2019 did not quite get off to the start I was hoping for. I've had a difficult January. This is the first year I've really noticed what people mean by it being a strange month and everything feels like it has got away from me.
The main problem is I've had a lingering cold for a month which turned into sinusitis (again). Not feeling well meant I stopped the gym for about three weeks and completely undid all the hard work I had done before Christmas. The headaches prevented me from using the evenings in the way that I wanted and my weekends seemed to be focused on cleaning and nothing else.
February is going to change that: I'm adamant about it! In fact, my final week of January saw me determined to get things back on track for this month and I'm hoping I can pull it together. I was so determined, so successful, just before Christmas that I will do whatever I can to get that back.
I talked about my goals for 2019 at the beginning of the year, and how I hoped to join a book club. I've found one close to work that focuses on my favourite genre. I'm hoping to make it to my first session there this month: I've just bought the book to start reading for it. I'm nervous, but excited – hopefully I'll love it.
I thought I would try something a little different this month. Rather than focusing on what I want to read, I'm instead going to look back at last month. It means I'm not constantly mentioning the same books, as not all of these will be reviewed.
I had a slow start to the year in terms of reading. I started the year with two really long books that took me longer than I was expecting. It would have been fine, except I struggle with both of them and it meant I started the year in a bit of a slump. I've got them knocked off my list now though, so hoping to pick up the pace and find some far more enjoyable reads.
My reading habits at the moment are all over the place. Reading three different series in between reviewing books isn't particularly working. I'm aiming to get them finished off (in February if I can!) and then start clearing some backlist books. I'm slowly winning with Netgalley, so then I can start planning properly!
Ce'Nedra, Imperial Princess of Tolnedra, is confused. Everyone knows the tales of the Orb protecting the West from the evil god Torak are just silly legends. But here she is, forced to join a dangerous quest to recover that stolen Orb. No one believes in sorcery, but Garion's aunt and grandfather seem to be the fabled sorcerers Polgara and Belgarath, who would have to be thousands of years old.
Even young Garion is learning to do sorcery. He's just a farm boy, totally unsuitable for an Imperial Princess. Yet for some reason, she has the urge to teach him, brush back his tangled hair, and comfort him. But he is going to a strange tower in the center of all he believes evil, to face some horrible, powerful magician, and she can't be there to watch over him. She may never see him again!
Thus continues The Belgariad, an epic prophecy still unfolding.
Welcome back to the world of Alagaësia. It's been a year since Eragon departed Alagaësia in search of the perfect home to train a new generation of Dragon Riders. Now he is struggling with an endless sea of tasks: constructing a vast dragonhold, wrangling with suppliers, guarding dragon eggs, and dealing with belligerent Urgals and haughty elves. Then a vision from the Eldunarí, unexpected visitors, and an exciting Urgal legend offer a much-needed distraction and a new perspective. This volume features three original stories set in Alagaësia, interspersed with scenes from Eragon's own unfolding adventure. Included is an excerpt from the memoir of the unforgettable witch and fortune-teller Angela the herbalist . . . penned by Angela Paolini, the inspiration for the character, herself! Relish the incomparable imagination of Christopher Paolini in this thrilling new collection of stories based in the world of the Inheritance Cycle.
In the world of Gnomon, citizens are constantly observed and democracy has reached a pinnacle of 'transparency.' Every action is seen, every word is recorded, and the System has access to its citizens' thoughts and memories–all in the name of providing the safest society in history.
When suspected dissident Diana Hunter dies in government custody, it marks the first time a citizen has been killed during an interrogation. The System doesn't make mistakes, but something isn't right about the circumstances surrounding Hunter's death. Mielikki Neith, a trusted state inspector and a true believer in the System, is assigned to find out what went wrong. Immersing herself in neural recordings of the interrogation, what she finds isn't Hunter but rather a panorama of characters within Hunter's psyche: a lovelorn financier in Athens who has a mystical experience with a shark; a brilliant alchemist in ancient Carthage confronting the unexpected outcome of her invention; an expat Ethiopian painter in London designing a controversial new video game, and a sociopathic disembodied intelligence from the distant future.
Embedded in the memories of these impossible lives lies a code which Neith must decipher to find out what Hunter is hiding. In the static between these stories, Neith begins to catch glimpses of the real Diana Hunter–and, alarmingly, of herself. The staggering consequences of what she finds will reverberate throughout the world.
Innocent blood has been spilled on the steps of the Council Hall, the sacred stronghold of the Shadowhunters. In the wake of the tragic death of Livia Blackthorn, the Clave teeters on the brink of civil war. One fragment of the Blackthorn family flees to Los Angeles, seeking to discover the source of the blight that is destroying the race of warlocks.
Meanwhile, Julian and Emma take desperate measures to put their forbidden love aside and undertake a perilous mission to Faerie to retrieve the Black Volume of the Dead. What they find in the Courts is a secret that may tear the Shadow World asunder and open a dark path into a future they could never have imagined. Caught in a race against time, Emma and Julian must save the world of Shadowhunters before the deadly power of the parabatai curse destroys them and everyone they love.
It began with Raven's Gate.
Once again the enemy is stirring.
After defeating the Old ones at Raven's Gate, Matt Freeman thought he could get on with his life. But someone has other ideas.
Far away in Peru a second gate is about to open. Only Matt has the power to stop the forces of darknesss breaking through, but now they know all about him. This time they're going to destroy him first.
Waking up beside the dead girl, she couldn't remember anything.
Who she was. Who had taken her. How to escape.
Detective Abigail Boone has been missing for four days when she is finally found, confused and broken. Suffering retrograde amnesia, she is a stranger to her despairing husband and bewildered son.
Hopelessly lost in her own life, with no leads on her abduction, Boone's only instinct is to revisit the case she was investigating when she vanished: the baffling disappearance of a young woman, Sarah Still.
Defying her family and the police, Boone obsessively follows a deadly trail to the darkest edges of human cruelty. But even if she finds Sarah, will Boone ever be the same again?
But the Prophecy still held future surprises for Garion–and for the little princess Ce'Nedra.
This continues the magnificent epic of The Belgariad, begun in Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, and Magician's Gambit–a fantasy set against a background of the war of men, Kings, and Gods that had spanned seven thousand years–a novel of fate, strange lands, and a prophecy that must be fulfilled!
For some reason, I am really struggling writing this post. It has been a while since I did a monthly wrap-up, but I feel I haven't got anything to say. Have I really spent all of these posts rambling about nothing and complaining about things not going according to plan?
This is an interesting post!
I'd like to read Past Life, the storyline sounds intriguing.
Thank you!! It was good and gripping, but it got a touch too violent for me at one point.
I like book clubs too. However, I am reading business books in the club. The books you have read seem really cool.
Ooh I hope they're good. Thank you – it has been a pretty good month for reading!
Thank you so much!! I just hope I enjoy it when I go for my first meeting! Yep, going with the thought that January was just my warm up month and now things can really get going. That's a shame you haven't found one that works for you – hopefully one day. Thanks again.
Thank you! It's just been frustrating as much as anything – still trying to shake the last of the sinusitis and realising how long it's going to take to get the gym back on track. Still each day at a time and it will get there.
So many people struggle with January. Personally, I've also been battling the bugs that seem to make their way around this time of year. Here's to an amazing February!
Thank you! I really hope so!
It's a shame January didn't have the best start– being ill is horrible. I am glad you are going into February feeling determined and I hope you have a great month!!!
And joining a book club sounds fun– best of luck with that!!
I feel so nostalgic reading them again but still enjoying them as an adult as I did as a child! THank you!
Oh my gosh, I LOVED Evil Star. More than I thought – I remember enjoying it as a young teenager but was worried returning to it would ruin that but reading it as an adult is just as much fun! I never finished the series when I was young, hence why I'm tackling it again!
I hope you are feeling better! My 2019 got off to a rough start too as I had pneumonia. Fingers crossed for a better February. I'm really intrigued by 'Past Life', it sounds right up my street.
Oh no. That's horrible and miserable when you have a cold that later affects your sinuses. That happened to me back in December. Hope it'll go away soon and February will be good to you.
Our real life book club just celebrated 3 years. It is so much fun to talk about books and our lives every month.
Aww congratulations!! They sound so much fun!


Pinback's Rob Crow and Zach Smith touch down on a prehistoric planet in the new music video "Sherman," exclusively premiered below. But their space boots follow in the obscure sci-fi footprints of 1962 cult Soviet film Planeta Bur.
Crow has added his own fingerprints to the serial borrowing. He mashed all three films into visuals for Pinback's extensive tour, which starts Nov. 9 in Philadelphia, in support of the indie rockers' new release, Information Retrieved, released Tuesday by Temporary Residence Ltd.


What strange things happen when Alice falls down the rabbit-hole and into Wonderland! She has conversations with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, goes to the Mad Hatter's tea party, plays croquet with the King and Queen of Hearts . . .


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Q: Terminal in Intellij IDEA does not have JAVA_HOME and java command I have my command prompt (cmd) and it does show everything even if I go to the same path i'm in Intellij, but in Intellij java command and JAVA_HOME environment variable isn't set.
I have set environment variables in system as well as in user settings (Win 10)
Here is output of terminal from intellij:
D:\IdeaProjects\(Project)>java -version
'java' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

D:\IdeaProjects\AirbentPluginIF>gradlew dokka

ERROR: JAVA_HOME is not set and no 'java' command could be found in your PATH.

Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the
location of your Java installation.

While output of cmd:
D:\IdeaProjects\AirbentPluginIF>java -version
java version "11.0.2" 2019-01-15 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9-LTS)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9-LTS, mixed mode)

D:\IdeaProjects\AirbentPluginIF>gradlew dokka
Starting a Gradle Daemon, 1 stopped Daemon could not be reused, use --status for details

> Task :dokka
... (more stuffs)

What could be the reason for this?

A: In Environment Variables under Preferences/Tools/Terminal, try setting the value as:
JAVA_HOME=path to your java home

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Vexillum anthracinum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk, in the family Costellariidae, the ribbed miters.

Description
The length of the shell attains 13.5 mm.

The shell is covered by a smooth, black epidermis.

Distribution
This marine species occurs off the Philippines and New Caledonia

References

External links
 Reeve, L. A. (1844-1845). Monograph of the genus Mitra. In: Conchologia Iconica, or, illustrations of the shells of molluscous animals, vol. 2, pl. 1-39 and unpaginated text. L. Reeve & Co., London.
 Fedosov A.E., Puillandre N., Herrmann M., Dgebuadze P. & Bouchet P. (2017). Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of the family Costellariidae (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 179(3): 541-626

anthracinum
Gastropods described in 1844

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Lord Transform Me Convention held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, February 9, 2019 as part of a health initiative of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
2. To have all members of the Church involved in fulfilling the Mission of the Church by connecting socially with Non-Adventists and unchurched people through compassion and care ministries.
3. To Share the love of Christ with those needing a more intimate relationship with Him and secure decisions for the kingdom and increased Church growth.


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Keith Gustavsson
Business House Australia
keith@businesshouseaustralia.com.au
Accountant (Professional Practice Certificate), Executive Business Turnaround Professional
Accountant (Professional Practice Certificate) • Executive Business Turnaround Professional
Keith has a background in commercial accounting, traditional business and commercial property development. He is a Fellow with CPA Australia and a member of the Governance Institute of Australia.
Keith has enjoyed a successful career as CFO and CEO with many companies both in South Australia, Queensland and overseas. His experience spans a wide variety of industries and includes challenging overseas roles ranging from installing computing systems in a logging camps in Bougainville, to management accountant for a UK based manufacturer with facilities in England, Scotland and Ireland.
While employed as CFO with a high tech company in Technology Park, South Australia, he was featured in the Business Review Weekly October 1992 magazine "The new heroes".
He subsequently started his own management consulting business and became a leading authority in the field of salary packaging and fringe benefits tax law.
Keith understands the crucial roles that key activities such as networking play as vital components of success of any business. With a lifetime of experience to offer, Keith founded a business support club Business House Australia in November 2018 as a new and inspiring networking, business building and coaching association. This business has evolved rapidly and now includes the BHA Centre, which serves both as a formal Australian head office for BHA and provides serviced office accommodation for small business.
Member of the Governance Institute of Australia. AGIA ACG (CS,CGP).
Fellow of the Certified Practising Accountants Australia. FCPA.
Post Graduate Diploma of Accounting. South Australian Institute of Business & Technology. PostGradDipAcc.
Associate Diploma, Accounting (cert VII). South Australian Institute of Business & Technology. AssDipAcc.

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The Creative Inquiry program in Clemson University enables undergraduate students to take on problems that spring from their own curiosity, from a professor's challenge or from the pressing needs of the world around them. Our lab has a number of ongoing projects briefly detailed below. If you are interested in any of them please check further details in the CI page on how to enroll. We are looking for researchers with strong commitment to the project and the desire to enjoy significant amounts of time in the lab.
This project explores the development of a low cost technology to detect the parasite causing Chagas disease in newborns in a rural setting. Chagas disease is a silent killer claiming up to 14k lives each year. Although the disease is deemed incurable in the mature stage, current antibiotics can eliminate the parasite in newborns. Therefore, is extremely important to diagnose the disease at the time of birth. Unfortunately, those mostly affected by the disease are born in rural conditions where power and clean water are not always a given. The project includes review of the literature to detail the specifications needed to detect such parasite in blood; hands-on development of technology; and testing of the technology with biological samples. Expected outcomes include the development of a technology with the potential of being deployed in Latin America.
The objective of this project is to train students on the development of composites. Furthermore, it aims at teaching them how to develop a product for specific applications. The composites to be targeted will feature polymer and nanoparticles. This project will afford the students an opportunity to learn how to handle nanoparticles in a controlled environment and obtain hands-on experience on weighting them and then dispersing them in a chemical using sonication. After particles are dispersed, they will have to incorporate this dispersion into a polymer matrix. Research into the solution parameters, surface coatings, etc. needed to obtain a stable dispersion will be conducted. The composite will then be used as a potential precursor to carbides.
This project explores the use of paper soaked in different composite inks as a precursor of carbide parts. The goal is to develop a manufacturing process that allows the relatively easy creation of patterns in paper, i.e. following origami techniques, that will yield carbon and carbide parts after going through a heating process. Students will perform a literature review to determine the state-of-the-art in the field; establish protocols for paper processing, including ways to pattern the composite and fold the pattern; and optimize the carbonization process.


Peel the oranges, removing all the white pith. Cut the oranges into slices and arrange on a serving dish.
Mix the wine, honey to taste and Grand Marnier together in a small bowl, stir in the lemon balm and cook on HIGH for 2 minutes. Stir to dissolve the honey and cook on MEDIUM for 5 minutes or until slightly reduced and syrupy.
Pour over the oranges and chill thoroughly. Garnish with whole lemon balm leaves if desired.


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Online collection helps people remember Holocaust
NARA, Footnote.com project takes records about looted assets and concentration camps online
By Ben Bain
Starting today, hundreds of thousands of Holocaust-related documents will be searchable online through an agreement between the National Archives and Records Administration and Footnote.com.
NARA officials said the massive collection of records about looted assets, concentration camp registers and proceedings of the Nuremberg war crime trials will form part of the Web's largest interactive collection of Holocaust records. The release of the initial 500,000 images of individual documents will make research easier and greatly increase access.
View the collection here.
"We cannot afford to forget this period in our history," said Michael Kurtz, assistant archivist and author of the book, "America and the Return of Nazi Contraband: The Recovery of Europe's Cultural Treasures."
Footnote.com plans to eventually digitize – at no cost to NARA – about one million images of Holocaust-related documents. Users will be able to access the documents for a fee through Footnote.com, but access will be free at NARA research facilities, and the documents will be available on Footnote.com for no charge during October. The company specializes in making digital records from historic documents.
People will also be able to use Footnote.com's social-networking tool to develop Facebook-like pages to memorialize Holocaust victims. Footnote's "I Remember" application lets people share photos, comments and stories about victims. Users can create and access the pages through Footnote.com and then share them on Facebook.
"The reason why we put the social component on Footnote rather than just being a repository is, there are so many more pieces of the puzzle that need to come together," said Justin Schroepfer, director of marketing at Footnote.com.
Because digitization is costly, NARA works out agreements with companies to help digitize the agency's materials. For online access to Footnote.com's roughly 60 million historical documents, users pay $79.95 per year, $11.95 per month or $2.95 for an individual image.
In the late 1990s, researchers began taking an active interest in Holocaust-era assets. At first, they focused on dormant Swiss bank accounts and looted gold, but in several years, interest expanded to looted cultural property and artwork, according to NARA. To meet the demand, the agency launched an ambitious project to put on microfilm some 2.3 million pages related to the records, said James Hastings, director of access programs at NARA. Footnote.com is doing its digitization work from NARA's microfilm.
The new online Holocaust collection has nearly 600 personal accounts provided by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the Ardelia Hall Collection of records related to the Nazi looting of Jewish possessions.
Converting original records to microfilm and now digitizing them continue to improve public access, Hastings said. Before the agency began putting documents on microfilm, people could only view original materials at NARA's facility in College Park, Md.
"Once it's digitized and it's online and indexed, there's no limit to the access, so people can come to any of our research rooms and use these materials," Hastings said.
Greg Bradsher, a senior archivist at NARA who compiled a 1,200-page guide for research on Holocaust-era assets, said microfilming was the first step in transforming the research process. "Once we started microfilming, that meant microfilm could be purchased or loaned and could be used elsewhere," he said.
Digitization is the next step. "Rather than sitting down in front of a microfilm reader or a bunch of boxes and going page after page after page, there will be some search capabilities that will allow you to do word searches," he said. "It just simply speeds up the whole process of research."
NARA officials are working with British and German government archives to make other asset records available online, Hastings said, and they hope the French archives will also participate.
However, although the records will be more readily available and searchable, the complexity of the topic and the documents involved will still require sophisticated research skills, Bradsher and Hastings said.
"What digitization and online access does is it democratizes access," Hastings said. "All of a sudden what was open only to the select few who could come to the research room is now open to everybody, so what will that mean – I don't know – it'll be interesting to see."
Ben Bain is a reporter for Federal Computer Week.


Whether it's Halloween or you just have the desire to bring a little spook into your life, creating a haunted house can be as much fun to make it as it is to visit. You must create a plan before you begin any large project, and this is no exception. Choose a theme, purchase props and find helpers to create a perfectly "spooktacular" haunted house.
Barn - A creaky old barn is a great place to hold a haunted house. The old wood and creaky floors will add to the authenticity of the spooky house.
Basement - A basement is a great venue for a haunted house. Many basements are dark, even in the daytime because of limited windows. And best of all, you can probably use one for free.
Garage - Garages are easily accessible because of their large doors which can make it easier to get large props in and out and can create an easy flow of traffic.
Gym - A big open space, such as a school gym, can be the perfect spot to host a haunted house as it provides plenty of space for building and is likely to have limited windows.
Living room - Even your own living room can make a good place to create a haunted house for your own children and the neighborhood kids.
The next step in building your own haunted house, after you find a venue, is to make a floor plan and design. Follow the step-by-step guide to create your very own haunted house, printing it off using Adobe for reference as you set things up. Using the diagram keeps the foot traffic flowing and includes some very spooky elements that will make even the toughest guests jump.
Maze - Most haunted houses are created with a maze style. This helps to keep the traffic flowing and allows for every visitor to get a chance to see the haunted house in its entirety. Add a few extra twists and turns to confuse your guests.
Emergency exits - Be sure to include emergency exits to assure the safety of your guests.
Safety lights - Even though haunted houses are meant to be dark and scary (see lighting section), for safety reasons it is wise to have low lights so guests can see where they are walking or in case of emergency.
Once the floor plan has been determined, it's time to set up each individual scene.
A graveyard gate is the perfect way to start your haunted house. This notoriously scary place will help to create a mysterious and spooky setting which will help the guests to get into a scary mind-set. Although you can purchase a graveyard gate, tombstones and other graveyard decorations, it is often more fun to create your own.
Create or purchase a cemetery gate.
The height and width of your gate will be determined by the venue in which you are building your haunted house. If you have an existing door for visitors to walk through, plan to build the arch around it and allow the opening of the gate to be the door. If you are creating a free-standing arch, a reasonable opening dimension is at least six feet high and three feet wide. This dimension should be large enough to accommodate most guests easily.
Once you have decided on the dimensions of your gate, you can start creating it. It's best to lay the project down on a basement floor or a driveway so you have plenty of room to lay it out flat.
Use a box knife to cut the cardboard to the appropriate size and shape. The two sides of the gate should be about 18 inches to 2 feet wide and about 6 feet high. If you don't have cardboard that is large enough, you will have to duct tape two pieces together.
The header should be as wide as your two posts plus the opening. The height of the gate header should be at least 12 to 18 inches.
Once you have a structure created, you can cover it with stone patterned paper or paint it to look like a stone wall.
Add pictures of skulls or paint the word "Cemetery" on the top of the header.
If you are attaching the gate to a doorway, use duct tape or a nail to secure it. If you are creating a free standing gate, find a way to keep it upright that works with your venue. For example, secure it to a garden arch or duct tape garden stakes or poles to the base and stake it into the ground.
Add a few fake tombstones cut from foam core that has been painted to look like stone around the area. Then add a fog machine and some eerie lighting to help create a spooky, graveyard atmosphere.
A bodiless table, otherwise known as a "talking head," is a great addition to a haunted house and is fairly simple to make.
Cut a round hole on the top of the table with a jig saw.
The hole should be large enough for the actor's head to go through.
Drape the table in black fabric and cut a hole for the head to go through.
Set the table in the haunted house and drape the walls and the table with black fabric.
The actor can now sit under the table, with his or her coming out the top to give the illusion that he or she has no body. You can embellish the table with a skull or electric candle. Be sure to secure the items to the table top to make sure they don't fall off if and when the table is bumped.
Nothing can bring panic into the hearts of your visitors than a realistic murder scene. Perhaps the best way to create this scene is to have an actor, with fake blood and a fake weapon jump out to startle visitors and to create a truly creepy scene.
Mix the ingredients together in the quantity you will need.
Set a scene with fake blood on walls and other props. Be sure to have enough lighting so that visitors can see the props, but dim enough light to lend to the eerie and mysterious scene. Spread fake blood all over the shirt, faces and hands of actors. It's also effective to have actors hide behind large items and attack visitors with fake weapons.
Combine the zombie and mummy areas for a truly hair raising experience and as the grand finale of your haunted house.
Set the stage by spay painting bare tree branches with black paint and setting them in buckets of sand to create a scary, dark forest.
Wrap the buckets in black fabric to help conceal them.
Add some tombstones and lights and fog machines, and maybe some spooky sounds playing in the background.
Dress your actors in costumes to resemble zombies and mummies. You can purchase costumes or make simple mummy outfits by wrapping actors in white gauze bandages from head to toe and adding fake blood and zombie make-up.
Reward all your brave visitors with a souvenir of candy from a candy table. Provide some spooky food for your guests at a candy table.
A simple bowl of candy corn can be an inexpensive and attractive treat.
Fill plastic food handler's gloves with popcorn or small candies to replicate a severed hand.
Serve food in plastic jack-o-lantern trick-or-treat pails.
Provide some non-sweet options for guests on a limited sugar diet. Some possibilities include fruits, stickers, or small bottles of bubbles.
Create food labels with clever, scary or gross titles such as labeling a bowl of marshmallows as "spider eggs" or any other type of food as "poison."
A theme can help guide you in your endeavor to create a haunted house and can unify the entire project, if you want to create a unified experience.
Movie theme - Use your favorite horror movie as a theme for your haunted house. Friday the Thirteenth is a popular horror movie that can be used as an inspiration for a haunted house.
Popular story - Books with a scary theme, such as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, can make a suitable theme for a haunted house.
Specific characters - Choose a specific type of character such as aliens, vampires or scary clowns as a theme.
Insane asylums - Many spooky characters reside in insane asylums which makes this a great theme for a haunted house.
Pirates - Skeletons and ghosts are prevalent on pirate ships and can make the perfect background for a spooky theme house.
Graveyards - What could be spookier than being lead into a graveyard in the dark which is why a graveyard theme is perfect for a haunted house.
Real haunted houses - Research real haunted houses and model yours after your favorite.
Legends - Create a haunted house based upon the ideas of alien abductions and other scary urban legends.
Haunted houses, even the kind that are built in your own basement, can be scary, especially for young children. Be sure to keep the ages of your audience in mind when designing your scary house.
Add more lights so children can see where they are going.
Have actors dress as friendly ghosts and black cats instead of insane murderers and zombies.
Don't allow the actors to pretend to attack the children, but simply to startle them with a "boo".
Put an age restriction on your haunted house and insist that all children under a certain age are accompanied by an adult.
No matter what your theme or the age range of your audience, be sure to keep safety as your first priority. Don't serve foods with peanuts or other common allergens, have volunteers or workers with flashlights and cell phones handy in case of emergency, and be sure to be prepared for all logical or possible emergencies.


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Seaspan New Head Office, North Vancouver BC
Seaspan New Head Office
10 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver
The 8-storey 84,000 sf new corporate headquarters will house 350 Seaspan staff, up from current 130, from across its various companies. It includes state-of-art office space, meeting rooms, expanded bike storage, electric vehicle charging station, and a full service cafeteria. The building incorporates a number of green building standards such as passive heating and reduced water use.
The project is part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS), which also includes the $170 million Shipyard Modernization Project, as it gears up to build 17 non-combat ships for the federal government.
Atlas worked closely with the GC to establish a functional window cleaning system for the East façade of the building. The challenge was, the façade was directly over the water and when there is a high tide, the landing for a window cleaner is non-existent. Atlas proposed 2 access and egress hatches at the North and South ends of the landing on level 2 so that the window cleaner could exit the ledge once at the bottom, without entering the water. A custom, under hung, aluminum beam was also fabricated to address the overhang on the East Façade. The beam allows for a window cleaner to be within reaching distance of the glazing that is located directly under the overhang.
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Eastside, Riverside may be future schools for Northwood stars
The Northwood Little League World Series team was honored at halftime of Friday night's Eastside-Riverside game at Wade Hampton High School.
Northwood became the first team from South Carolina to reach the LLWS since 1950 and notched the first LLWS win for a team from the state.
The victory and narrow losses at the LLWS earned the Northwood team fans from across the state as well as a few from the "Twitter-verse," including Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper and former South Carolina and current Chicago Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery.
Eastside overwhelms Riverside in season-opener
The Steve Wilson era at Eastside High School couldn't have started much better.
The Eagles dealt neighborhood rival Riverside a 25-0 loss Friday night at Wade Hampton High School. The game was moved to the neutral site Thursday when Greenville County administrators ruled Riverside's field unplayable due to turf problems.
Riverside was technically the home team, but the Eastside defense made itself at home, harassing Riverside quarterback Aaron Odom all night, intercepting him three times and scoring two safeties.
Riverside plays Eastside in home opener at Wade Hampton
Riverside travels to Wade Hampton High School to play its first game and home opener against the Eastside Eagles.
Greenville County, on Thursday, told Riverside its field was unplayable and its game would be played at Wade Hampton. The grass hasn't grown in and change in schedule is only for one game.
The Warriors look to rekindle last year's success as they take on the Eastside, a team looking to improve upon its 2-9 record from a season ago under new coach Steve Wilson.
Northwood players come home to a hero's welcome
More people greeted the Northwest Little League All-Stars returning Thursday to Greer's GSP airport than presidential Republican candidate Donald Trump.
Trump had come and gone for his speaking engagement in Greenville by the time the Northwood Little League players and their families came down the escalator. A crowd of several hundred family, friends and supporters cheered their heroes home from the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.
Taylors arrives Thursday at GSP from World Series
The Taylors Northwood Little League players will arrive home at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in Greer at 3:12 p.m. Thursday.
The Southeast Regional champions, the first team from South Carolina to win a game in the Little League World Series, is the first team from the state to play in the LLWS since Clinton in 1950.
Taylors game time changed, rain washes out LLWS on Day 1
Steady rain cancelled today's opening ceremonies at the Little League World Series and forced the Northwood Little League team to change its scheduled game time on Friday.
Northwood's game as Southeast champions will be played at 5 p.m., one hour later than previously scheduled on Friday. The Taylors team will play New England at historic Lamade Stadium. Northwood will be the visitors.
Police, Safety Council offer back to school safe driving tips
With local schools opening their doors to students for a new school year, the Greer Police Department and the National Safety Council are partnering to remind parents and commuters that it's important to slow down and pay extra attention.
"The school year can change drastically change a commute for a driver who passes through multiple school zones each day," GPD Sgt. Randle Ballenger, said. "It's easy to fall into the habit of maintaining regular speeds in those zones after the summer break.
Realignment proposal moves Riverside, Peach Blossom mostly intact
The South Carolina High School League's proposed five-classification format was distributed to its members Monday.
Riverside would move into Region 2 AAAAA with Greenwood, Hillcrest, Laurens, Mauldin and Wade Hampton. That means Region 3 will become a 5-team grouping of Boiling Springs, Byrnes, Dorman, Gaffney and Spartanburg.
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NFL Free Agency: Who has the most cap space in the NFL?
By Walter Sharp
Modified 08 Nov 2022
Jacksonville Jaguars are ready for a huge 2021 NFL off-season
The Jacksonville Jaguars are entering one of the biggest off-seasons in their franchise history. Based on overthecap.com, the Jacksonville Jaguars have the most cap space out of all 32 NFL teams. Jacksonville currently has $77.5 million in cap space to spend during the 2021 NFL free agency period.
The Jaguars are going to be carrying $3 million in dead cap space for 2021. With $77.5 million to spend will definitely open the doors for the Jacksonville Jaguars to sign key players this off-season. With that being said, let's take a look at how the Jacksonville Jaguars can spend their $77.5 million during the 2021 NFL off-season.
How the Jacksonville Jaguars can spend their $77.5 million in cap space during 2021 NFL free agency
Jacksonville Jaguars have the opportunity to fill a lot of needs this off-season
The Jacksonville Jaguars have the opportunity to fill their positional needs with their $77.5 million in cap space. Not to mention, the Jacksonville Jaguars have eleven draft picks in the 2021 NFL draft. Take a look at all the positional needs for the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2021 NFL off-season.
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— NFL Rumors & News (@nflrums) February 11, 2021
Primary needs for the Jacksonville Jaguars
-- Quarterback
-- Offensive tackle
-- Cornerback
-- Tight end
Secondary needs for the Jacksonville Jaguars
-- Safety
-- EDGE
-- Wide receiver
What positional needs should the Jacksonville Jaguars fill during free agency?
The Jacksonville Jaguars could address their safety, cornerback, and wide receiver needs in free agency. All three positional groups have players that could change the 2021-2022 NFL season for the Jacksonville Jaguars. Here are three players from each positional group that the Jaguars can fill for 2021.
-- Anthony Harris: 5-years, $70 million ($14 million average annual salary)
-- John Johnson: 5-years, $41.6 million ($8.3 million average annual salary)
-- Justin Simmons: 5-years, $77.4 million ($15.4 million average annual salary)
Cornerback:
-- Brian Poole: 4-years, $32 million ($8 million average annual salary)
-- Mike Hilton: 3-years, $23.5 million ($7.8 million average annual salary)
-- Jason McCourty: 2-years, $10 million ($5 million average annual salary)
Wide Receivers:
-- Will Fuller: 4-years, $67.8 million ($16.9 million average annual salary)
-- Allen Robinson: 4-years, $80.2 million ($20 million average annual salary)
-- Kenny Golladay: 5-years, $85 million ($17 million average annual salary)
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— PFF (@PFF) February 11, 2021
The Jacksonville Jaguars are not going to be able to sign all nine of these players during the 2021 NFL free agency period. If the Jaguars can sign at least one player out of each of these positional needs it will be a win for them.
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David White is the Office Managing Partner of the firm's Wilmington office and is a partner in the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group. He is skilled in the areas of alternate dispute resolution, complex commercial litigation and toxic tort litigation. He also represents financial institutions and secured creditors in commercial loan workouts, related litigation, and bankruptcy. He was recently honored by being named a Fellow of the American College of Civil Trial Mediators. Mr. White has developed long-lasting ties with his clients who have relied upon his counsel in connection with collection and restructuring of troubled commercial loans and in defense of claims against lenders, including lender liability claims. In conjunction with his active ADR and litigation practice, Mr. White serves on the firm's Pro Bono Committee, Accounts Receivable Committee, Ethics Committee, and Associates Mentoring Committee.
Upon graduation from law school in 1986, Mr. White served a 2-year clerkship in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. In that capacity, he served as the first law clerk to The Honorable Sue L. Robinson.
From 1988-1993, Mr. White served as a Deputy Attorney General for the State of Delaware. He represented several executive agencies in state and federal court litigation, including the Department of Education, the State Board of Education, the Department of Homeland Security, Division of State Police, Division of Motor Vehicles, Division of Emergency Management, and the Department of Correction.
From 1993-2001, Mr. White was in private practice. His practice was primarily in the areas of commercial litigation, commercial and consumer loan workouts, bankruptcy, and real estate. He was a frequent lecturer in the areas of bankruptcy and debt collection for the National Business Institute and the Lorman Business Institute. During this period, Mr. White also served as a Special Deputy Attorney General for the Appeals Division of the Department of Justice and was often retained as a hearing officer for the Department of Health & Social Services for Adult Abuse Registry cases, the Delaware State University, and several local public school districts in employment matters.
In 2001, Mr. White was appointed to the Delaware Superior Court as a Commissioner. He served on the Superior Court until March 2008. His responsibilities included presiding over all pretrial matters and motions pertaining to Court's complex mass tort litigation and presiding over other criminal and civil proceedings within his statutory jurisdiction. He also devoted a substantial amount of time to mediating and arbitrating pending civil cases.
From 2006-2008, Mr. White taught a civil litigation course for the University of Delaware, Division of Professional and Continuing Studies, receiving Excellence in Teaching awards in 2007 and 2008.
More recently, Mr. White served as the lead attorney in a significant pro bono, Superior Court Criminal Rule 61 post-conviction matter involving Lawrence Johnson, an inmate serving a double life sentence without probation for a homicide he marginally participated in when he was 15 years old. Mr. Johnson was a lookout for adult co-defendants who shot and killed a gun store clerk during the commission of a robbery. The post-conviction motion sought an individualized sentencing hearing in accordance with the June, 2012 decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama and Jackson v. Hobbs. In Miller and Hobbs, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the automatic imposition of a life sentence for homicide offenses violated the 8th Amendment's prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. The cases extended the landmark, 2010 decision in Graham v. Florida, to all juvenile offenders, including those convicted of homicide offenses. On April 2, 2013, after having served nearly 18 years behind bars, Mr. Johnson was resentenced by the Superior Court and placed on probation. He has begun the important re-entry phase of his life in an effort to integrate back into society.
Mr. White also remains committed to maintaining the high standards of the Delaware Bar as an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Delaware State Bar Association from 2003-2010 and 2013-2014, and as an active member of the Professional Guidance Committee. He is also committed to the larger community. Since 2008 he has been the Firm's liaison to the Delaware Combined Campaign for Justice, which supports the important work of the Community Legal Aid Society, Inc. ("CLASI"), Delaware Volunteer Legal Services, Inc. ("DVLS"), and the Legal Services Corporation of Delaware, Inc. In 2008 Mr. White established the Firm's annual sponsorship of the Ronald McDonald House of Delaware 5K Race. Proceeds from the race help the Ronald McDonald House in its mission to provide a safe and affordable "home away from home" to families of seriously or chronically ill or injured children who are being treated at area hospitals. He also volunteers at the Emmanuel Dining Room, was recently named to the Board of Directors of the Ministry of Caring Guild, and serves on the Board of Trustees of the Children's Beach House, a non-profit organization, located in Lewes, Delaware. Mr. White also serves as the legal advisor to the Justin W. Jennings Foundation, a non-profit organization located in Bethany Beach, Delaware whose goal is to maintain and support a home where families dealing with childhood cancer can enjoy a place of respite and family time.
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Real Madrid Vs. Málaga, La Liga 2012: Match Preview
By Lucas Navarrete@LucasNavarreteM Mar 18, 2012, 5:00pm CET
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Manuel Pellegrini's Málaga visits the Santiago Bernabéu tonight (21:30 CET). This will be the fourth and last time Real Madrid plays the Andalusian team this season. Málaga is currently fifth in la Liga's table (although Levante has already played this week and got a win against Villarreal).
Málaga's Santi Cazorla, Isco, Joaquín and Rondón are starting to play great football and are getting good results. But Málaga's best player is arguably Jérémy Toulalan, the French defensive midfielder who is now injured and won't be able to play at the Bernabéu.
Málaga has a lot of high-quality players. They signed Van Nistelrooy, Cazorla, Isco and Joaquín last summer to give Manuel Pellegrini the firepower he needs to build a Champions League team. But these signings couldn't have worked out well without the defensive talent of Toulalan. It is unbelievable how underrated this French player is. Málaga signed him from Olympique Lyonnais for just 11M€, and he is only 28-years-old. He is not the kind of player that creates or controls the flow of the game, but Toulalan prevents other teams from having the possession and creating goal-scoring opportunities.
When in shape, the French player is probably one of the best defensive midfielders in the world. It just amazes me how wrong the boards of the Champions League contenders were by not giving him a shot in their respective teams.
Luckily enough, Pellegrini will probably need to send one of their attackers on the bench. When Toulalan is playing, the Chilean coach uses a 4-1-4-1 formation with Toulalan on the base, Cazorla, Isco, Joaquín and Eliseu in the attacking line and Rondón in the forward spot. No other player in Málaga's roster seems ready to play by himself in the midfield, so Pellegrini will likely pick Demichelis and Camacho, while Eliseu should be benched.
On the other hand, Mourinho has not given us any hint about today's lineup. Marca speculates that Lass, Callejón and Granero might be starting in Arbeloa, Kaka and Khedira's spots, while Benzema would return to the starting lineup. Marca has its sources, but it just doesn't seem likely that Mourinho will rotate so many players in what will be a difficult game.
It might be a good idea to play Granero in today's game. Málaga will attempt to hold onto most of the possession, but El Pirata would allow Real Madrid to fight back for higher possession rates. However, that would also give Cazorla, Joaquín, Isco and Rondón the space they need to create danger through counterattacks. Ramos and Pepe are the quickest pair of center backs in elite football, but they would need some help from the midfielders to stop these plays--Marcelo and Alonso's transition defense isn't as good as when Khedira is on the pitch to assist them.
Both Benzema and Higuaín would be good fits against Pellegrini's team. Málaga weakest point is on defense. Mathijsen, Demichelis, Sergio Sánchez and Duda will be at a loss against Real Madrid's strikers. This means that if Mourinho's team is able to keep a clean sheet or prevent Málaga from scoring more than one goal, the strikers should find their way through Málaga's defense, thereby giving Madrid the three points and putting Barcelona 10 points away from the top once again after Guardiola's team defeated Sevilla yesterday.
We will post the Open Thread as soon as the lineups are confirmed. Remember to follow Managing Madrid on Twitter and like us on Facebook to get the latest on Real Madrid.


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The ISSA and The Security Awareness Company Announce Partnership
The Information Systems Security Association is proud to announce its partnership with The Security Awareness Company. This partnership makes available a number of free tools through the Security Awareness Portal. These materials include customized posters, videos, newsletters, guides, and course guides, making the Portal a valuable…
Alliance for Performance Excellence and ISSA offer Free Cyber Maturity Tool to ISSA Members
Reston, VA – May 3, 2016 – The ISSA is proud to announce its partnership with The Alliance for Performance Excellence, the public-private outreach arm of the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, which is based at and managed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. As…
ISSA Los Angeles Announces the 8th Annual Information Security Summit
/EINPresswire.com/ — LOS ANGELES, CA — (Marketwired) — 12/18/15 — The Eighth Annual Information Security Summit, hosted by ISSA Los Angeles (ISSA-LA), is scheduled to take place on May 19th – May 20th at the Universal City Hilton in California. This elite event, comprised of 2…
President of the Board of Directors, Ira Winkler, Steps Down
Effective June 2, 2015, Ira Winkler stepped down as president of the Information Systems Security Association International Board of Directors. Ira Winkler's many exploits have reached the covers of major newspapers and magazines, and his opinions and analyses of cybersecurity issues have been globally sought. A…
Cybersecurity Coalition Aims at Shortage of One Million InfoSec Professionals
In a first-of-its-kind initiative, the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) exercised its industry neutrality to invite more than a dozen leading organizations in the field of cybersecurity to convene April 20th in San Francisco at RSA Conference 2015. The immediate purpose was to begin work toward establishing…
ISSA International to Solve "Missing Generation" of Cybersecurity Professionals with Launch of Industry-Wide Cybersecurity Career Lifecycle (CSCL) Program
The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) today launched an industry-wide program to solve the global cybersecurity workforce gap. The ISSA is a comprehensive professional development framework that maps all five stages of the cybersecurity career lifecycle and empowers cybersecurity professionals – from students to Chief Information Security Officers…
ISSA International Conference 2013 Announces Keynote Speakers Featuring Cybersecurity Luminary Eugene H. Spafford
Portland, OR – September 4, 2013 – The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) announced today a high-profile line-up of speakers for its fourth annual ISSA International Conference (#ISSAConf) to be held October 9-10 at the Nashville Convention Center in Nashville, TN. During the conference, ISSA will…
ISSA Addresses the Cybersecurity Workforce Gap with $10,000 Donation to the ISSA Education Foundation
In support of the national call to action to close the cybersecurity workforce gap, the Information Systems Security Association has donated $10,000 to the ISSA Education Foundation. While there are a growing number of programs aimed at developing and identifying talent and skills from a young…
ISSA International Conference 2012 Announces Keynote by Former White House Cyber Security Coordinator Howard Schmidt
Portland, OR. – October 17, 2012 – The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) announced today a high-profile line-up of speakers for its third annual ISSA International Conference to be held October 25-26 at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, CA. Themed "The Magic Kingdom – Embracing a…
Cyber Security Luminary Ira Winkler Elected President of ISSA
Portland, OR ‐ September 27, 2012 – The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) announced today that cybersecurity luminary Ira Winkler has been elected as the International President for the new 2012 – 2013 term. In addition, six prominent industry leaders have been elected to the Board of Directors: Candy Alexander, CISSP, CISM and CISO, Long Term Care Partners Debbie Christofferson, CIPP/IT, CISSP, CISM…


I recently came across the work of photographer Hiroshi Kamakura, and was intrigued by the unusual style of his photography. He has photographed ordinary everyday objects and scenes, using an old compact camera, then processed the resulting images to give a soft painted look to them.
Unfortunately, other than a few old articles on the web, I wasn't able to find out very much about Hiroshi Kamakura or the processing technique he uses. However, there are a couple of techniques that give similar results, which I'll share in this article.


In astronomy, the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey (Two-degree-Field Galaxy Redshift Survey), 2dF or 2dFGRS is a redshift survey conducted by the Anglo-Australian Observatory (AAO) with the 3.9m Anglo-Australian Telescope between 1997 and 11 April 2002. The data from this survey were made public on 30 June 2003. The survey determined the large-scale structure in two large slices of the Universe to a depth of around 2.5 billion light years (redshift ~ 0.2). It was the world's largest redshift survey between 1998 (overtaking Las Campanas Redshift Survey) and 2003 (overtaken by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey). Matthew Colless, Steve Maddox and John Peacock were in charge of the project. Team members Shaun Cole and John Peacock were awarded a share of the 2014 Shaw Prize in astronomy for results from the 2dFGRS.
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Q: Moving UITableView cells and maintaining consistent data I've enabled editing mode and moving cells around to allow users to position table view content in the order they please. I'm using Core Data as the data source, which sorts the content by the attribute "userOrder". When content is first inserted, userOrder is set to a random value. The idea is that when the user moves a cell around, the userOrder of that cell changes to accomodate its new position. The following are problems I am running into while trying to accomplish this:

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*Successfully saving the the new location of the cell and adjusting all changed locations of influenced cells.

*Getting the data to be consistent. For example, the TableView handles the movement fine, but when i click on the new location of the cell, it displays data for the old cell that used to be that location. Data of all influenced cells gets messed up as well.
I know I have to implement this in:
- (void)tableView:(UITableView *)tableView moveRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)sourceIndexPath toIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)destinationIndexPath {}

I just don't know how. The apple docs are not particularly helpful if you are using Core Data, as in my situation.
Any guidance greatly appreciated!

A: Problem 1 is pretty much independent of using CoreData, just think of a simple array:
 {0 1 2 3 4 A}.

Now the user moves some freshly appended element A within the Array:
 {0 1 A 2 3 4}

So starting with the inserted element A, which receives the index 2, all elements need to have their index (which is userOrder in your case) incremented by one.
So you map 0->0, 1->1, A->2, 2->3, 3->4 and so on.
Problem 2 may have two or three sources:

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*Either your CoreData values are not synced so the database is not in sync with what you see.

*[table reloadData] was not called

*Your move-Algorithm is wrong

So perhaps you can check the thee points above and if none applies you could consider posting your move-algorithm for closer examination.


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Q: How can I run two(take from config) futures concurrently I have list of futures:
val futures = List(Future(1), Future(2), Future(3), Future(4), Future(5))

how can I run only two (value takes from config), not all in parallel?

A: Futures require an ExecutionContext to run - basically a thread pool. If that pool has only n threads in it, then that is the amount of parallelism you'll get.
val pool = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(numThreads)
implicit val ec = ExecutionContext.fromExecutorService(pool)

A: Found this solution, I will run only 2 futures in one time
def doSome(num:Int) = Future {
    num
  }

  def doSomeS(list:List[Int]): Future[List[Int]] = {
    Future.traverse(list)(doSome)
  }

  def serialiseFutures[A, B](l: List[A], size:Int)(function: List[A] ⇒ Future[List[B]])
                            (implicit ec: ExecutionContext): Future[List[B]] =
    l.grouped(size).foldLeft(Future(List.empty[B])) {
      (previousFuture: Future[List[B]], next: List[A]) =>
        for {
          previousResults: List[B] <- previousFuture
          next<- function(next)
        } yield previousResults ++ next
    }

  val list = List(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)

  serialiseFutures(list, 2)(doSomeS)


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Зегниц се налази у савезној држави Баварска у округу Кицинген. Општина се налази на надморској висини од 181 метра. Површина општине износи 2,8 -{km²}-. У самом мјесту је, према процјени из 2010. године, живјело 835 становника. Просјечна густина становништва износи 304 становника/-{km²}-.

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B.Sc. Nautical Science | B.Tech. Marine Engineering | Diploma in Nautical Science | Graduate Marine Engineering
B.Sc. Nautical Science
Candidate must have completed (10+2) or equivalent examination with
i) at least 60% marks in PCM.
ii) at least 50% marks in English either in class 10th
or 12th.
With Min. 50% marks in English subject in X or XII std.
Age limit:Age limit as on date of admission less than 25 years. Candidate should not be married.
Medical fitness: Should be medically fit.
Eye-sight: 6/6 in each eye without visual aids & Normal colour vision.
B.Tech. Marine Engineering
Candidate must have completed the Senior Secondary Examination (10+2) examination with
i) at least 60% marks in P.C.M.
ii) at least 50% marks in English either in class 10th or 12th.
Age limit: As on date of commencement of course less than 25 years .
Physical Fitness : The Institute has laid down minimum physical fitness standards as per D.G.S requirement. Medical test will conducted by VMI at the time of selection through D.G.S approved doctor.
Eye vision:- Use of corrective lenses for eyesight is permitted but the maximum permissible limits, at entry, are 6/12 in each eye or 6/9 in better eye and 6/18 in other eye for distant unaided vision. Color blindness not permitted.
Diploma in Nautical Science
Pass in 10+2 examination from a recognized Board / University with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM), with not less than 55% aggregate marks in PCM.
OR B.Sc. in Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry or Electronics with Physics as individual subject in one of the year, with an average of not less than 50% of marks in the final year of B.Sc., from a recognized University provided that the candidate must have passed 10+2 examination with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM) from a recognised Board.
OR B.E./B. Tech. or it's equivalent degree from I.I.T. or from a college recognized by AICTE/UGC.
Should have passed with not less than 50% marks in English as a separate subject, at either 10th or 12th standard or in the Degree programme conducted by a recognized Board/ University.
Age limit: Should not be more than 25 years and less than 17 years as on the commencement of course.
Medical fit: Should be medically fit
Eye sight:6/6 in each eye without visual aids & Normal colour vision
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Graduate in Mechanical Engineering / Naval Architects from AICTE approved institutes with Min. 50% marks in aggregate and min. 50% marks in English subject in X or XII std.
Age limit:Not more than 28 years of age as on the date of commencement of course.
Medical fitness:Candidates should be medically fit and without color blindness.
Eyesight: Eyesightshould be at least 6/12 in each eye without visual aids.
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DEADLINE: February 1, 2017Joan Grenier-Winther is Professor of French Language and Culture at Washington State University Vancouver, WA, and served as Executive Director of the Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association from 1998 to 2012. During her tenure, RMMLA grew significantly in number of members and prestige as one of the six regional divisions of the Modern Language Association. For her service to the RMMLA and her support of scholarship in French Studies, particularly at the yearly conventions, the Executive Board established in 2015 the "Joan Grenier-Winther Award for Best Conference Presentation in French Studies."
The Joan Grenier-Winther Award carries a $250 prize.
The Nomination for this award does not include self-nominations. The process is similar to the "Charles Davis Award for Convention Presentations", since nominations must be made by the Chair of the Session in which the presentation was given. Chairs of all French sessions at the convention make the nomination directly to the Executive Director. Session chairs should include the following in their nomination: Title of presentation, Name of presenter, Name of session. Any presenter in a French Studies session is eligible for nomination by the Session Chair—this includes faculty, independent scholars and graduate students.
Only one nominee per session can be submitted. Nominations must be received by November 1st. Application Deadline: February 1st. Award Announcement: March 1st.
The Joan Grenier-Winther Award Selection Committee is made up of three RMMLA members.
Selection of award recipients is based first on the completeness of the application, followed by a ranking based on five criteria: originality of research; scholarly context (reference to current research on topic); mechanics and style; coherent thesis statement; and contribution to scholarship in the field of French Studies. The award will be announced by March 1st.
Nominations and supporting materials (in pdf format) should be sent electronically to Executive Director Joy Landeira ([email protected]).
RMMLA Executive Board reserves the right to vacate the award in any year that sufficient quantity or quality of submissions is not received by the announced deadline. The Executive Board's decision will be announced on the website. After the initial acknowledgement of submission, correspondence is not maintained with applicants throughout the process. All application materials must be received by midnight Rocky Mountain time on the date of the deadline. Announced deadlines will not be extended.


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Harnessing growth sectors for poverty reduction: what works to reduce poverty through sustainable employment with opportunities for progression
Conventionally employment has been seen as a key route out of poverty. However, there are increasing concerns about the prevalence of in-work poverty in the UK; with labour market changes associated with changing working practices (such as the fragmentation of working hours and growth of zero hours contacts) and an increasing polarisation between higher and lower paid jobs.
Since the financial crises there has been a renewed interest in industrial policy in attempts to stimulate economic growth. National and local policymakers have identified a set of 'growth sectors'. This research project seeks to fill a gap in evidence about 'what works' in harnessing growth sectors for poverty reduction.
The project aims to provide a detailed evidence-base for what works in reducing poverty by harnessing employment opportunities in growth sectors. It focuses on transitions into employment, in-work poverty, progression in employment and raising the quality of jobs.
The study has four key elements:
Element I identifies growth sectors and the number and profile of jobs within them. Existing large survey data sets are being utilised to examine how people move between and within growth sectors, and whether and how such moves help people to move out of poverty.
Element II reviews existing national and international evidence on 'what works' in helping people experiencing poverty gain entry to growth sectors and how their employment progression can be facilitated. It also examines evidence on how job quality in growth sectors can be enhanced and identify 'good practice' examples.
Element III involves in-depth case studies of practical initiatives to harness growth sectors for poverty reduction.
Element IV brings together and test the findings of the research, identifying policy levers that are available for harnessing growth sectors for poverty reduction, and how they might be best used.
The project is funded as part of the ESRC What Works initiative. The What Works in Tackling Poverty programme of research is being led by the Public Policy Institute for Wales.
Green, A., Lee, N. and Sissons, P. (2017). Growth Sectors: Data Analysis on Employment Change, Wages and Poverty. Cardiff: Public Policy Institute for Wales.
Sissons, P., Green, A. and Lee, N. (2016). Supporting progression in growth sectors: A review of the international evidence. Cardiff: Public Policy Institute for Wales.
Green, A., Sissons P. and Lee, N. (2017). Employment Entry in Growth Sectors: A Review of the International Evidence. Cardiff: PPIW.
Sissons, P., Green, A. and Lee, N. (2017). Improving Job Quality in Growth Sectors: A Review of the International Evidence. Cardiff: PPIW.
IER Project Team Members:
Principal Investigator: Anne Green
Paul Sissons, Coventry University
Neil Lee, London School of Economics
Project Duration:
October 2014 - January 2017
University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Indian Government launched Sandes, taking on WhatsApp: Here is what it offers and major differences
The app is not live on the Google Play Store but through the government's GIMS portal.
After launching Koo, an alternative to Twitter the Indian government has now launched Sandes which is an instant messaging platform. The app is also an Indian government alternative to WhatsApp developed by NIC (National Informatics Center).
While users are happy with the latest WhatsApp policy change and have been trying out various alternatives to the messaging app the government of India has developed and launched Sandes messaging app. The all is now ready for download and is accessible to everyone however earlier it was only available for government officials.
With the launch of Sandes the PM Narendra Modi's Digital India and Aatmanirbhar Bharat initiative is expected to get a boost while many WhatsApp users in India are still trying out different messaging apps. The Sandes messaging app is free to download and use with add-free experience.
It should be noted that when the messaging app is downloaded on your device the app's name is displayed as GIMS (Government Instant Messaging System) because the new platform is an upgrade to the existing GIMS that was developed NIC (National Informatics Center), which is part of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) aimed as an alternative to WhatsApp.
The app is available for download in an APK file and is compatible with Android 5.0 and later. The app is not live on the Google Play Store but through the government's GIMS portal. However, iOS users can simply download it through the Apps Store for devices running on iOS 12.0 and above.
Once you have downloaded the app akin to other similar apps you need to sign up on the Sandes app using your mobile number or email ID. You will be receiving a six-digit OTP for authentication. It is worth noting that now Email IDs including Gmail, Hotmail, or other email accounts are allowed to register with the app. The only official @gov.in emails are allowed to register for the app while regular users are restricted to phone numbers only.
After signing up you can edit your profile and can also update your status too similar to WhatsApp. Although most of its features work similar to how you operate WhatsApp but there are some differences in both the instant messaging apps. The first major difference we have already explained is that one can also choose to register using a mobile number and now E-Mail IDs for the Sandes app however Signing up with emails is restricted to government officials using @gov.in email IDs to sign in.
The Indian messaging app also supports verified accounts for government employees that WhatsApp doesn't offer. In addition to this Sandes also gives you an option to send chat backups to your emails which is not possible in the case of WhatsApp where the chats are backed up to Google Drive or iCloud only.
But sadly using Sandes you are not allowed to switch to another mobile number or email ID once signed up whereas WhatsApp comes with a dedicated Change Number feature to change from an old phone number to a new one.
Apart from this, the former one s allows users to share videos or photos with up to 500MB on the other hand the latter one gives an option to send videos with 16MB and regular files up to 100MB. Sandes also lacks key security features such as fingerprint lock feature and screen lock feature which we hope to be offered at a later stage. But it lets you check the weather details of your city in the app itself. Meanwhile, it includes all the other features akin to WhatsApp such as status, disappearing messages, forward messages, delete messages, archive chats and more.
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