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Congressional Candidate Blaine Richardson Announces He's Leaving Republican Party to Run as Independent
Joshua Cook January 20, 2014
Today, Blaine Richardson announced that he is leaving the Republican Party to run as an Independent U.S. Congress candidate in Maine's 2nd District.
Richardson said the decision to leave the Republican Party came down to two things: Personal conviction and common sense.
"As a retired military veteran I have an obligation to defend and support the United States Constitution no matter what, this decision allows for me to fulfill that obligation," he explained.
"Second," he continued, "common sense tells me that the voters in Maine's second district are looking for a candidate for Congress that will be independent. With folks becoming more and more dissatisfied with political parties, I want to offer them a candidate that is independent of a political party, that comes with executive branch experience, and that has many years of leadership in the Armed Services."
"I am also running as an Independent so that I can take my message directly to the voters of Maine's Second District," Richardson added. "As an Independent candidate, I don't have to worry about spending funds to win a primary. I can use my resources to speak directly to all the voters in the district," he added.
Richardson said he picked Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to make the announcement because Dr. King was a champion of liberty.
"I am not sure that in the last one hundred years that any one championed the cause of civil rights and civil liberties quite like Dr. King did. That is why my campaign chose to announce this today," he said. "Why announce on the day set aside to remember Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.? Because I believe if we were to not only remember Dr. King, but also employee the principle he left for us, our nation would once again return to its place as the shining city on the hill."
One of Richardson's core messages for his campaign for Congress is the need for America to restore liberty. "There is no doubt in my mind where Dr. King would stand in light of the NSA, in light of the shredding of the Bill of Rights by those who are supposed to protect it and in light of America still being involved in undeclared wars," he said.
"If I am elected to Congress I will fight for people's right to privacy, which is the right to live a life free of the burdens of the federal government," said Richardson. "If elected to Congress I will stand against all those would try to limit the rights guaranteed to all Americans as promised to us in the Constitution. And if elected to Congress I will call for an immediate withdrawal of American soldiers and resources from Afghanistan and do all that is within my power to restore the proper place of the Declaration of War, which is in the Congress and not in the Executive Branch."
Despite leaving the party, Richardson said he was treated very fairly by the Maine Republican Party: "Chairman Bennett and Executive Director Jason Savage were always fair to me and my campaign. They offered my campaign all the same resources they did to the other candidates running. I just happen to see the political philosophies that I hold and that my campaign promotes going in a different direction that where the Maine GOP finds itself at this time," he explained.
Despite switching teams per say, the goals of the Richardson campaign remain steadfast. "My campaign will still keep its focus on bringing a message of liberty and returning to a limited, constitutional government, the only difference now is that I don't have to focus my campaign's resources on trying to win the primary of a particular political party, I can take my message directly to the voters," he said.
Richardson said that being an independent candidate will allow him to speak directly to the voters. He said they won't have to worry that he will put loyalty to a political party above their interests. "That is what is great about the message of liberty, it is a message of unity," he said.
The congressional candidate went on to say, "I have said it before but I believe that I am the only one who can credibly build a Left-Right/Republican-Democrat-Independent coalition that can win in a general election and be effective as a member of the Congress. I advocate for what I believe is in the best interests of Mainers and not what consultants, political parties, and special interests claim is in our best interests. Like I stood with the local woman who ran afoul of DHHS (Department of Health and Human Services) and the USDA (United States Department of Agriculture) for giving her child goats milk (and they backed down), I am looking forward to standing with my fellow citizens of Maine in the future."
Richardson's plan if he's elected includes "pursuing a sane and proper" national security policy that doesn't spy on American citizens, end the war in Afghanistan and to not involve the U.S. with a Syrian war.
"The power to declare war belongs solely to Congress, but the Executive Branch flaunts this aspect of Constitutional authority routinely, no matter which party is in power. The Executive Branch needs to understand that they cannot secretly plan to commit our nation to war, while leaving Congress and the people in the dark. I will vigorously fight against any further attempts to tear our fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters away from Maine to fight in any more undeclared wars in the Middle East," he explained.
Also, Richardson plans on making real cuts in spending. "You will hear a lot during this campaign about 'fiscal sanity.' I am not sure what this term means to others in the race, but to me it means reducing spending to less than the previous year. It does not mean cutting proposed increases to the rate of growth in 2020 or reducing future borrowing costs to make debt finance cheaper down the road," he said.
"I support eliminating the Department of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, HUD, Energy and other programs that are the tools of crony capitalism and no-bid contracts and out of control bureaucracies. By doing this, a budget can be established that protects funding for popular programs our citizens rely on, like Social Security, while also providing for tax relief," he added.
Lastly, Richardson said he plans on cutting foreign policy spending. "As a 30-year Navy Veteran, I can tell you that our nation can no longer afford to spend six billion dollars a week in Afghanistan on an undeclared war that does nothing to further our national security. When I am elected to Congress, I will fight for an immediate withdrawal of all American troops and resources from Afghanistan. This will bring relief to taxpayers and hopefully bring healing to many Maine homes," he said.
Richardson's press release:
"Today I am excited to announce that I am filing my paperwork to run as an independent candidate for Congress in Maine's second congressional district," said Richardson. "I believe by running as an independent candidate I can more directly take my campaign's message to the voters in the district."
"For me this decision came down to two things: personal conviction and common sense. First, as a retired military veteran, I have an obligation to protect and defend the United States Constitution no matter what and this decision helps me fulfill that obligation."
"Second, common sense tells me that the voters in Maine's second district are looking for a candidate for Congress that will be independent. With folks becoming more and more dissatisfied with political parties, I want to offer them a candidate that is independent of a political party, that comes with executive branch experience, and that has many years of leadership from my time in the service."
Richardson campaigns on a platform of restoring a constitutionally limited federal government, taxpayer protection, a non-interventional foreign policy and protecting all civil rights and liberties as guaranteed by the Constitution.
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A nice long (1000mm) End-Stop cable for wiring up endstops.
A nice long (1000mm) End-Stop cable for wiring up endstops. Has 3 ways for those of you using opto or hall enstops, for use with micro-switches you can just use 2 wires and ignore the 3rd wire to suit.
Dupont connector suits plugging into boards like RAMPS etc.
Plugs into boards like RAMPs with DuPont connector. For use with micro-switches.


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Medical and public health organizations recommend that mothers exclusively breastfeed for at least 6 months. This recommendation is based on evidence of health benefits for mothers and babies, as well as developmental benefits for babies. A spate of recent work challenges the extent of these benefits, and ethical criticism of breastfeeding promotion as stigmatizing is also growing.1 Building on this critical work, we are concerned about breastfeeding promotion that praises breastfeeding as the "natural" way to feed infants. This messaging plays into a powerful perspective that "natural" approaches to health are better, a view examined in a recent report by the Nuffield Council on Bioethics.2 Promoting breastfeeding as "natural" may be ethically problematic, and, even more troublingly, it may bolster this belief that "natural" approaches are presumptively healthier. This may ultimately challenge public health's aims in other contexts, particularly childhood vaccination.
The idea of the "natural" evokes a sense of purity, goodness, and harmlessness. Meanwhile, synthetic substances, products, and technologies mass produced by industry (notably, vaccines) are seen as "unnatural" and often arouse suspicion and distrust. Part of this value system is the perception that what's natural is safer, healthier and less risky. This embrace of the "natural" over the "unnatural" appears in a variety of contemporary scientific and medical issues beyond vaccination, including rejection of genetically modified foods, a preference for organic over conventionally grown foods, and rejection of assisted reproductive technologies,2 as well as concerns over environmental toxins and water fluoridation. Much of the interest in complementary and alternative medicines also hinges on "ideas of natural techniques as safer, gentler and benign."2 In some cases, however, this view that "natural" is synonymous with "better" may work against specific public health goals.
Whatever the ethics of appealing to the natural in breastfeeding promotion, it raises practical concerns. The "natural" option does not align consistently with public health goals. If doing what is "natural" is "best" in the case of breastfeeding, how can we expect mothers to ignore that powerful and deeply persuasive worldview when making choices about vaccination? If breastfeeding promotion frames the "factory-made" option as risky or unhealthy, what should parents conclude when choosing between factory-made vaccines and boosting immunity "naturally"? We should think twice before referencing the "natural" in breastfeeding promotion, even if it motivates women to breastfeed.


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int count_1 = 0, count_2 = 0, soma = 0, maior = 0;
  int numero_maximo[600851475144];

  for (count_1 = 2; count_1 <= 600851475143; count_1++)
  {
    numero_maximo[count_1] = count_1;
  }

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    if (numero_maximo[count_1] == count_1)
    {
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      {

        if (count_1 > maior)
        {
          maior = 0;
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        }
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  }

Embora tenha usado long long e usigned para aumentar a capacidade do int, ainda sim o erro persiste, já que int não suporta o valor que preciso passar. Tentei a utilização de alocação dinâmica mas não fui muito feliz.

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Yea I'm that guy. I was up at 12:01 on April 10th pre-ordering the new Apple Watch. The way I justify this kind of silliness is twofold.
I'm physically old. And there's a part of me that doesn't want to be mentally old. I used to come home from college to see my parents and inevitably the VCR (see I am old) was blinking "12:00". My parents just couldn't get their head around how to reset the time when the power went out. My mom in her infinite wisdom eventually just put a Post-It note over the top of it. I remember thinking, "I'm not going to be that way when I get old". So I tend to jump on new things just so I'm not left in the dust if they catch on.
A CEO of a startup in NY claimed that the most important thing in his life was his constant communication with the people around him. In other words his phone. Anything that improved that experience was worth dropping money on. So he would purchase a new iPhone every year. And the promise of this watch is that it improves communication.
So I bought one. The "cheap" one. So how is it?
Physical: It's sort of what you expect from Apple. It looks great. It's packaged great. It's very comfortable. More comfortable than any other watch I've worn. The small 38mm size is fine for my dinky wrists although it's pushing my increasingly poor up-close vision. I've switched around the placement of the watch from both hands and both orientations and I've ironically settled on the right hand (I'm left-handed) with the digital crown pointed toward my shoulder (imagine the orientation below but on my right hand). That seems wrong for a traditional watch but pressing the buttons is actually easier this way. In short it's nice and I don't think anyone will have any problems with the unit.
Use Case #1: The one and only use-case that matters is this - I take my phone out of my pocket about 95% less than I used to. This is huge. Is it a necessity? No. But who cares. This isn't about what I need. This is about what I want. And I hate being tethered to the phone when I work. I can wander around and take breaks and be completely connected in a super light touch way. A call comes in and I can take it from the watch. A message comes in and I can take it from the watch. An email comes in and I can read it from the watch. A calendar appointment comes due and I can read it from the watch. If necessary I can grab my phone or computer if the communication warrants it. But in most cases it doesn't. So I have a huge amount of freedom now.
Use Case #2: Workouts. In this case the watch isn't perfect. The workouts are built around cardio activities, and I don't do any. I'm all about the HIIT and weight lifting. It does track my heart rate and workout length and in most cases that's enough. I don't need a calorie tracker, but it does that too. And it stores it all so I can get warm fuzzies at the end of the week. We all like warm fuzzier don't we?
Use Case #3: Timing. This I usually use when I cook. I set the alarm, and again I don't need to be tethered to my phone.
Use Case #4: There isn't one. That's it. For me the extent of the utility of this watch are those three things. I realize there are apps out there but I honestly don't think I need any of them. And frankly those three are enough.


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OP-ED: Our nation is in dire need of a few good Republicans
What now? Impeachment in the House seems inevitable; so does acquittal in the Senate. But what our nation needs more than anything right now is a few good Republicans willing to place principle over part
OP-ED: Our nation is in dire need of a few good Republicans What now? Impeachment in the House seems inevitable; so does acquittal in the Senate. But what our nation needs more than anything right now is a few good Republicans willing to place principle over part Check out this story on yorkdispatch.com: https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/opinion/contributors/2019/11/25/op-ed-our-nation-dire-need-few-good-republicans/4297936002/
John M. Crisp, Tribune News Service Published 12:29 p.m. ET Nov. 25, 2019
Career Foreign Service officer George Kent, left, and top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor, right, return from a short break in testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019, during the first public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) (Photo: Andrew Harnik, AP)
During his testimony before the House Intelligence Committee on Nov. 13, Ambassador William Taylor described our diplomatic relations with Ukraine in terms of two channels. The first emanates from the Department of State and is managed by diplomats and staffers under the oversight of the ambassador and secretary of state.
The second, as described by Taylor, Russia expert Fiona Hill, Ambassador Gordon Sondland and other witnesses, was a "highly irregular" channel operated by an ad hoc team comprised of Ambassadors Sondland and Kurt Volker and Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, all under the guidance of President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani.
But, asked Stephen Castor, the lawyer charged with questioning the witnesses on behalf of the Republicans, "In fairness, this irregular channel of diplomacy, it's not as outlandish as it could be. Is that correct?"
More: OP-ED: Will more Americans call for impeachment?
More: ANALYSIS: Lots of impeachment evidence but one thing missing
Well, yes, the irregular channel could have been more outlandish. Volker, Sondland and Perry, "The Three Amigos," might have actually attended embassy dinners dressed in black mariachi outfits and sombreros. Now, that would be outlandish!
Instead, all The Three Amigos did was jeopardize the fledgling, reform-minded government of an important ally, undermine that nation's effort to defend itself from an aggressive adversary and strengthen the hand of international bad actor Russia, all in an effort to gain a domestic political advantage for Trump.
Certainly any outlandish scheme can be more outlandish. But the peculiar weakness of this argument exemplifies the transparency of the defense that the Republicans gamely mounted during more than 30 hours of testimony.
Mostly the Republicans made the same arguments over and over. The Democrats, they asserted, began their campaign to impeach Trump even before his inauguration; some testimony was taken in closed-door sessions; the military aid eventually reached the Ukrainians so there can't have been anything fishy going on; Chairman Adam Schiff isn't being fair; where's the whistleblower?; and so on.
All of these claims are either irrelevant or highly disputable. Nevertheless, they were stubbornly repeated virtually every time the Republicans had the stage.
As the hearings wore on, Republicans tried to pick away at the case against the president by attacking the witnesses themselves. Without evidence they impugned the loyalty of foreign-born Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman. They even questioned why he, a full-time officer and combat veteran, was wearing his military uniform.
Without evidence, Republicans suggested that David Holmes, the political counselor at the U.S. embassy in Ukraine who overheard the awkward phone conversation between Sondland and Trump, had mishandled sensitive information. They as much as accused him of perjuring his testimony — again, without evidence — even though, in large part, it was corroborated by Sondland's testimony.
If the Republicans had better arguments they wouldn't have to rely on flimsy ones such as these, nor would they have to repeat them constantly.
Did Trump withhold a White House meeting and military aid from Ukraine, at a time when it desperately needed both, in exchange for help with his re-election? The evidence against Trump is overwhelming. I cannot summarize the many hours of testimony any better than Chairman Adam Schiff did on the last day: "He did it."
What now? Impeachment in the House seems inevitable; so does acquittal in the Senate. But what our nation needs more than anything right now is a few good Republicans willing to place principle over party.
I had a fleeting hope for Rep. Will Hurd, a soft-spoken, moderate Republican from Texas who had the courage to serve as an undercover C.I.A. officer in Afghanistan, as well as to stand up to Trump on his border wall and other issues. Alas, on the last day of testimony he hewed close to the party line.
But it's not too late for Hurd and other Republicans to weigh carefully the competing interests of their own political futures versus the acknowledgement of the truth and the primacy of the rule of law in our country.
Courage is contagious. The public integrity of only a few Republicans could change the arc of this sorry episode back toward the stringent accountability required by the Constitution of those in public office.
— John M. Crisp, an op-ed columnist for Tribune News Service, lives in Georgetown, Texas, and can be reached at jcrispcolumns@gmail.com.
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Creating and Managing a Computer Game Project
By sdfgeoff in CircuitsSoftware
Introduction: Creating and Managing a Computer Game Project
By sdfgeoffLife, the Universe and ....
About: All you need to know is I exist...... More About sdfgeoff »
I am a great supporter of Indie game development, and love to see what small games people make in their free time.
After creating a small game many people try to make a larger one, and then feel that they need a small team to help them along. This Ible covers trips and tricks that I've picked up from my own computer game, DEEP Space, that I've been working on for more than a year.
This does not only apply to computer games, but also to other web-based team projects.
Making a game is a big task, that takes a lot more time that you think. A professional, paid company takes over a year to produce a good game, so don't expect you to produce an amazing title in a month.
Also, people often drop out of un-paid projects, so be prepared to do everything yourself.
Step 1: Make Initial Decisions
Before you start to think about getting other people involved there are several key choices to make:
What game engine are you going to use, or will you code one from scratch?
What will attract people to your game?
Who is your target audience?
I try to keep things open source, so as a game engine I chose to use Blender's internal game engine. Other free options are Unity, Spring and many others. Have a look at the wikipedia page for game engines.
You choice of engine may be influenced by things like:
Programming languages you know
Licencing of published games
Game-play type. (ie Spring is for RTS only)
When you create a game you have to think about who will play it and how they will find out about it. As I found out, making a game is 10% developing and 90% promoting.
Most game projects have a website, for consumers and developers.
Publish WIP versions of your game on the web.
Make posters and distribute them on the web.
You also have to think about who will play it. What makes it stand out from other computer games? There are millions of FPS's and RTS's, yours must be slightly different to make an impact. But it can't be so radical so as to turn people away.
Make sure you have an audience.
Step 2: Planning (story/style)
Nothing beats pen and paper for this stage.
A name is an important thing to chose. I chose badly, picking "Defender" as my initial name. 4 months later someone told me that "googling defender.exe produces a virus." I then spent the next couple months deciding wether to change the name. It was a big task, as you have to re-brand everything, from script headers to posters to forum thread titles to website domain names. So pick a name that tells people about the game, isn't ambiguous, then, Google it to see if it has been taken by another company, or represents something you don't wish it to.
You must also come up with a story time.
Make sure you make the story-line believable and detailed. It will be the base for everything later in the game. Once you have set a story, don't change it either, unless there is a serious objection for it. It's not quite as bad to change as the name, but it is still an effort.
Creating a consistent style is rather important. No-one would dream of mixing 16x16 pixel textures with very good 3D models, simply because the effect would be so weird. The same applies for smaller things. Pick an overall style and communicate this to any concept artists. Styles can be things like:
Dark industrial
Fairly tale
retro-futuristic
When you are developing make sure the menu's, models and textures reflect this, otherwise the resulting game won't fit together nicely.
Step 3: Detailed Planning
There are a few sneaky surprises that caught up on me part-way through developing.
One of these was the filing system.
When you buy a game you don't see hundreds of images, textures and sounds in the same folder as the executable. Rather they are sorted neatly into folders with sensible names like "Textures" or "Sounds" Planning this is key to good developing. As is planning how you get models from data files into the game files.
Be specific and make a document that communicates this clearly to team members. Have a look at my sheet to see what detail I went into. Things like:
Folder names
File-types
Contents of data files
You can also plan a time-line, but I would advise waiting until you are well into the project. There is nothing worse than having to rush to meet a dead-line, and having to go back later and fix up a programming botch-job. Pretty much everything takes longer than you think. I had planned for my game to be finished in about a year, now, coming up on it's second anniversary, there's still quite a bit to be done (but the end is in sight).
Also plan out communication with your team members. IRC is a good system, as is file-syncing with a system like dropbox. Setting up a website is a good idea about now.
The next three steps should be done at roughly the same time. With you doing the third, as bits of the other two are done by others.
Step 4: Concept Time
Now you have enough information to get a concept artist onto your team.
There is a lot for your concept artists to do. These include:
Menu's (including high-scores, in-game menu's)
Player character(s)
Enemies/challenges
Levels (I feel I need more than one word for this, it is a large challenge)
Game-play features (HUD's, props)
You don't have to wait for them to finish before you can move on to the next step.
Anything from pencil sketches to publisher vector graphics, to 2D painting works. Text documents along with the concepts help explain.
Concepts should be approved to fit with the style before they are able to be included in the project.
Step 5: Model and Textures
Time to get modelling. Get those concepts into 3D models, or sprites depending on what sort of game you are making.
You can have specific people doing modelling and texturing. People have different areas of skill, so let people do what they are good at.
Myself I can model and code well, but had to give the texturing up to some-one else.
There are a lot of models, so it pays to get started on this early. Don't worry about levels at this stage. Menu's too, can be ignored unless they require complex modelling.
Step 6: Assembly Time
Time to code and put everything together.
It's best that one person does this, probably you, as the person running it. This helps prevent confusion.
You take all the models, put them all together in a logical file-structure. Separate out textures.
Start coding. Get user/game interactions right, start working on the menu's (they are more coding than modelling you see, that's why they fall under this category)
Use a blank level for testing, or add obstacles for testing AI, collisions and such, but don't fuss with proper levels yet.
This is one of the hardest parts of the game, as it takes lots of motivation from you.
Step 7: Level Making
Here's where your prior planning really comes in useful.
If you coded and planned well, adding levels should be a breeze.
For my game, the level-select menu auto-detects new levels in a level folder, and since the levels know all about themselves (logic and all) it's just a case of putting the levels in the right folder and hitting play.
Step 8: Distribute
I'm not here yet, so from here on it is just what I hear and think. If you know better than me, let me know.
Hopefully you have got a website set up, as well as spread those posters around. Now it's time to go back to all those sites, and post a download link (or if you are selling it (pah), a buying link). If there are forums of people who play your style game, then post links there. Put a link in your signature. Do your best to let people know about it.
Sites like sourceforge offer free hosting for projects like this. Chose a place that doesn't require signup to download, and uses as few-er clicks as possibly to actually download it.
Make the executable file available in as many formats as is possible. Some game engines (like XNA) only allow windows, and this restricts your audience. Try to keep everything as cross-platform as possible.
Some more detail on creating computer games can be found here
Because it makes no sens at all?
how can i make a game?
FoolishSage
Im hoping to make games in the near future (more as a hobby rather anything people would pay for) and have been reading up on game design and game development. I think you really did capture the essence of how to go about it well and I found it quite informative since you are talking from your own experience rather just a dry textbook.
You mention that 90% is promoting. Could you go into further detail about what the possibilities are or what you did for this?
sdfgeoff
By promoting I mean:
Getting team members. I did this by posting on blenderartists.org, as I was using blender. You might like to find a site with 3D artists, coders or the game engine you used.
Getting testers. This one is easy. Get other people to play it, and take note of their comments. (Family or friends are good for this...)
Informing the general public of releases. Creating a website (which takes ages. You may wish to find or pay a person for this) is how I did this, as well as posters on deviantart and a gamers website. Also, put the website link in as many places as possible, to increase it's placement on google.
Youtube videos both game-play and/or a cinematic trailer.
Consider placing your game on a site like indiegames
Most of these you can do throughout development, and you don't have to wait until the end, except perhaps the last one.
Also to consider for time management:
Documentation for users (manual)
Documentation for add-ons (so people can add new levels)
Rendering for menu backgrounds, or if you are doing cutscenes,
Sounds (I haven't done these yet, and need to get onto it soon)
In case you're wondering, I haven't put a link to my games website here, as I haven't made a new site since the games name change.
mikeasaurus
Fun reading about your experience. You'll update us with a version of your game when you're ready to release, won't you?
Oh yes....


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E-waste is a term used to describe electrical and electronic products that enter the waste stream. Currently, it is the fastest growing stream of municipal waste. Informal disposal of E-waste may cause serious health and pollution problems to humans as well as the environment. Although E-waste may represent less than 5% of the total waste discarded into landfills, yet it includes more than 70% of overall toxic waste. Not only the exact amount of E-waste generated in the UAE is unknown, but it is continuously increasing with the advent of new electronic products. Therefore, the main aim of this thesis is to assess the current and future quantities of E-waste in Abu Dhabi emirate. A questionnaire was developed to estimate the generated E-waste quantities foe three products; namely, laptops, desktops, and mobile phones. Copies of this questionnaire have been distributed to the public in Al-Ain and Abu Dhabi cities to collect data about the E-waste. The estimated quantities of generated E-waste in Abu Dhabi are for three products 1,151,000 mobile phones, 464,000 laptops, and 300,000 desktops. The future quantities of E-waste are predicted based on the life span of each product. They were estimated to be 827,000 laptops, 223,000 desktops, and 1,618,000 mobile phones. The results also indicated that 78% of residents in Abu Dhabi are aware of the adverse effects of E-waste and they are ready to dispose E-waste in an environmental friendly manner. This study will help government and agencies to plan for E-waste management based on the estimated quantities of E-waste.
Al Nasseri, Khaleel Ibrahim, "Assessment of Current and Future Generated Selected E-Waste Quantities in Abu Dhabi" (2015). Theses. 233.


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MainAll NewsMiddle EastPA Blasts Nigeria for Abstaining at UN
PA Blasts Nigeria for Abstaining at UN
Palestinian Authority says Nigeria's abstention during a UN vote on Palestinian statehood as a "big disappointment".
Tags: Palestinian Statehood Bid PA Statehood Bid Palestinian Authority Nigeria
Ben Ariel , Jan 01 , 2015 4:45 AM
PM Netanyahu and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan
The Palestinian Authority's (PA) representative to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) criticized Nigeria on Wednesday over its abstention during a UN vote on Palestinian statehood on Tuesday.
In a statement quoted by the Ma'an news agency, the representative Muhannad al-Akluk, said Nigeria's move was a "big disappointment", adding that voting against "Palestine" despite being a member of the OIC was a "clear contradiction."
He also claimed that Nigeria's abstention violated numerous resolutions passed at the Islamic organization's summits.
The PA's resolution calling for Israel to withdraw from Judea and Samaria by 2017 was defeated in the Security Council when it received eight votes, one short of the number required to pass it.
Reports said that it was Nigeria which made the difference in the resolution failing to pass, as it had been expected to vote in favor but then decided to abstain.
Al-Akluk added in his statement that the United States' stand against the "Palestinian cause" and the resolution were not a surprise, but that Nigeria's abstention from voting was a "shock" and a disappointment for Palestinian Aras.
The representative also said in the statement that such attitudes stand in opposition to the Islamic context and must be dealt with inside the OIC, highlighting the "unacceptable" contradiction that a member state of the group abstained from voting while European states voted in favor of the resolution.
Nigeria maintains close ties with Israel Its president, Goodluck Jonathan, visited Israel last October, marking the first time the first time that a Nigerian president visited the Jewish state. During that visit, Nigeria and Israel signed an agreement allowing direct air travel between both countries.
Several months ago, Israel sent two anti-terror experts to Nigeria to join the search for a group of schoolgirls who were kidnapped by terrorists from Boko Haram.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu thanked Nigeria for its abstention at the vote. He also thanked Rwanda, another country that abstained, saying the two countries' leaders personally assured him they would not support the PA's bid.


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Blog: Fair Housing Means Discriminatory Screening Practices Must End
National Fair Housing Month highlights how Milwaukee's eviction crisis disproportionately restricts housing options for Black women.
Each April, we celebrate National Fair Housing Month. This year, April 11 marks the 54th anniversary of the 1968 Civil Rights Act known as the Fair Housing Act. This landmark legislation outlawed housing discrimination on the basis of protected classes such as race, color, sex, national origin, and religion, providing a legal basis to remedy racism in housing transactions.
Despite the passage of the Fair Housing Act, fair housing continues to be an issue in Milwaukee. Formerly incarcerated individuals and people with prior eviction records face additional challenges in accessing safe and affordable housing. This targeted discrimination disproportionately impacts Black and Brown people.
This year, evictions have hit a high point. In fact, there are now more eviction filings than pre-pandemic. We are in the midst of a housing crisis in which rents have risen and wages have not, so there isn't enough affordable housing.
One of the groups most forgotten who struggle to find affordable housing are formerly incarcerated people. After incarceration, one of the most important aspects of successful reentry into the community is access to housing. Unfortunately, many landlords discriminate against those trying to reenter society by barring anyone with a previous criminal conviction or arrest record from renting housing. Racially discriminatory screening policies which ban tenants with arrest records or previous convictions block already vulnerable populations from attaining a place to live.
Another group that struggles to find housing are tenants with previous eviction records. Blanket bans on tenants with eviction filings on their records do not take into account the many reasons a landlord might have filed for eviction such as a pandemic-related job loss or an unexpected medical emergency.
In Milwaukee, we've seen that eviction also disproportionately affects Black women more than any other demographic. Harvard sociologist Matthew Desmond found that Milwaukee women renting in Black neighborhoods faced eviction more than 1.8 times as often as male renters from the same neighborhoods and more than five times as often as women renters from white neighborhoods.
It follows that the common practice of screening out potential tenants based on eviction records disproportionately impacts Black women. Anti-discrimination laws like the Fair Housing Act should prevent this intersectional racial and gender discrimination.
Instead of blanket bans on former convictions or evictions, landlords should conduct individualized analyses of candidates. Public and subsidized housing specifically must end unfair screening policies because people who were formerly incarcerated or evicted are the very ones most in need of public housing.
Racial disparities in housing perpetuate structural racism in Milwaukee. Housing is intricately tied to wealth, health, education, voting enfranchisement, and more. People with eviction or conviction records need support in securing affordable housing, not obstacles. The Fair Housing Act is clear: Black women and families deserve fair housing.
Help is out there:
People facing eviction can seek help paying rent, mediation, or dismissal in court. Last year, Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley took a step toward the right to counsel for evictees by signing a bill which funds some lawyers for eviction defense free of charge. Milwaukeeans can apply for legal help at Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee and Legal Action of Wisconsin.


This pages lists the deliverables of the WAI-ACT Project and their current development status. WAI-ACT work is developed through W3C/WAI Working Groups. See the information about corresponding groups to get involved in current work and contact Shadi Abou-Zahra with questions.
The Open Cooperation Framework lowers the perceived threshold for participating in W3C/WAI efforts, to increase and leverage the skills and knowledge of European and international experts and stakeholders for WAI-ACT work. It creates an open, non-exclusive collaborative environment for the development of consensed, authoritative accessibility guidance on advanced technologies, an internationally harmonised web accessibility evaluation methodology, and a coordinate research agenda on eAccessibility. At the same time, it serves as a mechanism to disseminate iterative project results and contribute to rapid exploitation of the final results. This framework will serve as a key backbone for participation and exchange throughout the entire project.
The Open Cooperation Forum supports ongoing dialog, input, feedback, and dissemination and to build consensus on all areas of WAI-ACT work. Expected participants will include developers and practitioners, accessibility researchers and experts, people with disabilities and older users.
The Open Cooperation Platform facilitates the participation of all stakeholders in each area of WAI-ACT work. It includes improved collaboration tools such wiki-based tools, review systems, and other community-based tools with specific mechanisms to support contributions and collaborative development, facilitate discussion, knowledge sharing, and contribution by all stakeholders including individuals from the public.
Outreach in Europe supports the Open Cooperation Framework through annually held open meetings in Europe, development of educational resources explaining the benefits and opportunities for active participation in and contribution to the WAI-ACT project, and active outreach to relevant organisations, projects, and individuals to promote awareness on WAI-ACT work and encourage participation, contribution, and input.
The publication of WCAG 2.0 as a completed web standard in December 2008, and progress of ATAG 2.0, UAAG 2.0, and WAI-ARIA 1.0 towards completed web standards, implies an increased need for more rather than less work on guidance and implementation techniques. WAI-ACT will provide authoritative technical guidance to facilitate the implementation of harmonised solutions for web accessibility, accelerating direct progress on development of accessible web content, and increasing the potential for indirect impact through development of authoring tools that support production of accessible web content.
The repository of information on accessibility support in web technologies will guide the selection of technologies during the development of accessible websites and web applications. For instance, to help select web technologies that provide support for captions, keyboard support, and support for text alternatives for images with certain combinations of browsers and assistive technologies. This repository will be provided using collaborative tools developed through the Open Collaboration Platform that facilitate public input and contribution, to continually expand the repository with updated and new information on accessibility support in web technologies.
The application notes and code samples for advanced technologies guide advanced developers in best practices for implementing dynamic interfaces and widgets, such as those that use W3C/WAI Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA), W3C Mobile Web Applications Best Practices (MWABP) and other advanced technologies, to support conformance to WCAG 2.0.
The W3C Workshop on Referencing and Adopting WCAG 2.0 in Practice will collect, discuss, and disseminate best practices on applying WCAG 2.0 in different settings. It will include participation from a broad set of key stakeholders in Europe and internationally. It will include development of a W3C Workshop Report that summarises contributions and conclusions and that will feed into the development of practical guidance on adopting and implementing W3C/WAI standards.
Practical guidance on adopting and implementing W3C/WAI standards will help plan and manage the implementation, retrofitting, and ongoing maintenance of accessible websites, through updating existing W3C/WAI resources to current standards and best practices and expanding these with conclusions from the W3C Workshop on Referencing and Adopting WCAG 2.0 in Practice.
Part of the technical guidance needed is an authoritative and broadly consensed evaluation methodology for web accessibility. To date many organisations, projects, and activities have developed evaluation guidance based on W3C/WAI Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 1.0. Several of these methodologies bear conflicting interpretations of the guidelines, do not have broad consensus and recognition as authoritative resources, or have otherwise not been widely adopted by different stakeholders.
WAI-ACT will provide an authoritative and internationally harmonised methodology for evaluating web accessibility that is based on WCAG 2.0 will supersede previous methodologies based WCAG 1.0 and will contribute to a common understanding of accessibility solutions. It will facilitate the uniform uptake of W3C/WAI standards and guidelines in Europe and internationally, and accelerate the implementation of web accessibility.
An internationally harmonised methodology for evaluating conformance of websites to WCAG 2.0 defines a consensed approach and metrics for evaluating the conformance of entire websites, including web applications, to WCAG 2.0. It promotes common interpretation and harmonised uptake of WCAG 2.0 among EU Member States and internationally.
The techniques for automated and semi-automated evaluation tools will guide the development of a new generation of web accessibility evaluation tools that support WCAG 2.0. This will assist evaluators with varying skills and expertise in web accessibility in evaluating websites, including web applications, for accessibility.
Requirements for "Techniques for Automated and Semi-Automated Evaluation Tools"
The guidance on finding and selecting web accessibility evaluation tools will assist evaluators with varying skills and expertise in web accessibility in finding and selecting evaluation tools that are appropriate for specific situations and evaluation purposes. This work includes updating existing W3C/WAI resources to support WCAG 2.0, and through expanding these with additional guidance.
The interactive guide to assist managing web accessibility evaluations will aide evaluators with varying skills and expertise in web accessibility in carrying out evaluation through improving the educational quality and usability of resources on web accessibility evaluation.
The convergence of the Web with media and technologies such as television, telephony, and mobile devices; the increased use of gestures, sensors, and biometrics for web-based human computer interaction; the evolution of web applications and cloud computing; the emergence of 3D, augmented reality, and virtual reality on the Web; and many more technology trends adds to the need for coordinated research and development on eAccessibility. WAI-ACT contributes to coordinated research on the application of the second generation of W3C/WAI web accessibility standards and guidelines to converging technologies including media is needed to keep pace with the accelerating development of ICTs that are accessible to people with disabilities. This will be embedded into interdisciplinary and pro-active research aspects on HCI, usability, and socio-economic impacts for the information society.
Regular teleconference seminars to explore eAccessibility research topics bring European and international researchers and experts together through planning, organisation of topics and speakers, and holding teleconference seminars on eAccessibility. Particularly topics relating to the convergence of technologies and media with the Web and its impact on accessibility for people with disabilities are at focus.
An annotated catalogue of eAccessibility research topics and resources helps inform researchers and experts on opportunities for research and development through collecting, assessing, and compiling eAccessibility research topics and challenges from the broadest audience possible.


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One of the latest additions to its Sydney hub is a Toppy Advance turner/transporter, the first of its kind in Australia. The CMYKhub operation in Melbourne installed a Toppy pile turner three years ago through Graffica and found the mobile unit to be very reliable, flexible and cost effective, according to Clive Denholm, managing director, CMYKhub NSW.
"We have found Graffica to a very reliable supplier and they provide good support for the equipment they sell," he confirmed. "Having the pile turner reduces loading times, increases production and saves printers having to do the back breaking work of hand loading. In addition, the Toppy is affordable and has a fast payback period."
Neil Southerington of Graffica points out that the new Toppy Advance is actually two machines in one. "The Advance replaces the Standard Toppy and the Junior Toppy. It has all the features of both, but rather than being more expensive, it's priced midway between the two," he explains.
The Toppy Advance features an improved fully electronic drive and is equipped with a simple touch-screen display incorporating diagnostics. Improved traction and easily exchanged skids allow pallets of paper up to 1000kg to be turned and transported with ease, even unstable piles such as die cut or stamped signatures and booklets. Turning piles for "work and turn" jobs takes less than two minutes, versus 20 to 30 minutes by hand.
While pulling a 1000kg with a pump truck is a hazard, turning by hand is a health and safety nightmare. Toppy with aeration and jogging becomes the "mover and shaker" of the printing industry. The Advance increases safety and productivity in the press room, bindery, shipping and receiving areas. There is no need for double handling transport and the compact self-propelled unit can turn anywhere in the factory.


I recently read a blog post featuring an excerpt entitled "How Productivity Advances the Gospel" from a book by Matt Perman- What's Best Next: How the Gospel Transforms the Way You Get Things Done.
Perman's exposition of the two types of wisdom go directly to the heart of the content and process of a holistic Biblical integration of faith and life that forms the foundation of Christian schooling.
The two types of wisdom could also be described in this way: there is the wisdom of what we have been saved from and a wisdom of what we have been saved to.
All creation groans under the futility of sin's curse but will one day be set free. (Romans 8:18-25) Our present and future freedom is wholly the result of the astounding grace of God in Christ. He is the pre-eminence of all things, the fullness of God, who is reconciling all things to himself through the blood of the cross. (Colossians 1:15-20). In creation, God endowed us with his image and charged us with subduing the earth and having dominion over it. (Genesis 1:27-28).
Our relationship with God has changed because of sin, but it has not been withdrawn. The creation mandate to subdue the earth and have dominion over it shifted in the fall, but it has not been retracted.
As a result, Christians schools should have cultures that are shaped by God's radical, life changing grace. The heart, soul, mind, body and strength of students should be nurtured with the hope and truth of the gospel. Students must know that the love of teachers and administrators is not tied to their performance, but instead mirrors the loving and costly grace and mercy of God. The process AND content of the learning community, and the relationships within, must vividly represent what we have been saved from (the second type of wisdom).
At the same time, there must be an intentional effort to rigorously challenge students to reach their full potential. The motivation for unyielding standards of developmentally appropriate growth is to prepare students to exercise the creation mandate to subdue the earth and have dominion over it. The quality of our curricular and co-curricular programs should be consistent with importance of the special and unique calling of God on each student. The graduates of Christian schools should be represented in all spheres of society and culture. Christian schools must prepare students with excellence for what they have been saved to (the second type of wisdom).
Special care must be given to ensure balance in the application of the two type of wisdom. To disproportionally focus on what we have been saved from, risks schools that under-prepare their students for what they have been saved to. To disproportionally focus on what we have been saved to, risks schools that value the highest performers and create cultures where identity is found in what students do rather than in what Jesus has already done.
Creating learning communities that exercise the proper balance of "saved from and saved to" could not be more important. May God grant Christian schools the ability to open our eyes daily to where better balance is needed and the willingness to learn from each other as we seek to strike the proper chord.


Let me begin by telling you that I am not feeling angry at the moment. This is not a chance for me to vent about my frustrations. What I want to do is say what is obvious to those of us in Caregiving roles — as well as those receiving the care. We get angry!
When we get angry we have to figure out what to do with those angry feelings. While I would like it to be so, I am not always calm and rational and thoughtful and caring and sweet and loving — I had better stop before I lose my supper. Mary Ann and I are not always sweet to each other. Gratefully, neither of us expresses our anger physically. We don't call each other nasty names. We do get angry.
We have to figure out what to do with the anger so that it does not alienate us from one another or eat holes in our insides. We don't happen to be sweet talkers. I appreciate those for whom sweet words come easily — when those words are genuine. We are not cutesy-pie or sweet-cheeks or honey bunny sort of folks. We didn't use baby talk with our children — maybe a little with our Grandchildren, but that's different! We don't use sweet talk with one another.
Actually, I like that we say what we want to say to each other with words that sound genuine. There is a trust that emerges that we are being straight with each other. We try to be thoughtful in what we say without using words that sound like empty flattery. We can both be pretty grumpy. That is just the way we really are, sometimes grumpy, sometimes loving and kind and happy and content.
When anger comes there are some elements of dealing with that anger that are unique to a caregiving and receiving relationship. It just isn't fair to express anger at someone who is sick, who has been battling Parkinson's Disease for twenty-two years, who has had stolen from her every ability that brought her creative satisfaction, someone who depends on you for almost everything. But where then can it go? How can it be expressed.
Then, how can Mary Ann express her anger at me when moments later she has to depend on me to get her a sip of water or more importantly a dish of ice cream? How can she risk alienating the one person who is there for her pretty much twenty-four hours a day? Where then can the anger go, how can it be expressed.
If you haven't discovered this for yourself, let me tell you something important about long and committed relationships. They contain within them the capacity to be angry with one another, be grumpy, express it, and not threaten the relationship. We trust each other enough to admit and express our anger.
There are, of course, some rules. No hitting!!! No name calling. No damage to the furniture, doors or walls. There may be an enthusiastic shutting of a door. There may even be some yelling. My children and those I taught in Confirmation Classes can testify that this little body can produce sounds audible from quite a distance, startling when heard at close range.
There is an element in the expression of anger in a relationship that is not always appreciated. Expressing anger appropriately in a relationship can strengthen it. The operative word is "appropriately." Admitting that you are angry about something creates a vulnerability. I can remember in our early years of marriage, Mary Ann once saying to me, "I just wish you would get angry with me." By the way, she has lived to regret ever saying that.
In her own way, she was asking me to be honest with her and reveal myself more openly, be more fully present with her. She was asking me to trust her with my anger, trust her with what lay in my insides.
Here is where that insight relates to our relationship as Caregiver/Receiver. Were I to refuse to let her see any of my anger, it would signal to her that I thought her to be too sick, to debilitated to handle an honest relationship. If I were to be sweet and nice and never grumpy with her, she would suspect that I had somehow lost respect for her strength.
If Mary Ann were to become docile and compliant, never grumpy, always appreciating whatever I said or did, eating leftovers without complaint, never becoming impatient with me, it would signal to me the loss of someone who has been a force to be reckoned with, a strong presence, the person I have loved for all these years.
We are not just Caregiver and Carereceiver, we are husband and wife!
What helps in managing the anger that comes is reflecting on it long enough (after the first reactive moments) to determine what it is that is the actual cause of the anger. More often than not, what we are actually angry at is the insidious nature of Parkinson's. The ups and downs, the unpredictability, the inability to make plans and keep them, the relentless direction of this rollercoaster ride, combine to create frustrations that bubble up when some evidence of Parkinson's presence pops up (sometimes as suddenly as Jack does when the little door of the box opens).
I seem to have little ability to change this pattern, and I am frustrated by that inability. When Mary Ann falls, which can be multiple times in a day, I get angry and grumpy about whatever it is that put her in the position of falling. When I reflect on those reactive feelings, it becomes apparent to me what is actually happening. I am scared. We have been to the emergency room with blood that refuses to coagulate. I know that head injuries are what most often finally take folks with Parkinson's. I am upset that I didn't anticipate it and figure out how to prevent it. I am frustrated that the very same medications that keep her able to function throw her into dyskinetic movements that compromise her balance, that the disease process combined with side effects of meds can cause her blood pressure to lower resulting in fainting. I am angry that she doesn't think about all that and avoid situations that make falling likely. I am angry that the disease has slowed the thinking process making that kind of rational behavior difficult to maintain. I am angry that she has always had a stubborn streak that, while it is keeping her alive, it is at the same time driving me crazy. And then she wonders why I am angry at her when she falls since she isn't the one who chose the Parkinson's and brought all the challenges into our lives. She isn't doing it on purpose.
What about anger? Well, admit it, name it, express it in ways that hurt no one, then think about it. Use the energy it produces to find ways to deal with the problems that trigger it. Don't waste the anger. Use it constructively. Don't let the Parkinson's, the chronic illness, rule your feelings, your personal and emotional well-being. Respect each other enough to be open and honest, vulnerable to one another. Allow the chronic illness to become only an objective part of the landscape in which you live and grow and love.
Yes, I would like to hear what you do with your anger. I would like to hear what tools you use to manage it, release it, diminish its power.


Belle Gallantey returned $15.60 as the second choice in the field of six. The Kentucky-bred conditioned by Rudy Rodriguez set fractions of :49.51 for the half mile and 1:13.63 for the three-quarters mile before completing the mile and a quarter in 2:01.15 over a fast main track. Belle Gallantey improved her career record to eight wins from 40 starts with earnings of $866,270.
Having her run in longer races and getting her to relax has been the key to her recent success.
Todd Pletcher, the trainer of Princess Sylmar did not have an excuse of his filly.
"One of my concerns was not having a true pace scenario developing, which is legitimate, but we have no excuses," Todd Pletcher the trainer of Princess Sylmar who finished second.


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Absolutely wrapped to make it down to the second instalment of the Esperance Jazz and Blues club at the Loose Goose last Sunday. On entry, I was greeted by a fantastic crowd intent on catching tunes performed by a revolving cast of quality local musicians. Dean Haitani a brilliant songwriter and guitarist was also in attendance becoming the first touring musician to perform in the line-up. The evenings format is driven by the idea of inclusion with various singers and musicians performing across the session. Potential contributors are encouraged to contact the jazz club and register their interest and advise them of the songs they wish to perform. This is not essential though will allow regular musicians to familiarise themselves with particular compositions. The Esperance Jazz and Blues Club perform the third Sunday of each month at the Loose Goose, a thoroughly recommended evening. Ash Grunwald is just around the corner on Friday May 25th fom 6pm at The Cannery Arts Centre and upon writing this column on May 21, ticket sales were already 75 per cent sold. If the current trend has remained steady, it is quite likely the tickets will have sold out. Local support has been outstanding and I would love to thank G.J. Gardner Homes and Wells Building Designers and Consultants for sponsoring the event. If you are interested in checking ticket availability, head straight to www.trybooking.com. The Cannery Arts Centre continues to deliver as a highly versatile live music venue. Its ability to evolve and offer differing experiences across diverse arts mediums has been fantastic to see. Ash Grunwald is a high calibre artist with some amazing credits to his name, his performance at The Cannery pushes the boundaries of the venue and opens up exciting possibilities for artists of a similar calibre. The Esperance music scene moves from strength to strength, and this would not be possible without an absolutely amazing audience who are willing to get along and support week in week out. Whether it's an open mic, local show, Esperance Jazz and Blues Club Session or a high calibre act such as Grunwald your support does not go without notice, thank you so much.
Absolutely wrapped to make it down to the second instalment of the Esperance Jazz and Blues club at the Loose Goose last Sunday.
On entry, I was greeted by a fantastic crowd intent on catching tunes performed by a revolving cast of quality local musicians.
Dean Haitani a brilliant songwriter and guitarist was also in attendance becoming the first touring musician to perform in the line-up.
The evenings format is driven by the idea of inclusion with various singers and musicians performing across the session.
Potential contributors are encouraged to contact the jazz club and register their interest and advise them of the songs they wish to perform.
This is not essential though will allow regular musicians to familiarise themselves with particular compositions.
The Esperance Jazz and Blues Club perform the third Sunday of each month at the Loose Goose, a thoroughly recommended evening.
Ash Grunwald is just around the corner on Friday May 25th fom 6pm at The Cannery Arts Centre and upon writing this column on May 21, ticket sales were already 75 per cent sold.
If the current trend has remained steady, it is quite likely the tickets will have sold out.
Local support has been outstanding and I would love to thank G.J. Gardner Homes and Wells Building Designers and Consultants for sponsoring the event.
If you are interested in checking ticket availability, head straight to www.trybooking.com.
The Cannery Arts Centre continues to deliver as a highly versatile live music venue.
Its ability to evolve and offer differing experiences across diverse arts mediums has been fantastic to see.
Ash Grunwald is a high calibre artist with some amazing credits to his name, his performance at The Cannery pushes the boundaries of the venue and opens up exciting possibilities for artists of a similar calibre.
The Esperance music scene moves from strength to strength, and this would not be possible without an absolutely amazing audience who are willing to get along and support week in week out.
Whether it's an open mic, local show, Esperance Jazz and Blues Club Session or a high calibre act such as Grunwald your support does not go without notice, thank you so much.


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An Interview with Holly Ambrose
Interviews - Press Jobs, NON-FICTION
by Grady Hanrahan
Non-Fiction Submissions
Holly Ambrose has a degree in journalism from Florida International University in North Miami. Her publishing career began with freelance articles, which she continues to write today. Holly worked previously as an editor for a children's educational CD-ROM and had a stint as editor/writer of a quarterly magazine for a non-profit organization. She has been in the process of publishing a new magazine called EcoFlorida for nine months now.
Q: What are the main criteria for a "good" non-fiction submission?
First, writers have to convince me that they know what they're writing about. Then, they also have to show professionalism in that they spell words correctly and write complete sentences that are easy to read. When I read an article, it's important to find a flow – a thought organization that makes sense. For example, I (and readers) shouldn't have to read the same thing in two different places in the article — that shows poor organization on the writer's parts. Those are the basics.
If an article is assigned, it should follow the criteria the assigning editor wanted. If an article is on spec, it should speak to the readers of the intended audience and have an obvious slant.
Q: What do you dislike most about non-fiction submissions?
I don't like to see spelling mistakes-everyone has a spell checker these days. If someone is too lazy or careless to use it, I wonder about the quality of the thoughts in the article. Grammar problems also turn me off –and I mean real problems, like style things or clumsy wording. There are a lot of people who want to write just to see their names in print or to express themselves, but who don't take the time to learn how to use their tools — words.
Q: What are the qualities of a "good" non-fiction editor?
From working with editors who have edited my work, I can say that I have admired those who just came right out and told me how to correct what I'd written. That was how I learned to write. They didn't try to spare my feelings, and I was glad because I know I don't learn anything from someone telling me "That's real nice; I liked it."
I think a non-fiction editor should be interested in not only the subject he or she is editing, but also be interested in lots of other subjects. Even though many non-fiction articles are specialized, they don't exist in a vacuum. They are touched upon, and the subjects themselves touch upon other subjects, even in minor, but significant, ways.
Q: What are your writing habits, if any?
Currently, I write some articles for my own publications as well as a freelance article now and then. I also like to speak to other writers and editors about the work they encounter, and strike up discussions about certain aspects of using language.
Q: What advice do you have for beginning non-fiction writers?
I would say to begin writing what you know about. There is a lot each one of us knows about. We know about the place we live or grew up in, what the micro-culture was like, what the climate was like, what our childhood and families were like. Right there, you could write dozens of essays. We also know about our line of work, whatever that may be, which could spark ideas for how-to articles. We know about our neighbors, friends and families, who all have various jobs and interests, and by interviewing them, we could write profiles and all of the non-fiction genres above. We know how we feel about issues and how we've struggled with various problems, which make good essays if well written. There is a lot we know, but because it's so familiar to us, we don't think it's that important.
Then, I would say to learn the business end of writing. Writers need to learn how to market their work. Basically, when you think about it, writers are salespeople because they have to sell their work or ideas to get published. That's not sacrificing art; that's the way it goes today. No non-fiction article is written today because the piece is nice. It's written because there's a need, and a writer proved that he or she was the one who could fill that need, or first proved that there was a need that could and should be fulfilled. Writers can help themselves out by reading sales and marketing books and articles, because in effect, they are their own business.
© Grady Hanrahan 1999
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The Syllabus: Dark horse anyone?
By Ryan Herrington
__THE FAB FIVE
____My look at the top five teams in the country right now
__1. UNLV __(Last week: 5)
Naysayers will tell you all about how the Rebels' first four wins this season were in events with lower-profile fields. You can't say that, however, about their victory at the Southern Highlands Collegiate Masters. Sure, there's the home-course advantage factor that might put an asterisk in some minds, but we're running out of excuses why we can't take Blake Biddle,Derek Ernst and Kevin Penner seriously.
Next event: National Invitational Tournament, Omni Tucson National Resort, Tucson, March 16-17
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2.____Texas (1)
To head off an onslaught of likely emails from Longhorn fans, dropping UT to No. 2 is not to be misinterpreted as saying that the team is any less a threat to win the Big 12 or NCAA title than it was any time this spring. It's just a sign that they aren't as unstoppable as they once might have appeared to be. No reason, though, to panic in Austin.
Next event: Morris Williams Intercollegiate, University of Texas GC, Austin, March 16-17
__3. Favorite state school in California
The third-place showing byUCLA__ in Vegas makes it hard to drop the Bruins out of the top five, although they're space is going to have to be sub-leased with upstart Cal-Berkeley. The Bears' one-stroke defeat at Southern Highlands comes after a nice victory at the John Burns in February. The team has been using the "no-respect" card a lot lately, but if it continues to win Steve Desimone and Walter Chun are going to have to pull a new trick out of their coaching hat. __
__Next event: UCLA—Stanford Intercollegiate, Stanford University GC, Palo Alto, Calif., March 30-April 1; California—Callaway Collegiate Match Play, The Concession GC, Bradenton, Fla., March 18-20
4. Auburn (3)
The Tigers are part of a statistical anomaly in that according to Golfstat they rank seventh in the country in team scoring average (72.40) but are not in the top 10 in par-3 scoring or par-4 scoring and are ninth in par-5 scoring. They're also out of the top 50 in birdies made (259). Bottom line: the team might not got quite as low as others but it also doesn't make a whole lot of big numbers. I like that trait a lot.
Next event: Schenkel Invitational, Forest Heights CC, Statesboro, Ga., March 16-18
5. Alabama__ __(2)
The bad news: the Crimson Tide fell flat in Las Vegas (T-9) after carrying a nice size helping of momentum with them from their Puerto Rico win. The good news: there's not much time to get down as the squad hits the road for the Schenkel.
Women__
__1. UCLA __(1)
Just a hunch, but once the Bruins get through finals this week I get a sense that they're going to kick things up a notch in Westwood. This group has a lot of pride, and Carrie Forsyth wasn't inducted into the NGCA coaches' hall of fame for nothing.
Next event: Ping/ASU Invitational, Karsten GC, Tempe, Ariz., March 30-April 1
__2. Alabama __(2)
If you listened to Stephanie Meadow in my podcast interview with her last week, you got a sense that last year's slip up at NCAAs has served as a motivator for this year's Crimson Tide squad without it becoming something that is slammed over their head every day. A healthy pinch of pain can be a good thing.
*Next event: *Lady Gator Invitational, Mark Bostick GC at U. of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., March 16-18
__3. LSU __(3)
There's likely some disappointment in the way the final nine holes shook out at the LSU Golf Classic, as the Tigers saw Tennessee take the title. "Basically we just didn't do what we needed to do at the end to win," admitted coach Karen Bahnsen. If LSU can use the experience to improve, at least the defeat won't be for naught.
4. Arizona (4)
Manon Gidali has yet to lose a college tournament. Granted she's only played in two, but the French freshman's streak is an interesting storyline heading to Southern California this week. She's also a key reason why the Wildcats are a team to watch.
Next event: Battle at Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Bernardo GC,
Rancho Bernardo, Calif., March 18-20
__5. Auburn __(5)
If the Tiger men's team has an unusual combination of stats, the school's women's team isn't far behind. Kim Evans' crew is ninth in the country in scoring (74.57) but outside the top 10 in par-3 scoring and par-5 scoring. And their birdies (211) rank them only T-22 in the country.
STAT OF THE WEEK
Number of seasons since 1988 (23 seasons total) that Florida failed to win either the men's Gator Invitational or the women's Gator Invitational. With the Florida men finishing second at Mark Bostick GC last month, the Florida women risk having 2012 become the first year since 1998 in which the Gators don't claim the team title in at least one of their home tournaments.
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—Tiffany Lua, UCLA junior
The quarter system in full force out in the Pac-12
__RANDOM THOUGHT OF THE WEEK
__I can't say I ever owned the entire set of Encyclopaedia Brittanica, but knowing it was there at my local library for me to look something up was a comfort that will be missing after this week's announcement that it will no longer be printed after 244 years. Without it, we'll only be left with A.J. Jacobs amusing book "The Know-It-All" about how he read all 33,000 pages.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
__* Should the Clemson men win this weekend's Furman Intercollegiate, it will mark not just the third straight year the Tigers have won this tournament title, but their second straight victory this spring after most recently winning the Palmetto Invitational. Quick, when was the last time a Larry Penley's squad one back-to-back tournaments? Amazingly you have to go all the way back to spring 2004 when Clemson claimed the ACC title and then the East Regional crown.
My point in bringing this up is that while the Tigers have been under the radar on the national scene in recent years, they might just be gaining momentum at a perfect time to make some noise in this year's postseason--or at least be a interesting dark-horse selection come April and May.
"We're in situation now where we expect to win, which is a little bit different for this team. but I like it," Penley said prior to the Furman event. "That's something we need to learn how to do. That's the situation we'll be in this week. I think we're the best team there. We're expected to win so we'll see how we handle that."
While U.S. Amateur Public Links champion Corbin Mills might be the most well-known player on the Tigers squad, Penley noted the return of Crawford Reeves (right) to the lineup as a spark that has served his team well this spring. The redshirt junior from Greenville, S.C., (where the Furman Invite is being held) sat out the fall with a back injury after playing arguably the best of any Clemson golfer at the end of the 2010-11 season. He picked up where he left off with T-23 finish at the Puerto Rico Classic and a runner-up showing at the Palmetto, posting a 71.0 average in his six rounds.
Playing near home would lead you to believe Reeves might be a key contributor again this weekend—that and the fact he has finished fourth and sixth in his previous two starts at the tournament. His birdie on the 18th hole a year ago also clinched Clemson's one-shot victory over Virginia.
Reeves will play an even bigger role for Penley's team in the coming weeks as Mills will be sitting out of Clemson's two last tournaments (Insperity Augusta State Invite and the All-American) to play in the Masters. If you're looking for unsung heroes, he might just be a leading candidate.
TOURNAMENT PREVIEWS__
__MEN
National Invitational Tournament
__ (For live scoring, click here to link to Golfstat)
Omni Tucson National, Tucson
Host: Arizona
Defending champion: Tulsa (+3/867) by seven strokes over SMU; Arizona's Jonathan Khan (-6/210) by one stroke over Tulsa's Stephen Carney
Field: Arizona, Army, BYU, Hawaii, Memphis, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, San Diego State, SMU, UNLV, UTEP, Wyoming
Skinny: In the event's nine-year history, host Arizona has won the team title just once (2003) and had an individual win medalist honors only once (Jonathan Khan, 2011).
__Morris Williams Intercollegiate
University of Texas GC, Austin, Texas
Host: Texas
Defending champion: Texas (+40/892) by two strokes over Texas Tech; TCU's Tom Hoge (+2/215) by one stroke over Stanford's Andrew Yun
Field: Charleston, New Mexico, North Texas, Sam Houston State, St. John's, TCU, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, Texas-Arlington, Utah, Wake Forest
Skinny: Think that the .500 rule in men's golf isn't opening up playing opportunities for lower-profile schools? Just look at St. John's being in the field here in Austin. This would never have occurred in the 1980s or 1990s.
__Border Olympics
Laredo CC, Laredo, Texas
Host: Houston
Defending champion: Arkansas (-32/832) by five strokes over Oklahoma; Rice's Michael Whitehead (-19/197) by two strokes over Arkansas' Sebastian Cappelen
Field: Baylor, Central Arkansas, Eastern Michigan, Houston, Iowa State, Kansas, Lamar, Louisiana tech, Louisiana-Lafayette, Mississippi State, Rice, Southern Mississippi, Stephen F. Austin, Texas State, Texas-San Antonio, VCU
Skinny: Wide-open event with defending champion Arkansas not back in the field at Laredo.
__Furman Intercollegiate
Furman University GC, Greenville, S.C.
Host: Furman
Defending champion: Clemson (-16/848) by 12 strokes over Kennesaw State; Purdue's William Sjaichudin (-10/206) by one stroke over East Carolina's Harold Varner
Field: Charleston Southern, Clemson, Coastal Carolina, East Tennessee State, Elon, Francis Marion, Furman, Gardner-Webb, Georgia, Georgia State, Marshall, Michigan, Presbyterian, Purdue, Samford, Temple, Troy, Virginia Tech, Western Carolina, Winthrop
Skinny: Clemson is trying to become just the second program to win the Furman title in three straight seasons, Virginia Tech having accomplished the feat in 2001-03.
__Schenkel Invitational
Forest Heights CC, Statesboro, Ga.
Host: Georgia Southern
Defending champion: Auburn (-16/848) in playoff over Florida; Florida's Bank Vongvanij (-9/207) by one stroke over North Florida's Kevin Aylwin and Auburn's Kyle Kopsick
Field: Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Georgia Southern, Kentucky, Minnesota, Mississippi, N.C. State, North Florida, Notre Dame, South Carolina, UAB, Vanderbilt, Virginia
Skinny: Seven of the 14 teams in the field have won at least one tournament during the 2011-12 season.
__Bandon Dunes Championship
Bandon Dunes Resort (Trails course), Bandon, Ore.
Host: Gonzaga
Defending champion: Washington (+7/871) by eight strokes over Oregon; Washington's Charlie Hughes (-6/210) by six strokes over Washington's Chris Williams
Field: British Columbia, Colorado, Gonzaga, Hartford, Long Beach State, Loyola Marymount, Marquette, Missouri-Kansas City, Oregon, Oregon State, Pacific, San Jose State, Utah Valley, Washington, Weber State
Skinny: Bandon! Dunes! Not much more needs to be said about getting to play in this event. Incredible setting.
Callaway Collegiate Match Play Championship
The Concession GC, Bradenton, Fla.
Host: GCAA
Defending champion: Duke df Illinois, 4-1
Field (seed): Arizona State (14), Arkansas (1), California (2), Chattanooga (5), Colorado State (13), Duke (3), East Carolina (9), Indiana (6), Iowa (8), Kennesaw State (11), Liberty (7), UNC Wilmington (15), Oklahoma State (4), South Florida (12), Tennessee (10), Washington State (16)
Skinny: Challenging course is set up well for match-play competition as it hosted Big Ten match play earlier in the year.
__UCF Rio Pinar Invitational
__Rio Pinar CC, Orlando
Host: UCF
Defending champion: UCF (-23/841) by five strokes over Liberty; Florida Gulf Coast's Daniel Mazziotta (-12/204) in a playoff over Liberty's Robert Karlsson
Field: Akron, Campbell, Cleveland State, Florida Atlantic, Florida Gulf Coast, George Mason, Houston Baptist, Loyola (Md.), Miami (Ohio), Northern Illinois, Seton Hall, Stetson, UCF, Western Illinois, Wichita State
Skinny: The Knights have played the role of poor hosts of late, winning the event each of the past four seasons.
__WOMEN
Clover Cup
Longbow GC, Mesa, Ariz.
Host: Notre Dame
Defending champion: New event
Field: Cincinnati, Colorado, Florida International, Furman, Iowa State, Michigan, Minnesota, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, SMU, Texas Tech, Tulsa
Skinny: One last swing through the desert for several Midwestern schools.
__Insperity Lady Jaguar Intercollegiate
Forrest Hills GC, Augusta, Ga.
Host: Augusta State
Defending champion: Purdue (-5/859) by 21 strokes over Augusta State; Augusta State's Casey Kennedy (-11/205) by five strokes over Purdue's Paula Reto
Field: Arkansas-Little Rock, Augusta State, Charleston Southern, East Tennessee State, Indiana, Kennesaw State, Lamar, Memphis, Purdue, South Alabama, Southern Mississippi, Troy, Texas-San Antonio, Western Carolina
Skinny: Purdue chooses to defend its title here rather than at Rancho Bernardo. Hoping to find a spark before the postseason.
__SunTrust Gator Women's Invitational
Mark Bostick GC, Gainesville, Fla.
Host: Florida
Defending champion: Florida (+25/865) by 18 strokes over Florida State; Florida State's Hannah Thomson (E/210) by two strokes over Ohio State's Vicky Villanueva
Field: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Baylor, Chattanooga, Duke, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Georgia State, Kent State, Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi State, South Florida, UCF, Wisconsin
Skinny: Nice little slugfest set for Gainesville. Three top-10 teams in most recent Golf World/NGCA coaches' poll playing, five top-15 teams.
__Battle at Rancho Bernardo
Rancho Bernardo GC, Rancho Bernardo, Calif.
Host: San Diego State
Defending champion: Purdue (+15/879) by seven strokes over USC; Purdue's Laura Gonzalez-Escallon (-7/209) by six strokes over USC's Lizette Salas and UNLV's Therese Koelbaek
Field: Arizona, Arizona State, California, Coastal Carolina, Denver, Long Beach State, Miami (Fla.), New Mexico, Pepperdine, San Diego State, Texas, Texas A&M, Tulane, UNLV, USC, Washington
Skinny: Getting a little late in the season for both USC and Arizona State not to have a win yet. Particularly considering each is ranked in the top seven in the most recent Golf World/NGCA coaches' poll.
__BYU at Entrada Classic
Entrada at Snow Canyon, St. George, Utah
Host: BYU
Defending champion: Wisconsin (+50/914) by five strokes over Oklahoma State; New Mexico State's Demi Mak (+2/218) by four strokes over Illinois' Hailey Koschmann
Field: BYU, CSU Fullerton, Illinois, Nebraska, New Mexico State, North Texas, Northern Arizona, Oklahoma State, Southern Utah, Texas State, Utah Valley, Weber State, Wyoming
Skinny: Cougars are hosting the event for the 26th time.


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The ARE practice programs service is now available to all My NCARB account holders. At just $10 for an annual subscription, the new service offers easy, affordable, and unlimited online access to the practice programs. My NCARB account holders can subscribe to the new service by logging into My NCARB and clicking the "Add" button for this service.
ARTICLE: For some reason the NCARB practice software is still in 32-bit operating system, and not 64-bit, which has been around for like 10 or more years. So I am trying to run this on my new laptop, windows 7 (windows 8 coming out soon, at the time of this post).
Each division also has a practice program with sample vignettes for you to solve. The practice programs can be downloaded free of charge, and will run on an IBM PC or compatible computer running Windows 98, Windows XP, Windows NT or Windows Vista 32-bit.
You can run the programs without doing this, but you can't easily flip back and forth between the program and the drawing area or see the instructions (kind of important). So here are some directions that I have found deep in the online forums.
Its probably better to spend $50-$100 on an old laptop, and have that as a dedicated work station for running the graphic vignette software, I spent $100 dollars upgrading my windows 7 to windows 7 pro. But I don't think this is necessary. But now I am good to go–and all the NCARB software is free.
Installation of either VM package is no more complicated than a typical software installation.
Once it is installed, fire it up and install your 32bit Version of Windows in the virutal machine.
Frankly, I am not sure how easy this is. It looks like windows xp mode and Windows Virtual PC work together. And I think it matters if you have Windows 7 home edition or Windows 7 professional. I have Windows 7 professional now. Check to see if just windows virtual PC will work alone with out xp mode.
Hi, NCARB's remote desktop does work on mac's.
NCARB posts instructions how to download the remote desktop software for the mac.
I've done all my practicing for the vignettes it on my MacBook. The remote desktop is definitely clunky and the connection ebbs and flows (my internet connection ebbs and flows too, which may be where the issue lies), but work is able to get done, which is all that matters. It's like practicing with weights around my ankles, but I think that's fine because the test center computers are much more responsive comparatively.
After the free trial was over in April, they now have a $10 annual subscription for the remote desktop service.
Thanks for all your info on the site. Great resources.
Thanks! I know NCARB is making updates, hopefully we can keep up!


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Lebanon's First Self-Proclaimed Gay Film Out Loud Suffers Undeveloped Characters and Saccharinity
by Michael Nordine
If Wadjda's status as Saudi Arabia's first feature film (to say nothing of having been directed by a woman in a country where she isn't allowed to drive) is its claim to fame, then Out Loud is almost certainly most notable for being Lebanon's first self-proclaimed gay film.
That the homosexual relationship it details at times feels incidental to the plot is somewhat remarkable, as director Samer Daboul treats it with a matter-of-factness that most American filmmakers have yet to replicate. Like a lot of well-meaning movies whose positive messages overwhelm the plot, however, Out Loud is too clumsily put together to give its subject the weight it needs to feel both grounded and moving.
The narrative centers around a group of forward-thinking friends whose progressive ideals put them at odds with those of society at large, with most of what follows alternating between mawkishness (winsome guitar-strumming atop a rock overlooking town) and melodrama (quite possibly the most protracted, over-the-top death scene you'll ever see). Here and elsewhere Out Loud tries its damnedest to be poignant but finds only saccharinity.
In attempting to craft memorable characters, Daboul has neglected to make them feel like real people; he spends too much time mimicking what makes the movies larger than life and too little bringing his genuinely distinct vantage point to life.
This article from the Village Voice Archive was posted on October 23, 2013
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