The brief for Mecca Cosmetica in Takapuna was a relatively simple one; to create a space that was in keeping with the local beach environment, the existing features of the space and the Cosmetica experience and feel.
The floor area is an open and light environment comprised of display and stock areas, interactive/testing and sample spaces, designed to engage and entice customers.
The overall experience is a comfortable and relaxed environment, creating a retail space that encourages one to linger, experiment and experience.


A delicous bowl of Algerian-style chicken soup with a velvety texture and a lemony broth. This soup is a keeper!
A unique, western Libyan dish of steamed rice with a tomato-meat sauce. It's ready in just 45 minutes, so it makes for a wonderful weeknight meal!
Fluffy pecan pancakes, maple syrup, pan-seared halloumi cheese and eggs make for a lovely Eid day brunch!


Taking trips in your network marketing business can be the best fuel for your fire. Some of my favorite memories early in my career were those trips with my teammates and mentors. You create synergy, memories, and show those people in other locations you care about them. You can create some serious momentum for your business.
The key to a business trip is you have to make it worthwhile. I don't suggest driving all the way across the country to see someone unless you really believe they will knock it out of the park. Jordan Adler, one of my favorite mentors said, if the trip can pay for itself in business volume then take it.
Most people don't understand the tax deductions a home-based business can give you. Just because it is "home-based" doesn't mean you can't leave your home. You can take a radical trip and write it off on your taxes*. When I found this out it blew my mind! I find that if you can mix in some fun while on that business trip it is totally worth it.
I live in Utah and Colorado is a short skip away. We just brought on two new teammates in that area with one in Denver and one in Eagle. This presented an amazing opportunity to go build relationships, create momentum, and also snowboard some of the best mountains in the world. Sounds like the perfect business trip to me.
With a little planning we were ready to go! It takes about seven hours and over 400 miles to get to Breckenridge, Colorado. For business owners you get $0.54 per mile you drive. Imagine one dollar dropping from the roof of your car every two miles you drive. We would be neck deep in dollar bills by the time we got there! Too keep track of all these things we use a phone application called Deductr; it literally tracks your mileage as you go. It makes tax deductions so easy. With the evening in Breck, we were able to go out to dinner and participate in my favorite past time, beating people on the pool table. I love to win!
The next day I was able to go snowboarding at Breckenridge Ski Resort for a few hours. I had a blast exploring the mountain before we drove into Denver for our business meeting. I ended up changing in the parking lot and fixing my hair at the Taco Bell bathroom. You have to work with what you have.
We met up with our first teammate and her guest at a coffee shop there. I had never met her in person before so this was a very important trip. I believe she will do big things, so even just meeting up was really important for both of us. We went out to dinner and had a great time bonding. Her guest really enjoyed what we had to offer as well.
We picked up after dinner and drove the two hours back to stay by Beaver Creek Resort. I really like that mountain as it has a lot of character, and I had a blast exploring it for the day. I again changed in the parking lot and headed to our other teammates house where he was preparing for a meeting. He called everyone he knew in town.
We didn't have the turnout we expected, but you can't control people. It was a good learning experience for him. The fact is people make commitments and don't always show. The important thing is that you commit to your team and being there for them. That will speak volumes. It will create momentum for their business just by doing the actions of reaching out to people.
We left immediately after the meeting and drove one and a half hours to Grand Junction, Colorado. It worked out to a near perfect loop back to Utah. We went up to the desert the next day to literally "get the lead out"; my friend is a gun enthusiast and we were able to shoot some really fun guns. I killed a few rocks and cans. It was really fun.
While we were getting back from the desert I got a call from Kelly; he excitedly told me that he was contacted about an advertisement he put in the local paper in Grand Junction. The man contacted him and was interested in talking about his business. This man said he was in the industry of network marketing for over thirty years and had made millions of dollars. What are the odds? I was in Grand Junction at the same time as he got a random call from this gentleman.
I met with this professional network marketer and he was the real deal. We had some delicious pizza at Enzos and I was able to present our opportunity to him. The business talks are still open, but what an amazing thing to happen on this trip. It makes you sit back and think about all the things that had to happen for it to fall into place.
The lesson of this random event is that that teammate and I were putting in the work. When you put in the work, amazing things happen that seem out of control. The universe presented us with a gentleman that can completely change our businesses. This trip attracted new and exciting events, even though we did not have large groups or teams to meet with. The book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is a masterpiece that goes into this metaphysical attraction of building business and getting rich. It is an amazing book that talks about these events happening and I suggest everyone reads it. I believe we attracted some of that together with this trip.
It was a fun and successful few days. We snowboarded amazing mountains, saw beautiful places, hung out with awesome people, and created some serious momentum together. Business trips can be a game changer for you and your team. If you have hungry and excited teammates, figure out how you can get out there to meet with them. Set some goals together. You can use technology to your advantage to build an area and then go visit. Take more trips and experience more of the world.
Through network marketing, you can do all of this while helping change peoples lives along the way.


Adopted on the first of July 1971, the flag of Papua New Guinea was design by a 15 years old school girl that won the flag design competition.
Even if the designer was so young, the actual flag has strong significance and connection to the state's history.
Red and black are the colours that represented for many years the Papua New Guinea tribes, and combined with white and yellow, these colours also indicate the symbols of the country (Germany) that put the basis to the first colonies established in this region.
In addition to this, facts and history of Papua New Guinea flag show that the raggiana bird design was not randomly engraved as national ensign: it is a national symbol that makes the country's citizens proud for what they do and who they are.


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Delivery of food packs to twelve orang asli families with SOA's partner, SSVP Kuala Kangsar.
The annual parish assembly was held on 19th November 2017. The assembly began at around 1.00p.m. and ended around 4.20p.m. It was decided that the parish event for 2018 will be "Bible Sunday", with further details to be discussed at the PPC level. Penang Diocesan Animating team representative, Mr Ramesh was on hand to explain the thrust of PMPC IV to the attendees. Sister Theresa Lina Chiew was on hand to translate his speech into Mandarin. Pope Francis' message of being Disciples of Hope was echoed by the three Peninsular Malaysia bishops and all Catholics are called to "dialogue, discern and translate their ideas into deeds" in service to all. We are also called to be more "inclusive". SMC's plan was outlined by Fr Liew, who called firstly for all Catholics to be rooted in the Word of God. We cannot be disciples of hope, without knowing the Word of God. All parishioners starting from the BECs are encouraged to read and discern the Word of God, with emphasis on the New Testament (i.e. the four Gospels, Acts of the Apostles,letters of St Paul and other apostles up to Revelations).The aim for 2018 was to enrich and revitalise the BECs. All parishioners are encouraged to be part of their BECs as Fr Liew explained that BECs are not based on any specific shared skills or common likes, hence less exclusive in nature. All outreach projects for BECs and Parish Ministries in 2018 are to be planned with this emphasis on the Word of God in mind.
Fr Andrew Stephen and Fr Stephen Liew officially opened and blessed the new multi-purpose hall constructed in Kampung Sg Bil,Tanjung Malim. The little plot of land was donated by an orang asli villager. The inspiration to construct a small multi-purpose hall came to SOA's mobilisation team leader when they once witnessed Fr Andrew and his parishioners celebrating mass with the villagers in the rain, while holding umbrellas. SOA's hard-working team member, Bernard Lee, had been supervising the construction works since it began in August this year. Apart from SOA funds, the building was also built with aid from some members of St Michael's church Chinese Apostolate, who sponsored items such as cement,floor tiles,fan and LED lights. Engineering design was was done free of charge by SL Chan Concultant.
SOA's partner, the Pink Shoes organisation have pledged to finish up the remaining works still to be done such as painting and electrical wiring.
The priests were joined by some villagers of Kampung Sg Bil together with SOA members and also supportive parishioners of Tanjung Malim church. Fr Andrew thanked God,Fr Stephen Liew and the SOA for the gift the hall, which will be most useful for the villagers to celebrate mass, conduct kindergarten classes and hold "kenduri" gatherings. Fr Andrew and Fr Stephen started the ceremony with a short prayer in front of the hall. This was followed by a simple ribbon-cutting ceremony and blessing of the hall. A mass in Bahasa Malaysia was then con-celebrated by both priests. After mass, the villagers and parishioners of Tg Malim church prepared a delicious kenduri for all present.
SOA sponsored a trip to Taiping Zoo for seven orang asli children from Kg Sinju kindergarten, together with their orang asli teacher, Ms Nadia and two other supervising adults.
SOA Survey and Mobilisation team delivered food aid to Kg Lawin Selatan and Sg Karah, Gerik.
The Feastday of St Padre Pio was celebrated in our parish of St Michael's on 21st September 2017, together with the SMC Evergeen's group. The celebrations started with the Novena to Padre Pio, followed by mass and the Evergreens Dinner thereafter. The mass was celebrated by Fr Paul Kee, together with Fr Joseph Stephen from OMPH and SMC's parish priest, Fr Stephen Liew. In attendance were SMC's Padre Pio group members and members from SMC's Evergreens Group, and visitors from other parishes. The mass included a special blessing and anointing session for the infirmed and elderly.
Delivered food aid and topical medication to a marginalised orang asli community in Hulu Lawin Selatan, Gerik.
The parish celebrated Fr Robin Andrews' 80th birthday with a formal lunch at Sun Lee How Fook,Ipoh on 17th September 2017. Well-wishers and priests from many other churches, including those from Batu Gajah where Fr Robin served for many years, attended the lunch to celebrate the life of this dedicated priest. Also in attendance was some of Fr Robin's family members. Fr Robin also used the occassion to wish a "Happy Birthday" to his identical twin brother, Colin, who unfortunately, could not be in attendance for the lunch.
Despite being retired and living as Priest in Residence, Fr Robin still celebrates masses regularly in St Michael's church. We pray that God will continue to bless Fr Robin with good health and a long happy life.
SOA Survey and Mobilisation team members sold tilapia farmed by Orang Asli in Kg Sekam after the morning masses at St Michael's church. SOA volunteers from Church of Our Mother of Perpetual Help (OMPH) simultaneously also held a fish sale at OMPH church, on the same morning. Profits after payouts to Kg Sekam villagers who farmed the fish have been plowed back into the SOA fund for further development work.
The second assembly of the Perak Deanery Orang Asli Apostolate was held at St Michael's church SFX hall on 12th August 2017. The event drew approximately 70 orang asli participants from all over Perak. Other esteemed guests include SOA education partners, the Society of St Vincent de Paul, Perak (SSVP) and SOA supporter, Pink Shoes organisation from Kuala Lumpur. Guests and participants arrived by 11 a.m. and were treated to a simple lunch. The event started with a welcome address by SOA Chairman Mr Francis Fernandes and SOA priest advisor, Fr Stephen Liew. SOA member, Mr David Chai, then presented a summary of the works done by SOA in Perak since the last assembly. Areas covered include infrastructure works, medical aid, emergency food aid and education. The orang asli teacher from Kg Sinju,trained by SOA partners Mariaville kindergarten and SSVP Perak also gave a short speech on her journey towards becoming a kindergarten teacher at her village.
This was followed by a medical and nutrition talk by Dr Ho Jien Yeen and Dr Kelvin Goh from Hospital Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun, Ipoh. It was heartening to see active orang asli participation in the Q&A session with Dr Goh. This was followed by a short break. An orang asli friend of SOA from Gerik also gave a short sharing about the assistance given by SOA in the building of the multi-purpose community hall at Pos Kemar. Representatives from Pink Shoes organisation also gave a short reflection on their experiences while working with SOA. The final session was an interesting eye-opening talk by orang asli activists Tijah and Dollah, about orang asli native customary land rights.
SOA's Priest Advisor, Fr Stephen Liew, received a donation of approximately 64,000 rice meals from Sunway Group at the Lost World hotel,Ipoh. This is the fourth consecutive year that Sunway Group has donated to SOA. The fortified rice packs were supplied by the international relief organisation 'Rise Against Hunger', formerly known as 'Stop Hunger Now'. SOA thanks Sunway Group, its management and staff and Rise Against Hunger organisation for their generous and unwavering support towards SOA's healthcare and nutrition programmes.
SOA survey and mobilisation team, together with Fr Stephen Liew, orang asli friends from Kg Sekam (Tapah) and members from Pink Shoes organisation were invited by orang asli villagers of Pos Kemar in Gerik, to the newly built community hall for a blessing and kenduri.
SOA survey and mobilisation team headed to Pos Kemar,Gerik to view the new Pos Kemar Community Hall built by the orang asli community there, with aid from SOA. The SOA Healthcare & Nutrition team together with volunteers from Fatimah hospital,Ipoh and Stephen Chow of Taiping, visited Kg Sg Karah, Lubuk Chupak and Kg Air Bah Lawin,Gerik to conduct a follow-up medical camp. The team also brought donated clothing for some of the villages.
SOA team comprising two SOA members and two SSVP Kuala Kangsar members, delivered food aid (food pack consists of rice, fortified rice, oil, ikan bilis,sugar,salt, biscuits and malt beverage) to twelve orang asli households in Kg Balang,Ulu Bekor,off Kuala Kangsar.
SOA survey and mobilisation members paid a visit to Fr Andrew and orang asli community at Tanjung Malim. The purpose of this trip was to touch base with the orang asli community at Tg Malim church and and to see how the SOA could be of service to the orang asli community in the Tanjung Malim area. After discussions with the villagers, the team will help build a multi-purpose hall for the community as that was something they had requested for. Pink Shoes organisation have also pledged their kind support for this project.
SMC BEC groups organised a mass to celebrate the 100 years anniversary of the Fatima apparitions on 31st May 2017, in conjunction with the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The rosary was recited in English and Chinese prior to the mass. The Our Lady of Fatima anniversary was celebrated with a short skit at the end of the mass, with three of our parish children acting as the three shepherd children, Lucia, Jacinta Marto and Francisco Marto who witnessed Our Lady's apparitions. The two siblings, St Jacinta and St Francisco,were canonized by Pope Francis on 13th May 2017.
The Chinese Evangelisation Group and SMC Ministry to the Poor organised a grand Easter lunch for guests of SMC's Soup Kitchen and Ministry to the Poor adoptees on Divine Mercy Sunday. Guests and adoptees who came from all walks of life and from different faiths, were feted to a delicious lunch, (sponsored by SMC's Ministry to the Poor) at the parish's activity centre. Volunteers and the organisers also sang hymns to entertain the crowd. Also in attendance were SMC's parish priests Fr Stephen Liew and Fr Robin Andrews.
SOA mobilisation members together with orang asli villagers from Kg Sekam,Tapah harvested, cleaned and brought down tilapia farmed at Kg Sekam for sale to parishioners at SMC after all the morning masses on 23rd April 2017.
SOA medical team and volunteer doctors and nurses visited Kg Sekam, Tapah on the morning of 22nd April 2017 for a follow up medical camp.
Updates : Deepest condolences to the family and friends of the late Dr Loo Ming Wei (pictured above), a dedicated member of the SOA's team of volunteer medical doctors, who passed away on 19th September 2017. Dr Loo generous spirit and dedication to the SOA cause will always be remembered. May his soul rest in peace.
Members of PHDC thanks all parishioners and friends who have generously contributed to the Penang Diocesan Lenten Campaign. The amount collected from our parish amounted to RM50,024.00.
Two SOA teams set out to deliver rations of rice and groceries to needy orang asli communities in Kuala Kangsar. The SOA team was assisted by two members of the Society of St Vincent de Paul (SSVP) from the church of St Patrick,Kuala Kangsar, for the trip to Kg Balang,Ulu Bekor. Rations of fortified rice, regular rice, salt and canned food were given to nine households comprising mainly elderly orang asli.
SOA team together with volunteer doctors, nurses and pharmacist from Hospital Fatimah, Ipoh and Hospital Raja Permaisuri Tuanku Bainun,Ipoh conducted a medical camp at Kg Sinju, Simpang Pulai on the morning of 11th March 2017.
Fr Stephen Liew launched the Penang Diocesan Lenten Campaign 2017 on 5th March 2017 during the morning masses at 8.00 a.m. (in English) and 10.00 a.m.(in Chinese). The theme for year 2017 is "Keep Hope Alive". This year, the campaign aims to motivate more Catholics to be more aware and responsive to the poor and marginalised around them, with particular focus on the following: migrants, child labour, the homeless, the elderly, the ill/infirmed and orphans. We are all called to be disciples of hope for these marginalised sections of our society. The launch began with representations of these six focus groups by altar servers bearing photo placards. This was followed by the unfurling of the Lenten Campaign bunting by Fr Liew. He then proceeded to water a plant presented by the PHDC, which represented "Life and Hope". The plant will be kept in the church throughout the Lenten season.
Parishioners were then reminded to take a Lenten Campaign envelope and to give generously towards this campaign. The Lenten campaign funds will be used to fund the diocese's many outreach projects.
The SMC Altar Servers launched their first official Altar Servers' Handbook on 26th Feb 2017, during the 8.00 a.m. English mass and the 10.00 a.m. Chinese mass. The Handbook was compiled by Jude Danny, Christopher Yau and team under the guidance of Fr Stephen Liew. Congratulations to the SMC Altar Servers and their advisors for this useful and far-sighted idea, which will surely be much appreciated by all present and future servers.
SOA members took delivery of 93 boxes fortified rice from Stop Hunger Now, kindly sponsored by Taylor's College Rotaract Club on 25th Feb 2017. We are most grateful for this kind donation as the rice will be distributed not only to Orang Asli communities but any poor community or charitable organisation in need of it. A big 'Thank you' to Rotaract Club of Taylor's College and Stop Hunger Now organisation!
SOA's medical healthcare and nutrition team conducted a medical camp at new orang asli villages in Gerik, among them Kg Tersau.
In conjuction with the celebration of Catechetical Sunday, Fr Stephen Liew and visiting priest,Monsignor James Gnanapiragasam, presided over the commissioning of St Michael's church catechists for the year 2017, during the morning mass on 22nd January 2017.
The Indian Group of SMC celebrated Ponggal with parishioners on 22nd January 2017. The traditional boiling of rice in milk was done before mass, outside at the porch area. The group also prepared coffee and sweets at the Parish Activity Centre for parishioners to partake along with the sticky rice. Fr Stephen Liew and Monsignor James Gnanapiragasam were seen mingling with parishioners while savouring the Ponggal breakfast after mass.
The Sahabat Orang Asli Survey & Mobilisation team together with orang asli villagers harvested fish cultivated at Kg Sekam, in Cameron Highlands on Saturday, 21st Jan 2017. The fish were cleaned, packed and sold to parishioners by the hard-working members of the SOA after all masses on the weekend of 21st to 22nd January 2017. SOA team thanks all volunteers and parishioners for their kind support.
SOA team members together with volunteers from Ipoh's Fatimah hospital, volunteer doctors from Ipoh and Teluk Intan and volunteers from Taiping conducted medical camps at Kg Air Bah Lawin, Kg Sg Karah and three new villages in the surrounding area. Rice packs were also delivered to the villagers. Doctors were pleased to record some improvement in the health of the families found to be malnourished in the previous medical visit in the second half of 2016.
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What Is DevOps
Wikipedia defines DevOps thusly:
"DevOps is a software engineering culture and practice that aims at unifying software development and software operation. The main characteristic of the DevOps movement is to strongly advocate automation and monitoring at all steps of software construction, from integration, testing, releasing to deployment and infrastructure management."
While the definition above is accurate, it focuses solely on the technical, process, and tooling aspects of DevOps, but ignores the important organizational communication factors which DevOps enables.
Back in the "bad old days", before DevOps, the typical relationship between a development team and an operations team in a large organization could best be described as indifferent.
The dev team would work on their application design and code without much thought given to how the operations team was going to implement that application at scale. When an executable was ready (a war file, for instance, if we're talking about a Java app), the devs would just throw it over the wall to ops. It would be up to ops to make it work in their production environment.
This can result in any number of downstream operational issues caused by either design decisions which didn't account for application performance at scale, or other considerations which simply didn't get addressed because the dev and ops teams tended not to talk to each other much.
DevOps tools and processes are meant to fix that communication gap and create a much fuzzier line between who is "dev" and who is "ops". Both sides of that fuzzy line need to understand what the other side does and provide feedback in both directions as early as possible in a product's development cycle, so as to avoid the consequences which typically result from a lack of that kind of communication.
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PHILADELPHIA – Police and the FBI are investigating the robbery of an armored car in northeast Philadelphia.
Officials said the robbery took place at about 10 a.m. Thursday in the Holmesburg section of the city.
Officials told WCAU-TV that the three robbers were able to escape with about $310,000 in cash.
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package org.robolectric.shadows;

import android.view.View;
import android.widget.FrameLayout;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.robolectric.RuntimeEnvironment;
import org.robolectric.TestRunners;

import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;

@RunWith(TestRunners.MultiApiSelfTest.class)
public class ShadowFrameLayoutTest {

  private FrameLayout frameLayout;

  @Before
  public void setUp() throws Exception {
    frameLayout = new FrameLayout(RuntimeEnvironment.application);
  }

  @Test
  public void testNotNull() {
    assertNotNull(frameLayout);
  }

  @Test
  public void onMeasure_shouldNotLayout() throws Exception {
    assertThat(frameLayout.getHeight()).isEqualTo(0);
    assertThat(frameLayout.getWidth()).isEqualTo(0);

    frameLayout.measure(View.MeasureSpec.makeMeasureSpec(150, View.MeasureSpec.AT_MOST),
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    assertThat(frameLayout.getHeight()).isEqualTo(0);
    assertThat(frameLayout.getWidth()).isEqualTo(0);
  }
}


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Wyld's Map of Denmark
Map of the Kingdom of Denmark
SKU: 8888 Categories: Maps, Scandinavia & Baltic Tags: Denmark, James Wyld the younger
Copper engraving, 73.5 x 53 cm, original hand colour, blank verso; map of Denmark from Wyld's New General Atlas.
James Wyld senior established a highly successful firm of map publishers, which passed to his son when he died relatively young in 1836, apparently from 'overwork'. He introduced the new process of lithography to map printing, was a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society and was appointed Geographer to both George IV and William IV. James Wyld junior inherited a thriving business. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and succeeded his father as Geographer to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.
WYLD [the younger], James


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After-Development Dynamics: South Korea's Contemporary Engagement with Asia
Anthony P. D'Costa
学術・一般書 > 社会科学 > Economics > Production
The South Korean economic development trajectory has been widely studied and is well understood. From an impoverished war-torn nation, the country has progressed on all fronts, including a ten-fold increase in per capita income over a 40 year period. It stands out internationally when it comes to education and politically it has moved away from authoritarianism to a more spirited democratic system. In short, it seems to have achieved it all. The question then is, what does a country do after it has attained development? This volume examines Korea's strategic engagement with Asia as a response to the limits of the home market. Access to new markets and resources in Asia through exports and foreign investment are critical. Additionally, with Korea's ongoing demographic crisis, its engagement with foreign workers is also inevitable. After-Development Dynamics explores how Korea is responding through regional integration, strategic industrial upgrading of exports, foreign markets and resources, and coping with migrants, including unskilled workers, students, and professionals. The transfer of Korean business and employment practices through investment to other countries and accommodating foreigners is not trouble-free. Further, prosperity imposes demands for increased social welfare, while the workings of contemporary global capitalism introduce new sources of inequality. Sharing that prosperity with small firms, irregular workers, and women becomes critical. This volume presents the key internal challenges facing Korean society and suggests multiple ways to address them as a related response to Korea's after-development prosperity.
1. After-Development Dynamics: South Korea's Contemporary Engagements with Asia
PART I: KOREA AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION
2. Economic Clustering in Northeast Asia: China, Japan, and Korean Integration
3. South Korea's Green Growth Strategy and East Asia's New Developmentalism
4. Globalization, Upgrading, and Regional Engagement: International Coproduction and the Korean Animation Industry in Asia
PART II: KOREAN BUSINESS PRACTICES AND INNOVATION STRATEGIES IN ASIA
5. Development and Strategy of Korean Patent Filings in China
6. Cross-Border Hybridization: The Internationalization of a Korea-based Manufacturer in China
7. The Transfer of HRM Practices to Indian Subsidiaries in a South Korean MNC in the Auto Industry
8. Diffusion of a Korean Labour-Management Partnership Model across Asia: The Case of LG Electronics
9. Limits to Korean Business Expansion: The Case of POSCO in India
PART III: MIGRATION, ADJUSTMENTS, AND KOREA'S IMPERATIVES
10. Foreign Professionals in South Korea: Integration or Alienation?
11. A Pathway of Knowledge Transfer from Korea to Asian Countries: Korea's Policies on Foreign-Born Students in Science and Engineering
12. Assimilation and Socio-Economic Hardship of Asian Migrants in South Korea
13. Reconstructing and Negotiating Gendered Identities: Marriage Migration of Asian Women to South Korea
14. What's Next After Development? Some Policy Directions for Korea
Anthony D'Costa has published on the political economy of development, global capitalism, and industrial restructuring using the steel, auto, and IT sectors. In 2012 his edited books Transformation and Development: The Political Economy of Transition in India and China (with A. Bagchi) and Globalization and Economic Nationalism in Asia were published by OUP. He has held several fellowships, including Fulbright-Hays, Korea Foundation, Abe, and POSCO at the East West Center. He teaches at the University of Melbourne and has taught at the University of Washington, Copenhagen Business School, and the National University of Singapore.
Striving for Inclusive Development: From Pangkor to a Modern Malaysian State
Deals and Development: The Political Dynamics of Growth Episodes
The BRICS Report: A Study of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa with Special Focus on Synergies and Complementarities
Global Governance and Development
The Oxford Handbook of Local Competitiveness
Science, the State and the City: Britain's Struggle to Succeed in Biotechnology
Bitter Pills: The Global War on Counterfeit Drugs
Unions, Central Banks, and EMU: Labour Market Institutions and Monetary Integration in Europe
Economic Development: What Everyone Needs to Know (2nd edition)
Cooperative Strategy: Managing Alliances and Networks (3rd edition)


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BRIAN SETZER ORCHESTRA To Perform Private "Christmas Rocks!" Concert for SiriusXM Listeners Tuesday, November 29
Posted on November 22, 2016 by Andrea Faulk
The Brian Setzer Orchestra
To Perform Private Concert for SiriusXM Listeners
"Christmas Rocks" concert to air on SiriusXM's Outlaw Country and Holly channels
NEW YORK – November 22 2016 – SiriusXM announced today that iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and three-time Grammy-Award winner Brian Setzer and his 19-piece The Brian Setzer Orchestra will perform an exclusive invitation-only concert for SiriusXM listeners in New York Cityon Tuesday, November 29. This private concert-to air on SiriusXM's Outlaw Country and Holly channels–is part of The Brian Setzer Orchestra's in-progress 13th annual "Christmas Rocks!" tour, presented by SiriusXM (full itinerary here). In December of last year, The Brian Setzer Orchestra also performed an exclusive invitation-only concert for SiriusXM listeners in New York City.
The private performance will feature the 19-piece band performing his unique take on Holiday classics, including songs from their first studio Christmas album in 10 years, 2015's Rockin' Rudolph, (Surfdog Records) plus Setzer's well-known hits from the Stray Cats and his solo career. Setzer recently released (November 4, via Surfdog Records) the Blu-ray/CD Rockabilly Riot: Osaka Rocka! – Live In Japan.
The "Christmas Rocks" concert, taking place at The Hard Rock Café in Times Square, will air Friday, December 9 at 8:00 pm ET on Outlaw Country, channel 60, and through the SiriusXM App on smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online at SiriusXM. Highlights from the concert will air on SiriusXM's Holly, channel 13. For rebroadcast times, please visit www.siriusxm.com.
After the broadcast, the concert will be available on SiriusXM On Demand for subscribers listening via the SiriusXM app for smartphones and other connected devices or online at http://www.siriusxm.com/streaming.
Outlaw Country plays country rebels like Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, David Allan Coe, Dwight Yoakam, Hank Williams Jr., Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams, Drive-By Truckers and Old 97s.
Iconic guitarist, songwriter, vocalist and 3-time Grammy-award-winner Brian Setzer is a "Musician's Musician" credited with continually taking chances with innovative and daring musical styles, while single-handedly resurrecting two forgotten genres of music (rockabilly in the '80's and swing in the '90's). Along the way, he has scored chart-topping hits, sold 13 million records and received the Orville H. Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award throughout his decorated career as founder/leader of the Stray Cats, his 18-piece Brian Setzer Orchestra, and as a solo artist. He is consistently cited as one of the world's greatest living guitarists, and has a best-selling, extensive line of elite Gretsch signature model guitars bearing his name. Brian appeared in the 1987 film, La Bamba, portraying rockabilly pioneer Eddie Cochran. In 2002, Brian earned the privilege of being one of the few musicians to be animated in an episode of "The Simpsons." That same year, Setzer was personally requested to induct Chet Atkins into the 17th Annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2014, SETZER received the distinct honor of being asked by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. to donate a replica of his original 1959 Gretsch 6120 "Stray Cat" guitar, joining an elite collection of musical instruments at the museum including Dizzy Gillespie's trumpet and John Coltrane's saxophone.
For more information on SiriusXM, please visit www.siriusxm.com.
About SiriusXM
Sirius XM Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SIRI) is the world's largest radio broadcaster measured by revenue and has 29 million subscribers. SiriusXM creates and broadcasts commercial-free music; premier sports talk and live events; comedy; news; exclusive talk and entertainment, and a wide-range of Latin music, sports and talk programming. SiriusXM is available in vehicles from every major car company in the U.S. and on smartphones and other connected devices as well as online at siriusxm.com. SiriusXM radios and accessories are available from retailers nationwide and online at SiriusXM. SiriusXM also provides premium traffic, weather, data and information services for subscribers in cars, trucks, and RVs through SiriusXM Traffic™, SiriusXM Travel Link, NavTraffic®, NavWeather™. SiriusXM delivers critical weather, data and information services to aircraft and boats through SiriusXM Aviation, SiriusXM Marine™, Sirius Marine Weather, XMWX Aviation™, XMWX Weather, and XMWX Marine™. In addition, SiriusXM Music for Business provides commercial-free music to a variety of businesses. SiriusXM holds a minority interest in SiriusXM Canada which has more than 2.6 million subscribers. SiriusXM is also a leading provider of connected vehicles services to major automakers, giving customers access to a suite of safety, security, and convenience services including automatic crash notification, stolen vehicle recovery assistance, enhanced roadside assistance and turn-by-turn navigation.
To download SiriusXM logos and artwork, visit http://www.siriusxm.com/LogosAndPhotos.
This communication contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions with respect to future operations, products and services; and other statements identified by words such as "will likely result," "are expected to," "will continue," "is anticipated," "estimated," "believe," "intend," "plan," "projection," "outlook" or words of similar meaning. Such forward-looking statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of our management and are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are difficult to predict and generally beyond our control. Actual results may differ materially from the results anticipated in these forward-looking statements.
The following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from the anticipated results or other expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements: our competitive position versus other radio and audio service providers; our ability to attract and retain subscribers, which is uncertain; our dependence upon the auto industry; general economic conditions; changes in consumer protection laws and their enforcement; the security of the personal information about our customers; other existing or future government laws and regulations could harm our business; failure of our satellites would significantly damage our business; the interruption or failure of our information technology and communications systems; royalties we pay for music rights, which increase over time; the unfavorable outcome of pending or future litigation; our failure to realize benefits of acquisitions or other strategic initiatives; rapid technological and industry changes; failure of third parties to perform; failure to comply with FCC requirements; modifications to our business plans; our indebtedness; and our principal stockholder has significant influence over our management and over actions requiring stockholder approval and its interests may differ from interests of other holders of our common stock. Additional factors that could cause our results to differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements can be found in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, which is filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") and available at the SEC's Internet site (http://www.sec.gov). The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and we disclaim any intention or obligation to update any forward looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication.
Source: SiriusXM
Contact for SiriusXM:
Samantha Bowman
samantha.bowman@siriusxm.com
Contact for The Brian Setzer Orchestra:
Mitch Schneider│mschneider@msopr.com
Mike Gowen │ mgowen@msopr.com
Bari Lieberman │ blieberman@msopr.com (tour press)
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Hi! I am trying to run an experiment with 2 VMs running CUDA applivations on the same GPU. From the licensing guide I found out that I need QUADRO vDWS to run CUDA applications, but it also says that for Maxwell applications it only supports 8GB 1:1 profile. What exactly does this mean? Will I be able to set up 2VMs with CUDA on Quadro M4000? Thanks for your reply!
I am trying to run an experiment with 2 VMs running CUDA applivations on the same GPU. From the licensing guide I found out that I need QUADRO vDWS to run CUDA applications, but it also says that for Maxwell applications it only supports 8GB 1:1 profile. What exactly does this mean? Will I be able to set up 2VMs with CUDA on Quadro M4000?
First of all the guide is mentioning Tesla GPUs which are vGPU enabled. You won't be able to run vGPU on a Quadro M4000!
Support for CUDA and vGPU with multiple VMs sharing a GPU was introduced with Pascal generation.
What is I switch to P4000? Can it work that way or Tesla card is required to run my experiment?
Once again: vGPU = Tesla GPUs. You can run Passthrough with P4000 but no vGPU!
Simon sorry, I've got a question about quadro cards and passtrought: if I install a quadro card (ex a p4000 or a RTX ) into a server (DELL R740 in my case) and I passtrought the card to the vm, when I'm going to connect to thevm using horizon view (blast or pcoip) my remote session is 3d accelerated? or can I only use the CUDA/rt cores of the card? I know that this isn't a traditional VGPU configuration :) but what I need to know if the remote protocol is able to use the GPU to accelerate the visualization thanks in advice!
Sure it will work with GPU acceleration. But there might be other issues present. Quadro boards have a physical display head so it depends on the VDI solution to properly present a virtual display and especially allowing proper resizing of a session for example. And there won't be support for this configuration.


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The ABMF series is available in two further specifications. Either as ABMF-C for continuous process or as ABMF-BV which is placed before venting zone alternatively to laser or back-flush filters.
The latest new innovation of BritAS is the AMBF-PET. With that new filter generation BritAS enters the field of polyester recycling. The highlights and advantages from the standard ABMF were base to create a new efficient full-automatic filter. Lowest melt loss plus the less labor consuming operation does lead to lowest operational costs.
The new testing line at BritAS headquarter in Hanau is fully in operation and prepared for all customer trials with post-consumer or even post-industrial material.


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Gareth Bale Wins All The Awards
In case you didn't know, Gareth Bale is good at football. He has now officially been named the best soccer ball kicker in the England Premier Division Select. He does look a little bit like one of those creatures from Planet of the Apes. Wait a minute... statue of liberty... that was our planet! You maniacs, you blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell!
GB11 as he's probably going to be known as soon, has just won both the PFA Player of the Year and the PFA Young Player of the Year. He becomes only the third man in history to win both in the same year. Previously it was Cristiano Ronaldo, a man who has gone on to become the 2nd best player in the world. The other is Andy Gray, a man who got fired from Sky for sexist comments and created a unique question and answer commentating style. "Richard said, "go on Andy, fuck up your career and say something about female officials" and I said, "you know what Richard, I will - TITS!".
It could be argued that Suarez would probably have won, had he not decided to try and eat Ivanovic, but there is no argument that Bale has turned into an absolute monster this season. Tottenham without Bale, is like Mock the Week without Frankie Boyle - you're left with that useless bald cunt and it's all a bit shit.


Cardiac (cardiovascular surgery) is surgery on the heart or great vessels conducted by cardiac surgeons. It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease with coronary artery bypass grafting technology to correct a congenital heart disease or for the treatment of valvular heart disease from various causes, rheumatic heart disease, including endocarditis and atherosclerosis. It includes also includes heart transplantation.


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At UN meeting, 11 African countries from Great Lakes region sign new stability pact
UN News Service - December 16, 2006
Culminating a two-day summit meeting at the United Nations Office at Nairobi, African leaders from eleven countries today signed a Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes region which Secretary-General Kofi Annan has praised for its potential to consolidate peace in a region that has seen some of the world's deadliest conflicts.
DRC's Kabila Faces Unruly, Corrupt Mining Sector
VOA News - December 15, 2006
As the Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila begins his first democratically elected presidential term, he faces the challenge of radical reform in the mining sector, which has been marked by decades of corruption and mismanagement.
Leaders meet over peace, development and humanitarian crises
IRIN - December 14, 2006
The humanitarian crises precipitated by numerous civil wars in Africa's Great Lakes region can best be mitigated by consolidating peace and political stability to promote development, leaders at a summit in Nairobi said on Thursday."We need to consolidate the delicate equation of peace and security, and begin to direct our energies towards reconstruction and development," Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki, the incoming Chairman of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, said.
Jean-Pierre Bemba to run for Kinshasa senate seat
Congo Planet - December 12, 2006
Jean-Pierre Bemba has submitted papers in a bid to run for a senate seat for the city of Kinshasa.
DRC elections raise peace hopes for region
An international conference aimed at enhancing peace, security and development in Africa's Great Lakes Region is under way in Nairobi, with delegates expressing optimism that the elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo heralded an era of stability in the volatile region.
After four-year process, region is closer to peace
When preparations for the international conference on peace, security, democracy and development in the Great Lakes region began in 2003, United Nations and African Union (AU) officials were at pains to explain that this was a process, not just a meeting, that would take years to achieve. Four years later, the last of two state summits in this process is scheduled for 14-15 December in Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.
Annan, Security Council Urge Congolese to Work Together And Welcome New President
UN News - December 7, 2006
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today stressed the need for all Congolese to work together as he congratulated Joseph Kabila on his inauguration as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) following the recent elections, the first democratic polls in the strife-torn country in more than 40 years.
Video: Joseph Kabila inauguration ceremony on 12.6.2006
Monuc - December 7, 2006
Joseph Kabila inauguration ceremony on 12.6.2006.
Kabila Sworn In as DRC's Elected President
VOA News - December 6, 2006
Thirty-five-year-old Joseph Kabila has been sworn-in as the newly elected post-war president in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Wearing a dark suit and raising his right hand, Mr. Kabila said he would only be guided by general interest and act as a faithful servant of the people. The ceremony was held under tight security in Kinshasa.
High security in Kinshasa ahead of presidential inauguration
Security is high in Kinshasa ahead of the inauguration ceremony for newly elected DRC president Joseph Kabila, which will commence tomorrow at 11am on Wednesday December 5 2006 in the "Palais de la Nation".


Sick people tend to be pessimistic. It's obvious that you're wrong. I will quit that party. The whale is well known to be the largest mammal. Mother hummed to herself as she went about her cooking in the kitchen. I'm feeling a little nervous right now. I still have to work hard. What image did you have in mind as you painted this picture? I knew you'd be thrilled. As you wished!
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Analog vs Digital & Music Interfaces @ DEAF 08
Yesterday I headed to the Digital Hub in Dublin to listen to some talks about making music and to watch a film screening, all these were happening as part of the Dublin Electronic Arts Festival.
First speaker was Gavin Burke from Galway based Future Audio Workshop who spoke about the physics of sound, how synth technology can reproduce these and his companies virtual synth product 'Circle'. Two years in development, Circle functions as a standalone instrument, a vst or a pro tools plugin and combines synth modeling with an interface that doesn't try to reproduce the look of a hardware synths control panel but instead uses the full visual and control affordances the computer offers.
Next up Peter Kirn from CreateDigitalMusic examined the common metaphors that are used in music software, like the piano roll, the linear timeline and tape splicing and the possibilities for breaking out beyond these conventions. He cited current examples like the Ableton Live interface, the Tenori-on and many of the new touchscreen music apps for the iPhone like Brian Eno's 'Bloom' and RJDJ. The possibilities of using Processing to make experimental music interfaces was also explored, one example shown was a circular sequencer that took inspiration from Balinese Gong circles.
We then viewed Niamh Ahern's 'Totally Wired', a documentary centering around Analog Synth store Schneiders Büro in Berlin, the musicians who buy their equipment there, the hardware manufacturers (many of which are based around Germany and are small family run businesses) and provides a great look into what motivates people to pursue Analog Synth hardware in this age of digital everything. Afterwards there was a Q+A with Niamh and Andreas Schneider. Andreas also presented an improv session on a patch cable controlled synth, and was so in the zone that afterwards he started talking to the audience in German 🙂
The final session was delivered by Mark Jenkins and Dave Vorhaus of White Noise and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. Mark has wrote a book detailing the evolution of synth technology from analog through to virtual analog and took us on an audio journey through this development and his use of all forms of synths in his compositions.
Dave spoke of his experience recording the first ever electronic album 'Electric Storm' in 1968 while working at the BBC. The process was painstakingly laborious, the synth was tuned to play a note, this was recorded to tape. Then the oscillator was retuned, and the next note recorded… and so on. Interestingly he said this pioneering 'cut and paste' production method was inspired by the tape editing techniques of his father who was a blacklisted film director. Dave also said how he really doesn't like keyboards because that their scale imposes limitations on how the instrument can be played, limitations he has sought to overcome with his double bass like Kaleidophon controller.
There were a couple of common themes through all these presentations. First was that all agreed (apart from one dissenting voice in the 'Totally Wired' documentary) that synth software along with regular computer hardware have finally reached the level of exactly modeling the sound qualities of analog hardware.
The other theme was the importance of the musician to instrument connection through the interface development, whether its through the cutting edge control and visual feedback of Circle or the visceral musician to hardware relationship that ensures the continued sales of analog gear at Schneiders Büro.
Either way the new language of electronic music control and notation is still under development and is going to keep evolving in new directions, not just due to commercial concerns but also due to the new found ease of access to software and hardware creation tools for the traditional end-user group, now able to undertake authorship of their own instruments and interfaces to create a new generation of music performance technologies.
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We've been rolling merrily along in the grocery but could we have a healthier cart?
We all know good grocery shopping habits: shop with a list, don't shop when hungry, stay on the perimeter and avoid the most crowded times at your store; but, did you know coupons and discount stores may be hazardous to your health?
Quick tips and thoughts for healthier grocery shopping.
coupons are almost always for inner aisle "junk" food. DON'T clip and you'll save your health!
discount stores encourage bulk buying. Huge containers and bulk buying statistically result in YOU becoming bulky!
take the small cart. A big cart encourages extras which add up to extra on your waist.
glasses, please. That's reading glasses – if you truly want to compare. Don't rely on a front-of-package label to tell you the truth. Whatever you are interested in is ALWAYS in the fine print.
consider a delivery service. It will be less likely that your service will toss in those Flamin' Hot Cheetos while in the check out lane.
PS Share your best healthy shopping tips with me at cmarciam@gmail.com.


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Hi all…. This will be my last post in this topic. I want to conclude this one with Self-identity of women and about feminism, which we all already have some idea.
Self-identity is an essential for everyone. Identifying one's own self is not an easy task. But, this is even more complicated in women's case. It could be a difficult process and in the beginning of the modern society when women started to come out from the darkness they had to come across so many obstacles. Women's identity is hidden behind their family, sacrifice, sentiments and dependence in those days.
In Anita Nair's novel "Ladies Coupe", we can see the protagonist Akhila's quest for self identity. In order to find her own self she takes a train journey. The novel bound up with five different women's stories together from different social and family background. These stories help her to identify herself and what she really needs at that point. Through the characters author has expressed the importance of need for self – expression. This shows the single woman's desire to break the norms and traditions in order to establish her own identity and happiness.
Anita Nair highlights the truth about how most women think and satisfied with the assurance and affection of their husband or family. But with such an assurance, they failed to realize the pleasure and confidence they would have achieved with the own identity. Through the novel the author exposed the darker and brighter side of women's life. She depicts a clear picture of the characters' inner conflicts, the wounded dreams and their struggle for identity, most importantly how they were lost in the social dilemma.
All the above topics we have seen are under the feminism. The word feminism became fancy nowadays. Not only woman but lots of men are supporting feminism. Feminism is a broad idea of advocating equality for women in all fields as human beings. This can also be described as a movement. All over the world, there are lots of men and women are working and conducting camping's for the feminist activities. The novels I have mentions above comes under the feminism. Because it expressed the importance and need for an equality between men and women.
The very latest Indian writers, like Chetan Bhagwat, Ravinder Singh, Durjoy Datta and Savi Sharma are taken this feminism concept normally and they have showcased the new women in their works. They moved to the next stage by depicting the women character as equal to men in most of the places.
Apart from all the praises and criticism Chetan Bhagat's novel "One Indian girl" portrays the perfect picture of a liberal woman also with the difficulties and the past social norms to face through her journey. The protagonist Radhika is unique not typical all Indian girls. This novel is truly feminist. We can see the protagonist attain self knowledge and self realization and most importantly she was successful in her field throughout the book. She has a modern education and job. Even as a male writer, he has written as a female protagonist and expressed most of the things from a woman perspective. It hopes to question society, which judges women achievers. It asks why when it comes to love; being intelligent and too successful is almost a drawback for women.
Female roles in literature have been changing from ages to ages but still, there remained some issues that inherited from its previous generations. In the starting stage of modern age, more women became writers and they were able to portray the emotions of woman in their writings. The women writers have more closeness and concern to the women in their society.. In the latest modern days, readers acknowledged the writers, both men and women as a strong way to spread the modernism and feminism statements.


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Large igloo in front of Kinngait in southern region of Baffin Island.
Quinzhee redirects here.
The igloo or iglu is the traditional shelter of Inuit living in the far northern regions. They are built of blocks of snow in a circular form in which the walls curve inward toward the top to form a snow vault in which the arched ceiling is self-supporting. An outstanding example of human ingenuity and adaptability to the environment, the igloo retains heat and protects against wind, since snow and ice act as excellent insulation. The design includes a tunnel entrance that forms a cold trap to preserve heat inside. The sleeping and sitting area is raised above this and so maintains a higher temperature; a small hole near the top of the igloo provides ventilation.
2 Construction
3 Use
4.1 Linings
4.2 Quinzhee
5 Contemporary variations
5.1 Winter camping and survival
5.2 Igloo hotels
A similar construction is the quinzhee, which is a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow, and is only for temporary use. In contemporary times this type of snow shelter has become popular among those who enjoy winter camping as well as in survival situations.
Some contemporary Inuit continue to use igloos, especially as temporary shelters while hunting. However, the warming climate of the early twenty-first century reduced the availability of appropriate snow for igloo construction. Although the traditional art of igloo construction by Inuit natives may have declined, the igloo and variations upon it, such as ice hotels, have gained in popularity among those who enjoy the winter experience.
Inuit village near Frobisher Bay, an illustration from Charles Francis Hall's Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux, published in 1865.
An igloo (Inuit language: iglu, Inuktitut syllabics: ᐃᒡᓗ, "house," plural: iglooit or igluit, but in English commonly "igloos"), translated sometimes as "snowhouse," is the Inuit word for house or habitation. As such, the Inuit do not restrict the use of this term exclusively to snow houses but include traditional tents, sod houses, homes constructed of driftwood, and modern buildings.[1][2]
The Igluvijaq (ᐃᒡᓗᕕᔭᖅ) refers specifically to the snowhouse.[3] This is a shelter constructed from blocks of snow, generally in the form of a dome. Such igloos were predominantly constructed by people of Canada's Central Arctic and Greenland's Thule area. Other Inuit people used snow to insulate their houses, which were constructed of whalebone and hides.
Although the origin of the igloo may have been lost in antiquity, it is known that Inuit have constructed igloos for hundreds of years. Martin Frobisher, in his expeditions to discover the Northwest Passage landed on Baffin Island in 1576, where he encountered an Inuit igloo village.
Living in an area where snow and ice predominate, particularly in the long dark winter above the Arctic Circle, the igloo is the perfect shelter. Snow is used because the air pockets trapped in it make it an excellent insulator. On the outside, temperatures may be as low as −45 °C (−49.0 °F), but on the inside of an igloo the temperature may range from −7 °C (19 °F) to 16 °C (61 °F) when warmed by body heat alone.[4] A highly functional shelter, the igloo is also aesthetically pleasing; its shape is both strong and beautiful.
Building an iglu in Cape Dorset (southern region of Baffin Island).
An igloo sideview diagram; opening to the right. Dark-yellow signifies ground.
Architecturally, the igloo is unique in that it is a dome that can be raised out of independent blocks leaning on each other and polished to fit without an additional supporting structure during construction. The igloo is not hemispheric but rather shaped like an egg. For a large igloo the first rows of snow blocks form vertical walls, but the key feature of the structure is the spiral form that results from the use of wedge-shaped blocks. From that point, a continuous upward spiral produces a self-supporting dome.[5]
An igloo's snowbrick laying method.
The snow used to build an igloo must have sufficient structural strength to be cut and stacked in the appropriate manner. The best snow to use for this purpose is snow which has been blown by wind, which can serve to compact and interlock the ice crystals. The igloo "is essentially the product of a treeless zone where the unbroken force of the wind so compacts the surface of the snow that it can be carved into building blocks."[6]
The igloo, if correctly built, will support the weight of a person standing on the roof
The igloo, if correctly built, will support the weight of a person standing on the roof. In the traditional Inuit igloo, the heat from the kulliq (stone lamp) causes the interior to melt slightly. This melting and refreezing builds up an ice sheet and contributes to the strength of the igloo.[5] Thus, the igloo becomes a house of ice rather than snow:
The transformation gives it a remarkable stability; a man can stand on the summit without causing its collapse, and half the house can be destroyed without destroying the other half.[6]
The hole left in the snow where the blocks are cut from is usually used as the lower half of the shelter. The sleeping platform is thus a raised area compared to where one enters the igloo. Because warmer air rises and cooler air settles, the entrance area acts as a cold trap whereas the sleeping area holds whatever heat is generated by a stove, lamp, or body heat. A single block of ice may be inserted to allow light into the igloo. Sometimes, a short tunnel is constructed at the entrance to reduce wind and heat loss when the door is opened. Due to snow's excellent insulating properties, inhabited igloos are surprisingly warm inside. Covers of caribou fur are quite sufficient to keep a person comfortable while sleeping.
The 1922 documentary, Nanook of the North, contains the oldest surviving movie footage of an Inuit constructing an igloo. In the film, "Nanook" builds a large family igloo as well as a smaller igloo for sled pups. He demonstrates the use of an knife made of walrus ivory to cut and trim snow block, as well as the use of clear ice for a window. His igloo was built in about one hour, and was large enough for five people. The igloo was cross-sectioned for film-making, so interior shots could be made.
Inside an igloo.
There are three types of igloo, of different sizes and used for different purposes.
The smallest igloo is constructed as a temporary shelter. Hunters while out on the land or sea ice may camp in one of these iglooit for one or two nights.
Next in size is the semi-permanent, intermediate sized family dwelling. Inuit usually created single room dwellings to housed one or two families. Often there were several of these in a small area, which formed an "Inuit village."
The largest of the igloos was normally built in groups of two. One of the buildings was a temporary building constructed for special occasions; the other was built near by for living. This was constructed either by enlarging a smaller igloo or building from scratch. These could have up to five rooms and housed up to 20 people. A large igloo may have been constructed from several smaller igloos attached by their tunnels giving a common access to the outside. These were used to hold community feasts and traditional dances.
The Central Inuit, especially those around the Davis Strait, lined the living area of their igloos with animal skin, which could increase the temperature within from around 2 °C (36 °F) to 10-20 °C (50-68 °F).
Quinzhee
Exterior of a quinzhee facing the entrance.
A quinzhee or quinzee (IPA: /ˈkwɪnzi/) is a shelter made by hollowing out a pile of settled snow, and is only for temporary use. This is in contrast to an igloo, which is made from blocks of snow and can be semi-permanent. The word quinzhee is of Athabaskan origin.[7]
The snow for a quinzhee need not be of the same quality as required for an igloo. Quinzhees are not usually meant as a form of permanent shelter, while igloos can be used for seasonal and year round habitation. The construction of a quinzhee is slightly easier than the construction of an igloo, although the overall result is somewhat less sturdy and more prone to collapsing in harsh weather conditions. Quinzhees are normally constructed in times of necessity, usually as an instrument of survival, so aesthetic and long-term dwelling considerations are normally exchanged for economy of time and materials.
Contemporary variations
Although some contemporary Inuit continue to use igloos, especially as temporary shelters while hunting, the warming climate of the early twenty-first century has reduced the availability of appropriate snow for igloo construction. The area within the Artic Circle has warmed considerably, resulting in difficulty in finding snow of the right consistency and in freezing the blocks together.[5]
Nevertheless, although the traditional art of igloo construction by Inuit natives may have declined, the igloo and variations upon it have gained in popularity among those who enjoy the winter experience.
Winter camping and survival
For fun, or for winter camping and survival purposes, it is possible to construct a quinzhee snow shelter by gathering a large pile of snow and excavating the inside. Basically, the procedure involves creating a mound of snow, letting it harden to gain strength, and then digging into it from below and hollowing it out.
The area where the quinzhee is to be constructed must first be flattened. To prevent a situation where there are two different levels of setness, which can cause collapse during excavations, a new snow pile must be made rather than using a natural pile such as a snow drift. After piling the snow to the desired height (usually 6 feet (1.8 m) to 10 feet (3.0 m)) the site should be left for several hours, possibly overnight, while the snow sets. Before excavating sticks are inserted into the roof and wall, approximately 10 inches (250 mm) to 12 inches (300 mm) deep, to be used as a guide when digging out the interior. When digging out is is essential that there be at least one person outside the pile to ensure that no-one is trapped inside if the snow pile collapses. When the interior has been dug out, one or more small air vents should be made, and then a lantern can be used to heat up the inside.
There are several cautions in using a quinzhee. The snow pile can collapse, and it is generally impossible to dig oneself out from the heavy snow. After construction it is safe to sleep in, but not strong enough to hold significant weight on top.
Igloo hotels
Main hall in ICEHOTEL Jukkasjärvi, Sweden, 2007. Sculptures by Jörgen Westin.
The Ice Hotel near the village of Jukkasjärvi, Kiruna, Sweden.
Igloo hotels are a new variation on the traditional igloo. In several winter destinations, villages of igloos are built for tourists where the guests use sleeping bags that sit on top of reindeer hides in overnight stays. For example, Kakslauttanen Igloo Village, located in the Saariselka fell area in the vicinity of Urho Kekkonen National Park in Finnish Lapland, includes snow igloos for sleeping, an ice gallery, an ice chapel popular for weddings, and a snow restaurant that holds 150 persons. There are also traditional rustic log cabins, and a number of warm glass igloos, which provide a unique opportunity to sleep under the Lapp sky and experience the Aurora Borealis in a comfortable room temperature.[8]
Ice hotels are found in many places in Scandinavia—in Norway, Finland, and Sweden—and are constructed each winter, melting in the spring. The ICEHOTEL in the village of Jukkasjärvi, located next to the town of Kiruna in Sweden is a famous attraction. Originally, the creators started out building a simple igloo, which later turned into the elaborate and now famous "hotel." It is made from the waters of the nearby river Torne, the pure waters of which produce beautiful clear ice used to create ice sculptures and other decorations inside the buildings which are made entirely of snow and ice.[9]
↑ Charles D. Arnold and Elisa J. Hart, "The Mackenzie Inuit Winter House," Arctic 45(2) (June 1992): 199-200. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
↑ Richard M. Levy, Peter C. Dawson, and Charles Arnold, "Reconstructing traditional Inuit house forms using three-dimensional interactive computer modeling," Visual Studies 19(1) (2004): 26-35. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
↑ Asuilaak Living Dictionary, "Igloo." Retrieved February 4, 2009.
↑ Rich Holihan, Dan Keeley, Daniel Lee, Powen Tu, and Eric Yang, How Warm is an Igloo? Retrieved February 4, 2009.
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Dan Cruickshank, "What house-builders can learn from igloos," BBC News, 2008. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
↑ 6.0 6.1 Diamond Jenness, The Indians of Canada (Toronto, ON: University of Toronto Press, 1977, ISBN 0802063268).
↑ Allen O'Bannon and Mike McClelland, Allen & Mike's Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book: Traveling and Camping Skills for a Winter Environment (Chockstone Press, 1996, ISBN 1575400766), 80-86.
↑ Kakslauttanen, Igloo Village Kakslautanen. Retrieved February 4, 2009.
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Building an Igloo.
How Igloos Work at HowStuffWorks
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Igloo—the Traditional Arctic Snow Dome.
My Quinzhee Camping Page.
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Native American Housing
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