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The Long Way Home: a book of travel photographs and poems, Ogro Printing Dhaka (2013)
Photography Publications
45. "The Dog Is Sleeping," (poem+photos) Joao Roque Literary Journal, November 2017
44. "Maximum City," (Olive Witch excerpt + photo), Penn Gazette, July/August 2017
43. "Arteries," (photo+poem) 91st Meridian, Summer 2016, Vol. 9, No. 1
42. "Escape in New York," (photo series+interview) Tupelo Magazine, February 15, 2015
41. "The Passage," (photo+poem) Nowhere Magazine, August 2014
40. "Winter Reflection," (cover photo), Your Impossible Voice, Issue 2, December 2013
39. "Burn This Letter," (photo+poem) Love Inshallah, June 24, 2013
38. "Crush" (photo+poem) The Missing Slate, February 2013
36-37. "Talking to God" and "Art Lovers," (photographs) 580 Split, A Gathering of Voices, Issue 14, June 2012
20-35. "Green Green is the Ground," (series: 15 photographs) Terrain.org, The Migration Issue, May 2012
16-19. "Abandoned Wheelbarrow," "Retro Wall Decor at Callooh Callay," "Secret Agent Icing," "Sodium Midnight in Haus Kaus," (photographs) Switchback, Issue 14, Volume 7, Dec. 2011.
15. "Light through the window," book jacket image for the novel Rourob by Leesa Gazi, published 2010
14. "Tango Monastery," The Dragon's Gift: Sacred Arts of Bhutan, edited by Terese Tse Bartholomew and John Johnston,Serindia 2008
13. "Bus on Bus," DestinAsia Exhibition, Viewfinder Photography Gallery, London, England, November 2008
12. "The Mies van der Rohe pavilion," Schmap, Map of Spain, June 2008
11. "The Garden of Remembrance," Schmap, Map of Ireland, March 2008
10. "Dhaka Giftwrap," Furnace Review, Winter 2007
2-9. "Long Legs, Little Girl Wondering, Balloons in Lamplight, The Rainmaker's Prayer, The Good Girl, Ice Cream Trucks by India Gate, A Cup of Tea, The Kissing Year," (cover photographs for 8 stories) Ego Mag, 2007-2008
1. "Bombay Mansion," Drunken Boat, September 2006. Photograph finalist in 2006 Pan Literary contest
Photography Exhibitions
Olive Witch (exhibition and reading)
Alliance Francaise Dhaka, January 3-18, 2008
Photo album on Flickr, and the gorgeous invitation designed by Simi Hoque
Review of exhibition by Hana Shams Ahmed in the Daily Star Weekend Magazine
Review by Fayza Haq in Daily Star Culture Page
The Lovers and the Leavers (photo and text exhibition)
Drik Gallery, April 5-10, 2007
Photo album on Flickr
Review of exhibition by Kareem Wahid in the Daily Star
Artist profile by Isobel Shirlaw in New Age Bangladesh.
My entire photo collection can be viewed on Flickr.com.
Portfolio: Here are some of my best photos.
Latin America: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands
Nigeria: Abuja, Enugu, Maiduguri, Nsukka
Asia/Pacific and the Middle East:
Dhaka, Bangladesh: 2006-present
Other regions of Bangladesh: Baliati, Comilla, Cox's Bazar, Dhamrai, Feni, Jamuna, Jessore, Sonargaon, Sunderbans, Sylhet, Tangail
South East Asia and the Pacific: Bhutan, Cambodia, Fiji, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
India: Agra, Ajmer, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Fatehpur Sikri, Goa, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Khajuraho, Kochi, Kolkata, Kumarakom, Mumbai, Munnar, Orchha, Pushkar, Ranthambore, Shyam Nagar, Udaipur
Lebanon: Beirut, Byblos
Europe: England, Ireland, Scotland, and Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Lithuania, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey
The Land of the Free:
New York City: 2004-present
California and Burning Man: 2002-present
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 2000-present
Some other places in America: Amherst, Austerlitz, Boston, Cambridge, Charleston, Connecticut, Houston, Iowa City, Ithaca, Kauai, Kill Devil Hills, Long Eddy, Minnesota, Montauk, Nashville, New Mexico, Northampton, Park City, Portland, Seattle, South Carolina, Sweet Briar, Vermont, Washington DC, and Woodstock
Weddings: Aguadilla, Alaska, Austin, Beirut, Chennai, Dhaka, Houston, Shyam Nagar, Kauai, Thane, Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York City, Pittsburgh, Portland, San Francisco, Santorini, Vermont, Washington D.C.
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Denton Little's Deathdate by Lance Rubin
My Rating: 3/5 Stars
Denton Little's Deathdate takes place in a world exactly like our own except that everyone knows the day they will die. For 17-year-old Denton Little, that's tomorrow, the day of his senior prom.
Despite his early deathdate, Denton has always wanted to live a normal life, but his final days are filled with dramatic firsts. First hangover. First sex. First love triangle (as the first sex seems to have happened not with his adoring girlfriend, but with his best friend's hostile sister. Though he's not totally sure. See: first hangover.) His anxiety builds when he discovers a strange purple rash making its way up his body. Is this what will kill him? And then a strange man shows up at his funeral, claiming to have known Denton's long-deceased mother, and warning him to beware of suspicious government characters. . . . Suddenly Denton's life is filled with mysterious questions and precious little time to find the answers.
Debut author Lance Rubin takes us on a fast, furious, and outrageously funny ride through the last hours of a teenager's life as he searches for love, meaning, answers, and (just maybe) a way to live on.
So, I have mixed feelings about this one. I wanted to love it (it was brought to my attention as a comp title for a book I genuinely did love), but for some reason, I just never truly connected with it. Part of that might be that I picked it up after reading a book that was on the complete opposite side of the spectrum in terms of style, tone, and genre, and part of it might be that I'm simply not the intended audience (this book is most definitely geared toward teens — and I would say male readers — as opposed to some YA titles that also appeal to adults), but whatever the reason, I just didn't love it as much as I hoped.
That's not to say that I didn't enjoy it though. I did. Quite a lot. But there was just something that never quite gelled for me. I will say that Rubin has done a phenomenal job at capturing the teen voice. Denton's narration is clever and spot-on, the dialogue is snappy and flows well, and all of the character reactions felt perfectly in line with the plot, which, I might add, was highly original and intriguing. So what kept me from falling head over heels for this one?
My best guess is that I struggled with the pace. It moves incredibly fast, and while that makes for a quick, fun read, it never seemed to have the substance I was looking for, the quiet moments in between all the shenanigans. It reads very much like a sitcom, and in fact, would make an excellent television show or movie. The rapid-fire dialogue, while excellent, was a tad exhausting at times and often reminded me of a stand-up comedy routine. And there was an awful lot crammed into what is essentially twenty-four hours of Denton's life.
The concept of the novel is superb though, and I really wish there had been more closure on that front. I spent about 3/4 of the book wondering what the genre actually was, as it seemed to oscillate between science fiction and magical realism, at least until the end, when it became clear that it was definitely science fiction and possibly even a little dystopian. I wanted to know more about the world Denton and friends lived in, about how exactly science had evolved to the point where it could predict someone's date and manner of death based on DNA. But I suppose those are answers we'll get later in the series. (At least, I hope we do.)
Yes, it is a series, which is something that isn't indicated until the very end of the book and the massive cliff-hanger, which further added to the episodic feel of the tale. There is a small teaser for the next one included — as in one page, small — but I don't recommend reading it. I did, and it ruined the small sense of closure I had from the actual ending. So don't do it if you can help it. It won't add anything to your experience, in my opinion.
I enjoyed much of the snarky, first-person present-tense narration, and there were several moments that did genuinely have me laughing out loud. But I found myself wondering things like how quickly the pop culture references would date the story, and why the publisher chose certain punctuation stylings when I should have been invested in the characters.
Overall, I would recommend this book to an upper YA crowd — it does contain swearing, sex, and drug references — and I will continue to read the series. I guess I was just hoping for a little more than the book delivered.
Book Links: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Goodreads

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4 Pics 1 Word Daily Puzzle January 12 2023 Answer
4 Pics 1 Word is a popular word puzzle game in which a player is shown four images and must guess the common word that relates to all of them. The game is available in various languages and has a daily challenge feature, in which players are presented with a new set of images each day and must guess the corresponding word. In the daily challenge version of the game, players may be able to earn rewards or bonuses for correctly guessing the word within a certain time limit. The game is available for download on various platforms, including iOS and Android devices. Here we share with you answer for Daily Puzzle January 12 2023 4 Pics 1 Word Game. Also in main page you can find daily bonus puzzle answer. Follow link below answer and Enjoy the game!
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How to play 4 Pics 1 Word Daily, you will need to download the game from a app store on your device (such as the App Store for iOS devices or the Google Play Store for Android devices). Once you have installed the game, you can open it and begin playing.
Here are the steps for playing 4 Pics 1 Word Daily:
Open the game on your device.
You will be shown four images, and you must guess the word that relates to all of them.
To enter your guess, you will need to type the word into the text field provided.
If you are unable to guess the word, you can use hints or clues to help you. These may include revealing a letter in the word, showing additional images related to the word, or providing a definition of the word.
If you correctly guess the word, you will advance to the next level. If you are playing the daily challenge version of the game, you will need to complete all of the levels within a certain time limit to earn rewards or bonuses.
Continue playing until you have completed all of the levels or until you run out of hints or clues.
4 Pics 1 Word Daily is a fun and challenging word puzzle game that can help improve your vocabulary and problem-solving skills.
4 Pics 1 Word is a mobile game developed by LOTUM GmbH, a German company based in Munich. The game was first released in 2013 and has since become one of the most popular word puzzle games on the market, with millions of downloads worldwide. In 4 Pics 1 Word, players are shown four images and must guess the common word that relates to all of them. The game is available in various languages and has a daily challenge feature, in which players are presented with a new set of images each day and must guess the corresponding word.
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Manager - Life & Annuity - Operations
National Life Group | Addison, TX, 75001, US
Salary Range:$49,000 – $86,000 Salary range estimated by Zippia
Team Manager: Operations
Position is located on our Montpelier, Vermont or Addison, Texas,
The Team Manager provides leadership to a team of Case Managers, Replacement Technicians and Policy Support personnel; in addition the Team Manager will also play the role of Key Account Manager for the team's distribution partners. The Team Manager must be committed to establishing and sustaining a strong, professional, and focused team engaged in a productive collaboration with the Team's designated distribution partners.
* Manage a team in order to provide our distribution partners the most efficient, productive, and satisfying life insurance placement experience possible
* Provide leadership in establishing and sustaining focus on winning the profitable business of our most successful distribution partners
* Responsible for the client relationship with the team's distribution partners, and serves as the primary point of contact for distribution leadership
* Receiver and adjudicator of conflicts and appeals, except those strictly regarding an underwriting decision
* Personnel management, including team and individual performance (goals, metrics, individual development plans, and general performance management) and individual workload management
* Team management, including team workload and capacity management, and team performance and metrics (such as cycle time, placement rate, and persistency)
* Responsible for collaboration across distribution and enterprise-wide teams
* Bachelor's degree in related field
* 5 -10 years of business experience in the life and annuity industry preferred; solid understanding of distribution, marketing, and operations required
* Strong Command Skills (Leadership)
* Effective at Motivating and Managing Vision & Purpose
* Exceptional Customer Focus, and a keen appreciation for the needs and interests of our distribution partners appropriate for the size of the cases addressed by the team
* Demonstrated strength in Building Effective Teams and Developing Direct Reports and Others
* Strong written and verbal communication skills and effectiveness in a collaborative work environment; must be able to meet established deadlines
* Commitment to Continuous Improvement is essential
* Ability to successfully pass a background check that may include fingerprinting
National Life requires all new hires to record their vaccination status and, if applicable, submit acceptable proof of vaccination, within 3 business days of their start date. The base compensation range represents the low and high end of the compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to qualifications, skills, competencies, location, and experience. The range listed is just one component of our total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual bonus, quarterly bonuses, commissions, and other long-term incentive compensation, depending on the position. National Life offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401(k) retirement plan match, medical, dental, and vision insurance, paid holidays, and a generous paid time off plan, as well as other benefits. National Life Group® is a trade name of National Life Insurance Company, Montpelier, VT - founded in 1848, Life Insurance Company of the Southwest, Addison, TX - chartered in 1955, and their affiliates. Each company of National Life Group is solely responsible for its own financial condition and contractual obligations. Life Insurance Company of the Southwest is not an authorized insurer in New York and does not conduct insurance business in New York. Equity Services, Inc., Member FINRA/SIPC, is a Broker/Dealer and Registered Investment Adviser affiliate of National Life Insurance Company. All other entities are independent of the companies of National Life Group. Fortune 1000 status is based on the consolidated financial results of all National Life Group companies. National Life Group 1 National Life Dr Montpelier, VT 05604 Social Media Policy Site Disclosure and Privacy Policy


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When it comes to achieving your fitness and/or weight loss goals, diet and exercise go hand-in-hand. Unless you are genetically gifted, if you don't incorporate both you're likely to see only marginal results, but with so much advice out there it's easy to get overwhelmed. Fortunately, there are a few simple rules you can follow every day to help you get on the right path; that is the purpose of this article. It's important to note when you first get started it's ok to call them tips or tricks or whatever you want, eventually they need to become a way of life.
To get started, identify what your goals are.
If you've never laced up a pair of running shoes in your life, you aren't going to be running a marathon in a week. Possibly not even a month. That being said, don't sell yourself short. If you are highly motivated and setup the right game plan you can achieve amazing results.
Do you want to lose weight, gain muscle, or run a marathon? It can be anything that's been in the back of your mind recently or something that's been bugging you for years. Whatever it is, write it down and look at it. Make sure instead of saying I want to run a marathon, say something like I want to be a marathon runner. This puts you in the mindset that it's not just a one-off thing you do but a way of life.
Then ask yourself has anyone ever done this before? I'm fairly certain you can answer "yes." Then ask yourself "what is stopping me from doing this myself?" You might say "well, I'm not good at running." or "I'm not strong enough." Then I want you to think about this, anyone that ever did anything amazing was a human being just like you and me. They had a brain and a consciousness just like you and me. So, why are you selling yourself short?
What set them apart was they let their goals consumed them. It became their life. Lacing up those running shoes was possibly the most important thing they ever did. Some might say it even gave them purpose.
Is it always easy for them? HA, not likely! You will have hardships, you will step on toes, and you will have to keep it in the back of your mind at all times. If you let something consume you and you constantly tweak and progress, you will move towards achieving your goals. Running a marathon is only an example. This can be applied to anything!
What's great about achieving your fitness and weight loss goals is it doesn't have to be rocket science. Simply incorporating a few things in your life will make all the difference. Once you have your goals let's take a look at a few things you can start doing today that will help.
2. Do something every day to progress towards your goal.
Whether you are trying to build muscle or become a marathon runner, It's important to do something new every day to move closer to your goal. Maybe you've just run your personal best on a training day or maybe learned a new breathing technique from a running magazine. To move towards your goals you need to keep pushing into uncharted territory. If you keep doing the same thing over and over again, you become stagnate. That's when things become boring and you lose interest.
Sometimes life gets in the way and we suffer setbacks. Just remember it's not how many times you get knocked down, it's how many times you get back up. Everyone suffers setbacks, but it the ones that push through that will achieve greatness. Never give up on yourself, because you are worth it.
3. Get involved in different exercise/diet related hobbies.
This is a great way to move towards your goals. Obviousl,y weight training is a great hobby if you're trying to build muscle but what about getting a personal trainer certification? It may not be as hard as you think. Just look for reputable companies such as ACE, NASM, ISSA, ACSM, or NSCA. There are literally 1000's of options when it comes to personal trainers so do your research first.
When it comes to hobbies just be creative. You could get into mountain biking if you're trying to lose weight, join a running club, or get into Powerlifting to build muscle. Some options for improving your diet could be vegan cooking classes, juicing, or join a health-food club. The number of options is only limited by your imagination.
It doesn't matter what your goals are if you're filling your stomach with junk food you're not making maximum progress. You need to start eating healthier. One of the best ways to do that is to eat more fruits and veggies. You shouldn't need to supplement your diet with a multivitamin. Get your vitamins from your diet. It doesn't matter how you like them (unless they're deep-fried) load up on them. Eventually, your body will begin to crave them! Plus, the added fiber will benefit you in ways you can't even imagine.
5. Cut back on foods that are contradictory to your goals.
Added sugars and chemical laden processed foods are not necessary to our diets. If they were you would find them in nature. What's scary is the lack of long-term research on these foods and what they do to our health. Trying to quit these foods is almost like trying to quit an addiction, but like I said, once it becomes a way of life it's easy. Shoot for lean unprocessed meats and if possible locally grown organic fruits and veggies. Also, set a goal to eat 80% clean, 15% so-so, and 5% cheat. You don't have to be perfect to see results, just be better than you are now.
6. Resistance train at least once every three days.
Schedule workouts like they are important meetings (seriously). Resistance training is crucial to maintaining muscle mass as you age. It's also crucial to keeping you from getting flabby if you are dieting and doing cardio. You may not like to hear it, but if you don't lift weights while dieting and doing cardio up to 25% of your weight loss could be muscle mass. For more information on this read my Health Benefits of Lifting Weights (Benefit #1).
What's more, you don't need a gym membership to do resistance training. There are thousands of YouTube videos that can show you simple body weight exercises you can do at home. You can also get a 3-peice budget home gym that will work every muscle in your body and pull some workouts from here. For more information on a home, gym read my 3-piece Home Budget Gym Post or check out my list of Home Gym Equipment. When training, focus primarily on total-body, or upper/lower-body split routines for the best results.
7. Get into a routine.
A routine takes out the guesswork and helps you clearly define your path. From your workout routine to your daily routine this will help you prepare for your day and ultimately lead to your success. You may not need to go as far as creating a daily itinerary, but it is important to be prepared. Pack your gym bag before you go to bed and take it with you to work, carry a healthy snack, or bike to work every day. It's all about planning. See it in your head first and then do it. If it doesn't work tweak it and try again. Whatever you do, don't give up. The second you give up is the second you fail. Even if you have to step on a few toes, try and try again till you have it down.
Also get on a regular sleep schedule and maintain it. Our bodies don't care if it's Friday night or Monday night they want to go to bed around the same time every day and wake up around the same time every day. It's called the circadian rhythm. By disrupting this rhythm, you throw your hormones and chemical responses off balance. This can inhibit sleep patterns and ultimately affect progress towards your goals.
Excellent post and very motivational. Makes me want to get up and run.
Realistically my knees give a lot of problems when I run so I prefer too walk fast and do strength training.
It is true what though what you say about getting into a routine. This is one of the hardest things to do but once you have this part right, the sky is the limit.
Hi Michel, Thanks for the comment. I'm glad you liked the article. Have a nice day!
Hi Jess, thanks for the comment. Unfortunately, there is no one size fits all when it comes to motivating people to work out. Even then once they're motivated keeping that motivation is extremely difficult. That's why I schedule my workouts like they're meetings and do my best not to my best not to miss. It has to become part of your daily routine just like brushing teeth. Best of luck. Keep up the good work!
Great article, and so tru about the routine, i think that this could be the most difficult part in order to be fit, and also so true that without a balanced diet it doesn´t matter how much you will work out, there will be no progress, althought if you are able to stablish a routine this make so much easier be more healthy. we just need to be more consistent.
Routine is one of the biggest things you can do to help you get in shape. Doing the same thing day in and day out may get boring but if you want to succeed you need to make it habit. Then you can start venturing outside of your routine. Thanks for the comment. Have a good one.
Hey Jeff, thank you for posting this wonderful post, I totally agree with everything you say. It just doesn't work to just diet, or to just workout you have to have a balance of both. Whenever you see a person at the gym that works out all the time but doesn't look great, it's because you can't outwork a diet. Same with only dieting, you'll just get skinny and lose a bunch of muscle mass. Much thanks, keep up the good work!
Jose. Thanks for the comment. You're absolutely right it takes way more than just exercise for most people to accompany their goals. It's usually a combination of exercises and food that is usually the best way to go.
Dedication is required to reach goals, you seem to doing the dedicating part of this. Great way to motivate others. I think some people get stuck at resistance training, they get afraid of bulking up.
It's hard to realize, the bulk eventually turns into muscle. But to see the picture at the end is hard for some.
Hey thanks for the great comment. Visualizing where you want to be is so important. All things have to be seen by the mind before they can be seen by the eyes. If you don't picture what you want and get it down on paper as a goal you will never achieve it.
It seems like I hit most of the tips that you mention on this blog post although my weekends seem to be where I let myself down. Alcohol and the accompanying take away food seem to bring me unstuck. I guess that is down to motivation right? Do they say diet is 80% important and exercise the remaining 20%?
Hey Ben. Unfortunately that's where a lot of my clients fall apart is on the weekend. I always tell them Monday can go one of two ways. You can tell me you were good and you slept well or you got drunk ate terrible and didn't sleep well. Hopefully they choose the first.
As for diet and exercise I think the equation is a bit skewed. There are two very important factors people leave out. Recovery (sleep) and mental attitude (visualization).
If they don't allow their bodies to recover properly they will never progress. Also, they have to see themselves actually achieving the goal. These make up a big chunk of the equation and people regularly forget about them.
As for how much of each, it depends on the person. Some need more rest, some can eat anything they want, you see where I'm going with this. As long as you have all four in balance you can easily achieve your fitness/health goals. Until then you're only treading water.


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All Posts, Dear Diary
We NEEDED Black-ish.
I'm sure, by now, you've all heard all about the buzz surrounding last night's episode of the show, "Black-ish", concerning police brutality towards Blacks/minorities. I've watched the episode three times already, and I cry each time I get to Dre's speech explaining the sense of fear we felt on President Obama's inauguration day, when he got out of the car and walked next to it. So much about last night's episode was not only needed because of current events, but because we NEEDED this television show in general. How perfect is being about to see extremely hard but moving issues being talked about on television, and giving us the light-hearted, yet perfectly timed, laughs in between?
I haven't felt so deeply moved about current issues, through a television show since the late 80's early 90's sitcom, "A Different World". As most of you know by now, "A Different World" is my favorite television show of all time. It is my favorite show because of how much it taught people of all colors how beautiful Black people are, it taught me about my own Blackness, and more importantly it taught us about real issues in the Black community. It was also one of the best Black love stories we've ever seen between a successful young Black couple (Dwayne and Whitley). Last night's episode of the show, "Black-ish", reminded me of the episode of "A Different World" surrounding the LA riots after the Rodney King verdict. The show was cancelled the same season this episode aired because of this particular episode…of course -_-. It was such a powerful episode and gave insight to those who weren't aware of the real injustices that happen everyday in the Black community.
Fast forward to 2016 and we're still fighting these exact same injustices. However, in an age of obsession with empty and overly stupid reality television, we have a show like "Black-ish" to remind us of the power of television. With all of the Love & Hip Hop trash shows constantly showcasing Black people to the world as ignorant, uncivilized, savage animals, who don't know how to present themselves with class; when I say we NEEDED "Black-ish", I mean it. I've been a loyal fan to the show since it first aired last season, and I haven't been disappointed. As a Black woman who grew up in the surrounding Chicago suburbs, they are touching on conversations and topics I could have only imagined being talked about, on a large platform, while I was growing up. Being the only Black family on the block or one of very few in the entire neighborhood is something I understand all too well. To see the writers bring it to life with a perfectly picked cast, and perfectly timed comedy, is all I could ask for in a television show.
If last night was your first time tuning in to the show "Black-ish" I hope you have now become a new loyal fan to the show. If you haven't gotten a chance to watch the episode, please do yourself, and those around you a favor, and watch the episode. You will not be disappointed. Thank you, Kenya Barris, for creating "Blackish", and sharing your comedic brilliance and heightened consciousness with the world. I can't wait for next week's episode to keep filling us all with the hope you shared in last night's episode.
Black-ish comes on every Wednesday night at 9:30|8:30 c.
Brie <3
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Medway Queen's "Reading Support Group" have re-branded themselves as "Medway Queen – West" due to Richard's house move last year. "Reading" no longer seemed appropriate. A few of our previous regular events are no longer viable from the new location so we need to find others within sensible travelling distance of Wootton Bassett. Suggestions/offers welcome.
The group are very close to passing the £100K milestone in funds raised for the society and intend to achieve that target by the time of the 95th anniversary of the ship's launch on April 23rd. We have had amazing support from the media, event organisers and donors of saleable goods for which we are very grateful. The group has its own small band of volunteers who put in many hours of hard work. Thank you all; just because you enjoy it (I hope they do) doesn't mean it's not tiring!
We'll continue with creation of promotional items such as the model railway wagons and other items. The first new line for for 2019 will be a range of greetings cards. Two new titles will be added to the one printed in 2018 and it will then be possible to sell mixed packs of 6 cards online and over the counter. Watch the website for details shortly.
Below: The group's stall at "The International N Gauge Show" is now their largest annual event presence.


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Pierwszy traktat w Brömsebro – traktat zawarty pomiędzy Królestwem Danii i Norwegii a Królestwem Szwecji w 1541 roku;
 Drugi traktat w Brömsebro – traktat zawarty pomiędzy Królestwem Danii i Norwegii a Królestwem Szwecji w 1645 roku, zwany również pokojem w Brömsebro.

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HOW THE BUTTERFLIES GOT THEIR SPOTS
2/20/2010 06:46:00 AM Publicado por Jorge Franchín
Etiquetas: Zoology
How two butterfly species have evolved exactly the same striking wing colour and pattern has intrigued biologists since Darwin's day. Now, scientists at Cambridge have found "hotspots" in the butterflies' genes that they believe will explain one of the most extraordinary examples of mimicry in the natural world.
Heliconius, or passion-vine butterflies, live in the Americas – from the southern United States to southern South America. Although they cannot interbreed, H. melpomene and H. erato have evolved to mimic one another perfectly.
These delicate butterflies have splashes of red and yellow on their black wings, signaling to birds that they contain toxins and are extremely unpalatable. They mimic one another's colour and pattern to reinforce these warning signals.
Scientists have studied these butterflies since the 1860s as a classic case of evolution in action, but only now is modern sequencing technology unlocking the underlying genetics.
The Cambridge-led team of researchers from UK and US universities, which has been breeding the butterflies in Panama for the past decade, has been searching for the genes responsible for the butterflies' wing patterns and the answer to the question of whether the same genes in two different species are responsible for the mimicry.
According to Dr Chris Jiggins of the Department of Zoology at the University of Cambridge, one of the authors of the study: "The mimicry is remarkable. The two species that we study – erato and melpomene – are quite distantly related, yet you can't tell them apart until you get them in your hand. The similarity is incredible – even down to the spots on the body and the minute details of the wing pattern."
That the two species have evolved to look exactly the same is due to predation by birds. "The birds will try anything that looks different in the hope that it's good, so they learn that certain wing patterns are unpalatable and avoid them, but anything that deviates slightly from what they've experienced before is more likely to be attacked," he explains.
These butterflies have been studied since Darwin's day because they are such a striking example of adaptation. For years, scientists have pondered whether when different species evolve to look the same, they share a common genetic mechanism.
According to Jiggins: "It's interesting because it tells us how flexible evolution is. If you get the same wing pattern evolving independently in different populations, do you expect the same genes to be involved?"
Because there are thousands of genes in the butterflies' genome, most scientists felt it was unlikely that the same genes should be involved. But the results of this study suggest that this is, in fact, the case.
The new results – published today in two parallel papers in the journal PLoS Genetics – show that the regions of the genome associated with the wing patterns are very small – akin to genetic "hotspots".
"This tells us something about the limitations on evolution, and how predictable it is. Our results imply that despite the many thousands of genes in the genome there are only one or two that are useful for changing this colour pattern. It seems like evolution might be concentrated in quite small regions of the genome – or hotspots – while the rest of it does not change very much," says Jiggins.
This is not the only unexpected element of the study. The team was also surprised that the obvious candidate genes – such as those involved in colour or wing pattern in other species – do not seem to be involved in the passion-vine butterflies' mimicry.
According to Jiggins: "We think it's more likely to be some novel method of cellular signaling, which is quite intriguing and could be important in many other insect species."
The next stage of the research is to look at other traits, such as behaviour, because the butterflies have preferences for particular colours and use wing patterns to select mates. "It seems the same regions of the genome control this behaviour as well as the wing pattern. We'd like to understand this," he says.
(Photo: Copyright Chris Jiggins, University of Cambridge)
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Fennel 'Zefa Fino' Organic
Florence Fennel or Bulbing Fennel
'Zefa Fino' is a superior strain of fennel developed in Switzerland that is ideal for cool climates and the best fennel for garden use. It will bulb reliably and doesn't bolt from a spring sowing even when transplanted.
It is very popular for use in specialist cuisine as unlike most other Florence Fennels, 'Zefa Fino' stays small, growing to around 7 to 12cm (3 to 5in) across and keeps a succulent texture, never tough or woody. It harvests easily because the root stem is relatively short, it is good for use as a mini-veg or for growing on to maturity. Harvest in 80 days.
Florence Fennel, also called Finuccio or bulbing fennel is easy to grow and very hardy, lasting well after the first frost. With beautiful bright green, fern-like leaves and aromatic yellow flowers and growing 60cm tall and 24cm wide (24 by 12in), the plant is an ideal candidate for smaller gardens and can even be grown in large containers.
This popular European vegetable is native to the Mediterranean region, the bulbous base and stalk can be eaten raw like celery, cooked, or boiled. The foliage and seeds have an anise-like flavour and can be used in sauces, soups, and condiments. It is a cousin of the herb fennel, which is prized for its feathery leaves.
Florence Fennel 'Zefa Fino' was awarded the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit (AGM) in 1996.
Recommended by N.A.I.B
It has been trialed, tested and is recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany.
Certified Organic Seed.
This seed has been organically produced, verified and certified. It has been harvested from plants that have themselves been raised organically, without the use of artificial pesticides, herbicides and fertilisers.
Sowing: Sow Direct in Feb to April and / or June to July
The best time to plant Florence fennel is in early spring and again in mid summer so that the plants can mature in cooler autumn weather.
Seed can be sown indoors and transplanted, but as the taproots of the plant don't transplant well, any disturbance of the root will tend to cause the plant to bolt, it is often better to sow directly. Fennel germinates at temperatures of 10 to 30°C (50 to 86°F)
If grown in containers a minimum 5 gallon container is needed to provide a highly fertile and consistently moist soil.
Sow in spring as soon as the ground can be worked and / or again in early summer.
Sow seeds about 5cm (2in) apart, 6mm (¼in) deep, in rows 45cm (18in) apart and cover with 1/4in of soil. When the plants are about 5cm (2in) tall, thin them to about 20-30cm (8-12in) by 60-100cm (24-36in), as they tend to be quite greedy feeders and will compete with any other plant that is forced to share space with it.
Water plants during dry periods, once or twice per week. Add a general purpose fertilizer once or twice a season. Deadhead: Allow one plant to go to seed and you won't have to plant fennel in your garden for a few years again.
Harvesting: 90 days
Harvest leaves as at any time. Harvest bulbs when they reach tennis ball size or bigger (July to Sept). Pull every other one out as needed to allow those remaining to grow even bigger. Leave the roots in the ground as Bulb fennel regrows after cutting.
Do not pull these plants up in advance of the first frost. They are very hardy and should continue to thrive and grow, even after a number of hard frosts.
Harvest flower heads after seeds have formed and the flower head has died. Extract seeds and dry them in a cool, dry location.
Having an Anise like taste, the bulbs and stalks are eaten raw like celery. They are also cooked in a variety of Italian and other ethnic foods.
The leaves are used in sauces, soups, and condiments. The oil is used to flavour liqueurs, candy, fish and medicine. Oil of Fennel is used in soaps too
Store in a plastic bag, in the crisper section of the refrigerator for no more than three to four days. Fennel loses its flavour quickly so it's best to use it as soon as possible.
Companion Planting:
The crucial thing to know about fennel is that you do not want it growing close to any other plant, and most especially nowhere near other members of the Umbellifrae family, which is a large one. It inhibits the growth of most plants, and readily cross-pollinates with its kin to give useless results on both plants.
Grow it by itself off in a corner of the garden, or in pots placed well away from the herb bed (and your carrots!) If you see large, black & green caterpillars on your fennel, don't be alarmed. Fennel is also a host plant for swallow butterfly caterpillars.
"Finocchio" is the proper Italian and more or less universal European name for this vegetable. But be aware that, in Italian, the word is also slang a rather vulgar, pejorative, and definitely not politically correct epithet!
Foeniculum
vulgare var. azoricum
Zefa Fino
Hardy Biennial
Up to 180cm (6ft)
60cm (24in)
Well-drained/light, Dry, Sandy
Time to Harvest
80 days from sowing
Often seen as a perennial grown as an annual


Resistivity, electrical resistance of a conductor of unit cross-sectional area and unit length. A characteristic property of each material, resistivity is useful in comparing various materials on the basis of their ability to conduct electric currents. High resistivity designates poor conductors.
Resistivity, commonly symbolized by the Greek letter rho, ρ, is quantitatively equal to the resistance R of a specimen such as a wire, multiplied by its cross-sectional area A, and divided by its length l; ρ = RA/l. The unit of resistance is the ohm. In the metre-kilogram-second (mks) system, the ratio of area in square metres to length in metres simplifies to just metres. Thus, in the metre-kilogram-second system, the unit of resistivity is ohm-metre. If lengths are measured in centimetres, resistivity may be expressed in units of ohm-centimetre.
The resistivity of an exceedingly good electrical conductor, such as hard-drawn copper, at 20° C (68° F) is 1.77 × 10-8 ohm-metre, or 1.77 × 10-6 ohm-centimetre. At the other extreme, electrical insulators have resistivities in the range 1012 to 1020 ohm-metres.
The value of resistivity depends also on the temperature of the material; tabulations of resistivities usually list values at 20° C. Resistivity of metallic conductors generally increases with a rise in temperature; but resistivity of semiconductors, such as carbon and silicon, generally decreases with temperature rise.
Conductivity is the reciprocal of resistivity, and it, too, characterizes materials on the basis of how well electric current flows in them. The metre-kilogram-second unit of conductivity is mho per metre, or ampere per volt-metre. Good electrical conductors have high conductivities and low resistivities. Good insulators, or dielectrics, have high resistivities and low conductivities. Semiconductors have intermediate values of both.


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Kacey Musgraves Kicks Off RodeoHouston All Right With a Slow Burn
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Kacey Musgraves drew heavily from her album of the year, Golden Hour.
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Cory Garcia | February 26, 2019 | 5:54am
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Kacey Musgraves doesn't have many speeds. Sure, she does have a few mid-tempo numbers that come along and keep things feeling somewhat energetic, but she's mostly happy to mosey her way through her music, taking the time to savor her melodies and wordplay. Monday night's RodeoHouston kick off may have seen her play one of the most relaxed sets NRG Stadium has ever seen, the antidote to so many energy drink and whiskey-fueled nights in the past and sure to come. It was not a show for everyone, but those on board with what Musgraves has to offer, it was a delightful evening.
Drawing heavily from her latest release, and Album of the Year, Golden Hour, it was a set that saw her setting her guitar down for the most part and embracing her inner pop diva. It's a role that she plays well, as good as most of the stars you'll find over at Toyota Center, albeit with more interesting instrumentation and better word play. Anyone who ever heard her take on Miguel's "Waves" knew that her best play was to use country music as the platform for pop bops, and tracks like "Space Cowboy" and "High Horse" shimmer in big rooms like NRG Stadium. And her cover of "Neon Moon" should probably be recorded and sent to pop radio immediately.
But the two highlights of the set came from unexpected corners. RodeoHouston saw its first big crowd singing moment of the year with a gorgeous take on "Merry Go Round" that started off more moody prog-rock than country, proving that it's still a vital part of her catalog. The second was a complete shocker, as she did a cover of Selena's "Como la Flor" that was flawless in execution and should get her a lifetime invite back to the Rodeo.
Whether or not she returns remains to be seen. She seemed to have a good time, and this will certainly rank pretty high when it comes to counting down the best shows of Rodeo season, but there's always those pesky "will she move tickets?" questions that will linger, for now at least. But she's also an artist who seems one perfect pop song away from becoming that star that no longer has to worry about whether country radio will embrace her, because the rest of the world will already have. For now, I'm content to enjoy what we got and hope we get more over the next few years.
Musgraves spent a lot of time singing without her guitar.
Personal Bias: I hope Musgraves sticks around for the next 40 years and becomes something close to our generation's Dolly Parton, a talented artist with great music and a charming personality that we can always count on to prove that there's still a light in the darkness that is much of the music industry.
The Crowd: The 53,031 attendance number will surely put it in the running for the most poorly attended show this season, in case you're looking for a concrete argument that sometimes this city has no taste.
Mutton Bustin' Report: One kid said he wanted to be a "regular human" when he grows up, and although he didn't win the competition, he did win our hearts.
Random Notebook Dump: Had you asked me a month ago, I would have told you this was the RodeoHouston concert I was most looking forward to. Truth is, tonight was the night I've least wanted to be at the Rodeo. Most of you never got the chance to meet my dog Marley, partially because I'm just a human on the other side of your screen, but mostly because my dog hated strangers. In spite of that, my dog was the best, most handsome dog in the world. Unfortunately, he was also old, and sick, and tired. A few hours before Musgraves took the stage, I had to say goodbye to Marley, and there's no sugarcoating how broken my heart is. The silver lining was that Musgraves was probably the only performer on this year's bill who might have, through the magic of compartmentalization, made me feel something other than sad tonight. But still, I miss my dog.
Electric Rodeo
Cory Garcia is a Contributing Editor for the Houston Press. He once won an award for his writing, but he doesn't like to brag about it. If you're reading this sentence, odds are good it's because he wrote a concert review you don't like or he wanted to talk pro wrestling.
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Syrus returns with Armoroid and a new Skill.
The main goal of the event is to unlock Syrus if you haven't done so and obtain his "Fusion Reserves – Roids" Skill.
Basically to progress through the Event, just Duel as normal, daily, and earn prizes. New daily prizes happen every day.
Duel against Syrus for the chance to get Special cards.
Playing in Ranked Duels makes it more likely for Syrus to show up.
Duel various characters to get various points which earn you rewards.
As you Duel through the Day, your Duels might have a chance of point multipliers.
Syrus is the chief reward of the event for those who like to play "roid" monsters.
The other reward is Fusion Reserves – Roids, which is designed to make it much easier to summon Submarineroid.
Another big reward is Drillroid, who is designed to drill through your opponent's cards.
The main cumalative prizes are "Jetroid", an additional copy of "Super Vehicroid – Jumbo Drill", "Armoroid", Syrus Truesdale and his skill "Fusion Reserves – Roids". If you have Syrus, you'll get a UR Jewel instead.


Preen Line's youthful aesthetic shines through in this pink Bryoni top, which is printed with a grid-like vine motif and dotted with flowers. The ruffles on the shoulders and hem are decidedly feminine, while the keyhole back adds an alluring touch. Tuck yours into a voluminous skirt to play with proportion.


A fine mist of potassium iodide droplets, produced by a spinning disk, is used as a challenge aerosol to measure the containment of a cabinet or fume cupboard. Centripetal collectors sample the air outside or inside the cabinet - depending on the nature of the test. The collectors deposit any potassium iodide particles that are in the sampled air on to filter membranes. At the end of the sampling period the filter membranes are placed into a solution of palladium chloride whereupon the potassium iodide "develops" to form clearly visible and easily identified grey/brown dots.
A knowledge of the number of droplets in the challenge produced by the mist generator and the number collected in the air samplers enables the protection factor for the cabinet to be calculated. All open-fronted microbiological safety cabinets are assessed on this protection factor. The test method enabled through KI-DISCUS is fully described in British Standard BS5726-1992 and now BS:EN12469:2000.
The Potassium Iodide test carried out by KI-DISCUS was part of British Standard BS5726-1992. This standard became the foundation of the European Standard BSEN-12469:2000.
The test method for the retention efficiency at the front aperature can be seen in Annex C of BSEN-12469:2000.
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Zlatá bula Ondřeje II. byl závažný dokument pro vývoj středověkého
uherského státu. Listinu vydal uherský král Ondřej II. dne 24. dubna 1222 ve Stoličném Bělehradě.

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Počátkem 13. století se v uherském státě rozmáhala anarchie a rozbroje mezi privilegovanou vysokou šlechtou a zemany, těžce snášejícími svévoli magnátů. Roku 1222 využila drobná šlechta porážky krále ve válce o Halič, spojila se s jednou ze znepřátelených magnátských skupin a donutila Ondřeje II. vydat Zlatou bulu. V ní bylo vymezeno osobní postavení jednotlivých kategorií svobodného obyvatelstva, jejich majetkové poměry, politická práva a povinnosti a vztah k panovníkovi. Král se zavázal, že bude zachovávat svobodu všech lidí urozeného původu, nepotrestá žádného šlechtice bez řádného soudního řízení a především bude každým rokem svolávat sněm s účastí vyšší i nižší šlechty a respektovat jeho rozhodnutí. Dále bula uzákonila nezcizitelnost a nezdanitelnost majetku aristokracie a zaručila zemanům práva královských služebníků. Oba šlechtické stavy byly stejně jako duchovenstvo osvobozeny od placení daní. Představitelům královské správy nebylo dovoleno vstoupit na šlechtickou půdu bez vyzvání. Král dokonce slíbil, že bude šlechtě platit za účast na vojenském tažení za hranice země. Zlatá bula měla posílit královskou moc a zároveň omezit panovníkovu svévoli. V mnoha směrech připomínala anglickou Velkou listinu svobod, zvláště v závěrečné formulaci práva šlechty na ozbrojený odpor proti králi (ius resistendi), pokud by nedodržoval své závazky. Na rozdíl od anglického dokumentu však nezaručovala žádná práva měšťanům.

Vydání Zlaté buly nevedlo ke zklidnění poměrů v uherském království. Nespokojena byla především církev, příčinou bylo vymezení postavení kléru. Roku 1231 byl král přinucen k revizi dokumentu, z něhož sice bylo vypuštěno ius resistendi šlechty, na druhé straně však získal ostřihomský arcibiskup právo uvalit klatbu na krále, pokud by porušil zákonná ustanovení. Arcibiskup toho využil hned v následujícím roce, neboť církev byla s revidovanou bulou nespokojena ještě více. Ondřej II. byl nucen se s církevními preláty znovu vypořádat. Roku 1234 jim udělil řadu ekonomických, finančních a soudních výsad, jimiž upevnil postavení církve jako samostatného stavu.

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Works quick and easy. So great!
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Wonderful tool to track rental and flips, seamlessly works between the web and phone apps. Excellent service too!!
Love this software. So easy to use and accurate.
I keep typing in a username and password and it keeps telling me that it can't sign me up because it needs me to fill in all the fields. I wonder if I can only sign up with Google or Facebook which I don't want to do.
DealCheck is my primary tool for real estate investment analysis. I use it to make decisions on potential investments and to optimize those that I already own.
I absolutely love this app. It is a go-to for analyzing quick deals and providing a package you can print out. Great job with designing this app.
This has saved me time in assessing good vs bad deals. I can't assess a home in 5min giving I have the "actual" actuals from the seller.
Will upgrade to pro when I get more investment properties. App helps me make informed decisions quickly and takes a lot of the financial guesswork out. Highly recommend!
Just started using the free app, works great and imports listings straight from the MLS - calculates all the different rates of return and what I really like is the ability to forecast them out from 1 to 30 years.
If you're serious about real estate, this is a great quick and dirty way to find the bare bones on financials. Cap rates are essential to understanding cash flow and cash on cash metrics. I'd highly recommend for those serious about real estate investments and ROI.
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Easy to operate. Offers all functions needed to analyze real estate deals. Highly recommend.
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This app is great for quick analysis of residential property and understanding your cost projects.
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Why do I need to sign up with an email and password in order to calculate a cap rate?
The layout of this app is straight forward, well explained and extremely user friendly. The additional options to customize make it ideal for sharing with others.
Have used it numerous times evaluating rentals and flips. It's very handy to run numbers on the phone rather quickly. The report is great to share with partners or bank and makes it look like I've got my act together. A browser version would be nice to have for running numbers while in front of the computer. I found before I upgraded it used to lag a good bit but seems to be running great since last update.
This app is professional grade. I am very impressed with the quality reports it generates.


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Charge & Procedures - Minitex Policy Advisory Council
The Minitex Policy Advisory Council shall advise the Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE) and the Minitex Director in planning, development, and evaluation of the programs and services of Minitex.
The Council shall:
advise OHE on the development of policy to fulfill the Minitex mission "to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of participating libraries by expanding their access to... information resources";
represent the constituency groups served by Minitex;
advise OHE on the direction and performance of programs of Minitex;
provide opportunities to communicate with the library constituencies served by Minitex;
provide a base for input and recommendations to improve services provided by Minitex;
assist OHE and Minitex staff in identifying opportunities for service to and for discussion of issues of concern from Minitex libraries.
Membership & Operations
Appointment to the Minitex Policy Advisory Council shall be made by the Director of the Minnesota Office of Higher Education upon nomination by the directors, or their designee, of the libraries in each constituency group except in the case of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus. The University Librarian designates the representative of the University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus Libraries.
The constituency groups represented on the Minitex Policy Advisory Council are:
City and County Public Libraries
Community/Consolidated College Libraries
MELSA County Libraries
Private College Libraries
Regional System Libraries
State Government Libraries
Multi-type Library Systems
State University Libraries
Technical College Libraries
University of Minnesota System Campus Libraries
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Campus Libraries
K-12 School Media Libraries
Minitex Policy Advisory Council appointments are for three years with one-third of the terms expiring at the end of each fiscal year (June 30).
Representation of Other States Using Basic Minitex Services
The North Dakota State Library and South Dakota State Library may have a representative on the Council (non-voting).
Ex-Officio Members
The Director of State Library Services (a division of the Minnesota Department of Education designated as the Minnesota state library agency), or his/her designee, is an ex-officio (non-voting) member of the Council. The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Director of Libraries, or his/her designee, is an ex-officio (non-voting) member of the Council.
Relationship to the Minnesota Office of Higher Education
The OHE staff, with the assistance of the Minitex office, is responsible for:
Appointment of membership.
Reviewing and offering feedback on Council meeting dates and agendas.
Reviewing and offering feedback on Council deliberations and recommended actions.
Council Organization
The Minitex Policy Advisory Council provides a forum for active exchanges among Staff, the Director of Minitex, and advisors. The Council may select a chairperson and vice chairperson. All meetings shall be open to the public. The Council meets quarterly.
Appointments of Representatives of Constituency Groups to the Minitex Policy Advisory Council
The following Constituency Groups elect their representatives and notify the Minitex Director, who will notify OHE of the representatives' names, libraries, and addresses and the appointments are made by the Minnesota Office of Higher Education.
Community College/Consolidated Colleges Libraries
Private Colleges Libraries
State Universities Libraries
Technical Colleges Libraries
The representatives for the following Constituency Groups are selected by the MDE's State Library Services division. OHE is notified of the representatives' names, libraries, and addresses and the appointments are made by OHE.
Regional Public Library Systems
The State Librarians of North Dakota and South Dakota notify the Minnesota Office of Higher Education whom their representative will be, and the appointments are made by OHE.
Relationship to the Minitex Office
The Minitex Director and staff are responsible for:
Working with the Council and OHE to establish meeting dates,
Drafting the agenda for the Council and sharing it with OHE for review before distribution,
Recording the deliberations and actions of the Council (including meeting minutes) and sharing them with OHE for review before distribution,
Providing reports and information to the Council to inform them of various Minitex and MnLINK related activities and to form the basis for any policy recommendations to OHE.
Revised September 2005; updated September 2010; updated September 2019.


MPI Adventure, a purpose-built jack-up vessel for wind turbine installation, has been completed at the Cosco Qidong Shipyard in China by MPI Offshore Ltd.
MPI Adventure is the first of two wind turbine installation vessels to be built at the shipyard. MPI Discovery is scheduled for delivery later this year, MPI Offshore says.
The jack-up vessels have been based on the MPI Resolution, which began operation in 2003.
The wind turbine installation vessels have 1000 tonnes main crane capacity and 50 tonnes auxiliary crane capacity. There is accommodation for 112 persons.
Maximum operating depth is 40 m and it can jack up with up to 6000 tonnes of cargo onboard.
MPI Adventure will be used to install the foundations for the London Array offshore wind farm in the UK.


This is the first book in the James Ballantyne series by Paul Purnell, a new author to me. When I first read about this book I was intrigued as I normally enjoy crime thrillers but this is set in Kazakhstan which sort of swung the deal. I am always fascinated by the different way countries are governed and policed and what better way to find out than reading a book by someone that has been personally involved in the criminal justice system.
Well if this book is anything to go by it is going to be a pretty awesome series. I thought at first that James Ballantyne was going to be a bit of a wimp but oh boy was I wrong, reluctant hero yes but wimp no. Doing business abroad always brings its problems as what is cosha in one country can be taboo in another, so when James arrives in Kazakhstan, on a minor diplomatic assignment, he is guided through the protocol of doing business with the very beautiful Ocksana Petrova as his aide.
It is when he is left to his own devices that things take a dive when he goes to the aide of an American. Here is where the story takes off with trying to work out who can be trusted. Does no one in this country do anything without it involving being bribed? How can you trust anyone that could sell you out to the highest bid? Not only is the American in grave danger now but he has also become a person of interest. It is time to leave but can he trust the glamorous Ocksana that he is falling for or is she simply there to inform the authorities about where he is? Guns at the ready because this isn't going to be a walk in the park.
I really got carried away with this book, I hope that a further book is all lined up for being published in the not too distant future.


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Q: Weird Footer Behavior I'm relatively new to CSS, so please pardon me for the odd gaffe. I defined a footer to have absolute position, and it stays at the bottom for all all but one pages on my website.
...>The footer here behaves perfectly, i.e., it's position is glued to the bottom of the screen regardless of the content.

...>Whereas, the footer below behaves abnormally, it's position isn't glued to the bottom of the page.

I am using the same footer class on both the pages, so I'm not sure what's wrong here, mentioned below -
.shell3-Footer {
box-sizing: border-box;
padding: 0.9375rem;
border-top: 0.0625rem solid #dcdcdc;
overflow: hidden;
max-height:40px;
width:100%;
background-color:#f5f5f5;
position:absolute; }

Note that if I change the position to fixed, then the problem is only partially solved, as I need the footer to be seen only when we scroll to the bottom of the page. Also, when the position:fixed is used, I'm not able to view the down-arrow of the scroll bar - which is not desired behavior.
Additionally, there is a slight whitespace beneath the faulty footer which I corrected by adding bottom:0pxto it.
Can someone help why the same footer class would behave differently on two pages? Thoughts?

A: Try this:
body {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: column;
  height: 100vh;
}

/* Put this class on everything that is not the footer */
.content {
  flex: 1 0 auto;
}

.shell3-Footer {
  flex-shrink: 0; /* new stuff */
  width:100%;
  background-color:#f5f5f5;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  padding: 0.9375rem;
  border-top: 0.0625rem solid #dcdcdc;
  overflow: hidden;
}

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We, the SLN staff, are creatures of habit. While Areola and Pookes have long since embraced a mesh enabled viewer, Harry and I have been stuck on Phoenix. My decision to stick with Phoenix is probably less important from your, the reader's, perspective. But Harry has long been a Phoenix viewer, and has stuck with it. However, Phoenix's decision to discontinue development has forced our hand. As usual, although there has been little apparent activity on the blog since Christmas Eve, we've been working away in the background, and for Harry and I that has been on the most basic level, simply playing the game with new viewers, Firestorm for both of us.
As we've popped on line, Harry has been an apparently permanent fixture, playing with and apparently liking Firestorm, as it offers a wider range of light for him to take photographs with. I'm still feeling a little like a noob, finding controls no longer being where I expect them to be, menus hiding in different spots. However, I've taken time to experiment while modelling for Harry, who has been photographing the staff as an exercise in experimenting with his new viewer.
I expect that 2013 will see a whole new visual perspective applied to the blog, as well as, on occasion, mesh playing a role in how we demonstrate items such as naturist accessories. Areola has already long since grasped mesh, and you can look through back posts to see her wearing a bath robe as just that, as a mesh naturist accessory.
I think I need to buy one of those G&N robes now that I'm all meshed up!
Expect at least some mesh items to be reviewed in 2013!
Another change, one we've already trailed, is the Moonella Group, which will provide inworld notices and occasional gifts. More to follow on this. We're also going to be much more pro-active in getting news from the various sims, so that we can trail all the naturist news from SL throughout 2013.
And finally, a further change will that we're going to embrace real life naturist photos more readily. Hitherto these have only been 'faceless' photos which Harry has tried to replicate in the context of SL and SLN. While we aren't going to become a naturist photos site, I've agreed that Harry should have greater freedom to utilise RL photos to better illustrate a world of virtual naturism in SL. This doesn't necessarily mean naked bodies either, but could just as readily mean location photographs. I shall let Harry explain all in due course.
So, finally, those photos of SL in a different light.
Have a Happy New Year, wherever you are, and we'll see you in 2013!


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Straight from the elephant's mouth
Longtime congressional staffer Mike Lofgren says the main function of today's Republic Party is to make the party's super-rich supporters even richer. All that other culture war saber-rattling is just the bait for working Americans to vote against their own economic interests.
That's not exactly news to most of us who follow politics and economic issues in this country, but it is remarkable coming from Lofgren. He's a former GOP operative who puts all the cards on the table in a recent interview with Truthout.
Lofgren's new book, "The Party is Over: How Republicans Went Crazy, Democrats Became Useless, and the Middle Class Got Shafted," takes both parties to task for the decline of the middle class. But he saves much of his criticism for the GOP.
He told Truthout:
The primary purpose of the GOP these days is to provide tax breaks and other financial advantages (such as not regulating pollution and other socially costly externalities) to their wealthy donor base. All the rest of their platform, all the culture wars stuff, is simply rube bait.
These people know what they're doing. They use a superficial populism tinged with craziness to further a rational, plutocratic agenda.
Lofgren blames much of the Republicans' success on a complicit media and commercialized society:
Since the GOP is loath to tell the public in straightforward terms what their economic agenda is, and the media are not exactly forcing the GOP's hand, and, finally, the people are operating in a knowledge deficit, Republicans respond by sleight of hand: "We're more American than that Kenyan socialist in the White House!" Or "The Obama administration is riddled with Muslim extremists." Or "Planned Parenthood is taxpayer-subsidized murder." Or "Obama wants to take away your guns." Even "Obama raised your taxes," when in fact he lowered them.
While he credits the labor movement for the "upward arc" that led to a middle class in America, Lofgren says the movement has lost momentum in part because of a stultifying consumer culture:
[In the 1880s and 1930s] going on strike was a serious business that could get you killed. Governors routinely called out the national guard with orders to shoot to kill, and companies hired Pinkerton thugs to murder strike leaders. Yet, somehow, they got wage and hour laws, abolition of child labor, the recognition of unions, and other improvements… This movement ran out of steam. It may partly have been due to the very consumer society it created, because its fruits - particularly the electronic media - encouraged an atomization of society and a personalization of our problems and failures. Solidarity at the union hall doesn't cut it when American Idol is on.
Lofgren also points out how globalization has ended any sense of nationalism among the 1 percent:
So-called globalization resulted in our economic elites having a ready relief valve anytime workers become restive. And it effected a psychological change. Where our elites were once national, now they identify more with their elite counterparts in London, Tokyo, and Beijing than with their own countrymen of lesser means.
So what's the solution? We need to get money out of politics:
There is so much money washing through the political system that political action through the traditional party system has been neutralized… Nothing will be solved in Congress until we get the money out of politics… But of course, doing that is a chicken-and-egg problem insofar as the current money-dominated system is designed precisely to prevent that from happening.
[But] these problems are not existential "givens." They arose because of stupidity and lack of attention, and they are amenable to solutions we can devise.
We only hope that Lofgren is right and that this party for the 1 percent will soon be over.
-- Union Thug


Revenge is bittersweet for failed musician Benny Gower.
Gower murders Birmingham drug-dealer Harry Weir and goes on the run.
Retired enforcer Wynn McDonald is reluctantly sent to track down Gower.
What ensues is a lethal cocktail of hardboiled crime fiction as well as a touching study of regret and disappointment. The action is brutal, the characters are vividly drawn, the pacing is gripping.
Aidan Thorn's When The Music's Over is a powerful slice of Brit Grit crime fiction that is highly recommended.


There are many differences between simple renal cyst and Polycystic Kidney Disease. Knowing these these differences is good for them to choose the right medicines and treatments. Here will list some these differences, and patients can know a lot from it.
Before introducing the differences, let us have a study about their commons. Both of the disease refers to there are one or more than one cysts spreading on the kidney. And with the enlargement of the cysts, patients will suffer many symptoms. And the purpose of the treatment is shrinking cysts, controlling the cysts growth and preventing kidney function decline. But Polycystic Kidney Disease is more difficult to treat than simple renal cyst due to reasons as below.
1. The number of the cysts: there are many cysts spreading on the kidney in Polycystic Kidney Disease, while there are only few number cysts in simple renal cyst.
2. The size of the cysts: in PKD the small cysts even can not be seen by naked eyes, however the big one can reach several cm.
3. Symptoms: Polycystic Kidney Disease patients usually are accompanied with high blood pressure, back pains, frequent urination at night, even kidney function decline and so on. And the simple renal cyst patients suffer less from that symptoms, but they also should prevent cyst rupture and infection.
4. Cysts fluids: the cysts fluids in simple renal cyst is the body fluid which contains red blood cells and similar with plasma. And the cysts fluids in Polycystic Kidney Disease is urine.
All of these means that surgery is not enough for treating Polycystic Kidney Disease. With the small becoming big one, patients will suffer a lot again. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is the best choice for Polycystic Kidney Disease patients as well as simple renal cysts.
If you still are curious about the differences between Polycystic Kidney Disease and simple renal cyst or want to know more about our treatment, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you as soon as possible.


This course provides everything you need in order to study for the CompTIA Pentest+ exam, including downloadable PDFs of every lecture to follow along with as you progress through the videos and to review before test day. Taught by an expert in information technology and cybersecurity with over 20 years of experience, this course is a fun way to learn what you need to know to pass the CompTIA Pentest+ exam or to better prepare yourself to serve on your organization's cyber defence team or as an independent penetration tester.
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Q: "conda install" shows Solving Environment: failed, PackagesNoutFoundError I'm stucked with conda in Mac OS.
Conda command, like "conda install", "conda update" doesn't work. When I run these kind of command, it shows "Solving environment: failed", "PackagesNotFoundError". I pasted the example below.
I tried to reinstall anaconda, but I couldn't even run "conda install anaconda-clean". It shows the same kind of result as below.
$conda update conda
Collecting package metadata (current_repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed
Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): done
Solving environment: failed

PackagesNotFoundError: The following packages are not available from current channels:

  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> cryptography==1.7.1=py36_0
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> dill==0.2.5=py36_0
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> idna==2.2=py36_0
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> matplotlib==2.0.0=np111py36_0
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> numexpr==2.6.1=np111py36_2
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> numpy==1.11.3=py36_0
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> pycosat==0.6.1=py36_1
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> pycurl==7.43.0=py36_2
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> readline==6.2=2
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> scipy==0.18.1=np111py36_1
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> setuptools==27.2.0=py36_0
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> tk==8.5.18=0
  - pkgs/free/osx-64::anaconda==4.3.0=np111py36_0 -> xz==5.2.2=1

Current channels:

  - https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/osx-64
  - https://conda.anaconda.org/conda-forge/noarch
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/osx-64
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main/noarch
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/osx-64
  - https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r/noarch

To search for alternate channels that may provide the conda package you're
looking for, navigate to

    https://anaconda.org

and use the search bar at the top of the page.

I'm thinking it may happened because I was using "pip" to install some packages, not "conda".
Please tell me if you need additional information. Thanks for your attention.

A: I faced the same problem and finally resolved it by using this guide  to uninstall conda and anaconda manually (though i was unable to make head or tails of step 4 in the link, which involved removing package service files in the Library folder) :
https://nektony.com/how-to/uninstall-anaconda-on-a-mac
1.Quit the Anaconda app and Force quit any Anaconda processes running in the background using the Activity Monitor.
3.Remove the Anaconda app from the Applications folder.
4.Remove the following using rm -rf in terminal:
~/anaconda3
~/.bash_profile-anaconda3.bak
~/.condarc
~/.conda
~/.anaconda
I then reinstalled anaconda and everything seems to work now.


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"Freddy Kreuger" [sic] is the fifth single by Surrey-based rock band Reuben, and the second single taken from their debut album Racecar Is Racecar Backwards. The song's title refers to Freddy Krueger, the horror protagonist from Wes Craven's slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street, but is misspelled. It was released in June 2004, and was the first release on XtraMile/Sony, whom the band had at last signed a proper record deal with. The single was released on CD and 7" vinyl format, and reached #53 in the UK charts. It also made the #1 spot on the Chain With No Name independent chart, and Zane Lowe made it his Radio 1 single of the week. It was Reuben's first track to be playlisted on XFM and their first track to be played on Mary Anne Hobbs' Rock Show. It was also played on Virgin Radio sporadically.

Track listing
"Freddy Kreuger"
"Once"
"Glitterskin"

Personnel
Jamie Lenman - Guitars, vocals
Jon Pearce: Bass Guitar
Guy Davis - Drums

2004 singles
Reuben (band) songs
2004 songs
Xtra Mile Recordings singles
Songs written by Jamie Lenman


This is a little parody police sitcom soaking in the humor. Ray Holt is a new head of the Brooklyn department who is to organize his subordinates and make them respect the boss. Each of them is a high level professional having his own work style. But these cops are rarely serious and always compete against each other. But they always come to help friends. The law and the professional discipline are sacred things. And he will be hard with his new subordinates. The plot focuses on separate investigation cases.


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title: "My first all-remote retrospective"
author: "Marcus Hammarberg"
date: 2017-11-29 00:36:39
tags:
 - Agile
 - Life of a consultant
---

I agreed to do something a little bit scary, a couple of weeks back. And then it got even more interesting as new information unfolded.

My task was to facilitate a retrospective with 5-6 managers across our organization. That was a bit scary - but then I realized that they all were going to be remote. I had never done a remote retrospective before so that made it more interesting.

I didn't do anything particularly revolutionary, but I was happy with the outcome and the format. You might find this useful too - so I thought I'd share it here.

## Background

The thing we were going to retrospect was a process of writing a vision document that spanned many departments and involved many people, during about 3-4 weeks. I was not at all involved in that process, and at first, I thought that it would be a bad thing, for me as the facilitator. But it turned out being something great - because my role now very naturally fell into only facilitating.

Hey - I didn't even take notes because that was better done by someone with the context and background.

## Technology

Realizing that all attendees were going to be remote, from where I sat at least, I refrained from using any physical tools:

* No whiteboards and drawings
* No post-its to write and group together
* No voting with fist-of-five (some people were on train or walking home)

We ran the whole meeting as a [Google Hangout](https://hangouts.google.com/) and had a great experience, thanks to a big screen, good speakers and microphone in the rooms we were in. That sounds simple but cannot be underestimated. I cannot count the number of times we have wasted time on the sound setup.

To gather the information I created a very simple [Trello board](http://www.trello.com) that I invited the attendees to so that they could add and comment on cards. In fact - this was done in the meeting and slowed us down a little bit but not too much.

## Setting the stage

Ensuring that we all had the same goal of the meeting I started off by saying that:

* We are here to try to make the next time (making a vision document like this) *better*. That is our goal
* We want to come out with *concrete action* that can help us to ensure that improvement.

This is something that is important regardless of being remote-only or not; make sure that you all are in agreement on why you are in the room. There are times when just talking through things is important and beneficial. For this retrospective, I kept it very improvement-action focused.

I also told the people that we were going to do this retrospective in 3 stages and that we will move focused and fast, to keep the involvement and interest high throughout.

This, I hope, made sure that we were now ready to start.

## Janking memory

The first thing I did was using a little exercise that [Staffan Nöteberg](https://twitter.com/staffannoteberg) taught me, to evaluate presentations:

> Don't ask people to list good and bad things - just ask them for the best and the worst thing

I asked the attendees to add a card in, each of the two columns I had created on our Trello called:

* What was the **best** thing that happened?
* What was the **worst** thing that happened?

We spend just 2 or 3 minutes doing that, with a timer going.

I had two goals with this; first to get a list of good and bad things that we could talk around. But secondly, as we talked through the items created we also janked our memory from the work we did. How did it feel? Oh yes, that meeting was messy. Now I remember. Last weekend was very busy… Small memories came back to us.

I led a short walk-through of the items created and where needed we stopped and had some clarifying comments or question. All in all, this took about 10 minutes.

With this fresh in our minds and a bank of episodes of what happened, we moved on.

## Less and More

Looking at those columns we now turned to two other columns on the same board:

* Next time do **Less** of this
* Next time do **More** of this

In the same manner, we just spent 2-3 minutes generating notes. Now you could add as much as possible. But this time I asked the attendees to vote on the things they thought would be most beneficial for improvements.

This took some more time, about 15-20 minutes in total. We spent some time discussing and clarify the notes, which led to the splitting and creation of new notes in some cases.

After the voting, we had 2 clear winners.

## Actions, actions, actions

I moved those cards over to the last column, that I called:

> Action to ensure improvements

We now rewrote and added clear actions on what we need to do in order to ensure that the improvement happened. Very concrete this was for example:

* Have a prefilled template to start from
* Have an up-to-date mailing list of people involved
* Hold initial kick-off meeting to clear out questions early

This was pretty fast and only took us about 5 minutes to do. I was, at this time writing the ideas that were generated, straight into the card on the Trello-board.

## Close out

The final part was ensuring that we had someone take ownership of the actions we created. That was really easy since it fell naturally within the area of two different people.

I then had a quick poll (actually did a fist-of-five here, with someone posting a number in the chat) on how the liked the format of the retrospective. I always do that, since I want to learn and improve as a facilitator too.

We said thank you and good-bye - and were done in 45 minutes flat.

## Summary

This simple format and lightweight use of technology worked really well for us. The output of the retrospective was a few (3 I think) clear and improvement-focused actions.

We managed to keep the engagement and interest up during the whole retrospective and we left feeling good about the work we had done.

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Choose Ushers Wisely – Here are tips on screening, selecting and training ushers on handling money.
Your ushers are at the heart of the internal controls necessary in setting up your systems for managing your church finances. They will be the first ones handling the money.
Seriously, not just anyone can be an usher. In the same way that not just anyone can teach a Sunday school class or sing in the choir. Having the right ability, gifts and passion matters a whole lot. When choosing new ushers the things to keep in mind are the spiritual qualities and characteristics that usher should have and do take care to involve the Pastor or Ministry Team Leader in the selection process.
What comes to mind are the fruits of the spirit found in Galatians 5:22-23. The objective here is not about obtaining perfection but establishing that the desire to live a spirit-filled life is the basis for choosing to serve as an usher. While all the fruits of the spirit referred to are important, those mentioned below need particular mention.
Faithfulness – If you are faithful as a Christian you will be faithful as an usher.
Gentleness – It is a mark of maturity when an usher never throws around his or her authority. The humble usher who seeks to put others first despite how pressuring the situation is, is the best usher to have.
Self-Control – The usher who cannot exercise self control will not be able to control a large crowd. It is in the midst of hectic moments and last minute changes that the usher's self control is tested.
Now, the usher plays a vital role in church ministry and it is essential that they understand this. As such the usher should be someone who enjoys and care about people, possess the heart of a servant and is committed to the vision of the church. They need also to be supportive of the church's leadership.
It is just good sense that ushers be trained to carry out their functions, especially when it comes to the handling of the money. The specifics such as how much area each usher is to handle, which two ushers are to accompany the money for counting, the actual procedures for taking the money to the location for counting and other details need to be laid out and known by all involved.
Maintain good personal hygiene and proper appearance.
When required to serve, give it full and total attention to serving.
Call the leader of the church or group if you are on the schedule and can't make it.
These are matters that would be covered at training to which all ushers should be mandated to attend before they are allowed to serve.


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What is the difference between commercial construction and renovation?
At CREATE, design and quality craftsmanship are our priority, whether we're performing new construction or renovating an existing commercial space. We construct/renovate according to strict timelines and high quality standards, working always with reliability and providing excellent service.
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