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What Do You Feed Gila Monsters?
Gila monsters most often raid nests to prey on small birds and eggs. They also catch small mammals, lizards, frogs, insects and carrion. They can eat up to one-third of their body weight in one meal.[1]
What Do Gila Monsters Need To Survive?
Can I Touch A Gila Monster?
What Is Gila Monster Habitat
What Is The Gila Monsters Diet?
Do Gila Monsters Live In Water?
Do Gila Monster Live In Trees?
The Grapes Of Wrath Chapter 13 What Is The Gila Monster Compared To
What Is Chapter 13 About In The Grapes Of Wrath?
What Is The Purpose Of The Scene At The Gas Station With The Fat Man Grapes Of Wrath?
What Happens In Chapter 14 Grapes Of Wrath?
Who Are The Wilsons In Grapes Of Wrath?
How Old Does A Gila Monster Live
Why Is A Gila Monster Called A Monster?
How Long Can A Gila Monster Grow?
Gila Monster Where Doees It Live
Do Gila Monsters Still Exist?
How Poisonous Are Gila Monsters?
Do Gila Monsters Live In North America?
Where Do Gila Monsters Live In Mexico?
What Do Gila Monster Tracks Look Like?
How Painful Is A Gila Monster Bite?
What Region Of Az Is The Gila Monster Located In
Where Are Gila Monsters Found In Arizona?
They have few other natural predators. Gila Monster's generally escape the heat of the day by sheltering in abandoned burrows, under rocks or bushes, or in burrows that they have dug themselves. Gila monsters have lived over 35 years in captivity.[2]
A Gila monster is the only venomous lizard in the United States. Gila monsters are protected. Individuals without proper permits are not allowed to move them or touch them.[3]
Gila monsters are desert dwellers, living near washes and arroyos and in semiarid rocky regions of desert scrub or grasslands. Gila monsters also seem to prefer rocky foothills and avoid open flats and agricultural areas. They can live at elevations up to 5,000 feet (1,500 meters).[4]
See also How Does The Gila Monster Move?
Gila monsters are carnivores (scavengers). Their diet includes small birds, small mammals, frogs, smaller lizards, insects, bird and reptile eggs and carrion.[6]
Distribution and habitat
Gila monsters depend on water resources, and might be observed in puddles of water after a summer rain. They avoid living in open areas, such as flats and open grasslands.[7]
They spend a lot of time up in trees, often looking for bird nests which hold one of their favorite meals—eggs or young birds. Though Gila monsters are found in one area of Mexico that also has Mexican beaded lizards, it's unlikely that you'll confuse the two once you've seen them in real life.[8]
The Grapes of Wrath Chapter 13 Summary – Course Herowww.coursehero.com › lit › The-Grapes-of-Wrath › chapter-13-summary[9]
At sundown, the family pulls over to camp, and they find themselves by Ivy and Sarah (Sairy) Wilson, a couple from Kansas, stranded with a broken-down car. Sairy is ill, but she and her husband welcome the Joads. Granpa becomes ill and, sheltered in a tent offered by the Wilsons, has a stroke and dies.[10]
This scene clarifies the cycle of mistreatment that the migrants experience. The larger gas stations hurt this gas station attendant, and in turn, he makes the migrants suffer.[11]
In this chapter, we see these dominant owners blinded by their own greed. They sense that a change is imminent, but Steinbeck suggests that their insulation from the land prevents them from understanding the undeniable power that will arise from the development of a like-minded community of disenfranchised people.[12]
In John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Ivy and Sairy Wilson are a married couple the Joad's meet on their way to California. Sairy, who is also very sick, lends a hand while Grampa is having a stroke.[13]
They are diurnal, but most active in the morning. Gila monsters spend most of their lives hidden below the ground. Most of their aboveground activity occurs in three months in the spring. They normally live 20 or more years in human care, though the record is 36 years.[14]
See also Can You Buy Gila Monster?
No spitting. The Gila (HEE-la) monster is found in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States. Its scary-sounding name comes mostly from the frightful fables people tell about it. It has been accused of spitting venom, stinging with its tongue, and even killing people with its poisonous breath![16]
The Gila Monster is a stout-bodied lizard that grows 18 to 22.5 inches in length.[18]
The Gila monster lives primarily in Arizona and Mexico, the extreme southeastern corner of California, the southern tip of Nevada, and the southwestern corners of Utah and New Mexico. Its name comes from the Gila River, where the lizards are common.[19]
Gila monsters are listed as near threatened on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. It is estimated that the population is declining, though there are no exact numbers.Mar 22, 2017[20]
A Gila monster bite hurts, but its venom would not affect you the way, say, a rattlesnake's would, Garcia said. "For the most part it is just very painful and might cause some tissue damage but not the necrosis that you see from a rattlesnake bite," Garcia said.[21]
The Gila monster is the largest extant lizard species native to North America north of the Mexican border. Its snout-to-vent length ranges from 26 to 36 cm (10 to 14 in). The tail is about 20% of the body size and the largest specimens may reach 51 to 56 cm (20 to 22 in) in total length.[22]
See also What Is The Most Venomous Lizard In The World?
They live in the dry, arid regions such as the Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan Deserts of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico. They are named after the Arizona Gila River Basin, where they were first discovered. Check out where Gila monsters live.[23]
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What does a Gila monster bite feel like? A Gila monster bite hurts, but its venom would not affect you the way, say, a rattlesnake's would, Garcia said. "For the most part it is just very painful and might cause some tissue damage but not the necrosis that you see from a rattlesnake bite," Garcia said.[28]
The Gila monster can be found in western and southern Arizona, as far south as southern Sonora Mexico, extreme southeastern California, extreme southwestern Utah, southern Nevada, and southwestern New Mexico.[29]
The Gila monster can be found across most of western and southern Arizona, often above rocky drainages and rugged slopes. Typically, their shelter sites are burrows dug under boulders and small rock outcrops.[30]
[1]https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/gila-monster
[2]https://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/Gila%2520Monster.php
[6]https://animalia.bio/gila-monster
[7]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_monster
[8]https://askabiologist.asu.edu/explore/gila-monsters
[9]https://www.coursehero.com/lit/The-Grapes-of-Wrath/chapter-13-summary/
[10]https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/g/the-grapes-of-wrath/summary-and-analysis/chapter-13
[11]https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-grapes-of-wrath/chapter-13
[13]https://study.com/academy/lesson/ivy-sairy-wilson-in-the-grapes-of-wrath.html
[16]https://sdzwildlifeexplorers.org/animals/gila-monster
[18]https://www.desertmuseum.org/kids/oz/long-fact-sheets/Gila%2520Monster.php
[22]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gila_monster
[23]https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/facts/gila-monster
[24]https://ralphwaldt.com/tag/gila-monster-tracks/
[30]https://www.nps.gov/tont/learn/nature/gila-monster.htm


You've talked your doctor* and he or she has filled out your Request For Services form for Medicaid's Personal Care Services (PCS). So, what happens now that your doctor has sent the form to Liberty Healthcare of North Carolina?
Liberty Healthcare of North Carolina has been chosen by your State Medicaid agency, NC Medicaid, as their partner in administering the Independent Assessment program for Medicaid beneficiaries who may be eligible for Personal Care Services (PCS). Our job, simply put, is to evaluate your eligibility for this program.
Our first step will be to evaluate the Request of Services form for completeness. We will also ensure that you are eligible for Medicaid and that you qualify for consideration for the PCS program. If for any reason the request cannot be processed or you are not eligible for services, you and your doctor will be notified.
Once we've reviewed your form, one of our customer service representatives will call you to schedule an appointment at a convenient time for you. If you wish to have family members or caregivers present during your assessment, you'll want to schedule a time that is convenient for them as well.
Your independent assessment will be performed by a registered nurse who is experienced in home care services.
Your visit with your nurse assessor will start with an interview. He or she will be asking you questions about your health and personal care needs. Don't be surprised if our nurse assessor pulls out a tablet computer to record your answers! We use the latest technology and a standardized Independent Assessment for PCS screening tool to make sure that we can process your application as quickly and as accurately as possible.
Your nurse assessor will talk with you about the details of the Request for Services referral form that your doctor filled out. Your nurse will also talk with you about your general medical condition and any concerns that you or your caregivers may have about your ability to care for yourself at home. If you have any additional records, documents or information that you think would be helpful to your assessor, please provide them at the assessment appointment.
The reason that your nurse assessor visits you in your home or in the adult care home or other approved location where you're living is so that he or she can assess your ability to perform the activities of daily living in that environment.
As part of the in-home visit, your nurse assessor will ask you to demonstrate your ability to bathe, dress, walk or otherwise move around your home. Getting in and out of the tub or shower, on and off the toilet, fixing a light meal and eating, getting dressed or undressed, putting on and taking off shoes are all examples of activities of daily living.* Be assured! You'll only be asked to simulate these activities. Your assessor will never ask you to undress or actually use the toilet during the assessment.
Your family members or other caregivers are welcome to be present during this home visit.
Your nurse assessor will ask you about any family members -- or alternate caregivers -- who would be available to assist in your home care.
During your visit, the nurse assessor will provide you with a printout of a randomized list of eligible PCS providers. The reason that we ask you to choose now, while your nurse assessor is with you, is so we will be able to get services to you as quickly as possible should your eligibility be approved.
You'll be able to choose up to three care providers from this list. Don't worry. If you need more time or more guidance in choosing three care providers, then your nurse assessor will leave the list with you. You may contact Liberty Healthcare as soon as you make your decision. Your nurse assessor will follow up with you within 24 hours to ensure that your selection is received so your application can be processed.
After your visit, your nurse assessor will organize and review the information he or she has gathered from your interview. He or she will create the initial eligibility assessment report.
Your assessment goes through a Quality Assurance check to ensure that your case has been evaluated correctly and that all of Medicaid's Personal Care Services (PCS) eligibility criteria have been met. Once the assessment has been quality verified, the assessment results are used to determine both your eligibility for the program and the number of hours of service that can be authorized in accordance with North Carolina's Medicaid policy.
Once a determination has been made, you will receive written notification of the results of your assessment.
What happens if your application isn't approved? If your application for Medicaid's Personal Care Services (PCS) has not been approved, you will receive a letter stating the reason why the application was not approved. You may have a right to appeal this decision if you disagree with this determination.
Once your assessment is approved and the number of personal care hours are authorized, the first Personal Care Services (PCS) provider on your list will receive notification that they have a new client. If that care provider chooses not to take on your case or does not respond in a timely fashion, your case will roll over to the second choice.
If you are already residing in a facility, you will continue to do so and will receive the services that have been authorized.
If you are living at home, your PCS provider will contact you to make arrangements for services. They will develop a plan of care to ensure that you have the support needed to take care of yourself, based on your abilities to perform the activities of daily living as demonstrated during your assessment.
Medicaid's Personal Care Services (PCS) Program requires annual assessments of beneficiaries to review ongoing eligibility. You will be reassessed annually.
Also, if your health condition changes or if you move to a new residential setting, you or your provider may request a new assessment at any time based on a change in your status.
The goal of the PCS program is to ensure that Medicaid beneficiaries receive the appropriate services needed to maintain their quality of life in the least restrictive setting possible.
Your physician, nurse practitioner or physician's assistant can all complete and send in the DMA 3051 Request For Services Form.


Asia Bike, established in 2011 as the high-end trade show in China with the one focus on sports bikes, luxury and urban bikes, touring bikes, MTBs with e-power support, cycling clothing, accessories and components, functions as a professional platform not only for brand building and business communication but also for information exchange and new ideas inspiration. The 6th Asia Bike which will take place in Nanjing from September 13 to 15 will not only present the latest products from several hundred of brands, but also will hold the Asia Bike Academy on September 14 for learning and training, during which technicians from top brands will share their technology and experience in successful marketing.
Excellent technicians with enough experience and updated knowledge are a significant part of bike shops. Asia Bike Academy of the Asia Bike Trade Show 2016 will invite several technicians from different top brands, including FOX, MAVIC, SHIMANO, SRAM and so on to share their research and designing experience, and discuss with participants face to face.
Asia Bike Academy will invite successful bike shop owners and new media talents to share their experience in sales and marketing from the questions and difficulties they may have encountered. For example, how do the bike shops in Taiwan and Hong Kong make it perfect in details in both service and management? When confronted with the market downturn, what do the peers of bike shops do for goods stock, sales and activities? While new media booms greatly in recent years, what kind of effective combinations does there exist between new media and point-of-sale terminals?
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Authors Answer 133 – The Passive Voice
The passive voice is something authors are often told not to use. But what exactly is the passive voice? Here's a simple example.
Passive voice: The door was opened by John.
Active voice: John opened the door.
When you look at the two sentences, the active voice seems more dynamic. There's actual movement. The passive voice is talking more about the door rather than John. In active, someone does something. For passive, something is done to something by someone or something. But is it something we should avoid using? Obviously, it shouldn't be used when action is the focus of a scene. This week, we talk about the passive voice.
Question 133 – Do you find it difficult not to use passive voice? What advice would you give to writers who have this difficulty?
I do slip into it sometimes for reasons I can't explain. I suppose for advice, I'd tell an author to write each sentence so that the action feels right in your face, as opposed to a distant event to witness. A tree was growing on the hill? Meh. A tree grew on the hill? Better.
Passive voice isn't a 100% no-no; it has its uses here and there, mostly in formal conversation/dialogue. I think the best way to handle it is just to study it, learn to recognize it in your writing, consider other options — and don't press too hard if the passive way seems the only/best way to say what you want. The English language is flexible.
Over the years I've been trying hard to stomp out passive voice. I wouldn't say it's difficult not to use, but it can slip back in if you're not watching for it. Always try to keep action and description in the present, making the character do things rather than things happening to or around them.
Passive voice is sometimes needed. My advice is to try to not overuse it. All writers use it. Learn the true definition first, then worry if you do it too much. Sorry, the passive voice thing drives me nuts.
I don't really think about passive and active voices. Or at least not until I got this question. Now I will. I think I use an active voice. In my writing, I want to make the main character the focus of my sentences so I try to place them in the position of honor – as the subject of the sentence. For writers who have this difficulty I would tell them what I tell myself. As your story has a main character, so, too, do your sentences so keep your focus on keeping them the subject.
I don't think I have a tendency to use it in situations where it should be avoided.
When writing, using the passive voice is not a problem for me…
Writing in the passive voice is less a problem than identifying later that you've written in the passive voice. Sometimes, passive fits the need of the sentence. Knowing when it doesn't and editing it the heck out of there is the real trick. Rules should never hinder writing. Rules should polish it.
I do find it difficult not to use passive voice, and am often accused of "telling" instead of "showing". The best advice I can give for writers with this problem is simply to have good beta-readers. A good beta-reader will notice such things and be able to point them out so that you can correct them and (hopefully) be more likely to notice them in the future.
I use passive voice but I don't overuse it. I don't believe it should be avoided, if it is what's required at the time. Passive voice has its place in many instances and to create certain effects. Of course, it's always worth questioning where you have used it so you can double check it makes more sense in passive rather than turning it into a more active sentence Coincidentally, I am currently composing a whole article on the subject of when it's better to use passive voice for my own blog (www.thestorysmith.com), which I plan to post Sunday 19th May.
Sometimes! I used to struggle with this a lot more, and then someone on Critique Circle pointed it to me, and I suddenly understood what I was doing wrong! Advice to writers who need to work on this: do some research, get your work critiqued, and learn from there.
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In the beginning, I found it difficult to avoid the passive. After teaching English for 11 years, I've become extremely conscious of the grammar I use while writing. I don't have much of a problem with it anymore. But that doesn't mean using the passive is bad. There are cases when it may be the only type of sentence that makes sense.
But to avoid the passive, you first need to recognise the passive for what it is. Once you do, you'll notice it a lot more in your writing. While you're writing, try to think about what the character is doing. If you write through the eyes of the character, even if it is third person, you'll write in a more active way. Focus on the character's movements, thoughts, and their senses. This should help a lot.
Do you have problems using the passive voice when you should be using the active? What advice would you give? Let us know in the comments section below.
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TraceyLynnTobin says:
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There are many rules that can be difficult to follow when writing, and one of the most commonly complained about is passive voice. The Authors and I discuss whether we personally struggle with this problem and what we do to avoid it today. ^_~
Paul B. Spence says:
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I realized I say very little when I feel very strongly. Sigh. Avoiding passive voice isn't difficult. Cutting it out is impossible. Active sentences are not always right!
Thomas Weaver says:
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Active voice isn't better than passive in all situations.
I don't have a problem with passive voice.
Until recently, I used to edit quite a bit of academic writing (mostly anthropology/archaeology papers — go figure), in which passive voice is PREFERRED (by academics, not zombies 🙂 ), because it's about the science, not the scientist. (Well, there was that one psycho instructor who honestly believed that a sentence such as "It is raining" is passive voice, and demanded that her students NEVER use any "to be" verbs, but she was an idjit. And also not even a good anthropologist.) I also know what passive voice IS, so I don't have a conniption when I see a linking verb or something.
That's not passive, Greg. (I'm his editor; I can tell him that. 🙂 ) In the sample sentence, the subject ("using" — it's a gerund, an -ing verb functioning as a noun) is not receiving the "action" of the verb ("is"). Therefor, it's not passive voice. Anyone who tells you that all uses of "to be" verbs are passive is WRONG. And probably a parrot in disguise. Really, the only thing you need to identify is if the action is DONE TO the subject instead of the subject DOING the action.
'Nother fun fact: passive voice has nothing to do with "telling" versus "showing." A sentence such as, "He felt great sorrow," doesn't even contain the much-maligned "to be" verb, but it's definitely telling rather than showing. On the other hand, "Her grave was visited every day by her brother, and every day flowers were left there," IS passive voice… and more showing that telling. (Some people are so fanatical about "showing" that they'll insist a writer somehow SHOW that the protagonist's car is blue rather than tell that it's blue… *rolls eyes*)
schillingklaus says:
I like reading passive voice; so I cannot be deterred by anyone at all from writing passive voice shamelessly and incessantly.
I find too much passive takes me out of the action.
Azzeddine Tamlakoutan says:
The importance of the passive voice in whatever natural language is inevitable. Assuredly, it is the context which dictates whether the active or the passive is more appealing to be used. Yet, in academic writing, the passive voice provides beauty to the style, and impersonation on the part of the writer.
I've had to use a lot of passive writing, but it was for scientific research papers. It definitely has its place. In novels, I just find passive takes me out of the action.

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Private School Tuition CAN Be Included in Child Support Order If You're Wealthy Enough
Board Certified Family Law Specialist Matt Arnold answers the question: "What children's expenses are covered by child support?"
In a case that is the first of its kind for our courts, the North Carolina Court of Appeals just ruled that a child support order can include private school tuition for families whose gross income exceeds the state's Child Support Guidelines.
It may seem like a no-brainer; if a divorcing couple is extremely wealthy, it seems logical that the comparatively paltry private tuition costs should be included in a child support order, especially against the wealthier parent. However, the issue of private school tuition had never been decided before for couples that exceed the $300,000 annual guideline limits.
Income differences
Craig and Vera Smith's three daughters attend Providence Day School in Charlotte, North Carolina. The school's annual tuitions are by no means insignificant—the school website indicates they range from $16,950 for pre-kindergarten to $24,030 for grades six (6) through 12.
However, Craig Smith, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, earned more than $522,000 in 2011, the year that the trial court entered the initial child support order in the case. Court records show that his income has increased every year since then.
By contrast, Vera's annual income fluctuated between $36,000 a year and $51,000 in the years surrounding their separation and divorce.
When Craig and Vera first married in 1992 after meeting at work, they were both working as certified public accountants at the same firm. The Smiths relocated to different cities twice so that Craig could pursue a career at the accounting giant PricewaterhouseCoopers. As Craig's income was steadily climbing during that period, Vera's was doing the exact opposite. Her annual income decreased from $80,000 to $38,000 during that period because she became the primary caregiver of their three children.
Distribution of assets
Taking these factors into account, the trial court's equitable distribution order awarded Vera an unequal distribution in her favor in 2011. North Carolina follows an equitable distribution model in the division of assets and property in divorce cases. This means that courts can consider what a fair division of assets would be instead of simply dividing everything in half, as community property states do. A frequent consideration for courts in determining what would be fair in equitable distribution is whether one spouse sacrificed their own earning capacity in order to raise children from the marriage.
Divorce timeline
The Smiths separated back in 2007 before Craig filed for divorce in 2009. At the time of separation, Craig allegedly stopped contributing to his daughters' tuition payments, forcing Vera to cover the costs of the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years from her savings and the children's minor trust accounts.
In a proceeding separate from the custody determination in 2014, the trial court ordered Craig to repay Vera $116,409 for the Providence Day tuition between 2007 and 2010, as well as retroactive and future child support. Craig appealed on the issue of the private school tuition he was ordered to pay, arguing case law in which parents with much lesser incomes which fell within the Child Support Guidelines were not required to pay for private school in child support if public school could satisfy the child's needs.
However, the court looked at the fact that until their separation, both parents shared a mutual intent to educate their children in private school, and the fact that the girls were already enrolled there. These two factors were dispositive of the court's "accustomed standard of living" determination, a valuable consideration in post-divorce support judgments.
The Smiths currently have permanent equal custody of their children on a week-on, week-off basis.
If you find yourself facing a complicated family law matter, then you need the help of experienced family-law attorneys in Charlotte, North Carolina who can help guide you through the often confusing process of divorce. Please contact Arnold & Smith, PLLC today at (704) 370-2828 or find additional resources here.
Matthew Arnold is a Managing Member of Arnold & Smith, PLLC, where he focuses on the areas of family law, divorce, child custody, child support, alimony and equitable distribution.
Mr. Arnold was raised in Charlotte, where he graduated from Providence Senior High School. He attended Belmont Abbey College, where he graduated cum laude, before attending law school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on a full academic scholarship.
A certified Family-Law Specialist, Mr. Arnold is admitted to practice in all state and administrative courts in North Carolina, before the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, and before the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia.
In his free time, Mr. Arnold enjoys golfing and spending time with his wife and three children.
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Home biography Lauren Thompson
Lauren Thompson Biography
Facts of Lauren Thompson
Quick Timeline of Lauren Thompson
1982 Lauren was born in Winter Park, Florida
2009 Lauren stop working for TNT show
2009 Lauren engagement to Richard Frucci
2010 Thompson married to Richard.
2017 Lauren Networth
Detail Timeline of Lauren Thompson
Lauren was born in Winter Park, Florida
Lauren was born in Winter Park, Florida the United States in 1970. She is the daughter of former nurse and teacher. Lauren attended Bishop Moore High school.
Lauren stop working for TNT show
Lauren also involved herself in "TNT" Impact,f which is wrestling show, where she worked as the back interviewer. On December 17, 2009, she left working at "TNT" impact show to focus her job at GOLF channel.
Lauren engagement to Richard Frucci
From a long time, Lauren was in a relationship with her school friend Richard Frucci. Later she announced her engagement to her childhood boyfriend in 2009.
January 23 , 2010
Thompson married to Richard.
After a long relationship and engagement, the couple finally decided to marry and tied in the married relation on January 23, 2010. After their wedding, the couple has two sons.
Lauren Networth
Lauren's major parts of income are her career as she is a television personality and co-host of Golf channel. Although the exact figure of her net worth and salary has not revealed yet, looking towards her lavish life she must have over millions, which is estimated at $181.6 million.
Lauren holds an American nationality and belongs to white ethnicity. She began her career as a model and represented herself in various model companies and done voice-overs. Thompson attended a meeting across the United States through her websites as an agent of the print model and voice talent.
Lauren also involves herself in "TNT" Impact which is a wrestling show, where she worked as the back interviewer. On December 17, 2009, she left work at "TNT" impact show, focusing her job at GOLF channel. Her most famous music videos include Jason Aldean's song "Hicktown", and Sevendust's song "Praise".
Thompson is active in social networking such as Twitter and Instagram. She has 26.3k followers on her Instagram account and 68.1k followers on the Twitter. She often posts pictures on her Instagram and Twitter profile.
Looking at her personal life, Lauren announced her engagement with her boyfriend Richard Frucci in 2009. The couple married on January 23, 2010, and the married couple is parents of two children and both sons.
Being well-known TV personality, Lauren must collect a big chunk of salary from her career. The current figure of her net worth is estimated at $181.6 million. Her major parts of income are television and GOLF channel.
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Timeline: Key dates for Canada's dealings with First Nations
Tues., Jan. 24, 2012timer2 min. read
Here is a look at some of the key dates in the evolution of the relationship between Canada and the First Nations.
1763: A Royal Proclamation notes aboriginal claims to lands and says treaties with natives will be handled by the Crown.
1867: The British North America Act gives the federal government responsibility for aboriginals and their lands.
1871-75: The first five numbered treaties deal with native lands in northwestern Ontario and what is now southern Manitoba, southern Saskatchewan and southern Alberta.
1876: The Indian Act is passed, essentially extinguishing any remaining self-government for natives and making them wards of the federal government.
1870s: The first residential schools open. Their painful legacy would stretch to today.
1885: The Northwest Rebellion was a brief and unsuccessful uprising by the Metis people of Saskatchewan under Louis Riel. Some Cree groups also fought, but for a variety of reasons, some unrelated to the Metis grievances
1951: Major changes to the Indian Act remove a number of discriminatory rules, including a ban on native consumption of alcohol, although it is only allowed on reserves.
1960: Natives are given the right to vote in federal elections.
1973: In the Calder case, the Supreme Court held that aboriginal rights to land did exist, citing the 1763 Royal Proclamation.
1975: Quebec signs the James Bay agreement with Cree and Inuit communities, opening the way for new hydro projects.
1984: The Inuvialuit Claims Settlement Act gave the Inuit of the western Arctic control over resources.
1985: Changes to the Indian Act extend formal Indian status to the Metis, all enfranchised aboriginals living off reserve land and aboriginal women who had previously lost their status by marrying a non-aboriginal man
1990: The Oka Crisis focuses attention of native land claims.
1999: Nunavut is created in the western Arctic, with lands set aside where Inuit can live, hunt and control sub-surface resources.
2000: The federal government approves the Nisaga'a Treaty, giving the tribe about $196 million over 15 years plus communal self-government and control of natural resources in parts of northwestern British Columbia.
2005: The Kelowna Accord called for spending $5 billion over five years to improve native education, health care and living conditions. Paul Martin's minority Liberal government fell before the accord could be implemented.
2008: Prime Minister Stephen Harper offers a formal apology on behalf of Canada over residential schools.
2010: Canada signs the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
2011: A winter housing crisis in the northern Ontario native community of Attawapiskat rivets national attention on native living conditions.
2012: Harper holds a summit meeting with First Nations chiefs.


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So my colleague and I have been stretching as much performance out of osgEarth as possible, but have still hit some snags and may have to end up making our own custom implementation of a more dyanmic custom FeatureNode-like object.
We've essentially ruled out resetting an entire FeatureNode and attempted to just "update" a single Feature, but we used a MultiGeometry to pack many different lines together.
So that implementation won't be viable because the single Feature would still need to be completely recompiled. I wish there was an on demand one-to-one update just for the dirtied Feature when using a FeatureList. Is this implementation ever going to be possible?
From what I saw, if there were no deep copying done, you would just need to clean up the map clamper and bounding sphere and update them to include the same Feature address' new state. I'm unsure how to do the above or if it's even possible without "hard" resetting the FeatureNode like it is done with build().
We clone each feature become compiling it because the compiler can alter the input feature geometry (and sometimes even the attributes).
What's the extent of your feature updates? Are you just moving existing verts, or are you completely replacing the geometry?
We're essentially creating a new geometry since when a translation in position occurs, we need the translated geometry to reflect the deformation caused by different types of projections (like in a projected mercator SRS). We've been creating two scene graphs that mirror each other, one for a 3D geocentric and a 2D projected map, so the implementation hasn't been identical between the two. Hence my previous posts about stripping away an osgEarth's vec3Array and converting the points to mercator myself.


This week marks the beginning of what I think of as "birthday party season." It seems that Max's friends all have birthdays around the same time of year. But when I put them up on the calendar, they're really spread throughout the year. The "season" consists of one birthday per month from June through November. I really don't know what I'm thinking.
The outside is denim, the inside is lined with mattress ticking, and I have a bunch of fun prints to use as the pockets.
The present this time is a sewing frame, although most will get flower presses.
Posting has become sporadic, as you can tell. I'm not quite sure why. I suppose the real reason is that I've been trying to work more, so I guess that will continue. (Darn that work, it sure gets in the way of crafting!) Another reason is that I've been getting lots of orders for the pen holders in my etsy shop, that's been lots of fun!
Oh! One more piece of news! I finally decided to sign up for a week-long quilting course given by Weeks Ringle and Bill Kerr, owners of FunQuilts and contributor to whipup! It turns out they're coming to our little town in July (advantage: cool summers) as part of Quilt Camp. I went last year and took two classes with Laura Wasilowski, which were very fun (but the projects I started there are still unfinished, sigh).
Weeks & Bill each teach different portions of this five-day class during which you will learn the essential skills for designing original quilts. You will learn to analyze color, determine the right proportions for your design, figure out how the right fabric combinations will reinforce your ideas and understand how to make quilts that are expressive of who you are. Through both group critiques and one-on-one discussions, you will be coached step-by-step through the design process. Whether you're an experienced designer or have never had an art class, you will leave this class with the confidence and skills to design the quilt of your dreams.
Doesn't that sound interesting? I really need help with the analyzing color part, and, well, everything else too. I can't wait!
I've been having fun with this project, the flowers are easy to make and so pretty. I love how they just burst out from the center with all that color.
I found this project in Wondertime magazine. Have you seen this mag? I enjoy reading the articles, I find them to be thoughtful looks at living with children. And the crafts are fun too. (By the way, I happen to have an extra copy of the current issue, if you'd like to swap something for it, let me know. I'm flexible, another magazine, some trim, ...) And if we're on the topic of child-related magazines--which I really didn't intend to be--my other favorite is Brain, Child. I can sit and read this one cover to cover. I like that they pick a controversial topic and present two opposing views. And that they include fiction, and essays from parents. Does anyone have any other favorite parenting magazines that I'm missing?
OK back to the tutorial. Here's what I've made using this technique. It's destined to be a front pocket on a tote bag. I think it would also make a nice mini quilt.
A piece of fabric (or a t-shirt), in a fabric that wicks well. This is linen which works like gangbusters. I've also tried some random cotton/poly blend that I had in my stash; it also worked, but there wasn't as much color movement and some of it was strangely constrained by the grain of the fabric. A light color is essential. I've done this on denim too, but that shows only a hint of color.
A glass and an elastic band.
Sharpie markers. Presumably you can also use other types of permanent markers, but these are the only ones I've tried.
An eyedropper. I've also used a medicine dispenser, you know the type with the plunger. The eyedropper works better, but it's not critical. You could probably also use a straw that you keep one finger on the end of to keep the alcohol in.
To get started, just put your fabric over the glass and secure it with the rubber band. Try to get the top surface fairly flat and taut.
Next, draw dots on your fabric. The rubbing alcohol is a solvent for the sharpie marker and will carry the color outward, so drawing a group of dots near the center works best.
I like putting rings of different colors down, or you can mix colors around. Keep in mind that as colors are carried through other colors, they will combine and you'll end up with more colors than you started with.
Pick up some rubbing alcohol in your eyedropper and drop some into the center of your design. Keep dropping until there's "enough." I put about a half eyedropper full of rubbing alcohol on this design. You want enough to wet the fabric all the way to the edge of the glass, or to wherever you want your design to end. If there's too much, the extra will just drip down into the glass, or it may carry the colors a bit over the edge. If there's not enough, the colors won't spread too far.
Now you just need to wait for the rubbing alcohol to carry the colors out. This photo sequence took about 15 minutes.
Let the fabric dry, then heat set it (hot iron with pressing cloth, or 20 minutes in the dryer) and then your new design is safe for washing.
It's a bit difficult to show here, but you can sort of see where the yellow and blue have blended to make green in a few places, and blue + red made purple. If I had overlapped the dots more I would have had more blended colors.
In the magazine, they suggested using the Sharpie to draw a stem to make a flower. I thought I would try embroidery instead, for the stem, to outline the flower, and to add some punch with a few other random spots. You can draw your design on in washable marker, then embroider over it. Or if you're like me and your washable marker has gone missing, you can draw a circle onto a piece of tracing paper, pin it onto the flower, and embroider through the paper. Then just tear the paper off when you're done. I did the stem and smaller circles freehand (getting brave!).
Well, I finished the pajama bag earlier this week. It took me about 5 days of knitting to finish it, and in that time I did not become convinced of the need for a pajama bag. So I think I'm going to try to turn it into a shoulder bag or something like that. But it's a bit big for a little kid, it's about 12 inches across, not counting beak and tail. Does anyone have any other ideas for what could be done with this?
It was an easy project, the directions were simple to follow and straight-forward. My only complaint about them is that the book did not show a back view, so I had no idea how the flap was going to turn out. So here are front and back views, for posterity or something.
Most of my recent knitting has been of my own design, and with that I take time to stop and let the project rest, to think if this is turning out the way I want it to, to daydream about what it's going to look like when it's finished. In the past, doing my own knitting designs has frustrated me because it sometimes takes so long and is so fluid (I don't know how it's going to be in the end). And so I really thought I would like working from a pattern. But last week, I felt differently about it. I fondly remembered those uncertain moments of knitting rest, the thinking and changing and more planning. All while furiously knitting so I could finish this bird. Weird.


Presented at the Fifth International Workshop on Taylor Model Methods, Fields Institute, Toronto, May 23, 2008. To appear in Fields Institute Communications.
How complex could the solution be to an initial value problem given by a polynomial-time computable function? This question can be given a natural and precise sense in computational complexity theory. We answer the question by several (known and new) results stating that more conditions on the problem make the solution simpler. In particular, Lipschitz continuity alone may leave the solution polynomial-space complete, but analyticity makes the solution polynomial-time computable.


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Олекса́ндр Володи́мирович Денисе́нко (*5 вересня 1958, Київ) — український літератор (драматург, прозаїк, сценарист), актор, режисер, автор теле- і радіопередач. Член Спілки кінематографістів України, Асоціації українських письменників. Заслужений діяч мистецтв України (2004).

Загальні відомості
У 1981 році закінчив акторський факультет Всесоюзного інституту кінематографії у Москві. Згодом — кінорежисерський факультет Київського державного інституту театрального мистецтва ім. І.Карпенка-Карого. Поставив фільми: «Що записано в книгу життя» (лауреат Міжнародного кінофестивалю Матері — Ізраїль, Хайфа, 1989 р., та Всесоюзного фестивалю «Дебют» — Москва, 1989 р.), «Повіяв вітер січовий», «…І почалась революція», «П'ятий рік: пробудження», «Замість Бога» та інші. Як актор зіграв ролі у фільмах: «Високий перевал» (Ґран-прі Міжнародного фестивалю «Молодість», 1982 р.), «Легенда про княгиню Ольгу», «Помилуй і прости», «Совість», «Казки старого Арбату», «У привидів у полоні», «Українська вендета», «Сльози крапали» та інших. Автор низки романів, повістей, оповідань та кіносценаріїв.

Біографія

Народився 5 вересня 1958 року у місті Києві у родині кінорежисера, Народного артиста України, лауреата Національної премії ім. Т. Шевченка Денисенка Володимира Терентійовича, і актриси, Народної артистки України Наум Наталії Михайлівни.

У 1975 році закінчив київську середню школу № 92 ім. Івана Франка і вступив до Київського державного університету ім. Тараса Шевченка на факультет кібернетики. Впродовж навчання на факультеті, вже перебуваючи на другому курсі, створив студентський аматорський театральний гурток під назвою «Біля колон» і поставив два спектаклі «Двадцять хвилин з ангелом» за О.Вампіловим та «Міщанин-шляхтич» за Ж. Мольєром.

У 1978 році вступив на акторський факультет Всесоюзного інституту кінематографії у Москві на курс Народного артиста СРСР Сергія Бондарчука, який закінчив у 1981 році.

У 1981—2002 рр. (з перервами) — режисер і актор на кіностудії художніх фільмів ім. О. Довженка.

Починаючи від 8 березня 2000 року до 3 серпня 2005 року працював на телекомпанії «Київ» як автор і ведучий щоденної телепрограми «Кіносалон Олександра Денисенка», автор та диктор анонсів кінофільмів та завідувач відділу кінопрограм. Визначав творчі напрямки кіномовлення телеканалу.

Директор студії «Укртелефільм» (1994—1995 рр.; за даними knpu.gov.ua - з 1994 по 1998 рік)

Директор з творчих питань телекомпанії «Глас» (2005—2010 рр.)

Заступник директора радіо «Культура» Українського радіо (УР-3) (2010 р. — до жовтня 2014 р.).

Директор радіо «Культура» Українського радіо (УР-3) — (з жовтня 2014 р. — до нинішнього часу).

Акторська та виконавська діяльність
З 1981 до 1988 року працював на кіностудії ім. Олександра Довженка актором. Знявся у двадцяти п'яти картинах переважно у головних ролях або ролях другого плану у відомих режисерів: Георгія Данелії, , Юрія Іллєнка, Олександра Муратова, Бориса Івченка, Ігоря Негреску, Олега Бійми та інших. Як актор виконав ролі у фільмах: «Високий перевал», «Легенда про княгиню Ольгу», «Казки старого Арбату», «У привидів у полоні», «Помилуй і прости», «Совість», «Українська вендета», «Сльози крапали», «Провал операції "Велика ведмедиця"», «Острів любові», «Раптовий викид», «Скарга», «Шевченко. Заповіт», «Троянський Спас» та ін.

За роль Гарвасія Доцьо у фільмі «Високий перевал» був удостоєний гран-прі Міжнародного фестивалю «Молодість» у 1982 р.

Режисерська діяльність
Після здобуття режисерської освіти і закінчення кафедри режисури кіно та телебачення кінофакультета Київського театрального інституту у 1988 році, на якому вчився не полишаючи акторської діяльності, працював одночасно на тій же студії ім. О. Довженка як і режисер-постановник.

У 1988 році на кіностудії ім. О.Довженка як режисер-постановник і сценарист зняв художній фільм «Що записано у книгу життя» за Михайлом Коцюбинським. Фільм «Що записано в книгу життя» — лауреат міжнародного кінофестивалю Матері (Ізраїль, м. Хайфа) — 1989 р. та Всесоюзного фестивалю «Дебют» (м. Москва) — 1989 р.

У 1989 році був режисером відновлення і нової редакції «репресованого» художнього кінофільму «Совість» (автори фільму: В. Денисенко та В. Земляк).

У 1992 році, у зв'язку з тим, що в Україні практично припинилось кіновиробництво, працював у системі Держтелерадіо. Був автором і режисером історико-публіцистичної телепрограми «VADE ME CUM» на студії «Укртелефільм».

1993 року перейшов на роботу до Національної кінематеки України як режисер-постановник 2-ї категорії, а потім — 1-ї категорії. Під час роботи у кінематеці обіймав посади зав. відділу та продюсера кіновідеолітопису. Зняв науково-популярні фільми: «Повіяв вітер січовий», «…І почалась революція», «1905-й рік: пробудження».

З 1994 по 1998 рік працював головним режисером ТВО «Культура», директором ТВО «Образ», директором студії «Укртелефільм» та старшим режисером ТВО «Відродження» у системі Держтелерадіо та Національної телекомпанії України. Був автором телепрограм «TV-історії», «Парадокси історії» та інших.

У 1996 році зняв, як режисер і сценарист, документальний фільм про більшовицький терор — «Замість Бога».
У 1998 році працював головним продюсером «Українського об'єднання артистів» і як режисер-постановник поставив театралізоване шоу «АКТ-АКАДЕМІЯ» за участю театральних акторів з усіх театрів м. Києва.

З 1999 року працював на кіностудії ім. О. Довженка, з 2000 року паралельно працюючи на телеканалі «Київ», як режисер-постановник зняв документальний фільм про Києво-Могилянську Академію «Academia sempiterna» у 2003 році та повнометражний художній фільм «Троянський Спас» у 2004 році.

Одночасно за угодою працював у театрі ім. І. Франка і поставив, як режисер, виставу за Едуардо Де Філіппо «Різдво у домі Куп'єлло» за власним перекладом у 2003 році.

у 2008 р. створив, як режисер-постановник і автор сценарію, повнометражний документальний фільм «Сумна історія Антона Чехова» (Телекомпанія «Глас»).

У 2013 був режисером і сценаристом документального повнометражного фільму «Денисія. Світи Володимира Денисенка» (Національна кінематека України).

У 2015 р. створив, як режисер-постановник та автор сценарію, повнометражний художньо-документальний фільм про Тараса Шевченка «І я таки жив!». Також триває робота над кінострічкою про Тараса Шевченка «Тарас. Прощання з пустелею» (фільм присвячений життю Шевченка в останні місяці його десятирічного заслання у 1847—1857 рр.).

У 2018 р. зняв художній фільм-сагу «Тарас. Повернення» робочі назва: «Прощання з пустелею», «Таразі. Прощання з пустелею» (120 хв., компанія Інсайтмедіа) про період заслання Тараса Шевченка у Казахстані.

9 березня 2019 року відбувся передпрем'єрний показ фільму в Національному музеї Тараса Шевченка. 13 вересня 2019 року відбулася фестивальна прем'єра фільму на Міжнародному кінофестивалі «Бруківка» у Кам'янці-Подільському. В український широкий прокат стрічка вийшла 24 вересня 2020 році; прокатник — Svoe kino.

У вересні 2019 року у Кам'янці-Подільському на кінофестивалі «Бруківка» фільм отримав 1-шу нагороду як найкращий художній український фільм, операторська робота оператора фільму Олександра Кришталовича була визнана найкращою, а приз за найкращу акторську гру акторів у головній ролі був вручений акторам фільму Анні Топчій та Юрію Шульгану.

Наприкінці жовтня 2019 року на Міжнародному кінофестивалі «Місто мрії» у Рівному фільм виборов перше місце у номінації художніх фільмів.

Літературна діяльність
З 1988 року пише прозу і друкується в українських часописах, літературних збірках та газетах. Автор романів, повістей, оповідань, кіносценаріїв та п'єс. Пише вірші, які не пропонує жодному видавництву, оскільки вважає, що майстерністю римувати мусить володіти і використовувати, як літературний тренінг, у своїй роботі кожен письменник.

Повість «Глина» опублікована у журналах «Українські проблеми» (1994. — Ч.3: перший розділ) та «Київ» (1996. — Ч.1-2: обидва розділи), повість «Потяг» опублікована у «Кур'єрі Кривбасу» (1997. — Ч. 85-86), оповідання «Запах зломленої квітки» опубліковане у «Кур'єрі Кривбасу (1994. — Ч.17), оповідання "Залізна баба" опубліковане у газеті "Нєзавісімость" українською мовою (14 червня 1996 р.). У співавторстві з Аллою Тютюнник написав повість "На шляху підземної ріки", що була надруковано на сторінках журналу "Київ" (1990. — Ч.9) та у збірці "Романи і повісті" у 1989 році. У часописі "Кур'єр Кривбасу" поміщено уривок з його роману "Комедія інстинкту" (1999. — Ч.119-120) та скорочений варіант роману "Містич" (2002. — Ч. 167—168), повість "Вітя Давида — людина ідеї" у часописі "Кур'єр Кривбасу" (2004. — Ч.188), оповідання "Великий Іван" ("Кур'єр Кривбасу" (2008. — Ч.255).

П'єса "Оксана" про останні роки життя і таємницю смерті Т. Шевченка опублікована у "Кур'єрі Кривбасу" (2002. — Ч.148) та у збірці "Наша драма" (грудень 2002 р.). Ця п'єса поставлена у Національному академічному театрі ім. І. Франка у 2003 році під назвою "Божественна самотність".

Комедія-мюзикл "Травень-вересень" опублікована у "Кур'єрі Кривбасу" (2005. — Ч.187).

Оповідання "Душа ріки" перекладене німецькою мовою й видрукуване в німецькій антології химерної літератури "Die Stimme des Grases" (2000 — Brodina Verlag), у "Кур'єрі Кривбасу", газеті "Слово", а також видане у антології "Приватна колекція" (2002. — Львів.).

У 2008 році у Літературній агенції "Піраміда" вийшла книжка прози "Душа ріки".

На початку 2009 р. у видавництві Грані-Т» вийшла друком книга «Сердечний рай, або Оксана» про останні роки життя Т. Шевченка, у основу якої покладено текст п'єси «Оксана» О. Денисенка, а також опубліковано невідомі документи з життя Т. Шевченка та коментарі істориків, мистецтвознавців та діячів культури.

Книга Олександра Денисенка «Сердечний Рай… або Оксана» одержала друге місце на VI-му Міжнародному конкурсі книги у Москві у номінації «Співдружність».

У 2009 році О. Денисенко за кіносценарій «Оксана» одержав ІІ премію всеукраїнського літературного конкурсу «Коронація слова».

У 2010 р. у видавництві «Грані-Т» вийшов роман-фентезі О. Денисенка «Межник. На грані світла і тіні».

6 березня 2012 р. О. Денисенко переміг у Всеукраїнському конкурсі літературних сценаріїв художнього фільму про Тараса Шевченка до 200-ліття від дня народження поета. За надання його сценарію «Прощання з пустелею» першого місця журі конкурсу на чолі з французьким кінокритиком Любомиром Госейко та українським кінооператором Юрієм Гармашем проголосувало одноголосно.

Автор циклу «Історія християнської Церкви», який складається зі 150 драматичних есеїв, поставлених на Українському радіо у 2012—2013 рр. і виданих окремим накладом з 6 CD-дисків у 2013 р.

Автор трьох сценаріїв літературно-драматичних радіопостановок з життя Тараса Шевченка: «Походження», «І не чорнявий, і не білявий», «О, мій сопутниче святий!», поставлених на Національному радіо у 2014 р..

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 З 1984 року член Спілки кінематографістів України.
 Член «Асоціації українських письменників» з 1996 року та член Конфедерації драматургів України з 2001 року.

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 Олександр Денисенко провів зустрічі у Львові
 ОЛЕКСАНДР ДЕНИСЕНКО: ДУМАЙТЕ, ЩО ЧИТАЄТЕ. А ЯК ПРОЧИТАЄТЕ, — ЩЕ РАЗ ПОДУМАЙТЕ…
 Олександр Денисенко  zahid-shid.net
 Олександр Денисенко у Центральній бібліотеці ім. Т. Г. Шевченка
 Телефільм про Олександра Денисенка (відео)  УТР, Кредо
 Олександр Денисенко / Біографія  chtyvo.org.ua
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Cluster Policies and Conditions for SMEs: Case Studies from Cyberjaya Malaysia
Baig, Parisa Iqbail (2009) Cluster Policies and Conditions for SMEs: Case Studies from Cyberjaya Malaysia. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
Malaysia, being the hub of ASEAN countries and with no political unrest in the region has been the focus of many foreign and local investments. The government is promoting the cluster concept called as, MSC region through tax exemptions, grants and many other incentives. Cyberjaya is a part of that cluster which is a base for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and is a home to many multinationals and small medium enterprises (SME). They study was based on the SME's located in Cyberjaya which revealed the factors which made these SME's successful in this cluster and the conditions and linkages which aided in their startup. The perceptions of the companies Heads about the region which supported their decision to be in Cyberjaya was also taken into consideration. The companies which were chosen for this purpose were AJV Holdings, Geoflex, MSC Technologies, Ace Touchtone and Webonline Dot Com. From the interviews of personnel for the research, it was found that the government has provided many incentives for the SME's who fulfill the criteria to have the MSC status and help them throughout their way in getting the contracts, making arrangement for the business meetings and promoting their products locally and internationally. In addition, it came out that not many of the companies were having any linkages with the main actors such as MNC's in Cyberjaya. Most of them were relying on their own in-house technology to build their abilities. R&D and innovation were the concepts which were slowly taking take off and companies were thinking about to produce something new to be able to market their product outside the Malaysian market. It is believed that R&D and innovation along with the continuous support from the government sector will play an increasingly important role. The convergence of the three main actors; firms, universities and government bodies will create new growth opportunities for SME's in the ICT sector in Cyebrjaya, Malaysia.


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Q: Why does the wifi icon not appear on the taskbar in Lubuntu 14? I have just updated to Lubuntu 14 from version 13. I now cannot see the wifi icon on the task bar. Is it meant to be there? If so, how can I make it appear?

A: I had the same question when I did a fresh install of Lubuntu 14.04.  Go to Menu->Preferences->Default applications for LXSessions.  Navigate to Core Applications and then to Network GUI.  Type in nm-applet and then hit reload.

A: Add the nm-applet into the autostart menu of lxsession as manual autostart application has worked at my computer.
Only check in the preferences menu has not worked.

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The Ferocious Cooking of Fig and Pig
How Holly Sheppard went from comedian to wedding chef.
By Josh Snider
Catering weddings can be stressful, especially in New York City. The global capital hosts nuptials for an awesome range of nationalities, and its cuisine-smart residents know their way around gastronomy. Luckily for the recently engaged, there's a chef who doesn't flinch at serving your grandmother's favorite dish—even if she has never made it before.
Holly Sheppard came to the city at 19 to pursue acting and stand-up comedy, but she discovered a love for food that has her wowing captive audiences in a different way. "It's stupid and crazy to work for yourself," she jokes, "but now I always have my dream in front of me."
Sheppard has a self-deprecating style, but it doesn't come close to masking her talent. She sharpened her skills in mainstay New York kitchens, appeared in TV's Chopped, and cooks for an impressive collection of A-list eaters. Long retired from what she calls "open mic nights and weird basement theatre," the 15-year kitchen veteran lives to make newlyweds happy. Sheppard has a combination of humility and passion that puts people at ease. It helped her build a sizable catering business, Fig and Pig, and recently co-found Brooklyn restaurant Po'Mi.
Backyard Barbeque and Microwaved Broccoli
Sheppard had her first real food experience watching her dad roast a pig in St. Augustine, Florida, "the oldest city in America," she adds proudly. "It's a little backwoods, but a beautiful city—kind of the best of both worlds for the South." She has a honeysuckle tattoo on her left forearm that reminds her of home.
Fresh out of high school, Sheppard enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and headed north with the same ambition that draws thousands of transplants to NYC each year. "Adapting to New York was the greatest feeling in the world," she beams. "You're young, you're broke, and you're trying to build a community of friends from scratch, a family basically." That feeling stuck with her, even after deciding not to return for a second year of acting school and committing to the restaurant industry full time.
"now I always have my dream in front of me."
Waitressing in the historic artist hangout Cedar Tavern, "a fast-paced pub, the sort of place where the customer isn't always right," Sheppard recalls the exact moment she fell in love with food. "It was fresh broccoli, splashed with water, then covered with plastic wrap and microwaved." Not the sort of food fairy tale you'd expect from such a talented chef, but Sheppard makes it clear she doesn't care about fitting any typical chef boxes. "It was delicious," she concludes confidently.
The broccoli-awakened waitress knew she wanted to be in the kitchen, but the pay cut that comes with starting from scratch was a serious barrier. "I found a kitchen that would let me make a sustainable transition by splitting time in the front and back of the house," Sheppard explains. At the same time, she started a Sunday supper club for a small group of 5 friends that eventually ballooned into a 30-person affair. "Everyone would chip in twenty bucks for ingredients, then I'd cook while they'd read poetry or play music—all kinds of beautiful performance art."
Mind of a Cook, Heart of a Park Ranger
Sheppard found her calling, and at 26 she was admitted to the prestigious Culinary Institute of America (CIA). There, she picked up a Swiss-army-knife set of skills that now powers her ability to cook cuisine from any culture and for every size of crowd. "Finally, something in my life made sense," Sheppard explains with a touch of emotion. "It was a bit like art school, but incredibly physical and competitive." Studying at CIA, she met her best friend and future restaurant cofounder, Savannah Jordan. "Hell yeah, she's really good" Sheppard summarizes her business partner's skills.
After graduating, Sheppard took a break from the Big Apple and took a job as sous chef at the Lake Hotel in an isolated part of Yellowstone National Park. "It was super remote, over two hours from the nearest town, but I hiked over 415 miles in under a year," she says proudly. Sheppard has the kind of grit that can't be taught, but she credits the Yellowstone experience with teaching her management, high production, and working with people with different levels of commitment. "If I had to be 20 again, I would absolutely still be a chef," she muses. "Although I'd kind of like to be a park ranger, live in Montana, have a brown house out in the woods." It's a great metaphor for the duality she lives: often stressed with cooking and business pressures, but always a cool customer embracing the simple pleasure of making people happy through food.
Disaster is the Chef's Strongest Armor
"I always wanted to open a restaurant, but I just couldn't afford it" Sheppard reminisces. She started working for a high-class catering company back in NYC, and knew that cooking for events would be an easy starting point to building her own business. "All I needed was clients and I could start catering out of my house." Her entrepreneurial origin is littered with stories about hustling on weekends and doing weddings at cost, all just to break into a new client base or to win over a reputable venue. There's one superlative saga that stands out to Sheppard: her very first wedding.
Everything was prepped and packed in the refrigerated truck, ready to drive out to the country and cook a knockout feast for her friend, the bride. "We heard this loud mechanical knocking sound once we were on the highway," she cringes. Sheppard pulled over and called the rental company's mechanic, "an eight-foot-tall guy with an eyepatch," who couldn't fix the truck but agreed to tow it out to the venue. Everything was over budget. Servers cancelled on her at the last minute. Plus, as if she was stuck in a bad comedy-of-errors movie, Sheppard arrived too late to get all the essential prep done in her well-equipped workspace.
"You're young, you're broke, and you're trying to build a community of friends from scratch."
As the guests started to show up, she had to move the truck a short distance to free up the driveway. "I was driving it slowly on the side of this massive hill and could see people frantically waving their arms and sprinting towards me like I was on fire." The top-heavy vehicle was empty except for a wedding's supply of liquor all stacked on one side, and the truck had started to tip over—inches away from careening downhill with the chef still inside. "Thank god they caught up, jumped on, stabilized the thing, and got me out," says the still relieved Sheppard, practically reliving the experience. To top it all off, there were no ovens, stoves, sinks, or prep stations at the venue.
"It was a disaster, but I didn't have the option to give up," she continues. "So I changed my attitude, and immediately started figuring stuff out." Roasted vegetable medleys became fresh julienned salads. She managed to get her signature "high-end hipster pig roast" started, and the rest just fell into place. It was the definition of trial by fire; the kind of disaster that primed Sheppard to thrive in the high-stakes, high-expectations world of weddings. "With that as my first wedding, I'm good for life."
Grandma's Favorite Recipe—On the First Try
Now, six years later, Chef Sheppard manages a well-oiled Fig and Pig machine. Their average wedding is about 200 people, takes a staff of 25 to run properly, and has the final stages of cooking and plating timed to just under three hours. "We've grown a tremendous amount, and I have a lot more confidence that's backed by a larger team with serious skills," she says. The proud owner doesn't want it to get too big though. She won't ever risk "sacrificing quality for scale."
Sheppard is a bit of a cultural tourist at her own weddings, sometimes seeing and tasting things for the very first time. "I was catering a Persian wedding that wanted a lot of classic dishes, especially some rice dishes that I'd never heard of before," she begins, "and I can't mess it up because their grandma is flying in from Iran and requested it specifically." Sheppard is talking about the Persian classic tahdig. It's a delicate chemistry that calls for perfectly fluffed saffron rice at the top of the pot and a crispy layer of browned rice at the bottom. Naturally, she nailed it, and Nana was moved enough to thank her personally. The bride's glowing review goes on to say that "it was all so good, we're having her re-make the meal for our one-year anniversary."
Sitting in her Brooklyn sandwich shop, which doubles as Fig and Pig's prep kitchen on nights and weekends, Sheppard confesses "I would never be anything other than an entrepreneur." Some people crave the stability of a full-time salary, but Chef Sheppard doesn't share that mindset. "Even if I'm making no money, working for myself and with Savannah means I have unlimited possibilities." Given the small wedding empire she's crafted, and the success of her perfectly over-complicated sandwich shop, her instincts are dead-on.
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What happens when the one thing that is most valuable to you is suddenly gone and you're left standing the middle of a bustling, foreign airport dumbfounded, in tears as you kiss your flight home g'bye. If you want to know keep reading, I was the lucky one experienced it.
Hit rewind to about 15 months earlier as I wished my family and friends farewell and headed to India with a one-way ticket. My plan was simple. Backpack through India, maybe spend time in SE Asia, and when my funds hit a dangerously low amount, head to Australia to find work. After five months of falling in love with India, I bought a cheap one-way flight to Melbourne, my home for the next six months.
I worked, played, drank [too much], explored and saved as much as I could in the pricey country. Before heading back to the States for a few weddings, I took off to Southeast Asia for a four month, island-hopping holiday. From Thailand to Malaysia, Bali to Taiwan, the Philippines to Cambodia, and making a full circle ending the last few weeks of my world tour in North Thailand with my mate, Ryan. We worked together in Melbs and he decided to meet me for my last 10 days in Asia. We bathed elephants, drove scooters through torrential downpours, swam in waterfalls, learned Thai cookery, and wrapped up the trip with a fabulous suite at the Marriott Hotel in Bangkok courtesy of my Aunt Kathie.
On our last night we explored the luxury side of the city for a few hours, but we ended up back in our suite drinking cheap beers, ordering room service, chatting about our travels. The next morning was rushed. Ryan chucked his belongings in his small backpack and took off for the airport. My flight wasn't until 11pm, which gave me hours to shop, swim in the sky high pool, and repack my massive 60L backpack one last time.
I jumped on the Skytrain en route to BKK airport. Walking up to the check-in counter smiling like a fool, I reached in the inside pocket of my small pack aka where my passport lives to find an empty passport holder. I felt my stomach drop. I threw off my pack and dug through the bag while panic set in. No passport. Tears started falling down my face as I approached the airline employee "my passport's gone,' I managed to stutter out. The lovely lady told me I had 30 or so minutes before check-in closed, re-check my bags, call the hotel, try and find it, if not come back and we'll sort something out.
In the middle of the massive hall, I emptied every last item out of my backpack. Deep down I knew it wasn't there. I had just re-packed, re-organized everything I was carrying. I had no Wi-Fi, therefore I attempted to use the pay phone. I first called my mom and sobbed my way through a message about not boarding my flight. Next I called the hotel in case they magically found it. Every possible scenario went through my head. Could it have been stolen? When did I last see it? My mind raced at an unsettling speed. I wiped the tears away and reproached the airline clerk. She said I must go to the Thai Police station on the floor below for a police report of the incident to then bring it to my embassy. Then, god bless her, she booked me a flight two nights later at no extra cost and wished me well.
Defeated I made my way to airport police who said it may take up to a week for a new passport. I cried harder. I should have been mid-flight heading to San Fran to stand up in one of my best friend's weddings, not sobbing in front of a bunch of Thai police who didn't give two sh*ts. Since I couldn't figure out what actually happened, I told them it must have been stolen in order to obtain the report. Somewhere in the middle this mess another tourist walked in. Hugo, from Mexico, had his wallet nipped on a bus which included his visa card for entry to the states. We buddied up for the night choosing to crash at the airport until the Skytrain started running again. I don't think I slept more than an hour, constantly worrying about my situation and watching a crazed older man push a trolley up and down the terminal for hours. Around 6am, we peeled ourselves from the poorly carpeted floor and headed to the hotel. Still no passport. Hugo and I left for the US embassy in hopes of a better outcome. Through the metal detectors to wait in a plain, simple room for my name to be called. I told my sob story and the consulate looked at me as if I lacked brains. Here's this dumb blonde American who probably drank too much and lost her passport, he must have thought. He sent me off to find a passport photo shop and advised to return afterwards. I came back to wait for what it seemed like a life-time. Half-delusional from lack of sleep, I laid down on the chairs until he called me up. I brought up everything needed for the emergency passport and I assumed I was in the clear. Wrong. He said yes, you're set for the passport, but would still need proof of a Thai visa. In reality, I was illegal without this and he told me I could be put in jail for not having one. His suggestion was to return to the border I entered the country from to find record of the visa. The tears came again, I immediately refused stating that I would not return to one of the most corrupt borders in Asia without a visa, not to mention a 12hr bus ride each way. If I did, the corrupt cops would exploit me for every last penny in my bank account and who knows what else. The expressionless American shrugged his shoulders without a care. After more pleading of what other options I had, another consulate in the office heard my predicament and walked over. He simply asked me to explain what the border crossing looked like then jumped on his phone. He had proof of my visa entry within minutes. I thanked him repeatedly and left the embassy with higher hopes. My passport took just four hours to produce for a cost of $135. After my third or fourth entry, the security guards and I were on a first name basis. They let me in one last time and I left happily with a brand spanking new passport.
After a rough night in the airport, I decided to treat myself to the Marriott's cheaper cousin, the Courtyard just next door. The next morning I would ring in 26 with Thai immigration. It was a drive outside of the city, but only took a few hours and thankfully went smoothly. They asked me a few questions, made a few notes, and stamped me onwards. Back in Bangkok, Hugo and I celebrated my bday and passport/visa success with street food and Chang beers. Around sunset we visited one of Bangkok's best sky bars where the lovely bar man gave me a "monkey brain" shot on the house.
That night as I sat in the hotel lobby killing time before heading back to BKK airport, I met a nice, English businessman who offered a spot in his company-paid taxi. "Why not", I replied and the entire ride we chatted about Harry Potter and how he was throwing a surprise 16th HP themed birthday party for his daughter and he had been practicing his Snape impression. It was a lovely chat. We parted ways at the departure hall and I finally checked-in to my flight and waved farewell to Asia.
But wait. What actually happened to my passport? Let's rewind back to Ryan and I checking into the Marriott. Upon arriving we were quickly shuffled up to the Platinum check-in, a remote room a few floors up where we sat and snacked on treats. The concierge handed the passports to Ryan and the room keys to me. That's the last time I remember seeing the bloody thing. Fast forward to Ryan rushing out the door, packing too quickly to notice my passport slide in his bag. Fast forward to his layover in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia when he discovered my passport in his carry-on. He panicked and for the next few hours he ran around questioning tourists, flight staff, airport workers what could he do. He begged flight attendants to fly it back to Bangkok, but they had to refuse. The airport Wi-Fi wouldn't connect and he had no way to contact me. Eventually he persuaded a VIP lounge to let him access their computer and photocopy my passport to my email. Then he had no option, but to board his flight with my passport. It was an endless, horrible flight for him worrying about my predicament [well deserved I'd say].
Sometime after I spoke with embassy and had access to internet, I opened his email. After all this, I couldn't walk in and say "hey, just kidding my mate flew home with it." I stuck with my story knowing it was my quickest way out of Bangkok. Fast forward to three years later where this story is now laughable. He eventually sent my passport home which still has the visa stapled in from Thailand. Chalk it up to a story, I'll never forget! And a warning to those traveling. HOLD ON TO THAT DAMN PASSPORT.