Successful entrepreneurs are highly creative people. On a very consistent basis, they're able to come up with new and creative solutions to the emerging issues and opportunities of ever-present change in the world. But, if they become too attached and act too quickly on their new idea, disaster can strike.
I think most entrepreneurs might be hard-wired for creativity. Certainly, I think they've always had lots of great ideas for doing things in different ways, probably as early as their childhood school years. These were the students who had ideas even their teachers wouldn't have thought about. If you're an entrepreneur, this might sound very familiar to you. My guess is that you might not have fit in well with the rigors of the school system.
In your teens and early twenties, you'd likely already made the decision to base your whole life on coming up with ideas, putting them into practical shape, getting them into the marketplace, and selling them. This was going to be your way of life, and to accomplish it, you had to create an entrepreneurial company.
Don't fall in love with your new idea ... yet.
Danger: Don't fall in love first.
Ideas are very likely what got you where you are today. My advice is to have as many ideas as you want, but never to fall in love with an idea unless check-writing customers in the marketplace fall in love with it first.
Entrepreneurs can easily become infatuated with their ideas. They have a strong emotional attachment to a vision they have of what this idea could be in the future. They come up with a new product, service, process, or experience, and they can imagine in vivid color how enormously successful it's going to be. They fall in love before they're even out in the marketplace with it. This is a huge danger.
Then these love-struck entrepreneurs bypass a step that's absolutely crucial when introducing any new idea into the marketplace: Test your idea on check-writers, those who will actually like your product enough to pay you for it.
This testing can be as simple as telling a check-writer about your idea, how it works, and possibly sketching it out roughly to show why it's great. From your conversation, you'll be able to see whether this is an idea worth pursuing or where it needs tweaking to make it valuable in the marketplace.
Why do so many great idea generators skip this important step? It's simple: The entrepreneur doesn't want to hear that the idea they're in love with doesn't land with a prospective client or customer. It's a painful experience, just like romantic heartbreak, so they avoid any kind of negative response as long as they can.
I always test any new idea on the entrepreneurs I coach. I just watch very carefully how they respond when I present the idea. If there's a good response, I add more structure to it and test it out again.
Only once I've tested my latest idea on 300 to 400 entrepreneurs, all of them my clients, and the response has been overwhelmingly good, do I go ahead with developing it further.
I feel so strongly about not falling in love with your new ideas because I've seen so much pain surrounding those who do. Eventually, they give up on developing their ideas because they've experienced failure after painful failure. Then their confidence hits rock bottom, which spells disaster for any entrepreneur.
I want you to protect your creative confidence by always testing your new ideas on people who will pay you for them. That's where you're going to get valid feedback that you can use to move forward, either one way or the other. Don't attach your emotions to your ideas until the people who will be paying clientele have fallen in love first. Only then are you safe to do the same.


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I remember one day, back in 2014, my blog, The Writing Shed, was still a little "toddler" (yes, you will personify your blog/website, and when you do, you won't think I'm crazy anymore; it will be like a baby to you!) I didn't have much clue of what direction I wanted it to take; all I knew was that I wanted to write. And that I would love for my blog to be seen. Back then it was called "The Potter's Shed", and it was actually a potting shed in our garden – which was reclaimed by my husband the second he bought me the cutest summer house EVER – The Writing Shed.
Anyway, as I wanted my blog to be seen, I started searching for ways to increase its traffic (which I learned from my search that traffic can be more than only loads of cars, or roads movement! haha) and came across something called "Ultimate Blog Challenge". Basically, the challenge consisted in blogging every day during a month.
As you can see, when I accepted the challenge of writing one post a day for the whole month, I thought it would be just like a walk in the park… Oh, noooo… I couldn't have been more wrong.
I was super excited. I got a couple of guest bloggers, started connecting with other bloggers (because that's what they told us to do, in order for other bloggers to share our posts). I met some inspiring people, and meeting them helped me want more for The Writing Shed, other than to be a place where I wrote "just some posts" and grieving letters to my mother, who had gone to Heaven.
You've heard of writer's block, right? I'm an author, and writing my first novel was like labour. No, worse than that. Well, I'm guessing, as I have never been into labour (not yet, anyway. Gulp!). I really apologise to all the brave mums out there.
Until I reached the 24th day…. On that day, I was simply lost in my words, staring at Larry (my laptop – see? I told you I tend to personalise things!) and then to the wall, and back to Larry… and there's nothing else I could think of writing about than what I'm going through: my first ever crisis of blogger's burnout.
With writing a post a day and trying to share it so as many people can read it (Vain, my middle name), comes the pleasure of discovering loads of other lovely blogs, and witty, great writers! What happens then… you subscribe to one, then a link in that post takes you to another blog (which you also like, so you subscribe, obviously), and so on… The next day, not only you receive a link to a new post on the blogs you've subscribed, but because you share your post on Facebook, you go on to comment on two, three new blogs and you like them and subscribe to them and… see what I'm talking about?
Back then, in my frustration, I wished I could just go back to the writing, like before. I cursed the Ultimate Blogging Challenge (just kidding). Today, I know that I write for my readers. But I also know that they would rather have me sanely writing quality stuff, that can add something to their lives, and help them somehow, than writing any silly thing just to "have a post a day".


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Hot footing it down to the Tate Britain Summer Party and the opening of British Folk Art at Tate Britain on Millbank. That was Monday 9th.
Next up fashion designer Roksanda Illinic new shop opening on Tuesday. I confess I don't own anything from her but she does let me borrow stuff. Glad I made the effort.
Wednesday it's the turn of Conor Donlon and his new bookshop on Kingly Street part of Sadie Coles Hq Gallery opening with a new show with artist Jim Lambie. After party at the Groucho (I deejayed btw).
The opening of a shoe on Thursday... Kat Maconie has a pop up shop in Floral Street, Covent Garden.
Saturday 14th and Craig Green kicks off London Collections: Men with a late lunch at Hoi Polloi. After which I dipped into the Meltdown Festival and went to see Chrissie Hynde.
On the menu a selection of delicious salads washed down with copious amounts of Bloody Mary's, mains of juicy roasted and marinaded chicken, dessert chocolate mousse, orange curd and candied orange along with passion fruit and fennel seed mess.


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Данскетинден () — найвища гора гірських хребтів Стаунінг Альпи, Східна Гренландія.

Географія
Данскетинден піднімається за 15 км на схід від берега Альпефьорду — відгалуження фіорду , між головами льодовика Вікінг (Вікінгебра), льодовиком Гуллі та льодовиками Берсаеркербра. За даними більшості доступних джерел ця гора є надвисоким піком гір Стаунінг Альп і має висоту за різними даними 2842 м, 2831 м або 2788 м пік в програмі «Google Планета Земля». Гора складена в основному з гранітів. Гора відноситься до Ультра-піків і має відносну висоту 2181 м, за іншими даними 2189 м.

Історія підкорення
Гора Данскетинден вперше була підкорена швейцарськими альпіністами Джоном Галлером (1927—1984), Вольфгангом Ділем (1908—1990) та Фріцем Шварценбахом 5 серпня 1954 року. Друге сходження здійснила експедиція під керівництвом Гвідо Монзіно в 1964 році.

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This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft DirectShow. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opened a specially crafted QuickTime media file. An attacker who successfully exploited any of these vulnerabilities could gain the same user rights as the local user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability that is currently being exploited. The vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX Control could allow remote code execution if a user views a specially crafted Web page with Internet Explorer, instantiating the ActiveX control. This ActiveX control was never intended to be instantiated in Internet Explorer. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if an attacker successfully impersonates an administrative user account for an ISA server that is configured for Radius One Time Password (OTP) authentication and authentication delegation with Kerberos Constrained Delegation.
This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office Publisher that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Publisher file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.


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As part of our party and event photography service we also love the reactions of their guests and friends when we rush over to see people taking "selfies" not only do we photograph them with our camera, but we also offer our services and take a photo on their phone. Although, the photograph isn't as good as ours :), it sure is a nice touch on our personalised service.
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House Speaker Paul Ryan released a new "anti-poverty" plan last week that would only make it tougher for poor and working families to get by. As expected, the plan cuts from public programs that help low- and moderate-income Americans, while protecting tax cuts for the very wealthy.
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Last night's Democratic presidential primary debate in New Hampshire included the first question on campaign finance policy so far in the 2016 race.
In his State of the Union, President Obama called for "reducing the influence of money in our politics." Fantastic. He has heard the growing cry of the 85 percent of us who want big changes (with almost half of us wanting a complete rebuild!) in how America funds elections.
If Hillary Clinton wants to light up the country in either the general election or the primary, she needs to take a leadership role -- not a lip service role -- in a basic, in-the-guts overhaul of how politics works in this country.
Publicly funded candidates will now have more resources to fight back against super PACs.
A presidential poll released as Speaker Boehner made his announcement shows Republicans want something no Republican candidate is talking about.
A republic which remains unchecked by the people it was intended to represent is in no form a republic. Because of the people of Maine, in November, America will witness a decision handed down not by the government or special interests, but by the people.
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A lion killed a worker Sunday at a North Carolina zoological park after it escaped a locked enclosure during a routine cleaning, officials said.
As a team led by a trained animal keeper cleaned the enclosure, "One of the lions somehow left a locked space and entered the space the humans were in and quickly killed one person," the Conservators Center in Burlington, west of Durham, said on its Facebook page.
The lion was shot and killed, the Conservators Center said. It was unclear how the lion escaped, the center said.
The Caswell County Sheriff's Office identified the worker as Alexandra Black, a 22-year-old recent graduate of Indiana State University. Black, a native of New Palestine, Indiana, had been an intern at the Conservators Center for about two weeks, the sheriff's office said.
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value to the kernel. (see linux/arch/arm/tools/mach-types).
+boot data is passed to the kernel in register r2.
The boot loader must create and initialise the kernel tagged list.
A valid tagged list starts with ATAG_CORE and ends with ATAG_NONE.
it. The recommended placement is in the first 16KiB of RAM.
+dtb format is documented in Documentation/devicetree/booting-without-of.txt.
+nor a dtb were passed.
- r2 = physical address of tagged list in system RAM.
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+ to the kernel with a tagged list of predefined parameters.
+ machine number as described in Documentation/arm/Booting.
+ represent a class or family of SoCs.
+ offset 0x4 from r2 (0x54410001).


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Q: Value join is not a member of org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD[(Long, T)] This function seems valid for my IDE:
def zip[T, U](rdd1:RDD[T], rdd2:RDD[U]) : RDD[(T,U)] = {
    rdd1
      .zipWithIndex
      .map(_.swap)
      .join(
        rdd2
          .zipWithIndex
          .map(_.swap))
      .values
}

But when I compile, I get :

value join is not a member of
  org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD[(Long, T)] possible cause: maybe a semicolon
  is missing before `value join'?
            .join(

I am in Spark 1.6, I have already tried to import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD._
and the code inside the function works well when it is directly used on two RDDs outside of a function definition.
Any idea ?

A: If you change the signature:
def zip[T, U](rdd1:RDD[T], rdd2:RDD[U]) : RDD[(T,U)] = {

into:
def zip[T : ClassTag, U: ClassTag](rdd1:RDD[T], rdd2:RDD[U]) : RDD[(T,U)] = {

This will compile.
Why? join is a method of PairRDDFunctions (your RDD is implicitly converted into that class), which has the following signature:
class PairRDDFunctions[K, V](self: RDD[(K, V)])
  (implicit kt: ClassTag[K], vt: ClassTag[V], ord: Ordering[K] = null)

This means its constructor expects implicit values of types ClassTag[T] and ClassTag[U], as these will be used as the value types (the V in the PairRDDFunctions definition). Your method has no knowledge of what T and U are, and therefore cannot provide matching implicit values. This means the implicit conversion into PairRDDFunctions "fails" (compiler doesn't perform the conversion) and therefore the method join can't be found.
Adding [K : ClassTag] is shorthand for adding an implicit argument implicit kt: ClassTag[K] to the method, which is then used by compiler and passed to the constructor of PairRDDFunctions.
For more about ClassTags and what they're good for see this good article.

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Full spectrum palette of 50 luscious creme Colours including sheer, semi-sheer and opaque neutrals, pinks, darks and brights plus 3 pure chromes in gold, silver and copper.
15 dazzling Effects in sheer hues of 3 textures - pearls, shimmer and sparkle.
3 Free: no toluene, formaldehyde, or DBP (dibutyl phthalate).
I was sent 3 nail polishes from the company for review. I was asked what colors I would prefer and I mentioned creme finishes as well as pink and any fall colors. That is exactly what I got. I received a classic pale pink with a dark navy blue and a beautiful Effects Colour.
Frosting Cream is a semi-sheer pale pink color. I would say it takes 3-4 coats for it to look flawless on the nails without any streaking. I always seem to have to apply multiple coats for this sort of shade. I also added the Effects on top on one of the swatches.
This polish is labeled as sheer. This polish is from the Effects line by CND. IT is nice to wear alone but looks great on top of any polish. Depending on the shade of polish (how light or dark) the effect comes out differently. As you saw previously it gives a nice gold sheen to the pale pink polish without completely taking over.
This is your typical navy blue shade. I guess I can say it may be comparable to China Glaze's First Mate. It is labeled as an opaque polish and it certainty is. It took 1 coat for it to come out perfect. It is lovely alone and with the Effects on top.
4 out of 5 stars. I love the bottles.. they are shaped differently then any other bottles I have. The backing of the polishes are flat so they lean against my rack perfectly. I like how they describe how the polish shows up on the label.
I love the consistency of the polishes. I didn't see a huge difference in the pink polish and any other pink polish. They all take multiple coats and come out the same but this one wasn't as streaky as others and the formula wasn't too thin. The blue one is great perfect coverage with just a single coat. Do I even need to tell you how I feel about the Effects? I love it! I love polishes like that they make great layering polishes on any color. I mean it looked great on top of the blue and just gave frosting a slightly different look. If I was to purchase any of the polishes I would purchase the other Effects. They come in other colors and other textures.
They did not seem to thicken quickly after I first opened it. I def. recommend the Effects!
I hope you guys enjoyed this review and the swatches. Aren't the polishes pretty? Be sure to visit their website and check out their products!
Pretty!! Love the gold shimmer.


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We recommend that you use the FOB (Free on Board) IWC Shipping Service. The cost is £53 per entry and covers: all charges associated with duty, storage, carriage UK clearance and taxes on samples supplied. For this you must use the approved Hellmann Worldwide Logistics shipping agents as listed below.
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Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; SERIES
Doc Williams, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, ABC, 1954-65.
Sam Drucker, Petticoat Junction, CBS, 1963-70.
Sam Drucker, Green Acres, CBS, 1965-71.
Voice of Homer, These Are the Days (animated), ABC, 1974-76.
Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; EPISODIC
New Girl in His Life (broadcast as an episode of The General Electric Theatre), CBS, 1957.
Luke, The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1965.
Farley Upchurch, The Andy Griffith Show, CBS, 1966.
Appeared as Sam Drucker in The Beverly Hillbillies, CBS; also appeared inepisodes of December Bride, CBS, and Guestward Ho!, ABC.
Credits; TELEVISION APPEARANCES; PILOTS
Will Hoople, The Andy Griffith Show (broadcast as an episode of The DannyThomas Show), CBS, 1960.
Doc Medford, Sutters Bay, CBS, 1983.
Credits; OTHER TELEVISION APPEARANCES
Mr. Minney, "The Winged Colt," ABC Children's Novel for Television (special), ABC, 1977.
Mr. Sutter, Soup and Me (special), ABC, 1978.
Sam Drucker, Return to Green Acres (movie), CBS, 1990.
Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
Violence, Monogram, 1947.
Professor Edwards, Sarge Goes to College, Monogram, 1947.
Gus Barton, Bungalow Thirteen, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1948.
Suspect, He Walked by Night, Eagle-Lion, 1948.
Shirley's partner, City Across the River, Universal, 1949.
Mr. Crane, The Lady Takes a Sailor, Warner Brothers, 1949.
Clerk, Sky Dragon, Monogram, 1949.
Player, Take One False Step, Universal, 1949.
Prejudice, Motion Picture Sales, 1949.
Eddie, Convicted (also known as One Way Out), Columbia, 1950.
Mr. Hoff, Emergency Wedding, Columbia, 1950.
Max Henry, Experiment Alcatraz, RKO, 1950.
Timid guest, Father of the Bride, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1950.
Tax investigator, The Great Rupert, Eagle-Lion, 1950.
Geologist, Perfect Strangers (also known as Too Dangerous to Love), Warner Brothers, 1950.
Elevator operator, Three Husbands, United Artists (UA), 1950.
Hotel clerk, Young Man with a Horn, Warner Brothers, 1950.
Mr. Creavy, Dear Brat, Paramount, 1951.
Ferguson, Let's Make It Legal, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1951.
Bennie Amboy, The Sellout, MGM, 1951.
Mr. Federber, The Big Carnival (also known as Ace in the Hole and The Human Interest Story), Paramount, 1951.
Harold Ferris, When Worlds Collide, Paramount, 1951.
Weinberg, The Atomic City, Paramount, 1952.
Mr. Watts, Half a Hero, MGM, 1953.
Dr. Day, Marry Me Again, RKO, 1953.
Fire escape man, Rear Window, Paramount, 1954.
Trader Joe, The Indian Fighter, UA, 1955.
Canford, Trial, MGM, 1955.
Mr. Daigle, The Bad Seed, Warner Brothers, 1956.
Pop, The Girl Most Likely, Universal, 1957.
Abe Pickett, The Tin Star, Paramount, 1957.
Willie Poole, The Missouri Traveler, Buena Vista, 1958.
Milstead, The Man Who Understood Women, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959.
Mayor James Sargent, Seven Faces of Dr. Lao, MGM, 1964.
Charlie Pettibone, The Gnome-Mobile, Buena Vista, 1967.
Assayer, The $1,000,000 Duck, Buena Vista, 1971.
Pa Allan, Zandy's Bride, Warner Brothers, 1974.
Pa Tater, Hearts of the West (also known as Hollywood Cowboy), MGM/UA, 1975.
Also appeared in The Checkered Coat.
Credits; STAGE APPEARANCES
Henry IV, Part I, Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1971.


Time flies away so quickly…2016 new year came and it is already in April.
It is never too late so here are some photos of Healthy Happy Pooches' holiday gifts from Barkbox on the snow in North Fork, California.
We love Barkbox gifts every month coming to our mail box.
Kula is playing a snow angle!
Healthy Happy Pooch is excited to receive Barkbox!


So missing Salah is out of the question. The concern here is, how do we improve our prayers by praying on time (as soon as the adhaan is called out) amidst our busy lifestyles. [of course, men can go to masajid and that makes accountability much easier but we'll be talking about this from women-perspective (who usually offer prayers at home)].
First of all, Qada is not considered a late prayer. It's simply a missed prayer. Missing the prayer intentionally is considered a major sin, unless that is for a legitimate excuse such as sleeping or forgetting (If that happens, pray as soon as you get up or recall).
Now lets talk about what is exactly a late prayer!
Although it is permissible to offer a prayer by the end of its time, but it is better to do the prayer at the beginning of its time, except for Isha prayer as it is Sunnah to delay 'Isha a little – till one-third of the night has passed.
In the case of other prayers, it is better to pray them sooner unless there is a legitimate reason for doing otherwise.
After seeing a couple of red marks on the prayer tracker, we were trying to figure out what is making us pray later than the beginning of time and we constantly found ourselves blaming motherhood responsibilities for all that delay!
To be honest, our kids won't carry our burdens for us on the day of judgement nor will anyone else. We will! Only us!
So we figured that us blaming our kids and their endless demands won't really help! But of course that's easier said than done. Because if you're a mother of small children (younger than 3-4 years old or 2 kids under 5 years of age), it's NOT easy! At all! You're constantly on-duty and responsibilities never seem to end! Babies/toddlers etc. are constantly depending on you for every human need. So a peaceful break is only a dream most of the times.
Hence we've been trying to figure out how to get kids into this prayer routine with us instead of trying to get away from them for this ideal khushoo time. We tried working on different methods where kids can associate prayer with bonding time as well instead of thinking that this is only a mama-thing. We really want our children to grow up loving the prayer after all. Don't we?
First ask yourself – How serious are you about getting your life back on track? Are you going to schedule your prayers anywhere in the middle of your busy schedule or are you going to schedule your busy lifestyle around the 5 daily prayers?
a) sleeping early at night and setting up multiple alarms to be able to get up for Fajr.
b) drinking ample water so your body is forced to wake up before sunrise.
c) making your surroundings clutter-free and shortening your to-do lists so you are not too exhausted to even stand up for a prayer.
A Prayer tracker is a visual way of tracking your prayers. Color coding it or making a graph of your decline or progress – Studies have shown that in order to form a new habit, you have to do that activity for 21 days (or a whole month). But it all depends on the person, circumstances and most importantly the motivation and persistence – if the habit is not built within a month, there's always another month in shaa Allah (for eg: if we will see the red marks (praying later than the beginning of time) more than the green marks (praying as soon as the adhaan is called out), then we will reprint the tracker and hence repeat the process in shaa Allah).
In a world of constant digital consumption, a way of using technology to your own benefit can become a challenge at time. Find an app that announces the adhaan on your mobile whenever the time starts (especially if the mosque isn't nearby and you can't hear the call for 5 daily prayers) – choose any that you may like. We're constantly on the lookout for one (as we keep switching from one to another) so if you have suggestions, would love to hear them in shaa Allah.
and as Christal Joan suggested: Try switching up places if you don't feel that sense of excitement praying at the same place each time.
1) Carry the babies while praying – It is not only the sunnah of the Prophet (ﷺ), but also because little kids attached to you/around you are much more calmer alhamdulillah and you get to pray more peacefully – (You can pray while sitting if it gets hard on your back in case you are using slings or carriers to carry a baby while praying).
2) Let the kids hear the adhaan loud and clear so they know that it's time to pray (if you don't have a mosque nearby, you can use any adhaan app that notifies you with the adhaan when the time comes – as mentioned above). Then sit with them and quietly listen to it (while answering the call to prayer) – .
3) Explain this 2nd most important pillar of Islam with love – Use books, toys, crafts (or whatever that works with your child) to teach them what prayer means and how important it is for us to connect to Allah and turn back to Him multiple times a day.
5) Get them their own prayer garments/prayer mats – Getting kids their own special garb for the prayer and their own sticker-ish Prayer Tracker is an awesome way to get them pray with you.
6) Pray with them – They may constantly just do sajdah over sajdah or stand with you and just mumble 😂 They may leave after a while or not want to pray at all. They may just lie down in front of you – looking at you carefully or they may hug you or ride on your back when you prostrate (I personally love that – makes me want to do longer sujood and reminds me of how Prophet (ﷺ) would elongate his sajdah if a child would hop onto his back). All of that is perfectly ok! The idea is to make prayer inclusive for them.
7) Make dua with them – Mine just keeps saying "Allahumma inni naafiyah" but it would do 😀 because one day, in shaa Allah – they will love the prayer and look forward to praying with us or without us. One day we may be praying all alone at home and smile at the thought of them praying in their own homes as well in shaa Allah. THAT would be our peaceful salah! The peace in knowing that we tried our best to instill the love of prayer in their hearts – even if that meant that we had to sacrifice our own peace in the process. One day it will be worth it bi'idhnillah!
If you have more tips on praying peacefully and with khushoo as a mother of small kids, please share your experiences below and help everyone out!
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If you have an outdoor pool you may have considered using outdoor lighting to help illuminate your poolside and brighten up your outdoor space. Products such as electrically powered lanterns, bollards and deck-mounted lights may help to enhance your landscape and may provide a practical solution to your lighting needs. But if you're looking to create a real sense of tranquillity, why not make your swimming pool the main attraction?
Whether you have an above-ground or in-ground pool, there are many pool lighting options to choose from, catering for all tastes and budgets. For those on a budget, simple inexpensive lighting additions, such as using rope lights strung from nearby trees and floating pool lights or candles, can really add a sense of beauty and calm to a poolside area. For those that wish to invest a little more, there is a whole host of lighting options available.
As there are so many options available you may find it difficult to decide which pool lighting products will best suit your needs. As a starting point, consider how you intend to use your lighting and how you would ideally like it to be powered. Are you looking to create a 'wow' factor that will really make your pool stand out or would you prefer a more subtle lighting effect? When looking to buy, it is worth researching the durability of the lighting options you're interested in, and to consider the cost of installation, as well as any ongoing running costs.
Ask yourself whether you'd prefer fixed lighting, such as deck-mounted lights, or lighting that may be moved – perhaps to easily suit your needs? Consider also the positioning of your lights – would you rather your poolside was lit at ground level, or would you prefer above ground lighting, perhaps by using hanging lights or lanterns?
The soft glow of in-pool lighting creates a wonderfully harmonious atmosphere, making your swimming pool a real focal point, particularly as the evening draws in. If you are looking to use lighting to illuminate your pool, it's important to consider the atmosphere that you're hoping to create before purchasing your swimming pool lighting.
Although above-ground pools do not always have designated light fixtures, owners of such pools needn't miss out as lights have been developed that attach directly to the walls of above-ground pools, and can fitted fairly easily. As well as providing practical lighting for those wishing to enjoy evening and night time swimming, wall mountable pool lights and floating lights can be used to create wonderful displays of colour.
As well as traditional inbuilt pool lights, there are a host of other lighting options, designed to enhance both in-ground and above-ground swimming pools. Below are some examples of the more popular options.
Please remember that when installing new pool lights, or changing bulbs, it's important to consult a qualified pool service technician – in the interest of safety.
The standard lighting option for swimming pools is 300W 12v sealed beam, underwater lighting. These lights are reasonably inexpensive, require little maintenance and can be installed in both concrete and liner pools. These lights tend to be fitted to either the sides or ends of the pool walls.
Progress in LED lighting has been driven by the increasing importance of some of the advantages that LED's have over traditional lighting not the least of which is the growing importance of environmental issues and energy efficiency. LED's convert 90% of the energy that they use into light. They are by far the most efficient light source available.
There are, of course, many different brands of LED lighting but we believe that EVA Optic are one of the best.
Another good LED option is the Spectravision range of lights that transform any pool into a night time oasis of glowing colourful warmth by combining the vibrancy and brilliance of LED with the soothing effects of colour. The Spectravision lights also can give an ultra white light.
A popular pool lighting system which provides a tranquil ambiance with soothing lighting effects. With this pool lighting system, colour changing and brightness variations are relatively easy to achieve – fibre-optics offer mood-altering effects, which many say cannot be achieved using any other lighting system.
As no heat or electricity passes through fibre-optic cables, they're perfect for use in water and the system itself generally requires very little maintenance.
Floating lights can give a tremendous effect and are a great option for those looking for simple, inexpensive in-pool lighting solutions. Suitable for above-ground, as well as in-ground pools, these lights are available in a large range of colours and styles, to suit individual tastes and work well in conjunction with poolside and garden ambient lighting. These lights are generally very easy to install and can be used as free-floating lights or tethered to a fixed point.
As solar lights are powered by the sun, they are somewhat dependent on weather conditions. Providing this is not a problem for you, they can prove to be an excellent, inexpensive and highly economical option. If you opt for solar powered lighting, you may wish to consider buying back-up lighting, such as a battery powered light source, which could be used during spells of poor weather.
If you would like more advice on lighting your pool you can speak directly to a local, independent pool supplier or technician. Use the links provided above or click here to find a suitable supplier.
Have you made the most of your pool lighting? What has worked for you? Let us know about your experiences in the comment box below.


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The Velvet Evolution--"National Velvet" in the Eyes of the Beholder
Elizabeth Taylor as Velvet aboard King Charles,
the horse who played The Pie.
"Edwina, Malvolia and Meredith were all exactly alike, like golden greyhounds. Their golden hair was sleek, their fine faces like antelopes, their shoulders still and steady like Zulu women carrying water, and their bodies beneath the shoulders rippled when they moved. They were seventeen, sixteen, and fifteen. Velvet was fourteen. Velvet had short pale hair, large, protruding teeth, a sweet smile, and a mouthful of metal."
That's how author Enid Bagnold introduces Velvet, the main character in her novel National Velvet. Velvet was also scrawny and prone to vomiting whenever she got nervous.
So of course Elizabeth Taylor would be the first person you'd think of to play her in a movie.
I never was able to figure that one out, back when I was a horse-mad girl. I knew Taylor was regarded as a great beauty, and that even as a kid in the 1944 film she was cute as a bug. But that's just the thing. Velvet was a scarecrow.
Taylor was given King Charles at the close
of the movie's production. Taylor and the
horse got along famously. She spoke lovingly
of the bond they had and never forgot him.
A wonderful, beautiful character--as are all the people in National Velvet, which is not really a "kiddy" horse tale but rather a story about the complexity of family relationships, about hopes and dreams, about regrets and longings--but still, she is an odd, awkward girl quite different from her lovely sisters.
It made me cross that they turned her into a dreamy, pretty girl in the film (though I do like the film a lot, including Taylor's performance, on its own).
The original 1944 review in The New York Times describes how "little Elizabeth Taylor...plays the role of the horse-loving girl" with a "face alive with youthful spirit, her voice has the softness of sweet song and her whole manner in this picture is one of refreshing grace."
It also was vexing to see what the short, strong black- and white-spotted horse, The Pie, turned into. In the book, Velvet calls him "the piebald" and dubs him The Pie. In the movie, he's played by a rangy chestnut Thoroughbred called Pie, short for Pirate.
King Charles and Taylor. And the amount of
hay our horse Avi would eat in a week.
Horse girls generally insist on fidelity to the book when it comes to horsy particulars, so I was ready to write to the Lord High Mayor of Hollywood about this pressing matter.
It would be a long time before I'd learn that directors don't want spotted horses in movies because it's difficult to swap in other horses to play their roles. It's well nigh imposible to find exact matches, and though it's easy enough to touch up a star on a forehead, painting an entire animal is not.
As I was rereading National Velvet (which, incidentally, features one of the most excellently portrayed younger brothers in the history of literature) and noticing just how very much Bagnold did not write this book solely for children (it features a slaughterhouse, a suicide, blood, and plenty of exclamations of "hell"), I found myself lost in the rabbit hole of the Internet looking up different editions of National Velvet to see how Pie and Velvet were portrayed. It was pretty amusing. Check it out below if you feel a similar need to procrastinate.
For starters, here is the gold standard, my childhood copy: The Pie is a piebald. Velvet is simply a jockey. The first edition of National Velvet featuring illustrations by renowned equine artist Paul Brown was published in 1949. It's a vast improvement on the cover of the 1935 first British edition of the story, which is pink with black writing and nothing else. The pink and black, to the publisher's credit, wasn't chosen because pink is a "girl color." They are the colors Velvet chooses for her racing silks, and her conspirator, Mi, flat-out tells her she and The Pie will look horrible.
Here's the first U.S. edition of the book. Dramatic red and black, and sculptural
pose of The Pie and Velvet. Velvet doesn't quite look fourteen years old,
but the image captures her drive and The Pie's willingness.
Here's a 1960s British paperback version of the story featuring the sketches from the original,
which were done by Bagnold's daughter, the inspiration for the story.
A 1961 edition of National Velvet in classic "Little Golden Book" format. Velvet's gotten very
Western U.S. in appearance, and The Pie has morphed into a bay, thus resembling neither his piebald
book self or his chestnut movie self. Pretty, though.
A series of coloring books based on a TV version of National Velvet were produced in the 1960s. What up with the hunt attire, Velvet? Women traditionally (and the English equestrian world is nothing if not traditional) wear black or navy coats. Red is reserved for Master of Foxhounds and other hunt assistants. Though that has surely changed as more women moved into those ranks. Still, Velvet in the 1940s-1960s...well, wait a sec. Who am I to quibble over the coat color worn by a girl who went undercover as a male jockey riding in and winning the Grand National steeplechase? Oy. Never mind. But I am a bit worried about her coming off the horse in this image. And she needs a hair net.
A 1962 picture book based on the early-60s NBC TV program loosely based on National Velvet.
When I say "loosely," I mean that book-Velvet who lived in a poor household in an English
village that was attached to a slaughterhouse run by her father and owned a rakish
piebald gelding turned into a girl living in the United States living on a sprawling
dairy farm who owned a Thoroughbred stallion. Because life is like that.
Another 1960s version of the story. Velvet has morphed into a stylish, slender young woman
wearing an outfit I associate with all those story series about girls in British boarding
schools. The Pie happens to be black, but the highlighting could be construed as spots,
I guess. However, they appear to be living in a far northern land where the
aurora borealis is particularly active.
1960s-era edition. Interestingly, the interior contains the beautiful Paul Brown illustrations,
but the cover features a perky, sunny, healthy Velvet with a Black-Beauty-esque version of
The Pie. I suppose the GQ gentleman trotting up with the saddle is supposed to be Mi,
former jockey turned slaughterhouse assistant who lives in a rotting stall next to the
Browns' carthorse. I don't know who the dapper fellow by the fence could possibly be.
This one is a 1961 picture-book version of the story. The Pie is at least a piebald,
but with that LL Bean version of Mi and a scrubbed-up version of Velvet's
little brother sitting a mere two feet away from the jumping horse, The Pie
must be a very, very tiny horse indeed. Velvet is also playing once
again at being Master of Foxhounds.
A 1968 paperback version of the story. Velvet appears to be swept along on some
sort of wave of ecstasy as she gazes at a glorious future with her Breck hair
blowing in the wind. Bit disturbing, those fangs, though. Is there a vampire
version of National Velvet in our future? The Pie will become The Twi (short for Twilight)?
A 1991 paperback, with Velvet sporting freshly blow-dried locks and a Western-style shirt.
Clearly the famous braces and mouthpiece that plagued her in the book have paid off in a
nice, straight smile. The wild-eyed Pie has transformed into his literary ancestor
Black Beauty, a calm and gentle steed who would barely bite a carrot, let alone his dear rider.
I think one of Velvet's glowing, golden-haired sisters kicked her out of this cover and took
over her spot. Black Beauty once again stands in for The Pie. He also appears to have shrunk.
Have you ever cuddled up next to a horse in this way? A horse's head is, like, nearly
as long as your torso. Maybe she is kneeling and The Pie is a mini.
This is a 2012 edition published in the UK. The horse, of course, is completely unlike
The Pie in every way, but he is exactly the kind of horse my horse-mad friends
and I drew all the time, with elegant legs and flying tail, so as an illustration I love it.
It's not at all Grand-National-realistic but never mind.
A 1999 edition. The Pie is a piebald, hooray! Velvet's still rather
too glam in a waifish way, but at least the burning intensity is there
instead of just dreaminess.
OK. I swore I was going to stop, stop, stop. Because you can find a glabillion versions of
National Velvet online. But then I saw this one. Dear God. Once again one of Velvet's
sisters has shoved her aside, and the horses appear to be running in terror from
this giant head that has suddenly materialized on their horizon.
By far the loveliest cover, in my humble opinion. It's the 1985 golden-anniversary edition,
beautifully illustrated by Ted Lewin. This amazing illustrator grew up in a household that
kept many pets, including a lion. I love the angle of The Pie jumping over the rock wall
mentioned in the book. Velvet is dressed as she was in the story, too--in her
day-to-day garb. She and her sisters were so poor that they had to take turns
wearing a coat when they went to a horse show.
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Frogs, Bugs, and Arachnids, Oh My!
I've been busy settling into a new full-time job, and certainly having a full-time job has been a fine thing; however, I've somehow fallen behind in everything else I do. And here it is ruddy October already. Oh well. Here are a few of the animals I met on safari in the garden this past summer.
This guy showed up in a drain at the top of our driveway, hopping up and down and bashing his head against the grate. I caught him and hung on to him long enough to get a photo. Above, he's briefly escaped and sitting, astonished, before I caught him again.
I am pretty sure he is a green frog. OK, don't try and get funny with me. I know he is a frog. I know he is green. I mean a green frog, as in Rana clamitans. Green frogs are native to the eastern United States but now found in parts of Washington State. Such as our drainage ditch. I, too, am native to the eastern United States, so we had quite a friendly chat before I set him free. We often hear him croaking loudly on damp evenings.
Gracious. Would you just look at what's going on in the daisy patch. I'm afraid all I can tell you is that these are beetles. My field guides and the Internet are letting me down big time, hence no more specific identification. Whatever they are, they are making more of themselves. They also trundle about the daisies covered with pollen so they're helping to make more daisies, too.
Sometimes the whatever-they-are beetles get all shy and stuff, and hide, which is rather ridiculous seeing as to what they're perfectly happy getting up to right in the town square.
This fat little fellow is a well-fed aphid.
One of our many garden snails enjoying an ooze along a rock on a very wet day.
I can't see the pattern on the head of this lady beetle, so I can't tell you if it is a spotless lady beetle, even though it is obviously spotless, because it could be a spotless spotted beetle.
This may be a six-spotted orb weaver. Or it may not. I often see crab spiders but this doesn' t look like any of those even though this capture of a bee is typical of crab spiders. (Alas, crab spider photos from this summer are probably miscatalogued and I can't find them....) But there appears to be webbing over the unfortunate bee's abdomen, which lends credence to the orb-weaver bit. The daisy petals were curled around the grisly scene.
I was wondering who was chewing the petals neatly off the daisies and then gobbling their interiors. I found this guy scooping up the yellow area as if he were face first in a big bowl of lemon custard.
A European garden spider checks out the center of a cosmos.
A hoverfly sips nectar from one of the dahlias. Completely harmless but looks like a bee so that predators and nosy people hesitate to come close.
This cheerful guy was perched on my Subaru window one summer morning. All I can tell you is that it's a katydid. I'm afraid my so-called "Insects of the Pacific Northwest" field guide has only about 5 orthopterans in it, and green katydids aren't among them. He was very large and had splendid antennae.
A leafhopper tiptoes along a 'Munstead White' columbine.
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The Velvet Evolution--"National Velvet" in the Eye...


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Sri Lanka's silent port reveals China's ever tighter grip
Attempts at fiscal discipline strengthen Beijing's hand
YUJI KURONUMA, Nikkei staff writer March 14, 2018 16:00 JST
Sri Lanka's southern port of Hambantota has been relatively quiet since China obtained the operating rights in December. (Photo by Yuji Kuronuma)
COLOMBO -- The front gate of southern Sri Lanka's Hambantota port was uncharacteristically deserted. Over the course of nearly an hour one mid-February afternoon, only a few vehicles passed by a lonely teahouse by the entrance.
"Around this time, there were always 10 to 15 people having tea here," lamented Wilson, the teahouse owner. "But nobody comes since last December, when the government sold this port to China."
The teahouse opened two years before Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, achieved independence as an autonomous territory of the British Commonwealth. "My father started this tea shop in 1946, but we have to sell this [site] as the government plans to sell these lands to China, too," he said.
The port, built with Chinese money under former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has a low operation rate and is increasingly seen as a white elephant. Local residents say even less cargo has been coming through since state-controlled China Merchants Port Holdings began managing the facility in December under a 99-year lease, and raised container-handling fees.
What is China's goal? Is it looking to turn Hambantota into another overseas naval base, after it opened its first in the East African country of Djibouti last summer?
When a Nikkei reporter showed up at the port's management office seeking an interview, a receptionist holding a list of Chinese names placed a call, only to have the request rejected in 10 seconds flat. A superior quickly appeared, demanding to know how the journalist got past the front gate.
"If any local people, or even Rajapaksa, come here, they will not be allowed to come inside," the superior said.
India is watching warily. "We continue to take up with Sri Lanka issues related to the security concerns in the region, and expect that our Sri Lankan friends will keep in mind our security concerns and sensitivities," said Raveesh Kumar, a spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs.
But Sri Lanka's mounting debt gives China nearly free rein, and has allowed the Chinese to assert virtual extraterritorial rights over the port.
Sri Lanka's government debt is equivalent to 81.6% of its gross domestic product, according to an International Monetary Fund report released in January. External debt, including that incurred by private sectors, stood at $48.3 billion as of the end of 2017 -- or 58.2% of GDP.
The island country is believed to owe $8 billion to China.
When they took office in 2015, President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe inherited a mountain of debt from the pro-China Rajapaksa. The following year, Sri Lanka received $1.5 billion in financial aid from the IMF under the Extended Fund Facility and started a three-year fiscal reform program.
With the government attempting to maintain fiscal discipline amid a revenue shortage, the program appears to have only strengthened China's hand.
"There was no way other than selling the port of Hambantota to China for $1.1 billion," said a senior official at an economy-related ministry, lamenting insufficient budgets. "We needed to raise funds from somewhere. And there was no country or institution with ready cash other than China."
Even the IMF lined up behind the port deal, in the context of fiscal reform. "Staff welcomed the efforts to improve debt management, including [legislation that will allow the government to] earmark proceeds from commercialization of public assets (e.g. the Hambantota port) for future debt service," the fund said in its report.
There is also talk of selling Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, another white elephant created by the former president, because the government still has the heavy debt burden. "The government faces higher debt repayments starting from 2018," the IMF said, noting that "preparation is needed as the next sovereign bond repayment of $1.5 billion falls due in 2019."
An airport official said India was interested in the airport and sent a delegation last year, but that the negotiations were difficult. "I heard that it was not going well due to a mismatch in conditions from both sides," he said.
If China were to buy the airport, it would surely spark concern about the facility becoming an air force base.
China is backing a land reclamation and development project along the coast of Colombo, Sri Lanka's largest city. (Photo by Yuji Kuronuma)
Public opinion, meanwhile, could push Sri Lanka even deeper into China's embrace. "This government has done nothing," complained Pradeep, a taxi driver in the southern city of Galle. The government's hands are tied financially, but ordinary citizens do not always see that. "Rajapaksa left visible development such as ports, the airport and highways," the driver said.
Dissatisfied voters helped Rajapaksa's Sri Lanka People's Front score a landslide victory in regional elections in February. The newly formed party won 70% of 340 councils.
Support for the former president is spreading among the educated. The official from the economy-related ministry, for instance, said the Port City reclamation project Rajapaksa started in Colombo "will help in upgrading our tourist industry."
The project is estimated to cost $15 billion. Around the clock, China Communications Construction is reclaiming the coastline of the country's largest city. "It will help us change from a destination for budget tourism to high-end tourism," the official said.
If powers like India, the U.S. and Japan want to stop Sri Lanka from drawing ever closer to China, what can they do? Cover all of the debt to China? Back big-ticket infrastructure projects without paying heed to fiscal discipline? These regional players may find themselves forced to take drastic measures.
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There are 5 home internet options and 4 business internet options in Maltersville. 96.9% of homes can get fixed-line service. Competition in Maltersville is less competitive than the average US city. There are 5 home internet providers in the entire city, which is above average, but the majority of Maltersville, IN residents have one to two options for wired internet service at their homes.
30.0% of homes can get fiber.
1.3% of homes can get cable.
95.6% of homes can get DSL.
1.3% of residents in this area can get Spectrum cable. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 300 Mbps, which is the fastest available speed for Maltersville, IN residential internet providers. 100% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Spectrum.
For other cities, see Spectrum coverage and availability maps. Cable TV service service is also available through Spectrum cable in Maltersville, IN. You may either call and see what bundling options are available or call for internet-only service with satellite TV.
30.0% of residents in this area can get Perry-Spencer Communications fiber. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 20 Mbps, which is below-average speed for Maltersville, IN residential internet providers. 100% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Perry-Spencer Communications.
For other cities, see Perry-Spencer Communications coverage and availability maps. TV service service is not available through Perry-Spencer Communications fiber in Maltersville, IN. You may either call and see what bundling options are available or call for internet-only service with satellite TV.
95.6% of residents in this area can get Frontier Communications DSL. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 6 Mbps, which is below-average speed for Maltersville, IN residential internet providers. 96.7% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Frontier Communications.
The table below shows the percentage of customers who can get the speed listed in the left column. For example, 96.7% of Frontier Communications's customers can purchase download speeds somewhere in the 6 to 10 Mbps range, while 0% of customers can expect the fastest upload speed to be in the same range.
For other cities, see Frontier Communications coverage and availability maps. TV service service is not available through Frontier Communications DSL in Maltersville, IN. You may either call and see what bundling options are available or call for internet-only service with satellite TV.
95.6% of residents in this area can get Frontier Communications DSL. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 6 Mbps, which is below-average speed for Maltersville, IN business internet providers. 97% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Frontier Communications.
30.0% of residents in this area can get Perry-Spencer Communications fiber. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 50 Mbps, which is below-average speed for Maltersville, IN business internet providers. 100% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Perry-Spencer Communications.
1.3% of residents in this area can get Spectrum cable. The fastest internet service this ISP offers here is 300 Mbps, which is the fastest available speed for Maltersville, IN business internet providers. 100% of local customers can get the fastest download speed offered by Spectrum.
As mentioned, competition in Maltersville is less competitive than the average area. The table below shows how many options you have in each speed range.


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Hungarian government continues to reject migrant quota
Shocking prediction: could Hungary leave the EU?
migrant quotas
The government continues to reject the mandatory quota system for the resettlement of migrants, and will do its utmost to protect the Hungarian border fence and the security of the Hungarian people, government spokesman István Hollik said on Friday.
The past week has shown that migrants continue to flow en masse to Europe both at sea and on the mainland, increasing migration pressure on the continent, especially along the Balkan route, he told a press conference.
This is why Germany has submitted a proposal to the European Council reviving the concept of mandatory quotas, Hollik said.
It is important to establish "at this early stage of thinking" that the government insists on enforcing the interests of Hungarians in connection with migration, he said.
The mandatory quota proposal is "dangerous" because it sends the message to millions of potential migrants coming from Africa and East Asia that Europe awaits them "with open arms", Hollik said.
Hollik said the Hungarian government maintains the position that migrants should not be brought into the EU and distributed among member states. Instead, those who are staying in Europe illegally should be removed, he said.
Mandatory quotas harm the member states' sovereignty, Hollik said, adding that no state can be forced to accept migrants against their will.
Regarding the growing migration pressure of the past few weeks, Hollik said the government's priority is to protect the security and borders of Hungary and Europe.
The government does its utmost to protect the Hungarian border fence and will firmly reject the mandatory quota "every single time", Hollik said.
Source: MTI


Statistics are showing that over seventy percent of the American population is currently using smartphones and the demand for smartphone apps is increasing exponentially. Companies around the globe are frantically developing apps to offer an ease of use. No one prints an airline ticket any longer, they download everything to their smartphone. Marketing opportunities are blossoming as the free mobile app also opens the doors to push products and services to the consumer. Smartphones have changed the way we do business, live our lives, make our purchases. It is only common sense that sports enters this playing field with mobile app abilities.
If you are reading this, you might be the person who was given the assignment to get your school or team a new electronic scoreboard. You probably don't have any experience in making these choices, but you have been doing your homework and have pretty much made a list of what your dream electronic scoreboard will be. This will, of course, include all of the extra accessories. Now that you have totaled it up, the cost has made you raise your eyebrows and you are wondering how it will get paid for.
The answer to your query is one word: Sponsorship.
The enthusiasts of basketball take their sport very seriously. The stadiums, schools and recreation organizations are very aware of this and make every attempt to deliver a game experience that outweighs anything the fans could see if they stayed in front of their home theatre. Today's electronic scoreboards for basketball and glitzier, flashier and completely designed to make the game an even better moment of excitement.
In the world of electronic scoreboards, you get what you pay for. There are a number of manufacturers that may come in cheap, but, that is exactly what you will get. While the costs of scoreboards have been considerably reduced, the cheaper boards have a shorter lifespan, offer fewer options and have a higher breakdown percentage. The original basketball scoreboards were the flip chart style. Someone manually flipped the numbers for each new point added to the score. These were followed by the light bulb style; controlled by a hardwired control box that at least offered a bit of a faster update.
It is no secret that Texans have an intense sense of pride in their state. It doesn't seem to matter about the topic you are talking about in Texas; the people of that area seem to feel that everything in Texas must be bigger, flashier and better than anywhere else. Texans have a lot to be proud of when it comes to sports. They have some of the best teams in the country and they make sure they invest the dollars needed to show their support. The Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas has to be included in that concept as they have gone over the top to have a total of seven electronic scoreboards, two with video replay.
Electronic Scoreboards: Is it Just Posting the Numbers or do the Fans Want More?
Any attendee of a sports game of today knows how important an electronic scoreboard is. In the past, a scoreboard was just a place to post the scores, but today's scoreboard has actually become an integral part of the game itself. So what are we tech-savvy fans looking for when we walk into a stadium or on a field today?
To begin with, if you have gone to a larger stadium game, you are hit with the view of some of the largest and most visually attractive scoreboards that are available. Pre-game presentations are all part of the marketing and the vibrant colors, splashing sponsor names, videos and ads; along with streaming news around the stadium is almost overkill. Today, these are the same screens that are used in gala musical concerts and events, so the sound systems must also be impeccable. Some might say that the average fan that attends multiple events might become numb to these visual and auditory effects, but, this would actually be hard to believe.
Many of us might view Atlanta, Georgia from the various well known movies. Home of the southern devotion in the civil war, with a history of slavery, towering mansions and Spanish moss covered trees blowing in the wind. But Atlanta is so much more than that and, in the last fifty years, has grown to be a major business and sports focus in the country. Atlanta proudly claims some of the best teams in the country and this is reflected in the highest quality stadiums and fields. They are especially proud of their basketball team and this is reflected in the excellence of game attendance and their basketball scoreboards.
Columbia, Maryland is a newer city and was designed with one purpose in mind: the desire to create an environment without religious or racial problems or segregation of the classes. A Utopian dream that springboarded the success of the Columbia of today. Famed for their indoor and outdoor tennis courts, Columbia boasts some of the most highly attended tennis games in the country. Ice skating is also popular with the residents and they have an incredible array of rinks. They are the proud home of the Goodfellas basketball team and every game is decked out with team colors and the latest in high tech basketball scoreboards attention.
The area we now know as Greenville Mississippi is actually the third city that is called by that name. During the establishment, history, destruction and rebirth, the people of Greenville never let their city die. This is the same attitude the people of Greenville have today and they approach everything they do with that same sense of dignity. Pride in their city is also seen in the Mississippi Miracles. Their famed basketball team brings packed crowds to every game and the basketball scoreboards lend an air of excitement to the town. They are also firmly entrenched in the American tradition of baseball and this is evident at every game at Greenville Municipal Stadium.
Durham, North Carolina has a history well embedded from the early days of the tobacco industry to today's extension of the famous Research Triangle Park. Although a small town initially, Durham played pivotal roles in many of the battles throughout the beginning of the nation's development. It has been called the Flower of the Carolinas due to the incredible beauty and charm of the area. Duke University is a focal point of the town, with the Blue Devils athletic assoiation and an incredible array of sports. Basketball is one of the favorite sports in Durham and the basketball scoreboards are the focus of the game.
The Native American tribes of the area were the original inhabitants and were also key to the development of The Great Indian Trading Path. This roadway became an established method for transportation of good and services in the early settlement days. The mid 1700's brought a number of European settlers to the Durham area which was prized for its agriculture. The growth of larger plantations, along with the African slaves that became the labor in the area, encouraged the town to blossom.
Northerners consider Louisville a southern state and southerners call it the northern most southern state. Wherever your opinions lay, Louisville is a city most notably known for their love of horses, their music and the incredible hospitality. Louisville is also home to some of the best sports teams around. The varius stadiums have been built with the highest tech basketball scoreboards and baseball views.
Louisville was named after King Louis XVI, of France as their troops were helping the Americans during the Revolutionary War against the British. The original site was actually settled due to a geological occurrence. It was the point where people had to stop river travel due to the Falls of Ohio rapids. The settlement grew up around the stopping point and continued to grow as river travel increased.
Mount Pleaseant, South Carolina is one of the loveliest areas of the country. Offering beauty and grandeur, fun and excitement. The Department of Recreation is a center focus for the town, with facilities for swimming, tennis, aquatics and skating. This is a town that loves their sports and basketball seems to be the highlight.
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina experienced a varied past of attack and defense to maintain its community. What is now one of the loveliest suburban areas of South Carolina has overcome takeover attempts by the French and Spanish as well as hurricanes and other natural disasters. The beauty of Mount Pleasant can simply be called breath taking and the residents have fought to keep it that way. There is a great sense of pride in Mount Pleasant. Pride for town, country, state and their beloved sports.
Shreveport enjoys a unique demographic location as the meeting place between Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas. The importance of the location was the basis for the actual establishment of Shreveport as a city. However, the rich history of Shreveport has contributed to much of our culture as a nation through music, cuisine, industry and sports. Shreveport has been home to many well known sports figures and currently has a women's top roller derby team: The Twin City Knockers. The other focus from this city is on their basketball and the game attendance and basketball scoreboards are proof of their devotion.
Originally called Shreve Town, after the commander of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the focal point was to create a town to accommodate the tri-state needs. The locale offered a meeting of the Texas Trail and the Red River, which also opened up opportunities for river transportation.
A visit to Biloxi, Mississippi may be due to a number of reasons. The foremost may be as a member of the military at the Keesler Air Force Base. However, once there, you are simply taken with the rich history of the area. Biloxi is deeply entrenched in the development of our country as a nation. As a truly American town, it's also not surprising that they are incredibly avid sports fans. Hockey is a mainstay in Biloxi and the Mississipi Surge team is part of the Southern professional hockey league. Basketball is one of the main hot sports as well, with games attended by almost standing only crowds peering at the basketball scoreboard for each point made.
Three hundred years ago, the area now known as Biloxi was an important port area that was claimed by the French, English and Spanish. Like many of the territories of the time, the French influence was held the longest and the residents retained much of the culture in the creation of their own unique blend. The close proximity to New Orleans gave Biloxi the advantage of becoming more of a summer resort area.
A drive through the historic downtown area of Owensboro is a glimpse at Americana at its best. There is a warm welcoming feeling in this town as you are greeted by smiles and a hand waive. It's not surprising that the area has produced many notable sports figures, because it is just this kind of environment that cultivates fair play and team efforts. This common sense attitude is also found at every game. Whether in a stadium or field, the locals will offer their opinion as to the most favorite sport. You can see every eye on the basketball scoreboard for each winning point and just as many in attendance to football and softball games. Owensboro proudly shares their love of sports with every visitor. The venues are top notch, highest quality and technology.
Memphis Tennessee conjures images of jazz, blues and country and western music. But Memphis is more than the sum of its parts; it is a city of strength that has overcome some of the most devastating odds to become a national treasure. Memphis also has a heart in sports, with the college teams at the center. Basketball is one of the most popular sports, and the Memphis Tigers from University of Memphis have an avid following. Memphis supports their teams with excellence in stadium attendance and basketball scoreboards.
Memphis was inhabited by Native American tribes for over ten thousand years. Various European groups found the locale to be a perfect jump point for ocean voyages to transport slaves. Memphis was named after its sister city in Egypt, as it shared the same kind of elevation and location near a major river. Originally home to a booming cotton and lumber trade, the inhabitants and infrastructure grew to accommodate the growth.
Lafayette Louisiana is the center for Cajun and Creole. The influences of this city have changed much of the culture and cuisine of the entire country. This is a part of the U.S. that is proud of its history and has roots deeply embedded in the city that they love and this is exemplified in their love of their university sports teams. Sports fans will argue which is tops: basketball, soccer, ice hockey or football; but the stadiums seem to be filled, no matter what the sport.
The original inhabitants of the area now designated as Lafayette included a number of Native American tribes. The records show that there wasn't the influx of Europeans to this area as in other parts of the country. However, by around 1765, there was a larger group of Acadians that arrived to New Orleans from Nova Scotia. The local lands were then governed by Spanish and French, and the officials offered expanses of land to the new arrivals in the Lafayette area.
Witnessing a sporting game live is an extremely memorable and incredibly exhilarating experience. Basketball, perhaps, even more so because of the fact that so much is happening in not only a short span of time, but also in a small space! The experience of watching a basketball game live is enhanced even further due to the sheer numbers of spectators and fans crammed into that space. The old adage, "the more the merrier" is tailor made for such situations. In a basketball scoreboards feature, I have taken a look at the top 10 NBA stadiums with the largest seating capacity.
10. Izod Center – This stadium is home to the New Jersey Nets and has a seating capacity of 20,049. The stadium has experienced many name changes which is why it is usually known as the Meadowlands arena.
Stadiums play a big role in the overall experience for fans watching a game. After all, there is a lot more to it than the game itself. Basketball, and US sports in general are now a big show, in which the "overall experience" includes everything from getting to the stadium, the food and facilities there, and the atmosphere generated by the fans. With regard to this, the worst basketball stadium, according to the fans, is the Izod Center. In this basketball scoreboards feature, I will tell you why.
The Izod Center is the home stadium for the New Jersey Nets. The first stadium ever built for the Nets in 1981 was known as the Brendan Bryne Arena. Later, it was named as the Continental Airlines Arena and then after being taken over by a clothing company, Izod, it came to be known as the Izod Center. There are many reasons why the Izod Center is disliked by fans.
In almost every NBA game some kind of skirmish between the players take place; it seems to be a rite of passage in professional basketball. However, there are some games where there are out right brawls which escalade into a team wide free-for-all showdown. In this basketball scoreboards article, I have taken a look at the most memorable brawls which occurred at two of the most famous NBA arenas.
There are many famous basketball arenas, and each one is famous for a unique reason. An arena is not only famous for the basketball matches that take place there but also because of many other activities that are held there. It is also about the atmosphere, the seating space and the food quality. In this basketball scoreboards article, I have reviewed the top 4 famous basketball arenas in the NBA – the ones that have all these things and more.
A complete basketball arena is what best defines the Conseco Fieldhouse. It is the home arena of the Indiana Pacers, and in this basketball scoreboards article, I want to tell you more about it. This arena gives a complete experience to every fan that visits it and watches a game or two live. The ambiance, feel, and emotion encircling the arena are completely invigorating. Conseco Fieldhouse is the first and only retro plus modern facility arena. Not only the home team, but every team that plays in this arena enjoys every minute of the game.
Can the Lakers make history?
In a basketball scoreboards feature, I have reviewed the NBA playoff between the Mavericks and Lakers, and asked – can the Lakers win the next four games and make history?
The Los Angeles Lakers are in a dreadful situation against the Mavericks in the playoffs. The Mavericks are leading 3-0 in the series. Now the Los Angeles Lakers have to do something that no other NBA team has done so far, i.e. win all of the remaining 4 straight games in the series. If they win all these games, they will make NBA history, and it will be yet another glorious achievement of this illustrious team.
The Best Point Guard – Rajon Rondo or Derrick Rose?
In a basketballs scoreboards feature, we compare Rondo and Rose, and ponder the big question – who is the greater?!
The point guard is a vital playing position in the NBA. This players is responsible for handing over the ball to the right player at the right time. There are two styles of playing at a point guard; offensive and defensive style. A point guard has to understand the coach's game plan and execute it effectively. His contribution is key as it does not matter how great the players are around him; if the point guard is struggling the whole team will struggle.
The Celtics and the Lakers: the NBA's most intense team rivalry of all time.
In a basketball scoreboards feature, we look at the biggest and most exciting rivalry in the NBA!
NBA basketball is an extremely intense game with a large number of equally intense rivalries. This rivalry often occurs when there are two great players in each team, and then fans get to see a great matchup between the two. The NBA's most intense team rivalry has been and still is between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. This rivalry started when the basketball scoreboards showed that they met for the first time on 9th November 1948. The Boston Celtics' hall of famers includes Larry Bird, Bill Russell and Bob Cousy. The Los Angeles Lakers' hall of famers includes Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and James Worthy.
A point guard in NBA is also known as the play maker or the ball handler because he is responsible for controlling the ball and taking care that the ball reaches the right players at the right time. Point guards in basketball are required to understand and follow their coach's plan and execute it. A point guard is responsible for knowing which player is in a position to score and for executing the perfect pass to him. He is the coach on the field and distributes the ball to the players. A point guard is evaluated on the basis of the number of assists rather than how many scores he has. Here are the best point guards in the NBA today.
Kobe Bryant vs. Michael Jordon – Is There Even A Comparison?
Do NBA players have all the control?
In a basketball scoreboards feature, we take a look at the dark side of the great game of basketball; player power. The individualistic nature of the game has now reached an extreme level, and the clubs, and fans are left suffering.
NBA players nowadays have more control than the management. They request their respective clubs to trade or not to trade them and the contracts means that their clubs have to bow down to their needs. The question is this..why are the players given this kind of power? Well, there is no obvious answer, other than the fact that today's players are not only basketball players, but also celebrities off the court. They are in demand by big companies for endorsing their products and they are highly paid brand ambassadors.


Mabonto area of Sierra Leone is located in the alternating part of Sula mountain to Kangari hills arc tectonic zone which take a turn from NNE into NNW, the gold and iron resources are abundant, the ore-forming geological conditions are superior. Based on the geological characteristics of the Gpafaya iron deposit, the metallogenic regularities of the regional iron deposits are analyzed, the controlling factors of iron deposits are summarized, the metallogenic model and prediction model of sedimentary metamorphic iron deposits in this area are established. Combined with the characteristics of 1:50000 aeromagnetic anomaly, mineral prediction is carried out, and prospecting indicators are summarized. This study results show that the iron ore prospecting in Mabonto is good and Y2 aeromagnetic anomaly area is a favorable area for finding rich ore deposits.


Photo: RIA News/Evgeny Biyatov Basmanny district court of the city of Moscow plans to consider on October 11 the petition of the investigator for arrest of the vice-president of United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Sergey Gerasimov on the case of fraud, RNS in court reported. "The petition of the investigator for election of a measure of restraint in the form of detention for a period of up to December 9 came to court" — the representative of the press service of court told. Gerasimov is the vice-president of OAK for the state aircraft of a special purpose. He also joins the board of OAK. On October 10 the staff of FSB and ICR carried out a series of searches on the case of frauds at execution of government contracts on the special air squadron Russia which is engaged in transportation of the top officials of the country the Kommersant newspaper without reference to information sources reported. In an edition note Gerasimov was called one of possible defendants in the case.


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Developers Are Already Impressed With Apple's Augmented Reality Software
"It tends to just work."
by Kevin Wong
At this year's annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple released a suite of augmented reality development tools, which it refers to as ARKit. It's only been out for a week, and already, it's being called a game changer. It is user-friendly, in accordance with Apple's defining ethos. It contains refinements of existing augmented reality tech. And it will be widely available on iOS 11, the new operating system for the iPhone and the iPad.
During its tech demo, Apple showed off a series of effects that are best described as impressive. One can take a digital coffee cup, place it on a table, and move it around; the cup will get larger and smaller to correspond with the distance from the iPad, creating the illusion of movement. Digital steam hangs in the air. A digital lamp creates digital light, which casts digital shadows on the tabletop.
Kyle Russell, partner of tech venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, tweeted out the following video of a fighter plane, mapped onto a real environment. In the video, the camera circles around the object to show off the motion tracking, which, according to Russell, animates at approximately 60 frames per second. The fighter plane maintains its positioning, even when Russell points the device away.
"The most impressive aspect of ARKit is that it tends to just work," said Cody Brown, founder of virtual reality production studio IRL, in an online interview with Motherboard. "Other AR software often requires some sort of physical tracking mechanism (like a QR code), which inevitably becomes a major piece of friction if you are trying to get anyone to use this stuff."
"Another incredible aspect of ARKit is how it handles lighting adjustments in real time, continued Brown. "I can only imagine the math and magic underneath this tech to make it work."
Brown's praise harkens back to Apple's marketing slogan in the early aughts: "It just works." Users don't need to know how something works; it's just important that it does.
"One thing that really stands out about augmented reality is its intuitiveness," said Don McMahon, Professor of Special Education Technology at Washington State University and director of the Assistive Technology Lab, in an interview with Motherboard. "Compare that to virtual reality, which takes you to a completely different world that is completely artificial."
"But with augmented reality, I can see the physical world around me," continued McMahon. "There's just a little bit of digital information overlaid on top of it."
Image: Don McMahon
McMahon is a lead voice for AR technology serving practical, educational purposes, beyond the more obvious play. And in special education, which demands that individual students have individual learning plans, AR is a natural fit.
"Augmented reality is incredibly engaging, and it provides multiple ways to represent information," said McMahon. "It's going to become as much a part of education as mobile devices are currently."
American schools fight a binary battle of "zero-tolerance," treating smart phones and students' technology as pure distractions, rather than co-opting their functions for learning environments. Augmented reality might endure similar growing pains. But McMahon gives several examples of how, done properly, augmented reality can serve a variety of educational functions.
For someone who is mentally disabled, an augmented overlay could help him or her navigate an urban environment, such as determining the proper bus to take, or traveling to a local store.
Flash cards can be made more interactive—instead of having the definition on one side and the corresponding word on the other, the word can lead to a graphic of the organ or system in question.
When iOS 11 launches in Fall 2017, it will become the largest AR platform in the world, making this new technology available to millions of users. And although we're probably years away from having pervasive, augmented technology in modern life—head-mounted displays need to catch up for this to truly happen—this is the beginning of a revolution.
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Moment of growth, and years of struggles.
I've come to a place in my life, call it maturity or maybe call it boundaries. I've come to this place where the desire to chase people is no longer an option. You see, I've been a chaser, a people pleaser a, please love me kind of woman. Once I started to love myself, I could no longer be okay with this part of who I was. When I find myself leaning into the feeling of needing someone to like me, love me, validate me, want me in their space, something inside me pushes into that lean and says: No! Enough!
I know my life's mistakes, my missteps, my wrongful acts, and dusty dark corners and I love me anyway. I love myself because on the other side of all that is a beautifully imperfect soul that gives, loves, forgives, and honors. I'm a good friend. I love myself enough to say, no matter who you are if you choose and it is your choice if you decide not to respect me, love me, and be grateful of my presence than I will no longer continue to share space. It isn't out of spite or anger it's out respect for myself. It's the boundaries I set for myself because the chase is just not worth it anymore.
Everyone deserves to be desired, to be invited, to be honored, and respected. It is a human need to be loved and validated. I choose to build my circle with people who know this and give freely without condition. I read this quote the other day, and it spoke to my heart.
Today I open my eyes to a new day of Light and Love. I focus on my highest good in everything I do. I will maintain peace and harmony within my inner being, and not allow outside circumstances to disturb my happiness. I honor my sacred life, and am grateful for everything I have.
Go out and slay your day!