ASTANA – The School for All is planning to expand by opening a new office in the capital to welcome more children of all abilities. Set up two years ago by Nazarbayev University (NU) student Kamila Rollan, the social enterprise has the mission of including children with special needs into regular classrooms.
Rollan began her volunteering and social activities in 2012 when she founded the NU Red Crescent Society. Co-founder of the School for All Sabina Ismailova collaborated with the Solnechnyi Mir (Sunny World) Fund for children with Down syndrome.
"This was an incredible experience. I was involved in socially responsible activities 24/7. We did projects and events to support families left behind, physically challenged children and older people in care homes. We had projects on assistance to victims of natural disasters, human trafficking victims and charity fundraising for people related to the NU community," said Rollan in an interview with The Astana Times.
She also initiated the Weekend School, an educational project for low-income children.
"When I graduated from the university, I was thinking what to do next. I tried to delegate powers related to my project, but it didn't work. I knew that I wanted to continue my studies in an inclusive area. I decided to work in this direction, as these years significantly changed my values and me," Rollan said.
She is currently pursuing her master's degree in educational leadership focusing on inclusive education.
Rollan participated in the 2016 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Anniversary Fellowship Programme in Inclusive Education. She worked with organisations in Minnesota and Arizona that assist with the educational inclusion of children with disabilities.
"This experience was useful. I started to learn all barriers that children face in education. I saw many opportunities to improve the situation. I was so motivated. For people who have a developmental paradigm, it always happens," she said.
The same year, she considered opening a school as part of the Education for All non-governmental organisation. The preparatory work took a year and the pilot project opened in October 2017.
"Our school is temporarily located at the university. We are moving to a new office in May. We offer educational courses in three languages. The lesson is conducted in small groups up to 10 persons. We use a co-teaching model. We offer academic, creative and sports classes for comprehensive development. A child can achieve good results through sports as well as art therapy," she said.
The courses cost 30,000 tenge (US$91) per month for three classes a week. The programme is free for low-income families and discounts are provided for children involved in rehabilitation.
Rollan and Ismailova organised a series of workshops, training sessions, lectures, roundtables, and open seminars since April 2017 for undergraduate and graduate students, teachers in inclusive and special schools, psychologists, parents of children with disabilities, governmental authorities and those with an interest in inclusion.
"It's difficult to preserve this commitment to move forward when you face a lot of obstacles, but we need to celebrate a diverse approach in education. We have 12 pupils now. We cannot accommodate more children, as we do not have enough space. We will increase this figure to 40 children when we have our own office. The demand among families with children with disabilities is relatively high," she said.
They also attract children to the inclusive theatre and weekend school project.
"We don't always position ourselves as an inclusive centre, because people have various understandings of this concept. We are open for all children. Our centre provides extended training for children without identified special needs too," she said.
Rollan won the I-SEED Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Education competition organised by the British Council and Chevron and was able to purchase some furniture and equipment.
The University of Minnesota provided financing for expansion, as the co-founders aim to open an assistive technology library where patrons can borrow technologies intended to support people with special needs. Specialists from St. Anthony School in Minnesota organised staff trainings and Special Olympics provided a programme on unified physical education.
"We receive very positive feedback from parents. We try to make the process of education interesting, adventurous and exciting. Creative teaching is our main approach. We vary concentration and leisure time. The mother of a child with Down syndrome said that her daughter finally found friends. She can now easily communicate with children of her age. It will be easy for her to adapt in later life. Of course, we are in need of sponsors or investors. We faced many difficulties in finding our office, but now we have plans to organise new trainings and find new teachers," she said.


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On 19 September 2017 Sir Ian Cheshire joined our Partner Roundtable to talk discuss how business leaders can reconcile long-term vision and purpose with short-term pressures in creating sustainable businesses.
Sir Ian Cheshire is Chairman of Debenhams and Barclays UK and was Chief Executive of Kingfisher until January 2015. He is the Government lead Non-Executive Director, Director of Whitbread, Chair of the advisory board of the Cambridge Programme for Sustainability Leadership and Trustee of The Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation. In 2012, Ian won The Guardian Sustainable Business Leader of the Year award and was knighted for services to business, sustainability and environment in 2014.


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Peter Wallace, CIO of Chesapeake, Va., sent two of his staff for server virtualization training.
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State and local agencies turn to server virtualization and consolidation to save money and boost resource utilization.
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Wylie Wong is a freelance journalist who specializes in business, technology and sports. He is a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines.
The city of Chesapeake, Va., was on the verge of making a costly technology mistake until Peter Wallace arrived.
In late 2007, the city's new CIO met with department heads and his IT staff and discovered that his first task was to combat the age-old problem of server sprawl. The data center, filled with 135 servers, was out of space, and its cooling equipment was overtaxed, threatening the IT department's ability to support new applications. Before Wallace's arrival, city leaders were considering expanding the data center by adding a second floor. They had also earmarked $350,000 to replace four-year-old servers whose hard drives were utilized only 15 percent to 35 percent.
"I told everyone we had to do something better, and that the budget to replace servers gave us that opportunity," Wallace recalls. "It was obvious we needed to leverage our servers more."
Wallace solved the problem with server and storage consolidation. With the $350,000, he purchased networked storage to consolidate the city's data. He then bought new blade servers and virtualization software and sent engineers for server virtualization training.
Today, Chesapeake has reduced its server count to 40, and by the project's end, the city will cut it to 20. Server virtualization saves the city $203,000 in hardware costs per year and $2,000 on its monthly energy bill.
Faced with budget constraints, many state and local governments like Chesapeake are embracing data center consolidation to operate more efficiently and cut costs. Server virtualization software such as VMware's vSphere, Microsoft's Hyper-V and Citrix's XenServer lets IT departments maximize the resources of each server and easily deploy new servers when needed, while networked storage helps agencies better utilize storage capacity and more easily manage and back up data.
Combined, the technology consolidates the amount of hardware used, which saves on data center space and reduces power consumption. The result is cost savings and an easier-to-manage data center. "If done correctly, you reduce infrastructure and management costs, improve server utilization and have faster, more efficient disaster recovery," says analyst Laura Didio, of Information Technology Intelligence Corp.
Improved Disaster Recovery
Two years ago, administrators at Livingston County in Michigan tapped server virtualization and consolidation because it was the best choice available to them.
At the time, county departments wanted their applications to run on their own standalone servers, says Network Manager Greg Jolliff. But the data center had reached its maximum power capacity. To add more servers, the county would need to add a new electrical circuit, which could cost as much as $40,000.
The IT staff sold county administrators and the board on virtualization. "We told them we could consolidate a lot of those servers and offer them redundancy," Jolliff says. Because multiple applications would run on each server as virtual machines (VMs), departments would lose their own separate servers, but in return, reliability and uptime would be improved.
Using VMware ESX, the county consolidated 70 servers to seven physical servers with each server running between 10 to 15 VMs. IT purchased HP DL380 rack servers with about 40 gigabytes of memory.
Livingston County deployed virtualization after its data center reached maximum power capacity, says Network Manager Greg Jolliff.
Photo: Scott Stewart
At the time of implementation, VMware engineers told the county that any application could be virtualized. But other vendors were more cautious, saying some of their applications hadn't been tested on VMs yet.
Since then, VMware's virtualization software has proved itself, Jolliff says. Today, Livingston County has migrated nearly all its applications to VMs, including high-transactional applications, such as Microsoft Exchange and SQL Server databases.
"Back then, we were a little leery because it was a question of whether you can virtualize big SQL databases, but it works fine," Jolliff says. "People now have more trust in it."
To improve continuity of operations, Livingston County houses four servers in the main data center and three servers in a secondary data center several miles away. If one server goes down, VMware's management software will immediately move the VMs to the six remaining servers to prevent downtime. And if all four servers in the main data center go out, the other servers at the secondary site will take over, Jolliff says.
The county's storage area network was antiquated, so for the virtualization project, IT bought a new EMC SAN for each site. For increased redundancy, the main SAN replicates its data to the secondary SAN, he says.
Easier IT Management
Server virtualization simplifies the deployment, maintenance and management of servers, IT administrators say. If Jolliff needs to bring down a server to perform maintenance, such as adding more memory, he simply puts the server in maintenance mode or uses VMware's VMotion software to drag and drop the VMs over to another server, and once he's done, he moves them back with no downtime.
That's a huge benefit for Alan Lantz, system administrator for the city of Rogers, Ark., who used to come into the office on weekends to shut down servers and perform maintenance. Lantz deployed virtualization using Citrix XenServer a year ago and today has 80 VMs running on six blade servers.
"I can migrate the VMs back and forth between servers during the week, and users are not aware that I'm doing my upgrades," he says.
Click here to read how the city of Rogers, Ark., benefits from a Citrix XenServer deployment.
Scott County in Minnesota, which started with 40 physical servers and reduced the number to four production servers running 52 VMs, has saved half a full-time position because setting up virtual servers is so much faster than setting up a new physical server from scratch, says Infrastructure Manager Todd Croy.
Setting up a VM from a golden image takes about an hour, while ordering a new physical server, waiting for it to arrive and setting it up in the rack was a two- to 10-day process, Croy says.
Deployment Strategies
In Chesapeake, Wallace initially considered hiring consultants to implement virtualization, but decided the $150,000 to $250,000 cost was too high. Instead, he sent two network specialists to a six-month virtualization training course for $30,000.
74%: Percentage of IT administrators who deem server virtualization a high priority for the next year, according to a recent survey of 700 organizations
Source: Information Technology Intelligence Corp.
When the pair completed their training, they began virtualizing small applications such as help-desk ticketing. When their initial forays were successful, the IT team developed a game plan to migrate the city's enterprisewide software, from financial to public safety applications. They would migrate an application over the weekend, monitor and troubleshoot it for several weeks, and if it was problem-free, they'd move on to the next set of applications.
"After we saw the early successes, we got brave and didn't tell the users we were cutting them over," Wallace says. "We did it at night, and they'd come in the next morning and had no clue their applications were now working on virtual machines."
For the project, Chesapeake purchased VMware vSphere, HP blade servers and a 96-terabyte EMC Celerra NS40 storage device, which allowed the city to centralize storage and improve storage utilization.
Virtualization Spurs Savings
Has your enterprise achieved cost reductions that are directly attributable to virtualization?
Yes: 48%
We haven't calculated: 23%
Too soon to tell: 14%
Unsure: 11%
No: 4%
IT staff typically run eight virtual servers on one physical server. About 60 VMs are currently running on nine blade servers with another 10 VMs in sleep mode. If certain applications see a spike in usage, VMs in sleep mode will automatically spring into action and handle extra processing requirements so users don't see a degradation in performance, Wallace says.
The SAN, combined with virtualization and Vizioncore's vRanger backup software, is also speeding the backup process. Rather than having a tape drive connected to each rack server, the city now uses faster disk storage to back up data. As a result, backups that used to take an entire weekend now take just eight hours, Wallace says.
The IT staff still has a few applications left to migrate. The city plans to replace Novell GroupWise with Microsoft Exchange and will install it on a VM this year.
Some applications, such as fax servers, must remain on their own physical servers, so the city will continue to have some servers running standalone applications.
Thanks to virtualization and consolidation, Chesapeake and Livingston County have solved their data center space and power problems. In fact, Wallace plans to turn part of his data center into new office space. "We have so much space that we can build a NOC and have people proactively manage the city's network from one central point," Wallace says.
Virtualization Best Practices
Experts share their tips for incorporating virtualization into a consolidation initiative:
1. Memory is the most important server resource for virtualization. In general, 2 gigabytes of memory per virtual machine is sufficient and will provide good performance, but it really depends on how memory-intensive applications are. In some instances, Minnesota's Scott County has run 10 VMs on servers with just 8 gigabytes of memory, and it's worked fine. It just depends on the workload. -- Todd Croy, Scott County (Minn.) infrastructure manager
2. Take advantage of physical-to-virtual toolkits. Some software vendors refuse to support virtualization or troubleshoot your application if you moved it to a virtual machine. Look into physical-to-virtual toolkits that will move applications from a standalone server to a virtual environment and back. If the problem still occurs on the standalone server, you know that it's not a virtualization problem, and the software vendor has to fix the problem. -- Peter Wallace, Chesapeake (Va.) CIO
3. Consolidate your software licenses. Pay close attention to the terms and conditions of your software contracts. As you consolidate through virtualization, it's possible to consolidate software licenses and save money. -- Laura Didio, Information Technology Intelligence Corp. analyst
4. Invest in training. You can hire consultants to implement virtualization, but you need your IT staff to manage it. "In the down economy, you have to be self-sufficient and understand how technology works inside and out." -- Wallace
5. Consolidate storage first. Separate storage from servers before virtualizing. Chesapeake migrated its data to a new SAN, then began consolidating servers.
-- Wallace
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On the Fourth of July in 1776 we declared our independence from King George III, Britain and the tyrannical reign over the United States.
Declaring independence was not a simple matter. Especially when the greatest nation in the world believes that it should control your territory and resources. Britain engaged in a battle to "protect" what was "theirs". It would take five years before the United States' independence was acknowledged and granted to them. 140,000 lives would be lost due to illness or battle.
If you study the war, you learn King George's strategy was to wage a war of endurance. He'd just throw more people and guns at us until we were exhausted and quit from fatigue. He underestimated the will of the Americans to have their freedom. His country was ultimately the one who surrendered.
I love that we celebrate the day we declared we would be independent rather than the day we achieved it.
In our lives, the great days are those where we make a decision to change course then follow that decision with committed effort, energy and will until that change is decided.
When we grasp the power to decide the change, we begin to harness our potential.
Happy Independence Day! Despite our issues, I believe our country is the best environment to achieve your dreams.


I thought that my dear cuddly readers might like a sneak peek at my latest blockbuster of a masterpiece – The Cat's Travelogue which was published on Friday and is apparently selling like cakes straight from the oven already on Amazon.com, paper version here The Cat's Travelogue Paperback Edition, so here is a short synopsis just for you.
They say that terrible things happen to Cats in far off lands, they eat them in some uncivilised countries and I can now tell you that everything you hear is true, from what I have seen, the world is a bit of a mess and a nasty one at that and I know that's true because I have recently seen a lot of it from some very unusual places.
Of course like most of the international incidents and indeed domestic emergencies I have caused in my travels I was oblivious to the dire situations I found myself in, but then I am only a Cat and what do I know?
This Travelogue is not a complete list of the places I visited because some have already paid me to "keep my big f'ing mouth shut" as most of their public relations bods put it, or they will have implemented banning orders preventing me from mentioning what awful dumps they really were!
In fact this book could be the first one in history that actually gets smaller over time and that's because other countries I've visited may come up with what could only be described as a "very tempting" offer to have their chapters removed!
There what do you think of it so far? Racy, exciting, controversial, funny, brilliant, another masterpiece, written by a genius I bet you think all of those things and so much more judging by the reports of sales so far.
If you want to start reading my wonderful book immediately and it is a great read you can of course do that in ebook form from either Amazon.com The Cat's Travelogue ebook or my own www – wickedly wonderful website www.thecatsdiary.com which has been specially redesigned by my team of Web Design Kittens to incorporate my latest book The Cat's Travelogue.


This supplement originates from presentations given at the symposium AIR: Advancing IPF Research. Working together to translate IPF research into practice held in Berlin in November 2011. The publication was supported by IntraMed Communications with funding from InterMune, AG. The content was proposed by IntraMed Communications and developed with the journal. All articles in the supplement have undergone the journal's standard peer review process.
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Your search for Front End Developer Jobs found 464 matching vacancies. Amend this search.
There are many types of developer jobs, including software developer jobs, web developer jobs and mobile developer jobs. A developer in general is someone who creates either a piece of software, a website or other technical solutions to fulfil a business need.
Demand for developers is continuing to grow with the surge in mobile and internet technologies as well as our everyday dependence on IT.
Developer is a very broad title that covers professionals with a wide range of skills, including those mentioned below. As such, the salary you can expect will vary depending on which development skills you have and how much experience you hold in each skill. Typically however, a junior developer could be looking at earning an annual salary of around 25,000 to 27,000. Moving up to a senior developer you are more likely to find salaries of around 60,000.
Location will of course play a role in the salaries you can expect with the highest salaries being found in London. The average salary for a developer job is 40,000.
As you would expect with most development jobs, the greatest demand is for Developer Jobs in London, with other top locations including West Midlands, Manchester, Yorkshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey and Berkshire.


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Arriving in London at 7am meant that there was a really opportune time to try to go to the city and see some of the sights. I didn't sleep much on the plane which meant that I was running on fumes by the time we landed. I figured it would be fun to take the train and go see some sights. And so, we did.
Once in the city we began walking around. Found a cute little cafe where we shared a plate of fish and chips (this was a HUGE serving of food) and we wandered around Trafalgar Square and into St. James park. We almost went up in the London Eye after crossing the Thames, but by that point the waiting in line would have surely meant me falling over and sleeping wherever I was.
We grabbed the train back to the airport and drove the long haul out to our hotel, just outside of Cirencester. It was a painful drive and really we probably should have pulled over and slept. *shrug* ah well.
Yesterday (Tuesday) we attempted to trek to Cardiff. It wouldn't have been so bad if we had an actual map versus the really terrible Google maps directions. Which were accurate, but didn't give nearly enough information to make driving around Cardiff possible. We were looking for this Doctor Who thing, and we definitely didn't make it in time for the last showing so instead we hit up the Odeon movie theater to see Harry Potter.
Drivers are considerate. Good grief even when there was an accident and traffic it took a small fraction of the time it would take if it happened on ANY highway/freeway in the states.
There are an obscene amount of different languages and accents everywhere you go. It's not a bad thing, it's just such a contrast. When we went down to breakfast yesterday there was this girl who was Polish in descent, but was raised in Greece (and was in the UK for work). Definitely cool.
The food, while it tastes good, is cooked in SO much fat and oil that I can literally hear my heart scream out to me to stop. And they LOVE meat flavored everything. Nothing like a bag of "Lays" Smoked Bacon flavored chips.
There is no night life outside of London. Everything closes far too early for my tastes (though I'm sure it's just because of the lingering jet lag). This is something that is easy to overcome.
The toilets don't fill with nearly enough water for me to feel comfortable. Heh.
I could see myself living here. I absolutely love it. Every time someone talks I want to hug them. We saw a Dalek cake at the Tesco last night (Tesco is like a Wal-Mart) and I wanted it. Had no desire to eat it. Just wanted the Dalek cake. Totally adore all of the Doctor Who stuff around.
Overall this has been a really amazing trip and it's fairly early on day three. Still a few more days to go and hopefully some more sight seeing. For now, I sleep.
But it's definitely another reason to want to go.


Fans of Stride Pro Wrestling know Bo Sawyer has been in pursuit of various things that go bump in the night. He's one-half of the former tag team champions and the president of the Midwest Monster Hunters. He and Jason Tiller haven't caught any monsters here in Stride. But over the weekend, Sawyer picked up more gold.
Sunday afternoon Sawyer beat Dalton Davis, Terrance, Cole Adams and Zac Burklow for the TriState Wrestling Heavyweight Championship. The champion and Sawyer's stablemate, Blaine Black was taken out before the match even started. Sawyer was the last man standing in this scramble match.
TSW is a company based in Vincennes, Indiana and does a lot of benefit shows for that community. Relay for Life, Wounded Warriors and the American Red Cross fire relief fund are just a few of the groups that have benefitted from previous wrestling shows.
TSW is back in action on June 30 at the Catfish Festival in Shoals, Indiana. Bo will have a title defense that night. Congrats again to this Stride star who is making a name for himself around the midwest.


Unexpected medical emergencies are a risk for all travellers. Here's how your debit card could help.
When you've been waiting all year to spend two weeks sipping on cocktails by the pool in Hawaii, the last thing you need ruining your 'Zen' is a medical situation. But with over 9 million Australians travelling abroad every year1, it's inevitable that some will find themselves in a medical emergency while on their trip.
The good news is there is help at hand for Macquarie Platinum Debit MasterCard holders who can access advice from medical professionals, via a medical and travel security services firm.
How does the service work2?
If you're a cardholder travelling overseas, you're able to call up International SOS (the travel and medical services provider), either before you travel or while you're away to ask for advice and assistance free of charge.
If you're sick or injured while away, you can talk directly to a qualified doctor, get directed to the best clinics at your location, or if things are really serious, a medical evacuation can be organised.
The service works as a 'user pay' model: the call is free, the assistance and advice is free. However, if there's a need for a purchase, for example – to buy antibiotics, to have surgery or to arrange a medical evacuation – then the user pays.
Cardholders can get advice or assistance to help with a whole range of scenarios.
Knowing you can speak to a doctor in your own language, anytime, from anywhere in the world can be particularly reassuring for families.
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After calling the Assistance Centre and speaking to a doctor, they were advised to push back their flight by two days to allow their daughter some time to recover. Having expert guidance at hand reassured the family and allowed them to make an informed decision.
Cardholders can get advice or assistance to help with a whole range of scenarios. It may be as simple as "I have a toothache in Paris and I'd like to find a good, English-speaking dentist" to "I'm in a remote part of Thailand, I've just had a car accident – help me access an ambulance and get to the best hospital in the area" or even "I've broken my leg on the Kokoda trail and need a medical evacuation!".
If something really serious happens, knowing which hospital to go to can make all the difference to your treatment and recovery. The closest facility isn't always the best.
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Distressed and very concerned, the colleague called International SOS immediately for help to get his workmate to the best local facility, fast. Once stabilised however, the patient needed emergency surgery.
International SOS not only organised his transfer to a reputable hospital in Europe but also kept his family back in Australia up to date with the medical situation. They even organised plane tickets for the family to be by his bedside in Europe.
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River Rafting in Mussoorie is an escapade offering a sense of adventure. This will surely help you plan better and smarter.
Take a bus or the taxi which you find convenient to the riverside and book Rafting expeditions as per choice. If you want to travel by air, the nearest airport around is the Jolly Grant Airport, Dehradun, measuring about 50 Km from Mussoorie. The Dehradun railway station is hardly 30 odd kilometres from Mussoorie. Cruising by road, you will have to travel approximately 275 Km from Delhi to reach the desired destination that will give you something to boast and make others jealous.
Here is a piece of vital information on the trains that connect up till here. Shatabdi Express runs daily between Dehradun and Delhi, dropping you down well within 6 hours. Dehradun is connected by trains to major cities like Chandigarh, Mumbai, Saharanpur, Haridwar, etc. In case your stay is nearer to the smaller stations which are generally unknown to tourists, there is Raiwala station at a distance of about 50 Km. and the other petite station be Harrawala, distant by Mussoorie at 23 Km. See you at River Rafting in Mussoorie.


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Q: Inserting multiple choice questions and answers in sql I have two tables, Questions and Answers which store the multiple choice question and the 4 possible answers, respectively. I am trying to insert one question along with its 4 answers at a time.
The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint .... "dbo.Answers", column 'AnswerID'.

The INSERT statement conflicted with the FOREIGN KEY constraint  table "dbo.Questions", column 'QuestionID'.

Here is what my tables look like:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Questions] (
    [QuestionID] INT           IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
    [HistID]     INT           NOT NULL,
    [Question]   NCHAR (300)   NOT NULL,
    [AnswerID]   CHAR          NOT NULL,
    FOREIGN KEY (AnswerID) REFERENCES [dbo].Answers (AnswerID),
    FOREIGN KEY (HistID) REFERENCES [dbo].HistoricalEvents (HistID)
);

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Answers] (
    [QuestionID] INT         NOT NULL,
    [AnswerID]   CHAR        NOT NULL,
    [Choice]     NCHAR (200) NOT NULL,
    FOREIGN KEY (QuestionID) REFERENCES [dbo].[Questions] (QuestionID),
    PRIMARY KEY ([AnswerID])
);

These are the inserts I am trying:
INSERT INTO Questions (HistID, Question, AnswerID)
VALUES (
2,
'A major cause of the growth of state and Federal highway systems after World War II was the ___',
'C'
)

Declare @QuestionID INT = SCOPE_IDENTITY()

INSERT INTO Answers(QuestionID, AnswerID, Choice)
VALUES
(
@QuestionID,
'A',
'increased use of mass transit systems'
),

(
@QuestionID,
'B',
'growing prosperity of inner-city areas'
),

(
@QuestionID,
'C',
'rapid development of suburbs'
),

(
@QuestionID,
'D',
'return of city dwellers to farm areas'
)

Expected output:
I want the above command (or what it should change to) to make the following changes to the tables:
Questions:
QuestionID   HistID   Question                 AnswerID
--------------------------------------------------------
    1          2      "A major cause of the...    C

Answers:
QuestionID   AnswerID   Choice
--------------------------------
    1          A         increased use of mass transit systems
    1          B         growing prosperity of inner-city areas
    1          C         rapid development of suburbs
    1          D         return of city dwellers to farm areas

A: You have done what is called a cyclic reference. You have Answers as FK in Question and Question as FK in Answers Tables. Here you have placed contraints on both table of each other. So you can not insert neither because none of two exists during insert.
This should be:

Question ---> Answers [QuestionId]FK only

Here's a hint to correct your schema:
Question Table -
+------------+
| QuestionId | (PK, int)
+------------+
| HistID     | (FK, int)
+------------+
| Question   |
+------------+

AnswerTable (Available choices)-
+------------+
| AnswerId   | (PK, int)
+------------+
| Choice     | (char) -- A, B, C, D etc.
+------------+
| Answer     | (nvarchar(100)) -- limit depends on your choice
+------------+
| QuestionId | (FK, int) -- 1 to many relationship means 1 question can have multiple answers choice.
+------------+

Correct answer(choice) map table (Both FK will be composite key)-
+------------+
| AnswerId   | (FK, int)
+------------+            |--- composite primary key, 1-1 relationship means 1 question have only one correct choice.
| QuestionId | (FK, int)
+------------+

See - SQL FIDDLE DEMO Showing the idea in implementation.


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Q: Main activity design too busy I have a main activity that contains many buttons.  I don't want to have a list of buttons like this. I know this looks bad, only cause I threw this together to show you what I have. As you can see, I really don't even have enough room. I don't want a scrollView in my main Activity. Does anyone have suggestions on building my activity to look sleek and simple?

A: One approach would be to put the buttons in a NavigationDrawer and display only the most important info in the content of the Activity or one of the other screens as the starting point and the user can navigate from here through the NavigationDrawer
If you don't like this approach you could also try putting the buttons in an ActionBar Spinner as a list. This way you'll have one of the "Fight Cards", "Buy Tickets", etc screen as the starting point and the user can navigate from here through the Spinner
I don't know exactly what you're displaying in the application so I cannot decide what is the best solution for your problem, you'll have to figure that out yourself.


Cash price for canola was $11.16 per bushel- based on delivery to the Northern AG elevator in Yukon yesterday. The full listing of cash canola bids at country points in Oklahoma can now be found in the daily Oklahoma Cash Grain report- linked above.
Three outstanding FFA members were recognized yesterday for their achievements at the FFA State Convention. Tyler Schnaithman was honored as the state's Star Farmer, Chance Imhoff was named the winner of the Star Agribusiness Award, and Carson Vinyard received the Star Placement Award. Click on the award-winners' names below to read more about them, to listen to an audio interview and to see a video feature about them.
Garber FFA member Tyler Schnaithman began his custom hay bailing business with his brother at an early age, and has grown his operation that now includes farming 925 acres of cropland, a herd of 50 heifers, and flock of 35 ewes.
His supervised agricultural experience project was rated the best agricultural production program among the 715 FFA members who received the State FFA Degree during the 87th State FFA Convention on May 1.
Prague FFA member Chance Imhoff used his knowledge of the goat industry, his background in agriculture and his drive for success in the show ring to build his unique business, Chance's Clipping LLC. Imhoff produces and distributes videos on how to successfully show goats. His DVDs have sold in two countries and 34 states.
Agricultural roots run deep in Altus FFA member Carson Vinyard who continues to carry on the family business. Vinyard has assumed many responsibilities including managing some of the operation's employees and improving the efficiency of their irrigation system.
"Irrigation is the lifeblood of our operation. In the past few years, irrigation has been very limited in southwestern Oklahoma, however, in our operation, we have been able to expand in our cattle operation, we have been able to implement more acres in no-till, more acres in drip irrigation. We have been able to improve our irrigation so when the drought does pass and we do start experiencing adequate rainfall and good crops again, we will be prepared and won't have to be scrambling to get ahead."
Steven Vekony, member of the Byng FFA Chapter, will lead the more than 24,000 members of the Oklahoma FFA Association for 2013-14. Members elected the 18-year-old to his presidential position during the 87th Oklahoma FFA Convention on May 1. He is the son of Kent and DeeAnn Blevins.
"Considering I have already been blessed this past year with the gift of time, another year is the greatest blessing anyone wearing the jacket could ever ask for," said Vekony, who is an animal science and agricultural education major at Oklahoma State University.
Seven additional FFA members will join Vekony on the 2013-2014 Oklahoma FFA officer team: Tyler Schnaithman, Garber FFA, secretary; Josh Haven, Cheyenne FFA, reporter; Garret Reed, Locust Grove FFA, northeast district vice president; Lawson Thompson, Deer Creek-Lamont FFA, northwest district vice president; Allison Christian, Duncan FFA, central district vice president; Desiree Masterson, Spiro FFA, southeast district vice president; and Bray Haven, Cheyenne FFA, southwest district vice president.
Eighteen-year-olds Bray and Josh Haven of Cheyenne are the first set of twins to serve together as Oklahoma FFA officers. Bray is the older of the two- being born four minutes ahead of younger brother Josh.
Click here for our story on the State officers and a chance to see their first official group photo.
Estimates of this year's wheat crop can be summed up in a single word: dismal. Attendees at the annual Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association Annual Meeting at the Oklahoma City Marriott heard the sobering report from representatives of nine different areas of the state.
All totaled, Oklahoma producers are expected to harvest 85,583,000 bushels of wheat this year. That's a 45 percent drop from last year's harvest of 154.8 million bushels.
Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association members polled after the report session estimated the size of the 2013 crop at 88.022 million bushels based on 3.46 million acres and a yield of 25.44 bushels per acre.
You can hear an interview with Kim Metcalf who surveyed the North Central East Region and read more of this story including a breakdown of the numbers by region by clicking here.
While this year's wheat harvest may turn in a dismal performance statewide, Rick Kochenower says in the Panhandle it will be even worse. He has toured area and reported on the crop's condition at the 2013 Oklahoma Grain and Feed Association Annual Meeting.
He spoke with me at the meeting and didn't express a lot of optimism about the four counties he reported on: Harper, Beaver, Cimarron, and Texas Counties.
"Between drought and the late freezes we had here in April, it's basically... I'm hoping. I know I reported two million bushels today, I think I was being way overly optimistic.
"I toured Cimarron County yesterday and I think 95 percent of it won't be cut. If it doesn't rain in the next three weeks, the only thing we'll be cutting will be irrigated and some of it's got freeze injury on it.
"There's kind of a dividing line along Highway 54 which runs kind of northeast to southwest through the Panhandle and west of that line it's all drought driven. East of that line it's more freeze-injury driven where we're going to lose our yield."
You can listen to our conversation or read more of this story by clicking here.
Recent freezes throughout the state may have some Oklahoma wheat producers opting to bale their fields for hay. The low temperatures that hit late in the season have damaged some of the wheat crop to the point that cutting for hay can be a better option over grain harvest. Producers looking to bale their crop can pursue weed-free certification through Oklahoma's certified weed-free forage and mulch program.
The Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry has developed a certification process for forage and mulch products. Hay and grain fields can be inspected and once a field passes this inspection, bales from the field can be labeled as "certified weed-free" and will be issued a transit certificate. The certified status can be listed on the ODAFF Hay Directory for prospective buyers. Details about the agency's weed-free program are available at http://www.oda.state.ok.us/cps-weedfree.htm.
This year, ODAFF has been contacted by several pipeline construction contractors in search of a list of weed-free forage producers. State and federal agencies require certified weed-free mulch for highway, right-of-way, restoration and reclamation projects. These contractors intend to purchase as much local weed-free forage as possible; promising news for Oklahoma producers in need of a market for baled wheat.
A new analysis commissioned by the Environmental Working Group debunks the myth that federally-subsidized crop insurance will save taxpayers money and protect farmers from crippling losses when natural disasters occur.
The study, by agricultural economist Bruce Babcock of Iowa State University, has concluded that during last year's drought, crop insurance payouts will exceed $16 billion, almost 50 percent more than 2011.
"Crop insurance as it is currently structured and marketed is a bloated, taxpayer-funded income support program that in many cases allows growers, particularly the industrial-scale operations that have been enjoying record profits, to make more money from insurance payouts than they would from a healthy harvest," Babcock writes.
This N That- Superior Sale This Week a BIG One, Nasty Day for National Range & Land Judging and How Cold Tomorrow Morning?
This Friday's Superior Video Auction is going to be a really BIG show (our apologies to Ed Sullivan) as Jim Odle and his team will be offering over 42,000 head with the live sale set to begin at 8 AM central time.
They have a great group of Florida calves that will be offered- 8,000 weaned calves are on the sale docket, along with 12,000 calves on cows- and 1,700 bred heifers, bred cows and cow/calf pairs. Click here for the Superior Video website- or call them at 1-800-422-2117 to find out exactly when specific lots of cattle will be selling.
Superior is proud to be able to bring the auction to you.
Today is the day for the 2013 National Land and Range Judging contest- and it's cold, windy and wet- after practice day was beautiful. Oh well, there was never a promise that the quest for a national championship would be easy- Contestants will be headed out to the contest site south of Oklahoma City- 32 states are represented and the winners will be presented with their awards this evening at the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum- looking forward to celebrating with them!
Finally- just how cold could it be early Friday morning? Well, the latest overnight "lows" map found on the Oklahoma Mesonet shows that no- one in the main body of the state will be below freezing- will get down to around 33 degrees in the northwest but that's it. Click here to take a look. However- the National Weather Service has a "freeze watch" for much of the state of Oklahoma out of the Norman, Oklahoma office- it reads as it pertains to temperatures overnight- "
GENERALLY 28 TO 32 DEGREES...BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES MAY PERSIST UP TO 6 HOURS THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING." CLick here for the watch to see exactly what is covered by this NWS update.
For northeastern Oklahoma- the NWS in Tulsa says that temperatures will be approaching freezing levels- but seem to be discounting the prospects in Green Country a hard freeze.
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How to Use Dominant Seven Arpeggios in Blues-Based Soloing
By Joel Hoekstra 12 March 2019
Incorporating dominant seven arpeggios into your improvised lines is a simple way to expand note-choice possibilities.
No study of rock guitar would be complete without an examination of blues and blues guitar techniques. Many rock guitar players have a tendency to rely solely on minor and major pentatonic scales when playing blues. Don't get me wrong — I absolutely love using pentatonics — but there are a variety of other options one can take advantage of to broaden the musical landscape while improvising over blues-based progressions.
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A simple way to expand our note-choice possibilities is to incorporate dominant seven arpeggios into our improvised lines. Most blues and rock songs occur within a "dominant" musical environment, meaning the majority of the chords are dominant seven chords, for example, A7, D7 and E7.
FIGURE 1 outlines the four notes of an A7 arpeggio, A C# E G, as shown across three octaves. FIGURE 2 illustrates the standard A7 arpeggio as played across two and a half octaves while remaining in fifth position.
A melodic devide used by all blues guitarists is to make use of both the minor and the major third while soloing. The shift from the minor to the major third functions as a resolution from the minor sound of the "b3" to the major/dominant sound of the maj3. FIGURE 3 illustrates the A7 arpeggio with the b3, C, added, resulting in the ascending pattern A C C# E G, which is repeated across one and a half more octaves.
A standard 12-bar blues progression in the key of A includes the chords A7, D7 and E7, so let's now apply this approach to both the D7 and E7 chords. FIGURE 4 illustrates a standard D7 arpeggio (D F# A C). The minor third of D is F, so if we add that F note to this D7 arpeggio, we get what is shown in FIGURE 5, D F F# A C, with the five notes repeated an octave higher. Notice that this example begins with two pick-up notes, A and C.
An E7 arpeggio consists of the notes E G# B D, as shown in FIGURE 6. In FIGURE 7, we incorporate the minor third, G, resulting in an ascending pattern of E G G# B D. Here, three pick-up notes are added at the start of the phrase, in this case G#, B and D.
Now let's combine all of these patterns into a 12-bar solo, as presented in FIGURE 8. Over the initial A7 chord, I play a repeating, descending figure built from the notes C# A G E. In bar 2, where we shift to the four chord, D7, and I begin by simply lowering the C# note to C, and the G to F#, yielding the notes C A F#, all of which are part of a D7 arpeggio. When we return to A7 in bar 3, I repeatedly utilize the technique of "rolling" from the minor third, C, to the major third, C#. I then apply this approach to each chord as the progression continues.
This is my final School of Rock column for the time being. So I thank you for reading, and I hope the columns have been useful to you in your musical endeavors. See you on the road!
New York City guitarist Joel Hoekstra plays for Whitesnake, the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Cher and his own side project, Joel Hoekstra's 13, whose latest release is Dying to Live. Find out more at joelhoekstra.com.


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Q: Concurrently sending more than two request ActiveMQ queue in apache camel then it fails to respond client side request:
public Message receive(String message, String queueName) {
    String text = null;
    ActiveMQConnectionFactory connectionFactory = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory(
            "tcp://10.0.0.0:61616");
    String userName = "smx";
    String password = "smx";
    Connection connection;
    Message response =null;
    try {
        connection = connectionFactory.createConnection(userName, password);
        connection.start();
        ((ActiveMQConnectionFactory) connectionFactory)
                .setDispatchAsync(false);
        Session session = connection.createSession(false,
                Session.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
        Queue destination = session.createQueue(queueName);
        MessageProducer producer = session.createProducer(destination);
        producer.setDeliveryMode(DeliveryMode.NON_PERSISTENT);
        TextMessage textMessage = session.createTextMessage(message);
        Queue tempQueue = session.createQueue(queueName);
        textMessage.setJMSReplyTo(tempQueue);
        producer.send(textMessage);
        MessageConsumer consumer = session.createConsumer(tempQueue);
        response = consumer.receive();
        response.acknowledge();

        session.close();
        connection.close();
    } catch (JMSException e) {
        e.printStackTrace();
    }
    return response;
}

server side:
public void configure() throws Exception {
    from("activemq:queue:GET_QUEUE?disableReplyTo=true")
            .setExchangePattern(ExchangePattern.InOut)
            .to("freemarker:Response.ftl")
            .inOnly("activemq:queue:GET_QUEUE");
}

the following thing i have already tried did not get results
1)activemq:queue:GET_QUEUE?disableReplyTo=true&concurrentConsumers=5
2)activemq:queue:GET_QUEUE?disableReplyTo=true&concurrentConsumers=1&maxConcurrentConsumers=5
3)activemq:queue:GET_QUEUE?disableReplyTo=true&useMessageIDAsCorrelationID=true&concurrentConsumers=5
4)activemq:queue:GET_QUEUE?disableReplyTo=true&useMessageIDAsCorrelationID=true&concurrentConsumers=5&asyncConsumer=true

A: You have disabled replyTo in Camel which you should not do, then remove the last inOnly as Camel will automatic send the message back to the reply to queue when the route is done.


New Castle, Delaware – The Association of Liberian Journalists in the Americas (ALJA) says its attention has been drawn to media reports regarding the fast pace at which Liberia's President, George Manneh Weah, is accumulating material wealth, mainly real estates in the country since his ascendency to the nation's presidency nearly a year ago.
ALJA says in a country where majority of the citizens barely survive on less than one US dollar a day coupled with the lack of social services as a result of economy hardship, it is deeply troubled by the speed at which President Weah and some members of his inner circle are amassing costly real estates.
According to an ALJA press release issued on January 15, 2019, the Association quoting media reports cited the 46-unit building complex being constructed on the Robertsfield Highway in Margibi County by President Weah and his US 150 thousand dollars house, which is being rebuilt in Sinkor, Montserrado County, as some of the properties that are raising doubts amongst Liberians at home and abroad about Mr. Weah's overnight material wealth. The President demolished the house early last year after winning the presidency.
In addition to the cited real estates, ALJA says the Liberian leader is brazenly engaged in other private construction projects in the country while information about his wealth prior to ascending to the presidency remains a secret. The Association says it acknowledges that President Weah, as former senator of Montserrado County, he earned thousands of US dollars; and as ex-soccer celebrity, he also, reportedly made millions of US dollars while playing football abroad, but the Association says it is apprehensive about the timing of the costly projects he is now undertaking in the country. ALJA maintained when President Weah played football and served as senator, he neither build a village nor amass real estates at the pace at which he is now doing.
The Association noted he is the only Liberian leader in recent history of the country, who is reported to have built a housing complex in less than one year following his inauguration. ALJA says the President and his cronies in government have the moral and legal obligations to provide an explanation to Liberians and the international community as to how their massive real estate projects are being financed in the wake of the missing 16 billion Liberian dollars scandal and the unaccounted for US 25 million dollars, which the Coalition for Democratic Change(CDC) led government claimed to have infused into the Liberian economy for the mop-up of excess Liberian dollars from the market in the year 2018.
ALJA asserts if the President's professed war on corruption and other forms of bad governance in Liberia is to be taken seriously, then he must lead by example. "Anything other than that would equate to hypocrisy," the ALJA National President, Moses D. Sandy, declared in the press release. ALJA said after Mr. Weah and the CDC ascended to the political leadership of Liberia, they branded their administration as people's centered. Then the President said "I declare publicly that my singular but very important mission in seeking the presidency is positively impacting the lives of grass rooters who are popularly known as the masses".
But in less than a year of political leadership under the CDC led government, the country's economy remains in dire straits and the masses continue to experience significant economic challenges. ALJA urged the administration to adhere to the rule of law and the principles of accountability and transparency in the public sector.


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/**
 * Tests the flow of creating, editing and publishing tests
 */

/*globals casper, __utils__, url, testPost */
CasperTest.begin("Ghost edit draft flow works correctly", 8, function suite(test) {
    casper.thenOpen(url + "ghost/editor/", function then() {
        test.assertUrlMatch(/ghost\/editor\/$/, "Ghost doesn't require login this time");
    });

    casper.then(function createTestPost() {
        casper.sendKeys('#entry-title', testPost.title);
        casper.writeContentToCodeMirror(testPost.html);
    });

    casper.waitForSelectorTextChange('.entry-preview .rendered-markdown', function onSuccess() {
        test.assertSelectorHasText('.entry-preview .rendered-markdown', 'test', 'Editor value is correct');
    });

    casper.thenClick('.js-publish-button');
    casper.waitForResource(/posts\/$/);

    casper.waitForSelector('.notification-success', function onSuccess() {
        test.assert(true, 'Got success notification');
    }, function onTimeout() {
        test.assert(false, 'No success notification :(');
    });

    casper.thenOpen(url + 'ghost/content/', function then() {
        test.assertUrlMatch(/ghost\/content\//, "Ghost successfully loaded the content page");
    });

    casper.then(function then() {
        test.assertEvalEquals(function () {
            return document.querySelector('.content-list-content li').className;
        }, "active", "first item is active");

        test.assertSelectorHasText(".content-list-content li:first-child h3", testPost.title, "first item is the post we created");
    });

    casper.thenClick('.post-edit').waitForResource(/editor/, function then() {
        test.assertUrlMatch(/editor/, "Ghost successfully loaded the editor page again");
    });

    casper.thenClick('.js-publish-button');
    casper.waitForResource(/posts\/[0-9]+\/$/);

    casper.waitForSelector('.notification-success', function onSuccess() {
        test.assert(true, 'Got success notification');
    }, function onTimeout() {
        test.assert(false, 'No success notification :(');
    });
});

// TODO: test publishing, editing, republishing, unpublishing etc
//CasperTest.begin("Ghost edit published flow works correctly", 6, function suite(test) {
//
//
//
//});

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Chinese smartphone maker Oppo launched its new handset Oppo Realme 2 in India last week. Realme 2 is powered by a Snapdragon chipset. The smartphone has a notch display with 88.8% screen-to body ratio and a dual rear camera. Oppo Realme 2 will be sold on Flipkart exclusively. The sale will begin on September 4. At the launch event of Realme 2, the company also teased the Realme 2 Pro, which would be a higher-end variant of the Realme 2. According to reports, the Realme 2 Pro will be launched in India at an event that will be held on September 28, 2018.
ALSO READ | JioPhone 2 third flash sale starts on September 6; Know how to buy and Oppo Realme 2; How to avail the offer Oppo Realme 2, 3GB RAM + 32GB storage variant of the device is priced at Rs. 8,990. If you have an HDFC Debit or Credit card, Flipkart offers you a flat Rs 750 discount. Also, you can get minimum of Rs. 500 off on the exchange of your old smartphone unit. If you activate a Jio SIM on your newly-purchased Realme 2, you can get instant benefits from the telecom operator worth Rs. 4,200 and an additional 120GB data. Oppo Realme 2 Key Specs: 1. Display: 6.2-inch screen size, with 720x1520 or HD+ resolution, a downgrade from FHD+ on the Realme 1 2. Processor: Snapdragon 450 3. Operating system: Android 8.1 with Colour OS 5.1 on top from Oppo. 4. RAM: 3 GB and 4 GB 5. Internal storage: 32 GB and 64 GB 6. Rear Camera: 13 and 2-megapixel sensor combo with AI beautification 2.0 and portrait mode. 7. Front Camera: 8-megapixel Selfie shooter ALSO READ | Samsung Galaxy S8 available at Rs 23,000 discount; Know how to avail 8. Battery: 4,230mAh with USB Type-C port 9. SIM: Dual Nano SIM support 10. Colours: Diamond Red, Diamond Black and Diamond blue.


Whether we're aware of it or not, many of us spend a lot of time and energy trying to be our version of 'perfect.' From editing the same selfie for hours to pulling an all nighter to study for a test, perfectionism is ingrained into our society. Some of us even see it as normal and just another aspect of life. How do we overcome such a big part of our lives if we sometimes don't even recognize it?
It's important to understand what perfectionism actually is and that there are three different types that can affect us.
Self-oriented perfectionism is what typically comes to mind when thinking about trying to be perfect — imposing unrealistic standards upon ourselves and being too self-critical. Socially prescribed perfectionism is the typical high school worry — it is the feeling that everyone is judging you and that you you have to be perfect to avoid rejection. Other-oriented perfectionism is the reverse, where you have unrealistic standards for people and are judgmental toward them.
These different types of perfectionism are usually all interrelated and can create an array of problems — some of the worst include depression, anxiety, eating disorders, body dysmorphia and in extreme cases, suicide. It may seem like being perfect is too deeply influenced by our surroundings, but there are a few strategies to help you get out of this circle. In order to combat these three types of perfectionism, try out these three simple solutions.
This can be a really hard concept, especially while in school, but it actually is okay to do poorly on a test, miss a deadline or mess up while giving a presentation. If these things continuously happen, it should be fixed, but it's important to resist a competitive mindset and pushing yourself too hard. Instead of being too afraid to fail, focus on furthering your understanding of things and your whole life experience. Rather than faking a 'perfect life' and never messing up, make a few mistakes and grow from them — your future self will thank you.
To put it simply, no one can be perfect and people will always find something they would change about themselves or their lives. Social media portrays the 'perfect' version of ourselves and rarely shows our true selves. This can become problematic and lead to feeling the need for acceptance. Loving yourself isn't always easy, but it can make a huge impact on your life. Focus on being yourself, and always embrace who you are — things are only flaws if you make them flaws. So, treat yourself — buy your favorite snack, hang out with friends tonight, hit the gym, take a nap! It's okay to be selfish every once in a while!
Being perfect is not something that anyone can ever reach. If you find that your goals are too overwhelming or make you self-conscious or nervous, try knocking them down to something more attainable. Reaching a bunch of smaller goals will make you feel so much better than trying to tackle a giant one. Instead of wanting everything to be perfect, focusing your energy into traits like diligence and flexibility will get you much further in life in the long run. There is nothing wrong with wanting to be better, but you should improve yourself and your life in a safe and healthy way.
Everyone struggles with self-esteem issues and wanting to be better every once in a while, but if you find that this seems to control your life, consider going to CAPS or a professional to get advice.
What Does It Mean To Dress For Yourself?
In just a couple of weeks, the world will be watching one of my favorite award shows, The Oscars. However, behind all the smiles we'll see on our televisions there is something Hollywood is reluctant to bring to our attention.


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Building facades bear the effects of weathering, pollution, organic matter, graffiti, and other conditions that require periodic cleaning. Particularly with historic facades, the selection of appropriate cleaning materials and systems is essential. The goal is to preserve the facade and improve its appearance, not clean at its expense.
In this webinar, WJE historic preservationists Kyle Normandin and Deborah Slaton address cleaning techniques for different types of materials and substrates encountered in historic structures, including brick and terra cotta masonry, stone, concrete, glass, and metal. They discuss how to effectively evaluate cleaning products and systems—including water, chemical, and microabrasive—and explore specific challenges encountered with facade cleaning projects, such as removing localized staining and cleaning fragile surfaces. The presentation is illustrated by a case study.
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Continuing life in the land of opposites. Bamboo scaffolding climbing up the walls of rickety buildings; a persistent goat nudging his mom's udders at the bus stop; a woman covered head to toe in black, guiding a blind elderly man clad in a white tunic across the dirt paths of their slum; three boys running over an expanse of rubble with a kite.
Friday night we celebrated two weeks of surviving this land by going out to eat by ourselves off the hotel property. Look at us growing up! We ate buffalo burgers (beef is illegal here) and gorged ourselves on truffle macaroni and cheese. We clinked our beer mugs to India. We took the leftovers home in a paper bag (plastic bags are illegal, too).
On Saturday I noted to Benson that I hadn't cried in a week.
On Sunday Benson's co-worker and her husband took us to a fascinating restaurant where all of the waitstaff are deaf. To order our food, we followed the symbols on the menu. I made signs for vegan dishes (I think). Our boothmates ordered a dish covered in edible silver and graciously offered it to me. So now I've eaten silver. So there's that.
It was a week of some firsts, but it was also a week of some seconds. Seconds are invaluable in situations like these. Seconds let our brains take a breather in a chaotic city. The second time we went to the church, this time knowing exactly which secret door to open at the top of the hidden stairs. The second time I shopped at Nature's Basket, knowing where they store the lettuce and knowing what the lady at the register was saying when she asked in that thick-as-gravy accent, "Do you have a value card number?" (And knowing that "No, I do not have a Value card number," but I hope to get one soon.) The second time I properly used the shared, foreign washing machine on our hall (after a conversation with the cleaning staff consisting of pantomime and pictures from my phone, where I learned that I had been pouring the soap in the wrong compartment the first week).
At church, a man told the story of his life and said that what had formerly set him apart from every other human was his realness, his refusal to put on fronts. "You are real? I will be realer," he smiled. He went on to say that holding so tightly to that identity caused him to judge others. Anyone less real than him was simply less than. I listened and thought, I know someone like that. He went on, and I realized, I am someone like that. I've always enjoyed wearing my heart on my sleeve, but I could relate to the pride that threatens to accompany that posture. It was a good lesson to learn from this person so different, or maybe not so different, than me.
We're thankful for the church we've found, but are unsure if it's where we'll stay. The ride there is long, and carsickness is an issue for me even in the States. By the time we arrive I'm lightheaded with nausea. To be determined, as are so many other facets of life here.
We hope to look for an apartment this week, and are praying God provides the right one. Any spare prayers you all have are welcome.
Until then, here are some scenes from our past week in the land of extremes.
Bus stop in front of a rickshaw in front of someone's laundry in front of someone's home. Welcome to India.
I feel different. I imagine I'll return to my witty side eventually, but right now this is where my mind and heart have (temporarily?) landed.
But even some of your sentence constructions seem different. Yeah, India is changing you, as it probably would most Westerners. I imagine your readers like when you're funny because you have a unique gift for that, but we don't expect you to be funny all the time or even most of the time.
Totally get what you're saying about sentence structure. Lately when I've been writing from here, my old style feels like putting on clothes from a previous decade. I think it's because every single thing I see and experience here is foreign, so clumped together scenes find their way into the same space on my page without my commentary, which represents exactly what's happening here – me staring out the window, mouth agape. Isn't that funny how reality seeps it's way onto the page? Love your insights.


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Rent is rising more slowly, easing strain on Americans
Paul Davidson
Apartment rent increases slowed further in the first quarter, a development that, combined with faster wage growth, is expected to ease financial stress for low- and middle-income households over the next couple of years.
Average rent for new leases rose 2.3% to $1,310 in the first three months of the year, according to RealPage, a real estate technology and analytics firm. That marks a decline from the fourth quarter's 2.6% pace and the smallest yearly gain since the third quarter of 2010.
Rent increases have slowed steadily since peaking at 5.3% in the second half of 2015.
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These figures are for new leases for residents who moved into an apartment in a given year. Rent increases for existing residents' lease renewals are also moderating but not as dramatically. Rent for lease renewals rose 4.2% annually in the first quarter, down from 4.4% in the fourth quarter and 5.2% in early 2016.
Equally significant is that apartment occupancy in the first quarter fell to 94.5% — a historically normal level — from 95.1% late last year and an average 95% from 2012 to 2017. During that period, tight apartment supplies and surging demand from Millennials pushed occupancy and rent higher.
"What we're seeing is a return to more normal conditions," RealPage chief economist Greg Willett says.
The price moderation can be traced to a massive wave of apartment construction the past few years. About 319,000 units were completed over the past 12 months and another 314,000 are expected the next year, Willett says, well above the normal pace of 250,000.
Renters won't immediately feel the benefits. For several years, rent hikes have outpaced tepid annual wage growth averaging 2% to 2.5%. But pay increases picked up recently to 2.6%, Labor Department figures show, and many economists expect gains to approach 3% by the end of the year as the low unemployment rate forces employers to bid up for workers.
Over the next year or two, "Household income is going to go up faster than rent," Willett says. "That's a more comfortable situation." He expects rent growth to stabilize at about 2.5% during that period.
In the first quarter, Las Vegas had the sharpest annual rent growth at 6.2%, followed by Orlando at 6.1%, and Sacramento at 5.5%.


While the crowd was pressing in on Jesus and listening to the word of God, he was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret. He saw two boats there alongside the lake; the fishermen had disembarked and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, he asked him to put out a short distance from the shore. Then he sat down and taught the crowds from the boat. After he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into deep water and lower your nets for a catch." Simon said in reply, "Master, we have worked hard all night and have caught nothing, but at your command I will lover the nets." When they had done this, they caught a great number of fish and their nets were tearing. They signaled to their partners in the other boat to come to help them. They came and filled both boats so that the boats were in danger of sinking. When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at the knees of Jesus and said, "Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man." For astonishment at the catch of fish they had made seized him and all those with him, and likewise James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were partners of Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Do not be afraid; from now on you will be catching men." When they brought their boats to the shore, they left everything and followed him.
"Depart from me, Lord, for I am a sinful man." St. Peter's reaction to the miraculous draught of fish represents one of the most intense reactions to the person of Jesus Christ. Why did Peter react in such an intense way? After all, it was not the first miracle that he had witnessed. Recall that in the previous chapter of St. Luke's Gospel, Peter had already witnessed the miraculous cure of his mother-in-law in Capernaum. He had seen Jesus cure the physically inform and perform exorcisms. So, Peter had already witnessed Jesus' power.
So, what made this miracle so different and so much more powerful in its impression on Peter? Scholars and commentators suggest that this miracle was more compelling to Peter because Peter was an expert in fishing. He knew that Jesus was not knowledgeable about fishing – Jesus was a carpenter. By virtue of this miracle, Jesus had broken into Peter's world in a most dramatic way. Jesus was demonstrating that he had power over that which Peter considered himself an expert and professional. Jesus had disrupted Peter's sense of self precisely in the place that Peter conducted his business and felt in control of his life.
Thus, Peter had come face to face with the reality that Jesus was no ordinary man – He could only be God. In humility, Peter declared himself unworthy to be in the presence of divinity. The holiness of perfection of Christ unsettled Peter, who was now totally aware of his own frailties and sins. This reaction was not without precedent. The Old Testament contains stories about Moses, Job and Isaiah all reacting to an awareness of God's presence with fear and trembling and awe. Peter was overwhelmed at what he had just witnessed at Jesus' command, much like the aforementioned biblical heroes.
Moreover, Peter had encountered Out Lord in such a way that his faith and obedience to Jesus' command to put out into the deep was matched with Our Lord's superabundant generosity, represented in the miraculous catch of fish. It demonstrated that God is never outdone in generosity with those who obey his commands. He will always give more than is rendered by a believer in return for faithful discipleship.
On a deeper level, what is more astonishing than Peter's reaction of fear and humility in the presence of Jesus is Jesus' response to Peter's sense of unworthiness. Our Lord exhorted Peter to put aside his fear and prepare for his ultimate life's work – to save souls and lead the church. In other words, Jesus revealed to Peter that while the miraculous catch of fish may have overwhelmed him in the present moment, Peter needed to assume a larger life role as the future pope.
And so, when Peter reached shore with James and John, he and they abandoned their prior lives and followed Jesus immediately and unreservedly in love. Perhaps with this in mind, John would later write that, "perfect love casts out fear (1 Jn. 4:18)." Some 30 years later, as Peter hung crucified upside down on the Vatican Hill in Rome, this dramatic scene depicted in this Sunday's Gospel reading must have come to mind. Peter's encounter with the Son of God forever altered the trajectory of his life. In this moment of martyrdom, Peter was no longer overwhelmed by fear. Rather, he was overcome with love for the One for whom he was dying.


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New booster pump improves water production at Fothergills Water Station
Manager of the Nevis Water Department, Roger Hanley (with the mike) with Electrical Technicians Clyshawn Wilson (front left) and Gavin Walters (back right), Assistant Secretary in the Ministry of Communication and Works and Public Utilities Denzil Stanley (back left) and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communication and Works and Public Utilities Ernie Stapleton with the newly installed booster pump at the Fothergills Water Pumping Station on March 07, 2014
NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (MARCH 12, 2014) – In an effort to provide the people of Nevis with an improvement in the water production, the Nevis Water Department, through the Ministry of Finance procured a new and improved Booster Pump at the Fothergills Water Pumping Station.
In an interview with the Department of Information on March 07, 2014, at the Fothergills Pumping Station, Manager of the Nevis Water Department Roger Hanley explained the functions of the new pump.
"Back in 2012, in December, we suffered a failure with one of the three boosters and we sought approval from the Ministry of Finance to order a new pump. In the interim, we had to develop an alternative solution to put a submersible pump in a 3000 gallon water tank that is outside the premises, outside the pump house," he said.
"During the period of the 3rd to the 7th of this week, we had technicians from our Department from the Pump Division and who were working tirelessly to establish the new booster pump that we purchased from the Spanish company Grundfos. This new pump was a replacement for one of the old pumps that got damaged in 2012…This pump will pump an extra 205 gallons of water to the Stoney Hill reservoir," he said.
Mr. Hanley stated that the newly installed pump was currently pumping more water into the Fothergills area than the previous pump.
"This new pump has been recorded to pump 205 imperial gallons per minute. Previously with the installation of the alternative solution, we recorded close to the Stoney Hill reservoir, 410 gallons per minute but with the installation of this new pump, we would have pushed an extra 50 gallons per minute; an extra 72, 000 gallons per day to the Stoney Hill reservoir," he said.
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Communication and Works, Ernie Stapleton expressed his contentment with the new water pump installation.
"I must say that I am very happy that we are at the stage that we got to this pump because we have been trying to procure, purchase this pump to install here and finally it is here…This is not necessarily part of the Caribbean Development Bank project. This is part of the day-to-day maintenance of the Water Department.
"The CDB project would give us another pump house on this very spot but you know the system has to be maintained, as we continue to develop and expand when it comes to the enhancement of the water supply on the island of Nevis. So I am very happy that we are at this stage," he said.
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It has been said that taking high risk is dangerous. That if you let yourself risk money it is even not dangerous, but dumb. The cold reality of taking a risk when starting a new project or a simple task always exists. You can go on a date and your luxury car might not start while leaving from the restaurant.
You might partner with a businessman and your partner might go sour on you any day without even knowing why. We take risk in every task and project we try to accomplish. It either goes bad or good.
There are no more results other than does previously mentioned. So why many of us are so preoccupied when we get to reach a decision that involve monetary solutions? The fact is that many regular people like me and you don't want to lose money. Many regular Joe's like you and me are just not accustomed to losing. It has been a tradition in our country that losing is for losers, therefore, must of us avoid taking any chances of getting such perceived weak thinking, in our image.
Both our culture and the way our ancestors influenced our family evolution has to do a lot regarding our thinking of taking risks. So if we positioned ourselves with the ultimate goal of achieving financial freedom through owning an offline business or perhaps my favorite, an Internet marketing business, what can we do to make a risk the smartest decision of our financial career? We can start by changing the way we think about risk. That is the first thing you should do in order to null and void, that taking a risk is dangerous or perhaps not smart as your past vocabulary. Taking a risk when starting a business is always going to happen or appear in extreme ways. We either have enormous success or we fail. One of the smartest career moves anyone can make is when moving from a job to a full-time career in business.
You don't have a boss, you take your own decisions and you can be at home with your family and kids. What can be better if you are a mother with the desire of getting to see your kids grow every day? Probability is that nothing comes close when it relates to our love ones. So what does that involve? Taking a risk, a smart risk.
You will benefit from it in the long run upon achieving success. It is obvious you will do some things wrong when starting, but those situations that turn bad can be minimal if you have made the correct due diligence for your particular passionate start-up business. I will take myself as example. When I started taking seriously the though of making my own business without having to count with family businesses or part-time quickies here and there, I made some mistakes.
I invested money here and there on education materials without self-control. Couple $1,000's passed and I said to myself that everything I learned was to be taken on action. I started a few businesses online relating the sale of wholesale items and information and so far till this day I am making a comfortable living all online.
My income pays for my car, my debts, weekends and the now and then national vacation. I still don't have the $3,000,000 home I dream but hey it is a start. No need to work for someone else unless I desire to do so. In conclusion: Taking a risk for moving from a job to a business is a smart career move. You will be your own boss and nobody tells you what you need to do and when you need to accomplish projects.
It is you and only you. So the smartest decision you could ever make in your career is starting your own income producing business.


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using RestCake.Metadata;

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		{
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		internal abstract string GetArgsListAsString(MethodMetadata method);

		protected abstract string GetMethodUrl(MethodMetadata method);

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