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God is directing me on a new path

I know I have not written in a long time. I have suffered some setbacks with Mercy since my last post. Mercy has needed more training to renew her skills and manners lately. Needless to say, life has been very stressful lately.

I need people who believe in me who will help build me up and set me up for success, instead of other dog people giving up on me, excluding me or ratting me out when Mercy and I are having difficulties. I know that Mercy has great potential. I am made to feel like Mercy and I must stand on the porch because we are facing a few hiccups. The lack of grace in the dog world is more than I can stand sometimes. It makes me feel as though I do not matter. Some people involved with therapy dogs will devalue rather than compassionately help someone to overcome who is slipping up. What I really need is more understanding and support, not penalization. For one, I struggle with social skills because I have a form of high functioning autism as I mentioned before on my blog. I am also working on dealing with fear drivenness, shame and arrested emotional development from my past.

Thankfully, I have found a dog trainer 30 miles away who will help me get Mercy back on track.

I have strongly considered giving up my Therapy Dogs Inc. (Now Alliance Therapy Dogs) credentials and trading them in for Pet Partners credentials. Yes, they are stricter, for good reason, but they are also more supportive. If you are sincerely working with your dog, doing your best to be a competent therapy dog handler, some local Pet Partners instructors/evaluators will work with you to ensure success. I was a Pet Partner 10-12 years ago with my previous dog, a Lab/German Shepherd mix named Coal. I retired Coal from therapy service after I got married in 2006. Coal then died in 2009 when my son was only 3 months old, so I was without a dog for 2 1/2 years before I obtained Mercy. Since it had been a long while, I need to go through the steps all over again as a new Pet Partners handler. I attended a Pet Partners class yesterday as one of the required steps to get my Pet Partners credentials. The woman who taught it was awesome. In fact she was the evaluator who passed Coal in 2003 and again in 2005. Leslie Horton is everything I have been looking for in a mentor. She has high standards for excellence, but she is also fiercely loyal to her volunteers, working with people, not giving up on them, even those who have gotten a Not Ready on their evaluations. She runs the Animal Assisted Care program at Inova Fairfax hospital and has been running it for 15 years. She is such an expert in animal behavior and is also understanding and patient with people. She is amazing. She has the life experience that has helped her to be more compassionate and accepting of people from all walks of life. She recognized me right away.

I am having my Pet Partners evaluation with Mercy on December 5th (Not with Leslie). I also have an interview with someone at a program for troubled teens on December 11th. Things are looking up. I could still use all of your prayers. Encouragement will be very helpful to me at this time. I have my work cut out for me over the next month to get Mercy in tip top shape for the Pet Partners evaluation. I still have to get another copy of her rabies certificate and a cat brush among other things to do to prepare for the evaluation. I will certainly keep you all posted as to how things turn out.

About journeywithmercy

I am seeking a meaningful life in Jesus Christ. I am not sure exactly what that means, but I am on a journey to find out. I seek a most amazing way beyond my wildest dreams to fulfill my calling, purpose and destiny while enjoying beauty, art, culture, nature and science the whole way thorugh.
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The Big Red Wooden Train

A big wooden train Dad made and painted red
Or a tricycle I sometimes preferred instead
Sometimes a Jeep or a truck or a plane
Those Dinky cars I played with again and again.

Cowboys and Indians that we played near the shed
At the end of the garden till it was past time for bed
Where I’d read Secret Seven books or Famous Five stuff
Till Mum put the light out and I’d feign a big huff.

It was a leisurely time full of fun with no fear
We enjoyed our school days and held them so dear
But it all fell to pieces on one Saturday past noon
When my beloved father died at years far too soon.

My childhood till then had been fun like a game
But from that moment on it was never the same
Though the standing by his grave in the cold pouring rain
Isn’t the memory I recall, it’s Dad’s home-made red train.

©Joe Wilson – The Big Red Wooden Train 2014

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How did you get into THAT?

People often ask how I got into conservation, so here it is. I’ve always loved art, both looking at and making it. At 19 I decided getting a degree and History of Art seemed like a good way to spend the next few years, so started looking around universities at their courses. When I went to see the department at Edinburgh University I was shown the library, the seminar rooms and, down in the basement, the conservation lab. I suppose I must have been aware of ‘restoration’ but before being shown the basement lab in George Square it had never occurred to me that that was something that I might be able to do.

Early in my first term I went to meet my Director of Studies, Dr. Patsy Campbell, who it turned out was the enthusiastic keeper of the conservation lab and gave courses in the History of Conservation until her retirement in 2006. I have since met a number of other conservators who were inspired by Dr Campbell to pursue a career in conservation, both contemporaries of mine and others up to 20 years my senior. During my third or fourth year I took the History of Conservation course, as part of which we could spend some time in the conservation lab working on whatever projects were in. We also went on field trips to the National Galleries of Scotland Conservation Department and to Northumbria University’s MA Conservation of Fine Art open day. The trainee conservators there were divided into two easily identifiable groups: lab coats for those studying Works on Paper and black smocks for Oil Paintings. It was great.

Testing the water

Having studied for four years I wasn’t ready to jump into another two-year course straight away, so after graduation I went home to Manchester. I was wondering whether or not I’d have the patience to work with such tiny brushes when I was (by a rather convoluted route that I won’t go into) given the number of a person who worked at Manchester Art Gallery’s Conservation Department and was happy to accept a volunteer. This was a really lucky break since many places now won’t take a volunteer who hasn’t already been through a training programme. I went to the studios a couple of days a week and had the opportunity to spend time working with the frames conservator, a paper conservator and the paintings conservators (one of whom was a former student of Dr Campbell’s). At the time there was a big project underway in the painting department. William Etty’s huge The Sirens and Ulysses was lying on a specially extended table face down and in the midst of a lining reversal, which involved using a scalpel to flick off the old animal glue, which had once adhered another massive canvas to the original one, from the back of the original canvas. (If you click on the link it will take you through to a video of the project- my glue-flicking cameo is at 1:59.) It’s one of the less glamorous tasks in conservation but I was hooked.

Now that I knew which discipline of conservation I wanted to pursue I was ready to spend two more years studying. I was lucky enough to get a place on the Masters programme at Northumbria. The course was intense, with Chemistry and Physics classes every week, lectures about materials, theory, museum environment management, technical examination, more art history and ethics, as well as practical projects- both real and mock-up paintings. The eight of us on the course worked on different projects and shared our experiences and discoveries.

Burt Hall Gang
My MA Conservation of Fine Art, Easel Paintings buddies

In the summer between the two years of teaching I did work placements in a private studio and a museum department (Manchester City Galleries again, where I was able to assist with the retouching phase of the Etty project), where all of the theory started to fall into place and my confidence really grew.

Post-training experience

Unfortunately the economic crash in 2008 coincided with my entry into the world of work, seriously reducing job opportunities in the museum sector. Nevertheless over the next couple of years I was able to gain experience in at Lancashire County Museums Service as a volunteer, Manchester City Galleries as a freelancer, and then a maternity- cover post at National Museums Liverpool. Setting up on my own has allowed me to take up the slack in some of the institutions nearby that either don’t employ any conservators due to budget restraints or whose conservators are overstretched, but also allows me to offer museum standard conservation to private owners of paintings.

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Sokoninaru Unleash Blistering New Music Video for Kyokugen wa Setsuna

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Sokoninaru Unleash Blistering New Music Video for Kyokugen wa Setsuna

Japan's independent heroes Sokoninaru have unleashed the blistering new music video to Kyokugen wa Setsuna, taken off of their fantastic debut album Choetsu, out on CD with two bonus tracks and expanded booklet overseas from JPU Records on 6 November 2020 – and available to download and stream now.

The super fast blast of big guitar energy is the third track to have a music video from the album, and offers a further glimpse at the dynamic and impressive nature that Choetsu has to offer.

Sokoninaru features the powerful, intense and delicate twin vocals of guitarist Juko Suzuki and bass player Misaki Fujiwara. Their dynamic combination of male and female vocals that artfully meander through finely crafted, aggressive and epically melodious post-hardcore grooves have earned the independent pair the attention of music lovers in Japan and across the globe. This following bloomed further with breakout alternative guitar anthem "Tenohira de Odoru". Taken from Sokoninaru's 2018 EP Zero, the song's music video has amassed over 2.7 million views on YouTube and saw the band marked as a hot topic in their home country.

Sokoninaru Choetsu

CD Release date: 6 November 2020

  1. Lament moment
  2. Mirage
  3. complicated system -new system ver.-
  4. avoided absence
  5. tenbin no ue de
  6. kyokugen wa setsuna
  7. towa no sabaku
  8. white for
  9. black to
  10. zenryaku (CD bonus track)
  11. maigo (CD bonus track)

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Horse Racing

The ‘Harley’ Chalk Eaters Guide: 20th April

Where I Provide The Tomato Sauce Odds, And You Bring Whatever People Eat With Tomato Sauce.

Blue Steel as Gazman dominates at Scone
(Still: Sky Racing/TABCorp)

Running Score: 37 winners, 17 wins, 10 seconds, 7 thirds

Crazy Craig’s Lay: 7 runners, 5 that won, and 2 that actually managed to lose

On the second day, the fictional Big Gazza rose again to provide the chalk eaters with favourites to chase over the Easter weekend!

And of course tomorrow is the last day of the Sydney Carnival, with the Champagne Stakes to round off the 2YO Triple Crown, and the All-Aged Stakes.

Note to Channel Seven’s ad department- The key for Godolphin to win the Triple Crown is to actually have a runner in the Champagne… which they don’t.

Meanwhile, there’s the fabled Oakbank Carnival in SA, always popular with the animal activists, the Easter Cup card at Caulfield, also marking 31 years since Bill Collins retired from racecalling, the Ascot Handicap and the Mick Dittman Plate at Doomben (Plus a few others), and the fabled Kerang Cup in Kerang.

While over in the West, aside from our Good Friday card, we’ve got the worst staying race in Australia, the Western Australia Cup at Ascot, and the time honoured Dongara Cup, at the home of the Big Lobster, Dongara.

Anyway, enough of that, time to take the piss and find a few shorties!

Note: I’ve only put 3 runners in this week so I can get back to an even 40 runners.

Blue Morpho (No.2) in Race 1 at Oakbank- BM82 1400m Autumn Series Heat 7, 11:56am ACST (12:26)

Trainer: Will Clarken, Hoop: Jake ‘Tow Rope’ Toeroek

It’s a big jump to go from the Group 2 Sunline Stakes at Death Valley, to the fabled Easter Saturday meeting at Oakbank in the Adelaide Hills, but that’s what awaits Blue Morpho on Saturday.

She ran a sound 5th in said Sunline Stakes, sitting one off the leaders on the rail and finishing 1.25 lengths off the winner Consensus, and was only just beaten on the post by a certain fast charging mare by the name of Kenedna- Who won the Group 1 Queen of the Turf last weekend.

This race is a slight step down from a Group 2, her last run in SA was at the BM82 grade over 1400, and she battled on well in the straight and won, and it’s also worth noting that her only prior visit to Oakbank was her maiden win in March last year!

A name like that reminds me of this timeless lyric from Eiffel 65, 20 years ago:

Amangiri (No.11) in Race 3 at Randwick- Group 3 2000m Frank Packer Plate, 1:10pm AEST

Trainer: John Hawkes & Sons, Hoop: Tommy Berry

The last filly to win the Packer Plate was Arabian Gold back in 2014, who was also the favourite that year.

I backed Amangiri at Hawkesbury back in March, and Tommy Berry took her straight to the front and demolished the stragglers by some 5 lengths, which proved she had some ability.

The filly put in a superb losing run in the Adrian Knox a fortnight back, which at least showed she was able to cut it at Group level, having to work from barrier 15 to lead, and then respond to the whip in the straight to hold off the chasing pack, only to get narrowly beaten by a 50/1 swooper in Aliferous, who subsequently ran 4th in the Oaks.

Draws Barrier 5 today, so she can lead easily with a clean jump, has the turn of foot to beat the likes of the The Chosen One (4th in the Derby) and Carif, as Gaz would say, the favourite is favourite for a reason!

Manolo Blahniq (No.7) in Race 7 at Caulfield- Group 3 1400m Victoria Handicap, 3:55pm AEST

Trainer: Tony Noonan, Hoop: Dwayne Dunn

I’ve seen plenty of people lining up to tip Manolo Blahniq tomorrow, and apparently for good reason, based on his run in the Anniversary Vase a fortnight back, where he got belted around in the straight like Max Gawn against Port Adelaide, while the winner Naantali burst to the lead.

Manolo got eventually got clear and ran 2nd by just under 2 lengths, beating the likes of Kemono, Fastnet Tempest and Sirrconi- All of them are back for the rematch.

And the last time I checked, Naantali is now off to Sydney, which should make this race more winnable.

Famous last words.

Anyway, Manolo’s been rock solid at Stakes grade this prep, winning the Chester Manifold at Flemington, running 2nd in the John Dillon on Australia Day at Caulfield, so he’s more than proven at the 1400m at Caulfield, with a record 3 starts for a win and a pair of 2nds.

I’m so excited that I’m already putting my sheckles in the machine to get on him, and it’s Good Friday and nothing’s open!

He’s Crazy, and you’d better believe it!

Castelvecchio (No.1) in Race 6 at Randwick (SR6)- Group 1 1600m Champagne Stakes- 2:55pm AEST

Trainer: Richard Litt, Jockey: Josh Parr

No, today it’s not Crazy Craig’s LAY OF THE DAY, it’s Crazy Craig’s GET A HORSE TO WIN OF THE DAY, because I’m so craaaaazy, I don’t know which one is which!

This edition of the Champagne has been billed as a battle between Loving Gaby and Castelvecchio, and I’m in the corner of the second favourite, because he’s been screeeeeaaaaaming out for the mile ever since he blasted home to win the Inglis Millennium at Warwick Farm over 2 months ago!

Richard Litt skipped the Golden Slipper to aim for the Sires and Champagne, and in the 1400m Sires he charged home from the rear to run 3rd alongside Loving Gaby, and now he’s finally out to a distance he’s been looking for since February- Get me on with Joshy Parr as we rocket from last to first, CASTELVECCHIO!

I’m Crazy Craig, and that’s why they call me Craaaaaaazy Craig!

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The Magic of Namibia Photography Tour 2020

I’ve been to Namibia 4 times now, and am looking forward to returning once again in 2020. Africa gets under your skin, seeps into your soul, and one trip is never enough! I invite 7 guests to join me and experience this amazing country. The hard work has been done and all you have to do is book your place, your airplane tickets and two weeks off work:)

Just imagine wrapping your hands around a mug of piping hot coffee at dawn whilst sitting on blankets placed upon the desert’s soft sand. The colours of the landscape change by the minute as the sun rises over the mountains and glides effortlessly across the land. There is absolute silence all around, with one exception……………click.  The sound of memories being captured by your fellow travellers.

This was just one of the many magical ‘never to be forgotten’ experiences I had when first visiting Namibia to photograph some of the most breathtaking and unique locations in the world.

  “If you want to be a better photographer, stand in front of more interesting stuff” ~ Jim Richardson.

I’ve been asked whether this will be a photography workshop or a tour. The answer to that is – ‘whichever you want it to be’. If you are an experienced photographer and are simply looking for an organised photography tour without unwanted suggestions from me on how to take a photo that’s absolutely fine.You may just want to ‘come along for the ride’ with a ‘phone camera if that’s the way you enjoy your photography. On the other hand, if you don’t understand how to use those settings on your camera, or are lacking in confidence, I’ll be with you every step of the way to teach and continually guide you. Because I’ve photographed all the locations on our tour before, I can devote time to helping you obtain the best you possibly can.  “Learning expands great souls” ~ Namibian proverb.

Our accommodation will be: Mostly fabulous!

Day 1:  The Namibian adventure begins. “Be fearless in the pursuit of what sets your soul on fire”

We will arrive at varying times today depending on flights. We’ll all stay at a convenient hotel in Windhoek and will spend the first evening getting to know each other over a meal and a drink or two.

Day 2: Setting off to see trees that are only found in Africa.

We check out straight after breakfast and go to collect our vehicles. We will then journey south, which will be your first eye-opener to just how different Namibia is. The roads are long, straight, and with very little traffic.

Our first destination will be the Quiver Tree Forest.

With their unusual bark and unique shape, these trees make great photographic subjects. We’ll arrive in time to capture them in the best light – the golden hour. We will be staying right next to the forest, and after dinner at the lodge can either turn in for an early night or venture into the forest again to photograph the trees against the stunning Namibian night sky. The next morning, those who want to can get up early to return to the forest to photograph them again in yet a different light. As dawn breaks and the sun rises, the light changes rapidly and the trees glow with yet more colours.

Day 3:  Explore a Ghost Town.

Immediately after breakfast we leave for our next destination, an incredible ghost town. This small former diamond mining town hasn’t been inhabited for many years, and the desert sands are slowly but surely reclaiming it. The sand swirls into the buildings through broken and missing windows and doors, and I will obtain special permits for us to stay on and photograph there after it is closed to the public at lunchtime. I have experienced the haunting beauty of this ghost town with just four other people, and defy any photographer not to get excited about the prospect of visiting here.

On our way to our overnight accommodation we may be lucky enough to see the wild horses that roam freely. They are remarkably unafraid of humans and inquisitive enough to come up close.

Days 4 – 5: The Drama of the Desert.

On day 4 we have a leisurely start as we don’t have much driving today. We will be staying for two nights at an exclusive desert retreat that has just 8 luxury en-suite guest tents and is situated on 33,000 hectares of unspoilt nature. When night falls, the Milky Way and billions of stars draw the eyes and camera lenses skywards. Contrasting landscapes are never-ending, with rippled sand dunes glowing in the magical light of sunrise and sunset.

On day 5 we will get up early to watch the sun rise over the desert, and either today or tomorrow morning we’ll visit the Cheetahs. This is a wonderful opportunity to photograph these beautiful animals in their natural habitat of the unique Namib Desert.

The day will be topped off with a sundowners drive where I previously experienced the most vivid orange sky that I’ve ever seen.

Days 6 & 7: Towering sand dunes and dead trees.

After a couple of relaxed days it’s time to move on again and head for our next beautiful lodge which is inside the Namib Naukluft Park. Staying here means that we benefit from being able to reach Sossusvlei before sunrise and stay until after sunset, thus avoiding all the crowds. Sossusvlei and Deadvlei are one of a kind landscapes, and we will have plenty of time to photograph them in all their glory.

We will turn in for an early night as we will be up before dawn the next morning.

Day 7: Like nowhere else on earth.

This morning’s photography will leave you buzzing. We will leave around 5.00 a.m. and get to Deadvlei an hour before virtually anyone else.

With luck we will have this magical place almost to ourselves and I can guarantee that hundreds of shots will be taken! What draws us here are 50 or so ghostly trees rising from a cracked white clay surface in an area that is completely surrounded by high sand dunes.

Once the crowds start arriving we will probably leave and slowly make our way back to the lodge, stopping as we wish at various sand dunes for further photography.  During the day we can visit nearby Sesriem Canyon.  As we will be staying in this location for two nights we have the option to return to the dunes and/or Deadvlei later that afternoon so that we can catch the amazing colours again as the sun sets.

Day 8

Our drive today will take several hours, and it will be nicely broken up with a stop in the middle of nowhere that has a well deserved reputation for the ‘best apple pie’ in Namibia! This place certainly has character. Deteriorating vintage American cars are strategically placed around the area as if they are part of a desert film set. The best reason for stopping though is to buy huge portions of delicious apple pie. If you join me I’ll tell you the story behind it!

Our destination for the night is right on the coast and fingers crossed we’ll see another magnificent sunset, but this time the sun will be dropping right into the ocean.

Day 9: Sea and Sand.

The day starts with a marine cruise where we go in search of the marine Big 5: whales, dolphins, mola, leatherback turtle and seals. Later on we will transfer to 4X4s with experienced drivers for an afternoon trip out to the dunes to enjoy the breathtaking views of the desert on one side and the ocean on the other. There will be plenty of opportunities to stop for photography and we will pass the areas where the flamingos gather. Lunch and drinks are served on this trip which include fresh oysters with sparkling wine, savoury snacks and desserts.

Day 10: Boulders and Stars.

Today’s journey will only take a couple of hours, so we have a relaxed morning. After an early lunch we will continue our journey to our next lodge.  The lodge, bedrooms, customer service and attention to detail wowed me the first time I was here, and whilst not on the normal tourist route it is a stop well worth it.  Not only does it break up what otherwise would be a very long journey to our next destination, it’s here that we get to photograph an amazing huge rock arch, see ancient bushman paintings, and with some of the lowest light pollution in the world, we should see thousands of stars. If conditions are right we will spend some time photographing them whilst listening to the unforgettable sounds of the African night.

Days 11-12: Wildlife.

On day 11, we continue northwards for the ‘safari’ part of our tour. Etosha National park ranks as one of the world’s greatest wildlife viewing destinations. We will have two early morning guided drives in open sided vehicles, and are also able to drive our own cars in the park during the day if we wish.  For those of us who have had enough of being in a car we can just sit in the shade at a waterhole and wait for the animals to come to us.

Day 13:

After our early morning guided drive we have a leisurely morning and after lunch we drive south for an hour or so to another wildlife lodge en-route for our journey back to Windhoek the next day.

Day 14: Our final destination.

Time to journey back to Windhoek. We will drop off our cars and transfer to our final hotel to enjoy a farewell dinner together.

Day 14: Return to reality.

Time to say goodbye. Transfers to the airport can be arranged at times to suit. Will you join me on this Namibia photography tour? For essential information and to make your booking, click here.

P.S. I warned you at the beginning of this post that Africa gets under your skin.  Here is a poem that reaches out to me, grabs me, and makes me want to journey back there – now!

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Opportunities for Software Engineering freshers job openings at MobIOT, Bangalore. Check below for High-level job description and get referred.

  • Primary Skill: HTML, Java, Angular JS, CSS, JavaScript, Node JS
  • Other/All Skill: Commitment, Passionate, Communication skills
  • Cut-off: No cut-off
  • Education Requirement: B.Tech/B.E
  • Pass-out year: 2016 onwards.
  • Type of Company: Software Services
  • Job code: Freshers job Openings at MobIOT
  • Bond: 2 years bond
  • Package: 12,000 INR -14,000 INR per month
  • Work Experience: 0-1 years
  • Location: RT Nagar, Bangalore
  • Company Name: MobIOT

About the Company:

At MobIOT we are able to deliver this value across multiple environments—mobile, private, public and cloud. Our goal is to be recognized by our customers as their critical partner in the new application economy. To all employees and prospective employees, Along with the salary, we will ensure you get the best opportunities to grow into a world-class developer and excellent growth opportunities

Website: www.mobiot.in

Skills required for Freshers job openings at MobIOT, Bangalore:

  1. Excellent programming skills in any language
  2. Knowledge on HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Angular JS
  3. Knowledge on JEE or Node js

Preferred skills for Freshers job openings at MobIOT, Bangalore:

  • Up-to-date with the latest UI trends, techniques, and technologies
  • Good communication skills and ability to work with cross-functional teams.
  • Understanding of responsive and mobile design.
  • Design efficiently when deadlines are tight.
  • Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
  • An ideal candidate must have a passion for product development and be able to come up with out of the box ideas for design.
  • Basic knowledge on Android app development
  • Basic knowledge on iOS app development, Ionic or cordova mobile app development and Mobile app development in general

How to Apply for Freshers job openings at MobIOT, Bangalore:

  • Please send your resume to [email protected] along with a few sentences about yourself
  • Other openings can be checked in Job Vacancies
  • Note: Only shortlisted candidates will get a call for an interview.

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Generic freshers Interview Process (This is tentative based on previous years):

  1. Aptitude Written Round
  2. Technical
  3. HR Round (Sometimes this is combined wthe ith Technical interview as well)

Written Round of freshers Interview Process:

As informed earlier, aptitude is one of easiest aptitude in IT industry. With MNC like these, the major judging or shortlisting criteria takes place after written round itself and if you crack the aptitude round or written round, there are fewer chances of getting eliminated.

Question paper format for Written Round (This is tentative based on previous years):

Aptitude test has a time limit of 60-90 minutes. There will be 3 sections as mentioned below. There are many other materials such as indiabix, RS Agarwal that you can refer. Attached is a link to our practise Aptitude sessions.

• Quantitative Ability (Practise Questions)
• Reasoning Ability (Practise Questions)
• Verbal Ability (Practise Questions)

Technical / HR interview Round for freshers Interview Process:

 Usually, as fresher, you only need to be good at basics of Engineering. Hence, make sure your basics are strong and you communicate clearly and confidently. If you are certified/expertised in any programming language, then prepare on that language too.

Do read: Tips for freshers technical interview questions for IT

Along with that, most of the interviewers ask the below questions:

  • Introduce yourself
  • Your hobbies
  • Where do you see yourself in 5 years
  • Why do you want to join our company
  • Why should we hire you
  • If your marks are less, they may ask ‘why did you get low marks’ etc.

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Avoiding This Scam in Real Estate

June is National Homeownership Month and there will be thousands of closings around the country. Excited buyers and sellers will be meeting around the closing table exchanging stories, keys, photos and well wishes. That is – if they ever get to the closing table. I am a Realtor in the Metro Atlanta area and we use closing attorneys not title companies to settle our transactions. As I write this article, our processes may vary from yours in other parts of the country but please take the message to heart. There is a scam out there that is effecting all parties involved in the real estate transaction and in many cases, is preventing the closing from ever happening.

The essence of the scam is as follows – the hacker gains access to someone’s email that is participating in the real estate transaction. On a personal note, I have had invitations to accept “offers”, documents, closing statements, etc. from people that I know and trust. The only reason that I have not done so is because these offers or documents are completely out of the blue and totally unsolicited. When I look closely at the email address, it is usually off by a letter or two. In every case, my friend or associate has been hacked. Once the hacker gains access to the email account, he/she simply waits. At the 11th house, the hacker sends out wiring instructions to the buyer making it look like it is coming from a trusted adviser – the Realtor, loan officer or attorney. Because the buyer is involved in a transaction with these people, they open the email and follow the wiring instructions. Of course, the account receiving the wire is bogus and the money never makes it to the attorney for closing.

The way that our office is handling the problem is by making all buyers and sellers aware of the scam in writing and letting them know that wiring instructions will only come from the closing attorney. These instructions will never come in a last minute email and all instructions, particularly account numbers, should be verified directly with the attorney’s office prior to wiring any funds.

Because I am connected with so many great professionals on social media, I would love to hear the various ways that you personally and your office collectively are addressing this scam. Anything that we can do as an industry to end this type of wrong is well worth the effort. Buyers save for years to purchase a home and should never fall victim to this type of predatory scam. I would love your feedback.

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German Style Pilsner by Stoup Brewing in Washington, United States
Stoup Brewing

German Style Pilsner

5.1% ABV • IBU 40 • SRM 4

About German Style Pilsner by Stoup Brewing

Imported German 2-row barley and Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops give this German-style pils it’s crisp, clean character. Warning: this beer’s subtle grain sweetness, spicy hop aroma and refreshingly dry, hop-forward finish may elicit a spontaneous Prost!

Made by Stoup Brewing

"Two thirsty science nerds and a curious connoisseur walk in to a brew pub… Okay, so it wasn’t quite like that, but it might as well have been."

Stoup Brewing makes German Style Pilsner German Pilsener

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Valhalla Indoor Axe Throwing in Latrobe!

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Get 1 Hour of Axe Throwing OR Archery for 2 people!
Get (2) $20 vouchers for Only $20!!

We have lanes available for 1-6 throwers available on an hourly schedule.

Perfect for date night, girls night, guys night or just to come in and relieve a little stress!

First time? No worries! One of our Viking axeperts will be here to help teach you the art of axe throwing.

Before your session is over, we guarantee you will be able to sink the blade of the axe into a wooden target like a total savage!

Focus and take aim with a one hour archery session. Let the stress of the rest of the world go away while you focus on hitting that bullseye!

You can bring in your own equipment or choose to use ours for no additional charge.

Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.

Archery is performed outdoors at our Jeannette location and indoors at our Latrobe location. Both locations offer up to a 20 yard range. If you are booked for an outdoor session at our Jeannette location and the weather turns out to be bad on the day of your appointment, you can choose to stay for an hour of axe throwing or take a rain check and reschedule for another day.

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"This is such a great place!  We went for an after work party and it was so much fun. They are very helpful and gave us a lesson on how to throw and how to be safe. We were able to bring food and drinks and pick our own music. We could not have asked for a better experience!"

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Winter is coming ... for Captain America, anyway. As we enter the year filled with such anticipated titles as 'Guardians of the Galaxy,' 'Godzilla' and 'Dawn of the Planet of the Apes,' Empire Magazine has debuted its latest cover featuring new images from the next installment in Marvel's buzzing superhero universe -- 'Captain America 2.'

Officially titled 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier,' 'Captain America 2' brings back Chris Evans' red-white-and-blue-shielded warrior with an unnaturally straight moral arrow, Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow, Samuel L. Jackson's Agent Nick Fury and (play the sinister music, please) Sebastian Stan as a genetically enhanced and brainwashed Bucky Barnes, aka The Winter Soldier.

While the film draws its material from the classic comic book arc of the same name, 'Captain America 2' is also said to tie in to the upcoming 'Avengers 2' more so than any other standalone superhero film. From the official Marvel synopsis:

After the cataclysmic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel’s “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” finds Steve Rogers, aka Captain America, living quietly in Washington, D.C. and trying to adjust to the modern world. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague comes under attack, Steve becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk. Joining forces with the Black Widow, Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

'Captain America 2' also features Robert Redford as a high-ranking S.H.I.E.L.D. official and Frank Grillo as Crossbones, and hits theaters this coming April 4. Until then, check out the latest issue of Empire Magazine, which is kicks off its 25th birthday year!

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This fall, Five Finger Death Punch will issue the 17-track greatest hits album, A Decade of Destruction, Volume 2, which is the followup to the first installment of the compilation that came out in 2017. The new set will feature five previously unheard songs, one of which is a brand new track, "Broken World."

The digital and CD formats of the latest best-of comp will be available Oct. 9, and if you're holding out for a vinyl copy, those are set to arrive Nov. 20. A dozen of the tracks on A Decade of Destruction, Volume 2 are taken from Five Finger Death Punch's first seven records, all of which were released under the Prospect Park label. The last greatest hits set was also certified Platinum according to a press release, an achievement the Las Vegas group certainly hopes to replicate.

Also included are three remixes (by Linkin Park's Joe Hahn, Steve Aoki and Felmax) as well as an acoustic version of "The Wrong Side of Heaven."

View the album art and track listing below and pre-order your copy of the album here.

Five Finger Death Punch were originally set to performed their rescheduled North American tour this fall alongside Papa Roach, I Prevail and Ice Nine Kills. However, the coronavirus pandemic has not subsided to the point where standard touring is possible and that rescheduled run was recently canceled.

Fans still have something to look forward to though as the group appears to have a movie in the works. They also released their eighth record, F8, earlier this year.

Five Finger Death Punch, A Decade of Destruction, Volume 2 Album Art + Track Listing

Prospect Park

01. "Blue on Black"
02. "The Tragic Truth"
03. "Broken World" [new song – previously unreleased]
04. "I Refuse"
05. "The Pride"
06. "Hard to See"
07. "When the Seasons Change"
08. "Cradle to the Grave"
09. "Sham Pain"
10. "M.I.N.E. (End This Way)"
11. "Hell to Pay"
12. "Never Enough"
13. "Walk Away"
14. "The Wrong Side of Heaven" (acoustic version / new song / previously unreleased)
15. "Trouble" (Felmax remix / bonus track / previously unreleased)
16. "Wash It All Away" (Joe Hahn remix / bonus track / previously unreleased)
17. "Bad Company" (Five Finger Dim Mak Steve Aoki remix / bonus track / previously unreleased)

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COVID Journals: Fear of Death

POSTED ON October 07, 2020 | POSTED IN: My Blog | Post A Comment

Hello, good people. It’s been a while.

I took a few months off to focus on wellness. Events were happening faster than I could process them. My brain became overloaded. I felt constricted from the stress. Emotions were heavy. Ultimately, my heart, mind, body and soul fell out of alignment. So I took some time to rest and recalibrate. Self-care is paramount for all of us right now.

I might also add that I’ve been more hesitant to post if I don’t have something new or helpful to add to the collective dialogue. What could I possibly say about our current situation…what analysis or insight could I offer…that hasn’t already been put out there? It seems prudent not to add to the cacophony of social media unless I feel I’m bringing some measure of value. That sensibility hasn’t changed; I don’t know if there will be anything of benefit in this mostly extemporaneous post. But the connection feels important all the same.

In a post I wrote shortly after Trump was elected, I suggested that in order to survive mentally and emotionally, we would need to square with our own mortality and any fear of death that we have. My thinking was (and is) that if we can get comfortable with the ultimate unknown of our existence, this would steel us for the sure affronts of a Trump presidency. I felt then, as I believe many of us did, that he could potentially kill us. And this was in no way hyperbole. Of course, in 2016, we didn’t know of COVID’s impending breakout. We also didn’t know the extent of dysfunction a Trump presidency would bring. We imagined. Oh yes, we did. But it’s gone far beyond our worst visualizations, beyond comprehension really.

Personally, I’ve been shocked that the system of checks and balances, which was created to protect us from presidential misdeeds and authoritarianism, has eroded so horrifically these past four years. I never imagined there would ever be such a troubling coterie of sycophantic enablers willing to destabilize the country, especially in service to such vile and unprincipled leadership, if you can even call it “leadership.” My naivety, however, is the result of my white privilege. Black and brown people have never enjoyed these protections and have lived under stress, uncertainty and terror for hundreds of years. To quote a meme I saw just today: “Maybe a bunch of white slave owners from the 1700’s did not come up with the best government ever.” Shame on me for harboring the illusion for so long.

All of these things said, this administration’s lack of response to COVID-19 is still shocking. Historically, public crises, such as 9-11, have brought people together, at least for a period. These world-changing events usually force us to stop in our tracks and acknowledge, even briefly, our shared humanity and to tap into a compassion that I want to think is innate in each of us. However, COVID-19, under Trump’s watch, has been more divisive than ever. Scientific facts and protocols, put forth to protect us all and mitigate the disease, have been questioned, ridiculed and politicized; this started with the president himself and reverberated across the country. And under Trump’s increasingly fascist direction, scientific and medical experts have been stifled and institutions that were once renowned and reputable are rapidly losing credibility. Transparency has been replaced by questionable narratives crafted to put the administration in a favorable light, regardless of the damage.

And as of this writing, over 200,000 people in the United States have died from COVID-19

Meanwhile, against this grim backdrop, this administration continues its ongoing assault on the American people: citizens exercising First Amendment rights denied due process and subjected to state-sanctioned violence; racism and white nationalism are conflated as patriotism; rampant voter suppression and continued obfuscation around Russian interference in the electoral process; weighing the judiciary with lifelong appointments of far-right judges; a relentless attack on transgender people and their rights; denial of climate change and lifting restrictions that protect the environment; public disregard for and flaunting of constitutional law and societal norms; criminal behavior with arrogant impunity and the complete corruption of the Attorney General, who bends (or breaks) whatever laws necessary to keep the criminal-in-chief safe. Perhaps most egregious is the aforementioned intentional and reckless endangerment of the American people around COVID-19.

And this brings us back to the fear of death.

It seems to me that the fear of death is the root fear from which all other fears emanate. The sooner we can square with that, the better equipped we are to mentally survive the dystopian chaos we find ourselves in. If we make some kind of peace with our own mortality, we can deal with anything else that comes at us. It’s just my theory anyway. I certainly have no clue as to how we do it. My attitude towards death changes day to day. Some days, the thought of it terrifies me and the sadness of being separated from the people I love is almost too much to bear. But other days, it feels like maybe death would bring some relief, especially now. And there’s always that comforting idea of blissfully reuniting with those who have gone before. Either way, death is the only true certainty in life. We have to reconcile that inescapable truth at some point.

Maybe an easier thing would be to cultivate a more graceful equilibrium for the here and now. Meditation has been enormously helpful for me in this regard. In fact, it’s been like a lifeline these past several months. Even under “normal” circumstances, I’m prone to overthinking. With a hair-trigger amygdala, it doesn’t take much for my brain to start churning away and speculating on worse case scenarios. Meditation helps me forge new neural pathways, curb negative thought patterns and restore a sense of balance. Mindfulness practice, in particular, slows everything down, allows me to let go and to be with things as they are, no matter how difficult. It provides spacious refuge from the madness. To be clear, it takes daily effort. There’s a reason they call it “practice.” But I know without question that meditation is my most effective tool for staying sane.

While I’m here, I want to say a word about voting. More specifically, I hope you’re all planning to do it. I feel like our only hope to kill this beast is in a colossal suffocating landslide. It can be our Wizard of Oz moment, like when Dorothy throws water on the Wicked Witch of the West. I’ve talked to some young adults who are choosing not to vote. They see both candidates as products of a violent capitalist system and voting as an exercise in legitimizing that system. I understand the sentiment. And I might add that my vote for Biden is more to stop the hemorrhaging than it is enthusiasm for the candidate. Still, I’d rather take my chances with a flawed president and a broken system than a full-on authoritarian dictatorship with a malignant narcissist at the helm. I also want us all the vote because the GOP is so hell bent on making it impossible for us to do so. Voting for me is a big middle finger to the GOP and their relentless campaign of voter suppression. Keep in mind, they wouldn’t be doing this if they weren’t afraid of losing, not only the presidency but their majority in Congress as well.

On a quick side note: I want to honor the passing of Eddie Van Halen, who died of cancer yesterday.  It was so sad to hear this news. It also brought up fond memories of being a teenager in Ponca City, Oklahoma. I remember driving around Lake Ponca with Rick Williams, smoking weed and listening to Van Halen at full volume. Rick never made it to adulthood. Hopefully, though, he and Eddie are rocking out together now.

The United States is an imperfect union. And there are countless abuses, atrocities and inequities that absolutely must be rectified. Our history isn’t pretty. But I believe what we’re experiencing now is truly unprecedented and quite bewildering. For me, every day is an exercise in staying grounded and sane. As a friend said the other day, “The world has, is, and always will be a crazy place. It’s our job to make sure it doesn’t make us crazy too…and try to do a little good while we are at it.” Bingo.

2020 has proven to be one relentless asshole. And it doesn’t look like it’s letting up anytime soon. Take good care and stay safe out there.

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It’s really recommended to send your newsletters via a dedicate email service provider. One of the big players in this field is Amazon’s Simple Email Service (SES).

Download the free extension from

If you have successfully installed the plugin you can find a new tab on the delivery settings page

Set Up your Amazon SES account

Before you can use Mailster with AmazonSES you have to create a new account on the Amazon Web Service site. After some registration process you have access to the AWS Console.

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Next step is to move to the SES dashboard to manage all you email related settings.

Here you can verify your email addresses and whole domains. If you can change the name records of your server it’s recommended to verify your domain so you can send with all associated email addresses.

If you verify a single email address you can only send from this particular email address.

You have to verify your from address, reply-to as well your used bounce address!

Verify a new Domain

If you like to verify your domain you have to insert the domain and check the “Generate DKIM Settings”:

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On the next screen you see the changes you have to apply to you name sever:

verify domain namespace settings

Please note updating your namespace may take up to 48h to take affect around the globe!

Get your Amazon SES Access keys

You need a pair of access keys to use this service. You can create them on the Security Credentials page.

Create SES access keys

Use these two keys in the Mailster Amazon SES plugin.

Moving Out of the Amazon SES Sandbox (request production access)

Amazon SES has a very strict fraud and abuse prevention system. In order to send to unverified email addresses (which are all your subscribers) you have fill out this form and wait for approval.

Read more about the sandbox here.

Create your SMTP Credentials (optional)

Next step is optional and only needed if you like to send via SMTP API. Better and mostly faster is using the WEB API.

Go to create your SMTP credentials which you can do on the “SMTP Settings” tab:

Create SMTP credentials

You will now get the SMTP credentials you can use in the plugin.

Amazon SES SMTP credentials

Amazon SES has most likely the most complex registration required but at the end the provide a solid solution for sending mails.

Handling Bounces with AmazonSES

You can let Mailster handle bounces if you setup automatic bounce handling but a more reliable way is to handle them with AmazonSNS. Read more on our guide here.

Update Dezember 2017

For some time now Amazon SES allows to create users in your account which can gain certain access level. Go to the Users Dashboard and click on the button to add a new user.

 Enter a User name and give “Programmatic access”. In the next step you have to define the Permissions.

Permissions are wrapped in Groups so if you don’t have a group yet you have to create one with at least the “AmazonSESFullAccount” policy.

Finish the user creation process and you new user should show up in you users list.

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K-12 Digital Content Repository

You can use the repository below to find, share, and rate both free and paid digital content options that can be used in your K-12 classroom. Because this repository is crowd-sourced, each resource listed has been submitted by a fellow educator who believes in the value of this resource to meet the unique learning needs of K-12 students.

Keeping pedagogy at the center of your classroom

As you navigate the many content resources listed in this repository, we encourage you to consider using the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) instructional framework to integrate these varied resources into your classroom. To help you get started, we’ve created a 2-page PDF that overviews the UDL framework and offers practical strategies for incorporating digital content into your curriculum in a way that is purposeful and effective for ALL learners.

We bring learning to countless students, teachers, and readers—transforming lives, supporting communities, and making our society more open, just, and inclusive for all, one story at a time.

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So, you’ve been asked to teach sex education. Okay, maybe you were told, not asked. Either way, you will be teaching a topic that you didn’t study in college…awkward! No worries! The Puberty Lady has your back. This online training course will help you feel more comfortable and confident about teaching sex education whether you’re a teacher, school nurse, or community educator.

The course will prepare you with the skills and information needed to teach puberty education, and it will provide an opportunity to share your experiences and questions with colleagues in course forums. While the course is designed to prepare educators for teaching Puberty: The Wonder Years in grades 4, 5, and/or 6, it is also useful for teaching any sex education lessons in those grades.

Participants will be able to work at their own pace. The course is available 24/7 so participants may complete it in a day or stretch it out to fit their schedule. Upon completion, participants will receive a certificate of completion they can use to apply for CEUs.

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With Loom, you can record your camera, microphone, and desktop simultaneously. Your video is then instantly available to share through Loom’s patented technology.

As of March 12, 2020, Loom Pro is free to all verified teachers and students at K-12 schools, universities or educational institutions who are using Loom for classroom work.

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Free access to Michigan Virtual course content during school closures
For Students in Grades 6-12

Are you looking for ways to keep your student(s) learning during the extended school closures due to the COVID-19 outbreak? For the duration of these closures, Michigan Virtual will be offering the content of over 70 of our high-quality online courses FREE to educators and parents as a resource to supplement student learning.

This course content includes all digital lessons; however, it does not include assessments and is non-credit bearing. It is intended to provide educators and parents with enrichment materials they can use to keep students engaged and learning during school closures.

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The Coral Triangle: Saving the Amazing Undersea World of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Timor Leste

Nearly one year after we started working intensively on the book it is finally published and available for sale.  My co-author, Eric Madeja, and I traveled to Indonesia, Timor Leste, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea and the Philippines as we collected stories and images for the book.  We met some really wonderful people along the way and had incalculable support and assistance from friends and loved ones.

Front cover of The Coral Triangle book

Front cover of The Coral Triangle book

Writing this book was an adventure.  It turns out that I enjoy writing but it is a painful process!  Who would have guessed that it would be that hard.

You can download and read some excerpts from the book below and find more about the book and the Coral Triangle at http://www.coraltriangle.org

The Coral Triangle Contents The Coral Triangle Preface The Coral Triangle Foreword The Coral Triangle Credits The Coral Triangle Sample

Action Asia articles

As part of the project to write a book about the Coral Triangle, Eric Madeja and I are publishing a series of articles in Action Asia magazine.  The first two have appeared:

November 2013: Pearls in Shells about sea turtles in Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia (038-39 Env)

January 2014: Growing pains: Entering its second decade, the young nation of Timor-Leste is trying to forge an identity that melds sustainability with the need to develop its economy (032-33 Environment Jan14)

March 2014: Fresh fish, same old problems: Like so many places in the Coral Triangle, Palawan is struggling to find ways to make the valuable live reef food fish trade more sustainable (036-38 Environment Mar14)

May 2014: In palm oil’s uncertain grip: The growth of the industry in Papua New Guinea helped lead to the discovery of Kimbe Bay’s rich reefs, but it is also one of the threats to those same reefs (034-36 Environment May14)

July 2014: Divided islands, shared fate? Uncertainty about climate and about communities’ ability to manage their impacts clouds the future of the beautiful Solomon Islands (coming soon)


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The Garden Exhibition

7 November 2018 - 7 Januari 2019
in The American Club Singapore

“The Garden” an exhibition presented by CushCush Gallery at The American Club Singapore, November 7th 2018 to January 7th 2019.

Budi Agung Kuswara presents two of his artworks. Full Moon Blues, an artwork that represents the reflection of the moonlight. The smell of incense makes a night with a full moon in Bali mystical. With Bali as a backdrop for humans to fulfill their worldly purpose, our hopes and desires reflect the reality of what we perceive as an act of an ideal human being.


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My Oaktable World 2012 Video Session Is Now Online

Oaktable World 2012 was an event held during last year’s Oracle OpenWorld 2012 at a venue within walking distance of the Moscone Center. More information about Oaktable World can be found here.

The venue lent itself to good deep-technical discussions and free-thinking. However, as people who attended OpenWorld 2012 know, San Francisco was enduring near all-time record high temperatures. It must have been 98F inside the venue. The heat was only so much fun. I had to throw in a pretty nasty head cold. All of that aside, I took the podium one afternoon and was pleased to have a full house to present to.

The slides I brought touched on such topics as performance per core across generations of x64 hardware and methodologies for studying such things. I also spoke of Intel’s Turbo Boost 2.0 and how folks should add clock frequency monitoring tools to their standard bad of tricks.

The final master of the video is the fruit of Marcin Przepiorowski’s labor. For some reason there was a lot of audio/video troubles in the master. Marcin really outdid himself to stitch all this back together. Thanks, Marcin.

So, a lot was lost from the session—to include the Q/A. However, I’d like to offer a link to the video and open this post up for questions on the material.

The video can be found here.

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Robbie Lawler & Carlos Condit Deliver a Classic at UFC 195

Boxing News, Fitness News, Kickboxing News, Mixed Martial Arts News

Carlos Condit, left, and Robbie Lawler, right, salute the crowd together after their bout. (Photo: @danawhite/twitter)

Written by Faiz Khan

UFC 195 went down Saturday night January 2nd in Las Vegas, marking the first fights of 2016. If you haven’t watched, then stop reading and go watch it now. For those who have, here are my thoughts on an incredible Main Event.


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Archive for June, 2007

Annika the Dancer

Annika had her open house for her dance class she has been attending this year.

Annika is on the far right. The choreographer/ dance instructor is Nakul Dev Mahajan.

Here is his website: www.ndmdance.com

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Last weekend we went on a 2 night campout in the high desert in a town called Valyermo. The weather was warm, day and night. The campsite http://bigrockcreekcamp.com/ was a former movie star hangout during the Prohibition period and is now used as a family campsite complete with olympic size swimming pool, tennis court and other recreational activities. The 15 or so scouts and families participated in a rope walk, high altitude zip line, tomohawk throw, fishing, BB guns and hiking. Their favorite was the scary stories and smores around the campfire.

Here is Nikhil going down the Zip Line. It is 480 feet to the bottom:

Here is Vikram climbing to the top of the launch pad:

Here is Annika navigating the Low Ropes course:

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Geneva Trip

I just got back from a business trip to Geneva. We had the most amazing food every night including dinner at Patara, La Perle du Lac and a winery. Patara is an expensive Thai restaurant next to the Angleterre hotel. The Pearl is a wonderful Swiss restaurant overlooking the lake at the end of downtown geneva.

I also had the opportunity to spend a couple of hours at the Patek Philippe watch museum. If you have the opportunity to visit, it is well worth the 8 Franc entrance fee. It is 4 stories of watch making history. Included is the world’s most expensive watch – sold by Sotheby’s for $11 million and has 24 complications; everything from moonphase to stop watch to some pretty esoteric stuff. 05-24-07_0804.jpg
I also saw my very first Ferrari Enzo driving down the street. It was a black Enzo zipping down the main Quai du Mont Blanc.

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Puppy Party

Last weekend we went to a puppy birthday party for one of Annika’s friends. There were 8 puppies and about 20 little girls. Annika had a great time and wanted to bring one of the puppies home.

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Couple Makes Millions Off Medicaid Managed Care As Oversight Lags

CHULA VISTA, Calif. — Norma Diaz and her husband, Joseph Garcia, have dedicated their careers to running a nonprofit health insurer that covers some of California’s neediest residents.

For three decades, they have worked for a Medicaid managed-care plan, Community Health Group, serving nearly 300,000 poor and disabled patients in San Diego County under a state contract funded entirely by taxpayers. They’ve earned above-average ratings for patient care.

And in the process, they’ve made millions of dollars.

Together, Diaz and Garcia made $1.1 million in 2016 and received more than $5 million since 2012, according to the health plan’s tax returns and company data. Diaz’s compensation as CEO exceeded the pay of several peers at bigger plans in 2016.

Garcia, married to Diaz since 1997, is an outside consultant who serves as chief operating officer. Their health plan, with $1.2 billion in annual revenue, had a profit margin of 19 percent in 2016, the highest of any Medicaid insurer in California and more than six times the industry average.

“This is not only a conflict of interest but egregious overpayments,” Frank Glassner, chief executive of Veritas Executive Compensation Consultants in San Francisco, said after hearing of the payments from a reporter and reviewing the tax returns. “It’s the family-and-friends plan.”

The arrangement at this midsize California health plan raises broader questions about government oversight as states award billions of dollars in public money to private plans to cover patients on Medicaid, the federal-state insurance program for the poor.

Evidence is mounting that Medicaid’s rapid expansion under the Affordable Care Act has far outstripped the government’s ability to monitor the taxpayer money it turns over to insurers. In California, for instance, some health plans have reaped outsize profits, so large the state is now trying to claw back billions in overpayments, a recent Kaiser Health News investigation found.

Medicaid enrollment has soared to 74 million Americans, from 58 million before the ACA rollout. About 75 percent of them are assigned to plans like Community Health

Group, which receive a flat monthly fee per person to handle their medical care.

Increasingly, states have embraced managed care in hopes of controlling Medicaid costs. Insurers could see further growth as the Trump administration and Congress seek to cut federal spending on Medicaid and shift more of the fiscal burden onto states.

These managed-care contracts can be highly lucrative for the companies involved and their executives, like Diaz and Garcia. Any money left over after spending on medical care and administration is profit or “surplus,” depending on whether the plan is nonprofit.

Federal auditors have warned for years about lax oversight of Medicaid money, a task that primarily falls to states. A 2017 report found that even as managed care has grown in importance, states have fallen behind in collecting essential data from plans.

In the past year alone, government auditors and consultants criticized Illinois, Kansas and Mississippi for poor supervision of Medicaid insurers. Illinois auditors said the state didn’t properly monitor $7.1 billion paid to Medicaid plans in fiscal year 2016, leaving the program unable to determine what percentage of money went to medical care as opposed to administrative costs or profit.

An examination of Community Health Group in California points to systemic flaws in oversight.

For instance, California officials said they do not examine the companies’ public tax filings. As a social welfare nonprofit, Community Health does not pay taxes, but it is required to file returns with the federal government, known as 990s, which provide basic information about operations and finances.

In a review of Community Health’s recent returns, KHN discovered that the company falsely denied — on the 2015 and 2016 forms — that it was doing business with a family member.

In response, the insurer immediately said that was an error and it was amending the returns to reflect its relationship with Garcia. The company had disclosed the relationship in earlier years.

California’s Medicaid agency, in a statement, said insurers are allowed to set their own conflict-of-interest policies. Asked specifically about Community Health Group, it referred further questions back to the health plan.

Likewise, the state’s chief insurance regulators at the Department of Managed Health Care said in a statement that insurers are not required to submit information on executive compensation and the state does not set standards for that. They do review the pay of outside contractors.

Diaz and Garcia, sitting together at a conference table in the CEO’s office on a recent weekday, said they were proud of their long record of helping disadvantaged people. The couple insists there’s nothing wrong with mixing work and family.

Diaz, 56, said her husband reports not to her but to a fellow executive, the associate CEO, and his consultant’s role was approved by the health plan’s board. “I don’t feel for me it’s a conflict of interest because he was here for many years long before we ever got married, so we got used to a working relationship,” she said.

Garcia, 66, served as the company’s on-staff chief operating officer for about 15 years and then switched in 2011 to the role of consultant (acting as COO), which ultimately raised his pay. He said the couple has never tried to hide their personal relationship from the state or anyone else.

“I understand from the outside someone might say ‘Oh my God. That’s a conflict.’ But it’s not. It’s irrelevant that I’m her husband,” he said. “I don’t see how it’s a misuse of public funds. The expense for a chief operating officer would be made no matter what, and my compensation is fair.”

His total compensation reached $487,386 in 2016, according to the insurer. From 2012 to 2016, the health plan paid him a total $2.3 million.

Under his consulting agreement, Garcia is paid $275 an hour and can make as much as $572,000 annually, according to documents obtained by KHN through a public records request. The health plan had requested the information be kept confidential, but the state released it.

In September, regulators at the managed-care department asked Community Health Group how Garcia’s pay was determined. The company submitted a pay range for chief operating officers that it said was drawn from industry surveys.

Community Health said it picked the maximum figure in the range, $442,863, to reflect Garcia’s “many years of experience in health plan operations.” It then increased his pay range by 30 percent because it said Garcia doesn’t receive benefits. The plan called his current salary — which in 2016 fell below the maximum allowed — “both fair and competitive.”

An agency spokesman said the state’s review of the matter is closed.

In early 2012, the insurer hired a new executive as COO, but he left the following year. Garcia stayed on as a consultant during that time at roughly $400,000 annually, then resumed his COO duties. His current consulting agreement runs through 2021.

“We don’t want to lose Joseph. He has a tremendous amount of knowledge,” said Albert Vitela, a retired San Diego police detective who is the plan’s co-founder and chairman.

As for Diaz, she has received $2.8 million in salary, benefits and other compensation over the five years ending in 2016. Her 2016 pay of $604,502 exceeded that of the CEO of the Inland Empire Health Plan in Southern California, which has four times the enrollment.

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Last year, federal auditors examined compensation for the 133 top paid executives at managed-care organizations in seven states, focused on health plans that get more than half of their revenue from Medicaid.

For 2015, the top executives earned $314,278, on average — more than double what state Medicaid directors earned, according to the report. Auditors didn’t find major differences in pay between for-profit and nonprofit Medicaid plans.

Executive compensation has risen as Community Health Group recorded hefty profits.

State officials had raised the rates paid to Medicaid plans in anticipation of the Affordable Care Act rollout in 2014, but the costs for newly insured patients weren’t as high as predicted. After the KHN investigation into insurer profits published in November, California’s Medicaid director, Jennifer Kent, vowed to recoup billions of dollars in excessive payments from insurers in coming months.

From 2014 to 2016, Community Health Group recorded profits of $344.2 million, according to state data obtained and analyzed by Kaiser Health News. Diaz said her insurer expects to return more than $100 million to the Medicaid program.

Robert Stern, a government ethics expert and former general counsel of California’s Fair Political Practices Commission, welcomed the scrutiny of Medicaid profits. But he said the business practices at Community Health Group suggest there is much more to be done.

“Taxpayer money should be spent as wisely as possible,” Stern said. “It’s not their money. It’s our money.”

Do you have a Medicaid managed care story? Contact Senior Correspondent Chad Terhune at or via Signal at 657-226-0625

This KHN story first published on California Healthline, a service of the California Health Care Foundation.

Some elements may be removed from this article due to republishing restrictions. If you have questions about available photos or other content, please contact


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Linky Parties (& Such) Have MOVED

Recently, we have decided to move the newsletter-type announcements into the KBN Facebook Group itself.

There is a list of every day of the week’s linky parties and Facebook Share Days that you can find here.

These will now be self-maintained.

Thank you.

Focused Blogging Conference Tickets ON SALE NOW

You can now get your ticket to Focused Blogging Conference!

When is it: July 27-29, 2015

Where: Richmond, Virginia

Why would you want to go?

Attend 4 workshop sessions with amazing mentors. The sessions will be 2-hour hands on workshops with the mentors to get all your questions answers with their expertise.

Many high profile KBN members will be speaking:

  • Jamie Reimer
  • Holly Homer
  • Angela Thayer
  • Jamerrill Stewart
  • Becky Mansfield
  • Tabitha Philen
  • Dollie Freeman
  • …and many more!

See the whole list of mentors and their sessions here.

Learn more about the conference and get your ticket here.

The Outdoor Play Party!

What: The Outdoor Play Party!

Link up your outdoor play posts and activities to the Outdoor Play Party…we will share your posts across our sites and social media. Thanks.

When:  Every other Friday, running for 2 weeks – bi-weekly

KBN is official with

I’ve created a blog just for the Kid Blogger Network.

This will be the home for keeping updated with what’s going on in the KBN [subscribe to the newsletter to get daily or weekly emails, or just check in from time to time].

I will also be posting how-to’s, tutorials and blogging tips occasionally [very sparingly because I can’t seem to keep up with it all].

It’s all very informal and will be adjusting as we go.

In the meantime, submit any ‘events’ that you have been planning or are doing! We’d love to share them with everyone in the KBN!

Oh, by the way… WE means, myself and Samantha of Stir the Wonder. She’s the one with the brilliant idea to have a newsletter for these reminders and she’s helping a ton to get this going and maintaining it behind the scenes, so give her a high five! Woohoo!

That’s all. Carry on now.

Tutorial: ‘Pin It’ Button for Every Blogger Post

Want a Pin It button in every single post?

There’s always the Pin It button that people have in their browser’s toolbar. So they can usually pin your posts.

However, with all the controversy of Pinterest and copyrights, having the Pin It button on each of your posts shows your readers that you are absolutely okay with having your posts and photos pinned onto Pinterest. Not only are you okay with it, but you really, really want them to pin it!

There’s the option of adding the Pin It button to each post, individually. Pinterest has the coding for that on their site. Go to their Goodies page and check out the section “Pin It Button for Web Sites”.

But most of us would like that Pin It button on every single one of our posts. And that can take some time. Especially if you’ve been blogging for years before Pinterest even showed up.

How to add the Pin It Button to every single blog post of yours in Blogger.

Pin it Button for Every Post in Blogger

This is for the standard “Pin It Button” (no pin count in this version, click the link that’s shared at the end of this post for other versions of the button that include the pin count).

Important: Please download a copy of your template before making edits by clicking on the Backup/Restore button in the Template tab.

  • Go to Template > Edit HTML > Proceed
  • Check the box “Expand Widget Templates”
  • Find the following code: (Use CTRL+F on a PC)
  • Paste the following code before  if you want the Pin It Button at the top of your posts, or after it if you want it at the bottom of your posts.

Note: You may have multiple instances of  in your template. Place the code before or directly after the first instance.

This is the code for a horizontal button with no pin count:

Pin It


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Arabian Foal

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Schleich figurines encourage children to play and learn at the same time! Arabian horses were bred by Bedouins and lived with the families in the desert - sometimes they even slept in their tents!

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KPD Conducting Death Investigation

The Killeen Police Department responded to a report of a man down at 1601 E. CTE, the Executive Inn, in the back parking lot, on Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 7:48am.

Officers arrived and were told a citizen was driving on Grandon Dr., when they saw the male lying by the dumpster. The citizen stopped and attempted to see if the man needed assistance.

After they were unable to get a response, police were called.

The 54 year old Killeen man was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Bill Cooke at 8:02am and an autopsy was ordered to be performed at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas. Detectives did not find any signs of trauma to the body and are conducting a death investigation at this time.  The cause of death will be determined once the autopsy results have returned.

The man’s name has been withheld pending the notification of his next of kin.

This case continues to be investigated and information will be released as it becomes available.

Carroll Smith

Public Affairs

Killeen Police Department

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KPD Investigates Shooting on Goodhue Avenue

Killeen Police are investigating an afternoon shooting on Goodhue Drive.

Officers responded to the 1200 block of Goodhue Drive after receiving a 911 call telling them a female had been shot on Tuesday, January 26, 2016, at 2:19pm.    Officers arrived and found a female inside a silver Honda Accord, suffering from a gunshot wound.  The victim was transported to the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center in critical condition and later airlifted to the Baylor Scott & White Hospital, where she remains in critical condition.  The officers were told the suspect had fled the area on foot and were given a description of him.  Officers remained in the area searching for the suspect when an officer located a male matching the description of the suspect in the 2000 block of Hinkle Ave.  Once the male saw the officer he began to run, officers gave chase and he was taken into custody at 2:26pm; he was transported to the Killeen City Jail.

The name of the victim will not be released at this time and the name of the male taken into custody will not be released until this case is reviewed by the Bell County District Attorney’s Office and formal charges are returned.

Detectives are continuing to investigate this case and information will be released as it becomes available.

Carroll Smith
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department

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Healing PCOS

I’ve been awaiting this book since it was announced. Now it’s here and I’m going to devour it! I’ve neglected true self-care most of my life. In the months before I got pregnant, I was finally taking better care of myself. But since M. was born, I have once again let it slide. I’ve claimed it in little ways here and there, but it’s time to devote myself to it more fully for a while. I’m doing the prep work now and starting the actual 21-day program May 14. Let me know if you want to join me and we can do daily check-ins. (If there’s a bunch of us, we can even maybe do a GroupMe!) #pcosdiva #pcos #bookstagram #amreading

Kimberly Hirsh @kimberlyhirsh