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saturating those minds too lazy to know.
Hearts turned like Reversi gone mad.
Complete disbelief stole our ability to Polonaise.
What really happened will be erased from legal memory.
Persistent undoubt still shelters our frizzled sanity.
- he was the only one who never wondered why or how.
from hoarding incidents of inequity and newfound tyranny.
yet entertaining in his uniqueness.
being hung in strange and usual places.


A mobile digital media display unit, custom designed for National Geographic Store in London. This digital sculpture is conceived as a standalone windows display, with four monitors on both sides and a custom computer, in order to display its content both toward the outside and the inside simultaneously.
The overall design is inspired by an idea of superimposition of mechanical and electronics aesthetics, resulting in a kind of wired machine made by mild-steel, screws, wheels, handmade custom-tailored cables and connectors, displaying images, colours, TV broadcasting, and information, turning it in a real multimedia unit.


Long ago, when I was in school...high school....when the teachers were talking I would sit and doodle as I listened them.
Now this one has this on one side...it is unfinished. If it had been finished it would have been full.
This is the other side...it is finished.
I have always thought I should try quilting something similar to these....they also make me think of crazy quilts.
These are amazing! I've always been one who doodles too, but have never turned out anything like these. Mama had some special designs. She used to doodle.
Are you sure you were listening to the teachers, because in the first one you've written in 2 favourite bands and perhaps there were tunes playing in your head at the time. LOL!
The second one looks like a cow, it's nose is the star shape.
The last one would be an outstanding free motion quilt pattern.
You are really creative and artistic Rose!!
they are amazing to me and also beautiful. i have always doodled but not like this, mine were just trees, cats, stick people and my name written over and over. or lines. these are art.
I agree...you are very talented! They do remind me of crazy quilts and also they remind me of the new coloring books for adults where the entire page is colored.
Your are the Queen of Doodlers Rose, these are spectacular.
What an awesome doodler you were Rose. You have always been a very creative person by the look of it.
They would be great as quilts!
It looks like you were doing Zentangle before it became famous.
OK girlfriend....It is time for you to start an art journal like I have. There are so many wonderful blogs filled with girls with such varied talents. That is all I have done today. I did two more Red pages and am so happy with them. Now I know why you flipped when you saw what Eloise was doing. I love your wall hanging and especially the quilting. Your rotary cutting turned out really well. I will never be able to do that free form stuff. Straight lines are all I can crank out. Will write later.
You even 'doodle' beautifully! :-) Really love the last one (red).


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C.W. Kim's Sundial House
Local architect's home is his "finest and most personal work of art."
Behold the undulated perfection of casted light and circles.
From its perch on Mount Soledad above La Jolla Country Club, the Sundial House, as the estate at 7191 Encelia Drive is monikered, enjoys "brilliant design and panoramic views" of the San Diego coastline.
The Sundial House on its Mount Soledad perch.
The property was designed as the personal residence for "world-renowned" local architect Chong Wan "C.W." Kim, whose other local projects have included Loews Coronado Bay Resort, downtown's Emerald Plaza, and the final expansion of the San Diego… err, Jack Murphy...whoops, Qualcomm…pardon me, SDCCU Stadium in Mission Valley.
Described in listing materials as Kim's "finest and most personal work of art," Sundial House features six bedrooms and seven baths spread across nearly 6700 square feet of "museum-worthy" indoor living space offering "exquisite craftsmanship, unexpected curves and an undulated perfection of casted light and circles."
Prospective buyers are invited to "be enveloped by a sense of harmony, awestruck by dramatic design and unobstructed horizon-level ocean views and inspired by the richness of materials and storied architecture."
Entry to the compound is gained through "magical gates" leading to a "welcoming private courtyard with pool, fountain," and island fire pit. A "path-lit bridge" leads to the interior entryway, where buyers will be "wowed by a granite foyer and spectacular ocean views framed by massive floor-to-ceiling windows."
Do you prefer your ambiances intimate, compelling, or both?
"A magnificent, curved beamed ceiling is one of many notable architectural achievements found in the home that create an ambiance that is both intimate and compelling," the listing continues. "Tranquility and clarity abound in the richness of surroundings and use of exquisite stones, Brazilian Cherry flooring, crafted cabinetry," and more, while "multiple sculpted granite fireplaces provide warmth and beauty."
At last, you'll be able to prepare and enjoy an intimate dinner or create a feast for more than 100.
A "unique circular kitchen" features a "grand piano-shaped granite island" and professional-quality appliances from manufacturers such as Miele, Viking, and Gaggenau, surrounded by "exotic lacy wood cabinetry" that "enable one to prepare and enjoy intimate dinners or create feasts for more than 100."
Other features include a private wine cellar offering "an elegant home for your finest bottles" and an ocean-view master retreat with "hand-crafted marble bath, soaking tub, curved vanities, and his and her walk-in closets with custom glass doors and cabinetry for your finest apparel, shoes and handbags."
A place to dream in your dream home.
The upstairs wing is dedicated to an "expansive, custom-built design studio" office with additional full bath that could be easily re-purposed as a second master suite, while the property is rounded out by "an expansive ocean-view deck," providing additional outdoor living and entertaining space.
It's not entirely clear just when the Sundial House was constructed — listing materials and tax records show a build date of 2000, but the property was previously offered for sale in 2002 with a construction date listed as 1991. The home, with similar features, was also featured in a 1992 issue of Transpacific magazine. The prior listing, however, indicated an improved space of just 4764 square feet, nearly 2000 square feet smaller than the home's current incarnation – it's likely extensive remodeling and addition work has been completed in the ensuing decade-plus.
After the 2002 listing failed to attract a buyer with a $5,999,876 list price, the Sundial House remained off market for more than 15 years, resurfacing in mid-March with an asking price of $8,495,000 that remains unchanged to date.
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Stikki Peaches
Bitch Please (Frida Kahlo)
Original artwork by Stikki Peaches. Mixed-media on paper.
Signed by artist and comes with a certificate of authenticity
Sold framed: Open-front black framing
Mixed-media on hand made St-Armand paper
Inquiry about Stikki Peaches, Bitch Please (Frida Kahlo)
About Stikki Peaches
The anonymous Montreal artist is best known for the tagline "What if Art Ruled the World" weaved throughout his celebrity mash-up wheat pastes. Using a variety of media including collage, acrylic paint, and silkscreen, Stikki Peaches' work occupies a liminal space between the street and the gallery
Since his 2008 debut on Montreal streets, Stikki Peaches' mash-up wheat pastes have taken over the streets of Paris, New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Berlin, Stockholm and London. Using a variety of media including collage, acrylic paint, and silkscreen, Stikki Peaches' work occupies a liminal space between the street and the gallery. The anonymous street artist is strongly influenced by pop culture references and lowbrow street culture.
He is constantly creating art that can be thought of as "beautifully controlled chaos." Stikki combines images of classic films, celebrities, and musical icons into hybrid characters. Stikki Peaches had his first international solo show in 2012 in New York. Since then he has participated in the Scope Art Show NYC, Art Basel Miami and Urvanity Art Fair in Madrid, Spain. In 2018, Stikki Peaches is looking forward to his first Euro exhibitions.


of jazz, Dr. Peterson believes that science and music are seemingly interconnected. Her passion for music and biochemistry have taught her to see how both disciplines are essential to our quality of life.
She recently helped the launch of the blog, the Pursuit, within the College of Science, dedicated to all the interesting things happening in science.
Check out her 2017 TEDxLSU talk below for more on science and all that jazz!


A newspaper article from The Seminole Star discussing the Altamonte Springs-Casselberry Chamber of Commerce's leasing issue with the city government. The Chamber of Commerce had been paying $1 a year to rent out a city-owned building. Florida Attorney General Robert Shevins, who said the terms of the agreement were to be renoegoitated, because the city could not charge the Chamber of Commerce lesser rent than they would any other organization.
Original newspaper article: "CofC, City to Meet on Building Lease." The Seminole Star: Private Collection of Sue Blackwood.
Digital reproduction of original newspaper article: "CofC, City to Meet on Building Lease." The Seminole Star.
Originally published by The Seminole Star.
Copyright to this resource is held by The Seminole Star and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.
"Altamonte Springs, Florida." Altamonte Springs, Florida. http://www.altamonte.org/.
Robison, Jim. Altamonte Springs. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
Shofner, Jerrell H. A History of Altamonte Springs, Florida. Altamonte Springs, Fla: City of Altamonte Springs in association with Tabby House Charlotte Harbor, Florida, 1995.
"CofC, City to Meet on Building Lease." RICHES of Central Florida accessed April 21, 2019, https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka/items/show/5215.


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Carlos Andrés Baldassari (born 15 March 1979 in Salta) is a Uruguayan former rugby union player and a current coach. He played as a wing.

Baldassari started his career at Salto Rugby Club, aged 6, where he played until he was 18. He then moved to Champagnat, in Montevideo, where he became noticed and was called to play for Uruguay.

He had 11 caps for Uruguay, scoring 2 tries, 10 points on aggregate. His first match was a 57-0 loss to Argentina, on 27 August 2003, in Buenos Aires, for the Pan-American Championship. He participated in the 2003 Rugby World Cup, playing in two full matches but without scoring. His last match was the infamous 134-0 loss to South Africa on 11 June 2005, in East London, in a tour, when he was 26 years old.

After finishing his player career, he became a coach. He became coach of Farrapos, in Bento Gonçalves, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in July 2009. He led Farrapos (previously a minor team in his state), to four titles of the Rio Grande do Sul Championship, a Cup of Brazil win, and to the I Division, where they are one of the top five teams in Brazil.

In 2016, Baldassari became the coach of Serra Rugby Club.

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External links
Carlos Baldassari International Statistics

1979 births
Living people
Uruguayan rugby union players
Uruguay international rugby union players
Uruguayan rugby union coaches
Rugby union wings

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Received a call at about 6:30 from a young man seeking help. The couple had been married only a month and were at Oak Street beach with a group of friends. She had placed the ring on her towel for safe keeping. Needless to say it fell into the sand. There were a number of people helping look. All digging in the sand. When He called me I told him to stop the digging. The ring could sink deeper. I arrived and found her ring in about 30 seconds!! All the guests and surrounding people came over and were shocked that I was able to find it.


The Most Effective Low-Tech Leadership Tool Ever!
If you're not using a white board in your office, get one on your wall - now. I've used one for over 20 years and believe it's one of the most powerful leadership tools I've ever used. I call it my "High Adventure Board." Properly used, it's a powerful collaborative thinking device, allowing you to share your thoughts, priorities, concerns, projects, just about anything, with the people with whom you work. I always told my team, "If you want to know what I'm think about and working on, come into my office (my door was rarely closed) and take a look at the High Adventure Board. I confess, the name, "High Adventure Board," was borrowed from one of my commanders in the Army, Bob Stefanowic.
If I wrote it on the High Adventure Board, I wanted my team to know it was important. It was an incredible communication multiplier. It led to frequent, meaningful discussions and conversations with the managers who reported to me. It wasn't uncommon for something to appear on the High Adventure Board and stimulated countless conversations that often led to an increased understanding of the topic or issue being discussed. It facilitated, in fact expedited, problem solving and got everyone involved in the process.
Sometimes, after making an entry on the board, like, "Warehouse organization," a manager would see it and ask, "What is it about warehouse organization that you're thinking about?" It piqued their curiosity and allowed them to get involved with not much heavy-handedness on my part.
Keep it simple. A plain white board that works with dry erase markers will work. Size depends on your work space but it should be large enough to accommodate writing that's visible almost immediately when one enters your work space.
Make it visible - not for you, for them, the people you work with and those who report to you. Mine was on my office side wall, easily visible from the entrance to my work area.
Don't write a narrative on a topic. Use phrases (see some of my real examples on the picture.) Your purpose is to stimulate discussion, to create dialogue.
Call everyone's attention to it. I invited everyone to check out the board on a regular basis, at least once daily.
Update it frequently. It should be dynamic, a reflection of what's on your mind.
Keep it future-oriented. I wanted my team to think about the future while they were focusing on the present.
Use colors, underline things, other symbols (like stars or arrows) to emphasize importance or meaning. I might circle an item in green if I felt we had a good handle on it, in red if I was concerned we weren't making progress.
Forget about neatness. As long as your entries are legible, that's what matters.
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Bendigo tradie speaks out after viral act of kindness at Maccas
By Imogen Dewey|A year ago
David Love and partner Melanie Langley appeared on the TODAY Show
The Bendigo tradie whose random act of kindness went viral this week has explained why he did it.
David Love, from Bendigo, Victoria, saw 88-year-old Bert sorting through his coins at a McDonald's counter and jumped in to pay for his coffee – as well as give him an extra twenty bucks for the next few.
(Facebook/Melanie Langley)
A video of the encounter, stealthily filmed by his girlfriend, was shared on social media and has already clocked over one million views.
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Love appeared on the TODAY Show with partner Melanie Langley this morning, crossing live from his chilly hometown.
"Nothing made me want to help him, it's just who I am," he told hosts Georgie Gardner and Karl Stefanovic.
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"I'd seen him with a handful of coins – and you've only got a handful of coins in your pocket if you've emptied your savings.
"I stepped in and said, 'Put your coins in your pocket, I've got it for ya, I'll cover this.'
"He just said to me, 'I'm down on my last twenty bucks.' So that broke my heart – he's a lovely old man.
"So I just did what us Aussies do. We're Aussies, that's what we do… I'm no different than anybody else."
Langley told TODAY she missed most of the moment, but started filming when she "heard a commotion at the counter".
"I got the good bits!" she added.
Love said his life hasn't changed too much as a result of his newfound viral fame –just a bit less sleep, and a million new Facebook friends.
"I've been inundated with lovely messages from around the globe. And every single one of them was special and I've read 'em all," he said. "It's just made me realise how many people there are in the world."
He was also happy to give the tradie rep some good press, after a recent, tragic king-hit in Frankston, Victoria.
"There seems to be so much bad news in the world lately," he said. "Don't let a tradie wreck the life of us good tradies – there's some good people out there."
Love said his new friend was a pretty modest guy. "I hope the old fella's not too upset and deterred by all the attention," he said.
Then Karl and Georgie let him know McDonald's has now offered to give the man free coffee for a year.
"I might have to run into him now, and get a free coffee off him!" he said.
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The Functions Of Language And The Language
Before starting, what is the language? A language is a system of conventional spoken, manual, or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and participant in its culture, express themselves. The functions of language include communication, the expression of identity, play, imaginative expression and emotional release. We can distinguish between a native language, which is a biological necessity that helps to man take part in a community and built an identity; and a secondary language, which is the language from a country where you do not live there. The contact between two or more languages can cause languages or dialects with influences of each other as well. English is a language without politic,…show more content…
Then, another definition, Spanglish is a fluent and frequent alternating of Spanish and English in the same conversation or literature work. From the historic and social point of view, we can affirm his appearance is thanked to ibero-hispaniamerican immigration to United States during XX century, although it appeared long time before. This immigration increased the Spanish presence in United STates. This people, who arrived there, did not know English, they did not have education and work, and they felt alienated and discriminated by the northamerican society. Spanglish is the reflect of hard social conditions of these immigrants and his struggle to get over this social and cultural problem. The new citizens kept the use of Spanish in their homes and schools, but English became the dominant language for business and diplomacy. Therefore this situation of diglossia gave room to Spanglish creation, but it has been seen as a language of less prestige than other ones for a long time, according to Roberto Echevarría "La triste realidad es que el spanglish es basicamente una lengua de los hispanos pobres, muchos de los cuales son casi analfabetos en cualquiera de los dos idiomas. Incorporan palabras y construcciones inglesas a su habla de todos los días porque carecen del vocabulario y la educacion en español para adaptarse a la
Spanglish Culture Essay
Spanglish mainly revolved on this idea of identity by showing how persons are affected through gradual shifts in the environment, the culture, and the language they are exposed to. This essay will discuss on how language and culture shift affect a
Language's Influence on our Perception of the World Essay
Language is an essential part of our daily lives. Language is used to communicate with other people to meet our needs and satisfy our understandings. Everyone uses one language or another. Some have an advantage and are able to use
Unit 2 Individual Project
Today, the Spanish dialect is employed by approximately 332 million speakers, and it is 2nd only also Chinese as probably the most typically talked dialect on the planet. In the Americas, Spanish is probably the most far reaching first dialect, and local Spanish speakers may likewise be found during Europe, the United States, the Pacific Islands, and actually Africa. Spanish is additionally a standout amongst probably the most often talked 2nd dialects, and individuals during the world have learned it because of its helpfulness in specific and expert correspondence. However, Spanish wasn't dependably the predominant setting of
A Rhetorical Analysis Of Mother Tongue By Amy Tan
In Amy Tan's article Mother Tongue, I found a familiar situation. I usually am around family and friends that speak Spanish firstly or only Spanish. I find myself sometimes resorting to the use of Spanglish—a mixture of Spanish and English—to explain things where I have forgotten words in Spanish. At the end of such conversations, I often realize that it would be easier if I use regular language instead of trying to "sound smart" using more sophisticated language. The article focuses on Tan's interpretation of her mother's "broken" English. Being Chinese-American, Tan writes on how she incorporates this "broken" English into her habitual writing after she realized she was giving a speech using "big" or elaborated words that her mother, who was in the audience, probably didn't understand. Tan further explains that the "brokenness" of her mother's English has everything to do with English not being her native language and nothing to do with ignorance.
Anzaldua's How To Tame A Wild Tongue
Anzaldua goes into depth about the different languages she speaks in the chapter, "How to Tame a Wild Tongue." She translates some of the Spanish words and phrases into English such as ruca to girl or women and periquiar to talk (Anzaldua 474). Other phrases she doesn't translate to English. A phrase she does not translate is where she converses with her mother about wanting Anzaldua to speak in English. Part of the text was in English and then it converts to Spanish (471). She switches between the languages throughout the essay because it demonstrates how the languages are a part of her identity. Anzaldua gives meanings, many metaphoric, for "tongue" and "wild tongue" because it illustrates what she is trying to say about herself and society
Aria Memoir Of A Bilingual Childhood Richard Rodriguez Summary
There are two Educational philosophies that Rodriguez had utilized in his younger years. The philosophy of supporting Bilingual Education was to help Students acquire the skills of a classroom crucial for public success. Supporters would report that children miss out a great deal by not being taught in their family's language. "They say that children who use their family language in school will retain a sense of their individuality- their ethnic heritage and cultural ties" (Kindle 6236-6237). Supporters would also say that children will have a sense of individuality that retains their family's language. Giving children something to feel different and have something special. "But then there was Spanish. Español: my family's language. Español: the language that seemed to be a private language." (Kindle 5982-5983). Rodriguez shared how it was hard fighting between assimilating to American culture and keeping his connection and heritage alive within him.
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Language – Method of communication either spoken or written, consisting of the use of words in a structured or conventional way. A recognised structured system of gestures, signs and symbols used to communicate. Body of words and the systems for their use common to a people who are of the same community or nation, geographical area or same cultural tradition.
Richard Rodriguez'sBilingual Education Outdated And Unrealistic
In his essay "Bilingual education outdated and unrealistic" Richard Rodriguez, one uses many rhetorical strategies. Rodriguez uses ethos in order to make you decide if it is right or not. He uses appeals to the audience's emotions and finally gives his personal testimony in the examples. Rodriguez does not use personal examples, but when he does he uses a lot of imagery and emotion to create an example that is perfected. His position is based on the two sides of his childhood: his public language and his private language. Overall, His public language of a very rough English was used in the classroom at school and when he was on the streets of town. One's private language of Spanish was used at home and bringing him a sense of safety when using it.
Richard Rodriquez
In the article, "Aria: The memoir of a bilingual childhood" Richard Rodriquez explains the difficulty to learn English at a young age. He is building up skills that will help him speak fluently to the public. He began to lose the connection with his family from not speaking Spanish when they helped him to develop his English. From the essay, Rodriquez heard so many words in the public that it was a mystery to him. There were syllable words that he began to discover from people talking to him in the public. It shows the potential that he has to make an effort to understand the English from what he hear from another person communication. It brings him to develop the variation what he had learned Spanish to English. It also shows in the essay that he was more challenge to understand his parent accent in English to the public.
Aria A Memoir Of A Bilingual Childhood Summary
In Richard Rodriguez's essay, Aria: A Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood, the concept that language itself does not convey intimacy, it can be used to communicate intimacy is apparent. Rodriguez conveys this through his repeated distinguishment of his family, and the public; "Spanish speakers, rather, seemed related to me, for I sensed that we shared-through our language-the experience of feeling apart from los gringos." This technique of italicizing the words "los gringos", as well as writing it Spanish emphasizes the separateness Rodriguez has with the public. By using this technique, it also creates a sense of irony in the reader, which effectively communicates Rodriguez's point. The reader is, in part, experiencing some of Rodriguez's childhood by giving the reader themselves the idea of 'otherness' (established by the use of 'los gringos.') Rodriguez also uses this sensation to illustrate that through this otherness of speaking Spanish, he finds intimacy with those in the same situation.
* Language- Is a way in which you communicate with words or set of symbols that can be spoken, written or signed.
EAT1/2 Task 1 602.8-.3 Essay
Language can be defined as a means of communication through spoken sounds, written symbols, or hand and body gestures. Subject to this simple definition language is neither human nor animal exclusive, meaning that all living creatures use some form of language to communicate. Humans have created the most advanced system of language. Human language has advanced to include listening, speaking, reading, writing, viewing and visual representation. These components are known as the six language arts and while they are individual components they are as well interdependent. What you learn about one affects what and how you learn about the others.
Why Should People Nowadays See Languages As A Big Prize?
He now has to stop keeping Spanish, his comfort zone and gets into a language of an "alienated world." When he thinks of his parents, he probably blames them for forcing him to give up Spanish and he somehow also believes that makes him run to find some security elsewhere and makes him and his parents lose the connection. As Rodriguez always believes that Spanish at home is his privacy and he treasures it when he was young, "Like others who feel the pain of public alienation, we transformed the knowledge of our public separateness into a consoling reminder of our intimacy." (Rodriguez, 102) Before, he felt the constraint even when he only heard English words, and he felt separated from that English-speaking world. Maybe the pain from the language that is given up makes him tries to resist it more now; he hurt. It was some sort of the revengeful mind that he had in his childhood, but it was a big loss of a native culture.
Linguistic Stereotypes Essay
Language is a method in which individuals communicate in order to get their opinion across to the listening party. Language is the tool which ideas can be conveyed in various ways. Typically, language is referred to verbal communication, however, it ranges to all methods of communication i.e. sign language.
Language As A Symbolic Communication System
Language is something that we need and use for everything in our lives. Language is, "a symbolic communication system that is learned instead of biologically inherited." (O'Neil, 2006). Language is communication that is either written down or spoken in words or sentences. We need to have a good understanding of language to learn, work and for our normal lives. You need to know language to be able to communicate with other people. Language has structure and meaning, for example words and sentences. Language also had tone, pitch, pace and volume. There are several types of language, receptive language, expressive language, emergent language. Receptive language is how you receive and understand language and expressive language is how


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Database Administrator, Portland Art Museum
By Shafina Fazal-Gardner | Blog | No Comments
The Portland Art Museum is committed to advancing equity and inclusion by creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We will continue learning as we work to evolve as an Institution, recognizing that this journey has no end and our commitment must remain. The Museum has an active equity team currently engaged in a year-long journey to examine our internal culture and the work we do through an equity lens. We look forward to having all colleagues join and contribute to this important work.
The Portland Art Museum invites applications for the position of Database Administrator. Data is an important asset that helps inform Institutional decisions. The Database Administrator is responsible for accurately and efficiently maintaining the integrity of the organization's Altru database, along with managing all aspects of the database and assisting with related projects. This role is one of the key players that assists in capturing institutional knowledge to drive business needs and solve problems.
View the attachment for a complete job posting and application instructions.
Database Administrator – August 2017
A Response to Charlottesville
In response to Charlottesville
We, at the Center for Equity and Inclusion extend our support and stand in solidarity with the Charlottesville community and all communities impacted by this weekend's actions. Our hearts are heavy, witnessing the never-ending manner in which white supremacy continues to oppress communities of color (as well as other marginalized communities), dislodge white people from a collective sense of humanity and stain the consciousness and integrity of our country.
We unequivocally condemn the President's response to the blatant racism and terrorism that the Charlottesville community, and by extension our country, experienced this weekend. The President's response is reflective of a longstanding pattern of endorsing, participating and profiting from white supremacy. While having a racist white male president who promotes and profits from white supremacy is anything but new, our response to what we expect from the presidency and our country must not lose steam, not now. Now more than ever we must collectively work together to not just powerfully resist but also commit to creating something new; a new foundation for this country, one that has space for all of us to stand.
We believe that our collective voice matters and we must exercise that voice; whether that is voicing outrage at the constant wave of oppression that Charlottesville is representative of, or voicing our solidarity with individuals, communities, and organizations that are resisting, fighting back, and courageously making a stand. Our voice matters.
We also believe that while voicing our solidarity matters, we must also act in solidarity.
For us at CEI that means supporting everyone we work with to look within themselves, the spaces they occupy, and their spheres of influence. To engage in an honest appraisal of themselves and unpack exactly where and how white supremacy is in operation and then to channel all of the rage, depression, frustration and hopelessness into more committed and focused actions that both deconstruct and reconstruct these spaces. So in an act of solidarity with the Charlottesville community, we are doubling down on our commitment to build more equitable and inclusive thinking, actions, and spaces. In solidarity, we are committing to looking within ourselves and intensifying our own personal development. In solidarity we are committing to pushing and challenging our partner organizations to act as urgently as ever.
AND in solidarity we are committed to breathing – as breath is life giving – and to holding and being with one another as we move collectively through our generation's long walk.
CEI Staff/Community
Portland High School Mentor, Caldera
Equity Caldera recently participated in a year-long equity training project. At Caldera we recognize a historic and persistent opportunity/achievement-gap between white youth and youth of color. Closing that gap while increasing opportunities for all young people is a top priority of our organization. Race must cease to be a reliable predictor of a person's achievement and success. In order to achieve this goal we are committed to creating and fostering racial diversity at every level of the organization including but not limited to staff, youth, and leadership. With our hiring, our goal is a pool of highly qualified candidates who reflect the diversity of the youth community we serve.
At Caldera, we believe in the power of creativity. Caldera is a catalyst for the transformation of underserved youth through innovative, year round art and environmental programs. Our Youth Program provides students from Portland and Central Oregon with long-term mentoring that nurtures individual creativity, beginning in sixth grade and continuing into young adulthood. Caldera weaves the arts, nature, and personal expression into powerful work that ignites self-expression and allows young people to be creative changes agents in their lives and communities.
This position provides direct support to high school students served by Caldera during the school day, after school, and on weekends. The ideal candidate for this position will be a skilled youth-worker with a background and passion for the arts and/or the environment. This person must have the ability to engage diverse groups and represent Caldera in our communities.
To learn more about this position, please view the document below.
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Part-Time Arts Center Maintenance Associate, Caldera
Caldera, a creative youth development organization serving Oregon youth from both urban and rural communities, is seeking a part-time Arts Center Maintenance Associate to support maintenance of our Arts Center based in Central Oregon near Sisters. Our Arts Center includes 20 buildings and is located in the Cascade Mountain Range on the shore of Blue Lake on 116 acres surrounded by the Deschutes National Forest. The Arts Center Maintenance Associate will complete regular facility maintenance and repair; work with Caldera staff to plan for and track/document for building and landscape needs and processes; work with the Arts Center Programs Manager and other leaders to identify, potentially plan and manage larger facilities-and landscape-related projects (major repairs, remodels, new construction, etc.); and attend/participate in monthly staff meetings and occasional organizational events and meetings.
Arts-Center-Maintenance-Associate-Caldera-2017-Job-Description
Resident Assets Coordinator, Rose Community Development
ROSE Community Development was created by and for the people of outer southeast Portland when neighborhood leaders took action after decades of indifference and disinvestment. Our mission is to connect our community to build good homes, healthy families and neighborhood opportunities.
ROSE believes that social change always begins with the people most affected. Our community's people, places and institutions have innumerable assets; ROSE's work begins by identifying and building upon these assets. In our work, relationships have value, real change takes time and neighborhoods are the place where relationships, community values and vision turn ideas into action.
ROSE, an affordable housing organization based in outer SE Portland, is hiring a Resident Assets Coordinator to join our team! The purpose of the Resident Assets program is to promote healthy families, successful children, resident leaders, and communities of opportunity for ROSE residents. The Resident Assets Coordinators use an asset-based community development approach to support residents of ROSE affordable housing, with an emphasis on equity and inclusion. This position is full-time (30-40 hours per week), permanent and non-exempt.
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The Land and Environment Court has issued a new Practice Note for the conduct of class 1 development appeals. Parties need to familiarise themselves with the altered arrangements as the Practice Note imposes new obligations on parties, some of which are more onerous….
Recent decisions of the Land and Environment Court show that public authorities, including local councils, can pursue individual directors to recover their clean-up costs where a corporation is deregistered.
As previously reported, the exposure draft of the Environmental Planning & Assessment Amendment Bill 2017 (Amendment Bill) is available for public consultation. It was released on 10 January 2017.


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Damian Lewis Q&A / Billions S5
Damian Lewis is nothing like Bobby "Axe" Axelrod, the driven, ruthess billionaire hedge fund owner he plays in Showtime's award-winning series, BILLIONS. With Season 5 launching in May, Lewis will once again be back in the spotlight playing a character that is arguably one of the most charismatic and compelling on TV. The tall, red-haired actor also benefits from having a brilliant co-star in Paul Giamatti who plays U.S. District Attorney Chuck Rhoades, Axe's ambitious rival, frenemy, and nemesis. But Bobby Axelrod's working-class, bad boy, alpha male ferocity is what drives the story forward and keeps audiences on edge as he constantly pushes the limits while running his financial empire. The new season raises the stakes yet again.
"We're going to introduce a few really fun, new characters that people are going to love," Lewis says. "But there's a new adversary for Axelrod this season that finds him fighting on all fronts as usual."
That rival is none other than small-town business titan Michael Prince, played by Corey Stoll (First Man, Café Society, House of Cards). Prince is a kinder, gentler brand of capitalist who is ready to take on Axe and his predatory ethos. "From our very first scene, we're sparring," Stoll says. "Prince has that same competitive streak as Axe, but it's tempered with this drive to do good. There's a lot of conflict between Prince and other characters, but stronger than that is the fight within himself to reconcile being a capitalist and a good person."
Returning for Season 5 are series regulars Maggie Siff (Wendy Rhoades), David Costabile (Mike "Wags" Wagner), Asia Kate Dillon (Taylor Mason), and Glenn Fleshler as Axe's diabolical lawyer, Orrin Bach.
Meanwhile, Lewis can also be seen in the upcoming Canadian feature film, Run This Town, in which he plays controversial Toronto mayor Rob Ford whose crack habit and manic personality precipitated his downfall.
The 49-year-old Damian Lewis delights in the contradiction of being an upper-crust Brit (hattended Eton and his grandfather was the Lord Mayor of London) who normally plays working-class Americans. A classically trained Shakespearean actor, Lewis is married to the actress Helen McCrory (Polly on Peaky Blinders) with whom he has two children, Manon, 14, and Gulliver, 12.


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Invited by Metal Bulletin, part of the Euromoney Group, ABC Aluminum Solutions has been Nominated as 'Mill of the Year' and for a further category 'Industry Rising Star' in Metal Bulletin's 2013 Aluminum Excellence Awards.
ABC Aluminum Solutions has this week been nominated as 'Mill of the Year, 2013'.
The nomination was in response to Metal Bulletin having reached out to ABC following their research of the industry throughout the world. ABC also was nominated for a second category 'Industry Rising Star'.
A dedicated panel of industry experts will judge the awards, which will be announced in August. The judges will evaluate nominations using a point-based qualitative approach to determine the overall winners. The nomination and judging processes are audited by and in full compliance with Euromoney Institutional Investor plc guidelines and standards to ensure integrity and objectivity.
"The awards for aluminum excellence will recognize excellent upstream and downstream companies, innovation and performance in the aluminum industry." said Raju Daswani, Metal Bulletin's managing director.
Metal Bulletin has been for over 100 years the primary news publication for a number of the key metals including steel and aluminum. These awards in particular are for the aluminum industry and the winners will be announced and celebrated at a gala dinner at the Intercontinental in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 18th.
Wadih Kuri, President and CEO, said on Monday "with all the efforts we have been making throughout ABC, it is really pleasing that such a highly respected organization should have taken the time to research and evaluate manufacturers in the aluminum industry globally including North America, and called us. This is very flattering, and we appreciate the honor".
To find out more about Metal Bulletin, you can visit http://www.metalbulletin.com
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Brexit will destroy Digital & Tech jobs in UK
By Simon Conington, founder of global resourcing specialist BPS World An economy thrives or dies on the talent of its workforce. At BPS World we have been at the sharp end of the UK skills crisis in some of our most critical industries, including digital and technology. Even before the referendum last year, filling posts […]
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By Simon Conington, founder of global resourcing specialist BPS World
An economy thrives or dies on the talent of its workforce. At BPS World we have been at the sharp end of the UK skills crisis in some of our most critical industries, including digital and technology. Even before the referendum last year, filling posts in these professions was extremely difficult. Skilled professionals have their pick of jobs and are internationally mobile: when they're choosing jobs they don't consider just the region they want to live in, but the country.
There is no doubt that leaving the EU will make a challenging situation much worse. Our research for Planet Talent found that Europeans have become a major source of labour in Britain with the number of workers from other EU nations now above 2 million. In many cases there simply aren't enough British workers with the right skills to fill these jobs. So unless these skilled workers continue to be allowed into the UK post Brexit, we can expect our tech start-up scene (to give you just one example), to come to a screeching halt.
One of the reasons why our own tech start-up scene has been so vibrant is the experience that British tech digital professionals build from working in other EU countries. Business leaders have highlighted the positive impact of skilled migration; from increased innovation and trade to knowledge transfer and higher productivity. With Brexit we will lose that and with it our global competitiveness will falter.
Many of the digital and tech jobs in the UK are connected to the creative industries. According to the Government's own figures, the UK's creative industries are worth £84.1 billion to the UK economy. Figures published last year (before the vote) showed that the sector was growing at almost twice the rate of the wider UK economy – generating £9.6million per hour. However our own global research found that leaving the EU would have a negative impact on 'brand Britain' and it is Britain as a brand, that has made the creative industries so successful. Overseas professionals told us that they see Brexit as xenophobic and isolationist.
We work with many of the larger European tech and digital employers. These employers need access to the largest pool of skills available: once outside the EU, that will no longer be the UK. It makes no sense for them to restrict the talent pool to the British only to the exclusion of all the skilled professionals in Europe, so I have no doubt that these employers will leave.
The answer is for skilled professionals to continue to be allowed freedom of movement within the EU, but unless that is announced soon I'm afraid both employers and skilled workers will decide not to take the risk and we will see a disastrous drain of both talent and employers.
Is Momentum losing its momentum?
Big Ben proves Brexit really is a project driven by bell ends
Britain should watch Ireland's election closely. The Union could depend on it
As a non-Royalist, why do I find myself increasingly defending its family members against so-called patriots?
Brexit: What the World is Saying and Planet Talent – the Essential Guide to Global Recruitment are both available free to download from www.bps-world.com.
Brexit is stupid and UK poor working classes would be ruined and the rich will get richer. Majority brexit voter are regretting it but their voices are not heard and the only way is another referendum. UK is stuck with this stupid Brexit government
I live in Auckland New Zealand, I applied to 300 vacancies last year. I got two interviews and no job.
I am a kiwi by birth & have studied electronics and computer programming for many years, 15 in fact. In Auckland now there are hundreds of thousands of immigrants.
Its impossible to compete & the immigrants & foreign students themselves can not get jobs either.
Many of them do but there are scientists working at MacDonald's & engineers working as bus drivers. Not as a fill in but for years.
From employers and the government I hear nothing but lies about a non-existent skills shortage.
More people keep the rents & property prices up & that is the only reason they are bringing them in.
So as I have dual citizenship & things look better in London for employment prospects that is my plan for 2017.
Will it collapse later in the year? I dont know but even if it does it will be better than New Zealand.


The movie revolves around eight youngsters, who become good friends in their freshman years when they join the college for their Bachelors in Engineering (B.E.). The life of these young minds, be it personal or that in college, is dealt with aplomb. The first-half deals with the relationship of these freshmen with their seniors, who try to gain an upper hand over their juniors. In the second half, the movie also shows love and affection among one another, but does not ignore to emphasize the main aim of going to the college, i.e., to evolve from a young person with fruity dreams, to a more purposeful professional.


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Bing & Ruth
D.D Dumbo
Gang Gang Dance
Gene Clark
Spencer.
Magnétophone are Birmingham natives Matthew J Saunders and John Hanson. Friends since childhood, as boys they would often be found under water, weighed down by bricks and playing Stylophones. Displaying a gift for linguistic manipulation, they named this ritual the 'Alpha Beti Bon-Tempi Underwater Electro-Hydro Sound-Fusion'. Magnétophone's first vinyl appearance, 'You Should Write Music', was on the Earworm label. They then embarked on a summer tour of caravan parks, during which the Static Brothers witnessed the live favourite 'Air Methods', and asked the band to record this for their Static Caravan label, followed by a 12" EP, Temporary Lid. The duo then signed to 4AD, recording a Peel studio session in spring 2000. They also played live on a Peel show as the opening act of the BBC's Music Live 2000 festival, appearing alongside Plone and Broadcast. Matt and John then completed work on their debut album, I Guess Sometimes I Need To Be Reminded Of How Much You Love Me, the titles for which were conjured with a bag of scrabble tiles and a ouija board. Magnétophone returned in 2005 with The Man Who Ate The Man. The album ran the gamut from sprawling psychedelia to the sweetest of melancholy snippets, aided by an impressive array of collaborators. Breeders sisters Kim and Kelley Deal and alt-folk troubadour PG Six represented underground America, while the Fence collective's HMS Ginafore and King Creosote contributed skeins of Caledonian melody. A number of spin-off releases included a limited 12" featuring Sonic Boom's 20-minute remix of 'Benny Insobriety', and JM Lapham of The Earlies' soundclash/collage version of the entire album. The band also became known for their striking record sleeves, featuring some of V23's most ambitious designs.
The Man Who Ate The Man
I Guess Sometimes I Need To Be Reminded Of How Much You Love Me
Benny's Trip
And May Your Last Words Be A Chance To Make Things Better
Kel's Vintage Thought
Come On The 'phone
'Oh Darlin'


Last Tuesday's (February 26) GCA Speed-dating with Dragons 3 sell-out event, hosted at London's Business Design Centre, was memorable for all involved. It was an afternoon to be remembered for the newbies presenting their wares for the very first time to retailers; for more established players demonstrating how they have reinvented their portfolios; for retailers on the lookout for publishing gems; for how industry stalwarts selflessly shared their wealth of knowledge and experience and for the palpable sense of camaraderie that was all pervasive.
Here PG Buzz shares a photographic flavour of the afternoon (all photos can easily be downloaded) with some mini videos bringing it all to life.
Above: Publishers putting their card samples into the Dragons' goody bags.
Above: Calladoodles' Liz Killick in Dragon mode.
Above: One of Jessica Hogarth's new Christmas designs.
Above: A Paper Plane design.
Top: A pitching session in action with Calladoodles' Liz Killick second right.


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Are Herbs Helping or Causing Your Allergies?
If you suffer from allergies, exercise caution when taking herbs.
Eva Herriott
Allergic to seemingly everything in bloom, you sniffle and sneeze your way through spring. Yet for relief you turn to medicinal herbs, many of which come from the same plant families as the allergens. In looking for the cure for your allergies, are you just adding to the problem?
"People can have an allergic reaction to anything," says Mindy Green, director of education at the Herb Research Foundation in Boulder, Colorado. "Although rare, medicinal herbs are no exception."
The family of herbs that most often causes reactions—the asteraceae, or daisy family—includes both ragweed, a common allergen, and healing herbs chamomile and echinacea. But does this mean that if you're allergic to ragweed, you'll automatically be allergic to its medicinal relatives as well? "There is not a direct relationship," says Dr. Varro Tyler, author of Tyler's Honest Herbal (Haworth Press, 1999) and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. "But it does mean that you'll want to monitor your reactions more carefully when you take the herb." According to Tyler, most allergic reactions produced by herbs are fairly mild—a runny nose, itchy skin or eyes, rashes, or hives. And they don't appear to be very common.
What can you do to guard against adverse reactions when taking a medicinal herb?
Do your homework. As with all medicines, understand an herb's medicinal properties and the effects they produce.
More is not better. Overdoing it with herbs can have ill effects, so take only the recommended dosages.
Watch your reactions. If you develop any signs—rashes, hives, itching—stop taking the herb. Symptoms of moderate or severe allergic reaction include difficulty breathing or swallowing, tightness in the chest, dizziness, and nausea.
Research your sources carefully. Some herbal products have been found to be contaminated by pesticides and heavy metals, so select only reputable brands.
If you are pregnant, lactating, on medication, or are very young or aged, consult your health care practitioner.
The American Herbalist Guild at (435) 722-8434 is a good resource for locating a well-trained herbalist in your area.
Are Your Herbs Safe?
Improve Your Flexibility with Herbs
Defeat Allergies with Natural Cures
Seasonal Healing: Ayurvedic Herbs for Spring
The Healing Power of Holiday Herbs
Try These Mindful Herbs to Fight Forgetfulness
Allergy Alert


Ask your angel to tell you the secret of your destiny. Wise people say that every person has two angels that follow him, protect him and help him in his everyday life.
The jewelers of Lobortas Classic Jewelry House painted those angels in an amazing pendant "Angels in the Heart" The most tender and pure colors of hot enamel fill this decoration. The angels keep the diamond heart in their hands listening to every single wish of it. Sometimes we are not aware of their presence, but they always follow us.
Let the "Angels in the Heart" by Lobortas Classic Jewelry House enter your heart, fill it up with joy and fulfill your dreams.


Premature introduction of new technologies in product development is likely to lead to both budget and schedule overruns. The assessment of when a technology is ready to be transferred from technology development to product development and production is critical for striking the right balance of short time-to- market and low risk. Previous research on internal technology transfer has mainly focused on the development of methods and tools for assessing technology readiness for major development programs in governmental agencies, revealing few cases of such implementations in technology driven industrial companies. This paper aims to provide description of experiences from using such tools at a case company and prescription on how to manage the identified challenges. The study is based on 22 semi-structured interviews, primarily with personnel from the technology and product development departments. The results indicate that the readiness assessments suggested in literature can support decisions also in industrial companies. However, adapting the tools to the internal differences between technologies is important for minimizing administrative workload and ensuring implementation readiness as opposed to just technology readiness. The strategy for their adaptation could benefit from more research on the practices of companies dealing with internal technology transfer and from the development of a framework for how to adapt the assessment process to different contexts.


Can I award more than one winner?
If you decide you'd like to buy more than one of the submitted designs, you can!
You can choose multiple winning designs at a discounted rate. All winners still receive the full prize payout — 99designs absorbs the cost of the discount.
You will see the price for these additional designs on your contest page.
Alternatively, contact us to find out how much it costs to award multiple winners in your contest.
You will receive the files and the copyright for each one of the designs you choose.
To award multiple winners, you can add each one when you are ready to award your first winner or simply return to your contest and select another winner if you have previously selected a winner. You can repeat this for each design that you would like to award.
We'll prompt you to pay the additional prize money each time you award extra winners.
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The ponder API returns something for you to think about.

See also [ponder.jack.ly](http://ponder.jack.ly)

## Usage

Try it from your terminal.

    $ curl ponder.jack.ly/think

## Examples

Put it in bash scripts.

```bash
git_update() {
  [ -d .git ] || return 1
  curl ponder.jack.ly/think
  git pull;
}
```
```bash
start_vm() {
  curl ponder.jack.ly/think
  vagrant up
}
```

Make an alias in your `.bashrc`.

    alias think="curl ponder.jack.ly/think"

Take a walk through a quote garden.

    $ while true; do curl ponder.jack.ly/think; sleep 4; done

## Contributing

1. Go to the `thoughts.txt` file above.
2. Click the `Edit` button. (you need to be logged in to GitHub)
3. Follow along with steps until you can get a thing where you can enter text.
4. Add quotes, keep them within the window, roughly 130 characters.
5. Click the `Commit Changes` button.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


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At Eternal Con on June 13-14, 2015, Rune Works is proud to present their publishing division POWkabam's inaugural title, Blackwood State by Artist/Writer Ivan O'Neill, colorist Kara Zisa, and editor R.J. Huneke alongside Mr. Huneke's newly released science fiction novel, Cyberwar.
You can help crowdfund the hilarious comic's book tour and grab some really exclusive variant covers, tee's, mugs, and more at www.Pentian.com here, but act now before these items sell out forever.
You will not want to miss out on Long Island, New York's classic comic and pop culture convention taking place at Garden City's own Cradle of Aviation Museum, and there are really COOL planes there too!
Eternal Con is Long Island, NY's large scale multi media pop culture convention. Held annually at the Cradle of Aviation Museum in Garden City, Eternal Con brings together the best in Comic Books, Collectibles, Gaming, Sci-Fi, Cosplay, Horror, and all things pop culture. We would like to thank you all for making the 2014 event a HUGE success with over 7000 attendees!


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I just pulled these out of the oven.
Editor's Note: After baking 3 batches of these bad boys, I've determined that what you do after you pull them out of the oven really makes a difference in how well they hold up.
Let them cool for at least 20 minutes in the pan, then transfer to the fridge for an additional 30 minutes. Cut them into squares cold and store them in plastic wrap in the freezer. It keeps the granola from going soft on you. Enjoy!


Who doesn't love Nutella? I alway wish it was socially acceptable to eat it straight up. When I tried Ritter Sport's milk chocolate with whole hazelnuts, I found my answer. It has the essence of Nutella with that perfect crunch of hazelnuts. Chop it up and it makes one incredible cookie. Even if you don't have any on hand, making this cookie with regular chocolate chunks would still taste pretty incredible.
The perfect chocolate chunk cookie recipe isn't easy. I like mine crispy on the outside and gooey on the inside – and this recipe is exactly that. I used turbinado sugar instead of brown sugar, and it adds a nice crunchy texture inside the cookie. If you don't have any on hand, I'm sure regular brown sugar would do just fine.
In a separate large bowl, melt the butter. Immediately add in your sugars and stir. The turbinado sugar will mostly dissolve.
Add in your egg and egg yolk, and then the vanilla.
Stir in your dry ingredients into the wet. Then, chop your chocolate into fine pieces. Fold them into the dough.
Get out a prepared cookie sheet, and roll out large balls of cookie dough until you have about 14 evenly sized. The dough will be greasy because of the melted butter. Don't worry – this is a good sign. Flatten the dough balls slightly, and place on the cookie sheet. You can place them as close together as you want because this pan is going in the freezer.
Leave pan in the freezer for 30-45 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Remove pan from freezer and space out dough on two cookie sheets. Bake for about 14 minutes, or until golden brown on the edges. Remove from oven and let cool thoroughly. This is important because you don't want the melted chocolate breaking up your cookies.
These cookies will be doughy, crispy and absolutely perfect. Resist the urge to eat them all at once…at least until they cool.


i.	All applicants must be Citizens of Tanzania and not above 45 years old, however, should also observe the age limit for each position where indicated.
ii.	Applicants must attach an up-to-date current Curriculum Vitae (CV) having reliable contact, postal address, e-mail and telephone numbers.
iii.	Applicants should apply on the strength of the information given in the advertisement.
iv.The title of the position and institution applied for should be written in the subject of the application letter; short of which will make the application invalid.
x. Applicants for entry levels currently employed in the Public Service should not apply, they have to adhere to Government Circular Na. CAC. 45/257/01/D/140 dated 30th November 2010.


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12.14.17: The Narco Nephews
Posted by Giancarlo Fiorella December 14, 2017
Efrain Campo Flores and Francisco Flores, two of Maduro's nephews, were sentenced to 18 years in prison by a judge in a New York City courtroom this afternoon. The pair were also ordered to pay a $50,000 fine. Because Efrain and Francisco have already served two years in pre-trial detention, they will be eligible for release in 2033.
The two will serve out their time at the Federal Correctional Complex, Coleman in Florida. The complex houses inmates in low, medium and high security.
Efrain and Francisco–who are the blood relatives of First Lady Cilia Flores–werearrested in Haiti in November 2015 while attempting to arrange the smuggling of 800 kilograms of cocaine into the US with an undercover agent from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The pair signed confessions on the plane ride over to the United States, and were found guilty of drug trafficking by a New York City jury in November of last year.
Maduro regime officials remained tight-lipped throughout the Flores' trial. The closest comment to an official statement came in January of 2016, when First Lady Cilia Flores told a crowd of supporters that her nephews had been "kidnapped" by the US government without providing any details.
During the trial, the jury heard the nephews bragging in undercover recordings that their connections to the top echelon of the Maduro regime would grant them access to the presidential hangar at the Simon Bolivar International Airport in Maiquetia, which they could use to ship drugs out of Venezuela.
The jury also heard and saw evidence in the form of text messages sent by Efrain and Francisco which implicated the two in gruesome crimes. In one text exchange, the men exchanged banter over a picture of a decapitated individual, while in another they discussed the murder of a person who "asked too many questions". The text messages also included evidence that the two men had likely been involved in a previous drug trafficking operation, as well as a corruption scheme involving the state-owned PDVSA oil company.
Efrain and Francisco were only charged with five drug trafficking-related offences, including importing controlled substances and intent to distribute.
Today's sentence brings a dramatic end to the trial of the pair, whom Venezuelan media has called the narcosobrinos [the narco-nephews].
Opposition Mum on Possible Deal with PSUV
As the Mesa de la Unida Democratica (MUD) opposition bloc and ruling PSUV party get ready to meet for a second round of talks in the Dominican Republic starting tomorrow, the opposition was coy regarding the possibility that the two sides might be close to reaching an agreement on the ongoing social and political crisis.
Without providing too many details, National Assembly deputy Luis Florido said that the MUD is heading into the new round of talks with the attitude that it is better to not come to an agreement than to "sign an agreement that is very bad". On the possibility that a deal may in fact be reached, Florido said:
We have one issue left to debate, which is [a method for] following up on and ensuring that any agreements are kept. We will debate that tomorrow, December 15. We're facing the possibility that we may have an agreement that would benefit the country.
The MUD and the PSUV first sat down to dialogue this year with the help of the Dominican Republic on December 1. That set of talks lasted until December 2. The MUD has a list of demands of the PSUV that includes the immediate release of political prisoners, the appointment of a new electoral council, and the creation of conditions to allow for a free and fair presidential election next year.
43 Days After Introduction, Bs. 100,000 Bill Now Worth Bs. 64,000
A mere 43 days after being introduced into the Venezuelan market, the Bs. 100,000 bill has lost more than a third of its value and is now worth Bs. 64,000. The rapid devaluation of the bill is a testament to the inflationary crisis affecting the country.
The Bs. 100,000 bill launched on November 2. According to the National Assembly, the inflation rate for November was 56.7%, while the accumulated rate for 2017 is now 1,370%. These figures give Venezuela the grim distinction of having the highest inflation on the planet.
National Assembly deputy Angel Alvarado placed blame for the country's dire economic situation on the Maduro regime, saying:
The hyperinflationary event that we are living through makes Venezuelans poorer each day, and the Bolivar weaker. The government is responsible for all of this, having made many bad decisions.
Yesterday, the largest business association in Venezuela–FEDECAMARAS–announced that according to its estimates, Venezuela is now officially suffering from hyperinflation.
The president of the organization, Carlos Lazarrabal, spoke yesterday to reporters on the effects and causes of hyperinflation in Venezuela, saying:
[Hyperinflation] is dramatic because it is de-capitalizing all of us equally. [The government] has increased monetary liquidity by more than 900% this year, which is the main fuel for inflation.
Maduro Heading to Cuba
Vice President Tareck El Aissami announced today that Maduro would head to Cuba this afternoon.
El Aissami did not reveal why Maduro is making the trip, or how long he will remain on the island.
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This is a topic that we have discussed a number of times on the Sunday evening scanner net. I was somewhat disappointed that the editorial writer did not offer any pointers to possible solutions to the problem. The criticisms are right on the money and given the area's history not that hard to see and point out. Problems however still exists because of the round about way the solution was arrived at with some of the core issues never being addressed.
I would like to see the entire county divided into quadrants, six at the most preferably less, each with its own call center and radio dispatching point. There should be a single uniform radio system with everyone on the same band. It doesn't have to be a trunked system and I would prefer that it was not. What I would like to see is county government seek out competent and knowledgeable people who understand the technical requirements of their communications needs that will work up a plan based on sound engineering practices. I don't hold out much hope that will be the case but one can wish.
So here is what the editorial page of the Post Gazette had to say about Allegheny County's 911 system.
In 2006, Allegheny County has finally joined the 1990s. The county this week is moving emergency dispatchers out of the last of its regional dispatch centers, the final step in consolidating to one countywide 911 system.
That is certainly a good thing, promising both improved service and increased efficiency. But given that it's 69 years since Britain debuted its "999" system, 38 years since the first 911 call placed in the United States, 24 years since Minneapolis-St. Paul launched a seven-county enhanced 911 system, 20 years since Allegheny County proposed a consolidated system and 16 years since the state began providing funding for countywide systems -- excuse us if our enthusiasm seems a bit faint.
The delay comes courtesy of our feudal system of 130 municipal nation-states. Local cities, boroughs and townships resisted when the county first proposed a centralized system in 1986, refused to bend when the state got involved in 1990, then achieved an ironic watershed in 1996, when 14 municipalities finally got together -- not to back consolidation -- but to sue to block the county's attempt to force them to share six dispatch centers.
To read the entire story follow this LINK.
While I am in favor of 911, I am not and never will be in favor of a mega Allegheny County dispatch center. When I dial 911 I want it to go to my LOCAL dispatch center be it the local PD or a local regional center (MAX 10 townships, much more creates the same issues as these single mega PSAP's), and this is possible in the 911 system via selective routing, its done now on exchanges that cross county borders. 911 YES, Single PSAP/Dispatching NO!


So, the epic showdown between Donald Trump and Robert Mueller has finally begun — like a slow-motion "Saturday Night Massacre" — and the fate of American democracy hangs in the balance.
Doesn't this sound like a typical week in the shambolic Trump presidency?
After a raucous 90-minute news conference on Wednesday during which an angry Trump seemed on the verge of coming to blows with reporters, the president made it clear what really matters most to him when he is alone with his Twitter feed in the White House: What does special counsel Mueller have on him and his family? And how can Mueller be stopped?
For the Democrats, as they celebrate taking back control of the House of Representatives in Tuesday's midterm elections, these are the questions that now matter most to them: How quickly will the president move directly against Mueller? And how can Trump be stopped?
Although he made no mention of it at his news conference, the White House released a statement late Wednesday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions had in effect been fired, and was replaced by Matt Whitaker, a Trump loyalist who has frequently expressed criticism of the Mueller probe.
Ominously, this means that Whitaker, who served as Sessions' chief of staff and was widely regarded as Trump's "eyes and ears" in the Department of Justice, replaces deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein as the overseer of Robert Mueller's investigation.
There are many parallels with Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal. On Oct. 20, 1973 — in what became known as the "Saturday Night Massacre" — the embattled president fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox and accepted the resignations of the attorney general and his deputy.
This was Nixon's failed attempt to stop the inquiry into the June 1972 break-in of the Democratic headquarters. Nixon's attack on the Justice Department that Saturday night ultimately led to his resignation in August, 1974.
Trump appears to be following the same playbook as Nixon, except that this is a slow-motion version. But there can be no doubt why he appointed Whitaker.
In every sense, Whitaker appears as a Trump acolyte. He has frequently criticized the Mueller probe for expanding beyond Russia's interference of the 2016 presidential election and getting into Trump's family and business finances.
The scope of the Mueller investigation has been an obsession of Trump's since the inquiry began, so Whitaker's words must have been consoling to the president.
Mueller's team has been investigating whether Trump and his campaign engaged in a conspiracy with Russian intelligence to undermine the 2016 election, and whether Trump committed obstruction of justice by trying to keep those actions secret.
But Mueller is also investigating why Trump appears so beholden to the Russians, and that is a "red line" in Trump's view.
It has been long suspected that Trump's once-bankrupt business empire has been kept afloat for years by illegal money laundering and investments from the Russian mafia.
Trump's power to stop Mueller is not limitless. Thankfully, it will be the Democrats in control of the House of Representatives as of January, and that will bring a new level of accountability to Trump and his team.
But, as in 1973, the rule of law in the United States is now on trial.
And does America's Justice Department serve the interests of this president — over the interests of the country?