text:
In the oral history We Killed: The Rise of Women in American Comedy (Yael Kohen), Anjelah Johnson (now Anjelah Johnson-Reyes) describes how the year 2007 went for her. She'd gotten onto a TV show that was canceled; she had no money. And then a video of one of her jokes went viral, and she got a new manager, a new agent, and a role on a TV show. Eventually she was laid off from that show, but she continued with stand-up comedy.
Reading that, I thought, Wow, what a cycle! And it also reminded me of stories I've heard of some writers' careers, in terms of sudden advances and sudden reversals, and highs and lows, and unpredictability.
There's Neal Pollack's story, and this interview in which he talks about the umpteen times when he thought he had finally hit the big time, only to find it was hard to stay on the summit of any mountain in the publishing world. And how came to conclude this: "I spent a lot of years trying to turn myself into a brand because they told us self-branding is a way to success. And I kind of believed the hype. It's just not true."
Fame is fickle, and success in the arts is wildly unpredictable. We've all heard this. We all know this. But in the back of our minds is the idea that there will be a moment when we've "made it," a time when we achieve a sustainable level of success.
And many do, which keeps that dream alive. But I suspect it's far more common to experience waves of gain and loss and near-gain. It's also possible to decide that one has had enough of that--of publishing, if not of writing.
In 2020 I tried to publish an article updating the careers of several authors whose debut novels had appeared 10 years earlier, showing where their paths had taken them in that decade. Some were still writing; some weren't. All were doing interesting things with their lives. I had no takers from the writers' magazines and websites, which I still think is a shame, as this is exactly the kind of information that I, as an aspiring and later a newly-published author, wanted myself. What could I expect, realistically?
If I were to answer that question now, I would say: Expect to be surprised. Expect change. Allow yourself to change what you want. And as much as possible, enjoy the ride.


text:
Last edited by Yosida
3 edition of Nylon plastics technology found in the catalog.
Nylon plastics technology
William Edgar Nelson
by William Edgar Nelson
Published 1976 by Published for the Plastics and Rubber Institute [by] Newnes-Butterworths in London, Boston .
Nylon.
Statement W. E. Nelson.
Contributions Plastics and Rubber Institute.
LC Classifications TP1180.P55 N45
Nylon was a new concept in plastics for several reasons. Because it was semicrystalline, nylon underwent a sharp transition from solid to melt; thus it had a relatively high service temperature. In addition, nylons prepared from aromatic diamines and aromatic dicarboxylic acids can lead to very high-heat aromatic nylons (aramids). 90 Beautiful Garden ideas Using Old Plastic Bottles - DIY Garden Ideas MUSIC: Joy To The World by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attributio.
13 Fantastic Solutions to Plastic Pollution To Reduce Plastic Waste. As the human population continues to grow, the amount of garbage produced also grows. People enjoy using plastic because it is flexible, relatively inexpensive, durable, and light – and it is used almost in everything including grocery bags and 3D printed rocket nozzles. Plastics are used on a daily basis throughout the world. The word plastic is a common term that is used for many materials of a synthetic or semi-synthetic nature. The term was derived from the Greek plastikos, which means "fit for molding." Plastics are a wide variety of combinations of properties when viewed as a whole.
If the plastic is distorted, heat with a heat gun and reshape the distorted area. When heating plastic, it is important that the plastic be heated all the way through. Hold the heat gun on the area until the opposite side of the plastic is uncomfortable to the touch. Once heated, force the plastic back into position with Bumper Rollers or. PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY BOOK. TOP PLASTIC TECHNOLOGY BOOK. See More. Community See All. people like this. people follow this. About See All. Education. Page Transparency See More. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a Page. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content.
Assignment New Guinea.
Interacting Electrons in Reduced Dimensions (NATO Science Series: B:)
Bioresonance & Multiresonance Therapy (Brt
Leon Anderson.
Natures Experts
Automotive handbook
Infantile autism
Meteorological wind-scales.
The human tradition in America
When will democracy include women?
Germans, Jews, and Antisemites
The Church and communication
frontier in the formative years, 1783-1815.
Lesions of the skin and subcutaneous tissue in diseases of the peripheral circulation
Echocardiographic determination of left ventricular adaptation to upper body exercise.
California: a History of Upper and Lower California from Their First Discovery to the Present Time
The anti-slavery cause in America and its martyrs.
Bankers and credit.
Nylon plastics technology by William Edgar Nelson Download PDF EPUB FB2
Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from Susan Freinkel's book, Plastic: A Toxic Love Story. Combs are one of our oldest tools, used by humans across cultures and ages for decoration Author: Susan Freinkel.
Plastics Technology covers technical and business Information for Plastics Processors in Injection Molding, Extrusion, Blow Molding, Plastic Additives, Compounding, Plastic Materials, and Resin Pricing. California will test a stretch of highway paved using recycled plastics.
The system uses ground-up old asphalt mixed with a polymer binder made. Plastic raw material includes a wide variety of plastics that range in chemical and physical properties. It can be shaped into different forms, such as plastic angles, wire, cubes, and sheets. Plastic angles, used in light structural applications in wet industrial environments, agricultural settings, and in the marine industry, are a common shape.
Biodegradable plastics are plastics that degrade, or break down, upon exposure to: sunlight or ultra-violet radiation, water or dampness, bacteria, enzymes or wind some instances, rodent, pest, or insect attack can also be considered as forms of biodegradation or environmental degradation.
Some modes of degradation require that the plastic be exposed at the surface (), whereas. The plastic barrier floating on the surface of the sea has a three metre-deep (10ft) screen below it, which is intended to trap some of the tn pieces of plastic without disturbing the marine.
After cellulose nitrate, formaldehyde was the next product to advance the technology of plastic. Aroundefforts to manufacture white chalkboards led to the invention of casein plastics (milk protein mixed with formaldehyde).
Galalith and Erinoid are two early tradename examples. Professional Plastics is a leading supplier of Plastic Sheets, Plastic Rods, Plastic Tubing, Plastic Films & Precision Fabricated Plastic 20 LOCATIONS in the USA, Singapore & Taiwan stock the widest range of Engineering Plastics, Composites & Ceramics in the industry.
As an Essential Supplier of PPE Medical Products, we remain open during the COVID crisis. Huge Selection of Plastic Sheets In Stock & Cut-to-Size from Plexiglass, Polycarbonate, Fiberglass, HDPE and many more.
Sheets, Rods, Tubes, Shapes and Profiles. Trusted for. "The Plastics Technology Handbook represents the 'Polymer Bible' where you can find the primary information about everything related to polymers. The coverage of the area is unique. If you have any question about polymers ― please open first this book and thereafter only you can look for a more detailed information in the specific : $ E-books to download for injection molding process: reference for mold texturing, color chart, Draft, wall thickness and general tolerance.
There are many cases that customers have an argument with mold makers for the tolerance after the plastic parts were made. This would be too late as tolerance will decide tooling and molding solution.
PVC is a soft, flexible plastic used to make clear plastic food wrapping, cooking oil bottles, teething rings, children's and pets' toys, and blister packaging for myriad consumer products. It is commonly used as the sheathing material for computer cables, to make plastic pipes and parts for plumbing, and in garden hoses.
Nylon plastics technology. [William Edgar Nelson; Plastics and Rubber Institute.] Home. WorldCat Home About WorldCat Help. Search. Search for Library Items Search for Lists Search for Book: All Authors / Contributors: William Edgar Nelson; Plastics and Rubber Institute.
Find more information about: ISBN: Plastics News covers the business of the global plastics industry. We report news, gather data and deliver timely information that provides our readers with a competitive advantage.
logo-pn-color. Detailed plastic product design will always require detailed knowledge of the application, the processing method and the selected plastic. This information can only be provided by raw materials suppliers, specialist plastics product designers and plastics processors but there is a need to get the basics of the product design right in the first.
Nylon 6 and Nylon 6/6– have very similar mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties. Both are available in a variety of colors and formulations that are engineered to meet specific application requirements.
For Nylon 6 chemical resistance view our chart. Nylon 6– is generally manufactured into sheet, rod, and tube via a liquid casting. Plastic pollution, harmful accumulation of synthetic plastic products in the environment.
Plastics are persistent large-scale pollutants, and plastic debris (such as bottles, straws, containers, and plastic wrap) and particulates have been found in many environmental. Everbilt 1/4 in x /2 in. Nylon Hex Bolt (2-Pack) Model# 98 ¢ /bag. A plastic with good processability possesses the properties necessary to make it easy to process the plastics into desired shapes.
The main characteristics or the properties which determine a plastic's processability are molecular weight, uniformity, additive type, content and plastic feed rates. Primary Processing Technology Types: 1.
Johnson Plastics Plus is your home for products and equipment for laser and rotary engraving, sublimation, heat transfer printing and UV-LED printing. Plastic film also can be clear or colored, printed or plain, single- or multilayered and combined with other materials such as aluminum and paper.
Thus, the only thing that all plastic film really has in com-mon is that it is flexible in nature, as used in grocery bags, as opposed to .Types of Plastics Caused by the macromolecular structure and the temperature-dependent physical properties plastic materials are distinguished into different classes.
Figure gives an overview of the classification of plastics with some typical examples. Thermoplastics are in the application range of hard or tough elasticity and can be.A variety of plastic manufacturing processes have been developed to cover a wide range of applications, part geometries, and types of plastics.
For any designer and engineer working in product development, it is critical to be familiar with the manufacturing options available today and the new developments that signal how parts will be made.
cie-du-scenographe.com - Nylon plastics technology book © 2020

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
PHOTO: © iko / Shutterstock.com
Government announces overhaul of Australia's private health insurance
October 13, 2017 9:56 am in National by Shanee Dobeson
Younger Australians are set to benefit from a major overhaul of Australia's Private health insurance.
The Federal Government today announced reforms, which include a discount on premiums of up to 10 per cent for those under 30.
The government wants health funds to offer discounted premiums, to entice young people into the system early.
"For young people, we're looking at discounts of up to 10 per cent," Minister for Health, Greg Hunt, told David Koch on Channel 7's Sunrise.
"We know that many young people want private health insurance, they simply can't afford it and so it's bringing that private health insurance into their range of affordability."
The reform will also force companies to charge less for hip replacements and pacemakers, and cut rebates for natural therapies including yoga and reflexology.
Those with private health insurance will also be given the option to increase their excess to $750 for singles and $1500 for families in order to receive lower premiums under the shake-up.
Mental Health patients will also benefit, with easier, faster access to mental health services.
Mr Hunt said the biggest driver of premium reductions comes from an agreement with medical device makers.
"The people who make things such as prosthetic knees or hips that might be implanted, or … pacemakers and other cardiac devices, they have accepted a reduction of $1 billion in payments over the course of the next four years," the Minster told the Channel 7 Network.
"They've been given very high payments. That will flow straight through to reduce premiums and we've got the agreement with the private health insurance sector to pass those costs on.
"So it's real reform, that at the end of the day delivers a package which is simpler for people, so as there were no surprises, reduced pressure on premiums with discounts for young people who are desperate to get private health and then better mental health coverage and better rural and regional coverage."
NEWSFEED | An overhaul of private health insurance promises simpler & more affordable cover. #sun7 pic.twitter.com/ZFR16zjm1k
— Sunrise (@sunriseon7) October 12, 2017
https://www.mygc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Happy-Ladies.jpg 321 845 Shanee Dobeson https://www.mygc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/mygc-logo.png Shanee Dobeson2017-10-13 09:56:312017-10-13 09:57:39Government announces overhaul of Australia's private health insurance
The Gold Coast has been named a World Kindness City Child punches man who allegedly indecently assaulted him


text:
The No-Nonsense Guide to Effective SMB Data Security
Andrej Kovacevic / 5 min read.
floq.to/ZqTbp
In the digital age, data has become the new currency that businesses use to seek dominance in their respective industries. It's the thing that has powered Google's advertising business to become a $100 billion-per-year juggernaut. It's how Amazon manages to put just the right product in front of users to induce them to make a purchase. It's even how Netflix knows what you want to watch before you do.
At the same time, however, the massive stores of data that businesses hold on to can be an enormous liability, as well. Not a week seems to go by that we don't hear of a company that has suffered a massive data breach. Sometimes, the damage is so widespread that it affects millions of people. When it happens to a small business, however, it can be disastrous.
That's why it's mission-critical for small businesses to raise their data defense posture before they become another sad statistic. In practice, doing so is much easier than many may assume. Here are four no-nonsense steps to get the job done.
First – Eliminate Unnecessary Data
The first step a business should take to improve data security is to minimize their vulnerability by getting rid of stored data that's not being used. At first, this might seem counterintuitive in today's data-centric business climate, but it makes more sense than you might think. First, consider the fact that up to 73% of the data held by enterprises currently goes unused. Logic dictates that the figure for small businesses is almost certainly higher.
That raises a simple question. If the data's going unused, and there aren't the resources to change that, what does the data become? The answer is simple: it's a liability with a big digital bulls-eye painted on it. For that reason, it makes sense to start with a serious review of what data is collected, where it's stored, and if it's needed. If no clear business use case can't be identified in the near-term, it should be purged from company systems.
Second – Restrict Access Appropriately
Within a small business, data access controls are often nonexistent. Even when they are in place, however, they still tend to be too broad. One study on the matter found that up to 48% of small business employees have access to more data than is necessary. That's usually because nobody took the time to classify business data and review who needs to have access to it. It adds up to one major data security headache.
Imagine, for instance, what an angry former employee could do with business financial data. Or, what might happen if someone falls victim to a phishing email. It can be a situation that escalates from a small problem to a large one, for no good reason. So, it's more than worth the effort to classify all business data and come up with common-sense restrictions on who can access it.
Third – Improve Access Infrastructure
The average small business normally won't have much in the way of complex computing infrastructure, but surveys have indicated that 75% of what they do have is in the form of on-premises hardware. That means SMBs cant take easy advantage of most cloud security products, and have to handle on-site data security themselves. That's one of the reasons hackers target small businesses so frequently – they're an easier target.
At a minimum, small businesses should have a commercial-grade firewall protecting their networks. There are open-source solutions that can make this affordable, and provide automatic updates to new vulnerabilities as they arise. Second, no remote network access should ever be permitted without a VPN in place. Remote workers are often targeted as the weak link in the security chain, and a VPN defends against many common attacks. There are even consumer VPN services that can help secure traveling employees, and they're available for every major device platform, as this rundown of the best VPN software for Mac demonstrates.
Fourth – Provide Data Security Training
A recent survey indicated that only 31% of employees report receiving ongoing cybersecurity training. When you consider that employee negligence is the biggest data security threat that businesses face, that statistic is more than alarming. For small businesses, correcting that oversight can be one of the keys to an effective data security defense.
To do it, a training regimen should be developed that covers all of the relevant information security policies the business has in place. It should also include training on how to spot common phishing attacks and telephone scams, as they're some of the most common attack vectors in use today. There should also be a clear incident reporting mechanism established for employees to follow if they spot anything suspicious using their newly-learned skills. Together, an informed workforce can act as a data security force that most would-be hackers won't be able to overcome.
Stay Informed, Stay Prepared
While these four steps can go a long way toward making sure a small business can protect its valuable data, they're not a perfect solution. That's because new threats and methods of attack are evolving every day, making security something of a moving target. That's why it's important for business leaders and relevant staff to stay informed on developments in the world of data security. That way they can adjust their policies and security measures to stay ahead of the newer threats. With some effort, it's possible for any business to remain secure. All they have to do is commit to the process, follow these basic steps, and work hard at staying up to date. With so much at stake, doing so is a business necessity.
Categories: Security
Tags: Big Data, Data security, infrastructure, SMB
How to Use Data Lakes to Improve Data Visualization
January 6, 2022 By Ayodele Johnson
Senior Manager – Data Scientist/AI Engineer | Sydenham, GB - January 06, 2022
AI Specialist/(Junior) Data Scientist | Birmingham, GB - January 08, 2022
Data Innovation Summit MEA 2022 | Habtoor Grand Resort, Autograph Collection, Dubai, United Arab Emirates - March 7, 2022


text:
Humans of Selayar: A Batti'-Batti' Retrospective
September 03, 2018 by Palmer Keen
Location: Ds. Padang Ngoge and Ds. Padang, Selayar Island, South Sulawesi
Sound: Batti'-batti'
[This post is a kind of sequel: to get more in-depth info on this music, you should read the initial post here.]
Explore the archives of Aural Archipelago and you'll find not only dozens of musics, bundles of instruments odd and beautiful, but also people. Hundreds of them, by now: guitar-playing farmers in Timor, dirty possessed punks in Bandung, a giggling shaman in Kalimantan. I try, when I can, to build a relationship with the beautiful people who share their music so generously with us here, and to share the human side of this music with the world. This is something that has so often been absent in "ethnographic" recordings from the past century: anonymous singers and musicians, names with no faces, faces with no names.
While humanity always shines through in music, it's easier said than done to share this human element in writing. My meetings with musicians are often awkwardly brief: hoping not to take too much time out of a person's day, I often rush through our sessions. We swing in out of each other's lives too fast to make a deep connection, to get beyond the noting of names and into the personal histories, the myriad personalities that lurk just beyond reach.
I wanted to return to batti'-batti', and to the people behind it, because they returned to me. I first met these musicians in Selayar, a quick and dirty recordings session in a government building, government sponsors watching from the sidelines, adding an awkward, formal vibe to the meeting. But the meeting had been also been a promise: I'm going to invite you to Europe, to play for Europalia, an international arts festival on the other side of the world in Belgium. They didn't know me at all, but they put their trust in me, said yes, "dengan senang hati" - with a happy heart.
And so, nearly a year later, I found myself travelling across the world with five near-strangers, soon to be friends. There was Ata Ratu, the queen of jungga from East Sumba: a painfully shy, tough as nails stoic who made my heart swell every time I got a rare, unguarded laugh out of her. There was Thambun, aka Thambunesia, the larger than life sape' maestro from the heart of Kalimantan who proved to be the bravest of the bunch: wandering the streets of Brussels on his own, recording every moment with his smartphone on the end of a selfie stick.
And then there was the batti'-batti' trio we came to call Turikale. A trio of humans who stole my heart in that whirlwind week in Belgium, whose kindness called me back to their island a year later.
The clown of the bunch was Sapriadi, aka Om Sapri. The singer in a style where improvised witticisms are an artist's bread and butter, Om Sapri was constantly putting his teasing powers on display, whether goofing on the stoic Ata Ratu until she cracked a betel nut-red smile or cracking bawdy jokes about his two wives back home in Selayar. With every joke, Sapri would explode in a wheezing laugh, slapping his knee, tobacco-stained teeth flashing in a wide grin. I had my turn to tease when I would catch Om Sapri shivering in the frosty cold of that Belgian winter, pulling his wool hat over his ears and puffing his smuggled kretek clove cigarettes outside venues while cursing European smoking laws.
The baby of the bunch was Aryantho aka Antho, the twenty-two year old gambus prodigy, a lanky kid with a whispy moustache that made him look like a high school freshman. In our time in Europe, Antho was shy and deferrent, an attitude towards older strangers whipped into young Indonesians from an early age. It was only after a week of pulling him through the culture shock, freezing weather, and foreign flavors of Europe did I see Antho begin to open up. I found out he was from a musical family: his dad was also a batti'-batti' gambus player and artisan. Antho had just begin studying with his pops the tricks of making Selayar's famous electric guitar-shaped gambus. He was a good kid: not only did he plan to give all of his earnings from the tour to his parents to save for his future wedding, but he'd left school early to support his family. When I visited him later in Selayar, he proudly showed me pictures of the bulldozer he'd been operating at a nearby construction site. Once shy, on meeting again he was giddy, personable, nostalgically flipping through photos of our trip on his phone: standing on top of a castle in Ghent, posing with me, thumbs up, in front of our Brussels hotel. "I'll never forget our time there," he said to me whistfully, on our reunion in Selayar. "I remember every moment. I never wanted to leave."
Most magnetic, though, was Selayar's most renowned batti'-batti' diva, Diana. When we first met at our recording session last year, I'd been both bewitched and intimidated: she'd arrived clutching a bootleg designer purse and black high-heeled boots, style one doesn't often see in the rural corners of Indonesia. She'd been shy then, too, but her voice had blown my mind: sharp as a knife, negotiating melismatic turns of melody with confidence. In our time together in Belgium, the shyness faded and I found her utterly charming. Despite having just met, she took in Ata Ratu, the only other woman of the crew, like a proud and protective daughter, leading her by gloved hand through the unfamiliar streets of Belgium. I also came to learn more about her: her dimpled babyface betrayed the fact that she had a teenaged daughter with an estranged husband. She had been singing since her early teens: first in the wild world of dangdut and Indonesian pop, only later, in her mid teens, being brought into the traditional, hyperlocal world of batti'-batti'. She'd already proved herself a skilled singer, but she was soon found to be a natural with batti'-batti's improvised verse, fully formed kelong poetics spilling out of her mouth without hesitation. Even now, she rarely remembered what she'd just sung: it was as if she were possessed, the words coming then disappearing once more from her mind a minute later. Audiences in Selayar ate it up, though: her beauty and quick wit made her a star in Selayar before she'd turned seventeen.
This past July, I returned to Selayar with my wife, Sina, after an epic trip to all corners of Sulawesi. I wanted to see my batti'-batti' friends again, to record them once more (the first session last year had resulted in recordings I couldn't ultimately use), and to spend more time with these fantastic people in their element, far from the bewildering cold and incomprehensible languages of Belgium.
As soon as Diana knew we were coming to Selayar, she offered to take us in. I'd played the odd role of host on our tour (despite the country being just as foreign to me), shuttling them around, translating, guiding the gang through sound checks and unfamiliar foods. On arriving in Selayar, Diana returned the favor tenfold: she put us up in her family's home in the green interior hills of the island, a colorful house in a small village with more goats than people. The whole village gathered in her house that weekend in preparation for her younger brother's Selayar-style marriage proposal ceremony. My wife and I hung out, flies on the wall, as women baked pili nut-filled cakes in crude ovens on the wooden floor of the kitchen and men played dominoes in the living room late into the night.
The next day, we went into town to call up Antho and Om Sapri, eager to arrange a recording session. In a brilliant stroke of fate, we ran into them at a busy intersection, both dudes meeting us on big, manly motorcycles and sporting even bigger grins. "We were looking for you!" they explained as we pulled over: we'd been in a cell phone signal black hole back in the kampung, so they'd struck out to find us, knowing we were in Selayar somewhere.
Om Sapri led us to his village in the south of the island, a stretch of wooden, stilted houses amidst nutmeg and pili nut trees. Om Sapri's house was a work of art: a climb up the ladder-like front steps deposited us on a balcony painted pastel colors in the local style, a bright face to match Om Sapri's constant grin. He introduced us to his wife and showed us his proud mementos: lo-res cellphone pictures of Om Sapri and gang posing around Belgium, blown up and laminated at a nearby print shop.
We were on the balcony, eating fresh young coconut mixed with palm sugar, when Diana arrived. There was a fourth member too, a young nephew named Sono who would double the gambus power of the group. The balcony proved to be an ideal recording spot: high off the ground, we avoided both the blurting of passing motorbikes and the whoosh of a rising wind which set the nutmeg trees swaying.
In our time in Belgium and in the past few days with Diana, I'd learned a lot more about batti'-batti', too. When I'd first recorded them, they'd played one epic song, around twenty minutes of back and forth poetic battling between Om Sapri and Diana. When asked to play one more short selection, they'd repeated the piece, or the same melody anyway. I'd assumed, at that time, that meant batti'-batti' had a simple one-piece repertoire, not unheard of in Indonesian traditional music (remember ganrang Konjo and its single tune.) But when practicing in a chilly green room at a venue in Ghent, I'd suddenly heard them playing a totally different song! I soon learned that batti'-batti' has one core "song," a piece that they call, logically, "Batti'-Batti'." But the musicians also have a handful of other pieces in their tool belt, some with flashier melodies clearly cribbed from dangdut pop music.
I also learned more about the nature of those improvised back-and-forth verses: in my initial post, I'd typified them as "musical flirtations," but in hindsight, that's not quite right. The singing duo in any batti'-batti' group are a kind of roleplaying couple, with the verses a dramatized lovers' quarrel. "Days turn to days, months turn to years," Diana sings in one set (seen in the video above), her words formed effortlessly in old-school poetic bahasa Indonesia, "Oh my dear, when will your promises end?" Om Sapri responds not with an answer but with an offer to elope: "If you agree, wait for me in Bulukumba…if you're faithful, let's go to Ujung Pandang."
After our front porch recording sesh, Om Sapri made an announcement: they'd all be playing a show that night, providing late night entertainment for a kid's circumcision party in a nearby village called Padang. I was ecstatic: finally, a chance to see batti'-batti' as it's usually performed, not for an audience of two, but for a whole village, gambus' strumming and verses trading over a crude sound-system late into the night!
We met again in Padang that night. It was a cool evening, and a seasonal force locals call "the south wind" was flapping blue tarps raised up high above a clearing, corners anchored to the tall stilted houses that bounded the makeshift performance space. After Diana sat in briefly on the tail end of a dangdut set, the band set up. The musicians sat around a long coffee table loaded with snacks and kopi, a mandatory bit of set dressing which gave the scene a casual, "jamming around the kitchen table" kind of vibe.
Joining our core quartet were two new faces: Diana's long-term partner, another young diva named Anti, and Om Sapri's understudy, a young rebana-slapping singer named Wawan. It was a pleasant surprise: I'd taken Diana and Antho to be the only young faces of the batti'-batti' scene. It was actually Wawan and Anti who started the set as neighbors continued to gather: Wawan looked cool with a pop star's head-mounted mic, while Anti was equal parts fierce and demure, her hair lightly covered by a beautiful silky shawl which slipped lower and lower as the night wore on.
The band seemed to work the crowd in two ways: the older folks delighted most in the clever verse, spooled out in formal Indonesian and poetic Selayarese that the younger crowd likely found as hard to understand as I did. The younger ones in the audience, including the just-circumcised kid holding a loosely wrapped sarong over his freshly cut bits, seemed to delight more in the atraksi, the showy tricks that Antho and Sono brought to their gambus playing, swinging their instruments through the air in Hendrix-like flourishes.
As the night wore on, the crowd thinned to the die-hards, a small gang of older men who cheered and cracked jokes from around the table and from up on nearby balconies. I struggled to hang on myself as the set rounded past midnight and the musicians cycled through a small set of core melodies, freshened by Selayarese lyrics but remaining painfully inscrutable to my ears. Eventually, Sinta passed out on a nearby neighbor's living room floor, and around two in the morning, I followed suit. The band played, as promised, until subuh, the morning prayer around four in the morning.
Sinta and I left for "mainland" Sulawesi later that morning, saying our goodbyes to Om Sapri, Antho, and Diana in the dark of the early morning, our bags full of Selayarese snacks and a giant bag of pili nuts we'd bought in bulk. I was exhausted but happy, batti'-batti' melodies and memories of my friends looping in my mind as the ferry lumbered back to Bira. I'd gotten closer to the music, getting a beautiful peek at the life of batti'-batti' in its natural habitat. But, more importantly, I'd gotten closer to the people behind this music, the beautiful humans behind the sounds, ethnographic informants turned friends.
September 03, 2018 /Palmer Keen


All of the weekly races, including the championship events, start at 8:30 a.m.
The regular races will have no entry fee while the championship runs will cost $5 per runner, with proceeds donated to the Roxbury Recreation Commission 's park improvement fund.
The series, which averaged about 40 runners per week during the 40-race 2004 season, will sponsor three championship races, named after each of the series' directors.
The William Burley MidSummer championship race will be held July 9 over a challenging 5.0-mile course. The race began in 1986 and will be named starting this year for Mr. Burley, a longtime Roxbury resident and former principal of John Pettibone School in New Milford. He established what was then an eight-race Roxbury series in 1977.
The Bob Lewis MidAutumn championship race will be held Nov. 5 over a 3.95-mile course featuring a jeep trail. Mr. Lewis has been the director of the series since he graduated from New Milford High School in 1984.
The second annual Roxbury Marathon will be held Dec. 10 at 8:30 a.m. with a $5 entry fee.
The Roxbury road race series will award at least $500 in grants this spring based on area schools' proposals how their respective athletic departments would use the funds to improve cross country and track field programs.
The series raised $2,500 during the 2004 season for purchasing T-shirts and providing grants among New Milford, Shepaug Valley, Nonnewaug, Pomperaug and Brookfield high schools. Proposals must be submitted by March 31.
The grants will be announced May 7 following the 15th annual Larry Kershnar MidSpring Challenge road race in Roxbury, one of 40 events in the series.
The May 7 race has been named since 1993 for the late Dr. Kershnar, who was director of the series from 1980 through 1983 and was a longtime resident of Roxbury.
Money has been raised through contributions by the runners and area businesses as part of the series' annual campaign, which began in 1996, to purchase T-shirts for the series and assist area high school runners.
Last May, the series awarded $250 to New Milford High School and $125 each to Nonnewaug and Brookfield.
In previous years, the series had awarded up to $500 in scholarships to area seniors to help defray college costs. Since initiating the T-shirt campaign in 1996, the runners have raised more than $14,000. The First National Bank of Litchfield , which has a branch in Roxbury, has been the title sponsor since 1997.
For information, call Bob Lewis at (860) 350-0695 or Scott Benjamin at (860) 210-2146 ext. 129 or (860) 354-3521, or e-mail benjamins@wcsu.edu.


There is nothing quite like the first new potatoes of the season. These Norfolk grown "Rocket" potatoes with their lovely soft skins are delicious. Boil with a sprig of fresh mint and serve with a knob of butter. Flavour sensation!
These have now finished and we have moved onto Maris Bard and Maris Peer New Season Potatoes.


text:
What Is the Zone Diet and Is It Healthy?
Dietitians sound off about eating Zone blocks, and whether this could be your secret to weight loss and health success.
By Karla Walsh
For the past 25 years, millions of people (including Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock, and many, many more) have signed on to follow the Zone Diet, created by Barry Sears, Ph.D. It promises decreased inflammation, little to no hunger, and optimal wellness...but does following the Zone diet really deliver results on the scale and promote overall health and longevity?
What Is the Zone Diet?
"The Zone Diet is designed to control diet-induced inflammation, which Sears believes is the reason we gain weight, grow sick, and age faster," says Lauren Harris-Pincus, M.S., R.D.N., founder of NutritionStarringYOU.com and author of The Protein-Packed Breakfast Club. (Check out 15 anti-inflammatory foods you should be eating regularly.)
Once you're "in the Zone," you have limited that hormone-triggered inflammation that Sears swears is the cause of weight gain and premature aging. A combo of high insulin (which has been linked to weight gain and certain cancers) and high omega-6 fatty acids in the body are two culprits that can lead to inflammation, and later, obesity, according to Sears. While you do need some omega-6s, excess levels may lead to higher heart disease risk.
Supposed Benefits of the Zone Diet
There are three physiological markers Sears says you can look to determine if you've reached "the Zone."
Your triglyceride to HDL cholesterol ratio is less than 1.
Your AA to EPA (arachidonic acid / eicosapentaenoic acid) ratio, a marker of cellular inflammation that relates to omega-3 fatty acids in the body is 1.5 to 3.
Your Hemoglobin A1c level (aka blood sugar) is around 5 percent.
The Zone Diet promises that when you're in the Zone, you think quicker, perform better physically, avoid illnesses, and shed pounds at "the fastest possible rate," according to their website. The theory Sears put out is that inflammation throws off hormonal communication within cells, hampering efficiency, and therefore performance.
What You Can Eat On the Zone Diet and How Much
Carbs, protein, and fat are all allowed on the zone diet, but in very specific ratios.
"You eat 40 percent carbs, 30 percent protein, and 30 percent fat at each meal and snack," explains Julie Upton, M.S., R.D., a San Francisco-based registered dietitian and co-founder of the nutrition news company Appetite for Health. "It requires you to track what you're eating and aim for balance at each meal." (Related: Your Complete Guide to the 'IIFYM' Or Macro Diet)
Sears points to a few medical studies that demonstrate a general trend toward weight loss, fat loss, and less cellular inflammation with this 40/30/30 ratio.
Each macro is translated into Zone Diet "blocks", which are meant to make tracking simpler but can take some time to get used to, says Harris-Pincus. Your total allowance of Zone Diet blocks will vary based on your results with the Zone Diet Body Fat Calculator, which helps estimate how much energy your body requires based on size and activity. You can download a Zone Food Block Guide online, which breaks down the blocks per food even more. They roughly translate to:
1 Zone Diet block of protein = 7 grams of protein
1 Zone Diet block of fat = 1.5 grams of fat
1 Zone Diet block of carbs = 9 grams of carbs
No foods are completely off-limits, but many common ingredients are given a general ranking of "best" (Brussels sprouts, egg whites/substitute, salmon), "fair" (cheese, whole eggs, potatoes), and "poor" (bacon, rice, ice cream). Zone Diet followers are supposed to limit carbohydrates that are high on the glycemic index, which is an indicator of how quickly carbs are digested and therefore how quickly blood sugar can spike and fall, as well as sources of saturated fat. (Related: Is Butter Healthy? The Truth About Saturated Fat)
Lastly, Sears suggests eating at least every five hours on the Zone Diet to balance fuel throughout the day and avoid highs and lows in your energy.
Problems with the Zone Diet
Any diet that has a list of "unfavorable" foods is a hard pass for me, says Jenna A. Werner, R.D., creator of Happy Slim Healthy. "I don't believe in assigning foods with labels such as good and bad—that gives food control over us. The idea of telling someone 'no' creates a sense of restriction, and study after study shows us that restriction leads to binging. Instead, I believe in educating people on how to eat, how to include foods that are important to them into their lives, while educating them on how to prioritize whole and nutritious foods." (Related: We Seriously Need to Stop Thinking of Foods As 'Good' and 'Bad')
Harris-Pincus agrees, saying "any diet that discourages several kinds of fruit gives me pause. Prunes—which are excellent for bone health—plus bananas, cantaloupe, watermelon, mangoes, pineapple, figs, honeydew, limes, and cranberries all rate as 'poor' on the Zone Diet."
The portion size of some Zone Diet blocks (see the Zone Diet Grocery Guide for some examples) seems unrealistic to Harris-Pincus too.
"Three cashews?" she asks. "One and on-third teaspoons of olive oil? How does one measure that exactly? I also question any diet that sells supplements to accompany the plan, especially when they are pricey. The Zone Diet offers omega-3 and polyphenol supplements. There are also protein powders and snack bars, which are highly processed and contain more sugar than some other competitor products." (For example, a 220-calorie ZoneRx Chocolate Crispy Nutrition Bar has 15 grams of sugar—just shy of 4 teaspoons.)
The branded foods don't come cheap either: A one-pound box of that Zone "PastaRx" Fusilli pasta, made with durum wheat, wheat protein, dried egg whites, and more, will cost you $16. (Compare that to $1.49 for a same-sized box of Whole Foods Market's 365 Everyday Value Organic Fusilli on amazon.com.)
While Werner appreciates the focus on whole foods, fruits and veggies, lean proteins, and healthy fats, she's not quite so sure about the caloric breakdown of the Zone Diet.
"Women are allowed roughly 1,200 calories per day," she says. "This is inadequate to support most peoples' needs and creates a caloric deficit that is simply way too large to be sustainable or healthy." (Related: How Many Calories are You *Really* Eating?)
So, Is the Zone Diet Healthy?
"I think it's nutritionally sound for the most part compared to other trendy diets," says Harris-Pincus. Plus, decreasing inflammation and aiming to fill your plate with lean protein, veggies, and healthy fats are both solid health concepts.
"There are certain principles of this program that you can certainly carry with you for your entire life," adds Werner. But "ask yourself before starting this program, 'can I do this forever? Does this make me happy? Can I do this on vacation? Can I do this on Thanksgiving? Any holiday? Every holiday? Every day?'," she asks.
If you find that a strict diet makes you skip dinners out with friends or feel rigid when a dinner party doesn't perfectly fit the Zone Diet breakdown exactly, seek out other options that are easier to stick to and require less tracking (such as the low-stress, heart-healthy Mediterranean Diet plan). Or "work with a dietitian to design a custom nutrition program that will teach you how to feed yourself in every scenario—and enjoy it too," says Werner.


The Lancer Foundation strives to support the educational mission of the Loyalsock Township School District. Since our incorporation in 1992, the support of our community and business partners have made a difference for our children. Your gifts fulfill the need in our district and offer our students opportunity and growth.


text:
jennifer Casey
Alex Faulkner, Music critic with "The Faulkner Review"
SINGLE REVIEW: Please Mr. Postman by The KC Sisters
December 31, 2018 by The Faulkner Review
The KC Sisters are a five-piece vocal harmony group who range from twenty one to fifteen year old twins, hailing from Connecticut. The five sisters, who are all also multi-instrumentalists, grew up in a very musical household. Their father is Professor of Jazz Studies at The Hartt School Of Music and acts as the musical director for the group. They originally formed as the Casey Girl Sisters in 2004 and released their first album in 2007. They have been performing as the KC Sisters since 2014.
This track, Please Mr. Postman, is a musically faithful cover of The Marvelettes hit from the 1960's. The song is a perfect showcase for the Sisters' vocal talents, both individually and collectively. Starting with the chorus in rich four and five-part harmony, the girls then switch to singing a line each on the verse, and each one has their own distinctive tone and timbre.
Their voices combined is a spectacularly rich sound, and the group harmonies are delivered with melodic and rhythmic precision. The musical backing is of a similarly high standard, with a Phil Spector-style arrangement that gradually builds across the track with soaring strings (performed by the Sisters!) towards the end of the song.
Overall, this is a fantastic modern cover of a timeless classic by a family group that hark back to the great vocal harmony groups of the 50's and 60's. The sisters are all highly accomplished vocalists in their own right, but together they produce a synergy that's as strong a sound as perhaps the greatest harmony group, The Beach Boys. I look forward to hearing their original material as all members of the group are songwriters, which bodes well for their long term future. For now, this cover is the perfect introduction to the magical sound of The KC Sisters.
VERDICT: 8.8 out of 10
Alex Faulkner
Review by Jamsphere Magazine
Warlock Asylum, music critic and blogger with "Warlock Asylum International News"


NEW CONSUMER PROTECTIONS FOR NEVADANS !!!
Beginning July 1, 2017, Nevada will be one of very few states making Wrongful Repossession of a consumer's vehicle a deceptive trade practice. What does this mean to you as a consumer? You can now hire an attorney to represent you, and if you win, the dealership or the bank has to pay for your fees and costs. Previous law did not allow a consumer to recover their attorney's fees and costs, even if they won. The biggest offenders in wrongfully possessing a consumer's car are buy her pay here lenders. The new law allows consumer attorneys to take on these types of cases on behalf of consumers to stop the rampant Wrongful Repossession of vehicles by buy here pay here dealers.
HOW IMPORTANT IS YOUR CAR TO YOU?
86% of Americans use their vehicles to get to and from their work, or use their vehicle as part of their job. The number is probably even higher in Las Vegas. Think about it, your car is your lifeline. Your car is critical to enable you to make a living and pay your bills. It enables you to pay your mortgage, pay your rent, put food on the table for your family, pay your insurance and the list goes on and on. Just think for one minute how difficult would it be for you to pay your bills if your car was Wrongfully Repossessed?
What happens if I miss my regular payment?
This is the most important thing you need to know. If you financed your car purchase from a dealership located in Nevada under an installment sale contract, (making regular monthly payments), under Nevada law you have a 30 day grace period if you miss a regular payment before the dealer or the bank can repossess your car. In other words, you must be more then 30 days late on your regular monthly payment before the dealer or the bank can repossession your vehicle based on non payment. If the dealer or the bank repossessed your vehicle based on non payment prior to 30 days after you are late, that is wrongful repossession. Remember, merely being late, less then 30 days, does NOT give the dealer or the bank the right to repossession your car.
What if they turn off my car through an electronic ignition kill switch prior to the 30 days?
Many used car dealers will install an ignition kill switch in your car if you do not make your payment on time. However, if the dealer or the bank activates this device before you are more then 30 days late on your payment, that is considered a wrongful repossession in Nevada. They can't disable your car for non payment UNLESS and UNTIL you are MORE THAN 30 days late. There are also other protections to Nevada consumers if one of these devices is installed in the car.
Do they have to give me notice before they repossess my car or disable it?
Generally, no. They do not have to call you, leave you a message, or send you a letter before they repossess your car based on non payment. If you are more then 30 days late on your regular payment, they can legally repossess your vehicle.Do they have to give me notice before they repossess my car?
How does Wrongful Repossession law protect me?
Nevada law gives you very powerful rights when your car is Wrongfully Repossessed. But you need to act fast. Time is not your side. No fees for initial consultations, and in Nevada, if you win in deceptive trade practices claim, the other side has to pay all of your attorney's fees and costs. If we don't win, you don't owe us any fees. If you believe you have been a victim of Wrongful Repossession or other auto fraud, contact our office. Contact us.


Big Data is a big deal and big business.
Oversimplified, big data allows us the opportunity and ability to take massive amounts of consumer data and begin to tell a story from it – a story about consumers. Thanks to the story that analytics can tell, marketers can examine the data to identify consumer behavior patterns and make behavioral predictions.
Certainly the more we know about our consumers the better relationships we can form with them. These predictions will allow us to better identify a consumer's needs and wants, allowing us to correct any necessary issues in the consumer journey and predict future buying behaviors or acceptance levels. These implications can be huge for today's business environment.
Consumer analytics are not just for big companies anymore. Smaller brands are taking advantage of the information too. How? By looking at smaller samples. Targeted Facebook ads are a great example. Think about it, for those of us that have a Facebook profile, we allow Facebook to collect a lot of personal information – what we like, what we dislike, what our primary interests are, what the interests of our friends are, what movies we see, what music we listen to, what we buy on Amazon, and on and on and on. This collection of data is incredible! It allows Facebook to look in to our lives, and predict what we will buy and when will buy it. This type of personalized data, allows small businesses to hyper-target it's best customer segments with incredible accuracy.
1. Define the scope of your project and identify all relevant KPI's.
State your goals. Define what success looks like.
2. Identify and segment your consumer base.
3. Identify which questions you want to answer with the initiative.
What specific business questions do want answered? Be focused and start small.
4. Align the tools and metrics you have available to you with your strategic objectives.
Which metrics are most meaningful to customers?
What tools will be used to collect insights?
5. Measure consumer attitudes and perceptions.
Consumer attitudes affect their actions, understanding them helps with forecasting.
Data is changing the landscape for technology and businesses of all sizes. By knowing your consumer intimately, you are able to take the first critical step in planning an effective analytics initiative.


I recently created a Free-space profile for the noble Trissino family that I have been working on and am looking through the example profiles and find that most of what is written is short and to the point.
Would I be able to add a narrative about centuries worth of feuds to these pages or should I simply link to better explanations for them?
I have a Free-space page with a number of fairly lengthy biographies, each one linking back to the individual's profile. Is this the sort of thing you are looking for?
You can certainly add any amount of original content (within technical limits) to a freespace page, but I would suggest that there is also value in brevity.
Technically, there is an article size limit on all wikis - the default is about 2MB which is quite a bit of text (without considering formatting overhead it is extremely roughly 1000 letter sized pages of typed content) - I am not sure if that default was edited here on Wikitree.
With that said, for those few people still using low-speed connections (or some mobile devices that have a harder time with large pages) loading a 2MB page can be a painful experience. On Wikipedia the guideline is that articles larger than 200kb should be split into sub-articles if possible.
Interaction wise, consider that many people on average visit a webpage for less than a minute, skim, and move on. I imagine pages on Wikitree get a more time per visit than the average webpage, but there is still a limit on how much info most people will read through, of course also depending on why they arrived at the page, the layout, 'readability', and writing style of the content, etc.
All this said, I do think a well written narrative is generally more valuable than just linking to other sites; for example, a freespace page can be linked to the profile of each individual mentioned, which in addition to allowing you to find out more about the individuals also helps keep of track of which people mentioned do not have profiles yet.
Free-Space Profiles limited to three surnames, Why?
Why are free-space profiles so hard to find?
Did you know you can share Profiles and Free Space Pages with others even if they are not Wikitree Members?


text:
Tag Archives: Tyler Perry's Temptation
New Releases for the Week of March 29, 2013
G.I. JOE: RETALIATION
(DreamWorks) Dwayne Johnson, Channing Tatum, Bruce Willis, Adrienne Palecki, Jonathan Pryce, Ray Stevenson, Byung-hun Lee, Ray Park, D.J. Cotrona. Directed by John M. Chu
The Joes are decimated by a sneak attack but are shocked to discover that the strike was ordered by their own government – by the President, in fact. It becomes clear that the government has been infiltrated by Cobra, their arch-nemesis and at the highest levels. In order to survive and stop Cora from his evil plan they'll have to call on some extra help – the man who started it all, G.I. Joe.
See the trailer, clips, promos and featurettes here.
Release formats: Standard, 3D, IMAX 3D
Rating: PG-13 (for intense sequences of combat violence and martial arts action throughout, and for brief sensuality and language)
(Open Road) Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Diane Kruger, William Hurt. The Earth has been invaded by parasites that take over the human body and erase their memories; the parasites are winning as the free human numbers are dwindling. A brave young girl will risk everything for those she loves and in doing so give hope to the human race that love can indeed conquer all. From the novel by Twilight series creator Stephenie Meyer.
See the trailer, interviews, featurettes and a clip here.
Release formats: Standard
Rating: PG-13 (for some sensuality and violence)
(Sundance Selects) Garrett Hedlund, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart, Amy Adams. A young writer's life turns upside down when he meets a brash Westerner and his girlfriend. The three of them embark on a cross-country road trip to escape a world growing ever more conservative and conformist. Based on the classic Jack Kerouac beat novel.
See the trailer and clips here.
Rating: R (for strong sexual content, drug use and language)
Tyler Perry's Temptation
(Lionsgate) Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Lance Gross, Kim Kardashian, Vanessa Williams. A marriage counselor whose own relationship is rocky decides to be with another man. The repercussions of her choices send a ripple effect from her life to the lives of those around her. Based on Perry's stage play Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.
See the trailer and a filmed version of the play the film is based on here.
Genre: Urban Drama
Rating: PG-13 (for some violence, sexuality and language)
Posted in Uncategorized	| Tagged 2013, Adrienne Palecki, Amy Adams, Bruce Willis, Byung-hun Lee, Channing Tatum, cinema, D.. Cotrona, Diane Kruger, Dwayne Johnson, Films, G.I. Joe: Retailiation, Garrett Hedlund, Jack Kerouac, Jonathan Pryce, Jurnee Smoleett-Bell, Kim Kardashian, Kristen Stewart, Lance Gross, March 29, Max Irons, movies, on the road, Previews, Ray Park, Ray Stevenson, Sam Riley, Saoirse Ronana, Stephenie Meyer, The Host, Tyler Perry's Temptation, Vanessa Williams, William Hurt	| Leave a reply


Things like car accidents, burglary, and fires are not enjoyable, but they do happen. After being created in 1931, Allstate Insurance has become an national leader in automobile, home, and business insurance. Allstate employs thousands of hard-working insurance agents who are committed to creating a strong impact in many different ways. Allstate agents always place people first and help them select the affordable insurance policies that is the best fit for them.
Americans have come to know Allstate Insurance as a trusted brand that offers the most trusted insurance policies on the market. We have helped over 16 million households safeguard what they own now and make preparations for the future. Allstate's auto insurance contains many great features including accident forgiveness, deductible rewards, and safe driving bonus.
You can also purchase complete protection on your home with our homeowners insurance policies. Allstate also has extensive retirement saving plans along with term and permanent life insurance.


text:
<?php

namespace Application\Sonata\MediaBundle\Document;

use Sonata\MediaBundle\Document\BaseGallery as BaseGallery;

/**
 * This file has been generated by the EasyExtends bundle ( http://sonata-project.org/bundles/easy-extends ).
 *
 * References :
 *   working with object : http://www.doctrine-project.org/docs/mongodb_odm/1.0/en/reference/working-with-objects.html
 *
 * @author <yourname> <youremail>
 */
class Gallery extends BaseGallery
{
    /**
     * @var int
     */
    protected $id;

    /**
     * Get id.
     *
     * @return int $id
     */
    public function getId()
    {
        return $this->id;
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Q: How can I enable Windows authentication for ftp on Windows 7 Pro? I have an ftp server running on my desktop pc (windows 7 professional x64):

However, when I look at the authentication types in IIS Manager I don't see Windows Authentication as an option:

I've found several guides for setting up authentication through IIS Manager, but nothing about using Windows Auth for FTP.
Is it possible to use windows authentication to connect to an FTP server in this manner? If so, how can I set it up?

A: I didn't DV but I'm guessing it's because you are running it on your desktop PC and they figure it is OT and belongs on Superuser.
Regardless, Integrated Windows Authentication isn't available in FTP in IIS.
You could consider running a 3rd party "FTP" server like WingFTP that supports domain authentication.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Jessica Carter
'The Walking Dead' season 7, episode 8 review: Is Rick ready to fight back against Negan?
Jessica Carter, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead season 7 review	 December 12, 2016
Last time on "The Walking Dead" we saw Negan bring Carl to Alexandria to have a talk with Rick, but with Rick being out on a supply run he has no choice but to wait on him. Our biggest question is: What is Negan's plan for Carl? He snuck into Negan's compound and killed two […]
'Hawaii Five-0' season 7, episode 10 review: Danny's sister visits, past secrets revealed
Hawaii Five-0, Hawaii Five-0 season 7 review, Jessica Carter	 December 10, 2016
Last time on "Hawaii Five-0" we had an episode that was pretty heavily focused on Jerry and his conspiracy theories, which can sometimes be really fun, this this time around it was some serious stuff that ended up getting his friend killed. On a lighter note, we saw Danny coming around to Will dating Grace, while […]
'The Walking Dead' season 7, episode 7 review: Negan takes Carl Grimes' sunshine away
Jessica Carter, The Walking Dead, The Walking Dead season 7 review	 December 5, 2016
On the last episode of "The Walking Dead" we saw an installment almost exclusively about Tara and her journey to make it back to Alexandra. She survived a lot, but she did so only to realize down the road that her great love Denise was gone. She has to now regroup, and that won't be […]
'Real Housewives of Atlanta' season 9, episode 4 review: Kenya Moore, Phaedra Parks and friendship
Jessica Carter, Real Housewives, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Real Housewives of Atlanta season 9 review	 December 4, 2016
Last time on the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" we saw some pretty serious moments happening for some of our ladies. Kenya met Matt's entire family at a reunion and we saw Kandi become emotional after a visit from her ex's girlfriend stirred up some buried pain she feels about her daughter Riley. Since we were just […]
'Vikings' season 4 returns to season high in total viewers
Jessica Carter, Vikings	 December 3, 2016
The early ratings are in for "Vikings" season 4, and if you've been a fan of the show holding any concern at all over the numbers, this was a rpetty clear message for you not to worry much at all about the show being in danger anytime soon. Wednesday's episode, despite a significant layoff and […]
'Vikings' season 4, episode 11 review: Ragnar faces his sons, Ivar consumed in anger
Jessica Carter, Vikings, Vikings season 4 review	 December 1, 2016
It has been a long wait for new episodes of "Vikings", but tonight the second half of season 4 is back and we know that they are planning to throw us right back into the thick of it all. There was a major time jump from the last episode in the spring and now all of […]
'Criminal Minds' season 12, episode 7 review: Mr. Scratch tries out brainwashing
Criminal Minds, Criminal Minds season 12 review, Jessica Carter	 December 1, 2016
Last time on "Criminal Minds" we saw for the first time a little bit of news regarding what happened to Aaron Hotchner — he's alive, but at the same exact time, it certainly doesn't appear as though the character isn't going to be coming back on the show anytime soon. So tonight, we moved on, […]
'Ink Master' season 8, episode 16 (finale) preview: Will Ryan Ashley Malarkey, Kelly Doty, or Gian Karle Cruz win?
Ink Master, Ink Master season 8, Jessica Carter	 November 30, 2016
Ready to see who won "Ink Master" season 8? The live finale is coming up next week where we are more then likely going to have our first female winner crowned! The talent this season (especially from the women) has been top shelf and we can't wait to see how it's all going to shake […]
'Ink Master' season 8, episode 15 review: Was Nate Beavers or Gian Karle Cruz eliminated before finale?
Ink Master, Ink Master season 8, Ink Master season 8 review, Jessica Carter	 November 30, 2016
Who do you want to see win "Ink Master" season 8? We still have tonight's episode to get through before the big finale next week, and with that we are going to lose one more artist. So how was that going to be determined? Well, it was going to take place in a slow, methodical manner where […]
'Westworld' season 1, episode 9 review: Bernard has questions, William shows his dark side
Jessica Carter, Westworld, Westworld season 1 review	 November 29, 2016
We only have two episodes of "Westworld" left and things are so crazy we have no idea how they are going to wrap all of this up. Luckily there is a season 2 of "Westworld" coming down the pipeline so if things are left hanging, we know answers are coming eventually. For right now we […]


text:
Going that extra mile!
Dr Dhiraj Marothi made his annual visit to teach on the MCh (Orth) Dundee course on 24 - 26th April 2019. Dr Marothi, himself a graduate from the course from 2009, travels from India every year to lecture to Orthopaedic Surgeons based at the TORT Centre and Ninewells Hospital. That's a round trip of approximately 8000 miles!
Dr Marothi's day of knee replacement lectures on 25th April was so well received by this year's MCh (Orth) candidates that they asked if he could speak the following day about his experiences of how the MCh Degree has benefited him and his career in India, which he was only too glad to do, as he appreciates just how valuable the Dundee degree can be.
Dr Marothi is Director and Head of Department of Ortho and Joint Replacement at Asian Bariatricsand is Director of R.A.C.E. Arthroplasty Department, Rajasthan Hospitals. He is a vastly skilled surgeon with extensive experience in complex and revision knee surgery. He applies the newest Rotating Platform technique, with a 30-year lifespan. He was the first to implement the Ranawat cocktail in India. This peri-articular injection brings speedy recovery, decreases post-op pain and helps patients to stand just three hours after surgery and therefore commence early rehabilitation. Dr Marothi invented and established Replacement to Resurfacing (R2R) which is a novel, state of the art technique for treating painful, arthritic and misaligned knee and hip joints.
Dr Marothi and Professor Abboud with the 2018-2019 MCh (Orth) candidates.
Professor Rami Abboud, Director of MCh (Orth) and Head of the Department of Orthopaedic & Trauma Surgery, stated:
"It's always a delight to welcome Dhiraj back to Dundee. Not only is he a valued ambassador of the course, he is a friend. He travels from India to Dundee at his own expense each year and postponing his travel and staying for an extra day, on the request of the students, shows just how much he champions the course and the University of Dundee."
Left: Dr Marothi receiving a special certificate for Valued International Faculty & Outstanding Ambassador of the MCh (Orth), Dundee, UK; Right: Work and pleasure must go hand in hand, so Rami, Dhiraj and Sadiq Nasir enjoying dinner.
students during
last decade


Shannonside Aviation is a specialist in Component management Contracts.
What makes Shannonside Aviation different ?
For many of our competitors the core business is operating workshops and maintenance hangars. They offer management services as just one minor element of their operation.
What is the relevance of this distinction?
The answer is the service standards, which can be achieved by an organisation committed only to providing you with the components support you need. Because it is independent of any maintenance facility or airline, Shannonside Aviation has only one focus for its operation; delivering the most responsive service available in the industry.
Shannonside Aviation can provide a full and total support programme.
Rotable Package on Customer site.
Consumable /D Expendable package on customer site.


Warm White Faceted LED Light Bulbs Included! Hang this commercial grade LED light strand in any setting to light up the atmosphere.
Each C7 LED Light Strand Kit measures to 50 feet in length and features 50 E12 C7 Candelabra Base LED faceted light bulbs to go with the white commercial grade C7 light strand. This commercial quality light strand can be used indoors or outdoors for general light decorating, holiday lighting, or special event lighting.


At Millcreek of Magee, we are pleased with the reputation we have developed for ourselves through our provision of clinically excellent care within an environment that encourages long-term healing.
For more than 30 years, our team of committed staff members has worked endlessly to change the lives of children and adolescents by supplying compassionate, skills-based care that is personalized to address each patient's needs. By offering services to our patients who are at risk for behavioral, emotional, developmental, or physical concerns, we are afforded the chance to help improve their lives.
Realizing that each individual who comes to us for treatment has his or her own specific set of needs, strengths, concerns, and skills, we ensure that all treatment plans are entirely tailored so that each patient obtains the well-rounded care that is deserved.
To determine the most appropriate level of treatment, all families and children will be supplied with a thorough evaluation to help pinpoint the exact needs and concerns that will be addressed during the patient's time in treatment. At the time of the evaluation, it will also be determined which level of care will be most effective in helping the patient obtain his or her treatment goals.
At Millcreek of Magee, we have admissions counselors on hand 24/7 to take your calls, answer your questions, and get your loved one on the road to recovery. We understand how challenging it can be to have a young person who is struggling with serious mental health conditions, which is why we are here to help. Do not wait any longer. Reach out to us right now.


text:
Posted on February 23, 2017 by thebillshakespeareproject
Pericles – midpoint: huh?
Using Professor Rodes' midpoint theory, let's take a look at Pericles.
There are 2329 lines in in the play, which means the midpoint is at line 1165, or at Act Three, Scene Two, line 5. According to Dr. Rodes' theory, you could find at this midpoint–or within twenty lines either way–a speech that perfectly sums up a major theme of the play (the 20-line leeway was to help remove the differences in prose line lengths between individual editions).
At the end of Act Three, Scene One, Pericles readies for the body of Thaisa (the "dead" wife) to be cast overboard and buried at sea (because of the superstitions of the sailors). He also states that they will head to Tarsus because the newborn Marina is too weak to make it all the way back to Tyre; and we learn he has decided to "leave it / At careful nursing" (III.i.81-2). Long-time readers know how disdainfully I look at this decision…and the use of "it" doesn't make me any more likely to hold kind feelings for our prince of Tyre.
But that's Act Three, Scene One. What about Act Three, Scene Two?
That takes us to Ephesus, where the chest containing Thaisa's body will soon come ashore. But not yet. In the first few dozen lines of the scene–where the actual midpoint takes place–we meet Lord Cerimon of Ephesus, a kind of wise old man/shaman/healer. We learn of his skills…which will come into play at the end of the scene in the revival of Thaisa's body. But here, it's just exposition.
This sequence, this midpoint, just feels weird, awkward. But the more I think about it, it sort of fits. Pericles is a main character who does very little to drive the plot or narrative forward. His agency is about as non-existent as one could have in a main character, and still be the main character. Why should he be directly involved in this midpoint? Why shouldn't it have at its core a supporting character who will do more in this one scene than Pericles does in much of the play. The speech at midpoint may not speak to the themes of Pericles…but the lack of Pericles' (or even Thaisa's) presence there speaks volumes about how weirdly (poorly?) this play is structured.
Categoriesmidpoint, Pericles, tragi-comedy/romance
Previous PostPrevious Speech Study: Gower, opening chorus
Next PostNext Pericles – Speech study: Gower, the end


Carters is an individual and unique specialist snow and outdoor sports store based in Reading, England. Skiing, snowboarding and outdoor sports are exciting, colourful, adrenaline filled activities that excite and enthuse their participants. Carters product offering in store and online aims to reflect these dynamic qualities.
Carters360.com is the online shop for Carters.
Carters is one of the top ski and snowboard boot fitting destinations in the country. We constantly invest in our staff training and equipment to give you the best possible fit.
Carters and Carters360.com are commited to bringing you the newest and the best products in snow and outdoor sports. We constantly strive to offer choice, quality and value for money in a well informed and friendly atmosphere.
The company is family owned and run and has been in business since 1830. Carters is a dynamic organisation constantly evolving to keep up with or ahead of the constantly changing retail environment.
We hope you are inspired by what you see on this website but remember there is a lot more to discover in Carters Reading store.


text:
Q: How does one control a Windows PC remotely from Ubuntu I have been trying to remotely access my Windows laptop from my Ubuntu 16.04 laptop without any success. Things that I tried:

*

*RDP in Windows: My Windows 10 Home has no option to activate remote desktop server.

*I installed realVNC on Windows and the vncserver showed me the following things:

*

*Connectivity: computerName belongs to computerName's Team, connecting user see this information when they sign in to VNC Viewer.

*Security: Identity check: when prompted, connecting users should check for matching details.

*Signature: 8 pairs of alphanumerics separated by dashes

*Catchphrase: A strange sentence

*Tried to use Remmina on Ubuntu - entered the following:

*

*Name: ComputerName

*Group: ComputerName's Team

*Protocol: VNC - Virtual Network Computing

*Basic: IP address of the Windows PC

*User name: Windows user name

*Password: Windows PC password

*Color depth: True Color (24 bit)

*Quality: Poor (fastest)

Tried to connect... doesn't work.

*Installed x11vnc and tried commands like:
x11vnc -display :0 -connect WindowsIP

didn't work.
x11vnc -display :0 -connect computerName@WindowsIP

although no idea where to insert the windows password!
I would really appreciate a clear and step by step list of instructions.

A: TeamViewer
From the Features page:

Cross-platform PC to PC, mobile to PC, PC to mobile, and even mobile to mobile connections that support Windows, macOS, Linux, Chrome OS, iOS, Android, Windows Universal Platform, and BlackBerry.


Absorption - Substance uptake into plants. This can be liquids i.e Nutrients or gases such as oxygen.
Adsorption - When substances attach to a surface. Such as foliar sprays etc.
Adult - A plant capable of forming flowering tissues.
Antiseptics - Micro-organism deterring substance that reduce risk of infection when applied to plants.
Aeration - Supplying soil and roots with air or oxygen. Some hydroponic systems create an aerated nutrient solution with the use of an aquarium pump and air stones.
Acid - Media or nutrient solution with low pH, below 7.
Alkaline - Media or nutrient solution with a high pH, over 7.
Bloom phase - The period of growth when plants flower.
Buffering - Reducing dramatic pH level variation in a solution.
Bloom / Blossom Booster - Nutrients that are high in phosphorus (P) which increases flower yield.
Capillary action - The method in which fibres to soak up water.
Cell - Smallest living organism able to live independently.
Chelate - Organic structure containing metal element preventing oxydation.
Combination Day Plants – A plant requiring exposure to short day conditions and long day conditions in a particular order to encourage flowering.
Cutting - Asexual propagation of plants taken from the tip containing a meristem as either a terminal or axillary bud.
Carbon Dioxide (CO2) - A colorless, odorless, tasteless gas in the air, essential for plant life. Occurs naturally in the atmosphere.
Chlorosis - Sick plant with yellowing leaves caused by a nutrient deficiency, usually iron or nitrogen.
Dilution - When nutrient solutions are made less concentrated by adding water.
DNA - A structure containing the characteristics of a living organism.
Drainage – Waste water that is removed from a system or re-circulated.
Dampening Off - Overwatering is the main cause of damping-off. This is a disease that effects seedlings and cuttings, causing stems to rot.
Drip Aeration - Watering method that utilises air pressure from an air pump to filter nutrient solution out of a ring of circular feeding ring.
Enzyme - Protein molecules of a very specific function. A catalyst for biochemical reactions.
Fans and Air movement – Fans are a vital tool in maintaining a desirable environment for plants. They can be used to maintain negative pressure in a grow room.
Fertigation - Nutrient, or other water-soluble product application through an irrigation system.
Floral Phase – The period when plants is put on floral structures.
Fructification – When a plant forms fruits.
Foliar Feeding - Spraying plants with nutrient solution, absorbed by the foliage.
Fungicide - A formulation that destroys fungus.
Granulates - The size of a dry solution that is not quite powder size as it is slightly larger.
Growing Phase - The period when plants grows. This usually pre-empts the flower stage.
Germination - The development of a plant from seed.
HID Lamps – High Intensity Discharge lamps encompasses a range of Hydroponic lighting such as HPS (high pressure sodium) and MH (metal halide) All produce light spectrums that create a natural environment for plants being grown indoors.
Hormone - A substance that acts on specific organs and cells to effect growth or change.
Harden Off - To gradually acclimatize plants harsher environments. Seedling and cuttings need to be hardened-off before going outdoors.
Irrigation - Application of water to soil.
Juvenile – The initial period when a plant is incapable of changing to a flowering form of tissue.
Long Day Plants – A plant that requires a certain length of time with no light that is shorter than the amount of time it is exposed to light, that induces flowers to form.
Metabolism - Biochemical processes that take place in cells in order to sustain life.
Mineral - an inorganic element, such as sodium, zinc, potassium, calcium, or iron, that is essential to the nutrition of plants.
Mycorrhiza - A group of symbiotic fungi that aid root cells in increasing uptake of water and nutrients.
Macronutrients - Primary nutrients N-P-K (nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) or the secondary nutrients magnesium and calcium.
Micronutrients - Also known as Trace Elements, including Sulphur, Iron, Manganese, Boron and Copper.
Perlite - Sand or volcanic glass, expanded by heat. It holds water and nutrients on its irregular surfaces.
Reverse Osmosis - A process in which a very fine filter stops minerals of specific sizes from passing through. This process removes salts and minerals from the water.
Run to Waste - A system that does not re-use drainage water instead it flows away.
Reservoir - A hydroponic system container which holds nutrient solution.
Short Day Plants – A plant that requires a certain length of time with no light that is longer than the amount of time it is exposed to light, that induces flowers to form.
Substrate – Growing Media that enables roots to grow and the plant to stand up.
Trichoderma - Group of related fungus. Good Trichoderma protect the plant against harmful fungi. There are also 'bad' Trichoderma that eat beneficial fungi.
V.O.C (Volatile Organic Compound) - are organic chemicals that have a high vapor pressure (scent) at ordinary room temperature.


text:
from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
from models import Entry, Group, Tag
from django.contrib import admin
from django.contrib.auth.models import User
from settings import STATIC_URL
from django.contrib.comments.moderation import CommentModerator, moderator

class EntryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
	def makePublished(self, request, queryset):
		rows_updated = queryset.update(published = True)
		if rows_updated == 1:
			message_bit = _("1 entry was")
		else:
			message_bit = _("{0} entries were").format(rows_updated)
		self.message_user(request, _("{0} successfully marked as published.").format(message_bit))
	makePublished.short_description = _('Publish selected entries')

	def makeDraft(self, request, queryset):
		rows_updated = queryset.update(published = False)
		if rows_updated == 1:
			message_bit = _("1 entry was")
		else:
			message_bit = _("{0} entries were").format(rows_updated)
		self.message_user(request, _("{0} successfully marked as draft.").format(message_bit))
	makeDraft.short_description = _('Unpublish selected entries')

	fieldsets = [
		(None,						{'fields': ['title', 'author', 'published']}),
		(None,						{'fields': ['text']}),
		(_('Categorisation'),		{'fields': ['groups', 'tags'], 'classes': ['collapse open']}),
		(_('Further options'),		{'fields': ['url', 'enable_comments', 'admincomment'], 'classes': ['collapse closed']}),
	]

	# Automatically fill the url field based on what's given as title.
	prepopulated_fields = {'url': ('title',)}

	# List display
	list_display = ('title', 'getLink', 'author', 'lastModified', 'published')

	list_filter = ['published', 'author']
	date_hierarchy = 'creationDate'

	# Fields in which should be searched.
	search_fields = ['title', 'url', 'text']

	actions = [makePublished, makeDraft]

	filter_horizontal = ('groups', 'tags')

	# WYSIWTF-Editor
	class Media:
		js = [STATIC_URL + 'grappelli/tinymce/jscripts/tiny_mce/tiny_mce.js', STATIC_URL + 'grappelli/tinymce_setup/tinymce_setup.js',]

class Commentadmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
	list_display = ('sender', 'subject', 'date')

class Groupadmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
	list_display= ('name',)

class Tagadmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
	list_display= ('name',)

class EntryModerator(CommentModerator):
    email_notification = False
    enable_field = 'enable_comments'

moderator.register(Entry, EntryModerator)
admin.site.register(Entry, EntryAdmin)
admin.site.register(Group, Groupadmin)
admin.site.register(Tag, Tagadmin)


text:
Impact Strategies
The State of Giving in Canada: Millennials
John Bromley
News | December 6, 2017
If you're a millennial, you're used to getting blamed for everything.
Earlier generations seem to relish heaping abuse upon you. From homeownership to diamonds, millennials are apparently wiping out the cornerstones of adult consumerism.
Articles that point the finger at your generation have achieved meme status. Google "millennials are killing" and you'll find many often hilarious lists riffing on the topic.
It would be easy to look at part three of the Angus Reid Institute's study, the State of Giving in Canada, and write an opinion piece titled "Millennials are Killing Charity."
According to the study, your generation gives less than any other age group. But there are reasons for that. And, based on what the Angus Reid Institute heard from millennial respondents, there are many potential, committed, lifelong givers among your ranks.
Let's look at what's keeping millennials from reaching their full charitable potential—and what you can do about it.
The Millennial Giving Gap
More than any other age group, millennials believe they should be doing more to support charity. Fully 37% of millennials said they should be giving more, versus an average of 27% across other age groups who feel the same way.
Nonetheless, millennials also give less to charity than any other group. Just 44% of them give more than $100 to charity per year, versus a 58.5% average across all other age groups.
Money. Millennials have less than other age groups. Plenty of articles have been written describing how the increased cost of education and real estate, coupled with precarious work, have left the youngest adults in our society worse off than their parents.
According to the Angus Reid Institute, 56% of millennials list a lack of finances as the "whole reason" they aren't donating more to charity.
That's in comparison to a 47% average for all other age groups. Millennials are feeling the pinch, and that seems to stop them from giving more to charity.
What else is preventing millennials from giving?
Confusion, Detachment, Doubt
Of the millennials who say they should be doing more for charity, 66% said they'd give more money to charity if they "felt more confident about the whole thing," while 59% of all other age groups combined feel the same way.
Also, 58% say they would give more if they could find the "perfect cause" for them, versus a 43.5% average among other age groups, and 54% would give more if they were "approached the right way," versus 34.5% per cent.
Meanwhile, about half of millennials agreed with the statement, "With all the requests and life so busy, I feel like I don't have enough control over what I'm doing with charitable donations."
The story I take away from these numbers reaffirms what I believe, and what shapes CHIMP's missions: that people—in this case, millennials—lack resources that can help them objectively learn about causes and engage in a meaningful way with charity.
Which is unfortunate, because this section of the State of Giving in Canada also suggests that, in addition to feeling like they could do more for charity, millennials have the mindset of future donors.
A Matter of Trust
More than other age groups, millennials have faith in charities to do the right thing. Just 62% agreed with the statement, "Charities waste too much money on salaries and admin and fundraising," compared to 77.5% of other age groups.
And 54% said that charities could be trusted with the money people donate to them, versus 48.5% of the total population.
It's good to hear that millennials trust charity, because they're the future of giving in Canada. As I pointed out in a previous post, trust is key to becoming an engaged, long-term donor.
However, the numbers also suggest that there's work charities could be doing to win over millennials ' good faith. That includes being transparent about their funding and the work they do.
If a charity isn't fulfilling its promises, millennials will find out. More than any other generation that has come before, this one knows how to do their research—and share their findings.
That Whole Internet Thing
Out of any group surveyed, millennials were most likely to engage with charity online. Over the last two years, 33% of them responded to a request to support charity via social media, with just 19% of the rest of population doing the same. And 30% of them donated money when asked during checkout at an online store, compared to 13% of the rest of the population.
Compare this with the effectiveness of traditional fundraising techniques, as discussed in my previous post. Just 16% of the population has responded to requests for donations by phone, and 21% have responded to appeals on TV.
It isn't only charities that are reaching out to them. Millennials are engaging each other in discussions about charity. About 60% of millennials said that engaging with charity on social media, by liking or sharing posts, has a very or fairly meaningful impact on the charities involved.
Millennials Volunteer
For me, one surprising takeaway from the State of Giving in Canada was just how much time millennials spend volunteering.
For instance, in the last two years, 18% of millennials volunteered in poverty relief, while just 9% of the age 35-54 cohort did the same.
There are reasons for this besides pure altruism, of course. The Angus Reid Institute's report points out that many millennials are required to volunteer as part of high school graduation requirements. And when you're just starting your career, volunteer hours can help fill out a thin resume.
Still, charities rarely have future donors walking through the front door—but that's how they should be thinking of younger millennials who volunteer for them.
Working on-site, volunteering with a charity, is a great opportunity to see what that charity actually achieves, and how it works. That's important when, as I discussed in my last post, 61% of Canadians say they lack trust in charity.
The Days to Come
If you're a millennial, you may feel like you're in a tough spot. Supporting charity might not be a priority.
But you're still part of the largest age cohort in North America, one larger than Generation X, or even the Baby Boomers. According to an Oracle study, your generation is expected to have over $3.3 trillion in spending power by 2018.
Power is shifting to millennials. It doesn't matter, right now, whether you've got five dollars to give, or five hundred. Starting immediately, and exercising your "charity muscle," is the best way to make sure you and your cohort are ready to take on the task of supporting charity in the future. It's donors who help shape how charities operate and the impact they have.
Our focus at CHIMP is to create tools that help people become long-term, proactive givers. And based on demographics alone, millennials are destined to become the next big group of donors.
For instance, with CHIMP, you've got the option of automatically withdrawing money from your bank account or credit card on a monthly basis, letting it accrue in your giving account, and then deciding where it goes later.
With so many causes in need of support, it's hard to know where to start; using a giving account, you can commit money to charity, and then do your own research and decide how to use it.
I hope more charities will take the lead, and leverage millennials ' strengths and opinions in order to help them develop as donors, and shape the future of the donor-charity relationship.
Millennials have faith in charity, and they want to give more. They're more engaged on social media than any other group, and they volunteer more than anyone else. These are excellent entry points for building communities of donors, and educating millennials in philanthropy on a peer-to-peer level.
So don't worry, millennials. You're doing fine. In fact, you deserve more credit than you get. You want to make a positive change in the world, and we at CHIMP want to work with you to help make that happen.
Share this through social media.
Stories | January 12, 2021
3 ways to protect and support wildlife in your community
Research | December 30, 2020
What we learned this year in our research
Stories | December 15, 2020
New playlist: Songs to help you kick back and relax
Stories | December 8, 2020
4 charities to keep the curtain up
We are here for your giving.
Sign up to receive our news, tips and inspiration straight to your inbox.
Get our best news, stories, and tips for making an impact. Subscribe to the newsletter
Charitable Impact
#1250 - 1500 W Georgia St
Vancouver, BC V6G 2Z6 Canada
Charitable Impact Foundation
Account Agreement
© Copyright 2021 CHIMP Technology Inc. – All Rights Reserved.


text:
SouthworldNews August 2012Egypt – Who is in charge?
Wednesday, 25 July 2012 4:57
Written by:	Fr.Carmine
Category:	News August 2012
Africa, Egypt
Mohamed Morsi won the presidential run-off against Ahmed Shafiq and became the new President of Egypt on June 30th. Morsi, a leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, is painfully aware of the limitations imposed on his office. On the one side, popular support to the Muslim Brothers declined sharply in the past year. Voters turned out en-masse to elect a new parliament. Yet, while Egyptians gave the Islamic movement an overwhelming majority in the National Assembly, things took a different turn for the highest office of the country, about 10% of voters stayed away from presidential elections. Besides, Ahmed Shafiq – the candidate Morsi faced at the run-off and the last Prime Minister under Mubarak – enjoyed the support of those faithful to the old regime and garnered 48.3% of the vote. On the other hand, the military establishment made it clear that the president will not enjoy full powers since they will be in charge of many aspects of State administration.
After a few days in power, Morsi reconvened the National Assembly, which had been disbanded by the Constitutional Court. The Court declared some of the dispositions of the electoral law anti-constitutional because they contravened the principle of equality among candidates. Since the National Assembly had been elected based on such law, the Assemble lacked legitimacy. A similar ruling followed the 1987 and 1990 elections. The newly elected president had to back down, and accept the ruling of the Court, which has a long tradition of independence from political influence. The question now is how to solve the impasse and form a new National Assembly in a short time. The first matter at hand will be the drafting of a new Constitution. Certainly the Muslim Brothers will try to affect that process and review the status of the military. The power struggle between the Brotherhood and the military might last for years to come.
On the international scene, Egypt's allegiances are under scrutiny. There are three main questions: relations with the USA, with Israel and with Iran. It is not by chance that US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, met Morsi on July 18th. The USA supports the military machinery and generously funds the annual budget of the government. The meeting ended with a mutual agreement. While sections of the Brotherhood called for a re-evaluation of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty, the Supreme Council of Armed Forces (SCAF) remains determined to sustain the agreement. To make things clear, the SCAF recently decreed that a National Defence Council – formed mainly by soldiers – would determine any changes to Egyptian foreign policy for the foreseeable future.
Relations with Iran might prove more difficult to evaluate. The two Islamist movements – the Brotherhood and the Shiites – share some common ancestry. It was a Persian Shiite intellectual, Jamal al-Din al-Afghani, whose teaching in Egypt revived the Islamic movement and influenced Hassan al Banna, founder of the Muslim Brothers. And it was the radical teachings of the Egyptian Muslim Brother Sayyid Qutb that gave a rationale to the Shiites of Iran to fight the Shah. The man who translated Qutb's works into Farsi was none other than Ali Khamenei, today's Supreme Leader in Iran. The Muslim Brothers are divided on how to proceed when it comes to Iran. Some argue that the common revolutionary battle against Western values and Israel makes them natural allies. Others insist on the practical value of keeping their distance from Tehran. President Morsi, is tiptoeing through the elaborate relationship with Iran, trying to keep everyone happy.
On the home front, one of the big questions yet without answer is the fate of the Christians. Christians are a minority, making up 9% of the population. For years, they have been treated as second class citizens. They have also been the target of Islamic violence before and after Mubarak's fall. Catholic Bishop Kyrillos William, administrator of the Coptic Catholic Patriarchate of Alexandria, expressed his hopes for Egypt's Christians following the election of Mohamed Morsi. "The future will not be worse than what we have had before," said he. Bishop William expressed his confidence that President Morsi will keep promises he made after the elections to govern for everyone regardless of religion. "In Egypt we all are Egyptians – whether Christians or Muslims – and the president has promised that there will be a Copt and a woman appointed as vice-presidents. Although we still do not know who will be appointed, we trust he will keep his word". Bishop William said the post-election situation of the Christians in Egypt is not one of persecution – adding "it is better here than in many other countries".
Saddiq al-Mahdum


text:
Texas cracking down on unnecessary dental treatment
Texas Law Cracks Down on Unnecessary Dental Treatments
June 27, 2013, 11:55 am ET by David Heath Center for Public Integrity
A new Texas law will give regulators more power to crack down on dentists performing unnecessary treatments, especially on children.
A spokesman for the bill's author — Republican State Rep. Lois W. Kolkhorst of Brenham, Texas — said the law came about largely because of a joint investigation by the Center for Public Integrity and PBS Frontline. The investigation revealed a pattern of questionable practices by Kool Smiles, a chain focused on Medicaid-provided dental care for children. The spokesman also credited independent reporting by Dallas station WFAA-TV on Medicaid fraud.
The joint investigation by the Center and FRONTLINE, titled Dollars and Dentists, quoted former employees who alleged that dentists at Kool Smiles were encouraged by company production standards to put more expensive stainless-steel crowns, rather than fillings, on cavities in baby teeth. Kool Smiles denies those allegations.
"As a mother of two children, I was shocked to learn that in 2010 there were estimated to be over 15,000 Texas children who were given inappropriate dental care, including braces on baby teeth," Kolkhorst said in a statement.
Kolkhorst said only one dentist has had his license revoked for Medicaid fraud or patient complaints in the past two years. "That's just not acceptable," she added.
The law beefs up the ability of the state dental board to investigate complaints. It also gives parents the right to be in the room with their children while they are at the dentist.
In addition, dentists working for corporate dental chains are required to report information about the chains to the dental board. Currently, the state maintains no information about dental chains.
Gov. Rick Perry signed the bill last week. It takes effect on Jan. 1.
Watch Dollars for Dentists
Labels/Tags: Texas, Texas Orthodontics, Texas SB 151, Texas SB 8
77 patients of W. Scott Harrington, DDS test posit...
Antoine Dental Centers Creditable Allegation of Fr...
Dental crisis continues according to Pew
Menace to Society–Dr. Thomas Floyd–finally strippe...
Shifting Income is Shifty Business
Dr. Gary Anusavice, DDS pleads guilty in CT–Should...
"Ho" Down in Texas – James W. Orr, DDS Testifies f...