Ozzie's Vistage members were quite amazing. They immediately opened up to the Blue Ocean process and embraced the idea of possibilities. And the stories they shared with us were spectacular...personal, moving and very honest about the business problems they were facing. It was such a joy to think through their issues with them and together, come up with some big ideas for getting their companies growing again.
I share three of those stories here. Perhaps they will trigger some ideas of your own that can help you grow your business…not by doing more, cheaper, but by re-thinking your role in the lives of your customers, Blue Ocean-style.
The leader of a medical device firm told us that he was challenged—not by his normal clients, healthcare systems—but by a request from someone in Mexico who needed to get medical device parts to his hospital clients faster. The current process was taking too long because the parts had to go through customs and then get sent by air. Patients who were beholden to machines to help diagnose or treat their condition were desperately waiting for parts to arrive from the U.S. to get the non-working devices operational again.
As we took this CEO through our process of discovery, he began to think beyond the current challenges he was facing with his typical healthcare clients (outdated medical systems software needing a complete overhaul).
While that seemed like a big problem to focus on, the emotional request from Mexico really got him thinking about unmet needs. The person making the inquiry wanted to find a way to inventory parts at a delivery center to be built in Mexico. That way, the parts would be available in-country immediately, not having to be sent from America. It sounded like a good idea but maybe a bit risky. What were some alternatives?
Each idea, of course, required further exploration to see which ones could be executed right now and which needed more research. We urged the CEO to have a testing mindset and not worry about failing. We reminded him that his clients didn't simply need a revved-up version of the same process (a faster path through customs) but an entirely new and better way to solve the problem. If this new solution worked, he could roll it out globally wherever the same issues were occurring.
Looking with fresh eyes to find possibilities led to solutions to unmet needs in innovative ways. This CEO was amazed at what big ideas were right there in front of him, waiting to be discovered.
We had a very exciting discussion with a CEO of a traditional but yet innovative marketing and advertising agency. He was troubled by a recurring pattern that was emerging with a number of his former clients. Time and again, they were taking their marketing jobs in-house, bringing in staff rather than hiring the CEO's agency. To make matters worse, the former clients would then call the CEO and tell him how they could help his marketing team do their jobs better.
The challenges facing this CEO are not unique. Far too many CMOs have very short life spans these days. In fact, a March 2017 Wall Street Journal article states that "the average tenure for chief marketing officers working for the county's biggest brands has fallen for the second year in a row," from 44 months to 42 months.
Could this CEO come up with better solutions other than the traditional path of having firms hire him for their marketing services?
As we guided him through our exploration exercises and helped him rethink the problem, possible solutions started bubbling up—new ways of working that could be offered to a wide array of companies to support their marketing teams, not replace them.
What if the CEO's marketing people teamed up with the former client's in-house team and become their collaborators, not their competitors?
What if his agency set up a think tank, both in person and online, to add creative value to his marketing team on an on-demand basis?
What if they became a Google for marketers—a trusted advisor that could find answers and test models for building businesses, while not replacing in-house marketing teams?
The ideas kept coming as we dug deeper with him into the "real problem," which turned out to be not replacing one set of marketing people with another set, but working with them. If they thought of themselves as collaborators, not competitors or substitutes, what great things might happen? And if his agency designed it right, who else could use this model innovatively? That CEO went home with his mind swirling with big possibilities that could, indeed, open new market space.
The CEO of a successful property restoration company told a very touching story during the workshop. He had come to the realization that he really had two clients: one was insurance companies that were his major referral source; the other was the end user, the home or property owner, who needed to restore their damaged home or facility.
While he thought he knew what each one needed, he really didn't understand the pain felt by someone who had a fire or flood…until he lost his own home in a fire.
What emerged from his personal tragedy was the realization that his business was far less functional that he had thought. His own experience made him understand that his heart had been broken. While he and his family were safe, his broken heart needed help in ways he hadn't expected .
The conversation then turned into a discussion about how to mend his customers' broken hearts. His company needed to better understand its role in his clients' lives. For this CEO, he now knew what it felt like to use his own services. He thus had to rethink and redesign the process so he could help others get over the emotional devastation, at the same time that he was rebuilding their homes.
The way forward for this CEO was not immediately clear but one thing was certain: he would no longer be competing just like another property restoration company.
Are you facing a stall point? Maybe it's a great opportunity.
Are you being hammered by challenges while trying to grow your business in these fast-changing times?
You might want to pause, step back and think about the real problems you need to solve. Each time you get asked if your company "does" something, don't say "no we don't." Think about "how you can." As John Seely Brown said, "The way forward is all around you." Whether you can see it is really up to you.
To learn how to "see, feel and think" in new ways, give us a call.
At Simon Associates Management Consultants, we specialize in helping business leaders step out and see their organizations with fresh eyes. This is when new opportunities present themselves, when you have the eyes to see them. To learn more about how our change process can turn your company around and set you on the path to growth, please contact us for a $100 1-hour consultation. Who knows what new possibilities are waiting for you?


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Dumpster rental companies commonly have set costs, but the fine art of negotiation is constantly in play. In case you'd like to dicker on the cost, call around to other firms first so you know what the going rental rate is. When you're talking to the company you wish to use, merely mention other costs which are better than theirs. Some firms will not just match that lower cost, they are going to really defeat it to satisfy their customers.
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SIMEC ATLANTIS ENERGY LIMITED
("SAE", the "Company" and, together with its subsidiaries, the "Group")
SAE, the global sustainable energy generation company and technology developer, refers to its earlier announcements on 18 May 2021 and 9 June 2021 regarding the appointment of receivers over all of the shares of its major shareholder, SIMEC UK Energy Holdings Limited ("SUEH"), which SAE understands owns approximately 41% of the issued share capital of SAE.
The GFG Alliance (of which SUEH is a member) has confirmed to SAE that the receiver's appointment has ceased, and the receivers have resigned as directors of SUEH. The GFG Alliance has also confirmed that they are in control of the SAE shares.
SAE understands that this matter is now resolved and looks forward to a more stable relationship with its major shareholder. SAE is an independent company, whose focus remains the delivery of its world leading projects, which can play a critical role in the journey to net zero.
SIMEC Atlantis Energy Limited +44 (0) 7739 832 446
Sean Parsons, Director of External Affairs
Investec Bank PLC – NOMAD and Joint Broker +44 (0) 20 7597 5970
Jeremy Ellis
Sara Hale
Ben Griffiths
Arden Partners PLC – Joint Broker +44 (0) 20 7614 5900
Ruari McGirr
SIMEC Atlantis Energy
SAE is a global developer, owner and operator of sustainable energy projects with a diverse portfolio in various stages of development. This includes a 77 per cent. stake in the world's largest tidal stream power project, MeyGen, 100 per cent. of the 220MW Uskmouth Power Station conversion project and 100 per cent. of Green Highland Renewables, a leading developer of mini-hydro projects.
https://www.saerenewables.com/
More on the MeyGen Project: https://saerenewables.com/projects/meygen/
More on the Uskmouth Project: https://saerenewables.com/project-development-operation/simec-uskmouth-power/

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How to fix Error 35 (Code 35) - Your computer's system firmware does not include enough information to properly configure and use this device. To use this device, contact your computer manufacturer to obtain a firmware or BIOS update.
Error: Code 35 - Your computer's system firmware does not include enough information to properly configure and use this device. To use this device, contact your computer manufacturer to obtain a firmware or BIOS update.
This article features Error Code 35, also known as Code 35 and its description is Your computer's system firmware does not include enough information to properly configure and use this device. To use this device, contact your computer manufacturer to obtain a firmware or BIOS update.
Description: Your computer's system firmware does not include enough information to properly configure and use this device. To use this device, contact your computer manufacturer to obtain a firmware or BIOS update.
Each device you connect to your computer has a compatible driver to help you run processes that utilize that component. You will find a list of all devices within the computer in the Device Manager's hardware device properties. When something is wrong with these components, you will see indicators on that list. These indicators will give you an idea whether it is a driver issue, a conflict with system resource or other devices. You may see an exclamation point, a question mark or a down arrow on the list.
Device Manager errors come with error messages that describe the situation you are having with your computer hardware. Known as hardware error codes, these tell you exactly which part of the computer is having an issue. When you come across Device Manager error codes, you can correct the problem by making changes in the Device Manager section.
The Device Manager window and its contents are similar in all Windows version. To view status of components in Device Manager, you can simply search for the term "Device Manager" or run the process "devmgmt.msc".
Configure - A Configure script is an executable script designed to aid in developing a program to be run on a wide number of different computers.
Contact - A person who may be approached for information or assistance or the action of communicating with someone, typically in order to give or receive information.
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Firmware - Firmware is one of the most often used terms to denote the fixed programs andor data structures that internally control an electronic device.
Include - A provision that many programming languages provide to allow functionality defined in one file to be used in another.
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An exclamation point denotes your computer detects a device but doesn't recognize it but if you see a question mark with an exclamation point, there may be conflicts between two devices connected to your computer. A red X mark means that your operating system cannot find the device, it might have been disabled or needs to be reconnected or rediscovered by your computer. A down arrow means a device is temporarily disabled.
Other than icon indicators on Device Manager, you may also receive errors that will tell you the symptoms your computer is displaying.
There is no need to be afraid of receiving a Device Manager error. Device Manager errors are tools that help us properly identifying which component or software you need to troubleshoot.
It is the simplest single step you perform to correct problems with your device. Whenever you get a Device Manager error, first thing you would want to do is to restart your computer and let your computer go back to previous setup without reinstalling or restoring your OS.
Also, keep it a habit to turn your computer off after use. It's an easy enough task to do and very helpful in maintaining proper system operations. Leaving your computer on a sleep or hibernate mode can shorten the life of your computer anyway, so, again, make it a point to shut down your computer after every usage.
Changes done to your computer can mess up your driver. If that happens, you can either reinstall your driver or update it. To do that, you can do the following.
Launch device manager by either searching for Device Manager or running "devmgmt.msc"
Click Uninstall in case you want to reinstall the driver, or Update Driver Software if you are trying to update it.
You will see a confirmation window, make sure the Delete driver software item is unchecked.
Click ok then reboot your computer.
You may manually download the driver from the manufacturer.
Run it to replace the current driver you are using.
Once done, let your computer reboot.
On Device Manager, find the problematic driver.
Right click the device and click Properties.
When you see the Properties window, click the Driver tab.
You will see the Roll Back Driver button, click that.
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Restart your computer after this.
Click System Restore and then click Next.
Right-click the Start button, then click System.
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Peripherals may also cause issues on your computer. So, to eliminate the errors caused by these, you can simply unplug the device from your computer. Reboot your computer to help it remember your changes.
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bloody Sunday again ...
As a true blue Australian citizen I was perplexed with yesterday's joint press conference between the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and the Immigration Minister Peter Dutton to announce changes to citizenship laws. In fact, I became angry that they could play the race card in such an obvious way. The changes were designed to strengthen Australian citizenship. What nonsense I thought.
It was all smoke and mirrors designed to win back One Nation voters who have deserted them. They couldn't even provide details of their proposed changes.
Asked at least five times to define 'Australian values' neither of them could. But it didn't stop them from continuously repeating the term which seemed to get the journalists a trifle upset.
They seemed to be implying that these mysterious Australian values are somehow unique or peculiar to the local citizenry.
Are these the values that dared not pass their lips?
- Respect for the equal worth, dignity and freedom of the individual
- Freedom of association
- Freedom of religion and secular government
- Support for parliamentary democracy and the rule of law
- Equality under the law
- Equality of men and women
- Equality of opportunity, regardless of race, religion or ethnic background
- A spirit of egalitarianism that embraces mutual respect, tolerance, fair play, compassion for those in need and pursuit of the public good
But surely these are universal values common to most educated democracies.
So what are these uniquely Australian values?
Are they that one of our national songs is about a thieving itinerant worker who steals a sheep and commits suicide to avoid being caught?
Our national hero is a bushranger who ran around with a saucepan on his head.
Are our values built on our ability to overcome defeat on the sporting field?
Ricky Ponting is one of Australia's greatest sporting heroes, for being the only Australian Cricket Captain famous for having lost the Ashes twice.
Do we look up to the values of Don Bradman who famously scored a duck in his last Test innings, thus ensuring he spectacularly failed to achieve a test average of 100 by the slimmest of margins?
What about the ABC who identifies so closely with his example of almost succeeding, while actually failing, that its GPO Box number is 9994 (Bradman's ultimate average of 99.94).
What about our armed forces who we celebrate with a biscuit?
We celebrate a massive and humiliating defeat in WW1 caused by British arrogance, idiocy and bad management. That's why we prefer English migrants above all others. They make us look less stupid.
Most of our national icons are owned by foreign companies.
Our most famous piece of architecture was designed by a Dane.
Our most coveted sporting trophy is a bunch of ashes. The last day of an Ashes Test is called a "sickie".
The country prides itself on its healthy disrespect for authority. It proved it at the Eureka Stockade when the miners fought the tax collectors. Sadly, they lost!
Australian Values, Fair dinkum.
Are our values enshrined in the example set by government, locking up and throwing away the key for asylum seekers on Nauru? What values do we find in committing people to a life in prison for not having perpetuated a crime?
Can our values be seen through the prism of and function of our body politic? By the standards our leaders set. By their corruption and incompetence.
We have built an entire culture on dubious values.
What about a "fair go"? Now that's a tradition engrained in us. We give everyone a fair go unless it is politically useful not to do so or there is some advantage for our media to attack them.
What about the values we used to justify unilaterally attacking Iraq on the basis of a lie. That doesn't mean we don't respect democracy. We do. Specifically, we respect the democracies of Burma, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, China and Khazakstan.
As Australians we value and have a deep respect for a wide diversity of European cultures such as English and American.
You might recall that we demonstrated these values with the Cultural Respect classes we hold yearly in January at Cronulla Beach, a famous sewer near Sydney.
Again we demonstrate our values by showing tolerance. After all we tolerate homosexuals. We just don't like them in our churches. We tolerate their awful deviant practices as long as we can avoid the mental pictures. Our values are such that at some time in the future we may even consider marriage equality.
Disregarding the fact that Australia has arguably the worst record of domestic violence in the world. Australia values and respects its women.
All Australians (except politicians) respect and value democracy. The government values the wishes of the people. It takes care to listen to the people and to their wishes, and then it does what it wants.
We value our own but prefer the head of another nation as our head of state. Australian values indeed.
And we value the existence of our indigenous folk so much that we might one day acknowledge their presence in our constitution. No hurry though.
My Australian values might be different to yours but we are a multicultural country.
2 I said but a few days ago that one only had to look at the property ownership of our politicians to find a reason for the Governments blanket ban on any changes to Capital gains and Negative gearing. Showing true self-interest and, might I say, Australian values. Yes the system has been set up to advantage the rich and privileged and of course our politicians. We should value them and we do.
The ABC says "There's no housing affordability crisis in the ranks of Federal Parliament's members and senators."
Even the razor gang, the group that slice and dice the budget and will ultimately decide on the housing affordability policies own many properties.
It's composed of Finance Minister Mathias Cormann, who owns two residential and three investment properties; Treasurer Scott Morrison, who owns a home at Dolans Bay; and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who with his wife Lucy owns several properties, including a home at Point Piper and an apartment in Canberra.
Together with their perks on allowances it truly is a scandal what they are getting away with.
But they are the defenders of Australian values.
My thought for the day
"Often our opinions are based on our values rather than our understanding and the difficulty is separating the two".
PS: I acknowledge the contribution of Australian Values in the writing of this piece.
Australian Values - fair dinkum
By John Richardson at 22 Apr 2018 - 7:29am


Trendsetter Supplements – Good Choices or Not?
The horse-human partnership struck me as especially remarkable last week as I slurped down a fermented yeasty beverage at Whole Foods market. We humans are just so different from our equine friends. In fact, we lack most of the traits that we love about horses. Take simplicity, for one.
Being creatures of habit, horses are almost foolishly simple. For 20-plus years, they will get excited every day for their same bucket of grain or patch of green grass. They never stomp their feet and demand different flavors of grass or a more modern bucket. Nope, they just feel the same excitement for the same thing at the same time every day.
Then there's us humans, about whom the same thing cannot be said. Evidence to this fact: me slurping a fermented yeasty– and mostly gross– beverage last week. This cup of bubbling Kombucha had made its way into my hands via some compelling marketing at Whole Foods. I had been drawn in by the fancy signage, the promises of better health, intelligence, strength, productivity, etc. Actually, the sign nearly promised that, upon consumption, each customer would instantly become a rock star or a wealthy supermodel or something along these lines. So, I plunked down $4 and sipped and waited.
In one word, I'd describe Kombucha as heinous. It made my taste buds want to jump up and run out of my mouth. Within minutes, my stomach rumbled unpleasantly, prompting me to scout out the nearest restroom. Meanwhile, the Kombucha's acidic aftertaste made my eyes water. You might wonder if, after this disagreeable Kombucha encounter, I have tried it since. Well, this is the point I want to make about human nature versus horse nature. Not only have I tried the yeasty beverage again, I've committed to having it every day. Why? Because, simply, it's the latest trend in the health world, and if it does turn consumers into rock stars, I don't want to miss out! You might recall that last summer's big craze was goji berries. For $18 per pound, foodies could get a bag of red pellets from the Amazon rain forest that supposedly cured cancer, balanced moods, caused weight loss, etc. This year, the goji berry trend has been replaced by Kombucha. And I, being a fickle human, have joined its ranks.
That's what we humans do– we hop from trend to trend. We like the adventure, the newness. And our poor horses, those noble steeds that love the same old same old, often get dragged into this trend-hopping with us. While horses will live happily their entire lives eating the same grass and grain ration, we humans like to invent all kinds of new concoctions for them. A few years ago, garlic had become the latest trend for horse diets. Promoters said a few teaspoons of garlic daily would benefit horses in dozens of ways, like increasing circulation, warding off bugs, improving digestion. We humans responded by buying up tubs of garlic powder and feeding it religiously.
Then, research started to show that garlic actually wasn't very good for horses. It can cause inflammation and irritate their stomachs. Oops. We all threw away our tubs of garlic. We were ready for a new trend anyway, and scooped up all the latest aloe juices and pro biotics to treat our horses' now ailing stomachs. This hot new item– stomach soothers– shot to the top of every one's equine shopping lists. Articles ran in every major magazine about stomach soothers and their unparalleled affects on health. Most recently, though, there's been some debate on how to determine if these products actually work or not.
So, capitalizing on this budding doubt, equine food producers have tried to launch a new trend– fish oil. Many of us feel like feeding fish byproducts to horses is just inherently wrong somehow. But nevertheless, producers are gaining ground and these products are becoming a bonafide trend. After all, they promise enticing health benefits: strength, healthier digestion, circulation, etc. etc. Bags of grain infused with fish oil are showing up in barns. Folks are eagerly buying special Omega 3 supplements for their horses, wondering how these steeds ever stayed healthy before. How did they stay healthy before?
That's a simple one. They stayed healthy by consuming the only things they need and still get excited about every day– grass and grain. It's us humans, not them, that need these trend changes every couple years. Nothing excites us like believing we've discovered the 'secret' to ever-lasting health. Our horse friends are happy without further discoveries. They're content with a diet that's worked for them for centuries. I can't say the same for myself. I'm hurrying out to Whole Foods to gag down my daily Kombucha and I need to rush before this trend gets replaced by a newer one!


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# Installation

```
npm install gulp gulp-banner --save-dev
```

# Quick Start

```js
var gulp = require('gulp');
var banner = require('gulp-banner');
var pkg = require('./package.json');

var comment = '\n\n';

gulp.task('taskName', function() {
    gulp.src('path/to/example.js')
        .pipe(banner(comment, {
            pkg: pkg
        }))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('dist'));
});
```

# Testing

```
npm test
```

# License

MIT, see the [LICENSE](/LICENSE) file for detail.

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Amblyomma cordiferum är en fästingart som beskrevs av Neumann 1899. Amblyomma cordiferum ingår i släktet Amblyomma och familjen hårda fästingar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Lake Como sparkles under the Spring sun. Grand Art Nouveau villas and Neo-Classical palazzos in pastel colours cast their tremulous reflection on the deep blue waters, where swans and ducks vie for fish and attention.
Weeping willows dip their leaf-laden branches into the lake, flanked on either side by crimson tulips, Neo-Classical statues and stone urns brimming with pink and red geraniums. Dainty little café tables line the waterside passeggiata, from which narrow cobbled lanes lit by wrought iron streetlamps ascend towards an ancient church and its solitary belltower. Behind all this, the white-capped Alps soar high towards a baby blue sky.
Few places can beat the charm and sheer beauty of the Italian Lakes—which is why they have been a holiday destination for two millennia. Roman historian Pliny the Younger was one of the first celebrities to take to the lakes—he had at least two villas along Lake Como's shores. But the area's golden age came in the 19th century, when Europe's great and good all wanted a place by the waterside. Poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and his wife Mary fell in love with Lake Como, which Shelley described as exceeding "anything I ever beheld in beauty." And Queen Victoria herself visited both Lake Como and Lake Maggiore.
The late 20th century brought George Clooney, Sting and Richard Branson, the last in a long list of famous people to be drawn by the lake. As they bought lavish second homes along the shores, they helped put small villages like Laglio (where Clooney has his mansion) on the map.
However, while virtually everyone has heard of Lake Como with postcard-pretty Bellagio, and the politicians' favourite resort, Cernobbio, and Lake Maggiore, with Hemingway's favourite retreat, Stresa, and the peacock-peppered Isola Bella on Lake Maggiore, there are plenty of little villages left to explore along the smaller Lakes. We have chosen three you absolutely should not miss.
God's watercolour. That's how Markus Werner calls Orta San Giulio in his book, Terraferma. Here, lake and sky are streaks of crystalline blue hemming in the scented pinks and reds of camellias and azaleas, and the stately baby green and creams of grand 18th century mansions. The entire village is a cavalcade along three hundred years of opulent architecture—from the Renaissance to the 18th century—in a triumph of wrought iron balconies, dark slate roofs and soaring arches.
But Orta's prettiest corner is the islet of San Giulio, which rises from the lake a few hundred yards from the coast. The islet has long had a mistic aura. Legend has it that it once was home to a dangerous serpent which destroyed anything in sight. But one day in the fourth century AD, Saint Julius of Novara reached the lake's shores and, using his cape as a boat, reached San Giulio. His presence alone was enough to chase the serpent away, and the Saint built his hundredth church on the barren rock.
Six hundred years on, another saint left his mark on the islet—Guglielmo da Volpiano, an early follower of Saint Benedict was born there.
Over time, however, these religious heritage was overshadowed by a military role as the islet became the strategic seat of a fortified castle. Until the 19th century, when the sacred once again replaced the profane.
In 1842, a seminary was built on San Giulio, its cream white bulk taking up most of the islet. The seminary later became a monastery for cloistered nuns and today the islet is a place of peace, quiet and extraordinary beauty, which visitors can savour by staying at the monastery's guest house. The church founded by Saint Julius in the 4th century is also open to the public. Although the Romanesque building has been lost, the later replacement preserves intact the spirituality of the origins.
Lake Lagusello is tiny and the village that fronts it even more so. Castellaro Lagusella (Monzambano - Province of Mantua) is a fortified hamlet that presides over its own waters—a heart-shaped Lagusello, or small lake.
Thick crenellated walls—broken up by a gate with a massive clock tower—have been sheltering Castellaro since the Middle Ages. Ancient homes of exposed stones line the maze of narrow, quiet lanes that coast by rich Baroque church to reach the small piazzetta that is the pulsating heart of the village. Here stands the grandiose bulk of the 19th century Villa Arrighi. The villa, which is now an opulent mansion, was originally Castellaro's fortress and it shows—the towers, the fortified walls and the mullioned windows that overlook the emerald waters of the reed-lined lake have a distinctly forbidding look.
But if the architecture and views aren't enough, Castellaro offers some extraordinary salami and wine (Tocai and Merlot).
A mountain in the middle of a lake. It is Monte Isola, hamlet, island and border between Lombardy's Brescia and Bergamo provinces. This is a place where wild nature meets tamed landscapes of olive trees, orchards and pretty fishermen's homes.
First in sight are the handful of old homes and jetties of the aptly named Porto, the harbour where the ferry boat from Lovere docks. From Porto, a tiny lane—Monte Isola is a car-free haven—climbs up the hill towards Siviano, the island's main village.
Once Siviano was just a medieval castle, but it expanded into a hamlet over time. The stone bulk of the main tower, Torre Martinengo, is still there, standing sentinel over porticoed homes brimming with flowers. But it is now dwarfed by the graceful Neo-Classical church of San Faustino e Giovita, built at the very top of the hill that overlooks the village.
Old country roads lead to the other Monte Isola villages—among others, Masse, with its stone homes, courtyards and a large stone rock that legend wants to be a meeting place for witches; Novale with its medieval houses and elegant palazzo, once home to the local bishop; and Peschiera, a lakeside hamlet graced by the exquisite Castello Oldofredi and the pastel-hued homes where most of the local fishermen used to live. And at the very top of the island, perched high on a rocky outcrop, the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Ceriola, has been watching over Monte Isola since the fifth century AD.


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Winter 2015 ›
Blank Check: Criterion's 'Always for Pleasure' Compiles Filmmaker's Featurettes
By Josh Slates
Filmmaker Les Blank, the recipient of the IDA's 2011 Career Achievement Award, was nothing if not a man at peace with his obsessions. By turns a folklorist and historian of vanishing and forgotten Americana, Blank, through his films, shared many connective fascinations and motifs such as Cajun and Creole music and cuisine, the everyday restorative powers of garlic, reclusive blues musicians and wily auteur Werner Herzog. Blank's always-alert 16mm camera displayed as much somber respect in observing a New Orleans jazz funeral as it effused unrestrained joy at peeking into a simmering pot of gumbo. One recurring antagonist throughout Blank's body of work is the ever-encroaching blandness of modern normality, but his films are often boisterous and rowdy affairs that will resonate with viewers for days and leave fiddle and squeezebox riffs echoing through their eardrums.
In his formative years, Blank first became enamored with the unusual power of the moving image after a chance viewing of Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, but it is not surprising to learn that films such as The Hunters, John Marshall and Robert Gardner's 1957 ethnographic study of Namibia's Kalahari desert, would guide Blank along the unique path that he charted for himself as a filmmaker. His choice of subject matter would send him from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Rio Grande Valley and on to Peru, where he and his crew would join Herzog during the production of Fitzcarraldo. The resulting footage came to comprise the feature-length release Burden of Dreams, which would later win the 1983 BAFTA Flaherty Documentary Award and introduce a wider audience to Blank's unique worldview. At the time of his death in 2013 at the age of 77, Blank was still actively producing films and collaborating with Gina Leibrecht on a portrait of pioneering documentary filmmaker Richard Leacock titled How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock at His Farm in Normandy.
Although his early career included many corporate and industrial 16mm films, Blank would have likely rejected his commonly perceived niche as a traditional ethnographic filmmaker on several legitimate grounds. There is no omniscient narration to be heard in his films, and inter-titles with contextual reference arrive either fleetingly or not at all. Instead, the combination of his keenly observed cinematography and intuitive montage create a finely tuned, multi-sensual experience that imperceptibly transports a viewer to another realm of awareness. For instance, Blank would sometimes prepare garlic-laden dishes in venues where he was projecting his film Garlic Is As Good As Ten Mothers in order to create an engaging olfactory dimension for audiences.
Perhaps no single home video collection could reasonably include every last relic of Blank's prolific 50 years of film production, but The Criterion Collection has curated a brand-new Blu-ray and DVD release titled Les Blank: Always for Pleasure that serves as a spirited introduction for the uninitiated and provides for a minutiae-filled extended appreciation that will satisfy his most ardent fans. While the entirety of Blank's catalog remains available through a recently rebranded Les Blank Films, Criterion and Janus Films have lovingly restored 14 of his most popular featurettes and created brand-new 2K archival masters that both preserve the granular integrity of the original 16mm negative materials and celebrate the colorful qualities of his subjects and settings.
Many of the highlights within this three-disc set include an informal quartet of films about the rural Louisiana experience that begins in 1972 with Spend It All, continues in 1973 with Dry Wood and Hot Pepper and resumes in 1990 with Yum, Yum, Yum! A Taste of Cajun and Creole Cooking. The eponymous Always for Pleasure is a thematically tangential and visually associational document of New Orleans in the late '70s and demonstrates how historic traditions continue to inform the local human condition. In Heaven There Is No Beer? is a light-hearted chronicle of the still-abundant popularity of polka dancing among Polish-American families in the early '80s and features a memorable intrusion of sketch comedy set to the tune of "Who Stole the Kishka?"
But perhaps most fondly remembered are Blank's collaborations with blues musicians Lightnin' Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb, a partnership that revealed itself in the late '60s with The Blues Accordin' to Lightnin' Hopkins and The Sun's Gonna Shine and then endured into the early '70s with A Well Spent Life, which finds Lipscomb embracing an agrarian and solitary lifestyle on a farm in Navasota, Texas.
Les Blank: Always for Pleasure runs just shy of 10 hours in total content and most of the 14 featurettes are complemented with recollections from crewmembers, outtakes and, in some cases, even related short films that provide additional insight and context. The plentiful supplemental materials also help to literalize the tangible particulars of some of Blank's more enigmatic films, which often prefer an oblique but never elegiac approach to documenting and detailing a particular culture or tableau.
His longtime editor and frequent sound recordist Maureen Gosling is on hand to share many tales of behind-the-scenes adventure during the production of Dry Wood and Hot Pepper in rural Louisiana, while filmmaking partner Skip Gerson recalls his efforts to ingratiate Blank and himself into the south Texas blues culture that served as the inspiration for their early productions. Herzog himself is also present to marvel at the "direct immediacy and exuberance of life" present in his personal favorite of Blank's films (Spend It All) and confesses to stealing a particularly stomach-churning piece of imagery from the film and later repurposing it into his own narrative film Stroszek.
Most fascinating is an extended outtake in which Lightnin' Hopkins recounts, in his own unique parlance and musical accompaniment, how Blank convinced the ornery bluesman to participate in his film project over a game of cards. Also included is Andrew Horton's essay, "Les Blank's Cinema Vitalite," which thoughtfully wrangles and organizes Blank's many fixations into a comprehensive assessment of one of cinema's quirkiest artisans.
Notably absent from this collection is A Poem Is a Naked Person, Blank's portrait of musician and songwriter Leon Russell at his Shelter Records recording studio in northeast Oklahoma. The film was completed in 1974 but only intermittently surfaced thereafter due to clearance issues and what Blank has characterized as an effort by Russell's management to obstruct its release. Nevertheless, Blank would occasionally screen the film in non-theatrical settings and under surreptitious invitation—most recently at the DC Independent Film Festival in 2012—and his son Harrod Blank is purportedly in negotiations to secure a legitimate theatrical and home video release.
Director Taylor Hackford, who was one of Blank's most stalwart supporters and also instrumental in his nomination for the 2007 Edward MacDowell Medal, aptly summarizes the filmmaker's eclectic output in a quote included in Horton's essay: "You could call Blank an ethnographer; you could call him an ethno-musicologist or an anthropologist. He was interested in certain cultures that Americans were unaware of. He shot what he wanted, captured it beautifully, and those subjects are now gone. The homogenization of American culture has obliterated it."
Les Blank: Always for Pleasure is available through The Criterion Collection.
Editor's Note: Harrod Blank has sorted out the rights and clearance issues surrounding A Poem Is a Naked Person , and the film is set to receive an official premiere at this year's SXSW festival.
Josh Slates is an independent producer and director based in Baltimore. He is also a film critic and field producer for The Signal, a weekly arts and culture program produced by WYPR Radio.
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Before you even admire the stunning and beautiful collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio, you will surely enjoy the place itself, designed in 1953 by one of the icons of modern Brazilian architecture, Affonso Eduardo Reidy.
Reidy, a French architect who settled in Brazil, was part of a generation of architects led by Lúcio Costa, who modified and modernised Brazilian architecture.
The architect built an open space with large windows that allow you to enjoy fantastic views of Guanabara Bay, the mountains and the beautiful gardens designed by the famous landscape architect, Roberto Burle Marx, who, being known for his wonderful work with the design of the popular Copacabana avenue, did not lag behind in providing the museum grounds with a well-kept and simple, though nice environment, when strolling around the main building.
The building is supported by 14 V-shaped columns made of reinforced concrete, with a total length of 8.5 metres, 10 metres apart each and connected by a superior column. This outer structure allows its inner space to virtually open.
The Museum of Modern Art is a space for all those who want to spend a pleasant time enjoying good art in a highly relaxed space. Its architectural design, which is already remarkable when you observe it from afar, reflects the Brazilian modernism of the twentieth century.
In addition to the area dedicated to the museum and its works, it features a library specialising in modern and contemporary art, a film collection and an adjoining auditorium, where art presentations are usually performed which you can access through the gardens.
The creation of the first Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro dates back to 1948, when a group of private entrepreneurs facilitated the acquisition of works of great European artists, such as Paul Klee, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí, to be exhibited in Rio de Janeiro. It was not until 1958 that the current headquarters opened, twenty years before one of the major accidents that have happened to the building.
On 8 July 1978, with some 1,000 works, it was a black and sad day for the museum as well as art, because almost all of the exhibited collection was destroyed by the flames of a terrible fire. It significantly affected the building's structure and many important works were lost, including those from renowned artists, such as Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí and Cándido Portiniari. Through donations, sponsorships and new acquisitions, and after four years of recovery efforts and campaigns to restore the collections, the Museum of Modern Art reopened its doors.
It currently boasts about 11,000 works. While emphasising the assignment of important collections, like the one by Gilberto Chateaubriand, with more than 6,500 works of distinguished artists and a very interesting collection of African photography, the collection of Joaquim Paiva is also very important, a photographer and one of the great collectors of photography in Brazil, who contributed to the museum nearly 2,500 photographs of domestic and foreign artists.
In addition, the art exhibition will allow you to relive the MAM's whole history and architecture, from the original architectural drawings, through its successive presidents, accompanied by the most important events in the history of art and cinema of Brazil.


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Casey Johnson Update: Private Funeral Service Later This Week
By Irina Aleksander • 01/06/10 4:01pm
This week The Observer spoke to Casey Johnson's family and friends and got their reactions to the heiress' sudden passing at the age of 30 on Monday, Jan. 4. At the time, the family released only a brief statement to the press saying asking for privacy during their tragic loss. But last night, the spokesperson for the family sent us an updated statement:
The Johnson family wishes to thank everyone who has expressed condolences and support during this trying time. Your thoughts and prayers are deeply appreciated.
The family has arranged for Casey to be flown back east to her final resting place. There will be a private funeral service later this week for the immediate family.
The family asks for a measure of privacy over the next several days as they mourn their loss. No other information will be released at this time.
For the many who have asked what they can do to honor Casey's memory, we ask simply that you consider making a donation to the Casey Johnson Memorial at the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (www.jdrf.org). Casey struggled throughout her life fighting this disease, and she would want to see all of us continue that fight on her behalf.
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Songs and Choruses From the Opera of the Royal Middy, Rapturously Encored. Could You or Would You.
The New York Musical Bouquet. Jolly Brothers (Bruder Lustig). Galop.
Musical Album. 1879-80. The Little Duke Gavotte.
Twelve Little Ballads and a Favorite Lesson. Arranged in a Familiar Manner or Juvenile Performers; on the Piano Forte. (2) Curley Locks. Little Bo Peep.
Bloomer, or, New Costume Polka. Published Under the Patronage of the Bloomers. [color lithograph].
Turkish Trophies. An Oriental Rag.
Some Smoke (De La Fumee). One Step, Two Step, and Turkey Trot.
Southern Military Music for Piano. Bonnie Blue Flag Quickstep.
The Texian [sic] Grand March for the Piano Forte.
Genl. La Fayette's March and Quick Step.
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A Clash Of Kings A Song Of Ice And Fire Book Two Game Of Thrones By Martin George Rr 2011 Audio Cd PDF, ePub eBook
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Are you tired of the casual nature of dress in the business world today? Do you prefer fitted suits, crisp collars and neat pocket squares for men? What about pretty pearls, sophisticated dresses and pompadour hair for women? If so, the Fifth Avenue Fashions Set is dressed to impress! Inspired by business fashions of the early 1960s, this set has a little bit of everything for those who are looking for that classic look.


A basic ping pong sim thats ok. Controling your panda is easy but shots that go sharp towards the corner are difficult to return as the bat wont go that far off screen.
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CoStar retreats from failed CoreLogic bid
Data giant will also pay $52M break-up fee for failed RentPath deal
Mar.March 04, 2021 05:18 PM
By E.B. Solomont
CoStar CEO Andy Florance
CoStar's fight for CoreLogic has ended in defeat.
The bruised data giant, which spent the last few weeks trying to outbid Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners in a bid for CoreLogic, withdrew its $7.35 billion offer on Thursday and said it was terminating acquisition discussions.
CoStar cited rising interest rates and a negative outlook for the mortgage refinancings, which caused valuations for residential proptech companies to drop in recent weeks.
"With interest rates moving up, now is not the time for us to aggressively buy into the residential mortgage market," CoStar CEO Andy Florance said in a statement.
CoStar ups its bid for CoreLogic
CoStar fights $60M break-up fee after scuttled RentPath deal
CoStar, RentPath call off deal
But CoStar's withdrawal came hours after news broke that CoreLogic's board of directors indicated its offer wasn't good enough.
In a letter to CoStar, CoreLogic CEO Frank Martell said a material increase in the cash portion of the offer would improve the bid, Bloomberg News reported.
CoreLogic CEO Frank Martell
In February, CoreLogic's board agreed to sell the company to Stone Point Capital and Insight Partners for $6 billion. The deal was the culmination of several months of jockeying for control of the company, after activist investors urged its board to explore strategic options, including a sale.
But weeks after that deal was announced, CoStar swooped in with a $6.9 billion offer that it claimed was "superior."
On March 1, CoStar upped its offer by $450 million, besting Stone Point and Insight by $1.25 billion. "CoStar Group is committed to moving forward with such a transaction," CEO Andy Florance wrote in a letter to CoreLogic's board. He gave the board 48 hours to weigh in on the "superior proposal."
In other CoStar news, a Delaware bankruptcy court ruled Thursday that the company will have to pay a $52 million break-up fee after failing to acquire RentPath last year.
The two companies struck a $585 million deal in February 2020, when CoStar agreed to buy RentPath out of bankruptcy. In November 2020, federal regulators sued to block the deal on antitrust grounds.
After RentPath pulled out, CoStar fought the nearly-$60 million break-up fee. Ultimately, the court said CoStar had to pay 88.5 percent of the fee.
RentPath CEO Dhiren Foonseca
In a statement following the court's decision, RentPath CEO Dhiren Foonseca said, "$52 million is a lot of money, and CoStar shareholders and customers should be asking themselves, who ultimately will be stuck with that bill?"
RentPath, meanwhile, has moved on. Last month, Redfin said it would buy RentPath for $608 million. The deal is subject to FTC and bankruptcy court approval.
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package org.apache.ignite.cache.affinity;

import java.io.Serializable;
import org.apache.ignite.cluster.ClusterNode;
import org.apache.ignite.configuration.IgniteConfiguration;

/**
 * Resolver which is used to provide node hash value for affinity function.
 *

 * Node IDs constantly change when nodes get restarted, which causes affinity mapping to change between restarts,
 * and hence causing redundant repartitioning. Providing an alternate node hash value, which survives node restarts,
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 * Note that on case clients exist they will query this object from the server and use it for affinity calculation.
 * Therefore you must ensure that server and clients can marshal and unmarshal this object in binary format,
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@Deprecated
public interface AffinityNodeHashResolver extends Serializable {
    /**
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Ooomf Shutters Its App Discovery Platform, Relaunches As A Freelancer Marketplace For Web & Mobile App Projects
Ooomf, a startup which raised half a million in seed funding last fall for an app discovery platform, is already closing that service down and pivoting to become a marketplace to connect developers, designers and copywriters with web and mobile projects. The new service will operate under the same name, and founder Mikael Cho tells us that during its private beta last month, ooomf has already approved over $125,000 in projects, with 90 percent connecting with one of the site's professionals.
Although at first the shift in focus seems like an almost entirely different route for the company, it's actually just another angle on the app discovery space. As Cho says, while running the original ooomf, the team realized that the most important piece of app discoverability is making a great app to begin with.
"A huge portion of app discoverability and having a successful mobile app, ultimately lies in building a quality product," Cho explains. "No amount of marketing can save a poorly constructed app."
The company had received hundreds of requests from customers looking for help with app design and development, so it decided to respond by building what people were asking for, he says.
That's not to say that ooomf was doing all that poorly before – it had over 15,000 app makers sign up and launched over 4,000 app websites. But Cho says that app websites, as it turned out, were not the "need to have" tool to solve the app discovery problem. Support for those earlier features will shut down in a month's time.
Though freelancer focused sites like Elance and oDesk have a big chunk of this market today, they tend to pit the freelancers against each other, and ultimately price determines who wins a given contract. On ooomf, both the projects and the talent are first pre-vetted for quality. This has led the average project value during this early test period to be $3,900, and they last for three weeks or less, typically. For comparison's sake, oDesk often has projects around $250-500.
It costs $10 to list a project on the marketplace, and ooomf will also take 15 percent commission on the original project budget to cover payment security and transaction fees.
Member applications are examined before entry, with ooomf looking at everything from personal portfolios, Dribble and GitHub profiles, App Store ratings and reviews, and more.
"This saves project owners the headache of trying to figure out if a developer or designers is good enough to work on their project," notes Cho. "We do this evaluation for them before anyone can work on a project."
Once accepted, members receive a manually curated email with new projects available that week, and they can then request an intro to kick off the project. In the future, the plan is to expand beyond developers, designers and copywriters to also include other remote professionals, like industrial designers, photographers, and more. The company expects to expand to new verticals by September of this year.
The company's beta included over 1,000 professionals, and signed up another 1,000 who have been on a waiting list. Of the 90 percent of projects which have been matched up with a pro, all have connected with their remote freelancers within 48 hours.
The startup hasn't raised additional funding for these new efforts, but is continuing on the seed funding it had raised previously.
Today, the new ooomf is open to sign-ups from anyone, though of course, not everyone will get in. The first 500 TechCrunch readers posting projects to ooomf can do so for free, using the code "techcrunch."


Hey guys here we brought some Electronics Engineering (ECE) Interview Questions and Answers. It's a very difficult to study all topics that's why here we covered all subjects. These questions are asking most frequently during interview time. You can covered all subjects at very short period of time. We all know during interview time what's the situation so be prepare in advance. There is a solution to every problem. Do not take tension just be prepare your self and make it more strong than you. If you do not have any idea about technical questions just take a look here i will share with you some technical interview questions and answers for freshers.
1.What is analog-to-digital conversion of signals?
A discrete-time signal is defined by specifying its value only at discrete times, called sampling instants. When the sampled values are quantized and encoded, a digital signal is obtained. A digital signal is obtained from the analog signal by using an analog-to-digital converter. This entire process is referred to as the conversion of signals from analog to digital form.
2.What are the properties of ROC for z-Transform?
X(z) converges uniformly if and only if the ROC of the z-transform X(z) of the sequence includes the unit circle. The ROC of X(z) consists of a ring in the z-plane centered about the origin. That is, the ROC of the z-transform of x(n) has values of z for which x(n) r-n is absolutely assumable.
If x (n) is a right sided sequence, the ROC will not include infinity.
If x (n) is a left sided sequence, the ROC will not include z=0. However if x(n)=0 for all n>0, the ROC will include z=0.
If x (n) is two sided and if the circle |z| = r0 is in the ROC, then the ROC will consist of a ring in the z-plane that includes the circle |z|=r0.
If X (z) is rational, then the ROC extends to infinity, i.e. the ROC is bounded by poles.
If x (n) is causal, then the ROC includes z=infinity.
If x (n) is anti- causal, then the ROC includes z=0.
3.What are the functions of Base Station System (BSS)?
4.What are the parts of Network Management System (NMS)?
OMC: Operation and maintenance center – Computerized monitoring center.
NMC: Network Management Center – Centralized control of a network is done here.
OSS: Operation and support system – Used for supporting activities performed in an OMC and/or NMC.
5.What are applications of DSP?
6.What are the drawbacks of Walsh codes?
The codes do not have a single, narrow auto correlation peak.
7. Explain radio environment in building.
8. List some advantages of GSM.
GSM is mature; this maturity means a more stable network with robust features.
9. What are the various types of numbers for network identity?
MSISDN (Mobile station ISDN) Number: It is international mobile subscriber number which is normally called mobile number. It is unique worldwide.
MSRN (Mobile Subscriber Routing Number) : MSRN is used during mobile terminate trunk call to provide location of mobile subscriber.
HON (Hand Over Number) : HON is used for providing information required to transfer call from one B?SC to another BSC or to another MSC.
ISMI (International Mobile Subscriber Identity Number) : Purpose of ISMI is for location update and authentication.
TMSI (Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity) : TMSI is used instead of IMSI to improve security efficiency of network.
11.What are the advantages of CDMA?
Frequency diversity: Transmission is spread out over a large bandwidth due to that less affected by noise. If bandwidth is increased S/N ratio increases, which means noise will be reduced.
Multiplication Resistance: Chipping codes used for CDMA not only exhibit low correlation but also low auto correlation. Hence a version of the signal that is delayed by more than one chip interval does not interfere with dominant signal as in other multi path environments.
Privacy: Due to spread spectrum is obtained by the use of noise like signals, where each user has a unique code, so privacy is inherent.
Graceful Degradation. In CDMA, more users access the system simultaneously as compared to FDMa, TDMA.
12.What are the advantages of spread spectrum?
Lowered susceptibility to multi path fading.
13. Explain the steps involved in demodulating a signal.
Once the signal is coded, modulated and then sent, the receiver must demodulate the signal. This is usually done in two steps: Spectrum spreading (e.g., direct sequence or frequency hopping) modulation is removed.The remaining information bearing signal is demodulated by multiplying with a local reference identical in structure and synchronized with received signal.
14. How can a Pseudo Random Noise Code be usable?
Sequence must be built from 2 leveled numbers.
The codes must have sharp auto correlation peak to enable code synchronization.
The codes should be "balanced" i.e. the difference between ones and zeros in code may only be one.
15.What are different categories of antenna and give an example of each?
16.What is handover and what are its types?
Hard Handoff: hard handoff is the process in which the cell connection is disconnected from the previous cell before it is made with the new one.
Soft Handoff: It is the process in which a new connection is established first before disconnecting the old one. It is thus more efficient and smart.
17. What is ionospheric bending?
CDMA stands for Code Division Multiple Access which uses digital format. In CDMA systems several transmissions via the radio interface take place simultaneously on the same frequency bandwidth. User data is combined at the transmitter's side with a code, then transmitted. On air, all transmission get mixed. At the receiver's side the same code is used as in the transmitter's side. The code helps the receiver to filter the user information of the transmitter from incoming mixture of all transmissions on the same frequency band and same time.
19.Explain the concept of frequency re-use.
The whole of the geographical area is divided into hexagonal shape geometrical area called cell and each cell having its own transceiver. Each BTS (cell site) allocated different band of frequency or different channel. Each BTS antenna is designed in such a way that i cover cell area in which it is placed with frequency allotted without interfering other sell signal.
Bluetooth is designed to be a personal area network, where participating entities are mobile and require sporadic communication with others. It is Omni directional i.e. it does not have line of sight limitation like infra red does. Ericsson started the work on Bluetooth and named it after the Danish king Harold Bluetooth. Bluetooth operates in the 2.4 GHz area of spectrum and provides a range of 10 meters. It offers transfer speeds of around 720 Kbps.
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Ruth: The Ezer Daughter-in-Law
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Women's work takes many forms. Among the women in the Old Testament, some served as midwives, some as either prostitutes or innkeepers, some as prophets, and one as the leader of the nation. But for many women today, as in biblical times, work is primarily within the home. In the sphere of domestic life women make choices every day about how they will carry out their necessary work. Sometimes those choices seem easy; other times they require a strong commitment to go beyond what anyone would normally expect. That was true of a Moabite woman named Ruth.
The back-story: In the Israeli town of Bethlehem a man named Elimelech inherited land, which he planned to pass on to his sons Mahlon and Kilion. (In the Ancient Near East, property nearly always passed from father to son, never to daughters - with one exception.) Life was good for this family until a famine in Bethlehem sent them fleeing to the neighbor nation, Moab, where food was plentiful. There the two sons married Moabite women. In time the father and both sons died, leaving three widows: Naomi (Elimelech's wife), Ruth, and Orpah. In that culture, Ruth and Orpah were expected to return to their father's house where arrangements for another marriage would be made. This was necessary because a woman could not survive without a man (father, husband, or son) to take care of her.
When Naomi decided to return home to Bethlehem, she urged her two daughters-in-law to return to their fathers' homes and seek other husbands. Orpah agreed to do so, but Ruth resisted. Instead, she insisted to Naomi: "Do not press me to leave you or to turn back from following you! Where you go, I will go; where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God" (Ruth 1:16). These are the words of an ezer woman. She had many reasons to follow Orpah's example, but she steadfastly insisted that she would go with Naomi. Israelis hated Moabites, and if she went to Bethlehem she would face prejudice as an immigrant. But Ruth knew that Naomi had no one else to care for her. So together Naomi and Ruth journeyed to an unknown future in Bethlehem.
Upon arrival, Ruth's first concern was to find food for the two of them. The barley harvest was in full swing, and Ruth became a "gleaner." Outsider or not, her work was cut out for her. Gleaning meant crawling on hands and knees down rows of grain, retrieving any kernels that the harvesters had missed. When the owner of the field (a man named Boaz) saw Ruth's commitment and heard her story, he determined to add to her pickings. When Naomi heard about the Boaz's generosity, she developed a daring plan: Ruth, a penniless immigrant, would eventually propose marriage to the rich Israelite owner of a barley plantation!
The little book of Ruth in the Old Testament can be read through in less than an hour. If you read it, you know that Naomi's scheme succeeded. When Ruth asked Boaz to "spread your cloak over me, for you are next-of-kin" (Ruth 3:9), he knew a marriage proposal when he heard one. His response: "May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter; this last instance of your loyalty is better than the first; you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich. And now, do not be afraid. I will do for you all that you ask, for all the assembly of my people know that you are a worthy woman."
The Hebrew word (chayil), here translated "worthy," really has a much stronger meaning in the Bible. It's a common word, appearing 246 times in the Old Testament. In all but a very few cases it refers to soldiers or armies and is usually translated as "strength" or "valor." A soldier who refuses to desert his post in the face of danger is a chayil soldier. This is the kind of strength that Ruth brought to her care for Naomi.
There was, however, a hitch before a wedding could take place: a nearer relative wanted Elimelech's land, and Boaz knew that the other man had the prior claim. But when that fellow found out that Ruth would go with the bargain, he backed out because of complicated inheritance laws which meant a son of his through Ruth could inherit the land for Naomi's family, rather than for Elimelech's. After a public arbitration session Boaz was free to marry Ruth. They did have a son, and that son did become Naomi's heir.
We may smile at these ancient customs, but they point to Ruth's integrity on the job. Her ethnic identity had become secondary to her faith in Naomi's God, which in turn spotlighted her loyalty to her mother-in-law and her willingness to work hard to support them both.
If you read the little book of Ruth to the end, you know that Ruth and Boaz became the great-grandparents of Israel's greatest king, David. The ezer outsider was now part of God's people in Bethlehem, and like Rahab, this outsider woman also became an ancestor of Jesus Christ (Matthew 1:3). Who could have guessed such an amazing outcome!
In today's work world, ezer women are sometimes called to cross ethnic barriers in order to do good for the community. That is never easy, but if God is honored, it can lead to unexpected blessing for the woman herself as well as for others touched by ethnic insensitivity.
God Created Woman as an Ezer Kind of Helper (Genesis 2:18)
Genesis 3 and the Birth of Sin
Shiphrah and Puah: Two Ezer Midwives Defy the King (Exodus 1:8-22)
Rahab: Diverse Situations Require Ezer Work (Joshua 2)
Deborah: An Ezer Woman Equipped to Lead (Judges 4-5)
Abigail: An Ezer Ranch Wife Saves Her Household From Disaster (1 Samuel 25)
Huldah: A Prophet and Teacher (2 Kings 22)
Esther: A Harem Girl Grows Into a Powerful Queen (Esther 4)
Lady Wisdom and the "Beginning of Wisdom" (Proverbs 1:20-32; 9:10)
Lady Wisdom in Street Clothes (Proverbs 31)
WOMEN AND WORK IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
Women throughout Israel's history show what it really means to be an ezer knegdo, a helper equal to a man.
Addressing issues such as leadership, marriage, and suffering, A Woman God Can Use takes a closer look at the lives of Deborah, Ruth, Esther, and other women in the Bible who displayed wisdom and leadership in service to the Lord.
The Proverbs 31 woman has long intimidated women and made them question-Who has time to do all that? Bible teacher Alice Mathews equips readers with truth and wisdom using sound biblical exegesis. Through careful translation, practical application, and reflection questions, Alice helps women understand the concept of strength highlighted in the Bible text and learn what the passage reveals about men, women, and God himself.
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Contributors: Alice Matthews
Adopted by the Theology of Work Project Board February 4, 2017. Image by sasint / Pixabay. Used with Permission.


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Improving patient care in Ghana…from Buffalo
By Kara Sweet
The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, School of Management and School of Nursing partnered with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana to offer students a virtual medical mission trip during the Fall 2020 semester.
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"It's really remarkable to see [students] come together with another international school and gain a broader perspective on health care on a global level "
Gina Prescott, Associate Professor and Global Health Outreach Coordinator
The "trip" was comprised of four immersive experiences that allowed students to work with others internationally through educational and clinical projects, and learn how cultural differences impact patient care. Students Ali Mohammed, PharmD '22, and Christopher Schneider, PharmD/MBA '23, were project leads for the pharmacy school.
"I'm so proud of our students and all of their extra effort," says Gina Prescott, clinical associate professor, pharmacy practice, and Global Health Outreach Coordinator for the UB School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. "It's really remarkable to see them come together with another international school and gain a broader perspective on health care on a global level."
Twelve UCC pharmacy students and more than thirty UB students participated.
The Educational Project paired UB students with UCC students to solve clinical patient cases and discuss the differences in healthcare approaches in both countries. They also shared cultural appreciation through weekly educational sessions hosted by faculty from UB and UCC.
Clinical Project
The Clinical Project was a collaboration between UB students, the UCC School of Pharmacy, and Nsawam Public Hospital in Ghana to create a pharmacy model that was applicable to all community pharmacies in Ghana. The final model offered suggestions to help to minimize patient wait times, increase patient compliance, create efficient tools to enroll patients in universal healthcare, and to help pharmacies transition to and implement the electronic healthcare system.
Patient Engagement Project
For the novel Patient Engagement Project, UB and UCC students designed a video to engage patients in hospital waiting rooms. "We wanted to increase patient health literacy and help patients feel comfortable starting a conversation with their physicians about their health concerns," says Ali Mohammed. The video focused on health issues specific to the citizens of Ghana, including high blood pressure, diabetes and nutrition.
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The Longwood Global Initiative Pilot Project explored diagnosing and correcting vision problems in patients using the Global Vision 2020 USee Kit, a cost-effective way to provide prescription eyeglasses in just a few minutes. The student team also discussed strategies for a subsequent pilot in the era of COVID-19.
In addition to the set projects, students also attended a lecture series hosted by faculty from the UB schools of medicine, nursing and public health, and attended virtual cultural sessions where they learned more about global health.
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Saoudetou Barry, PharmD '23
Sukhdeep Gill, PharmD '22
Emanuel Jaffe, PharmD/MBA '22
Carly Le, PharmD '23
Jody Lin, PharmD/MBA '23
Qing Liu, PharmD '22
Cierra Melone, PharmD/MPH '23
Kevin Pham, PharmD '24
Qiuyi Zhang, PharmD '22
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Jonah Abdo-Suarez, PharmD/MBA '24
Patrick Asamoah, PharmD/MBA '24
Jacob Dumbleton, PharmD '22
Mohammad Jalili, PharmD '23
Lawrence Moy, PharmD/MBA '23
Shirley Wu, PharmD/MBA '24
Patient Engagement Project:
Eve Zheng, PharmD/MBA '23
Longwood Global Initiative Project:
Jenny Chen, PharmD '22
Caroline Irwin, PharmD/MBA '23
For over 130 years, the University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has continually been a leader in the education of pharmacists and pharmaceutical scientists, renowned for innovation in clinical practice and research. The school is accredited by the American Council of Pharmaceutical Education (ACPE) and is the No. 1 ranked school of pharmacy in New York State and No. 14 in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.
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Malaysian car manufacturer Proton, which is set to make its millionth car in around Dec 1998, is looking to boost its export performance. It is aware that it will have to focus on efficient technology if it is to be competitive abroad. It is also planning for market changes which will arise as a result of the Free Trade Area of the Association of South East Asian Nations. It is keen to improve the image of its products, emphasizing that it is manufacturing a genuinely indigenous Malaysian car.
Publisher: Financial Times Ltd.
Publication Name: The Independent
Subject: Retail industry
Company Profile, Proton
The cat that got the cream
Car manufacturer Jaguar is currently in a very strong position, having benefited from substantial investment by Ford. Its workforce has almost halved since it was taken over by Ford in 1989, but output has almost doubled and the company has been in profit since the end of 1993. It has also benefited from working with RWD, a firm of external consultants which has a considerable number of former Toyota executives.
Author: Harrison, Michael
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Workers at Daewoo's Technical Centre in Worthing were told that the company did not have enough money to pay wages. The South Korean conglomerate has been put under a restructuring plan after reporting debts of billions of pounds. The UK car group is discussing funding arrangements with creditors after Ford pulled out of talks to buy the company.
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How Stefer Rahardian overcame bullies, injuries, and a botched surgery to find success
PHOTO: How Stefer Rahardian overcame bullies, injuries, and a botched surgery to find success
Stefer Rahardian weaves his way through the tight alleys that make up the the neighbourhood he's called home since the age of five.
Rahardian has seen the neighborhood change a lot during his time. But no matter who or what comes and goes, this is home.
"This used to be a tough neighborhood when I was growing up," the 30-year-old recollects. "Guys would be drunk on your front door. There were drugs and gangs. There are nice houses here now, and it is safer."
The changing demographics may have been a godsend for the young "Eppen," who never had to go far to find trouble. Or maybe it was trouble that found him. It all started at home when the Rahardian family was split apart after his parents went their separate ways. That was 20 years ago in a country where divorce was taboo.
To make things worse, his older brother passed away not too long after.
Rahardian found no solace in the outside world. The small, devout Muslim was a fish out of water at his Christian school. Bullies snatched the 90 cents he was given for lunch money daily. That is, until he had enough, and decided to fight back.
"Day by day, month after month, I came to realised that if I do not fight back, then it would be really difficult for me to go to school here," he says. "In my school, there were so many different guys from the islands of Ambon and Papua. They were big. So I said, 'Tomorrow, I will fight.'"
Rahardian chose to challenge the biggest bully that tested him. Shoves were exchanged and punches were thrown. Teachers quickly intervened. It was not the technical affair Rahardian engages in these days as a professional martial artist, but it was enough to get the other bullies to leave him alone.
However, that was not the start of his martial arts journey, unlike some of his contemporaries that turned to martial arts to defend themselves, Rahardian only started training in 2008, and it was all because a good friend invited him to a Brazilian jiu-jitsu class.
The rest, as they say, is history, as Rahardian was instantly hooked. He worked a regular job in downtown Jakarta, but once it came time to knock off, he rushed down to the gym to train for two hours daily. The bulk of his earnings went towards lessons. He was all in, but progress was slow.
"My first tournament, I lost. My second one, I lost. But I did not want to give up. I thought I only had to win once. I wanted to know I had not wasted my time," he remembers. "In the fourth tournament, I came in second. That was when I got addicted to winning medals."
Rahardian kept at it, and slowly improved. And then, all the progress was nearly wiped away. One of Rahardian's sparring partners fell, landing awkwardly on the Indonesian's leg. The spill tore Rahardian's ACL in his right knee, and along with it, his training and competition aspirations. The bill for surgery came up to more than USD$3700, something the aspiring fighter did not have.
"I needed to fix it, but I did not have the money," Rahardian says.
The 30-year-old found a guardian angel in his gym, who loaned him the money for the surgery, on the condition that he repaid it with future earnings. With money in hand, he got the procedure done in Surabaya, a long way from home.
It didn not turn out to be a wise move. Rahardian's surgery was botched, and a screw tasked with holding his recovering knee in place popped out. "Eppen" found himself going further into debt for another corrective operation, but the damage was done. When he was ready to return to competition, he found many of his old training partners had moved on.
"Nobody wanted to train with me," he recalls. "They all thought I was done."
Andrew Leone changed all that. In 2013, Leone and Rahardian linked up at Jakarta Muay Thai & MMA. The pair hit it off, and they have been working together since.
"I do not want to disappoint Andrew (Leone), so I give 100 per cent," the Indonesian explains. "I think he trusts me."
Today, Rahardian splits his time between Jakarta Muay Thai & MMA and Leone's other training facility, Bali MMA. He eventually got the professional debut that eluded him and currently stands at a perfect 6-0.
He will be looking to make it lucky number seven when he faces Cambodia's Sim Bunsrun at ONE: TOTAL VICTORY on Saturday, 16 September.
As "Eppen" walks the alleys of his central Jakarta neighbourhood, he cannot help but be reminded of how far he has come – and how far he would like to go.


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