I claim that I am usually correct in pretty much any declarative statement I make.
How could this realistically be true?
Well, I read. A LOT.
I study. I experiment. I test. I attempt to think deep thoughts.
But with that, I'm probably only more likely to be right than wrong.
So how can I claim to right?
If I haven't studied, tested and pondered the subject to the point where I'm nearly certain of the answer, I just say "I don't know."


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AdvertorialFEB/MAR 2014
Northern Karate
Advertorial 2014-02-03
03 Feb 2014 By Advertorial
You may know it as the giant of the GTA's martial arts scene, but Northern Karate isn't just a local favourite: it's known Canada-wide for its by-the-book teachings and kick-butt client transformations.
Since its founding in 1972, Northern Karate has blossomed into 10 locations across the Greater Toronto Area and now instructs over 8,000 students, young and old.
"We have kids starting from the age of three and a half, all the way up," says Cos Vona, a director at Northern Karate Schools. "My eldest student started at 62. He was retired and decided to take up martial arts. He got his black belt at 69, and now even his grandkids are training!"
It's no surprise that the 42-year-old company is receiving such love: it's even earned recognition in Okinawa, Japan — the birthplace of karate — for its craft, which strives to never stray from karate's original meaning, teachings and benefits. According to Vona, this means guiding students to help them build not only physical strength and stamina but also emotional confidence.
"A lot of parents are concerned with their kids' confidence — you can't buy it off a shelf," says Vona, who equates karate to a life skill, like swimming. "After 42 years, Northern Karate has confidence-boosting down to a science; whether they're kids or adults, we instill self-esteem in our students that they can use in all areas of their lives."
Students can expect to have their self-esteem engines revved even further in 2014, when Northern Karate plans to fly in some friends from Japan as special guest trainers.
"We're very tied to our roots in Okinawa," says Vona. "I've trained there, and so have many of our senior instructors. The schools there recognize us and respect us, and not a lot of places have that connection."
Indeed, the company has left the industry so starry-eyed that it has been selected to host this year's Canadian Black Belt Hall of Fame awards banquet on May 31, 2014, an event that celebrates those who have helped develop the country's martial arts landscape.
"It's an honour to be hosting the event this year," says Vona. "We're just thrilled to have been serving people for this long — and hopefully for many years to come."
Call or click to discover Northern Karate's array of enriching programs for students of all walks of life, as well as location information and pricing details.
Northern Karate Schools — Woodbridge Location
3883 Rutherford Rd., Unit 8 & 9
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M: Did you have a guide during your research phase?
we were looking for contemporary and everyday life objects, without paying too much attention whether the objects were coming from the same culture. I think that the incredible aspect of this project was that we had a structure of research based on the essentials of life, such as alimentation, hygiene, resting, reproduction, security, and so on, so basically what we all have in common, and this would open up an infinite possibility of research.
M: Did you complete any kind of research on the countries prior to visiting them?
U: No, it would have been impossible to do beforehand. It was a total of 14 countries in a timeline of 4 and a half months, and during the process of research new families of object was born very spontaneously, like for example the system of cooking that people use outdoors, usually powered by gas, gasoline, carbon, that maybe we could call barbecue, but for them is a normal way of cooking.


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package org.eclipse.collections.impl.lazy.parallel.set.sorted;

import org.eclipse.collections.api.block.function.Function;
import org.eclipse.collections.api.set.ParallelUnsortedSetIterable;
import org.eclipse.collections.impl.block.factory.Comparators;
import org.eclipse.collections.impl.block.factory.IntegerPredicates;
import org.eclipse.collections.impl.block.function.NegativeIntervalFunction;
import org.eclipse.collections.impl.factory.SortedSets;
import org.eclipse.collections.impl.lazy.parallel.set.ParallelUnsortedSetIterableTestCase;
import org.eclipse.collections.impl.list.mutable.FastList;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

public class ParallelFlatCollectDistinctSortedSetIterableTest extends ParallelUnsortedSetIterableTestCase
{
    @Override
    protected ParallelUnsortedSetIterable<Integer> classUnderTest()
    {
        return this.newWith(4, 3, 2, 1);
    }

    @Override
    protected ParallelUnsortedSetIterable<Integer> newWith(Integer... littleElements)
    {
        return SortedSets.immutable.with(Comparators.reverseNaturalOrder(), littleElements)
                .asParallel(this.executorService, 2)
                .flatCollect(i -> FastList.newListWith(9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1).select(j -> j <= i).collect(j -> i * 10 + j))
                .collect(i -> i / 10)
                .asUnique();
    }

    @Test
    @Override
    public void groupBy()
    {
        Function<Integer, Boolean> isOddFunction = object -> IntegerPredicates.isOdd().accept(object);

        Assert.assertEquals(
                this.getExpected().toSet().groupBy(isOddFunction),
                this.classUnderTest().groupBy(isOddFunction));
    }

    @Test
    @Override
    public void groupByEach()
    {
        Assert.assertEquals(
                this.getExpected().toSet().groupByEach(new NegativeIntervalFunction()),
                this.classUnderTest().groupByEach(new NegativeIntervalFunction()));
    }
}

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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Johnny Manziel eliminated the interceptions but couldn't generate enough offense for the Montreal Alouettes in a 24-17 loss to the Ottawa Redblacks on Saturday night.
After throwing four first-half interceptions last week in his Montreal debut, Manziel was 16 of 26 for 168 yards without an interception. He also ran three times for 36 yards, with his fumble at the goal line recovered for a third-quarter touchdown by center Kristian Matte.
Ottawa broke a tie with 15 seconds left on William Powell's 10-yard touchdown run.
Montreal is 1-7 this season and has won just once in 19 games going back a year.
The welt on Manziel's chin came on the touchdown play where he fumbled.
The Alouettes acquired Manziel from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats three weeks ago. The 2012 Heisman Trophy winner at Texas A&M, played in two exhibition games for Hamilton, but couldn't get on the field behind starter Jeremiah Masoli in the regular season. Montreal's 50-11 home loss to Hamilton last week was his first regular-season action since December 2015 with the NFL's Cleveland Browns.
Trevor Harris was 44 of 54 for 487 yards and a touchdown for the East-leading Redblacks (5-3). He threw a second-quarter interception that Chris Ackie returned for a touchdown.
Powell had 17 carries for 104 yards and caught two passes for 21 yards.


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Taiwan, CABEI establish trust fund to boost Central American development
Taiwan and the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) signed an agreement Thursday to form a new trust fund, with Taiwan promising to provide CABEI with US$1 million annually over a period of five years for technical assistance, training and advisory services, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA).
The Taiwan-CABEI Partnership Trust Fund will provide resources to enable the preparation and implementation of projects in sectors that can benefit from Taiwan's experience. Such projects will also be aligned with CABEI's objective of regional integration and socioeconomic development in Central America, according to separate press releases issued by MOFA and the CABEI.
The agreement was formalized in a virtual ceremony attended by CABEI Executive President Dante Mossi and Taiwan's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joseph Wu (???).
Mossi was quoted in the press release as saying Taiwan has been a non-regional member country of CABEI for almost 30 years.
"With the Taiwan-CABEI Partnership Trust Fund, we celebrate a new milestone that will benefit the Central American region," he said.
Meanwhile, Wu said in his address that the fund will help regional countries to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and boost their economies.
Taiwan will continue to work closely with CABEI to solidify partnerships in the region and to share its experience and expertise, he added.
Founded in 1960 by Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, CABEI is an international multilateral development financial institution that offers resources to projects that foster regional development, reduce poverty and inequality, and strengthen regional integration.
Among the five founding members, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua are diplomatic allies of Taiwan.
Taiwan became a non-regional member country of CABEI in 1992.
CABEI opened a representative office in Taiwan located in the Taipei 101 building earlier this year.
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Why Trump swallowed a budget deal that bleeds red ink
President Donald Trump chose the pragmatist over the rabble-rousers.
In deciding who would lead the White House in budget and debt-ceiling negotiations with Capitol Hill, the president learned a lesson from his embarrassing government shutdown earlier this year: Brush aside the budget hawks in his own party, including acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney, and focus on minimizing any drama heading into an election year.
Trump looked to Steven Mnuchin, his longtime friend, 2016 campaign official and now Cabinet member who earned a new reputation this week as a political deal-maker in Washington and helped Trump postpone any risky financial brinkmanship until after 2020.
The Treasury secretary took the lead in the five-month-long negotiations with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, striking a deal to raise the debt ceiling and set spending levels past the 2020 election. House lawmakers are set to vote on the agreement Thursday and are expected to approve it, despite widespread grumbling within the GOP.
"I was really impressed. It was a really challenging situation," McConnell said in an interview. Mnuchin "spoke for the administration. And we knew that. So whatever differences they may have had, they resolved internally. And that was helpful, too, because we knew who we were dealing with."
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In his latest series, explorer and marine biologist Monty Halls goes in search of the real story behind some of the world's greatest underwater mysteries. From underwater cities in Japan to an African lake that could be hiding a safe full of gold, Monty pushed himself to the limit on dangerous, deep dives.
Many of the dives took Monty to the margins of survivable depth, and each location presented their own unique challenges. He spoke to Peter Moore about his love of diving and how he was driven to unlock underwater secrets.
What is it that draws you to diving and to the sea?
I don't want to come out with a whole lot of statistics, but if you're not diving you're ignoring 71% of planet Earth. And of that 71%, 6% of it has been explored. It is the great last frontier. And every time you jump into the sea, you have no idea what you are going to see. You could see a basking shark go by. You can see anything on any dive and I think that always draws you deeper and deeper. So your horizons are pretty limitless diving and I think that always mesmerises me. That's always fascinated me. It's a bit of no-brainer really.
It's one of the strangest things. It came from a spur-of-the-moment comment. I was in a commissioning meeting with Channel Five and we talking about a number of different concepts, about exploration and getting out there and didn't really come up with anything solid in the course of that meeting. Then, just as I was walking out of the meeting, I turned to Steve, the commissioning editor, and said: "Steve, the funny thing is that all the great mysteries that are left in the world are all covered in water."
He said: "Stop right there. Come back, sit down and let's talk about that." So we talked about it, developed it a bit. I said the way to do it would be to put together a truly world class team of divers and recreate the Cousteau thing almost, going off and trying to find these mysteries. And that's what we did.
Right from the start it's a very Boy's Own adventure, with that whole Indiana Jones, lost treasure, mystery kind of thing.
Oh yeah, without a doubt. I tell people this was my mid-life crisis series. The divers I was working with were my heroes in the diving world. Imagine you loved rugby and you got a chance to put together your dream team – Richie McCaw, Martin Johnson – and you get to play at number 10, the Jonny Wilkinson role. That's what it was like.
Plus we got to do some pretty intense dives. In the Namibia episode, when we were looking for the Kaiser's missing gold, we were diving at 60, 80, 90 metres, sometimes with very limited visibility and a very long way from anywhere. 300 feet down and in the middle of the Namibian bush. If something had gone wrong, we'd have really been in trouble. It did have that feel of genuine exploration about it, which is a rare beast these days.
Each of your dives seemed to have that element of peril in it. In Japan, you were dealing with the currents. In the US it was the extreme cold.
It was on a sliding scale of peril, really. There were times when it was very intense. Some of the deepest stuff in Namibia were very intense indeed.
Other times it was just tough. Being knocked around by currents. I also had various ear problems in Japan because we were changing depth so frequently and we were being thrown around by the swells so much. I had to sit down a couple of times in Japan because my ears played up so much.
So those dives were just physically demanding dives. It's just hard work swimming against strong currents and big ocean swells. So you have the whole spectrum, I think. Some quite demanding, but some quite edgy as well.
You've had experience before filming underwater. You've started up a production company, Sea Dog Productions, specialising in that. But I got the sense you were pushing some boundaries in the filming aspect as well, using some new kit and some new technologies.
Yes, absolutely. Particularly with using re-breathers. Re-breathers open up that area from 40 to 100 metres that is pretty much unexplored. It's genuinely a new frontier, a twilight world that we haven't had a good look at yet.
Filming down there presents a whole set of new challenges as well. It's a bit like filming high altitude mountaineering. There's a danger, when you film up there, that you forget about the environment that you're in, so it was managing the filming within the constraints of being in quite a dangerous place.
But the one thing re-breathers do is buy you time. We all knew we had a bit of time down there to do what we needed to do. The guys who did the pioneering stuff in Namibia, all those years ago, on open circuit, normal scuba kit in the 80s, that was right on the edge. I'm not surprised that some of them had some pretty serious issues. One of them lost an arm down there. They were lucky to walk away from that one, I think.
The Namibia dive was all about trying to find sunken treasure. The Japan dive, however, was more about the mystery of an ancient underwater city.
It's called Yonaguni and basically it has divided the archeological community for a very long time. Back in the 80s, a local diver found what seemed to be a sunken temple. I'd heard about it for years – years and years. The Yonaguni temple.
We also thought it was a nice mixture of mysteries. Everyone loves the idea of Atlantis and gets carried away by the thought of Atlantis, so we thought it'd be good to have a bit of Atlantis in there somewhere. It was interesting. It was a two-week expedition, and when we finished it, the team was pretty much divided straight down the middle about whether it was man made or not. Really, interesting one.
Then in the States, you come across a wreck that is one of the most complete and untouched wrecks that you've ever come across.
Yeah, under Lake Huron. The amazing thing about it is that it's been down there for 111 years and it's pristine. It's still got rigging on it. It was freshwater and it was very, very cold. That was the challenge there. 3 degrees Celsius and you're in it for a very long time, and it's a deep dive, so you've got a lot of decompression, there's a lot of challenges in that. We found the cold very hard to deal with. It was pretty brutal at times. We feel we pretty comprehensively answered that particular question, about what happened to the vessel and indeed the crew. The crew just vanished.
So was the show about solving the mysteries or just investigating them a bit further using the new technologies available?
We tried as much as we could to solve them. And in most cases, I think we did. But there are always going to be other opinions. There's always going to be other theories. But we left feeling pretty secure that we had found the answers to a lot of the riddles we were looking at.
You also went to the Blue Hole in Dahab, which has a pretty notorious reputation as a dive spot.
The Blue Hole in Dahab was a funny one. I was very wary about going off on this whole 'This is the most lethal dive spot on earth' because, ironically, it's also one of the safest. If you dive it responsibly and safely, using the right kit, it's a phenomenally safe environment. But most people don't. That's the snag.
We basically just wanted to find out why it was killing so many people and we're fairly sure again that we did find out. It wasn't that complicated, as these things invariably aren't. That was a really enjoyable investigation. We did a very methodical, forensic examination of what happens to divers when they jump into that environment.
Basically anyone who goes on holidays now to somewhere sunny ends up getting their PADI certificate. Do you think people are pushing themselves and doing things they shouldn't as a result?
Not really. Not so much nowadays. But understand a lot more these days that if you're diving below 50 metres on a single cylinder, you're going to have problems. There's a good chance you're not going to come back. That's sort of hard-wired now into people.
You get the odd muppet, but you're going to get people who aren't experienced climbers, climbing without ropes. I think most people are sensible and I think the education's pretty good. The way these packages are put together is pretty damn good. So, no, I think it's a good thing. And I think it's a very safe sport just as long as you follow the rules.
With more and more people heading to the furthest corners of the globe diving, are there any new places left to discover?
It's ironic you say that. Just recently I was thinking, we've done all this great stuff, but what do we do now? And I thought that I should just turn my attention closer to home, because there are some amazing sites in the the UK. We've got 11,000 miles of coastline. We've got incredible history – and a lot of wrecks – that haven't really been looked at.
So about a month ago, I started putting something together called The Great British Diving Expedition. And the idea of that is to go and find sites that no one has ever dived before. Completely unique sites – high altitude lakes, waterfall plunge pools, little islands that are unexplored but with lakes on them. And we found some absolutely extraordinary sites. So that's something I'm putting together right now.
Mysteries of the Deep with Monty Halls starts 9pm 25th November on Channel Five.


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How The JTF Rigged Polls In Favour Of President Buhari, APC - Witness Tells Panel
A witness who was speaking before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, has claimed the JTF helped to rig the polls.
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Hearing resumed before the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja yesterday, with a collation agent, Mr. Bukar Petrol, narrating how the Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, allegedly rigged election in favour of President Muhammadu Buhari in Borno State.
Petrol told the Justice Mohammed Garba-led five-man panel tribunal that members of the JTF high-jacked the electoral process and allocated votes to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, after Boko Haram insurgents dispersed voters with five bomb attacks.
He testified as the 27th witness of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Atiku Abubakar, who are challenging the declaration of President Buhari as winner of the presidential contest that took place on February 23.
According to the witness who said he served as local government collation officer for the PDP, owing to "peculiar security situation in Borno State" occasioned by incessant Boko Haram attacks, all the polling units in Tambuwal LGA where he served, were situated at the same location.
He said: "Almost everything was done in one particular place which is the headquarters of the LGA. There were 10 Wards and 100 polling units because of Boko Haram. It is an unfortunate situation we have in the LGA with Sambisa forest by our left and Chibok by our right.
"You cannot access any point without security escort. What I am saying can be confirmed by security agencies. Voting started late because of deliberate action of the electoral officers. Distribution of sensitive and non-sensitive materials did not start until 8:30am.
"Voting started at exactly 10:03am. I monitored to make sure materials were distributed at the various polling units."
'B-Haram struck on polling day'
He told the tribunal that Boko Haram struck on election day. Narrating how the alleged rigging took place, the witness said: "After the explosion, the civilian JTF took over proceedings. They did not allow me to perform my task because I was supposed to work with other agents.
"They took over everything from the INEC officials and exploited the situation to rig election for the APC. I reported the incident to the Divisional Police Station, the Military Intelligence, the Criminal Investigation Bureau, Head of Mopol and to the head of the National Orientation Agency.
"Though the report to my party was in writing, my report to the five agencies was verbal because I went to meet them at the collation centre and reported to them."
Petrol's testimony tallied with that of a witness that gave evidence before him, Adam Amsani, who told the tribunal that he refused to sign a mutilated result (sheet) that was handed to him after the presidential poll.
I refused to sign mutilated result — Witness
Amsani, who testified as the PW-26, said he also served as a collation agent for the PDP, adding that he could not sign the result because it was altered in the form EC8A that was handed to him. Besides, the witness alleged before the tribunal that agents of the PDP were sent out of the collation point by security personnel in conjunction with APC agents.
Alleging that the mutilation of result was done by the State Collation Officer, he said: "I was there when the mutilation took place and I even protested. I refused to collect and sign the result at the local government because the alteration happened in front of me."
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Bishop's determined not to mess up his second chance. He's living with his dad and working at his landscape company. Bishop may not know how to read or write but if you want a landscape that'll make you the envy of all the neighbours…Bishop's your man.
Bishop knows that he's got two things going for him for sure first there's Mike. They don't have the perfect parent/child relationship, but they've got a solid foundation on which to build one. It's very clear early on that Mike genuinely cares about Bishop and want's to be there for him and be supportive. He's determined to get the dad thing right this time around. He's also got Trent…Trent's that friend that we all want the one who's there for you in good and bad. It doesn't matter because you know that friend has your back.
Edison's not really looking for a second chance he's trying to use his first one…he just wants someone that he can love and care for and maybe have feel the same way about him. Edison was raised with old fashioned values by a father who taught him how to shine his shoes, shave with a straight razor, be a gentleman, not to swear or judge and most of all to just be himself. Add in that Edison's cooking skills are amazing and it's hard to imagine why this man hasn't been off the market for years. But luckily for Bishop he's not.
One of the things that Edison and Bishop have in common is that their perception of themselves doesn't reflect how others see them. Bisop also has a strong tendency to internal things ultimately making issues bigger than they truly were or needed to be.
I loved that Bishop was very upfront with Edison about his prison record but was disappointed about how things were dealt with when it came to Bishop's reading and writing skills. I get that this was a strong source of insecurity, embarrassment and worry for Bishop. I know I couldn't imagine how it would feel to be 36 years old and have to tell someone who's opinion meant everything to me that I couldn't read…honestly my brain boggles at the mere idea of it.
Rounding out this ensemble we have Skylar…dear, dear die in a freakin' fire Skylar…let me count the ways that I despise you. I'm not even sure where to begin with this character for he was just to much…he was the little boy who thinks that you tell a girl you like them by pulling their hair and making fun of them only he never grew-up and while I'm not going go get into the details of it, the part he played in the books ending was just so far over the top that to be honest I just couldn't buy into it because he went from being an annoying jerk to someone who was not just out of touch with reality but violently so.
Bishop is definitely a slow burn especially when compared to previous books that I've read/listened to by this author and for me that's ok since these men are each dealing with their own bundles of insecurities and it's abundantly clear that neither Bishop nor Edison was looking for a quick fling, but both were looking for a relationship to last so having them spend time together where clothes were kept on and conversations were had felt very in line with the overall theme of the story.
Tor Thom was the narrator for this story and while he's not quite a new to me narrator…it's a close call on that as I've only had the opportunity to enjoy two other books that he shared in the narration of. I love that his voices are clearly distinctive, and I never had to wonder who was speaking. With his narration of 'Bishop' Tor Thom has definitely shown me that whether he's narrating a book on his own or with someone else he gets the job done and done well. I truly look forward to enjoying future audio books by this narrator…and…
Hopefully, Ms Via has more in store for us from Bishop and his friends.
An audio book of "Bishop" was graciously provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.
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You might think that your skills and knowledge are quite specialised and only applicable to your current job, however, your expertise and many of your skills can likely be transferred to other jobs and industries and will be highly valued by employers. Identifying your skills will help you with your job search activities, including determining your suitability for occupations of interest and tailoring your résumé.
'Transferable skills' are skills, abilities and knowledge you have acquired and demonstrated through your work, home life and other activities that are applicable to different jobs and/or industries. Put together, these skills, experiences and qualifications create a 'package' of technical and general employability skills that you can use to market yourself to employers.
Everyone has transferable skills, but finding ways to effectively communicate these skills to a new employer can be difficult. There are a few things you can do to make the most of your transferable skills.
Think about the skills or knowledge you have gained in your current role and through other work-related activities (previous jobs, active participation in social clubs etc.), your hobbies and leisure activities (volunteering or sport) and home-based skills (organisational skills and managing a budget). Spend some time documenting your transferable skills. Use the Skills Stocktake Activity to assist you.
Think about examples of when you have applied your skills to achieve positive outcomes at work or in other parts of your life (in voluntary or community work, for example). Consider changing the way you talk or write about your transferable skills so that employers in a different industry can understand how your skills are relevant to them – this might involve learning some new jargon or keywords to describe your skills. Make a start by considering the 'my achievements' section of the Skills Stocktake Activity.
Read through job ads and job descriptions or talk to employers to find out the skills required for jobs that interest you. Use your list of transferable skills to figure out how you measure up against the job requirements. If you think you have the right transferable skills for a particular job, try to describe these skills using the same keywords and statements used by the employer in their job ad or application form.
For a better understanding of what your transferrable skills might be, please read The Occupational Mobility and Skills Transferability of Australian Auto Industry Employees report.


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How College Radio, Dr Demento, and Monty Python's Flying Circus Turned Me into a Punk Rock Antiquarian
When I turned 13 in September, 1977, my musical interests and overall aesthetic were already in the process of being shaped by an assortment of DJs on college radio stations (and, to a lesser extent, on specialty shows on commercial rock stations.) The college stations tended to have weak signals, and I wasn't too close to any of their transmitters, so putting myself in the way of this influence often took some doing. Windy days, for example, really got in the way of the project. I used to have a little mono, battery-powered radio that I would carry to various locations in the house, riding the tuning knob to try to catch this or that stretch of this or that DJ on this or that station. You never knew what you were going to get, or if you were going to get anything, and that was definitely part of the appeal. It gave the music a sort of mystique that a more straightforward process could not have offered. There's a lot of romance and allure in uncertainty. That's quite funny when you think of what things were probably really like in the control booth on the other side of the signal, but in an another way, the way that mattered, these patchy blasts of subculture really were what they sounded like to my naive ears: transmissions from another world.
The stations were all right on top of each other on the proverbial left hand of darkness. The barest tremor of an index finger could switch you, with an Outer Limits sound effect marking the segue, from Metallic K.O. swimming in and out of focus on KFJC to little bits of "Janie Jones" and the New York Dolls and the Residents piercing through a wall of static on KZSU; then, without warning, patches of Kraut Rock obscurities would invade from KUSF. Trying to sort it all out could be annoying, but it was also a big part of what was interesting about doing it. You never knew what you were going to stumble on, or for how long. There was also no reliable way to research what had been transmitted. If you missed the back-announce, the information was gone, leaving the thirteen-year-old mind to fill in a whole lot of blanks with not a whole lot to go on.
KALX in Berkeley was my preference out of them all, as they seemed to play the most punk rock (which was the "going thing" at that time.) I was more likely to encounter things there that I'd never heard before. It was "free form radio" like the others, but there was also a consistent focus and overarching vision to the programming that the others lacked. It wasn't just a bunch of people playing records they liked at random: it had a unique character. Fortunately, the ideal spot for picking up KALX, on a good day, was the corner of the top bunk in the room I shared with my brother, like Bobby and Peter without a Greg — that's why I spent so much time there, ear to speaker, finger to knob, and one reason, of many no doubt, that my parents were so worried about me.
In contrast, the only way I could stand a chance of tuning in KZSU at Stanford was — no kidding — by climbing an oak tree at the "Rec Center" near my intermediate school, which I did regularly after school till my listening post was discovered by some mean guys who quickly realized that the thing to do when you find a guy sitting in a tree with a radio to his ear is to throw rocks at him. I think the song playing at that time was "Sonic Reducer," or, as I remember it: Sonic *ow!* Reducer *oof!* ain't no loser *Jesus!*… So that was goodbye to KZSU, if not to the Dead Boys. I'd have done anything for KZSU, but I wouldn't do that. Things were nicer and less dangerous in KALX land, that is, back home on the bunk bed.
picture of random guy in oak tree, not me
At that time, KALX was broadcast from the Lawrence Hall of Science, where my classes had been going on regular field trips since elementary school. I have no idea what we were meant to gain from these trips officially, but for me the main point of interest was that you could see the KALX dj in a glass booth that jutted into the cafeteria. It was like the radio made flesh. It was there, in that booth and cafeteria, that I caught my first in-person glimpse of the Ramones, who were, it appeared, there for an interview. It wasn't like it is now, where every other person you meet looks like that. Back then they were the kind of guys who really stood out in a Hall of Science. And of course, I relished the fact that I was the only person in the school group who knew that this was something to be impressed by. Being a snob is so easy in the seventh grade. Well, it's still pretty easy, to be honest.
Later on, when I went to college myself I signed up at KALX and eventually started doing a show of my own. (I lived in the dorms at Ehrman Hall, which was, incidentally, where KALX got its start over physical wires via a cigar box mixing board, twenty years earlier — kind of spooky, sort of.)
picture of alleged KALX mixing board found on the internet
I was able to meet some of those people who had influenced me so much, and that was pretty strange. For example, the Amazing Mystery DJ, who inadvertently and at long distance had taught me more about music than any other single person. I know this will sound quite peculiar to anyone who knows either of us, but when my band's first little record came out he put a note in my box that said "you are a good songwriter," which felt like winning an award and which I saved and still have, somewhere. Even though I wasn't, really, not yet — a good songwriter, I mean. (I also really used to like a KFJC dj who went by the name of Lou Wave. Had I gone to Foothill Junior College instead of UC Berkeley, and had Lou Wave put an approbatory note in my KFJC box, I'd have saved it as a make-shift award too, I'm sure. I've always wondered what happened to that guy.)
Things had changed a lot at KALX, and in "punk", in those intervening years. The "going thing" was no longer the punk rock of the 70s, but was all hardcore and "thrash funk" and other things from which I recoiled with petulance and a fair bit of hostility. I was a throwback from the beginning, a situation I got used to. I didn't know what I was doing, ever, but I knew I liked the Buzzcocks and the Undertones more than the Chilly Red Hot Peppers or whatever, so that's the sort of thing I tended to play. A mere six years after 1977 I was a punk rock antiquarian, a nineteen-year-old curmudgeon, and an all around irritating guy.
My first taste of punk rock radio, though, and the true root of what was to become the college radio investigations I've just described, had come from Dr. Demento. People don't always recall just how much punk rock he used to play in the midst of the novelty songs his show was most known for. It was there, I'm pretty sure, that I first heard "Cherry Bomb," "Ain't You," "Gary Gilmore's Eyes," the Dickies' various covers,"Your Love is Like Nuclear Waste," "Warm Leatherette," "Oh Bondage Up Yours," and Devo's pre-Eno Booji Boy "Mongoloid." I believe I first heard the Ramones on his show as well.
In seventh and eight grades, I was, along with a handful of other nerdy misfits, a member of The Monty Python Club, a student group that met in Mr. Broz's classroom at lunchtime. Mostly what we did was record the audio of Monty Python's Flying Circus PBS TV broadcasts by putting a cassette recorder up against the TV speaker. Then we would bring the tapes to school, play them, and try to memorize them, in anticipation of a coming world where, it was to be hoped, being able to recite Monty Python sketches would confer some great, unspecified social benefit. (Still waiting. I have faith.)
Eventually, a couple of us started bringing in tapes made from the Dr. Demento show as well, and the Monty Python club transmogrified into an unofficial punk rock club (and lost most of its few members, and Mr. Broz.)
Wouldn't it be great, I used to think, if there were a radio station that played Dr. Demento, punk rock, and Monty Python sketches round the clock instead of only once a week? College radio was the closest I could get, so once I discovered it, I jumped right in. It was a dream that was worth a little static.
Now, if anyone has bothered to read this far down the page, the punchline and I do have one, is this. What I used to look like at that time:
Orgasm addict, '77
And here is the Monty Python Club, ca. 1978:
[I posted a version of this story a ways back on my old, now dying, blog.]
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Innovation Ireland Forum: Fidelity EVP on open innovation and creativity
by Ann O'Dea
23 Oct 20141.49k Views
Regina Sullivan, EVP, Global Business Services, Fidelity Investments
Creativity and innovation are not just about what goes on inside the organisation, says Regina Sullivan, EVP, Global Business Services, Fidelity Investments, it is vital to also look outside.
Most people see Fidelity Investments as a financial services company, which it is, but it invests almost $3bn a year on technology.
"We do that to keep the systems running, but also to innovate and to create new things for our customers," says Sullivan. "Today over 25pc of our workforce is in technology."
When it comes to innovation, Sullivan says it is vital for established organisations to look out as well as within.
"You have to do both, so it's what we do and how we do it that matters. We look to academia, we look to our competitors, we look to those things that are external disrupters," she says.
"We are a company that has been in business quite a long time, and you have these smaller, nimbler competitors who are doing interesting things. So we watch and we see, because of course we also want to be ahead of them," Sullivan added.
"If you don't compete and you don't look outside, then you are going to struggle in your company, so we are very focused on making sure we do. We have alliances with universities and academia, industry, many great groups.
"And we also set things up internally, so we have a whole focused team on innovation. We have Fidelity Labs, which is a separate group of people outside the business units. So it's really important to understand what's going on in order to understand how you can serve your customers."
Watch the full interview with Sullivan on open innovation and creativity, and on diversity, here:
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FFF6 Playlist Series – Friday's Orange Stage
A friend of mine and I were discussing the awesome awesome lineup for Fun Fun Fun Fest this year, and yesterday, they announced their schedule for our viewing pleasure. My friend was excited, but admitted he knew only a few bands. Where, he wondered aloud, could he find a comprehensive rundown of each band, a sampling of their musical chops, so he could further educate himself before the finest weekend of his year? I assume the Fun Fun Fun website has such a playlist, and they do, and it's cool, but I wanted to make my own. So every Friday, from now until the fest (that's nine weeks), I will be posting a playlist for your educational purposes for each stage and day, excluding the Yellow stage, which is mostly comedy.
This week's playlist covers the bands playing on the Orange (Indie) stage on Friday – Boxer Rebellion, Cloud Nothings, Ocote Soul Sounds, The Thermals, Heartless Bastards, Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, Okkervil River, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Passion Pit.
Listen to the playlist on Spotify.
Missing From Playlist (not on Spotify yet): TV Torso, Jim Ward
My Stage Pick: Cloud Nothings
While The Thermals rank high on my anticipation list, I am most excited to see a repeat viewing of the high-energy Cloud Nothings, whose SXSW sets knocked me on my ass with rapid-fire tempo and singalong refrains.
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My flat now has a broken door, he has removed the smoke alarm, and he is currently in custody.
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Additionally the neighbour downstairs has said that she does not feel safe with him there, and has complained that she wants him out.


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How can I play assassins creed 3 on my pc with my xbox 360 controller?
Also there is one point in the game, (I think it is when you start trading and are using the ledger to buy lumber/ wood) You need to use the keyboard.
As strigoi says just make sure to turn the controller on before you start the game and then select it in the options.
My Xbox controller is working just fine with all AC games.


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Q: Vim doesn't autoindent when pasting from system I am trying to paste text from the system clipboard into vim, and it is not auto-indenting. I highlight then middle click in a terminal window, and any newlines are not indenting to the level where I pasted. Auto indent is working when typing normally.
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Aussie SMEs slow to expand overseas: survey
Dynamic Business
Despite globalisation removing barriers to overseas expansion, it appears that SME owners are not yet convinced of the benefits. Recent data from Bentleys, a mid-tier accounting and business advisory firm, found that only 19% of Australian and New Zealand businesses operated in overseas markets.
The latest The Voice of Australian Business survey, a bi-annual national survey of SMEs, revealed that a majority of businesses operating overseas are medium-sized, rather than small or micro, with the most common markets for expansion being the USA, UK and Asia.
Risk-averse owners forgo global expansion
Scott Field, Associate Director, Bentleys Queensland suggested the low number of businesses operating globally could signify that SME owners feel the risk outweighs the advantages.
"SME owners can be risk-averse in thinking about going global. For them, international markets may present exciting growth and diversification opportunities but it can also present challenges. This fear often comes from a lack of knowledge in how to make the transition from a local to global business," said Field.
Lack of interest, lack of perceived value
The survey revealed the largest barrier to overseas expansion was a lack of interest (38%) or lack of perceived value, followed by physical distance (35%) and not knowing how to operate outside of Australia (15%).
Field said that while it can be a challenging process for many, overseas expansion can provide opportunities for unparalleled growth, provided SME owners have done their due diligence.
"Going global requires an understanding of the local regulatory compliance framework, from tax and custom laws, to securitisation of intellectual property and asset protection, to appropriate business structuring, so as to identify and mitigate any potential risks," Field said.
"This is where the need for an established relationship with an advisor, who has an understanding of working with businesses expanding globally, comes into play."
Expansion essentials for SMEs
For those SMEs looking to expand into the overseas market, Field recommends the below:
Have a business plan – perform a SWOT Analysis to identify your strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
Do your due diligence. Research the market you wish to move into, and ensure you are utilising all resources available through your accounting or advisory network to understand the legal and regulatory framework.
Have a well thought out financing structure and ensure your business has a robust financial forecast quantifying business expansion costs.
Understand the local economic and political environment.
Check what government grants are available, the Australian government is trying to encourage exporting and there are a number of grants available depending on the industry and market you are trying to break into. There are also a number of trade agreements in place, for instance in the Asia-Pacific region we have the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement and Trans Pacific Partnership.
Other findings
Other key findings from the survey around overseas expansion include:
For those who were trading overseas, they cited physical distance as the greatest challenge to their operations (59 per cent) over technology challenges (44 per cent) and cultural differences (44 per cent).
Awareness of the China-Australia Free Trade Agreement (64%) was much higher among respondents to the survey than awareness of the Trans Pacific Partnership (40%).
Among those who were aware of either the TPP or CHAFTA, there was no clear consensus as to whether the agreements would be threats or opportunities – opinion was evenly divided in both cases.
Only 15% of those aware of either the TPP or CHAFTA intended to take advantage of either agreement; 54% said they did not. Medium businesses were most likely to have plans to take advantage.
Technology and agriculture were the industry sectors most commonly nominated as being the likely major growth industries for Australia over the next three years. Other sectors nominated by respondents included health and renewable energy.
#Bentleys#Due Diligence#Global Expansion#local economies#Overseas Markets#political environment#SME expansion#Trading Overseas


By Paul B. Henze, Special to The Christian Science Monitor The writer was on the staff of the National Security Council during the Carter presidency and is the author of the recently published book, ''The Plot to Kill the Pope'' (Scribners).
The unsuccessful plot to kill the Pope is about to swirl back into the limelight. Next month, the findings of Italian Judge Ilario Martella's meticulous investigation of the case, concluded in mid-December after nearly 21/2 years, are scheduled to be made public.
In addition, the Italians are wrestling with the decision as to whether to put Sergei Antonov, former head of the Bulgarian airline's office in Rome, on trial. Mr. Antonov has just been returned to prison after spending a month under house arrest. He has been investigated as an accomplice in the plot.
Musa Serdar Celebi and Omar Bagci, two Turks who were extradited to Italy early last year, may also be tried as accessories.
The Bulgarians and the Soviets, whose secret services frequently work closely together, have heatedly denied any involvement in the 1981 attempt by a young Turk, Ali Agca, to assassinate Pope John Paul II - even though Agca declared publicly last July that he knew he was working for the KGB, the Soviet secret police. Judge Martella, too, is reported to have built an unusually strong case for Bulgarian conspiracy with Soviet backing.
Instead the two Communist governments have de-rided such reports. The Soviets have put out a stream of reports alleging that the United States was behind the plot. And the Bulgarians have pushed a campaign to create the impression that the case against Antonov had collapsed because Agca had been proved a liar.
No observer in Rome will rule out the possibility of a deal whereby Antonov, though proven guilty in Italian law, might still be traded for the two young Italians arrested in Bulgaria in December 1982 and convicted of espionage on apparently trumped-up charges.
1. The Russians did it, working through the Bulgarians.
2. Somebody else did it.
4. The Americans did it.
All serious judicial and professional investigation that has been done since 1981 strengthens the first hypothesis. So does careful examination of the other three.
We know that Agca was recruited young and given unusual handling, including training by the Palestine Liberation Organization. Large sums of money were deposited in banks for him before he committed his first spectacular murder of an editor in Turkey.
Hidden sponsors then extricated Agca from prison and got him out of Turkey into Iran. Several mysterious months later he turned up in Bulgaria, where his links to Turkish smugglers (such as Bekir Celenk and Abuzer Ugurlu) and the Bulgarian secret police are documented. Then he was set on a circuitous but well-financed path to Rome.
A non-Russian theory requires plausible explanations. Could it have been Islamic fundamentalists? Turkish arms and narcotics traffickers? The PLO? The Italian Mafia? Anti-Polish elements in the Catholic hierachy?
The problem of motivation is crucial. None of the above groups can be shown to have a sufficiently compelling motive to develop and sustain, over a long period of time, such an elaborate and costly scheme entailing classic clandestine intelligence techniques.
Agca was only a nominal Muslim. He had no fundamentalist ties. As a student he was oddly apolitical. There is no evidence that he was ever even a ''Gray Wolf'' (a rightist Turkish nationalist). He was never involved in smuggling.
Perhaps then he was simply mad - like John Hinckley, who shot President Reagan?
Repeated psychological tests have shown Agca to be not only sane, but also above-average in intelligence. Like the ''somebody else'' theory, the ''madness'' theory falls apart in the face of fact.
With the Americans, of course, say the Kremlin's propagandists. The Russians started to push the blame onto the United States immediately after the shooting - insinuating that William Wilson, President Reagan's personal representative at the Holy See and now ambassador designate, was angered by the Pope's attitude on Jerusalem and El Salvador.
Disinformation initially spread in 1981 has had to be bolstered by taller and taller tales. The result is an incredible hodgepodge of alleged CIA conspiracy, Brzezinski and Kissinger actions, and orders from the Reagan White House.
If the Russians and Bulgarians could come up with a plausible alternate explanation of the plot, it would be sure to get some acceptance. There are many individuals - and governments - in the world who would rather not acknowledge that Kremlin leaders actually planned such a deed. But it is hard to find anyone ready to buy the Soviet thesis that the US did it.
Washington, like other Western capitals, continues to maintain discrete silence about the plot. Thus some journalists have concluded that no one in the Reagan administration any longer believes in the Bulgarian connection. Others contend that President Reagan and CIA Director William Casey are engaged in a deliberate cover-up of evidence of Soviet complicity. Both contentions seem exaggerated.
Oleg Bitov, Literaturnaya Gazeta's chief foreign editor, defected in Italy in September and is now being interrogated in England.
Soon after he disappeared from the Venice Film Festival, Moscow claimed he had been kidnapped as part of the US cover-up of the plot to kill the Pope. But Bitov may soon tell us more about Moscow's efforts to put the blame on the US.


Parrafin numbers sequences are examples of linear recurrences.
and Q are constant matrices.
- The sum of two linear recurrences is a linear recurrence.
- The product of two linear recurrences is a linear recurrence.
- The running sum of two linear recurrences is a linear recurrence.
- The convolution of two linear recurrences is a linear recurrence.
These are each polynomial in n, so they are linear recurrences.
running sum of f, so a is a polynomial recurrence.
which bodes well for its being a correct formula.
seeing if they agree. This is probably not worth the effort.
correct if it agrees with, say, 16 sequence elements.
> for paraffins using infinite products.
>> Does anybody knows how to prove o disprove these formulas?


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Is there anything better than the smell of a live Christmas tree?! Picking out our tree every year was one of my favorite holiday memories as a child. We really wanted to start some new family traditions this year so we ditched our fake tree during The Great Purge right before we moved and never looked back.
Our tradition is to decorate either Thanksgiving evening after dinner or on Black Friday. This year we were scheduled to depart for a Christmas Disney vacation a few days after Thanksgiving & decided to decorate a little early. It was so nice to come home from vacation as see the twinkle of the tree through the front window as we arrived home!
We've been working on lots of projects since I last posted. Brett ran power out to the barn. He did an excellent job and now has a fully functioning workshop! We've also completely renovated Baker's new big boy room upstairs. We have a few small details I'm finishing up there, but hopefully I can reveal the whole thing soon! We've already moved him in and I think he's really enjoying having his own little space that's just for him.
Here's a peek at how we're spending our Christmas on the farm this year! I've included a really easy "recipe" you can use to help keep your real tree alive longer. Scroll to the bottom for some great tips on Christmas tree preservation!
Wishing you Warmth, Joy and Happiness this Christmas from our family to yours..
Brett made the star tree topper out of old wood from the barn. It feels special and it's one of my favorite pieces this year!
The Christmas tractor.. Baker's favorite Christmas decoration.
I researched several concoctions to help preserve our tree this year. Some swear by the commercial preservatives. Some use sprite, corn syrup or even aspirin. Some just use water. I mixed a solution of 2 quarts of water, 2 cups of light corn syrup, juice from 1 whole lemon, and 2 tbs of bleach. You can mix a large batch and store it in a sealed container to use throughout the holiday season.
Make sure to cut the bottom of the tree trunk before you put it in the stand. Tree sap will seal the bottom of the trunk after it's cut and will keep your tree from soaking up water. Experts say this process takes about three hours before the sap hardens. Most tree farms will trim the bottom for you before you leave!
We are also using a timer for our lights. Sometimes I love the glow of the tree when I'm home during the day, but most of the time I leave the timer set to turn on for a few hours in the evening so that the heat won't dry the tree out completely.
My last tip is just to water, water, water! The best little tool I found this year was a funnel designed JUST to water your Christmas tree! It was only $4 at Home Depot! It has a long, slender tube that slides right into the base so you don't have to crawl under the tree to water it. Genius!
So far, our tree is still alive and kicking'... Hope these tips help you, too! Merry Christmas, friends!
I'm behind on my blog reading, but your home looks GORGEOUS! I've always loved your style!
Thank you so much, Caitlin! Happy New Year!


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Q: Custom Walker for Walker_Nav_Menu I'm trying to add a custom menu structure for my WordPress theme. This is how I want it to look:

    Parent Name

            Child Name1
            Child Name2

I've written a custom walker to do this, but it is not giving me what I really want. Here's my walker class:
class loggmax_class_walker extends Walker_Nav_Menu{

// Start level, beginning tags
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    $class_names = $value = '';
    $classes = empty( $item->classes ) ? array() : (array) $item->classes;
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    $class_names = $class_names ? ' class="' . esc_attr( $class_names ) . '"' : '';
    $id = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_item_id', 'menu-item-'. $item->ID, $item, $args );
    $id = $id ? ' id="' . esc_attr( $id ) . '"' : '';

    $atts = array();
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    $atts['href']   = ! empty( $item->url )        ? $item->url        : '';
    $atts['slug']   = ! empty( $item->slug )        ? $item->slug      : '';
    $atts = apply_filters( 'nav_menu_link_attributes', $atts, $item, $args );
    $attributes = '';
    $item_output = '';
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}
}

and this code is in my header.php
if ( has_nav_menu( 'primary-menu' ) )
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            'theme_location'    => 'primary-menu',
            'container'         => 'ul',
            'menu_class'        => 'pull-left',
            'items_wrap'        => '
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',
            'walker'            => new loggmax_class_walker()
        ) );

and this is what is being displayed:

   Parent Title

         Child Title

         Child Title 2

How do I remove the ending list tag
 that is being printed in the sub-menu items?

A: Old question, but you can override the
 in the Walker's end_el() function (see wp-includes/class-walker-nav-menu.php); in your case, something like:
public function end_el( &$output, $item, $depth = 0, $args = array() ) {
    if ( isset( $args->item_spacing ) && 'discard' === $args->item_spacing ) {
        $n = '';
    } else {
        $n = "\n";
    }
    if ( $depth == 0 ) {
        $output .= "
{$n}";
    } else {
        $output .= "{$n}";
    }
}

A: It appears the

in the end_lvl function and also within $item_output as well. Although I have no experience with writing walker code, I have previously used a Bootstrap walker, so these might not be of any use to you. Perhaps taking a look through the following links might help?

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*https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/Walker

*https://github.com/twittem/wp-bootstrap-navwalker


The exhibition Play for Display was presented in conjunction with the Göteborg International Biennial for Contemporary Art, GIBCA as a part of the satellite program GIBCA Extended. The project was announced by Diagonal as an open call where jewellery artists could apply with images of their work and a description of the emotions or reactions they expected the wearer to experience when wearing their piece. Over 90 international artists applied and finally jewellery by 24 artists from 13 countries was selected and presented at Four during September 2013.
With the project Play for Display we wanted to engage the audience with jewellery. We encouraged the visitors to try on the jewellery and experience it's character. We invited the visitors to get close to the pieces – to touch them, try them on – to get to know them. This way we made the visitors truly experience the techniques, materials and the ideas behind the artwork.


The Gaviota Tourism Group and representatives from a number of fine hotels across Cuba are touring Canada this week. In Toronto on April 9 and Montreal on April 10, the representatives are here to highlight the extensive upgrades and developments taking place across in Cuba in 2019.
Throughout this year, Cuba is committed to improving its accommodations offerings across the country with investments in existing properties to increase capacity and modernize design and decor.
Cuba will also see the opening of two brand new properties, the International Melia Varadero Hotel and Hotel Paseo Del Prado.
More developments in 2019 for travellers to look forward to include greater WiFi accessibility throughout Cuba, investments in transit, marinas, recreational facility, and cultural institution infrastructure, and Havana's 500th anniversary celebrations.
All these investments will be made in hopes of attracting a new and greater audience to Cuba. In 2018, Cuba welcomed 4.7 million tourists, and projections for 2019 are estimated to surpass the 5 million mark.


Enemies are below you and above you, apart from being on your left and right in this game of helicopter flying and fighting. Go further in the game and you get ammunition of better strength and quality, apart from fuel to help you in your exploits against the enemies. Throw bombs on the enemies on floor to eliminate them. In this game, you get the perfect partner that will definitely go a long way in providing you some joyous moments in times of utter boredom.


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Are You Dating an Abuser?
Laura Petherbridge
"My fiancé is jealous. He gets furious when I won't dump my friends and spend all my free time with him," the weeping woman shared with me. "I was so thrilled to have a guy who was devoted to me that I ignored the warning signs. I convinced myself that he loves me and that things would get better with time. I was wrong — completely wrong. The closer the wedding gets, the more controlling he becomes. I don't know what to do."
After working with singles and married couples for more than 28 years, I have come to believe abuse is an ongoing, escalating problem. Men are often portrayed as the sadistic ones; however, women can be equally dangerous.
Here are twelve warning signs to detect an abusive person
An abuser is typically:
Charming. This person quickly smothers the other with gifts and praise. He/she immediately pushes for an exclusive relationship using phrases such as "I can't live without you" or "I'll kill myself if you leave." That's a clear indication something is wrong.
Jealous. He/she views others as a threat to the relationship and relentlessly accuses adultery. "I know you are having an affair." The irony is that the abuser is usually the cheater.
Manipulative. Abuse and manipulation go hand-in-hand. This person easily detects vulnerability in others and uses it as a weapon to control, belittle, and demean the victim. "You are weak and ugly; no wonder you were abused as a kid."
Controlling. Constant checking on the whereabouts of the victim is a common trait for an abuser. "I check the mileage on your car. So don't lie to me." A male controller often refuses to let his wife or girlfriend have a job because she might "meet someone.
A victim. An abuser doesn't take any responsibility for his/her poor choices. They are never at fault. When she loses her job, or he gets into a fight, someone else is to blame. "You make me hit you" or "I drink because you stress me out."
Narcissistic. The whole world revolves around the abuser and his/her needs. This person is invigorated by the fact that the victim "walks on eggshells" and lives in fear of the next outburst.
Inconsistent. Mood swings are a common trait for an abuser. One minute he/she is happy and sweet, the next pounding a fist or throwing a tantrum.
Critical. Verbal assaults are typically the first steps of an abuser. "You are a stupid, fat, disgusting tramp. You can't ever leave me; no other man would have you," or "Ha! You call yourself a man. You are nothing but a spineless mama's boy."
Disconnected. Isolation from others is a key goal for the abuser. This forces the victim into total dependence and submission. "Your family causes too much trouble for us. I don't want you seeing them anymore."
Hypersensitive. The slightest offense sends the abuser ranting. Everyone is out to "get" him/her. "My boss had it in for me," "I bend over backwards to make your kids happy," or "The cops target me" are common complaints.
Vicious and cruel. Intimidation, fear, and inflicting pain fuels his/her power. "If I can't have you, no one will" or "I just pretended to love you so that you would sleep with me." Abusers think nothing of harming children or animals.
Insincerely repentant. After an offense he/she will swear, "I'll never behave like that again." But unless an abuser receives professional help and solid accountability, it's unlikely the abuse will disappear.
Serving opportunities often come at inconvenient times.
After marriage these behaviors typically escalate. Therefore it's crucial to recognize the warning signs beforehand. Tell someone you can trust — and get help. Refuse to believe the lie that it's not abuse until he/she hits you.
WARNING: The MOST dangerous time when escaping abuse is shortly after the abuser realizes he/she has lost their power. When an abuser loses control they often react with rage and the abuse intensifies. Therefore, make an escape plan before breaking off the relationship. Contact a counselor or local domestic abuse hotline and/or safe house in your community.
▸ Also See: Abuse Resources
Ignoring toxic, destructive behavior isn't loving, compassionate, or kind. It's foolish. It's destructive.
Copyright © 2015 Laura Petherbridge. All rights reserved.
Category:Pre-Marriage
Topics: Abuse, Dating, Marriage Preparation
Laura Petherbridge serves couples and single adults with topics on spiritual growth, relationships, stepfamilies, co-parenting, single parenting, divorce prevention, and divorce recovery. She is an international speaker and author of four books including, When "I Do" Becomes "I Don't"—Practical Steps for Healing During Separation and Divorce, and The Smart Stepmom, co-authored with stepfamily expert Ron Deal and endorsed by Gary Chapman (Five Love Languages), 101Tips for The Smart Stepmom—Expert Advice from One Stepmom to Another and Quiet Moments for the Stepmom Soul-a devotional. Read more at TheSmartStepmom.com and laurapetherbridge.com. See Laura's Books
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Marriage is a Journey, Not a Destination
Your Must-Haves and Can't Stands
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Cohabiting Not Such a Good Idea After All
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Elisabeth Klein
Old Enough to Know
Marriage-Bound or Just living together?
Drs. Patrick and Michelle Gannon
No One Told Me Marriage Was Like This
Rob Moll


Federal employees in six metropolitan areas will likely begin receiving higher locality pay in 2019 to account for large pay gaps with non-federal employers.
The Federal Salary Council last week voted to add six new special pay rate localities to the President's Pay Agent: Birmingham, Ala.; San Antonio, Texas; Burlington, Vt.; and Virginia Beach, Va., Omaha, Neb.; and Corpus Christi, Texas.
According to the American Federation of Government Employees, all of these areas have pay gaps that are more than 10 percentage points above the pay gap for the "Rest of U.S." locality area, which is the current criteria for establishing new pay localities.
"The council heard from federal employers in three locations – Charleston, S.C.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Imperial County, Calif. – who are finding it almost impossible to recruit and retain the workers they need because federal wages are not competitive," an AFGE statement notes, adding, "Yet none of the areas qualify for their own pay locality under the current methodology."
It plans to review the current methods used for determining when areas outside of existing pay localities should be added to nearby localities or turned into their own pay locality.
Read the AFGE statement here.


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Pavement plans go to the ballot
Special referendum set for Tuesday vote
Jon Winkler
jwinkler@nashobavalleyvoice.com
TOWNSEND — Voters will head to the polls Tuesday for a special referendumm on the establishment of a plan to fix local roads for the right price at the right time.
The town is looking for voter approval to bond for $5.1 million that would help fund its Pavement Management Program from 2019 through 2021. The program was first presented publicly during a Board of Selectmen meeting on April 18 this year. The plan lays out specific types of work to be done to numerous town streets over the next three years.
Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Memorial Hall. The question asks permission to take on debt for a limited period, outside the constraints of Proposition 2 1/2
According to the plan, developed by the BETA Group engineering firm, about 80 miles of road in town that require repair. About 32 miles of road require reclamation work, 23 miles of road have cracks that need to be sealed and 15 miles of road need to be milled and given a new overlay of riding surface. Roads the plan gives priority to include Ash Street, Maplewood Drive and Worcester Road. About four miles of road only need preventive maintenance and the remaining four-and-a-half miles can have maintenance deferred.
Work will cost about $7.6 million and the payment will be covered in two halves: $5.1 million will be covered by the debt-exclusion bond while the remaining $2.5 million will be covered by the town's Pavement Management Fund.
According to Town Administrator James Kreidler, the $2.5 million will be funded over a period of five years starting in 2020 when the town will combine state funds under Chapter 90, $250,000 in free cash and $50,000 from excise tax revenue. For the ensuing years, the town will continue to add on Chapter 90 state funding, $250,000 in free cash and excise tax revenue from the previous year plus $50,000 every year until the total excise tax revenue equals $250,000 per year. For homes assessed at $250,000, taxes will increase quarterly by $36.95 due to the bond.
"I think us living with New England weather conditions and geology have had a hard time maintaining road conditions," Kreidler said. "We have to put off long-term maintenance of the roads when money is tight. Like many communities, we find ourselves behind the 8-ball."
According to the Capital Improvement Plan for the project, 2020 is estimated to be the most expensive year at $2.86 million while 2019 is estimated at $2.27 million and 2021 is expected to cost $2.55 million.
New Fitchburg Road is estimated to be the most costly, coming in at $896,953 scheduled for 2020. The other high-priced work will take place on Turnpike Road for $495,087 in 2021, Mason Road for $483,574 in 2021, Bayberry Hill Road for $468,086 in 2020 and Highland Street for $478,847 later this year.
On top of the actual maintenance performed, the town will have to perform follow-up work on the roads. This includes updating the data on the roads as improvements are completed, monitoring the costs of road work, re-assessing the town's assets and updating the town database to reflect the improved roads.
"The roads have been neglected for so long that it's time to do something about it," Highway Superintendent James Smith said.
Jon Winkler: jwinkler @nashobavalleyvoice.com


BMW will offer even better options for the exclusive X5 and X6 models. The big vehicles can be ordered with new exterior colours and an expanded choice of light alloy wheels. Both models will be available as Exclusive Edition models.
Both will hit the market this fall as the BMW X5 xDrive30d will also be available with BMW BluePerformance technology meeting the EURO 6 regulations. It averages 7.4 liters per 100km and 195 g/km of CO2.
The latest additions to the range of optional equipment and the BMW Individual package will be introduced simultaneously for the BMW X5 and the BMW X6.
The BMW Individual interior trim sets distinctive new accents with its black patterned leather. BMW Individual extended Merino leather trim is also now available in Amaro Brown. For even more driving excitement, the BMW X5 Sport Package includes the new M leather steering wheel with integrated gearshift paddles.
Another additional option for the Exclusive Edition are new 20-inch light alloy wheels with Y spoke styling.


Illnesses can spread quickly among young children in these colder months. And the antibiotics we use to treat them often cause an upset stomach. But should we be considering supplements and probiotics to strengthen their immune systems? Here's our take on it.
We all want our kids to be as healthy as possible, especially going into winter, when illnesses can spread quickly among school children. No matter how hard parents try to keep their kids safe and healthy, sometimes even the most vigilant measures can't ward off illnesses like persistent coughs and colds, sore throats, eye or ear infections and even fevers, vomiting and diarrhoea. School-going children are prone to illnesses – their immune systems are still immature, and they're encountering all these viruses, bacteria and other antigens for the first time. And the antibiotics used to treat these illnesses kill both the good and bad bacteria in their guys, leading to upset stomachs.
Additionally, while childhood is a time when getting nutritious food is crucial, as a parent, it's very difficult to make your child eat the right foods. Media and advertisements greatly influence young tastes and preferences, and they don't always convey the messages we want. Junk food is just one of the many things that can harm the good organisms that are found in our digestive systems. The junk foods that children constantly see advertisements for and desire have excessive amounts of fat and sodium, while failing to provide fibre and certain vitamins and minerals that are necessary for the child's overall growth and development. They contribute to obesity, tooth decay and a range of lifestyle diseases.
The question then is should we be boosting our children's immunity with probiotics and multivitamin supplements? The first step is understanding how they work.
What are Probiotics and Multivitamin Supplements?
These live microorganisms help maintain a healthy balance in our digestive system by replacing normal gut flora and controlling the growth of harmful bacteria. These are also commonly known as friendly bacteria.
The idea that bacteria are beneficial can be tough to understand. Eighty percent of a child's immune system resides in the stomach, so the balance of gut flora plays an important role in maintaining immune function. Just like there are both, good and bad people in the world, similarly, there are both, good and bad bacteria in the gut. When talking about gut flora, it's the good bacteria that matters.
Various vitamins and minerals are essential for the growth and development of children. Multivitamin supplements are preparations that contain all the necessary vitamins and minerals in different quantities. They are usually available as pills, capsules, syrups, liquids or powders.
Children are subjected to many toxins that can decrease digestive function, which affects the body's ability to utilise nutrients and rid itself of cholesterol. This triggers chronic inflammation, which is the cause of many chronic conditions and diseases.
Safeguarding and restoring a child's digestive health is all about balancing the good and bad gut bacteria by including probiotics in their diet.
How do we get Probiotics?
Probiotics are naturally found in many Indian foods, especially in fermented preparations. Good sources of probiotics include curd, buttermilk, lassi, dosa, wada or idli, dhokla, kadhi and fermented beverages.
In addition to its natural occurrence, probiotics are also being cultivated and consciously added into foods like yoghurt or milk (Yakult). It is also packaged and sold in a more concentrated form as a powder supplement.
It's important to understand that probiotics are not a new idea. Throughout history, cultures have thrived on probiotics found in fermented and cultured foods, which is how foods were preserved before the invention of the refrigerator. In fact, the refrigerator is arguably one of the worst inventions for our digestive health – we no longer have to culture or ferment our foods to keep them from spoiling, and we lose out on vital probiotics.
When Should you Consider Giving a Multi-Vitamin Supplement to your Child?
It is important to note that multivitamins aren't necessary for most healthy children who are growing normally. Foods remain the best source of nutrients. Healthy, balanced home-made meals and snacks can provide all the nutrients most preschoolers need.
How Safe are Probiotics and Multivitamin Supplements for my Child?
Probiotics: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates probiotics as a food product and not as a medicine, so probiotic products are not mandated to show that they are safe or effective.
However in general, probiotics are thought to be safe for children in food form (such as yoghurt with active bacteria). In supplement form, of course, it is best to discuss with your dietician / doctor to recognise your child's need, and to ensure that you use the right kind of supplementation if required; not all probiotic supplements are the same, nor do they have the same effects on the body.
In some cases, mild side effects might include an upset stomach, diarrhoea, gas, and bloating for the first couple of days. They may also trigger allergic reactions. In such cases, stop giving them to your child and consult your dietician/doctor.
Multivitamin supplements: While many young children are picky eaters, that doesn't necessarily mean they have nutritional deficiencies. Many common foods – including breakfast cereal, milk and orange juice – are fortified with important nutrients, such as B vitamins, vitamin D, calcium and iron. Your child may be getting more vitamins and minerals than you think!
Furthermore, multivitamin supplements aren't without risks. Large doses of vitamins and minerals can be toxic. Some vitamins and minerals can also negatively interact with medications your child may be taking.
Should I Boost my Child's Immunity with Probiotics and Multivitamin Supplements?
Natural probiotics are good for your children, and should definitely be a part of your child's food plan. However, it's a myth that multivitamin supplements can replace a healthy meal; natural foods remain the best source of all the nutrients your child requires. There is no substitute for a balanced diet! Even if you notice symptoms of any vitamin or mineral deficiency, consult a doctor/ dietician before giving your child any supplements.


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Home > Power Up Get Involved
We recognise that POWER UP's long-term aims can only be achieved if more companies, organisations and individuals advocate for change and participate in the programme and wider movement. key players (whether companies, organisations or individuals) work together to move the needle.
We want to collaborate through the POWER UP Participant Programme and POWER UP Movement, so have outlined at launch phase some of the different ways you can get involved.
As a Participant
Our Participant Programme welcomes applications once per year from Black music creators and industry professionals. Please click here for more details.
We welcome open dialogue with anyone working in and around music who wants to play a more active role. Within our Background page here, you can see that POWER UP has been shaped by many through our Executive Steering Committee and through Focus Groups. We intend to revisit Focus Group-style conversations as the programme evolves, and welcome additional thoughts from passionate individuals. Please email our team to find out more.
You may also be in a position where you want to give back by either donating to ensure POWER UP impacts more people more effectively, or by supporting selected Participants – be it through workshop delivery, joining our pool of mentors, or offering other services which will power up Black talent. Please email us to discuss donations and added value support further.
We also encourage individuals to develop a deeper understanding of the barriers facing Black people in music and in wider society. Our Background page details some of those barriers and we encourage you to follow our socials as we develop and share other platforms which advocate for and champion Black music creators and industry professionals.
As an Organisation or Company
We actively encourage companies and organisations to buy in to POWER UP's aims. As the POWER UP Movement grows, we expect to collaborate with others to set targets and ask companies, organisations and individuals in the music sector to make themselves accountable. Our Movement aims are outlined here and we will be announcing more detail later in 2021.
We also want to grow our list of Sponsors and Partners, recognising that many are in a position to go beyond solidarity and be a part of a wider movement for change. Our Participant Programme needs support from more companies and organisations in music, and the POWER UP Movement benefits from those working across all sectors, genres and regions getting involved. Many may not be in a position to contribute financially but may bring expertise and a passion for change. We are happy to talk about support of any kind and can involve companies publicly or anonymously in supporting the initiative.
To discuss sponsorship and other types of partner support, email us now.
And if as a company or organisation you feel you want to develop a deeper understanding of the barriers facing Black creators and professionals in music, but you don't know where to start, we will be able to signpost you to useful resources and others working in this field. Email us for more information while we build resources lists in partnership with others.
Finally, you may be in a position where you want to signpost Black creators you are working with to POWER UP, or want to offer in-kind support services (e.g. free conference tickets, live programming slots, mentoring, placements, other talent development opportunities). Please email us to find out how we might connect.
I'm already supporting Black creators and professionals – how can we link?
There are so many people and organisations who have been carrying out amazing work to move the needle for Black music creators and for Black culture, in some cases for decades and in most cases with limited resources and a lack of sector-wide support.
Through the POWER UP Movement and Power Links we want to see disparities in arts and music funding being addressed more effectively, and we want to work closely with others to work towards achieving similar aims. Additionally, POWER UP will encourage funders and the commercial music industry to better support those working with Black talent from the ground up. Please contact us if you would like to know more.
Those specialising in music creator development can apply for support through PRS Foundation's Open Fund for Organisations. And we will continue to make sure our Talent Development Partner programme evolves, supporting existing pioneering Black-led and Black music creator-focussed programmes, while striving to fill remaining strategic gaps.
If you are involved in initiatives which advocate for, champion and empower Black talent, please get in touch to find out how we might be able to link up.
Power Up Movement
Power Up Participant Programme
Power Up Partners