For me, discoveries of a new band for my collection are usually an exercise in critical mass over time. I come across an act thorough too many independent sources not to check them out. Two recent unearthings that fit firmly in this category are Death Cab for Cutie and John Hiatt. How I missed these two for so long when they fit so nicely into my soundtrack is beyond me.
Not to mention figuring out of where the new band fits into your sonic landscape. Do they have a 'go-to' album? When do I like to listen to them? How will I see them live? Will I travel to do it? Do I run out and tell my music junkie friends they MUST get into this band? Strong recommendations are not made lightly, lest you miss. Seriously though, finding, appreciating and sharing a new artist is about the best part of being a music nut, and has been a great source of happiness and friendship for me over the past 15 years.
Boy, that's a lot of questions, Scott! Good questions, to be sure. Another is how many listens do I give a record to give it a chance to grow on me?
"Then I turned on the radio and the music made things a little better. The music always does. I'm past fifty now and the music still makes things better; it's the fabled automatic." Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis. The first time I read those words, I thought "That's it. That is exactly what music is to me." Dad picked up on it too, and here we are. Welcome to The Fabled Automatic. A blog by a Father and Son about this very idea; that art, especially Rock and Roll, can be automatic. An automatic escape; from problems, from sadness, from the everyday. An automatic transposition; a time machine to people and places long past but defined by a specific soundtrack in our ears and in our minds. And for us, an automatic link; to each other and the way we see the world. Enjoy!


"Safety Of Uninterrupted Periprocedural Apixaban In Patients Undergoing" by Jalaj Garg MD, Rahul Chaudhary MD et al.
Garg, J., Chaudhary, R., Krishnamoorthy, P., Shah, N., & Bozorgnia, B. (2016, April 2). Safety Of Uninterrupted Periprocedural Apixaban In Patients Undergoing Atrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation: A Metaanalysis Of 1,057 Patients. Poster presented at: American College of Cardiology, Chicago, IL.


This quiz addresses the requirements of the National Curriculum KS1 Maths and Numeracy for children aged 6 and 7 in year 2. Specifically this quiz is aimed at the section dealing with understanding the language of subtraction.
In Year 2, children extend their understanding of the language of subtraction to include 'difference'. They should already know and be using words such as subtract, subtraction, take away and minus. Recognising the language of subtraction is essential in order to be able to make decisions about which operation to use to solve calculations and problems.


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I. Száhib Giráj (krími tatár: ) (1501–1551) kazanyi tatár kán 1521 és 1524 között és krími kán 1532-től haláláig. Ő alapította a krími kánság fővárosát, Bahcsiszerájt.

Kazanyi kánsága
Száhib egyik fia volt I. Mengli Giráj krími kánnak. A Krímen nőtt fel. 1510-11-ben elkísérte mostohaanyját, Nurszultánt Moszkvába és Kazanyba ahol annak fiait, a III. Vaszilij szolgálatában álló Abdul-Latifot és Mohammed Amin kazanyi kánt látogatták meg. Mikor 1519-ben Mohammed Amin örökös nélkül halt meg, Mehmed Giráj krími kán öccsét, Száhibot ajánlotta a trónra. Azonban Moszkva nyomására mégis a kászimi Sah Alit választották meg, aki azonban nem volt népszerű, és 1521 tavaszán egy összeesküvés lemondásra kényszerítette. A kazanyiak Mehmed kánhoz fordultak, aki ismételten Száhibot küldte hozzájuk. Száhib három évig uralkodott Kazanyban. 1524-ben az oroszok Ivan Belszkij herceg parancsnokságával nagy hadjáratot indítottak a kazanyi tatárok ellen és a sereg (állítólag százötvenezer főből állt) közeledtére Száhib hazamenekült a Krímre. Ezután a Krímen és Isztambulban élt. Kétszer is volt kalgája (vezíre) a kánnak, 1525–1526 és 1528–1530 között.

Krími kánsága
1532-ben Iszlám Giráj lemondatta a kánt, és maga vette át az uralmat. Hatalma megerősítését kérte a török szultántól, aki azonban Száhibot nevezte ki a helyére. Hogy megbékítse unokaöccsét, Száhib Iszlámot tette meg kalgának, ő azonban most ellene kezdett el intrikálni, ezért 1535-ben leváltotta, és helyére másik unokaöccsét, Ahmedet ültette. Ő sem nyerhette el a tetszését, mert 1537-ben megölette Ahmedet és helyette Emin, Száhib legidősebb fia lett a kalga.
Hogy mérsékelje a klánok hatalmát, Száhib a Sirin klán ellensúlyozására bevonta a kormányzásba a Manszur és Szedzsevut klánok tagjait, de sok tehetséges közrendűre is bízott hivatalt.
Az addig hatalmi központként szolgáló Szalacsiktól két kilométerrel arrébb, a Csürük Szuv folyócska partján új káni rezidenciát építtetett, Bahcsiszerájt. Kibővíttette Kezlev kikötőjét, így már a kánságnak is volt megfelelő tengeri kereskedési lehetősége (a Krím nagy déli kikötői az Oszmán Birodalomhoz tartoztak).

Hadjáratai

Száhib gyakran küldött segédcsapatokat a törökök európai hadjárataihoz és többször portyázott az Észak-Kaukázusban. Udvari krónikása, Remmal hodzsa kilenc portyáját írta le. A hadjáratokban a kán muskétás testőrsége, a nemesek lovassága és a káni tüzérség vett részt.
1538-ban Nagy Szulejmán szövetségeseként Moldva ellen indultak, hogy megbüntessék az áruló Petru Rareș vajdát. Itt a kán személyesen is találkozott a szultánnal. A vajdát elűzték, és a fejedelemség déli részét, Budzsákot a birodalomhoz csatolták.
1539-ben hadjáratot szervezett a cserkeszek megbüntetésére, akik a Temrük körüli muzulmánokat zaklatták. A kán fogadta a cserkesz klánok vezetőit, akik bőséges ajándékokkal lekenyerezték és megígérték, hogy elfogják a hegyek közé menekült támadókat. A bűnösök soha nem lettek meg, de a kán visszatértében megsarcolta a cserkesz falvakat.
1539–40 telén a krími tatárok északra indultak, Litvánia és talán Moszkva ellen. A sereg vezére Száhib fia, Emin volt. Sok rabszolgát szereztek, de a visszaúton a tatárok sokat szenvedtek a nagy hideg miatt.
1541-ben a menekült herceg, Szimeon Belszkij biztatására Moszkvát támadták meg. A herceg megígérte, hogy megmutatja az Oka gázlóit, de a krímiek sokat késlekedtek, mert nem bíztak a hadjárathoz csatlakozó nogáj vezérben, Baki bégben. Az oroszoknak így volt idejük felkészülni és a gázlókhoz muskétásokat és ágyúkat küldtek. A tatárok így dolgavégezetlenül visszafordultak, csak néhány falut sarcoltak meg közben.
1542-ben újra Észak-Kaukázusba lovagoltak, mert Kanzavuk cserkesz főnök nem fizette meg az adót. A cserkesz vezér hiába ígérte a hátralék megfizetését, utánanyomultak a hegyek közé. Egy éjszaka rajtaütöttek a cserkeszeken és nagy zsákmányt szereztek.
1544-ben Elbozádi kabard vezér kért segítséget a fellázadt klánok ellen. Száhib a nyári terménybetakarításra időzítette a portyát, de túl korán érkeztek és a kipróbált éjszakai rajtaütés taktikája sem volt be, viszont sok foglyot ejtettek.
1545-ben a kereskedők panaszkodtak, hogy az asztrahányi kán, Jamgürcsi akadályozza a Krím és Kazany közti kereskedelmet. Jamgürcsi hadát megfutamították és Asztrahányt bevették a kán muskétásai és tüzérei.
1546-ban nogáj portyázók elleni csatában győztek a krímiek, a muskétáknak és ágyúknak itt is nagy szerepe volt.
1551-ben Nagy Szulejmán úgy döntött, hogy az udvarában élő Devlet Girájt teszi meg krími kánnak. Hogy a lázadást elkerülje, utasította Száhibot, hogy indítson büntetőhadjáratot az Észak-Kaukázusba a mekkai zarándokokat zaklató törzsek ellen. Száhib bevonult a hegyek közé, de a cserkeszek elmenekültek előle. Kifosztotta a földjeiket és visszaindult. A hazaúton az összeesküvők elfogták Száhibot, akit harcosai cserbenhagytak. A kánt Taman erődjébe zárták ahol saját unokaöccse, Bülük Giráj meggyilkolta. Száhib testét visszavitték Bahcsiszerájba és Szalacsikban temették el.

Források
 Олекса Гайворонский «Созвездие Гераев». — Симферополь, 2003
 Источниковедение истории Улуса Джучи (Золотой Орды). От Калки до Астрахани. 1223—1556
 Михаил Георгиевич Худяков ОЧЕРКИ ПО ИСТОРИИ КАЗАНСКОГО ХАНСТВА

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We provide DJs and photo booths for a lot of 25th and 50th wedding anniversary parties in the Austin and central Texas area. They are always so much fun! Wedding anniversaries are a fun, memorable milestone to celebrate!We've seen quite a few great ideas that people have implemented, to help celebrate the special occasion! We thought we'd share these ideas with you, to help provide some inspiration if you're planning an anniversary party.
Should You Hire a Wedding/Event Planner for Your Anniversary Party?
First, remember that this is a special milestone to celebrate and that planning this event should not be stressful. It should be fun! You're basically planning a fun, party for you and your guests to enjoy. It's almost like planning a second wedding, minus the stress and pressure! :) If you find that it's too stressful, feel free to contact us and we'll be happy to provide our event planning services. So whether you hire an event planner, or plan it with the help of your family and friends, just remember, this is a celebration of a great marriage and the goal is to have fun!
Now that you keep this in mind, it's time to plan the party! First, find a venue that will allow you to invite the number of guests you want to invite. If you're having a smaller event, you can even consider having the party in someone's backyard. If that's not suitable, then your first goal is to find an adequate venue, within your price range. Check out our "recommended wedding vendors page" for a list of venues we work with, often.
Next, plan what type of food you'll serve at your celebration. If you're having an earlier celebration, consider brunch! You could serve brunch and Mimosas! If you're on a budget, consider serving heavy appetizers.
If you're having a late afternoon or evening event, you can discuss different options with your caterer. You don't have to serve a traditional meal, either. We've seen more and more people breaking tradition and even serving pizza at their wedding. There are no rules. You do what fits your personality and budget, best!
Besides feeding your guests, you need to consider entertainment. You can hire a band, or hire a DJ. Be sure to talk to your entertainment and let them know about the occasion. Consider the type of music you want and the age ranges of the guests that will be attending.
Besides hiring a DJ or band, you have plenty of other entertainment options. You could always add a photo booth, karaoke, lawn games, hire a caricature artists, face painter, etc. Check out our DJ and photo booth packages and optional upgrades, to see what we offer and see what options you can consider for your event, even if you're not booking with us!
Slide Show - A slide show of lots of great memories, is a must. Be sure to keep it under 10 minutes, though. Any longer and you'll lose your guests attention. We have a great projector and screen, for this. Be sure to ask your venue if they have one available, and the cost, if any.
Decor - Use the years of marriage as a reference for fun decor. For example, if they got married in 1968 (50 year anniversary), you can include decor such as posters or pictures or table decorations, from that year. You could list a few #1 hit songs from 1968, along with pictures of the couple, from that year. You could have pictures of movies from that year, as well.
Vintage Photo Booth - We have the option to print black and white photos, for a more vintage look. You can also purchase vintage props, happy anniversary signs and props, etc. You can also get a life-sized photo cut-out of the couple, to take pictures with, at the photo booth. Those are always fun!
Music Selection - You can choose music from important years, for the DJ to play. You could have the DJ announce "this song was #1, in 1968, when the couple got married." For dinner, the DJ/band could play songs from only 1968. You could have the DJ/band play the song they first danced to, as well. We've also done events where we made announcements for songs from the entire span of the marriage, such as: This song was #1 when they celebrated their 5th, 10th, 15th, 25th, anniversary, etc.
These are just a few of the many ideas we've seen. Overall, having lots of friends and family, present, to celebrate the occasion, is the most important part!


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Home » Valentine's Day » Southport Correctional to close in March, property's future remains uncertain
Southport Correctional to close in March, property's future remains uncertain
The future of Elmira's Southport Correctional Facility remains uncertain ahead of its closure in March 2022. Southport is one of six security institutions in New York State set to close this year. The facility has less than two months left to transfer its 200 inmates and 400 staff members to other facilities.
Many in Chemung County found themselves blindsided by Southport's closure, especially considering the state had recently invested $20 million in renovations, according to WETM. Questions remain over whether the facility will be turned over or sold to the county, or if it will be sold to the private sector. Officials are also concerned over what this closure means in terms of families moving out of the county.
"We saw the latest census. We don't want to see any more people leave our area, but the fact the matter is those corrections officers and the civilian staff members go to restaurants. They buy lunch. They buy gas. They spend money right here in Chemung County," says County Executive Chris Moss.
Southport will officially close its doors on March 10. No layoffs will occur as a result, rather staff will have the opportunity to transfer to other facilities elsewhere in the state.
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Blue Toad with a hat.
So we already got Rock Man.
Well this here is ROLL!
Probably the sexiest thing on this dang planet.
Some rando bear with a blue haired boy on his back.
That's Pheromosa, the Lissome Pokemon, one of the Ultra Beasts, codenamed "UB-02 Beauty".
Something from a game I'll never play.
Animatronic fox called "Funtime Foxy"
I would say 'your username gives it away', but I'll be more specific and say it's a Pokémon, an Ultra Beast to be precise.
Luigi facing King Boo (as depicted in Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon).
Old characters from Newspaper comics.


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Japan's Go To Travel push in disarray after tourism chief warns people away
Masao Usui, 39, who pulls a tourist rickshaw in Tokyo's Asakusa district, speaks to the media Friday about his disappointment toward the government's decision to exclude Tokyo from its Go To Travel tourism promotion campaign. | KYODO
The Go To Travel campaign for reviving the pandemic-ravaged tourism industry has been thrown into disarray, with policymakers unable to set details on the contentious subsidy program just days before launch.
On Friday, tourism minister Kazuyoshi Akaba urged young people and older people in large group tours not to use the ¥1.35 trillion ($12.59 billion) subsidy campaign, saying they might spread the novel coronavirus or catch it. He said specific age groups and tour sizes were under consideration for the advisory as well.
But an official at the Japan Tourism Agency said later in the day it would ultimately leave such matters to the discretion of travel agencies as "it would be difficult to draw a line due to the diverse nature of travel."
The JTA is affiliated with the Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry, which Akaba heads. The Go To Travel campaign is scheduled to kick off on Wednesday.
On Thursday, the government surprised the public by revising the travel initiative to exclude Tokyo after the capital reported a record number of coronavirus cases.
Japan's Go To Travel campaign to exclude Tokyo as coronavirus cases spike
Japan tourism minister tells young, seniors to avoid Go To Travel campaign
The abrupt decision prompted cancellations by both residents and prospective visitors to Tokyo. Akaba said the government had no plan to reimburse any cancellation fees incurred.
The minister's stance on reimbursement is facing opposition from a senior member of the Liberal Democratic Party-Komeito ruling coalition.
Noritoshi Ishida, Komeito's policy chief, called on the government to "consider (compensating for) cancellation fees" following Tokyo's exclusion from the campaign. The party is the LDP's junior partner in the coalition.
Under the massive tourism push, the campaign will eventually subsidize up to half of travelers' expenses, including accommodation and transport, with the government initially providing discounts worth 35 percent of the total.
The remaining 15 percent will be covered by coupons issued after September for food, shopping and other travel activities offered at destinations, according to the tourism ministry.
The government decided to exclude trips to and from Tokyo from the program amid concern about a resurgence in coronavirus infections. The move came amid rising infections linked to young people, nightlife districts and asymptomatic carriers.
Akaba said it was a "gut-wrenching" decision to remove Tokyo but that the capital has become "a center of the viral spread."
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga also offered an apology over the decision, saying Tokyo would be reinstated when infections are less of a threat.
Despite the decision, concerns remain that travelers will stay in hotels outside the capital but visit sightseeing spots and restaurants within it, undermining the measure.
Though the situation with refunds remains in flux, people who have already booked and paid for tours starting after July 22 will be partially reimbursed later. Those who purchase tours from now on will immediately get a discount at their travel agencies at the time of purchase, according to a tourism agency document.
Akaba also said the government will oblige hotels and inns in the other 46 prefectures to take anti-virus measures, such as checking guests' temperatures and confirming their eligibility for the campaign.
The subsidy plan was initially slated to begin in August before the Bon holidays, when many city-dwellers return to their hometowns. But it was moved forward in time for a four-day weekend starting Thursday.
Local leaders had voiced concern about the initiative, fearing it could bring the virus to their regions from the metropolis. Many praised the government's decision to exclude trips to and from Tokyo.
Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, a vocal opponent of starting the campaign uniformly nationwide, said, "I think it is reasonable for the campaign to start with the exclusion of Tokyo." He added that his prefecture could also be excluded if the situation with the virus worsens.
Okayama Gov. Ryuta Ibaragi, however, wondered if excluding Tokyo alone was sufficient, saying its neighbors in the Kanto region, including Kanagawa, should be excluded as well.
Tokyo, which reported 290 infections on Saturday, has raised its four-step alert level to the highest amid a spike in infections.
Tokyo, tourism, Kazuyoshi Akaba, covid-19, covid-19 in Japan


Fitbit Versa is the world's simplest, most intuitive smartwatch that guides you on a personalized path to health & fitness by empowering you with daily motivation and helping you find balance in your life. It is the smartwatch flexible for all.
The watch aims to be the world's simplest, most intuitive everyday timepiece for active people looking for personal guidance to reach their health, fitness, and wellness goals.
The Fitbit Versa is the latest, most successful smartwatch offering by Fitbit. Named "Versa" for it's versatility in offering a stylish, yet personalized user experience. Versa is a huge step forward in style, comfort, and aesthetics– often being mistaken as an Apple Watch. The form factor is slimmer and more sensitive to a wider variety of wrist sizes in comparison with the Fitbit Ionic, and can be personalized with a variety of band accessories and clockfaces. The watch was designed to feel accessible, friendly, and sleek. I was brought onto the Devices UX team to deliver the next generation of user experiences through Fitbit OS.
Deliver an exceptional smartwatch experience through the Fitbit OS platform that enables quick actions, raises awareness, and provides guidance to empower users to reach their goals and balance their busy lives.
Versa was incredibly important to Fitbit in delivering an affordable, yet powerful smartwatch that leverages the data we currently track and making it a centerpiece of the device experience. As the Lead Product Designer, I was intentional about what information belonged in focus and which features could take a back seat. Versa and Fitbit OS were designed to prioritize fitness, health, and wellness features– playing to our strengths and fulfilling the high expectations users had of us as a brand. Each day I advocated for meaningful, actionable, and clear data experiences on wrist so people felt empowered to live their best lives.
Below is only a selection of what I worked on for Versa and Fitbit OS.
Please reach out to me if you'd like to hear more.
The re-design of the smartwatch navigational model to be health, fitness, and wellness first. Supporting mental models for lives on the go.
A holistic perspective on understanding personal health stats and taking action, while increasing awareness with a simple glance.
On-wrist cycle tracking to give women more control over their health.
Interactive onboarding experience for new users and firmware updates. Contact me to learn more.
Quick-action features – music controls, payments and shortcuts – for lives on the go. Contact me to learn more.
Designed Fitbit Pet, a tamagotchi-inspired digital pet clock face made to motivate their owners. Contact me to learn more.
Fitbit's Today App is the centralized home for all of a user's tracked stats, progress towards goals, and inbox for guidance & inspiration. Historically, the Today App was a static dashboard of numbers. I was challenged to re-design this center holistically, and restructure the app to grow in order to serve more relevant & actionable content within a simple glance.
Provide better access to health and wellness data on wrist by achieving greater parity with the mobile dashboard data.
Build the foundation of a flexible and adaptive place that caters to our users' journeys.
Provide a channel for relevant Fitbit guidance and messaging.
How might we provide detailed & clear data on-wrist without becoming overwhelming?
I worked with a visual designer in exploring structure, behaviors, interactions, priorities, logic, and visualizations. We pushed the boundaries, got feedback from the design team and conducted hallways tests.
The updated Today App launched with FitbitOS2.0 for existing Ionic users and for new Versa users. Data users cared most about was now easier to access and is flexible to change for each person. With a quick glance, you can see your stats, learn some tips & tricks, and be inspired to hit your health and fitness goals.
This was a massive project filled with challenges and learnings. I'd be happy to discuss it more in person.
I'm most proud of one specific tile I designed– female health tracking. Scroll down to see more about that project!
Intent: Define a unified navigational model across future Fitbit devices.
Based on preliminary research, the wearables UX team identified key guidelines to design by. These guidelines, as well as prior learning from research, were top of mind when brainstorming the unified navigation model.
• Music controls needed to be accessed anytime, from anywhere and was hard to invoke from a global swipe down.
Through sketches, wireframes, meetings with stakeholders, and collaboration with research teams, we came upon pivotal changes to the original FitbitOS navigation. This change would not only affect our existing in-market products, but these changes also had implications on the future of our devices going forward.
• Users have quick access to see their stats & health info from the Today App with a simple swipe up from the clock.
• Quick actions like music controls, payment cards, and settings are now accessible anytime, from anywhere with a simple long-press.
The final outcome of navigational changes were profound in giving people better access to data they cared most about. The clock in any smartwatch is the center of the experience, and with simple swipe and button-press gestures, users were now getting information faster and easier. The Fitbit Today app is already seeing higher engagement. Our research shows us the more people are aware of their progress towards their goals, the higher their motivation and likeliness is to achieve them.
Role: Lead Product Designer. Project Timeline: 2 weeks. Collaboration with: Product Designers, Visual Designers, Design Managers, Directors, Product Manger, UX Research.
Women rock. So should the products they use. Integrating cycle tracking onto the device empowers women to take control of their health and better understand their bodies so they can reach their goals.
For the first time ever, Fitbit devices are equiped with on-wrist tools to help people stay on track with their lives. In May of 2018, female cycle tracking will be available in the Fitbit mobile app and in the Today app.
I worked with the software team in designing the on-wrist female health experience to launch with the mobile feature's release.
Designing this feature was eye-opening and a meaningful step forward in providing support to such an important part of women's lives.
Designing for future hardware is an exciting challenge because no one company has established standard behavior and interaction models yet. These projects have allowed my skills and approach to design to grow tremendously.
I hope you enjoyed the work I did for Versa and FitbitOS. I'd be happy to discuss my experiences more in person.
Building upon a new platform for multiple hardware forms, and defining core interactions that balance human factors across transient states was a challenge I eagerly accepted.
I was confident in my mobile, software design experience, however I was humbled each day as I learned to design for a small form factor and partnered with engineers building a platform from the ground up.


I listen to a lot of audio books during my work day and commute. The ones that I like are added to the Prepper Fiction page on this site. There are a lot of books that don't make the cut. But I added one this week written by David Nees, titled After the Fall: Jason's Tale.
As you can guess from the title, the main character is a man named Jason. After an EMP attack he is suddenly alone in life. His wife was on a commercial airline, that most likely dropped out of the sky when the EMP hit. Living in a decent size city, things get kind of dangerous quickly. Jason helps the neighbors he can, then decides to get out of Dodge.
Being better prepared and smart about his actions, Jason is able to get out of the city and into the mountains. Everything goes well until he literally falls down the mountain. Battered up pretty badly Jason has to trust strangers for help. Luckily he finds an older couple that have farmed on their land forever. He is able to recover while helping the couple with odd jobs around the farm. Jason strikes out on his own again, but just as he starts making progress away from the farm, there are gunshots from where he just came. Suspecting the worst, Jason returns to the farm as fast as he can run. What he finds is both bloody and brutal. Life changes for him forever.
I don't want to give away the whole story. So I'll stop there.
This is David Nees' first book. But the way he slowly builds his characters and the story demonstrate the skills of a seasoned writer. I enjoyed After the Fall: Jason's Tale and look forward to the second one.


Engineering is a favorite and specialised industry. Electrical engineering has a rather wide job base and you can pick from any variety of works. If you're interested in electrical engineering, you have to keep in mind that the training and the job take a lot of dedication and hard work. Nothing can beat electrical engineering once it regards the evolution of the country. It's irrelevant where you want to study engineering, since it's a really international subject with the best universities for engineering spread on the opposing side of Earth. Electronics and Communication engineering is just one of the old and the ideal course in the industry of engineering. Engineering in electronics and telecommunication has ever been one of the most well-known disciplines of engineering amongst students along with various industries.
Students are needed to take 8 semesters in 4 decades. If you're a college student, it isn't difficult that you get in the intern scene. Students may not register for over 03 courses in 1 semester. International students are advised to get in contact with the Canadian university at the place where they want to study about one year beforehand. International students who have to study engineering will see that there are several degree programs throughout the usa. International students who have to study engineering in america will realize that lots of opportunities exist.


DAFC.net | Former loan player Armstrong aims to kick off at Raith Rovers.
Former loan player Armstrong aims to kick off at Raith Rovers.
Daniel Armstrong admits it has been a long and difficult summer for himself, as the 21-year-old struggled to seal a deal due to misguidance by former agents. Armstrong, a former loan player at Dunfermline, now hoping to kick on with League One side Raith Rovers under the guidance of John McGlynn.
The former Hamilton Academical forward was released by Nuno Espirito Santo's side this summer.
"It didn't come a shock, to be honest, no. They've got all the money in the world now and I was told that they didn't feel I was ready to play in the English Premier League this season, which was understandable. I have played Under-23's for a couple of seasons now and we both felt that wasn't my level anymore and it'd be best if I left and looked for first-team opportunities elsewhere. I had the option to remain for another year but I just didn't see the benefit in that and I think it was for the best that I moved on.
I've always been eager to challenge myself and even if they wanted me to stay at Molineux, I would have asked to leave because I want to be playing senior football, somewhere, so I can prove myself at that level. It was a long summer: I had a lot of teams interested and I was looking to stay down south initially. I left it too late for the Scottish teams because I had problems with agents, honestly, and that has held me back for a few months.
The Kirkcaldy club announced the arrival of Armstrong last week, with the Rovers' new number 31 making his debut on Saturday away to East Fife.
"I got the opportunity to go in and train with Raith and I felt that was a good chance to see if the manager liked me or not and it turns out he did, so, that is always great, that someone believes in your ability. Joining a team in League One doesn't faze me – they are a big club who shouldn't be in this league and I just hope to contribute to their season and hopefully we can get the club back to where it belongs. I am just happy being able to play football.
My short-term deal will give me 10 matches if selected and i am hoping to be involved in all of them but that means I need to continue working hard, impressing the manager and putting in good performances. We will then sit down and re-evaluate everything come January, but, I am not focusing on that at all right now, I am just looking to play well on Saturday against Stenhousemuir, if selected.
Managerless Stenny will prove tough opponents for the Rovers.
"We spoke about things after the game on Saturday, we spoke further on Monday and we have watched the game back, too; everyone has had their say, we know where we went wrong, and, we are all determined to turn it around on Saturday. Hopefully we can get the 3 points to try keep in touch with Arbroath at the top of the table. We can talk all we want, but, ultimately, it comes down to what we do on the pitch.
We will treat every team with respect, but, it is about us and we need to make sure we give 100% for the full 90 minutes. It doesn't matter what a team's situation is, every player steps out on to that park to try win the match, so, we need to make sure we are the one's coming away with 3 points from Ochilview this weekend.


Ilana Halperin will be in conversation with Professor Tim Ingold from the Anthropology Department of the University of Aberdeen and Peacock Visual Arts' Director Nuno Sacramento about her exhibition.
Peacock Visual Arts are delighted to present Geologic Intimacy (Yu no Hana) by Ilana Halperin. Following the first showing of this work at Fujiya Gallery Hanayamomo in Kyushu, Japan, Geologic Intimacy (Yu no Hana) will extend to include a new series of prints commissioned by Peacock.
This project marks the first time Halperin has exhibited in Japan and Aberdeen and continues a historical narrative between Kyushu and Aberdeen which began with the 19th Century 'Scottish Samurai' merchant Thomas Blake Glover.
For 20 years, Ilana Halperin dreamt about Beppu. In 1995, back in the urban geology of New York City, she found a book on the street about volcanoes. A chapter on Beppu featured – with photographs of children cooking eggs on the streets, steam coming through every crack in the sidewalk, and a pool as red as blood. In New York, steam vents erupted at every corner, but these were industrial rather than natural. She imagined a correlation between her home city and Beppu, a place with steaming vents and boiling springs, where daily life was lived and informed by a direct relationship with geothermal phenomena.
In 2014, Halperin went to Beppu for the first time on a research residency with BEPPU PROJECT. Geologic Intimacy (Yu no Hana) grew out of this time. Beppu is the second most geothermally active site on earth, after Yellowstone, USA. It is a primary location for the potential of geothermal power in Japan. Over the course of a year, new geothermal sculptures slowly formed in the Kannawa hot springs of Beppu. In September 2016, Halperin returned to Beppu to take the new sculptures out of the water and install a solo exhibition at Fujiya Gallery Hanayamomo, a beautiful listed Meiji Era building. The exhibition coincided with the blossoming of the venue's 200-year-old Mokusei tree, reflecting philosophical approaches within Halperin's practice – thinking in time scales longer than the human lifespan.
The exhibition at Peacock Visual Arts will feature new Japanese sculptures, alongside a geothermal sculpture formed in Iceland and new works on paper commissioned by Peacock. To employ experimental processes, field work, and traditional print-based methods, Halperin is developing a new series of work with Peacock's Master Printmaker, Michael Waight, utilising Yame Washi paper – the oldest Japanese handmade paper in Kyushu which can last 1,000 years – in combination with hot spring minerals she collected in Beppu.
To pair with the 'field pigments' from Japan, Halperin visited Dr Allan Lilly, Principal Soil Scientist at The James Hutton Institute in Aberdeen in January 2017, who introduced her to the National Soils Archive founded in 1934. A selection of Scottish soil was generously donated to the project, including soil sourced from Slighhouses Farm where James Hutton, the 'Father of Modern Geology', farmed and began to formulate radical ideas about the age of the earth and deep geologic time. The nature of materials within these new works reflects the unique processes which formed the geothermal sculptures in Beppu, continuing the narrative of exchange between places intrinsic to this project.
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Village Among Nations
Village Among Nations: "Canadian" Mennonites in a Transnational World, 1916-2006
by Royden Loewen
Illustrations: 7 maps
340 Pages, 6.00 x 9.00 in, 7 maps
Between the 1920s and the 1940s, 10,000 traditionalist Mennonites emigrated from western Canada to isolated rural sections of Northern Mexico and the Paraguayan Chaco; over the course of the twentieth century, they became increasingly scattered through secondary migrations to East Paraguay, British Honduras, Bolivia, and elsewhere in Latin America. Despite this dispersion, these Canadian-descendant Mennonites, who now number around 250,000, developed a rich transnational culture over the years, resisting allegiance to any one nation and cultivating a strong sense of common peoplehood based on a history of migration, nonviolence, and distinct language and dress.
Village among Nations recuperates a missing chapter of Canadian history: the story of these Mennonites who emigrated from Canada for cultural reasons, but then in later generations "returned" in large numbers for economic and social security. Royden Loewen analyzes a wide variety of texts, by men and women – letters, memoirs, reflections on family debates on land settlement, exchanges with curious outsiders, and deliberations on issues of citizenship. They relate the untold experience of this uniquely transnational, ethno-religious community.
Royden Loewen is the Chair in Mennonite Studies and a professor in the Department of History at the University of Winnipeg. He is an award-winning author of a number of books on Mennonites and immigrants in North America.
Acknowlegements
Ch 1: Leaving the 'British Empire' in Canada: Promises in the South, 1916-1921
Ch 2. Drawing Lines on God's Earth: Settlers in Mexico and Paraguay, 1922-1929
Ch 3: Dreaming of 'Old Canada': Nostalgia in the Diaspora, 1930-1945
Ch 4: Rethinking Time and Space: East Paraguay and Beyond: 1945-1954
Ch 5: Meeting the Outside Gaze: New Life in British Honduras and Bolivia, 1954-1972
Ch 6: Crystallizing Memory: The Return of the 'Kanadier', 1951-1979
Ch 7: Imagining a Pan-American Village: Reading Die Mennonitische Post, 1977-1996
Ch 8: Homing in on the Transnational Village: Women Migrants in Ontario, 1985-2006
'Loewen has created a sources that transcends the academy and is accessible for a broad audience….The book's most significant contribution is that it creates a scholarly map identifying the terrain for future studies. As such, this is a path breaking work.'
Patricia Harms, Journal of Mennonite Studies, vol 32:2014
'Village among Nations is a patiently pieced together patchwork of memoirs, letters, newspapers, diaries, and the research of graduate students; what emerges from the many pieces is a coherent and compelling whole, the most comprehensive portrait of the Low German world to date.'
Robyn Sneath, The Mennonite Quarterly Review; January 2015
'Royden Loewen's monograph is a fantastic, insightful, and nuanced study… The book is an important contribution to migration history and is a must read for anybody interested in adding transnational perspectives to Canadian history.'
Benjamin Bryce, Canadian Historical Review vol 97:01:2016
"In Village among Nations, Loewen covers a tremendous amount of geographic territory and nearly a century of time. Like an expert guide, he takes the reader through all of this with a fine mix of storytelling and historical analysis."
Brian Froese, Department of History, Canadian Mennonite University
"Royden Loewen is an engaging storyteller and a solid scholar. Village among Nations will be of interest to those curious about the experience of transnationalism among Canada's minority groups."
Doreen Klassen, Department of Folklore, Memorial UniversityDoreen Klassen, Department of Folklore, Memorial University
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With summer in full swing, a lot of us are still on the hunt for the perfect swimsuit. But even when we find a suit we think is flattering, we're not always confident wearing it on the beach, at the pool, or even in our own backyards—afraid that it doesn't conceal what we view as our body flaws.
"When I saw the image, I loved how different all our bodies looked together, which inspired my post," Thorpe tells Health.
In the post, Thorpe urged her followers to enjoy the best things summer has to offer—eat ice cream, head to the beach, or relax on giant pool floaties—without feeling the need to cover up or worry about what they look like in a photo.
What started out as a sweet shot with close friends soon turned into a viral post that resonated with so many. Fans thanked the Instagram star for her inspiring message of body acceptance, and many said it serves as a constant reminder that the skin they're in is beautiful, just the way it is.
"Body positivity is an important message to share, and it means having respect for all kinds of bodies regardless of beauty, size, abilities or genders," she says.


An Italian company has developed a dedicated bicycle cleaning equipment Qbike, the top of the device has many hooks can be hooked to the bike handlebars and seat hung up, waterproof door, the machine starts automatic cleaning cycle bikes.
NEW YORK, Sept. 11 reported that the technology blog Gizmodo published articles, introduces a new bicycle cleaning equipment. With ordinary car wash equipment cleaning bike is almost impossible: we can not ride a bike through the washing machine, but after the completion of cross-country who would personally take water and sponge wash it then? Small number of people may be done, but most of the rest of people are they do not want to take the time to do these. To get rid of this trouble, an Italian company has developed a dedicated bicycle cleaning equipment Qbike. The device has many top hooks, hooked handlebars and the seat so that you can hang up the bike, waterproof door, the machine starts automatic cleaning cycle bikes. The device does not have a drying function, but this is not the problem of the bicycle, just use a dry towel to wipe the seat and handlebars, the other part in the cycling process will soon dry.
Currently the price of this equipment is $ 2,000, although the installation of a home is unrealistic, but the popularity of the bicycle shop is very possible.


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Headquarters Wisconsin Fish People Dan Dembkowski Publications
Dan Dembkowski
Dembkowski, D.J., D.A. Isermann, and R.P. Koenigs. 2019. Potential for improving among‐reader precision and accuracy of walleye age estimates with minimal training. North American Journal of Fisheries Management DOI: 10.1002/nafm.10293.
Madenjian, C.P., D. Dembkowski, D. Isermann, S. Batterman, S. Chernyak, S. Cogswell, M. Holey. 2019. Absence of PCB hot spot effect in walleye Sander vitreus from Lower Green Bay of Lake Michigan. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology doi.org/10.1007/s00244-018-00591-9.
Dembkowski, D.A., D.A. Isermann, S.R. Hogler, W.A. Larson, and K.N. Turnquist. 2018. Stock structure, dynamics, demographics, and movements of walleyes spawning in four tributaries to Green Bay. Journal of Great Lakes Research. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jglr.2018.07.002
Dembkowski, D.J., D.A. Isermann, and R.P. Koenigs. 2017. Walleye age estimation using otoliths and dorsal spines: preparation techniques and sampling guidelines based on sex and total length. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management 8:474-486. doi:10.3996/052017-JFWM-038
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I serve as Unit Leader of the Wisconsin Cooperative Fishery Research Unit. I earned my degrees from Southern Illinois University (BS), Tennessee Tech University (MS), and South Dakota State University (PhD). Before my employment with USGS, I was an assistant professor of fisheries at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and worked as a fisheries biologist and research scientist with the Ohio Division of Wildlife and the Minnesota DNR.
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