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Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Review by Anand Lal Shimpi on June 23, 2014 3:55 AM ESTBattery Life Microsoft made no sacrifice in battery capacity in pursuit of Surface Pro 3's thin chassis design. The new tablet features an integrated 42Wh battery just like the previous two models. Charging duties are handled by an external 31W charger with a brand new magnetic connector. Microsoft never seemed to get a good MagSafe clone working in the previous models, so Surface Pro 3 abandons the previous design entirely in favor of something a bit more sensible. The new connector no longer looks like an oversized MagSafe connector, and instead features a thin plastic insert that mates with the charge port on Surface Pro 3. Charge time hasn't changed, you can fully charge the device in around 2.62 hours: The device-side connector features 40 pins but you only need 12 of them to charge the device. The remaining pins are used for Gigabit Ethernet, USB, DisplayPort (up to 4096 x 2304) and audio. Microsoft seems hell bent on avoiding Thunderbolt at all costs so instead of embracing the standard it has created a custom alternative of its own doing. The benefit to Microsoft's connector is it can obviously deliver more power than Thunderbolt can, the downside is that it can't send PCIe and thus you don't get support for any ultra high bandwidth external storage devices. I still would rather see Microsoft implement Thunderbolt as there's at least an existing ecosystem built around that but here we are three generations into Surface and if we haven't seen it by now I don't think we're ever going to. The supplied power adapter includes a USB charge port capable of delivering 1A at 5V. As Surface Pro 3 is designed to be both a laptop and a tablet I've run it through both our Windows laptop battery life tests and our tablet battery life tests. Laptop Battery Life As a laptop, Surface Pro 3 delivers comparable battery life to other optimized Haswell ULT designs. I threw in Sony's Vaio Pro 13 into the mix because it has a similar sized battery (37Wh vs. 42Wh) and is one of the most power efficient Windows Ultrabook platforms on the market. Surface Pro 3 manages to deliver similar battery life, which means it's a little less power efficient but the two are within the same range at least. Compared to Surface Pro 1 and 2, Surface Pro 3 at worst delivers similar battery life and at best increases range on a single charge by up to 20%. We're looking at 3.75 hours - 7.6 hours of notebook usage on a single charge depending on usage. It's worth noting that there's a substantial advantage in battery life if we look at the 13-inch MacBook Air running OS X. I only mention this because of Microsoft's insistence on comparing Surface Pro 3 to Apple's popular line of notebooks. Tablet Battery Life Tablet workloads are going to be far more display power bound than anything else. Here we see 7.58 - 8.03 hours of continuous usage, a slight regression compared to Surface Pro 2. Video playback remains more power hungry than web browsing, which is something I've noted in previous tablet-evaluations of Intel's Core silicon. I don't believe Intel's Core processors are very optimized for video decode power consumption. If anything is going to change with the move to Broadwell and Core M I suspect video decode power may be it.

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This Day in History: 1964-02-06 B Company of the 1st Battalion was under command 42 Commando Royal Marines operating in the Third Division of Sarawak. One of a number of small patrols B Company sent out killed one enemy then came under fire from an enemy force estimated at 40 – 50 strong. The subsequent follow-up operation failed to locate them. This was the Battalion’s last action of this tour although after a short break in Hong Kong it was to return to Borneo in July to carry out operations in the Fifth Division.

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Independent Signatories of The Manifesto for Agile Software Development We are uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others do it. Through this work we have come to value: That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more. | | Signatures Received: 13 Nov to 23 Nov 2015 | || Michael Davis: It all comes back to human interaction. Agile is a culture, not a process. M. Imran Javed: (Fauji Foundation Pakistan) The Manifesto is more focused towards individual or customer satisfaction. Good to have this approach but somehow we also need to focus on processes, documentation, negotiations and plans to end up with something. Stephen Angell. Petar Kojović. Deepak D Rao: Agile is best method for Software development for faster and working software to the customer. Gregory J. Hebert: (GJ Hebert Consulting) I have used the principles of this manifesto in my work and life endeavors since 1968. As a project manager, I take the role of servant-leader, helping my team members seek and implement solutions and removing impediments to success. Hernán Spika: (Sanofi Aventis) Aaron Terrell: Regardless of the specific Agile philosophy a single team may follow, the core principles are critical in building mindful, self-sufficient teams or broader organizations that work well with their stakeholders for the betterment of the world. Thank you to those that in the past articulated the characteristics of the method, to those that practice and continue to improve it today, and to those that will do so tomorrow. Kate Engel: Agile for me is now the norm to the point where I don't actually consider myself an Agile practitioner anymore. I'm just a delivery lead making common sense decisions based on a common sense approach. Alex Gouges: (Thales Australia) In the past I had thought that only some of the manifesto and its principles truly captured what I understood to be "Agile", believing that parts were dated and out of touch with the realities of doing business. I can't believe I got it so wrong. I guess some things you just need to experience for yourself. Javier A. Sanz: Agile is the best method to avoid the dehumanization of the system. Ammar Yasir. Baris Sen. | Gaurav Puri: (QASource Pvt. Ltd.) Agile focuses on work element and sidelines the extra things. It helps individuals to self sustain and manage themselves. Everyone is an individual leader in Agile. Firial : (SNCF) Project Manager Angel Diaz-Maroto Alvarez. Gary Worthington: (Adduco Digital Ltd) Vasudevan Srinivasan: (TCS) Agile principles are apt for a healthy work life and a rationale way to tackle change. If you trust and empower people, they will be confident enough to manage the change and brave enough to try new things and trump that change. These principles are a true reflection of that trust. Fabio Delgado: (Prodigious Brand Logistics) Tassos Koutlas: I endorse the agile manifesto and the 12 underlining principles. I believe that project delivery should follow agile as close as possible and promote continuous software delivery from self-organising teams. Jean Michel Boulet: (MediSolution) As an early adopter and true industrial use of Spiral methodology back in early 1990's within 4GL RAD tools, I believe Agile way of (business) life is the currently state of the art in term of product delivery. I support and promote this clever Agile manifesto definition the best I can. Tim Gierach: (Self employed) Hope Mogale: (Mankind Inc) David M Phillips: (Bletchley Park Advisors, LLC) Despite--and because of--a couple decades of indoctrination in bulky project management and software development methods, Agile has been remarkably intuitive. Agile requires partnership and accountability from both development teams and their customers, as well as a champion for their collective success, not a bean counter or a nanny. Ron Vest: (Trinity Logistics) Software development the way it should be! Sonia Morales: (Softtek) Emmanuel Semawu. Ray K. Ragan. Matthias Goossens: (Axxes) | Marie O'Reilly: (Both Sides Of Brain (Consulting)) Absolutely!! The way I used to work on a new business development team ( non IT) back in late 90s and early 2000s. We made lots of progress and learned lots!! Excited about helping others do this as a Scrum Master and Product Owner !! Sukanto Mukherjee: (TCS) Agile is a natural mindset. Knowingly or unknowingly we all follow Agile methodology. The IT industry itself teaches us to be Agile. When I came to know about Agile I had already executed projects as Business Analyst by adopting agile perspective. Sapan Turkar: By far the most correct way to build long term softwares Paul Aneja: (PSE) Have used Agile in architecture to blend the best of both Agile and Architecture practices. Lot to be gained by complementary practices and finding good blended approaches. MICHAEL A LEHMAN. Nelia Villalon: (AT&T) Padarbinda Das: I agree with the principles of agile Danny van der Biezen. Alex Osborne. Nestor von Heydebrand: (Unisys Switzerland) Shawn Rose: (MoneySupermarket Group) Endorsed! We use this every day to guide our teams. Attila Magyar. Lakshmi Narayanan N. Artur Nunes: (Banco do Brasil) Maciej Nieprzecki. Jorge Mario Ulloa: (Transport Systems SAS) Ana Pavlova: (Object Systems International ) Julien Vacheret: A pragmatic approach that offers the possibility of an extreme adaptability to challenges An easily déclinable methodology to technical infrastructure projects One approach to the involvement of clients and project teams Saturio Rodríguez: Pragmatism, personal interactions and software quality Guillaume SIMON: Meetings, work, all can be easier and closer to human thanks to Agile. Claudia Prun. | << Previous | Index | Next >> |

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Previous Page | Contents | Next Page | Let's reduce a run where things aren't quite as simple as those we have encountered so far. The run GV-0301, also from Xcov9 (on PG-1159 again), was taken with the Chevreton 4-channel photometer at Haute Province observatory. The raw data run has been translated from the French native data format; the translated header on the front of the run looks like this: Quilt 9 data 18 MAR 93 F1 5.000 0.000 F2 0.000 0.000 F3 0.000 0.000 F4 0.000 0.000 # Who: ND,MC,GV # Where: OHP # Telscp: 1.93m # Progrm: Quilt9.04 # Photom: MC-4CHAN The text header on all Q9 runs is in a slightly different order from the same information stuffed into the Set mode window on Qed startup -- a bit of evolutionary history preserved for backward compatibility with earlier versions of the Quilt program. There's some other history in there, too: The notation CH2 REC appears in the place we expect to find Motor. Qed translates this on input into the current notation, so we don't have to worry about it. A much shorter run accompanied this data set, as a companion to it, and has only the sky readings in the three channels used. We must extract the needed detector sensitivity data from this run, then use the results in the longer data run. There was a misunderstanding here: the French observers thought we wanted the sky as a separate run, while we thought they clearly understood that we did not. Qed can handle this, anyway. When we read this run in, Qed immediately complains: "Couldn't recognize object: SKY(PG1159-035)" because it couldn't find the name of the object in the qed.tbl file. Unsurprising: it isn't there. This won't stop us, however. We first mark both Ch1 and Ch2 with 'S'. The keystrokes 'r', 'End', 's' will start a range on Ch1, move the cursor to the end of the data, and mark all the data as sky. The Ins key moves the cursor to Ch2, and Shift-R reestablishes the range so it covers all of the Ch2 data; 's' now marks all of these data points as well. If you start a range on one channel and then move the cursor to the other one, the range mark will follow. We now use the 'D' command to apply the dead time correction, then use 'v' followed by 'T' so we can see the channel ratios: Fig. G01 | The 'P' command then puts them into the oplist. We'd like to use these ratios on the run data, but they are not yet fixed in stone: Qed doesn't think we really mean to keep any of a reduction until we write it to disk. That way we can try out all sorts of things without messing up the history file. In this case, though, we must explain to Qed we want to keep these ratios for later, even though we don't want to write the sky calibration data to disk. We do that with the Alt-D keystroke, which means "make any parameters in executed commands in the current oplist the defaults for the next run." The default parameter string that results is displayed on the bottom line, so you can see what they are. The displayed comment looks like this: Defaults: obs=ohp 0.35 0.35, phot=mc3 60 60 60 1.03654 0.973879 Qed recognized the observatory (ohp = Observatoire des Haute-Provence) and has default values for its extinction coefficients (0.35 for both stars), recognized that the Chevreton photometer is in use (mc3), has defaults for the dead times in the 3 channels (60 ns) and will use the ratios we just produced as default values for our next run with this photometer -- just what we want. When we quit the program now, these values will get stuffed into the file qed.his (which lives in whatever directory houses qed.tbl) and will be available for our next run, which will be the data run on gv-0301. The raw data for this run are shown below: Fig. G02 | The observers clearly had some trouble with guiding -- the central region shows the typical shape for a guide error: a slow decline followed by a sudden recovery. This is an extreme case, but we see many of them. We can chop the run to remove the bad guiding region, by marking those points with '|', but let's see if we can recover it. We will first mark the bad individual data points in both channels, getting the result shown below: Fig. G03 | One approach to the guide error would be to divide Ch1 by Ch2, on the assumption that the problem affected both channels in the same way. If we do that, though, we will introduce noise from Ch2 into Ch1, just like we do when we subtract sky, and we'd like to minimize that, by smoothing Ch2. For the smoothing algorithm to work properly, we must first bridge over any 'g'-marked data points -- Qed does that automatically whenever smoothing is invoked, if it hasn't already been done -- and bridging near the discontinuity would be a Bad Thing. Even though there appears to be a wayward point in each channel right there, we'll leave it alone. We could also introduce a bad artifact at the discontinuity if we smooth the whole curve all at once, so we'll start a range at the first point, move the cursor to the sudden jump, and use the command '9~' to smooth up to that point. We will then move the cursor to the point of recovery, start the range, use 'End' to get to the end of the light curve, then use '9~' again to smooth the second part of the curve. Here's what we get: Fig. G04 | Ch2 is now a lot less noisy, and the region near the discontinuity appears undamaged. Now we can put the cursor on Ch1 and divide by the smoothed Ch2 curve with '/'. We see the result below: Fig. G05 | There's still a discontinuity, but it's much smaller, and we haven't subtracted sky yet. Let's replace Ch2 with Ch3 (Alt-3) and see what the sky looks like: Fig. G06 | The guiding problem affected the sky channel in much the same way as the other channels, so if we subtract sky perhaps that will help. To do that, of course, we must put the cursor back on Ch1, and do the 'd', t, and p commands first. After the 't' command we see this: Fig. G07 | telling us we had not marked any sky points in Ch1 to use for calibration, but we knew that. The ratio Qed intends to use is just the one we saved from the short sky run for this channel, so the sky will be properly scaled by the 'p' command. Now we can subtract the sky (Alt-S): Fig. G08 | That helped; now that region of the light curve, while not perfect, is no worse than other parts of the curve, so that's about the best we can do. We still need to apply the extinction correction with the 'e' command, but the resulting curve is still has the same upward bow in it. A cubic polynomial fit straightens it out: Fig. G09 | There is not much point in saving the Ch2 light curve, so we bridge the Ch1 curve with the 'b' command, then write only the Ch1 data with 'w'. We can now quit the program; when we do that, Qed notices we wrote data but did not write the operations list, so it obligingly does that for us. If you worry it might not notice, you can write it explicitly with 'Ctrl-W'. Previous Page | Contents | Next Page |

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Gràcia is made up of the neighborhoods of Vila de Gràcia, Vallcarca i els Penitents, El Coll, La Salut and Camp d’en Grassot i Gràcia Nova. It is bordered by Eixample to the south, Sarrià-Sant Gervasi to the west and Horta-Guinardó to the east. Gràcia was an independent town and municipality for over two hundred years before being formally annexed by Barcelona in 1897. It is famous for being bohemian and fashionable. It also has the reputation of being politcaly pro-independence, with the Estelada flag adorning many balconies. Gràcia can be reached on the L3 (Green) metro line at the Fontana, Lesseps, Vallcarca, Penitents stations and on the L4 (Yellow) line at the Joanic and Verdaguer stations. There is also the Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) Gràcia train station for longer distance journeys outside Barcelona on the Metro de Vallès line. Plaça del Sol The name Gràcia is derived from a Carmelite convent called Nostra Senyora de Gràcia that was founded there in 1626. During the mid nineteenth century Barcelona was a rising industrial power and drawing in workers from the surrounding area. At this time the government saw the need to expand the city to accommodate the growing population. Ildefons Cerdà, was the progressive urban planner who designed the late 19th century “extension” of Barcelona called the Eixample. Prior to this the major shopping avenue Passeig de Gràcia was a simple road linking Barcelona to the separate village of Gràcia. Festivals and Traditions Each neighborhood in Barcelona has their own festival, but the largest and most famous is the Festa Major de Gràcia, which takes place yearly in August. The festival dates back to 1817 and residents decorate streets and squares with various themes in a competition organised by local associations. 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Bobby Gin Opened in 2011, the bar is inspired by the New York mixologist Robert Gallower (Bobby Gin). Bar manager Alberto Pizarro is the winner of multiple national and international cocktail awards, leading a team hoping that if one day Bobby decides to visit he will be proud. Carrer de Verdi Olokuti is a shop offering craft, artistic and cultural products based on fair trade, bio, and eco values. Their Gràcia shop (Carrer d’Astúries, 38) has a magnificent garden at the rear. (See also: Secret Gardens of Barcelona) Blitz Gràcia Blitz Gràcia is a coworking space of 220 m2 that promotes collaboration, synergies and a friendly work atmosphere. Start2bee Start2bee offers members flexible access with expansive reception hours. The coworking spaces offer the opportunity connect with other workers, professionals from a variety of different disciplines. Start2bee also hosts a range of social and educational events on a regular basis. TALENT&CO TALENT&CO is a shared office space for independent professionals across a range of disciplines including marketing, new technology and design. betahaus Barcelona betahaus is a social space, both physical and virtual, designed for the development of independent creative professionals and entrepreneurs with an open mind. The Bottom Line Carrer Gran de Gràcia While a only a short distance from the city center of Barcelona, Gràcia is self-sufficient in the sense that you don’t need to leave the neighborhood. It has its own great bars, cafes, restaurants, shopping and cinema to choose from. It is also one of the safest areas of Barcelona.

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There is in almost every city an area that has a special appreciation from nearly all citizens foreigners. If such is the case in Barcelona, I would dare to say that the district of Sants Montjuic is the one that makes everyone in town feel right at home. Sants combines the charm of the village it once was with the attraction to peasants, travelers and tourists of a state of the art metropolitan area. Sants became at some point in history one of the main trade doors in Barcelona. The economic activity was largely settled in the old city’s surroundings, Sants was an independent town before, just like the case of Gracia. Such places are best known for having their own idenity. An allure that is somehow perceived by visitors who come from the same city. There are many curiosities from the neighbourhoods in the district of Sants-Montjuic-Hostafrancs, the area of Montjuïc has many highlights from Barcelona, from the national Museum, to the Mies Van der Rohe Pavilion, from the Olympic facilities to the Poble Espanyol. Down to the foot of Montjuïc hill, you can find the magic, plural and charismatic neighborhood of Poble Sec, here you are about to take some apperitive, maybe dinner, and even go for a drink or dance in the places from El Paral·lel Avenue. Sants Train Station Sants is the gate of Barcelona, probably the main trains station of Barcelona is Sants Estació. Behind the station, the futuristic Barceló Sants, you might be sleeping there after a short AVE high speed train trip from Madrid. The station is one of the reasons why Sants has so good restaurants for travelers. As one of the main gates of the city, the neighbourhood of Sants counts on one of the largest commercial streets, and its market is as spectacular as other markets from Barcelona. Not only a trade center, but in periods of industrialisation, Sants was a hub for industrial colonies and factories. Have you ever wondered where did the wealth come from the Batlló family, who commissioned Gaudí for the famous Casa Batlló? Go to Can Batlló, the ancient textile industry facilities. It’s huge! If you want to live a true, authentic social experience. Now you know. If you seek nature and monuments, Montjuic! If you seek fun, Paral·lel! And if you seek an exemplar society, Sants! This is what makes Sants-Montjuic so special in Barcelona.

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... and in all of nature, in trees for instance, I see expression and as it were, a soul. The starting point of this photo series was my intention to explore all the areas in and around Zundert in an attempt to understand this poetic connection with Vincent van Gogh and his birth place. All exhibition photographs copyright Timo Reisiger 2021 A Sense of Place Van Gogh, is a conclusion of my one-month artist in residency at the Van GoghHuis AIR. A total of twenty new works which were produced during the residency are shown here in exhibition. Portrait of the artist in reflection of her artwork. Foto Timo Reisiger 2021 Copyright Betsy Green 2024

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NAIROBI, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Kenya on Tuesday launched 14 mobile applications for farmers to enhance agricultural productivity, commercialization, trade and improved nutrition. The digitization of agricultural value chain in Kenya will give farmers easier access to markets, accurately predict weather and let them enjoy quality seeds, said Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture and Irrigation Mwangi Kiunjuri. "We are digitizing our agriculture to help ease agricultural processes, boost electronic commerce and provide open data for future use," Kiunjuri said during the opening of the East African Digital Conference in Nairobi. He said Kenya is transforming agriculture as a paradigm shift, given that old ways of delivering important services to populations are becoming obsolete. Knowledge and information can be effectively harvested for overall agricultural and rural development with the maximum use of information and communication technology (ICT), Kiunjuri said. "We are ushering in a new revolution that will lower prices for consumers, contribute to smart agriculture and motivate farmers to increase their production," he said. Kiunjuri announced that Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Organization (KALRO) is in the process of establishing the first big-data platform and high performance computing for agricultural research. "The platform will help improve research data democratization and insights to inform policies, particularly on improving smallholder farmers' livelihoods under current and future data scenarios," he said. The platform will increase the impact of agricultural development by embracing big-data approaches to solving agricultural problems faster, better and at greater scale than before, he added. Boniface Akuku, KALRO's director of ICT, said the mobile applications that are made available Tuesday will help bridge the gap between research and practice. "It will help farmers acquire genuine information, unlike the conventional model that was open to farmers receiving wrong information that led to growing of fake and un-recommended seeds," he said. Akuku said the mobile applications will also help farmers see crops that have been attacked by pests and diseases and also show preventive measures. "The farmers will from today see disease and pest varieties, time for harrowing, planting of seeds and also enable farmers report when they spot the pests," he added.

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A Comprehensive Grassroots Sports Initiative STAIRS moves a step forward with the launch of One India One Goal to harness sports talent at the grassroots levcel NEW DELHI, Apr 18 (The CONNECT) -The Society for Transformation, Inclusion, and Recognition through Sports (STAIRS) is strengthening India’s Road to the Olympics with the launch of its latest initiative – the ‘One India One Goal’ programme for grassroots sports development in the country. The multi-year synchronised programme aims to create a participatory sports development model directly aimed at increasing the number of stakeholders, from participants to policymakers. The programme received significant support from Pratima Bhoumik, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment. Ranchi MP Sanjay Seth extended his support to the programme. More than 3000 Gold and Silver medalists and 250 coaches of Stairs programmes from over 200 districts and 11 states of India come together to celebrate the initiative. The ‘One India One Goal’ programme is based on three pillars –‘Play to Play’, ‘Play to Win’, and ‘Play to Earn’ – covering the complete lifecycle of a player. The ‘Play to Win’ is the mid-to-the-base of the funnel covering scouting players through championships and ‘Play to Earn’ is the base of the funnel covering training, growth and livelihood. The model ensures that selection begins from the largest talent pool available. As a part of the program, STAIRS also plans to open youth clubs and promote training academies where children will be encouraged to participate in productive outdoor activities and Lifeskills training. Siddhartha Upadhyay, President STAIRS Foundation and former Governing council member – Sports Authority of India, said for the first time since independence, there is the necessary political will under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s inspirational leadership to actualise India’s immensely yet unharnessed sporting talent, potential, and genius. Pratima Bhoumik said, Initiatives like ‘One India One Goal’ serve as a platform that will give the deprived children the opportunity, confidence, and direction to make an identity for themselves. It will also create an ecosystem where people unite to address the issue further, she said.

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Pumps Rs 100 Cr Into R&D, Makes TV Sets For 20 Major Brands Videotex will soon offer 75-inch webOS-powered smart TVs, says Arjun Bajaj, company Director NEW DELHI, Aug 1 (The CONNECT) – Videotex, the maker of LED TVs for several brands, has captured a market share of over 85%. Videotex International is the first Indian firm to become the official licensee for manufacturing TVs powered by LG’s webOS smart TV solution. The webOS (operating system) TV platform has gained substantial traction and has proven to be a game-changer in the Indian television industry. Currently, Videotex manufactures webOS TVs for leading brands, including Lloyd, BPL, Reconnect, Infinix, Vise, Hyundai, Akai, Daiwa, NU, and VW. In addition, Videotex manufactures TVs for close to 20 brands such as Realme, Toshiba and Hisense. With the rollout of the webOS Hub, Videotex intends to produce over 1 million webOS TVs for India’s leading brands. As one of the industry’s oldest players, the brand has over 50% market share in the smart TV ODM space among contract manufacturers in India. WebOS has gained widespread popularity due to its user-friendly interface, advanced features, and seamless integration. Videotex has recently launched QLED webOS TVs ranging in size from 32 to 65 inches and will soon offer 75-inch webOS-powered smart TVs. These advanced QLED TVs have a 94% DCI-P3, resulting in more vivid and lifelike images with increased depth saturation and overall realism. With this, Videotex became the first and only Indian ODM to offer this advanced technology in webOS Hub TVs. Arjun Bajaj, Director of Videotex International, said the company aims to work and collaborate with many more India’s leading national and international brands to strengthen the OS ecosystem and create an immersive experience for Indian users. LG’s WebOS is one of the world’s most popular smart television platforms, and the new webOS Hub ecosystem provides a refined and unparalleled user experience. As Videotex expands its manufacturing capabilities and webOS’s footprint in India, consumers can anticipate an exciting future filled with innovative smart TVs that seamlessly integrate technology and entertainment into their homes, Bajaj said. The brand has invested approximately Rs 100 crore in India to boost its R&D and manufacturing processes. In response to the growing demand for smart TVs, Videotex has established a second manufacturing unit with a capacity of 1.8 million smart TVs, which will be operational by the end of the year.

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I received a question last month in my Question and Answer Column at Our Sunday Visitor that I answered only briefly. I’d like to expand on it here. The new priest in our parish just stands there at the altar when we sing the acclamations such as the mystery of faith, the great Amen, Lamb of God, etc. The previous pastor sang loudly with us. Should he not participate more fervently in these acclamations? – Name withheld Actually, his stance is the correct one. The liturgical directives (called the rubrics or red text) indicate that the people proclaim the mystery of faith, the “great” Amen, the conclusion to the Our Father (“for the Kingdom the power and glory …”) and the Lamb of God. (These instructions are also found in the General Instruction at #s 151, 153, 155.) So, those are acclamations that belong to the congregation, not the priest. The priest is directed to say or sing the Sanctus (# 148) and the “Lord I am not worthy …” (# 157) with the people. Because there are responses and acclamations that belong to the people, for the priest to say or sing them as well does harm to the dialog and shared responsibility that is intended by the Liturgy. The priest should not look bored as the people respond, rather he should reverently and prayerfully attend to the response of the people. My reply was necessarily brief due to column limitations, but I believe that there are some things worthy of further comment. First, it may be good to emphasize the dialogical nature of the Mass. At times and in certain places of the liturgy, this is forgotten. The priest ought to respect that certain responses and acclamations belong only to the people. Too often the priest not only says them but appears to outright lead them. There are likely due to two reasons. - In recited Masses (common at daily Masses), where the mystery of faith is not sung, someone needs to both signal and begin the reply for the people. This is because there are several options and the people have no way of knowing which one to use. Thus, most priests answer their own call for the people’s acclamation by saying the acclamation. Saying a few opening words and then stopping as the people continue feels a bit awkward, so the priest usually continues on along with the congregation. At the Lamb of God, too, there is often the need for the priest to get the people started. In sung Masses, however, it is ideal for the acclamations to be said only by the people. Nevertheless, the lamentable but understandable practice of the priest leading as well as responding along with the people a number of parts that belong to them continues, even in sung Masses in which a cantor or the choir can lead the responses. - Mass facing the people too easily encourages the priest to be a kind of inappropriate ringleader. Although he calls them to a reply, standing there facing them and just listening as they sing a sometimes-lengthy reply feels a bit awkward; so he joins and sings with them. The questioner alluded to this when he said that the new priest “just stands there” when he “should” be “fervently” participating. This is another reason that Mass facing the people often gives confusing signals about roles and the central focus of the Mass. Second, respecting the role of the people and waiting patiently as they make their reply is an important value to uphold. There is an appropriate dialogue (which involves both speaking and listening) emphasized by the current ordinary form (OF) of the Mass. The roles of the congregation and the various ministers (e.g., acolytes, lectors, deacons, and cantors) have a normative place in the OF liturgy and should not be assumed by the celebrant unless necessity requires it. In the Traditional Latin Mass (TLM) there were effectively no ministerial roles. The replies of the congregation were provided almost entirely in Latin by an altar boy. Even in Solemn High Mass, where choirs sang and a deacon and sub-deacon chanted readings, the priest celebrant was required to recite sung texts quietly on his own because, in a certain but real sense, the sung versions didn’t “count.” The TLM in effect codified low Mass because only what was recited by the priest was essentially the Mass. Singing, even by assisting clergy, was more an embellishment to the Mass that was read and recited entirely by the priest. This had resulted from a gradual shift over the centuries away from the earliest forms of the Mass which did include actual ministerial functions and more congregational involvement. Some changes were already underway in this regard and the 1962 missal of the TLM permitted the priest to listen again to the Epistle and Gospel. The current ordinary form has seen a fuller restoration of ministerial functions and restored a number of acclamations to the congregation. In the OF Mass, the priest does well to respect the roles rightly assigned to lectors, cantors, deacons, and the congregation. He should not simply stand there impatiently as acclamations are made; rather, he should adopt a respectful posture that acknowledges the rightful and essential roles of the congregation and the various other ministers. While it is true that the vast number of priests do often sing some of the acclamations that are not really theirs, we should learn that the rubrics and norms enshrine an important principle, affirming the dialogical nature that is central to the Ordinary Form of the Mass. A priest who does not sing along with the people in such moments that properly belong to them is actually being respectful of the distinct roles of clergy, ministers, and the congregation.

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When I first started fly fishing, it was a different time. It was before everyone had access to the Internet. There were no message boards. There was no Twitter. There was no Facebook. Many fisheries didn’t receive nearly as much pressure simply because not nearly as many people knew about them. And to the fishermen who did know about them, they were closely guarded secrets shared only with a handful of trusted friends. I realized that early on and I respected it. I learned quickly that I not only needed to learn and develop a set of skills to be able to catch fish, but I also needed to conduct myself in a certain way to earn the trust and respect of fishermen who had been doing this a lot longer than me. Part of this simply meant knowing how to keep your mouth shut when someone did share a particular fishing spot, but it also meant not behaving like an inconsiderate moron when you were on the stream. The current trend of photographing and videoing every single fishing trip and sharing it, complete with GPS coordinates, on multiple social media outlets is probably the subject of an entirely different article. But regardless of how you feel about the trend, it has most certainly resulted in a lot more fishermen on more remote streams. And with easier access to this information, many of these “newer” fishermen have never been exposed to the idea of stream etiquette. While some folks are always going to be inconsiderate no matter what, I believe most violations of etiquette occur simply because someone doesn’t know better. Since it is just as important now as ever, if not more so, I thought this would be a good place to share a few basics. Stream etiquette really just boils down to common courtesy and common sense. The first thing to keep in mind is that you are not entitled to any piece of water. If you have a favorite pool or stretch of water and someone is fishing it when you arrive, get over it, move on, and fish it next time – maybe get there earlier. Even if that someone is not in the pool but they are approaching it, don’t try to rush up and cut them off. Particularly in smaller mountain streams, fishermen don’t typically stay in one spot for long periods of time. Rather, they move up the stream covering stretches. The assumption should always be that the fisherman is working upstream and plenty of space should be allowed for that. The appropriate amount of space to give another fisherman is always up for debate. On a crowded tailwater with limited walk-in access, that space might be 100 yards. On a somewhat crowded roadside river in the mountains, that space may be a quarter of a mile. On a backcountry stream where there are very few fishermen, that space may be a half mile to a mile. You kind of have to get a feel for the traffic flow and act accordingly. I always think of it like a movie theater. If it’s opening night for ‘Star Wars’ and the theater is packed, you’ll likely be sitting right next to someone else. If there are only two other people in a movie theater and you sit right next one of them, you’re being an ass. When in doubt, communication is always the best way to ensure everyone has a positive experience. “How far up are you planning to fish?” Most fishermen appreciate this and will typically extend the same courtesy. Typically. On one occasion when guiding a couple of fishermen on Little River, we found ourselves walking up the trail alongside two other fishermen. Since we were already a couple of miles up the trail and obviously heading in the same direction, I made conversation with them and asked how far up they were planning to go. In a gruff tone, one of them replied, “Farther than you!” If I had been by myself I might have hiked all the way to the stream’s headwaters purely out of spite! Instead, I politely explained that I just didn’t want to get in each other’s way. By being so obtuse, he was sabotaging an easy way of accomplishing what we both wanted to accomplish. Most fly fishermen, particularly in the backcountry, are nice folks and they’re in the backcountry for the same reason you are: to get off by themselves. Usually, there is plenty of water for everyone and being willing to communicate will help ensure that everyone gets what they want. Be nice! And if you make a mistake, apologize and move on. There have been plenty of times when I inadvertently cut someone off in a stream because I didn’t see them. It happens to all of us. If you’re close enough, apologize and move on to another area. If you’re far away, wave and move on to another area. If someone inadvertently cuts you off and acknowledges it with a wave or an apology, cut them some slack. Mistakes happen. Be nice! Finally, stream etiquette includes blending in with your environment. Don’t take away from someone else’s current experience by making a lot of commotion like shouting up and down the river. And don’t take away from someone’s future experience by altering the landscape. This most definitely means don’t leave any garbage behind, but it also means don’t litter the landscape with “sculptures” made of sticks and stacked stones. Again, as mentioned earlier, this all pretty much boils down to common sense and common courtesy. Unfortunately, both seem to be in short supply these days.

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In Part I of this article, we discussed the role played by plants in the diets of popular North American “basking” turtles such as Red-Eared and Yellow-Bellied Sliders, Map, Red-Bellied and Chicken Turtles, and Cooters. Useful Plants and Vegetables As your turtles grow out of the hatchling stage, I suggest offering dandelion, bok choy, kale, mustard and collared greens, romaine, endive and vegetables such as shredded yams, carrots, and squash. Prolific aquatic plants such as Elodea, Anachris, Watersprite, Duckweed, Water Hyacinth and various underwater grasses (i.e. Vallisneria), easily reared in outdoor tubs or ponds, are also eagerly accepted by many turtles. Keep a few guppies or minnows in your water garden to consume mosquito larvae, or net the larvae as food for fishes, newts and other aquatic pets. Spinach, beet leaves and other vegetables that are high in oxalic acid should be avoided, as they have been implicated in the formation of stones and other problems. Persuading Reluctant Feeders Turtles that have been fed a meat or fish-based diet are often reluctant to try vegetables. Persist in your efforts, however (fasting periods help), as their digestive systems have evolved over eons to process plants – it follows that they are important to good health! You can give comparatively more greens than other foods to your turtles – a plus for those who enjoy feeding their pets on a daily basis. One useful trick I use is to mix live blackworms in with greens – the worms, a universal favorite, become entangled in the vegetation, some of which may be consumed by over-eager turtles. Carnivorous Turtles and a Surprise Many aquatic and semi-aquatic turtles include little if any vegetation in their diets. Chief among these are most of the Musk and Mud Turtles, Spotted Turtles, Diamondbacks and the various Softshells. Surprisingly, the Common Snapping Turtle, a voracious predator of animals ranging from tadpoles to ducks, also has distinct vegetarian leanings. Their preferences seem to be very individualistic, but some specimens include many aquatic plants in their diets. Please see my article Reptile Gardens to read about growing your own food for your pets.

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COP28, which just concluded in Dubai, was the twelfth Conference of the Parties I’ve attended—and one that, somewhat unexpectedly, left me feeling more hopeful about climate progress. That’s because the COP made real headway on three key areas that can play a central role in driving climate action forward: - In the negotiations themselves, the Global Stocktake sent clear signals for priority near-term actions to help close the gap between where global emissions are—and where they must be to meet the temperature goals of the Paris Agreement; - Outside the formal talks, business leadership on climate action was apparent—and manifested in countless solutions-focused discussions about concrete pathways to accelerate the net-zero transition and invest in resilience and adaptation; - And developments in the voluntary carbon market, which has gone through a recent crisis of confidence, highlighted the path forward to enhance integrity, rebuild confidence, and deliver capital at scale. First, the outcome of the Global Stocktake. The COP decision included clear calls for near-term collective climate action, among them tripling renewable energy production by 2030, transitioning away from fossil fuels, and accelerating reductions in methane emissions. Crucially, the outcome linked those high-level signals to the next round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) that countries must submit in advance of COP30 and set out a workplan going forward. Also notable was that the stocktake decision underscored the importance of adaptation—a key note of inclusion for vulnerable countries already dealing with the impacts of climate change. Like every COP outcome, its impact will depend on the decisions and actions taken in capitals and boardrooms around the world. The power of the UN process derives in large part from its ability to shape norms, set expectations, and catalyze collective action. The fact that nearly 200 countries agreed to the text sends a clear signal to governments, companies and investors – and creates the basis for NGOs and civil society to hold countries to account for their commitment. C2ES has been preparing for the stocktake for more than two years, convening negotiators, collaborating with a range of partners to develop and disseminate ideas and proposals, and working behind the scenes, and it was gratifying to see so much of our work reflected in the outcome. Second, business leadership. COP has long been two events in one: the climate talks themselves, and the side events and convenings that constitute what a senior U.S. official wittily dubbed the “greater metropolitan COP.” Much has been made of the increase in the quantity of people attending, which was estimated at 100,000 people (of whom only ten percent or so are directly involved in the negotiations). I was more struck by the quality of participation. Companies from across the economy showed up in force, many at the CSO or CEO level. They came not only to showcase climate commitments but—more importantly—to participate in constructive and candid dialogues about challenges, opportunities, and new areas of exploration that were as solutions-focused as they were collaborative. C2ES was at the center of many of these discussions; I facilitated ten panels and closed-door roundtables (and participated in half a dozen more) where members of the C2ES Business Environmental Leadership Council and other companies discussed the steps they are taking—and investments they are making—to cut emissions in their operations and supply chains, develop and deploy new climate technologies, and build climate resilience. These discussions also made clear just how vital the bipartisan infrastructure law and the Inflation Reduction Act have been in catalyzing climate and clean energy investment in the United States. Finally, a word on carbon markets. While the formal negotiations on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement failed to make progress, there was a palpable sense that the voluntary carbon market—which companies draw on to cut emissions both inside and outside of their value chains, as part of their corporate climate strategies—is on the upswing. The Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market, which C2ES supports as a founding member of the Executive Secretariat, participated in nearly 60 events throughout the COP, putting integrity front and center in discussions about the future of the market. The Energy Transition Accelerator, the partnership between the Bezos Earth Fund, Rockefeller Foundation, and U.S. State Department intended to speed the just clean energy transition in developing countries, demonstrated how an innovative sectoral-scale carbon crediting approach could help mobilize hundreds of billions of dollars in new climate finance. That twin focus on integrity and innovation is injecting new life, and hope, into the global discussion about carbon markets. I left COP buoyed by optimism. Solution sets are rapidly multiplying. Investment in those solutions is being thoughtfully and aggressively pursued by both public and private actors. C2ES’s influence were seen throughout all corners of the conference, and C2ES’s diplomatic leadership, intellectual capital, and convening authority are propelling the global dialogue forward.

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Serious quarter-milers mix it up on the strip and will turn heads at MCACN. MCACN’s Bob Ashton is always looking for ways to keep the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals fresh and exciting. This year the show will have a very special display, unlike any that they have done in the past. Imagine a dozen serious Muscle Cars lined up side-by-side, drag race style. Each is show ready, but with a bit of a difference. You see, these cars are likely to have plenty of rubber on the quarters, as all ...

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Started my last week of being single cycling around the Forest of Dean with my buddy Chris Hodge. We had stayed over from my stag weekend, the others returning to work. The others were Rob, Aid, Ron, the Meekon and Mr potato head. Chris and I cycled 2 laps of the Verderers route before we headed home. This day was also my day of birth. Tuesday came and I took Florence out for a spin around the TTT 20 route. It was a beautiful day with nice clear blue skies. I was only a minute off my quickest time too. No further exercise took place this week, but something wonderful happened! I married the beautiful SJ! Yup, I am a married man and SJ is now my wife! Weekly totals: Cycled 33 miles. Happy New Year folks. I wonder what's in store for 2022, - something crazy, something new? It's a shame Covid is still here and I... What an awesome week on the cycling front. Managed to complete 3 rides before the weekend. The first route was a trip around 'The Deer R...

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Searchin' for Adventure After a good day of building, some real life chores under my belt and a few episodes of a cult TV show watched *wink*, I was in the mood for some adventure. There weren't all that many posts on the feeds today, holiday and all, but one showed a cute food tray and said it was free. I love food props and the destination mentioned seemed like a promising first stop of the night. Well we know how plans can go astray. I was enchanted by the poche stores. I visited two this evening -- poche main and petite poche. Now poche is an oriental store (I am guessing Japanese but I can't tell the difference in the writing) so I didn't get all the info about the shop. What I can say is that it lifts your spirits. It is fun and very pretty with lots of attention to details. There are also tons (TONS) of gifts in the shop. I came away with a plethora of food props and some new trees. The main shop seemed to have more gifts than items for sale :D. And the items for sale are extremely reasonable. This is someone who loves to build and loves to share. Many of the gifts are rez items but some include a wearable version. The detailing is excellent. I did quite a bit of exploring in the Japanese sims, visiting neighboring shops and clubs and the like. I was impressed by how folks were making their dreams a reality. I have been busy building these last few days. My LEA welcome area became a TV studio and meeting area (well plans do change) and I found myself building stage lighting this afternoon. You just never know where the siren's song will take ya. Sometimes we lose track of why we are here. Sure, some folks come simply to have virtual sex and journey onward -- one night stands in cyberspace. But those of us that stick around seem to have a personal goal of some kind, maybe many of them. It can change and grow and morph, but oftentimes it is about a sense of place -- an experiment in who we are or who we might have been. Tonight was a good reminder of that. Poses by: Vista Animations, the props and the furniture

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Poker is not only a great social game but also helps players develop many cognitive skills. Some of the most important are: 1. Mental Toughness In order to become a good poker player, you need to have a strong mind and be willing to lose occasionally. Watch videos of Phil Ivey taking a bad beat and you’ll notice that he never gets angry. This is a key skill because losing doesn’t make you a bad player, it just means that you need to work harder. 2. Math Skills In poker, you need to know how to calculate probabilities, implied odds, and pot odds. These skills will help you determine the right call or raise. The more you play, the more these skills will become automatic. 3. Money Management The poker chips represent real money, and players need to be good at managing it. This requires a lot of planning and discipline. It can be a difficult thing to learn, but once you master it, you’ll feel better about your finances. 4. People-Reading Skills One of the most important aspects of poker is being able to read other players’ body language and tells. If you can pick up on their stress, bluffs, or just how happy they are with their hand, you’ll be able to use this information to your advantage in the game. 5. Focus and Attention The more you play poker, the more your brain will be used to thinking quickly and focusing on specific information. This can improve your focus and attention, making it easier to concentrate on tasks like reading other people’s facial expressions or deciding whether to call or fold. 6. Critical Thinking The ability to analyze situations and think critically is an invaluable skill for any poker player. It helps you to spot holes in your opponents’ strategies and to think of new ways to beat them. It’s a crucial skill for any businessperson, too, as it will allow you to see what’s going on and take action before it’s too late. 7. Understanding Odds The probability of a draw is based on the cards dealt to the table, the number of opponents, and the amount of money in the pot. This is a complicated subject that can be daunting, but knowing how to use this information will increase your winnings at the table. 8. Money Management The best way to be successful at poker is to keep your stack small and to stick with a balanced style of play. This will give you a good chance of avoiding the pitfalls that cause most players to go broke. 9. Mental Toughness In poker, you need to be able to stay focused and positive even when the odds are against you. This is especially true in games where you may face a lot of aggression or a very slow pace of play. 10. Knowing Your Limits There are some hands in poker that are not worth calling or raising, so it’s a good idea to stay out of them. For instance, if you hold a straight and flop three suited cards, you can’t bet on the turn because it will benefit your opponent more than you.

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Combined Destinies: American Association of University Women Posted from: Monterey Peninsula Branch Newsletter Posted: Feburary 2013 Experienced psychotherapists skilled at facilitating dialogue about racial issues, Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline Haskell – our campus liaison at CSUMB have collaborated on the book Combined Destinies, scheduled for publication in February. Combined Destinies aims to facilitate a conversation that encourages self-examination and compassion to look at how white Americans have been hurt by the very ideology that their ancestors created. The book posits that unearned privilege has damaged the psyche of white people as well as their understanding or racism. Combined Destinies, which includes an anthology of stories, is based on the premise that for positive and lasting change to occur, it is necessary to open ·hearts as well as minds. Ann is a college professor and psychotherapist who has been involved in human and civil rights since she was a child. Caroline is the Founding Director of the Personal Growth and Counseling Center and oversees all of Health and Welloess Services at the University. The authors are available for speaking engagements.

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By Lisa Kopochinski PORTLAND, Ore.—Portland’s historic Jefferson Station building is not just getting a facelift. Rather, it is being renovated for integration into the new Multnomah County Central Courthouse. Located at SW Jefferson Street and SW 1st Avenue, the former power substation is being remodeled to house high-volume hearing rooms associated with traffic, small claims and landlord/tenant cases. The slated completion date is Spring 2020. A new courthouse is definitely needed. When Multnomah County’s central courthouse was originally built between 1909 and 1914, the county had only 250,000 residents. This was also long before modern building code standards for earthquakes were in place. Originally built as an electrical substation by the Portland Railway Light & Power Company to provide power to downtown, Jefferson Station is the only remaining structure of its type in downtown Portland. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this building played a role in distributing electricity for the business district’s early street lighting and railway system. Due to its original use and the reinforced concrete construction type, its historic designation required that the building be preserved. Today, Multnomah County has tripled in population. With such an increased demand—coupled with a century’s worth of use—the courthouse has developed serious safety problems that no longer can be deferred. “A century’s worth of public use—combined with increased demands from today’s much larger population of about 750,000 county residents—has created major functional difficulties and serious safety problems that must be resolved,” says Julie Sullivan-Springhetti, Multnomah County Communications Director. “The courthouse is an essential home for the community’s daily judicial operations and must be functional even in the case of a major catastrophe like an earthquake. The courthouse is one of the few community spaces that the public is compelled to enter—for activities ranging from jury duty to fulfilling legal obligations by paying a parking ticket or serving as a trial witness. In addition, the state of Oregon requires the county to provide facilities for the courts to operate.” Hoffman Construction is the general contractor on this $324.5 million project. Working in an historic building on the site, the team developed a highly collaborative process that enabled everyone—from the engineers to the construction trade partners—to clearly understand the client’s goals for the project and to work together to achieve them. Architecture firm SRG Partnership designed this impressive 460,000-square-foot project in conjunction with CGL, a criminal justice consulting firm The design team developed a creative plan to incorporate the three-story structure into the new courthouse complex. The new 17-story courthouse will flank two sides of Jefferson Station, creating an L-shape around the low-slung historic building. The design brings more natural light into the L-shaped tower compared to a full block tower. Multnomah County’s adaptive reuse of Jefferson Station will return the building to public use. The original south and west exterior facades will be preserved, along with a 20-ton overhead gantry crane that hovers above the building’s second floor. Tall windows on the upper floors will be refurbished. The structure will be seismically upgraded and building systems updated to support modern courthouse requirements, while preserving the remaining historic elements. The renovation includes creation of high-volume hearing rooms, a public waiting area, offices, staff bike and locker areas, CourtCare (childcare), as well as mail services for the complex. The new courthouse and Jefferson Station building will be fully integrated and connected. Public access to Jefferson Station will be through the main courthouse entrance at the corner of SW Madison Street and SW 1st Avenue. Within the courthouse, there will be connections between the new courthouse and Jefferson Station on all three-floor levels. “An open, light-filled entry lobby will communicate the open, welcoming nature of the county courts,” says Steve Simpson, design principal at SRG Partnership. “The lobby will be animated by a café, information kiosks, directional displays, public art and a dramatic staircase that moves through the space and culminates in a majestic view of Mt. Hood and the Willamette River. Most of the public service elements used by County citizens will be located in this spacious lobby, creating the feeling of an open marketplace with ready access to services.” At the heart of the design is the presence of woodclad courtrooms that are clearly visible through the glass facade of the building. Public spaces outside the courtrooms provide the building exterior with activity and dynamic energy. The next layer of the facade is glass, reinforcing the transparent nature of justice, overlaid with a regular structure that represents stability and order. The final layer of the exterior is composed of a series of limestone panels in an irregular pattern that symbolizes the people of the county. “Using a holistic approach, the Courthouse project has sought to push the environmental sustainability limits in every aspect of its design,” says Simpson. “The uniquely composed façade coupled with the structural thermal mass is designed to capture the solar heat gain delivered by the morning sun. A radiant hydronic loop embedded in the concrete floor absorbs the energy that falls on the slab and redistributes it to other public spaces, reducing building heating loads on a clear winter morning by up to 20 percent. Architecture 2030 targets will be achieved by combining limited glazing, a high-performance envelope, radiant heating and cooling systems for judge and staff offices, and a displacement system for the courtrooms and public spaces.” In addition to passive energy conservation strategies, the Courthouse will also feature an array of rooftop solar panels whose excess energy production will help offset the adjacent Hawthorne Bridge’s energy costs.

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Kérastase Couture Styling 2.0 | Niets zo persoonlijk als haarverzorging, manlief heeft een heel arsenaal aan potjes en tubes om zijn pompadour in model te krijgen maar ikzelf ben eigenlijk geen haar (doh) beter. Ik heb van nature krullen maar föhn het ook graag glad en golvend, dus ik heb voor beide looks de nodige producten nodig toch? Kérastase heeft een tijdje terug de styling geheel in een nieuw jasje gestoken en inmiddels zijn er alweer wat fijne producten bijgekomen. De Boucles d'art en Baume Double J (niet afgebeeld, husband had deze die ochtend zonder mijn medeweten in zijn sporttas gestopt, foei!) gebruik ik voor een nonchalante krullencoupe. Voordeel van de krullen is dat als ze eenmaal zitten er niet veel meer aan gedaan hoeft te worden. Als ik mijn haar glad en golvend wil is er iets meer wilskracht nodig en de overtuigingskracht haal ik uit mijn stylingproducten, zo is de Forme Fatale een gel waarmee je je haar precies zo laat zitten zoals jij en je föhnborstel het willen. De gouden minideeltjes zorgen voor extra houvast en glans. Deze gel is fijn als je een wat stevigere coupe wilt creëren, als ik gewoon nonchalante golven wil dan gebruik ik de Kérastase Ciment thermique glace. Het eindesultaat staat of valt met de gebruikte haarlak, en als je krullen of tot pluizig neigend haar hebt dan is een vochtwerende haarlak een musthave. De Laque Noire is een fixerende haarlak met glanzende finish en beschermt door de anti-frizz protection tegen pluizen. Perfect dus als je prachtig geföhnde haar door vocht meteen weer gaat krullen en pluizen, dankzij deze lak kan mijn haar wel wat vocht hebben zonder direct weer te gaan pluizen. De Fix fabulous zorgt voor precieze fixatie (handig bij het ingewikkelde opsteekwerk) en de Spray à porter is de tegenhanger van de Fix fabulous, de Spray à porter zorgt voor een mooie warrige beachlook zonder plakkerig haar. Ook is deze spray fijn voor wat meer textuur en nonchalance in je geföhnde coupe. Inspiratie nodig? Op het Youtube kanaal van Kérastase staan een paar handige tutorials waarin ze verschillende haarstijlen uitleggen. Kérastase producten zijn verkrijgbaar bij de Kérastase kapper.

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De donkere decembermaand is niet voor iedereen een maand vol gezelligheid en lichtpuntjes. Mijn eerste "donkere kerst" maakte ik mee toen mijn hondje op eerste kerstdag overleed. Ik was 21 en zij kwam bij ons in huis toen ik 6 jaar was. Ze was het grootste deel van mijn leven een stabiele factor en juist op die dag moest ik haar laten gaan. Dit jaar is het vier jaar geleden dat ik op 24 december aanwezig was bij de crematiedienst van mijn grootvader. Eigenlijk de man die altijd de vaderfiguur in mijn leven was, ik was toen trouwens 34 weken zwanger dus het geheel ging eigenlijk in een roes aan mij voorbij. Sindsdien is de aanloop naar kerst een periode met een dubbel gevoel, ik geniet van de lichtjes, het feestelijk samenzijn maar voel ook verdriet en gemis om degenen die er niet meer bij kunnen zijn. Daarom vind ik de advent zo mooi, een manier om af te tellen naar de kerst, elke dag is een cadeautje en deze periode staat dan ook in het teken van een dagelijks cadeautje voor jezelf en een moment van bezinning. De reden dat ik de kalender van Dr. Hauschka zo mooi vind is dat het merk voldoet aan al mijn eisen, het zijn niet alleen fijne en effectieve producten. Centraal staat respect voor mens, dier en milieu, eerlijke mooie plantaardige producten die geproduceerd zijn zonder een ander daarmee onnodig te belasten of te benadelen. Iets wat ieder mens zou moeten nastreven in het leven als het gaat om het verzamelen van "rijkdom". Want uiteindelijk zijn het de herinneringen in ons hart en geluksmomentjes die we samen meemaken die onbetaalbaar zijn en het leven zo mooi maken. Ik maak de cadeautjes uit deze kalender open met mijn inmiddels 3 jarige dochter. Ze wordt in februari 4, mijn opa zei altijd dat hij zoveel moois had meegemaakt in zijn leven en de komst van een achterkleinkind was een kers op de taart. Ik kijk uit naar hopelijk nog heel veel kerstdagen met haar, met in mijn achterhoofd vooral mijn opa, omdat ik weet dat hij er toch wel een beetje bij is, al is het alleen al in haar tomeloze energie en ondeugende streken. Vandaag hebben wij samen een kerstboom versierd, het was hilarisch en frustrerend tegelijkertijd maar ook meteen een goede oefening voor mijn geduld. Veel producten van Dr. Hauschka gebruik ik samen met mijn dochter, de rozen lichaamsverzorging gebruikte ik al toen ze baby was en nog is de rozencrème een fijn product om haar gevoelige huidje te beschermen. Zeker nu het kouder is hebben vooral haar wangen wat extra bescherming nodig als we een tochtje op de fiets maken of samen op ontdekkingstocht door het bos gaan. Uiteraard zijn nog niet alle producten uit de adventskalender voor haar geschikt maar ik heb inmiddels geleerd dat je als mama ook best iets voor jezelf mag hebben. En als goed verzorgde mama die lekker in haar vel zit ben ik ook een leukere mama. Bovendien vind ze het prachtig om te observeren als ik mijn verzorgingsritueel uitvoer. De adventskalender van Dr. bevat 24 verrassingen in miniatuur formaat waarmee je niet alleen je huid maar ook je zintuigen verwent. Perfecte producten dus voor een rustgevend ritueel om je voor te bereiden op de kerst, de jaarwisseling en de start van een nieuw jaar. Als trouwe fan van Dr. Hauschka vind ik het leuk om nieuwe producten te ontdekken en bestaande favorieten te delen met anderen (leuk als kleine onverwachte cadeautjes, maak het gebaar helemaal af met een lief briefje of kaartje) en als je het merk nog niet kent een hele leuke manier om kennis te maken met het assortiment aan verzorging voor gezicht en lichaam. De adventskalender is trouwens niet het enige leuke cadeau, ook de speciale geschenkdozen zullen het goed doen als liefdevol cadeau onder de kerstboom, er is keuze genoeg. Met de cadeaus van Dr. Hauschka geef je niet alleen iets waarmee de ontvanger zichzelf kan vertroetelen, je kiest ook bewust voor een merk dat respect voor mens, dier en onze mooie planeet heeft en deze zo min mogelijk belast. Zoals Karlijn Visser van Holistik het zo mooi verwoordde in een inspirerende instagram post vandaag: "Elke euro die je uitgeeft is een stem vóór of tegen Moeder Aarde". Daar heeft ze volkomen gelijk in en daarmee heb ik mijn eerste goede voornemen ook al "in the pocket". Nog beter opletten waar de euro's aan besteed worden. Een volledig overzicht van deze mooie natuurcosmetica vind je op de website van Dr. Hauschka evenals een overzicht van de verkooppunten. Je shopt dit mooie merk onder andere bij huidtherapeuten, en speciaalzaken. Ik wens jullie allemaal een mooie adventsperiode toe met als hoogtepunt een feestperiode met veel aandacht en liefde voor elkaar. En stiekem ben ik toch ook wel weer nieuwsgierig naar de verrassing van morgen. De eerste twee doosjes zijn geopend, nog 22 stuks te gaan... Ik heb bewust nog niet gekeken welke producten er allemaal in de doosjes verstopt zitten maar weet wel dat ik er na de kerst een aantal als Secret Santa ga verspreiden. Share the love, fijne decembermaand allemaal!

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God makes promises with several key people in the Bible that lead to great plans, Abraham for example had his promise ultimately fulfilled in Jesus. He makes other promises which have less obvious downstream effects but change the lives of certain individuals very profoundly. But there is one promise God made that is inescapable, even to mindless animals and lifeless matter. I have set my rainbow in the clouds, and it will be the sign of the covenant between me and the earth. A covenant of protection sealed with a rainbow between God and the whole planet. Next time you feel left out of God’s promises and gifts, just remember that he made one promise you have to leave the world to get away from.

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The introductory chapter presents the problems at issue regarding the Pyramid's shape: 1) was there a design plan prior to the building of the pyramid?; 2) what system of numbers and geometry were selected for that plan?; 3) was that plan carried out, and carried out faithfully or changed by the builders? The body of the book includes eleven chapters that present eleven different theories on the pyramid's measures as developed by scholars throughout history, all of them feasible due to the present condition of the pyramid. Of particular interest is the juxtaposition of theories involving simple whole number relationships with those containing the irrational golden section systems (which the author has chosen to label by the letter "G", a problem for P. D. Ouspensky, no doubt!). In a fascinating and curious way, the simple whole number theories and the more complex numbers are exceedingly close to one another when ratios, angles, and lengths are calculated, and Herz-Fischler presents a variety of charts on these relationships for the observed and measured quantities found within each theory. Fortunately for the reader, decimal places are only taken out to the thousandths place. The book is completed with chapters of summary and conclusion, covering the philosophical considerations for why one theory may supersede or outlive another, and a case study on the sociology of these theories with the example of the "pi theory". This discussion centers on the popularity of the issue of quadrature between the base and height of the pyramid in 19th-century Europe. Several helpful appendices and a good range of footnotes, along with a good bibliography, conclude the work. Unfortunately, there is no index, but one may not be essential given the format of chapter headings and layout of subject matter. There is a reasonable amount of mathematical content for the interested mathematician and geometer, but nothing approaching the calculus or set theory, and most of it should be easily digestible for most readers interested in pyramid studies. The math presented is logically based on the math that was available to the original builders or on the mathematics employed in a particular theory; especially noted is the seked theory in the Rhind Papyrus as well as natural fractions for the slopes of the rise and run of triangular shapes. Herz-Fischler does not go beyond arithmetic, geometry, and trigonometry, so most academicians should be able to follow the math presented. There are always a few problems with any text. In this one, unfortunately, the publisher did not provide many illustrations in the text, and the reader is required to go to their website (http.//www.wlu.ca/~wwwpress/) to view the documents, photographs and drawings referred to in the book. If one has no computer, one forfeits the opportunity to see them. (This trend in books to include computer images may work out in the future, but there are critical factors that need to be considered before this medium becomes the only source for seeing the visual aspects of a literary work. Until a better time comes, perhaps it is best to have both hard copy and computer images available to the reader.) Fortunately, there are only 15 such illustrations, and the reader isn't missing much. The photographs and drawings provided do far less than the line art constructions in the text to provide us with any necessary, additional understanding to the thoughts presented in the book. They are all black and white images, so printing costs could not have been near those presented with four color work. The selection of illustrations is interesting for those who study pyramidology and history, but they will be relatively meaningless for those with a less passionate interest in the subject. Some of the terms used by the author may be initially confusing. In addition to "G" for the golden section, some readers may not know that the "Kepler Triangle" is the "Triangle of Price", which is the triangle that is the right, scalene triangle whose sides are in the geometric progression, 1, Öf, f. Also, I do wish that the author would have footnoted the obvious errors made by other authors. Especially so is the quoted paragraph by R. Ballard (p. 243) regarding the "Star Cheops". Referring to the folded down plan of the Great Pyramid, Ballard states, " Thus do we close the geometric flower Pentalpha, and close it into a pyramid." Food for fodder for certain of the mathematical community for sure, and juicy prime for some of the sacred geometry crowd, no doubt, and who, should note, that this was written in 1882. The "Triangle of Pentalpha" is one of the isosceles triangles the 72°/36°/72° in the pentagram, so called for its primary importance in its ability to generate the pentagon in only three turns, not five. Although it is fairly commonly held that the Great Pyramid contains both the golden section and its square root (both which develop during the course of generating the pentagonal system from the golden section rectangle), the splayed plan bears no resemblance, congruency, or content to the Triangle of Pentalpha. The triangular faces of the pyramid are very close approximations to the diagonals of two golden section rectangles, which are tangent to each other's long sides, and the base of which is the base of each of that rectangle's short sides added together. This is not to say that Ballard is completely wrong, because a different kind of pyramid could be generated having a square base and four faces that are Triangles of Pentalpha. The result would be vaguely similar to the Transamerica building in San Francisco, and not even remotely similar to the Great Pyramid, the subject of Ballard's comment and the line drawing shown in fig. 70 in Ballard's book. These items, however, should in no way discourage someone interested in the subject of Great Pyramid geometry from reading the book, for it has much to offer under one cover. Herz-Fischler is perhaps at his best in the book when he summarizes the various hypotheses presented, and in the conclusions he provides for the reader. There are no surprises in his conclusions, but this is not the point of the work. Rather, the volume provides an academic source for the major systems of measure connected to the geometry of the Great Pyramid, and a ready reference for the numbers and formulae associated with that geometry. He incorporates social and historical factors into his conclusions, and, as I prefer the growing trend towards an interdisciplinary approach to scholarship, I believe that Mr. Herz-Fischler has provided us with a path in that direction. Although the book is in paperback, yet the stock is higher quality, the binding is good, the price is fairly reasonable, and the font and point size are easy on the eye. The publisher has provided a good colophon on the last page for graphic designers interested in the specific Adobe specifications regarding production. There is an 18-page bibliography for those wishing to further investigate the rich and exhaustive work done on this last Ancient Wonder of the World. The Shape of the Great Pyramid is a welcome addition to that bibliography for an overview of all the geometric theories generated by this object of awe. REFERENCES Lehner, Mark. 1997. The Complete Pyramids. London: Thames and Hudson. To order this book from Amazon.com, click here. ABOUT THE REVIEWER Copyright ©2001 Kim Williams |

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Sự tăng trưởng diễn ra chậm hơn nhiều so với mức tôi kỳ vọng”, Hugo Messer cho biết, và kể về những bài học ông đã tiếp thu được từ việc mở rộng quy mô doanh nghiệp: Với các sản phẩm phần mềm, nhà khởi nghiệp thường phải đối diện với nhiều áp lực ngay từ đầu: cần vốn để thuê nhà lập trình, tìm điểm cân bằng giữa việc xây dựng phần mềm và lắng nghe khách hàng, đồng thời có chiến dịch marketing hiệu quả. Một tỷ lệ rất nhỏ các sản phẩm phần mềm đạt được cả 3 điểm cộng đó và có được sự tăng trưởng vượt trội. Các sản phẩm còn lại thường sẽ thất bại hoặc chỉ phát triển ở quy mô nhỏ. Ngược lại, các loại dịch vụ thường dễ bắt đầu hơn. Tất cả những gì bạn cần là một chiếc máy tính, một chiếc điện thoại, một vài mối quan hệ, và chính bản thân bạn. Bạn cũng dễ có được dòng tiền và không cần phải bỏ quá nhiều vốn để đầu tư trước. Nhưng các công ty cung cấp dịch vụ thường khó mở rộng quy mô. Thị trường có rất nhiều sự cạnh tranh và rất ít cơ hội để trở nên khác biệt. Thêm doanh thu nghĩa là phải thêm nhân sự. Do đó, muốn mở rộng quy mô, bạn buộc phải thuê thêm nhân viên. Kinh nghiệm của tôi chủ yếu là ở kinh doanh dịch vụ nên phần còn lại của bài viết sẽ tập trung vào những bài học tôi tiếp thu được trong việc mở rộng quy mô một công ty cung cấp dịch vụ. Tôi từng nghĩ rằng có thể làm tất cả mọi thứ một mình, nhất là sau khi phối hợp làm việc không hiệu quả với một số cộng sự. Nhưng trải qua nhiều khó khăn trong vài năm, tôi nhận ra mình cần được giúp đỡ. Tôi quyết định tham gia vào Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) – một nhóm các doanh nhân quốc tế chuyên hỗ trợ lẫn nhau và tập trung vào sự tăng trưởng doanh nghiệp. EO có một chương trình Accelerator (tăng tốc khởi nghiệp) giúp các công ty có cơ hội nhận được từ 200.000 đến 1 triệu USD trong 3 năm. Tôi tham gia chương trình đó và phối hợp làm việc với một nhóm các doanh nhân khác. Nhóm chúng tôi gặp nhau hằng tháng và được hướng dẫn bởi một doanh nhân giàu kinh nghiệm. 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Chương trình của EO dựa trên phương pháp tăng trưởng của Verne Harnish – tác giả cuốn Scaling Up: How a Few Companies Make It ... and Why the Rest Don't (tạm dịch: Mở rộng quy mô doanh nghiệp: Không phải ai cũng có thể). Sức mạnh của phương pháp này chủ yếu bao gồm một kế hoạch chiến lược được thể hiện chỉ trong một trang giấy và những cuộc họp định kỳ. Trên thực tế, các kế hoạch chiến lược ngắn gọn trong một trang giúp chúng ta thấy rõ con đường mình đang đi và tìm ra cách để đến đích. Với Bridge Global, chúng tôi xác định các giá trị cốt lõi, mục đích chính và mục tiêu táo bạo hơn. Sau đó, chúng tôi lên kế hoạch cho 3 năm tới và bắt đầu thực hiện các cuộc họp hằng năm, hằng quý, hằng tuần và hằng ngày (chúng tôi bỏ qua các cuộc họp hằng tháng vì nó không mang đến đủ các giá trị cần thiết). “Nhịp điệu họp” này giúp chúng tôi tạo ra sự gắn kết. Các văn phòng làm việc của Công ty trải dài từ Hà Lan, Ukraine đến Ấn Độ. 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Đó là vấn đề của họ, không phải của bạn, đừng để nó "nhảy sang" phía bạn. Nếu bạn muốn mở rộng quy mô công ty, bạn cần phải biết cách tổ chức, và để cho nhân viên tự chịu trách nhiệm. Nói cách khác, nhà lãnh đạo cần biết được “con khỉ” nên ở chỗ nào. Trao quyền tự tổ chức cho nhân viên, họ sẽ tự giữ “con khỉ” của họ, và bạn cũng có điều kiện để toàn tâm toàn ý làm việc với “con khỉ” của mình. Hellolaptrinh tổng hợp

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The queen likewise ordered the thinnest silks that could be gotten, to make me clothes, not much thicker than an English blanket, very cumbersome till I was accustomed to them. They were after the fashion of the kingdom, partly resembling the Persian, and partly the Chinese, and are a very grave and decent habit. These people are under continual disquietudes, never enjoying a minutes peace of mind; and their disturbances proceed from causes which very little affect the rest of mortals. Their apprehensions arise from several changes they dread in the celestial bodies: for instance, that the earth, by the continual approaches of the sun towards it, must, in course of time, be absorbed, or swallowed up; that the face of the sun, will, by degrees, be encrusted with its own effluvia, and give no more light to the world; that the earth very narrowly escaped a brush from the tail of the last comet, which would have infallibly reduced it to ashes; and that the next, which they have calculated for one-and-thirty years hence, will probably destroy us. For if, in its perihelion, it should approach within a certain degree of the sun (as by their calculations they have reason to dread) it will receive a degree of heat ten thousand times more intense than that of red hot glowing iron, and in its absence from the sun, carry a blazing tail ten hundred thousand and fourteen miles long, through which, if the earth should pass at the distance of one hundred thousand miles from the nucleus, or main body of the comet, it must in its passage be set on fire, and reduced to ashes: that the sun, daily spending its rays without any nutriment to supply them, will at last be wholly consumed and annihilated; which must be attended with the destruction of this earth, and of all the planets that receive their light from it. PART III. A VOYAGE TO LAPUTA, BALNIBARBI, LUGGNAGG, GLUBBDUBDRIB, AND JAPAN. In choosing persons for all employments, they have more regard to good morals than to great abilities; for, since government is necessary to mankind, they believe, that the common size of human understanding is fitted to some station or other; and that Providence never intended to make the management of public affairs a mystery to be comprehended only by a few persons of sublime genius, of which there seldom are three born in an age: but they suppose truth, justice, temperance, and the like, to be in every man's power; the practice of which virtues, assisted by experience and a good intention, would qualify any man for the service of his country, except where a course of study is required. But they thought the want of moral virtues was so far from being supplied by superior endowments of the mind, that employments could never be put into such dangerous hands as those of persons so qualified; and, at least, that the mistakes committed by ignorance, in a virtuous disposition, would never be of such fatal consequence to the public weal, as the practices of a man, whose inclinations led him to be corrupt, and who had great abilities to manage, to multiply, and defend his corruptions. It was now day-light, and I returned to my house without waiting to congratulate with the emperor: because, although I had done a very eminent piece of service, yet I could not tell how his majesty might resent the manner by which I had performed it: for, by the fundamental laws of the realm, it is capital in any person, of what quality soever, to make water within the precincts of the palace. But I was a little comforted by a message from his majesty, "that he would give orders to the grand justiciary for passing my pardon in form:" which, however, I could not obtain; and I was privately assured, "that the empress, conceiving the greatest abhorrence of what I had done, removed to the most distant side of the court, firmly resolved that those buildings should never be repaired for her use: and, in the presence of her chief confidents could not forbear vowing revenge." The gentleman to whom I addressed my discourse, because (as I have already observed) he spoke the language of Balnibarbi, said to me, with a sort of a smile which usually arises from pity to the ignorant, "that he was glad of any occasion to keep me among them, and desired my permission to explain to the company what I had spoke." He did so, and they talked together for some time in their own language, whereof I understood not a syllable, neither could I observe by their countenances, what impression my discourse had made on them. After a short silence, the same person told me, "that his friends and mine (so he thought fit to express himself) were very much pleased with the judicious remarks I had made on the great happiness and advantages of immortal life, and they were desirous to know, in a particular manner, what scheme of living I should have formed to myself, if it had fallen to my lot to have been born a STRULDBRUG." The word HOUYHNHNM, in their tongue, signifies a HORSE, and, in its etymology, the PERFECTION OF NATURE. I told my master, "that I was at a loss for expression, but would improve as fast as I could; and hoped, in a short time, I should be able to tell him wonders." He was pleased to direct his own mare, his colt, and foal, and the servants of the family, to take all opportunities of instructing me; and every day, for two or three hours, he was at the same pains himself. Several horses and mares of quality in the neighbourhood came often to our house, upon the report spread of "a wonderful YAHOO, that could speak like a HOUYHNHNM, and seemed, in his words and actions, to discover some glimmerings of reason." These delighted to converse with me: they put many questions, and received such answers as I was able to return. By all these advantages I made so great a progress, that, in five months from my arrival I understood whatever was spoken, and could express myself tolerably well. About noon, I saw coming towards the house a kind of vehicle drawn like a sledge by four YAHOOS. There was in it an old steed, who seemed to be of quality; he alighted with his hind-feet forward, having by accident got a hurt in his left fore-foot. He came to dine with our horse, who received him with great civility. They dined in the best room, and had oats boiled in milk for the second course, which the old horse ate warm, but the rest cold. Their mangers were placed circular in the middle of the room, and divided into several partitions, round which they sat on their haunches, upon bosses of straw. In the middle was a large rack, with angles answering to every partition of the manger; so that each horse and mare ate their own hay, and their own mash of oats and milk, with much decency and regularity. The behaviour of the young colt and foal appeared very modest, and that of the master and mistress extremely cheerful and complaisant to their guest. The gray ordered me to stand by him; and much discourse passed between him and his friend concerning me, as I found by the stranger's often looking on me, and the frequent repetition of the word YAHOO. He fell next upon the management of our treasury; and said, "he thought my memory had failed me, because I computed our taxes at about five or six millions a-year, and when I came to mention the issues, he found they sometimes amounted to more than double; for the notes he had taken were very particular in this point, because he hoped, as he told me, that the knowledge of our conduct might be useful to him, and he could not be deceived in his calculations. But, if what I told him were true, he was still at a loss how a kingdom could run out of its estate, like a private person." He asked me, "who were our creditors; and where we found money to pay them?" He wondered to hear me talk of such chargeable and expensive wars; "that certainly we must be a quarrelsome people, or live among very bad neighbours, and that our generals must needs be richer than our kings." He asked, what business we had out of our own islands, unless upon the score of trade, or treaty, or to defend the coasts with our fleet?" Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army, in the midst of peace, and among a free people. He said, "if we were governed by our own consent, in the persons of our representatives, he could not imagine of whom we were afraid, or against whom we were to fight; and would hear my opinion, whether a private man's house might not be better defended by himself, his children, and family, than by half-a-dozen rascals, picked up at a venture in the streets for small wages, who might get a hundred times more by cutting their throats?" ” By what I could discover, the YAHOOS appear to be the most unteachable of all animals: their capacity never reaching higher than to draw or carry burdens. Yet I am of opinion, this defect arises chiefly from a perverse, restive disposition; for they are cunning, malicious, treacherous, and revengeful. They are strong and hardy, but of a cowardly spirit, and, by consequence, insolent, abject, and cruel. It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity. PART I. A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT. He then desired to know, "What arts were practised in electing those whom I called commoners: whether a stranger, with a strong purse, might not influence the vulgar voters to choose him before their own landlord, or the most considerable gentleman in the neighbourhood? How it came to pass, that people were so violently bent upon getting into this assembly, which I allowed to be a great trouble and expense, often to the ruin of their families, without any salary or pension? because this appeared such an exalted strain of virtue and public spirit, that his majesty seemed to doubt it might possibly not be always sincere."

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The first equipment was purchased in June 2001. After six years of heavy use it clearly was time to upgrade to more advanced technology. In May 2006 the state-of-the-art Sony High Definition Professional camera was purchased and also a powerful 5000 lumens XGA High Definition projector, which give amazingly crisp images for all future screenings. The new projector has more than proved its worth.On many a summer's evening when light is streaming through the windows in the church the image on the screen has still been extremely clear. The new Glidecam CamCrane has given us more flexibility with camera positioning as this clever device will place the camera in those awkward places an ordinary tripod would not be able to reach or flex,too. We also made provision for various S-Video and HD Splitter boxes which has allowed us to branch out and cater for silent movies and provide an extra screen(s). We regularly provide movie screenings for the British concert organist,David Briggs. We provided big screen projection setups for the majority of the UK concerts played by Carlo Curley, the American organ virtuoso. He was a long-standing screening artist and held the services we provide in high regard. "Keith Hearnshaw provides an inimitable golden enhancement to performer and listener alike by bringing the vital visuals to join forces with the thrilling sonics of the master-equation provided by a well-presented organ event. The use of state-of-the-art equipment is elevated by Keith's being a first-class organist/musician in his own right, ensuring that the end result is artistic, crystal-clear and never bereft of integrity."

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Great Kiwi Gravel is now the home of the Le Petit and Kiwi Brevet's. It is also the home of the inaugural Tuatara Brevet. Check the blog out here. You will be able to find all the event information there. Updates will be posted there going forward. This blog will continue to exist and hold all the history that is here, it will just no longer be updated. Thanks for coming along for the ride.

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The Lie would tell you that it was the Truth which started first... Prepare the whiskey, we are entering a new Ice Age... My friend, beware of people! There are many of them who are just like you... The distance between here and a brighter future can only be measured in light years. If everybody else agrees, I will also vote for change! We will not listen to the voice of reason, because it is yelling at us. Everything could have been solved in a peaceful way, But could have thought of that? We are learning from our mistakes. And perfecting ourselves from our catastrophes. The enemy surprised us again. We expected that he would attack first! We wanted the war to finish as soon as possible. That's why we started it first. Nobody knows who fired first. What's sure is that they didn't hesitate to shoot back! A black cat crossed our way. The next day, it died. are applying a sticks and carrots policy. they beat us with sticks, then with carrots... conflict can be solved in a peaceful way. why we are warning you to show any resistance. enemy never sleeps. are shelling him day and night. On the frontline, I was very humane. I took care of a television set which lost everybody in this world. The problem with foreigners is that they don't understand what's going on in this country, and we're not here to solve their problems. Some animals have human characteristics. The other ones I do like. Is a new war possible? I don't know. All the previous ones were impossible.

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