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var LighthouseJson = require('./shared_json_code.js');

function GetTaskingfromBeacon(Id, host, callback) {
  console.log("GetTaskingfromBeacon called with:" + Id+", "+host);

  console.log("telling the keep alive system we are still active")
  chrome.runtime.sendMessage({activity: true}, function(response) {console.log(response)});

  var xhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  xhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
    if (xhttp.readyState == 4 && xhttp.status == 200) {
      results = JSON.parse(xhttp.responseText);
      if (typeof callback === "function") {
        console.log("GetTaskingfromBeacon call back");
        callback(results);
      }
    }
  }

  xhttp.open("GET", "https://"+host+"/Api/v1/Tasking/Search?TeamIds=" + Id, true);
  xhttp.send();
}

//make the call to beacon
function GetJSONTeamsfromBeacon(unit, host, StartDate, EndDate, callback) {
  console.log("GetJSONTeamsfromBeacon called with:" + unit + "," + host+", "+StartDate + "," + EndDate);
  var url = "";

  if (unit !== null || typeof unit == undefined) {
    if (Array.isArray(unit) == false) {
      url = "https://"+host+"/Api/v1/Teams/Search?StatusStartDate=" + StartDate.toISOString() + "&StatusEndDate=" + EndDate.toISOString() + "&AssignedToId=" + unit.Id + "&CreatedAtId=" + unit.Id + "&SortField=CreatedOn&SortOrder=desc";
    } else {
      var hqString = "";
      unit.forEach(function(d){
        hqString=hqString+"&AssignedToId="+d.Id+"&CreatedAtId="+d.Id
      });
      console.log(hqString)
      url =  "https://"+host+"/Api/v1/Teams/Search?StatusStartDate=" + StartDate.toISOString() + "&StatusEndDate=" + EndDate.toISOString() + hqString + "&SortField=CreatedOn&SortOrder=desc";
    }
  } else {
    url = "https://"+host+"/Api/v1/Teams/Search?StatusStartDate=" + StartDate.toISOString() + "&StatusEndDate=" + EndDate.toISOString() + "&SortField=CreatedOn&SortOrder=desc";
  }

  LighthouseJson.get_json(
    url,
    function(res){
      console.log("Progress CB");
    },
    function(results) { //call for the JSON, rebuild the array and return it when done.
      console.log("GetJSONfromBeacon call back with: ");
      var obj = {
        "Results": results
      }
      console.log(obj)
      callback(obj);
    }
  );

}

module.exports = {
  get_tasking: GetTaskingfromBeacon,
  get_teams: GetJSONTeamsfromBeacon
}


Clinical Practice activities within ESPE are guided by the Clinical Practice Committee (CPC). ESPE clinical practice activities support the work of paediatric endocrinologists by providing high quality evidence in an easily accessible format for ESPE members worldwide.
With the development of guidelines and consensus statements on the management of paediatric endocrine disorders we are able to provide best practice guidelines for clinicians and provide the best possible care to patients. To apply for ESPE involvement in guideline development or Consensus Meeting please apply through the process outlined in the ESPE SOP for Funding Consensus Meetings and Guideline Development.
The "Meet The Expert" sessions at our annual meeting enable open discussion and sharing of the latest knowledge, and patient information leaflets for common paediatric endocrine disorders in English, Italian, French, Spanish and Turkish allow us to support patients and clinicians across the world.
The Yearbook, summarises and comments on the major advances in paediatric endocrinology during the previous year.


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Lauryn Hill Cancels Baltimore Concert, Atlanta Fans Get Refunds
By Dominique Zonyee May 11, 2016 5:11 PM | The Boombox
Lauryn Hill has fans pissed off from Atlanta to Baltimore. The Grammy Award-winning songstress recently showed up three hours late to her Atlanta show and after issuing a statement about her tardiness, Hill has canceled yet another show.
The "Zion" singer was slated to hit the stage at Baltimore's Rams Head Live on Thursday (May 12), but according to the venue website, the show "has been canceled due to unforeseeable circumstances."
This news is the most recent in a string of late, cancelled or poorly reviewed shows. The 40-year-old artist was just put on blast on May 6 when she showed up a few hours late to her Atlanta gig at Chastain Park Amphitheatre.
Even Questlove thought L-Boogie's actions were disrespectful. "[Artists] HAVE to think like a businessman in order to please the fan," he wrote in a since deleted Facebook post. "Every aspect from walk in music to the pacing of the show has to be combed over. 4 hours on their feet is inconsiderate and uncalled for."
The ordeal led the superstar to pen an open letter on Facebook, in which she reminded fans that she does care. In efforts to smooth things over and show respect for fans, Live Nation is issuing refunds for Atlanta ticket holders.
Live Nation's Director of Marketing Holly Clausen told WSBTV they never had the issue where an artist showed up two-hours late to a scheduled performance.
There's no word if Baltimore fans will be as fortunate.
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Nike CTR360 Maestri III ACC Fresh Mint/Black-Neo Lime - Read all about it here
It has already hit the social networks and the rumours predicted a near release. The rumours were true and we can now officially present the new Nike CTR360 Maestri III ACC Fresh Mint/Black-Neo Lime, which already has been shown off by some professionals around the world. We take a closer look at the green control boot right here.
Nike's CTR360-collection is the youngest in the Americans' assortment, but despite its young age, it has enjoyed a meteoric rise. Jack Wilshere, Tom Cleverly and Andrés Iniesta are among the collections front figures and the list of stars who prefer the Nike CTR360 Maestri III is long and lucrative. You can see the review of the boot just above.
You can already now pre-order the Nike CTR360 Maestri III ACC Fresh Mint/Black-Neo Lime with an expected delivery in the beginning of April – just €163.
Nike CTR360 Maestri III was originally announced as the ultimate control boot for the central midfielder, but in time it has shown, that it is one of the markets most versatile football boots. It is however not just the wide variety of players who use the boot, who prove the versatility. The extensive pallet of colourway's equally bears witness.
Modern football is played at a gruelling tempo, which demands more and more from the players, both in terms of ability and fitness. Decisions need to be made instinctively, and it's all about having the necessary control to execute the desired moves with precision. Nike CTR360 Maestri III is designed with technologies that help you control the ball quickly and then shift it on to a team mate.
On the outside of the boots nose you can see a special texture in the upper and they adequately take over for the Dampening Pods, which used to give that dampening effect on the ball. This is not something the indentations do, they instead create increased friction between the ball and boot, which makes for much improved control on the ball when receiving it and dribbling with the lateral side of the boot.
On the medial side of the boot Nike have innovated the old Pass Pads, which were placed on the predecessor. Now it is the 3D Control Zone that follow the foots curvature to a much greater degree. This means, no matter how your foot is placed, the zone will remain effective. The panels on the 3D Control Zone give you a constant plane surface, which will stabilise your passes and control play, so you quickly and precisely can distribute the ball to your team mates.
The new Kanga-lite 2.0-upper has been made lighter, softer and even more flexible than the predecessor. It is very good at emulating the proficiencies of leather in the way that it wraps itself around your foot, but it does this without taking in water and stretching so it looses its shape. The upper has also been treated with Nike's ACC-technology, which ensures the same grip on the ball in the wet, as you would have in dry conditions.
The mintgreen boot is fitted on a TPU outsole, which is strengthened and enforced by two torsionbars underneath the midfoot. The stud-configuration is completely new with the revolutionising studs, which are rounded on the outside to give better rotation and bladed studs on the inside to give you optimised grip in the pitch.
Oxlade-Chamberlain, Iniesta, Ganso and Andreas Weimann are all ready to début the boot soon, when they, in the next weeks time, will be playing international fixtures. What do you think about the mintgreen Nike CTR360 Maestri III? Do you love it as much as us? Share your comment in the box down below.


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Two years ago, our small company was contacted by a NASA contractor to supply our product to equip the International Space Station microscope. Now they are getting ready to ship our technology to space in the upcoming SpaceX Spx CRS 11 – Falcon 9 launch. A great achievement for a then 4 people, now 8 people French company. Here is the story of how it came to happen.
Argolight is a small French company, founded in 2012 by Dr. Arnaud Royon and I, just after I finished my Ph.D. We are based in Pessac, in the south west of France, it is a small city where landscape is the result of historic vineyards and the urban sprawl of the nearby Bordeaux.
We are a spin-off the Bordeaux University: we turned a technology issued from research into a viable product. Like most cutting-edge technology, ours is the result of the cumulative efforts of several research teams over dozen of years (from Bordeaux University and the CNRS, the French National Center for Scientific Research). We have been the final link in the chain that transferred the knowledge into a product.
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Can you help us improve the accuracy of the microscope on the ISS?
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In the spring of 2014, we were contacted by Christian, with a email summing up to "Can you help us improve the accuracy of the microscope on the ISS ?". Christian is the lead optical engineer for an historic NASA contractor based out of Cleveland, Ohio, in the NASA's Glenn Research Center (GRC) . The ISS is equipped with several microscopes for different applications. Most of them study the growth of organisms in low gravity.
The microscope Christian was talking about is the NASA LMM (Light Microscopy Module, here on the left). It's a heavily customized system based on a LEICA RXA microscope. The system comes in a huge rackable box with exposed wiring, brass and metal parts. It currently features high-resolution black and white microscopy, bright field, epifluorescence (EPI) and fluorescent techniques. Christian contacted us about those fluorescence features.
Fluorescence microscopes have been a standard tool in biology and cell imaging for more than fifty years. In a fluorescence microscope, we inject fluorescent dyes to the sample. Those dyes are designed to attach to specific parts of the specimen (cell membrane, core, DNA segment, etc…): Using fluorescent dyes of different colors for different parts of the specimen results in an image mapping the morphology of the studied specimen.
The issue is that those dyes are degraded by the light shined on it, resulting in an effect called "fluorescence photobleaching". That's why it's not a simple task to control the quality of imaging of a system. One cannot obtain stable samples to compare between systems nor compare a single system at different time. It means data from different systems cannot be treated as one coherent database preventing innovative approaches such as "big-data" exploration. This difficulty strongly impacts the "omics" sciences (genomics, proteomics or metabolomics..) that rely on large set of data. In the case of the ISS, an additional constraint is the reduction of gravity that makes moveable parts such as translation stages more prone to shift.
At Argolight, we provide stable tools for the quality control of fluorescence-based systems (such as microscopes, slide scanners, etc.) in life sciences. We perfectioned a process that allows us to induce 2D and 3D stable fluorescent patterns in a glassy material. The precision of the patterning enables to check all spatial aspects of a system, including depth as we provide 3D patterns.
Our patterns exhibit rechargeable fluorescence but no photobleaching. It means that you may decrease the intensity of the pattern when imaging it, but as soon as you switch off the illumination, the fluorescence starts to "recharge", eventually coming back to its original intensity. This unique behavior allows us to offer a tool to compare, monitor and diagnose over several years the imaging quality of fluorescence based systems.
When we received the email from Christian, our company was 18-month-old, with only four people working in a small room at the University of Bordeaux. We already had some success selling our product to big pharma companies such as Sanofi or Roche, but we were still rapid iterating our product. Our strategy at the time was to produce very small batches of products, no more than 10 at once, try to sell them, get the most feedback as possible from the user and modify the product accordingly. This would led us to produce 6 generations of product in less than 24 months.
"We took the opportunity and crossed our fingers"
This type of iterative development is not rare in the software industry. But for an industrial start-up as Argolight it is much rarer, as it bears consequences in term of equipment, production processes, lead time and therefore, accessible sales results. Rapid iteration has the advantage of reducing the time between investment and sales (the dreaded "Death Valley") but the resulting earnings are limited due to the short amount of goods to sell. We had the chance to clarify this aspect to our investors early on, something that I would strongly advise to any CEO. So when the Nasa contractor contacted us, we were clearly not manufacturing products to Space standards, but this strategy choice, in a strike of luck, has made us very flexible and able to adapt quickly our process. We took the opportunity and crossed our fingers.
I will not describe the process and back-and-forth between us and our client, but to give an idea to any newcomer to this field, I will only say that we finally delivered the product in 2016, for a flight scheduled in May 2017…2 years after the initial contact. This time has allowed us to design a high-quality product that we are confident and proud to send to Space.
In the meantime, Argolight has grown from 4 people to 8, we've moved out of the small crowded room at the University to an actual building with our name on the office door. Today, we slowed the iteration process as we reached product maturity. Four years of listening to our clients made us understand that quality control is as much a technology issue as it is a process issue. This prompted us to develop our own software to help and streamline the client experience. Quality control is not rocket science anymore.
We are aware that Space microscopy is not a growing market and that this product may be the only one to be used in low gravity. But as a team of mostly reformed science geeks, the day of the launch, you can be sure that we will be watching it live, telling ourselves "Can you believe it, there is something of us in Space".
NASA LMM : https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/541.html
Wikipedia CRS 11 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceX_CRS-11
Vimeo Video : https://vimeo.com/argolight/shiptospace
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Apple vs Samsung, Until When "crusade"?
California - A year Samsung and Apple over a patent war that extended quite a lot of countries. Permasalahkan patents they have enough to make the judges of the court may feel irritated.
Yes, Judge Lucy Koh at the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California asked both companies to reduce the amount of the disputed patents. Because, too many patents are covered, about 16, a jury trial rather difficult.
"I think it is cruel and unusual for the jury. If you want to forward to the trial court in July, this is unacceptable," the judge said Lucy on both sides.
Case between Samsung and Apple planned to be examined U.S. court in July. However, Lucy assess if there are too many patents are filed, the examination can be delayed until next year.
Quoted from Cnet, Thursday (05/03/2012), Koh was asked Apple and Samsung sit together to discuss the possibility of whether there is a lawsuit can be settled amicably out of court.
Legal battle between Samsung and Apple have lasted about a year. Starting from the initial lawsuit Apple on Samsung in April 2011, the current escalation of the fight they had reached in 10 countries.
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In Italy, a one-step PCR method based on the amplification of 16S rRNA of apple proliferation phytoplasm (EPPO A2 quarantine pest) has been developed. With this rapid method, it is possible to detect the pathogen in plant tissue (in as little as 0.3 g of diseased tissue). This method appears to be specific of a group of related 'decline phytoplasms', such as: apple proliferation, pear decline and plum leptonecrosis phytoplasm. Other phytoplasms were not detected (Western X disease, grapevine yellows, peach rosette). The authors felt that this method could be useful for indexing plant material.
Firrao, G.; Gobbi, E.; Locci, R. (1994) Rapid diagnosis of apple proliferation mycoplasma-like organism using a polymerase chain reaction procedure.
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REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON DRAFT OF MAJOR SYSTEM ACQUISITIONS CIRCULAR
Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006 IN VIA DD/A 75-4204 5 September 1975 NOTE FOR: Director of Logistics SUBJECT : Request for Comments on Draft of Major System Acquisitions Circular 1. In view of the fact that the attached docu- ment from 0MB relates to government procurement, would you please review. Comments should be prepared for Mr. Blake's signature. 2. ice ihiew of the 31 October 1975 deadline, I would think a response should be up here for signature by 17 October. Executive Officer, DVA Attachment Ltr to Heads of Exec Depts and Establishments fr H. E. Witt, dtd 28 Aug 75, subject as above (DD/A 75-4156) Distribution: Ori - Adse w/att 1 >- DDA Subject w/att 1 - DDA Chrono w/o att 1 - RFZ Chrono w/o att (5 Sept 75) Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 He Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON. D.C. 20503 August 28, 1975 DD/A Tom- - '~/~ G TO THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND ESTABLISHMENTS Subject: Request for Comments on Draft of Major System Acquisitions Circular Attached is?a copy of a draft circular on major system acquisitions for your review and comments. This is the result of informal comments on the previous drafts, th.e recent hearings of Senator Chiles' Subcommittee on F-ederal Spending Practices, Efficiency and Open Govern- ment, and deliberations within the office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). The circular is based on findings and conclusions growing out of executive branch consideration of the recommendations of the Commission on Government Procurement. We would appreciate a response prior to close of business, Friday, October 31, 1975, so that we may incorporate appropriate revisions. Hugh E. Witt Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy Attachment Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET WASHINGTON. D.C. 20503 SUBJECT: Major System Acquisitions 1. Purpose. This Circular establishes policy , to be followed in the acquisition of major systems from federally appropriated funds. 2. Authority. The."Office of Federal Procurement Policy Adt,' Public Law 93-400, 41 U.S.C. 401 et sect', the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, the Budget and Accounting Procedures Act of 1950, Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970, and Executive Order 11541, July 1, 1970. 3. Background. The acquisition of major systems by the Federal Government constitutes one of the most important, vital, and expensive activities performed in the Nation. Its impact on the accomplishment of Government agency missions in such areas as defense, space, energy, and transportation, and on technology and the Nation's economy is critical. For a number of years, concern has been expressed by private citizens, Members of Congress, and representatives of industry regarding the effectiveness of the management of major system acquisitions. The report of the Commission on Government Procurement recommended fundamental changes in the process of acquiring major systems. This Circular is based on findings and conclusions growing out of executive branch consideration of the Commission's recommendations. 4. Responsibility. Each agency head shall insure that the policy provisions of this Circular are followed. 5. Application. This Circular applies to the management of the acquisition of major systems including: analysis of the agency mission, determination of mission needs and the setting of mission goals, system acquisition planning, programming, budgeting, funding, research, engineering, development, testing and evaluation, contracting, (No. A- Approved For Release 2006/041,17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-00780R006300150003-6 production, program control, and introduction of the system into use. The Circular is applicable to such acquisition programs even though some agencies may not have full responsibility for each of these functions. For instance, an agency may not procure systems for its own use but instead may create optional demonstration hardware for private sector choice, or may procure one-of-a-kind systems. Such variations do not justify the exclusion of programs from the management concepts of this Circular. 6. Definitions. As used in this Circular: a. "Agency head" means the head or deputy head of an executive agency. b. "Executive agency" means an executive department' or an independent estaent within the meaning of sections 101 and 104(1), respectively, of Title 5, United States Code. c. "Agency component" means a major organizational subdivision of an executive agency. For example, the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Defense Supply Agency are agency components of DOD; the Federal Aviation Administration, `Urban Mass Transportation'Administration, and the Federal Highway Administration are agency components of DOT. d. "Mission need" means within an agency's overall purpose a desired capability, including cost and schedule considerations, expressed in mission terms, not equipment terms. A mission need may be the result of an identified deficiency or the result of a technologically feasible opportunity. e. "Major system" means equipment, construction or other improvements of real property, and related programs involving the acquisition process which meet an agency mission need of sufficient importance to warrant, the allocation of large dollar resources or special management attention. Dollar thresholds and other criteria for the determination of agency programs to be considered major systems under the purview of this Circular shall be at the discretion of the agency head. f. "Acquisition process" means the sequence of activities starting with reconciliation of mission needs and goals with capabilities, priorities and resources, and (No. A-- Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-00780R006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 extending through the introduction of a system into operational use or the otherwise successful achievement of program objectives. 7. General op licy. The guidelines of this Circular are designed to work as an integrated whole toward the improvement of the effectiveness and efficiency of the major system acquisitions process. They are based on the general policy that Federal agencies when acquiring major systems shall: a. Establish needs and goals based on broad agency mission definition. b. Perform planning, programming, and budgeting built on analysis of needs, goals and missions which implies: better resource allocation resulting both from improved agency. articulation of missions and goals, and from improved communication with Congress in accord with the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, Public Law 93-344 (31 U.S.G. 1301). c. Create and explore alternative system solutions within the broad agency "mission" context -- with emphasis upon generating increased innovation, participation, and conceptual competition from industry as opposed to undue reliance upon agency internally developed concepts and/or preliminary designs. d. Increase levels of agency early R&D funding for exploration of alternatives as relatively inexpensive insurance against the possibility that a premature or preordained choice may later prove to be either a less effective or a more costly means of fulfilling a mission need. e. Focus competition more meaningfully, on alternative design concepts as opposed to confining competition to price or performance differentiation within a single design concept. f. Choose a final system from among alternative systems that are honed by a competitive development environment.' g. Manage systematically the entire requirements determination/development/production process. (No. A- Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 h. Provide appropriate managerial level for decision- making and an improved management hierarchy of authority, responsibility and accountability. i. Provide strong checks and balances for systems destined for production through a test and evaluation organization independent of developer and user. 8. Management objectives. a., A major system acquired by the Government must fulfill a mission need, be affordable, operate effectively in its intended environment, and demonstrate a performance level and reliability that justify the allocation of resources tp its acquisition, ownership, and support. Efforts shah. be made to minimize life cycle costs by including. the appropriate use of .technology, means to promote competition, and incentives to achieve reliability of the system in its operating environment. b. An "acquisition strategy'" must be tailored for each individual system program as soon as a determination is made to solicit design concepts which could lead to the acquisition of a new major system. Such strategy should include test and evaluation criteria and business_ management considera~ions'such'as; the timing of essential elements of the acquisition process, the content of proposal solicitations, 'whom to solicit, methods for obtaining and sustaining competition, data rights, use of warranties, need for developing contractor incentives, and selection of contract types. The contracting process should be recognized as an important tool in system acquisitions. 9. Management structure.. a. Each agency that acquires major systems, or is responsible for the activities leading to the acquisition of major systems, shall have an acquisition executive, designated by the head of the agency, who shall be- responsible for the agency's integrated acquisition management process and for monitoring policy implementation' and practice under this Circular. There shall be clear channels of delegation of responsibility and authority within the agency's acquisition management process. Technical and program decisions normally should be made at the operating activity or component level with clear channels of accountability within the agency. However, the (No. A- . ) Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 following key approval decisions should be retained by the agency head: (1) Mission need and the goals that an acquisition program is to achieve. (2) Selection of competitive candidate systems for demonstration, or noncompetitive (single concept) system development. (3) Full-scale system development and limited production. (4) Full production release. b. Major system acquisition programs shall be managed a. program manager, who should be designated when a decision is made to fulfill a mission objective by pursuing design concept alternatives and who, with satisfactory performance, should be retained for a sufficient period to provide reasonable continuity and personal accountability. Program managers should have an understanding of user needs and constraints, familiarity with development principles, and program management skills and experience in the following functional areas where applicable: research and development, operations, engineering, construction, testing, contracting, prototyping and fabrication of complex systems, production, finance, and business. A program manager shall have a written charter which provides authority to accomplish recognized program objectives. c. Each agency shall rely, to the greatest extent possible, on competitively derived concepts and designs, and shall insure that management layering, staff reviews, reporting procedures and paperwork requirements placed on program managers and contractors are minimized. d. Each. agency shall develop the capability to-predict, review and control costs for system development, engineering, design, test, production, and operation and support (i.e., life cycle costs). Costs, schedules and performance shall be tracked against predictions and examined by the agency head at key decision points, and new cost/schedule/benefit analyses shall be performed where significant cost, schedule or performance variances occur. Life cycle cost techniques shall be employed during concept evaluation and selection, full-scale development, facility (No. A- ) Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 conversion, and production, to insure identification and achievement of the lowest lifetime costs in consonance with the capability being acquired. e. Joint interagency working groups should be established where appropriate as a means to advance technology and reduce system costs, promote standardization and enhance the development of a competitive acquisition environment. 10. Mission needs and goals. a. Initiation of all major system acquisition programs should be based on an analysis of an agency's mission and a determination of needs and goals reconciled with overall capabilities, priorities and resources. If analysis of an agency's mission shows that a need for a major system exists, such a need should be defined in terms of the mission objective, agency components involved, capability, schedule and cost goals, and operating constraints. Benefits to be derived should be optimized by competitive exploration of alternatives and trade-offs of capability goals, time, and cost. Care should be exercised during the initial steps of the acquisition process not to distort needs and goals by forcing their conformance to any known or offered systems or . products that might foreclose consideration of alternative design concepts or alternative approaches under a single design concept. b. Agencies having more than one component may compete the concepts and developments traditionally assigned to each in order to consider innovative approaches and select the most technically suitable and most cost effective approach to fulfilling a mission deficiency. c. Each agency shall maintain a strong technology base by conducting, supporting, or sponsoring basic research, applied research, system concept studies, proof of concept work, exploratory subsystem development, and tests and evaluations in both the private sector and Government in- house technical centers relevant to the agency's assigned- responsibilities. 11. Alternative systems. a. System concept design alteri:a.tives shall be solicited from all competent qualified sources in order to (No. A- Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 achieve. the optimum system through encouraging innovation and competition. Conceptual designs are to be primarily solicited from private industry, including smaller businesses. Federal laboratories, federally funded research and development centers, educational institutions, and other not-for-profit organizations may also be considered as sources for conceptual system designs. b. Ideas, concepts, or technology, developed by Government laboratories or at Government expense for which Government rights have been established, may be made available to private industry through the procurement process. Industry proposals to the agency may be made on the basis of these ideas, concepts, or technology or on the basis of alternatives which industry considers superior. Requests for system concept design proposals shall contain explanations of the mission need, time, cost, and capability goals, and operating constraints. Each offerer shall be free to propose his own technical approach, main design features, subsystems, and alternatives to time, cost, and capability goals. In the conceptual and less than full- scale development stages, the contractors should not be restricted by a wide spectrum of detailed Government specifications and standards. Selections from competing proposals shall be based on a review by a team of experts from inside and outside the agency component development organization. Such a review shall consider proposed system functional and performance capabilities to meet mission needs, resources required, and benefits to be derived by trade-offs of technical performance, acquisition costs, ownership costs, time to develop and procure and the accomplishment record of competitors. c. During the uncertain period of identifying and exploring alternative system concepts, contracts covering relatively short time periods at planned dollar levels shall be used. A timely technical review of alternative concepts will be made to effect the orderly elimination of-those least attractive. d. Programs shall be structured and resources allocated to insure demonstration and evaluation of competing alternative concepts to mission accomplishments wherever economically feasible, including competition between similar or differing concepts throughout the entire acquisition process. Contractors shall be provided with operational test conditions, mission performance criteria, and lifetime (No. A- ) Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 ownership cost factors that will be used by the agency in the evaluation and selection of the system(s) for full-scale development and production. e.. Appropriate interaction between agency representatives with relevant operational experience and participating contractors should be encouraged as necessary in developing performance and other requirements for each system alternative as tests and trade-offs'are made. f., Development of subsystems which are intended to be included 'in' a major system acquisition program shall be restricted'to less than fully designed' hardware (full-scale development)' until the subsystem is identified as a part of a system candidate for full-scale development. Exceptions may be authorized by the agency head if the subsystems are long?lead.time items fulfilling a recognized generic need or if Ley havea high 'potential for common use among several existing or future systems.' g. Approval for development of a noncompetitively selected major- system design concept should be-considered only if justified by' factors typified by either extreme urgency of need with only one viable approach, or physical and financial impracticality'of demonstrating alternatives. 12. Full-scale development and production. a. Full-scale development, including limited production,"shall not be'approved'until agency mission needs and goals are reaffirmed and competitive demonstration results prove "that the cho'sentechnical'approach is sound. b. Full production shall not be approved until agency mission 'needs and' `goals are` reaffirmed. In addition full production shall not be approved until system performance has been satisfactorily` tested independent of the agency development and user organizations,''and evaluated in .an environment that assures demonstration -in expected operational conditions. Exceptions to the independent testing.. portions of this policy may be authorized by-the-_ agency head if a cost benefit analysis shows that release of a system to production is'clearly'justified c. Selection of a system and system contractors for full-scale development and production should be made on the basis of: (1) system.performance measured against current (No. A- Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 Approved For Release 2006/04/17: CIA-RDP84-0078OR006300150003-6 mission needs; (2) an evaluation of estimated costs of system development, production, operation, and support; (3) program schedule; and (4) the contractor's proven management, financial, and technical capabilities as related to the requirements of the contract. d. System tests and contractor performance relative to meeting system performance, cost, and schedule commitments shall be monitored by the program manager. Significant actual or forecast variances shall be brought to the attention of the appropriate management authority for corrective action. The acquisition executive shall be informed of such variances and corrective actions. 13. Budgeting and financing. The agency's research and development budget should reflect an appropriate balance between the general technology base in support of the agency's overall mission and the technology in support of thpecific mission areas. Agencies shall insure that the research and development budget is developed and allocated in consonance with mission area needs and goals. Each agency should insure that research and development is not undesirably duplicated across its mission areas. 14. Information to Congress. a. Agencies shall develop procedures, in conjunction with the Office of Management and Budget and the various committees of Congress having oversight responsibility for agency functional responsibilities, to inform Congress in the normal budget process about agency missions, capabilities, deficiencies and needs and goals related to new acquisition programs in consonance with Section 601(i) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, Public Law No. 93-344. b. Disclosure of the basis for noncompetitive and undemonstrated system concept selections shall also be.made to the appropriate congressional committees in the normal budget process. 15. Implementation. Agency guidelines or policy directives implementing this Circular shall be furnished the Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy (OMB) for review. 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The purpose of the Digital Learnng Network is to build your district's understanding of the WI Digital Learning Plan through regional collaboration and leadership. These meetings are for Educational Technology Leaders in a district and are designed to provide a forum for updates and discussion regarding the WI Digital Learning Plan and other relevant state and local information. These meetings will also serve as a Professional Learning Network for Technology Integration best practices with the focus being on creating deep, authentic, and relevant learning experiences for students through the use of various technologies. Please register for these sessions so that CESA is fully prepared for your participation.
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Sir Sidney Poitier dead at 94
By Bang Showbiz Jan 7, 2022
Sidney Poitier has died.
The 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner' actor - who was the first black winner of the Best Actor Oscar for his work on 'Lilies of the Field' - has passed away aged 94, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fred Mitchell, according to Eyewitness News Bahamas.
Fred said: "We've lost a great a Bahamian and I've lost a personal friend."
A cause of death has not yet been revealed.
Sidney grew up in the Bahamas but was granted US citizenship after being born unexpectedly in Miami while his parents were visiting the US. He relocated to America when he was 15, landing his first movie role in 1955's 'Blackboard Jungle'.
He was first nominated for an Oscar in 1958 for 'The Defiant Ones' and made history with his win six years later.
When Denzel Washington became the second Black actor to take the accolade in 2001 for 'Training Day', he paid tribute to Sidney.
He said: "I'll always be chasing you, Sidney. I'll always be following in your footsteps. There's nothing I would rather do, sir."
And earlier this week, Denzel expressed his sadness he had never made a movie with the 'To Sir, with Love' actor, who was retired.
He said: "God bless him – He's still here, but yeah, I missed that opportunity."
Sidney - who was married to Juanita Hardy from 1960 to 1965 and Joanna Shmkus from 1976 to his death - is survived by six children, eight grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Last month, it was announced he would be the subject of a new Broadway play.


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Behind The Scenes on Steep
GreatOutdoors.com has posted an interesting behind the scenes look at a new skiing movie entitled Steep. The film is produced by Sony Picture Classics, and focuses on big mountain skiing in North America, a relatively new sport that still finds many of it's pioneers alive and skiing.
The article is written by Andrew McLean, one of the skiers that we'll see prominently featured in the film and an active particpant in it's making. Andrew is able to offer us interesting insights into the making of the movie, including it's initial conception, inspirations for those involved, and some key moments during filming that really made the whole two year process an adventure.
Steep will go into limited release on December 21st, and will continue to play in theaters through March. You can find a list of locations and theaters at the end of the article. You'll also be able to catch a sneak peak at the film itself by checking out the trailer here.
Looks like a beautifully shot and fun movie, and it's coming to my area in February. Can't wait to check it out.
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One important point people need to understand is that Samhain is not closing yet. They are not bankrupt. They are doing all this in order to be able to keep paying royalties.
If you like or love buying books from Samhain please keep doing so, because they are still paying authors (at least I believe so I haven't talked to anyone who hasn't been paid.) They are still selling books.
They are NOT contracting new books or authors. They are not releasing the books of authors still under contract.
They ARE releasing the books of authors whose contracts are done, but they emphasized that one person is doing this by herself in the order they come in and she's been sent some very harsh emails.
They are still releasing new books that were already contracted and edited, but are returning the rights to books that were contracted but not edited before they decided to slowly wind down.
Basically if you enjoy the books keep buying them as you normally would, don't stop buying Samhainbooks because you think they are over and done with. They aren't yet. Its a slow process of winding down which means the authors still get paid by Samhain and can't get out of contracts that are still current. People who have had a book with Samhain for more than 7 years can get rights back. Those of us whose books are still under the 7 year contract can't. The books are still for sale at all previous locations and authors are being paid for sales.
Especially if you are a Samhain fan, check the site for the new books coming out because those poor authors shouldn't have their titles ignored because of this slow wind down.
Also they are going to do random deep discount sales on the Samhain website so you could pick up some amazing books really cheaply.
I mean I'm not staff I'm just repeating what has been sent in emails to me as an author, so if anything I've said isn't true in your opinion as another author who has issues with the company that I'm unaware of please don't get mad at me, I'm just repeating what I've been told, and what I currently believe to be true from my own personal experience.
My concern is that I've heard/read some people talking as if Samhain has already closed and as if there are/will be no more books for sale, and this is not true and could be damaging to authors whose books could be unnecessarily ignored.
Keep in mind that I, personally, don't know anything about the source of the comment above, and that there have been no recent internal or author loops emails put out there, so take this with as large a portion of salt as you need.
Again, personally, and unless and until I hear negative things from people I trust to know fact from fiction, I'll continue to think there's underlying goodwill, and honesty, in the behaviour of Samhain's principals.
Your mileage may very, of course.


Facebook has agreed to make significant changes to privacy protection for more than half-a-billion users.
The changes come in the wake of an investigation by the Irish Data Protection Commission, which found that Facebook's privacy policies were too complex and "lacked transparency." The social network's Ireland office is responsible for all accounts outside of the United States and Canada.
Non-U.S. users can expect to see better information about how Facebook and third-party apps make use of their personal information, the ability to delete certain details, and improved warnings that Facebook uses facial-recognition technology that may automatically tag them in photographs. The social giant will be subjected to another review in July.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has previously said the company had made a "bunch of mistakes" in how it handled personal privacy – but whether that means that the network will begin to implement some of these changes for U.S. accounts remains to be seen.


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Jets WR Jamison Crowder Prefers to Focus on His Unit Rather Than Himself
Veteran Wideout Eager to See 'How Much Better We Can Get' with Preseason Opener at Giants Just Days Away
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Interesting that the next phase of Jamison Crowder's career comes two years on the NFL calendar after he first entered Jets fans' collective consciousness.
Aug. 8, 2019, Jets at Giants, MetLife Stadium. Crowder, signed as an unrestricted free agent from Washington five months earlier, is a key factor in the game-opening drive of this preseason-opening game. He had a 28-yard catch-and-run from Sam Darnold to the Giants 11, then a short toss that he took at the 1 and spun inside the right pylon for the first score of the night.
But as momentarily exciting as that Jets debut might have been, Crowder was already a seasoned pro. And two years later, he's not as worried about Saturday night's 2021 preseason debut at the Giants as he is with the Jets' wideout group, vastly reworked from that 2019 unveiling.
"We've been doing really well. Some days better than others, but overall it's been good," Crowder said after one of this week's hot training camp practices. "I think the challenge is detailing it up, just being in on the details — route depths, landmarks. I think that's the challenge for all of the guys. Also in the run game, make sure we're fitting up on our blocking assignments, be it safeties or corners. We'll get better at it as we keep going."
Crowder also has upbeat words for his new quarterback, rookie Zach Wilson — "He's very talented. I think he'll be fine" — and second-year WR Denzel Mims, who started this offseason slow but has been picking up speed in practice this week — "That's what it'll take, him making plays and getting his confidence up and he'll be fine."
If it sounds like everything's fine with Crowder, why not? He's now entering his seventh NFL season, with 84 games, 47 starts, 540 targets and 358 receptions for 4,160 yards. His 13 touchdowns responsible for the past two Jets seasons (12 catches plus his TD pass to Braxton Berrios vs. Cleveland last year) don't sound like a lot, but they compute to 16.5 offensive opportunities (targets + rushes + passes) per TD, No. 10 among the 30 wideouts with at least 200 such opportunities.
With his production and leadership, Crowder was unlikely to be departing these new-look Jets even with the additions of No. 1 WR candidate Corey Davis and potentially electric rookie Elijah Moore. Head coach Robert Saleh gave an idea why Crowder wasn't going anywhere when asked about the Davis package.
"And you can put Jamison in that mix," Saleh said. "Having that veteran presence who understands coverage, route-running, how to attack leverage, how to create separation. Then on top of it, to be able to speak through experience and talk to the other receivers and bring them along — they're priceless, especially when they're as talented as those two are."
Crowder, as usual, doesn't talk about his own game unless he's asked. Otherwise, he'd much prefer to woof about the improved "kennel" at his position as the season beckons.
"We have some dogs in the room this year, for sure," he said. "Guys can make plays at any time. I'm excited to see everybody get better, see everybody jell. And see what happens in the first preseason game and as we get closer to the regular season, how much better we can get."


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India, like no other country, has a tremendous number of languages that are spoken in its territory. India's latest census registered more than 1600 languages, with 15 added to special appendixes of its constitution. Gujarati is included in the list of 23 official Indian languages.
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language that is spread mostly throughout the Indian state of Gujarat. There are about 45 million people who speak Gujarati. Scanty minorities that are also able to understand Gujarati can be found in Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Fiji, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, the Great Britain, USA and some others.
Grammatically Gujarati resembles Hindi and Punjabi. Gujarati's standard order of words within a sentence is Subject – Object – Verb. Expressions and sentences in Gujarati are built with the help of suffixes.
Gujarati, as many of the other languages of Northern and Central India, originates in Sanskrit. Structurally Gujarati falls between Hindi and Marathi. Most of Gujarati's vocabulary is based on Sanskrit. However, due to the prolonged presence of Muslims in the West India, a lot of Arabic and Persian words appear in Gujarati. With the lapse of time, most borrowed vocabulary has been adjusted to Gujarati and changed not only grammatically but also phonetically. Recent vocabulary borrowed from English has not faced a lot of grammar modifications, taking into account its quite young age. Gujarati also contains some Portuguese vocabulary.
The Gujarati writing system is graphically based and is closely connected with the peculiarities of the Devanagari language. The most prominent distinguisher between Gujarati and Devanagari is the lack of a horizontal top hyphen.
Gujarati has numerous dialects, including social ones. The most significant of them are the dialects of Muslims, Hindu and Parsi. Dialects of Muslims and Parsi contain a lot of Persian and Arabic words.
There are three historic forms of Gujarati. The first one is Ancient Gujarati (about 1100 – 1500), which is considered to be an ancestor of the modern Gujarati and Raja languages. The second form is Middle Gujarati (about 1500 – 1800), which separated from Raja modifying phonetics and grammar. The last form is Modern Gujarati (from 1800 up until now), which is characterized by slight grammatical changes.
Since the second part of 19th century, Gujarati was a literary language. The foundation of modern literary Gujarati started in the middle of 19th century. The beginning of ancient literary tradition of Gujarati took place in the 15th century under the influence of the religious poetry of Narsinh Mehta.


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lordaerith and I went over to omnia_mutantur's place last night to have dinner with her and her Light. She made really yummy vegetarian lasagna. It was soooo good. I must get the recipe from her sometime. We brought over homemade butterscotch brownies...well, blondies really...well, no, they are a light brown. Anyway, dinner went really well and I think that we all had fun. Got to meet their cats. Squeaker is too cute. She just runs around full of crazy kitten energy. Also, we got to show them the hidden "Jayne sings The Hero of Canton on the last Firefly DVD. We definitely need to hang out with them more often.
Today I'm at work all day b/c I have training in the afternoon. Right...off to find something to do for the 15min until lunch.


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What extracurricular activities have you been involved with during high school? Cross country, track and field, hockey, National Honor Society, student senate, Student Leaders, and Badger Girls State.
What is one academic accomplishment about which you feel particularly good? I am proud of being able to balance doing well in school while taking many challenging classes and being involved in sports and other extracurricular activities.
Which class or extracurricular activity influenced your decision regarding the career you plan to pursue? My interest in the different chemistry classes I have taken has influenced me to possibly pursue a career in pharmacy.
What advice do you have for those just starting their high school career? Get involved and expose yourself to as many different things as you can. Every experience, good or bad, will open your eyes and allow you to learn more about yourself and help you figure out what you do or don't like.
What are your plans after high school? I plan on attending either UW-Madison or UW-La Crosse. In college, I would like to study pharmacy.
What would you like to be doing 10 years from now? I would like to be working at a meaningful job that I enjoy.


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Zaytsevo () is a rural locality (a selo) in Pevomaysky Selsoviet, Yanaulsky District, Bashkortostan, Russia. The population was 315 as of 2010. There are 7 streets.

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Zaytsevo is located 20 km south of Yanaul (the district's administrative centre) by road. Cheraul is the nearest rural locality.

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Rural localities in Yanaulsky District


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Deepak Dhamala
Deepak Dhamala is the founder and managing director of World Alpine Treks. He started his career as a trekking guide in 2009. Later, with the motive of sketching people's travel dreams into reality, he came up with the concept of World Alpine Treks. He is a young, passionate and enthusiastic person who has successfully handled World Alpine Treks strategically. He is successfully coordinating with his team to bring output.
Dolma Sherpa
Dolma Sherpa is the executive director of World Alpine Treks. She is responsible for marketing, operational and public relational tasks. She has been working effectively for the acceleration of the company at both customer and enterprise levels. She holds a master's degree and has a leading personality. She is able to manage all the operational aspects of the company and lead the entire World Alpine Treks team effectively.
Yangji Sherpa
Yangji Sherpa is responsible for customer service and related responsibilities for World Alpine Treks. Yangji is a business graduate who has been working with World Alpine Treks since its establishment. Cheerful and polite in nature, she is a young lady focused on enabling a better customer experience. She handles all the customer queries and phone calls with a generous personality.
Bhagwan Kumal
Trekking Guide
Bhagwan Kumal is a well-experienced and energetic member of the World AlpineTreks. He has been working as a very professional guide. He has twenty years of experience in the field of trekking and traveling. He is an expert in the trekking route. He knows every situation that might accrue during the trek and he also has the ability to tackle any situation. He has been working as a trekking guide for a very long time so we can say that he is an expert in this field. He has been to Everest, Annapurna, Mustang, Langtang, and many other treks. He has very good knowledge about Nepali society located in various regions. He is the most humble, responsible, experienced, and talented guide that we have got. He has gotten lots of positive responses from his clients. His confident and responsible attitude brings new hope to the clients. Each year has a lot of experience with new clients makes him overwhelmed. He says that trekking is an adventure in itself, and it gives him a new vibe every time he treks in the arms of the Himalayas.
Rajan Khanal
One of the charming and friendly guides of World Alpine Trek Mr. Rajan Khanal. With a Decade of trekking experience in the arms of the Himalayas, he is a very responsible and well-knowledge guide. Because he is friendly to nature most of the clients used to comment that they had a great time with him during the trek. He makes the client comfortable and he used to do his best to provide the best service from his side. During the trek, he can provide the client many of knowledgeable information about the trekking route's weather, heritage, Himalayas,s and ethnic groups. He knows every detail about the diversified Nepali society and its culture. He also has very good knowledge about the trek route. Most of our client field safe and happy while they trek with Rajan Khanal.
Ramhari Dhamala
Ramhari Dhamala is a field member of World Alpine Treks. He is a licensed trekking guide with over a decade of experience in the field of travel and tourism. He was born in the beautiful village of Dhading and raised amidst the glories of Mother Nature. The hills, valleys, mountains, and rivers had always appealed to him. Following his lust for nature, he traveled to different places within Nepal and decided to work in the field of tourism. He went through intensive training as a trekking guide. Finally, he is here as a trekking guide in World Alpine Treks. He is friendly and cheerful in nature. Though young, he is responsible and well-experienced.
Rabin Dhamala
Rabin Dhamala is a licensed trekking guide working for World Alpine Treks since its establishment. He had flair for travel and nature from a young age. Following his passion for travel and tourism, he explored many places in Nepal and learned many aspects of the country. After obtaining his license as a trekking guide, he began escorting people to their travel destinations. With many years of experience, he is now one of the favorite guides amongst the crew. With his friendly and responsible nature, he has been able to win the heart of our many customers.
Budhi Prasad Khanal
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One of the enthusiastic members of the world Alpine Treks is Budhi Prasad Khanal. As Computer Accountant a, he has been working for seven years now. He is a very talented and well-knowledge Accountant in the field. Many of our previous clients are very satisfied with his work. He is very dedicated and responsible that helps clients to have the best moment during their trek. Because of his funny nature and his sense of humor clients used to find trek enjoyable and memorable. His personality is the key to his success.
Surya Kumal
As a travel and trekking guide, Surya Kumal has been working and giving his best for twelve years. He is one the strong and most reliable guides in our team of World Alpine Treks. During the twelve years of experience, he has learned so much that he says trekking and traveling is the most beautiful and meaningful thing that he has done in his life. He is a very well-spoken and talented guide. He has very good knowledge of every trekking route and can handle any kind of tough situation during the trek. He can provide good information to the clients, and most important thing is that he takes full responsibility for his clients. He used to treat the client with a very humble and positive attitude. He is one of the most wanted trekking guides in the trekking field. He has got many good responses from his previous clients.
Santosh Dhakal
Seven years, a long journey of trekking in every route of Nepali Himalaya made Santosh Dhakal one of the finest trekking guides of the World Alpine Treks. His curious, energetic and enthusiastic nature brought him to be a very reliable and strong trekking guide in this field. He has a very practical and goal-oriented nature, which helped him to be loved by many of our clients. Due to his responsible nature, every trek that he took part in went very well. He has got a very sharp mind that helped him to get out of any kind of unpredictable problems. Besides that, he is very outgoing and friendly in nature which is why he has got many friends along the way of the trekking route. For him, every trek is like going back to his own hometown. He always ensures to make clients feel very secure. He always says that clients are like a god to him and trekking is like finding himself within.
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Relics and Things like That
September 11, 2020 / Karl
Come along with me to Heaven for an imaginary visit: it is now the "year" 2050 and I have been here many "years," although we don't count "years" in heaven. However, I will use the term as a reference point for mere "earthlings."
I have been watching—whenever I am off-duty from polishing harps and repairing clanging cymbals—some of the churches down there in Waco. One is of particular interest: The DaySpring Church, near Lake Waco. Yes, the lake is still there, although difficult to make out clearly from Heaven because of dead fish, rotting boats and fishermen, and mountains of discarded HEB plastic bags.
About the "year" 2035, an unusual phenomenon occurred at DaySpring: a small cigar-shaped box was place in the narthex, just underneath a large painting of an oak tree. Inside the box was the right and left big toe knuckles of two former pastors, with their names engraved on the box and part of Romans 10:15 "How beautiful are the feet of those…." The names of the pastors are difficult to read but look like Saint Erickson and Saint Burlikson. However, it is not our heavenly intention to draw attention or lend homage to any person (or relic) down there.
Nevertheless, we must be truthful: upon entering the sanctuary, parishioners are allowed (some would say encouraged) to touch the box or bow slightly before it. It was not done by everyone—indeed, some people were inwardly exasperated that the box was in the narthex and not in the chapel, where other relics and trinkets were kept.
For in the chapel was one of St. Sid's shoes, the right one, which he always used to tap out his offertory pieces on the piano. Also, hanging on the wall was the wand that one of the music directors had used to direct the choir. It was made of ivory and is said to have been carved with great precision by the former owners of the "Silos." I should also mention the canes and walkers that had once been used by an ancient and well-respected members of the congregation. These hung on the wall of the chapel, where once a cross had been. Just why this was done is not clear, even to us in Heaven, but it seems that the cane represented Leviticus 27:32, where every tenth animal passed under the shepherd's rod and the walker symbolized the chariots that were submerged in the Red Sea.
To the right was a large glass enclosed diorama of various ancient, but sacred items: the ukulele once played by St Dale of Baroon, a hymn book opened to page 368 (or 563, the pages were faded and there were arguments about it every Sunday), a microphone, once spoken into by the head of the Baptist Convention, a King James Bible (autographed by President George Bush of Crawford, Texas), a pressed bluebonnet (planted by Lady Bird) and a piece of sod from the original parking lot.
The people still drank coffee, especially on Sunday mornings, and a large wooden carved coffee mug, gifted originally by a St. Harvison, who once held the record for the most cups (mugs) of coffee consumed during a Sunday sermon.
Near the children's Sunday school rooms—and there seemed to be dozens of them—was a collection of pencils that St. Joel had used in his sketches. Children were encouraged to draw with them and at least one such child had become a famous artist. However, the pencils were not magical, simply inspirational.
All the pieces in the chapel were well-preserved and taken to the baptismal pool once a year for a ceremonial cleansing—a simple yet sacred act.
Within the sanctuary the "Seven Stations of the Cross" had been replaced by "The Seven Seasons of Texas," with pictures of bluebonnets, football teams and pizza parlors.
I also noticed the "Bell Tower," a modest edifice that of course had a bell in it, but also had inscribed the names of all the parishioners who had died. There were so many names that it was now difficult to hear the bell ring. Some of the names were larger than others, but I was assured that it had nothing to do with the amount of their regular tithes or offerings.
Near the entrance to the Church on Renewal Road was a flashing neon sign that said, "No parking near the oak trees," "Go Bears," and "Please give way to the handicapped."
I was quite amazed at what I had seen and decided to question some of the former church members. I quickly found a wise person, a former Church Council member it turned out, and asked: Is DaySpring still a Baptist church? If so, why do they have relics and assorted religious stuff? Don't they know what the Bible says about idols?
The wise person—a venerated Texan—spoke slowly and with a decided drawl. "Way-all," he said, "We Babdists had some larnin' to do, so we invited some of those Katlicks for a meetin' or two. They showed us that it ain't rong to look at such things and remember such other things."
We don't argue in Heaven and we certainly don't discuss relics and things, (or one's logic) so I let it go at that. But I will be keeping my eye on that part of Waco in the future. Lots of things start out as simple stories and become part of major religious lore.
Even Baptists can leave the narrow Renewal Way.
Upon hearing a Bible study discussion about relics
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Virginia Key landmark Jimbo's closes for good – Key Biscayne – MiamiHerald.com
March 20, 2012 By rockkulture
By Chantale Glover
Jimbo's Place, a landmark Virginia Key fish shack and watering hole that had fallen on hard times in recent years, was closed Monday by the city of Miami.
The closing came at the request of Gail Araujo, representing the owner, James "Jimbo" Luznar, the city said.
Araujo, Luznar's daughter, asked the city to secure the site to keep the public out while the family removes mementos and belongings, the city said.
Jimbo's lured visitors with its shrimp and affordable ice-cold beers since the early 1950s. Over the years it has served as a backdrop for movies and television shows from Flipper in the 1960s to Dexter today.
But its power was cut off after a December 2009 electrical fire. Jimbo's remained open on generator power, and customers could still sit outside enjoying the shrimp, smoked fish and cheap beer that were the mainstays of Jimbo's menu.
Araujo made the final decision to close Jimbo's. She told The Miami Herald last week that stress related to the lack of improvements at the site had caused health issues for both her parents.
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I need to change someones nickname. And because you're such a H.R. apologist, I know I have to fill out some stupid form you have.
Reason: I've been working at [...BEEP...] for almost three months now and I believe that I have misnamed "EMO(hio)." Based upon new evidence yesterday, I believe that she is more of a fire starter than a death-seeking "Ohio-ian."
So, "EMO(hio)" came to me yesterday and said, "You reported a bunch of wrong numbers yesterday." I was confused and asked why. She then told me that a model that I ran miscalculated the payment change dates for a bunch of our Option ARM loans. The Board and Senior Management are very interested in these loans because they are concerned about delinquencies.
I told her to cool her jets and to look a little closer before we raise our "bad data flag." She went off did a bunch of research all day and came back and said, "Yep. We need to tell [our boss] that she has wrong numbers." She continued, "And if we don't tell her soon, she'll be mad if she's blind-sided later when you re-run the reports."
Okay, at this point I have had enough. Not only is she trying to start a fire and be the one that gets the glory of spotting it, but now she is trying to put some (if not all) the onus on me. Instantly, as she continues to speak her sentences, which I understood turned into "blah, blah, blah" because I was all done listening. I told her I would look at the model again and let her know if I get the same "bad data" results.
Remember my other post a while ago? She is cancer and I believe it.
What's even funnier to me is that this is her model we're talking about and she is the one that showed me how to run it for quarter-end. It reminds me of the saying, "If you point your finger at someone, remember there are 3 more pointing at you."


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A city carefully etched, a life closely drawn
Ratika Kapur's debut novel is enriched by intricate characterisation, poignant writing and a protagonist who renders a voice to the contemporary Indian woman, writes Deepanjana Pal
DEEPANJANA PAL 4th Mar 2012
Kapur's intimacy with Delhi lends a unique flavour to the work
o overwinter is to wait out the worst of winter. Generally, animals overwinter by either migrating or hibernating. In Ratika Kapur's debut novel, the protagonist Ketaki faces a winter of not just discontent but also tragedy and confusion. Ostensibly, Ketaki has a charmed existence. She's a graphic designer who studied in the right school, went to New York and then returned to India. Her work is impressive and there are clients looking forward to her designs. She has her own flat. She has a string of lovers at her beck and call. There seem to be no struggles and no reasons for angst. But this well-ordered life is like the thin film of ice that covers a lake in winter. One misstep, and it can crack and plunge you into the tangled, emotional mess that lies beneath.
Overwinter opens with Ketaki lying in the dark, on a bed next to a man. Her hand traces his body, from Adam's apple to his genitalia. The man is brain-dead and incapable of feeling or responding to her touch. He is also her uncle — her maasi's husband — and the man who raised her like a father. Ketaki's story, however, is not a standard story of abuse suffered silently within the confines of a family. Neither is it a Lolita-esque tale of how an older man lusted after a little girl. Overwinter unfurls elegantly, revealing unexpected details and twists that serve to both untangle and tighten the emotional knot that Ketaki carries around with her all the time. It impacts her every relationship, whether it is with her aunt, her biological father, her lovers or her dead mother. In terms of plot, events take place steadily: Ketaki's uncle suffers from a stroke, Ketaki finds herself in the middle of a modern arranged marriage setup, Ketaki's father tells her a family secret that has been the elephant in the room for decades, Ketaki's uncle dies, and so on. However, the story of Overwinter is one that is about the intangible feelings and abstract, emotional meanderings that rush like currents beneath the river of these plot points.
Overwinter is, in most parts, a finely-crafted novel and it's not surprising that Kapur was on the longlist for the Man Asian Literary Prize for this book
Somewhere near the middle, Ketaki wonders about herself while sitting with a group of friends, all of whom seem to be balanced and settled.
"She has been told she is a coward, and then she has been hailed fearless; she has been called a bitch, a baby, an angel; kind, too kind, some have said; aggressive, depressive, a basket case, said others. Now does that make her more fascinating...Or just out-and-out f**ked up?"
There are no simple answers in Overwinter, but the questions give both Ketaki and the reader a lot to think about. As the novel progresses, it becomes clear that while some people really are as balanced as they appear, few facades are uncomplicated. (Warning: those who don't like spoilers should skip to the next paragraph.) Ketaki learns from her father that her mother and uncle had a long-standing affair. As she remembers her own relationship with her uncle, she realises that he had been moulding her to become like her mother. He made her learn the same sport, he tried to encourage Ketaki to be an artist like her mother. Suddenly, Ketaki finds herself floundering. For years, her anchor has been the closeness she shared with her uncle. Now it seems that she was loved because he saw her as a clone of a dead woman.
verwinter is written entirely from Ketaki's perspective, thus earning the novel the tag of being 'woman-centric'. Fortunately, Kapur's men are as credible as her women and they're not the villains. There are no bad guys in Overwinter; only many confused ones. The character of Ketaki doesn't feel conventional or clichéd. Instead, she feels powerfully real. Through Ketaki, Kapur eloquently articulates the complexity of being a woman in contemporary India and walking the tightrope of social expectations. Neera, Ketaki's aunt, is another beautifully-etched character. Her silences and whimsical shifts in mood seem petulant at first and then, as the novel delves deeper into family history, they become poignant indicators of how terribly trapped Neera felt in her circumstances.
While there are sections that slacken the pace of the novel (particularly Ketaki's foray into arranged-marriage territory) and some of the conversations do feel forced, Overwinter is, in most parts, a finely-crafted novel and it's not surprising that Kapur was on the longlist for the Man Asian Literary Prize for this book. One of Kapur's strengths is her ability to describe her chosen setting, Delhi. From Sarus cranes in Okhla to Nizamuddin to Gurgaon, each area that Kapur has picked is perfect for the scenes that she locates in them. In her descriptions is the simple intimacy that comes from knowing a place well. Add to that well-observed characters, and you have a story that lingers with you.
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