japanese syntax, the mechanical mimicking of which simply yields wooden, awkward English. Japanese is Japanese and English is English. Assuming that the original Japanese was accessible and readable, which in the case of Dogen it certainly was, an "accurate" translation should replicate that accessibility and readability in English.
The most important question in terms of fidelity is meaning. Ideally, if the words and syntax and style are carried through to English, the meaning will follow. Even if the original is ambiguous, or even if it has multiple meanings as is sometimes the case in Dogen, a skillful translation can reproduce that same ambiguity or multiplicity of meanings. There are times, however, when circumstances force the translator into a particular interpretation. In that case, it's important to take full advantage of every available clue, including syntactic details, character usage, and, notably, the relationship to preceding and succeeding sections—in other words, the flow. What should not factor into the interpretation is the translator's preconceived notions of what Dogen "must have been talking about."
Another major source of insight in interpreting Dogen is the extensive body of translations available both in Japanese and English, as well as commentaries, mostly in Japanese. There are, however, limits to their usefulness. Some translators have laudably taken it upon themselves to translate large volumes of Dogen's writings, such as Shobogenzo in its entirety, which reduces the amount of time they can spend on any given essay. In other cases, apparent mistakes in interpretation are propagated from one commentator or translator to another. In any case, in addition to referring extensively to preceding translations and commentaries, we present those alternative translations to the reader (in the form of footnotes to avoid disrupting the flow of the notes), less to criticize potentially misleading translations as to give the reader the opportunity to draw her own conclusions. Given that objective, attributions to specific translators are often omitted, since the intent is not a scholarly review of previous translations.
Finally, to make Dogen more accessible to those getting to know him for the first time, the decision was made to accompany the translation with extensive translator's notes. The annotations are not in general meant to elucidate the essay's deeper meaning. Dogen can speak for himself if only given the voice to do so. Rather, the focus is on pointing out interesting or challenging aspects of Dogen's prose and possible alternatives for interpret-ing or translating it. This opportunity to clarify aspects of Dogen's writings in the notes makes it possible for the translation itself to adhere more closely to the original. The annotations also present historical and cultural background to enhance the reader's understanding. The translated essay is first given by itself, to avoid distracting the reader with the annotations. The translations are then repeated, this time interspersed with translator's notes. Perhaps the reader will find it useful to read the stand-alone version, then the annotated version, and finally return to the stand-alone version to experience something akin to what readers and listeners in the 13th century did.
This translation supercedes my earlier attempts, including "Unfolding Puzzle." I welcome comments and criticisms.
[Picture is of an "ojo de dios" by Jay Mohler.]
Shobogenzo is back!
Sunday, January 22nd, 2006
Grumpiness alert. In a post on his Hardcore Zen blog, Brad Warner is pitching the Nishijima/Cross translation of Shobogenzo:
In case anybody's been looking for the Gudo Nishijima / Chodo Cross translation of Dogen's Shobogenzo and couldn't find it, or else found it for a ridiculously high price, check out the link below or click on the title of this article. The full four volume set is now available through Amazon.com at just $23.99 per volume.
This is the best, most reliable English translation of the complete Shobogenzo that ever has been or ever will be produced. I've sat down with the Japanese version and this translation open to the same passage a great number of times and it's like someone gave you magic glasses that enabled you to read exactly what the original Japanese text says in crystal clear English. You cannot do this with any other edition.
It's great to see this available once again. Buy a set or be a loser!
I suppose it's the "best" translation of the complete Shobogenzo because it's the only one currently in print (the Nishiyama/Stevens translation, the only other complete translation, is out of print). As for whether or not it's the best that "will ever be produced," I guess Zen masters must be able to foresee the future. As for whether it's the best in terms of the translation of any particular fascicle which has been translated elsewhere, the anwer is—far from it.
These "magic glasses" give us text like the following (from Bendowa):
When the budda-tathagatas, each having received the one-to-one transmission of the splendid Dharma, experience the supreme state of bodhi, they posess a subtle method which is supreme and without intention.
Which parses the Japanese incorrectly, interprets it wrongly, and renders it into broken English. Chodo Cross has referred to the work of translating Shobogenzo, or rather Nishijima's modern Japanese translation of it, as "donkey work." Let's just say—that attitude shows.
It's odd that Brad, who espouses a modern, in in-your-face brand of Zen, would be so attached to this overly literal, tired translation.
Western Zen students would be far better off with one of the Cook translations, such as How to Raise an Ox, or Sounds of Valley Streams . Or, one hopes, at some point, a fluent, informed, new definitive translation.
Time as a range of mountain peaks, or not
It's time to play another game of "what would Dogen have really been saying"! Here are your choices:
1. Time is like a mountain range you can look out across; it does not simply recede into the past.
2. Time is not like a mountain range you can look across, fading into the distance.
This, of course, is from Uji , where Dogen writes ã??ã?®æ˜¨ä»Šã?®é?"ç?†ã€?ã?Ÿã? ã?"れ山ã?®ã?ªã?‹ã?«ç›´å…¥ã?—ã?¦ã€?å?ƒå³°ä¸‡å³°ã''ã?¿ã'?ã?¤æ™'節ã?ªã'Šã€?ã?™ã?Žã?¬ã'‹ã?«ã?'らã?šã€'
Nearly all translations take the interpretation that time is like a postcard of a mountain range. Nishijima/Cross:
Even so, this Buddhist principle of yesterday and today is just about moments in which we go directly into the mountains and look out across thousand or ten thousands peaks; it is not about what has passed.
This is a serviceable translation, with the minor exception of being wrong. The principle is not about moments where we saw the mountains; it is that past and present are (or are not) the mountain view. More importantly, they reverse (in my opinion) what Dogen is saying about mountains and time.
Tanahashi/Welch somehow manage to mangle this sentence even more badly:
Yet yesterday and today are both in the moment when you directly enter the mountains and see thousands and myriads of peaks. Yesterday's time and today's time do not go away.
They completely leave out the word "concept" from the original; transform past and present needlessly into yesterday and today; mistranslate jisetsu as "moments"; have time being "in the moment" rather than "the case of"; and introduce a gratuitous sentence break—a sure sign that their parsing is off. The awkward "thousands and myriad" just adds insult to injury. Someone should take away these guys' translating license.
But the real question is whether time is, or is not, like the series of mountain peaks. The syntactic problem here is that the Japanese has the structure "doing A, doing B not," where A is the mountains and B is passing away. This gives rise to an intrinsic ambguity: it could be "(doing A, doing B) NOT" or "doing A, (doing B NOT)."
Beyond the syntax, however, there are a number of clues for us here. First and foremost, Dogen has spent the entire preceding part of the essay telling us precisely that time is not a linear sequence—which is exactly what the range of peaks is! The sentence starts off with a "but" which makes sense only if the sense of the entire sentence is negative. And the word "simply" (J. tada) right at the beginning—which Tanahashi/Welch toss away—pairs naturally with the "not" at the end.
Therefore, I believe that the "not" in the original extends to both time passing away and the view of time as a linear series of mountain peaks. Sorry if you were liking the analogy of past and present as a mountain range.
My translation would be:
But do not conceive of past and present simply as a vista of a innumerable peaks that you look out over from within the mountains, receding off into the distance.
This is somewhat disconcerting. Typically different interpretations might yield a shift in nuance or emphasis. But here they are diametrically opposed. And impeccably credentialed Zen masters and eminent scholars all assure us that Dogen is in fact exhorting us to rush out into the wilderness and gaze on mountain ranges as an excellent analogy for how time works.
What is a student to do? Simply understand the potential issue and make up your own min—assuming the translator deigns to point out the problem to you as I am doing here.
Closest natural equivalence translation
Translating Dogen demands a philosophy of translation. Many of those translating Dogen are not professional translators, which perhaps is why we so often fail to see coherent philosophies being applied.
The simplistic choice is between "literal" and "paraphrased" translations. These styles have names: formal and dynamic equivalence, or "form equivalence" and "functional equivalence". Sometimes the terms "word for word" and "thought for thought" are seen as well.
The debate between the two schools is heated and often uninformed. The literalists accuse the paraphrasers of inserting their own opinions into the translation. The paraphrasers respond that the literalists create wooden translations that no one wants to or can read.
There are problems with both sides of course. No translation can be completely literal, since it must use the vocabulary and syntax of the target language. And if the objective of the paraphrasers is to "create the same effect in the mind of the reader of the translation as the original did in the mind of its," clearly this is impossible given that the readers exist in different cultural and historical contexts.
Of course, which style to use depends on the goals of the translation and the target audience. A wider, more general audience would call for a more dynamic style, a narrower, more expert audience a more formal one. When the source and target languages are distant linguistically, a more dynamic style may be the only choice.
Dynamic equivalence was developed by the linguist Eugene Nida for Bible translation. He insisted that only this approach could create an approachable, meaningful Bible for the masses. Bible translations are clearly a useful analogy for translating Dogen. An interesting approach developed for the God's Word translation is called closest natural equivalence translation.
Closest natural equivalence claims to achieve the following:
provide readers with a meaning equivalent to the source language in the target language
express that meaning naturally in a way that a native English speaker would have spoken or written
express the meaning in a way that is as close as possible to the way the source language expressed the meaning
CNE asserts that an awkward translation by definition is not faithful to the original, while at the same time natural-sounding language in and of itself never suffices to make a translation good.
The obvious objection is that it may not be possible to convey meaning accurately in natural sounding language. I would assert, however, that it is simply a matter of time and effort on the part of the translator. It should not be out of the question to spend an hour, or even a day, on a single sentence. Naturally, this reduces translator throughput dramatically. It is striking, however, how in many cases, once the effort is made, the resulting natural English undeniably conveys the meaning of the original in a way much more compact and compelling that a mechanical translation might.
The web page quoted above ends with a caveat:
Translation can never be completely objective. Even when operating under the assumptions of closest natural equivalence, translators cannot produce a perfect translation. Translators use cautious judgment and maintain a keen awareness of all the factors needed for a full understanding of the source text. Among other things, translators need to understand the original language's grammar and syntax, appreciate and understand literary devices used by the original authors, understand what kind of audience the original author had in mind when writing, and understand the modern target audience and its language. Because these factors call for balance and judgment, every translation (even those produced using closest natural equivalence) can be improved.
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Illustrator Jimmy Gownley draws Superhero Amelia Learn to Draw Amelia Cartoonist Jimmy Gownley Reveals His Favorite Books Cartoonist Jimmy Gownley Reveals the Talent He Wishes He Had Cartoonist Jimmy Gownley Reveals His Most Noticeable Trait
Her Permanent Record
Part of Amelia Rules!
By Jimmy Gownley
Illustrated by Jimmy Gownley
Amelia embarks on her most epic adventure yet in this final addition to the Amelia Rules! graphic novel series.
From surviving her parents' divorce, to withstanding the terror of Joe McCarthy Elementary, to handling devastating crushes (not-so-)gracefully, Amelia Louise McBride has weathered her share of storms. But with her new spot on the cheerleading squad, Aunt Tanner's hordes of adoring fans, and Reggie's successful mission to mold young superheroes into productive—and cool—members of society, Amelia's sailing seems remarkably smooth.
Then Tanner disappears, humiliated by an ex-boyfriend's tell-all book, sending Amelia into full panic mode. And when she boards a bus on an epic journey to find Tanner—with frenemy Rhonda in tow, and a little help from a certain boy she never thought she'd see again—it quickly becomes clear that if Amelia has learned anything in her eleven years, it's that life is never through with surprises.
In his heartwarmingly hilarious eighth volume of the acclaimed Amelia Rules! series, Jimmy Gownley takes us on Amelia's most thrilling adventure yet—and back again.
Photograph by Tawyna Wagner Photography
Jimmy Gownley
Jimmy Gownley began writing and drawing comics at the age of fifteen. He is an advocate for kids' comics, having cofounded the organization Kids Love Comics, which works to promote comic books and graphic novels as a valuable tool for literacy and education in schools, libraries, and at home. He lives with his wife Karen and their twin daughters, Stella and Anna, in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers (August 28, 2012)
Children's Fiction > Family > General
Children's Fiction > Humorous Stories
Children's Fiction > Comics & Graphic Novels
"Readers who have followed Amelia's adventures in the previous seven volumes will happily tag along on this one, as Gownley's colorful, cartoony art subtly shows how Amelia and her friends have grown—they're now 11 years old. A fine finish for this kid-favorite series."
– Booklist Online
Book Cover Image (jpg): Her Permanent Record
Author Photo (jpg): Jimmy Gownley
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More books in this series: Amelia Rules!


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The Knot Worldwide's chief marketing officer on how the pandemic is reshaping weddings
Dhanusha Sivajee explains shift ceremonies, 'mini-monies' and the move toward weekday dates
By I-Hsien Sherwood. Published on May 25, 2020.
Anti-smoking ad czar Phil Graham on how to market a COVID-19 vaccine
Dhanusha Sivajee, chief marketing officer, The Knot worldwide
Credit: Illustration by Tam Nguyen/Ad Age
Dhanusha Sivajee is chief marketing officer at The Knot Worldwide, which runs wedding planning sites The Knot, WeddingWire and Bodas, as well as other relationship milestone brands including The Bump, The Nest and Lasting.
With much of the country closed down due to social distancing restrictions, weddings are one of the most prominent life events affected. While some couples forged ahead with small ceremonies on front stoops or with masked attendants spread out in backyards, many others—already committed to large deposits for venues and caterers—opted to postpone their ceremonies.
This left vendors in the lurch, with empty venues and prepared food with no one to eat it.
That's when The Knot and WeddingWire set up a 24-hour global hotline for both couples and vendors to talk with experts about the logistics of postponing their ceremonies. The brand also instituted a $10 million financial assistance program for vendors and offered advice on applying for small business loans and subsidies from the coronavirus government stimulus bill.
Sivajee spoke with Ad Age about the effects the pandemic is having on wedding venues and vendors, wedding planning and couples preparing for one of the biggest days of their lives. Our conversation has been edited and condensed.
How has the pandemic affected couples who had been planning to get married?
Initially, people were freaking out. They were like, "What do we do? How do we handle this?" So we surveyed our users and vendors, and we found that more than 90 percent of people decided not to cancel their weddings, but to postpone them to later this summer or next year. But they still really wanted to celebrate that original date, so we saw the rise of what we coined the "mini-mony." Couples are still coming together with a few close family and friends while social distancing, or other times it's just a couple with an officiant, either in person or virtually.
How are vendors and the rest of the wedding industry being affected?
Their job, from Day One, is to put themselves in the shoes of couples. So even when so many vendors were hurting—it was really a cash flow issue—we saw them step up and be flexible in terms of moving dates and working with couples when they weren't able to find Saturday dates, which is typically the most popular wedding day.
Vendors were also still able to work with each other to support their local communities, whether it was venues and caterers helping food banks or helping couples with these mini-monies—making mini-cakes and dropping them on the doorstep or making bouquets so couples could still celebrate their original date.
As states begin to reopen and social distancing relaxes in some areas, how will weddings look different?
What we're seeing for the summer is that vendors and couples are adjusting the wedding format. People still want to celebrate with all of their loved ones, so they get creative about how they can have multiple weddings with different groups of people, like close family and friends, then maybe doing another wedding with their work colleagues, then with more of their extended college friends. Vendors are really figuring out how to accommodate these "shift" weddings.
So you have the original venue, but in order to socially distance, you can only have so many people, in different parts of the day. That gives you time to do the cleaning, the sanitization between the next group.
They're getting very creative and practical in terms of what it means to have a safe a wedding in the time of COVID. So anything from incorporating hand sanitizing stations into the overall wedding design, bigger dance floors for more space between people.
We're definitely seeing a move from self-service food stations to plated dinners, multiple smaller bars to eliminate long lines of guests. Masks are our biggest seller right now on The Knot Shop. Couples are going to be wearing a mask, and they're going to be asking their guests to wear masks, but they don't want it to be awkward, so they're incorporating fun designs on the masks to match the overall theme.
Nothing can stop our love. 💛✨ Tap the #linkinbio for twelve sweet ways to celebrate your original wedding date if you've had to postpone. #regram 📷: @sketchandetchcreative
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So the guest experience is changing just as much?
Right, we're seeing people think about guests being more incorporated into the ceremony, sharing favorite memories. We're seeing alternative entertainment like special musical performances that guests can actually enjoy themselves as they're sitting at their tables, which also allows for social distancing. But it's also couples saying, "Look, we want to invest in you and give you an experience. Thank you for coming to celebrate with us today."
What are vendors and venues most worried about?
We're finding this is a time where they want to learn from us and each other. How can they can manage their finances? How do they also take care of their own mental health? We're talking about a lot of small businesses, most of them mom-and-pop shops, trying to keep their businesses going, to keep their employees.
Weddings are definitely going to be more complicated than they have been before. Vendors are working on those different formats for couples, but we haven't really gotten into the full-on pricing and packaging at this point. I think they're just trying to think about how they can take the budget and figure out how to work out different options. Weddings are expensive. We're not here to gouge our couples, and neither are our vendors.
Have travel restrictions hurt destination weddings?
People are definitely not canceling them, but they're postponing them. They might travel now, but maybe they'll do that as a smaller mini-mony for themselves, and then they'll do something later in the U.S. that is more of a wedding ceremony, or a big party to celebrate with their friends.
What permanent changes do you see the pandemic having on the industry?
I think what we're seeing with the wedding industry is that people do not want to forgo a wedding celebration with their nearest and dearest. So I think that it is a matter of not if it comes back, but when it comes back. Long-term, the industry is probably going to come out stronger and more creative.
We think there will be a boom in not just Friday and Sunday weddings, which were already becoming a thing, but definitely more weddings throughout the week and in the winter. We're also anticipating a rise in engagements this summer. Usually the proposal season comes out of the holidays and goes into much of the spring. Some people have held tight—they had plans to do it a different way or weren't able to go and get the ring because of social distancing, so we're also predicting proposals in much more grand gestures and locations.
At the end of the day, budgets and all that aside, why do people get married? Why do people have a wedding to celebrate? I think COVID has really shined a light on that to me. Love is not canceled, and people want to celebrate and experience that joy with each other and their closest friends and family.
I-Hsien Sherwood
I-Hsien Sherwood is the associate creativity editor at Ad Age.
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For the first time in a programmatic campaign, an Immersive and fully Interactive Video Full Screen format was utilized in Greece, to maximize engagement and Ad Recall.
This multi layered campaign which is going to run for the whole Q4 has already exceeded its reach, viewability and audience engagement KPIs.
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Modem, we don't need no stinkin' modem!!
OMG These flowers are gorgeous, of course I couldn't find any but the mini daisies are sweet for her room.
We checked out this childrens store and they had the cutest tummy time mat *I really want to go back and buy it!!* So since I had such delectable strawberries, I decided what a perfect time to pick up my baking supplies so I can *attempt* to bake a strawberry pie. Although I needed to get online to find a receipe.
We were going to get this metal pie dish but I thought the stoneware was wider and the pie crust I bought suggested a glass pie dish *they didn't have any* so I went with the stoneware and I got some cookie mix and which cholocate chips. Lately I've noticed Target's inventory has been a bit sparse. I have been changing Targets just to see if other ones have more merchandise and so far Alhambra, Pasadena, Eagle Rock *my home store*, Culver City *where we were in the above photos* have been disappointing. The Target in Apple Valley *where my Mommy lives* is awesome. They must have fewer shoppers because that's more of a Walmart *ew* town.
I still need a rolling pin and I really want the cupcake apron from Anthropologie but I won't have time to pick that up until next week. I found this receipe for Strawberry Icebox pie on Goddess Martha's site and tomorrow I think I'll give it a shot.
After Target we went to Bed, Bath & Beyond *Antz sister's job* to check out this patio set but sadly they were completely sold out of all patio furniture. Our last bet is to go to the BB&B in Arcadia on Thursday. We have been viligilant about watering the grass and the flowers since our S'mores party is this Friday. So far I have 5 confirmed couples so we need seating for 12!!


Twitter's Moments feature is great for adorable animal pictures.
Just some of the delights that await you in Twitter's Moments section.
Twitter can be an unwelcoming place; the constant stream can prove unmanageable to those coming in from the outside. In theory, at least, Twitter's new Moments feature exists to help quell that chaos. In practice, of course, Moments is most awesome as a venue for pictures of people's pets.
As Will Oremus and Lily Hay Newman explained earlier this month, Moments seeks to help users make sense of the rush of information that confronts them in their feeds. Because tweets appear in linear sequence—and because they can accumulate quickly when a story is developing—it can be difficult to contextualize any given missive once events are underway. Moments aspires to provide a meaningful foundation on which to build, cataloging the tweets that started it all, or at least those that explain how things started.
That's the goal anyway. Just days after the feature launched, Jordan Weissmann complained that the blue notification dot advertising new content almost never goes away.* Like a trick birthday candle, it keeps flickering back on every time you think you've blown it out. But given how eager it is to present its offerings, Moments doesn't have a lot to show: As I write this, it's featuring a handful of tweets about Hillary Clinton's 68th birthday, a few more on the identification of processed meats as carcinogens, and Getty Images' sports pictures of the week. By the time the Moments team gets to truly breaking news, however, it doesn't always feel like it's really breaking any more.
But that doesn't mean Moments is useless—far from it. Consider today's slide show, "Pets ready for Halloween," a charming series of delightfully undignified dogs and cats in costume. There's Luna, done up as a spooooooooky spider, and there's Tita, who's clearly all abuzz at the chance to present her bee costume. (In some cases Halloween seems to have gotten mixed up with game day: A few of the pups are done up in football colors.) Not all of these cats and dogs look happy with their garb, but the aggregate effect can only be one of joy.
Twitter's Moments is still new, but if its first weeks are any indication, it's better at some things than others. As a news source, it's been a bit of a bust thus far. As a vehicle for cute animal content, on the other hand, its future may well be bright. It's easy to imagine that it'll be a good font of the disposable and dumb in general, a place to catch Twitter itself at its most charmingly eccentric.
There's probably a lesson here: So long as curatorial services like Moments rely on human intervention, they're unlikely to unseat established newsgathering operations. Twitter's great because it lets you dive into events as they're unfolding. Piecing them together after the fact isn't about life in the moment; that's just journalism as usual. Enough with the immediate, then! Bring on the adorable animals. They're always relevant.
*Correction, Oct. 26, 2015: This post originally misspelled Jordan Weissmann's last name.


Congressional authorization of Federal funds for CHIP expired on September 30, 2017. Nine million children depend on this program. States are now operating CHIP on carryover and redistribution payments from prior years.
On November 1, 2017, the White House released a report drafted by the President's Commission on Combatting Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis. The report offers 56 recommendations for action by Congress, federal agencies, state governments, health care provider organizations, and health care payers.
On October 25, 2017, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report on the Bipartisan Health Care Stabilization Act of 2017, which is now under consideration within the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.


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Brothers start candle business to earn money for toys, now they give $500 a month to the homeless
It's Majic: This baby was born on 7-Eleven Day at 7:11 pm, weighing 7 pounds and 11 ounces
Paralyzed Groom Who Miraculously Walked Down Aisle At His Wedding Has Adopted 5 Girls With His Wife
A 96-year-old WWII veteran visited a Chick-fil-A and got a flat tire, so the manager rushed out to fix it
A deputy pulled over a car for speeding and ended up saving the life of a baby who wasn't breathing
Teen with autism starts T-shirt business to promote kindness while also learning job skills for the future
Miranda Lambert donates $150K to animal shelters so they waive adoption fees and find fur-ever homes faster
Single Dad Who Grew Up in Foster Care Adopts Three Boys: "I'm the Father I Wish I Had Growing Up"
Compassionate 12-year-old boy started a meal program that now feeds 25 families in his community
Holland has covered hundreds of bus stops with plants to welcome honey bees and promote clean air
8th grader starts project to eliminate $18,000 of lunch debt in his school district
8th grader starts movement to eliminate $18,000 of lunch debt for his school district
It's often said that 'kids say the darnedest things'. But in this case, it's more of a doing the darnedest thing…and a pretty incredible one at that
A 14-year-old in the 8th grade, has pledged to eliminate the sizable lunch debt for a district of 129 schools in Texas.
Ben Hofer, an eighth-grade student at St. Andrews Episcopal School, recently raised $8,000 for a project he's dubbed, "LunchCounts!" He plans on putting the money towards nearly $18,000 of school lunch debt in the Austin Independent School District (Austin ISD).
"I was never expecting to raise this much money, really honestly," Ben told "Good Morning America" of his crowdfunding success. "It's pretty crazy but the more the better, I guess, because it's more kids we could pay off."
Ben kicked off his initiative on GoFundMe on April 21 as part of a semester-long school project in which students dig into a community issue.
Ben took an interest in school lunch debt and so-called "lunch shaming" happening in some schools across the country. Lunch shaming includes serving cold food if a child's lunch account has not been paid in full, or denying lunch to the child altogether. Ben said Austin ISD does not engage in lunch shaming, but the debt is a burden none the less.
"[Ben said] to me, 'you know they were throwing food out in front of a kid if they cant afford it?'" his mom, Kelly Walton, told "GMA." "He did interviews then with cafeteria budget workers and [learned] every kid gets a lunch, but they rack up debt."
"Their parents simply cannot pay it sometimes," she added. "I think it's good for him to realize that not everyone has [what he has]."
In 2016, Pennsylvania cafeteria worker Stacy Koltiska made headlines when she quit her job at an elementary school after she said was required to take a hot lunch away from a student who had fallen behind on payments.
One year prior, Dalene Bowden, an Idaho cafeteria worker, said she was fired for giving a free meal to a hungry student who was unable to pay for it.
Austin ISD said it will never deny kids of a full lunch.
"No child goes hungry and all students are offered the same foods," said Anneliese Tanner, executive director of Austin ISD Food Services and Warehouse Operations. "We aren't just focused on every student getting a meal, but it being the best quality meal."
Tanner told "GMA" that 57 percent of the students in the district receive free meals as part of the national school lunch program — but not all students qualify if their family's income does not meet the requirements for free and reduced price meals.
"The cost of living in Austin is high so these families are struggling to make ends meet," Tanner added. "This is why its important we provide a free meal to our students every day."
When he first launched "LunchCounts!" Ben's original goal was to raise $3,200 to pay off the lunch debts at three school — Blazier Elementary School, Paredes Middle School and Akins High School, since their campuses had the highest balances in the district.
But in a matter of days, his GoFundMe page exceeded the initial goal. Ben has now raised nearly half of the district's overall lunch debt.
"I think Ben is an amazing leader and is so compassionate," Tanner said. "Especially at his age, to recognize that there are students his age and younger who are struggling with food insecurities and facing hunger. He's taking steps to try and do something about it — how admirable."
Next week, Ben will present his project at school. He hopes to continue paying off the lunch debt every year.
"If we could get to the whole debt, that'd be really cool. I don't think we'll get there by the end of the school year, but you never know," Ben said.
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Q: Explain the below Array Of consecutive Number I have the below example which prints a 2 dimensional array of consecutive numbers.
My Question is how should i determine the number that is multiplied by i
in the below example ( Which is 3 in this case) in order to print an array of consecutive numbers.
It always seems to be i * [length of the second dimension of the array] + j.
If more explanation is needed please tell me
    public class test
{

    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        populate();
        Console.ReadKey();
    }

    public static void populate()
    {
        int[,] matrix = new int[4, 3];

        for (int i = 0; i < matrix.GetLength(0); i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < matrix.GetLength(1); j++)
            {
                matrix[i, j] = i * 3 + j;
            }
        }

        for (int i = 0; i < matrix.GetLength(0); i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < matrix.GetLength(1); j++)
            {
                System.Console.WriteLine(matrix[i, j]);
            }
        }
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}

A: So, presumably the idea is to end up with:
        | 0   1   2  <-- j
        ------------
      0 | 0,  1,  2
i ->  1 | 3,  4,  5
      2 | 6,  7,  8
      3 | 9, 10, 11

So this is simple math. Your columns are j and your rows are i. j is going to run 0,1,2. So in your first row (where i == 0) you need:
0 * 3 + 0 = 0,  0 * 3 + 1 = 1,  0 * 3 + 2 = 2

Now for your next row (i==1), you need to start at 3 and then add j to it. So you get:
1 * 3 + 0 = 3,  1 * 3 + 1 = 4,  1 * 3 + 2 = 5

For the third row (i==2) you are going to need to start at 6 which is simply the row ordinal (2) times the width of each row (3), so you get:
2 * 3 + 0 = 6,  2 * 3 + 1 = 7,  2 * 3 + 2 = 8

Now if your table was wider, and you needed, for example:
0,  1,  2,  3
4,  5,  6,  7
...

I hope it's pretty obvious now that your formula would need to be:
i * 4 + j

So, yes, the number you are multiplying by is the width of each row. And that will be the same as the length of your second array dimension. So you could make your formula be:
i * matrix.GetLength(1) * j


So it looks like Google+ is finally going the way of the dodo. As a general service it's been on life support almost since its inception. It never built the user base that would a company like Google would require in order to continue maintaining it, but where it did succeed was with the gaming community. The communities, circles and collections allowed for a level of granularity that was ideal for sharing advice, thoughts and work in progress.
While I was never a heavy poster to G+ I use it frequently as a reader. There are multiple communities I follow, such as those for The Sprawl and Cortex Prime that have been invaluable. What will happen to them now is unknown. Discord, while popular, just doesn't suit slower, in depth discussion and Facebook is just… Facebook.
I'm also whodo on the Zombie Orpheus Entertainment / Dead Gentlemen discord – discord.gg/fhPckP7 and can mostly be found in the Demon Hunters sub-channel.
For my second release I took inspiration from the episode Happy Anniversary, which follows the Brotherhood's first succubi agent dealing with the dual pressures of outliving mortal companions and dealing with the prejudices that come with being a demon amongst the hunters.
That adventure starter is Lockdown, which is now available for download from drivethruRPG. A Brotherhood output has gone quiet, the last message cut off midstream – Lockdown protocols enacted, self-destruct systems armed.


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German attacker took hostages before being shot, no one else hurt – police
German special police leave their cars after a masked man with a gun and ammunition belt opened fire in a cinema complex in the small western town of Viernheim, near Frankfurt, Germany, June 23, 2016. © Rhein-Neckar-Fernsehen © Reuters
An armed man was killed by police after taking hostages inside a cinema complex in Viernheim, western Germany, local officials confirmed, adding that no one was hurt in the incident. Previous reports said the man had fired a gun, injuring up to 50 people.
The interior minister of the German state of Hesse, Peter Beuth, confirmed that the man was shot and killed after police stormed the complex.
The man reportedly entered the Kinopolis cinema wearing a mask and a cartridge belt around his shoulder.
READ MORE: Suicide belt, grenade found near German cinema complex attacker - Bild
Beuth said the man was armed with a rifle.
"The police had an emergency call at 2:45pm (12:45 GMT). The caller said there was a masked man...armed with a long gun. It is unclear whether it was a real gun," Beuth told the Hesse parliament.
"The caller heard four shots and said that the masked man appeared a little mentally unstable. Police special forces were called."
Police arrived at the scene shortly after the initial reports, including a number of officers from the SEC special task force. The area was cordoned off by authorities.
Initial reports stated that the man had fired shots at people inside the building, and that between 20 and 50 people had been injured.
The man then reportedly barricaded himself inside the premises.
However, Focus later reported that the man was armed with a blank weapon, and that people were only hurt by tear gas.
Police confirmed to Germany's N-TV channel that the man appeared to have no terror background. Beuth referred to the man as a "disturbed individual."
Dr. Paul Lashmar from Sussex University told RT that the whole incident in Viernheim looks "random."
It's now important to figure out if the perpetrator's actions were a manifestation of mental illness or a terrorist attack, he said.
The rapid reaction of the German security force indicates that country is prepared for dealing with such attacks, Lashmar stressed.
"Germany has been on alert for years. The whole of Central Europe is on high alert, watching for this kind of things – very hard to deal with when they pop up. This isn't a major city… so that fact that the police managed to get armed people there fairly quickly must be a bit of a tribute to them," he explained.


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Wool traps the air between its fibres and this ensures excellent isolation against both heat loss or heat gain: Stays warm in the cold and keeps cool in the heat.
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When a natural wool fibre is disposed of it takes only a few years to decompose. Most synthetics, on the other hand, are extremely slow to degrade.
There are a number of aspects of the physical and chemical structure of Merino that make it naturally more resistant to odours than other textiles, especially synthetics.
Studies have shown that bacteria are more attracted to the smooth, positively charged surface of a synthetic fibre than the scaly surface of a Merino fibre which carries no charge.
New improved design for 2018 with better soles, hand stitching and durable materials means you can take your Carbons anywhere with you.
We use real sheeps wool in our boots. Wool traps the air between its fibres and this ensures you stay warm in the cold and cool in the heat.


U.S. relations with many countries are governed by a number of treaties, both multilateral and bilateral. The functions of U.S. consular officers to protect U.S. citizens abroad are listed in a multilateral treaty called the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations of 1963 which defines the framework for consular relations between countries. The U.S. also has bilateral treaties with a number of countries concerning consular matters. You can read about these here: Bilateral Consular Conventions.


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Watch Bill O'Reilly Fail A Basic Statistics Class Whilst Discussing Weed
Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:46 AM
The Dutch have lower levels of access to, and use of, cannabis among teens compared to Americans — and it's not because they're winning some insane War on Mind Alteration. It's because Bill O'Reilly doesn't live there and bum everyone out.
Below, O'Reilly dismisses the Dutch's lower cannabis use rates by acting like he doesn't understand how statistics work, then passing that idiocy onto his lovely viewers.
From Sociological Images via Boing Boing:
"Gretchen Carlson mentions that 40 percent of Americans in the U.S. report having ingested marijuana, compared to 22 percent of the Dutch. O'Reilly responds with shocking statistical illiteracy (or a willingness to assume the illiteracy of his viewers). Confusing percentages with whole numbers, he says: "The way they do the statistics in the Netherlands is different, plus its a much smaller country, it's a much smaller base to do the stats on.""
And that's how you keep the Drug War going, y'all.
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Get The * Veg Lebanese Mezze Platter* On Your Plate @ Crackpot Cafe, EoK ASAP!
Tucked away in East of Kailash, this particular spot is much loved and famous for its delicious and lip smacking dishes besides its quirky and super funky interiors! It certainly won't crack under any pressure any time soon *wink wink*.
We absolutely swear by their tasty and scrumptious Platter and here's what you can expect from it!
What's On The Plate | The mezze platter will catch your attention much before it'll arrive at your table. Its aroma is uplifting and again, the presentation is a delight to look at. The final look of their dishes can easily give cooking show displays a run-for-their-money!


Play at one of the best golf courses in Europe, the PGA Sultan and The Pasha course located just at the door of our unique and sophisticated Seljuk architecture of Kempinski Hotel The Dome.
Package rate is applicable for max. 2 adults and valid for min. 7 nights and max. 14 nights stay. The package is valid for the stays till 30.06.19. Prior reservation is required and the offer is subject to availability at the time of reservation. The agent will contact you to reserve your tee times.


With an annual production of 3.2 million metric tons, Canada is the fourth-largest producer of primary aluminium in the world. Even more impressive, nearly 90% of Canadian aluminium is produced in Québec.
Aluminium is the second largest sector in Québec after aerospace. With an export value of $6.5 billion, this sector represents 10% of the province's export market and 5% of all manufacturing shipments. Without a doubt, aluminium is a major industry in Québec.
Aluminium produced in Québec is the greenest in the world as more than 97% of all the energy produced in Québec is renewable and almost entirely hydroelectric. In fact, primary aluminium produced in Québec generates 67% and 76% less greenhouse gas than primary aluminium produced in the Middle East or China, respectively.
These two major economic powers are the two largest producers of primary aluminium in the world and mainly use coal energy to produce it. For example, in China, 90% of the electricity used in primary aluminium production comes from coal.
Thanks to its vast hydroelectric resources, Québec has ready access to renewable energy that has very limited environmental and climatic impacts compared to other traditional sources of electricity production. Also, given that several steps in the aluminium processing chain are taken into account when it comes to fighting climate change, many importers consider Québec a producer of choice. Additionally, importers are increasingly required to meet strict sustainable development standards.
With strong demand from growing industrial sectors such as transport equipment, construction and infrastructure, the future looks promising for aluminium producers and processors.
Since it is so light and durable, automakers are very attracted to aluminium as they are always looking for ways to make their vehicles lighter to meet new average fuel consumption standards.
Some processing methods are much in demand in North America, including large diameter extrusion (greater than 18 inches) which may reach 100 million pounds (45,000 metric tons) by 2027.
Strong demand from growing industrial sectors : Road infrastructure (bridges), semi-trailers and shipbuilding.
An unmet need in the value chain: Currently, no company in Canada has an extrusion capacity greater than 14 inches (35.5 cm).
Proximity to market : Potential customers are mainly concentrated in northeastern North America, making Québec an ideal location for this project.
A profitable and viable project for Québec : Premiums remain very favourable for large diameter products in North America. Moreover, a 20% capture of this new market may be possible according to the study's forecasts.


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This Nonprofit Is Using Gunshot-Detection Tech to Fight Illegal Deforestation
Sidney Fussell
Filed to:save the rainforest
Screenshot: Google
A San Francisco nonprofit is using a fascinating mix of machine learning and solar panel technology to help the fight against deforestation in Brazil. Rainforest Connection, led by founder and CEO Topher White, creates devices called Guardians that listen to the rainforest and send real-time alerts to combat illegal logging.
White's startup places sensors high in the canopy of the Amazon Rainforest in Pará, northern Brazil. The devices are powered by solar panels and built using modified cellphones. The "Guardian" sensors record the forest itself and the sounds of deforestation—such as gunshots, fires, and chainsaws. Using machine learning and "bio-acoustic monitoring," White analyzes the noises recorded by the sensors, singles out these sounds, and pinpoints the location sent by the Guardian device.
Google uploaded a video of White using the devices alongside the Tembé, Pará's indigenous people who are fighting to regain their land from loggers chopping down trees, burning fields, and hunting.
The Tembé have about 30 trained rangers to patrol the forests and defend against loggers. Of course, the Amazon rainforest is already incredibly dense and difficult to navigate, let alone coordinate a united response to loggers, who themselves may be armed.
This is where Google comes in.
White analyzes the acoustic data coming in from the Guardian devices with help from TensorFlow, Google's open-source machine learning framework. As you might expect, rainforests are extremely noisy. The Guardian devices run 24/7, so to distinguish the sounds of logging from everything else, White uses machine learning to analyze the data for the specific audio patterns that indicate a chainsaw or gunfire. With the sound isolated, and the location data the sensors provide, it's much easier for the patrols to respond.
"The people on the ground, they're the solution," White says in the video. "They're the ones who can fight off deforestation. But technology can play a really big part in helping them do it more safely and more effectively."
Acoustic detection technology is already common in the US. Police departments in places like Chicago and Baltimore use it to detect gunshots. In areas with high gun violence, many shootings go unreported. Shotspotter, as the tech is called, alerts police to the sound of gunfire and its location.
Rainbow Connection's site says it's completed pilots in parts of Africa and, in addition to fighting animal poaching and deforestation, it wants to create an "Audio Ark" of endangered species across the planet.
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Home Page ContentPress Releases Subex announces FY19 Q1 Results with Revenue of INR 7,591 lacs and EBIDTA of INR 448 lacs
Subex announces FY19 Q1 Results with Revenue of INR 7,591 lacs and EBIDTA of INR 448 lacs
by Anthony Weaver August 3, 2018
BENGALURU, INDIA – Subex Ltd, a leading telecom analytics solution provider, today announced its financial results for the year ended June 30, 2018.
Performance Highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2018:
Revenue for the quarter at Rs.7,591 lacs
Down by 0.3% YoY from Rs. 7,618 lacs in FY18 Q1
License & Implementation at 26%, Managed Services at 40% & Support at 34% of the total revenues
Profit after Tax (PAT) for the quarter at Rs. 395 lacs up from loss of Rs. 101 lacs in FY18 Q1
EBIDTA ex forex for the quarter at Rs. 448 lacs down from Rs. 954 lacs in FY18 Q1
Highlights of the Quarter
Won multi-million-dollar contract from Optus to deploy its ROC Network Asset Management solution
Announced the collaboration with a large automobile Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) to provide cutting-edge security solution to secure Connected Car Domains
India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) has affirmed Subex Limited's Long-Term Issuer Rating at 'IND A-/Stable'
Recognised by Pipeline Publishing for innovation in three categories: Big Data & Analytics, Managed Services and Security & Assurance
Vinod Kumar, Managing Director & CEO, Subex Limited said, "The results for the first quarter of FY19 are in line with our expectations. Historically Q1 revenues have been lower than average quarterly revenues, and we expect the revenues to grow in the coming quarters.
From a new business acquisition perspective, we witnessed a strong quarter and secured several long-term Managed Services contracts. Our IoT Security offering continues to see positive traction, with us acquiring more partnerships in the domain."
About Subex
Subex is a leading telecom analytics solutions provider, enabling a digital future for global telcos.
Founded in 1992, Subex has spent over 25 years in enabling 3/4th of the largest 50 CSPs globally achieve competitive advantage. By leveraging data which is gathered across networks, customers, and systems coupled with its domain knowledge and the capabilities of its core solutions, Subex helps CSPs to drive new business models, enhance customer experience and optimise enterprises.
Subex leverages its award-winning product portfolio in areas such as Revenue Assurance, Fraud Management, Asset Assurance and Partner Management, and complements them through its digital solutions such as IoT Security and Insights. Subex also offers scalable Managed Services and Business Consulting services.
Subex has more than 300 installations across 90+ countries.
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What are some songs for/about guys in love with a woman committed to someone else?
"Everything You Want" by Vertical Horizon. The guy is clearly wrong for her, but she can't break free.
"Everything You Want" is actually about drugs. Matt Scannell told me that his girlfriend was more in love with drugs than with him. But, in a classic case of making the song universal, voila!


I know I am not alone on this, but when you hear a song or even just a beat that catches your ear it sticks with you. You find yourself humming it what ever you are doing. Example: "Rah, rah-ah-ah-ahc Roma, roma-maa Gaga, ooh-la-la Want your bad romance"
What I sing to this tune is "rah, rah,ah,ah,ah Gaga ooh la-la cant believe I have not washed pants....in this long". I added my own line to the end of that. Clearly. I read an article about how music and your mind, body, and soul all work together. Jason Silva is the one who talked about how important that we can hear music in our hearts because it keeps us happy. Agreed is the only word I can think of the describe that statement. I am not going to say I didn't believe it when I read because it seemed so OMG lets make you cry post, but I believed it when I felt it. Music heals. Music is a heartbeat in your ears. You can close your eyes and get lost in the words. To me that is powerful. Meaningful. Wonderful. Every beat of a song makes you feel, and that is so special. There are a few songs that really hit my heart hard in both positive ways and negative ways. I know I am not alone on that. So my question is.... what song brings happiness to your heart?