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A bill that would have crippled Hawaii's burgeoning drone industry by outlawing their use by anyone but law enforcement has been shelved by the House Transportation Committee.
Transportation chairman Ryan Yamane decided not want to schedule a hearing for SB 2608 after receiving testimony from ranchers, researchers and cinematographers, all of whom said drones perform critical work that benefits the public.
"Everybody is using it for different reasons and so it is key that before we move any legislation forward, that we don't negatively impact all the value that it's going through now," Yamane told KITV4.
The bill's demise is welcome news to the owners of The Hobbietat in Kaimuki, which has seen a 75 percent increase in drone sales since Christmas. Co-owner Paula Farm sympathizes with those concerned about privacy rights, but believes a legislative fix can be crafted that satisfies all stakeholders. The main point of contention with naysayers of drones is the high-definition cameras that they often carry.
"I'm not real sure what the solution is, but it probably has to be looked at because of the 'bad' people that can make it bad," said Farm. "If you're using it in the right manner, in the right state of mind, then I don't see any harm to it."
Not everyone agrees with Yamane's decision about the anti-drone bill. As the measure made its way through the halls of the state Capitol, the ACLU of Hawaii wrote in support, saying the need for privacy protection must "keep pace with quickly advancing technologies."
Yamane said there's still a lot that needs to be determined about drones and their use. For example, air space above 400 feet is controlled by the Federal Aviation Administration, but below that is a gray area.
"If they're flying over and they're taking pictures, the question has been ongoing as who owns that," said Yamane. "Who owns above your home?"
Meanwhile, one drone bill remains alive at the state Capitol, SB 3053 SD2 HD1.
The bill would create a chief operating officer position to oversee the Pan-Pacific Unmanned Aerial Systems Test Range Complex, as well as an advisory board to manage test site operations.

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WEST NORFOLK: Below-inflation pay rise likely for council staff
Staff at West Norfolk Council could be seeing an increase in their pay packets from April if members give the green light at a meeting next week.
Cabinet members have been recommended to approve plans to give workers a one per cent pay rise for the next financial year.
Council leader Nick Daubney says the reduced staff have exceeded savings targets and that salaries have been frozen for three years.
Union leaders have stated, in a report to Tuesday’s cabinet meeting, that a number of staff members are “living hand-to-mouth following sharp rises in the cost of living”.
Norfolk County Council has scrapped a proposal to give its staff, including firefighters, a one per cent pay rise in order to make further operational savings.
Mr Daubney said: “I think what is important for local people is we hold their council tax down and that we make as many big savings as we possibly can make while continuing to deliver first class services.
“Over a period of years, the staff have delivered and exceeded savings targets.
“It is a smaller staff and we are sharing more and more services and looking to contract out more services and we are delivering the lowest council tax increases in the country over a period of the last two years.”
Council workers last pay rise was a one per cent increase in 2010/11 and salaries were frozen in 2009/10, 2011/12 and 2012/13.
But last year staff were given a £250 lump sum in recognition of exceeding savings targets set for the previous year.
Inflation for the first quarter of 2013 is forecast to be 2.0 per cent to 3.1 per cent.
In November, the retail price index fell to three per cent while the consumer prices index stood at 2.7 per cent.
The cabinet report states there is budget provision to meet the one per cent pay rise along with a 0.5 per cent contingency fund.
A report to the cabinet meeting states: “It is evident that many employees are struggling to cope with pay freezes/pay increases that are substantially below the rate of inflation.
“However, the requirement for the authority to continue to make financial savings is unchanged and it also needs to be mindful of the Government’s public sector pay targets.
“A further pay freeze has been discounted due to the need to maintain staff morale and offer salary levels that are competitive within local, regional and national labour markets.”
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MINSK, February 24 (Itar-Tass) – Russian nationalist Maxim Martsinkevich nicknamed Tesak (Hatchet) was released from a remand prison in Minsk on Sunday.
The ultra-right activist should appear in police on demand.
According to the Belarussian Investigative Committee, Martsinkevich should turn up on investigators’ demand. Moreover, the suspect promised not to leave Belarus until the investigation is over.
Martsinkevich is suspected of hooliganism with the use of arms. He may face up to seven years in prison. No charges have been brought against him yet.
The Russian nationalist was detained in Minsk on February 14 after a brawl with three Belarussian anti-fascist activists.
Maxim Martsinkevich is a leader of ultra-radical organizations. Earlier he served prison sentences on charges of national and racial hatred.


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Proton beam therapy is one of the radiation therapy in pediatric cancer treatment. Proton beam therapy is expected to reduce the late complications. However, there are only a few centers offering this promising therapy in the world. The largest centers in the world in Japan, but there are still only four centers that are treating children. Patients and their families usually need to travel to a proton center and stay for approximately 2 months in order to avail of it. It has been studied that there are the family impacts by environmental changes (Amy et al., 2012).
Radiation therapy itself is a noninvasive treatment, but it can be stressful and challenging for the children. Children are exposed to an unknown large radiation equipment and the new medical staff such as radiologists. Additionally, the children have to remain alone in the treatment room during treatment. These factors can cause the children stress and anxiety, so anesthesia is often used in radiation therapy for children’s safety.
However, preparation programs for children to receive radiation therapy has been studied in some countries, and they have been shown that it is possible to reduce the amount of anesthetic. So we have created a program with reference to previous research, and carried out for the children to receive proton beam therapy in Japan. Through this program we were able to reduce the amount of sedatives (Mizumoto et al., 2015).
The radiotherapy treatment process involves interactions with the most advanced skills in pediatric oncology care, so there is a need to continue to improve the preparation program. Although There are few studies have investigated the child’s and the parents’ view of this particular procedure, a study reported the parents have various uneasiness due to radiation therapy (Charlotte et al., 2015). Parent's mental stability has been reported to lead to mental stability of the child (David, et al., 2013). Therefore, we thought that incorporation of parent intervention in the program of children receiving proton therapy would lead to a more effective program.
The purpose of this study is to clarify anxieties encountered by parents of children who will receive proton therapy, before the treatment.
Our study subjects were mothers of children they received the proton beam therapy after implementing the current preparation program.
Our study’s target facility was one of the proton therapy center in Japan.
We conducted Semi-structured interviews after the treatment. We carried out content analysis, we found codes, subcategories, and categories.
The current preparation program: At the center nurses and radiologists care the children using the preparation program. The preparation program starts at 1~2 days before the CT scanning for the proton beam therapy and continue during treatment. First they explain to the children about treatment using picture book or pamphlet. Next they invite the children to facility for become familiar with the treatment room and staff before starting the treatment. Then the children practice to stay a treatment bed with mothers, and little by little they practice to stay alone using favorite DVD or music for their relaxation. Nurses and radiologists play with the children every time after practice and we give them the stickers of the reward.
Our study obtained the ethics committee’s proposal of the organization. We explained to participants about the purpose and method of this study, the participation is free, and keeping anonymous in document. Participants signed on consent form.
5mothers participated in our study. Their children are 3male and 2 females, 4-13yearas old. 4 of the children could receive proton beam therapy without sedation.
We found 4 categories such as [Anxiety whether children can overcome proton beam therapy], [Anxiety as to whether you can receive similar care as hospitals so far] ,[Anxiety about mothers themselves after transference] ,[Anxiety what happens to other family members by mother's absence].
The mother was concerned that the child could successfully overcome it. Before the child 's preparation program, they could not understand how the child' s proton beam therapy will proceed specifically. They had few opportunities to encounter new medical stuff until they moved to the hospital, so they could not hear the way of care and could not figure out what they could do for their children. Besides, mothers were concerned that there might be a change not only in proton beam therapy but also in normal cancer care by moving through the hospital, too.
And also they had to leave the house as they had to accompany the child for proton beam therapy. So mothers expressed anxiety about changes in their lives and changes in the lives of other families, too.
The proton beam therapy is an unknown treatment not only for children but also for mothers.
From the background that it is often necessary to transfer to receive proton beam therapy, it is expected that the mother will be transferred to the proton beam treatment center without information and the mother's anxiety will increase after the transfer.
The current children's proton therapy preparation program has been found to reduce children's anxiety and deepen their understanding. However, unlike normal radiation therapy, it often requires metastasis. As a result, the time available for children's preparation program is limited.
Until now, it has been shown that the mental state of mother influences children. In order to do effective care in a limited time, it is thought that it is necessary to consider not only children but also programs incorporating mother's preparation. It is suggested that it is necessary to provide information on proton therapy and information on a new medical environment in advance.

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- Losing My Virginity and Other Dumb Ideas by Madhuri Banerjee- A simple coming of age story of a 30 year old lady who finds love at unlikeliest of people, the struggle to stay afloat and the discover of self. Simple and lucid the book was a treat to read.
- The Zoya Factor byAnuja Chauhan- Its about how a girl and her so called luck affected Team India and a country which strongly believes in superstitions and on the backdrop is the mad frenzy of a nation obsessed with winning the World Cup. Funny and enjoyable really worth a buy.
- The Dork series by Siddin Vadukut- About a quirky genius called Robin "Einstein" Varghese and the travels and tales of his life from a crazy but 'his' perspective.
- The time of my life by Cecelia Adhern- its a simple yet endearing story about the protagonist learning to come to terms with her Life and going past her obstacles to finally live life. It's a beautiful read to say the least and the best part is it teaches a lesson or two without being preachy.
- Calcutta Exile by Bunny Suraiya- Bunny Suraiya's 'Calcutta Exile' evokes a bygone era of one of the most vibrant cities called Calcutta. Tracing the lives of one Anglo-Indian family in Calcutta of the 1950s, the Ryans, it paints a closely observed picture of a fast-vanishing culture.
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The Maori Party is threatening to pull its support for the Government over partial asset sales.
The party is concerned the Government will leave out Treaty of Waitangi provisions in legislation that will pave the way for the partial sale of four state-owned enterprises (SOES) assets.
It says section nine of the State-Owned Enterprises Act, which says the Crown must act in a manner that is consistent with the Treaty, should be included in any new legislation.
In order for such partial sales to proceed, the SOEs in question must first be removed from the Act and then included in new legislation.
Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia says if section nine is removed, the Government will not have to consult with Maori.
The Maori Party supports National on confidence and supply, but Mrs Turia says the issue could be a deal breaker.
She says the party will take guidance from its constituents, as well as iwi leaders.
And Mrs Turia says the party will be vigilant and, if it comes down to the wire, will consider its position with the Government.
Her co-leader, Dr Pita Sharples later told Checkpoint that if the party's constituents tell it to walk away from its relationship with the National Party, it will do so.
He said the party was getting bombarded with calls about the matter.
Questions raised about Government stability
A Radio New Zealand political reporter says, even without the Maori Party, the Government has a one-seat majority.
However, the Labour Party says the threat by the Maori Party to pull its support brings the stability of the National-led government into question.
Leader David Shearer says the Prime Minister electioneered on the fact that his was going to be a stable government, but within a month of it coming into operation it was already seen as unstable.
"It's very much reliant now, if the Maori party did walk away, on ACT," he says.
The Prime Minister says he is confident the Maori Party will remain part of the Government.
Mr Key says the Government is open-minded about finding a solution, and there is a lot of discussion to be had, including with the Maori Party.
He says the Government is totally committed to its treaty obligations.
Meanwhile, New Zealand First says it is disgraceful that the Maori Party is raising concerns about Treaty rights in State asset sales two months after the election.
Leader Winston Peters says the Maori Party should have raised the issue while it was negotiating its support deal with National.
A series of hui is being held around the country in February as the Government consults iwi about the legislative changes and the Maori Party has encouraged iwi to defend their Treaty rights at the meeting.
A discussion document will be released on Wednesday ahead of the hui but Mrs Turia says she is not impressed with the timing of the document so close to Waitangi Day.

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Dubapest HiFi is the first reggae soundsystem in Hungary. The sound’s 2 selectas and operators are Jahfar and Captain Midnite, accompanied by Haroon Ayyaz on the microphone. The sound currently has 4 scoops, 2 double kick boxes and 4 mid-high boxes with 22,000 watts.
The 2 selectas play various styles as roots reggae, dub, stepper, early and new digital. Jahfar’s selection is more deep and spiritual, Midnite likes to shake up the dance digital style while Haroon promotes love, harmony and consciousness on the microphone. The combination of their music taste introduces the listener to a wide spectrum of real reggae music.

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Deepika Padukone: ‘I’m at an age where I relate to Piku the most’
Of all the characters that Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone has played in her 15-year-long acting career, her titular role in Shoojit Sircar's Piku holds a special place in her heart.
Deepika played the character of a strong-headed ambitious woman, Piku Banerjee, in the 2015 slice-of-life drama alongside megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who essayed the role of her father. Late Irrfan Khan also starred in the film.
The 36-year-old said she and her sister, professional golfer Anisha Padukone, relate the most to Piku.
“There was something very special about the energy in that film. I feel, I and my sister (Anisha) are at an age where we are Piku. There is something about Piku that is very special,” said Deepika.
“And that's one of the movies that keep coming up in conversations... The stage of life that I am at now, that (Piku) seems to be my most favourite (character),” she added.
The actress, known for delivering acclaimed performances in films such as Love Aaj Kal, Cocktail, Padmaavat and Gehraiyaan, said everyone's aim was to give their best during the making of Piku.
“I was aware of the fact that I will be opposite these two incredible people but what makes for great collaboration is when you are not competing with your co-stars and you are really genuinely invested in telling a good story and that's what we are there to do… I don't think Irrfan was trying to be one up on Mr Bachchan or he was trying to be one up on anyone. It was a beautiful collaborative process and we were invested in giving our best,” Deepika said.
The actress also shared her experience of battling mental illness. She first opened up about her depression in 2014.
She said she hopes that her story would help other people to sail through the tough times.
“For anyone who has ever experienced mental illness, it can be, I am not saying it is… it can be a lonely journey. And that's when I realised speaking up is how I wanted to take that journey forward. It was my learning, probably my calling, where I felt like by speaking up if I am able to impact one life the purpose would be served,” she said.
Her admission about being diagnosed with clinical depression, Deepika said, was the beginning of a bigger cause, which led to setting up a foundation, Live Love Laugh, that creates awareness about mental health.
Speaking of the vision and mission of the foundation, the actress said, it is all about giving hope.
“It can be a lonely journey. We are here to say you are not alone, we are here in this together… So, giving hope to every person experiencing stress, anxiety, depression and to let you know you are not alone. And it stems, from one line, when I put my mind to it, I don't want one life to be lost because of mental illness,” she added.
Deepika will next be seen opposite Shah Rukh Khan in Yash Raj Films' Pathaan. The Siddharth Anand-directed film is scheduled to be released next year in January.

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Dozens of students at one Georgia school have been implicated in a major sexting scandal.
About 50 Union County teenagers were caught sending naked pictures of classmates over their phones.
“It’s a nationwide problem, but we have realized it has come to Union County High School,” said Union County School Superintendent John Hill.
He says a parent first informed the Union County High School principal of the scandal last month.
School police believe 46 students, some as young as 14, were involved in the illegal exchange of nude photographs of each other.
Hill says the district could have pressed felony child porn charges but decided against it.
“Most of the kids do not have a clue that they are committing a crime,” he said.
The superintendent says the student code of conduct guided the punishments, which ranged from short-term suspension to alternative school.
The school system is working with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the District Attorney to educate students about sexting, emphasizing nude photos could get in the hands of child predators.
Hill says continuing this type of education is key.
“We will be looking at curriculum to implement next year with all our students on cyber safety,” he added.

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Skippers and vessel owners in Filey are being asked to take part in a major research project this week.
The event is being held to better understand the UK’s fishing fleet.
Researchers from Seafish, the public body that supports the £10bn UK seafood industry, will be visiting Filey to talk to skippers and owners of fishing vessels.
They are collecting data on the financial and operational performance of vessels.
Barrie Deas, chief executive of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, said: “I would encourage every skipper and vessel owner to assist Seafish by taking part in the UK fleet survey. By sparing the small amount of time required to take part, you will be helping to create the most accurate picture possible of the UK fishing fleet,”
The results of the survey will play a vital role in painting a picture of the UK fishing fleet, its economic performance and the challenges it faces as it prepares for life outside of the EU.
For further information about the survey visit the Seafish website, email Steve Lawrence at firstname.lastname@example.org, or call 0131 524 8663.


Technology is getting a bad rep. In fact, gaming is a super-food, productivity itself is ‘toxic’, and urban geography is more to blame than iPhones when we consider the challenges of society today.
“My friends keep telling me how addictive gaming is for teens and that I should get them off the games now! …. Should I? And if I should, how the hell would I?”
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Ghan watched Keira closely, he was trying to learn her habits, and how she thought so that when they got out into the real world he would be able to anticipate her actions. Keira glanced up from her book and glared as she didn‘t really like to be stared at. “I don’t like to be stared at.” She told him her temper flaring.
“I’m just trying to learn your habits, to be a good body guard.” He explained although he had just learnt something vital, she had a temper and that could be both a good and bad thing in any situation.
She frowned, that seemed reasonable, “Well shouldn’t you start with my scent first?” She asked.
He nodded, “I should but I didn’t want to be too forward.” He explained.
She shrugged and tilted her head aside to give him an unhampered view of her neck and throat. Everyone in the house knew her scent and had made a point to get to know her scent since she was a ‘cub‘ and her protection was a priority with everyone who lived here. Cub was a term she hated; she was a teenager not a cub. He got up and walked over; putting his hands on the arm rests and leant in. He took a deep breath and froze as his blood heated and his wolf rushed forward, his eyes flashing to molten bronze. He pushed himself back and backed away from her quickly.
He shook his head and fled the room, Keira sniffed at her shirt but all she could smell was the peaches and cream scent of the body wash she used. She shrugged and lifted her book to go back to reading, Were were strange creatures at the best of times but she had learned long ago to stop analysing their actions. She just accepted that everyone around her was nuts.
Ghan raced into Amy’s office and took a deep breath. “Amy we have a problem.” He told her seriously.
She glanced up from her computer and sighed. “Okay what’s the problem?”
He took a deep breath, “Keira is my mate…”
She took a deep calm breath as she thought. “Not for another seven years she isn’t and you know that because you wrote the laws.”
He watched her surprised for several moments. “You still want me to guard her even knowing that she will be my mate when she comes of age?” He demanded to know.
She gave him a knowing look. “Who better to protect her than the one who ultimately has the most to lose?”
He frowned, he hadn’t thought of it that way.
She stood and approached him, “You have seven years to get to know her, some mates would kill for this, to know their mate fully before taking them.”
He nodded, “I understand.”
“Do you think you can do this?” She asked.
His brow furrowed as he thought about it carefully. His eyes turned to Amy, “I have no choice. Wolfgang is the only Alpha who would grant me a permanent home in his pack, who is powerful enough not to be threatened by me. I don’t want to be alone anymore.”
She nodded, “The moment you don’t think you can handle this tell me, it will not reflect badly on you, in fact it would be the opposite. I cannot keep this from Wolfgang but I know he will not hold this knowledge against your case to join our pack.”
“Do I tell her?”
“I wouldn’t, she’s not ready for it.” She told him.
“How will I explain running away like that?”
“Tell her I summoned you to give you the floor plans of her school.” She made them appear in her hands and offered them to him. “Study them.”
He bowed and left, he returned to the study where Keira was. “Sorry about running out on you, Amy summoned me and I want to give a good impression.”
“Why?” She asked, not fooled but willing to play along, something had spooked him and it wasn‘t Amy.
He sighed and sat in the chair across from her. “I am not a true member of this pack, I am on trial. If I can get through that trial without mishap I will become a member.”
She watched him for a moment. “Because you were an Alpha.”
He wasn’t surprised that she knew he had been an Alpha, she would have read Were and Other history volume One and Two at the request of her foster parents and more than likely she would have read something on pack and pride law. He nodded to her statement.


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Isotope dilution mass spectrometry of 10B and 6LiF reference deposits used for the determination of the neutron lifetime
The accurate characterisation of 10B and 6LiF reference deposits is of the greatest importance in absolute neutron counting, e.g. for the determination of the lifetime of the free neutron. A series of 10B and 6LiF deposits with different surface densities was prepared on silicon substrates by vacuum deposition and analysed by isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS), subsequent to their relative characterisation by neutron induced charged particle counting and determination of their surface area. The IDMS results were performed to calibrate the (n, alpha) measurements. They carry a total uncertainty (1s equivalent) on the number of 10B atoms in the deposit of 0.48% on Series I (without chemical purification) and 0.58% on Series II (with chemical purification). The corresponding uncertainty on the number of 6Li atoms in the deposit is 0.25%. The systematic components of these uncertainties are 0.12% on the 10B content and 0.21% on the 6Li content. An intercomparison on the basis of the count rates of the (n, alpha) measurements, the surface areas and the IDMS results shows an excellent agreement between the results for 10B and 6Li.
Bibliographic Reference: Article: International Journal of Mass Spectrometry and Ion Processes, Vol. 108 (1991) pp. 189-198
Record Number: 199111635 / Last updated on: 1994-12-02
Original language: en
Available languages: en

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This might just be the most British cake that we served at High Tea. The cake became a popular tea-time treat during the reign of Queen Victoria, it is said that it was her favorite cake! Traditionally, this delicious, buttery, sponge cake is served with raspberry jam and whipped cream sandwiched in between two cakes. Whenever I have had it, it has been served with strawberry jam and whipped cream, which is a delicious combination. I hear some people also use buttercream instead of whipped cream, but I prefer the lightness of the unsweetened whipped cream to counter the butter content in the sponge cake.
Since rhubarb was in season, I decided to make our cake with Rhubarb Jam, especially since I had already planned to make it for the Sultana Scones I was making for High Tea. I wanted to use some fresh strawberries in addition to the jam, I figured the strawberries would add some freshness and a lovely decorative element. The three strawberries on top are the first fruit out of our garden!
The cakes themselves can be made a few days in advance, but you should assemble the cake not long before serving.
Victoria Sandwich Sponge with Rhubarb Jam and Strawberries
scant 2 cups cake flour
3 1/4 tsp baking powder
16 tbsp softened butter
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs, beaten
confectioner’s sugar for dusting
1/2 cup Rhubarb Jam
8 oz heavy cream
8 oz fresh strawberries, sliced
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter and sugar.
- Add eggs, one at a time. Whisk in.
- Add baking powder and 1 cup of flour. Whisk in. Add remaining flour. Whisk in.
- Grease two 8 inch springform pans. Cover bottoms in aluminum foil or place on a cookie sheet with raised edges.
- Divide the dough between the two pans.
- Bake for 20-30 minutes until golden brown.
- Meanwhile, whip heavy cream until soft peaks form.
- Remove from oven and leave in tins for about 15 minutes. Then remove from tins and cool completely on a cooling rack.
- Once cooled, place one cake on a serving platter.
- Spread half of the jam on top.
- Pipe whipped cream all over the cake surface, careful to make the edges look nice.
- Arrange strawberries on top.
- Place second cake on top and dust with confectioner’s sugar.
Total cooking time: 1 hour, serves 8-12
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Taking a fair advantage of the ongoing Cannes Film Festival, HP has unveiled three top of the line creativity-focused laptops especially crafted for the artists.
Of the total three devices released, HP Spectre x2 is a two-in-one like device that comes with a detachable keyboard. The device can be a potential competitor to the Microsoft Surface Pro devices especially the Surface Pro 4 as it comes with a 12.3-inch touchscreen that can be used with a pressure sensitive stylus pen.
Apart from the extravagant outside, the laptop also has pretty impressive specifications under the bonnet. The device comes with significant upgrades over its predecessor and packs 7th Generation Kaby Lake Core i7 Processor, a 360 GB SSD, and upto 8 GB of LPDDR3 RAM. The IPS display boasts the same aspect size as that of Surface Pro 4. HP has also shifted from Wacom-based technology to the Surface’s N-trig which keeps the screen thinner unlike the Wacom-based technolgy which added a specific bulk to the screen.
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HP has also refreshed its 13 and 17 inch Envy laptops. Although both new entrants bear somewhat same design, they come with a lot of upgrades on the inside. Powered by a 7th Generation Kaby Lake Core i5 Processor and Intel Iris graphics, HP Envy 13 comes with 128 GB of SSD and 8 GB of RAM. HP Envy 17, on the other hand, comes with a better 7th Generation Kaby Lake Core i7 Processor, 1TB of Hard Disk, and upto 8 GB of LPDDR3 RAM. Both the devices have a full HD display while HP Envy 17 will also come with an option of 4K.
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HP Spectre X2 will start shipping this June with a price tag starting north of $999. HP Envy 17 will have prices starting $999 while the June-bound HP Envy 13 and Envy x360 will ship with prices starting at $1,049 and $899, respectively.
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SHOT Show Media Day at the Range Launches New Website
“We could not be more pleased with the look and design of our new site,” said Cathy Williams, president of CMG Marketing & Events.
“Both the media and exhibitors will now experience a more vibrant and seamless view to register and be provided schedules and other pertinent information concerning this annual event that takes place the day before SHOT Show each year.”
The new website was developed by The Sportsman’s Cabinet of Gorman, Maine.
“As a member of NSSF, It has been a great pleasure to work on this project with Cathy Williams and Cory Cannon. We trust that this new Content Management website will help them promote Media Day at the Range and easily provide current information about the event.”
About SHOT Show Media Day at the Range
Manufacturer registration is now taking place for SHOT Show Media Day 2012, which will be held on January 16, 2012 at the Boulder City Pistol and Rifle Range, Boulder City, Nevada. It is anticipated that the 2012 event will be full to capacity. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. Visit www.media-day.com for registration and sponsorship details. Media registration will begin in July, 2011.
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I was trying to create a connection class so that i can create new connections as instances of this class and to avoid 'Connection' from being public. i'm using eclipse IDE. and it shows some error in the following block of code. The error is in the instruction "Class.forName"
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Estimated Rainfall for Mariposa 0.10″ – 0.25″
Expected Rainfall for Oakhurst 0.10“-0.25”
Expected rainfall for Yosemite Valley 0.10“-0.25”
Yosemite Valley today: Chance of snow, mainly after noon. Increasing cloudiness with a high near 37. Wind chill readings as low as 17. West winds 5 to 10 mph becoming weak and variable. Winds could get up to 15 km/h. The chance of precipitation is 60%. Total daily snow accumulation from 1 to 3 inches possible.
January 29, 2023 – The National Weather Service Hanford Office is reporting a storm system will hit central California this afternoon through Monday, resulting in a chance of rain in the San Joaquin Valley and light snowfall in the Sierra Nevada and adjacent foothills.
Most of this precipitation falls this afternoon and tonight.
Territory Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Hanford CA
1243pm PST Sunday, January 29, 2023
There is a chance of rain and light in the San Joaquin Valley
Snow in the Sierra Nevada and adjacent foothills this afternoon
into Monday. Snow showers are possible over Kern County Mountain
passes tonight and Monday. temperatures are below freezing
conceivable in the San Joaquin Valley every night and early
morning from late Monday night to Thursday morning.
A low pressure trough will move south to north
California today. A cyclone aloft should develop in the base
this valley tonight as it passes through the service area. the
The upper depression will pivot east on Monday. As a
As a result, there is a chance of rain in the San Joaquin Valley and the San Joaquin Valley
light snowfall in the Sierra Nevada and its adjacent foothills
afternoon into Monday. Rainfall, in any quantity, in the San Joaquin
The valley will generally be less than a tenth of an inch. snow
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feet this afternoon before dropping to about 2,000 feet tonight.
Snow amounts are an inch or less from 2,000 feet to 3,000 feet
feet. Snow accumulations will be one to three inches starting at 3,000
feet to 4,000 feet. Snow amounts range from three to five inches
over 4,000 feet.
Snow showers are possible above 2,500 feet along Interstate 5
Tejon Pass and along Highway 58 over the Tehachapi Pass tonight and
Monday. The best snowfall probability is from 10
PM PST tonight through 10am PST Monday morning. An inch or two
Snowfall conceivable, which could lead to travel delays and/or
road closures. If you must travel, allow enough time to reach
A high-pressure ridge will move eastward across the east
Pacific Ocean Monday evening and Tuesday. This ridge from high
Pressure should land over the west coast of the United States
States Tuesday night. The high pressure crest should strengthen as
It heads east through the western United States on Wednesday
until Thursday. The back end could be a low pressure trough
Cut in the northern part of the forecast area Thursday evening
Friday. This is a low probability, low impact scenario. A freeze
The San Joaquin Valley has a watch every night and morning
Tomorrow from late Monday evening to Thursday morning due to the
Possibility of freezing temperatures. Here are probabilities
of minimum temperatures of 32 degrees or less for locations in
the San Joaquin Valley on Tuesday, January 31, 2023:
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Madeira – 79%
Hanford – 69%
Lemoore – 69%
Visalia – 64%
Porterville – 64%
Reedley – 64%
Delano – 59%
Fresno – 54%
MVFR visibilities with local IFR visibilities are likely in the
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possible in and near showers this afternoon and tonight.
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|Actress, singer, songwriter
|Cast on Blood and Water
Khosi Ngema is dating JeanLuc Goodall and the couple has been living together for a few years now. The actress doesn’t fail to update followers with their pictures on social media.
Her passion and dream for acting date back to her young days. She experienced a big break after she cast on the original Netflix show ‘Blood and Water’ in 2020.
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Ok, I give in, you don’t like poetry. Seven poems and seven votes. Useful feedback I guess.
The winner is Peter Cooper, with his poem Ode on Your Sixtieth Birthday. Congratulations Peter, your book will be in the post tomorrow.
Zelda Rhiando is our runner-up with Will You, Won’t You, Well? Zelda, congratulations, and your badge will be on its way as soon as I have contacted you for a postal address. Thanks to the other contributors – if you would like your names appended to your work now, please let me know!


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By Shola Akingboye – 4th Sept 2020 The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), said it
By Shola Akingboye – 25th August 2020 The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
Hon. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, boarding an IbomAir aircraft from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, after a meeting of the Board of the NNPC held in Uyo on Saturday 22 August, 2020.
Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari (middle), also boarding an IbomAir aircraft from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, after the meeting. In front of the GMD is NNPC Chief Operating Officer , Upstream ,, Mr. Adokiye Tombomieye.
Photo below: Silva and Kyari observing the COVID pandemic directives on arrival for the meeting
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UoG students among writers and performers at Cheltenham Poetry Festival
Thirteen University of Gloucestershire students are among the international and UK writers and performers who will be showcasing their creativity at the 2024 Cheltenham Poetry Festival.
The Poetry Festival – founded by University alumnus Anna Saunders – will feature a wide-ranging programme of readings, workshops and performances, including a Q&A with the celebrated award-winning British poet Don Paterson at the University’s Francis Close Campus.
Students from the University’s undergraduate and postgraduate Creative Writing programmes will be involved from the start of the festival, with Monica Piercy (MA Creative and Critical Writing) reading as part of the Liz Berry and David Clarke: Cheltenham Poetry Festival launch event on 19 April.
Luke Contino (MA Creative and Critical Writing) will read as part of Something Old, Something New: Isabel Galleymore, Iris Lewis and Derek Healy on 20 April.
Grace Price (BA (Hons) English Literature and Creative Writing) will read as part of Earth House: Matthew Hollis and Matthew MC Smith on 26 April, while on the same date Ella Pheasant (BA (Hons) Creative Writing) will read as part of Versatile Voices; Jonathan Aylett and Nigel Kent.
Two members of the academic team at the University, Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Angela France, and Senior Leader in Creative Writing and English Literature, Rowan Middleton, will be among the contributors to Under The Influence on the closing day of the festival, 27 April.
The festival finale, Last Night of the Poems, at Francis Close Hall Chapel, will showcase nine emerging talents from the University’s Creative Writing programmes, with Angela France introducing readings by students Liam Lynch, Ark Drew, George Turner, Giorgia Caso, Emma Walker, Freyja Jensko, Paul White, Carlie Chabot and Claire Smith.
Excellent opportunity to build connections
The University’s Angela France said: “The Cheltenham Poetry Festival provides an excellent opportunity for our undergraduate and postgraduate students to showcase their work, build connections within the literary community and present readings alongside leading international and UK spoken word artists and writers.
“As a longstanding sponsor, we’re looking forward to hosting events from the festival programme at our Francis Close Hall Campus in Cheltenham and welcoming visitors from the local community and further afield.”
Anna Saunders, Founder Director of the Cheltenham Poetry Festival and recipient of an Honorary Fellowship from the University, said: “We are delighted to be further developing our partnership with Platinum Sponsor, University of Gloucestershire, in 2024.
“We proudly include a student showcase in our programme every year, and this April we will be offering longer slots to the students in recognition of the skills they have developed on the Creative Writing course.
“We are excited to bring these emerging voices to a visiting audience and hear them share the stage with some internationally acclaimed poets.”


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FEATURE - April 2017
Daily Practices to Build Sustainability From Within
by Aneta Baranek
Most often, sustainability is associated with making sure that our physical resources are used in the most proper and efficient way. Yet, there seems to be the inner realm of human existence that has not been included in the sustainability movement.
Long ago, scientists determined that we use less than 10% of our brains. How sustainable is that? How can we be going about our whole lives using only a fraction of our physical command center?
According to studies of Metaphysics and Mindfulness, it is the mind that actually controls our brains (not the other way around). To use the computer analogy, our mind is the software and the brain is the hardware. This is reflected in the first verse of the recorded teachings of the Buddha: “Our life is shaped by our mind. We become what we think.”
So, how can we use our most precious inner resource, our mind, more sustainably? Daily practice is the key. As we are able to hone our mind more and more, and produce larger gaps between our thoughts, we are able to more fully utilize this often untapped resource.
Here are three sustainable actions you can take, starting today, to utilize more of your inner power:
Once we set our full attention, including all of our five senses, on a single point, we experience undivided attention. When we hold the undivided attention for a prolonged amount of time on that same object, we then experience concentration.
Practice now if you would like. Use a timer (perhaps on your phone) and for one minute put your whole attention on a single point on the wall.
What did you notice? Was your mind racing and wanting to process thoughts not related to the present moment?
Concentration allows us to be fully vested in the now. With the undivided attention fully focused on the task at hand, you can complete anything in shorter amount of time and more efficiently and thus, become more productive, more relaxed, and more aware.
Meditation is a form of inward concentration based in listening and experiencing the inner self. Practicing meditation for at least fifteen minutes daily allows you to experience deeper connection with yourself and also with others. Through meditation, we often find answers for many deep questions. To begin your meditation practice, sit in a quiet place for fifteen minutes. After some deep breathing, concentrate your full attention on the point between your eyebrows and hold the attention on this point. Each time your attention drifts, simply bring it back to that same single point. Observe what comes up.
Meditation frees our mind and brain to be more tranquil and allows for any perceived stressors to dissipate. It also helps us to feel reenergized and more aware.
Recently, more and more studies are being published on how sport teams and individual athletes repeatedly use visualization to accomplish their goals. In fact, Dayton Moore, the General Manager for Kansas City Royals, confessed to visualizing a World Series parade through the Country Club Plaza in downtown Kansas City many years before it occurred in 2015.
In visualization, we hold in mind an image, a vision, of what we would like to accomplish in our lives. We use our imagination and feelings to project ourselves into circumstances we want to experience in real life. Visualization does not need to be elaborate. Ten minutes a day of concentrated efforts will go a long way. Create a believable desire and use your imagination to see it come to pass. The more you practice, the greater the probability of manifesting your desires.
Tapping into the inner resources of our mind increases our overall sustainability. As we stay connected to our inner self, gain more peace, and become more conscious and aware overall, we can then channel that expansion back into our outer expression. As we experience more inner care and love, we yearn to give it back to our environment and those around us. As within, so without.
May these practices, or at least one, bring out more inner sustainability within your life!
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While pursuing her Doctorate of Divinity degree through the School of Metaphysics, Aneta Baranek continues her research and study of self-actualization and self-realization. She also holds Master’s Degree from DePaul University in Computer Science. She has been serving as a spiritual teacher through the School of Metaphysics for the past eight years. She currently resides in Kansas City where she directs one of the branches of the School of Metaphysics. To find out more information about the School Metaphysics visit: http://www.som.org.

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Celebrate Rockland all summer long at the Rockland Day Concert Series! With a lineup featuring musical genres from pop to country, these are events you won't want to miss. Plus, food trucks will be serving up delicious treats and eats at each concert. Concerts will be held on Fridays from July 9 to August 6 from 6 PM to 8 PM at the Rogers Middle School Outdoor Stage. The music series will be held rain or shine.
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Rockland Day 2021 Band Lineup
The Town of Rockland, Rockland Recreation, and REiMAGINE ROCKLAND are sincerely grateful for the ongoing support from our sponsors, donors, vendors, community members, and elected officials. It is an honor organizing the community event year-after-year.


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Two Missing In Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park — Rangers in Yosemite National Park say a 34-year-old Atlanta man and is 60-year-old mother, who is visiting from China, are missing in the park.
Authorities say the mother and son arrived in the park Wednesday. They were supposed to stay two nights in a cabin at Curry Village, then head to Las Vegas.
Rangers spent the weekend searching roadways around the area. Foul play is not suspected at this time.


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Dream Theater Announce The Astonishing North American Tour
The run begins on April 14, following a series of theatre appointments across Europe, starting with the debut of their 13th album in London on February 18 and 19.
The follow-up to 2013's self-titled work is released on January 29. The band recently described it as "a sonic story that is our most ambitious creative work to date." They continue to reveal elements of the concept via their website. See all of the upcoming dates here.
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“The Mariko Aoki phenomenon is a phenomenon consisting of the urge to defecate while visiting a bookstore. Originating in Japan, it is named for the woman who first publicized such an urge.”
“Ageists who want to fault millennials for the continual decline in literary reading are wrong to do so. Across the board, there wasn’t much considerable variation in the amount literature age groups read. Everyone is hanging out in the 39–49% range.” Is America in the midst of a literary recession? According to the National Endowment for the Arts, 2015 marked the first year in 33 cycles of research that the percentage of adults who read literature had dropped below 45% to a dismal 43%.
New this week: Loitering by Charles d’Ambrosio; The End of Days by Jenny Erpenbeck; Windows on the World, a collection of Paris Review essays illustrated by Matteo Pericoli (Karl Ove Knausgaard’s contribution is excerpted here); The Heart Has Its Reasons by María Dueñas; A Woman Without a Country by Eavan Boland; Love Poems by Bertolt Brecht; and Family Furnishings, a new selection of short stories by Nobel laureate Alice Munro. For more on these and other new titles, check out our Great Second-half 2014 Book Preview.

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BOSTON (CBS) -- Jaylen Brown is not afraid to speak his mind, and he does so in an extremely eloquent and articulate way. Brown is not only a gifted basketball player who continues to improve his game, he's also always finding new ways to challenge himself to grow off the court as well.
In an editorial about the coronavirus pandemic for The Guardian over the weekend, the 23-year-old Celtics guard conveyed his message in hopes of inspiring people "to come together rather than drift farther and farther apart" while practicing social distancing.
While it has become difficult to take in all the information -- and even more misinformation -- regarding the pandemic, Brown is asking everyone not to make any rash decisions. That will only make an already stressful situation worse.
"In this most dire of times, there have been displays of dissidence, and controversy from our political elites, causing confusion among the public. If that last sentence applies to you, our frustrations are shared," Brown wrote. "With that being said, it is paramount that everyone remains calm. An outbreak of turmoil and chaos that matches the pandemic would be further detrimental to not just the economy, but to us as a society, and community, as a whole."
But he's also urging people not to ignore the facts and injustices during the ordeal.
"As I write this more than 30,000 people have lost their lives in the US alone. Of those heart-wrenching numbers, the percentage of African Americans and people of color is both alarming and disproportionate. Our healthcare system could be potentially highlighting injustices this beautiful nation has composed and suppressed since its establishment," he wrote.
It has been a month since the NBA put a halt to the 2020 season. Since the team was exposed to Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert a week before the shutdown, the Celtics were tested for coronavirus and put under self-quarantine for two weeks when they arrived back in Boston. Guard Marcus Smart was the only member of the team to test positive for the virus, and has since recovered.
But Brown and his teammates have been stuck at home since the season was put on pause, holding team meetings through Zoom to stay connected. While it's easy to grow apart while practicing social distancing, Brown is urging everyone to come together by doing something for the greater good.
"My intention in writing this editorial is to hopefully inspire our society to come together rather than drift farther and farther apart. In the midst of social distancing it is easy to segregate ourselves and our families from the outside world. I challenge you to do the opposite," he wrote. "Donate to your local food banks, homeless shelters and to those less fortunate in general. Allocate resources to healthcare workers, and other extraordinary workers and unsung heroes during this time. Lend a hand to the families and family members of healthcare workers and those who have lost someone, and are in need of economic support. The slightest display of compassion may save someone's life. I am looking to match these efforts and align with people who are inclined to do something."
Brown hopes that social distancing to help flatten the curve will in turn unify the country, but he also wants to make sure people come together after the pandemic to fix the problems it has exposed.
"As I stare at the walls of my confinement, due to the implementation of social distancing, I hope that our nation not only consolidates over the next few weeks but also heals. Ponder the [suffering] from other epidemics that have plagued this nation and our planet. Social inequality, gender inequality, inequality in education, poverty, lack of resources, cultural biases, and other various societal imbalances that have yet to be vaccinated. Let's use this time to look for solution-based answers and cooperative efforts for those problems," he wrote.
"It's Game 7 and how we perform down the stretch is going to determine our outcome. Let's lean in and get this done together as a team," Brown closed.
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JLo marks twins' 8th b`day with adorable Insta pic
Jennifer Lopez just gave a special social media shout out to her twins Max and Emme as they turn eight.
Washington D.C.: Jennifer Lopez just gave a special social media shout out to her twins Max and Emme as they turn eight.
The 46-year-old actress took to her Instagram account and posted a picture wherein she is seen wrapping her arms around her little ones while they blow out the candles, reports E! Online.
Along with the pic, the 'Shades Of Blue' star wrote, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE LIGHTS OF MY LIFE. You have brought me nothing but joy and happiness since the very second you were born. I am so proud of who you are and the beautiful loving caring people you are growing into."
The 'On the Floor' hit-maker has shared parenting responsibilities with her former husband Marc Anthonysince splitting in 2011.


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- Defi lending platform, dYdX, records $1 billion in total loans over the past year.
- Ethereum (ETH) remains the leading asset originating close to half of the amount.
- The growing Defi space looks to propel ETH price in the coming weeks.
Open finance is gaining gradual adoption despite the slow the stagnant performance the cryptocurrency industry is showing since the “Black Thursday crash” on Mar. 12. dYdX, a decentralized lending platform, recorded a milestone in the early trading hours on Saturday reaching the billion-dollar mark in total loans originating from the platform.
In the past year, dYdX has originated well over $1 Billion in loans 💸🤑 pic.twitter.com/ZJynUQ7JXy
— dYdX (@dydxprotocol) April 18, 2020
The increasing interest in Defi products may set bullish sentiments on Ethereum as the lending Defi products grow in the near future.
dydX records $1.1 billiard in loans borrowed
According to LoanScan, a Defi tracking aggregator, dYdX, is witnessing a meteoric rise in the number of loans borrowed on the exchange. The decentralized app has distributed over $1.1 billion in loans on the platform over the past year.
Ethereum (ETH) is the leading borrowed asset on dYdX with a total borrowed amount of $$516,647,969representing 45% of the total amount borrowed over the past year. Dai (which split to a multi-asset and single-asset backed token –SAI) and USDC recorded a total of $378,674,732 (SAI -$126,538,385) and $128,080,455 respectively.
dYdX leads in loans originated on the platform in the decentralized lending space with Compound and Maker also bootstrapping some loan facilities to their users. Over the past year a total of $310,299,625 and $215,706,480 in loans were disbursed from the respective platform.
Ethereum set to benefit from swelling Defi markets?
The growth in the Defi space has been nothing short of remarkable as these platforms offer the unbanked and underbanked citizens quick financial access. Could this growth positively impact the price of Ethereum in the coming weeks?
Since Mar. 12 capitulation to sub-$100 levels, the crypto field has responded rather bullishly with ETH/USD soaring over 80% in that time period. Currently, the second largest crypto trades at $182 touching a key resistance which if broken may spark a bullish momentum in the price in the coming days.
ETH/USD crossed above the SMA 50 line which offers a near term resistance level at $160. Furthermore the relative strength resistance (RSI) is oscillating at 61 (in a buy zone) offering a bullish price outlook for ETH. Can the swelling DeFi market tip the bull market in upcoming days?
Image from LoanScan.
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Sunday, May 31, 2015
Hesteyade de Bigorre
The Hesteyade de Bigorre is the festival of Pyrenean song and tale, since 1978.
Bastien Miqueu envisioned the return of the singing tradition of mountain countries Béarn and Bigorre.It is part of a geo-cultural area; typically Béarn and Bigorre, but stretching outside these borders as well.
The concept of reliving this singing is to develop this multi-voiced practice in compliance with the social, aesthetic and structural codes that have its origins in the traditional Pyrenean society.
Needless to say, berets are well represented during the festival, and on the arty posters too!


Angela Ricketts’ memoir of her years as an active-duty Army officer’s wife “can’t be told in a linear way,” she writes, but rather in a “zigzagging” style, a metaphor for the lives of military families as they move frequently and cope with long overseas deployments.
In the military, as Ricketts points out, there is safety (insurance, health care, subsidized groceries), hilarity (Longaberger basket parties, competition over garden upkeep, blowhards of both sexes) — and terror (deployments, deaths, fear of failure). In their 20 years together, Ang and her husband, Darrin, have weathered 10 moves, eight deployments, parented three children and experienced one major heart attack.
Hers, not his. The memoir opens with the cardiac episode she suffered at 38 while living at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, the one that sent her into the ICU for two weeks — two weeks that a “waiting wife” (as they call them in the Army) with young children can hardly spare. Ricketts was neither a smoker nor a drinker, didn’t have a family history of heart problems and had recently completed a 10-mile foot race.
Did military life break her heart?
“I left that open on purpose to make readers feel as awkward and uncomfortable with the incident as I did,” says Ricketts by phone from her Colorado home. (Darrin Ricketts, now a colonel, remains on active duty with the Department of Homeland Security.) “But that’s kind of what I meant it to say. One Amazon reviewer wrote, ‘This woman was far too invested in her husband’s career,’ and I wanted to write back to that person and say, ‘Yes, yes, I was. We all are. We’re so indoctrinated that we believe we are part of this command team.’ ”
But even though Ang had “drunk the Kool-Aid,” she admits the difficulties of reintegrating as a couple.
“I had given up my entire life, given up everything, to follow this person and then here he is in my kitchen simultaneously pinching my butt, but not knowing which drawer the spoons are in. When you take people who are so different — and most Army marriages are cases of opposites attract — and you separate them for such long periods of time, you have less common ground than many other couples because you didn’t ‘get’ each other to being with!”
Any civilian reader might wonder why Ang and Darrin never separated or divorced. “It’s because we saw each other as family,” she says. “I couldn’t imagine abandoning him. I couldn’t untangle myself from the family bond we had.”
Those bonds can lead to much darker territory. In a chapter titled “Stuffed French Toast and What I Can Never Forget,” Darrin confesses that during his latest deployment he targeted a household of insurgents and blew them up without knowing that there were two children in the dwelling.
Ang, meanwhile, faces battles on the home front. When the couple were first married and Darrin was deployed to Somalia from upstate Fort Drum, Angie wandered home tipsy from a Watertown bar one night and was attacked by a soldier (she could feel his Army belt buckle) who was bent on rape if not worse. “I’ll never forget the sound of unspooling military tape. He intended to tie me up and gag me, I think.” She managed to fight him off and escape.
Sadly, although she eventually does tell Darrin, Ricketts never reported the incident to authorities. She tells me that NPR’s Terry Gross took her to task for it, asking, “Did it ever occur to you that by telling someone about him you might have saved someone else’s life?”
“I wanted to tell her that I wasn’t protecting myself so much as I wanted to protect my husband’s ability to focus, and not to be seen as someone who was just trying to get my husband to come home.”
Now that her husband is home more often, Ang expects her life will change. But even that presents its own challenges.
“Maybe calmer seas lie ahead for us,” she writes. “But maybe chaotic seas are our home. Maybe that’s where we thrive. What we could even do with peaceful waters?”


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Happy first birthday Gather Magazine! I was featured as part of their b-day celebrations with a bunch of other bad-ass babes. Read more below…
Written by Shannon Poynter + Photography by Jessica Whiting
New Zealand’s soul is made up of its people, our land and our national treasures those who encapsulate an open attitude and an intuitive form of artistic expression to make something individual and unique, something that flourishes and that we can all identify with as being a part of Aotearoa. Hayley King aka Flox is one of those national treasures, a talented artist who speaks to us all. Flox uses the medium of spray cans and stencils to create larger than life murals bursting with native flora and fauna. I had the honour of chatting with her about the past and present, and the woman behind the vibrant, up-lifting and recognisable artwork that she produces.
A lass of the Far North, Hayley grew up in Kaitaia with her brother and father. Art is in the blood, and the family has a backbone of creativity with her father being Head of Department of Art at Kaitaia College, and her brother is now a Graphic Designer based in Melbourne. Though things could be hard at times, memories of beaches and camping are at the forefront of her mind when reminiscing, and the subconscious influence that the landscape and spaces have had on her artwork. “You don’t always think of it, but every part of your childhood shapes who you are as an adult-the art becomes an extension of my own personality and beliefs, of myself.”
At the eager age of 17, Hayley ventured to Auckland alone to complete 7th Form at Western Springs College and then started a Fine Arts Degree at Unitec in 1999. Bold and ambitious she graduated from Unitec in 2003 and secured an artists’ space at a studio in Parnell. Though it was a shared space she recognised the need for a haven in which to enhance her artistic practice. It was here that her journey under the moniker Flox began, and it was during this time that she was first handed a spray can and a new era of her artistic journey commenced.
After university she had the inspiring presence of mind to apply for a grant for a business course and continued to develop and grow as an artist whilst also making printed t-shirts for the Aotea Square Markets, earning her bread and butter. Flox also joined with a group of like-minded individuals around 2005-2006 known as the Cut Collective, who were street-artists with a passion for this new and often stigmatised medium. They worked together to break down these barriers. People responded to Flox’s bold, bright and uplifting artwork and from there on the journey expanded and evolved into the genre that is often defined as Muralism and is where her passion lies to this very day.
Hayley aka Flox explained with a fervour that this is what gets her ticking, expansive murals within the community, and the bigger the better. “It’s a beautiful monster and there are so many cogs to the machine. It’s what stirs up my artistic juices, the murals. Going into communities and painting large murals that speak to those people specifically, it becomes a voice for them, of their personal situation.”
From these endeavours, Flox has found that not only does it expand her own artistic horizons and enables her to meet new artists, but they also inspire youth as many high schools and colleges these days use spray cans as a medium and Flox and her artwork as an inspiration and case study. ‘I appreciate being able to be a part of a movement that changes people’s perceptions of what art can do and be.”
Her personal life lies at home with her partner, a New Zealand filmmaker, and her two sons. For some time, her home was above her artist studio in Ponsonby but being a mum and a businesswoman encouraged her to look at moving to a home, a space separate from the empire that she has so successfully built. Being a young entrepreneur and a mama from her mid-20’s, like some of us Flox did not embark on the quintessential Kiwi OE, but her work has allowed her to travel later in life, to destinations that she may not have typically gone to in her youth. “Travelling later in life has meant I’ve been able to travel with intent and meet like-minded people through my work”.
Though her travels have taken her far and wide, a trip in 2015 to Taiwan provided both a grounding and inspiring experience. She applied for a visa through the Asia New Zealand Foundation and was awarded the Creative NZ residency for three months in Taipei the nation’s capital. Her partner documented the visit through two films, and the focus was on bringing back to life the endangered wildlife of this unique island nation on the concrete walls of its largest city.
The effect of Taiwan’s industrial boom in the ’80s is the gradual destruction of some of its animal inhabitants and Flox was commissioned to create imprints in the city, to bring these creatures back from the brink. She spoke fondly of the Taiwanese people. “Such a receptive beautiful people, they responded so well to the art, and they loved my son, Taiwanese people love children. He created a happy buffer in many interactions and exchanges.”
Flox’s overseas adventures have taken her from a passion project in India to a beachside wall in Hong Kong, collaborations in Japan to exhibitions in New York, but always home again to work extensively and passionately around New Zealand. Throughout NZ; communities, schools and organisations have commissioned Flox with her cans and stencils to make stunning and empowering murals up and down the country. These can be found in Auckland’s schools and Hamilton’s alleyways, on walls at Mt Maunganui and on merchandise or pieces for worthy organisations such as Greenpeace and Starship Children’s Hospital. Hayley’s altruistic spirit and inspiring energy can be enjoyed and felt through her murals, and her openness and love for her fellow countryfolk are tangible when talking with her and when you see her work gracing our country’s buildings.
A national treasure is defined as an ‘artefact, institution or public figure who is emblematic of a nation’s culture or identity, who is greatly valued by its people”. Hayley King aka Flox has enhanced our lives through her artwork, inspired us with her kind soul and elevated us and united us within our communities.
This puts her in the pantheon of kiwis whose artistic avenues have achieved so much more than their aesthetic value alone but adds to our distinctiveness, our humble pride. This is the makings of a true national treasure.
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n Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology - Implementing information technology for corrections in Africa : a case example of the Namibian Correctional Service automated offender management information system
|Article Title||Implementing information technology for corrections in Africa : a case example of the Namibian Correctional Service automated offender management information system|
|© Publisher:||Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern Africa (CRIMSA)|
|Journal||Acta Criminologica: Southern African Journal of Criminology|
|Affiliations||1 Namibian Correctional Service and 2 T3 Associates Inc., Canada|
|Publication Date||Jan 2015|
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|Issue||Special Edition 2|
|Keyword(s)||Correctional information systems, Offender information management and Technology in corrections|
As corrections in the developing world moves away from punishment and towards the challenges of rehabilitation and reintegration of offenders, corrections officials are searching for ways to improve both their efficiency and effectiveness. Pursuing humane and professional correctional aims for the rehabilitation of offenders is a complicated task that requires multifaceted approaches and an inevitable embrace of modern management principles and strategies. The task is further exacerbated by the realities of a constant upsurge in offender populations, particularly because of an increase in the use of lengthier sentences. Corrections and prison services around the world, and increasingly in the developing world, are now expected to prove themselves as real contributors to public safety over the long term. In a fast-paced world where applications of technology are affecting every aspect of our lives, many prison services are falling behind and continue relying on traditional methods of organisational and offender population management. Various technologies to manage offenders are gaining popularity in the field of corrections but perhaps none offer as much potential to improve organisational functioning as offender management information systems. The Offender Management Information System that was recently implemented in Namibia is an automated and integrated data management system that records all of the key and relevant information related to management of offenders from intake to discharge. With a special focus on the Offender Management Information System of the Namibian Correctional Service, this article describes how the system functions and the requirements for its implementation. Challenges that can be expected in the development of any similar system, especially in Africa, are also discussed. The implications in terms of human capital, skills and finances required to manage such a system successfully are outlined.
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