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[Eric Forbes-Robertson, painter, brother of actors Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and Norman Forbes.] Fourteen items from his personal papers: including army commission and military notice and photographs, and birth, death and marriage certificates.
Eric Forbes-Robertson (1865–1935), painter who studied in Paris with Bonnard and Vuillard, and knew Gaugin, brother of the actors Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and Norman Forbes
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Between 1887 and 1935. London, Jersey and other locations.
Fourteen items from the personal papers of Eric Forbes-Robertson, relating to his birth, marriage, death and military career. The collection in good overall condition, lightly aged and worn. In orange card folder. ONE: Copy of EFR's birth certificate ('Sixteen June 1865 | Montfort House'). Islington, 6 July 1865 (copy of 21 December 1893). TWO: Copy of EFR's baptismal certificate. Islington, 9 August 1865. THREE: Printed 'Notice. | To be given to a MAN at the time of his offering to join the Army.' Completed and signed by EFR, 1 March 1887. 2pp, folio.
BONNARD
FORBES-ROBERTSON
GAUGIN
WUILLARD
[Professor William Bevan Lewis, psychiatrist.] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. Bevan-Lewis') to Bedford Pierce of the Retreat asylum in York, discussing a course of lectures they are to give together.
William Bevan-Lewis (1847-1929), Professor of Mental Diseases, Leeds; and Medical Superintendent, West Riding Asylum, Wakefield [Bedford Pierce (1861-1932), Consulting Physician, The Retreat, York]
On letterhead of W. R. Asylum [West Riding Asylum], Wakefield [Yorkshire]; 22 March 1908.
3pp, 12mo. Bifolium with mourning border. In fair condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded once. Forty-three lines of text. He begins by expressing pleasure at the prospect of being associated with Pierce 'in the Course of Lectures on Mental Diseases', and at the news that Pierce has 'decided to take up the Systematic Part'. He leaves the choice of day to Pierce, and offers to put him up for the night.
BEVAN-LEWIS
[Professor William Bevan-Lewis, physician and physiologist.] Autograph Letter Signed ('W. Bevan-Lewis') thanking psychiatrist Bedford Pierce for his 'eulogistic & cordial tribute', and discussing the Allied victory in the Great War.
William Bevan-Lewis (1847-1929), physician and physiologist, Professor of Mental Diseases and Examiner at the University of Leeds, and Medical Director, West Riding Asylum [Bedford Pierce (1861-1932)]
'Elsinore', Dyke Road Avenue, Brighton. 12 November 1918.
3pp, 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to blank reverse of second leaf. Folded twice. Fifty-two lines of text. He thanks Pierce for his 'most kind expressions of regard for myself, & your eulogistic & cordial tribute to my poor efforts in the cause of Psychological Medicine'. which he has read in 'the account of the proceedings at the Edinburgh Meeting in July last', in the Journal of Mental Science.
[Edwardian paediatric dentistry.] Four pamphlets: Rev. J. O. Bevan, 'Dental Hygiene'; G. Cunningham, 'What the Dentist can do for the State'; C. Edward Wallis, 'The Care of Teeth in Public Elementary Schools'; British Dental Association, 'Memorandum'
[Edwardian paediatric dentistry] Rev. J. O. Bevan; British Dental Association; G. Cunningham; C. Edward Wallis; London County Council; Board of Education
All London, two by John Bale & Sons (one for British Dental Association), London1896, 1906, 1908 and undated.
Four pamphlets. Three with red labels of the Board of Education Reference Library, London, and all four bearing its stamps and shelfmarks. All in good condition, lightly aged and worn. All now scarce. ONE: Rev. J. O. Bevan, M.A., F.S.A. - Dental Hygiene, Especially in Relation to Children and Schools. ('To be obtained from the author, 55, Gunterstone Road, West Kensington, London, W.' No date.) 8pp, 12mo. Stapled into grey printed wraps. No copy on OCLC WorldCat or on COPAC.
[Hugh Gaitskell, Leader of the Labour Party.] Typed Letter Signed to 'Rowe', sending Christmas greetings.
Hugh Gaitskell [Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell] (1906-1963), Leader of the Labour Party
On letterhead of Treasury Chambers, Great George Street, S.W.1. [London] 10 January 1951.
1p., 4to. The salutation 'My dear Rowe,' and the valediction 'Yours sincerely | Hugh Gaitskell' are in Gaitskell's autograph, written in red ink; the rest of the letter is typed. Aged and worn, with discoloration and a small insect crushed onto a blank part. Reads: 'Many thanks for your kind Christmas note and good wishes.
GAITSKELL
[ Janina Forbes-Robertson [ Janina Flamm ], artist. ] Three Autograph Letters Signed (all 'Jania') to her husband Eric Forbes-Robertson, complaining of poor treatment by his brother the actor Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and the rest of his family.
Janina ('Jania') Forbes-Robertson [ née Janina Flamm ] (d.1922), Polish artist, wife of the English artist Eric Forbes-Robertson (1865-1935), sister-in-law of Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson
One from 13 Batoum Gardens, Shepherds Bush [ London ], 'Sunday'. One in French from 79 Netherwood Road, Shepherds Bush, 'Lundi'. Another simply dated '1 November.'
Janine Flamm attended the Académie Julian in Paris with Eric Forbes-Robertson, an associate at Pont-Aven of Gaugin and Robert Bevan, who married her college friend the Polish artist Stanislawa de Karlowska (1876-1952). The couple married on Jersey in 1897, and their son Philippe was born soon after, followed by sisters Ida and Cecilia. None of these three letters is dated, but they must all have been written in the early years of the twentieth century, with Janina miserably placed with her young children in London while her husband pursued his artistic ambitions in the country.
KARLOWSKA
[D. B. Wyndham Lewis, humorist.] Autograph Letter Signed to Anglo-Irish poet Sylvia Lynd, a letter of condolence on the death of her husband, the essayist Robert Lynd.
D. B. Wyndham Lewis [Dominic Bevan Wyndham Lewis] (1891-1969), humorist, for a while Daily Express 'Beachcomber' [Sylvia Lynd (1888-1952), Anglo-Irish poet, wife of essayist Robert Lynd (1879-1949)]
On letterhead of 31 Pembroke Road, W8 [London]. 8 October 1949.
2pp., 12mo. In good condition, on lightly aged paper. 'His gentleness was always a lenitive and an example in such a raving jungle as Fleet Street. He will be badly missed everywhere by everybody.' He concludes by lamenting that as he is leaving for Italy the following day, the present letter will have to be his 'only tribute, alas. But I hope you will read into it a lot of things difficult to write.'
Autograph Letter Signed ('J. G. Bevan') from the Quaker writer Joseph Gurney Bevan to Thomas Eaton of Swansea, regarding financial accounts including the 'Estate in Maryland' of William Padley.
Joseph Gurney Bevan (1753-1814), English Quaker writer [Thomas Eaton of Swansea, Glamorganshire; William Padley; Sir Richard Phillips (1767-1840), author and publisher; Society of Friends]
'London 3d. 5mo 1793 [3 May 1795]'.
1p., 4to. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper. The letter mainly relates to the estate of William Padley senior of Swansea, who had died in 1801. Bevan begins by stating that he has had no reply to his letter of 8 May. 'I now hand thee a small account against W P's estate which I should be pleased to have closed by payment. - At the same time I inform thee I have in my possession R Phillips (of Lond) [i.e. Sir Richard Phillips] bill for a proof under City seal respecting W P.'s Estate in Maryland £4. 2.
GLAMORGANSHIRE
GURNEY
PADLEY
Ten manuscript business letters, seven in English and two in French, from six different British wine merchants, to the French cognac house Messrs. Otard Dupuy & Co., placing orders, reporting news of the Brandy trade in Britain and shipping.
[Messrs. Otard Dupuy & Co, French cognac house founded in 1795 by Jean-Baptiste Antoine Otard [later with Léon and Jean Dupuy], based in the Château des Valois (Château de Cognac), Cognac, Charente]
From Aberdeen, Exeter, London, Liverpool , Stockton, Sunderland. Between 1828 and 1859.
The ten items total 19pp., 4to. Each is a bifolium, with the address and postmarks on the reverse of the second leaf. Each is docketed by Otard Dupuy. All ten are in excellent condition, on lightly-aged paper. The six firms are: Bevan & Smith, Liverpool, two letters (both 1850); Christopher Bushell & Co., Liverpool (1859); John Currie, two letters, both in French: London (1828) and Stockton (1828); A. Leveau, three letters: Aberdeen (1849), Exeter (1850) and Sunderland (1850); William Strachan & Co, London (1828); George Wildes & Co., London (1828).
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Abstracts due December 15, 2017
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The conference intends to tackle these issues, discussing them from the wide range of theoretical approaches and professional angles related to the craft of screenwriting.
For a list of suggested topics and details for submission, see the conference website. The organising committee plans to notify acceptances/rejections by January 31, 2018.
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Long-vacant Hicksville Superfund site to become 300K sf distribution facility in reported $45M deal
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Brookfield Asset Management CEO Bruce Flatt and 125 New South Road in Hicksville (Brookfield, Simone)
Brookfield Asset Management has acquired a 15-acre former Superfund site on Long Island for a reported $45 million.
A Brookfield fund bought the property at 125 New South Road in Hicksville to develop two LEED-certified, Class-A distribution facilities totaling more than 300,000 square feet, the investment giant confirmed to The Real Deal.
The new facilities are expected to come online in two years, featuring high-ceilings with an existing rail spur, ample dock positions and van parking.
The seller, Simone Development Companies, declined to share the price due to a non-disclosure agreement. Citing anonymous sources, Long Island Business News reported that the vacant lot was sold for $45 million.
The sale brought a handsome return to Simone, a Bronx-based real estate investment company, which acquired the property for just $4.4 million in 2017.
"Well-located industrially zoned land for development is extremely rare and Simone Development is extremely pleased to find a buyer well-equipped to realize the site's full potential," Joseph Simone, president of Simone Development, said in a statement.
The property — once the site of a RUCO Polymer Corp. plastic manufacturing facility — has been designated as a Superfund site by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since 1986 and has gone through an extensive environmental cleanup program to remove contaminated soil. The agency still reviews the site every five years, though it says it no longer poses a threat to the environment.
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The long-vacant site has attracted attention in the era of online shopping, when retailers are rushing to secure more warehouses and distribution centers closer to their customers. The industrial real estate sector has been red hot even in the pandemic-driven downturn, including on Long Island.
In January, a Minnesota-based insurance company paid $74.5 million for a 197,000-square-foot warehouse at 344 Duffy Avenue in Hicksville. The seller was Lincoln Equities Group, which acquired the 9-acre site for $9.35 million in December 2018. While the company was building the distribution warehouse, the property was fully leased to the Home Depot as its Long Island distribution center.
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we were blown away from the minute we met him. Looking at all the albums and hearing his enthusiasm for each picture he took we knew, Aaron and VMA Studios would be the perfect fit. We got in the car and I think it took me about 5 minutes to call and say put together the contract. From signing the contract to getting our Album, everything was so easy and made the experience amazing. The pictures tell the whole story from beginning to end of the night and made picking which ones for the album so hard because each one was amazing. I highly recommend anyone to book Aaron and VMA Studios for their next event. You will not be disappointed."
afraid to go the extra mile to get that perfect pic (literally got in the pool with his clothes on to get amazing shots)! Super talented and definitely exceeded our expectations (and we have some high expectations...🙂)! Thank you so much! Can't wait to see the rest of the pics and the videos!"
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"Two weeks before our wedding, we were left without a photographer. From a friend, I was referred to Aaron from VMAstudios Studios. And within minutes of leaving my contact information through the website, I was contacted by Aaron himself. My wife and I went from a feeling of panic and chaos, to a sense of relaxation. As Aaron quickly and effortlessly walked us through the setup process. It was the same when it came time for our wedding, and my wife and I couldn't have been more happy with the way Aaron and his team conducted themselves. Everyone that attended our wedding was so impressed by their skill and professionalism. The final edited pictures came out beautiful. We are so glad we hired VMA Studios to capture our special day. I highly recommend them for all types of event photography!"
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Copperfield's Books in Novato has invited Chuck Durrett, co-author of Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable Communities, for a book signing and meet & greet. Durrett is the Principal Architect and owner of McCamant & Durrett Architects has designed over 50 cohousing communities and consulted on many more. He has authored several books on the subject, which have been influential in creating cohousing communities around the world.
Durrett is the architect for Novato Cohousing, an intergenerational cohousing community in Novato, CA. If you are interested in living in a vibrant community in Novato, visit their website www.marincoho.com and learn about becoming a member.
This is a great opportunity for you to meet one of the leading experts in cohousing and learn more about how cohousing community can and will enhance your city!


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Groupe des écoles nationales d'ingénieurs (Groupe ENI) is French for "Group of French National Engineering Schools",  a network of 4 French public engineering schools that deliver the title of Diplôme d'Ingénieur in a wide variety of fields.

Member institutions
 École nationale d'ingénieurs de Brest (ENIB)
 École nationale d'ingénieurs de Metz (ENIM)
 École nationale d'ingénieurs de Saint-Etienne (ENISE)
 École nationale d'ingénieurs de Tarbes (ENIT)

See also
Diplôme d'Ingénieur
Grandes écoles
Education in France

References

Engineering universities and colleges in France


Chris and Andrew are excellent buddies, yet occasionally Chris does issues that Andrew does not understand.Chris can listen a fly humming whilst it is a mile away! yet he does not like vivid flashing lighting just like the ones on Andrew's favorite arcade video game. Chris and Andrew have plenty of enjoyable jointly, yet from time to time they chuckle at totally different issues - it isn't important even though, simply because everyone seems to be diversified, and being various will be quite cool!Chris and Andrew are the following to aid humans comprehend the reports of a kid with autism, and the way others may also help by way of realizing how they're assorted, and recognising their many distinctive talents.This fully-illustrated booklet is focused at girls and boys elderly 5+, and in addition serves as a great place to begin for relatives and school room discussions.
Those colourful books use pleasant photographs and rhyming textual content to motivate young children to boost reliable habit styles. As an extra incentive, each one name comes with a sheet of superstar stickers and a distinct gift chart. whenever teenagers meet one of many pursuits, a celeb is going at the chart! particularly designed for folks and preschoolers to get pleasure from jointly, this is often the suitable e-book for instructing little ones sturdy manners.
I had a foul August. a truly undesirable August. As undesirable as pickle juice on a cookie. As undesirable as a spider internet in your leg. As undesirable because the black components on a banana. i am hoping your August used to be greater. i actually do. When Eleanor's cherished babysitter, Bibi, has to maneuver away to keep up her ill father, Eleanor needs to attempt to undergo the summer season with no Bibi and get ready for the approaching university 12 months.
The poignant tale of global warfare II again domestic at lastFinally, the paperback version of 1 of Mary Dowing Hahn's such a lot gripping and private tales. Culled from her stories of becoming up lower than the shadows of WWII, this tale has touched younger readers for greater than fifteen years. we're so excited to have it again with us in paper, with a ravishing new disguise, to be had for younger readers for lots of, many extra years yet to come.
We love to consider adolescence as a carefree time, yet for the numerous little ones with anxiousness issues it is something yet. Generalized anxiousness sickness (GAD) is among the commonest nervousness issues in teenagers. It explanations severe fear and nervousness that may disrupt emotional, educational, and social improvement.
29 Some people with autism really like bright flashing lights. Others find bright lights painful to their eyes. 30 Even people with autism are different from each other! 31 Lots of famous people in history are thought to have had autism. Edison the inventor, Einstein the scientist… 32 …and Mozart the composer. Their ideas were so amazing because they were VERY different from everyone else. 33 Sometimes answers to the teacher's question rush into Chris's brain. He has to say them quickly before something else crowds in.
28 Touching is hard to do sometimes. Chris needs to say "Hi" and wave instead of hugging or shaking hands. It is not because he does not like the other person. 29 Some people with autism really like bright flashing lights. Others find bright lights painful to their eyes. 30 Even people with autism are different from each other! 31 Lots of famous people in history are thought to have had autism. Edison the inventor, Einstein the scientist… 32 …and Mozart the composer. Their ideas were so amazing because they were VERY different from everyone else.


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Q: Measure the CPU time elapsed for a part of code in JAVA I'm currently trying to measure the real elapsed cpu time for a part of my code in java.
I read that to get the CPU time you have to use the
cpuTime = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean().getCurrentThreadCpuTime();

but in fact when I try to measure it in that piece of code, an error is thrown when the elapsed time is equal to zero..... (which it appears to me to be impossible with a nano-sec precision). The while loop can be big or can also very small (aout 10 instuctions min).
long startTime = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean()
                        .getCurrentThreadCpuTime();
// reset with seed solution for each neighborRule and
// each pivoting rule
t.setCurrentBestSolution(seedSolution);
while (t.chooseNextImprovingNeighborSolution(pivotingRule,
                        neighborRule));
long endTime = ManagementFactory.getThreadMXBean()
                    .getCurrentThreadCpuTime();
if (endTime - startTime == 0) {
    System.err.println(pivotingRule + ":" + neighborRule);
    System.err.println("END TIME:" + endTime);
    System.err.println("START TIME:" + startTime);
                }

Any idea ? Am I not using properly the CPUThread part ?
Should I use an external java benchmarker ?
Thanks in advance

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Should I use an external java benchmarker ?

Yes please do. Jprofiler measures the real elapsed time among other useful metrics.

A: The methods of System and Runtime class will help you.
Take a look on:
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/System.html
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/Runtime.html
For example: You can use: System.currentTimeMillis(); which returns the time in millisecond, before and after your program! (at the beginning or end of main method!)

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Dover man talks to police about double homicide
By Kimberley Haaskhaas@fosters.com
Jul 9, 2014 at 3:15 AM Jul 10, 2014 at 12:09 AM
State police say they have made contact with the two men they were looking for to question in connection with Sunday's shooting deaths of two men in Biddeford. Chris Dube, 28, of Dover, N.H., met with detectives late Tuesday afternoon in Saco and was interviewed.
State police say they have made contact with the two men they were looking for to question in connection with Sunday's shooting deaths of two men in Biddeford.
Chris Dube, 28, of Dover, N.H., met with detectives late Tuesday afternoon in Saco and was interviewed. Dube also was arrested on the unrelated probation violation charge. He was taken to the York County Jail.
Lance Palmer, 44, of Auburn, also has made contact with police and is expected to be interviewed sometime today. No charges are pending against him.
The double homicide took place at 19 Western Ave. Sunday night.
According to spokesman Steve McCausland of the Maine Department of Public Safety, authorities have found all four witnesses who were in the apartment at the time of the shootings. The two men and two women, who initially ran away after the shootings occurred at approximately 7 p.m., will be interviewed.
Police will look at that information along with what they gather from Dube and Palmer. McCausland said Dube and Palmer may have more information on the shootings, which took the lives of Jeffrey Lude, 37, of Biddeford and Russell Lavoie, 42, of Old Orchard Beach.
Neither Luden or Lavoie lived at the apartment. Both men had lengthy criminal histories, which included drug trafficking, according to public records.
Each man died from multiple gunshot wounds. Police are not sure if multiple guns or multiple shooters were involved because they were unable to interview the men before they died.
Dube has an arrest warrant issued for him for an unrelated probation violation. Although there are no arrest warrants issued for Palmer, he should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information on either man should call Maine State Police in Gray at 207-657-3030.


Usually at this time of year—for each of the past five years—I have been working feverishly in preparation for the Manifest Creative Arts Festival, hosted and sponsored in Australia by Avondale College of Higher Education and Adventist Media Network. For a variety of reasons, this year the festival is not happening.
1. Creativity is broad, and we all do it.
In his 2015 "John Peel Lecture" for the BBC, musician and artist Brian Eno described art as "everything that you don't have to do." It's that extra touch that makes a meal special: the flowers that didn't have to grow in your garden, and when the worship service is more than just filling the spaces on a pre-printed order of service.
So before we abandon creativity to those "artsy" types, let's recognize that we are all creative, and we all have the potential to be more so. When we make something, think imaginatively, solve a problem, or add that special touch, it is creative and it is good.
2. Creativity is divine, and human.
Creativity is one of the defining characteristics of God, an important component of the Godness of Jesus: "He existed before anything was created and is supreme over all creation . . . Everything was created through him and for him. He existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together" (Col. 1:15–17, NLT ). As His stewards, we are created and called to be part of the creative reality of God. We are His masterpieces (see Eph. 2:10) and His co-creators. Creativity is essential to our understanding of God, ourselves, and our place in His world.
3. Creativity must be about something.
Creativity merely for the sake of creativity can be fun for a while, but it has a hollowness to it (see 1 Cor. 13:1, 2). We must resist the tendency of creativity to become self-indulgent. Creativity as a celebration of goodness, life, and beauty should take us outside ourselves, connect us with others, and share something of the goodness and hope we believe. Not that creativity has to be only positive or burdened with evangelistic intent, but our best evangelism will be creative and our best creativity will be a witness.
4. Creativity makes space for the creativity of others.
We must find ways to celebrate and support the creativity of others, both as individuals and in our churches. Creativity can be difficult and involve putting oneself at the risk of criticism, misunderstanding, or under-appreciation.
So how can we help those with particular creative passions to grow their gifts, abilities, and opportunities? As churches, our foyers can become galleries, our halls can be practice spaces, and our worship services can invite people to bring their best gifts to help us worship together. We can seek to include and value creativity in all we do, and invite members of our community to be part of it.
Over the years of Manifest festivals, one of the most gratifying outcomes we have seen is how many regular participants and contributors have grown in their creative abilities, achievements, and opportunities. Creativity requires time and commitment to work and practice. With opportunity and encouragement we can grow our gifts and abilities to find our voice for the benefit of those around us, as a contribution to our church and community, and to the glory of God.
So let's continue—and grow—our commitment to creativity. While the festival might have come to an end, creativity matters still. Personally and as a church, it is among our greatest resources and opportunities. Faithful creativity matters forever (see Rev. 21:26).
*Scripture quotations marked NLT are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright  1996, 2004, 2007 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.


You take a deep breath and glance over at your children playing in the soft haze of sunlight penetrating a near window. But it's a welcomed guest, dancing on the tops of their wispy heads and highlighting every curve and crease of their youthfulness… you begin to notice some subtle changes. The plump rolls of infanthood have receded, freckles now kiss a few features and they all seem to be standing just a little bit taller than before. Times gone by as it always does, and you begin to seek how you might slow it down just a little bit more.
Quickly journaling a movement or a feature, each stroke of the pencil tells the story of what was… A family portrait embracing each other, taking their time to love one another and accepting the moment as it is.
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In the season three premiere of Avatar, "The Awakening," Aang wakes up to find himself aboard a captured Fire Nation ship after sustaining serious injuries at the end of season two. Katara, Sokka, and their father are with him and they recount the events that led the four to the ship and how they plan to attack the Fire Nation. Aang struggles to fight his own instincts to face the Firelord before he is ready, but ultimately accepts that he needs time to heal and regain his strength. Meanwhile, Zuko is dealing with his own issues as he journeys home for first time in three years, fearing his father will reject him once again.
Also leading up to the premiere, Nickelodeon will offer video shorts of Avatar, including clips, sneak peeks, recaps of season two, as well as instant replays of episodes after its on-air premiere, all on TurboNick, the network's broadband video service on www.nick.com. Additionally, short form Avatar content will be available on Nickelodeon Mobile on various wireless carriers as of September. After the launch of season three, fans may log on to play two new Avatar-themed offerings in Nick's Game of The Week section: "The Day of the Black Sun" beginning November 15, and "Clash of the Benders" on November 29. Also post-premiere, Avatar episodes will stream on Video-on- Demand and will be available for paid download to purchase on Nickelodeon's direct to video distribution partner platforms each week after the episode premieres on Friday nights.
Nickelodeon, in its 28th year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The company includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, online, recreation, books, magazines and feature films. Nickelodeon's U.S. television network is seen in almost 94 million households and has been the number-one-rated basic cable network for 13 consecutive years. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of Viacom Inc. .


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The xx Tap Robyn, Sampha, and More for Iceland Music Festival
The band is bringing Night + Day to Iceland.
Text: Alice Ly
The xx has announced their next part of their Night + Day series following their residency at the O2 Academy in London—a music festival in Skógar, Iceland. The festival is set to take place July 14–16.
In March, the trio was accompanied by artists such as Florence Welch, Cat Power, Robyn, and Jehnny Beth during their residency so it's no surprise that they'll be sharing stages with curated lineup of stellar artists such as Sampha, Earl Sweatshirt, Warpaint, and Kamasi Washington. The bands own Jamie xx will also be playing his own set.
The festival grounds will take place next to the Skógar waterfall, two hours east of Reykjavik, where the band recorded parts of I See You.
Tickets and travel passes are limited to 6,000 and start at €169 (about $185 USD), which includes 3-day general admission and camping. Passes will go on sale May 12 starting at 10 A.M. BST at thexxnightandday.com.
Take a peek at the full lineup below.
A Look Back at Lara Stone in V
Lara Stone's latest story for V, in our summer issue, also marks an important anniversary: ten years since the supermodel first appeared on our pages. Take a flick through memory lane below, and be sure to order your copy of V107 to see her new story...


Liz has been in art most of her life. She was born in Cambridge, Mass., and graduated in 1965 from the Rhode Island School of Design with a B.A in painting. After college, she worked as an art teacher in New Hampshire, until moving to Phoenix in 1973. After that, she worked as a decorative artist, illustrator, advertising artist and art director, before joining the Phoenix Art Group in 1986, where she was able to work full time in painting, and to develop the style of floral painting that she is known for now.
Liz is one of the artists in our painting group that meets on Thursday and Friday of each week.
She has been instrumental in helping us purchase and create our new gallery/studio.


Surveillance data from Wisconsin published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) demonstrates the seriousness and warranted concern over the spread of the tick-borne disease, Babesia. In 1985, the first case of Babesiosis in Wisconsin was documented. The disease became officially reportable in the state in 2001. Since then, the number of individuals contracting the disease has soared.
In Wisconsin, between 2001 and 2015, "there was a 26-fold increase in the incidence of confirmed babesiosis, in addition to geographic expansion," according to MMWR.  The report listed suburbanization, forest fragmentation patterns, and warming average temperatures as potential causes behind the surge.
Babesia can be severe, causing life-threatening symptoms. According to the report, in Wisconsin between 2001 and 2015, "three deaths occurred, one in a woman aged 88 years, and two in men aged 64 and 72 years."  Most cases, however, are treated without hospitalization. Thirty-five percent of the confirmed Babesia cases, and 76% of the probable cases were treated in the community.
During 2001 – 2005, 20 counties in Wisconsin (28% of the state) reported at least one confirmed case of Babesia. That number rose to 30 counties between 2006 and 2010. And during 2011 – 2015, the number of counties reporting at least one case had jumped to 40.
Stein E, Elbadawi LI, Kazmierczak J, Davis JP. Babesiosis Surveillance – Wisconsin, 2001-2015. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2017;66(26):687-691.
Eickhoff C, Blaylock J. Tickborne diseases other than Lyme in the United States. Cleve Clin J Med. 2017;84(7):555-567.
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I wish that I could see Dr Cameron I live on the Illinois Wisconsin border and I have a positive Lyme test but my real problem is the symptoms that I have babesia and I need treatment if I do definitely have it. Can't get a Dr to order the test and not sure if ins will cover the expense. So in need of help.


It's official: the deep Amazonas is more remote than Siberia.
In all of the visits I have made to provinces of the Congregation of Jesus (CJ) all over the world, never have I been without a signal for my BlackBerry…until I visited one of our sisters living and working in a community along the Amazon.
This was just one extraordinary revelation among many from my visitation to the Brazilian province in February and March 2014. What follows is an account of part of that trip, two weeks during which I and Elena, one of the General Assistants, covered an enormous amount of Brazil visiting the CJ sisters at work in the furthest corners of the country. The pace of our travelling was hardly leisurely, as you will gather, but the remoteness of the locations meant that this was the time required to see all of our sisters at work – Brazil is very, very big indeed!
All of the communities we visited in these two weeks are in places in which the majority, if not all, of the people are poor, and our sisters work with them both in a catechetical and a pastoral role, in collaboration with the local parish priest where possible. Parishes in rural Brazil are huge and can be made up of a number – anything between 20 and 40 – of smaller communities, some in the town in which the parish is located and the majority in the 'interior' hinterland to that parish. These interior communities might see their priest anything from once a month (unusual) to once a year, depending on the size of the parish, the number of such communities, the distances involved – and the difficulties of transport, which are not to be underestimated! Our first of many journeys during this fortnight was by no means the most complicated, but it still involved a one-hour flight from Sao Paolo to Belo Horizonte, a four-hour wait there prior to a three-hour flight to Altamira, capital of Pará state, and then an hour's drive to our community in Vitoria do Xingu.
In the Vitoria region of Pará, which is in the west of the country, there has been much deforestation by the locals to create pasture for their very few livestock, but there are also large farms which have been appropriated illegally and the people turfed off what little land they had. The usual social problems abound, including high birth rates (usually out of wedlock) and much abuse of alcohol (particularly beer) and drugs. Although there are three schools, and most people do go to school, prospects are slight: unemployment, especially among the young, is very high. But somehow the people seem very cheerful and the younger women in particular take great care to look good – nail polish, gleaming hair, good clothes.
In Xingu there are two CJ sisters, and their main work is in the catechesis of young people and visiting in the 'communities'. As I have now so often experienced, in the pastoral missions that are parish–based, there are tensions between the parish priest and the sisters, which means that although the sisters do wonderful work in a difficult situation, a lot of their potential is wasted.
We left Xingu after 48 hours to head further west to Amazonas state via a visit to the Bishop of Altamira, a very fine Austrian missionary – Erwin Krautler - who has been in Brazil for almost 50 years, over 30 of which as a bishop. He is outspoken in his defence of the indigenous people against the depredations of the government (in terms of land grabs) and against the nearby hydroelectric power station and its consequences, both ecological and social, for the area. His speaking of the truth to power over the years means that he now has 24-hour security, paid for, interestingly, by the state government. All we spoke to described him as a 'prophet'. We felt very privileged to meet him.
We flew from Altamira to Manaus, the capital of Amazonas, by far the biggest state in Brazil. Manaus is a curious mix of the old and seedy (think Graham Greene) and the new and shiny, but is clearly a city on the up. It has a wonderful late 19th century theatre – the Teatro di Amazonas – built shortly after Brazil became a monarchy and designed to showcase Manaus as a centre of culture and civilization. It also has a thriving port, from which we began the next stage of our journey, by boat, at 5am.
We took a seven-hour trip on the 'fast' boat, via a town on the river called Codajas, to the tiny community of Murituba, where one of our sisters lives and works. Murituba is one of the string of tiny communities along the Amazon which are only accessible from the river, a fact which completely governs the lives of those who live there: the river is an artery which provides the lifeblood of the Amazonas communities. When the river rises, as it does inexorably during the rainy season, it eventually reaches the communities, so all the houses are built on stilts; and during the months when the water has overrun the river banks (it does so by five to six metres, on average) people get around by boat. That includes going to the local shop, to school and to church, even next door!
The pace of life in Murituba is slow. For a start, it is too hot to do anything much in the heat of the day (35-38°C) so people just sit around and talk, which is what we did with some of the people from the community who came to see us. Murituba is an outpost of the Codajas parish, and sizeable enough to warrant having a sister there to support the community in between the three-monthly visits of the parish priest. He came with us for our visit, which meant that the community had Mass that evening. Mass is always at about 7.30pm, when the sun has gone down, but before that we walked through the community and chatted with the people. Families here are large and extended, and people are very poor. The imbalance between the numbers of men and women was marked: many of the men leave to find work in cities in Amazonas or further afield. The community has very few facilities – no mobile signal (as I discovered!), no internet (except in the school, which is locked outside school hours) and just one public phone for the whole community. However, what almost every house has, in common with even the poorest places that we saw, is a huge satellite dish, and the television seems to accompany every activity up to and including sleeping.
About 60 people attended Mass and we were dive-bombed throughout by all kinds of large insects as well as swarms of mosquitoes. Mass in Brazil in general is an experience; music and singing are central and the enthusiasm is palpable: the reading of the gospel is always followed by a round of lively applause, at least outside the cities. That said, all the priests we spoke to were clear that the people can be fairly eclectic in their religious experience and do a fair bit of 'shopping around'. Murituba is a classic example of the widespread growth in Brazil of the evangelical churches. It has approximately 1000 people and three other denominations as well as the Catholic Church. These denominations flourish because they provide a pastor who is there all the time, whereas the Catholic priest is only there occasionally. That said, apparently the Baptist pastor has upped sticks and left since the arrival of our sister there as a consistent, Catholic pastoral presence.
The following morning we returned to Codajas on the parish boat. This boat is fitted up so that it can be lived on for anything up to a week or ten days: it is the only way that the priest can reach the remote communities of his extended parish. He has a couple who accompany him, the man to look after the boat and his wife to cook and 'keep house' on the boat. It seems to work pretty well.
So, back in Codajas for lunch and later that afternoon we boarded another boat back to Manaus. We arrived at 5am the following morning, after a 13-hour journey in fairly unpleasant conditions, but not without witnessing at one point the most stupendous rainbow from one side of the river to the other – never did it seem more the sign of the covenant of which God spoke to Noah, as we saw it in what must be one of the most unspoilt places on earth.
That afternoon we flew to Brasilia and then from Brasilia on to Teresina, the capital of Piauí state. Piauí, in the centre-east, is a very poor, undeveloped, agricultural state, red in soil (as is all of Brazil that we saw) and generally unremarkable. As in the Amazonas, the houses are small – typically one storey with only a couple of rooms – but they differ in that they mostly have red, terracotta-type tiles (as opposed to corrugated iron) which, together with the red soil, create a distinctive impression. Most people live off the land as far as they can and the roads appear to act more as conduits for flocks of goats and herds of donkeys and cattle than for motor vehicles. It was quite possible to go for half an hour without seeing another vehicle, much like the Australian Outback, to which it bore quite a resemblance.
After spending the night in the seminary in Teresina, we left the following morning for our community in Paes Landim, a small town with a sizeable Catholic church and Catholic community, as well as three other denominations and a large non-church-going population. Our two young sisters there are an exemplar of the kind of ministry carried out by CJ sisters in all of these remote parish communities: they support the team of catechists; one works every morning in the parish secretariat; and the other runs a women's adult literacy class three mornings a week and a monthly programme for children under-6 from the parish and the outlying communities, which includes weighing, provision of supplements for those who are malnourished and generally supporting the mothers. They are both involved in general parish support such as preparation of the liturgy. On Mondays there is a big market in the town and they hold an 'open house' for any Catholics who come in from the interior and just want to come and chat or seek advice. They also continue a project which has been going for fourteen years, having been founded by the CJ not long after our sisters first arrived there: next door to our community house, the parish bought what amounts to a large kitchen garden and this is divided into plots. A group of ten women are part of a self-help project which involves growing and then selling their own vegetables. They then keep all of the income other than what they invest in seeds for the following year. It is small but seems to work very well – one woman has been doing it for ten years. The sisters also run what is called the 'youth pastoral', in which they work with and train young people aged 14-23 either as catechists or leaders in the Church: that group has grown from 8 to 50 members in the past two years. As part of this, on two mornings a week Sister Eliana does a one-hour broadcast on the town radio, together with some of the young people.
From Paes Landim we moved on to Sao Jão do Piauí – mercifully only an hour's drive away – where we spent Shrove Tuesday. Judging from the festivities that we saw, Sao Jão has little to learn from Rio when it comes to celebrating Carnival – even the advent of Ash Wednesday did not diminish the party spirit in the town until 5.00am! However, there were still plenty of people at the 9.00am Mass on Ash Wednesday. A member of the parish there gave a presentation about all that our sisters have done in this parish since we first went there in the 1980s when there was no parish priest: pretty much everything involved in parish life, short of saying Mass! The community of three now works in collaboration with the parish priest and, because of their own ages, they tend to work more with the programme for older people, the sick and in two of the nearby poor communities.
The next leg of our journey involved a seven-hour car ride back to the airport in Teresina, arriving in time to check in for our 4.00am flight, via Sao Paolo, to Belo Horizonte in Minas Gerais state and, from there, another seven-hour car journey through a very different landscape – wave after wave of rolling, tree-covered hills. Our destination was another small community outside a big town – Braunas – where three of our sisters animate the local Catholic community and the priest comes once a month for Mass. On our first evening there was a very well-attended holy hour and the following morning there was a Mass in the community chapel for about twenty local 'Friends of Mary Ward' – principally women – who are clearly devoted both to Mary Ward and to the community. At the end of Mass, they sang a specially-written hymn to Mary Ward, which all knew by heart. I found this incredibly moving – these people, in a place that Mary Ward would never even have heard of, are so inspired by her in the living out of their day-to-day lives. They meet once a month and clearly value the opportunity both to learn more about Mary Ward and to pray together. The CJ community here are, again, older (two in their 80s and one in her 70s) so there is a question about sustainability (a question that hovers over all the missions of the very over-extended Brazilian province) but for now they punch considerably above their weight in terms of keeping the local Church alive and well in a place where the vast majority are poor and the social problems are rife.
Our last marathon journey was to Paraná, in the south of the country and adjacent to both Argentina and Paraguay. Here, we visited two communities, one founded in 1971 and one only in 2011. Both are in small towns – Santa Maria d'Oeste and Perola d'Oeste – and the work of the members follows the usual pattern in these places: training of catechists and other leaders in the community, pastoral work with younger and older people, etc. In Santa Maria we met another very active Friends of Mary Ward group who were vocal in their appreciation of the community of three, one of whom had been a founding member of the community over 40 years ago and whose return last year was clearly a great joy for the people.
The return to Sao Paolo from Paraná marked the end of our major excursions; the remainder of the visitation was spent in and around the capital. By the time we left Brazil, we had travelled thousands of miles, seen 60 members of the Congregation of Jesus in thirteen communities and experienced both the country and the Brazilian Church in their richness and their poverty. We were told it would be an adventure – and indeed it was!


Born in Tasmania, tenor Garrie Davislim is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts and Monash University in Melbourne and also of The National Opera Studio, in London. As winner of the Opera Foundation Australia Italian Opera Award (2000), furthered his studies in London, Rome and Florence. His European debut was at Teatro alla Scala singing Tony in West Side Story, and engaged at the Vienna Volksoper shortly thereafter. Further engagements include Theater Krefeld/Mönchengladbach, Landestheater Coburg, with guest performances at Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern, Staatsoperette Dresden, and Theater Regensburg, Festival Gut-Immling, and Luzerner Theater in Switzerland.
Hi repertoire list includes roles such as Lyonel (Martha), Rodolfo (La Boheme), Tamino, (The Magic Flute), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), Steuermann (The Flying Dutchman), Ferando (Cosi fan Tutte), Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni), Fenton, (Falstaff), and Nemorino (The Elixir of Love).
Apart from opera, Garrie Davislim has performed many oratorios and concerts of varying repertoire in Europe and Australia, and has worked with conductors such as Sir Christopher Hogwood, Thomas Hengelbrock, and Georg Schmöhe.


A member of Indevco Group, Sanita is a leading manufacturer and distributor of a wide range of household, institutional, and personal care products, supplying markets in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia. Each year, Sanita celebrates the Saudi National Day with a limited edition tissue box design. Creative Punch was requested to come up with a unique vision for the 2015 edition.
We wanted to stay away from the usual interpretations of the National Day theme. Our box design tells the story of A Festive Day Between Sand and Sky. A miniature setup is created and constructed against a desert background featuring a giant sand monument/sculpture with "The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia" engraved on it. The scene is composed of various outdoor activities that characterize the Saudi culture and lifestyle: desert safaris, quad bikes and hot air balloon excursions, etc.
The resulting landscape is bright, cheerful and exudes positive energy and fun. It evokes how proud the Saudi people feel about their country, and how they have learned to enjoy its natural resources.


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What Next? #wildhorses touching base after midterm
By Laura Leigh on November 8, 2018
Triple B wild horses summer 2018
Editorial note: LLeigh
Politics rule the reality of the range, the reality of the range rarely effects management.
That statement has garnered nods, laughter and shrugs of agreement each time I speak it over the course of the last decade. Yet the last two years that statement has brought more emotional weight to the table than I have ever seen before. Some people almost slid into a sort of depression and others go into an aggressive denial, as if the last two years are somehow immune.
For the last few months I have been giving interviews with multiple media outlets. These are all long form pieces, not the fast press release to publication type. This election on Tuesday was seen as a pivot point for the people doing these pieces and they understood that anything explained to them in the story points of production could shift into an even higher gear or begin to a slow move back to what was "normal chaos."
The long history of the Wild Horse and Burro Program, federal management of free roaming horses, would not change. Those things were safe for discussions that would not need to be cut out of a piece publishing in the coming year.
Discussions involving the political agenda: items like spaying, killing, sales direct to slaughter, could shift radically. The connections to political agendas that carried unorthodox, even unlawful, actions by those attempting to move a political agenda forward could bring these items to a screeching halt.
A simple example of political agenda is "spaying wild mares." Spaying wild mares is an expensive and experimental process that has no legal practical application in the field* (at this time). The agenda item has tracks laid through a lobby group that has long ties to Secretary Ryan Zinke and a pro horse slaughter move he made sitting as a member of Congress in Montana. The same lobby group has ties to the spay agenda (and even moves like the one to shrink National Monuments). That political agenda landed in the lap of Brian Steed as former Chief of Staff of Chris Stewart (R-UT) and has ties to the same lobby effort (that cross platforms into realms of personal benefit). Chris Stewart was appointed by Zinke to the position of Deputy Director of the BLM (and the powers of the Director were given to him in an "acting" capacity as no Director was appointed even by midterm!).
(* There is no data to justify using spaying in the field, anywhere. This is money that a program that claims to be so cash poor it can not hire field personal to actually monitor herds using money on something that may never be legally justified. Think about the amount of money used to create not one, but two EIS documents. Those documents faced not one, but two legal challenges by multiple organizations. The funding wasted is not the fault of advocacy orgs, it's the fault of a faulty agenda that uses tax payer money to forward politics, not best practices of land management.)
We have not even touched on the other internal moves within state and local offices that transpired under memo, suggestion, empowerment by this administrations Secretary of Interior.
It all gets rather "Game of Thrones." Since April of 2017 we have provided information to a House Committee that is part of oversight. We have provided information to the Office of the Inspector General. That is the process that in, what most American's expect, requires a deep look to take place and suspected violations of law and policy would be scrutinized and then removed. (we have written many articles on these subjects in the last few years. As "WHE readers" we know you track. )
For the last six years those failsafe measures built into process have been stonewalled by the gatekeepers of majority control of the House. (you can read a few examples here of events that transpired in 2016 and did not come through what most Americans would expect is a "lawful" process: https://wildhorseeducation.org/2017/05/17/posttruth-a-few-wild-facts-you-should-know-in-these-dangerous-times-part-one/)
These types of investigations can now move forward.
We showed them "our part."
Our phone lines and emails are filling up today with follow up questions for edits.
We predicted that if the House went blue spaying would not have to go through the full court system, it would be cancelled. It would not go the settlement route that other cases have, nor would it reach judgement. This would be cancelled.
We also predicted that within 45 days of midterm Ryan Zinke will no longer be Secretary of the Interior. Zinke, like John Ruhs (former NV State Director) will simply be moved out of the limelight.
We also predict the next roundup schedule (from November-February) will have some high profile herds and, at minimum, 4,000 coming off the range. When you add the rest of the fiscal year through October we expect the total to exceed 10,000.
We made a few other predictions that are rapidly showing merit.
There is a long way to go to simply gain an equitable and honest conversation. Sage Grouse planning often does not make a headline picked up by major news outlets or wild horse groups, it should. The "connect the dots" of land management is vacant in too many "wild horse stories."
Wild horses have many layers that include adoption, sale, slaughter push, spaying. But the real wild, wild horse exists in land management, not a pen or rescue. After a wild horse leaves the range they desperately need our help. But a roundup begins long before a helicopter flies….
"How do we fix this program? Is PZP the answer?" Reporter
"PZP is one tool of management, it's not management. There are many tools but no single one is an 'answer' without a sound foundation. If we actually followed the law and inserted actual facts, not assertion or manipulation, we would not have the problems we have. That statement applies to all resources, uses and users of public lands. Public land management needs a RICO board. Clear that board and follow the law? Then things like PZP actually have a chance to be an effective tool." WHE answer
We are very busy at WHE. Just touching base and replying to our supporters that wanted us to make a "post midterm statement."
The statement is… "hang on, we still have very rough ground ahead."
You can still add your name to the list of Wild Horse Education supporters that support a deep Probe into Interior. The list has over 22,000 individual names. (scroll down)
A roundup begins long before a helicopter flies. Help us build a strong frontline to fight for them and their habitat.
Zero Accountability Factor, Zinke: https://wildhorseeducation.org/2018/09/09/zero-accountability-factor-department-of-interior-blm-doi-zinke-wildhorses-publiclands/
All the Pretty Horses Must Die: https://wildhorseeducation.org/2017/09/09/all-the-pretty-horses-must-die/
Support the Probe into Interior and make sure the wild horse program is part of that investigation. If you agree? add your name.
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Devil Garden; roundup, adoption, confusion (and now Pigeon Fever)
BBC Outlook; A story of love for #wildhorses heard around the world


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Chairman Neville Green's Appearance on the Steve Harvey Morning Show
January 21, 2016 Categories:
Chairman Green engages Steve Harvey's listeners with news of NSBE's "Be 1 of 10,000" Campaign and how they can get involved.
NSBE Launches Campaign to Graduate 10,000 Black Engineers
January 20, 2016 Categories: Students,Parents and Educators
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Only 19 percent of black 4th graders in the U.S. and 13 percent of the nation's black 8th graders were proficient in math in 2015, according to the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Only 5.5 percent of black 8th graders in the U.S. in 2005 completed calculus five years later, and a mere 1.1 percent of the nation's black college freshmen enrolled in engineering programs in 2010, according to a recent analysis conducted by the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE). And then there's this distressing fact from the American Society for Engineering Education: the percentage of African Americans among U.S. engineering bachelor's degree recipients has been declining for more than a decade and was only 3.5 percent in 2014.
This Engineer Is Making Your Fantasy Sports Dreams Come True
Broadly heads to Silicon Valley to spend a day with Erin Teague, the Director of Product at Yahoo! Fantasy Sports. Erin is responsible for designing the interface of Yahoo!'s fantasy gaming apps, which are used by millions of people every year.
Celebrating one of our future engineers of the 'Be 1 of 10K' campaign
Check out Makhari's boat that can float! Makhari built his boat, tested it and was excited to share it with the NSBE family. Great job!
NSBE Professionals Chair Emeritus Releases New Book, Kinetic Life
December 29, 2015 Categories:
Melerick H. Mitchell's own life is an example of a scientific theory he's been talking about recently across the nation and in his hometown of Dallas.
NSBE National Advisor Njema Frazier Named to Ebony's 'Power 100'
Njema J. Frazier, Ph.D., lifetime member, longtime regional and national officer and current National Advisory Board member of the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), has been honored as one of the 2015 Ebony Power 100.
NSBE Appoints Constance Thompson And Stanton Hill To Executive Positions
by Christina Sykes December 21, 2015 Categories: Students,Professionals,Parents and Educators,Corporate Sponsors,Pre-College,SEEK,Collegiate,Graduate,International
NSBE has appointed two new members to the Society's Executive Leadership Team. Constance Thompson as NSBE's director of External and Government Affairs and Stanton Hill as NSBE's new director of Finance and Accounting.
NSBE and ITSMF Team Up to Boost Tech Opportunities
December 09, 2015 Categories: Students,Corporate Sponsors
National Society of Black Engineers and Information Technology Senior Management Forum Sign Memorandum of Understanding. The Memorandum of Understanding Aims to Widen the Career Pipeline for IT Senior Executives.
#NSBE2025 Be 1 of 10,000
October 29, 2015 Categories: Students,Professionals,Parents and Educators,Corporate Sponsors
The U.S. needs more Black Engineers to continue our nation's progress through STEM: science, technology, engineering and math. To help solve this problem, the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is calling on 7th graders across the country to buckle down academically, set their sights on college and commit to graduating with an engineering degree in 2025!
NSBE Partners with AABE on Energy, Diversity and Engineering
October 19, 2015 Categories: Students,Corporate Sponsors
National Society of Black Engineers and American Association of Blacks in Energy Sign Memorandum of Understanding.


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When we decide to make changes in our lives, one of the biggest obstacles we might need to overcome is procrastination. We want to change (don't we?), yet we keep putting off the very steps that will create the desired results. At times we might feel like a crazy person, starting and stopping, starting and stopping. Why can't we just get it together once and for all?
One of the hardest parts of forming new habits is actually remembering to perform the new habits we are trying to put in place! A habit, by definition, is something we do automatically.
When we operate on autopilot, we might actually forget the promises we've made to ourselves. We might grab a cookie and start munching mindlessly on it, even though we vowed to avoid sugar. Or we might realize, 10 minutes before bed time, that we never did find time to exercise that day.
The easiest way to overcome this forgetfulness is to place visible reminders in obvious places. Try using brightly colored sticky notes and colored markers.
You can even get creative and add stickers and glitter if it helps catch your attention. Then stick them up on the refrigerator, the bathroom mirror, the dashboard of your car – wherever you might need a little wake up call.
However, try to limit the notes to no more than 3 or 4, and be sure to change them around frequently so you don't become accustomed to them and begin to overlook them.
You can also create a planner for yourself and get into the habit of using it every day. A cheap, simple planner is a 6″x9″ lined, spiral-bound notebook. Each evening, set aside 10 or 15 minutes to write all of your tasks for the next day, including the new habits you are trying to adopt.
Place the notebook in an obvious location, and you can even use a brightly colored "READ ME" note on the front so it is the first thing you notice when you wake up the next day. Over time you will get into the groove of your new habits and find you don't need the reminders anymore.
We often avoid tasks that we feel won't be enjoyable. Instead, take some time to think about why you will enjoy your activities, even if it's simply the outcome that makes you feel inspired.
State your reasons aloud, and affirm the good reasons why you should get moving. For example, "I enjoy working out because it makes me feel good, I can release tension, and I get that great endorphin rush!" Then take a few minutes to visualize the outcome in your mind.
See yourself with a strong, firm, healthy body. Imagine yourself having plenty of energy to run around and play with the kids. See yourself in a slinky new dress and heels.
After just a few minutes of these visualizations, you may suddenly appreciate the wisdom of huffing and puffing and sweating for 30 minutes and make that workout a priority.
Repeat after me: "I want to do this. I can do this. I deserve to do this. I am powerful enough to create the life I want. I refuse to be held back by my fears and negative habits. I am capable of so much more than I've done so far.
No matter how successful I get, there is always room for improvement and growth. Yes I can, yes I can, yes I can!" Using affirmations like this, you will feel your resolve grow stronger, and your excitement build, and you will actually look forward to taking the steps that lead you down the path to success.
If you're still struggling to get moving, vow to yourself that you will begin working on your tasks and stick with it for just five minutes. Five minutes is nearly nothing!
Tell yourself that you can do anything for five minutes, and simply start. If you know that you only have to work on it for five minutes, it will seem less overwhelming and that will often be enough to nudge you into action.
After the five minutes are up, give yourself permission to stop if you really want to. More often, however, you will decide to keep going. It's the start that holds so many of us back.
Once you've gotten started and worked on your goals for at least 5 minutes, give yourself a pat on the back! This can be verbal praise, or an actual physical reward like a new book or trinket you've been wanting to buy.
If funds are tight, your rewards don't have to cost anything; how about a 15 minute bubble bath or a visit to a favorite website? In fact, make it a priority to praise yourself often.
Encourage yourself just like you would a best friend or loved one who is working on making their dreams come true. Become your own cheerleader!
Remember that forming new habits and overcoming procrastination is a moment to moment decision. It would be great if we could just decide to change and have it be so, but it doesn't usually work that way.
We need to become aware of our self-defeating actions, and make the effort to change them moment to moment, day to day, week to week. In fact, keep that in mind when setting your goals.
Rather than setting yourself up for failure by vowing, "From now on I will…," turn it around and say, "Just for today, I will…" This makes change less intimidating and you won't feel so pressured to be perfect.
Procrastination is such a pervasive element of the human experience.


I was wondering about these current rating for different types of bulbs.
Let me know if I have left out anything else.
Pretty, please no more Chinese failure.
Could it be compatible with our HO (800 mA) ballast?
T8 High Output : I've seen this stated as both 430ma & 800ma .. anyone actually know which one??


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Bella Hadid Just Got Twin Shoulder Tattoos — & They Both Spell Love
Sarah Midkiff
November 30, 2020, 5:56 PM ·2 min read
Bella Hadid just added two new tattoos to her collection, and they are by far her most visible ones yet. The set, done by celebrity tattoo artist Dr. Woo, seems to hold special meaning for the star.
The model's delicate new ink is located in mirroring positions, high up on each of her shoulders. Both written in Arabic, one reads, "I love you" and the other reads, "My love," reports Us Weekly.
Hadid has yet to post about either tattoo on her social media, but Woo shared his work on his own Instagram last week. "Some writings for the always kind and lovely @bellahadid," Woo captioned the post, tagging the 24-year-old supermodel. Woo is known for his artistry, with clientele ranging from Miley Cyrus to Zoe Kravitz, so it's no wonder that Hadid trusted him with this fine-line scripted art placed visibly on her upper arms.
A post shared by Doctor Woo (@_dr_woo_)
In a 2018 interview with Fashionista, Woo spoke about why he became a tattoo artist in the first place. "I want to be remembered for creating something purely out of the love of what I wanted to make," he explained. "For sharing something with the world that inspires other people to know that you don't have to be bound by a set of rules that you're born into, in whatever class or culture you're in."
This new Arabic-lettered ink brings Hadid's total known tattoo count up to five. She also has a tiny rose on the back of her arm, by artist JonBoy. Interestingly, it seems as though the model has a penchant not only for tiny tattoos, but for pieces that mirror each other. Her other two tattoos, also by JonBoy, are tiny angel wings on the back of each of her ankles. No doubt, choosing to get tattoos in Arabic is a nod to her family heritage, but Hadid has yet to share the art or the meaning behind it. Just like her other pieces of body art, wherein Hadid has chosen not to divulge any deeper significance, we suspect these twin upper-shoulder tattoos will remain a mystery as well.
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