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Žanis Lipke Memorial Museum from outside. Photo: Ansis Starks
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In WWII, the fates of six million Jews were ravaged by crimes to humanity. During the Nazi occupation of Latvia, approximately 450 Jews were saved, 55 of which were directly helped by the Riga Harbor worker, Jānis (Žanis) Lipke, and his family. On the "Righteous Among the Nations" medal, the highest honor bestowed by the state of Israel to gentiles and awarded to Žanis Lipke in 1977, is inscribed "He who has saved one life, has saved the world".
Lipke undertook his mission – to save those marked by the yellow star and condemned to death – in the cities of Riga and Dobele.
In a 3x3 meter pit beneath a shed on his family's plot of land, in the Riga neighborhood of Ķīpsala, there were always 8 to 12 people hiding at any given time – between the years of 1942 to 1944.
A drawing made by Lipke's nine year-old son, Zigfrīds, reveals a hiding place with bunks, a table and chair, a shotgun in a corner, a ventilation shaft, and two entrances: one on the northern side of the embankment, and the other – under the doghouse.
Next to the doghouse was a pile of manure. When German guards searched Lipke's property, the barking of the dogs and the stench from the waste kept them a safe distance away from the shed.
During the length of the war, the hiding place was never found, and no one gave Lipke away.
The society, "Žanis Lipke Memorial", was founded in 2005 (Māris Gailis, Augusts Sukuts and Ārija Lipke); the research on available materials was begun, and the concept of a museum was worked out (Viktors Jansons). Construction commenced on the building which would house the museum (the architecture firm "Zaigas Gailes Birojs"), and was completed in 2012.
Just like back then, the small, dead-end street of Mazā Balasta dambja iela is hidden to those not in-the-know. You won't find it on either paper or electronic maps, even though this is the first and only museum in this part of Riga. Now, alongside the renovated wooden houses and Ģipša fabrika, there is one more piece of truly qualitative architecture – the Žanis Lipke Memorial.
Last weekend, the World Architecture Festival 2012 announced their nominees for the World Architecture Award – 300 buildings in several categories. The list also includes the Žanis Lipke Memorial Museum, designed by Zaiga Gaile's architectural office which, along with a dozen or so other structures, will compete in the category of "Culture". The festival will be held October 3 – 5, at which time the winners will be announced at Singapore's Conference Center and the Marina Bay Sands Hotel. In their time, such heavy-weights as Zaha Hadid and David Chipperfield, among others, have been recipients of the award.
The sun is slowly breaking-up the clouds, and the rain – which had intensified the smell of grass and jasmine – has just stopped, sending the inhabitants of this island-neighborhood indoors, and turning off the sounds of daily life for a moment. As my footfalls loudly crunch the sand against the cobblestones of Mazā Balasta dambja Street, my arrival is heralded by the non-stop barking of the neighbors' dogs.
How many times have you had to secretly go somewhere, praying and hoping with every cell in your body that no one will hear you or notice you?
Mazā balasta dambja street is not long, cut short by a fence and the yard of the saviors knows as the Lipke Family. Safety underground, masked by a shed... And truly, the firewood shed is still there, in its old place. But this time, the look into the past will happen differently. Without objects; indirectly; and in a meditative way.
The Žanis Lipke Memorial has been erected a few steps further from the authentic site were he once saved the fates of fellow human beings. Signs point the way to a black, wooden wall and door. It's impossible to get a sense of the shape of the building; the museum is in hiding.
The door opens to a tunnel, filled with a dim, watery light and the smell of tarred wood. Brushing your hand along the splintery board walls, a fading part of the old fishermen's village on the island of Ķīpsala lingers on your skin – the smell of a shed built from barge planking. Even the cinematic lighting is reminiscent of daylight breaking through the floor of a shed.
An installation created by the artist Reinis Suhanovs – a glassed-in stack of black firewood – gives a dramatic air to the entryway of the secretive labyrinth. The stack of firewood, just like the doghouse and the stench of the manure pile, is seen to be one of the three masking weapons used by Lipke in his rescue mission.
In walking along the perimeter of the shed, you come upon a stairway leading to the attic. In the eaves of this main room of the memorial, Reinis Suhanovs has created 12 stops – 12 glass-encased expositions, arranged in the shape of a symbolic well – an emotional exhibition. The artist has very tactfully put on view the material legacy of what took place here, such as the original drawing of the bunker, made by Lipke's son; photographs of the shed, taken in the 1940's; examples of the handwriting of some of those who once hid here; and descriptions of members of the family. This traveling back into the history of events that took place on Ķīpsala is, in its way, like a "Way of the Cross", one of the biblical formulas on which the memorial has been based. This symbolic "path of Christ's suffering" already begins when you turn onto the cobbled Mazā Balasta dambja Street, which was the final stage of fleeing – and the first stage of rescue (symbolically, since back then, the entrance to Lipke's yard was on the side of the Daugava River.
As in the attic of a shed in the countryside, the light of day breaks through the gaps in the roof, and the barking of dogs and crowing of roosters can be heard in the distance... The life of a farmyard has been captured in sound installations created by the composer, Jēkabs Nīmanis.
In the center of the attic floor is the three-story building's core – a vertical shaft with a view to the bunker in the basement, with nine fold-away bunks. This is the memorial's most emotionally powerful point; in an abstract way, the visitor can look into the past, as if from the viewpoint of God.
It is the wish of architect Zaiga Gaile that this be a place of meditation. "In listening to the sounds, a person can meditate and ponder about what it would be like if you had to spend three or four years dependent on someone else, trapped, and fearing death. See, even now we can't pull ourselves away – we want to watch, and keep watching, and find something new... But the feeling is always depressive [at that moment, a deep gong sounds in the background music].
"I have lain in bed innumerable times, imagining such a situation. There's nothing worse than war. Sometimes it seems as if it could happen again at any moment. During those lucky times in life, when there is no war – we should think about that."
The shaft has three layers. Right above the basement bunker, on the first floor, is a sukkah – a scaffold-like wooden construction with transparent inner walls made of paper. This is yet another of the memorial's nods to the Bible.
When Moses led the chosen people through the desert to the Promised Land, they encountered many hardships – famine, filth, insects... To give the people joy and to motivate them, God inspired Moses to build an object called a sukkah, or temporary shelter. It was a simple hut made of boards, its inner walls covered with sketches of the land that they longed for – thusly, an illusion of the good and the beautiful was created.
The author of the memorial's artistic concept, Viktors Jansons, conceived the sukkah as an artistic double to the bunker – an illusory, temporary shelter for the soul, "hanging" between heaven and earth. On the thin, parchment walls of the sukkah, the artist Kristaps Ģelzis has lightly sketched, in pencil, a vision of Latvia's countryside in the full ripeness of summer. The drawing seems to faintly emerge from the memories of those persecuted, and gives strength and the hope of freedom – a symbolic Promised Land. Actually, Lipke created a sort-of sukkah for his refugees; he took care of not only their physical needs, but emotional ones as well, providing them with a radio, electricity, books and newspapers.
Reflection over this shelter of both bodies and souls is interrupted for a moment by a conversation between Zaiga Gaile and Viktors Jansons. I turns out that a video monitor has been built-in under the floor of the bunker; it was planned that on it would be shown unused clips from the film, "Jew Street", by director Hercs Franks. The clips feature the widow of Žanis Lipke – Johanna Lipke, speaking about how they harbored the Jews. Gaile asks: "Viktor, do you still want the monitor?"
Jansons replies: "Johanna is 86 years old, her voice is fascinating, her aging eyes – beautiful, and her Polish temperament... I, as a man, am captivated by this beauty. This manner of video execution is fantastic. But maybe we don't need anything else here. You already hear it – a dog barks, a rooster... bells, a flute... reality. Maybe we don't need Johanna, maybe we need a monologue by Zaiga. But we must have some sort of emotional message. We have a contradiction here."
Mrs. Gaile admits that she finds herself in a situation similar to that of the architect Daniel Libeskind, when he designed the large Jewish museum in Berlin. Libeskind had planned that the project would only consist of installations, but in the end, the museum was "stuffed" with photographs and folk costumes. He was very upset about it. Gaile continues: "I think I'll just go and put a rock over that monitor. I think that people are not stupid, and we should not underestimate them, or... there's no need to consider fools. People without any prior knowledge can be more open to surprises and to that which they see."
Leaving the room by the stairs on the opposite side, on the first floor it is possible to get a closer look at the sukkah, and then continue on through the passageway, to the final segment of the experience. The last stop is a small, ascetic screening room. Here the architect comments: "In a sense, I define this part as a continuation of the film festival "Arsenāls". After 25 years, it has evaporated; but now, this same team has turned to something serious and permanent. For this project, the same talent that was able to surprise with powerful installations, feelings and rituals at "Arsenāls" has come together again..." Jansons adds: "The process of creating the project was similar to that of making a film. Plot, sound, dramaturgy, editing... Everything went smoothly and good-naturedly – in seven years, we didn't argue once. Of course, there were episodes of heated discussion, but those are now fondly remembered."
The fact that the project has had a very favorable start can be seen by the long list of supporters and donors, mounted on the wall of the building's brightest room.
Only upon leaving the museum, is it possible to see the building in its entirety. The shed really is reminiscent of the project's third biblical reference point – Noah's ark, lying on dry land after the flood had receded, full of happy survivors. The white sun dries its black body, the puddles and the jasmine blooms...
The museum will be open to the public starting in September. Designers – the architectural offices of "Zaigas Gailes birojs".
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Emma-Jane is currently training under an one of Australia's most prominent Shamans who she had been aware of since June, 2012 but never took the step until November, 2015.
Then Emma-Jane was initiated into the shamanic world by Raghida in April, 2106, Melbourne. Then by 21/22 June solstice, Emma-Jane began travelling to other locations across the country to pursue the rest of Shamanic Rite initiations.
After extensive workshop experiences and having had to repeat some of the rites due to interference.
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Cultural Performance
Cultural Performances
Posted by SAP Tiatco on September 25, 2018 September 27, 2018
My first encounter with the term cultural performance was about 20 years ago. I was still a student at the Mother of Good Counsel Seminary – its minor seminary. Minor seminaries (High School seminaries) in Luzon back then annually meet for a sports festival called Sangkan (short for "Isang Angkan kay Kristo," One Family in Christ). All high school seminarians from the Cagayan Valley to the Bicol Region meet up for two to three days to compete in ball games and individual sports (I do not remember all the names of the seminaries but the most memorable are those where we went for the Sangkan: Oblates of St. Joseph Seminary in Batangas; Diocesan Seminary of the Heart of Jesus in San Fernando, La Union; St. Joseph Seminary in Bangued, Abra; and Maria Assumpta Seminary in Cabanatuan City). While student-athletes prepared immensely for these sports events, another group (ahem, I was part of this group) was also preparing for what Sangkan organizers call cultural performance competition. Usually, this cultural competition was held on the first night of the sports meeting, popularly labeled as the Sangkan Cultural Evening.
A morion or a devotee performing the Moriones in the island of Marinduque in the Southern Tagalog Region of the Philippines. Moriones is a cultural performance performed during what the Catholics call the Holy Week. (Photo: SAPT through the UP Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Program)
Back then, cultural performance was used as if the term was something commonsensical: that it embraces anything belonging to the performing arts, particularly festive dancing. This is because cultural performance then and now, is somehow used fleetingly and synonymously with festive competitions, especially street dancing.
Today, local government units publicize these cultural competitions as community traditions such as the sinulog in Cebu, ati-atihan in Aklan, masskara in Bacolod and the dinagyang in Iloilo. This is one reason why for many, cultural performance is equivalent to these extravagant and spectacular competitions and festive street dancing.
Cultural performance once again appeared 10 years after my initial encounter with it in high school. I was reading related literature for my graduate thesis and came across the term. I realized the context was not in sync with the commonsensical festive competition. I remember some examples provided by the text: prayer rallies, public demonstrations, rituals, and even beauty pageants. Since then, cultural performance became a complex phenomenon paving for me to rethink what it really means. At the same time, it made me reflect what it really does on a personal level and what it may do to a group of people other than the usual association with fun and festivity associated with it. Finally, it also dawned to me to question why it even exists.
Ms. Yvetthe Santiago, Binibining Pilipinas Supranational 2014 as the Reyna Elena in a Sagala staged at the city center of Lucena City in the province of Quezon. (Photo: SAPT through the UP Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Program)
Cultural performance first appeared in the language of the academic community when anthropologist Milton Singer published his book When Great Tradition Modernizes in 1972. Singer was investigating what anthropologists back then were identifying as "little tradition" and "great tradition" in the Southern Indian village of Madras. He was conflicted on how to define the units of observation because as he observed, Madras is a rich center of activities ranging from story-telling, rituals, prayers to name but a few. In the end, he proposed the concept of cultural performance as a unit of observation in anthropological inquiry.
Generally, Singer was writing against the Western models of ethnographic epistemology and methodology especially on a generalization about a culture based on a comparative approach of the Western ideas to the one being engaged in. In short, Singer was an advocate of looking at culture in its own terms.
The Peñafrancia in Naga City: the voyadores transfering the image of Ina (Mother) from its shrine to the Naga Cathedral (Photo: KBTS through the Emerging Interdisciplinary Research Program)
Later scholars found this new mode of inquiry especially the notion of cultural performance as a useful tool that provides a frame for the understanding of the self, the society and culture. In Verbal Art, for example, Richard Bauman invited a critical reflection on communicative processes as bounded events or in the interactions of daily life through cultural performance. In Anthropology of Performance, anthropologist Victor Turner shifted anthropological focus on cultural performance by transcribing structure to process and from competence to performance. Deborah Kapchan explores performances as "repetitive aesthetic practices" and "multisemiotic modes of cultural expressions," transforming the individual into a consensual membership of a group. Moreover, she posits that performance processes contribute senses of agencies making the structural ideas of culture difficult to find.
Following Singer, folklorists, particularly those whose area of interest was verbal art, saw the potential of cultural performance as an alternative lens for the understanding of folklore and tradition vis-à-vis culture. Kapchan explains this group of scholars began transforming their ethnographic works from the investigation of static texts to the more dynamic utterances and enunciation to the context of interpretation and their potencies for cultural enactments and events. Dell Hymes saw performance as an artful accomplishment instead of a flawed representation of the ideal structure of culture. Richard Bauman extended this work to assert that performance displays communicative competence. Today, cultural performance is argued as a paradigm in the discipline of performance studies. In Perform or Else, Jon Mckenzie asserts how cultural performance produces efficacious encounters of transgressions and subversions, transforming the personal into a community or a collective.
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654207, BELL, (Sgt.) Benson Henry, "B" Company enlisted in Goderich. His next of kin was Mrs. Harry Bell of Goderich, ON. Sgt. B.H. Bell was pictured standing in the fourth row, third from the left with Goderich's Own. He was also photographed in the front row, third from the left in the 161st Sgts Mess. (pictured on page 15 of Huron Overseas' original manuscript).
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654181, FURNISS, (Pte.) Bert, "C" Company, enlisted in Clinton. His next of kin was his wife, Mrs. M. Furness of Clinton. Prior to enlistment, Bert was a finisher in Clinton. He was originally born in Toronto on September 2, 1890 and at 25 years of age stood 5' 7" with a dark complexion, blue eyes, brown hair and attended the Church of England.
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654187, McGRATTEN, (L. Cpl.) William Harold, "Signals", enlisted in Clinton with the Signals section of the 161st. His next of kin was Sadie McGratten of Goderich. This former 33rd Huron vet went overseas with the 161st.
654184, MUGFORD, (Pte.) Joseph, "B" Company enlisted in Goderich. His next of kin was Martin Mugford of Benmiller, ON. Joseph Mugford was one of two sons who enlisted and went overseas with the 161st.
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Q: EditText.getText().toString() comparison to other string fails The Toast keeps saying access denied, even if i fill in the right pin.
I need to lock users into an kiosk-mode app, and only with the right pin they will have access to the settings and the exit option.
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A: == tests for reference equality.
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A: Strings are compared with equals() or equalsIgnoreCase(), not with the double equals == like you are using.  change your if statement from if(pin == secret) to if(pin.equals(secret)) if they are cap-sensitive, or if(pin.equalsIgnoreCase(secret)) if case does not matter.

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Roesten is het slapen in een kolonie door vogels of vleermuizen. Veel dieren hebben hiervoor een vaste roestplaats, waar honderden soortgenoten bij elkaar komen. Over het algemeen wordt de term 'roesten' niet gebruikt als vogels of vleermuizen solitair of in gezinsverband slapen.

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Het rusten in een zo groot mogelijke groep biedt als voordeel dat er weinig risico bestaat om in de slaap verrast te worden door roofdieren en andere natuurlijke vijanden. Een grote groep schrikt potentiële aanvallers af en bovendien worden ze eerder door half wakende groepsleden opgemerkt. Net als bij scholen vissen maakt het het voor roofdieren moeilijker om zich op één prooidier te concentreren. Door dicht op elkaar te zitten houden soortgenoten elkaar warm, wat een groot voordeel is wanneer de temperatuur 's nachts daalt.

Roestplaats
Roestplaatsen als bomen en elektriciteitsdraden bieden een goed uitzicht op de omgeving. Veel vleermuizen en sommige vogelsoorten roesten juist op een beschutte plek, zoals in een grot of een boomholte. Zwaluwen en veel andere vogels roesten in lage begroeiing, een roestplaats die zowel beschutting geeft als een goed zicht op de omgeving. Vogels die gewend zijn geraakt aan de aanwezigheid van de mens rusten in grote aantallen in dichtbevolkte steden, bekende voorbeelden hiervan zijn huismussen en spreeuwen. Dieren met weinig natuurlijke vijanden roesten meestal in kleinere aantallen.

Sommige dieren hebben een roestplaats die ze het gehele jaar door gebruiken. Migrerende dieren, zoals trekvogels en vleerhonden, hebben er meerdere. Vogels hebben in hun broedgebied vaak kleinere roestplaatsen dan in hun overwinteringsgebied, aangezien ze meer aandacht aan hun jongen besteden en de kolonies derhalve kleiner zijn.

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Work remains to be done to close the so-called "opportunity gap" between students of color and white students, according to the latest report's findings.
The opportunity gap measures the differences between white students and students of color in 10 indicators of success that Graduate Tacoma monitors.
Gledhill explained that white students are typically at higher achievement levels and face less disparity and challenges, which is why Graduate Tacoma compares data for students of color to white students to see where gaps exist.
"Some of the data is encouraging, but it helps us see what we need to work on," said Gledhill.
▪ Between 2011 and 2017, the overall opportunity gap decreased by 3 percent in sixth-grade achievement, but Pacific Islander students saw a three-point increase in the gap.
▪ The only gap that decreased in eighth-grade math was between Hispanic and white students. Multiracial, Pacific Islander, Native American and black students all had gaps increase between two and eight points.
▪ Performance on the college entry exam, the SAT, had an 8 percent gap between white students and students of color in reading, an 18 percent gap in math and a 20 percent gap in writing.
▪ Gaps have increased by two to six points for all students of color in college credit-eligible classes.
▪ Less than half of third graders meet the Washington state standardized test for third-grade literacy.
▪ Only 24 percent of black third-grade students are reading at grade level and the gap between black students and white students increased by nine points.
▪ Chronic absence rates for black and Pacific Islander students have risen across the district in nearly every grade since 2014.
The Early Learning and Reading Network, one of the four Collaborative Action Networks that make up Graduate Tacoma, is focused on closing the gap between black and white students in third-grade reading and literacy.
"They looked for people who are influential in the lives of black and Hispanic youth. The people they found were barbers, who provide strong and consistent connections to young boys," said Gledhill.
The Book to Barbershop program was developed two years ago and equips 13 Tacoma barbershops with books for their young patrons to practice reading.
"If we see the gap between black and white students decrease as more black students are reading at grade level, we'll see a domino effect where the gaps close in sixth-grade achievement, eighth-grade math, performance on SAT, all the way to college completion," said Gledhill.


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Global shares start sluggishly, yen resumes decline
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An office worker walks past the board of the Australian Securities Exchange building displaying its logo in central Sydney April 5, 2013. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz
By Wayne Cole
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian markets got the new year off to a sluggish start as Chinese economic data disappointed ahead of a raft of reports on global manufacturing due out through the session.
The early action was in currencies, where the yen resumed its long decline as investors used it to fund purchases of higher-yielding assets abroad.
The drop in the yen has been viewed as positive for Japanese exports and corporate earnings, and a major reason its share markets outperformed all others last year.
Japan's Nikkei (NIK:^9452) will be closed on Thursday and Friday. The index ended 2013 with an annual gain of 57 percent, and many analysts look for a further advance this year as the Bank of Japan remains committed to its massive stimulus campaign.
Nomura's global strategy team is forecasting that Japanese equities will provide the greatest return of all global stocks in 2014, thanks in large part to rising corporate earnings.
They see the Nikkei at 18,000 by the end of this year, up from the current 16,291, and said even 25,000 was possible by 2018 should Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's aggressive economic program prove successful in defeating deflation.
Asian markets outside of Japan had a much more mixed performance in 2013, partly because investors rediscovered the attractions of assets in Europe and the United States.
MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan <.MIAPJ0000PUS> ended last year essentially flat, and early on Thursday it was off 0.15 percent.
Not helping was a drop in China's official Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) to 51.0 in December, from 51.4 the previous month and below forecasts for 51.2.
Analysts at Barclays noted the pullback of activity in the survey was broadbased across industry sectors and sizes.
"Besides the need for deepening reforms and addressing structural issues such as reducing overcapacity and controlling local government debt, we think elevated interest rates across the money, bond and credit markets have led to higher funding costs, hurt corporate sentiment and thus weigh on economic growth," they wrote in a client note.
They expected China's central bank to maintain its tightening bias for a while yet.
HSBC and Markit release their measure of manufacturing activity later on Thursday and that has also been pointing to some slowdown in growth.
A whole slew of manufacturing indices for Europe and the U.S. are due out across Thursday which will offer a better idea of how global industry was faring into the end of the year.
Markets reacted to the China data by knocking the Australian dollar down a quarter of a U.S. cent. China is Australia's single biggest export market and the currency is often used as a liquid proxy for risk in the Asian giant.
For other major currencies the main themes continued to be weakness in the yen and resilience in the euro.
The single currency was up at 144.97 yen having clocked up gains of 26 percent over 2013 to reach a five-year peak of 145.67. The dollar was likewise firm at 105.38 yen having climbed 21 percent last year.
The euro was a shade softer on the dollar at $1.3754, but still not far from its recent two-year peak of $1.3892.
Dealers suspect the single currency has been supported by the repatriation of funds by European banks and a large and expanding current account surplus in the euro zone.
But there remains a general assumption rising U.S. Treasury yields will eventually lift the dollar up on the euro. Yields on U.S. 10-year paper are up at two-and-a-half year highs of 3.03 percent. Even shorter-dated rates have been rising as improving U.S. economic data justifies the Federal Reserve's decision to start tapering its asset-buying stimulus.
Outgoing Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is giving a speech on Friday and may offer more guidance on the outlook for tapering.
In commodity markets, gold remained on the defensive at $1,204.49 an ounce, having suffered its biggest annual loss in three decades last year.
U.S. oil Futures were trading 28 cents higher on Thursday at $98.67 a barrel.
(Editing by John Mair)
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Incredibly preserved dinosaur egg clutch gives scientists a rare opportunity
By Mike Wehner
Published Dec 1st, 2017 5:32PM EST
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If you were a small-to-medium-sized creature during the ancient Jurassic or Cretaceous periods, you definitely wouldn't have wanted the shadow of a pterosaur to appear on the ground beneath you. With wingspans reaching as large as 36 feet, the high-flying dinosaurs ruled the skies, and could make short work of ground-dwelling prey. Unfortunately, paleontologists have had a hard time researching some of the long-dead animal's remains, particularly unhatched pterosaur eggs which were thin and fragile and failed to create usable fossils.
Now, an incredible discovery in China is blowing scientists away, and they've been blessed with an incredibly well-preserved clutch of eggs that is giving them their best look at unhatched pterosaur offspring.
The research, which was published in the journal Science, details the discovery and examination of one particular nesting site found in China in 2014. The location was absolutely packed with eggs of the pterosaur Hamipterus, numbering in the hundreds. The site, which scientists now believe was a well-worn nest area used for generations, contained over 200 unhatched eggs as well as embryos and countless bones.
Some of the more interesting observations the researchers were able to make include the fact that the embryos did not have any teeth at the time they died. Past fossils have shown that pterosaurs develop teeth extremely early, so to find fossil specimens without teeth suggests that these animals were incredibly young when they died.
Using CT scans to get a glimpse inside the unhatched, long-fossilized eggs, scientists were able to see the development of the mighty flying dinosaurs in their very earliest days. Barely-developed skeletons and lack of developed muscles in the parts of the body necessary for flight suggests that the baby pterosaurs were incapable of flight, and would have been dependent on their parents for the food needed to survive and grow larger.
It's a remarkable discovery that paints a vivid picture of one of the most interesting creatures ever to call the Earth home. Unless science can make Jurassic Park a reality, discoveries like these are the best chance we have at understanding how they lived.
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Remarkable new system can transmit radio waves with almost no electricity
NASA tested new propulsion tech that could unlock new deep space travel possibilities
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In a bid to encourage tourism through high season, Thailand have announced that Single Entry visas will be free until the end of February 2017 and gives you 60 days in Thailand. If you are coming to Thailand before end of May 2017, apply early so you get your visa for free!
If you're a digital nomad visiting Thailand, this ultimate guide should help you get data on your phone as soon as you arrive in Thailand, extra data with low cost hacks, free wifi on your computer and even the mythical Super Wi-Fi fibre speeds – and all at a super low cost price.
A digital nomad guide to incorporating a company & opening a bank account in Hong Kong. This will allow you to enjoy simpler frameworks and regulation around company taxes, an ease dealing with multi-currencies, and 0% corporation tax on offshore profits. Its a great place for some companies to setup.
With one of the best beaches in the world, a growing nomad community, a top kitesurfing spot and only a couple of hours from London, Tarifa could be one of Europes best spots. My guide to Tarifa will share with you my experiences of southern Spain in January to March.
A brief update about working on Koh Lanta as a digital nomad, a small island off the south coast of Krabi Province in Thailand. The islands secret is KoHub, a fantastic coworking space in Long Beach.


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Candidate selected as Talati for the first five years There will be a fixed salary of 19800. Then there will be salary and allowances like regular employees. Since the proportion of educated unemployed in the state is very high, it is expected that there will be lakhs of candidates for the 1800 posts of Revenue Talati.


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I have been in solitary confinement for 245 days, unlawfully, without hearings held in harsh conditions. I filed a class action lawsuit on these issues and the barbaric tactics COs use to break us down physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. A hunger strike also commenced on 26 October 2016 and lasted until approximately 5 November 2016. About 10 prisoners started in the strike. Our demands had to do with re-housing us in less restrictive units and loosening restrictions on us in Ad-Seg. Also, we were pushing for fair hearings and changes to their oppressive policies.
We stand to invoke positive social change through peace and non-violence. During the strike we were all separated. I, personally, was thrown into a cold, dark cell deprived of all my property, my underwear, socks, shoes and bedding for days, in a pee and feces infested room and not allowed cleaning materials. The strike didn't stop at that point. We continued to strike through all of these injustices and in the end we did see some change, even if only minor. We were allowed 23 hours up instead of 23 1/2.
I am still harassed and targeted to this day. I've been written up for nothing. My mail's been restricted, legal mail comes opened, they're blocking my access to courts, unlawfully search and take belongings out of my cell, the list can go on. So you can see, we've been active in our struggle. I look to gain in knowledge and share with others to more effectively organize. Allow me to close here with a revolutionary warrior's strength and respect.


Recent, emerging trends in heating, ventilation and air conditioning units (HVAC) are starting to receive a lot of attention. Newer homes that are constructed have been designed smarter, more environmentally friendly and have devices installed that communicate with one another.
New HVAC units have been engineered to improve home comfort, be efficient and reduce energy use at the same time. Many people have come to appreciate these advancements and are testing different ways on how to save money and live in a better-regulated climate without having to set the thermostat constantly.
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What makes smart thermostats so unique – smart– is that they learn and adjust the temperature based on the owners' habits and the characteristics of the house. Not only will the devices come to know when the temperature should be raised or decreased, but they also learn how long the house takes to heat up or cool down. This means they can begin to adjust the temperature in just the right amount of time so homeowners can feel the change when they should – not 15 minutes later.
Popular in Europe and Asian homes for decades, ductless mini split heat pumps are poised to have a larger impact in the U.S. market. Once seen as a solution home additions and bonus rooms, now mini splits are available in whole-home solutions with outdoor systems that can handle up to 8 indoor units. An array of indoor air handler options, such as ceiling cassettes and wall-mounted units that are disguised as a picture frame, give homeowners and contractors flexibility. New technology addresses some of the shortcomings of heat pumps, such as a loss of heating capacity in sub-freezing weather. Now units on the market offer high levels of heating capacity in temperatures as low as 5 below zero Fahrenheit.
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Filing for bankruptcy can be scary. You have fallen behind in your debt payments and feel like a failure, but that is water under the bridge now. If you cannot keep up, then bankruptcy might be the best option. Here is a helpful bankruptcy guide to surviving financial distress.
Before bankruptcy, debtors in England were tossed in debtor's prison. In 1542, the Statute of Bankrupts was written to create an organized process for debtors to discharge their burdens. Bankruptcy is supposed to be a positive way for debtors to re-balance their debt portfolio.
What is your Plan – Chapter 7 or Chapter 13?
Once you fall behind in your debt payment and decide that bankruptcy is your best path, then you must decide between Chapter 7 or Chapter 13.
Chapter 7 is generally referred to as "Debt Relief" meaning that much of your debt will be written off as unrecoverable. Figuring out which bankruptcy plan will work best for you is often the most difficult part. You may need the help from a professional like those at Abakhan &Associates Inc. to help you determine which bankruptcy plan is best for you.
Chapter 13 is "Debt Restructuring" and requires you to set up a plan to repay your debts. This restructuring might involve a longer time frame, but will not damage your credit rating as severely. Make sure you develop a sensible plan to get out of debt, then follow that plan. What do you want to achieve with bankruptcy?
In order to succeed with bankruptcy, you must understand how bankers think. Their goal is to keep you in debt in perpetuity. But your goal must be to balance your credits and debits.
Before 2005, bankruptcy laws were very liberal to facilitate the free flow of capital to a burgeoning economy. In 2006, as debtors started to struggle, the bankruptcy laws were made more stringent. The Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 was passed to discourage bankruptcy filings. There were people who would intentionally run up their debt and then file bankruptcy one, two or three times before the law was changed.
After 2006, bankruptcy became even more difficult. Filers can only file a certain number of times during a designated time frame. Bankruptcy can help remove debt, so people can regain their life. But, bankruptcy laws cannot be abused.
You will need a cogent, coherent and sensible plan to get out of bankruptcy. You can survive this financial distress, just make sure you identify the primary goals you want to achieve by filing for bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy is a last option for the people who are under lot of debt. One should consult bankruptcy lawyer to get a more clear idea about their options for dealing with debt.
I'm amazed, I must say. Seldom do I come across a blog that's both educative and entertaining, and let me tell you, you've hit the nail on the head. The issue is an issue that too few people are speaking intelligently about. Now i'm very happy that I found this during my search for something regarding this.
Nice Post, and I may add that Bankruptcy is intended as a solution to insolvency. If you are insolvent, bankruptcy can give you a fresh start.
That is something interesting to have learned about bankruptcy law. That's actually what my wife is learning about in her college courses. For her, it's quite a lot to learn about especially in dealing with a wide a variety of cases.
I didn't even know that bankruptcy could be used to restructure your debts instead of just getting rid of them. While that probably isn't possible for everyone, it's good that there is an option available that won't reduce your credit rating as much as normal bankruptcy. Like you said, it's important to figure out what you want to accomplish before deciding which type of bankruptcy to file. Thanks for the article.
A bankruptcy attorney can help you decide whether or not to file for bankruptcy. If you decide to file, an attorney can help ensure that your property is protected, all of your dis chargeable debts are discharged, and your creditors do not violate your rights, so that when you complete your bankruptcy, you will be on the right road to financial recovery.
A bankruptcy lawyer can assist you and give you advice that is legally right that your family and friends don't know about.
Unlike most bankruptcy filers, attorneys generally have established connections with clerks, judges, other attorneys and various other parties to their clients' cases.
Attorneys carry malpractice insurance, which means that if a lawyer makes a mistake on a bankruptcy case, the bankruptcy filer may be entitled to compensation for his or her losses.
Hiring a bankruptcy attorney, or consulting an online legal document provider, is often a good choice simply because bankruptcy law is complicated.


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The New Yorker Perfectly Trolls Trump
June 27, 2018 by Samuel Warde No Comments
The New Yorker columnist Andy Borowitz delivered the perfect response to the possibility of Trump being impeached.
All hell has broken loose with team Trump as Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation closes in on Trump and his family and associates accomplices.
Then there is the issue of reports from close friends of Trump's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, that he is about ready to flip on Trump and begin cooperating with federal prosecutors.
ABC News reported earlier this month that Cohen "is likely to cooperate with federal investigators, as his lawyers are expected to leave the case, sources said."
Cohen, who is under federal investigation now with no legal representation, is likely to cooperate with federal prosecutors in Manhattan, sources said. This development, which is believed to be imminent, will likely hit the White House, family members, staffers and counsels hard.
There was more bad news this week when The New York Times reported on Tuesday that "A federal judge in Northern Virginia who had sharply criticized the special counsel's case against Paul Manafort refused on Tuesday to dismiss the charges, clearing the way for Mr. Manafort to stand trial on charges of financial fraud."
In a preliminary hearing last month, Judge T. S. Ellis III challenged the charges of bank fraud and tax evasion against Mr. Manafort, saying he saw no relationship between the case before him and "anything the special counsel is authorized to investigate."
But in the 31-page opinion issued on Tuesday, the judge said that "upon further review," it was clear to him that the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, had "followed the money paid by pro-Russian officials" to Mr. Manafort — a line of inquiry that fell squarely in his authority.
This ruling is particularly damning to Trump because, as with Michael Cohen, this development brings Manafort one step closer to being compelled to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
New York Times best-selling author and comedian Andy Borowitz took to his column – The Borowitz Report – and weighed in on the possibility of Trump being impeached in a hilarious piece titled: "Trump's Lawyers Argue That He Cannot Be Impeached Because He Was Never Actually Elected."
As Borowitz explained, tongue-in-cheek:
In a lengthy memo sent to the special counsel, Robert Mueller, the lawyers pushed back vehemently against any allegation that Trump was legally elected President.
"Because Russian interference made the election of Donald J. Trump wholly illegitimate, any attempt to remove him from an office that he does not legally hold is clearly impossible," the memo asserted.
Continuing, Borowitz took a jab at Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani who has been falsely claiming that Trump cannot be subpoenaed.
The memo claimed that the Constitution contains "no provision for removing a person from office when that person was installed there by a foreign power."
The memo went on to argue that, if a subpoena is sent to the White House, it will be returned to Mueller and stamped "addressee unknown."
He even managed to toss Trump's favorite news show into the mix, concluding his spoof writing:
Minutes after the memo was leaked, the former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani appeared on "Fox & Friends" and proudly announced that he was its author.
"Sometimes I have to just step back and say, 'Damn it, Rudy, you're good,' " he said, beaming.


So you have decided to try your hand at a Collectible Card Game. Good choice, CCG's have been a popular form of gaming for decades all around the world and are accessible at any skill level, and Yu-Gi-Oh is arguably one of the most popular. You are probably wondering though, "How do I make my own deck to play?" A good question, and it is a question I am answering for you today. Let me just get one thing straight before we start, I am not an expert player, far from it in fact. I haven't played the game in years but recently the kind people from Konami sent me some cards and I just had to build myself a new deck.
To get started, the first thing you need to do is get yourself some cards. Pretty obvious I know, but even that can be a little tricky. The best way to get going is with a starter deck. These are decks that you could use right out of the packaging in a game. They usually come with a nice mix of monster, spell, and trap cards. These decks come in a variety of flavors and are a great way to get your feet wet. But what do you do once you are ready to customize your deck with new cards, that is where the expansion sets come into play. The question now becomes which expansion to buy because each one introduces new cards and new styles of game play. Do you want to add cards from the Extreme Force or Circuit Break expansion? What about the Code of the Duelist and Pendulum Evolution expansions? It can get overwhelming if you try and learn it all at once, so your best bet is picking the one that looks most interesting to you and jump down that rabbit hole.
Now that you have your cards you are going to need to learn a little terminology before you can truly make a deck you are comfortable with.
Fusion Monsters – a type of Monster Card. The color of their card frame is violet. These cards are placed in the Extra Deck. To be properly Special Summoned, Fusion Monsters must first be Fusion Summoned (unless otherwise specified). If they leave the Extra Deck without being properly Special Summoned, they cannot be Special Summoned while they are banished or in the Graveyard.
Tuner Monsters – are monsters with "Tuner" listed on the Type/Ability line. They are required for the Synchro Summon of a Synchro Monster. Normal, Fusion, Effect, Pendulum, and Synchro Monsters themselves can all be Tuner monsters, although some card effects can treat non-Tuner monsters as Tuners.
Pendulum Zone/Monsters – A Pendulum Monster can be used in two ways: either as a Monster card by Summoning it, or as a Spell Card by activating it in the Pendulum Zone. While not in a Pendulum Zone, a Pendulum Monster is treated as a Monster Card, and its monster effects are applied, but its Pendulum Effects are not. It can be Special Summoned by appropriate card effects. If it is also a Normal or Effect Monster, it can also be Normal Summoned/Set from the hand, just like any other Normal or Effect Monster. While in a Pendulum Zone, a Pendulum Monster is treated as a Spell Card and not as a monster. A Pendulum Monster can be activated from the hand as a Spell Card in the player's Pendulum Zone, but it is not possible for Pendulum Monsters to be Set in the Pendulum Zone.
Extra Deck – is a Deck where Fusion, Synchro, Xyz, and Link Monsters (as well as Pendulum Monsters that would otherwise have been sent from the field to the Graveyard) are stored during a Duel. The Extra Deck is separate from the Main Deck and is placed face-down in the Extra Deck Zone. Like the Main Deck, the number of cards in the Extra Deck is public knowledge. Unlike the Main Deck, the player can look through their own Extra Deck at any time. The face-down contents of the Extra Deck are not public knowledge, so the opponent cannot look through face-down cards in the Extra Deck; however, the face-up cards in the Extra Deck are public knowledge, so either player may look through them at any time.
Tokens – are used as representations of Monster Cards. The Tokens represent monsters that appear on the field as part of a card effect. These monsters are not included in the Deck, as stated as Limitation Text on each card. A Monster Token can be represented by a coin (Heads is treated as Attack Position and Tails is treated as Defense Position), a die, or other such acceptable marker. Fan-made cards are often used as markers in Tournament Duels by players.
1. Keep Your Deck Balanced: When first starting it is really important to have balance in your deck. Have balance between your types of cards, balance between monster strength, balance between monster types. If you are to heavy in one of these categories a properly prepared opponent could easily destroy your deck . A good rule to follow is keep the ratio of 2:1:1; for every 2 monster cards you have you have 1 trap and 1 spell card. If you stick to this you shouldn't ever find yourself in a situation where you are stuck without something to play.
3. Know Your Cards: There are a lot of cards in Yu-Gi-Oh and most of them have very special rules and conditions when their effects happen. When building your deck make sure you know exactly how the cards work so you are not caught in a situation where your opponent has to explain to you that you've been using it wrong. Additionally if you are building your deck around a specific kind of play style like fusions or rituals, this becomes all the more important since a failure to understand how those work could make your entire deck worthless.
4. Keep Trying New Combinations: The great thing about this game is the sheer amount of cards available. It would be foolish to think there is only one way to make a deck. Keep trying different combinations and keep trying new cards, because you will always find a new strategy or combination that works.
So here it is, the moment of truth, did I follow my own rules? After all this talk about how to make a deck as a beginner, what did I manage to put together? As a fan of the original show it was hard for me to stray from the Dark Magician and his supporting cards. Of course it didn't hurt that in the packs I was sent many of the cards were "Yugi" focused. All that being said here is my deck.
So is my deck perfect? Of course not, but I am a beginner and I think this will be a fun deck to start playing with. Now, who wants to duel?


Employee Disengagement: I have created a short slide presentation and story based on an employee who left before his actual leaving and was deceiving himself about the ability to engage in retirement when he had not engaged at work. This presentation will be broadcast during the Ken Blanchard Quite and Stayed Livecast this week.
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David Zinger is an author, speaker, founder and host of the 4500 member Employee Engagement Network and one of the 40 presenters at this Ken Blanchard event.


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Md. Shamimul Islam
Lecturer, ASA University Bangladesh
Abu Sadat Muhammad Ashif
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Strategies for refinancing of SMEs in Bangladesh: Problems & constraints
Amitav Saha, Md. Shamimul Islam, Abu Sadat Muhammad Ashif
Over the past decade, there has been a significant change in the world trade regime, too. The WTO techniques agreements limit the use of certain trade measures as quantitative restrictions and subsidies. Such development has also implication for a country's strategy in supporting its domestic industry in including SMEs. WTO agreements cover not only the traditional goods sector but also new sectors like services and intellectual property rights. There is a tendency for considering these newly included sectors as constraints to trade prospects of a poor country like Bangladesh. There are certain other areas where improvements provide genuine incentives to SMEs and contribute to their enhanced competitiveness. Improved infrastructure, better law and order situation, and efficient ports and transportation are likely to impact favorably upon the SMEs sector and such things may be no less important than mere policy supported incentives. However, these provisions have now become realities. Bangladesh should continue its efforts to make the world community appreciate the difficult economic situation of the LDCs and to help to attain various trade preferences and concessions. Its long-run economic prosperity critically depends on success or otherwise of its efforts to turn the challenges of globalization opportunities. This will create a strong and potential base for economic development, which will in turn accelerate the process of poverty reduction, and reduction of unemployment, create employment opportunities as well as accelerate the overall economic growth of the country.
SMEs; Financing; Strategy for SMEs; Bangladesh
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CASA Lake County is a nonprofit organization that advocates for the best interests of abused and neglected children within the juvenile court system. Based on the belief that every child is entitled to a safe and permanent home, thoroughly trained CASA volunteers work in collaboration with key agencies, legal counsel and community resources to serve as the child's advocate and represent the child's best interest in juvenile court.


Who the heck owns this thing?
Perhaps you need to know who owns the house on the block that looks vacant and haunted. Maybe you want to confirm that your new boyfriend or girlfriend really owns the mansion where he or she lives. Finding out who owns a home in a given neighborhood or area may seem like a daunting task, but it's really not if you know where to go for the information. Property tax records, which reveal home ownership, are public documents and yours for the viewing if you follow some simple steps.
Gather your information. The more information you have, the easier your search will be. Information can include the person's name, the home's address, and the plat or block number in the city or county where you are searching. Let's say you're looking up 1234 East Broadway Boulevard in Tucson, Arizona.
Get to the proper county's assessor's office. The county assessor is where your desired public records will be. Some assessor's offices have a searchable database online, which will make your life easier. Check for an online database by searching through the county's website. Tucson is in Pima County, Arizona. By simply typing a search for "Pima County Assessor's Office," you are greeted with a search option on the main page.
Pick the search option online. If the search option does not greet you warmly on the main page, poke around on the site until you find it. Pima County's allows you to search by the taxpayer's name or parcel number and, in the advanced search option, by address, block and plat number, and other information. Fill in the information you have.
Submit your request by telephone or in person if you come up blank, don't have the required information needed to search online or there is no online database.
Gargulinski, Ryn. "How to Search Public Records for Home Ownership." Synonym, https://classroom.synonym.com/search-public-records-home-ownership-24312.html. 11 September 2015.


The Auckland Aces have cemented their place in third on the BK Super Smash table after beating the Otago Volts by four runs at Eden Park Outer Oval.
The Volts won the toss and sent the Aces in to bat. New signing Daniel Bell-Drummond got his Aces stint off to a great start with a four off his first ball. His partnership with Glenn Phillips yielded 45 runs in four overs before Phillips was caught.
Bell-Drummond then fell two overs later, LBW to Christi Viljoen. From there, the Aces entered a period of rebuilding, with Mark Chapman and Craig Cachopa in the middle.
Cachopa played some sublime shots, including sending one of his five 6s onto the road, to make 73 off 38. The Aces would have been looking to accelerate through the final five overs, but Robbie O'Donnell and Cachopa couldn't quite get there, Cachopa falling with seven balls to go.
The Aces final score of 184/5 was easily defendable, and they went about defending it in impressive style. In the first Josh Tasman-Jones hit Matt Quinn to the on-side, only for Donovan Grobbelaar to take an incredible one-handed in the air to his left. Otago were 8/2 next over, when Shawn Hicks hit the ball straight up in the air, and Phillips took the catch.
The Volts then had to play conservatively, falling well behind the run-rate, and every time they started to hit out, the Aces took a wicket.
With five overs to go, Ben Raine and Brad Wilson combined to produce a some big shots – including welcoming Bell-Drummond to New Zealand by putting him on the concourse twice in two balls.
When Wilson fell to Quinn, the Aces started to relax, but Raine wasn't done. Working with forst Viljoen and then Nathan Smith, he brought it down to 17 runs off the last over.
Mitchell McClenaghan, obviously fired up, came on to bowl that last over. Despite an unlucky ball which went for four behind the batsman, he restricted the Volts batsmen to needing six to win of the last ball.
A tense moment, but a perfect finish. Raine could only send the ball straight down the ground, where Grobbellaar fielded the ball on the boundary and the Aces had a four run win.
The Aces next play the Kings in Christchurch on Saturday 26 January.


I have just started using OpenLP and so far I like it a lot every thing is looking great Though I am new to openlp but not presentation software.
One thing I like is that the splash screen can be displayed when not displaying a slide.
Now my question is there a way to change this to display our church logo or a custom logo?
I'm thanking of a logo to include our logo along with the openlp logo.
So many options. Blank to theme, blank to desktop.
And choose your new default image.
Thank you for the quick reply and info.
Now off to finish the logo.
While we certainly appreciate the gesture, I just want to make sure your know that there's no requirement to include our logo on the logo screen.


In a wild attempt to pass off many wasted hours on YouTube as actual work, we've compiled a list of our favourite funny tradie videos on the internet for you to enjoy!
An oldie but a goodie from Hughesy here for Tradies National Health Month with a cracking bunch of one-liners that you'd almost certainly never hear from the mouth of an Aussie tradie.
This one is a classic. What would the local pub be like if it was run by a bunch of tradies? Our favourite bit? The assisted carry of the knife and fork to the table.
Full of more hilarious tradie stereotypes but this time it's on the local footy team. Hilarious.
This challenge was doing the rounds a few years back on social media. This a compilation of some of the funniest attempts. A disclaimer is probably in order before you try this on site! Hard hats are… hard. BYO Panadol.
The title pretty much says it all. The stuff in here varies from funny, to plain stupid to terrifyingly close to killing someone. Enjoy!


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Home Explore Two Historic Sites in Southwest Minnesota Unlock Visions of the Past
Two Historic Sites in Southwest Minnesota Unlock Visions of the Past
The histories of Sod House on the Prairie and Jeffers Petroglyphs are thousands of years apart
Sheila Regan
Sod House on the Prairie
Photo by Hector Roberts
One of the first things I thought of when I visited a sod house was The Lord of the Rings. From a distance, it appeared to be almost entirely covered in tall grass, like something a hobbit dug out of a small hill. This wasn't Middle Earth. Not even close. I was on a road trip in southwestern Minnesota to learn more about formative moments in the state's past.
A 20-minute drive separates Sod House on the Prairie and the Jeffers Petroglyphs—the latter run by the Minnesota Historical Society—but their histories are thousands of years apart.
Sod House on the Prairie is near Sanborn, about a 20-mile drive east of Walnut Grove, where Little House on the Prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder lived for part of her childhood. Since the area inspired her writings, the attraction is popular for fans of her books (and the TV series). As a child, I was one of those fans: I watched reruns of the Michael Landon series growing up, devoured the books, and even used to enact Little House stories at my best friend's house when I was in elementary school.
Surrounded by beautiful prairie flowers, Sod House on the Prairie's two historic sod house replicas were built in the 1980s by the late Stan McCone, who used to run a bed and breakfast there with his wife, Virginia. Overnight stays are no longer available, but the McCone family still keeps the sod houses open for visitors, for a very modest donation. (I paid $4.)
Entering the sod houses, decked out with period-appropriate furnishings, I felt like I was 9 years old, stepping into a world I had only imagined before. There was a little stove and a bed with small toys evoking the 19th century.
Jeffers Petroglyphs
Photo by John Cross/MNHS
Arriving at Jeffers Petroglyphs near Comfrey provided a glimpse deeper into the past, but I'll admit I didn't see the petroglyphs right away. Imagine large, red slabs of Sioux quartzite, also set in scenic prairie country, marked with carvings of humans and animals. (Visiting after 5 p.m. is recommended for the best light.)
At first, I was disappointed. I didn't see any carvings. A staff member indicated the figure of a hunter, but it didn't really make any sense to me. There's a lot of variation in color and texture in the rocks themselves, so the subtlety of the carvings were really hard for me to decipher. We walked a bit farther and another staff member showed us a buffalo. I still couldn't make anything out, and I was frustrated.
After a while, the sun got lower in the sky, and the light changed. I finally figured out how to look: It's a peripheral way of seeing. Forget about the color and the rock texture and instead look for the particular gestures of the carvings. Once I got the hang of it, I could see animals, tools, weapons—the rocks are covered with them.
The carvings were created between 7,000 and 9,000 years ago by Indigenous communities that lived in the area, and are considered an important spiritual site to a number of Native tribes today. I had a sense, as a non-Native person, that I was very privileged to experience such a powerful and spiritual place.
On this trip touching two very different eras, I gained a bit more of an understanding of why this land was, and continues to be, viewed as sacred to Native people, and also why my own ancestors sought to build a home here. It's a beautiful land, and I felt a renewed appreciation for it.
More in Southwestern Minnesota
Bergen Bar & Grill in Windom has the atmosphere of a small-town dive bar, but don't let looks deceive you. The food here is incredible, especially if you are in the mood for a juicy steak. Just don't forget to bring cash, as they do not take credit cards.
If you're in the mood for quirky, make a stop in Hector to Hill's Unique Gifts, which is filled with rooms of Christmas ornaments, wooden roses, animal statues, and other delights. There's also the appointment-only R&S Snowmobile Museum. In Olivia, you'll find the Giant Corn Gazebo, and in Redwood Falls, Ramsey Park is the largest municipal park in the state. Many of the trails are paved, and it is an easy short hike to the falls, a trip that includes walking across a cool pedestrian suspension bridge, offering a nearly 360-degree view of the woods.
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Q: Large number of relationship types in cypher query I'm prototyping a user-authorization/data-protection scheme in Neo4j, and I ran into a strange issue with one of my queries.  For background, the concept is that a user trying to get from a to be can get to be if they have the correct access identifier.  So, our edges are of types that have access identifiers in them. I'm testing this scheme by creating lots of nodes, and connecting pairs of them with different accesses.  That is, I have lots of sets of:
(a)-[:ACCESS_A]->(b)

With different accesses.  I query for them with:
{some query} with a match (a)-[:ACCESS_A|:ACCESS_B|<...>|:ACCESS_Z]->(b) return b

where the size of the list in the edge match grows with the number of accesses the user has.
This all works great, until the list gets to 201 accesses.  At this point, the profile shows the db hits and time taken go WAY up.  At 200 relationship types, the profile shows 1051 db hits, but 201 relationship types shows 31801.  That's a 30-fold increase for one more type!  Time taken increases in a similar manner.  going from 199 to 200 only goes up by about 50 hits, and that's due to an increasing number of nodes hit.
After more work, it looks like the round 200 number is more a red herring than the issue.  Previously, my relationship types were 4 characters.  When I changed them to 9 characters (prepending "EDGE_", as a test), the issue began occurring at 50 types - 50 has 36 accesses, while 51 has 291 - a smaller jump, but significant when compared to previous increases in the same test.
It appears that there is some relation of relationship name to where the query falls off, but I'm still investigating.
Things that I've tested and not found to be of interest:

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*length of the overall query (string size):  It fails at entirely different query sizes with 4 and 9 character relationship types

*length of the list in the [e:<...>] clause (string size).  As above, it fails at very different sizes

*number of nodes or edges in the graph

A: To my knowledge you shouldn't be running into performance issues with only 200 relationship types.
Prior to version 3.0, the number of relationship types was capped at 64k. That limit was removed with version 3.0.

A: I was able to discover the solution to my issue.  It appears that asking Neo4j for many more different relationship types than exist causes the issue.  I was able to use many more than 200 when those types all existed.  Therefore, the solution is to ensure you do not ask for any types not in the graph.


Parrots are social animals, which means they want to fit in with the rest of their friends. In the wild, parrots usually make bird sounds because they are surrounded by other birds. But around... We will create a page after "Parrot" is implemented.-- User:Beans1512/Sign 04:39, 28 March 2017 (UTC) We're not in a position to say what information is accurate yet, all we could do is to repeat only and exactly what Mojang themselves have said so far.
25/02/2014�� Once a parrot understands good things happen when you visit, you will begin to notice he will really want to get to know you better. He might be eager to step onto your hand. He might even talk or sing to see if he can encourage you to come closer with a special treat. If he feels very comfortable with you, he might even let you... Fresh coconut is a great way to get a parrot to put on weight. It's good for them in moderation, and has medicinal purposes as well. There are to many medicinal purposes to list.
Origami Talking Crow Step 1: Start with a 6 inch x 6 inch (15 cm x 15 cm) origami paper, color side down. Fold paper in half on one diagonal axis. how to tell twins apart at school We will create a page after "Parrot" is implemented.-- User:Beans1512/Sign 04:39, 28 March 2017 (UTC) We're not in a position to say what information is accurate yet, all we could do is to repeat only and exactly what Mojang themselves have said so far.
Parrots and certain other birds do seem to be able to talk, but can they hold a real conversation? Possibly! Although parrots probably do not understand complex meanings of words, they are attuned to the context surrounding words and can make associations with the words.
Place the switch in "parrot talk mode" and the bird will respond to questions. Set to "mix mode" for both programmed responses and a repeat of what you are saying. Wait for a squawk sound to indicate the parrot has finished speaking.
We will create a page after "Parrot" is implemented.-- User:Beans1512/Sign 04:39, 28 March 2017 (UTC) We're not in a position to say what information is accurate yet, all we could do is to repeat only and exactly what Mojang themselves have said so far.


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effect is one of the best to present the 3D sign letters which can help to improve the outlook by using Light Box Base and 3D Box Up Acrlic With Inkjet Sticker and Inner LED.
Signboard base size is 3 ft(H) x 15 ft(W) 5 Inch Thicness Colorbond Board.
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Phone42.com / Smartphones / Lava / Lava X3
Lava X3 (2016) review
Android OS v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
5 inches (720 x 1280 px)
Lava announced the launch of the X3 smartphone in 2016. The manufacturer is offering the Lava X3 phone with 5 inches display, Mediatek MT6582 chipset, 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage.
The Lava X3 comes with Android OS v5.1.1 (Lollipop) out of the box, and a Li-Ion 2500 mAh battery. The 5 inches phone comes with IPS display (720 x 1280 px). The IPS display provides enhanced features, such as optimal viewing angles, color accuracy, invariable color reproduction and better power consumption.
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Lava X3 specifications
The weight of Lava X3 is about 4.97 oz with battery, which is average compared to most of the smartphones with same size. The dimensions of this Lava phone are average (5.67 x 2.83 x 0.33 inches).
The Lava X3 comes with Android OS v5.1.1 (Lollipop) out of the box, but it is upgradable to the next OS.
The size of X3 screen is measured diagonally, from corner to corner. The 5 inches IPS display of Lava X3 with 720 x 1280 px resolution is multitouch capable.
The internal memory of Lava X3 (2 GB) cannot be expanded, but the internal storage (8 GB) can be expanded with a compatible microSD card.
The camera of the X3 is equipped with autofocus. An autofocus (or AF) optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. Very few Android cameras come without autofocus.
The Lava X3 doesn't support 4G/LTE networks. This phone has a built-in GPS. GPS is a highly accurate navigation system using signals from satellites to determine a location on the Earth's surface, irrespective of weather conditions. Most phones have a GPS unit on board. The X3 phone has built-in FM radio. The built-in FM Radio is great for listening to your favorite radio station.
The Li-Ion 2500 mAh battery gives the smartphone a good battery backup. The Li-ion is a low maintenance battery which offers high energy, is lightweight and does not require periodic full discharge. The battery of X3 is removable. You can simply buy a new piece from the open market and interchange it easily by yourself.
Smartphones today come with a wealth of sensors to facilitate a better user experience. The accelerometer is a sensor that measures the tilting motion and orientation of the phone. This Lava phones comes with proximity sensor. This proximity sensor detects how close the phone is to an outside object, such as your ear. The Dual SIM capability of Lava X3 phone is ideal for businesses wishing to provide staff with a mobile device that can offer separate numbers and bills for both personal and business use. This smartphone doesn't support fast charging technology.
The specifications above are based on the official data published by the manufacturer, but we also take user reviews into consideration. If you found an error or something lacking in the specifications above for the Lava X3, then don't hesitate and signal the problem to us.
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Bluebird was excited to support the inaugural Soup Stone event last Sunday benefiting the Gunnison Country Food Pantry. A festive and cozy environment at the Guild Cafe greeted the full house of guests, with mostly local patrons during this fall season. Spirits and delicious homemade soups were provided from local restaurants, and fresh baked breads and deserts were provided courtesy of Mountain Oven bakery. Live acoustic music filled the restaurant, and the Pantry reached its financial goal to help them fill their pantry for the winter holiday season!
Stop by the Bluebird office with food donations anytime in November! The Gunnison Country Food Pantry has served hundreds of individuals and families each year in need of assistance in the Gunnison valley since 2006. They can be reached at 970-641-4156.


Jammu, March 19: A one-week long workshop on'Professional Ethics & Human Values – a Gandhian Perspective' organized by the Faculty Development Centre (FDC) at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (SMVDU) concluded with the valedictory session.
This session was chaired by Prof. (Dr.) D. Mukhopadhyay, Coordinator FDC, Dean FoM & FoHSS, who distributed the certificates to the participants. Teachers from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Indore, Hyderabad, Kargil and Jammu participated in the workshop which was chiefly conducted by Mr. Sanjeev Chopra, Member, Human Values Cell, Delhi Government.
All the participants were impressed with the content and the manner in which the workshop was conducted; also expressed their desire to attend more such workshops which address the issues for ensuring individual happiness, relations in family and harmony in society. The valedictory session was also attended by Dr. Anil Kumar Tewari, Head SoPC, Mr. Deo Prakash and Dr. Manoj K. Verma from SoCSE, Mr. Varun Dutta, Sanjay Sharma from SoME and Mr. Sandeep Kumar from SoM. Mr. Samir Vohra, Asstt. Registrar and TO,FDC and Ms. Kanchan Gupta Section Officer were also felicitated for their key role in organizing the workshop. The workshop concluded with the vote of thanks delivered by Dr. Madhu Mangal Chaturvedi.
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This is a lovely collection. It's full of feminine sophistication, though it is a little too sweet. That being said, I would wear any of the pieces in a heartbeat. I love the colour palette, all the ruffles and lace as well as close tailored suits and vests. There is so much inspiration to be drawn from all the decadent embroidery. I particularly like the deep blue velvet dress. The designer is planning to expand into home decor. I'm curious to see what she will come up with. What do you guys like or dislike about this collection? Let me know in the comments below.


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Jersey Zoo's first Javan green magpie chick!
Posted: 20th March, 2018
Jersey Zoo are delighted to announce that they have successfully bred their first Javan green magpie chick. This bird species is Critically Endangered, with a wild population of around 100 individuals. They are also pleased to reveal that the chick is male and the bird keepers along with a public vote have chosen the name Eko which means 'first' in Javanese.
Hester Whitehead, a Senior Bird Keeper at the Zoo, was thrilled about the new addition to the Bird Department. "We are extremely pleased to have bred Jersey Zoo's first Javan green magpie and we hope that he will be the first of many!"
The Javan green magpie is Critically Endangered, primarily due to poaching for the illegal songbird trade. The huge demand for captive songbirds is leading to many species being forced to the brink of extinction, particularly the more vocal and brightly coloured species, such as the Bali starling, Sumatran laughing thrush and of course, the Javan green magpie. This demand is giving rise to the Asian songbird crisis – the very real threat of the complete loss of some of the region's prettiest and most unusual birds. Other threats to this species include habitat loss and degradation, driven by agricultural expansion, logging and mining.
This chick, which hatched in August 2017, is fantastic news for the species, as he is now part of a captive population that will help to repopulate the Javan green magpie's native habitat in the future. Chester Zoo holds the majority of the captive European population of 22 birds, and they are responsible for bringing them into Europe.
Hester also commented, "We're proud to be part of the team of aviculturalists breeding Javan green magpies. It's crucial that we establish a captive population of this beautiful, Critically Endangered bird, before it disappears from its native forests."
Durrell is also proud to be part of EAZA's Silent Forest campaign, which aims to address and mitigate the ongoing songbird extinction crisis in Asia, and increase awareness within and beyond the zoo community. Durrell's Bird Department is taking a leading role in designing all facilities and husbandry protocols for one of the Silent Forest projects, the Sumatran Songbird Sanctuary, located in North Sumatra Province. They will also lead on the training of veterinary personnel and keeping staff at the sanctuary. Find out more about the project here.
Fun fact: The Javan green magpie's bright green plumage is attained through its diet. If they're not fed the correct food, they can turn blue!
Go behind the scenes with Jersey Zoo's Javan green magpies: watch video
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