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Ode to Rise AgainstThe band spoke not to the masses,Ode to Rise Against3 years ago in Traditional Fixed Forms More Like This
but to those whose wrists wore slashes.
Their words lacked a semblance of formality,
but were meant for those with abnormality.
The message was for all those whose pain was immense;
it told them it was time to rise, Rise Against.
Rise Against the injustice and pain.
Defend the memory of the slain.
Stand for those who are helpless.
Always try to be selfless.
Work hard for better futures.
Treat the world's wounds with sutures.
Rise Against their pseudo-perfection.
With music, they gave us direction.
Do not let yourself be tame.
Do not give in to their game.
Fight back, but not with violence,
and do not live in silence.
Rise Against the corrupt regime.
They are not as strong as they seem.
Live only by your moral laws.
Stand up, stand out, embrace your flaws.
Arm-in-arm, we make a wall.
Together, we can stand tall.
Rise Against the fanatic;
those whose beliefs are static.
They fear our success, our progress,
and so it is us they oppress.
In time, my suffer
One Month AgoOne month ago, my world stopped spinningOne Month Ago6 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
My heart kept racing, all alone
I kissed your hand, I kissed your nose
I paced for hours, in the hall
I sang beside you, all night long
Shared our stories, had some laughs
Shared our secrets, shed some tears
I saw you blink, I saw your eyes
I saw your body, but felt your soul
Your lips not moving,
I heard a whisper, heard my name
Rushed to your side, your pulse was slowing
Your mother screamed, your father cried
When we arrived, I saw you fighting
The numbers jumping, up then down
I held your hand, I watched your chest,
Rise and fall, with every breath
Could not believe, that you might die
Could not believe, you had to survive
One month ago, our world stopped spinning
Your brother said
Cant find his pulse
Could not believe, could not believe
I kissed your hand, I kissed your nose
I felt the warmth, still fading away
I felt a liquid stain my lip
It was your body
It was your soul
Your life echoed in my own
I see the world, it
Happy Birthday, MichelleThirteen years since youve been placedHappy Birthday, Michelle8 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
On this earth to meet your fate
Bribed with cookiessent with love
Join the dark side. Its what you dreamed of.
Come with me and lets explore
All the things you havent seen before.
On your birthday, you can fly
Drift away and touch the sky.
On a cloud, you can eat your pie
Look back on the past with a sigh.
Growing older, but still always young at heart
Journey forward and make a start.
Thirteen years have gone and pass
Teenage times are here to last
At least for a few years, that is
But it will go by in a whiz.
So Happy Birthday I give to you
May all your birthday wishes come true!
For you a cheerful person and good friend
Dont make me have to repeat this poem again!
Now remember not to trip off the stage
Maybe I should put you in a cage.
That way you can never get hurt again
Will this poem ever end?
I keep thinking of new things to add
I hope this doesnt make you mad
The First Month=====The First Month11 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
I watch you fondly, amazed at what I see,
your full of endless love, and true sincerity
I've never experienced such a beautiful sight
your charming glow bathing me in warm light
I'm overcome with joy, basking in the affectionate rays
hoping that I'm able to show you love in such ways
I hear your sweet voice whispering in my ear
my heart melts, as what you say brings out a tear
'I love you', you say, 'always and forever'
'we're going to spend the rest of our lives together'
My head spins, unable to comprehend
as I hope this moment will never end
I feel your gentle arms, reach around from behind
as you hug me tight, our bodies becoming entwined
in that instant, nothing else matters
as all the pain from before shatters
until I'm left there with you, loved, open and full of emotion
and I hand you my heart, as a sign of my devotion
I love you so much Jesse, you're the only one
it wasn't until I met you, that my life had begun
you've filled my void, and m
THE NEXT DAY...THE NEXT DAY...5 years ago in Short Stories More Like This
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PAIRINGS: JaeJun / KhunYoung (when you think about it^^)
A/N: Another try with 2PM... This is, well... I think you'll notice what this is about... I'm pretty sure you will... oO
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THE NEXT DAY...
... JUNSU left for the studio without breakfast at 6AM. He said nothing but left a little note for his still sleeping friends.
... NICHKHUN left his room at 6:30AM to prepare breakfast. He took seven plates out of the cupboard and placed them on the table just before tears filled his eyes and he sat down staring at the white porcelain.
... JUNHO got up and tried to wake up Chansung, but the maknae refused to react on his shaking and so he went to into the bathroom, finding Junsu's note pinned on the mirror. He went into the kitchen, showing the note to Nichkhun before removing two plates back into the cupboard.
... TAECYEON left his room to wake up those who are still asleep. After he woke up Wooyoung and finally got Ch
Eternity's End - A Rakatan Novel - Chapter IEternity's End - A Rakatan Novel - Chapter I3 years ago in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
The Force Hound fell with a shudder; he stared at the fiery spires of Calister's red sun, tasting his first moment of freedom before oblivion.
The Predor scoured the point of his spear over the corpse. The Strategists at his back were already discussing about the scanty information just reported by the selkath explorer.
In the meantime the Builders' legion was spurring the slaves' hordes through the mountain pass beneath them; the sanguine rays of the dying sun barely enlightened the rugged passage and weren't warm enough for the cold-blooded warriors.
«The primitives will attack within this rotation. We make our stand here.»
The Predor turned himself to the Warlords, ending the discussion.
«What are the responses of the seers?»
Some of the Strategists stepped back, so that an ikalik priestess could come forward.
«The readings from the cruiser Tar'keran show killiks are advancing along all the northern hemispher
Train songTrain songTrain song8 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
rusting bus shelters
a single battered car
waits at the barrier
a train is a cocoon:
both inside and outside
Here is the place
where trees blur the line
between dark brown and azure.
Reflections in the window.
Outside a tiny village station
a single bulb illuminates
a lone kiosk. Silhouette
of a dog in the back yard.
Tracing the outline of what is
no foothills or factories
block the view:
sky kisses earth
on both cheeks.
Memories buried in the soil:
pearl of great price.
left behind between
is beginning to melt
at last, tinted pink
by afternoon dust.
The window of the compartment
Water of LifeWater of Life9 years ago in Flash Fiction & Vignettes More Like This
It had been eighteen years since they'd seen their home world. Eighteen years since the earth had lain before them vibrant and blue. They had come home, and brought with them the water of life, salvation for a world in need. They'd left a desperate band of men with a mission, journeyed the stars as beggars, then thieves, and ultimately destroyers to return home to be heroes.
'Orbital control, this is the Lazarus on return approach, we're inbound heavy looking for our vector, over'
Nothing but silence greeted their request.
Earth was being consumed by a terrible plague when they had left, a plague that destroyed the infected from the inside. The doctors needed fresh blood, in great quantities in order to transfuse, and to synthesize the antibodies that had been cleaned from their blood through the generations. They had dug up a horrific judgement of a great many years ago, and no one was immune anymore. A disease their ancestors would have thought nothing of now st
Darth Revan: After the CreditsDarth Revan: After the Credits7 years ago in Science Fiction More Like This
Darth Revan, Dark Lord of the Sith once more, stood in the dusty hallway leading to the Grand Arena on Korriban. Next to him stood his apprentice, Bastila Shan. Revan nodded to her and she walked down the hallway and out onto the balcony. He could here her announcing to the assembled Sith Troopers and Officers. "Darth Malak is dead! Hail Darth Revan...the true Lord of the Sith!" The Sith Master pulled on his mask and he walked out onto the balcony and he raised his armored hands. Applause broke out among the assembled and the chant began "Revan, Revan" The Dark Lord could only smile behind his mask.
Korriban: Sith Academy:
Revan walked among the halls that he had not visited since his first time as a Sith Lord. Everywhere students, teachers and guards alike bowed before him. As Revan walked towards Uthar Wynn's, the old Headmaster of the Academy, he contemplated on his plans to find the True Sith and eradicate them. As he entered his new quarters, he unhooked his mask and armor and hun
Acing The NegativitronAcing The Negativitron4 years ago in Settings More Like This
This is how to beat The Negativitron on LittleBIGPlanet 2.
1: Use the Hamstertron 2000 to avoid the lasers he/it shoots & try to hit the Creature Brains on either side. "Simples" as the Meerkats from comparethemeerkat/market.com would say.
2: Now this IS a tough 1, try to stay away from The Negativitron's mouth because it has Plasma and so does the floor. Dr. Herbert Higginbotham will shoot a missile to stop the suction. Hit the Creature Brains & repeat.
3: He'll shoot lasers in a raking formation to target you and'll try to squash you with his weight. Jump over the lasers and rush to either Larry DaVinci OR Victoria Von Bathysphere when they throw a cake so you can throw it at the Creature Brains via The Grabinators.
4. Use both the Bounce Pads & the gravity to land on the last Creature Brain WITHOUT touching the Plasma & you've Ace it. You can now reap the rewards!
Microsoft WordIf my life was a Microsoft Word DocumentMicrosoft Word5 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
From this place.
This terrible day.
And start over.
Thank You, deviantARTThank You, deviantART8 years ago in Editorial More Like This
November 6, 2007
Dear deviantART Community,
Expressing thanks to you all seems so little, though words are all I have to offer. People from all around the world, that I've met through this community and become friends with, have offered so much more than tips, tricks, and information about art and photography. There are people from many different countries, with all sorts of belief systems and points of view, that have encouraged me, and through me, my family, during my Dad's sickness. There are many of us on dA who are serious about the art community and our love of art, whether it be photography, drawing, digital art, etc., that reach out to each other in different ways, and are always there to encourage and nudge each other along.
One of my real-life friends often comments about how people and friends through the internet aren't "real" people; how there is an "invisibility" barrier. But, I disagree. I know the internet can be a
SatedSated11 years ago in Typographical More Like This
Sated, she said, and bowed to the grave
nodding her lips to the thin of the wind
"Now it is june. She is tired of being brave."
Always there, something of missing and him.
Aubades on morning like nebula sighs
clash with the porn star handshakes and slick lips.
Names of the angels so quick fall to rise.
Nothing to know her but broken fingertips.
She nods to the smile and turns eyes so austere.
But the rhyming part of this poem
run run she said to the boy.
run, run, auld songs, old songs.
take your helmet, take your
maybe and take your love and
the following is a
the left and
sides of my brain
there is a pool of oil
on the side of the static road
that i wore church clothes
to see and go
thE DarkNEsS Of loVeLet me tell youthE DarkNEsS Of loVe8 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
Of a Love so old
A Love so true
A Love that was never
Meant to be .
The Darkness went
Completely against his nature
To fall for her
He was harsh
He was cruel
All he did was beg
For the pain of others
But then he saw
She soaked in the
He could not help
But watch from afar
The one he felt
So strongly for
She was his
So physically different
He was Dark
She spilled the Light
He so tall
She so small
He so strong
Her just hanging on
He so thin
She was not
But she was beautiful
At least in the eyes of Darkness
The Darkness could never
Speak of his Love
The gods would punish
The Mortal girl
To punish Darkness
Darkness could not bear
To see her sad
To see her in pain
So he endured
The pain in his heart
He felt when he
Saw her happy
With another man
The Darkness longed to hold
His Mortal Love
He longed to show her
How dear she was to him
But he feared what would
Be fall her
If he did
So he s
Six WordsMy walls are ice; yours, steam.Six Words8 years ago in Philosophy & Perspectives More Like This
Should I...?Fly to the moon,Should I...?7 years ago in Free Verse More Like This
To the end of the time,
Just to see your smile.
Just to touch the sky once again
And watch stars with you,
To look into your eyes.
To touch one heart.
Not yours, not mine
To see true love.
Cause I still want to believe
In me, in you.
Believe in us.
Melt this ice in my heart.
I'm sorry but I can't.
That's all of me.
And I run
Like a wild cat.
We're drifting away.
I can't stop.
And I hide
Scared of my feelings.
I'm going to destroy myself.
Should I believe?
Should I agree?
Or just once again
I'm losing my heart.
My memories are fading away.
I've cried all of my tears.
My silent whispers
My Name Is William WIP Pt1My Name is William, not a very original name, but my parents are traditionalists, as people round here go. This is my diary, its pages are paper and I'm writing in ink. Now this probably doesn't sound that impressive to you, whoever you are, I don't know who might be reading this, but when I started, I wasn't even able to pick up a pen or touch the paper in front of me.My Name Is William WIP Pt15 years ago in Introductions & Chapters More Like This
I'm three years old, in real time that is, well, any time. Contrary to what people believe, the inhabitants of the forum don't live sped up. It's just that we can do things quickly, progressively quicker and quicker, in fact. Anyway, I was born three years ago. Though you'd probably say I wasn't really born. My parents, being second generation artificially generated intelligences or "synthetic souls" as some of the more critical members of the forum call them. In fact synthetics are now starting to outnumber humans. A few decades years after the first humans uploaded their minds onto the forum to escape the warring worl
The Plastic SoldierThe war with the aliens is lost.The Plastic Soldier8 years ago in General Fiction More Like This
Sergeant Commander Rusty Meadows is MIA and General Georgie is SOL without his beloved commander. Meadows was the greatest of all Georgie's soldiers and without him the condition of the war will most surely turn sour. The aliens will soon come down and eat our brains, Georgie predicted, but they will eat girls' brains first because, although significantly smaller, they taste better. Georgie expressed these thoughts to his older sister Anna over a large vanilla milkshake.
"Oh yeah?" Anna began, pointing a spoon at her younger sibling, "If boys are so much smarter than girls than how come I am in second grade and you aren't even in school yet?" She thrust her spoon into her milkshake in silent victory and smiled at her brother.
Georgie watched the rain fall outside of the diner, momentarily forgetting the war, the aliens, and his missing action figure named Sergeant Commander Rusty Meadows. It was one of those rare September rains where the humidity is so


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The Jubilee Year of Mercy opened by Pope Francis in Bangui, the capital of war-torn Central African Republic, on Nov. 30 has given rise to many creative initiatives and concrete ways of showing mercy to children, men and women in our day.
One of these is the Mercy in Motion campaign of Jesuit Refugee Service. This one-year campaign aims to raise $35 million toward the Global Education Initiative so that J.R.S. will be able to support the education of 220,000 refugees worldwide by the year 2020.
This noble initiative has recently gained the precious support of the international Catholic women’s network, Voices of Faith, which has entered into partnership with J.R.S. This good news was announced at a press conference in Rome on March 4 by Joaquín Martínez, S.J., J.R.S.’s international education coordinator, and Chantal Götz, managing director of V.O.F. and executive director of the Fidel Götz Foundation, a charitable trust based in Liechtenstein that is the driving force behind V.O.F.
Since it was founded by Pedro Arrupe, the superior general of the Jesuits, on Nov. 18, 1980, J.R.S. has focused on education as a key contribution to the needs and hopes of refugees. Schools provide the stability that children need to cope with loss, fear, stress and violence experienced during times of crisis. Being in school can keep children safe and protected from risks, including gender-based violence, recruitment into armed groups, child labor and early marriage.
There are some 15 million refugees and some 38 million internally displaced persons in the world today. The refugees face many barriers as they seek access to education, ranging from overcrowding in schools to xenophobia in host communities. Only 36 percent of refugee children go to secondary school and fewer than 1 percent make it to higher education.
As for access to education, women and girls are particularly disadvantaged. Jesuit Refugee Service, in a briefing paper, explains that the reasons for the low educational participation for girls are often related to limited or difficult school access, the presence or fear of an unsafe learning environment, financial constraints that require girls to contribute to family economies and lack of documentation or cultural assumptions about the value of educating girls. Furthermore, refugee and internally displaced women and girls often fall victim to sexual violence and exploitation.
In an effort to address this problem, J.R.S., which has programs in 45 countries, decided on the Global Education Initiative because it recognizes that through quality education people can better fulfill their own potential and fully contribute to the growth, strength and stability of their communities. Education gives refugees the tools not only to contribute to their new communities, but to rebuild their old ones. It contributes to peace-building and fosters the development of more resilient and cohesive societies.
Voices of Faith, for its part, seeks to enhance the dignity, participation and leadership of women and girls in the Catholic Church and in society, so it was natural for it to join the J.R.S. initiative. “It’s a perfect fit to link the Voices of Faith initiative and J.R.S. Mercy in Motion campaign, because as partners we aim to support the Catholic Church’s mission and work in looking at it through a gender lens,” Father Martínez said.
“Education helps empower women to assert their rights and strengthen their protection. It promotes equality and full participation in all decisions regarding their lives, which can improve not only their lives but also the lives of their children and communities,” he added.
“It takes courage to break through traditional barriers to access and provide education; to venture into war-torn countries; to help war victims believe in peace,” Ms. Götz told the press conference.
The decision of Voices of Faith to join forces with the Mercy in Motion campaign of J.R.S. will surely be welcomed by Pope Francis. Since his election three years ago, he has frequently denounced “the globalization of indifference” in the face of the greatest humanitarian crisis since World War II, involving some 60 million refugees and migrants. He has called for a response of mercy to the cries of these suffering people. This partnership of Voices of Faith with J.R.S. seeks to do just that, in a small but significant way.

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Last week, an emaciated, purebred French mastiff, was discovered in Acushnet, Mass., and local officials are hoping to find out who the dog belongs to, reported Wednesday's WVCB News.
Mattapoisett animal control officer Kathy Massey believes that the dog, dubbed "Braxton," was abandoned - she told WVCB News:
We will call it a drop off,"
"Open the door to let him do his business, and take off. That's where I'm leaning.
Judging by the dog's skeletal body, he has been on his own for some time - perhaps upwards of two months. When the dog was discovered, he was scavenging for food in a garbage can. ABC 6 News reported that Ambra Sweeney found the dog in her yard last Thursday.
Sweeney expressed her dismay over the dog's dismal condition:
I was actually appalled. Sick to my stomach.
Braxton is recovering from his neglect in the care of a foster home where he is reported to already be gaining weight. Aside from his gaunt condition, he is considered to be healthy.
The two-year-old dog appears to have had some obedience training. Unfortunately, he does not have a microchip and he was not wearing any type of identification when he was found.
Funds are being collected to help with Braxton's veterinary expenses; interested donors can send funds to:
The Animal Pet Fund
122 Main Street
Acushnet, MA 02743
If you would like to continue receiving the latest dog-related news, tips and advice, please click the word "Subscribe," near the top of the article. Follow along on Facebook and Twitter for more stories and updates.

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Today’s aviation safety system primarily relies on technological progress, legislation overseen by regulatory authorities and lessons learned from investigations into accidents. This reactive approach, however, has shown its limits in the ability to generate significant safety improvements. And though challenges still exist, the new Occurrence Reporting Regulation is a step forward for an ever safer aviation.
See the evolution of the European regulatory framework on occurrence reporting!
Existing incident reporting schemes
The new EU Regulation 376/2014, repealing EU directive 2003/42/EC, is in force as of 15th Nov 2015. Following the preceeding Directive that had already established the basis for mandatory safety occurrence reporting systems, it went some steps further. The shortcomings, in particular, the lack of protection of the reporters, the lack of harmonisation in the occurrence data collection and integration leading to low quality reports and incomplete information, as well as the lack of requirements regarding safety analysis and recommendations were identified and addressed.
What is the Occurrence Reporting Regulation?
Given these shortcomings, the EU Commission proposed a new Occurrence Reporting Regulation (ORR) in Dec 2012 and put it into effect in Nov 2015. This new piece of legislation shifts the focus from a ‘reactive’ system to a pro-active, risk- and evidence-based system. It also acknowledges that safety occurrence data is vital to allow for the timely identification and management of potential safety hazards – and acts upon this before these hazards turn into an actual accident.
The ORR proposal therefore set up a comprehensive framework and standards for reporting, collecting, storing, protecting and disseminating the relevant safety information. It also introduced requirements on information analysis and adoption of follow-up safety actions at national level.
Reducing the risk of air accidents
…was the core objective of the proposed ORR. To achieve this, the focus needed to shift from taking ‘corrective’ action after an accident has happened to the prevention of air incidents and accidents. The best approach for proactive prevention is one that encourages the reporting of and learning from mistakes. To do this, pilots, air traffic controllers and all other aviation safety-professionals must be able to share information about any errors or mishaps in an environment based on trust, one which neither entails blame nor leads to ungrounded prosecution.
This is why aviation safety professionals were actively advocating for the so-called ‘Just Culture’ principles all along the legislative process. These principles aim at encouraging open exchange of information about any events or mistakes.
The new ORR, with ECA at its foreront, made a major contribution to strengthening this Just Culture approach. Among others, it contains provisions against the inappropriate use of safety information and for a strict protection of the reporter of a safety occurrence. It also describes how the Just Culture principle is guaranteed and implemented within each company, including a ‘whistle-blowing’ mechanism on which individuals can rely on in case this Just Culture principle has been violated.
The Just Culture related provisions constitute an important central pillar of the new OR system, as everyday reality shows that establishing a proper safety culture at company level – even with a good legal framework – remains a challenging task; barriers still discourage professionals from reporting safety occurrences. Any occurrence going unreported reduces the ability to learn from it and to prevent it from turning into an accident.
The new ORR therefore is an important step to overcome these reporting barriers and to set up a proactive approach to prevent air accidents and loss of life.
EASA’s role in occurrence reporting
One central pillar of Europe’s new OR system is the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) which receives a key role to play. The ORR enshrines EASA’s active involvement in a number of concrete ways:
- Safety occurrences collected will be transmitted to Member States’ competent authorities and to EASA;
- All occurrences collected by Member States (MS), organizations and EASA are aggregated into the European Central Repository (ECR), and EASA and MS have access to all data and information contained the ECR database;
- EASA and MS analyse (and exchange) the information contained in the ECR, and they do so ‘collaboratively’ within the ‘Network of Aviation Safety Analysts’; the Network is chaired, prepared and organized by EASA;
- This analysis complements what is done at national level, e.g. by identifying possible safety problems and key risk areas at European level, and by informing the European Aviation Safety Program (prepared by the Commission) and the European Aviation Safety Plan (prepared by EASA);
- EASA (as well as MS and Commission) are bound by strict confidentiality requirements related to the safety information and the reporters of such information;
- EASA advises the Commission (and MS) in the so-called ‘EASA Committee’, which will cover matters related to occurrence reporting.
Such a central role for EASA is a must for the new OR system to run smoothly and in a coordinated manner, while allowing Member States to remain fully involved and engaged.
- 2012 Dec - Following the publication of the ORR proposal by the EU Commission in December 2012 both the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament (EP) were actively engaged in a dialouge, examined the text, and posed their proposals under the ‘co-decision’ procedure that outlines as follows:
- 2013 June - While the Council of Ministers adopted its informal “General Approach” position on 10 June, watering down several key provisions related to Just Culture, the EP’s draft report has been published in June
- 2013 July - The EP's report was followed by a debate in the EP Transport Committee in July. It was followed by a consultation perdio where Members of the EP have tabled further amendments to those already proposed by the EP ‘rapporteur’ Christine de Veyrac (EPP) in her draft report
- 2013 Sept - The EP Transport Committee adopted the draft reportof Mrs de Veyrac on 17 September. It included some very valuable improvements, especially on the appropriate use of the information and protection of the reporter. Following the vote in the Transport Committee, negotiations between the EP and Council of Ministers resulted in a compromise text agreed upon between the two institutions
- 2013 Dec - This compromise text was adopted by the EP Transport Committee on 17 December
- 2014 Feb - Afterwards it was voted by the EP Plenary on 26 Feb 2014 with an overwhelming majority (644 in favour, 14 against)
- 2014 Apr - Following the EP vote, the Council endorsed the text on 3 April 2014 and the regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
- 2015 Nov - The new EU Regulation 376/2014 is therefore applicable as of 15 November 2015 (i.e. 18 months later)
- Reporting Matters! - ECA campaing on the new ORR - November 2015
- The New Occurrence Reporting in a Nuthsell - ECA - November 2015
- Pilots commit to open aviation safety reporting - ECA Press Release- October 2015
- New regulation on Occurrence Reporting - Europolitics - 17 March 2014
- 644 Members of the EU Parliament say "YES" to prevention of air Accidents - ECA Cockpit News - 6 March 2014
- Commission welcomes European Parliament's vote for improved aviation safety - EU Commission Press Release - 26 February 2014
- EU aviation safety law agreed - New Europe - 27 February 2014
- EU reaches whistleblower deal - Air Traffic Management, 23 December 2013
- ECA-IFATCA Press Release: Good news for aviation safety: New non-punitive EU incident reporting scheme - 17 December 2013
- Occurrence reporting directive agreed - New Europe, 2 December 2013
- ECA-IFATCA Press Release: European Parliament puts aviation safety first, 17 September 2013
- ECA-IFATCA Press Release: Better protection for safety reporting in EU aviation, 1 July 2013
- ECA Press Release: EU Transport Ministers take a step back on preventing air accidents, 10 June 2013
- ECA-IFATCA position paper on the Occurrence Reporting Regulation proposal, 22 April 2013
- New Occurrence Reporting rules enhance aviation safety, 1 March 2013
- ECA Press Release: New Occurrence Reporting Directive: A move to prevent pro-actively air accidents, 19 December 2012
- European Corporate Just Culture Declaration
- Regulation 376/2014 on reporting, analysis and follow-up of occurrences in civil aviation (Official Journal of the European Union, 3 April 2014); Available in the following languages: BG ES CS DA DE ET EL EN FR GA HR IT LV LT HU MT NL PL PT RO SK SL FI SV
- EP Working Document on Occurrence Reporting (de Veyrac);
- EP draft Report on Occurrence Reporting (de Veyrac);
- Proposal for an EU Occurrence Reporting Regulation (COM(2012) 776 final);
- Current EU Occurrence Reporting Directive 2003/42/EC;
- Commission Press Release & Explanatory Memorandum on ORR;
- Commission webpage on occurrence reporting & accident prevention;
- ECA Paper: EASA's Role in Occurrence Reporting.


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Olivier is an undergrad student in Psychology at the University of Montreal.
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Democritus was a Greek philosopher who lived between 470-380 B.C. He developed the concept of the 'atom', Greek for 'indivisible'. Democritus believed that everything in the universe was made up of atoms, which were microscopic and indestructible.
Democritus had many remarkable insights for his time. He understood that the Milky Way was a large collection of stars and also thought that space was limitless.
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What do you feel when you see a circle? A square? A triangle? Are you affected the same way when seeing an object with soft gentle curves as you are when seeing another object with sharp jagged edges? Much the same way that lines have meaning, shapes also have meaning and are a important building blocks in the visual grammar and visual thinking we have at our disposal as designers.
Shapes have an endless variety of characteristics, each communicating different messages to your audience. You’d be hard pressed to design any web page without creating shapes. Even if your page is nothing more than paragraphs of text, you’re laying down shapes on the page.
What kind of shapes do we have at our disposal? What do all those shapes say to our visitors? How do they enhance or detract from the concept you want to convey?
The Grammar of Shapes
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way—things I had no words for.
Shapes are two-dimensional areas with a recognizable boundary. They can be open or closed, angular or round, big or small. Shapes can be organic or inorganic. They can be free-form or geometric and ordered.
Shapes can be defined by their color or by the combination of lines that make up their edges. Simple shapes can be combined to form complex shapes. Complex shapes can be abstracted to make simple shapes.
The different characteristics of a shape convey different moods and meanings. Changing the characteristics of a shape alter how we perceive that shape and make us feel differently about a design. Shapes are a powerful way to communicate.
Designers use shapes to:
- Organize information through connection and separation
- Symbolize different ideas
- Create movement, texture, and depth
- Convey mood and emotion
- Emphasize and create entry points and areas of interest
- Lead the eye from one design element to the next
Types of Shapes
There are 3 basic types of shapes (PDF).
- Geometric shapes are what most people think of as shapes. Circles, squares, triangles, and diamonds are made up of regular patterns that are easily recognizable. This regularity suggests organization and efficiency. It suggests structure. Geometric shapes tend to be symmetrical, which further suggests order.
- Natural/Organic shapes are irregular. They have more curves and are uneven. They tend to be pleasing and comforting. While they can be human-made (ink blobs), they are more typically representative of shapes found in nature, such as a leaves, rocks, and clouds. On a web page organic shapes are generally created through the use of illustration and photography. They are free form and asymmetrical and convey feelings of spontaneity. Organic shapes add interest and reinforce themes.
- Abstract shapes have a recognizable form, but are not real. They are stylized or simplified versions of organic shapes. A stick figure is an abstract shape depicting a person. Typographic glyphs are abstract shapes to represent letters. Icons are abstract shapes to represent ideas and concepts. Some abstract shapes have near universal recognition. Think of some of the icons you see in the software you use daily.
Shapes can be either positive or negative. They can be figure or they can be ground. Be conscious of the shapes you form with negative space as these are just as, if not more, important than the shapes you form with positive space.
Resources for Creating Geometric Shapes with Unicode
The Meaning of Shapes
There are truly an endless variety of shapes and combination of shapes, each communicating its own meaning and message. Often the meaning behind shapes is cultural (a red octagon as a stop sign), particularly as shapes are combined. We’ll confine ourselves to a discussion of some basic geometric shapes here and I’ll provide some links to more detailed sources of shape meaning beyond the basics.
Circles have no beginning or end. They represent the eternal whole and in every culture are seen as an archetypical form representing the sun, the earth, the moon, the universe, and other celestial objects. Circles are also used to suggest familiar objects such as wheels, balls, many kinds of fruit. They suggest well-roundedness and completeness.
Circles have free movement. They can roll. Shading and lines can enhance this sense of movement in circles. Circles are graceful. They are warm, comforting and offer a sense of sensuality and love. Their movement suggests energy and power. Their completeness suggests the infinite, unity, and harmony.
Circles protect, they endure, they restrict. They confine what’s within and keep things out. They offer safety and connection. Circles suggest community, integrity, and perfection.
Because they are less common in design they work well to attract attention, provide emphasis, and set things apart.
Squares and rectangles are stable. They’re familiar and trusted, and they suggest honesty. They have right angles and represent order, mathematics, rationality, and formality. They are seen as earthbound. Rectangles are the most common geometric shape encountered. The majority of text we read is set in rectangles or squares.
Squares and rectangles suggest conformity, peacefulness, solidity, security, and equality. Their familiarity and stability, along with their commonness, can seem boring. They are generally not attention getters, but can be tilted to add an unexpected twist. Think of web pages that tilt framed images to help them stand out.
Every element on a web page is defined by a rectangle according to the css box model. Web pages are rectangles made up of smaller rectangles and squares.
In Buddhist symbolism a square (earthbound) inside a circle (eternal whole) represents the relationship between the human and the divine.
Triangles can be stable when sitting on their base or unstable when not. They represent dynamic tension, action, and aggression. Triangles have energy and power and their stable/unstable dynamic can suggest either conflict or steady strength. They are balanced and can be a symbol for law, science, and religion.
Triangles can direct movement based on which way they point. They can be used to suggest familiar themes like pyramids, arrows, and pennants. Spiritually, they represent the religious trinity. They can also suggest self-discovery and revelation.
When designing a logo, the dynamic nature of triangles make them better suited to a growing high tech company than a stable financial institution. Triangles can be used to convey progression, direction, and purpose.
Spirals are expressions of creativity. They are often found in the natural growth pattern of many organisms and convey feelings associated with the process of growth and evolution. Spirals convey ideas of fertility, birth, death, expansion, and transformation. They are cycles of time, life, and the seasons, and are a common shape in religious and mystical symbolism.
Spirals move in either direction and represent a return to the same point on life’s journey, though with new levels of understanding. They represent trust during change, the release of energy, and maintaining flexibility through transformation.
Clockwise spirals represent the projection of an intention and counterclockwise spirals represent the fulfillment of an intention. Double spirals can be used to symbolize opposing forces.
Crosses symbolize spirituality and healing. They are seen as the meeting place of divine energies. The four points of a cross represent self, nature, wisdom, and a higher power or being. Crosses suggest transition, balance, faith, unity, temperance, hope, and life.
They represent relationships and synthesis and a need for connection to something, whether that something is a group, an individual, or the self.
As with lines, vertical shapes are seen as strong and horizontal shapes are seen as peaceful. Most everything said about vertical and horizontal lines can be also said about vertical and horizontal shapes.
Curved shapes offer rhythm and movement, happiness, pleasure, and generosity. They are seen as softer than sharper shapes, which offer energy, violence, and anger. Sharp shapes tend to be viewed as being more lively and youthful.
Additional Resources for the Meaning of Shapes
- The Meaning of Shape
- Simple Symbol Meaning
- Symbols and their Meaning
- About Symbols
- The Psychology of Forms
Using Shapes in Web Design
We use shapes to add and sustain interest in a design. Shapes of different visual weight can be used to create focal points in a design and to direct the flow of a design. Shapes organize elements by separating some and connecting others.
Shapes can be used to convey depth by varying their size and position within a design. Larger shapes will appear closer to the viewer and smaller shapes will appear further away. Shapes that are located lower in a design will also appear to be closer, and those higher up will appear to be further away. Overlapping shapes is another way to create a sense of “one in front of the other” and can add depth to your design.
Shapes that lean toward a protagonist appear to be blocking or stopping progress. Shapes leaning away from the protagonist give the impression of aiding progress by opening up space.
- Try to keep background shapes simple and large. A large shape can help attract attention and the simplicity can move the focus of the viewer back to the foreground.
- Try to use as few shapes as possible. Don’t use three or four shapes to communicate when one shape will do.
- Try to limit the number and size of shapes where possible for clarity.
Visual Grammar – Lines, circles & squares from claudio graciolli on Vimeo.
Shapes, like lines, are a essential building blocks in our visual vocabulary and grammar. Try to create a design without using at least one shape. It’s impossible, as even the blank page or screen is still a shape.
There are an infinite variety of shapes and shape combinations. Most of the shapes you use and encounter will likely be geometric so, where appropriate, try to work in organic shapes that will stand out and create interest.
Abstract shapes are symbols representing organic shapes and they’re common to logos and icons. They can carry a lot of meaning due to their connection with more concrete natural forms, and they can communicate quickly and effectively. Be aware though that because of this some shapes are overused.
Look around and observe shapes in designs and nature and think about what they’re saying to you, what they make you feel, and what they’re communicating. Do they enhance or hinder the message of the designs you encounter?
Keep pen and paper handy and scribble and doodle various shapes. Notice the shapes you draw, how they affect you, and how you can use them in your designs.
Download a free sample from my book, Design Fundamentals.
what about stars dam it!
The fault, dear Casey, is not in our stars, But in ourselves.
Surprize. Stars are made from 2 triangles.
Are you sure about that? A six point star is two interlocking triangles, but a five point star isn’t.
A real star is a sphere. No point, just an observation. 🙂
True. I imagine the shape comes from the rays of light you see looking at a star. We know they’re round today, but that wouldn’t been the case when someone called the shape we know as a star, a star.
Why you limit your meaning to 2D shapes?
3D shapes is the authentic menaning of all! in this way you can simulate true dinamics and actions in a true world, by using 3D real time simulation computer capabilities!
even 3D rendering requires a good understanding of shapes, because we don’t see in 3 dimensions we, it is only the world around us that is 3d, translated to our 2-Dimensional vision. in the end, all we can see is shapes, and not so much the true form of every object around us. I’m not sure if i’m wasting my time writing this though…
Good point. We’re creating on a 2-dimensional canvas so that’s all we ever see. I hadn’t even thought about our vision in the world. It’s true we only really see things in 2-dimensions when looking at them. We can build a 3d picture because we see them from different angles and understand how that 3rd dimension works, but we’re still looking at them directly and seeing 2d.
Nope never a waste of time to share your thoughts.
We see in 2 dimensions, but our brain process the eye signals to give to the object that we are looking at a position in a certain moment; at the saim time we process other information like shape, colours, shadows ecc. with a bottom-up recognition or top-down, the result is a 3-D perception (if I see an object moving in my direction i recognize it and i know that I donothin it will hit me).
The beuty of all this is that we are our brain. We live even if we don’t know at all the psicologiy of us.
What about 11 dimensions of the string theory. And millions of dimensions of quantum physics.
Isn’t this a hypothesis and not a theory. Theories can be tested experimentally.
Because this post is about the meaning of shapes in 2-dimensional graphic design. Not every post or article can be about all things.
Hooray! Nice post. Clear thinker. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
I’m developing a representational English Grammar
using color and geometric shapes. I’ve been developing an system that works quite well with ESL students. I’d love your feedback on what I’m working with.
I totally agree with you that Visual clarity acts as a catalyst for insights to be discovered, understandings that are often otherwise labeled as unfathomable.
I hope this finds you happy and healthy in your life.
Thanks Ashley. I’ll be happy to offer feedback, though I’m not sure how much I can help as I’m not all that familiar with ESL. Happy to help if I can though.
Ashley’s comment reminded me of ASL, American Sign Language, and the hand shapes and gestures of the signing alphabet. I’ve been reading your posts today, and I love the elements of design you write about. Thanks for expanding my mind and what my eyes can see and now appreciate in a more full understanding.
Thank you Steven.This post is very comprehensive and is helping me consider the elements to include, and those not to, in the first am about to design. It for the drama team in my church
Thanks Olanrewaju. I’m gad you found this post helpful. Good luck with the design.
Are there any shapes which suggest superiority or arrogance?
Good question. I’m not really sure. I would think you’d want something more angular and vertical, perhaps something triangular for it’s aggressive strength.
It might not be a single shape on its own that conveys superiority or arrogance. For example a large shape next to a small shape, particularly if the larger shape is seen as confining the smaller one would probably convey superiority.
The inferior could be the middle of overlaps in a Venn diagram.
Very interesting information Steven and the way you wrote it is simple and easy to read-thanks!
Can I ask you to give me your references of these information or are these interpretations your subjective viewpoint?
Thank you and best wishes.
Thanks Hala. I’m gad you liked the post. Some of the references are the things I linked to in the post. Outside of those links the information would have come from some books I was reading at the time. Unfortunately I don’t remember exactly which one.
I published a list of some of the design books I’ve read. I probably grabbed bits of information from several of the books, but I think the majority of information would have come from the following 3:
Design Elements: A Graphic Style Manual
The Elements of Graphic Design
I have links to the books in the other post. All 3 are great books in general too.
Steven! This is a pretty remarkable, clean, and fluid article. It matches my perception on 2-d shapes directly. It’s funny- I stumbled across this article because I was staring in to space in my home office and I happened to notice with enthusiasm that there were about 5 different rectangles in front of me: My cell phone, my flat screen, my computer monitor, etc. As a graphic designer my brain posed the question: What do rectangles mean? And- why do we consume all of our daily media on devices and surfaces with rectangular shapes: newspapers, books, billboards, etc.
Nonetheless I stumbled across YOUR article and it matched my perception. These things are no accident. Books, flat screens, billboards, could all easily be circular. But I would agree that rectangles are more common, and immediately gain your instinctive trust in result to our primitive comprehension of “visual grammar” of shapes. Great article Steven, I’d love to read more of your work.
Thanks Austin. Cool way to find the post. You know you’re a designer when staring at objects on your desk leads you to a search for the meaning of shapes. 🙂
I do the same thing. You see stuff and wonder what it means and you start looking.
I had written a single post on the meaning of lines just before I’d written this one. I also have a series on the elements of design you might like. The link will take you to the first post and the bottom of that one should link to all the posts in the series.
What a great article!
Im currently re branding my business as it is doing so well and are expanding.. I want everything perfect and looking for ideas for my new logo… you’ve given me great insight into portraying the right image!
Thanks Rebecca. Glad I could help with your new logo and congrats on doing well and expanding.
Excellent concise synopsis of shapes in relation to design. THANK YOU.
thanks steven it really helps to motivate my students. God bless
Thanks Cheryl. I’m glad I can help with the motivation. 🙂
I just love the way you explain things.
I am a professor from Egypt teaching photography, I would like to have some samples of history from different cultures applying shapes, and analyse the meaning behind using shapes and colors in these cultures.
thanks a lot for your effort to give people the knowledge gift.
Thanks Salma. That’s an interesting idea. A look at shape and color through history. I bet it could shed some light on different cultures and how they communicated.
I am wondering if lines represent more than the obvious…for example lines with open spaces…such as _____ ______ ___ that are in the margins of s circle or square in a drawing? I am wanting to have concentric circles in a drawing but to also allow free flow between the content of the circles. Thanks in advance for any comments you might send.
I think leaving space between the lines would communicate more of an open feeling. You’d still communicate what the shape normally communicates without the spaces, but the spaces allow your eyes to pass into and out of the shape more easily. I agree completely about it allowing freer flow between the content of the circles.
I’ve found that I keep noticing something that bothers me — I’ve noticed the same on one of your articles about the 7 Components of Design (I think)…
Sometimes, I seem to perceive the things that are meant to be perceived in a particular way from your wording differently. An example in this article is that you say the bigger circle is meant to exist in the foreground, and the smaller circle in the background, whereas I see the exact opposite — if I overlaid them, I would except the smaller to come out on top (perhaps this is the result of me using illustrator too much!)
A similar occurrence is that, in a few of your articles involving focal points, I found some things stood out far more than other things, when I was meant to perceive one thing as the focal point instead. For example, in Kandinsky’s Composition #8 I notice the white circle off-centre towards the right as the focal far more than the black circle in the corner.
And again, in the Gestalt article, I saw the lighter square on the dark background as being on top still, not as a ‘hole’, as you suggested.
It’s odd how the same shapes can be perceived in different ways, but I suppose that is exactly what we need to be wary of — will our designs affect different people differently, and if so, how? Shapes and icons are prominent examples, as you’ve outlined here!
Great as per usual!
Thanks Zoe. Interesting how you perceived a few things differently than I wrote about. I think to some degree that’s normal. We’re all different and most “design principles” are really more guideline than absolute rule.
The idea of the bigger object appearing to be in the foreground is probably from my article on size, scale, and proportion. I’m guessing, but if so the idea was the bigger object would appear nearer and so would be in the foreground where the smaller would appear to be in the background.
If you do overlay the objects I think the small one tends to look like the foreground with the larger object as the background. It’s like placing a small dark block on top of an large white block. The white block will feel like background because of it’s size.
With the Kandinsky painting, what I described is how I saw it, but I don’t think everyone would see if the same way. Again we’re all different and we’re interested or attracted to different things. Interesting you see the white circle first. I would think it doesn’t take long for your eye to be drawn to the larger black circle, but maybe not.
I think you have it exactly right that we have to ask if our designs will affect different people different. I absolutely think they will. Like I said it’s more guidelines than rules.
thanks for providing such a beautiful information about shapes, as its very helpful and important, a designer must know this and should be aware of it, thanks a lot…:)
Thanks Amanjot. It’s definitely a good idea for a design to understand what he or she might be communicating.
Hi, Steven I was wondering could the shape of square have the meaning of elegance? I am currently analyzing a product that has square shape or can be said cube design. Still, I need to relate it with “elegance”. Are there any relations with square or cube?? Thank you so much 🙂
Hi Jennie. Sorry I didn’t reply sooner. I’m not really sure if a square would equate to elegance. I’m not sure it doesn’t, but I’m not sure it does either.
Maybe try to communicate elegance in a different way, say through color. For example black and white are usually seen as elegant. A little red mixed in could work too.
Thank you for this, Mr. Bradley. I am not a webpage designer. I enjoy painting and drawing. Shapes fascinate me. I teach English to adults in Taiwan, and in many of our classes, we’ve discussed the importance of shapes in our lives. I found your article and discussed many of the ideas you presented here with my students. I shared with them this page.
When painting and drawing, the person must look for the shapes in the object that give it unity and create the flow. The mass shapes giving rise to the thing as whole comprising its smaller shapes, which are organically molded to the mass. None is exclusive. Some are solid forms, while others are not, such as the shadow of the nose, or the mass of the hair, itself taken as a single object.
This subject of shapes ties in well with the subject of semiotics.
Thank you, again, Mr. Bradley.
I have just purchased your book as I am really interested in this blog and the way you explain this topic.
I am studying interior architecture and I have to represent the feeling of balance in an abstract form then creating that 2d abstract representation into an interior space (pop up store). I have found a lot of the shapes seem to signify balance. Do you think I should focus on circles and squares or circles and rectangles more to get my message across?
First, thanks for purchasing my book. I hope you enjoy it.
When it comes to balance I think it’s more about the overall balance in the composition. For example a circle or a square is balanced on their own because each is symmetrical when seen as a whole. However the overall composition, will be more than the one shape. A circle on one side can balance a square on the other for example.
Empty space can also balance a shape or combination of shapes. Don’t think you have to choose one shape over another. Thing about it in larger terms. Think about the whole plan you want to create. Say you want to stick with a symmetrical balance, you might have a long hallway with similarly sized and shaped rooms on either side. If the balance will be asymmetrical, you might place two smaller rooms at one end, which are balanced by one larger room at the other.
Does that help? The main thing is not to get too locked into having to use a specific shape. Choose one shape and then choose another (the same or different) to balance the first.
I have a chapter in the book that goes deeper into balance. It’s toward the end. Hopefully it will help to clear up a few things and feel free to ask more questions if you have them.
This was a great explanation of shapes. I am trying to figure out why the Trader Joe’s name tags are so powerful. It’s the bright red 186c color and the elongated oval. Would you please comment about the design. I’m working on a piece that discusses how clever the store elements are. Many thanks for your thoughts.
Thanks so much for a well laid out, meaningful article. I’ve been struggling as an artist with reflecting deeply on the what and why in art and design and wanted to dive more into topics of meaning, specifically with line and shape at the moment. All I remember from my college 2D principles of design course relating to meaning was tension and balance when it came to shape and line. This article gave me some much needed inspiration and meaning.
Thank you for this amazing synopsis! I’ve learned a lot more than I thought I would.
My name is Amrita and I’m doing a research paper on shapes in graphic design. Please, can I quote you? And also can you tell me what theories informed your work? I will be very grateful for your input as a professional in this field. Thank you!
This is the best article about meaning of shapes present in the web! Hands down! I’ve read more than 10 articles and nothing compares to the content this have.
Good job! More power and hopefully more contents to come!
Thanks Carlo. I’m glad you enjoyed the article. I appreciate the kind words.
Thank you for this article. It’s been a great read, and I learned many valuable informations!
One question though. Link to the doc. file on shapes conveying different moods and meanings is not working. Do you have different one by the chance? I would like to learn on this topic as well.
It was great reading your article.
I’m exploring on a space for releasing memories through comedy. And not very sure of what form(shape) I can come up with. Any suggestions you can help me with?
Wow thanks Steven! Very good information here I’ll likely take it into consideration.
I am a retired Chemistry Teacher. At this time I volunteer as a Docent at the local Museum. Your article was an eye opener; it will help me explain to young visitors the meaning of shapes and Patterns in some of the exhibited works. It is interesting to note that the hexagon shape is found in nature and not many know about it- it is part of beehives, and also the scaffold of many bio- molecules like cholesterol, or testosterone…
Thanks for the wonderful article
This is simply amazing. I am doing a research paper on: how does psychology influence the perception of shape in design?
This article really helped me with it. May I ask if you have any references I could go through?
Great article and most helpful. Commenters remarks were also enlightening. Here’s one of my favorite quotes by Paul Klee which you may have heard and which has provided design inspiration in my art and writings… “A line is a dot that went for a walk.”
e convey different moods and meanings (.doc file).
is this document available somewhere?
It looks like the site I linked to removed the .doc file so it no longer exists, at least I don’t know where to find it anymore.
Wow this is really cool huh
I personally am a visual learner, so I thought this was fascinating. Thanks for exploring and digging deeper into shapes and their significance, and how they inevitably allow us to communicate better.

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19 May, 2015
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What is Microsoft Visio? Version and feature comparisonyoana
Microsoft Visio is used for technical and logical diagrams. With this application, engineers can easily create flow charts, (office) plans, database models and other schematic documents and diagrams. Microsoft Visio is an extension of the Office suite. When you purchase Microsoft Visio, you can choose from several versions. Each version is available as either Standard or Professional. In this blog, we will discuss them in detail and explain the differences between Microsoft Visio and other applications.
Who uses Microsoft Visio?
With Microsoft Visio you can create professioanly looking diagrams whch is why the software is used in many and different fields. Diagrams are usually an integral part of any professional report, audit, presentation and strategy. Microsoft Visio is especially useful for:
- Business analysis – Visio comes handy when creating a new or improving an already existing business model. The flow charts can be used to illustrate work processes or project planning.
- Software engineering – data flow diagrams (DFDs) can offer a focused technical development, which involves more investigation before coding.
- Process & chemical engineering – process flow diagrams (PFD) are a flowcharts used in chemical engineering or process engineering that show the connections between important elements. The diagrams can be used to model, audit, analyse, or document a better working method.
Versions of Microsoft Visio
Microsoft Visio offers several editions of this program – 2021, 2019, 2016 and 2013. The main difference between the editions is that the new version is more advanced in functionality. In this sense, each new edition is similar to the previous one but is improved. You can also choose between the two versions Standard or Professional. Below you can learn more about their differences.
- Microsoft Visio Standard 2021 is the less comprehensive version of the two Visio licenses. It includes newer features, such as updated styles and templates.
- Microsoft Visio Professional 2021 is the more advanced version of the two. This Visio version provides improved support for team collaboration. It is now possible to work with multiple users on a single diagram in real time.
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- With Microsoft Visio, you can easily collaborate with your colleagues. This makes it even easier to share feedback and improve your work.
- Microsoft Visio offers a wide range of templates. For example, creating wireframe diagrams for mobile apps is now even easier, but Visio also supports current template trends such as 1.5 meters. When creating this template, the functionality of fill patterns and line patterns has also been added.
- With the Data Visualiser you can convert Micosoft Excel data to Visio diagrams
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Titolo: Aiding Afghanistan: A History of Soviet ...
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For nearly sixty years, Afghanistan has been one of the world's largest recipients of foreign development aid, yet it remains one of the poorest countries on earth. The Soviet Union provided Afghanistan with large-scale economic and technical assistance for close to twenty-five years before it invaded the country in 1979. It increased its assistance during the 1980s in an effort to prop up the current government and undermine the insurgency, yet none of this aid made any lasting difference to Afghan poverty. The same can be said for many other countries, in which foreign aid failed to promote economic growth.
Drawing on overlooked Soviet sources, this book investigates the Soviet Union's economic and technical assistance programs from the mid-1950s to the regime's collapse in 1991. It connects these programs' approaches to both Soviet-era development theory and more modern ideas about the role of institutions in fostering economic growth. In some respects, by acknowledging the centrality of institution-building, Soviet development theorists were actually ahead of their contemporary Western counterparts, yet these intellectuals failed to translate their ideas into practical solutions. This volume identifies the strengths and ultimate weaknesses of these programs, with findings that have wide implications for the future of international aid.
Paul Robinson is a professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Ottawa. He has written numerous books and articles on a range of subjects, including Russian and Soviet history, most notably The White Russian Army in Exile, 1920-1941.
Jay Dixon received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied international economics and political economy. He currently works for Industry Canada, researching the determinants of Canada's economic growth, and he lectures on macroeconomic policy in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, the University of Ottawa.
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MARIN CASA FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Who can I contact to become a Marin CASA volunteer?
Marin CASA Program
E-mail : [email protected]
1401 Los Gamos, Suite #130 San Rafael, CA 94903
What is a CASA volunteer?
A Court Appointed Special Advocate is a trained and supported volunteer who provides one-on-one advocacy to support the best interest of a child in the juvenile court system. CASA serves children who are in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
Can anyone volunteer as a CASA?
CASA volunteers are ordinary citizens (who do extraordinary work). No special or legal background is required. Volunteers must pass an extensive background check and volunteers are screened closely for objectivity, competence and commitment.
Do I have to pay to become a CASA?
No, volunteers pay nothing to become a CASA. They do, however, donate their time. Volunteers must participate in a 36-hour training, commit to 2 years to the program and work on their case(s) on average of10-20 hours/month.
Is there a ‘typical’ CASA volunteer?
CASA volunteers are men and women who come from all backgrounds, with a variety of professional, educational, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. CASAs work full-time, part-time, are retired and are students. In order to apply, you must be 21 years or older and you must be able to pass an extensive background screen.
What is the CASA volunteer’s role?
A CASA volunteer provides a judge with a carefully researched background of the child to help the court make a decision about that child’s future. Each case is as unique as the child involved. The CASA volunteer makes recommendations to the judge through court reports, and follows through on the case until it is permanently resolved.
How does a CASA volunteer investigate a case?
In order to make a recommendation to the court, the CASA volunteer must independently investigate a case. This includes talking with the child, parents, family members, social workers, school officials, health providers and others who are knowledgeable about the child’s history and/or current situation. The CASA volunteer also reviews all records pertaining to the child school, medical and social worker reports; and other relevant documents.
How does a CASA volunteer differ from a social worker/child welfare worker?
Social workers are typically employed by state governments. They sometimes work on as many as 12-15 cases (20-30 children) at a time and are frequently unable to conduct a comprehensive investigation for each child. The CASA is a volunteer with one (sometimes two) cases at a time. The CASA does not replace a social worker on a case; he or she is an independent appointee of the court. The CASA volunteer can thoroughly examine a child’s case, has knowledge of community resources, and can make recommendations to the court independent of state agency restrictions.
How does the role of a CASA volunteer differ from an attorney?
The CASA volunteer provides crucial information that assists attorneys in presenting their cases. The CASA does not provide legal representation in the courtroom. CASAs do not represent a child’s wishes in court. Rather, they speak to the child’s best interests. They submit written reports and make recommendations to the court based on best interest.
What training does a CASA volunteer receive?
CASA volunteers undergo a thorough training program conducted by the Marin CASA program. In this extensive 36-hour pre-service training, volunteers learn about courtroom procedure from professionals in the system ‘ from judges, lawyers, social workers, psychologists and others. CASA volunteers also learn effective advocacy techniques for children, and are educated about specific topics ranging from seminars on reporting child abuse and neglect, attachment theory and childhood development, report writing and more. All of our CASA volunteers are supported by their CASA case supervisor who will provide supervision throughout the entirety of the case.
How does the CASA volunteer relate to the child he or she represents?
CASA volunteers offer children consistency as well as a voice during complex legal proceedings. They may explain to the child the events that are happening, the reasons they all are in court, and the roles the judge, lawyers, and social workers play. Sometimes a child just needs a stable and caring adult to listen to their fears, concerns or aspirations and wishes. CASA volunteers encourage their child to express his or her opinions and hopes. By remaining objective observers, CASA volunteers allow children to trust that, in a time of trouble, there are adults who will come forward and will help.
How many cases on the average does a CASA volunteer carry at a time?
Typically, CASA volunteers are assigned to one (sometimes two) cases at a time.
Do lawyers, judges and social caseworkers support CASA?
Yes! Juvenile and family court judges implement the CASA program in their courtrooms and appoint the volunteers. CASA has been endorsed by the American Bar Association, the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, and the National Association of the Public Child Welfare Administrators.
Does the federal government support CASA?
CASA is a priority project of the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The office encourages the establishment of new CASA programs, assists established ones, and provides partial funding for the National CASA Association.
How many CASA programs are there?
As of last year, there were close to 1,000 CASA programs in 49 states including the District of Columbia. New programs start up at the average rate of four per month!
How effective have CASA programs been?
Research shows that children who have been assigned CASA volunteers tend to spend less time in court and less time within the foster care system than those who do not have CASA representation. Judges have observed that CASA children also have better chances of finding permanent homes than non-CASA children and have significantly better outcomes in school.
How much time does it require?
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A volunteer remains on the case until it is permanently resolved. One of the primary benefits of the CASA program is that, unlike other professionals who often rotate cases, the CASA is a consistent figure in the proceedings, and provides continuity for the child. This is why the 2 year commitment is so critical to the program.
Are there any other agencies or groups that provide the same service?
No. There are other child advocacy organizations, but CASA is the only program where volunteers are appointed by the court to represent a child’s best interest. In some jurisdictions, CASAs are known as Guardians ad Litem (GAL).
What children are assigned CASA volunteers?
Children who are victims of abuse and neglect who have become dependents of the court are assigned CASA volunteers. The program is most common in juvenile court cases (300 Dependency and 600 Delinquency) and probate cases.
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At the local level, CASA programs are funded in a variety of ways, ranging from the state’s Department of Justice to traditional 501(c)3 funding streams which rely on individuals and grants.


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During installation, I think I managed to tear a CV boot on one of my axles. Grease poured out into a giant puddle. Is there any place around town that rebuilds axles that can fix the boot or install another? There is no foreign debris whatsover inside the boot…or grease…
you could just go to autozone and get a replacement boot and put it on yourself. Don’t get the cheap ones that have a slice the whole way through them so you can put it on without taking the axle apart, you have to glue them together and I heard it rarely last’s. There should just be a big c clip inside the cv joint that lets it come off. clean it out. they give you the grease. put the boot on the axle. put the cv back on. put boot on cv and clamp it on. done.
Damn! Thanks for the quick response! I didn’t know it was that easy to disassemble an axle. Going to Autozone right now!
just buy a new axle
about the same price as boot and no mess to deal with
I had a cut boot on my 90 DSM for 2 years (probably longer, but that’s after I noticed it) and the CV never so much as squeaked. I ran 13 sec passes on that axle too.
The above advice is good, but in the mean time, I would just drive it, no need to worry about it in the short term.
pittsburgh driveshaft and driveshaft service in lawrenceville will rebuild them.
I have accidentally split a few CV axles. I always repacked it with synthetic axle grease. The giant C-clip that comes with the boot is supposed to be put on with a special pair of pliers that puts tension around the axle…then crimps the clamp. I always just took a old pair of side cutters and had someone carefully use a screw driver to tighten the clamp then the side cutters to crimp it.
It sounds like more work than it is.
My old accord tranny was screwed up inside and never wanted to release the passengers side axle - hence how I know this
Oh yea, once you put the new boot on and have everything together, make sure you wipe the grease off everything before tightening the clamp, you don’t want to slip and screw up the new boot.
I was about the same. Jeff proved this to me when the halfshaft cv boot when on my old nx…
I was already working on the front hub/knuckles so it took maybe all of a minute to pull the axle off. Then it literally took another 10 mins to take the old boot off and put the new one in. The hardest part was tightening the metal ‘zip tie’ thing cuz I didn’t have the right tool. Used a flathead screwdriver and pliers and fucked with it for way too long. Got the big end secured then realized I had some of those metal ‘zip ties’ that you use to secure header wrap. Wrapped that sumbitch around the boot and ‘pulled the trigger till it went click’…
Done. Not bad for $15 (CV boot) + $10 (metal zip tie). WAY cheaper than an aftermarket axle.
Thanks everyone for your input, especially stinkbox. We can close the case on this one.
Glad it worked out.


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Aaron Carter — the younger brother of Backstreet Boys member Nick Carter — was born in 1987.
Rising to fame in the teen scene as a pop singer and rapper in 1997 with his self-titled album, Aaron made waves with hits such as “Aaron’s Party (Come and Get It),” “That’s How I Beat Shaq” and “I Want Candy.”
He is also known for his teen romances with young Hollywood starlets including Hilary Duff and Lindsay Lohan. He appeared on the small screen in television shows including Lizzie McGuire and 7th Heaven.
His reality career started with the 2006 E! reality show House of Carters, which documented his and his siblings’ lives. He also competed on Dancing With the Stars with professional partner Karina Smirnoff, placing 5th, in 2009. In 2019, Aaron and his mother, Jane Carter, appeared on WEtv’s Marriage Bootcamp: Family Edition.
The performer was open about his struggles with drug abuse. He was arrested for possession of marijuana several times and admitted to using benzodiazepines and opiates. He completed a stint at a rehabilitation center in 2017.
Carter’s final full-length album, titled LØVË, was released in February 2018.
He welcomed son Prince in November 2021 with then-girlfriend Melanie Martin.
Carter was found dead at his California home on November 5, 2022, Us Weekly confirmed at the time.

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Hi, I am Parijat Bora, from Assam, India, and currently in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Making something new has always been my hobby, and I am so glad that my hobby and career has intertwined. I believe this can be magical. Go through some of my works and let me know how you find them. I know I have a long way to go, but I am on my way.
Have a good day!


Beadrolling - fab inner fender - 1967 Mustang
1967 Ford Mustang inner fender fabrication.
1. Template fashioned, held together w/masking tape. Installed, fit checked, hinge mount/accessory hole locations marked.
2. Template transferred to .048 hot rolled steel sheetmetal
3. Bead roll designed layed out in marker to match firewall
4. Our shop uses a 36'' Mittler Brothers - Jamey Jordan adjustable bead roller to accomplish profiling sheetmetal
5. Inner fender was fabricated in two pieces, tig welded and together, then installed.
Cross Hatch chopper tank top
The start of a custom chopper tank, accomplished with our Mittler Brothers 36'' beadroller. This design is called " cross hatch "
1. Fashion template to actual dimensions
2. Layout precise design
3. Roll design
4. Shape panel, center section had a slight brake and raised
Avenir Light is a clean and stylish font favored by designers. It’s easy on the eyes and a great go to font for titles, paragraphs & more.
English wheel - 1931 hood
Fabricating a hood for a 1931 Studebaker.
1. Fashion template for dimension, locate center line
2. Transfer to 18 ga sheet metal, lay out tracking lines/pattern
3. Use English wheel to shape panel
4. Shape to fit, slight brake for hood peak
5. Trim to template, final shaping