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Raiger reacted to KRKappel in New article is up for Disciples of Harmony May 19, 2017
What good is this gig if I can't troll the forums a wee bit?
Raiger reacted to OggDude in Another Character Generator May 18, 2017
It'll be in the next release. Speaking of which, I finally added all the adversaries and encounters for FLT (there was a bunch of them; took forever). I just need to add changes to the main data, do a couple of more ship images and silhouettes, and send everything through the translator one more time. Then, I think it'll be ready. Maybe by Monday, I'm hoping.
Raiger reacted to TheMOELANDER in Fully Operational - Engineer Source book Announced May 5, 2017
I have a Medidroid in my group as well, a Medical Combat unit, model 0Y
Put the bold letters together and groan with me.
Raiger reacted to OggDude in Another Character Generator April 26, 2017
Sorry if I've been sort of erratically answering days-old questions, but in the limited time I have to update the generator, I've been going through posts from about 3 or 4 pages back and checking on bugs. Some are easy to fix, others take time, so I answer them as I fix them. So I may have been sounding a little laggy
Here's what I have fixed so far for the next version. I haven't started Friends like These yet, however. If anyone has entered the adversaries and encounters for it already, it would be great if you can sent them to me. It would save me a lot of time and hasten the next release
Forgot to fix the spelling for "Devastation" in a few place in ability nodes. This has been fixed. In the Data Editor, when adding a custom skill, changing the source would cause an exception. This has been fixed. In Item Attachments, when choosing a vehicle attachment that increases a defense zone, all such mods would be combined into a single selection. You may now, once again, make individual selections for each mod. The Holocron of Outer Rim and Piloting Space had the wrong price. It is now 100,000. Suljo Warde's Holocron also had an incorrect price. It, too, has been fixed. Added the holocron found on the "Sanctuary" from the "Lessons from the Past" adventure in the back of the Force and Destiny Core Rulebook. In the Career pane, you could resize the columns of the career skill list. You can no longer do this. Completely restructed the way printing is done. It should take less memory and release all used system resources when finished. In Encounter sheets, gunner roster positions were not being displayed. This was due to the new HTML processor being a lot more picky about structure than the old IE-based web control. The HTML has been cleaned up and gunner positions are now, once again, being displayed. In Groups, base inventory did not support crafted items. This caused crafted items transferred to the base to disappear. This now works properly. In the Equipment pane of the generator, you may now transfer equipment to and from other characters that are in groups that your character belongs to. In the Morality pane, when changing morality, the pair grid would lose track of which pair was selected. This caused the notes section to disappear. This should no longer happen. The Mk. III Modular Backpack increased encumbrance threshold by 3. It is now properly set to 2. In the Adversary dialog, custom weapon qualities had a maximum value of 10. This has been raised to 99. The Saber Throw (Improved) talent was incorrectly set to be an action. It is now passive. The Menace talent was incorrectly set as a Force talent. This has been fixed. Fixed a few issues with the "Two-Handed" Lightsaber craft effect. The Burly talent was lowering Cumbersome qualities, but not encumbrance. It is now also lowering encumbrance. When changing the skin from the launcher, the change would not take affect until after the launcher was closed. Skin changes will now take affect immediately.
There were a couple of issues here. First, I had forgotten the encumbrance change value. Second, DamageAdd has no effect with lightsabers; the DAMADD mod should have been added instead. It's now doing what it's supposed to do.
10 was the max value for the up/down control in the grid. No reason for the cap, I think it was just the default or something. I raised it to 99.
Just tried all the Hidden Depths encounters, both on the 2.1.0.1 install and in my code, and they all work fine for me. I didn't touch anything with encounters, other than change the way I do settings.
Raiger reacted to SilindeT in Another Character Generator April 11, 2017
Oggdude, mine is a clean installation, Cleared cache. I've only tried with "The Confrontation", there are no adversaries listed in the encounter and printing it shows a blank page.
I tried re-importing the adversaries first and then the encounters and now it prints fine. I think before I did it in reverse order (I can't remember now.)
Raiger reacted to OggDude in Another Character Generator April 4, 2017
There was a bug in crit calculation for 0 crit items. This came about because of the changes for Iron Body. It should be fixed now.
I had forgotten both Repulsor-Assisted Lifting and Tracking System. This was because I got sidetracked on micro-rockets, then forgot to to continue from where I left off. As for the other ones, they're in there. See if you turned off "Lead by Example" in Options.
Incidentally, for the lifting attachment... if you're curious as to why they worded the base mod as "Add 5 to wearer's Brawn score for the purposes of determining Encumbrance", rather than the much clearer "Add 5 to Encumbrance Threshold," there is a subtle difference: if you're encumbered by more than your Brawn, you lose your free maneuver. By wording it the way they did, it allows you to be more over-encumbered before losing your maneuver. In other words, a Brawn 2 character loses their free maneuver when they're 2+ over their threshold, no matter how much their threshold has been increased. With this mod, the same Brawn 2 character would have to be encumbered by 7+ before he'd lose his free maneuver.
Raiger reacted to Absol197 in Trends, Statistics, and Predictions! April 2, 2017
Okay! I am return-ed! I shall update my charts tomorrow morning with Ghosts of Dathomir's and Disciples of Harmony's new status and give updated predictions, and generally act as an obsessive data-monger again!
Raiger got a reaction from lupex in Another Character Generator April 1, 2017
If you look next to the cost of the talent, there's an icon that looks like a play button - click on that to bring the options box up again. Also if you print the character sheet, on the page with XP earned, used, etc and the list of talents you've bought - the talent description will note what skill was selected.
Raiger got a reaction from Randy G in Another Character Generator April 1, 2017
Raiger reacted to Absol197 in Trends, Statistics, and Predictions! March 21, 2017
I'm still a bit groggy in my recovery, but I wanted to let you know that I survived and should be back soonish. Hopefully you're all doing well! I'm glad to see that FFG has met my expectations and not announced or updated the status on anything since I left !
Raiger reacted to OggDude in Another Character Generator March 19, 2017
Keep 'em coming! I'm done with Endless Vigil and just waiting to make any last minute fixes before doing the 2.0.1 release.
Raiger reacted to Daeglan in Trends, Statistics, and Predictions! March 19, 2017
A like means she was here yay! hope everything went well!
Next step... three source books (arg!)
Release 2.0.0.4 Bug Fix
There was an issue with the web install involving manifest files. This should be taken care of. Another issue with web install was that Sql Server CE files were not being included, which caused an exception when the generator was run. This should be taken care of. If you launched the character generator with no data (specifically, no characters), you'd get an exception in "CharShowInfo". This will no longer happen. The Navigator specialization was missing Survival from its list of career skills. This has been fixed. In the skills pane, the header of the skill grid was not the right size which caused some text to be partially obscured. This has been fixed. In the Sources dialog, selecting or deselecting a source would cause an exception. This has been fixed. In the Sources dialog, the "Core" cell was editable. It is now properly read-only. The Bardottan species had "Aleena" in the description. This has been fixed. The Farsight Force power was missing a connection between the bottom-row Mastery abiltiy and the Range ability to the right. This has been fixed. When a new species was selected, the character was not being recalculated, so the change was not displayed. This has been fixed. There were a few places in the generator where auto recalc had been turned off for the current character in order to save needless recalcs from happening. However, it wasn't always turned back on properly. This resulted in certain changes not being reflected in the character due to recalculations not being performed properly. These situations should be fixed. There was an issue where the campaign setting for a character would be erased after the character was saved. This will no longer happen. When printing a group sheet, character summaries all displayed "Test [Rival]". This was because the summary control was being translated when it was loaded, which occurred after everything had already been set. Translation now occurs before everything is set, so values are now what they should be. In the data editor, adding a sub-species to a species would give an error dialog that the key was missing. It will no longer do this. In the Options dialog, clicking "Select None" caused an exception. This no longer happens. Standardized the max number of items in combo box drop down lists based on the height of the display.
Well, I've updated the release notes, finished the documentation and FAQ and created PDFs for them, and just did a new round of updating the translation files. These are things that I do right before a release...
If I can get through tomorrow without doing any more tweaks, I'll do the release on Sunday. Also, I've decided to make this one 2.0, since I've added so many things to it, and changed the appearance quite a bit with new fonts, etc.
No promises, but look for 2.0 to be released on Sunday.


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A brief biography
Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj, known affectionately as 'Srila Gurudev' to his followers worldwide, made his appearance in this world on December 18, 1929, at Bamunpara, District Burdwan in West Bengal, only about six miles from Sripat Hapaniya where his beloved Gurudev, the renowned Vaisnava saint and scholar Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj, had made his advent.
Srila Govinda Maharaj came to the lotus feet of his Gurudev at the tender age of only seventeen years in April of 1947, on the Holy Appearance Day of Lord Nrsimhadev.
Almost immediately after he arrived, Srila Sridhar Maharaj recognised his divine qualities and publicly declared that he would prepare him to be the future Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math.
As a young brahmachari, Srila Govinda Maharaj surrendered to Srila Sridhar Maharaj in thought, word, and deed, and received instruction from him in all aspects of the scriptures and their practical application. He quickly became adept in all fields of service and within just one year of joining became the secretary of the Math and responsible for the maintenance, development, and outreach of the Mission.
Over the course of the forty-two years that they lived together, Srila Govinda Maharaj also received the grace and affection of many of Srila Sridhar Maharaj's exalted godbrothers, including Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Maharaj Prabhupad, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
Srila Govinda Maharaj (seated on the ground, left) as a young man attending the opening of the Chandroday Mandir, Iskcon, Mayapur in 1973. Seated on the Vyasasan are Srila Sridhar Maharaj and Srila Swami Maharaj Prabhupad.
On the Amavasya [dark-moon day] of August 12, 1988, when Srila Guru Maharaj, Srila Sridhar Maharaj, silently took his form of holy samadhi all the devotees felt that the exalted moon had disappeared from their vision; yet Srila Guru Maharaj had already foreseen the devotees' need for uninterrupted light and therefore three years before, fulfilling a wish he had cherished for over thirty years, he had conferred the holy order of tridanda-sannyas upon Srila Govinda Maharaj, naming him his illustrious successor and the guiding light to ensure that no darkness could enter into his sampradaya.
Highly learned in Sanskrit and Bengali, Srila Govinda Maharaj has, as did his illustrious Gurudev, given us many divine prayers and songs most valuable for the cultivation of our spiritual life. Srila Govinda Maharaj's natural spiritual brilliance, unprecedented love and compassion, and expertise in all areas of life made him beloved to all who came in contact with him.
As the Acharya of Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math Srila Govinda Maharaj expanded and developed the Mission within India, and between 1992 and 2008 made twenty-four tours outside of India, visiting: Singapore, Australia, USA, Mexico, Venezuela, U.K., Ireland, Malaysia, South Africa, Mauritius, Colombia, Brazil, Ecuador, Germany, Hungary, New Zealand, Russia, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, Holland, and Thailand. Under Srila Govinda Maharaj's divine auspices approximately one hundred centres were established worldwide, and thousands of Temples were established in the hearts of innumerable sincere seekers who came flocking to the shelter of his lotus feet.
On 27 March 2010, on Sri Gaura-dvadasi, at 4.25am during the auspicious brahma-murta period, Srila Govinda Maharaj departed from this world. A beautiful samadhi mandir named The Temple of Love and Affection was constructed beside Srila Sridhar Maharaj's samadhi mandir The Temple of Union in Separation at their holy place of bhajan at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math in Nabadwip.
Before his departure Srila Govinda Maharaj appointed a group of Acharyas headed by Sripad Bhakti Nirmal Acharya Maharaj to lead the worldwide mission, and today they along with other senior followers continue to guide sincere seekers and practitioners in the line of our Gurus.
A more detailed biography of His Divine Grace can be found here.
A brief autobiography
His Divine Grace Srila Bhakti Sundar Govinda Dev-Goswami Maharaj reflects on the events that surrounded his first days at Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Math at the lotus feet of His Divine Master, Srila Bhakti Raksak Sridhar Dev-Goswami Maharaj. This talk, Bound by Affection, was given fifty years after the event.

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Historical Trauma, Racism and Eating Disorders in the U.S.
During my eating disorder healing journey, I felt the need to find out why I developed an eating disorder. With the common belief that only white women develop eating disorders in the U.S., I was not what people considered a typical case. As a Xicana (American-born woman with a Mexican-Indigenous descent) who didn't develop anorexia but bulimia and binge eating, I just felt that my reasons for developing an eating disorder had a deeper root.
While reading, "A Hunger So Wide And So Deep: A Multiracial View of Women's Eating Problems" by Becky Thompson, it really made me think about the connection between history and eating disorders. In her book, Thompson talks about the lack of body autonomy black people experienced during slavery and how the legacy of slavery still impacts the black community today. When I read this I asked myself, how has colonialism impacted me? As a person with migrant parents that experienced the vast impact of acculturation and systemic racism, how much of my parent's trauma have I embodied? Having an Indigenous lineage from a country that was violently impacted by European colonialism, I wondered how much trauma had accumulated in my body over the generations that, in return, influenced me?
Considering there are some similarities between eating disorders and historical trauma,there is very little research or information linking both subjects together. Why? Research ignorance and bias. For the past 30 years, media and medicine have portrayed eating disorders as only affecting white, privileged, cis-gender women and this stereotype has dominated research. As it is, eating disorder research in non-white communities is scarce. It goes without saying that systemic racism also plays a large role in academia, medicine and medical research and that certain lives have more value than others due to sociopolitical class.
What is really alarming about current professional eating disorder education is that there is no coverage on the role that systems of oppression have on people with marginalized identities. US culture has a really hard time addressing social issues like racism and transphobia and this is reflected heavily in the eating disorders world.People of color and Indigenous people experience high levels of institutional racism and this plays a role in people's mental health. This is alarming because not acknowledging racism and the impact of other forms of social systemic discrimination in people's life means not fully accepting people's experiences. Ultimately, when providers do not grasp oppression they limit the quality of their services, therefore impacting the client's overall success and recovery.
We are in a time and age where we need to put discomfort aside and start having conversations about the violent impact of inequality. One step that everyone can take to help people's journeys to healing is educating oneself by doing more active listening. Providers can find a great check-off list here if they are interested in making their services more culturally relevant to all. Medical research and employment in the eating disorder field needs to more accurately reflect the kinds of people that struggle with eating disorders while respecting the importance of community-led work done by people with marginalized identities.


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Make business not war: Russia, Iran, Azerbaijan move forward to develop game-changing transportation corridor
New Eastern Outlook
Fri, 06 May 2016 00:00 UTC
All but overlooked by Western mainstream media in their focus on the recent flare-up of military tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the simmering conflict over the mountainous enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh is the announcement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, following talks with his Iranian counterpart, that work will now begin on a long-discussed North-South Transportation Corridor along the Caspian Sea. Significant is the fact that Azerbaijan has also agreed to participate in the project. If so, it suggests that Russian diplomacy and economic infrastructure development have again trumped the Washington urge for wars everywhere to hold their grip on an eroding global superpower hegemony.
On April 7, at a meeting in the Azeri capital of Baku just hours after Azerbaijan pulled back from a full-scale military assault over Nagorno-Karabakh - an attack being openly urged by the increasingly desperate Turksh President Erdogan - Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told assembled media that Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan had agreed to begin talks on implementation of the North-South Transportation Corridor. Beside Lavrov at the announcement stood the Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Azeri Foreign Minister Elmar Mamamdyarov.
Lavrov declared, "We discussed issues that deal with the material sphere of cooperation. We agreed that our relevant agencies will start detailing practical aspects of implementing the project of 'North-South' transport corridor along the western Caspian coast. This envisages work with participation of the transport ministries that should consider technical and financial parameters of the project. This also envisages cooperation between customs and consular services, and we have agreed on that today."
Completing the Golden Triangle
With the agreement between Russia, Iran and Azerbaijan, a huge step has been taken to secure the greatest economic space in the world - The Eurasian Heartland. This is the space that the British Godfather of geopolitics, Sir Halford Mackinder warned his life-long was the only major threat to the continued hegemony of the British Empire, later the American heir, the American Century.
The direct, modern transportation corridor, known since initial talks in 2002 as the North-South Transportation Corridor, will ultimately link India and Iran and Azerbaijan to the countries and markets of the Eurasian Economic Union which includes not only Armenia, but Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Belarus.
The North South Transport Corridor from India through Iran and Azerbaijan along the Caspian to Moscow and beyond will transform the economic space of Eurasia.
The transport corridor will transform the economies of the entire Eurasia from Russia to fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) country India. The members of the increasingly strategically important SCO are China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. This year India and Pakistan formally accede to full SCO membership, and it is expected that Iran, currently an official Observer, will be offered full membership later this year now that sanctions have been lifted. China President Xi Jinping announced his support for Iranian full membership during his important January, 2016 talks in Teheran where the two agreed formal Iranian participation in the One Belt, One Road New Economic Silk Road project being spearheaded across Eurasia by China's Xi. Now with the Teheran-Moscow Corridor Iran closes the Golden Triangle, Beijing-Teheran-Moscow, a major economic and geopolitical advance.
Economics of the transport corridor
Completion of the North-South Transport Corridor will significantly transform the economic space of all Eurasia.
The Corridor will be a modern ship, rail, and road route to move freight between India, Iran, Azerbaijan, Russia, Central Asia and on - potentially if the EU states ever become sensible and drop support for Ukraine's war government and drop EU sanctions on Russia - to the ailing economies of the European Union. The new corridor will connect some of the world's largest cities including Mumbai, Moscow, Tehran on to Iran's Caspian Port of Bandar Anzali and from there on to Russia's Caspian port Astrakhan that is at the mouth of the great Volga River.
In 2014 dry run tests of two routes were conducted. The first was Mumbai to Baku via Iran's port at the strategic Strait of Hormuz, a major chokepoint for Persian Gulf oil and LNG gas flows. The second was Mumbai to Russia's port at Astrakhan via Bandar Abbas, Tehran and Iran's Caspian port at Bandar Anzali. The aim of the study was to identify and address key bottlenecks. Significantly, the study showed that India-Russia transport costs were reduced by "$2,500 per 15 tons of cargo."
A study conducted by the Indian Federation of Freight Forwarders' Associations found the route is, "30% cheaper and 40% shorter than the current traditional route." That current route runs from Mumbai through the Red Sea and the Suez Canal across the Mediterranean and Gibralter on through the English Channel on to St. Petersburg and Moscow. A look at the map reveals how strategically vulnerable that existing route is to possible NATO or US interdiction.
The US coup d'état in February, 2014 in Ukraine, installing the US State Department's hand-picked gaggle of "pro-Washington" corrupt oligarchs and neo-Nazis to disrupt relations between Russia and the EU, temporarily forced the North-South Transport Corridor plans on to a back-burner. Now, as the reality of the China Eurasian One Belt, One Road Great Project takes on concrete form, the addition of the Iran-Azerbaijan-Russia North-South Transport Corridor creates an integral economic, political and militarily coherent space that may soon auger in what future historians will call the Eurasian Century, as the American Century and its post-1944 world hegemony crumbles much as the Roman Empire in the Fourth Century AD. Again, the East creates while all the West seems able to do with success is to destroy.
Comment: Those darned Russkies! Now they're trying to lure Azerbaijan away from its interests in Nagorno-Karabakh. At this rate the Azeris may forgo the plan for conquest and destabilization that the US and Turkey have been feeding into, and the Azeris look like they're strengthening their ties with - gulp - Russia and Iran. What's this world coming to when the cooler more constructive heads of countries like Azerbaijan decide they don't want "US support" in making war but would rather work on growing their economy by making smart and useful business decisions?!
Score another big point to Russia.


Note: To see the changes, you will be required to compile the assets. For compilation of assets NPM should be installed in your system.
Then you need to run command 'npm install' in each of the directories listed above.
In this file _variable.scss you will find all the colors values used in Shop package.
In this file _variable.scss you will find all the colors values used in Ui package.
But remember the colors in UI package file will affect colors in Admin panel also.
In this file _variable.scss you will find all the colors values used in Admin package.
And now run the command 'npm run prod' -> for production and 'npm run watch' -> for development.


Pacos Ferreira is ranked #9 in Portugal and #395 in Europe.
Teams of same strength are Chievo Verona (1857.78) and US Lecce (1857.70).
Pacos Ferreira (1906.71) is favorite against Academico Viseu (1614.54) according to ratings from last round.
Bet on (1) Pacos Ferreira (Stake 2/10) with odds 1.53.
Fair Odds seem to be Pacos Ferreira (1.56) and Academico Viseu (8.40).
Pacos Ferreira is underrated by bookmakers.


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Mile marker on Governor Road saying 18 m to P
Roads | Governor Road
Governor Road
Governor Road is the original entrance to Graeme Park and the Penrose-Strawbridge House. It currently exists as a gravel road extending only a short distance from Keith Valley Road southeast to Gate 9 of the former Willow Grove Naval Air Station, but its history dates back almost 300 years.
Governor Sir William Keith authorized a road to be built from Philadelphia to his "new building" (Graeme Park) in Horsham from Round Meadow (now Willow Grove) in 1722. The road became known as The Governor's Road
Governor Road ran north from the Horsham Meeting then turned left towards Graeme Park. The road was extended north from this bend towards Doylestown and yhis road became public in 1830. The village of Hallowell grew up around this crossroads. Justinian Hallowell established the Hallowell Hotel here in 1880.
Keith reported to the Governor's Council on 25 March, 1722:
"...That he had made considerable advancement in the erecting of a building at Horsham in the County of Philadelphia, in order to carry on the manufacture of grain, etc. and that it is necessary for some convenient roads and highways through the woods, to and from the said settlement, be laid out by order of this board. "41 p2.3
The road went north from the present Willow Grove and likely followed what is now Easton Rd to the Horsham Quaker Meetinghouse at Meetinghouse Road and Easton Rd.
"Thomas Iredelle lived about half a mile north of the meetinghouse, and beside the present ( Doylestown ) turnpike. In 1722 he was one of the jurors in laying out the Governor's road, which passed by his house." 16
We recently discovered - as part of our Document Preservation Project - a map titled "Roads to Graeme Park" by Marc? Reynolds Brothers, Doylestown, PA. We date this between 1924 when Harold Pitcairn began Pitcairn Field (which is also shown on the map) and the mid 1940s when the Willow Grove Naval Air Station was created in this location.
Davis Grove Road was extended in 1737 to reach Governor Road and village of Davis Grove grew around this intersection (also reported to be the intersection of Governor and Privet Rds but we do not have a map that shows exactly which). The village featured the Golden Ball Tavern. References to this and an earlier tavern indicate that acquaintances of Governor Keith may have stayed at the tavern but its not really known whether the village preceded the extension of Davis Grove Road or not. The village was demolished when the WGNAS was created in the 1940s.118
HPHA's architectural historian, Herb Levy, traced the original route north from the Quaker Meetinghouse past the former Iredell property. The Governor's Road took a turn to the northwest off the current Easton Road and crossed what is now the Willow Grove Naval Air Station, probably following what is now the base's Skytrain Drive. Skytrain Drive goes northwest across part of the air base but ends at the tarmac. Extending Skytrain across the tarmac shows that it would meet up with the current Governor's Road at the base's Gate 9.
At Gate 9, the current Governor's Road picks up and extends to Keith Valley Road. The road originally turned down what is now the driveway to the Penrose Strawbridge House and ended directly in front of what was originally the 1721cabin that was transformed by the Penroses into the existing farmhouse. So Keith's "new building" referred to in his request to build Governor's Road may have been this cabin and not the mansion we now call the Keith House.
One can access the Penrose Strawbridge Farm and Graeme Park via Governor Road from Keith Valley Road. From Keith Valley Road to the gate of the Penrose Strawbridge House it is a dirt/gravel road which is regularly maintained by Horsham Township. Past the entrance to the farm, however, it becomes a farm road usable mainly by farm equipment. It ends at the fence surrounding the former air station.
At the entrance to the Penrose Strawbridge farm, there are several interesting features.
The first is a three walled ruin, which is believed to be the remains of a barn dating to 1735-37. This barn appears on a drawing from 1737 found with documents requesting that Governor Road be expanded from Horsham to a quarry in Eureka. We believe the quarry mentioned by Keith was the quarry in the village of Eureka (now Chalfont) on Lower State Road in Bucks County, PA several miles north of Graeme Park.
The second feature is a stone marker carved with "18 M to P', which probably indicates 18 miles to Philadelphia from that point on Governor Rd. It may be an early mail delivery marker. This is shown at the top of this page.
We have found some evidence that there may have been a small inn or tavern on Governor Road just outside what was the main gate to Graeme Park. This evidence dates to the revolutionary period and may have been part of the encampments at Graeme Park in 1777.


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French design from the 1950s to the 1970s
French design in the 1950s and 1960s was marked by a very strong creative and inventive bubbling. It reflected a changing society: from the urgency of reconstruction to the advent of mass consumption, which Raymond Loewy, undoubtedly the greatest French designer of the 20th century, had understood perfectly. In this period when everything was accelerating, the major figures in architecture and design were the pioneers of the inter-war period, such as Jean Prouvé (1901-1984) and Le Corbusier (1887-1965), who "invented" the profession of designer, anxious to keep up with technical progress and to produce pieces in series. These tutelary figures were succeeded by a talented generation of young people, most of whom were born between 1925 and 1930 and came from the decorative arts.
To Jean Prouvé and Le Corbusier should be added Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) and Marcel Gascoin (1907-1986). All of them already had a career behind them and a solidly established know-how. This is why political decision-makers called on them to rebuild the country after the Second World War.
Le Corbusier, whose real name was Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland, was commissioned to rebuild urban spaces. In Marseille, for example, he was commissioned by the state to build a housing unit. From 1946 to 1952, the architect and urban planner designed and built the Cité Radieuse, a major innovation in the way residential buildings were conceived.
Aerial view of the Le Corbusier housing unit, known as the Cité Radieuse (1946-1952). The building is 56 metres high and 130 metres long, with 17 levels.
Interior of the Cité Radieuse, listed as a Unesco World Heritage Site, Marseille 8ème. Very innovative for its time, the building includes offices and shops (grocery shops, bakery, café, hotel/restaurant, bookstore, etc.) at mid-height and even a roof terrace occupied by public spaces.
Cité Radieuse, Marseille, view of a façade.
View of the roof of the Cité Radieuse, now rehabilitated as a Centre for Contemporary Art (MAMO).
Another charismatic figure in post-war design was Jean Prouvé from Nancy. An architect and designer, he too put his skills at the service of reconstruction. In 1954, together with Charlotte Perriand, he was awarded the furniture for the Jean Zay university residence in Antony. He installed the famous desks and compass tables, as well as the Antony bookcases, beds, chairs and armchairs: pieces that are now highly prized by collectors.
Compass desk with its famous asymmetrical delta base. On the side, a grey lacquered metal suspended pedestal opening with 3 drawers on the front. The desk is accompanied by the Métropole chair n°365 called "Standard" chair. Published by Ateliers Jean Prouvé around 1953.
Antony bookcase, Jean Prouvé
design, 1954. The piece is made of folded steel sheet and wood.
Charlotte Perriand was Le Corbusier's travelling companion for ten years, for whom she designed the interior furnishings for many of his architectural projects. She is a singular figure in French design. She was the first woman to impose her signature on a male universe. In the 1950s, Charlotte Perriand was deeply influenced by a trip to Japan and, with the help of Jean Prouvé, she designed numerous combinatory systems in wood (bookcases). Her sense of purity combined with a search for functional design is a marvel.
Charlotte Perriand, Bibliothèque Tunisie, made by Ateliers Jean Prouvé and André Chetaille, 1952. Most of Charlotte Perriand's furniture from this period has been reissued by Cassina, in the I MAESTRI collection.
In 1955, Charlotte Perriand presents in Tokyo the exhibition "Proposition d'une synthèse des arts" (Proposal of a synthesis of the arts). View of the exhibition: Tokyo benches, removable cushions, square coffee tables, lacquered tube legs, laminated wood tops covered with black or white melamine, Berger low stools.
Charlotte Perriand, Ombre chair, 1955. An oriental-inspired piece much sought after by collectors and created for Perriand's Japanese exhibition, the seat is made of curved and stained plywood. Photo credit: © Bertrand Prévost – Centre Pompidou, MNAM-CCI /Dist. RMN-GP © Adagp, Paris
From the same generation, the decorator Jean Royère (1902-1981) is a standout. With an innate sense of decoration, he imposed a style made of colour, humour and lightness, and possessed an instinctive sense of form. A sought-after signature of the 1950s, Royère became the official decorator of the Middle Eastern sovereigns
Jean Royère, Pair of Serpentin sconces, circa 1950. 3 brass light arms. Jean Royère donated his entire archive to the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris.
Jean Royère, Pair of egg-shaped armchairs, circa 1952. The armchairs are covered with a yellow and white mohair velvet tapestry.
Marcel Gascoin, trained at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs (ENSAD, Paris), has the particularity of being a carpenter and cabinetmaker. A pronounced taste for woodwork that makes him love fine craftsmanship and naturally leads him to be inspired by Scandinavian designers who conceive ergonomic and functional furniture. In 1950, he designed the famous Model C chair, which he published under the A.R.H.E.C. (Aménagement Rationnel de l'Habitation Et des Collectivités) brand that he had created
Marcel Gascoin chair model C published by ARHEC, 1950. The structure is in solid oak, reupholstered in beige fabric from the Bergamo range by the Lyon-based publisher Bisson Bruneel. Marcel Gascoin wanted to produce wooden furniture of good quality and accessible to the general public
Although Marcel Gascoin designs, manufactures and publishes his own furniture, he also wishes to pass on his knowledge to the younger generation. This is why he trains talented young people from the major design schools at the A.R.H.E.C agency. In his workshops, a new generation of designers is ready to take over. Among them, the most talented are Joseph-André Motte (1925-2013), Michel Mortier (1925-2015), Pierre Guariche (1926-1995) and even Pierre Paulin (1927-2009) for a short time.
The first three mentioned, who worked for the master of wood, collaborated under the name A.R.P. (Atelier de recherches plastiques) from 1954 to 1957. Their desire was to promote contemporary furniture accessible to all, in line with the evolution of lifestyle. Their seats were published by Steiner and Airborne, the furniture by Minvielle and Cabanne and the lighting by Disderot
A.R.P. (Motte, Mortier, Guariche) modular furniture, Minvielle editions, 1955. A great success for A.R.P.: the modular furniture elements.
A.R.P (Motte, Mortier, Guariche) modular furniture, Minvielle Editions, 1955. Another view of the set.
Motte, Mortier and Guariche continued their careers individually, with notable successes. Joseph-André Motte was awarded the René Gabriel prize at the Salon des Arts Ménagers for the Fauteuil 740 in 1957, the "vintage" seat par excellence. Michel Mortier set up the interior design agency Habitation esthétique industrielle mobilier. His furniture is elegant and subtle. In 1959, Steiner published his Triennale recliner
Joseph-André Motte, Fauteuil 740, 1957. Initially presented at the 1957 Salon des arts ménagers by Steiner, this model was reissued for the first time in 2012.
Michel Mortier on his Triennale recliner, published in 1959 by Steiner. The model offers 6 formulas with poufs, the shapes are interchangeable, moulded with foam covered with fabric, while the legs are in nickel-plated steel and the crossbar in solid cherry wood.
Pierre Paulin is the best known of this generation. His talent exploded through his collaboration with the Dutch furniture publisher Artifort, which brought him international fame in the 1960s. Monocoque structures, tubular steel, formica and laminate legs gave way to curved lines, honeycomb foam, latex, elastic jersey and the bright colours characteristic of these years. Pierre Paulin embraced these developments and created models with supple and daring shapes. His seats are padded with foam and above all dressed with jersey, a new elastic fabric
Orange Slice chair, design Pierre Paulin, 1960 for Artifort.
Tongue chair
, design by Pierre Paulin, 1967 for Artifort.
Following Pierre Paulin is Olivier Mourgue (1939), who designed the Djinn chaise longue, a symbol of modernity in the 1960s that became so iconic that it featured in Stanley Kubrick's film 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968).
Finally, this panorama would be incomplete without mentioning the immense talent of Roger Tallon (1929-2011), considered the father of French industrial design. A long and rich career that began in the 1950s and ended in the last years of his life, marked by his collaboration with the SNCF (TGV Atlantique and Eurostar projects).
Olivier Mourgue, Djinn chaise longue, 1964-1965, published by Airborne.
Portavia 111 television set, design by Roger Tallon, 1963. Marketed in 1966, this television set with its curved shape, made up of two white moulded ABS shells, contrasts sharply with the parallelepiped-shaped sets of the time. A stylistic and technical success, it was a resounding commercial success.
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Group Sustainability Report 2018
Pursuing its commitment to the efficient use of resources, the Company utilizes all waste heat to generate chilled water, which in turn, fulfills the factory's water-cooling and air-conditioning requirements. Furthermore, its Reverse Osmosis Plant helps meet additional water requirements at the factory premises.
IIL generates electricity though co-generation. Its own needs are met through this generation and excess electricity is transported to the K-Electric grid. Hence, there is full utilization of installed generation capacity and generation of additional revenues, whilst contributing towards alleviation of chronic power shortages faced by the country.
Further details of the measures we are taking to conserve energy are included in our Group Sustainability Report which is also available on our website.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR):
Community Investment and Welfare Schemes, Rural Development Programs and National Cause Donations
IIL contributes approximately 2.5% of its Profit after Tax towards CSR activities.
Our social investments included donations to national causes like SIUT, LRBT, Baitul Sukoon Cancer Hospital, LHWS, Indus Hospital, MALC, etc.
Our donations towards rural development programs include donations to LRBT and Al-Rehmat Hospital in Pasrur and water hand pump in Tharparkar.
IIL has developed and continues to maintain the community surrounding our factories. IIL has built and continues to fund a mosque with a capacity for 1500 worshippers. Additionally, IIL has funded the TCF-IIL campus school which has a current enrollment of 600 students and operates at over 100% capcity. Most recently the IIL SINA – CLF Clinic has been set up to provide heavily subsidized medical care to the community. We are proud to report that of the 26,000 people treated in this clinic last year only 460 were employees of our Group.
IIL contributes approximately 2.5% of its Profit after Tax towards CSR activities. It continues to fund all operating expenses for the TCF primary school IIL Campus located in Landhi next to the IIL funded mosque opposite Factory 1.
Last year IIL also sponsored the Amir Sultan Chinoy (ASC) amphitheater at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA) main campus.
In addition to the above, IIL has taken the initiative this year to establish a health clinic in association with SINA Health, Education and Welfare Foundation.
The SINA-IIL Clinic is also across the road from IIL Factory 1 and will provide free medical facilities to the underprivileged. IIL has funded the purchase of land and construction of the facility and will contiribute towards the operations of the clinic due to be inaugurated in September 2016.


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Q: Having two bootstrap links causes accordion to not work properly I have included two bootstrap links in my HTML page. This is causing issues with the accoridan I have included. The accordian once opened wont collapse when clicked again.
I have figured out that this is because of the two bootstrap links and the problem is solved when I remove one. Does anyone know why this is occurring and how to solve this?
The two bootstrap links are a local copy and a CDN copy. I use the CDN primarily and have a local backup incase the CDN is down.
Any help is appreciated.

A: Unfortunately, Bootstrap doesn't provide a specific variable for the fallback purpose. However, you can still achieve the CDN fallback behavior, you can test for one of the bootstrap plugins. For example, you can check for the modal plugin like below-
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Latin word replaced on University of Texas tower memorial
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The incorrect form of a Latin word has been replaced on a granite memorial for victims of the 1966 University of Texas tower shooting.
The Austin American-Statesman reports that names of the 17 people slain were etched on the monument below the Latin word "Interfectum," equivalent to the English word "killed."
But UT classics professors say it's grammatically incorrect and negative in tone. The professors weren't consulted before the memorial was dedicated on the 50th anniversary of sniper Charles Whitman's attack last August.
The memorial has since been covered with a stone panel reading, "Interfecti August 1, 1966," making the reference personal and plural.
Cook-Walden Funeral Home donated the stone panel with the proper wording. University of Texas spokesman J.B. Bird says the school paid $600 for installation.
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Several infants develop physical differences in comparison to others. Developmental issues can cause these differences while others are caused by genetic factors like in the case of Apert Syndrome. This syndrome causes skull bones to fuse together earlier than the usual and affecting the appearance of an infant's head and face. On this scenario, a faulty gene, which can be passed on by a parent to an infant, will result to gene mutation that affects the skull, its development, and fusion. Unlike other genetically induced problems, only one parent, who is a bearer, is needed to cause this issue to infants. Others will require both parents to be bearers of a certain genetic trait in order to pass it to infants.
Apert Syndrome has a number of effects to infants mainly on their physical appearance. Here are some of the physical traits of an infant that has this syndrome.
This syndrome causes infants to have different cranial shape as the skull bones join or close together earlier than when it's supposed to. Timing is crucial for fetal development and a premature or delay formation on body parts result to developmental abnormalities that can have an effect on its overall appearance. Cranial shapes among infants with this syndrome vary. Some may have larger or unequal cranial shape depending on how it affected the infant's development. Some infants may even have soft spots on the head because of premature skull bone fusion.
Bulging eyes are also among the prominent signs of Apert Syndrome due to the formation of skull bones, which surround the eyes. Early fusion results to not giving proper space for the eyes. With its prominence, it affects the infant's appearance and result to several parents looking for support groups that can help them understand their situation and how to cope on potential social factors caused by this syndrome.
This symptom is also prominent among the infants with Apert Syndrome. Reports indicated that numerous infants with this syndrome also have high number of middle ear problems, which result to hearing loss among this population. Apert Syndrome is caused by genetic mutation during fetal development but it affects the infant's appearance as it results to premature skull bone fusion. Treating physical deformities include surgery that will correct bone development. Physicians will conduct test on the infant and talk it over with a team of surgeons specializing in skull and face structure to come up with a surgery and treatment plan on possible hearing loss.


Biome-wide forest change hotspot maps were created using annual MODIS imagery for 2000 to 2005. MODIS 32-day composites were used as inputs and included data from the 1-7 reflective bands and Land Surface Temperature. In order to produce a more generalized annual feature space that enabled the extension of spectral signatures to regional and inter-annual scales, the 32-day composites were transformed to multi-temporal annual metrics. The classification tree bagging algorithm related the expert interpreted forest cover loss and no loss categories to the MODIS inputs. The classification tree yielded per MODIS pixel 5-year change probability maps. This map and the tree canopy cover data showing forest extent for year 2000 are available for download. These data represent areas of intensive forest cover clearing. However, MODIS data alone are inadequate for accurate change area estimation because most forest clearing occurs at sub-MODIS pixel scales.


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Why Does the United States Still Honor White Supremacist Confederate Trash on Memorial Day?
I hope that your bellies are full of the entrail-filled stomach linings of other animals as well as the recycled Soylent Green like meat products that are created from feeding the dead to the living at America's commercial farms and slaughterhouses.
I too will be gorging on similar food items--in addition to a BBQ pork loin purchased at Walmart that is so damn good it should be illegal--and drinking high fructose corn syrup products.
Memorial Day was a tradition inaugurated after the American Civil War by (now) freed black Americans. Black America's history is American history, even while too many of those who are invested in the herrenvolk White dream and past of America in the present are dedicated to erasing such a basic fact from our schools, libraries, and other centers of learning.
Senior historian Dr. David Blight wrote a fine essay on Memorial Day's origins for the New York Times in 2011. It is still worth revisiting on this day.
But, did you know that the Confederacy is also included in Memorial Day celebrations? Moreover, that Barack Obama, the United States' first President who happens to be black has continued with a tradition where the White House sends a wreath to the Confederate Monument in Arlington?
Germany had the good sense to confront its Nazi past. yet, in the United States, the Confederacy, a treasonous rebellion that fought for white supremacy and to keep millions of black people as human property, is still celebrated and honored.
The Confederate flag is the American Swastika, the name of the founder of the KKK, Nathan Bedford Forrest, is still on schools and street signs in the South, and the White Right still embraces the language and iconography of the Confederacy as they bemoan and attempt to usurp Barack Obama's legitimacy and authority.
One of Blight's peers, Dr. James McPherson, along with other prominent historians and academics, sent a letter to Barack Obama in 2009 in which they suggested that he stop honoring the Confederates and their white supremacist cause on Memorial Day:
Early in President Obama's first term, a group of academics that included prominent Civil War historian James McPherson asked him to end the tradition of sending a Memorial Day wreath to the Confederate Monument in Arlington, which they felt represented "the nadir of American race relations" and "a denial of the wrong committed against African Americans by slave owners, Confederates, and neo-Confederates, through the monument's denial of slavery as the cause of secession and its holding up of Confederates as heroes."
Obama opted instead to send wreaths both to the Confederate memorial and to the African American Civil War Memorial in the U Street neighborhood.
The matter of how and if the Confederacy should be honored on Memorial Day remains unresolved.
In Virginia, a group of Confederate sympathizers is upset that a local church will not allow them to fly the American Swastika during this year's Memorial Day celebrations:
John Branson is the current rector of Christ Church Episcopal in Old Town Alexandria, where Robert E. Lee worshipped and where 34 Confederate soldiers are still buried. Every year on May 24, the local branch of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, wearing their grays and bearing rebel flags, would hold a Confederate Memorial Day service. Branson says the rector before him put an end to the tradition. "The church has suggested that they take their ceremonies elsewhere."
One member of the Confederate group calls the change of policy "intolerant."
The parish still permits the group to hold a quiet wreath-laying ceremony in the churchyard but prohibits any display of Confederate regalia. "They have a full, formal color guard that they'd like to use, but they continue to display the Confederate flag, and we find that offensive," Branson says.
Justice is so askew in America, that white supremacist sympathizers now complain that they are treated in an "intolerant" manner. Oh, I so dream of the day when that is in fact the rule in the United States.
Brother Doctor Martin Luther King Junior famously said that the arc of justice is long. Perhaps the arc of justice also has an ironic sense of humor as a black man who is President of the United States now sends a wreath to "honor" those who fought to keep people who look like him as human property, to be raped, murdered, tortured, and labor and wealth extracted from their bodies and souls in the service of white supremacist capitalist expansion and greed.
The secesh trash are likely rolling over in their graves at the thought of a black man being President of the United States. Alexander Stephen's white supremacist "Cornerstone Speech" is no comfort as their bones rot and they receive honorifics from a black man named Barack Obama, he who is the leader of a multicultural corporate democracy.
Tags: America, armchair sociologist, black respectability, Chauncey DeVega says, President Barack Obama, white pathology
rainydaze80 said...
"The Confederate flag is the American Swastika..." YAAAAS!!! You took the words right out of my mouth!
Kameshwari Kate said...
The hairs are standing up all over the back of my neck and arms. Horror! I never thought of the Confederate flag as being the United States Swastika. Every time I read WARN, I am slapped with another reminder of just how white and obtuse I am. It looks like I have to go to the back of the class....again.
drspittle said...
On my morning run in a Northern Kentucky community right across the river from where I live (Cincinnati) I passed a house with a confederate flag on the porch, along with a sign about how No Ky hates heroin. American swastika is quite appropriate.
TenarDarell said...
Though I wish it were otherwise, there is probably no way to stop honoring the Confederate dead without re-learning how to wave the bloody shirt. There simply are not enough people with a proper historical understanding of the Civil War and the roiling governmental and legal conflicts which led up to it. One of our country's nasty little secrets which we don't teach well, is that the reconciliation which took place after the Civil War was based on the North gradually giving up on the South and on guaranteeing the rights of freedmen, freedwomen and Union soldiers (USCT) during Reconstruction.
However, though the Arlington wreath may not go away anytime soon, perhaps re-naming all the monuments, roads, bridges, and schools which honor Confederate officers or politicians could happen. And if the monuments cannot be removed (e.g. Stone Mountain), they can all get explanatory plaques. We also need to ensure that the next president continues to send a wreath to the African American Civil War memorial. Once a Presidential tradition, always a Presidential tradition, right?
An artist from Florida spent his memorial day burning and burying a confederate flag. It sounds like a wonderful tradition. It was funny to see how upset so many white people were in the comments of the Grio
joe manning said...
Public display of Confederate icons is bad enough but paying homage to them adds insult to injury. It is incumbent upon the first black president to refrain sending the Confederate wreath to Arlington. The multiplicity of Confederate memorials and symbols are the stuff of the Neo-Confederacy that allows white supremacy to metastasize is all directions.
I think Obama would have more fame and glory if he had refused to send the wreath.
kokanee said...
Was never gonna happen...
Oppose Fast Track anything. It's undemocratic, authoritarian and secret. Congress should not abdicate its authority and responsibility to a sole individual.
Oppose the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership) Rigged trade deals skirt labor and environmental legislation and lock in profits for corporations.
Learning Is Eternal said...
Not shocking at all. The ante was 'upped' on Assata Shakur's bounty under this administration also. His nuclear agreements w/China, Iran... The United States of ammur'KKKa LLC. Is all about business.
TPP is corporate hegemony. O will get one more chance next year to loose the wreath. It would mean so much.
Southern said...
Oppose fast track - retain sovereignty.
Anything tied to a FTA is evil.
Yeah, no kidding. Are we so apathetic as to allow this to happen? Doesn't anyone care about democracy anymore?
So this is how liberty dies...with thunderous applause.
Democracy has become an illusion, while we are free to vote for whomever we like that does not mean that our elected representatives will then be allowed to effect the change that we seek - Free Election of Masters does not abolish master or the slaves - H Marcuse.
Real power is held by the financial elite and whom are only loyal to their credit accounts - likewise for our so called ''politicians'' they know full well that their role is temporary so government simply becomes a steppingstone into the lucrative corporate world.
Bottom line remains the same - we must abolish all fictional characters for they're like a Trojan horse inside the walls of democracy.
Justin M. White said...
This came up in Florida where they created a veteran's hall of fame in the state legislature. http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/are-confederate-soldiers-eligible-for-veterans-hall-for-fame/2216866


Open Table: "Where you meet to eat"
Indeed fitting to this new bistro's tagline, Open Table offers a fun casual and cozy place that serves fresh, quality and elevated comfort food dishes. They serve a wide array of choices, from international to local cuisine, created with top-notch fare. They also serve first-rate coffee, coolers, unique cakes at a friendly price. Here are some of the dishes we sampled.
All the dishes they served were very good but there are few that I would like to taste again. The Pork Belly with Spicy Miso Sauce, Miso Glazed Cold with Wild Rice and Sausage & Egg. Another crowd favorite was the Tablea Glazed Banana Cake.
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^ First release (PDF). Federal Office of Statistics, Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. June 30, 2011. (原始内容 (PDF)存档于2013年5月11日).
^ Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina 互联网档案馆的存檔,存档日期2007-03-13.
^ Brčko as a "condominium" : sovereignty in the Special District is now shared. Office of the High Representative and EU Special Representative. 2001-08-28 [2007-04-19].


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NDI Introduce Journalists to Open Government Partnership (OGP)
The National Democratic Institute (NDI) in partnership with Open Society Platform of the Gambia has organized a day Training on Open Government Partnership for Journalists and Media Practitioners.
The objectives of the training is to "Strengthen The Gambia's media practitioners' capacity to better understand open governance platforms, measures and techniques that promote inclusive, transparent and accountable governance in a democracy & the benefits for a country membership in the Open Government Partnership "
"To prepare The Gambia's media practitioners to lead advocacy efforts for the enlistment of The Gambia in the Open Government Partnership platform (OGP)"
Mr. Abdoulie Jadama the Coordinator of Open Society Partnership the Gambia (OSPG) said the training was not new but an initiative to rebrand the objectives and aims of democratic process.
Mr. Ismaila Jarju of NDI said to strengthen Gambian democracy and good governance for the benefit of is to forge a good partnership with the media. The media he said can play a big role in the advocacy for open governance, accountability and transparency. He said that process cannot be achieved without the involvement of the media and access to information which will make the process to work effectively.
"Assets declaration of political and public officers should be access by the people more so by the media to inform the public", Jarju said. He stated that assets owned by the leaders before assuming government positions should be known to all for effective accountable anytime the person left office.
Mr. Jarju indicated that there is hindrance to access the asset declaration information due to the restrictions under the Ombudsman office.
The training was facilitated by Ya Sally Njie Program Officer of NDI and Mr. Abdoulie Jadama of OSPG.
Topics covered include Corruption, Transparency, Open Government Partnership criteria, eligibility and interactive sessions with questions and answers.
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Парламентські вибори в Грузії відбулись 1 жовтня 2012 року. Обиралося 150 депутатів Парламенту на чотирирічний термін. 73 депутати було обрано за мажоритарною системою в одномандатних округах, ще 77 — за пропорційною системою за партійними списками. Очікується, що нове скликання парламенту буде засідати вже у Кутаїсі.

Вибори пройшли за новим виборчим кодексом. За двома видами голосування зареєстровано 16 і 14 партій відповідно. 19 партіям було відмовлено в реєстрації. Станом на 24 вересня Центрвиборчком зареєстрував 2806 кандидатів, на одне місце в одномандатних округах претендувало від 2 до 10 осіб.

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Передвиборча кампанія проходила в обстановці гострої боротьби двох головних політичних сил — правлячого Єдиного національного руху та опозиційної коаліції Грузинська мрія — Демократична Грузія. Незважаючи на жорсткість протистояння двох сил, фактичний лідер «Грузинської мрії» Бідзіна Іванішвілі заявив про своє прагнення домогтися зміни влади виключно мирним шляхом. спостерігачі від ОБСЄ зхарактеризували передвиборчу кампанію як поляризовану, а дії найбільших партій як конфронтаційні та грубі. Спостерігачі ОБСЄ оцінили висвітлення передвиборчої кампанії недержавними ЗМІ як упереджене, в залежності від симпатій їхніх власників, а державними ЗМІ — як зважене.

У липні 2012 року були опубліковані результати передвиборчих опитувань Національного демократичного інституту США, за якими ЄНР могло розраховувати на 36%, ГМ — ДГ — на 18%. Однак, за словами прес-спікера Іванішвілі, ГМ — ДГ відмовляється довіряти передвибочим прогнозами незалежних організацій і, зокрема, НДІ.

18 вересня 2012 року декілька телеканалів показали відеозапис тортур в Глданській в'язниці, що мало великий вплив на передвиборчу кампанію. Припускають, що публікація про знущання, які справді були у цій в'язниці, була навмисно зроблена незадовго до виборів — як мінімум один із телеканалів, транслювався відеозапис, належить Бідзіна Іванішвілі. Незважаючи на те, що міністр внутрішніх справ та міністр пенітенціарної системи негайно пішли у відставку, у країні відбулися демонстрації, які вимагали якнайшвидшого покарання винних. Демонстрації не припинилися і після того, як президент Грузії Михайло Саакашвілі пообіцяв вирішити проблему. За даними соціологічних опитувань, незадовго до публікації відеозаписів Єдиний Національний Рух міг розраховувати приблизно на 20% голосів виборців більше, ніж блок «Грузинська мрія — Демократична Грузія». Після публікації ситуація змінилася.

Деякі незалежні спостерігачі заявляли про використання владою адміністративного ресурсу (погрози звільнення, перешкоди роботі журналістів). Стурбованість втручанням влади висловив президент ПА ОБСЄ. «Грузинська мрія» також заявляє про напади на своїх активістів прихильниками ЄНР.

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What happened to the PATCH!? The Unholy Quake Champions Patch November was pushed out then jerked out from underneath us! This was the patch that was supposed to fix a TON of balancing issues. An updated was pushed out, everything seemed fine. Then a lot another patch even heard of FULL game DOWNLOADS to revert the … Read moreQuake Champions Patch November Pulled!?
Quake Champions November Update will be live this coming week! Looking forward to the Quake Champions November update release? So is everyone else and it was announced Friday on the Official Community stream last Friday! Check the Clip Below! Next Thursday means November 14th, 2018 the "Quake Champions November Update" will be on the LIVE SERVERS! … Read moreQuake Champions November Release Patch is coming!


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Eager to utilize his creative abilities in a professional capacity, Mark Chickinelli began his pursuit of excellence as an illustrator and designer in 1975 by accepting a position with a local graphic arts studio. In 1983 he left Omaha to join the staff of one of the country's most prominent illustration studios. A five-year-long association with some of the leading artists in the field along with front line exposure to national advertising accounts provided both a direction for his talents and a foundation for the success of his own freelance career.
During this time Mark apprenticed under one of the nations leading contemporary illustrators, Iowa's famous artist Gary Kelley.
Today, Mark's reputation extends beyond his Omaha-based studio from New York to L.A. He has established himself as an accomplished illustrator with an impressive client list including Coca-Cola, 3M, Playboy Enterprises, Anheuser Busch, Herman Miller, NFL Properties, Donruss Playoff, Union Pacific Railroad, U.S.Army, Major League Baseball, McDonalds, Werner Enterprises and many of the top ad agencies across the country.
Influenced primarily by painter N.C. Wyeth, The Taos Society of Artists, the Impressionists, and the Pop Art Movement of the 60's, Mark's versatility in style ranges from interpretive to realistic. His expertise in a variety of media: – oil, acrylic, b&w ink, and digital art in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop – has earned him numerous national and regional awards and honors. His paintings have been chosen to tour internationally with The New York Society of Illustrators. His work has been shown in the professions most distinguished graphic arts annuals, including those published by The New York Society of Illustrators, The New York Art Directors Club, Print Magazine and Communication Arts Annuals. Mark's work has been exhibited at the Society of Illustrators in New York over fifteen times in the span of his 37 year career.
In the last ten years Mark has been specializing in oil portraiture ranging from corporate executives and families to Major League Baseball and NFL players. A recent highlight was creating graphic portraits of PGA, LPGA and SENIOR golfers for the National Skins Games sponsored by Con Agra.
Mark is currently devoting more time to private commissions, painting outdoors in pleine air, and gallery work. His current book "The Little King and his Marshmallow Kingdom" that he designed and illustrated for writer Lou Rotella III has been awarded 3 national gold medals in childrens book categories and is one of four finalist for the coveted Nebraska Golden Sowers Award.
Amoco
Ata-Boy Productions
Bon Appetit Magazine
Burlington Northern Railroad
Canteen Corp
Capital Records
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Conoco
Donruss Playoff
Frito Lay
Miller Brewing Co.
NFL Properties
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Peterbuilt Trucks
Playboy Enterprises
Rolling Rock Brewery
Rotellas Italian Bakery
Union Pacific Railroad
Upjohn Pharmaceuticals


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Dec 2 & 4: Vanessa Place + friends in Chicago
Pilot Light:
The Green Lantern Press / Dear Navigator Conversation Series
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2nd
Vanessa Place & Jennifer Karmin
at The Green Lantern Gallery
2542 Chicago Ave -- Chicago, IL
http://thecorpselives.com
Of VANESSA PLACE and Robert Fitterman's Notes on Conceptualisms, Mary Kelly said, "I learned more about the impact of conceptualism on artists and writers than I had from reading so-called canonical works on the subject." Kenneth Goldsmith has called Place's Statement of Facts "arguably the most challenging, complex and controversial literature being written today." Place is also author of Dies: A Sentence, La Medusa, and The Guilt Project: Rape, Morality and Law, based on her work as an attorney representing indigent sex offenders on appeal. She is co-director of Les Figues Press, and a regular contributor to X-TRA Contemporary Art Quarterly. Her most recent work is available in French by éditions è®e, as Exposé des Faits and in English, by Blanc Press, as Statement of Facts.
JENNIFER KARMIN has published, performed, exhibited, taught, and experimented with language across the U.S., Japan, and Kenya. She curates the Red Rover Series and is co-founder of the public art group Anti Gravity Surprise. Her multidisciplinary projects have been presented at festivals, artist-run spaces, community centers, and on city streets. Aaaaaaaaaaalice, a text-sound epic, was published by Flim Forum Press in 2010. At home in Chicago, Jennifer teaches creative writing to immigrants at Truman College and works as a Poet-in-Residence for the public schools. She earned her MFA in the Writing Program at SAIC in 2001. More at, http://aaaaaaaaaaalice.blogspot.com
ABOUT PILOT LIGHT:
The writer creates many relationships: with oneself; with one's intimate, immediate, and local communities; and with the writing community at-large (earth/space). Pilot Light brings together writers at varying stages of their career for conversations that cross and explore these different relationships. Emerging and established writers each read from their own work and then engage in a discussion that creates an intimate space across genre and career status.
Co-presented by Dear Navigator, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago's literary magazine, and The Green Lantern Press. The series is curated by Elizabeth Metzger Sampson.
http://blogs.saic.edu/dearnavigator/category/fall2010
http://press.thegreenlantern.org
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Red Rover Series
{readings that play with reading}
Experiment #42:
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 4th
7pm / doors lock 7:30
With collaborators:
Denise Dooley
Elizabeth Metzger Sampson
Fred Sasaki
Luis Humberto Valadez
at Outer Space Studio
suggested donation $4
logistics --
near CTA Damen blue line
third floor walk up
This event is funded in part
by Poets & Writers, Inc.
VANESSA PLACE (see December 2 bio above).
DENISE DOOLEY lives in Rogers Park, Chicago. She reads and writes with the Next Objectivists workshop at Mess Hall. Her chapbook 'Drumptops' will be out this fall from Con/Crescent Press.
ELIZABETH METGER SAMPSON is a writer currently living in Chicago. She is the editor of Dear Navigator, an electronic magazine published by the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
FRED SASAKI is associate editor of Poetry magazine, editor-at-large for the Chicagoan, and a conspirator with the Dil Pickle Club and Homeroom. He has new writing in Artifice, Iowa Review, MAKE, and other places.
LUIS HUMBERTO VALADEZ is a writer, musician, performer, and educator from Chicago Heights, IL. Born and raised in a tense environment riddled with violence, criminal activity, and desperation, he developed a perspective—further shaped in his experiences at Columbia College Chicago where he received his BA and Naropa University where he received an MFA—that fueled his first book ("what i'm on," 2009 University of Arizona Press). He currently works as AmeriCorps VISTA Supervisor for Chicago HOPES.
RED ROVER SERIES is curated by Laura Goldstein and Jennifer Karmin. Each event is designed as a reading experiment with participation by local, national, and international writers, artists, and performers. The series was founded in 2005 by Amina Cain and Jennifer Karmin.
Email ideas for reading experiments
to us at redroverseries@yahoogroups.com
The schedule for events is listed at
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/redroverseries
Labels: Jennifer Karmin, Les Figues Authors, Vanessa Place
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Uganda's biggest Opposition Political party Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is set to suffer its worst loss when its key Members of Parliament as well as its former President announce on Thursday that they are leaving the party.
The move confirmed by the party's former President Gen. Mugisha Muntu, comes hours after heated exchanges between Muntu's faction and the party's leadership led by FDC President Patrick Amuriat Oboi at Fair Way hotel in Kampala today.
Below is Muntu's statement which he posted on his Facebook page.


am Looking for the right man to share the rest of my life with, I want to be with a wonderful, loving, good-hearted man and am willing to take my time to find the right one.
Good Heart, Friendly, Honest, Faithful, Patient, Sincere, Open Minded and Sense of humor.
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Manor cars to feature new blue branding after announcing partnership with Flex Box
By Luke SmithJul 2, 2015, 1:30 PM EDT
Manor Marussia F1 Team has announced a new partnership with shipping and storage container manufacturer and supplier Flex Box ahead of this weekend's British Grand Prix.
After collapsing as Marussia F1 Team at the end of 2014 before being saved thanks to fresh investment and revived under the Manor name, the British team has made considerable strides in its bid to move up the field.
June brought the announcement of a sponsorship deal with Airbnb and the arrival of a number of key staff including Bob Bell, Luca Rabatto, Gianluca Pisanello and Fabio Leimer.
As part of its on-going rebuilding and growth, Manor has today confirmed a partnership with Flex Box that will see the Hong Kong-based company's logos appear on the sidepods of the team's cars, turning them blue for the remainder of the season.
"We are very pleased to welcome Flex Box to the Manor Marussia F1 Team," team principal John Booth said. "We are two very ambitious businesses, aspiring to dramatic growth on the international stage and making a major impact in our respective industries.
"This is our second partnership announcement in just a few weeks, so these are exciting times in our team's development. It is very rewarding for us to be able to welcome likeminded brands to join us on that journey and assist them in achieving their own global objectives."
In a rather nice coincidence, the arrival of Flex Box's blue branding means that the Manor cars are now red, white and blue ahead of the British Grand Prix weekend – the colors of the national Union Jack flag.
Manor driver Will Stevens will be racing at home for the first time in his F1 career this weekend, and he is looking forward to what he expects to be a race to remember.
"I'm really looking forward to this race," he said. "I have been for a long time.
"Clearly for us, growing up we watch this race and have come to it for many years. So, to be here for my first home grand prix is really exciting. Can't wait to get out there on Friday and see everybody around the circuit."


Clinical Handbook of Psychological Disorders : A Step-by-Step Treatment Manual This clinical reference and widely adopted text is recognized as the premier guide to understanding and treating frequently encountered psychological disorders in adults. Showcasing evidence-based psychotherapy models, the volume addresses the most pressing question asked by students and practitioners--"How do I do it?" Leading authorities present state-of-the-art information on each clinical problem and explain the conceptual and empirical bases of their respective therapeutic approaches. Procedures for assessment, case formulation, treatment planning, and intervention are described in detail. Extended case examples with session transcripts illustrate each component of treatment. New to This Edition *Incorporates treatment innovations and the latest empirical findings. *Chapter on acceptance-based treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. *Chapter on comorbid depression and substance abuse, demonstrating a transdiagnostic approach. *Chapter on sleep disorders.
Descriptions This clinical reference and widely adopted text is recognized as the premier guide to understanding and treating frequently encountered psychological disorders in adults. Showcasing evidence-based psychotherapy models, the volume addresses the most pressing question asked by students and practitioners--"How do I do it?" Leading authorities present state-of-the-art information on each clinical problem and explain the conceptual and empirical bases of their respective therapeutic approaches. Procedures for assessment, case formulation, treatment planning, and intervention are described in detail. Extended case examples with session transcripts illustrate each component of treatment. New to This Edition *Incorporates treatment innovations and the latest empirical findings. *Chapter on acceptance-based treatment of generalized anxiety disorder. *Chapter on comorbid depression and substance abuse, demonstrating a transdiagnostic approach. *Chapter on sleep disorders.


June, 2004, Midland, MI - Dow Corning announced the company's emergence from Chapter 11 today. Recently, U.S. District Court Judge Denise Page Hood approved a motion that allows for the payment of undisputed commercial claims, removing one of the remaining obstacles to emergence. As a result, Dow Corning's Joint Plan of Reorganization, which received the support of nearly 95 percent of the claimants who voted for it, becomes effective today.
January 9, 2004, Washington, WA - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will NOT lift current restrictions on the sale of silicone breast implants in the near future, rejecting the recommendation made by an FDA advisory panel in October.
August 25, 2003 - The National Organization for Women and Public Citizen call upon the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to suspend its consideration of lifting restrictions on the sale of silicone gel breast implants.
September 10, 2003 - A new study by a team of Finnish and American researchers indicates women who undergo cosmetic breast implant surgery may have a threefold increase in their risk of suicide than the general population.
September, 15, 2003 - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has sent a report to lawmakers on Capitol Hill, summarizing what is known and not known about the risks of breast implants.


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North Dakota Department of Commerce to begin accepting Economic Resiliency Grant applications Aug. 12
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The North Dakota Department of Commerce announced that the Economic Resiliency Grant (ERG) Program application process is scheduled to open Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 10 a.m. CDT.
"I am pleased to announce the opening of the Economic Resiliency Grant for North Dakota businesses on Wednesday," Commerce Commissioner Michelle Kommer said. "We look forward to assisting businesses in making infection-control improvements to inspire customers to return to the marketplace – safely. I encourage eligible businesses to pursue this opportunity to help create a resilient economy."


The Achenbach Medal has been created to recognize a young individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the field of Structural Health Monitoring. Every year only one individual will be selected for this honor.
The Achenbach medal will be awarded to a young researcher who has graduated within 10 years of Ph.D. and has made outstanding research contribution in the field of Structural Health Monitoring.
It is an international award and nominations from all over the world are encouraged. For nomination of 2015 award, please send by May 1, 2015 a nomination letter (one page limit) emphasizing the basis of the nomination along with a 2-page long CV of the nominee that should contain the summary of his/her publication and citation records to Professor Tribikram Kundu (tkundu@email.arizona.edu). A separate list of the publication record is recommended.
Please note that the deadline for the nomination of 2014 award is May 1, 2015.
A selection committee consisting of internationally renowned experts in the field of Structural Health Monitoring was formed at the IWSHM 2009. The chairperson of the committee is Professor Tribikram Kundu from University of Arizona.
The award will be presented at the IWSHM 2015.


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About....
The Little River in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The Little River rises in Sevier County inside the Great Smoky Mountain National Park on the north slope of Clingman's Dome, the highest point in Tennessee. The river flows a grand total of 59 miles before joining the Tennessee River. But approximately one mile below its source, Little River absorbs several smaller streams at an area known as "Three Forks", where the river gains considerable strength. At this junction, the river begins to parallel with the Little River hiking trail. The river then continues on through Elkmont and then out of the park into Tuckaleechee Cavern in Walland, TN, where the river becomes more powerful. The river then flows into Rockford, where the water begins to loose clarity and becomes more like a typical rural river habitat. The Little River continues its journey on from Blount County until it dumps into Fort Loudon lake at the Tennessee River.
The Little River is widely used by a variety of outdoor enthusiasts such as fishers, kayakers and swimmers alike. The beginning headwaters are to be merely observed and enjoyed, but further down the river where the flow begins to pick up are excellent areas for fishing and even further down, kayaking. Once the river flattens out past Walland, there are gentle spots for canoeing as well.
Some board members enjoying a gentle float down the Little River in the fall
Because the Little River originates from a protected area, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, its pristine waters are so clean it is a biodiversity hot spot for fish and other species. We know that the Little River is a clean habitat because some of the most sensitive fish species, darter fish, are able to survive there. In fact, recently a new species was discovered, the Percina Apina, which literally means "clean" or "without dirt"
Visual map of the Little River from its headwaters on Clingman's Dome to its end when it meets the Tennessee River in Knox County


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Near Earth Asteroid Tracking, è un programma della NASA
Non-exercise activity thermogenesis, o Termogenesi da attività non associabile all'esercizio fisico, è un processo del metabolismo.


It's that time of year again! Pack up the car and head to New England for a long weekend of sweater weather, apple picking and charming bed and breakfasts in the land of epic autumn scenery.
You don't want to miss out on the best scenic drives. The Mohawk Trail Region in Massachusetts is home to driving tours, which take you through the best of The Berkshire hills, under old-fashioned covered bridges and state reservations. Daring drivers may also enjoy the trip up Cadillac Mountain in Maine. For a more destination-based drive-through, check out the Connecticut Art Trail, which brings you on a grand tour of the state scenery as well as its abundant fine art museums.
Fall in New England is typically cool and moderate, though nights along the coastline or in the mountains can get chilly. Bring heavy sweaters and wool socks , and if you know you'll be taking advantage of hiking trails, be sure to have a pair of sturdy boots with a strong grip to keep up with rugged terrain. When it comes to overnight accommodations, check out this list from VisitingNewEngland.com for good insight on the best New England resort towns to make a reservation in.
According to data gathered by the AAA Fuel Gauge Report, New Hampshire is where you'll find the least expensive price for gas, averaging $3.46 a gallon. Avoid stopping for gas in Connecticut, where the average price rockets to $3.74.
Most of the laws are the same within the region, though there are a few variations state by state, so its best to read up on any road rules if you're unsure. For example, while all general phone use is completely banned in Connecticut, up in Maine, only those under 18 and those with a learner's permit may not use mobile phones. In New Hampshire, there are no limits on cell phone use, though texting while driving is banned in all six New England states.


Photo Resist can be removed quite easily with a plasma process, usually with microwave excitation. This combination offers the best combination of high stripping rates and low device damage.
Batch processing has of course the advantages of low cost per wafer and the removal of resist from either side of the wafer, however the down side of this processing technique is the limitations of achievable uniformity. However, since the selectivity of a pure oxygen process is infinite to inorganic materials, the lack of uniformity has no influence on the process result.
Since a higher temperature of the wafer during process leads to a faster stripping rate, we have developed an advanced process control, which allows processing the wafers at a pre-set temperature. The wafer temperature is measured using an IR- spectrometer and the processing power is controlled such that the wafer temperature is kept at the programmed value. The advantage of this process control is to maintain the maximum stripping rate while not exceeding the temperature limit for the device in the process.
For advanced device requirements and 300mm wafers, processing in single wafer mode is preferred. This processing mode provides better and more flexible process control for uniformity and end point detection at the expense of higher cost per wafer.
Most commonly the process is based on oxygen plasma, sometimes in combination with specialty gasses for special applications and requirements. Some devices may not be subjected to the high temperatures commonly achieved in pure oxygen plasma. On the other hand, productivity requires a high stripping rate. A small amount of special etching gas increases the removal rate even at low wafer temperature, which is the perfect solution for resist removal after high-dose implantation. In case of substrate layers, which are sensitive to oxidation, hydrogen can be used as alternative process gas to prevent oxidation.


There is a growing awareness of girls and autism, particularly due to the research of Dr Judith Gould and Dr Jacqui Ashton Smith.
After having Michael Barton in school last year to work with parents/carers and students and talk about his amazing books, I was delighted to find this book written specifically for girls by Tania A Marshall. We got a few copies, and rather than hear me talk about it – one of our Year 11 students, Megan decided she would write a review!
The book 'I Am Aspien Girl' by Tania A. Marshall is a non-fictional novel about people's lives with the disorder of high functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome.
The format text of this informative book is an easy to read format that many different ages can read and it includes entertaining pictures which gives it a more child friendly look to the book but means that adults would still enjoy reading it and be interested in it.
This book is filled with fascinating facts about disabilities such as high functioning autism and how the parents, the children, the psychologists and the teachers coped with it and it showed quotes from the people themselves to put you in their shoes.
This relates to me because I am a very determined person with a strong will which means sometimes I will get stuck doing a task and won't move on which can mean I miss out on things.
It would help people who already have these disabilities to read the book as it would help them to see how other people handle being on the spectrum and coped with it and they could also read the book if they are unsure if they are on the spectrum to see how they compare to people in the book.
It would be good for parents to read this book so they can see how other parents have coped with their children who are on the spectrum and the experiences they have had.
It is comforting for both parents and children to hear that other children and parents around the world go through the same thing so they are not alone in the world. People like the teachers or psychologists who work with children with Autism or Asperger's Syndrome would find this an informative and educational book to see more into the mind and life of people with these disabilities. It would educate them and give them tips taken from what other teachers and psychologists who work with these children and use this information to improve how they work.
Overall, I thought this book was a well-designed, informative book for all ages. It reminded me of how my Autism works in my mind and showed similarities between these people and me. It made me feel rather positive about my Autism, because it showed me that my Autism is part of me and without it I would not be me anymore.
Dear Megan, thank you for taking the time to read and review my book. You are certainly quite articulate and write well. It was a beautifully written review and I am most appreciative of the time it you took to both read and review my book. If I have helped one young person such as you, then I have done my job. You should be proud of yourself!
Thank you again and here are a couple of comments by others on your review after I posted it on Facebook.
Very interesting about the not being able to move on from something even when it would be better to park it and leave it behind! That is frustrating!
The strong will and determination are certainly true!
Wow ...that review is priceless Tania.
What a fantastic review from someone so young, not that I am surprised. She could be a talented writer!


Jimmy Tan, head, VP and head of performance and rewards, Al Rajhi Bank Malaysia, reveals how to balance between the 'need-to-haves', 'want-to-haves' and 'great-to-haves', when rolling out new HR tools and ideas.
You've been in HR nearly eight years now. What intrigues you most about it?
The dynamism and learning opportunities it offers! HR is one of the rare fields which transcends all aspects of an organisation by being in the business of engaging and driving talent towards a common goal. This provides challenges, thoughts, ideas and solutions that test your knowledge and ingenuity day in and day out, so there is never a boring day!
You've worked on various areas of HR, from learning to performance management. Which one have you enjoyed the most?
It's hard to pinpoint one area, but I have spent a bulk of my career in compensation and benefits, and I am tempted to say that is perhaps the area I have enjoyed the most. To me, C&B offers the perfect mix of the analytical and the human side of HR.
It is always interesting to see the assumptions we make based on data and feedback might not always correlate with the actual expectations and behaviours of the employees once we roll out certain initiatives or schemes.
The great news is that means we are able to collect more data and it enables the team to make more reliable assumptions that helps us to refine those initiatives into something our people want. And perhaps that ability to provide something that both benefits and excites others is why I enjoy this area.
Can you describe a typical workday ?
I think my peers would agree there is no typical workday for those in HR! My team maps out a set of initiatives and outcomes we want to accomplish in the beginning of the year and we break those down into specific projects that are carried out in stages or concurrently.
So, a 'typical' day-to-day focus for us shifts according to the project we have at hand. I am blessed with an incredibly talented and supportive team empowered to run a lot of the operational necessities, and they are encouraged to find and implement solutions to issues we might face.
This essentially frees myself up to focus on the more strategic side of things, which involves plenty of engagement with key stakeholders to keep continuously enhancing what we can offer to our talent.
What is the number one HR issue that is on your agenda this year?
Our current focus is on reviewing our performance and rewards tools, products, and strategy to allow us to better support and serve our organisation's vision and mission.
This means we engage the business as our strategic partners and they contribute valuable input to better anticipate their needs and adjust accordingly. This improves the relevance of our products, efficiency of our tools, and buy-in to our performance and rewards strategies.
Great question! I think being able to straddle between the 'need-to-haves', 'want-to-haves' and 'great-to-haves' is the most critical and perhaps most difficult part of this job.
It is always interesting to see the assumptions we make based on data and feedback might not always correlate with the expectations and behaviours of employees once we roll out initiatives.
We constantly strive to give our employees a competitive package and strong reasons to be a part of the team. Through insights from market intelligence or internal stakeholder discussions, we are able to yield the 'need-to-haves', items such as certain industry or regulatory practice. Successfully identifying the 'need-to-haves' helps us to retain our key talents and negates the risk of breaking labour laws.
It can also help inform us when we are scoping out our 'want-to-haves', such as certain practices from globally competitive players or ideas from employees. Lastly, we have what I term as 'great-to-haves' goals, which are visionary ideas by innovative thinkers that inspire us to think about our role as HR practitioners.
From the revamping of performance evaluations to Amazon's new corporate headquarters with a bio-dome of massive green spaces for their employees to have meetings or brainstorm and be inspired, these are the types of ideas that we take stock of and reimagine how we can fit them into our culture.
Thus, it is crucial that we are able to be grounded in assessing the affordability, competitiveness and suitability of a certain item we want to provide while continuing to be the enabler for talent and creator of an environment that allows them to thrive in their work.
Do you have an HR mentor, and what's the best career advice they've given you?
I have been incredibly lucky, that at every stage of my career, I have been given great guidance, and I've held on to three pieces of advice.
First was that "it is okay to not know". This gave me the courage to ask questions, share silly ideas, work harder and most importantly take on new challenges. All simply because I know it is okay to be unsure about something because as long as I apply myself, I won't be in this state for long.
Second was "to do great work, love what you do". This speaks about the passion you bring into your role. Having the courage and the desire to learn and do more was the catalyst for me to take up very different and bigger challenges. For example, I did not have prior experiences in leading a department but I had the courage to try and the passion to be persistent and resilient until I succeeded in the role.
Final advice? Simple… "Get a mentor!" The best athletes in the world are surrounded by many coaches and mentors who provide valuable feedback and advice, yet some of us may feel the bigger our titles are, the less advice we need. My mentors have consistently given me the advice, feedback, support and insights that have been instrumental to my career growth.