On the 31st of March, a phone call, the kind you never want to get, roused me from the comfort of my Saturday-morning coffee in bed. Midnight was down in his paddock and couldn't get up.
The day before he had been prancing around like a youngster, and the evening before he had eaten his dinner with relish, as he always did. He had a great time enjoying one of the first spring-like days we'd had—sunny, warm, windy, cool.
As near as we can tell from the timing, that cold Saturday morning he had gone out to roll in the dirt like he always did before breakfast, but his body just wouldn't cooperate to get him back up. The staff found him when they went to feed him.
In part the problem was his elbow, the one that was broken several years ago. That leg never regained its full strength. But it wasn't just that. His swayback had been getting noticeably worse in the past year, and I think he just didn't have the muscle power there, either, to get himself up off the ground.
By the time I got the message (I'm not Midnight's actual owner) it had been about an hour since they found him and realized he was in trouble. By the time I got to the barn, they had been pushing him, pulling him, dragging him around, turning him over, and fighting to save him for nearly two.
Midders, though he had been working with the vet, barn staff, and his owners, was exhausted—it was clear from his eyes. He was glad to see me, and gently lipped the end of my scarf and sniffed my hand. He and I go way back, and I've nursed him through many an illness and injury. But this one felt different.
After a couple more tries, Midnight just quit. There was discussion of bringing in the local, wonderful large-animal rescue team, which has an a-frame and a winch; but in the end, the decision all of us came to was to let this old guy go with some dignity. I stayed with him to the end, hoping to offer some comfort. He passed so peacefully….
It's always such a terrible and awe-full decision to put an animal down. This one was no different. But to all of us, it felt right somehow.
Midnight had a warrior's spirit. We might have gotten him up on his feet that morning, and he could have overcome this incident. But then what? What would have happened the next cold morning when he tried to roll? And the next? Though no healthy animal ever dies willingly, I believe in my heart that this valiant fellow, like any warrior, would rather have gone out in battle, whole and fighting, than have crept off into death toothless and frail from some forgotten spot by the hearth….. This was the end he would have preferred.
He has visited me since his passing, and all I can feel from him is joy….
Bless you, Midders. You are sorely missed, but everyone who knew you is grateful for your presence in their life.


Today is the day Uber and Transport for London are in court, over that situation regarding the whole 'London ban' thing from last year. The hearings have now begun, and in a surprising turn of events the ride-hailing app has admitted TfL was right to strip it of its operating licence after all.
At the time of the ban Uber seemed outraged by the idea that anyone could claim it wasn't "fit and proper" to hold an operating licence as TfL did. It insisted the regulator was more interested in restricting consumer choice rather than supporting the drivers who make a living driving for the company. It then appealed the decision, so it could continue operations in the short term, and began doing all sorts of things to try and bring TfL back on team. Apologising, changing things, improving customer saferty, and so on. The kind of thing you wouldn't do if you really had done nothing wrong.
"I agree that Uber London Limited (ULL) and Uber generally was undergoing a period of significant change and, in light of what was available to TfL given the mistakes that ULL made, I absolutely accept that decision in September."
It's worth noting that Uber itself has undergone huge changes since then, following Dara Khosrowshahi replacing founder Travis Kalanick as CEO at the start of last September. While the change in leadership wasn't enough to stop TfL, it did symbolise a change in Uber's strategy. Kalanick's tenure as CEO was mostly about "whatever, we do whatever we like", while Khosrowshahi was more about fixing the problems caused by his predecessor.
"This was not good enough, it should've made multiple responses to further probing and further questioning to get to the ultimate response and that was wrong - that was inadequate."


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The Sack of Baghdad: "Like a Lobotomy"
by Mina Hamilton
I heard the news about Barbara M. on Friday. Brilliant and witty, Barbara was a college friend. A therapist, Barbara had a unique specialty. She worked with war trauma victims in Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Serbia. She also worked with poverty victims in Oakland, CA. Single moms, pressed down by life, barely breathing under the burdens of packs of children, absent or drug-addicted dads, and lousy or no jobs were all her ken.
The stranger on the phone told me. Barbara was dead. The cancer had spread to every bone and organ in her body. Last time we had exchanged e-mails she had spoken of being weak, but did not mention the cancer.
Barbara and I were the kind of friends who sometimes went years without talking, but understood each other perfectly. One question we often discussed was could we still tolerate living in the US? She was actively considering moving to Costa Rica or Belgrade.
In the months building up to the invasion of Iraq I kept thinking, I need to write or call Barbara. She'll know exactly how I 'm feeling. I didn't. Now she was gone.
These deaths - they leave a hole. Where there was a shared history and an intimate communication there's emptiness. Where there was a contact that enriched me and helped me to be more myself, there's nothing but memories.
We will all experience many such deaths during our lifetimes. Friends, close and not so close, as well as very dear family and lovers will leave us behind.
Then, there are our collective deaths. When something happens that rips at the fabric of our beings in a different way. When our collective consciousness takes a blow. A blow that hits us in the solar plexus, redefines our lives, and transforms meaning at the very core of our lives. We will never be the same afterwards. Something is gone that cannot be replaced, ever.
For many of us, particularly folks alive in 1963, the shooting of President Kennedy was one such event. We all remember exactly where we were when we heard the news. We remember how we felt; how a certain set of assumptions and a certain trust of the way things were and would be was torn asunder.
9/11 is another such event.
The sacking of Baghdad's cultural institutions is a third such event.
Two days after Barbara's death I heard about the sacking of the Museum of Antiquities from Amy Goodman. On "Democracy Now" she was interviewing an archeologist whose name I missed. He said this was "an incalculable loss." Something akin to the "burning of the library at Alexandria and the sack of Constantinople." Now I didn't know much about those events. But I knew they were BIG, BIG DEALS. DEFINING EVENTS IN WORLD HISTORY.
I also knew that when a meticulously accurate academic, who had probably spent much of his life in the hot desert, thirsty, dirty, carefully sifting through sand and stone, used the phrase "incalculable loss" something extremely important had happened.
I knew I had to write about this loss; it was my way to keep sane. Somehow spitting words onto the page helped. I felt particularly daunted by the task. Who was I to write about such a world-shattering event?
Google.com came to the rescue. I went on line and clicked on Iraq Antiquities. There popped up the story of John Russell, an archaeologist at the Massachusetts College of Art. A few days before the sacking he warned the world a disaster was in the making. .
I called long distance information for the College, got the number and dialed the phone. I hesitated. It felt a bit like calling a parent just after their son had died. Talk about blows! What would this loss mean to a man whose specialty was Mesopotamia, long known as the 'cradle of civilizations'?
When I reached John Russell. He was very friendly, but in a voice laden with emotion, said, "Do you mind? I can't talk about this anymore." He referred me to about seven other archaeologists. When you hear heartbreak in an academic's voice, you know something terrible has happened.
The next archaeologist gave me the scoop. So here I go, with apologies to my readers, trying to write about what is probably one of the most important events of the last five hundred years.
What has happened involves the cultural heritage of all humanity. As Dr. Paul Zimansky, Professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at Boston University says, "It's the loss of a whole body of knowledge of the world's earliest civilization." (1)
Another renowned archaeologist, Dr. McGuire Gibson, Professor of Mesopotamian Archaeology at the University of Chicago, commented: "The looting of this museum is catastrophic. It's a lot like a lobotomy. The deep memory of an entire culture, a culture that has continued for thousands of years, has been removed." (2)
It's hard for me, for us to understand. After all, really old for American history means 1492. Or it may mean 1776. Thousands and thousands of years of history just aren't in our lexicon.
Even so how would Americans react if the Library of Congress were trashed?
Would we appreciate it if Thomas Jefferson's handwritten draft of the Declaration of Independence went up in flames? Would we like it if the original 1833 Declaration of the Anti-Slavery Convention were trashed? How about burning the document that announced the First Women Rights Convention of 1848?
Many Americans would consider the loss of these and other historical documents a kick in the belly, a tragedy. Yet these archives go back only a couple of hundred years.
In fact, to compare the imagined loss of the Library of Congress to the actual loss in Iraq is ludicrous. In Baghdad it was the history of the Tigris and Euphrates Valleys pouf, lost to pillaging and mayhem.
Perhaps the best way to describe the loss is to quote from the American Schools of Oriental Research, a prestigious association of Near Eastern archaeologists and scholars in existence since 1900. On April 16th they released the following statement: "The looting of the Iraq Museum is the most severe single blow to cultural heritage in modern history, comparable to the sack of Constantinople, the burning of the library at Alexandria, the Vandal and Mogul invasions and the ravages of the conquistadors." (3)
The New York Times and other media have focused on the photogenic, the visually dramatic losses. Indeed, the losses were terrible as an estimated thousand looters sacked 28 galleries for two whole days!
There were intricately carved, eons-old artifacts from Sumeria, Akkadia, Assyria, Babylon and many other ancient civilizations. There were examples of the extraordinarily handsome, intricately painted Halaf pottery from 5000 BC. There were Sumerian statues inlaid with lapis lazuli that dated back to 2500 BC. There were gold bracelets adorned with semi precious stones from 800 BC. There was a solid gold harp. There were ivory figurines, steles, chairs, sculptures, pillars, textiles, parts of ancient buildings, tombs, helmets, and swords. "The whole range of human productive endeavor for 5000 years was there." (4)
Five thousand years! Not fifty years. Not five hundred years. Five thousands years of our, all of our, cultural heritage carted off. Some of it crashed down stairs, smashed. Other parts of the loot ferreted off to line the pockets of unscrupulous antiquities dealers.
Yet this devastating loss was not the worst.
As Professor Zimansky explained to me the cuneiform tablets were the real treasure. (Cuneiform refers to the wedge-shaped characters that were impressed into the clay.) These not-yet-studied tablets would have continuously produced knowledge as scholars continued their research through the centuries. There were thousands, tens of thousands, of these ancient clay tablets.
Drab and unexciting-looking (no photo ops here!), the tablets were the library of our earliest ancestors. Imagine that climatic moment when men and women who had long experimented with ways to communicate with each other, finally, with a few strokes leapt to the representation of thought. Imagine the time when humanity graduated from a crude drawing - a pictogram - of say a sheep to an abstract symbol, the written word, that signifies sheep. Archaeologists put this extraordinary achievement somewhere between 3500 to 3000 BC. (5)
The tablets in Baghdad were the earliest examples of this great human achievement. The achievement on which all other cultural, technological and scientific advances rest.
Here were tablets, cylinders and seals that documented the first everything. The first musical instruments, the first canals, the first architecture. There were accounts of early droughts and floods. There were descriptions of weaving and textiles. Texts showed the Mesopotamians' profound understanding of mathematics and astronomy. There were the predecessors to Hammurabi's code, the first legal code.
Another archaeologist, Dr. Elizabeth Stone of New York State University at Stony Brook, explained how these tablets contained "remarkably intimate details, like a letter from a boy to his parents complaining that they don't love him because they have not given him nice enough clothing." (6) This insight into ordinary life of 4000 years ago gone.
All pulverized, crushed, destroyed.
Imagine what was waiting to be discovered about these early civilizations, our forebears. Strict Iraqi laws required the keeping of all antiquities within Iraq's borders. Thus, the Museum was a unique repository. It contained the finds from every archaeological dig of the last eighty years.
Every pottery shard, every stele, every cuneiform tablet dug up since 1920 by Iraqi, American, French, German, Italian, and other archaeology expeditions was in the Museum awaiting further study.
There were new findings Dr. Zimansky told me about. For example, a library, known as the Sippar Library, dating from approximately 500 BC that scholars had just started to research. A whole ancient library now gone!
There were new pieces of the ancient Gilgamesh epic. Scholars intended to compare these fragments with earlier fragments regarding this powerful legend. This scholarship now dead-ended. (Dr. Zimansky explained that ever since the first Gulf War and the devastating 12 years of sanctions, archaeological work in Iraq had ground to a halt. There was no money.)
Add to these horrendous losses the obliteration of the National Archives. Letters, diaries, journals, books destroyed. The documents of the Ottoman Empire disappeared. The Royal and State archives ruined. Medieval poetry destroyed. Great reference works gutted: The Dawn, by the 14th century Egyptian scholar, al-Qalqashandi, which in 14 volumes described how each of the letters of Arabic script should be formed. A 10th century copy of the Arabian Nights annihilated. All in flames. Scattered to the winds.
Throw in the burning of the Koranic Library with its thousands, yes, thousands of ancient, sacred Korans, many of them illuminated and hand written. These are now nothing but bits of charred paper.
The loss of the Koranic Library has received very little attention in the Western press, but this, too, is utterly sickening. Mr. Abdel Karim Anwar Obeid of the Koranic Library said, "If you talk to any intellectual Muslims in the world, they are crying over this right now." He also pointed out, "When Baghdad fell to the Mongols in 1258, these books survived." (7) The Bush war machine outdid the Mongols!
How does one human being grasp the enormity of what's happened? The combination of these losses is almost unfathomable. It has the same quality as the extinction of not one, but many animal species. Gone. Dead end.
It's a giant deletion of the history book of cultures; a wealth of information regarding the evolution of civilization is erased, becomes a blank page.
It's the terrible desecration of the religious heritage of 1 billion Muslims. One-sixth of the world's population left bereft of a priceless heritage.
It's a dagger plunged right into the heart of Islam. And it's a dagger plunged deep into the soul of Western civilization.
My godchildren, my nieces and nephews, future children, future archaeologists, future scholars, future humanity all have been deprived of an extraordinary legacy. As Dr. Kimansky said, " A whole body of knowledge" snatched away.
Once we had a certain skyline in Manhattan and then a terrible event destroys that skyline, leaving us devastated and disoriented. In the case of Baghdad we had access to our past, access to the minds of this brilliant peoples who discovered writing. Now that skyline is gouged by a gaping hole; we'll never know more than we currently know about the Einsteins of Mesopotamia. We'll never know more about the thought processes of these brilliant synthesizers! We'll never get more information regarding how we got to be whom we are.
When I look this loss right in the eye, I feel tears building up behind my eyes. I also feel sick. The awareness of what we've done is like Barbara's cancer, it's in my bones, in my internal organs, in my heart.
Yes, we, my country, the country that I both love and hate are responsible. It was foreseen! There were warnings! Warning after warning! Before the war archaeologist after archaeologist, scholar after scholar had warned the US government that the sacking of the cultural institutions of Iraq was a severe threat.
Looting of museums had happened before. After Gulf War 1 looters sacked 9 of 13 museums in southern and northern Iraq. (8)
During the winter and spring of 2003 archaeologists and scholars had numerous meetings with the Pentagon and the State Department. In January 2003, there was a meeting with a Pentagon official who reports directly to Paul Wolfowitz. (9) February 2003: the Archaeological Institute of America added its voice to the rising concern. (10) March 2003: more scholars sent an urgent plea to President Bush, Kofi Anan and Tony Blair saying, please protect Iraq's extraordinary treasures.
The warnings went unheeded. And when the sacking started, the US troops stood by, watched - and did nothing. They did utterly nothing, zilch.
There's a sad and tawdry finale to this awful tale: There were also warnings regarding the oil fields. Bush, Cheney & Co knew the oil fields were torched in the first Gulf War. They knew it could happen again. Unlike the warnings regarding the Museums, these warnings were heeded.
In the case of oil, the US acted promptly and efficiently. Get those machine-gun-toting soldiers (2000 of them for the oilfields of Kirkuk alone) and tanks and barbed wire in place.
Protect something that belongs to Iraq, not the US, something that will run out in a few decades. Meanwhile, ignore that which is priceless and belongs to the world and can never, ever be replaced.
What would my friend, Barbara, who died of cancer, say?
Perhaps, she would suggest now is the time, move to Costa Rica or Canada or France or other countries currently on your escape list.
No, Barbara, I'm staying. I will raise my voice and scream bloody murder. I will do what I can in the way of healing - and restitution.
I suspect Barbara, a healer par excellence, would approve.
Mina Hamilton is a writer based in New York City. She can be reached at minaham@aol.com
(1) Hamilton phone interview with Dr. Paul Zimansky on April 17, 2003.
(2) McDougall, Dan, "US Shamed by Looting of Antiquities," The Scotsman, April 19, 2003 at www.thescotsman.co.uk
(3) American Scholars of Oriental Research statement of April 16, 2003 at www.asor.org/policy2.htm
(4) Foster, B.R., Foster, K.P. "Missing in Action," the New York Times, April 17, 2003, p. A25.
(5) Reade, Julian, Mesopotamia, British Museum Press, p. 27
(6) Goodheart, Adam, "Missing: A Vase, a Book, a Bird and 10,000 Years of History," New York Times, April 20, 2003, Week in Review, p. 10.
(7) Fisher, Ian, "Free to Protest, Iraqis Complain About the U.S.," New York Times, April 16, 2003, p. B6
(8) Onion, Amanda for ABC News, "Vulnerable Moment: Archaeologists Say Iraq's Treasures are Most Vulnerable Now," April 10, 2003 at www.ABCnews.go.com
(9) The Canadian Press, "Archaeologists Say Iraq Invasion Could Destroy Remains of Oldest Civilization," 2003 at www.cp.org
(10) National Public Radio, "Protecting Ancient History In Iraq," February 20, 2003 at www.npr.org

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Hālona Blowhole is a rock formation and a blowhole on the island of Oahu, Hawaii off of Hanauma Bay at Hālona Point overlooking the Pacific Ocean. In Hawaiian hālona means "lookout".

Description
On windy days when the tide is high, the ocean breeze sends the waves rolling on to the shore where the rock formation then shoots sea spray high into the air through the cave acting like a geyser. The blowhole is most active when the tide is high and the winds are strong, and it can shoot sea spray up to thirty feet high in the air.

Hālona Point is a tourist spot, with visitors coming for the scenery, the beach at the cove, and in the winter as a spot to go to see humpback whales (whose blowholes are not to be confused with this formation) or Honu turtles (Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles). The blowhole is perhaps the most popular rock formation of its kind found in Hawaii.

Formation
The Hālona Blowhole was formed thousands of years ago during the period of volcanic activity in Oahu, with Koko Crater's lava flowing into the ocean. The lava tubes extend into the ocean which are narrow at the top. There is also a narrow rift along the base of the cliff which was formed by a large section of rock that broke away from the land.

Hālona Cove

Hālona Cove, called "Cockroach Cove" by the local population, is the small pit of sand close to Hālona Blowhole, visited by tourists and locals for swimming when the surf is calm.

In a large wedged shape area next to the cove is a reef coated with Sinularia Leather Coral, with different species of fauna like echinoderms, slugs, corals, and eels.

In popular culture
This was the site of the sex scene between Deborah Kerr and Burt Lancaster in the 1953 film From Here to Eternity, and also between Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler in the movie 50 First Dates. In 2012, the beach was featured in the music video for Nicki Minaj's "Starships". The blowhole was the location for a scene in Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.

Dangers
Below Hālona is one of the most dangerous ocean currents in the world due to the Ka Iwi channel.

References

External links
 Secrets of Hawaii – Blowhole

Landforms of Oahu
Lava tubes
Blowholes
Tourist attractions in Honolulu County, Hawaii

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Children & Family Relationships Bill Published Today is a Major Step to Recognising Family Diversity and Change in Ireland
September 25, 2014 /in Press Releases /by Comms
One Family Welcomes Children & Family Relationships Bill as a Major Step to Recognising Family Diversity and Change in Ireland:
but to work it requires investment
(Dublin, Thursday 25 September 2014) One Family – Ireland's organisation for one-parent families and people sharing parenting – welcomes the publication of the Children & Family Relationships Bill 2014 by Minister Frances Fitzgerald today. As an organisation with 42 years of expertise in supporting diverse families in Ireland, One Family acknowledges that this Bill is groundbreaking in recognising the complexity of family arrangements that children live in today.
Karen Kiernan, One Family CEO explains: "We are pleased that the Bill will provide the ability for people who live with and care for children such as step-parents, grandparents and foster-parents to seek guardianship, as well as wider family members to seek contact time. It assists in the somewhat stressful process for some unmarried fathers in becoming guardians of their children as more will become automatic guardians. We welcome the fact that many of One Family's recommendations were listened to and that the important section on Making Parenting Orders Work has been expanded and clarified."
"The elucidation of the importance of the concept of the 'best interests of the child' and the impact of violence in a family is extremely welcome as is the ability of the Court to request reports and expert testimony on the welfare of any child. However the major problem in One Family's experience is that there is no court welfare system in Ireland and what exists currently is unregulated and expensive. Our work in the pilot Child Contact Centres with Barnardos resulted in comprehensive family and child assessments and this is what is required in many families where they are in dispute in court. Family law courts are currently making inappropriate decisions about children resulting in unsafe or unsuitable access and custody arrangements as they have no evidence on which to base their decisions."
The Bill recognises the importance of measures to resolve family issues outside court including tools such as mediation, counselling, the development of an agreement and parenting programmes. Also welcome is the fact that no judge, barrister or solicitor should wear a wig or gown during family law proceedings.
Karen continues: "Of major concern to us in One Family is the fact that all costs relating to court process, mediation, counselling and parenting supports seems to be borne by the parents involved in family law matters. This is not realistic for many parents who are struggling to make ends meet and government needs to invest in ancillary family support services to court which will assist this Bill in being successful in the resolution of family law disputes outside court."
The Press Release issued this afternoon by the Department of Justice can be read here.
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One Family was founded in 1972 as Cherish and is Ireland's leading organisation for one-parent families offering support, information and services to all members of all one-parent families, to those sharing parenting, to those experiencing an unplanned pregnancy and to professionals working with one-parent families. Children are at the centre of One Family's work and the organisation helps all the adults in their lives, including mums, dads, grandparents, step-parents, new partners and other siblings, offering a holistic model of specialist family support services. These services include the lo-call askonefamily national helpline on 1890 62 22 12, counselling, and provision of training courses for parents and for professionals. One Family also promotes Family Day and presents the Family Day Festival every May, an annual celebration of the diversity of families in Ireland today (www.familyday.ie). For further information, visit www.onefamily.ie.
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Public Consultation on Improving Lives of Children
June 14, 2012 /in Client Services /by Comms
Frances Fitzgerald TD, Minister for Children and Youth Affairs will launch a public consultation on improving the lives of children and young people on Monday, 11th June 2012. Consultation forms can be completed on-line or in hard copy. The closing date for the consultation is Friday, 6th July 2012.
The consultation will inform the development of all key policies and strategies within the Department over the next five years.
Please see HSE website http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/News/consultation2012.html for more
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Minister for Children & Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald TD launches One Family's Links event
June 9, 2011 /in Client Services /by Comms
Minister Frances Fitzgerald launches the Family Communications Manual with Pat Bennett from the Family Support Agency and Karen Kiernan from One Family. Photo by Audrey Walshe
Minister Frances Fitzgerald TD today launched a brand new networking event for people who work in the areas of family and parenting supports for one-parent families.
The Links event, organised by One Family, Ireland's leading organisation for one-parent families, was the first of its kind and provided the opportunity for people who work with one-parent families to promote their services and to swap information and experiences.
Speaking at the event, Minister Fitzgerald commented: 'I am delighted to see the establishment of events such as this one, which encourage the exchange and sharing of expertise in this vital sector.'
Minister Fitzgerald went on to launch two publications for One Family – 'Family Communications – Coping with Family Life and Communicating with Teenagers', a comprehensive guide to effective family communication, and One Family's unique iPad application entitled, 'Parenting Well'.
Karen Kiernan, One Family Director, explained: 'We wanted to create a type of services trade fair atmosphere – somewhere where people who support those parenting alone and sharing parenting could compare notes and exchange valuable information.'
As well as a wide range of information stands, taken by community and voluntary sector organisations, the well attended event featured a series of talks and key note speeches from Gordon Jeyes, HSE's National Director of Children and Family Services and Dr John Sharry, parenting expert.
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Networking event for people working with one-parenting families, 9 June, Dublin Castle – all welcome
May 26, 2011 /in Client Services /by Comms
Do you want to participate in a free networking day for people who work in the areas of family and parenting supports for one-parent families? Do you want to hear some great key-note speakers such as parenting expert John Sharry and Gordon Jeyes, HSE's National Director of Children and Family Services? Then the One Family Links event is for you! It will be opened by Minister for Children & Youth Affairs Frances Fitzgerald TD at 10.30am on Thursday 9 June 2011 at the Coach House, Dublin Castle, and runs until 6pm. It's free to attend and learn about best practice, what services are available locally and nationally – and how you can facilitate your professional development. You can come for the whole day or just drop in to hear the speakers that interest you. Read more
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How to easily find the Motherboard screw size you need?
By Jonas S. - Updated 1 day ago
I inherited an old PC that does not have screws to attach to the motherboard....
I inherited an old PC that does not have screws to attach to the motherboard. They must have been lost some time ago.
You should check your computer's manual first. In addition to standard-motherboard screws size, your motherboard may come with little spanner-like devices that let you tighten or loosen them without touching them.
Screws for motherboards: 6-32×3/16″
Other sizes: 6-32
A set of 400 ZMBROLL Screws sized to fit universal motherboards, computer cases, and fan controllers.
Screw Material Alloy Steel
Drive System Phillips
Head Style Flat
Coating Zinc
Sizes (6#-32×6): 40pcs, (6#-32×5): 40pcs, (M3x6+6): 30pcs(M5x10KB): 30pcs, (6#-32×6): 30pcs, (M3x5): 50pcs(M3x3): 50pcs, (M3x8): 70pcs, (M3x5x7): 50pcs,(6#-32×6): 10pcs
Motherboard Screw size
Typical motherboard screws are #6–32 x 3/16′′ (sometimes 1/4′′). In addition to #6–32 screws, M3 screws are also used.
Assembling and maintaining our computers may require up to 8 different types of screws. The most common ones are usually included quite a bit with each box. It may be challenging to find others in a store if you need them, as they may be more exotic. When we want to install new components inside our box, we may need more screws. In this article, we will look at the different types of motherboard screws and mounting hardware that computers require (to a greater or lesser extent, and you may not need all of them).
Component fasteners and motherboard screws
M5x10
We use this screw for attaching the fans to our computer's case. In general, it is of the Philips No. 2 (star) type with a flat head and conical entrance into the flare. As a rule, computer case manufacturers typically include up to 4 of these screws. The thread diameter is 5.5 mm, and the length, excluding the head, is 10 mm. Usually, we get them with the fans.
The giant screw on our PC is usually this one. As well as the motherboard, it also holds the expansion cards and the power supply. As a rule, a hexagonal thread has a 1/32″ pitch, a diameter of 3.5 mm, and a diameter of 3.5 mm. Its standard stem length usually is 6.35mm or 1/4″ To fit this type of screw.
Thumbscrews
Screws with knurled heads are called thumbscrews. Using only the fingers of the hand, they can be loosened and tightened (although most come with screwdriver grips). The thumbscrews used to hold the side panels of cases typically have a shank about 7.5mm long.
M3 hexagonal head
The thread pitch of this screw is 0.5 mm, while its diameter is 3 mm. With a stem length of 7/32 in. or 5.55 mm, the hexagonal head has a size of 7/32 in. or 5.55 mm. Many optical drives are held with these. Due to its similar appearance to the previous 6-32 screws, it typically leads to many mistakes when being assembled. The most significant difference among these two screws is the thread pitch: M3 hex heads have a finer thread than 6-32 screws.
Long shaft and round head M3
The brass standoffs on the motherboard are typically held in place with this screw. Additionally, it attaches 2.5-inch SSDs to their brackets/bays.
Short shaft and round head M3
The stem is only 4mm longer than the previous model. Optical drives are often attached to it.
M3 metal standoff – Fine thread
Using brass standoffs, the motherboard is mounted on a test bench or a mounting tray inside the case. The thread pitch of this separator is 0.5 mm, and it has an inside male and female thread. There is a 3mm shank, and a 3mm bore inside.
M3 metal standoff – Coarse thread
The thread pitch of the stem on this spacer is 1/32 compared to the one we just saw. However, the internal thread pitch remains at 5 mm.
We hope you learn all about motherboard screw size in this guide. You will be able to figure out the screw size for your motherboard with the help of this guide.
Are motherboard screws Universal?
The screws that hold the motherboard to your PC case are usually included. Do motherboard screws work universally? Yes, they do. All motherboards use standard M3*5 screws threaded into the standoffs after going through the motherboard's holes.
What size screws are used in computers?
UTS 6-32 screws are the most common in computers. Power supplies, 3.5″ hard drives, expansion cards, and case panels are secured with 6-32 screws, while M3-0.50 screws are used to mount optical drives, floppy drives, and the motherboard.
Where do I find motherboard screws?
If your case has hard drive bays, you can probably find the screws and standoffs you need there. Nevertheless, some manufacturers place loose parts, such as screws, in separate plastic bags or boxes. Before assembling your PC, be sure to check the PC case and the box it came in for these items.
Can I use any screws for the motherboard?
Can fasten The motherboard with steel screws. However, the advantage of brass screws is that they won't rust, unlike steel screws. It will be problematic to remove rusted screws in the future.
What is a 6 32 screw?
Machine screws (not for wood) have 32 threads per inch of their length and have a diameter of just under 1/8′′. They are meant to be threaded into metal nuts or tapped holes in metal. Additionally, a 6 x 40 has a more refined twist, 40 per inch.
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We look forward to welcoming Dean Mack's multi-award winning tribute to Elvis.
Featuring the L.M.T. Band this tribute to the King will remind you just why he was rock 'n' roll royalty - you'd have to have a wooden heart to miss it!
Doors open at 7:30pm and the show starts at 8:00pm. Under 18s are welcomed but as the Hall is fully licensed, they must be accompanied by an 18+ responsible adult.
Tickets just £10 advance or £12.50 on the door (subject to availability - we recommend advance purchase)."


Military history reveals that armies throughout the world participated in some form of drill. The primary value of drill, historically, is to prepare troops for battle. For the most part, the drill procedures practiced are identical to the tactical maneuvers employed on the battlefield. Drill enables commanders to quickly move their forces from one point to another, mass their forces into a battle formation that affords maximum firepower, and maneuver those forces as the situation develops.
a. In 1775, when this country was striving for independence and existence, the nations leaders were confronted with the problem of not only establishing a government but also of organizing an army that was already engaged in war. From the "shot heard around the world," on 19 April 1775, until Valley Forge in 1778, Revolutionary forces were little more than a group of civilians fighting Indian-style against well-trained, highly disciplined British Redcoats. For three years, General George Washingtons troops had endured many hardships—lack of funds, rations, clothing, and equipment. In addition, they had suffered loss after loss to the superior British forces. These hardships and losses mostly stemmed from the lack of a military atmosphere in country. Thus, an army was created with little or no organization, control, discipline, or teamwork.
b. Recognizing the crisis, General Washington, through Benjamin Franklin, the American Ambassador to France, enlisted the aid of a Prussian officer, Baron Friedrich von Steuben. Upon his arrival at Valley Forge on 23 February 1778, von Steuben, a former staff officer with Frederick the Great, met an army of several thousand half-starved, wretched men in rags. He commented that a European army could not be kept together in such a state. To correct the conditions that prevailed, he set to work immediately and wrote drill movements and regulations at night and taught them the following day to a model company of 120 men selected from the line.
c. Discipline became a part of military life for these selected individuals as they learned to respond to command without hesitation. This new discipline instilled in the individual a sense of alertness, urgency, and attention to detail. Confidence in himself and his weapon grew as each man perfected the fifteen 1-second movements required to load and fire his musket. As the Americans mastered the art of drill, they began to work as a team and to develop a sense of pride in themselves and in their unit.
d. Watching this model company drill, observers were amazed to see how quickly and orderly the troops could be massed and maneuvered into different battle formations. Officers observed that organization, chain of command, and control were improved as each man had a specific place and task within the formation. Later, the members of the model company were distributed throughout the Army to teach drill. Through drill, they improved the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the Army.
e. To ensure continuity and uniformity, von Steuben, by then a major general and the Army Inspector General, wrote the first Army field manual in 1779, The Regulations for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States, commonly referred to as the Blue Book. The drill procedures initiated at Valley Forge were not changed for 85 years, until the American Civil War, and many of the drill terms and procedures are still in effect today.
so troop formations could take more time to approach the enemy.
g. As armament and weaponry improved, drill had to adapt to new tactical concepts. Although the procedures taught in drill today are not normally employed on the battlefield, the objectives accomplished by drill—professionalism, teamwork, confidence, pride, alertness, attention to detail, esprit de corps, and discipline—are just as important to the modern Army as they were to the Continental Army.


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ANLENE MOVEMAX FEEL YOUNG FEST 2016 AT QUEENSBAY MALL PENANG
In conjunction with the introduction of the new Anlene with MoveMax™ which includes Calcium, Collagen and Protein for the well-being of bones, joints and muscles, dairy giant Fonterra Brands Malaysia, has recently launched an experiential showcase at Queensbay Mall, Penang (31 August 2016 – 4 September 2016) to get Malaysians to "move as young as they feel inside". He explained that there needs to be more awareness on the importance of movement as one gets older. "We want to empower more Malaysians to come out of their shells and get moving as young as they feel inside. While they may emotionally feel younger inside, they need to align their physical movement to appear fresh and dynamic on the outside – not to be defined by age. Research showed that active adults have a 30% higher chance of enhanced wellbeing than inactive adults. Movement does not need to be a chore, it can be joyful and fun," said Mr. Paulo Ocampo, Marketing Manager of Anlene for Malaysia.
Public can pay a visit to the ground floor concourse of Queensbay Mall, Penang, to get FREE mobility checks (worth RM120) at the respective MoveCheck counters, thereafter, getting FREE consultation to know how to improve your bones, joints and muscles.
If you are in for more FREEBIES, you could always join in for more fun at 3 more action games corners, namely dance arcade, trampoline and tyre swinging. Just remember that youth has no age and always trust in your own abilities when you think you can't. Do stay positive mentally and physically, then you would realize that there's no such thing as IMPOSSIBLE. It's always I'M POSSIBLE.
Moreover, you would also get FREE try outs of Anlene MoveMax™ plain & chocolate beverages plus yoghurt (4 flavors available). Though the beverages were really nice when served chilled, my preference was the yoghurt which was thick and flavorful to my liking, especially when they were frozen and taken just like ice cream.
On top of that, you would get more options to purchase RM20 worth of products and get MORE FREEBIES at the "Spin to Win" counter or Buy RM98 worth of products to claim a beautiful 500ml Stainless Steel Flask. Anlene with MoveMax™ contains important nutrients such as Calcium, Collagen, Protein, as well as other nutrients such as magnesium, zinc, and Vitamins B, C, D & E in a nutrient bundle to help care for your bones, joints and muscles. Anlene MoveMax™ is available in all leading supermarkets nationwide and is available in the powdered form as well as in the yoghurt form. The powdered form comes in two flavours – plain and chocolate and is available in 1kg, 600g and 175g packs. Anlene Movemax™ Yoghurt is available in 4 delicious variants, namely plain, mango, strawberry and mixed berries.
Do click on the photo below for a clearer view on the program for the weekend:
About Fonterra: Fonterra is a global leader in dairy nutrition – the preferred supplier of dairy ingredients to many of the world's leading food companies. Fonterra is also a market leader with our own consumer dairy brands in Australia/New Zealand, Asia/Africa, Middle East and Latin America. The farmer-owned New Zealand co-operative is the largest processor of milk in the world, producing more than two million tonnes of dairy ingredients, value added dairy ingredients, specialty ingredients and consumer products every year. Drawing on generations of dairy expertise, Fonterra is one of the largest investors in dairy based research and innovation in the world. Our 16,000 staff work across the dairy spectrum from advising farmers on sustainable farming and milk production, to ensuring we live up to exacting quality standards and delivering every day on our customer promise in more than 100 markets around the world.
About Fonterra Brands Malaysia: Fonterra is the world's largest exporter of dairy products, and the leading provider of the widest range of adult and maternal dairy products, yoghurt and ingredients tailored to meet the needs of consumers and professional food service operators in over 140 countries around the world. In Malaysia, Fonterra produce, distribute and market a full range of dairy products, including ready-to-drink milk, milk powders, cultured milk drinks, cheese and butter under the brands of Anmum Materna, Anmum Essential, Anmum Lacta, Fernleaf, Solivite, Calciyum, Anlene, Fernleaf and Chesdale. All of our consumer dairy products here in Malaysia are Halal certified by both the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) and New Zealand Islamic Development Trust (NZIDT).
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ENDLESS ENTERTAINMENTS VIA THE 1OTT SOCIAL TV BOX
Gone are the days when streaming movies through the internet were painstaking with the requirement of total patience for the slow downloads. With the advancement of fiber optics internet connections being provided by so many Internet Service Providers (ISPs), you can practically get connected anywhere and anytime at your convenience. Thus, you have now the birth of 1OTT Social TV, the latest hype in providing over-the-top audio and visual contents via the internet. It's the brainchild of Crowd Media Sdn. Bhd. under the umbrella of Syabas Technology, the company behind many award-winning digital entertainments such Popcorn Hour™ and more. Thanks to Vidcrowd Media Sdn. Bhd., the sole distributor for 1OTT products in Malaysia and marketing arm for ASEAN countries, Malaysians as well as many IPTV enthusiasts overseas would now be able to be pampered with various entertainments with just a few clicks via the remote control.
With our hectic lifestyle in chasing our dreams in providing better living standards for ourselves as well as our family members, we tend to forget that we are not robots and would need to spend some time to recuperate and reenergize our bodies for better performances. Other than having the required exercises to keep our body healthy, we would also need a relaxed state of mind to be more analytical in decision makings. Therefore, there's always the need for some sort of entertainments, may it for our own self or together with your family members. That's the reason you would need to own the 1OTT Social TV Box for the utmost entertainment experiences of your life time. It's as easy as Plug-Connect Network-Play.
You may ask how the "1OTT Social TV Box" could be of benefit to you. Well, it's the state-of-the-art device that would enable you to easily stream thousands of your favorite movies, shows, news and more through their public apps as well as viewing other third party public apps. All you need is a minimum of 2Mbps internet connection for most contents or a minimum of 4Mbps for Live TV and you will be on the way to experience your sought after relaxation on your big screen. It's as simple as that!
You are in luck now as the appointed reseller, Ban Hin Bee (BHB) group, an established electrical & electronics retail chain stores in Penang, together with its affiliate companies, Sincere Zone (M) Sdn. Bhd. in Selangor, are having an introductory offer that would be too great to resist. Each unit of the 1OTT is now retailed with a "ONE TIME PAYMENT" of RM479 (inclusive 6% GST) at all BHB and its affiliate outlets (excluding Kitchentech outlets). In addition to the overall warranty, a "90 days 1-for-1 exchange warranty" and a "free remote control upgrade to V8 back-lit and long range remote control worth RM30 (while stocks last)" are provided EXCLUSIVELY through all these outlets (excluding Kitchentech outlets). Please check the address and contact information as per link.
On top of that, you can also use the code provided here (CL8001) or just mention my name, Criz Lai, and you would be able to claim an additional Sarowin HDMI Cable worth RM68 for FREE. This offer is until 31 December 2015 while stocks last. So, hurry up to get your unit today.
Here are the specifications as well as items which would come with each set of the 1OTT Social TV package:
ALTERNATIVE CONNECTIONS
Though it's highly recommended for those owning HDTV to purchase the 1OTT player for clarity, it does not mean that you can't watch using other mode of display. For those still owning the older box type of TV, you can still use the product by purchasing the HDMI-Composite Breakout Cable. As for those without any TV but with PC monitor or laptop, you can still use the player if the unit is of higher range with a DVI-D (dual link) slot or HDMI slot with the purchase of a HDMI-DVI/HDMI-HDMI Cable. If you are using the DVI-HDMI cable for visual, then you'll need to plug in the external speakers into the composite slot on the player for audio. However, you would still need to have a minimum of 2Mbps internet connection to view most of the Video-On-Demand (VOD). In case you are unsure of how those slots will look like, I have attached a photo below.
HANDS-ON EXPERIENCES
Let me share with you my experiences on some of the channels I've gained access to during my review on the product. Wow! I'm impressed with the quality and quantity of online entertainments which I can stream at ease with this product. On top of that, there are so many series and movies that I had missed out in the recent months and I could just watch them all at my convenience through their ever updated and comprehensive listing. The best part is that I can use the Resume Playback, Fast Forward & Rewind features without missing the action parts of the show, unlike viewing through certain paid channels.
Once you have plugged in and gone through the selection of either WIFI or Ethernet, the main screen will pop out. The first thing to do is to enter the first code "VHTBWGC" into the "Enter Package Code" space on the top right hand corner of your screen via your remote control. After entering the code, press "OK", then press "Agree" on the Terms & Conditions and you would be on the way to watch all the programs available on the set.
After the first step, you would get the benefit of using the "Announcement" to check on more updates. This is where you would get more package codes shown for latest shows. Just follow the steps above to enter as per your selection. These are 1OTT Video-On-Demand (VOD) package codes where the private apps are developed by Third Party developers. The library which pulls FREE contents from 100+ websites for direct streaming, has more than 12,000 titles from US, Hong Kong, China, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Indonesia, etc. It's updated on a daily or weekly basis.
Firstly, let's have a look at the LIVE TV channels such as the Malaysian 1TV. There are all together 18 channels namely TV1, TV2, Bernama and more.
For those who love watching English movies, you are in luck to catch up with the movies that you have missed. Just click the "English Movies" icon and it would lead you into another page. This is where the fun part is. The first 5 icons are where you could watch more movies within based on their category. If you take a closer look at the top right hand corner, you would notice that there's a counter to show you the quantity of movies available. With 100+ latest movies available, it would take me months before I could finish all. By that time, there would be more updated ones. That's what I like about the 1OTT Social TV – endless entertainment!
As for the "English Series", it's also another category with almost a hundred series to view on, not amounting to the number of titles you would get to view in each of the series. OMG! That's another few hundreds of titles to catch on.
For those who love to watch "Malaysian Dramas and Movies", you are in luck too as there would be quite a number of interesting shows that you have missed. Currently, there are 24 movies and 35 dramas in these categories. I felled in love with the acting of Nur Suhada binti Jebat (commercial name Ayda Jebat), an actress cum singer. In the drama, M.A.I.D., she was so natural and comical, especially when she was in panicking situations.
You could also watch some "Thai Movies" with over 40+ titles here, which include horror, romance, friendship and more.
For "Japanese Anime" lovers, there are over 70+ titles with hundreds subtitles for you to explore. It's really a heaven in here.
There are also some channels on Health and you could learn many beneficial tips on daily healthy lifestyles to applying Traditional Chinese Medication (TCM) into your life. I quite like these titles as I've learned some interesting tips to boost up my immune system as well as maintaining a general wellbeing.
1OTT Social TV player is not short of Documentaries too. It indeed had widened my knowledge on a lot of aspects in life, especially in the culture, tradition, history and science of other nationalities.
– It's a portable unit that with enable the user to endless entertainments on-the-go as well as at home as long as there's a minimum of 2Mbps WIFI/Ethernet internet connection.
– It can be set at 1080p for HD quality and has a build in detector to adjust the quality from 480p, 720p and 1080p based on your best internet connectivity.
– There are over 10,000 titles to watch each time and it's a never ending process as the system will update the titles on a daily or weekly basis. Thus, endless streaming for the user.
– It's a one click convenience to watch most of the shows you have missed without having to search for them online.
– The player has Resume Playback, Fast Forward & Rewind features, which you can have all the control within your own grasp.
– It's not a TV Decoder, thus you can't control the language for the subtitles. What you see on the screen is what you get. Unless you understand the language spoken, you might have some issues digesting the whole show.
– Unless you have the patience to wait for the upload of the latest drama which might be 24-48 hours later, some might find it irresistible to hunt for the updates online.
– For those who are equipped with the latest HD gadgets at home, you may find the quality to be below par as not 100% of the titles are in 1080p qualities.
1) What is 1OTT?
1OTT is an Internet Connected TV Box that enables direct streaming of Audio & Video Contents to your big screen TV. This product is the brainchild of Cloud Media, a company pioneering in Connected Entertainment Market, responsible for powering the World's First Internet Connected TV – the HP MediaSmart and developer of the Award-Winning Popcorn Hour™ Networked Media.
2) How many channels are currently available on 1OTT?
Currently 1OTT delivers more than 140 Live Channels and VOD (Video On Demand) contents comprising of Recipe & Cooking Shows; Health, Wellness & Exercise Programs; Education on Demand & Documentaries; Lifestyle & Travel Channels and many more. In addition, you can also access to THOUSANDS of TV Shows & Dramas, Variety Shows and Movies through 3rd party/external apps.
3) What is the monthly / yearly subscription fee for 1OTT?
NO Subscription Fee is required. 1OTT is currently retailed at BHB outlets with ONE TIME PAYMENT of RM479 (inclusive 6% GST).
4) Is 1OTT HD (High Definition) enabled?
1OTT have both SD (Standard Definition) Channels and HD (High Definition) Channels. Availability of 1080 HD video is subject to provider and Internet broadband connection speed.
5) What is the Internet speed required for streaming video?
A minimum of 2MB is required for most contents, while 4MB is needed for better Live TV streaming and experiences.
6) Will the contents be updated in 1OTT? If yes how frequent?
We have a dedicated team to maintain and update the contents from time to time. Contents are updated on both daily & monthly basis subject to online availability.
7) Does 1OTT have ASTRO channels?
No. 1OTT is not a TV Decoder for paid channel. We do not host any contents whatsoever. 1OTT merely aggregates Public Contents and acts as an Open Platform for third-party developers to share their Private Contents.
8) Is 1OTT sold in other countries?
In Malaysia, 1OTT is SIRIM Certified and is sold in many countries including USA, Australia, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, etc.
9) What are the differences between 1OTT and other similar devices in the market? (e.g. Android box etc.)
1OTT runs on Linux platform not Android. We constantly thrive to deliver the BEST Media Streaming Experience by offering Easy Browsing of content titles via Remote Control, Convenient & Speed of Direct Streaming without Downloading and Technical & Content Support. Furthermore, you can browse content using your smart phone simply by downloading our Remote Control App to iOS or Android devices.
DOWNLOADABLE 1OTT REMOTE CONTROL FOR SMARTPHONE:
– Android Play Store: Popcorn Hour Remote Control by Cloud Media Sdn. Bhd. (http://bit.ly/1OsaNh4)
– iPhone App Store: MobileRC by Syabas Technology Inc. (http://apple.co/1JmWHWE)
10) What is the warranty?
Each unit will have a 1 year Limited Warranty against defects in materials and workmanship. All other new accessories (remote and cables) are entitled to a 90 days Limited Warranty
For any enquiries regarding your 1OTT Social TV, you can always private message them at their 1OTT Facebook Page. You are assured of a response within 24 hours.
INTERNATIONAL RESELLER OPPORTUNITY
VidCrowd is always interested in expanding their international reseller network. If you are interested in marketing 1OTT products or other range of media players in your country, we would be interested in hearing more about your current operations and your proposed plans for our products at leslie@vidcrowdmedia.com
Thanks to Vidcrowd Media Sdn. Bhd., each of us was presented a WIFI based version of FreeOTT for our personal usage. The unit is a premium giveaway by the company and would not be available for sale. It's as good as the 1OTT Social TV with the exact features and quality streaming.
The reviewer or any other related business entity or website (hereinafter "Company") associated with the manufacturing and/or distribution of the 1OTT product (hereinafter "Product") is not responsible for any miscommunication that may occur regarding channel and content listings and availability. You agree to understand that the channels and content are provided via 3rd party app developers (hereinafter "external apps") and is streamed over the internet via these external apps. You agree to understand that the Product is merely a device that allows you to connect through your own internet provider and stream any content that is available via these external apps that are available through the Product.
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PAMPERING YOURSELF WITH ASIA'S FIRST RHYTHM & MOTION SPA TREATMENTS AT ROCK SPA @ HARD ROCK HOTEL PENANG
Whenever I see someone struggling with life and not setting his/her life in proper rhythm, I would always throw in this question, "What's the purpose of your life?" It caught many off guarded by not being able to provide a proper answer. Most would answer that they would want to have a stable career, set up a family and grow old gracefully with their grandchildren. Is that the ultimate answer to the question? Well, there's no right or wrong answer to the question as each individual has their own mindset on different life purposes. As for me, I would strive for a balance in everything – the Zen way of bringing the mind, body and senses in a state of togetherness. When you work hard, you must always play hard too. Thus, this brings me to the topic on how to rejuvenate ourselves, mentally and physically by giving both states the necessary alignments to move forward in our daily lives. I'm glad Rock Spa @ Hard Rock Hotel, Penang, has the same ideology as me by transcending the current spa rituals with their "Live Hard, Purify Harder" slogan and bringing in Asia's first and the world's 5th Rhythm and Motion Spa Treatments, with the other four sets in HRH Ibiza (Spain), HRH Palm Springs (California), HRH Punta Cana (Dominican Republic) and HRH Riviera Maya (Mexico). Being the world's first fully immersive music centric spa menu by utilizing amplified vibrations, pressures and patterns as the foundation of its treatments, this groundbreaking experience takes guests on a rhythmic massage journey, utilizing Hard Rock's differentiator (MUSIC) to connect the healing power of music with the artistry of massage therapy.
Located at beach front of Hard Rock Hotel, Penang, is a little tranquil yet natural sanctuary by its own named Rock Spa. Upon nearing the premises, you would smell a nice scent lingering through the air. That's the spa's way of welcoming you into their little haven with the free flowing of relaxing aromatherapy essential oil called "Perk Me Up", a combination of lemongrass, peppermint and eucalyptus oils to soothe your mood prior to your spa treatments. Other than being the natural deodorant, it also acts as an analgesic, antidepressant, antimicrobial, antipyretic, a digestive support agent, anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, decongestant, antiseptic, antibacterial, stimulating and other medicinal qualities. What a great scent to have especially during this cold and hazy weather~ 🙂
Upon your acceptance to experience the spa treatments at Rock Spa, you would first be served with a hot cup of Ginger Tea. It's a relaxant beverage which would help in relieving your stress level, strengthen your immunity, improving digestion on top of it other anti-inflammatory and anti-respiratory health benefits.
There are 3 packages, namely Synchronicity, Face the Music and Heat Wave, available for your Rhythm & Motion Spa Treatments as shown on the menu below. Basically, these 3 options are add-ons to their existing spa treatments (a gentle Hard Rock Massage/a more pressure point concentrated Traditional Malaysian Massage, a facial concentrated Essential Aromatherapy and the more energy points focus Hot Rocks treatment for the seasoned spa-goers) with the usage of the state-of-the-art music systems.
You would also be given another option to choose the type of massage oil you would want to utilize during your massage session such as Balance (detoxification: rosemary + orange + basil), Energize (relieve muscle stress: ginger + grapefruit + eucalyptus) or Chill (relaxation: lavender + geranium + cedarwood).
As I'm always down with muscle stiffness and back pain due to my hazardous working style, I opted for their Heat Wave package plus the usage of their Energize massage oil. Firstly, as part of their Etiquette Rules, all spa treatment seekers had to change to their provided "disposable" undergarments. It felt like putting my "ahems" into an airy recycle bag~ LOL~ 😛 However, you don't have to worry as you are in the good hands of the skilled therapist as he/she would always ensure comfortable and proper draping procedures to protect your privacy. Other Etiquette Rules include punctuality (at least 10 minutes earlier) before your scheduled appointment, no inappropriate behaviors and the advice of not bringing valuables into Rock Spa. The treatment room would also a wardrobe for keeping your belongings, a basin with mirror, drinking water, comb, hair clips, etc at your disposal.
The spa treatment was remarkably an out-of-the-world experience, none that I've encountered through my various spa treatments. It started off with some soothing yet TREBLE based beats from the overhead semi-sphere like space-age musical source with ripples of BASS slowing seeping into the body with mild vibrations via the massage table. Wow! This is the kind of therapeutic massage I've been seeking for a long time! I was in such a relaxed and comfortable atmosphere that I almost dozed off in zero-stress mental state. The music emitted which I presumed had a balance of frequencies such as Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta and Theta waves indeed churned out the best in me – energy wise, alertness wise, creativity wise, memory wise and more. My brain cells were totally revitalized and I had a great sleep that night. On the other hand, the Vibration Therapy via the massage table did improve my muscle soreness and my body felt more relax and not in such a tense mode as it used to be. Bravo to the latest spa treatment technology brought in by the Hard Rock Hotel, Penang. My therapist, Vixin, also did a great job in rejuvenating my body with her gentle yet dedicated touches by the mode of hot volcanic stones. Not only were her steady flowing strokes pinpointed all the muscle sores on my body, she did put in the extra effort in soothing the sinus issues I had on that day. Thank Vixin, you are my savior. I would say those volcanic stones do have extraordinary therapeutic energies stored within. With right combination of heat and oil, I can feel that some of my sport related injuries got better and I'm now more energized with a better blood circulation. Moreover, with such a relaxing treatment, I'm now quite stress-free. Thumbs up! Another of their product which the therapist used on me was their Eye Pillow, a pillow filled with flax seeds with a light spray of their Lavender Essential Oil. For those who are suffering from sleep issues, it would be great if you could purchase the products from them. Not only was the freezer-chilled pillow soothed the lethargy eyes, the scent from the lavender oil relaxed my mind and pushed my mental and physical states towards Dreamland.
Overall, I had a great session at Rock Spa as my assigned therapist, Vixin, was skillful in her job and was tactfully knowledgeable in explaining all the processes in the treatment. If you were to ask me to recommend a spa treatment package, I will still choose the Heat Wave Rhythm & Motion Spa Treatment. Though it's the most expensive package at RM390nett (1.5hours), it's the most practical one to go for especially when you have gone through years of stressful life without ever finding time in rejuvenating your body to stay healthy for years to come.
Please call +604-886 8071 to make your reservation at least 4 hours prior to your appointment as Rock Spa would need adequate time to prepare to ensure your memorable spa experience. For more information on their other spa packages, you can check out their full spa menu as well as their current promotions with some great bargains.
The Rock Spa is located at the left wing of Hard Rock Hotel Penang. Upon entering, just head for the nearest car park on your left and then follow the left side of the building until the furthest end near the beach area. Alternatively, you can walk into the main entrance of the hotel and head towards the swimming pool area and then walk through a pathway of sands towards the left side of the premises. My advice would be using the former route to avoid getting pebbles of sands on your shoes.
Name: ROCK SPA @ HARD ROCK HOTEL PENANG
Address: Batu Ferringhi Beach, 11100 Penang, Malaysia.
Contact: 604-886 8071
Business Hours: 9.00am-9.00pm
Ambience: 8/10 (1-4 cheap, 5-7 average, 8-10 classy)
Pricing: 7.5/10 (1-4 cheap, 5-7 average, 8-10 expensive)
Service: 9/10 (1-4 bad, 5-7 average, 8-10 excellent)
About Hard Rock International: With a total of 201 venues in 64 countries, including 155 cafes, 21 hotels and 10 casinos, Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world's greatest collection of music memorabilia, which is displayed at its locations around the globe. Hard Rock is also known for its collectible fashion and music-related merchandise, Hard Rock Live performance venues and an award-winning website. HRI owns the global trademark for all Hard Rock brands. The company owns, operates and franchises Cafes in iconic cities including London, New York, San Francisco, Sydney and Dubai. HRI also owns, licenses and/or manages hotel/casino properties worldwide. Destinations include the company's two most successful Hotel and Casino properties in Tampa and Hollywood, Fl., both owned and operated by HRI parent company The Seminole Tribe of Florida, as well as other exciting locations including Bali, Chicago, Cancun, Ibiza, Las Vegas, Macau and San Diego. Upcoming new Hard Rock Cafe locations include San Juan, Lagos and Busan, South Korea. New Hard Rock Hotel projects include Daytona Beach, Dubai, Los Cabos, Tenerife, Abu Dhabi, and Shenzhen and Haikou in China. For more information on Hard Rock International, visit www.hardrock.com.
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NINETOLOGY OPENED THE SECOND EXPERIENTIAL FLAGSHIP TOUCH POINT AT GURNEY PARAGON PENANG
Barely a year from the opening of the first Ninetology Experiential Flagship Touch Point at Plaza Low Yat, Malaysia's Largest IT Lifestyle Mall, on 30 August 2013, Ninetology today had expanded to the Northern region with the second Experiential Flagship Touch Point at Gurney Paragon, Penang. With a unique concept unlike others, consumers from Penang as well as the surrounding states would get to experience the touch and feel of its devices to complement today's lifestyles and culture.
The launching ceremony was graced by the management team of Ninetology ASEAN comprising of Mr Sean Ng (Chief Executive Officer), Mr Marco Beh (Chief Operating Officer), Mr Leslie Loh (Chief Digital Officer) plus Malaysian singer and songwriter, Yise Loo.
"Our Experiential Centers celebrates freedom of expression with a wide offering of our latest Ninetology U9 smart phones and lifestyle accessories that cater to consumers with a wide variety of interests including technology, fashion, art and so forth. Here at our center, we do not only showcase our products, but it is a place where consumers can indulge the 'urbanite' environment and convenience alongside the recent introduction to our eChannel. Our smart phones can be purchased through our outlets and eChannel with efficient payment gateways for ultimate convenience at their finger tips," said Sean Ng, Chief Executive Officer of Ninetology ASEAN.
Both experiential centers in Gurney Paragon and Low Yat Plaza, Kuala Lumpur focuses on upholding Ninetology's after sales service, 9care. 9care is available both online and offline, hence users can now find convenience to identify or solve any issues regarding their devices. The Ninetology's Flagship Touch Point is opened from 10.00am to 10.00pm daily.
For the opening, the Gurney Paragon Ninetology Experiential Flagship Touch Point also had the Unlock Screen Challenge, where customer would get the chance to unlock the U9Z1T screen with a 9 dots special code. The person who could unlock the phone would get to win home the U9Z1T. Each try would be at RM1 and proceed would go to the respective charitable organizations. Terms & Conditions apply.
The official opening of the Ninetology Experiential Flagship Touch Point was also attended by some of the Penang bloggers.
Ninetology's Official Website: http://www.ninetology.com/
Ninetology's eChannel: http://www.ninetology.com/echannel
Ninetology's 9care: http://www.ninetology.com/9care
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MAKEOVER CHOICES AT JEFFERSON AND JS FASHION SQUARE AT PRANGIN MALL PENANG
For those who had frequent Penang's Kompleks Tun Abdul Razak (KOMTAR) in the late 80's (1987), you would have come across a humble little shop by the name of Jefferson Fashion Design. The shop was the in-trend during that era where endless streams of customers from the young as well as companies would seek them for their great cuts and quality custom-tailoring. I was also one of their patrons during that time, seeking the best customized formal wears during that period of time. Today, after almost 3 decades, the name JEFFERSON still stays strong amongst the old and the young in the fashion industry. Ever since the conversion from custom-tailoring to ready-to-wear concept since 2006, the brand JEFFERSON had expanded to 11 outlets nationwide (West & East Malaysia) and a subsidiary for women wear at JS Fashion Square, Prangin Mall, Penang. Not only will the men would be pampered with latest choice of apparels and accessories, the women too would almost get to have their own makeovers with the availability of state-of-the-art apparels ranging from casual, formal, sporty and evening wears. Of course, they won't be shot of accessories for both the masculine and feminine sides of each individual.
So, what can you get from each of the JEFFERSON outlets? Nevertheless, each outlet is the one-stop makeover venue for the guys, with items ranging from formal shirt, slacks, dinner jackets, coats, bermudas, polo-T, jeans, T-shirts, refined bags, belts, head gears, and various other accessories to complete the masterpiece in you. Don't be a bore with your usual fashion style and get a fashion makeover with the abundance choice of apparels available at JEFFERSON.
Here are some of the photos of some of the choices you may consider to make your friends ponder, "Is that really you? You looked so different from how I have seen you before. Those new fashion apparels really made you look superb and stylish."
On the other hand, the sole women subsidiary company of Jefferson, named JS FASHION SQUARE, also do make women look more elegant, sophisticated and stylish in their own nature. The choices available are real affordable for all women who would love to expand their wardrobe.
Here are some of the ladies whom had found their new fashion makeovers with JS FASHION SQUARE.
If you are into fashion makeovers, do check out the branches available within your vicinity. You sure won't regret ever visited the outlets as their high quality avant-garde products would make your fashion lifestyle never the same again.
JEFFERSON & JS FASHION SQUARE (PRANGIN MALL BRANCH)
Unit 6 & 7, Lot4.10, 4th Floor, Prangin Mall,
No. 33, Jalan Dr Lim Chwee Leong, 10100 Penang.
Business Hours: 11.00am-10.00pm
Website: http://www.jefferson.com.my/main.php
Jefferson FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/jeffersonurbanwear
JS Fashion Square FaceBook: http://www.facebook.com/jsfashionsq
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Where is Wayne County, Utah?
Wayne County is a county equivalent area found in Utah, USA. The county government of Wayne is found in the county seat of Loa.
With a total 6,388.87 sq. km of land and water area, Wayne County, Utah is the 236th largest county equivalent area in the United States. Home to 2,723 people, Wayne County has a total 1601 households earning 41458 on average per year.


One of the most influential representatives of the made in Italy lighting design, FontanaArte has its roots in the nineteenth century with the foundation of a glass factory in Milan by the entrepreneur Luigi Fontana. The real brand was born from the meeting between the latter and Giò Ponti, the first artistic director, leaving an indelible mark on the style of the company, so much that his creations still play a central role in the FontanaArte catalog. Glass and crystal gave the brand an immediate international success since the early years, thanks also to the collaboration with the master glassmaker Pietro Chiesa.
The production of the '30s is still very current: floor lamps such as the Luminator model, pendant lamps like the 0024 and table lamps such as the Bilia model by Giò Ponti still appear today in numerous furnishing projects. Even the '50s, under the artistic direction of the French Max Ingrand, gave the story a great classic: the Fontana table lamp.
Between the '60s and the '70s, the Pirellina and Pirellona lamps were created by Giò Ponti, which reflect the shape of its most famous skyscraper, and the famous Uovo table lamp designed by the dutch artist Ben Swildens. The company found a great creative ferment in the 80s, under the artistic direction of Gae Aulenti, who also signed the design of a very famous small table with wheels.
Among the most recent contributions, it's possible to enumerate Franco Raggi, author of the Flute floor lamp and the Velo suspension lamp, and Daniela Puppa with her Prima Signora lamp. While maintaining its typically Milanese trait, the brand has also opened up to Scandinavian influences such as those brought by the applique lamp Io of the Claesson Koivisto Rune studio and the Blom lamp by Andreas Engesvik.
The FontanaArte creations are available in the Salvioni Design Solutions showrooms in Lugano and Inverigo, where they become protagonists of the stands fitting alongside the furnishings of the best design brands. In addition to being official retailers of the brand, Salvioni interior designers are at the customer disposal the entire proposal for the home decoration.


Travel blogs are an under-utilised resource for researchers of tourism experiences. They can provide rich insights on how tourists express the transformational effects of their experiences for the self. This study of travel blogs by nineteen British bloggers reveals how elements of the narrative relating to self-reflection and emotions are central to the process of transforming their travel experiences into personally meaningful experiences. Bloggers implicitly and explicitly express how travel contributes to self-identity, signalling self-development. The study contributes to knowledge about the lasting impact of long term travel on people, adding meaning symbolic of an evolving self.


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New fronts in the fight against climate change
The search for solutions to address climate change is urgent. People want action now, something that will move the needle. But every solution that's on the table has potential unintended consequences or tradeoffs involved. For example, wind power sounds like a great, clean option, but wind farms need space — where should they be located? A plan to construct them in the ocean is upsetting many fishermen and conservationists. Efforts to mine the ocean floor for precious metals needed to make batteries for renewables are scaring marine biologists. And an audacious plan to cool the earth through geo-engineering is making lots of folks very anxious. On this episode, we explore climate solutions, their potential drawbacks, and how we can carefully weigh the risks and benefits.
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We talk with environmental researcher Forrest Fleischman about why planting trees may not be the climate cure-all we think it is. Fleischman is an associate professor of environment and natural resource policy at the University of Minnesota.
How do we cut fossil fuel emissions? One idea from the Biden administration is opening large-scale commercial offshore wind farms. But in New Jersey, Susan Phillips reports the planned wind farms occupy some of the most fertile fishing grounds in the nation, which has sparked a major fight.
Erik Cordes, professor and vice chair of biology at Temple University in Philadelphia, joins us to discuss the pivotal — yet often forgotten — role the deep ocean plays in protecting us from some of the worst effects of climate change, along with a new threat facing it: deep sea mining.
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Although there was a time when Alabama gymnast Kaitlyn Clark didn't know The University of Alabama had a gymnastics team, she's now found her home on the team. CW | Pete Pajor
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There was a time when Alabama senior gymnast Kaitlyn Clark didn't know The University of Alabama had a gymnastics team.
Now, the Rancho Cucamonga, California, native has found her home as a senior on the Alabama gymnastics team and was named this week's SEC Gymnast of the Week after winning the all-around competition in last week's meet at The University of Georgia with a career best score of 39.625.
"I really always wanted to go to UCLA when I was little because those were the meets I always went to, and my dad was a huge Oklahoma fan, so I knew maybe Oklahoma would be a good option too because I had family there too," Clark said. "But Dana saw me at a meet. Everyone was looking at my teammate, and Dana was like, 'I want her. She's the one I want.' That's how I found out about Alabama gymnastics."
Duckworth said it was Clark's confidence and athleticism that caught her eye in what was her first recruiting trip as an assistant coach. She pursued the young athlete, who was ultimately sold on the University after a recruiting trip to Tuscaloosa.
"All the other people were watching this teammate of hers, and I was watching the teammate, but I was like, 'Who is that? Who is that kid?'" Duckworth said of Clark. "It makes me proud that she fell in love with The University of Alabama the same way I did, and that she's had such a successful career."
Clark was always been focused on the collegiate track of gymnastics rather than the Olympic route, but still competed with the national team. After competing for the national team, Clark continued gymnastics at Level 10, making what she said was the best decision for the health of her body, before coming to the University. The most important thing she said she learned in her first practices with the Crimson Tide was the importance of a team in a sport that had always been individually-based.
"Coming in here as a freshman, I was like, 'I want to win a national title by myself. And I want to do this and be an All-American and a Scholastic All-American,'" she said. "That was my mindset coming into the fall and it quickly changed to the team atmosphere. I love the team atmosphere and thinking about competing just for myself is not enough anymore. I'm really glad that I got the opportunity to switch my mindset into the team atmosphere."
In her career with Alabama, Clark has been a three-time Scholastic All-American. In her sophomore year, she was the NCAA Tuscaloosa Regional co-champion on the uneven bars and during her junior year she posted a perfect 10.0 on the balance beam, the first for the Crimson Tide since 2003. She has become known for her celebrations after her performances, something Duckworth said inspires the whole team.
"When she stands there and she holds that position and you see her smiling, it's just passion and joy combined in excellence and I love that," Duckworth said. "Matter of fact, I've got to find some other athletes to do that when she's gone because it makes a difference."
Clark will graduate from the University in August and she plans to return home to California to study to be a physical therapist. She's currently interning with a physical therapist in Tuscaloosa and said she found her love for the profession after taking a biomechanics class. She said she hopes that love will help her transition to life after gymnastics.
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