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Here we are in Brian’s home town, safe and sound. We drove straight, took us about 32 hours to get here, driving nonstop in shifts. It was breeze… no traffic, great weather, beautiful scenery (especially if you were sitting behind me).

We would have left more audio blog posts along the way, only I stupidly dropped my cell phone down this stupid hole in the side of the van while we were driving through Mississippi. That was pretty funny. But it’s now safely retrieved and all is well with the world once again.

Hope to see some of you Boston folks out at Copperfield’s tomorrow night. RRRoCK!

~ Chad

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  1. Another Friday came and went and still no sign of Blaggards at Fado’s.. Ahh.. So much time.. so little Irish music.. Lifes a bitch..
    When are you fellows heading back to Austin?

  2. We miss you Paddy Daddy! Prayers are being said! We are home safe and sound! We send you all our love and kisses! “I daddy’s girl”! xoxo

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Thanks to the educational trail "Water World", visitors to the "Český les" (Bohemian Forest) Protected Landscape Area have the opportunity to discover the unique wildlife that is at home at forest ponds. The trail leads visitors to a quaint corner of the woods, which since time immemorial has been known under the name "Na Kolmu". With a bit of luck, they may get to see the beaver family that lives here, not far from Lesná near Tachov.

The said fish ponds, which were established at the beginning of the 20th century by the last owner of Lesná Manor with the idea of growing trout, but which have long been abandoned, are now refuge for a number of rare amphibian animals which reproduce here in large numbers. The shores of the ponds have been taken over by pioneer woods (aspen and willow), and in 2005 attracted the attention of our largest domestic rodent: the endangered European beaver. With these natural values in mind, the territory was declared a natural monument in 2012.

The circular educational trail, built in 2010 by ČSOP Sylva Lunae thanks to the NET4GAS Closer to Nature programme, is almost 2 km long and familiarises visitors with the life of aquatic animals. It also gives visitors the opportunity to watch these animals in their natural habitat. Those who are patient may even be able to take a peek into the life of the local beaver family from the hidden observation spot.

place:Lesná, District of Tachov, Pilsen Region
Way there:Follow the blue hiking trail markers from Lesná for about 2 km, and then walk along the Lesná educational trail. GPS: N 49°43.68615', E 12°32.71143'
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Home Decorating How to Create A Bold-But-Livable Living Room

How to Create A Bold-But-Livable Living Room

Discover the tricks for using color and pattern with confidence.

Ever look at a beautiful room and wonder how did they do that—and, more importantly, how can I do something similar at home? We break it down, using this eclectic, pink living room as a guide:

Use color to create a sense of place.
When you go with a wall color this bold (Benjamin Moore’s Milano Red), your room will instantly feel like a destination—the kind of place people remember. Warm, rosy pinks are especially inviting colors to use in a big way because they cast a flattering light on whomever is in the room. It’s also a low-cost and low-commitment way to make a statement.

Add interest with a collection of mirrors.
If you’re intimidated to put together a gallery wall (and who isn’t?), try a statement wall of mirrors instead. A wall of mirrors gives the same on-trend look as a display of wall art, but you won’t have to worry about composing and coordinating the art inside the frames. As a bonus, a mirror wall will multiply the daylight in the room.

Balance bold color with natural fibers.
Brightly colored walls are a great way to create visual impact, but they should be tempered with a healthy dose of natural, neutral hues. Here an oversized woven jute rug tones down the color scheme to a livable level. Additional natural elements like wood of the side chairs, the rope tray, and the wooden frames of some of the mirrors further ground the look.

Stick to a quiet couch.
The dynamic decor also gets a visual break from the crisp, white sofa. Placed at the center of the room, a white couch gives a little air to a colorful space. White or neutral upholstery also lets you swap out your pillows for a new look without having to coordinate with the furniture.

Bring the palette together.
A single item that has all the colors of a room does a magic trick of pulling the whole space together. Whether it’s a rug, wallpaper, or textile like the ikat fabric on this ottoman, try to have at least one piece that collects your color palette into a visual snapshot of the room as a whole.

Create symmetry.
The wall of mirrors, bright pink walls, and personality-packed pillows give this room a decidedly maximalist look, but the balanced arrangement of the furniture keeps it from feeling overwhelming. The secret to a plentiful interior style is to have moments of precise symmetry, like the placement of the chairs, couch, ottoman, pillows, and rugs.

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Home Decorating Introducing Erin Fetherston’s House Rules: 7 Inspiring Lessons to Live By

Introducing Erin Fetherston’s House Rules: 7 Inspiring Lessons to Live By

Bi-coastal decorator Erin Fetherston is known for the bright, airy, and expansive interiors she creates for clients like actress Jenna Dewan and The Jane Club. But also for the joie de vivre – jumping on the bed, hosting al fresco dinners – she shares on Instagram. As our inaugural designer profile subject and a favorite design customer, we asked her to share some of her House Rules, so to speak. We’ll be sharing advice from a different designer each month, so stay tuned.

“The way that you approach a modern loft is different than the way you approach an historic 1920s LA bungalow, but no matter what the space is, I always want it to feel bigger and brighter than when I first walked in.

It’s not a daring, bold move, but white paint always works, and if you paint a room white, it’s going to instantly feel bigger and brighter, in my opinion.”

But Don’t Choose Your Paint in a Vacuum

“The floor in my home in Los Angeles has kind of a gray tone, so for the walls, I chose Chantilly Lace from Benjamin Moore, which has kind of a cool undertone. But in my New York home we did a blond floor, and so the white that I chose – Wimborne White from Farrow and Ball – is a little bit warmer.

Looking at everything together is helpful, because you don’t want to choose your paint color in a vacuum; you want to take the other surface colors into consideration.

I’ll also paint a piece of foam core, maybe two feet by four feet, and move it around the house to see how the light bounces off of it in different rooms.”

“Positioning a mirror opposite a window is almost like creating a second window in a space. I can’t say that it works every time, but I always look for an opportunity to reflect the natural light using a mirror because it makes the space instantly feel much bigger.”

“In the foundation phase of design planning – when you’re making decisions about things you want to last for a long time, like key furniture pieces – I personally tend to go with the safer choices.

The second phase is sort of the ‘fun layer,’ and this is where we can take more risks and play with trends. Pillows and blankets make it easy to switch it up, so you can be playful without making such a big financial commitment.”

“Maybe you have young kids, so you’re going with a charcoal gray couch so it doesn’t show wear and tear as much. And if you’re a person who tends to like lighter colors like me, you can add a lavender mohair throw blanket.”

“While planning the foundation phase, 99 percent of the time I use a Jute rug to define the space. And the great thing about Jute rugs from Annie Selke is that they come in every size you could ever want so you have a lot of options, which makes it easy. You can really trust that a Jute rug — especially one from Annie Selke — is going to hold up well and not go out of style. You can literally use them in every single room.”

“I also use Jute rugs as a way to solve an ugly floor problem. Let’s say you’re in a home or a rental and you don’t love the floor but you don’t want to change it because changing a floor is a big and expensive project. Just covering it with a huge Jute rug can kind of make it disappear. And then the floor, you just don’t even see it any more. So Jute rugs just never get old.”

“Then I’ll layer a high pile shag Moroccan-style rug on top of a larger Jute rug. I also love to go on Etsy and find something vintage to layer in a small way, like under a coffee table.”

“I have an 8-month-old baby at home, and I’m trying to juggle working, being a mom, and also making sure I take care of myself – which allows me to do the first two things! I do yoga every day at home. And I love to relax in my infrared sauna – which is probably the greatest gift that I ever gave to myself.”

“I’ve been taking my older son to the Farmer’s Market every Sunday since he was 9 months old. All of the vendors who are there regularly have really seen him grow up, and he knows them all by name. It’s nice to step into a place where you can get a village feeling – even within a big city like LA.”

“I actually discovered Annie Selke through their Dash & Albert rugs. I was like, ‘Oh, these are the greatest indoor/outdoor rugs hands down on the market,’ and then I kind of discovered the whole world of Annie Selke.

A lot of their products are good for that indoor/outdoor lifestyle. But there’s also a point of view, so I know if I need something boho or if I need something coastal, their take on it is going to work for me.

It’s very quality product, and it’s not completely astronomical. I think for me and for many of my clients, we’re in that stage of life where no one wants to spend 10 thousand dollars on a rug with little kids at home.”

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NEW geologic maps February 2021
We just finalized and released seven (7) digital geologic maps.
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Calculating the value of geologic maps to human society – no simple matter
Geologic maps are invaluable tools for geoscientists in their pursuit of mineral resources, hazard mitigation strategies, and meet the societal needs of a growing population.
Fresh Digital Data Packages for 22 extant Digital Geologic Maps
The Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) released digital data packages (Table 1) for 22 extant Digital Geologic Maps (Table 2) in August 2020.
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Monday, September 28, 2015

Fit the song arrangement to your singers and not the other way round

Most singers in choirs don’t fit neatly into choral vocal ranges. Yet we try to squeeze them in to our off-the-shelf arrangements, chastising them when they can’t reach the notes.

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How about thinking of your singers first and choosing arrangements that fit their voices rather than the other way round?

Singers in community and other non-professional choirs are like Goldilocks: the high notes are a strain, the low notes are too low, and the notes they like are somewhere in the middle and are “just right”.

I reckon that the majority of female singers in my choirs are in the middle of the contralto range and the majority of male singers in the middle of the baritone range. Unfortunately most published arrangements don’t include these ranges, but stick with Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Bass.

Most of the ‘tenors’ in my choir find that the tenor part goes too high and the ‘basses’ find that the bass part goes too low. They don’t feel fully comfortable in either part. It’s a similar story for the Sopranos and Altos.

I’ve had people join the choir who love being there, but end up leaving after a while because they think they can’t sing. Why is that? Because they can’t hit all the notes in their chosen part.

This is a very common situation. I often get emails from other choir leaders asking me how they should deal with the singers in their choirs who can’t hit all the notes.

Rather than trying to squeeze our singers into the straightjacket of an existing arrangement, I always advise that the singers are considered first. Each choir will have a unique set of voices and vocal ranges so you should choose your arrangements to fit those voices and not the other way round.

Celebrate what your singers can do and not what they can’t!

How can you do that? Here are five ideas:

  1. choose off-the-shelf arrangements carefully – and make sure they fit your singers before you buy. There are plenty of arrangers out there who bypass the big publishers and specialise in arrangements for community choirs.
  2. tweak existing arrangements – not strictly legal if your arrangement is in copyright, but it is possible to swap a few notes between parts or change the octave of the occasional note to make it more singable by your singers.
  3. make your own arrangements – it’s not as hard as you think! That way you can make sure that the ranges suit your particular singers. If you’ve not done it before, start with simple drones or two-part harmonies a third apart.
  4. mix genders – forget the strict SATB rules and mix genders in each part an octave apart. This is what harmony singing in Britain used to be like before the Italians imposed their ‘rules’. It works best with three-part arrangements. This way your singers just have to decide if they’re high, middle or low. It also creates an interesting texture to your choir sound.
  5. create arrangements with your choir – how about trying to harmonise a song with your singers in a choir session? You might be surprised what you/ they come up with. And it’s bound to suit their voices!

I’m sure there are plenty of other ideas out there. Do drop by and share your ideas with us.

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Putting Wheels on a ZedBoard

Everyone loves a good robot (and sometimes the evil ones). Instructables user  created a project whose goal is to build a simple two-wheeled motorized robot controlled by a ZedBoard.

For this project, you’ll need a Motor Robot Kit (MRK Basic). Instead of using the chipKIT Pro MX4 to control the robot, you’ll use a ZedBoard. You can also buy the components for the project separately if you don’t need an extra MX4 board.

This project is basically an exercise in hardware and software communication. After you’ve gotten all your parts together, attach the motor mount to the platform. Attach the Pmod clips to the bottom of the platform and the ZedBoard to the top. Then, attach the motors to the motor mount. Attach battery pack and H-bridge modules to the bottom of the platform. At that point, you will connect the H-bridges to the ZedBoard. Then, configure the ZedBoard and run the robot! The Instructable includes all of the files you will need.

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Fire-Dex Promotes Six Associates, Investing in Internal Resources

Medina, Ohio – January 14, 2020 - Fire-Dex announced today the promotion of six internal associates; Taylor Burke Gilman, Jeff Koledo, Jackie Dobro, David Moore, Jim Cedar, and Tory King. Over the last several years, Fire-Dex has experienced exceptional year over year growth and continues to

Q&A with Fire-Dex Sales Administrator Jackie Dobro

Jackie joined Fire-Dex in May of 2013 as a Customer Service Representative and was promoted to Sales Administrator at the start of 2017. Jackie holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Ohio State University. We recently sat down with Jackie to catch up and get to know her a little better.

Fire-Dex Promotes Jackie Dobro to Sales Administrator

Fire-Dex is pleased to announce the promotion of Jackie Dobro to Sales Administrator, effective January 3, 2017. Jackie will be joining the Regional Sales team and will have overall responsibility of sales lead contact & qualification, administration, bid process management, contract

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What tool is suitable for BMW 2001 540i ABS Bleeding?

There is a 2001 BMW 540i E39, I want to bleed the ABS. get all air out of the ABS pump and everywhere else in the whole system.

I released my question:
There is air in my ABS pump. This happened after I replaced all the lines with stainless steel braided lines. My pedal doesn’t feel firm. I know there is air in the lines. Trust me. I’ve been dealing with this for months. I don’t want to go to an Indy or the dealer and pay to have them do a full bleed if I can do it myself.

And got some suggestions from everyone:

Review 1. Foxwell NT630 scanner / NT510 Elite

I have the Foxwell NT510 Elite scanner that can activate the ABS pump and Precharge Pump separately. I also have the equipment to pressurize my brake system (cn90’s DIY with the cap, air compressor, etc).

Check out this article on using Foxwell NT630 Elite to do ABS bleeding for Dodge

FYI, Foxwell NT510 Elite BMW scanner has the same ABS bleeding function as NT630 Elite.

BTW, you do not necessarily need a helper to open the bleeder screws while you are pressing on the brake pedal. You can do it solo — 😉 just use a piece of wood or such- squeeze it between the pedal and the driver seat to keep the brakes pressed.

NT630 Elite

Review 2. Bleeding brake system with ABS/ASC+T.

But that relates to using DIS. I cannot use DIS.

Review 3. if air inadvertently enters the braking system and penetrates the ABS, then you will need the scanner (INPA , DIS, or whichever) to activate the ABS pumps, and bleed the air out of the ABS.

However, someone said “Personally, I, myself, have INPA but never bothered to setup DIS, again, because I could never get it to work properly despite multiple tries.”.

Review 4. I used Launch scanner to bleed ABS and brakes, normally when you bleed brakes, you start from the farthest wheel first, in E39, it is passenger rear, but if you bleed ABS system, start from nearest wheel which is passenger side front, activate ABS pump until no air bubbles coming out of the bleeder tube, close the bleeder and do as normal bleeding procedure to bleed the rest of brake system, I actually activated ABS pump to bleed the entire brake system.

However, we have no idea which Launch scanner, and the Launch scanner is generally more expensive than Foxwell Scanner.

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Because we are the kings of procrastination, we’ll never be disciplined enough to invest as soon as we get our salary. And it’s always small steps that lead to bigger dreams.

Here’s why it’s smarter to invest in mutual funds in small amounts every month:

  • There’s never enough money. But, you can start with Rs.1000 every month or in some cases Rs.100 depending on the fund.
  • It gets easier to achieve your goal, when you invest regularly.
  • Market goes through its ups and downs. But when you start an SIP, you don’t let fear or greed affect your decisions.
  • You earn compounding returns, which means any return you get is reinvested in the market.
  • When you invest through an SIP, you don’t worry about the market levels or market timing. No matter how high or low the markets are, it will average out the cost if you choose a long term plan.

Here are some funds you can start investing with just Rs100:

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ICICI Prudential Bluechip Fund – Growth5-Star9.88%9.50%
Nippon India Large Cap Fund – Growth5-Star9.61%9.72%
Nippon India Liquid Fund – Growth5-Star7.05%7.53%

Figures indicate annualised historical returns. Returns are as on 11th November 2019.

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Order Tamper Proof Prescription (Rx) Pads for Guam, CNMI (Saipan, Rota, Tinian), FSM, and Palau Physicians

If you are a physicians office in the islands of Guam, the CNMI (Saipan, Rota, Tinian), the Federated States of Micronesia, or Palau, and are looking to order affordably priced tamper prescription (Rx) pads, the Gerard Aflague Collection can help you.

With new laws governing the dispensing of prescription medications especially for controlled substances, and for programs under the Medicaid program, many medical offices need to comply with many state and federal laws that require these pads to be manufactured with minimum tamper-resistant characteristics from an approved printer.

Portrait Prescription RX PadWhile you may be able to source tamper-proof, Medicaid compliant prescription pads on island, you may be paying too much for them. One medical group ordering from our company has said that they were paying almost three-times when they ordered from a vendor on Guam. This may even be higher for other islands outside of Guam.

If you are a physicians offices needing affordable tamper-proof prescription pads, please contact the Gerard Aflague Collection today to get a quote by filling out the online custom quote request form. The Gerard Aflague Collection is a mainland broker of printing services that assists to obtain your Rx compliant pads. We assist to place the order, inspects them, and package them in water-proof plastic, before sending them via USPS Priority mail to your physician’s address. Your product will be trackable, insured, and sent within 5-10 days after we have packaged them for remittance.

Rx pads are customizable with numbering, additional prescriber, name and addresses, etc.

Order one or two-part (carbon) tamper resistant physician prescription pads that are Medicaid compliant, customized for your medical practice.

Security features include:

-Opaque “Rx” image in background
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-Thermochormatic “Rx” disappears when rubbed or heated
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Note: Physicians offices will be required to provide the physician’s DEA license number which will be verified and checked prior to the order being placed and printed. We will only ship orders directly to the physician’s office or medical group address after verifying that this is in fact accurate.

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Farm Visit–Clark’s Elioak Farm and The Enchanted Forest

Clark’s Elioak Farm is located on Rte 108 in Ellicott City, Maryland. We stopped in for a visit to their petting farm, and discovered that they are the dedicated folks relocating and restoring The Enchanted Forest figures that I had read about in a newspaper article some time ago. Basically, The Enchanted Forest was a nearby park in Ellicott City from 1955 until 1980. It contained cement structures depicting many of the characters in Mother Goose stories, such as this one of the Old Woman who lived in a shoe:

 Old Woman who lived in a shoe

Since the park never reopened, in 2004 the good folks at Clark’s Farm received permission to relocate and restore as many figures as they could from the original park. Here is the full story. The farm includes hayrides, pony rides, a farm animal petting and feeding area, a wonderful maze to explore and find more Enchanted Forest figures, and plenty of room to run around. Looks like they had pumpkins growing too. There is a small museum of farm historical pieces, and  agriculture education. You can even sit down on a stool by a plastic cow and “milk” it–its udder is full of water which shoots into a bucket from its rubber teats when you milk the cow. I am sure there will be much change and growth to watch for at this farm. It is worth a drive to explore, just as The Enchanted Forest had been for families decades ago.

My kids love to visit farms with animals, here’s Jonah visiting with a goat:

Jonah and goat

Great photo opps here, even my kids were motivated to pose for photos:

Gingerbread House

Aww, don’t they look sweet. This one is definitely going to the grandparents.

 At the Gingerbread House

Asleep with Little Boy Blue:

Asleep with Little Boy Blue

The Merry Miller’s House:

Merry Millers House

There was a Crooked Man…and they all lived together in a little crooked house. Here it is:

Crooked Mans House

The three bears house:

 Three Bears House

And here is Papa Bear:

Papa Bear

Take a trip and enjoy exploring yourself! There are tons more of these figures, beyond the ones I documented.

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The Jewelry Insider

January 28, 2011

Carrie Bradshaw? Eat your heart out. Check out Manolo Blhanik’s new jewelry offering inspired by one of his most coveted shoe styles.

Manolo Blahnik’s iconic shoes have been an essential staple in every fashionista’s wardrobe for as long as women could coo, “Hello, lover.” And now the fashion-forward have an even better reason to drool: Manolos are coming to a jewelry box near you. Blahnik teamed up with jewelry designer, Rosa Tous, to transform his famous Campari shoe (aka the Mary Jane Sex And the City’s Carrie Bradshaw called “The Urban Shoe Myth”) into a golden charm. The (as-yet-un-priced) piece will hang from a gold chain and feature a small diamond as the shoe’s button. The idea for the collaboration came to Blahnik last summer when he met Tous in Madrid. “I am delighted with the agreement. Manolo Blahnik shoes are beautiful and an amazing mix between trends and classicism,” Tous said in a statement. Manolo Blahnik for Tous will launch in March in 300 Tous boutiques worldwide, beginning in Mexico and then Rockefeller Center in New York City.

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Online library workshops for November

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Check out our upcoming online workshops for November! These are free of charge and open to all GSU students, faculty and staff.

Literature Research Basics

Learn the basics of finding online information resources about literature topics including author biographies, literary criticism/analysis, and literature movements. Includes recommend databases and search tips specific to literature topics. This webinar is open to all GSU students, faculty, and staff, although the content is focused on the research needs of freshmen and sophomore students.

Date:Wednesday, November 1, 2017
Time:2:00pm – 3:00pm

Get started with Zotero, the powerful citation application that allows you to save references, create bibliographies automatically, and build a personal database of the sources you use. Zotero is free, librarian-approved and easy to use.

Date:Thursday, November 16, 2017
Time:11:00am – 12:00pm

These are online workshops held via WebEx conference — you’ll need a computer with speakers or headphones. Register at the links above, and check with the workshop instructors if you have any questions.

About Jason Puckett

Jason Puckett is Online Learning Librarian at GSU, specializing in support for online learners and faculty. He’s also the subject librarian for Anthropology, and supports and teaches Zotero.
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10 Best Coworking Spaces in Dallas

This guest post, about the top 10 coworking spaces in Dallas, comes from Grace Carter. To submit your own guest blog, first read the guidelines here.

Are you trying to find the best coworking spaces in Dallas? There are many options – from furnished to unfurnished, with amenities and no amenities, different looks, different atmospheres and prices. Getting it right is difficult. However, that’s why we have prepared this list, to help you choose easier and find your perfect coworking space.

Here are some of the best coworking spaces in Dallas:

Novel Coworking Katy Building

1. Novel Coworking Katy Building

If you opt for this coworking space, you’ll get unlimited access – night or day – to the offices. You will also get really fast internet speed that will enable you to work at your own space and make it snappy when you need to. You’ll also have the cleaning service available, desks and chairs which are comfortable for work and much more.They also host many great events, opportunities for networking. You can really give this office space your personal touch by painting the walls, hanging stuff up and so on.

Venture X Galleria

2. Venture X – Galleria | 100 sq ft

This is a shared space for a professional community where you can have fun in your private offices or go for meeting rooms and open workspaces to network. This space also offers a virtual office. It’s styled like a boutique hotel and it’s very hospitality. This is a modern and warm community. You can really be inspired here and work with other people in a fun way. It comes fully furnished and with a cafe, good internet, nap rooms, it’s cleaned every day and so on.

Serendipity Labs Dallas Hall

3. Serendipity Labs Dallas HALL Arts

This stylish and modern space allows you to relax and work at the same time. It has a great vibe and you can get different types of memberships. You can get access to work lounges where you can rest and work at the same time in a comfortable environment. There is also a cafe that serves you a complimentary coffee and delivers snacks. Internet is secure and fast. You can also access focus rooms when you need that extra push to work harder.

City Central Dallas

4. City Central – Dallas

This is a cool place where you can get a space for one day’s work or for more days. It’s a great solution where you can relax or work when needed. It’s an open space where you’ll be able to access TVs, get free secure and safe WiFi, good coffee service and many more great things.

5. CUBExec @ LBJ

If you are looking for a quiet and peaceful place to work, you can visit this coworking space. It’s quiet upscale and offers everything a modern business needs. WiFi is really fast and it’s also free.

6. Meridian Offices | Uptown Turtle Creek

You can get several options here. One is where you get an office where you’ll have fast internet, parking and a break room. You’ll also be able to get some snacks and coffee when needed as well as an access to your professional receptionist. There is also a guest seating area, some cleaning services and so on. Other option is all-inclusive and you get many more options for luxurious things a big business would need like IT support, Conference rooms, access to worldwide business centres and so on.

Industrious Dallas

7. Industrious Dallas

“This is a premium office space which offers five-star services and a great design to support all of your needs. It’s furnished, offers storage and 24/7 access,” says Georgia Lass, a team leader at Oxessays and Essayroo.

14800 Quorum

8. 14800 Quorum

This office space offers a reception area, 3 window offices, one conference room, closets, bullpens and many more things. It’s fully unfurnished so you can include your own branding and turn this office space into an environment of your dreams.

9. GoodWork Dallas

This is a flexible space with multiple options which can help you boost your productivity based on the great design which allows you to move a lot and provides you with different perspectives.

10. Servcorp – Dallas Rosewood Court

“Located at a perfect business address, this office building can offer you many great things. It provides an excellent space with a view, parking, numerous banking facilities nearby and an in-house fitness center. It provides a lot of different amenities,” says Logan Haggerton, a remote editor at StateOfWriting and Boomessays.

Finding a perfect coworking space is difficult and often overwhelming for most people. You have to pick the best amenities and options for all of your teammates or yourself. You need a space where you’ll be comfortable and happy. Leisure time is also important. So, instead of browsing through dozens of coworking spaces in Dallas, why not simply pick one of the spaces from this list and enjoy your coworking time.

About the author

Grace Carter is a content manager at Big Assignments and Research Paper Writing services. She enjoys working remotely around the world and finding new cool places to work in. Also, Grace develops an online writing course on Eliteassignmenthelp.com website.

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Creating a simple HTTP proxy using PHP

Cross domain policy files, or rather a lack of them, are the bane of Flash and Flex developers’ lives. Whether it’s the Twitter API, data from Yahoo! Finance or one of any number of other data sources, the moment your SWF makes it to the web you’re faced with the same problem: Security Error!

The solution is to create a simple proxy on your server that can load the data for you and pass it to your application. If you’re using PHP, then this is about as simple as it gets:

// Too simple! (see comment below)
$url = $_REQUEST['url'];
if (preg_match('/\b(https?|ftp):\/\/*/', $url) !== 1) die;
echo (file_get_contents($url));

The preg_match ensures that the requested URL is valid and offers basic protection against anyone trying to maliciously access files on your server.

That’s it. Just paste that into a text file, save it as proxy.php and upload it to your server. You can then access any data you like simply by passing it a URL. Best of all, it works with both GET and POST, for example:

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The Wine Bar

4th of July is just around the corner and we’re getting excited to show off our patriotic spirit by offering some great specials at the Wine Bar at Messina Hof! Come on in and try our Red, White, and Rose’ … Continue reading

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It’s never enough. Urgency in addressing climate change has reached new heights in the wake of the pandemic. That’s great news. But we need to do more — way more

by David Rutherford

April 22 is Earth Day. It’s the 51st edition of this special day designed to diversify, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. A half century on, where do we stand in our relationship with Mother Earth? It would seem at first glance — and maybe second and third glance, too — that every part of Earth Day’s original mission is suffering.

Diversify? The movement to restore and preserve the earth remains an us-versus-them proposition. Just ask Greta Thunberg. Eighteen months after taking North America by storm — and boat — and rallying millions of people to protest inaction on climate change, Greta will be skipping the UN COP26 conference in Glasgow in November. COP26 is a gathering designed to “accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.” The conference has already been postponed once due to the pandemic, and Greta’s anticipated absence is related: it’s rooted in her protest over inequitable distribution of COVID vaccines worldwide, which would effectively restrict attendance to representatives of the developed world. Hardly the diversification of views and stakeholders the founders of Earth Day envisioned.

Educate? Is there anyone on planet earth who doesn’t know the track we’re on? The challenge is the unwillingness to take action. But when some members of one of Canada leading political parties can’t even bring themselves to accept the reality of climate change, action becomes a moot point. That speaks volumes about how difficult it is to make progress on climate, even in countries like Canada, whom many would consider progressive on this front. The political fallout from the Supreme Court decision upholding the federal government’s legitimacy in levying a carbon tax, however, shows just how divisive this issue remains in Canada.

All of that, of course, inhibits progress on the third pillar of Earth Day: real action. Simply put, there just isn’t enough being done to reverse the negative impacts of climate change on the planet.

So where’s the good news in all this? Is there anything at all to celebrate on Earth Day 2021?

In fact, there is.

How responsible companies are taking action on climate change

Despite the derailing impact of the pandemic, we think there’s still much to celebrate this year. From our viewpoint as an active investor, we’re seeing significant progress being made by corporations that are increasingly attuned to the long-term implications of climate change. To quote from NEI’s 2021 Focus List of company engagements:

In 2020 the pace of corporate (and investor) commitments to address climate change quickened, with an unprecedented sense of momentum building as the market turned its attention to the systemic risks facing us all. We anticipate 2021 will bring even more tangible actions and commitments across the spectrum of the energy system, from the companies and consumers driving the demand for energy to the firms tasked with providing it, to the governments and regulators trying to align their jurisdictions with Paris commitments.”

The ‘S’ in ESG may have entered a new place in our collective consciousness, but that welcome development did not come at the expense of the ‘E.’ The pandemic has caused us to recognize multiple ESG risks far more acutely. And to Greta’s point, those risks are connected, and we need to tackle them together. In that sense, the pandemic has ushered in a new definition of what a ‘livable planet’ means: achieving a fair and just society, in addition to achieving environmental sustainability.

On climate specifically, business is really picking up the ball. If that’s due to a new realization that access to capital, mitigation of business risks and long-term viability are inexorably tied to the quality of a company’s climate response, so be it. To quote again from our Focus List:

There is a growing consensus in the corporate world around the imperative of aligning business strategy with the Paris Agreements global goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and increasingly net-zero is becoming the lens through which climate strategies are being assessed by investors. While this target is undoubtedly ambitious for many companies, it is increasingly clear that ambition is exactly whats needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change.”

Climate ambition does not automatically translate to climate action; but when that ambition is put out there for everyone— consumers, investors and regulators — to see, it can and will inspire companies to fulfil that ambition with real, meaningful action to mitigate climate change.

Every day is Earth Day

At NEI, we’ve pushed companies to take meaningful climate action for years — decades, in fact. And in many cases, we’ve been very successful in getting them to take climate seriously in their business operations. Our work in the oil and gas sector, for example, has been instrumental in helping companies begin their transition into viable entities for a low-carbon economy, including setting ambitious net-zero targets.

Every day in 2021 — not just on Earth Day — we will build on our success in getting some of Canada’s largest companies to commit to a target of net-zero emissions by 2050. And we will ensure those commitments are backed by robust actions. We’ll demand meaningful financial commitments in capital spending, and we’ll expect compensation plans to link climate action to executive pay. At the same time, we’re reviewing our own climate strategy to ensure our investments are also aligned with a net-zero future.

You can’t judge the future pace of change based on how quickly — or slowly — change moved in the past. The COVID-19 crisis in particular has caused us to reconsider the major social and environmental challenges facing us, and take action to mitigate them with a far greater degree of urgency than ever before.

That’s good, but is it good enough? Put it this way: it’s never enough. When it comes to the earth, this Earth Day we need to do more — way more.


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Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program

A new PNP draw was held by Ontario for inviting Express Entry applicants in the first Tech draw of 2021.

The applicant invited must be working experience in any of the six tech occupations.

On February 16, 2021, Ontario invited 1186 applicants with working experience in the Tech sector to apply for a provincial nomination.

The Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program (OINP) made an invitation to Express Entry applicants with a Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) scores between 453 and 467. The applicants invited were eligible under the Human Capital Priorities Stream of OINP.

There is one more requirement for getting an invitation in this stream is that the applicant must be eligible to show their working experience in one of the targeted occupations in order to get Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) nomination. The occupations that are included in this stream are given below:

  1. Computer engineers (NOC 2147)

  2. Computer & information systems managers (NOC 0213)

  3. Software engineers & designers (NOC 2173)

  4. Computer programmer & interactive media developers (NOC 2174)

  5. Web designers & developers (NOC 2175)

  6. Database analysts & data administrators (NOC 2172)

The applicants invited have a time span of 45 calendar days to file the application for PNP.

After receiving the nomination from Ontario province, the applicant automatically gets eligible for an additional 600 CRS points. These additional points add an unsaid benefit to their overall profile. This boost in the CRS score will definitely guarantee an Invitation to Apply (ITA) for a Permanent Residency (PR) visa in Canada. In fact, this is applicable to anyone with a provincial nomination in hand.

This Tech draw is Ontario’s first draw of the year 2021. In the previous Human Priorities draw, Ontario invited Express Entry applicants in the targeted occupations of health, finance, and other occupations. Ontario invited around 6716 Express Entry applicants through the Human Capital Priorities Stream for a provincial nomination in the year 2020. With these invitations, the year 2020 became the largest Express Entry linked PNP nominations issued by the province of Ontario.

Getting an Invitation as Tech Professional from Ontario:

The first step of the process is creating an Express Entry profile.

Express Entry is an immigration program that basically manages three Federal Economic classes. These classes are given below:

  1. Federal Skilled Worker Program

  2. Federal Skilled Trades Program

  3. Canadian Experience Class (CEC)

Candidates in the Express Entry program are evaluated based on the Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS). The CRS score uses factors like education, working experience, age, and language proficiency in French or English.

Candidates in the Express Entry pool are pulled out by OINP Tech draw who have working experience in the Tech sector for a provincial nomination.

Well applying for a provincial nomination is actually not the same as applying for Canadian Immigration. If the applicant is successful in getting a nomination from Ontario, the acquired nomination can then be used to apply for permanent residency from the Federal government.

Once the Federal government approves the application, the candidate will then have the opportunity to settle and work in Ontario.

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Keeping Up

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I found I never published this post as it was sitting in my drafts few months now — it was written in 13th February, 2010. I’m publishing it without any changes.

I learn therefore I am!

I’ve just wrote few bits about learning a new technology and after skimming through my Google Reader, I noticed a great post by Gwen Shapira — Deliberate Practice. That’s reminded me about another aspect of learning that I didn’t mention — learning is a continuous process.

There are two aspects…

  • No matter how good I am and how much I know, my knowledge and expertize become outdated relatively quickly these days unless I keep up with the new stuff. Unfortunately, there is so much new technologies these days that I have to be very selective on what I want to follow which is a big challenge in itself. On the other hand, I’d rather be challenged than bored. As DBA’s we are luckier than Developers — their world changes much faster than ours.
  • I forget things I don’t use/do/read about/think about regularly. Refreshing my “old” memory is a must do. This is why I think Chen’s idea of deliberate practice is so great.

Some people are better on keeping the existing tools sharp, while others succeed on the lookout for new ways and techniques. To truly excel, we need to master both.

Continuous process

This photo (it was taken 5 years ago in Australia in one of Sydney’s “wild” parks) reminds me of this continuous learning process — perhaps, it will do the job for you as well.

Interested in working with Alex? Schedule a tech call.

About the Author

What does it take to be chief technology officer at a company of technology experts? Experience. Imagination. Passion. Alex Gorbachev has all three. He’s played a key role in taking the company global, having set up Pythian’s Asia Pacific operations. Today, the CTO office is an incubator of new services and technologies – a mini-startup inside Pythian. Most recently, Alex built a Big Data Engineering services team and established a Data Science practice. Highly sought after for his deep expertise and interest in emerging trends, Alex routinely speaks at industry events as a member of the OakTable.

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Very true, where I saw most the value of continue to reading blogs as a source of continuing education was while working at Pythian. Most of the time it only takes a few minutes a day and the payoff is huge.

Thanks for reminding us,

Marcin Przepiorowski
June 18, 2010 4:14 pm

Hi Alex,

I agree with you that learning is a never ending process. When I taught people on Oracle Courses it was really great as I have to answer a lot of strange questions and explain a lot of thing in details – so I have to keep myself up to date and it was easier than now. Thanks for post and I’m going to join Chen group.

Other approach which I use a lot is a Teddy Bear principle – this example is for developers – – but I’m using it in my work too.

Simon Haslam
June 19, 2010 3:22 am

I agree that, as a consultant, you have to be very selective about what you put your effort into learning. There are great new products/features coming along all the time, and yet many will never be widely adopted (OSE anyone? …or even java in the database really). The secret seems to be to work out early on which are likely to be useful to customers and stay focussed. Of course I’ve made a few poor choices myself along the way..!

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Seamlessly integrate Scopus citation counts into your webpage

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Scopus APIs are a great way to showcase your research, your institution’s work and connect others with Scopus content and data. Additionally, anyone can obtain an API key and use our APIs free of charge, provided that our policies for using APIs and the data are honored.  You can learn about the variety of APIs available for Scopus on our new Scopus API page here.  We also thought it would be helpful to highlight the value each Scopus API provides, one post at a time, starting with this one on the Scopus Cited-by Counts API.

To provide an example of how Scopus APIs can add value, Victoria Rao, the Elsevier Product Manager responsible for both Scopus and ScienceDirect APIs, presents a personal example — using the Scopus Cited-by Counts API to add a dynamic display of her husband’s research accomplishments into his online publication list and CV.

So, rather than a simple list of his authored work, as seen here (figure 1),

Figure 1

his publication list now seamlessly integrates the ‘Cited by’ image for each article where he has enabled the Scopus Cited-by Counts API (as shown in figure 2).

Figure 2

Even better, now any time someone cites his articles the counts will automatically update. Additionally, as a viewer, I can click on the Scopus image and view who has cited his work.

To learn how to do this for your own work, read Victoria’s blog here. Her example walks you through the necessary steps—from procuring a brand new API key from the Elsevier Developers’ portal to customizing and embedding the cited-by counts to display on your website.


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Giving thanks

It wasn’t quite a Kumbaya moment, but it was probably as close as an NFL team will get.

Several coaches and players took a few minutes out of this morning’s team meeting to share what they were thankful for, commemorating the Thanksgiving holiday with a heartfelt, around-the-campfire type of introduction to the business meeting.

“We are so fortunate to be doing what we’re doing,” Coach Pete Carroll said after a handful of players and coaches shared what they were grateful for.

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A little Q&A

Some of you asked questions in the live blog during Saturday night’s game against the Broncos in Denver that deserved more than a quick answer. So let’s turn those into a Q&A:

Q: Do you think Doug Baldwin could be our version of Philadelphia’s DeSean Jackson and the Patriots’ Wes Welker? – Stevenhawk

A: I like Doug Baldwin. A lot. But I’m not ready to anoint him a Jackson or Welker clone. Even using their names in the same sentence seems like putting an entire herd of horses before the cart. Jackson has exceptional quickness and speed, while Welker has been ridiculously productive in the slot. Baldwin needs to make the 53-man roster, first – which I think he will. He also needs to find a role. As good as he has been on kickoff returns, do you take the ball out of Leon Washington’s hands? I don’t think so. As productive as he has been in the slot, does he move ahead of Golden Tate and Ben Obomanu? But Baldwin has the potential and, more importantly, the work ethic and mental makeup to develop into versatile role player for the Seahawks.

Q: What do you think of Mark LeGree? – Seafan16

A: A better question: What do the coaches think of the fifth-round draft choice from Appalachian State? He was very productive in college and drafted with the thought that he could play free safety in the nickel and dime packages, allowing Earl Thomas to step up and cover a slot receiver. But Josh Pinkard and even free agent Jeron Johnson have been better in that role during training camp and the preseason. LeGree has the potential to develop into the player the coaches expect him to be. He’s just not there yet.

Q: Are they going to keep Pep Levingston? – BeerBoy

A:  The best way to answer that is to point out that the seventh-round draft is making it difficult not to keep him. He has shown why they call him Pep (his given name is Lazarius Cortez) by collecting two sacks against the Broncos and recovering a fumble against the Chargers in the opener. He is very active. But the Seahawks also have been active in acquiring other D-tackles – signing Alan Branch and Jimmy Wilkerson in free agency and re-signing Brandon Mebane and Junior Siavii.

Q: Where did the Seahawks special teams rank last season? – Dylan

A: The league does “officially” rank the special teams on overall performance, but Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News has come up with rankings based on production in 22 categories that the special teams in the league use. The Seahawks tied for fourth in those rankings last season.

Q: What does Pete Carroll see in Tarvaris Jackson? – several people

A: I’ll let the Seahawks coach handle that one: “We think Tarvaris has got a great future. … Tarvaris gives us a real good asset in his mobility. He does have very good mobility and he’s very strong in the pocket. He can really stand up against the rush, get banged around and still be standing. He’s a very physical kid. We hope that will be an asset for him.” It certainly has been to this point, because Jackson has had little time in the pocket. Jackson has a strong arm, as well. But Carroll also likes that Jackson is familiar with the system offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell is installing, because both spent the past five seasons together in Minnesota. It’s that continuity, as well as Jackson’s upside, that prompted Carroll to name him the starter before Jackson had even practiced with the team.

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The Value of Patience and Self-Empathy in Therapy

Many of those who start therapy know or soon realize that it’s a long, slow, and difficult process. Even knowing that, people still sometimes feel frustrated. This is understandable: we all want for our problems to end as soon as possible, especially if those problems are so heavy, blurry, draining, and have been present for decades.

Therapeutic Expectations and Challenges

A unique thing about therapy is that there is no clear end point. To a degree, self-work involves healing from trauma, growing, and maintaining your mental health, and your well-being in general. And this, naturally, last all our lives. Self-work is an ongoing process.

However, therapy can—and need to—have goals. In my work with clients, in the first session I ask what their expectations are and how they will know that we have made progress, so that the person would have some sort of point of reference, even if it’s very broad.

It is interesting to note that a person’s expectations sometimes are a part of the problem they are in therapy for. It is common that people, especially those with perfectionistic tendencies and chronic sense of overwhelming responsibility, feel that they have to fix themselves here and now. They also feel that having problems make them unworthy of love and acceptance, and that it may result in rejection or abandonment from people around them. So the urgency is burning.

But therapeutic progress, while sometimes rapid and empowering in some regards, can be slow and exhausting. Moreover, it often involves a lot of repetition. Healing and growth happens in a spiral: you encounter the same thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and situations, but over time all of it becomes a little bit better. It’s not an on-or-off switch: I have a problem or I don’t.

However, many people often do believe that it’s indeed all or nothing. In order to feel okay, they have to have all their problems resolved, and if it’s anything but that, then it’s not enough and is the same as failure, which, in their mind, will result in them being bad, unlovable, and hurt by others for it. They also have problems celebrating their therapeutic accomplishments, because there are always problems to work on, and therefore there is no time nor value to stop and celebrate their progress.

Therapy does oftentimes include talking about the same things over and over again. Some people even feel ashamed to bring up the same issue because they think they should be “over it” already since they talked about it already.

The Value of Patience and Empathy

Understanding the process and accepting where you are in it is vital in feeling content with your therapeutic status. It is normal that you can’t overcome the problem that have lasted for decades in a few weeks or months. It is normal that you need to think and talk about the same issue again, until you don’t.

It is helpful, even necessary, to be patient and empathetic with yourself. For many, this is the opposite from the treatment they received growing up so they are not used to it. This is where having a caring, competent therapist can help a lot. You need to learn to self-relate with kindness, patience, and empathy, not with self-attack and impatience. The former is a part of the solution, the latter is a part of the problem. Instead of self-attacking, learn self-connection.

What also doesn’t help is comparing yourself with others. Many feel that they “should” be somewhere else on their path than they are, because somebody else is seemingly doing better. There are a few problems with this mindset. First, oftentimes people are really bad at evaluating others people’s level of healthiness and resolvedness, for a myriad of reasons that I won’t get into here. Second, there will always be people who are doing better than you, just like there are always those who are doing worse than you. This in no way changes your problems. Third, instead of thinking about others and feeling bad about yourself, you could think what you can do to improve your situation, or at least think about why you’re thinking what you’re thinking now.

In my work with clients, we regularly reflect on the work we’ve done, so that the person could see the progress they have made. They always feel better after realizing how far they have gone already. It can be easily missed or overshadowed by all the unresolved, never-ending problems and challenges waiting ahead. Furthermore, a lot of people tend to dismiss or minimize their achievements. However, when they really examine them, they quickly notice that they have made a lot of progress.

Summary and Final Thoughts

Self-work and therapy can indeed by challenging and long-lasting. However, it’s important to see it realistically, to accept where you are in it, and to learn to relate to yourself in a loving, empathetic, and patient way. It also helps to occasionally remind and reassure yourself that you are going in the right direction. A good, caring therapist can always make your journey less foggy, less lonely, and more bearable—but at the end, it is your journey.

Support my work by becoming a Patreon subscriber for $5/mo or more and get access to one bonus article every week. And check out my book Human Development and Trauma: How Childhood Shapes Us into Who We Are as Adults. Thanks!

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PhotoNotes: Bronx Zoo

Today was the first time I've been to the zoo since when I was a kid, probably. (I may have gone to a petting zoo in the last seven years, but that's beside the point.) Besides reliving my childhood memories, going to the zoo was a serious test drive of some sweet gear in preparation for my journey to Alaska at the end of this summer.

Tax returns well spent.

  • A gripped DSLR around your neck with a (white) telephoto lens will get lots of looks and comments of awe.
  • At the risk of sounding like a jerk, having a telephoto is really convenient for crowd-pushing; you stick your lens between people's heads and they will move out of the way.
  • On the same note, sticking your lens at an open exhibit will cause birds to attempt to land on it, thinking it's a twig.
  • Walking around for 4+ hours with six pounds of camera around your neck is really tiring. My hands were aching at the end of the trip trying to hold onto the camera.
  • The 70-300L on a 1.3x body was superb for outdoors and bird exhibits. The 50L was a beast for low-light exhibits, such as the reptile house.

I nabbed this cute little dude with the 50L @ 2.0.

Less cute, but the V formed by the branches makes for an interesting shot.

Obligatory tiger shot.

Bird. The turquoise/teal palette came out quite nice. (cleaned up in postproduction)

Nonwatermarked originals at full resolution are available at request.

  1. Understanding which tax laws are at this time in place is complex, due to all the tax debates in Washington. I found this url that discusses which great tax laws are in effect for the 2012 tax season. This sincerely helped me when I was preparing my taxes and I expect others will use as favorably. http://www.tax-defense-network-news.com/2012-laws/

  2. A non-sleeping tiger at the zoo :O Nice!


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Thursday, August 20, 2009

USB Drive Cleaner

Do you have a flash drive that is always getting full of useless temporary files or system files from another Operating systems? Why manually delete the files? Delete it automate with USBDriveFresher.

USBDriveFresher is a simple application. You insert rules for what kinds of files to delete and give it some basic guidelines like whether or not to run automatically when a Thumb drive is plugged in. Every time the program runs it will check Thumb drive for junk

It can be used for local folders too, but you're limited to delete
is a free download and runs on everything from Windows 98 forward. It only uses about 6mb when running

USBDriveFresher is freeware, Windows only.

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On the Hook 4/1/20

I thought I’d try and do a regular crochet update, and a Saturday morning seems like a good time. So what have I been up to recently?

While I was visiting family for Christmas, I picked up some Caron Simply Soft from Hobbycraft at half price. I was very pleased with this bargain! I’ve started working on the Luna Sweater by Courtney A Clark. It’s a great pattern, which I’m enjoying. I’ve finished the body but I haven’t yet started the sleeves, as I got a bit distracted by other projects (more on that in a minute!). I love how all the raised lines of FPDCs (US terms) look like sun rays 🙂

Here’s the jumper so far:

Part finished Luna Sweater and the yarn used
Luna Sweater, currently sleeveless!

It’s a top-down seamless design. This is how it looked when I first started:

The start of the Luna Sweater which is a ring of crochet
In the beginning

Something that has now distracted me from the sleeves is the Kaleidoscope Blanket CAL (designed by Catherine Bligh) which started yesterday. I bought the yarn as a Christmas present to myself, and it’s exciting to get started using it. So far I’ve made 1 1/2 of the first part which is a square:

1 1/2 squares of the Kaleidoscope Blanket CAL with the yarn and hook used
First 1 1/2 squares of the Kaleidoscope Blanket CAL
Close up of the first square of the Kaleidoscope Blanket CAL
Close up of square 1

The finished blanket is going to look amazing – I just hope I can keep going and not get too left behind when I’m back to work from Monday. There is a lot of switching between colours so it’s probably not a project for beginners, but luckily I have lots of experience so I’m not finding it too tricky. I do tend to get my yarns a bit tangled as I go, but can untangle them again between squares. I’m proud to say that I sewed in the ends of the first square as soon as I finished it, which is unheard of for me! I think I need to be strict with myself as if I don’t there will be hundreds of ends waiting for me at the end!

I’m using the colour scheme Old Rose which has these colours:

Box of yarn containing the Old Rose colour scheme
My yarn delivery – Old Rose colour scheme

This is how my blanket should turn out in the end:

Finished Kaleidoscope Blanket in Old Rose colour scheme. Photo copyright Catherine Bligh
Kaleidoscope Blanket in Old Rose colour scheme, photo © Catherine Bligh

In related news, my daughter and I are working on better storage in our living room where I can put a lot of my yarn. No photos yet as it’s still a bit of a mess, but I’ll show you when it’s ready. Here’s a preview of the new area for some of the plants on top of the new storage:

View of our plants on the top of the new storage area
Preview of the new storage area, showing our plants

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7 Ways Your Employees Steal From You

Whether it's tearing up order tickets, under-ringing, over-ringing, short-changing, voiding sales, or outright stealing cash, there are a lot of scams that happen when dishonest employees are responsible for entering orders, cashing out checks, and closing out the cash drawers. Here's a list of 7 ways your bar or restaurant employees are stealing from you.

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Wifi channels and OSX

I found out that my OSX did not see every wifi channel available. See System Information > System Report, then Network > Wifi:

  Card Type:	AirPort Extreme  (0x14E4, 0xD1)
  Country Code:	US
  Supported PHY Modes:	802.11 a/b/g/n
  Supported Channels:	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140

Due to regulations the allowed wifi channels in the world differ in location. See wikipedia.

My adapter has configured itself to Country Code: US and US does not allow wifi (2.4Ghz) channels 12 and 13, while NL for example does.

The country code is not hardcoded, but it turns out the wifi adapter picks the country code from the first wifi network it discovers. So turning off and on your wifi can make it possible to use more channels. Some blogs say that changing the locale and location settings and rebooting fixes this issue, but it is really the rebooting that triggers the wifi adapter reset and having luck that makes this work.

The sad news is that there seems not way to control this behaviour.


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7 Step Guide to Deliver Results [Infographic]

Table of Contents

As a leader or a manager, it is your job to create an environment where everyone can meet their potential. Furthermore, it is your job to keep the team heading in the right direction. Objectives and Key Results make it easier to deliver results.

Basically, setting goals is not enough to actually achieve them. With all of that in mind, one of the best solutions is to find a good OKR performance management software to automate the process.

With 94% positive reviews and 74% of those being 5-star ratings according to getapp.com, Weekdone serves as a good solution to deliver results within your own company. The OKR method is suitable for the modern world of work, and Weekdone provides good value for both managers and team members.

On the basis of our customer case studies and different successful leadership methodologies, we at Weekdone compiled 7 steps which will guarantee your successful outcome as a team. Choose a suitable medium for you! The 7 steps come in the form of slides, text, or infographic for your convenience.

7 Step Guide For a Leader to Deliver Results as a Team

7 Step Guide For a Leader To Deliver Results As a Team from Weekdone.com

Step #1: Big Picture and Goals

It is absolutely vital that everyone on your team understands the bigger picture. This is especially true when examing their role of reaching their Objective. People with goals tend to achieve 10 times as much as people with no goals at all.

So, the ideal thing to do is to set a company goal with measurable metrics. Then, you should find a singular location (such as a dashboard) or a forum to share this knowledge. With that in mind, you can then align your company goal with each member of the team. Even the act of writing down a goal increases the odds of achieving it, helping you to really deliver results.

The best way to evaluate your big picture goals is to connect your larger projects with the OKR methodology. This way, you can easily track and align goals at every level in your company. Though starting out with spreadsheets or emails is alright for getting started, it's also ideal to switch to OKR performance management software as soon as possible for the sake of transparency.

Step #2: Assign Tasks According to Each Team Member's Strengths

In order for your team members to be happy and productive, it is essential to play to their strengths. According to a Gallup survey, employees are 61% more engaged if their managers focuses on their strengths. In addition, people feel better doing tasks that they are good at and, most importantly, they perform better. Make sure you know your team's strengths and give tasks accordingly.

Step #3: Sharing and Delivering Results

Teams achieve better chemistry and results if there is a dashboard or forum to share ideas. At Weekdone, we urge leaders to implement a suitable brainstorming format to generate ideas within your team. There are many different formats out there to choose from.

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The benefits of brainstorming and sharing ideas are essentially getting ideas, solving problems, and overall, being better as a team. Furthermore, brainstorming serves as a good "idea bank" where everyone can contribute. For example, this "idea bank's" results may lead to process innovation, operations, and product innovation.

Though these brainstorming and "idea bank" methods are typically reserved for meetings, sharing results does not have to be confined to face-to-face meetings only. Using a status reporting tool that focuses on connecting OKRs to projects cuts the time spend in meetings to only what is absolutely necessary. Because of this, using  a good OKR performance management software like Weekdone makes sharing results easier through a cloud-based dashboard.

Step #4: Increase Engagement by Implementing Methodologies

One of the key parts of achieving your goals is repetition with a system that helps to keep the work process going. In the beginning, I already emphasized the importance of goals and that the best methodology for that is Objectives and Key Results – OKRs. OKRs are used by the likes of Google, LinkedIN, and Zynga.

How to Track OKRs with Weekly Check-ins

Using a goal setting and tracking method helps people to start moving towards important goals, not small unimportant tasks. On the other hand, employees love it for the clarity of knowing what's expected from them.

I also urge you to try out the Problems, Plans and Progress – PPP methodology. It is used by companies like Skype and it helps to enhance team collaboration and keep everyone informed. It also clarifies what needs to be done in order to achieve a certain goal.

Step #5: Constantly Improve the Work Process

Using weekly check-in methodology helps to bring out the flaws and problems of your team's work process. In order to achieve the results as efficiently as possible, it is critical to make continuous improvements in your workflow. As a leader, it is recommended to check in regularly to see how everybody is doing and if they need a push to get them over a hump. This can be done in an online status update format or just by talking to your team members individually.

Improving the work process can also mean introducing new tools.

Step #6: Encourage and Motivate

All methodologies and goal setting techniques are tools to help your team achieve better results, but we have to remember that we are dealing with humans. People are emotional beings and by setting goals and giving tasks according to their strengths increases the odds of success, but it does not mean that you should not motivate them. The best times to encourage and motivate your team is at the beginning and the final part of the process.

People tend to get stuck and in order for them to finish their task, it is recommended to reinforce the fact that they are moving in the right direction. They should also be informed that they are a vital part of the outcome.

Step #7 Deliver Results with Feedback and Recognition

On the last step, I started to touch on the emotional side of delivering results. There is still one last thing leaders should not forget. Give your team members feedback and recognition. These two elements are known to motivate people more than money.

In addition, regular feedback makes everyone twice as happy and makes sure they are engaged.

What Is Weekdone for Managers & Leaders? Video Guide And Benefits

To conclude, setting and sharing goals with your team is a good starting point to make sure you deliver results. Make sure you have implemented the suitable work process for your team and urge everybody to make improvements. As a leader, you can provide the necessary tools, but in the end, it is the team that delivers the results.

So, make sure you motivate them by giving feedback and encouraging them if needed. Following these 7 steps should guarantee a successful outcome. Be the best leader you can be and share this knowledge with your team right now.

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Gmail Style Email Entry Field – Part 2

This week’s Uncle Pete’s corner will be wrapping up the Gmail Style Email Entry Field

Last week we covered the requirements, and did the coding for the entry field and lookup ahead style combo box. This week we are wrapping up with the variable number and width of columns looper. Which will introduce some less used features of WebDev that sure are handy when you need them. Be sure to check out Part 1.

Here is a screen shot of what we are going for. The area with the yellow boxes  with names, is actually a looper. Notice that there are a variable number of columns, Row 1 has 5 names while Row 2 only has 3 names.

There are several WebDev features working in unison to accomplish this. Let’s build them up step by step and see the process

Starting with the Looper we turn on the setting for Variable Columns, also notice this is a Classic looper not AJAX. Ajax loopers introduce scrolling and other features that make them behave more like tables which is not what we want here.

I started with a Looper with one attribute to contain the name to display. A cell to make the yellow box, a static that is linked to the attribute to display the name, and a button (the red round minus sign) to delete an entry.

I set the anchoring to adapt the width to the content on the cell, the static, and the looper.

Here is what it looks like at design time with the looper selected.

When I first started on this project, I truly thought that I would be done at this point but I quickly learned this did not give me the effect I wanted, as you can see from this screen shot of the same names entered

Notice the size of the boxes adjust based on the content. However they butt into each other as they grow, I solve this with a variation of an old trick from my Cold Fusion and pure HTML days ( yes I still have PTSD from that). I place a static in the Looper, outside the cell, to use a little space and force some spacing between the boxes regardless of their size.

Nothing real fancy about the static, it has nothing entered for the caption (so it will be blank). Notice my naming convention, hopefully this will remind me that it is there for a reason when I have to edit this page 2 years from now.

The statics width is the same as the space allowed between the cell and the end of the looper and I made the height the same as the looper, Here is a screen shot of it selected at design time.

And as you can see in the below screen shot we now have spacing between the boxes.

But notice that the looper is not using the full width of the page like we want. This issue had me scratching my head for quite a while, and trying different things.

Warning, there may be some developer black magic involed in this next step! I finally notice that it seemed like it was keying into the width of the To field as the restraining boundary. Using the chrome developer tools soon showed me why. If you right click and choose inspect element, you get a spit screen showing you the HTML code and the page. As you hover your mouse over the HTML code, that portion of the page is highlighted in blue. Here is the screen with the mouse hovering over the code that is the looper.

As we move the mouse in the code we find out something interesting. There is a Div section defined that is containing all of the entry fields and as you can see below that is what is constraining the width.

You may be wondering if I have a cell or something defined on that page that is causing this. The answer is no. This is WebDev converting our design into HTML and CSS code, it unfortunately just doesn’t always get it “right” for what we want. So what I needed was a way to “short circuit” this behavior and not force my Looper into a the smaller DIV section. A cell is the answer to that issue.

Nothing real special about the cell. I make it tall enough to contain the looper and wide enough to use the entire page. I place the looper inside it, and I set the formatting so it doesn’t have any border or background.

Here is the cell selected at design time

And as we can see at run time we are now getting the desired effect.

And if we use Chromes developer’s tools, we will see that WebDev has made the containing DIV section wide enough to allow our Looper to grow to the width of the page..

And with that we have a looper with variable numbers of columns and variable widths. Note that if I did not have a good fundamental understanding of HTML and CSS I would have been at a lost on what the issue was or how to fix it. Even those WebDev does a great job of “protecting” use from the plumbing if we don’t know how the plumbing works, we are in for a mess when a leak develops!

I would also like to note that one of the reason I encourage others to do webinars and blogs is how much it improves your own code. As it almost invariably happens while working on this presentation I noticed several things that could be done better. My original solution to the width issue involved several more cells and blank statics, but the mere act of preparing for a presentation forces you to do a code review and fully understand your code so that you can present it.

Be sure to go over to and watch the Uncle Pete’s corner webinar that is the companion to this article.

Uncle Pete’s Corner is weekly webinar on all things WX every Friday , to watch the recorded version of this webinar, many other WX related webinars or to watch future ones live go to

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Student Experience – Jordan Dekens

Jordan Dekens completed the AIM Overseas program ‘Intensive French in Vichy’ in Summer School 2019. Jordan is studying a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in French Studies and Creative Writing. Please note that this post has been edited from the original blog on the AIM Overseas website.

After leaving my family on an emotional New Year’s Eve and travelling for a few days in London, I made my way to the picturesque town of Vichy, France to start my Intensive French course at CAVILAM Alliance Français.

Vichy is straight out of a fairy tale. If I could just find a chateau close enough, I would think I were in Beauty and the Beast. Everything you need is within walking distance. The shopping district is a four minute walk, if that, in one direction meanwhile CAVILAM is a four or five minute walk in the opposite direction.

Through my two weeks in Vichy so far, we’ve ended up doing a bit of a foodie tour to find out where exactly to get the best food. In terms of baguettes, Maison Jouainnet is by far a favourite of most AIM Overseas students, including myself. I don’t think that anywhere can come close to making sandwiches like the French. There is a special place in my heart for the coffee machines in the foyer at CAVILAM, so cheap, so good. The crêpes deserve their own award, but I don’t think I’ve sampled quite enough to be entirely sure who takes out the title yet. In terms of hot chocolate, a little café hidden away called Keck’s Nature Store takes the cake (Le Petit Quebecois is my personal recommendation if you’re having something to eat).

On arriving at CAVILAM, we all sat down and took the ‘teste de niveau’ to put us in the right class and chose between an oral or a written workshop as an elective for the afternoons. We all started to mingle and then we were off to class. We started to play a game to practice our speaking and responded to some challenging questions, like ‘what would you name your autobiography?’ We then had lunch, followed by oral language class where we introduced ourselves once again and started a class discussion.

The rest of the week started a routine with language class in the morning, then our chosen elective in the afternoons on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. There are no classes in the afternoon on a Wednesday at CAVILAM, and on Mondays, class starts at 11am and finishes at 3:30pm. In terms of what’s covered in class – all sorts – vocabulary, current events, discussions, debates, and grammar. Intense is a good word to describe this program – that’s how it feels being surrounded by French constantly. It is amazing to be learning so much and to be able to interact with people in your second language, but it seemed to all catch up with us by the middle of the second week.

CAVILAM has an amazing cultural program ranging from excursions to movie nights. One night was the adorable film Les Choristes, which while emotional, is a highly recommended watch. Each week is different, with a range of activities to choose from to really immerse yourself in the French culture. In terms of excursions, while some chose to climb the volcano, a few of us decided to go to Clermont-Ferrand instead. Indulging in great cathedrals, a Duc’s house (with a nineteenth century version of a turntable so you wouldn’t have to reverse your horse out the driveway), fountains, and a little shopping.  The weekend before that, most of us trekked out to Moulins to go and see the costume museum, where a few of us had some fun with the costumes we could try. We saw costumes from famous Broadway musicals such as Cats, Singing in the Rain, Grease, Phantom of the Opera and my personal favourite, the clothes made out of curtains for the Von Trapp kids from The Sound of Music. We then did a little exploring, visiting a nativity scene in a cathedral, and found some much needed coffee and pastries.

One of the most amazing experiences I’ve had so far is meeting the people here. My host family is lovely and have tried their best to make me feel welcome. The teachers at CAVILAM are always happy to answer any questions or queries one might have. Our AIM Overseas group and the other students at CAVILAM are lovely, and I have made some great friends. Although, there is also irony in coming to the other side of the world and the majority of your new friends and the people you meet come from Adelaide and go to the same university as you. It’s a small world.

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Democrats finally get a framing win with ‘Vouchercare’

David Aaker, professor emeritus of marketing and public policy | September 24, 2012

Democrats always seem to lose the all-important discussion framing battle. But with “vouchercare,” they’ve finally won one. “Vouchercare” describes the republican approach to the reform of Medicare. It frames the discussion around the concept that a fixed price voucher will be given to retired people who must then accept the risk that the insurance industry … Continue reading »


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Buenos Aires’s Recoleta Street (Photo of the Day)

The ornate Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires is the final resting place of many elite Argentinians, including Eva Perón. This photograph shows a pathway leading through the cemetery’s tombs.

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2021 Summer Pre-College Virtual Program Fairs

The Association for Pre-College Program Directors is proud to present the 2021 Summer Pre-College Program Fairs, a series of virtual events that provide students and their families the opportunity to learn about academic summer programs at top US college and universities.

Representatives from Johns Hopkins Engineering  (Explore Engineering Innovation and Biomedical Engineering Innovation) will be at the fairs on:

  • January 9
  • February 3
  • February 20
  • March 3

At each fair, attendees may:

  • Visit virtual booths, where you can ask questions via text or video chat with summer program representatives.
  • View helpful webinars on how to choose a summer program, how to strengthen your application, how to make the most out of your summer program experience.

Registration is FREE to attendees. We invite you to visit the Virtual Fairs website at https://www.summerstudyintheusa.org/virtualstudentfairs for complete information on dates, times, and which institutions will be represented at each event. We also encourage you to visit SummerStudyintheUSA.org, where you can search participating programs by your grade level, academic interests, and more.

The first Virtual Fair will be held on January 9th, 2021, from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm Eastern time.

If you are interested in registering for this event, we recommend you set a reminder to go to the Virtual Fairs website just before registration opens, as there may be more students wishing to register than can be accommodated in one fair.

Questions about the event can be submitted to PCPDVirtualFairsInfo@gmail.com.

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Johnny Depp’s Tonto raises ire of local Native Americans

Disney’s reboot of “The Lone Ranger” opens tomorrow in movie theaters across the country. With Johnny Depp in a starring role, it’s sure that the action flick will garner millions in its opening weekend.

To hear Depp tell it, his portrayal of Tonto is righting a historic wrong.

“It was something I felt a pretty intense passion for, for a long time,” Depp told MTV News. “Just taking into consideration the way that Native Americans have been portrayed in old-school TV series as sidekicks or savages. I just thought it was a way to flip it completely on its head and an opportunity to send great respect and thanks to the Native Americans for all they’ve lived through and went through in their existence. I guess it was to portray the Native American with the integrity and dignity that they deserve.”

In advance of the release of the Depp has even gone so far as to be adopted by a Comanche tribe.

But not all Native Americans are so accepting of Depp’s latest dramatic undertaking, so I launched a conversation on Facebook to find out more. Artist and All My Relations gallery director Dyani White Hawk Polk told me that critics take issue with the fact that, yet again, a non-realistic depiction of their culture is making the big screen, portrayed by a non-Native American.

Johnny Depp may very well be well intentioned, his adoption is not something I can speak to. I am not Comanche, I am not a part of the family that chose to adopt him and I do not know why. But what I do know is that it doesn’t necessarily automatically make someone “certified” or have any type of “authority” on the subject. He obviously is still pretty damn fresh to any ideas of contemporary Native people/current issues/history, etc. It’s just a huge gap of not understanding the true issues, not being educated on them and not going the distance to really figure out where the backlash comes from and why.

Particularly offensive for many Native Americans is Depp’s makeup and headdress, which includes a stuffed dead bird. The look was inspired by a painting by a non-Native artist, and is completely unrealistic.

And then there’s the fact that Depp heads a band called “Tonto’s Giant Nuts.”

For writer and actor R. Vincent Moniz, Jr., this latest insult feels like déjà vu all over again.

Tonto is a minstrel character, created by a white guy, who is being rebooted by Disney. Disney isn’t well known for their positive Indian imagery. Disney took a minstrel, wrapped him in a non natives stereotypical drawing of Indians and have a big name Depp – who is not Native American – playing the part. This is “First World Cinema” doing what its always done. They even have [Native American actor] Saginaw Grant out in front telling everyone this is OK, but look over Mr. Grant’s work and you will see someone who has no problem playing whatever Indian stereotype that’s needed.  Nothings changed in First World Cinema with respect to how Indigenous peoples are portrayed, they just got better at buying us off quicker.

Moniz says he personally wouldn’t want any Indigenous actor to play stereotyped versions of Native Americans, but adds if they didn’t, what parts would they get?

“It’s almost as if pretending to be Native is eclipsing actually being Native,” he said