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Tim Berners-Lee on the next Web
http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html
Educational Technology Bill of Rights for Students The following are what I believe are the rights of all student to have with regards to using technology as an educational tool, written as a student to their teacher: 1) I have the right to use my own technology at school. I should not be forced to leave my new technology at home to use (in most cases) out-of-date school technology. If I can afford it, let me use it -- you don't need to buy me one. If I cannot afford it, please help me get one -- I don't mind working for it. 2) I have the right to access the school's WiFi. What Is Digital Humanities and What's it Doing in the Library? tl;dr – Libraries and digital humanities have the same goals. Stop asking if the library has a role, or what it is, and start getting involved in digital projects that are already happening. Advocate for new expanded roles and responsibilities to be able to do this.
The Semantic Web: An Introduction This document is designed as being a simple but comprehensive introductory publication for anybody trying to get into the Semantic Web: from beginners through to long time hackers. Recommended pre-reading: the Semantic Web in Breadth. Table Of Contents What Is The Semantic Web? The Semantic Web is a mesh of information linked up in such a way as to be easily processable by machines, on a global scale. 20 Awesome Resources for Twitter Bootstrap Lovers Generators Bootstrap Custom Build Before diving into great third party Bootstrap resources, it's worth pointing out a great little tool right from Twitter that allows you to completely customize an impressive range of Boostrap features so that you can create a custom build that's perfect for your project. If you haven't checked out Bootstrap in a while, you should give this a look because it's new with Twitter Bootstrap 2.0. Not only can you use it to take an overweight download and transform it into something lean, you can also save yourself a lot of CSS work by customizing colors, fonts etc. before you even initiate the download.
Tim Berners-Lee Sir Timothy John "Tim" Berners-Lee, OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA, DFBCS (born 8 June 1955),[1] also known as TimBL, is an English computer scientist, best known as the inventor of the World Wide Web. He made a proposal for an information management system in March 1989,[2] and he implemented the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the Internet sometime around mid-November of that same year.[3][4][5][6][7] Berners-Lee is the director of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which oversees the Web's continued development. He is also the founder of the World Wide Web Foundation, and is a senior researcher and holder of the Founders Chair at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL).[8] He is a director of the Web Science Research Initiative (WSRI),[9] and a member of the advisory board of the MIT Center for Collective Intelligence.[10][11] Early life Career
Google Cloud Print: It's Actually Awesome, and Here's How to Set It Up Since I don't plan to buy a Wireless printer for now, the only GOOD use I can think of this is to print directly from my phone WITHOUT mail-myself/dropbox-ing the file, turn on the PC, login, search the file, open the file, print, close, etc. etc. etc.) so I did this: (Keep in mind that this procedure is useful to me ONLY BECAUSE I am already in my house, and thus, I just pick the printed pages and turn off the PC and Printer): Preliminary Steps:
Linked Data Basics for Techies - OpenOrg Intended Audience This is intended to be a crash course for a techie/programmer who needs to learn the basics ASAP. It is not intended as an introduction for managers or policy makers (I suggest looking at Tim Berners-Lee's TED talks if you want the executive summary). It's primarily aimed at people who're tasked with creating RDF and don't have time to faff around. What is the Semantic Web? Introduction Many people are not clear as to what the Semantic web is, and as we are the Semantic Web Agreement Group, we need to define it for people. Therefore, here is an attempt at a clear view of the Semantic Web:-
Free textures for your next web project. Nothing like a field of beautiful flowers. Download Download These lovely water-colorful dots will make your designs pop. Download HTML5 'turns web pages into computers': Berners-Lee In a brief appearance on BBC, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, said that HTML5 means significant design changes for the Web as we've known it. HTML5 essentially means "every single web page out there, if you like, is like a computer," he said. "So you can program it to do whatever you want, and that's very powerful." "When somebody designs a web page, up until now, historically, the web page was just a static document. It just had information on it. Nowadays, developers using websites can program them using HTML5," he added.
Digital Writing Workshop - Digital Writing, Digital Teaching Dear Educator: Tomorrow (well, technically today by the time I am done writing this) is the second annual Digital Learning Day. Cool. I'm all for digital learning, as the title of my blog implies. .: Venus-C :. Building a highly-scalable and flexible Cloud infrastructure VENUS-C is a project funded under the European Commission's 7th Framework Programme drawing its strength from a joint co-operation between computing service providers and scientific user communities to develop, test and deploy a large, Cloud computing infrastructure for science and SMEs in Europe. Experts "The great success of Generalized Worker Role in VENUS-C has emphasized to me that building a library of customizable Roles or Appliances is a powerful cloud programming model". "It was particularly revealing to see so many different applications being in need of cloud services, yet with rather diverse characteristics and diverse requirements". "I have improved my knowledge about commercial and academic cloud activities and interoperability topics, and increased my understanding of industrial cloud applications".
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Ernest I. Efremov is a well-known scientist and mining engineer in the field of physics of the rock explosion and breaking with the help of blast energy.
He is Doctor of Technical Science (1973), Professor (1976), Corresponding Member of National Academy of Science of Ukraine (1985).
Ernest I. Efremov was born on November 14, 1934, in Donetsk. After finishing a secondary school with silver medal, he entered Mining Faculty in the Dnipropetrovs'k Mining Institute (today it is the National Mining University).
After graduating the Institute in 1957 he worked in the mining industry starting form the Kolpakovskaya Coal Mine 1-2, Bokovantratsit Company, and Yantsevo Granit-Cutting Works (1957-1958). From 1959 till 1962, he worked in the Dnipropetrovs'k Mining Institute, Department of Opencast Mining Operations where, under the guidance of Prof. M.G.Novozhilov, he studied drilling-and-blasting operations in the Ukrainian pits and methods for their improvement.
Since 1962 and till now, Ernest I. Efremov works in the M.S. Polyakov's Institute of Geotechnical Mechanics of National Academy of Science of Ukraine, working his way up from senior engineer (1969-1974) to Deputy Director of the Institute on Science (1974-1992). Since 1974, he is the Head of Department of Rock Explosion Mechanics.
Main scientific and practical activities of Prof. Efremov refer to solving of fundamental physical problems of the solid explosive rupture and, basing on the knowledge of this process physics, developing of new energy-saving environment-friendly safety methods and practices for the rock explosive rupture control.
Under his guidance, and with his personal participation, the key physical factors were and are researched which predetermine character and intensity of the solids crushing under the effect of the blast energy. Basing on the findings of these researches, theoretical principals were established for designing of new highly effective methods for the rock breaking which gave a platform for the widest implementation of the progressive cyclic-continuous mining technology in the iron-ore opencast mines of Krivbass.
Prof. Eframov was the first who experimentally estimated role and number of the key factors which determine mechanism of the solid rock breaking (such as stress wave, explosion gaseous products and parting collision) in total mechanics of the unit fractured media explosion with taking into account the medium properties and character of the blast loading, and specified ways for improving the blast effect.
Prof. Eframov established a previously unknown regularity of the blast physics changes and specified conditions under which efficiency of the explosive mixture could be essentially improved when electrical potential caused by the explosion is changed.
Prof. Eframov proved that the more intensive are stress waves in the process of the water-flooded solid blast loading the greater is area of their failure.
The Prof. Eframov's inventions include new blast technologies and multi-ingredient explosives with the simplest composition implementation of which is resulted in considerable economic effect in Ukraine opencast mines and improved ecological situation in the regions.
Prof. Eframov is a scientist who has created his own scientific school in the field of physics of the rock explosive rupture and enriched the science with scientific works of paramount importance. He is widely known in Ukraine and many other countries. He has prepared one doctor of science and 32 candidates of science. He is an author of 21 monographs, a lot of textbooks, reference books and 140 inventions and patents. He has published 485 scientific articles.
Prof. Efremov was a reporter in numerous conferences and symposiums in Austria, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Russia, Kirgizia, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, etc. His reports were highly appreciated by the scientific community.
In 1989, Prof. Efremov was elected a Constant Honour Member of the Scientific Community Association of Republic of Hungary as a recognition of his outstanding scientific achievements, public activity inside and outside Hungary and fruitful cooperation with the Scientific Community in the field of building industry development.
Prof. Efremov successfully combines his scientific work with pedagogical activity. For more that 30m years, he teaches mining science for the students as he is professor of the Department of Opencasting in the National Mining University.
Prof. Efremov is also very active in social life. He is a Head of Scientific Council of Presidium of National Academy of Science of Ukraine in the field of "Mechanics and Explosion Technologies…"; Chief Editor of informational bulletin of the Ukrainian Explosive Engineers Union and Vice-President of the Ukrainian Explosive Engineers Union; Deputy Head of Specialized Scientific Council on defending theses in IGTM, NANU; Deputy Head of Inter-Departmental Council on Explosion Science under Committee of the State Industrial Supervision of Ukraine. etc.
His scientific and social activities are highly appreciated by various awards, the following are in particular: the State Award of Ukraine in the field of science and engineering (1983, 1997); Certificate of Honour of the Supreme Soviet of the UkrSSR (1985) "For the successes in development of the mining science and preparation of scientific manpower"; O.Dinnik Premium of the NAS of Ukraine (1989); Honoured Science and Engineering Worker of Ukraine (1993) "For weighty personal contribution into development and implementation of scientific achievements, consolidation of technical and scientific potential of Ukraine"; order "For Outstanding Service" of the III Class (2004); Certificate of Honour of the Verchovnaya Rada ofUkraine (225) "For great services rendered to the Ukrainian people"; Award of Ministry of Science and Education of Ukraine "For scientific achievements" (2008).
For the personal contribution into further development of the Ukrainian mining industry, Prof. Eferemov was awarded by breastplates "The Miner's Glory" of all three classes and "The Miner's Prowess" of the third class.


Ready-to-Order Tower Computers Meeting these Specs Prices range from ∼ US$1020 to US$1905, accessories included.
The following Tower Computers meet the minimal system requirements set by Minecraft's developers. So it should run the game, but you might need to lower visual quality for an enjoyable experience.
A cost-effective gaming rig with decent upgrade options, it's well worth considering, especially with the right discount.


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Town Hall with Andrea Reimer: Vancouver's leadership on sustainability, efficiency and social equality
When Dec 2, 2015 at 7:00pm – 9:00pm PST
In the last six months alone, representatives from the City of Vancouver have participated in important conversations at the Vatican, the United Nations, and the White House - and now the world is truly coming together to take action in Paris to combat climate change and create a more sustainable and equitable society.
Building on the successes of the Greenest City 2020 Action Plan and the City's new commitment to 100% Renewable Energy by 2050, Vancouver's leadership and innovation have helped to shape and inspire how other cities and governments around the world are taking action to create a more sustainable, and equitable society.
Join Councillor Andrea Reimer to discuss Vancouver's leadership on sustainability, efficiency and social equality.
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2015 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
SFU Wosk Centre for Dialogue - Lower Concourse | 580 W Hastings St
Joining Councillor Andrea Reimer with be Betsy Agar and David Isaac. Betsy Agar was a founding member of Renewable Cities, holds a Professional Engineers of Ontario license and a Masters in Environmental Science (McMaster). David Isaac (Wugadusk) is a Mi'kmaq originally from Listuguj, Quebec, and currently serves as the interim executive director for the Centre for Native Policy and Research and has most recently started two new companies: FirstTerra (Environmental Remediation) and W Dusk Group.

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This page contains guide info for the finale of Batman: Arkham Knight, where Batman comes face to face with Scarecrow for one last time.
Before you continue, know that this segment contains heavy story spoilers.
After defeating the horde of Jokers by using Special Takedowns, you will arrive at The End, and you will be treated to a long sequence with Scarecrow, Gordon, and Robin as all of Gotham watches. When Scarecrow fills Batman with more fear toxin, you'll be transported to a very odd sequence where all is not as it appears. When you enter the Batmobile, open fire on...everything. You can use whatever you'd like - Vulcan Gun or 60mm Cannon to build up the vehicles Special Weapon charge, until you can at last get a prompt to unleash your special weapon.
When the room is empty, exit the vehicle and enter the door to the side, and take out your enemies as you find them going down the corridors. There's no need for subtlety here as you might guess. Continue blasting your way through the building until you at last go outside to witness a terrifying vision of the future.
When Scarecrow again injects Batman with more toxin, you'll find yourself in a very new scenario. Explore the corridors until you reach dead ends, and then turn around to find new paths open up. When you reach the Wake, you can find an exit through the chairs on one side, leading to another corridor.
When you finally reach an open area, keep looking around as statues appear on all sides. Blast the statues apart as they appear until finally a new foe appears. Enter the light to find a long hall and push the Exit button on the far side. When at last you change sides, start beating up your opponent and knock him near the Intensive Treatment cell to perform an Environmental Takedown, shoving your nemesis in and at last sealing him away forever.
Watch the ensuing scene and rejoice! You've completed the Main Story for Batman: Arkham Knight! After the scene concludes, you will be able to unlock one of two Endings if you have completed enough of Gotham's Most Wanted] (at least 7 completed for the incomplete Knightfall Protocol, and all side quests completed to enact the True Knightfall Protocol). You can also start up New Game Plus at any time, or just continue to explore Gotham and fight crime for one last night.


Deciding what to do after GCSE, where you should go and what you should study, is a complex and important task. Choosing the right sort of institution to suit your needs is as important as selecting the right courses.
In the Sixth Form at The Nelson Thomlinson School we offer a range of courses, excellent teaching, a team of highly skilled tutors and are very proud of the personalised service we are able to offer all our students whether they are applying for university, or training through apprenticeships or employment. We also work hard to promote a wealth of enrichment activities and opportunities for all students to develop their softer skills in preparation for the real world.
You will find that life as a Sixth-Former is very different from your life in school up to this stage. You will be treated as an adult and that means having increased freedom and increased responsibility for organising your own work. This doesn't, of course, mean that we are not concerned about your progress – far from it. We are proud of the quality of the teaching in Sixth-Form classes. In a number of areas our staff are national figures in their field. Your tutor will regularly discuss your academic life with you in order to ensure we maximise your progress during the development of your courses.
We spend a great deal of time on the process of career choice in the Sixth Form. The nature of relationships here is such that the advice you are given will be from people who know you well and have real interest in ensuring you make the most appropriate decisions about your future. Every year the vast majority of Upper-Sixth students get their first choice destination, whether that means accepting places in higher education, either at a university, college of further education, or embarking upon an apprenticeship or training programme.
Ultimately, joining us as a student is a serious commitment as we are an academic sixth form offering traditional A-Level courses. We place a strong emphasis on academic achievement and attitude to learning. However, it is hard to put into words just what it feels like to be part of the Sixth Form, so the best way to experience it is to contact us and arrange to visit to see the Sixth Form at work. We look forward to welcoming you.
We offer a wide range of A-level and Level 3 courses.
In Year 12, most students study three A Level subjects and undertake 25 hours of enrichment activities.
Here are some useful documents to help with important decisions you'll need to make post-Sixth Form.


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Q: TeamCity server couldn't found Java executable even though i have set it About 1 month ago I still can run TeamCity server but up to now, it said that Java executable of version 1.8 is not found.
I have set Environment Variables:

JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.1
JRE_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_192
CATALINA_HOME=C:\apache-tomcat-9.0.12

In Path variables, I have set it to:

%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%JRE_HOME%\bin;%CATALINA_HOME%\lib

But it still says that it couldn't found JAVA_HOME or JRE_HOME.
The TeamCity server logs I have attached below.
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,773] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Parsing service settings
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,774] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program to execute:   C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,774] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program arguments:    /c teamcity-server.bat run service
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,774] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program work dir:     c:\TeamCity\bin
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,774] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program stop timeout: 900000
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,774] CreateServiceSettingsAction       [Info] Service log file is set to: c:\TeamCity\logs\teamcity-winservice.log
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,774] CreateServiceSettingsAction       [Info] Installing service unser LOCAL_SYSTEM account
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,776] CreateServiceCommand              [Info] Service 'TeamCity' was created
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,778] CreateServiceAction               [Info]
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,778] CreateServiceAction               [Info] Use the folloging commands to start/stop the service:
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,778] CreateServiceAction               [Info]   net.exe start TeamCity
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,778] CreateServiceAction               [Info]     to start service
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,778] CreateServiceAction               [Info]
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,778] CreateServiceAction               [Info]   net.exe stop TeamCity
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,778] CreateServiceAction               [Info]     to stop service
[2018-11-27 10:50:45,778] CreateServiceAction               [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,283] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Parsing service settings
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,283] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program to execute:   C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,283] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program arguments:    /c teamcity-server.bat run service
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,283] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program work dir:     c:\TeamCity\bin
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,283] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program stop timeout: 900000
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,284] CreateServiceSettingsAction       [Info] Service log file is set to: c:\TeamCity\logs\teamcity-winservice.log
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,284] CreateServiceSettingsAction       [Info] Installing service unser LOCAL_SYSTEM account
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,286] CreateServiceCommand              [Info] Service 'TeamCity' was created
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,287] CreateServiceAction               [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,287] CreateServiceAction               [Info] Use the folloging commands to start/stop the service:
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,287] CreateServiceAction               [Info]   net.exe start TeamCity
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,287] CreateServiceAction               [Info]     to start service
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,287] CreateServiceAction               [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,288] CreateServiceAction               [Info]   net.exe stop TeamCity
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,288] CreateServiceAction               [Info]     to stop service
[2018-11-27 11:20:16,288] CreateServiceAction               [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:28,729] ThreadedServiceTask               [Info] CallStartService
[2018-11-27 11:20:28,729] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Parsing service settings
[2018-11-27 11:20:28,730] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program to execute:   C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
[2018-11-27 11:20:28,730] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program arguments:    /c teamcity-server.bat run service
[2018-11-27 11:20:28,730] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program work dir:     c:\TeamCity\bin
[2018-11-27 11:20:28,730] FileTaskSettings                  [Info] Program stop timeout: 900000
[2018-11-27 11:20:28,834] console                           [Info] Starting TeamCity server
[2018-11-27 11:20:28,835] console                           [Info] Looking for installed Java...
[2018-11-27 11:20:29,138] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:29,138] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:29,340] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:29,340] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:29,845] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:29,845] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,350] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,350] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,451] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,451] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] Java executable of version 1.8 is not found:
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] - Java executable is not found under the specified directories: "c:\TeamCity\jre"
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] - Neither the JAVA_HOME nor the JRE_HOME environment variable is defined
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] - Path to JVM is not found in Windows registry
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] - Java executable is not found in the default locations
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] - Java executable is not found in the directories listed in the PATH environment variable
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] Please make sure either JAVA_HOME or JRE_HOME environment variable is defined and is pointing to the root directory of the valid Java (JRE) installation
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] Environment variable FJ_DEBUG can be set to enable debug output
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,653] console                           [Info] Java not found. Cannot start TeamCity server. Please ensure JDK or JRE is installed and JAVA_HOME environment variable points to it.
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,754] console                           [Info] Server exited unexpectedly with code 1 and will be restarted
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,754] console                           [Info] Starting TeamCity server
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,754] console                           [Info] Looking for installed Java...
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,956] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:30,956] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:31,158] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:31,158] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:31,360] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:31,360] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:31,764] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:31,764] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:31,966] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:31,966] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] Java executable of version 1.8 is not found:
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] - Java executable is not found under the specified directories: "c:\TeamCity\jre"
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] - Neither the JAVA_HOME nor the JRE_HOME environment variable is defined
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] - Path to JVM is not found in Windows registry
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] - Java executable is not found in the default locations
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] - Java executable is not found in the directories listed in the PATH environment variable
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] Please make sure either JAVA_HOME or JRE_HOME environment variable is defined and is pointing to the root directory of the valid Java (JRE) installation
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] Environment variable FJ_DEBUG can be set to enable debug output
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] Java not found. Cannot start TeamCity server. Please ensure JDK or JRE is installed and JAVA_HOME environment variable points to it.
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,067] console                           [Info] Server exited unexpectedly with code 1 and will be restarted
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,168] console                           [Info] Starting TeamCity server
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,168] console                           [Info] Looking for installed Java...
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,370] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,370] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,571] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,571] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,773] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:32,773] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,177] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,177] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,379] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,379] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] 'findstr' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] operable program or batch file.
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] Java executable of version 1.8 is not found:
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] - Java executable is not found under the specified directories: "c:\TeamCity\jre"
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] - Neither the JAVA_HOME nor the JRE_HOME environment variable is defined
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] - Path to JVM is not found in Windows registry
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] - Java executable is not found in the default locations
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] - Java executable is not found in the directories listed in the PATH environment variable
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] Please make sure either JAVA_HOME or JRE_HOME environment variable is defined and is pointing to the root directory of the valid Java (JRE) installation
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] Team
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] Environment variable FJ_DEBUG can be set to enable debug output
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info]
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] Java not found. Cannot start TeamCity server. Please ensure JDK or JRE is installed and JAVA_HOME environment variable points to it.
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,480] console                           [Info] Server exited unexpectedly with code 1 and restart limit (3) is reached
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,481] ProcessCommand                    [Info] Process exited with code: 0
[2018-11-27 11:20:33,581] ServiceExecuteProcessTask        [Error] Service process exited without service stop request

A: I found my solution after read this answer What is the reason for '...' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file? .
Basically TeamCity only get JRE_HOME variable, not the Path variable so it doesn't have ..\bin in it. I just edit the JRE_HOME when setup TeamCity and it worked.

A: I've had a similar issue and was able to resolve it by doing the following:

*

*Download an .exe installer for TeamCity.

*Install it into a new folder.

*Copy 'jre' folder from the new installation folder, and pasting it into the original TeamCity installation folder.

A: I ran into this also. It turns out the answer was debugging the 'findstr' errors earlier in the log.  For some reason, my Windows build server had lost 'C:\Windows\System32' on its PATH.  'Findstr' is used by a teamcity internal batch file to parse Java's version.  This causes the startup script to fall back and assume Java was not installed.  Once I added this directory back into the path, the server started up just fine.

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Police in Brazil have used tear gas to disperse protesters outside the Ana Rosa metro (public transport system) station, as a workers' strike entered its second day, causing chaos in the largest city, Sao Paulo.
Nearly half of the stations were closed and traffic choked the streets of the city, which will host the opening match of the 2014 World Cup next Thursday. There were more than 200km of traffic jams in the morning rush hour.
Metro workers are demanding a pay rise of at least 10%. A new round of negotiations has failed and the strike will continue. A military police spokesman said officers intervened after clashes broke out as commuters tried to get through the picket line of striking workers to enter the station.
Brazil has seen a year of street protests against bad governance and perceived excessive spending in preparations for the World Cup and the Olympics, which Rio de Janeiro will host in 2016.
Football's world governing body, Fifa, said on Thursday it was confident the World Cup would go ahead and would be a success. "I'm an optimist. After the tournament kicks off, I think there will be a better mood," Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on Thursday.
Germany's Reus out of World Cup
Sarkodie crowned hip hop king at MTV Awards
Sudanese activists call for demonstrations against army
Zimbabwean journalist's trial set to begin
Uganda prosecutor withdraws case against Bobi Wine
Kenya arrests 91 Ethiopians being held in a house


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The role a knowledge management system plays for each sales department will always vary based on the company's particular needs and approach. But many companies that have put one to use for their sales team have seen a difference. Here are just a few examples of how it can work.
MuleSoft, a company that provides a platform to help integrate SaaS and enterprise applications, was undergoing serious growth that made it challenging to keep their expanding sales force up-to-date with all the information they needed. By introducing a knowledge management system into their process, they were able to cut down on the endless stream of emails the sales manager spent hours answering every day.
The added efficiency of having a tool that allowed sales representatives to more quickly find the answers they needed on their own opened up time for the sales team to focus on more productive work. The knowledge management system also made it easier to highlight the most important and relevant information that sales representatives needed to see. They could make sure that all important updates reached the right people and that those people were actually viewing them.
As a result, MuleSoft decreased sales time to revenue by 16 percent and increased first month ACV by 15 percent.
Jasco, a distributor of GE electronics, was also struggling with the effects of rapid growth. In their case, one of the big problems that arose was a growing distance between different departments. A lot of the valuable information that their various teams needed ended up siloed within different departments instead of getting effectively spread to all the employees throughout the company.
Having a shared knowledge management system between the departments made it easier for employees in different cities and different areas of the company to communicate with each other. The company also found that the ability to load and access content in different types of formats in the knowledge management system made it possible for employees to learn in the ways that worked best for them.
The sporting goods company Sport Chalet preferred to do training for its employees across locations through videos, but found that creating DVDs and distributing the videos to different locations got pretty costly.
Uploading those videos to a knowledge management system makes it much easier for the sales teams in all the company's different locations to view them. As an added bonus, they can also pull them up on the sales floor on whatever device they have handy when a customer has a question that a video answers.
We live in an information economy and sales are often dependent on salespeople and prospects being able to communicate quickly and effectively, with access to the exact information they need at that moment.
Easy access to information enables your sales team to do their jobs better, so your company can reap the benefits of higher sales numbers.
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The muscarinic acetylcholine receptor M4, also known as the cholinergic receptor, muscarinic 4 (CHRM4), is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the CHRM4 gene.
M4 muscarinic receptors are coupled to Gi/o heterotrimeric proteins.
They function as inhibitory autoreceptors for acetylcholine. Activation of M4 receptors inhibits acetylcholine release in the striatum. The M2 subtype of acetylcholine receptor functions similarly as an inhibitory autoreceptor to acetylcholine release, albeit functioning actively primarily in the hippocampus and cerebral cortex.
Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors possess a regulatory effect on dopaminergic neurotransmission. Activation of M4 receptors in the striatum inhibit D1-induced locomotor stimulation in mice. M4 receptor-deficient mice exhibit increased locomotor simulation in response to D1 agonists, amphetamine and cocaine. Neurotransmission in the striatum influences extrapyramidal motor control, thus alterations in M4 activity may contribute to conditions such as Parkinson's Disease.
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This is the only track we didn't demo before we started recording, it was only written once we'd already got going. Tim had left a rough MP3 on our studio computer as he had just recorded a basic idea the night before while he was doing vocals on one of the other demos. I was in early the next day, fired up the studio, saw it and being nosey listened to it. It was super rough had no lyrics, just mumbling but the melody and chords were there screaming out "record me, you must record me!
We spent a few days working out what direction to take it in. The basic chords are really pop and it could have been very easy to take it into a Transvision Vamp cheese arena so we thought about it and tried out different ideas. The key was stripping down the verses and getting really dark guitar and drum sounds, we referenced Suicide for the vibe. The chorus is a big rocker like Weezer's "Beverly Hills" but with cooler chords and the melody is again super catchy. It's got a great middle 8 that should please fans of our rock-out stuff. Lyrically Tim metaphors a Galaxy collapsing in silence to the drama of someone's world falling apart around them. There's gonna be a lot of cool BV's going on this on and our A&R guy says it sounds like Pixies which can't be a bad thing really.


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Since the beginning of Mankind, when Humans first set out to walk their path along this journey of life, Human Behavior was then and still is now, the most complexing thing that we will ever try to figure out.
There has been many Individuals that have come and walked their paths along this journey of life, these Individuals have been special in their lives and what they have left for many yet to come along this journey, still stands tall through the test of time. No matter who you are, or where you are? Look around and really look at what you see, everything even us as Humans come from somewhere and have been born into this World.
Things within the past have been invented to make our lives easier, with these inventions there is a lot of change happening around us, with each passing year, there are four seasons that give us different weather conditions, there is winter that brings cold and snow, then there is spring that brings us warmth and new growth and a freshness within the air, next is summer for some it is too hot, yet to others it isn't hot enough, then you have fall which brings the nip back into the air, before entering back into winter, with fall you also have nice vibrant colors, that soon follows not so vibrant dull and gloomy everywhere around us. You see the trend here? Change is the common denominator, change is something we as Humans and everything around us goes through, then why do we all fear this change? This is a very good question and a question that even the smartest of minds still can't answer 100%.
Change is it's own entity and comes to us in many ways. Change can bring great pain if we don't handle or see the change correctly, all change is good when we do it correctly and for all the right reasons. When change happens to us and our behavior is affected by it in a negative way, this is what creates chaos and hatred of all those around us, including ourselves.
Human Behavior is very different of each other, just as we are unique to each other, our behavior shares that same uniqueness, as much as we try to be like certain others around us, this is impossible as their behavior varies very differently than that of ourselves. Behavior is one of those things we can't see or feel, but yet we do it unconsciously? We don't think of this behavior, but yet we do it everyday of our lives, Bingo!!! Behavior is how we act here on Earth, as we walk our paths along this journey of life.
When I say Act, I don't mean the Hollywood Actors, I totally mean our actions, or how we act as we walk this journey. Hollywood Actors are not what reality is, even though there may be some that think they are really like that in real life, or try to be like that in real life? When I say act, I truly mean our actions within our lives, everyday of our lives as we walk our paths. Some may want to blame others for their actions and they made them do whatever they did? This is because our first instinct is to point the blame away from us and in another direction, cause this may change our behavior and bring pain into our lives? Human Behavior is a very touchy and sensitive subject to each of us, even the smartest of minds have trouble figuring it out, as their own behavior will get in their way at times and shows why " we think we are smarter than each other, instead of working together for the good of all Mankind".
When we stay true to ourselves, stay true to Jesus Christ our Savior and the one that died on a cross for us, to show us the true path of righteousness and that this path will lead us to true peace, so we all can be better and stronger in our behavior as we walk our paths along our journey through life.
This Society of today is in need of some major fixings. With the latest chaos going on within the city of Baltimore, shows just how we in this Society need desperately to fix the wrongs, so we can all walk our paths of our journey of life in peace and strive to be better than Societies of the past.
We have a huge tragedy with the earthquake in Nepal, which should be front and center in all our minds, as we show empathy and compassion with those affected in Nepal, but with all the other crap like Baltimore and the group ISIS, taking center stage in the media, it is hard for any of us to show our true empathy and remorse, let alone have any kind of compassion towards each other.
True the Media should accept most of the blame, for giving these wrong doers their film time on national TV, but the bigger blame goes to the Parents of these children, for not being there for their children, not being their to communicate properly with their children and hugely for not properly teaching their children, the difference between right and wrong.
My theory on all this chaos and violence amongst us within our Society, goes no further than all the online games our children play, this teaches them nothing but violence and a killing mentality, children of today spend way too much time on their computers, plugged into their games with their headsets, chatting with other children and adults through the game they are playing, not too mention being brainwashed by a game and others who are playing that game with them. The way we change this is, we start now setting an example of taking down these games, deleting them from our computers and teaching our children that violence and killing only compounds all problems we deal with, throughout our paths of our journey of life.
These Teenagers in Baltimore that are causing the chaos in their city, only do so at night cause during the day, they are on their games chatting and planning the next wave of violence within their city. Let's show these Teens that there is more to life than, sitting in front of a computer and playing a game of violence, chatting with others they have never met in real time and planning chaos within their city then even further, let's discipline the Parents of these Teenagers and send a message to all the other so called Parents, that this behavior will not be tolerated any more, as it does nothing but affect the lives and peace of everybody around them.
We all walk our paths along this journey of life, when we do so by causing harm to others around us, we are also making our journey harder than it has to be, when we walk our paths while we show our true empathy, compassion and remorse of each other, than all our paths of our journey through life will be easier, while we all relax in peace within our Society, so we can be better and stronger, than all other Societies of Mankind, not too mention the troubled Society we all live today, will be fixed and be a great Society once again.
"Throughout the history of Mankind, we all walk our own paths throughout the Journey of life".
As we walk these paths we find we need to work in order to survive along these paths, we all have our own knowledge that gives us the experience needed, so we can find that certain career for what makes us good at what we do, but in order to get this knowledge we have to be a good listener and have the right teacher, that not only teaches from the heart, but teaches us with passion that one day their student, will become very successful from their teachings.
Jesus Christ was this great teacher, we all should strive to be like. Jesus used a lot of different examples, so we could understand better of what he was trying to say, like not just being a "Fisherman", but being a "Fisher of men", Jesus also made light of the Shepard and the Sheep and how the Sheep were great listeners, that followed the Shepard where ever he may go. The great Teachers like Jesus, to them guiding their students comes easily as this is a special gift, a gift that they don't know they have, until they unleash it from within, like the Shepard over his herd of Sheep, this was a 24/7 job, but to the Shepard it wasn't a job, it was more of a reward, that gave him freedom, to go where ever he wanted along this planet Earth, Jesus also didn't look at himself as a teacher, or that it was a job of his, as his teachings were also 24/7 and came to him like a reward, with the freedom to wander where he may, teach whom ever that may have crossed his path, no matter who you were.
The true Teachers within Mankind, started with Jesus, but has continued throughout all the Mother and Father's, as they teach their Children how to walk their paths along their journey of life, they didn't force any type of path on them, only gave them the tools to explore and find their own path through life, they guided their Children out of love, passion and joy, as to make them happy to be a listener, learn all they could learn, so one day they to can be a great teacher, like Jesus and their Parents taught them. This is how the cycle of life is suppose to be, but somewhere/somehow the gift of a great Teacher, has become more like a job, instead of a gift that warms your heart, with all that is around you.
To be a great Teacher is more than standing in front of others and trying to lead them from a book, it is leading others from the heart, with a passion for the goodness of what you do, taking that warm feeling of love from within you and sharing that same feeling of warmth and love, with all that is around you, know matter who they are. If we all only shared more compassion and empathy of each other, toward each other, then just maybe this Society of which we all walk our paths along our journey of life, would show more of this warmth within our hearts? There are less great Teachers in our Society, only because we view a Teacher as a job, instead of as a " Fisher of men". " The true difference between a Fisher of Men and a Teacher is the feeling of warmth from within, that is the love of ourselves that we share with each other".
Jesus came to us and walked his path of his Journey of life, so we could listen and learn from his teachings, then as we walk our paths through our Journey of life, we to can become that great teacher that Jesus showed us, while we all share the warmth of his love that is within us all. It is when we all become that great teacher, that our Society becomes a great Society, full of compassion and empathy of one another, with no hatred and evil that Satan tries to tempt us into, "the temptation of Satan is strong, but the greatness of the teachings of Jesus, is even stronger". May we all become that great teacher and not just a teacher for a job, may we all show more compassion and empathy of each other, so our Society can be great once again, as we all walk our paths, along our journey of life.
The heart still beats, even when it is scorned….
the heart is in the middle or the core of our being unlike our outer extremities like our hands or our feet.
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"We all as Human Beings are part of each Culture, whether we want to acknowledge it or not".
We all walk our own paths along this journey called life, depending on which path you take and where you set your roots to live within this Society, you are part of a culture, a culture that views the World differently than all other Cultures. There is no Culture greater than another, it is all part of all of us being diverse and respectful of each other.
This diversity and respect within each culture, is what is missing within our Society today. Today every Culture is moving forward with a notion that, their culture is the only way to go through life and when you think you are above everything around you, this is where the problems within our Society lies. When God created everything around us, including we throughout Mankind, he did so for us to coincide with each other, he created us equal but unique to each other, which is the same for all the different Cultures around the World. What we lack in this Society today is, diversity and respect of each other and the different Cultures around the globe, this is the biggest reason why we are a broken Society today.
You see everyday around you, people using the word "RACISM" as an excuse to throw more hate at each other? I have news for you there is no such thing as Racism and it is only a word made up by us the people, in order to deflect anything away from ourselves, so we don't have to take responsibility of anything. We all have our issues, we all have our problems, it's when we don't acknowledge them, that we then try to point blame at everything around us, instead of owning up to them, so we can fix what is wrong and move forward better and stronger on our journey of life.
Cultures are a way of life for where ever you may be around the globe, instead of looking at these cultures and laughing or making fun of them, lets show more respect and learn of them, so we can be more diversified and open to everything around us. I understand there may be groups that try to over whelm us with their clouded views and try to lure us into something that is purely evil, this shows that Satan is alive and well, just like when he tempted Jesus on his journey, but when we stay true to ourselves and who we are, than God will always warm our hearts with his love and when we acknowledge this warmth within us, than the love spreads throughout all the Cultures.
The NBA or National Basketball Association has passed some stiff penalties surrounding the use of PED's, I say this is awesome for all sports, because if you can't compete and perform on your own merits, you should not be playing any game, let alone receiving big money to cheat at whatever sport you play.
The greed within this Society will have us within Mankind do whatever we have to, in order to to make the big bucks, this includes cheating in sports which is exactly what you are doing, by putting these PED's in your body. Back in the history of any sport, with guys like Bobby Orr, Larry Bird, Bill Russell, Gordie Howe, Jim Brown, Ray Bourque, now your talking of guys who not only loved the game they played, but had the talent to excel above and beyond any other that played their sport.
Within this era of all sports and a good percentage of the players that play each of the sports, there is so much pressure to perform and receive the big contract, not to mention the sponsor dollars of the big sponsors that pay the big money just to advertise their products/product, that players today will do anything in order to make people see them as like a Superman. Look at guys like Barry Bonds, it was clear the way he went from a skinny ball player, to someone with great muscular mass, just so he could break a home run record? The one ball player that did it right was Ken Griffey Jr. Now your talking about a guy who had the smoothest and best swing in the game of baseball and he put his talent above everything, which showed with his performance on the field.
When you look at these performance enhancing drugs and how our Society has evolved over these years, you can see clearly why this Society is a troubled Society. When Jesus came to us and walked his journey with us, he said that greed would be a huge factor in the destruction of Mankind, you can clearly see in the sports world, with all the big money being thrown around, just what Jesus was talking about.
We the people of this Society today, are exactly what is wrong within the World, "we want it all and we want it all now", this quote pretty much sums up our Society now, as we walk our paths of our journey through life. We don't allow ourselves to relax and enjoy what is around us anymore, if your not doing something to cheat the system, than your being left behind, by those that do cheat the system and the ones that do cheat, look at those who do not as being in their way of them living their lives to the fullest.
What exactly is living life to the fullest? the true answer is deep inside each one of us and the true answer varies depending on who you are. What one person may do to feel the good feeling of living and walking their journey, is not the same for each of us, as much as we think we want to be like another, there are many paths to our journey through life, we as Humans being unique to each other, have to find that path that is best for ourselves and the paths that include any kind of cheating, just to get an advantage over one another, is the wrong path no matter how you try to rationalize or look at the path you have chosen.
When we all walk our paths correctly and with no cheating involved, the feeling we feel deep inside our bodies is like no other feeling we will feel, as we walk our paths along our journey of life, plus as we all walk our own paths correctly, then our Society will be better and stronger for it, a Society doesn't revolve around one certain Individual, it revolves around all of us as Individuals which makes up a strong Society. The time is now to stop all the crap around us, stop taking advantage of one another for our own personal gain, stop the cheating so we can make the big dollars, when we live our lives correctly, the feeling we get deep inside is greater than any big contract or money we make from that contract, plus the feeling that is brought to our Society, makes it better and stronger than any Society before it. We all walk a path along our journey of life, not every path is the right one, we as an Individual have to find that right path, so we can feel that ultimate feeling of life when we do it the right way.
Today in the Boston sports scene this day of April 15th 2015, had two huge stories happen, pretty much at almost the same time. Arron Hernandez was convicted of murder in the 1st degree and Peter Chiarelli the general manager of the Boston Bruins was fired from the team.
Arron Hernandez was a gifted athlete and could excel in the sport of football and as we all seen from him on the field, his actions proved he was gifted and could play, the team he played for also seen his gift and awarded him 40 million to play for them, Arron came from nothing and transformed into a very wealthy Individual, who had the world in the palm of his hands and now all has been taken from him, with zero to show for his gift and talent.
The guilty verdict of Arron Hernandez, when you look deeply into the reality of the situation, proves just how troubled a lot of Individuals are within this Society we all live. When you look deeply into Arron's eyes at the time the verdict was read, you can clearly see he has issues which he buried his true feelings and emotions, as well as his true empathy of himself and those around him. Arron was with out a doubt, living a double life while he was playing professional football.
We all within this Society are guilty of burying our true self's and our empathy of ourselves and others around us, but this verdict of Hernandez and others like him, only takes it to the next level. When harm comes to us and we don't acknowledge the harm correctly, we then look to other ways, in order to relieve ourselves of this harm, this includes hiding who we truly are and hiding our true feelings and emotions, which we then become clouded in our judgements and make stupid decisions, without truly thinking of the ramifications of our actions. True Arron received what he deserved, but if he addressed his issues before the pain of the issues became so great, where he did whatever he needed to make the pain go away, then he may not be in the situation he is now and just maybe, he could of lived a very good and plush lifestyle, with the big money he was awarded, from the team he played professional football for. Let this be a wake up call for all of us throughout Society, do we want to go down the same path as Arron Hernandez, or do we want to correctly fix our issues, so we can walk a path along our journey of life that brings us peace and much happiness throughout our lives?
The Boston Bruins has been my favorite hockey team throughout my life, I understand the game of hockey inside and out, the decision to relieve Peter Chiarelli the general manager of his duties, was the correct one by the Bruins, as Peter did nothing to make this team better this season and give coach Claude the necessary tools to do his job better. Peter also subtracted players who were the identity and chemistry of this team without replacing them, when you subtract quality from anything and not add back anything, eventually you end up with zero with nothing to show. I understand to make a decision to release someone of their duties is very hard at any level, with that said my respect for Cam Neely just grew bigger than it was. This decision was the right one to make, so the Bruins can move forward to be better and get back at playing the game of hockey, so they can be successful at bringing the Stanly cup back to the City of Boston, for the organization and fans to enjoy.
"We in this Society try to be political correct to each other, cause we simply are afraid to be real with each other, for fear of offending one another".
What these two words of " Political Correct" really mean is, a way for us to bring a form of fake self to others around us. We have this notion that if we don't be 100% true and honest toward each other, we think we are protecting others and ourselves from further harm? What we are truly doing with this political correction is, putting off further harm for a later time.
We are so consumed in not offending each other, that we have created this fear that shouldn't even be an issue for any of us. The way we learn to be better, so we can be stronger as we walk our journey of life, is to make mistakes and learn from them, it is also for us to be 100% honest with each other, so we can learn from each other, and then we can limit the amount of mistakes we make in our lives.
When someone is physically or mentally challenged, we then become afraid to help or be associated with these Individuals, because we think others will look at us as the same, We let this fear control us to the point that, we become someone we truly are not. Being Political Correct is not who we really are, it takes away from us being compassionate of, not only ourselves, but of one another.
The Political Correction within our Society today, is what's killing us and our Society right before our eyes. " Honesty is the best policy", this is a quote that has been around before a lot of us were born here on Earth, just that we in this Society and because we are afraid to offend each other, only think we are making all our lives better, as we walk our paths along our journey of life.
Sometimes in life we need to hear the truth, we need to be honest with each other, yes it's true honesty and truth brings some pain, but when this pain comes to us in a way of healing, then it is pain we can deal with to fix what is wrong, so we all can move forward on our paths of our journey of life, to be better and stronger and live in peace, instead of walking on eggshells around each other.
To be Political Correct of each other is only procrastinating of one another, it is a way for us to be less honest of each other, so we can avoid any confrontation with one another, we would rather hide from each other, than look each other in the eye and be totally honest or truthful with each other. I understand that some things are better left unsaid, but when we use Political Correction to hide from one another and not be real with ourselves or each other, then this will bring greater pain to all of us as we walk our paths along our journey of life.
When we use Political Correction to hide and not be honest with ourselves or one another, all we are doing is not being true to who we really are. With Social Media in our lives today, it makes it even more harder to be real with each other, as we are now hiding behind our techy devices, instead of interacting face to face. I am not saying we should fight with each other, what I am saying is, we should interact more with each other face to face, be more honest and true towards each other, so this can help us be better as Individuals and more capable of handling, whatever life throws at us, when we are true to who we are, we will not have to use any kind of Political Correction at all, as our Society will be much better for it, which will help us be at peace with ourselves and all that is around us, as we walk our paths along our journey of life.


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What began as a single bathroom renovation quickly grew into a full scale home renovation. We discovered that this newly purchased home had a myriad of dodgy building techniques hidden under floors and in the walls. The upstairs bathroom was only renovated 5 years ago but due to a poorly installed waterproof membrane the shower recess had leaked. This leak had caused damage the adjoining toilet room and linen as was leaking down into the kitchen below. Here are Birdblack Design we don't offer Band-Aid solutions, if there's a problem we fix the job properly. And so both bathrooms were renovated from the ground up.The downstairs bathroom was non-existent, we relocated the old bathroom downstairs (now a linen room) and made a new bathroom in the space which was an old bar. We had our continued porcelain timber look tile running through on the floor. Whereas upstairs we opted for a neutral concrete look tile on the floor. The black and white scheme for both bathrooms had some life injected into it with our feature mosaic tile. The white grout really contrasts the tile making the pattern stand to attention. A balance of custom made white polyurethane joinery and Caesar Stone Calacatta Nuvo benchtops leaves both bathrooms feeling fresh and revived.
The laundry was to remain in the same location but was to be completely renovated and the bathroom was to become a place for storage.The timber look porcelain floor tile runs throughout the entire home so we continued its flow through to both spaces. What was once the bathroom is now any home owner's dream- a giant storage room. Not only can you fit linen in here but we custom designed the unit to include space for brooms and mops.The laundry has been given a new lease on life with brand new custom made joinery and benchtop. The appliances are neatly tucked under the bench and we've maximised our storage but installed cabinetry wherever we could. The pattern of the splashback makes this laundry fun and we all need a bit of fun when it comes to scrubbing dirty clothes.
This kitchen doubled in size by the time we were done with it and what a change for the better that has made. This wing of the home is made up of three areas; the dining room tucked down the back followed by the kitchen and then open casual meals area. The existing dining room was too small to house the owner's dining table and was a room that would rarely ever be used because it was so secluded from the entertaining space of the kitchen. So in turn, the existing wall between the dining and kitchen was removed creating an open plan kitchen which was now proportionally sized to the rest of the home.The style for this kitchen is contemporary with a touch of traditional elements. The kitchen cabinetry compromises of a dual combination of textured grain laminate and a white matt finish polyurethane. The Caesar Stone Calacatta Nuvo benchtops exude elegance throughout the space and paired with the copper splashback really are a match made in heaven.
The Italian timber look porcelain tiles bring warmth into the space and with the varied pattern on each tile they too create yet another beautiful layer to this kitchen.There is so much storage in this kitchen which was meticulously designed to accommodate the owners and the way in which they cook and entertain. Pantry storage is maximised with not a single dead corner or wasted space to be found. The detail down to cutlery and spice inserts has been designed and custom made. This truly is a kitchen than is easily adaptable from two people cooking at once to having the entire family over for a gathering.
Every room in the end was touched and brought up to standard. New tiled flooring throughout, new carpet in the bedroom, new robes, new light fittings and powerpoints, new paint, new windows, new doors- if you can see it in the photos it's new. Bar two exceptions, when we can, we like to restore items rather than ripping them out for the sake of it. The first item that remained was the slate on the front of the fireplace. It works so beautifully with the floor tile and it was nice to keep an original element of the house. We tidied it up and installed a new gas fireplace with Caesar Stone mantel piece and now it's looking brand new.
The second item and my favourite section of the entire project; the staircase. The original staircase was so out of place in this home, it was more suited to an Irish pub than a Balgownie home. There were talks about removing it but I was keen to see if we could give it a new life instead. The guys at Aspire Constructions did an amazing job at restoring this beauty, it was a lot of effort by the payoff is amazing. The old hand rail was removed and a new custom designed rail installed. The stairs were completely stripped back from their gloss varnish, lifted and levelled so they no longer had a tilt to them. Birdblack Design's painter stained the stairs and stringers in a matt ebony finish which gives it a contemporary luxe look. Custom made joinery was designed and made to fit under the stairs to ensure every inch of this home was used to its fullest capacity. All in all an incredible transformation which is a credit to the entire team that was involved on this project. Plus working with great owners always make a job more enjoyable.


I don't remember when I got the first idea for this story, only that I wanted a strong female character. With which I've had some experience.
I had world maps I had made long ago, just for fun. I had made city maps, too, just because the layout of cities has always fascinated me. I had been developing a non-steam-punk culture, steam and telegraphy but no punk at all. I had created different races of the fae, which I spelled fey, some time back in my teen-age years. I have always had fun with vast fictitious histories. And bizarre technologies. And strange peoples. And abandoned mansions. It was all there, and ready for me to use.
I had some difficulty getting started. I wrote a few pages of garbage, and some more, and then decided to do the plotting workshop that I conduct at science fiction conventions. I did, and it gave me the structure I needed for the story over-all. Then I worked up a kind of non-outline, several versions, including background chapters, character chapters, and other less direct action. I wrote a rough draft, then a first draft, then a second, and third, and other drafts, until the story was finished. Then, of course, four versions of "final draft:" read silently for text; read aloud for text; read aloud for story; read aloud for performance. Each reading found more and more that needed to be improved, corrected, tightened, or otherwise fixed. At last I was happy with it.
I tried to do my own cover. My artist was engaged in a real-world job. I did a very bad cover, several different times, and then looked at an older cover Darcy had done, and tried again, and had something I thought would work. Then Darcy took it over, and fit me in when she could. Her company would rather she work for them than for me. It took a while.
But it is done, it is published, and I'm quite happy with it. It is available on Amazon [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07MTKYFFN?pf_rd_p=c2945051-950f-485c-b4df-15aac5223b10&pf_rd_r=JRA7BSN5MGN721Z2KM70].


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Wccftech's Best RPG's of 2020 – Action-Packed And Brand New
By Kai Powell
This year's spread of role-playing games runs a pretty interesting range compared to years before. With the launch of new PlayStation and Xbox consoles, there are some new titles to experience right alongside remakes and sequels alike. Very few RPGs have been released exclusive to the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S|X, so these particular platforms will see the least amount of entries for this year alone (Demon's Souls for PlayStation 5 being the sole entry on this list). It's otherwise been a solid year for telling engaging stories across a wide variety of role-playing mediums.
Also in Wccftech's Best Games of 2020 lists: Action, Adventure, Horror, Platformers, Shooters, Strategy & Simulation, Sports & Racing
Hades (10)
Supergiant Games' roguelike action RPG boasts one of Wccftech's lone 10/10 scores in 2020 and for good reason. This Greco-Roman epic refines the 'one more run' that makes roguelikes so addictive while building up towards a narrative that will keep gamers engaged for many hours to come.
Hades is near perfect, offering exactly what you expect and yet somehow exceeding your wildest expectations. From the art design to the gameplay to the narrative, Hades is proof of the incredible creative power that SuperGiant Games have been honing for the last nine years.
Demon's Souls (9.5)
I don't think there will be a single RPG Game of the Year list published in 2020 that doesn't include Demon's Souls as one of the top picks. Bluepoint Games has given the grandfather of the modern Souls genre the respect it deserves, polishing everything up to next-gen standards while keeping the core gameplay and formula nearly 1:1 intact (the addition to send items directly to your storage in lieu of being over-encumbered is an underrated feature). As the hardest RPG on this year's list, it's going to take some dedication and perseverance in order to survive within Boletaria until the end.
The most underappreciated Souls game is ready to take its place atop the pantheon. Demon's Souls has always been one of From Software's most intricate, atmospheric, and satisfyingly-challenging games and Bluepoint's technically-impeccable remake elevates it to a new level with beautiful, fluid visuals and an assortment of smart gameplay tweaks. All From Software fans need this game, and even those who have struggled with their games should consider giving it a try. Once you start playing Demon's Souls you'll be hard-pressed to exorcise the game from your PS5.
Final Fantasy VII Remake (9.3)
The first part of a full-reimagining of Cloud Strife's adventures in Midgar was finally released, years after the first teaser trailer and even longer since the PlayStation 3's famous tech demo of the RPG's opening scrawl. Shifting the focus from the signature ATB combat of the original game into action worked well for this particular RPG and brought with it some new surprises for fans of Avalanche's bombing mission and more. Final Fantasy VII Remake is only the first part of something greater so only time will tell if the second part makes a return on our favorite RPG lists in the coming years.
Final Fantasy VII Remake is a masterful modernization of the series' classic formula. The game is an extremely solid JRPG that looks, sounds and plays great, despite some pacing issues and linearity. That said, the unexpected story twists may sour the experience a bit for those who expected a faithful remake.
Wasteland 3 (9.0)
Sometimes a really great RPG doesn't need to reinvent the wheel in order to provide a compelling experience. Wasteland 3 is mechanically dense but without overwhelming the player with arbitrary choices and being bogged down in menus.
Wasteland 3 is the role-playing game that fans needed this year, as it has everything an RPG needs to be great: excellent story and writing, amazingly varied combat, a huge amount of customization possibilities, and a world that truly reacts to the player and changes with his or her choices.
You've probably heard and read a lot about the technical shortcomings that have plagued the launch of Cyberpunk 2077 on consoles, particularly the older PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
On PC (as well as Google Stadia), though, Cyberpunk 2077 is a vastly different experience that's not at all far removed from what fans had been anticipating for years. Night City offers an impressive amount and quality of content that is only matched by CD PROJEKT RED's previous title, the widely acclaimed The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, while also giving players far more varied gameplay and RPG options by comparison. Wait some time that the bugs and performance issues are ironed out if you must, but do not make the mistake of dismissing it out of hand.
Nioh 2 (9.6)
Sequel to 2017's Souls-like Nioh, this new installment maintains that same core experience while offering a more polished experience, not to mention new enemies to slay and new tools to play with.
Nioh 2 builds upon the successes and failures of its predecessor and offering new tools to battle with the role of a half-yokai as the player character. Some may say this iteration is even more brutal than the first!
Yakuza: Like a Dragon (9.1)
First teased as one of Sega's April Fool's Day jokes, the transition from active combat to something turn-based was a change many fans didn't know they needed in the Yakuza series. There were a ton of new additions to the series, from a new protagonist and party system, that fits right at home with the signature street walking and side questing that the long-running JRPG franchise is known for.
The mean streets of Yokohama offer the opportunity for a new cast, a new suit, and a new hero. Ichiban Kasuga might not be the role model in the same way that Kiryu-chan was, but this dragon's quest might be the most fun Yakuza title to date!
The Yakuza Remastered Collection brought three of Kiryu's most expansive titles together into one neat package for PlayStation 4 (and soon coming to Xbox Game Pass), giving each title an upgrade to 1080P60 and an overhaul of much of the localization, restoring lost minigames and giving the English translation a cleaner interpretation. Xuan-Yuan 7 is a recent Taiwanese-developed action RPG that focuses on ancient Chinese mythology and the philosophy of Mohism. While the English translation is pretty rough, it's a unique experience that draws inspiration from some of the greatest in the genre such as The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
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