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|SCA: Our mission is to ensure smooth, fair CE election on July 10
Following is the transcript (English portion) of a standup briefing given by the Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Mr Stephen Lam, after attending a meeting of the Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs this afternoon (March 21):
Reporter: .. just wondering about the pressing demand from the legislators about any emergency plan for July 10 if the election fell through. So why didn't you come up with any such plan?
SCA: As I explained during the Constitutional Affairs Panel meeting, the current term of the Election Committee will expire on July 13. This is a situation which we have acquired from the original design of the Basic Law, because the Election Committee was formed back in mid-2000 and its five-year term therefore expires on July 13, 2005.
Our current mission is to do everything possible to ensure that we have a smooth and fair election conducted in accordance with the laws of Hong Kong on July 10. We are confident that we should be able to do so. And with that in mind, we focus our energies on that particular mission.
Reporter: Mr Henry Tang said that he was not running for the election. Does it help clear up any uncertainties surrounding the election?
SCA: The election arrangements have just begun. The Electoral Affairs Commission and the Registration and Electoral Office have started its work in preparing the ground for the by-elections to the Election Committee to be arranged. In the meantime, whoever is interested in running in this election and whoever can acquire the requisite number of nominations are free and welcome to take part in the election.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)
Ends/Monday, March 21, 2005


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CONVERSATIONS AT CHR: Blastocyst Stage Culture in IVF
How Many Eggs Should You Freeze?
Is Egg Freezing Best For You? Understanding Egg Freezing Risks and Alternatives
CONVERSATIONS AT CHR: Study on PRP for Ovarian Rejuvenation
Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) and Fertility
Overcoming Poor Response to IVF Stimulation
What is Amenorrhea?
CHR’s Program for Single Mothers Seeking Fertility Treatment
Why Mini-IVF is Not as Successful as Standard Cycle IVF
CONVERSATIONS AT CHR: Breast Cancer Risk After Recent Childbirth
How CoQ10 and Mitochondrial Function Can Affect Egg Production
Why You Should Be Skeptical About New PGT-A Testing Methods

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|August 7, 2014 09:00 AM EDT||
London, United Kingdom, August 07, 2014 --(PR.com)-- The Storage Made Easy Private Enterprise File Sync and Share Solution is an on-premise solution that is completely private and can be deployed by enterprises as well as being available as a white-label OEM solution for service providers and companies that want to embed file share and sync into their own products.
The new version of the EFSS solution adds support for CleverSafe, Cloudian, AmpliData, CMIS, and Jive as well as strengthening integration support for LDAP Identity Management. Governance and Audit controls have also been strengthened with the introduction of ‘Audit Watch’ a service that provides real time update on files that have been nominated to track. The events auditor has also been enhanced to support the output of file event data in SysLog format for use with solutions such as Splunk.
The Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution now supports over 5000 business customers with over 50 of these customer deployed on premise or IaaS using their own private EFSS service. The largest deployment is for 250,000 users, geo load balanced between east and west coast US and UK and Amsterdam. The solution is also white labelled by over 20 service providers globally in locations such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, United States, Israel, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, and South Africa.
“The Storage Made Easy Enterprise File Share and Sync solution concentrates on private enterprise file share and sync for corporate data,” said CEO Jim Liddle. “Our focus is firmly on being an EFSS solution for either private or cloud corporate data, or a combination of both. We are a facilitator in that sense but we can be used as an EFSS solution for any private data store, such as OpenStack Swift.”
The Storage Made Easy offering differs from other EFSS solution in that it is storage agnostic, supporting over 45 private and public data Clouds. The solution is provided for private on-premise behind the firewall deployment or is available on IaaS. The solution covers every desktop Operating System, Mac Windows and Linux, and SME is one of the only vendors to have a Linux solution. Specifically SME has plug-in’s for Open Office and Microsoft Office as well as for Microsoft Outlook and for Mac Mail and Mac Outlook. The solution also provides native Cloud Drives for each platform to providing a means to navigate large amounts of corporate data without downloading it to the desktop.
The Storage Made Easy EFSS solution also covers every mobile Operating System, iOS, Android Windows Phone, Windows Tablet, and BlackBerry (both OS versions). SME also offers versions of their mobile Apps for Oracle Mobile Security Suite and also Sector, a secure app ecosystem endorsed by leading service providers worldwide.
The SME solution also provides extra strong governance controls with audit logs that can be exposed at a business level for download or archive. The solution has already been used and deployed as part of HIPPA AND FISMA solutions and integrates with Active Directory and LDAP from an Identity Management perspective.
The SME solution is also offered on the UK G-Cloud, an IL3 level service as well as with Amazon GovCloud in the US.
The SME Enterprise File Share and Sync Solution also embeds a unique protocol layer that supports WebDav, FTP, SFTP and an S3 compatible API above any data store for integration with common apps or hardware. This is unique amongst all vendors to Storage Made Easy.
The SME Enterprise File Share and Sync solution can also be deployed with a specific integration developed for Apache Lucene to enable deep content search of data stored in distributed private and public clouds. Veritext did such a deployment with the solution for their Veritext Vault service.
About SME Storage Made Easy:
Storage Made Easy is the trading name of Vehera LTD who has offices in the UK, USA and Switzerland. The SME solution allows IT to regain control of “cloud data sprawl” by unifying private/public company data and privately used employee cloud data solutions into a single converged infrastructure.
This can easily be managed and be used to set and enforce governance and audit controls for file access and sharing in addition to providing deep content search of indexed data. This approach provided a solution to the “shadow IT” conundrum and makes it possible for companies to find a balance between the protection of corporate data and employee data by allowing businesses to monitor, secure and audit all data silos, be they private or cloud or company or employee, from a single access point.
Further information can be found at www.StorageMadeEasy.com
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The cloud is becoming the de-facto way for enterprises to leverage common infrastructure while innovating and one of the biggest obstacles facing public cloud computing is security. In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Jeff Aliber, a global marketing executive at Verizon, discussed how the best place for web security is in the cloud. Benefits include: Functions as the first layer of defense Easy operation –CNAME change Implement an integrated solution Best architecture for addressing network-l...
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"People are a lot more knowledgeable about APIs now. There are two types of people who work with APIs - IT people who want to use APIs for something internal and the product managers who want to do something outside APIs for people to connect to them," explained Roberto Medrano, Executive Vice President at SOA Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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“We are a managed services company. We have taken the key aspects of the cloud and the purposed data center and merged the two together and launched the Purposed Cloud about 18–24 months ago," explained Chetan Patwardhan, CEO of Stratogent, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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Mobile commerce traffic is surpassing desktop, yet less than 20% of sales in the U.S. are mobile commerce sales. In his session at 15th Cloud Expo, Dan Franklin, Segment Manager, Commerce, at Verizon Digital Media Services, defined mobile devices and discussed how next generation means simplification. It means taking your digital content and turning it into instantly gratifying experiences.
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“In the past year we've seen a lot of stabilization of WebRTC. You can now use it in production with a far greater degree of certainty. A lot of the real developments in the past year have been in things like the data channel, which will enable a whole new type of application," explained Peter Dunkley, Technical Director at Acision, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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“DevOps is really about the business. The business is under pressure today, competitively in the marketplace to respond to the expectations of the customer. The business is driving IT and the problem is that IT isn't responding fast enough," explained Mark Levy, Senior Product Marketing Manager at Serena Software, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at DevOps Summit, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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The Internet of Things is a misnomer. That implies that everything is on the Internet, and that simply should not be - especially for things that are blurring the line between medical devices that stimulate like a pacemaker and quantified self-sensors like a pedometer or pulse tracker. The mesh of things that we manage must be segmented into zones of trust for sensing data, transmitting data, receiving command and control administrative changes, and peer-to-peer mesh messaging. In his session a...
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"At our booth we are showing how to provide trust in the Internet of Things. Trust is where everything starts to become secure and trustworthy. Now with the scaling of the Internet of Things it becomes an interesting question – I've heard numbers from 200 billion devices next year up to a trillion in the next 10 to 15 years," explained Johannes Lintzen, Vice President of Sales at Utimaco, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at @ThingsExpo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in San...
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"Ulunsoft is a start-up that focuses on how enterprises build cloud-based IT infrastructure for business," explained Haibo Zhu, President of Ulunsoft Corp, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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As enterprises engage with Big Data technologies to develop applications needed to meet operational demands, new computation fabrics are continually being introduced. To leverage these new innovations, organizations are sacrificing market opportunities to gain expertise in learning new systems. In his session at Big Data Expo, Supreet Oberoi, Vice President of Field Engineering at Concurrent, Inc., discussed how to leverage existing infrastructure and investments and future-proof them against e...
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“The year of the cloud – we have no idea when it's really happening but we think it's happening now. For those technology providers like Zentera that are helping enterprises move to the cloud - it's been fun to watch," noted Mike Loftus, VP Product Management and Marketing at Zentera Systems, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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"For over 25 years we have been working with a lot of enterprise customers and we have seen how companies create applications. And now that we have moved to cloud computing, mobile, social and the Internet of Things, we see that the market needs a new way of creating applications," stated Jesse Shiah, CEO, President and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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"Desktop as a Service is emerging as a very big trend. One of the big influencers of this – for Esri – is that we have a large user base that uses virtualization and they are looking at Desktop as a Service right now," explained John Meza, Product Engineer at Esri, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Gridstore™, the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built to optimize Microsoft workloads, will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Gridstore™ is the leader in hyper-converged infrastructure purpose-built for Microsoft workloads and designed to accelerate applications in virtualized environments. Gridstore’s hyper-converged infrastructure is the ...
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"Application monitoring and intelligence can smooth the path in a DevOps environment. In a DevOps environment you see constant change. If you are trying to monitor things in a constantly changing environment, you're going to spend a lot of your job fixing your monitoring," explained Todd Rader, Solutions Architect at AppDynamics, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at DevOps Summit, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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Today’s enterprise is being driven by disruptive competitive and human capital requirements to provide enterprise application access through not only desktops, but also mobile devices. To retrofit existing programs across all these devices using traditional programming methods is very costly and time consuming – often prohibitively so. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Jesse Shiah, CEO, President, and Co-Founder of AgilePoint Inc., discussed how you can create applications that run on all mobile ...
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"SOASTA built the concept of cloud testing in 2008. It's grown from rather meager beginnings to where now we are provisioning hundreds of thousands of servers on a daily basis on behalf of customers around the world to test their applications," explained Tom Lounibos, CEO of SOASTA, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at DevOps Summit, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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We certainly live in interesting technological times. And no more interesting than the current competing IoT standards for connectivity. Various standards bodies, approaches, and ecosystems are vying for mindshare and positioning for a competitive edge. It is clear that when the dust settles, we will have new protocols, evolved protocols, that will change the way we interact with devices and infrastructure. We will also have evolved web protocols, like HTTP/2, that will be changing the very core...
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"Verizon Digital Media Services is responsible for the broadcast, video and content delivery network that accelerates, scales and helps our customers reach end users with all kinds of video and web content," stated James Segil, CMO of Verizon Digital Media Services, in this SYS-CON.tv interview at 15th Cloud Expo, held Nov 4–6, 2014, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA.
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SYS-CON Events announced today that Creative Business Solutions will exhibit at SYS-CON's 16th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 9-11, 2015, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Creative Business Solutions is the top stocking authorized HP Renew Distributor in the U.S. Based out of Long Island, NY, Creative Business Solutions offers a one-stop shop for a diverse range of products including Proliant, Blade and Industry Standard Servers, Networking, Server Options and...
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Quantum Arts Presents Tom Paxton and the DonJuans with Amy Spece
Tom Paxton and the Donjuans
Collectively, their songs have been covered by: Harry Belafonte, John Mellencamp, Miranda Lambert, Neil Diamond, Ray Charles, Nancy Griffith, Judy Collins, Pete Seeger, Janis Ian, Kathy Mattea, John Denver, Faith Hill, B.J. Thomas, Blake Shelton, Peter, Paul & Mary and Bob Dylan just to name a few! Within days of writing and playing together, they knew they were onto something. Now theyre taking it on the road!
Originally from Baltimore, Speace studied literature at Amherst College then moved to NYC to train as a classical actress with The National Shakespeare Conservatory. She wrote her first song at age 30 and began playing acoustic clubs in NYC as a sideline to her acting career, until, in 2006, she was discovered by Judy Collins who signed Speace to her imprint, Wildflower Records.
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NBA Asian-American invader Jeremy Lin’s rise to face sparked the sporting community with some backlashing from boxer Floyd Mayweather with his tweet:
@FloydMayweather: Jeremy Lin is a good player but all the hype is because he’s Asian. Black players do what he does every night and don’t get the same praise.
Ofcourse it raised some eyebrows in the sporting world with his comment, especially to the Filipinos since this is the same fighter who doesn’t want to fight pound for pound king Manny Pacquaio.
A very good article from the Huffington Post shares a special insight into Jeremy Lin and his rise to fame.
Linsanity is a fantastic event on multiple fronts — a racial milestone reached, a sports story involving a woeful franchise perhaps rescued by an unlikely hero, and the compelling tale of a guy no one counted on, who comes through huge. But in the end, it is a simpler story than the one that broad racial assumptions are inclined to spin out: Lin is a very good basketball player, no more, no less.
Lin-sanity just proved himself once again that his skills are no fluke. He just brought his team once again to victory with a 3-pointer at the last few seconds of the game against the Toronto Raptors.
Good on you, Jeremy Lin!


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Best Part time Masters in Pharmaceutical Analysis 2019/2020
Pharmaceutical analysis is a science-based program that focuses on the quality control of chemical compounds, especially those related to pharmaceuticals. This field of study is useful for individuals who wish to pursue employment with R&D laboratories and regulatory agencies.
Part time Master in Pharmaceutical Analysis
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The training will take place entirely in distance mode by giving the student the material published in book format (IFBN the Ministry of Culture, personalized paperback) and in pdf format in a pendrive with a tablet or laptop (choice) and assessment will be enabled platform to reflect the effect of interactions between tutor-student / a, which are reflected the ...

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Moon Hunters Pre-Alpha Gameplay Teaser
Presenting the first footage from Moon Hunters as it launches its Kickstarter.
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- ArenaNet and NCSoft has released a new teaser trailer for the upcoming Season 2 update for Guild Wars 2. In this teaser, you’ll see that the...

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Journal : Journal of Systems Architecture, 14 August 2021
Modern systems are heterogeneous inter-operating subsystems of different aspects that can be physical, technical, cybernetics, and even social like agent operators in smart grids or smart transportations. With the social dimension, we name these systems by Socio-Cyber-Physical Systems (SCPS). However, ensuring safety, correctness, and security against attacks that can be either technical or socio-technical based threats is challenging in the presence of components of different aspects. The main difficulty resides on how well security policies are expressed, integrated, and reinforced within a SCPS; in addition to how SCPS are designed and precisely specified. For a better precision, we rely on formal methods to develop a sound approach that models SCPS entities, especially their demeanour and interactions. Further, we formally specify security requirements and policies in SCPS. For security analysis, we develop an algorithm that automatically reinforces the specified security policies and also checks the validity of the requirements for a SCPS model in the presence or absence of attacks. Finally, we validate the approach on a real case scenario of SCPS in the presence of social and technical threats.


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Opposition leader Jack Layton has accused the Harper government of taking a “very cynical” approach in its release of documents on the Afghan detainee file. The release of 4000 pages worth of documents came just as MPs are gearing down for summer recess. “[The Government] chose a date that will prevent parliamentarians from asking questions in the House of Commons. It’s just one day before our work here must end,” Layton said (Colin Horgan, “Set for the Afghan detainee doc dump?,” Ipolitics.ca, 21 June 2011, and Sonya Bell, “If 4,000 pages fall in the summer, do they make a sound?,” Ipolitics.ca, 22 June 2011).
Last year then-Speaker Peter Milliken ruled that withholding the documents breached parliamentary privilege and asked the parties to come up with a solution. A secretive committee of selected MPs began examining the documents, but the NDP boycotted the process because of concerns about the limitations applied to it.
After Tuesday’s Question Period, NDP National Defence critic Jack Harris told reporters that the timing of the release was “obviously designed to keep this sunk below the level of public discourse…. They really don’t want a full objective public inquiry.”
Calls for a public inquiry remain unanswered.

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It’s almost December and that means a brand new Hobbit film to get excited about, Warner Bros. released a new trailer for the film earlier today and fans should enjoy the action. In the new video, for the film ‘The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug,’ you will find the dwarves of Erebor’s and the fast-paced archery of Legolas, as well as a few other familiar faces from the other films.
In the trailer you will also see Bilbo Baggins (played by Martin Freeman) as he finds a particular item that plays a large role in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, quickly hiding it from Gandalf (Ian McKellen). The trailer before this one had a little more Smaug teasing, Baggin’s begins by saying “Truly details and songs fall short of your enormity, O Smaug, the stupendous.” Though the dragon will be more of a surprise later in the film, not the trailer.
This film marks the second installment in Peter Jackson’s prequel trilogy, expected to release in theaters on December 13, 2013. The new trilogy will wrap up with ‘The Hobbit: There and Back Again’, releasing on Dec. 17, 2014.


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Information Commission Under RTI Act, 2005 : An Appraisal (Paper)
Right to Information Act (RTI) a powerful law enacted in year 2005 for better governance in the country. RTI law is backed by Article 19(1) (a) of the Constitution of India which talks about freedom of speech and expression. For proper usage of this right one should have proper information about the Public Authority. Public Authority carries wider meaning than only government. There are two objectives of RTI Act, 2005, one is to bring transparency and accountability in governance and other one is to setting up of Central Information Commission (CIC) and State Information Commission (SIC) to hear appeals and complaints. There are lot of peculiarities in working of CIC and various SICs. Some state commissions are performing exceptionally well whereas some are lagging behind. Most of the state information commission offices are facing challenges in terms of vacancies which ultimately leading to backlog of appeals and complaints. Second biggest challenge is appointment of efficient Information Commissioners who can dispose cases in effective way and in timely manner. There are Information Commissioners who have given landmarks orders and disposed off large number of cases. Thus we can see the role of information commissioner is crucial for successful implementation of RTI Act, 2005.
Present paper will critically analyze working of Information Commission at central and state level alongwith some important orders delivered by CIC and SIC.


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Full context: I am building a stopwatch / countdown timer. The design is that there will be up/down counters that increment/decrement the time. The counters are then connected to 7-segment displays to show the time in the format hours:minutes:seconds. There are 5 buttons in the system: play, pause, reset, save and load. Pressing play will start/continue the stopwatch/timer. Pressing pause will pause it indefinitely. Pressing reset will reset the counter into 00:00 and pause it. Pressing save will save the values and pause it indefintely. Pressing load will load the latest saved values and pause it as well indefinitely.
I have made the modulo 10 4-bit counters and modulo 6 3-bit counters which counts up from 0 to 9 and 0 to 5 respectively. The operations in the system that works already are: play, pause, save, and reset. I have troubles implementing the load operation. The play, pause and reset operations are relatively easy so we move on to the save operation.
First, here is a diagram of one of the 4-bit counters:
It is connected to this subcircuit that saves the states into four registers.
The saving is done by sending a clock signal onto four registers (in the 2nd picture). So if the counter is on state 4 (0-1-0-0) and the save button is clicked, there will be four registers that have the value 0, 1, 0, and 0 respectively. The issue is I also need to load this saved state back into the counter. Imagine 3 more ticks after saving, the counter is now on state 7 (0-1-1-1). If I click the load button, the flip flops should be back to the saved state 0-1-0-0. I am having troubles coming up with a way to overwrite the state of the flip flops with the saved values.
Is loading values back on the flip flops possible or do I need something else?

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Today, students of Zhubanov University met with specialists and listened to their lectures on the Prevention of offenses and corruption among young people, as well as on the issues of religion and education.
The meeting was attended by Chief Specialist of the Department of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Aktobe region Maksat Abekenov, specialist of the Ansar information and analytical center, theologian Nurlan Asanov, police captains of the city police department No. 1 of Astana district Kuandyk Abu and Amina Mukusheva.
Currently, the work to strengthen the fight against corruption in the world is constantly being carried out and is constantly being improved. Maksat Abekenov, noting that the fight against corruption is the duty of every citizen, spoke about the peculiarities of the formation of this anti-epidemic culture among young people.
During the meeting, students were also explained the consequences of offenses among young people and a number of issues related to religion.
The audience asked the speakers questions, to which they received exhaustive answers.
The event was organized by the professional and creative faculty of the University.


- Is Virginia extending driver’s license renewal?
- How much is it to renew your license in VA?
- Are VA DMV open?
- Can I renew my Virginia license online?
- What happens if your Virginia driver’s license expires?
- What is a DMV stop in Virginia?
- What documents do I need for a Virginia driver’s license?
- Is there a grace period for expired drivers license in Virginia?
- What do you need to renew your license in VA?
- Why can’t I renew my license online VA?
Is Virginia extending driver’s license renewal?
The validity of driver’s licenses, learner’s permits and identification cards that expire in November have been extended through November 30, 2020..
How much is it to renew your license in VA?
A driver’s license renewal costs $4 per year. If you are receiving a license that is valid for two years from the expiration date printed on your prior license, it would cost $8. If you choose to renew in person, you will receive a license valid for five or eight years which will cost $20 or $32, respectively.
Are VA DMV open?
Most DMV offices have opened for specific services by appointment only as part of a phased reopening plan. … Northam directed Virginia DMV to close all 75 DMV customer service centers and suspend all DMV Connect and DMV2Go mobile operations from March 18, 2020 through May 18, 2020.
Can I renew my Virginia license online?
1. Renewing online or by mail. Every other renewal cycle, you may renew your driver’s license online or by mail. Your renewal notice will indicate if you are eligible to renew by one of these methods or whether you must renew at a customer service center.
What happens if your Virginia driver’s license expires?
You can renew your license up to a year after it expires without any penalties. If it has expired for more than a year, you must retake the vision exam, driving knowledge test and driving skills test to renew it. This is similar to applying for a license like a new applicant.
What is a DMV stop in Virginia?
A DMV stop is a collection tool. Once a personal property account becomes delinquent it is subject to a DMV stop. A DMV stop prohibits the delinquent taxpayer from doing business with a Virginia DMV. There is an additional $55.00 charge placed on the delinquent account.
What documents do I need for a Virginia driver’s license?
Individuals under the age of 19 are required to provide only one proof of identity from the primary list.One proof of Virginia residency.One proof of legal presence in U.S.One proof of your social security number, if applicable.
Is there a grace period for expired drivers license in Virginia?
According to the DMV, all driver’s licenses and identification cards expiring on or before July 31, 2020, are extended for 90 days, to August 31 at the latest. … Those expiring in June are extended for 60 days and those expiring in July are extended for 30 days.
What do you need to renew your license in VA?
You will need to provide official identification like a Social Security card, passport, or a green card to proceed with your renewal. The proper identification will allow you to begin the process of renewing your Virginia license or state ID card.
Why can’t I renew my license online VA?
You cannot renew your driver’s license online or by mail IF: You are required to take the knowledge exam. Your license has expired and you have not proved legal presence.


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Why Mindy Kaling Has Major Girl Power
Description:Mindy Kaling is breaking some MAJOR gender and ethnic barriers in this country, but one journalist at SXSW is questioning that. We are standing by her in this week's Girl Power!
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Tea & Ephemera is a class that’s all about expanding ones view of the possibilites of what you can do with different mediums and media on fabric by trying out a lot of different techniques in one day; drawing and painting on tea bags, applying printed abaca paper to fabric, collaging with decorative papers, napkins and printed labels, printing with thermofax screens, using Shiva paint stiks with stencils and creating additional texture with rubber stamps.
My goal when teaching this class, is to help students look at everyday objects around them in a new way and find the potential for incorporating items they find interesting into their art.
I almost forgot to post a photo of a piece I did in class, using the wire brush from the Walnut Hollow tool box on a piece of blue colored aluminum. I love the look of this and will definitely add it into the repertoire of techniques I teach in class.
I have a lot of fun teaching, but I also have a lot of fun hanging out with fellow teachers and students.
I had the pleasure of meeting Anna in Houston at International Quilt Festival where she took two of my classes.
These photos are from a dinner celebrating Anna’s birthday with her quilt group. It was so nice to have two of Anna’s friends in my painting class, too, so I felt right at home among friends.
It was really great having time to get to know Anita Solomon better too and sharing our stories. I have to say Anita’s amazing fool proof methods for putting blocks together actually has me thinking about wanting to make a traditional quilt! Now, that’s an impressive recommendation 🙂 You should really check out her books and classes if you enjoy piecing, or maybe if you don’t, but want to!
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March 3rd, 10 am Lecture/Trunk show: It's All in the Process, Making an award winning quilt and everything that can go wrong along the way. Meissner's Sewing, Sacramento, CA
April 21-23 Paint and Print-A-Palooza- 3 day workshop, Meissner's Sewing, Sacramento, CA
May 5-7 Prayer Flags- 1 day, and Paint and Print-A-Palooza- 2 day workshop, SLO Creative Studio, San Luis Obispo, CA
October 5-10 NZ National Quilt Symposium, Christchurch, NZ Painting Imagery with Textile Paints- 2 days Tea & Ephemera Paint & Print-A-Palooza Blessings in the Wind: Mixed-media prayer flags

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Haven youth and family services is a non-profit (501c3) adolescent mental health provider that operates a 24-hour emergency housing crisis hotline that facilitates housing placements for youth 11-17 who have been locked out or run away from home. Haven also offers a wide variety of mental health counseling services and resources to youth and their families, from individual counseling to family, crisis, and group counseling. They also provide outreach services and psycho-educational presentations to area schools and parents in New Trier, Northfield, and Moraine townships.
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There is an old saw in the cobbler business that when the economy gets tough, resolers get rich. Tailors, too.
``Traditionally, shoe repair business goes up when there is a recession,`` said Mitchell Lebovic, an official of the Shoe Service Institute of America in Baltimore.
He says most of the nation`s 15,000 cobbler shops are doing fairly well in the recession.
But an informal survey of the people who mend and alter clothes and fix shoes in Chicago`s affluent North Shore suburbs, indicates that this recession is different.
``People say they fix their shoes instead of buying new, but it isn`t true,`` said Edward Borisov of Crossroads Cobbler in Highland Park.
``It`s been rough the last year,`` added Ted Sampras, who runs Ted`s Tailors and Cleaners down the road in Wilmette.
The problem is all the more puzzling because the shoe repair business in the United States traditionally is concentrated in more affluent areas because the people there can afford to buy the more expensive shoes that make sense to repair.
``It isn`t worth spending $25 to fix a pair of shoes you spent $25 to buy at Kmart,`` said one industry official.
George Kondiles, who for the last eight years has operated a shoe repair shop in Plaza del Lago in Wilmette, said his business is down 10 percent.
``I`m no economist, but I think this recession is moving from the blue-collar class up into the white collar,`` said Kondiles.
That might explain why the shoe-repair and tailor businesses on the North Shore aren`t performing up to what industry officials say has been a relatively profitable period for their counterparts nationally.
``When I got into this industry 22 years ago, we went through a couple of recessions and business just boomed,`` said Jack Lynch, vice president of sales and marketing for the shoe-repair division of Stanley-Bostich, an amalgamation that resulted when the New England-based toolmaker bought the well-known staplemaker. Bostich also owned the last company in the U.S. to make shoe repair equipment.
``But when we got into it (recession) this time, things were spotty. There wasn`t any pattern,`` Lynch added.
Some older, and by industry standards, obsolete, cobbler shops did well while the more modern new shops in the malls suffered, he said.
The theory is that the recession-related falloff of retail traffic in the malls cut into the customer base for the shoe repair shops there, but did not hit shops in old suburban downtown sections.
That might explain why Boris Kozatske is whistling a happy tune while many of his colleagues are singing the blues. The Ukrainian immigrant, who said he learned his trade in his homeland by moonlighting on the black market because he was unable to make ends meet as a musician, is only the third operator of 67-year-old Kenilworth Shoe Service.
Said Kozatske: ``Maybe business is little better. I don`t know how much up. You can make good living if you work hard.``
A mile to the north in Winnetka, Socratis Zavitsanos said he has been able to survive the downturn because people are altering clothing to fit changing styles and waistlines.
``Not too many new suits come in anymore (for alteration),`` said Zavitsanos, a native Athenian. ``Keep suits longer. So I let out and put new lining inside.``
``The ladies want everything short-up to the knee,`` added Julio Gluck, a tailor working in the Crossroads Center in Highland Park. ``We do a lot of that now.``
For cobblers, there is also the problem of the unusually dry spring.
``If it rains, the water gets through the hole in the sole and people come in to get them fixed,`` said Crossroads Cobbler`s Borisov.

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8 Recipes for Oprahs "Low-Key" 60th Birthday Dinner
Word is out that Oprah is apparently going to celebrate her 60th birthday with a "low-key" birthday dinner at home. We love a good home-cooked, festive meal, and just because the dinner itself is "low-key" doesn't mean the food can't be decadent and delicious. So in honor of Oprah's 60th birthday, here are 8 recipes one of them (the cocktail!) straight from the birthday girl herself we think would be great for a fun evening in with friends:

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Saudi Arabia will be making their sixth appearance at the World Cup in Qatar.
They first made it to the finals of the tournament in 1994 and made an instant impact as they reached the round of 16 on their debut.
Can the Green Falcons do even better in Qatar?
Well, coach Herve Renard would definitely want to, but he will be well aware of the threat posed by other nations in their pool.
Saudi Arabia have been drawn in Group C along with Argentina, Mexico and Poland.
Not the easiest of groups, but Renard would hope that his troops can cause a couple of upsets and make it to the knockout stages.
Here are the 26 players who will make the trip to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.


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The dreams of a more vibrant Atlantic City often see it as a place where millennials and baby boomers choose to live — in lively neighborhoods that don’t require a drive to get to necessities, fun and employment.
The geography of the small city favors such dreams.
It’s only 48 blocks total and compact, easily walked with or without the help of its four kinds of public transit. And it has a broad, fabulous oceanfront walkway that runs the length of the town, its world famous Boardwalk.
Walkability rater Walkscore.com gives Atlantic City a 71 out of 100, or “very walkable.” It told one of our reporters that people living in such areas tend to be healthier and fitter, and have higher levels of engagement with their communities. No wonder people prefer walkable towns.
Walking, however, is just one form of human-scale transportation in the modern city, and on the others Atlantic City falls short. Except for the hours when bicyclists are allowed to use the Boardwalk, the city isn’t cycling-friendly. Nor is the streetscape very welcoming for scooters and skateboards, favorites of millennials.
Part of the problem is that Atlantic City’s streets and traffic controls were created to maximize the flow of car and truck traffic. Pretty much the minimum was then done to accommodate pedestrians in that scheme, let alone cyclists and others.
Ocean City has shown how busy streets can be reclaimed for pedestrians and cyclists. It has calmed traffic with reduced speed limits and more stop signs, created bike lanes and allowed schoolchildren to use its Boardwalk after the noon cutoff for riders. It also created an island-long bicycling corridor linking streets configured to favor cyclists over motor vehicles.
Atlantic City had a similar pedestrian and cyclist safety plan proposed in 2013.
Developed by the city and the state Department of Transportation, it called for traffic-calming median islands and curb extensions, increased Boardwalk hours for bicyclists, and true bike lanes for corridors running the length of the city.
Unfortunately, the good plan wasn’t executed. Instead the city has settled for the minimum — just putting up signs declaring a “bike route” to encourage cyclists to choose less busy streets. Another is expected later this year.
That won’t do. People on the street or sidewalk — on their feet or whatever wheels they choose — want to feel comfortable and secure. They won’t go there if they constantly need to be on high alert to avoid joining society’s growing ranks of pedestrian traffic victims.
This would help the other kind of safety widely seen as a key to Atlantic City’s revival — that the chance of seeing a crime or being the victim of one is negligible. The city’s Police Department has done an admirable job on the reality, reducing crime overall by two-thirds since 2013. But the public’s perception hasn’t shifted as much.
Nothing says a street is safe like people going about their business, running errands, having fun. Nothing discourages crime more than the presence of plenty of law-abiding people.
At this point the city and state have it backward. It’s not make the city safer and people will come — it’s get more people into a welcoming, relaxed streetscape and Atlantic City’s safety and livability will be obvious. The pedestrian and cycling improvements are more important to the city’s revival than officials realize.


“I pleaded before her, saying ‘God gave this land for people to stay’ but she answered in English which I didn’t understand,” related Martha Dayog. Dayog is an Ibaloi, one of the residents of Happy Hollow and Liwanag, villages in Camp John Hay whose residents are being evicted. “Her” was Lyssa GS Pagano-Calde, legal counsel of JHMC. Dayog showed her documents, including a receipt dated October 15, 1949 issued by the Commonwealth of the Philippines to her father for real property taxes payment.
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BAGUIO CITY — Using Presidential Decree 705 of The Philippine Forestry Code as basis, the John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC) issued a directive authorizing Scout Rangers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to demolish three houses in Barangay Happy Hollow and a shanty inside the Baguio Country Club last December, and a storehouse also in Happy Hollow last Jan. 10.
The demolition order covers 13 barangays affecting Ibalois and Kankanaeys, the tribal groups native to the area.
A Marcos decree, PD 705 prohibits habitation in areas 18 per cent in slope, making the entire Cordillera and other mountainous regions a public domain.
Camp John Hay residents petitioned the city council, which in turn called for a dialogue last Jan. 10. As a result, the city council held the demolitions in abeyance and called for the segregation of the 13 barangays.
“The segregation process for the delineation of built-up areas in the Camp John Hay Forest Reservation (CJH reservation) must be rushed so that actual occupants could do what they wished on their land,” said Baguio Councilor Jose Mencio Molintas who heads the city’s Committee on Human Rights, Justice, Public Protection and Safety, Peace and Order. He urged the people in the 13 barangays inside the reservation to organize as he asked that demolitions be held in abeyance in order not to pre-empt the city council’s efforts to delineate areas for release from the CJH reservation.
The reservation is a 273-hectare special economic zone estate awarded by virtue of Republic Act 7227 or the Bases Conversion Development Authority Act. The segregation of 13 barangays is one condition imposed by former Baguio officials when they endorsed the master development plan for CJH in 1996. Camp John Hay was a former rest and recreation area for US troops before being turned over to the Philippine government.
Molintas said in a committee consultation on Jan. 12 that while people living inside the Camp John Hay reservation maintain that the area is part of their ancestral domain, the John Hay Management Corporation (JHMC) thinks otherwise and is in fact asserting its control over the area.
“Nagpakpaka-asi ak kadakuada, ‘Inted ti Diyos a pagyanan ti tao ti daga,’ ngem sinungbatandak ti English a saan ko pulos a naawatan” (I pleaded before her saying “God gave this land for people to stay” but she answered in English which I didn’t understand), Martha Dayog told the city council during the citizens’ forum during the council’s session Jan. 10.
Dayog said that her ancestors have lived in the area for more than 100 years, even showing as proof to the JHMC authorities some documents that the Americans issued her father after the second world war. The documents included an original official receipt of the Commonwealth of the Philippines dated Oct. 15, 1949 when Bernal Tindaan, her deceased father, paid the commonwealth government treasury P518 apparently in fines and real property taxes.
“Saanda a binigbig dagiti dokumento” (She did not honor the documents) Dalog narrated. She said she could not read, write nor speak any language but Iloko and her native tongue Inibaloi. “Uray diak mabasa ti nakasurat iti dokumento, ammok a nagbaybayad kami ti buwis ti dagami” (Even if I could not read what was written in the documents, I know that we have been paying our taxes for our land), she opined.
Moratoriums on demolitions and constructions
In a dialogue with the concerned residents on Jan. 12, Molintas initiated a moratorium. Pagano-Calde and former Army Maj. George Demot , the Security Manager of the JHMC, attended the dialogue.
Residents, however, seemed unhappy over the new moratorium because, they said, the JHMC still controls their movements.
“Uray plywood ket alaenda” (They confiscate even a piece of plywood), a woman told the committee hearing.
Demot, however said that if the barangay captain issues a certification, the JHMC will issue a gate pass to allow the entry and exit of materials from the area.
In 2002, there was a moratorium to demolitions but repairs were allowed. In 2003, however, the moratorium was amended and disallowed the renovation, expansion and construction of additional structures in the CJH reservation.
Residents say that they were not informed of the conditions of the moratorium. They said that families grow and children have grown into adults who eventually formed new families. Thus, necessitating the building of new houses on lands their parents gave them, the residents reasoned out.
Segregation efforts in Camp John Hay
Happy Hollow is one of 13 barangays to be segregated from CJH reservation. It is included in the 19-point conditionality as contained in City Resolution # 362 that the city council passed for compliance by the CJH. The other barangays are Loakan, Apugan, Liwanag, Lucnab, Scout Barrio, Green Water, Hillside, Dagsian, Lualhati, Baguio Country Club Village, Gabriela Silang and Sta. Scholastica.
In 2001, JHMC started a mapping of structures and census of actual occupants in the reservation to justify a congressional declaration that the area is alienable and disposable in favor of the occupants. A presidential action is necessary for the approval of the segregation.
Only Scout Barrio has been delineated when residents here agreed to pay P300 per square meter to the BCDA in 1999.
A Barangay Segregation Committee was earlier formed with then Mayor Bernardo Vergara as head and the city council and officials of the 13 affected barangays as members. After the titling of Scout Barrio, however, the segregation efforts stopped, according to Happy Hollow Brgy. Capt. Joseph Sacley, who was also present at the dialogue.
The operation of the segregation committee was suspended during the May 2004 elections, the barangay captain told the city council. Northern Dispatch/ Posted by Bulatlat.com


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Nicky Jam will record 'The Rockstar Show' live from Latin Music Week with Jhay Cortez as his special guest.
Daddy Yankee, Karol G and Nicky Jam are confirmed for Billboard’s 2021 Latin Music Week, returning to Miami in September with a weeklong event that unites the top Latin hitmakers, influencers and industry leaders, and features live performances and conversations with superstars.
Presented by Samsung Galaxy, Latin Music Week will feature one-of-a-kind performances, panels, conversations and more with the aforementioned artists. Karol G will take center stage in The Superstar Q&A on Sept. 21 for an in-depth conversation about her career, music, love and upcoming projects.
On Sept. 22, fans will get up close and personal with Yankee as he discusses his 25-year career that launched reggaetón around the world in the second installment of The Superstar Q&A. The Puerto Rican hitmaker is also set to perform for a Billboard En Vivo concert that night at the Faena Forum exclusive to Billboard Latin Music Week registrants.

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Instant Karma. Novel published by City Lights, San Francisco, Oct. 2002
“Adept at deadpan humor and fluent in high-tone irony, Swartz guides his misanthropic diarist and pseudo-Talmudic scholar to the works of a mishmash of tantalizing thinkers.”
—The Chicago Tribune
“A first novel of remarkable compression, lithe satirical humor, impressive intellectual dimension, and sly provocation.”
“Mark Swartz has written a remarkable book. Instant Karma is a quick, bright thing that is sort of hilarious, always amusing, somewhat edgy, thoroughly wry, and genuinely touching.”
—Frederick Barthelme (Painted Desert)
“Instant Karma is irresistible from beginning to end. To make this original treatment of a complex and indeed zany subject so consistently entertaining is proof of a new and prodigious talent.”
—Harry Mathews (Cigarettes; The Oulipo Compendium)
H2O. Novel published by Soft Skull, Brooklyn, Oct. 2006
"Swartz's shrewd, jittery, and noirishly atmospheric speculative tale about a bumbling antihero and dire environmental trauma brings an irreverent and parrying voice to ecofiction and casts a fractured light on follies petty and catastrophic.”
"A deft vision of America's postindustrial future in the stylized guise of noir fiction.... At once fantastic and eerily plausible.... [Shivers's] insights and unique vision not only are clever and entertaining but offer thought-provoking commentary on America's current social and cultural malaise."
"Mark Swartz’s second novel, the noirish eco-satire H2O, makes Davis Guggenheim’s film An Inconvenient Truth look like a feel-good summer romance… [H2O is] a fast, fun, ominous read.”
—Time Out New York
“A short, sharp shock--a jab to the eyeball and brain, H2O by Mark Swartz is as telling commentary on our society now as Don DeLillo’s White Noise was in its time. Savagely precise, clever but not shallow, Swartz's writing lacerates even as it's deeply, disturbingly funny.”
Lost Flamingo, story by Mark Swartz based on an episode in Ian Frazier's nonfiction classic Travels in Siberia. Illustrations by Art Hondros.
"The Giant of the Flood." Story by Mark Swartz. Illustrations by Dandan Luo. Adapted from Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends, by Aunt Naomi (pseud. Gertrude Landa),
"Magpie Bridge." Adapted from the Chinese Fairy Tale 'Cowherd and Weaving Girl'. Illustrations by Dandan Luo. Book design by Janet Hume.


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(3) if she will make a statement on the discharge of her responsibilities in relation to seals under (a) the EU Habitats Directive, (b) Article 8 of the Berne Convention and (c) the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981;
(4) what steps she is taking to encourage (a) fishermen and (b) fish farmers to adopt the use of non-lethal means of seal deterrence;
(5) what plans she has to review section 9 of the Conservation of Seals Act 1970
Mr. Meacher [holding answer 31 January 2003]: Sugar beet has potential for the production of bioethanol and the Government announced in the pre-Budget report that it intends to introduce a 20p per litre reduction in duty on bioethanol compared to ultra low sulphur petrol. Industry and other stakeholders are being consulted about when this incentive should be introduced. Production of bioethanol from lignocellulosic materials is likely to offer additional environmental advantage and the Government will consider best how to give it further support. There is potential to exploit other molecules from sugar beet, some of which have high value, and this is already known to the industry. The Government-Industry
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Forum on Non-Food Uses of Crops was set up in 2001 to review market opportunities for non-food crops and make recommendations to Government on policy affecting their use. The Forum has looked at several non-food crop applications, including bioethanol.
Local Veterinary Inspectors (LVIs)
Temporary Veterinary Inspectors (TVIs)
The Divisional Veterinary Manager (DVM) is responsible for work carried out in his/her Division. In instances where LVIs or TVIs infringe or fail to comply with their terms and conditions of appointment, perform duties unsatisfactorily or are guilty of conduct which makes suspension or termination of the appointment desirable they may be suspended and ultimately terminated.
SVS Veterinary Officers are serving civil servants. They are bound by the terms and conditions set out in the Defra Staff Handbook. In addition they are bound by the terms of the Official Secrets Act. Breach of the forgoing may result in termination of appointment and in certain circumstances criminal or civil proceedings.
Mr. Ingram: There are some 300 British troops deployed in Afghanistan, mostly with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The ISAF is tasked with maintaining security in support of the Transitional Islamic Authority of Afghanistan, led by President Karzai. Its deployment is limited to Kabul and its immediate environs by UN Security Council Resolution 1444.
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Mr. Ingram [holding answer 4 February 2003]: The term serviceability has a strict meaning in military aviation and serviceability targets apply only at unit level. Therefore, the Ministry of Defence does not set targets for the Defence Aviation Repair Agency expressed in terms of serviceability. However, as my answer on 23 July 2002, Official Report, columns 91112W, to the hon. Member for Lincoln (Ms Merron) pointed out, the agency works to a range of key targets that are designed to help improve quality, efficiency, and overall performance levels.
Mr. Ingram: Airwave is a Home Office PFI contract with mmO2 managed by the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO). The Ministry of Defence is buying into the service as a Department of Trade and Industry approved public safety user.
The Airwave service is being rolled out across the United Kingdom between 2001 and 2005 to a programme agreed between PITO, mm02, and the Home Office police constabularies. Airwave has already entered service in some of these constabulary areas.
Access to the Airwave service is available now to Ministry of Defence users, through a Defence Communications Services Agency enabling contract. The service is being taken up in accordance with individual project plans, and in line with the service rollout time scales.
Mr. Keetch: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what memoranda of understanding have been reached with the United States regarding the command and control of British troops in the Gulf region; what provisions exist for the maintenance of UK national control over operations in the event of hostilities; and if he will make a statement.
Mr. Hoon [holding answer 31 January 2003]: Should it become necessary to commit British forces to military action against Iraq the Government will ensure that command and control arrangements providing appropriate levels of national direction of British forces are put in place.
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Mr. Ingram: Modifications to armoured vehicles continue throughout their in-service life, either because of faults that are identified, or new technologies provide improved capability that can be inserted through incremental acquisition. Challenger 2 is no different in this respect. In the case of specific modifications to improve the performance of Challenger 2 in desert conditions, the Ministry of Defence continues to expect measures to be completed in time for possible future operations.
Mr. Ingram: It remains Government policy that the fabrication and assembly of new warship hulls for the Royal Navy should be undertaken in United Kingdom shipyards, and this, of course, applies to the construction of the future aircraft carriers. However, the policy does not apply to all of the vessels' sub-systems.
As the Defence Industrial Policy Paper published last October, made clear, competition remains the bedrock of our procurement policy, although the benefit to the UK economy from MOD contracts is taken into account when assessing bids. In order to provide the Armed Forces with the equipment they require at the best value for money for the taxpayer, prime contractors are expected to use competition extensively to select sub-contractors. British industry is well-placed to compete for the equipment and sub-systems that will be required for the future aircraft carrier.


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Labor sources have reported across the Australian media that the Shoalhaven security paper mill in Bomaderry is likely to close in the near term due to a lack of orders.
But the mill's management has stated that no closure decisions have been made.
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DISH today announced that its customers will have the ability to watch Hands-Free TVTM using the…
Although just a concept, Samsung’s ‘The Wall’ brings the best parts of an OLED screen to a modular…
Sony chief offers the future corporate view as well as a peek at the latest 2018 product crop
TCL outlines future TV production plans, Roku advancements, and its newest TV series at CES
FIBBR’s 8K-HDR Fiber Optic HDMI cable, which will be on display at CES 2018, is capable of residential applications up to 50 meters.
A sneak peek at the new technologies powering LG's 2018 CES TV intros, including their newest lineup of OLED and Super UHD TVs.
Today in CE: The cat is out of the bag and Apple has confirmed that they are slowing down older iPhones but are they doing enough to save face?
The WiSA-compliant Axiim Link will serve as the industry’s “first wireless home theater solution” for the Xbox One family of devices and Windows 10 PCs.
The new line of Westinghouse Smart 4K Ultra HDTVs features amazing picture quality, vibrant colors and are equipped with the latest technologies.
LG Electronics and Meridian Audio announced a new partnership that is sure to result in some exceptional high-performance audio products.
The Eurofins Digital Testing 4K HDR UHD logo will appear on all 2017 Hisense TVs that have passed the certification testing.
Wednesday in CE: Google pulls YouTube off of Amazon devices as spat escalates, Netflix is working on a choose-your-own-adventure show, and more.


The best post-show coverage is at CMT and GAC (both of which had the list of winners right after the show even though it was on ABC-TV). Even a full hour after the show, ABC only had a snarky blog from backstage which did have lots of fun details and fan perspectives.
Winning my award for getting the best immediate post-show info on the internet: CMT. Someone there seems to understand the principle of immediacy in an on-demand world.
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Hepatitis B virus has been detected in human milk, but breastfeeding has not been shown to increase the risk of infection to the baby.
Can Breastfed babies get infection?
Three viruses (CMV, HIV, and HTLV-I) frequently cause infection or disease as a result of breast-milk transmission. Reasonable guidelines have been pro-posed for when and how to avoid breast milk in the case of maternal infection.
How do you know if you have an infection from breastfeeding?
Mastitis, which mainly affects breast-feeding women, causes redness, swelling and pain in one or both breasts. Mastitis is an inflammation of breast tissue that sometimes involves an infection. The inflammation results in breast pain, swelling, warmth and redness. You might also have fever and chills.
Who shouldnt breastfeed?
Mothers infected with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I or type II should not breast feed their babies. Mothers who are taking illegal drugs like cocaine, PCP, heroin, marijuana etc. are not allowed to breastfeed their babies.
Do breastfed babies really get sick less?
Breastfed babies have fewer infections and hospitalizations than formula-fed infants. During breastfeeding, antibodies and other germ-fighting factors pass from a mother to her baby and strengthen the immune system. This helps lower a baby’s chances of getting many infections, including: ear infections.
Is it safe to breastfeed with mastitis?
Most women can successfully continue breastfeeding during a breast infection. If mastitis makes it difficult for you to continue breastfeeding while the infection is being treated, remember that emptying your breasts regularly is essential.
What does a breast infection look like?
Itching. Nipple discharge (may contain pus) Swelling, tenderness, and warmth in breast tissue. Skin redness, most often in wedge shape.
Will mastitis go away on its own?
Sometimes breast infections go away on their own. If you notice you have symptoms of mastitis, try the following: Breastfeed on the affected side every 2 hours, or more frequently. This will keep your milk flowing and prevent your breast from getting too full of milk.
What is a disadvantage of breastfeeding?
The only disadvantages for the baby in breastfeeding occur when things are not going well, for example, if there’s an inadequate supply of breast milk or an inefficient suck reflex in the baby. … If the mother develops certain medical conditions, whether or not to continue breastfeeding may need to be reassessed.
Can babies reject breast milk?
Many factors can trigger a breast-feeding strike — a baby’s sudden refusal to breast-feed for a period of time after breast-feeding well for months. Typically, the baby is trying to tell you that something isn’t quite right. But a breast-feeding strike doesn’t necessarily mean that your baby is ready to wean.
Why do mothers choose not to breastfeed?
Some mothers find it leaves them feeling too uncomfortable and sore, and bottle-feeding offers them a convenient and pain-free alternative. Others choose not to breastfeed because of other family or job pressures.


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During normal times, if the world’s petroleum producers announced an agreement to slash output, oil prices would immediately spike. During normal times, lower crude prices would boost economic growth. During normal times, low oil prices might be reason to celebrate. But if there is one fact we can agree on, it is that these are not normal times.
The global economic crisis triggered by efforts to stop the coronavirus pandemic has not only upended some of the patterns we had grown accustomed to—it has also revealed that many long-standing preconceptions have become outdated. That is evident in the dramatic shifts buffeting the oil markets.
A month ago, when it was already clear that the coronavirus would squeeze economic growth and, as a consequence, would depress demand for oil around the world, Saudi Arabia and Russia engaged in a ferocious price war, opening up the taps to flood the market where a glut was already emerging. The move, not surprisingly, triggered the largest one-day drop in crude prices in history.


The New Year’s Day Lowcountry tradition of jumping into the chilly waters of the Atlantic Ocean continues with the Fifth Annual 2013 Pelican Plunge at Hunting Island State Park. Registration for the event starts at noon near the lighthouse, while the actual plunge will be at 1 p.m., Tuesday, January 1, 2013.
Personal and team pledges will benefit Hunting Island’s “Discover Carolina” school program. In the last three years, the Pelican Plunge has raised more than $10,000 for the Discover Carolina program, which provides a day of hands-on, curriculum-based instruction at the state park for third, fifth and seventh grade students in Beaufort County. The Friends of Hunting Island uses the event as a vehicle to fund these student group trips.
Prizes will be awarded to the most money raised by an individual, business and organization.
For more information, call the park at 843-838-2011 or visit www.friendsofhuntingisland.org.


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SWANSEA Council has appointed Michelle Morris as its new assistant chief executive.
Her appointment completes a restructuring of the council's management team, which has seen the appointment of a deputy chief executive, two assistant chief executives and four strategic directors.
The authority's chief executive Tim Thorogood said, "We are delighted with Michelle's appointment. She will have a key role in driving the authority forward and ensuring that we meet the needs of our customers."
Ms Morris is currently head of customer relations at Carmarthenshire County Council.
She said, "The council has exciting plans to improve the services it provides to its customers and to be one of the best performing councils in England and Wales.
"I am looking forward to being part of Swansea's exciting future and, in particular, working with its staff and councillors to achieve their ambitions for the council and the city of Swansea."
Prior to joining Carmarthenshire in February 2000, she spent three years as marketing co-ordinator at Pembrokeshire County Council.


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Can I still use Kobo Mini?
As of February 28th, 2019, the Mini will no longer be supported by Rakuten Kobo. This means it will no longer receive software updates, and will not be able to connect to the Kobo Store. Kobo Mini requires a mandatory software update by February 28th, 2019.
How many books can a Kobo Mini hold?
That gives it limited storage space, especially since there’s only about 1GB of space available for content, but that’s still enough room to store about 1000 ebooks (not bad for a device that’s about half the size of a book). Battery life is rated at approximately one month.
Does Kobo Mini have WiFi?
The Good. The Kobo Mini is a modestly priced, very compact Wi-Fi-enabled e-ink e-reader with a 5-inch touch screen. It supports EPUB files, it’s compatible with any e-book store that uses the Adobe DRM format, and with Wi-Fi off it gets up to a month’s worth of battery life from a single charge.
How do I use my old Kobo?
Before you start:
- Go to kobo.com/desktop on your computer.
- Click the red Download now button.
- After Kobo Desktop is downloaded, install it on your computer.
- On your computer: Open the.
- Click SIGN IN at the top of the screen.
- Sign in to your Kobo account.
- Click Continue.
- Turn on your eReader.
How do I transfer books to my Kobo?
Step 2 of 2: Import the files to the Kobo Books App
- Tap the. Kobo eBooks app icon.
- Tap the. Actions icon at the top of the screen.
- Tap Import Items.
- Tap Start.
- Select the items you want to import.
- Tap Import Selected.
- If you want to remove the original files, tap Yes.
- Wait for the items to import to your Library.
How do I load books onto my Kobo?
Click Files near the top of the screen. Drag and drop the ePub or PDF file over the Kobo Books icon. Kobo Books app. Under ‘Recently Added’, you’ll see the book that you added….You can copy non-protected content from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac onto your Kobo Books app.
- Google Drive.
- Mail app.
- Your Mac.
How many books can you store on Kobo?
How many books fit on my new Kobo Aura H2O? The new Kobo Aura H2O has 8GB of memory, which means it can hold up to 6,000 eBooks—in other words, lots!
How many books can you get on a Kobo?
You can read a maximum of 15 Kobo Plus books while offline over a 30-day period on a Kobo eReader or in the Kobo App. Once you’ve opened 15 books, or reached the end of the 30-day period of offline reading, you’ll need to reconnect to Wi Fi and sync your eReader or app.
How do I connect my kobo to Wi Fi?
To sync your eReader over Wi Fi:
- Go to your Home screen.
- Tap the Sync icon at the top of the screen.
- Tap Sync now. Your eReader will connect to Wi Fi and download available eBooks and updates.
Do you need Wi Fi to read on Kobo?
You can read up to 15 Kobo Plus books from your library in your Kobo Desktop app while offline. After 30 days of offline reading, you’ll need to re-connect to Wi Fi and sync Kobo Desktop to continue reading.
Is the Kobo Clara HD a hands free eReader?
Exclusive to Kobo Clara HD, the Kobo SleepCover allows for hands-free reading at the perfect angle. Simply flip the front cover over, and attach it… Protect your eReader with a playful spark of colour.
How does Kobo Aura Edition 2 Sleepcover work?
Exclusive to Kobo Aura (Edition 2), the SleepCover turns your eReader on and off when you open and close the cover. The thin and lightweight design…
What are the different colors of the Kobo?
Available in Black, Grey, Rose, or Aqua, and made with soft PU leather, the versatile Kobo Libra H2O SleepCover conveniently folds to let your stor… Exclusive to Kobo Clara HD, the Kobo SleepCover allows for hands-free reading at the perfect angle.

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Meijer promotes two money-saving programs for 75th anniversary
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Meijer shoppers will receive gifts this summer, as the supercenter chain introduces two money-saving programs tied to its diamond anniversary.
From now through July 4, Meijer’s “75th Anniversary Bonus” program will award a coupon worth 5% off a shopper’s next grocery purchase when he or she spends $75 or more on general merchandise or apparel items. Up to four coupons (representing a 20% savings) can be combined and used for a future grocery purchase. The program runs through July 4; all coupons must be redeemed by July 11.
The other anniversary-themed promotion is Meijer’s “75th Anniversary Bucks Program” that grants instant-dollar savings for general merchandise items. The program will take $3 off any GM purchase of $14.75 or more, $5 off any GM purchase of $24.75 or more, $10 off $49.75 or more and $20 off any GM purchases of $99.75 or more.
The “75th Anniversary Bucks Program” will be held June 20 at all 189 Meijer stores, and again from July 1 to 4 at all stores.
“Both of these anniversary promotions represent our way of giving something back to our loyal shoppers,” said Hank Meijer, co-chairman and CEO. “This is an exciting anniversary for us, and it’s only fitting that we share the celebration with our customers. There are many other events and promotions slated for our 75th anniversary this summer, but these two are focused on our long-standing and primary goal — saving our customers money.”
Meijer operates 189 supercenters throughout Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Kentucky.
Polaroid and Summit Global announce partnership
MINNEAPOLIS PLR IP Holdings LLC announced the completion of an exclusive five-year license agreement with the Summit Global Group to produce and distribute Polaroid-branded digital still cameras, digital video cameras, digital photo frames and Polaroid PoGo mobile products worldwide.
Prior to the partnership, Summit Global had been a trusted partner of the Polaroid brand for over eight years.
“We are pleased to continue our relationship with Summit Global as we move into a new era for the Polaroid brand,” said Scott W. Hardy, president of PLR IP Holdings, the entity that owns the Polaroid Brand. “Summit Global’s leadership in digital imaging is sure to uphold and exceed customer expectations as we re-launch our iconic brand into relevant new product categories.”
The partnership further develops and validates the strength of the Polaroid brand, and supports PLR IP Holdings’ strategic objective to diversify product category growth in established and emerging markets. It is anticipated that the agreement will generate over $1.3 billion in retail sales beginning 2009.
Fresh & Easy announces four new stores set to open this July
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market announced the grand opening of four California stores in Pasadena, Oxnard and Santa Barbara County set to open this July.
Based on customer feedback, Fresh & Easy announced it will be introducing over 1,000 new products to existing stores over the summer. Customers should expect to see more Fresh & Easy brand products, larger pack sizes, more national brands and exclusive new lines of national brand-quality products at low prices.
“As we have always done, we continue to listen and evolve to improve the shopping trip for customers. We’re hearing customers want to stretch their dollars even further, without compromising on quality,” said Tim Mason, Fresh & Easy CEO. “Particularly in this economy, we’re pleased we can open four additional stores in new neighborhoods while creating more than 80 high-quality jobs.”
Fresh & Easy currently operates 120 stores in California, Arizona and Nevada.

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Thompsons was involved in helping this lady after she was exposed to carbon monoxide gas. The problem started when a new boiler was installed in her home near Falkirk last year. The initial installation went well but after getting some work done to her exterior walls of her house things started to go wrong. The firm employed to repair the walls had also damaged the gas flu that allows the boiler to properly function and this meant that all gasses were not being properly removed from the house.
The Health & Safety Executive are continuing with an initiative to send their Inspectors to visit building sites across the UK. The purpose of the initiative is to crack down on dangerous practices that go on within the construction industry.Each year, there are injuries and deaths which are completely avoidable. During 2008/09 53 workers lost their life on constructions sites and 11,264 were injured in the UK alone. The initiative will focus on refurbishment works or roofing work. Employers will have to be on guard as the Health & Safety Inspectors' visits will be unsolicited.
Dundee Leisure who run the pool where schoolboy Luke Hutton, died in September 2007 have been fiend £40,000 for Health and Safety breaches.The 7 year old drowned at the Olympia Leisure Centre in Dundee. His body was found in a section of the water which had been covered for the night, after he had been reported missing.
Construction company Laing O’Rourke and construction equipment supplier SGB Services have been fined £105,000 after an accident at Heathrow Airport in 2005 left one man dead and another seriously injured.The accident happened when a concrete slab collapsed despite an earlier recall of defective equipment.


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I am thrilled to have won 3rd prize in the international book, Color Symphonies for Gauguin and Van Gogh.
Nocturno Phantasm was begin in 2018 during a difficult time for me when I was undergoing severe back issues. For approximately 8 months I had enduring severe pain and had great deal of difficulty trouble creating anything at all. Looking back, I still amazed that I managed everything. Along the way I kept thinking of van Gogh and all he was able to endure to the sake of expression and that on going thought created this work. The work was unveiled at The Arts Club of Washington and won The Award of Excellence. In 2022, after being contacted to create a work for Color Symphonies, I went back into Nocturno Phantasm and fully and creatively brought it to a more focused life, devoting it to van Gogh. Unlike a standard nocturne that drifts one off to sleep, this nocturne is a frenzied, much like Van Gogh’s mind. It’s about the creative hours, the mind at it’s most alert and inventive and all ideas that can be re- considered and looked forward to… for the morning.
• Extremely honored to have won an Award of Excellence from The Arts Club of Washington for the 2022 Winter’s Member’s Show. The award is for Ravel’s Left-hand Concerto. It was a phenomenal way to end the year on a lovely music note.
This work attempts to translate the beginning of Ravel’s Left-handed Concerto. The work encompasses the extraordinary journeyed amassing of the contra bassoon and basses all leading up to one breath of silence before the left hand forcefully comes down for the first chord and into a flutter of notes leading into the next chord, before the reckoning of descending chords upon the octaves in a surprise cadenza which i see as one of the great introductions to pianist, one can ask for. Ravel clearly wanted everyone to hear that this pianist may have one hand, but is never lacking extraordinary talent, expertise and power. Ravel wrote the work for composer Paul Wittgenstein who had lost his hand in the war. I was struck by the poignancy of Ravels intent and success in his musical structure.
• Honored to be a part of Art Ideal 2022.
The second issue of Art IDEAL magazine includes the work of 100 contemporary artists from around the world. We look at a variety of practices; from painters working in traditional oil on canvas, contemporary realism and abstract expressionism, photographers capturing in film and digital in the studio and outdoors as well as a variety of unique techniques in 2D, 3D and digital media. This diverse anthology provides an opportunity to discover mid-career and established artists and explore a wide spectrum of contemporary aesthetics. To find out more about each artist, visit their website and inquire with us or them directly to collaborate or purchase a featured artwork.
• So honored to be in the February Issue of Northern Virginia Magazine!!!
In the Fall 2021 issue of Circle Quarterly
In the 2021 issue of Boomer Magazine
One of which was Boomer Magazine which did an international call for artists representing new original work in 2021. The issue, The New Artist in our Contemporary World featured Pablo Piccaso and that alone made me want to try and be one of those artist. He had a huge impact on my art. I went to see his NY Exhibit at the Met in the late 70s or early 80s. that took up numerous floors. All the art was in order of it’s creation. After that exhibit I knew I had to make art work.
Summer 2021 Members Exhibition at
On view at The Arts Club of Washington: Summer 2021 Member’s Show
Schubert’s Symphony #8, 1st Movement “Unfinished Symphony”
by Britt Conley Mixed Media
2020: Artist in Residence with The Wheeling Symphony
2020 Member’s Exhibition at The Arts Club of Washington’s Members Exhibition. I would love to see you there!
The pandemic has been difficult for everyone, including me. While everything seemed to take a big hit, I kept pushing forward with the art. That is where my hopes live and breath. So while many things seemed to fall away, I was able to have some forward motion despite things.
In Winter of 2020 I was excitedly one of the featured artists at The Arts Club of Washington. The reception included a memorable night with family and friends! The opening reception was Friday, January 10th, 2020 from 6:30-8:30. I met many people and enjoyed many a conversation about the thought processes involved in personifying music. I absolutely love The Arts Club!
Another unexpected honor was not only being accepted into the The Northern Virginia Review Magazine but also being on the cover of the 34th edition. The cover mixed media work, “Musica,” is in the collection of a wonderful couple who’s home is not just heartfelt but full of love. Even a bigger honor!
Also inside the issue is Manhattan Lullaby, a graphite work representing the title track of Chris Ziemba’s jazz album Manhattan Lullaby. My September 2019 solo show at The Workhouse Arts Center, featured nearly 90 works personifying the many of the songs from his album. Chris is an amazing composer and pianist. He is also the pianist for The Airmen of Note, who are literally “The premier jazz ensemble of the United States Air Force.” It was a real pleasure to work with him. You can see more on the show further, below.
Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B minor, The Pathetique measures 221-229” (also in the issue) was recently awarded The Award of Excellence from The Arts Club of Washington. It was also featured in two other magazines…
An additional feature during the summer was a four page spread in Studio Visit Magazine which I have loved since the 90s, when I used to go to Barnes and Noble, grab the recent issues and enjoy some tea while perusing the latest trends in the art world. I’m honored to be in it and also to be one of the first artists with so many dedicated pages. Due to covid the 2020 issue came out in 2021. Better late than never 🙂
One of the other truly great opportunities about 2021 were the commissions! I had the incredible opportunity to collaborate with The Wheeling Symphony for their February “Soundbites” concert. I created a work of art to personify Gershwin’s I Got Rhythm. It was such a joy to work with them. I really loved the entire experience! They are a phenomenal organization.
To see the video lead up, click the blue link below the image!
The work was shown to the LIVE concert both in person and virtually. After the performance of the piece the artwork was auctioned off! See the creation of the work with the link below! I wanted to thank Maestro John Genaro Devlin for thinking of me and for being so creative and thoughtful with his concert series and opportunities!
Also back in November 2020 was my annual solo show! It was only seen by a handful of people. I’ve decided to add far larger anchor pieces and have a new show that can be seen within the next couple of years. The show was titled The Conductor Envisioned! The Conductor Envisioned features visual personifications of 20 conductors. Instead of following the exacting physical tempo motions, I wanted to capture the conductor’s personality and visualize their communication style by providing an iconic visual aesthetic, that personifies the energy, shape and philosophy of what they bring to their conducting. For more information, visit my ‘exhibition page.’
Lastly, for shows, I was also honored to make it into The Workhouse Arts Center Glass National show, June 17, 2020 – September 16, 2020.
Right now, May 2021, I’m working on a phenomenal commission! I’ve been asked to create a triptych of Copeland’s Appalachian Spring. It has taken a couple of months just to think and organize how to approach it on paper. It’s a heartfelt challenge that I hope will bring one of my best efforts. The background is almost done being layered. Then comes the music! Can’t wait!!!
No photos for this one yet! I like to work privately and create my own dialog to go with the piece at hand.
So 2020 had some amazing things, so horrible things, difficult times and a lot of time to reflect on how to move forward despite the difficulties. Looking forward to working hard through the summer, fall and a eventually having holiday full of what feels long lost family and friends.
Thank you to everyone who came out for my latest solo show, Jazz Envisioned: Manhattan Lullaby. For months I listened to Chris Ziemba’s album, Manhattan Lullaby and attempted to visualize much of it. I used the main two walls to showcase the first song on the album, “Josie.” The art is a nearly entirely note for note translation of this piece into motivic cells. It seemed a wonderful way to emulate the main and subset structures of his writing style.
Overall this has been an incredibly rewarding experience. Visually personifying Chris’s music into numerous thematic work runs has allowed me to chew through a bit of his writing style and decision making process. It’s a really rewarding experience to work so intensively and learn a lot along the way. The show featured 84 separate artworks. Nine of the works represent, “The Road Less Traveled,” which features the saxophone was emulated by illustrating the sound articulation and melodic shape of his performance.
Although Chris was unable to attend the opening, he was able to perform at the closing reception. His memorizing performance of the many of the works from the album was an incredible experience for all! Chris performs all over and is additionally the pianist for The Airmen of Note. It was an honor to work with him.
The sculpture “Interval Sea” is heading overseas. I really enjoyed creating it and will miss having it around the studio. It’s going to a very loving home in Norway.
It’s an honor enough to be showing at The Arts Club of Washington again from now until June 27th. I was lucky enough to win the Award of Excellence for Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 6 in B minor, “The Pathetique” measures 221-229. The day after the opening, I was asked it was available and he said wanted it : )
Also on view is the commission, “My Guitar, My Muse” that I’ve spent the past few years on. It’s about the sound of guitar strings being plucked and all things music. The Lovely couple who commissioned it came to The Arts Club for the official unveiling and seemed ecstatic about the outcome : )
I used the guitar strings that the guitarist had performed with. I really loved being able to add that personal touch and he really liked the idea.
I’m also, currently the curator for a show titled “Artists in Their Own Right” at the Workhouse Arts Center in Lorton, VA. The show features just some of our over 50 community at Northern Virginia Community College.
The Opening reception will be July 13th, 2019 from 6-8pm.
After the reception, please come by my new studio in building 10 for small 2nd get together/new studio warming and birthday get together. They’ll be cake!
I also be giving a sneak peak at the new show I’m working on! I’m working on 50 works while listening to one jazz album: Manhattan Lullaby by Chris Ziemba. I’ll be personifying the music throughout the album in color. I’m still working on the black & white under-layer structures for the next couple of weeks before adding those color layers. I’m really excited about the show and watching all of this music come to life visually. The exhibit is titled Jazz Envisioned: Manhattan Lullaby and will be on view at The Workhouse Arts Center in Building 10 from September 14th-October 6th. Here is a sneak peak of the early stage inks I working on now…
I was also thrilled to have sold Hummel’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in A minor. Op. 25 thru the Arts Club of Washington in March. It’s a recent work and one of my favorites.
The Arts Club of Washington has been absolutely wonderful and I can’t recommend them enough. In 2018 I was fortunate enough to win two awards of excellence for the first of my Chopin series and for Noturno Phantasm, a nocturn of the night.
This wasn’t my first award from the Arts Club of Washington. I’m lucky to have been award several others as well.
It was also shown at various other locations including The Arts Club of Washington and Northern Virginia Community College.
On View at The Huntington Museum of Art
One of the other really wonderful events this past year was having my first group showing at the Huntington Museum of Art. Feldeinsamkeit was entered. It is a Brahms lead for paino and male voice. It’s inspired from a poem Brahms read about a man lying in the field in tall grass, listening to the incencent sound of crickets, while the clouds move rhythmically overhead. Feldeinsamkeit sold this summer to a wonderful couple.
It was a wonderful experience, the museum staff are incredible and the evening reception was phenomenally done. I really loved being in the space and it has inspired a couple of potential museum shows that are in the making…
On view at The Workhouse Arts Center
It’s been a wonderful year… I was fortunate enough to be in The Workhouse Arts Center show Compounds Not Required with a phenomenal group of artists!
On View at Strathmore Center of the Arts
In 2017 I was thrilled to be in Strathmore’s La Vie en Bleu.
The work I entered was the collaboration of John Kocur’s Out of the Blue and my, “Into the Blue. I created the work to his writing style and he created the jazz composition to the painting.
The reception was incredible and a joy to meet some any fellow artists!
On View at The Workhouse Arts Center, 2017 Solo Show Musica.
2017 Artist in Residence with Virginia Bronze.
The most fun was spending the year collaborating with Virginia Bronze! They are a 25 member handbell ensemble. They gave me four works to create art to, to go with their season’s final concert at The George Washington Memorial
There were two concerts. The other was performed at The Workhouse Arts Center. The works I created were in glass. I created one for Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite, Debussy’s Sunken Cathedral, Nimrod and Mussorgsky’s Great Gate of Kiev.
I then created a light show behind the glass that was played per buttons with the actual timing of the music. Being a percussionist in a former life, I was able to pull it off.


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Examining the relative influences of social capital on adolescent sexual behaviors
Methods: Secondary data analysis was conducted using nominated friendship data from Waves I and II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Wave I data were used to create indices of bonding and bridging social capital, within the immediate and broader peer groups, respectively. The outcome, sexual initiation, was assessed at Wave II. Logistic regression was conducted to determine the relative effects of the social capital indices on the likelihood of adolescent sexual initiation. Additionally, sensitivity and SIMEX analyses were used to address the effects of data limitations on the measures of association for bonding social capital and adolescent sexual initiation.
Results: The findings suggest positive associations between both bonding and bridging social capital and adolescent sexual initiation with a slightly stronger association for bridging social capital compared to bonding social capital.
Discussion: This study helps to illustrate the differential effects of bonding and bridging social capital on adolescent sexual behaviors, and indicate the potential for targeted interventions at these different sources of social capital to help reduce the burden of STIs among adolescents.
Learning Areas:Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Protection of the public in relation to communicable diseases including prevention or control
Social and behavioral sciences
Describe the differential effects of bonding and bridging social capital on adolescent sexual behaviors.
Keyword(s): Adolescent Health, Sexual Behavior
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: This study is one specific aim from my MSPH thesis developed in collaboration with the co-authors. During my studies, I gained experience in sexual health behaviors research and social epidemiology through multiple graduate assistantships and workshop opportunities. Additionally, I have a specific interest in the role social and sexual networks play in disease transmission, and the potential for targeted prevention, and intervention, strategies based on a better understanding of social influences.
Any relevant financial relationships? No
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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The Czech Republic intends to acquire a dozen aircraft from Bell – eight transports and four attack helicopters – as part of a fleet modernisation worth Kc14.5 billion ($600 million).
Speaking during a visit to Sedlec air base in late August, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said that the nation wants to acquire the new rotorcraft "as soon as possible".
Defence minister Lubomir Metnar says Prague will buy eight utility-roled UH-1Y Venoms and four AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters to replace its Mil Mi-24s.
Selection of the US-built types was “based on military recommendations", says Metnar.
Conclusion of the government-to-government contract – which includes weapons and support provision – is expected by year-end, allowing deliveries to begin in 2023.
Bell has already secured approval from the US government for the deal via the Foreign Military Sales process.
The combined Viper and Venom proposal beat competition from the Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk for the requirement.
Both the Bell helicopters are operated by the US Marine Corps, with the AH-1Z also selected by export customers Bahrain and Pakistan.
Deliveries of the UH-1Y to the USMC were completed in 2018.