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The Japanese Economic System under the Global Crisis: Change and Continuity
The Japanese economy has continued to grow, albeit at a low rate, through the drastic changes in the Japanese economic system. The global crisis has seriously affected the Japanese economy, despite it causing only slight damage to the banking sector. The current global economic crisis will have far-reaching consequences on the economic system and structure. In this study, the economic characteristics following the bubble economy and the sustainability of the Japanese economic system are examined.
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Volume (Year): 33 (2011)
Issue (Month): 2 (August)
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Iran's contested presidential election was fair, rules the Guardian Council
IRAN'S president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has delivered some familiar bluster in the past few days, hurling accusations that foreign countries, in particular Britain, were behind the mass protests that followed a disputed presidential election on June 12th. At the weekend authorities detained nine local employees of the British embassy, accusing them of fomenting riots. Five were soon released but four are still being interrogated.
Mr Ahmadinejad's rhetoric is carefully chosen. He is trying to bolster his position domestically by thumbing his nose at wicked foreign powers: turning on Britain as an historic mischief-maker may help to rally some Iranians to his cause. In similar fashion, his fiery foreign policy and his defiance in the face of criticism over Iran's nuclear programme are designed, in part, to give him the benefit of nationalist support—although it is unclear whether anybody believes his claims over British meddling.
Just as the president is becoming more outspoken, a sullen calm appears to be descending on the streets of Iran. Although there are still reports of protests and clashes between pro-democracy activists and the police, the huge demonstrations that earlier rocked the country have faded away. The emerging calm is partly in response to a government crackdown—hundreds of opposition leaders, academics, journalists and others have been arrested—and partly because Iranians were waiting to hear the views of the Guardian Council, an elite group that is charged with overseeing Iran's elections. On Tuesday June 30th the council ruled that the election was fair.
Despite the protests since the contested presidential elections, and the complaints of the defeated candidates, neither a full recount of votes nor a rerun of the election was ever likely. The council allowed a limited recount of the votes and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, extended the deadline for its deliberations. But this seemed to be a ruse by the authorities to discourage further protests: confirmation of Mr Ahmadinejad's victory was delivered, as many had expected.
Yet splits in the governing elite remain deep. More than half of Iran's MPs failed to turn up to a victory party for Mr Ahmadinejad last week. Even Ali Larijani, the speaker of the parliament and a fellow conservative, chose to stay away. He, as well as other politicians, has been critical of the government's response to the protests.
More formidable is Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, an ex-president who supported the main opposition candidate, Mir Hosein Mousavi. At the weekend Mr Rafsanjani spoke publicly for the first time about the vote, calling on the government to investigate the complaints of the defeated candidates in a “fair review” of the election. The ex-president has played a cautious game so far. At first he exerted influence by letting others speak on his behalf. His daughter was briefly arrested after addressing one public gathering. He is also rumoured to be in Qom, trying to garner support for the creation of a new council, of three or more ayatollahs, which would counter the power of the supreme leader. Such a change would represent a seismic shift in the power structures of the Islamic republic, but there is, so far, no evidence that he has succeeded.
Mr Ahmadinejad now seems defiant, despite such splits. He can draw confidence, for example, from the ongoing support of the Revolutionary Guards. Set up after the 1979 revolution as an ideological counterweight to the less politically minded regular army, they have accrued enormous power under Mr Ahmadinejad. Although the thuggish baseej, the Islamic militia, have been blamed for much of the violence during the protests, the Guards are more influential and their loyalty has been bought by handing them valuable contracts in industries ranging from airport construction to telecommunications. In return, Mr Khamenei and Mr Ahmadinejad can rely on military backing even if the regular army were to hesitate.
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As part of a National Endowment for Democracy program, NDI commissioned Demos to undertake a study on state-aligned gendered disinformation. Demos' report - Engendering Hate - was launched in October 2020. In this first major study into the threat to democracy caused by state-aligned gendered disinformation, the report outlines a new framework for understanding how disinformation is being used online to manipulate perceptions of women's political leadership thereby excluding, silencing or trivialising their potential and their contribution. Using an analysis of Twitter data, the two case studies for this report were Poland and the Philippines. The research found evidence of disinformation campaigns which attacked women in politics and used gendered narratives to undermine women who oppose or criticise the state. Part of the study's findings include that online spaces are being systematically weaponised against women in politics and public life. Attacks on women which use hateful language, rumour and gendered stereotypes manage to combine personal attacks with political motivations, making online spaces dangerous places for women. Left unchecked, this phenomenon of gendered disinformation, spread by state and non-state actors, poses a serious threat to women’s equal political participation and through what NDI has termed "the gateway effect", can cross-over from the online space to cause lethal and sometimes fatal physical outcomes for politically-active women.
Commenting on the report, Moira Whelan, Director for Democracy and Technology at NDI, said:
“Gendered disinformation is an extension of violence against women. To participate in public life, women face the weaponization of information that directly impacts their opportunities for leadership and participation. If the digital ecosystem is not safe for women, it is not safe for democracy. The evidence has shown us that empowering women to have a level playing field in the digital landscape can benefit countries and communities. That’s why NDI has been on the forefront of research and practical approaches to overcoming violence as one of the barriers to women’s equal and active political participation and empowerment.”
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On Tuesday, June 17 at 10:30 AM, City Attorney Mike Aguirre argued the case for the city in Blackwater Lodge and Training Center vs. Kelly Broughton/City of San Diego before Judge Marilyn Huff. On June 4, Huff granted Blackwater a restraining order against the City in order to ensure that it would be able to open its Otay Mesa training facility without further delay.
Today, Huff granted an injunction to Blackwater Worldwide, rejecting City Attorney Mike Aguirre’s legal arguments, and allowing the company to continue operating the training facility.
The transcript of the May 30 Federal District Court hearing shows that Blackwater claims the permits and applications made their intention to build an indoor firing range clear from the beginning and that “there are indications everywhere that this is a Blackwater facility.” Indeed, an internal audit by the city determined that Blackwater had not misrepresented its identity in the permits and applications. The audit was requested by Mayor Jerry Sanders on May 5 after concerns were raised about the city’s grant of permits to Blackwater without prior public hearings on the issue. Given the level of opposition to a similar proposed facility in Potrero, these citizen concerns come as no surprise.
What’s at stake in this case is local control over land-use and neighborhood planning in the City of San Diego. Aguirre’s legal arguments called for a review of the project by the city to determine whether the company’s military training deviates from existing land-use regulations. It is widely argued that the Blackwater shooting range and paramilitary facility does not belong in Otay Mesa, near schools, businesses and residential areas, and only a stone’s throw from the US-Mexico border. Aguirre contends that the City Council should have the right to make land-use decisions in the city. “Obviously, if the federal courts intervene in standard land-use matters then I think there’s a risk that every time somebody doesn’t like ea process, they can go to federal court.” Marilyn Huff, an appointee of George H.W. Bush, supported Blackwater’s claims that they were victims of discrimination on the part of the city. Brian Bonfiglio, a Blackwater VP and one of the company’s more visible spokespersons, has demonstrated animosity throughout this process against local citizens of Potrero and San Diego, and has argued that such Aguirre’s legal attempt to protect the city’s interests was a “terrific waste of time and money.” Claiming that as an “out-of-town-company,” they needed protection from discriminatory locals, Bonfiglio argued that it is the role of federal courts to enable companies like Blackwater to overstep local control. “Federal Courts were designed and developed to protect the rights of those who in this case aren’t from San Diego.”
Aguirre will appeal the decision to 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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“Earlier this week, Dr. Anthony Fauci doubled down on CDC recommendations for universal masking in schools for kids as young as two years old, even though this is based on inconclusive science at best. Now, this should surprise no one who has watched as Dr. Fauci has consistently maintained indefensible positions like refusing to admit that his agency has funded dangerous research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, supporting vaccine mandates, and discounting the role of natural immunity. Now, he is continuing to recommend what I think is our most abhorrent policy, which is masking young kids in schools despite its unclear benefit and very real harm when it comes to the social development and learning of our children.
“Maybe we could justify child masking in the confusing first months of the pandemic when we didn’t know anything, but we are well past that point. Think about what we’ve learned since then. First, thankfully, children are unlikely to suffer the worst outcomes of COVID like hospitalization and death. Second, the adults in schools, teachers, can protect themselves with vaccines, boosters, and other treatments. Third, we have provided schools billions of dollars to improve infection control and measures like ventilation. Finally, there is still no clear evidence that universal masking in schools has any significant impact on the transmission of the coronavirus.
“CDC Director Walensky has tweeted and the media has reflexively parroted studies that compare masked and unmasked schools to supposedly show the benefits of masking. She keeps falling back on this talking point whenever asked. But here’s the thing, respected experts have blown massive holes in these studies she is citing and highlighted their flawed methods, yet the CDC is still using them as talking points. We have top public health officials that are citing flawed or inconclusive data, top health officials that don’t even understand indigeneity or a failure to control for variables in these studies. Even laymen could understand if they took five seconds to dig into it.
“Now, let’s think about what costs our kids face when wearing a mask for 6 or more hours a day. And that’s interesting because adults aren’t masking all day. Adults at worst have to wear a mask when they walk into a restaurant, and as soon as they sit down they take their mask off. And that of course doesn’t make any sense at all. But our kids, in many cases, have to wear a mask all day at school. Any parent knows that in just their first decade our kids develop at a rapid pace. Socially, they learn how to recognize new classmates as they try to make friends. They learn how to read these classmates’ responses to their words and actions. Academically, teachers can better understand a student’s understanding of a lesson based on their expressions. So by masking kids, you’re impairing their education severely, you’re impairing their development, and you’re impairing their childhood. You’re stealing parts of their childhood from them.
“And the science around the impact of universal masking and COVID transmission is inconclusive at best. Even The World Health Organization and the European CDC long ago determined that this tradeoff is not worth it, especially for younger kids. But, here in the U.S. for some reason, likely fear or incompetence, the CDC still can’t give any real prediction on when their universal masking requirements will come to an end. In fact, last summer CDC Director Walensky said that we must effectively have full vaccination in schools before these recommendations change. What? That’s insane.
“Anyone who has been following the pandemic knows this is an impossible goal. Anyone with kids knows this is an impossible goal. The CDC needs to listen to the advice of groups other than the American Federation of Teachers, which as you know, is the same national teacher’s union that has been intimidating democratic politicians into keeping schools shut down all the while pocketing billions of dollars from the federal government. People in the Biden administration just need to talk to parents, and get outside their bubble. This is not rocket science. It’s actually anti-science. And commonsense would suggest that parents should be able to send their kids to school in person. And parents can choose whether they want their kids to wear a mask. They shouldn’t be forced to do it. Our adults should start acting like adults. The fact that adults are forcing our kids to mask while they go on living their lives largely unmasked is morally reprehensible.
“We just had a big football game in Green Bay — it didn’t turn out well for the Packers — but 85,000 adults went to Lambeau and they were not masked. Yet many of their kids the next day are going to have to go to schools masked? Especially our kids who are in the most socioeconomic disadvantaged situations, whose parents can’t afford to stay home, whose parents can’t afford to hire tutors to make up for learning loss. They’re not going to get these days, these weeks, and now these years back. We’re stealing from them. You are stealing from them because you are afraid. We cannot let out fear, particularly at this point in the pandemic where Omicron is endemic, rule. We have to live our lives. We can’t let our fear destroy our kids’ education and in so doing destroy their future.”

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Recently re-elected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has proved that his love for films can never surpass his passion for politics.
According to a report in NDTV, the CM allegedly passed up an offer to act in a Bollywood film that was extended to him in October 2012. An email exchange between filmmaker KC Bokadia and Kejriwal shows that the former taxman-turned-politician was asked to star in a film he was directing.
The report said Bokadia “humbly” requested Kejriwal to consider acting in his film as it would only serve to “enhance his image”. “It is my desire to cast you as a protagonist in my upcoming movie, in the role of a Journalist. He is like a hero of my film who stands his guard against the corrupt politicians. The movie is called ‘Dirty Politics’, it is an ambitious film with an impressive artist line up… I will be very happy to narrate the character sketch in person," the mail read.
The film, ‘Dirty Politics’ is set to be released this year, starring Mallika Sherawat, Anupam, Jackie Shroff and Om Puri. In an interview with Zoom, Mallika Sherawat also let slip that Kejriwal was supposed to act in the film, saying that "from what the director told her, he was supposed to be a part of the project," and that there were emails to support that he had been approached. The interview also hinted that Sherawat's major reason for taking on this project was because Kejriwal was in it.
Kejriwal replied the very next day, saying that he was incredibly flattered, but would not be able to take on the film as he had just launched the Aam Aadmi party. "I am really flattered by your offer. I am a very small person. I have been a great admirer of your films. However, you would have heard that we have launched our new political party. I am neck deep into it. Our goal is to clean up this dirty politics. Therefore, I am really sorry I won't be able to take out time for the film," he wrote back.
The producer, known for his work in ‘Pyar Jhukta Nahin’ and ‘Aaj Ka Arjun’, sent him another email asking him to reconsider his decision. "Please reconsider my offer, to play one of the important characters of 'the fearless journalist', I need only 7 precious days of yours."
Bokadia eventually cast legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah in the role initially intended for Kejriwal.

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Under Indiana law, all dogs, cats and ferrets older than 3 months of age must be vaccinated against the rabies virus. State law allows the use of 1-year and 3-year vaccines according to approved label directions. (NOTE: Some localities throughout the state may have stricter local laws.) The vaccine must be administered by a licensed and accredited veterinarian or under the direct supervision of a licensed and accredited veterinarian.
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- Wear gloves to handle the exposed pet.
- Wash the wound immediately with soap and running water for at least 10 minutes.
- See a veterinarian immediately, even for minor wounds. Vaccinated pets will need a booster dose of rabies vaccine within 96 hours. Unvaccinated animals exposed to a known or suspected rabid animal must be confined for four months or humanely destroyed.
- If the biting animal can be captured or confined without risking further injury or exposure, do so. Or contact local animal control authorities for assistance.
- Do not destroy the bitten or biting animals. Either may need to be quarantined and observed for signs of illness or tested for the rabies virus.
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The Ins and Outs of Rabies
- Rabies virus usually enters the dog's body through a bite wound inflicted by an infected animal and then replicates in muscle cells near the entry point.
- Over a period of days or weeks, the virus spreads to motor nerves (which regulate movement of skeletal muscles) and then heads for the central nervous system. (Post exposure rabies vaccinations are effective only if administered before the virus reaches nerve cells.)
- The virus replicates further in spinal cord nerve cells and then spreads throughout the nervous system causing progressive paralysis and eventually leading to coma and death. When the virus enters the brain, the notorious "mad dog" behavior begins.
- If and when the virus reaches the salivary glands (often at about the time the central nervous system), it can be transmitted to other animals.
Signs and Symptoms
Rabies in animals can take a variety of forms, but a common prodromal feature is a change in behavior. Normally docile animals may become aggressive, and vice versa. Animals may next progress through a "furious" phase and then a "paralytic" phase, although not all rabid animals exhibit all of the stages. The appearance of nocturnal animals such as raccoons and skunks during daylight hours and without fear of humans may indicate rabies infection. It is possible for an animal, especially a wild animal, to be infected and not show any obvious clinical signs.
The incubation period in animals varies. In dogs, it is usually 3 to 8 weeks, although incubation periods longer than 4 months have been reported.
Additional Rabies Information
- Animal Bites: What DVMs and Clinics Need to Know (Webinar slides February 2019)
- Animal Bites: What DVMs and Clinics Need to Know (Webinar recording February 2019)
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Rabies Information Page
Guidelines for Pet Confinement
One essential component of effective rabies control is the management of dogs and cats known to or suspected to have been exposed to rabid (or suspect rabid) animal, or to have bitten or exposed a person. Based upon the circumstances involved in the bite and the vaccination status of the animal involved, one of the following quarantine plans will be required at the discretion of the animal control officer involved.
A. Close Observation
- Animal shall be kept on owner's premises.
- Owner shall be informed of potential rabies.
- Owner shall be required to notify enforcing agency of unusual behavior or change in health status of pet.
B. Strict Confinement
- Animal shall be kept on designated property - in the house, garage, or other escape-proof building or enclosure approved by the local director of health.
- Animal shall be leash-walked under immediate control of an adult on property designated for confinement.
- Owner shall be informed of potential rabies and given instructions in writing.
- Owner is required to notify immediately enforcing agency of unusual behavior or change in health status of pet.
- Animal shall be confined off owner's property in a designated facility, i.e., animal shelter, veterinary hospital or qualified commercial kennel.
- Strict quarantine on owner premises shall be possible at discretion of animal control.
- In case of death of quarantined animal, contact local animal control or health official. DO NOT DISPOSE OF ANIMAL
Facility used for quarantine shall:
- Ensure an escape-proof environment which prevents human and other animal contact.
- Be verifiable (i.e., subject to unannounced periodic spot checks by the animal control or local health department).
- Outside cage with double walls (must be sufficient housing to shelter animal from the weather).
- Indoor cage
- Since the walls of the main building serve as a second barrier, indoor may be single-walled.
- An example of a cat confinement pen is shown in Figure 1 although it is recommended that these dimensions be significantly enlarged to provide more comfort for the animal.
- Some sort of divider system as illustrated in Figure 2 (to exclude positively any human contact) is recommended in very high-risk cases (i.e., unvaccinated animal bitten by known or highly suspected rabies vector).
- Enclosing part of a basement, indoor porch, or recreation room which has windows available for health department officials to monitor confinement compliance is acceptable.
When the exposed animal is unvaccinated, euthanasia is recommended. Alternatively, the owner has the option of arranging for a 4-month strict confinement. Confinement must be strict because of the special public health risks associated with these animals (i.e., those potentially incubating rabies), and the need to prevent human and other animal exposures from occurring should rabies symptoms develop.

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The Mine Kafon is a new way to clear landmines, and has been designed by Massoud Hassani. He was born in Afghanistan so one can clearly understand why he wants to solve the threat of minefields. Roughly 10 million landmines have been buried throughout Afghanistan. So to solve the problem, Massoud Hassani designed the Mine Kafon which is a device that you roll out on a mine field. The device will now roll though the minefield as it is powered by the wind, and when it hits a mine, it will simply explode. But the entire device will not be destroyed, some parts can be used again to build another device. It features a GPS navigator so you can see where it has been rolling around before. One problem is that it will not clear the entire minefield since you can control it, but it will clear maybe 50 percent of the landmines, and that will save lives - or you can clear the rest of the field with another more dangerous method.
The Danish company Aresa made a genetically modified flower that was supposed to detect mines in a minefield. To clear a minefield, you planted plants on the minefield, and when one of the plants came in contact with nitrogen dioxide (a compound released by decaying chemicals used in explosives), the plant would change its color to red. The company has now been given up the idea to continue with this project, but I believe that it was a good idea, and someone else could perhaps continue with it.
The HeroRat is a trained Gambian pouched rat, and the rat is not a kamikaze rat, the rat will probably survive the process since the rodent is using its excellent smell to find landmines. They are being trained by the company Apopo, and one rat will cost €6,000 to train, and the training will take 6 months.
Source: BBC, WorldChanging


A cryptic and blurry photo of what is supposed to be one of the Acer Smartphones that will be unveiled at the MWC 2009 got leaked on BGR.
The interpretations of this Acer Smartphone photo range from a touchscreen phone with swivel keyboard to actually showing two phones. What we know for sure is that Acer will get into the smartphone business and will unveil their line-up at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona mid-February.
Acer has bought E-Ten the maker of the Glofiish smartphones last year to get some phone smarts inhouse.
Today Acer competitor Asus announced a broad partnership with Garmin to launch Garmin-Asus smartphones.


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Originally released for Record Store Day on Sealegs Records the Touche Amore / Title Fight split is back in press via Secret Voice. The split features each band covering each others songs. The bands toured together back in 2011 in the United States as well as Australia for the albums the songs featured were released on. Title Fight takes on “Faceghost” from Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me while Touche Amore gives their version of “Crescent Shaped Depression” from the album Shed.
- Crescent-Shaped Depression – Touche Amore
- Face Ghost – Title Fight


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Party under the stars on the volcanic island of Stromboli.
Performance artist and dancer Cecilia Bengolea will perform live alongside Japanese-French dancer Erika and Jamaican crew Black Eagles at Volcano Extravangaza, for a night programmed by The Store x The Vinyl Factory at the annual art and music festival.
Following her performance at Palais De Tokyo’s Do Disturb festival, Bengolea will also preview her forthcoming The Store X The Vinyl Factory commission – an audio-visual piece shot in Jamaica, featuring an original soundtrack by future dancehall producers Equiknoxx.
Featuring Cecilia, Erika, the Black Eagles and local dancers performing improvised and original sequences in various locations of the island, the work will be shown on a loop of hundreds of variations, and will accompany a new Bengolea piece in which she will evoke the primordial symbol of the serpent with its mutating qualities.
Continuing the annual tradition of VF’s Club Mega parties, which has seen Beppe Loda, Daniele Baldelli and others perform at the outdoor venue, UK dancehall collective The Heatwave will round out the night on July 28.
The eighth edition of Volcano Extravaganza has been curated by Milovan Farronato with Runa Islam as the Artistic Leader, and follows the theme of Total Anastrophes. It will present work by With Malala Andrialavidrazana, Cecilia Bengolea, Alex Cecchetti, Alec Curtis, Patrizio Di Massimo, Haroon Mirza, Lydia Ourahmane, Tobias Putrih, and Osman Yousefzada on the island between July 27-28.
Cecilia Bengolea, The Heatwave and The Black Eagles’ Club Mega party takes place on July 28. Head here for more information about the festival.


The Netherlands armed forces operate in the service of peace and security all over the world, for instance by contributing to international missions. The Ministry of Defence manages the armed forces, which comprise the Navy, Army, Air Force and the Marechaussee (a gendarmerie corps). The Chief of Defence (CHOD) holds military command of the forces.
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I opened up my NY POST app today to see how the Mets did last night and saw thats someone fell/jumped last night at Citi Field during the Dead and Company Concert.
From the NY Post.
The fan, who was in his 40s, plunged some 30 to 50 feet during intermission at around 9 p.m., and landed on concrete, cops said. He was taken to NewYork–Presbyterian Queens Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.Police sources said the man was possibly under the influence when he took the fatal fall from the fifth floor.
Read More here.
It is said to hear something like this happening and I am not going to speculate what happened it is just a sad thing to have happened.


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Patty Bennett is a Stampin’ Up! Million Dollar Sales achiever, and one of the perks of achieving that sales milestone is collaboration on a stamp set. The Ribbon of Courage is a beautiful set with many uses beyond the ribbon, but the ribbon image is really beautiful.
- Stamps: Ribbon of Courage, Flirty Flowers
- Color Palette: Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Blushing Bride, Powder Pink
- Accessories: Big Shot, Support Ribbon Framelits, Layered Leaves TIEF, Rhinestone Jewels, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Wink of Stella Clear, Aqua painter
I had some fun with the Aqua painter and Wink of Stella on the beautiful design on the ribbon. There’s a lot of detail there, and it would be fun to emboss and embellish too.
The sentiment is from Ribbon of Courage, but the floral embellishment is from Flirty Flowers. LOVE those designs!!
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Sale-a-bration 2016 inspired a card that has become my all time favorite. Because the stamps were available for such a short time, I made a few different versions but then moved on. I’ve watched every catalog for a suitable replacement, and when I spied Flirty Flowers in the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog I knew I had a good possibility.
There’s a time commitment in cutting and stamping this card. It’s not a good candidate for mass production, but it’s a great project for relaxing and enjoying the creative process.
It’s really enjoyable to mix and match textures, images and colors to create a unique card. My original design using the Sale-a-bration stamp set Field Flowers was done in yellow tones, but I also created one in pinks and another in blues. The monochromatic palettes tie together an otherwise chaotic collection of images.
I tried this one with Fresh Fig and Sweet Sugarplum. There are things I like about it, but it’s definitely a different vibe.
In all honesty, I think Flowering Fields was a once-in-a-lifetime set of stamps. I’d love to know what you think – please leave me a comment with your thoughts.
And just for the record, here’s the original Flowering Fields cards in Crushed Curry and So Saffron. It was CASEd many, many times, and I am very grateful to those generous crafters who acknowledged my design. If you CASE a card, please give the original artist credit. Thanks.

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With a No. 1 recruiting class seemingly locked up for 2013, it’s time for Kentucky to start putting the full-court pressure on 2014 recruits. And it appears that Kentucky is getting more serious with 2014 point guard Tyus Jones. The 6-foot-1 Minnesota native is widely considered the top floor general in his class, and Wildcat head coach John Calipari made the trip north twice last week to watch Jones play.
Duke is considered to be one of the frontrunners to land Jones largely because he is the only point guard that head coach Mike Krzyzewski has aggressively courted in the class of 2013 and 2014. Jones was in Durham for Countdown to Craziness in October.
Aside from the Wildcats, Ohio State, Minnesota, North Carolina and Michigan State are perceived to be some of the biggest threats to the Blue Devil coaching staff in the race for Jones.
According to a tweet by On the Radar Hoops last week, the Blue Devil coaching staff has made contact with Ahmed Hill, a 6-foot-5 shooting guard. The Augusta, Georgia product is the No. 23 overall player and No. 4 shooting guard in 2014, according to ESPN. He already holds scholarship offers from a host of SEC and ACC schools, and he will likely see his recruitment garner even more attention in the coming months.
There is nothing new as of late in the recruitment Jabari Parker, the No. 2 player in the class of 2013 according to ESPN. Parker returned to the court last week for the first time since having foot surgery this summer. The Blue Devils do seem to be receiving more attention amongst fans and recruiting analysts as the favorite to land the versatile 6-foot-8 small forward from Chicago as his recruitment nears a close.
As reported last week, Karl Towns verbally committed to Kentucky over Duke, North Carolina, Florida and Rutgers, among many others. Towns—formerly the No. 1 player in the class of 2015—has also reclassified from the 2015 class to the 2014 class. He is now is the No. 3 overall player in the class of 2014, per ESPN.
Following Duke’s signees: Semi Ojeleye had a huge weekend while playing at the Topside Tipoff tournament in Goodland, Kan. The powerful 6-foot-7 small forward scored 58, 43 and 41 points, respectively, in three straight games to help Ottawa win the tournament. Ojeleye’s 58-point output was an Ottawa school record and 11 points shy of the Kansas-state single game scoring record.


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The deadline for homeowners in Vancouver to file their Empty Homes Tax declaration is almost here.
Owners have until February 4 to tell the City or face a $250 fine – or dispute the ticket - before they can file late.
Those homes that are subject to EHT are those that are declared vacant by the property owner without qualifying for one of the eight exemptions. Principal residences and those homes that are rented out for at least 6 months of the year in blocks of at least 30 days.
If no declaration is made by the deadline, the City will assume the property is subject to EHT and bill the owner accordingly. However, this will be cancelled is a late declaration shows that no tax is due.
The City of Vancouver says that 84% of owners had made a declaration as of January 27.
For those that do need to pay the tax, the deadline for payment is April 16, 2020, otherwise an additional 5% will be added.
Declarations can be made online, in person, or by phone.

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(JOHNSTON, Paul.) FROST, Robert, and others. The Poetry Quartos.
New York : 1929First edition, limited issue. One of 475 sets; each pamphlet contains a new poem by an American poets. The poets include: Robert Frost, Louis Untermeyer, Genevieve Taggard, Theodore Dreiser, Conrad Aiken, Vachel Lindsay, Edwin Arlington Robinson, Alfred Kreymborg, "H.D." Elinor Wylie, William Rose Benét, and Witter Bynner. Learn More£375.00
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First, a (longwinded) bit of background…
Prior to moving to Homer, Papa B and I scoured the web to learn as much as we could about the area. During that time, we learned that one of the significant cultural groups in the Homer area are Russian Old Believers. I’m admittedly far from an expert on the subject, but I’ll do my best to give a quick synopsis for you of what I’ve learned so far. I look forward to learning more about their culture as we spend more time in Homer.
Originally part of the Russian Orthodox Church, the group fled to Siberia after changes were implemented in the official beliefs of the church that they did not find agreeable. They lived peacefully there for 200 years until they were forced to flee Russia after the Communist Revolution in order to avoid persecution. They next moved to China, where they remained until the Japanese left China in 1949, and the Chinese government gave foreigners five years to leave the country. Since they did not have official papers to allow them to stay in China, they were faced with the choice to return to Russia or move to a new country. Those who chose to return to Russia were immediately arrested for deserting the Communist Party.
Members of the group chose to move to a variety of places, including Turkey and South America. The particular group that now lives on the Kenai found themselves in Brazil. They found the transition from China to Brazil difficult, though, and struggled to find economic opportunities and to adapt to the warmer climate. The US granted them asylum during the cold war, and many chose to move to Oregon. While the economic opportunities proved more promising there, some members of the community resented the Americanization of their youth and sought a more isolated location to maintain their culture. They ended up in Alaska, building the community of Nikolaevsk in the late 1960s.
Since then, there has been turmoil within the group, and they have split into several communities with varying degrees of isolation from the surrounding general community: Nikolaevsk (located about 20 miles north of Homer), Voznesenka (23 miles out East End Road), Razdolna (25 miles out East End Road), and Kachemak Selo (located near the head of Kachemak Bay). While it is my understanding all of the communities value privacy, I believe Kachemak Selo is the most isolated. Not only is the village not accessible by car (it is located at the very end of the road, then down steep switchbacks), they do not welcome outsiders and have no trespassing signs posted at the entrance. (From what I’ve read…while we have driven to the end of the road, we haven’t gone down the switchbacks.)
While many make a successful living in commercial fishing or boat building, others have businesses in town, or work in Homer. While most of the younger generations speak English as their first language, many speak Slavonic as well. I believe all of the communities dress in traditional clothing. For women, that entails often-colorful, full length satin dresses. Married women also wear a coordinating cap/scarf on their heads. Men wear embroidered tunics although anecdotally, it seems that while the women typically always wear dresses, the men are more frequently dressed in “Western” clothes. Granted, I don’t really pay that close of attention to how my fellow Homer Sapiens are dressed, so I could be wrong. 😀 When we first moved here, I found myself reminded/drawing comparisons between the Old Believers and the Amish. While certainly both groups have attributes that deviate from mainstream Western ways, it also seems the groups are very different. Many of the Russians in the Homer area live in some of the nicer/newer homes, drive newer vehicles, and enjoy many of the same lifestyle amenities as much of the rest of the country. But again, there is much I don’t know about their beliefs and lifestyle, and it no doubt varies between the villages.
Each of the villages has their own school that is part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. Presumably, if a non-Russian family moved to the area, their children would go to school in the village school as well, but I believe the schools are predominantly Russian students. Which brings me (finally!) to the piroshki.
The school in Voznesenka is currently raising money for a group of their students to participate in an educational trip to Washington, DC. Women in the village take orders for homemade bread and piroshki every three weeks or so (although they told me when the snow starts to fall, it may be less frequently as they have a bit of a drive to get into town for the delivery.) They advertise on the local Facebook groups when they are taking orders, and then a group of women gets up at 4:30am to make everything from scratch the day of the scheduled pick up. Piroshki are handheld-sized fried yeast bread pockets filled with either a meat or vegetable mixture. Our filling options were mashed potatoes, chicken and rice, ground beef and rice, or canned salmon. They sell the piroshki and bread loaves for $2/each, which considering the amount of labor that goes into each one seems like a steal.
After seeing the posts once or twice since we moved here, we decided we needed to try out a bit of the local flavor when they were taking orders last week. We ordered a few potato, chicken, and beef piroshki to sample.
Disclaimer: Forgive me for the terrible photos. 1) Food photography is an art, and I’m well aware I have zero skills in this area. 2) The lighting in the kitchen of our rental home is horrid. We literally have a single lightbulb for the entire room. I’m dreading cooking here in the dark days of December.
Next came the fun part: randomly picking out a few of the piroshki to have for dinner. After a quick reheat in the oven, we cut into the ones we had chosen, and luckily managed to get at least one of each flavor. (Woot! It’s the simple things in life!)
While all were good, our favorite was the chicken and rice filling. Beef and rice was our second favorite. We were a bit surprised it had a Mexican flair, seasoned with taco flavors with beans mixed in. Potato came in last; it had a good flavor, but we preferred the additional complexity and texture variance provided by the rice. All three of us enjoyed them, though; it’s hard to go wrong with fresh homemade bread, meat & potatoes. We’ll have to get a few salmon ones and some bread to try next time.

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According to the rules of the Schengen Agreement, one person can only have one valid visa issued by the country of the agreement. Therefore, a situation may arise when the obtained visa needs to be canceled. How can this be done?
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Check if you really need to cancel your visa. This makes sense, for example, if your trip has been canceled, or when you have a tourist visa and want to study or work in one of the Schengen countries. Moreover, if the visa has expired, then you do not need to additionally cancel it.
Call the consulate of the country where you applied for your visa. Explain to them the situation, including the reasons why you are canceling the trip or want to get a visa from another country. You will be assigned a specific day and hour to visit the consulate.
Come to the consulate at the time indicated by the telephone operator. Be prepared for the fact that you will have to wait in line despite the exact time of the appointment. This is especially true in the summer, when tourists apply for visas in large quantities, and in early September, when students go abroad to study.
At the checkpoint of the consulate, present your passport and tell me why you came. You will be directed to a visa officer who will be able to put the appropriate stamp on your passport. That's right, on your initiative, the canceled visa will not have any consequences for you with further requests to enter the country.
Apply for a new visa if necessary. You will again need a full package of documents confirming the purpose of the trip, income and place of residence in the country.


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Audiobus: Use your music apps together.
What is Audiobus? — Audiobus is an award-winning music app for iPhone and iPad which lets you use your other music apps together. Chain effects on your favourite synth, run the output of apps or Audio Units into an app like GarageBand or Loopy, or select a different audio interface output for each app. Route MIDI between apps — drive a synth from a MIDI sequencer, or add an arpeggiator to your MIDI keyboard — or sync with your external MIDI gear. And control your entire setup from a MIDI controller.Download on the App Store
Audiobus is the app that makes the rest of your setup better.
Iron Maiden found its worst music pirates - then went and played for them
I found this article REALLY interesting.
"Having an accurate real time snapshop of key data streams is all about helping inform people's decision making. If you know what drives engagement you can maximize the value of your fan base. Artists could say ‘we're getting pirated here, let's do something about it’, or ‘we're popular here, let's play a show’," said Gregory Mead, CEO and co-founder of the London-based firm.
In the case of Iron Maiden, still a top-drawing band in the U.S. and Europe after thirty years, it noted a surge in traffic in South America. Also, it saw that Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Columbia, and Chile were among the top 10 countries with the most Iron Maiden Twitter followers. There was also a huge amount of BitTorrent traffic in South America, particularly in Brazil.
Rather than send in the lawyers, Maiden sent itself in. The band has focused extensively on South American tours in recent years, one of which was filmed for the documentary "Flight 666." After all, fans can't download a concert or t-shirts. The result was massive sellouts. The São Paolo show alone grossed £1.58 million (US$2.58 million) alone.
And in a positive cycle, Maiden's online fanbase grew. According to Musicmetric, in the 12 months ending May 31, 2012, the band attracted more than 3.1 million social media fans. After its Maiden England world tour, which ran from June 2012 to October 2013, Maiden's fan base grew by five million online fans, with a significant increase in popularity in South America.


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Widening and Reconstruction of Guilford Road - 2013
Contract No. 20831056.00015 Howard County, MD
Sabra & Associates, Inc. was responsible for the preparation of roadway design plans for geometric improvements at the intersection of Guilford Road and Vollmerhausen Road in Howard County. Responsibilities included preparing conceptual plans and construction bid documents.
Robinwood Drive Widening/ Reconstruction - 2013
Contract No. P4R 1078
Sabra & Associates, Inc. (SAI) provided civil design services to complete construction bid plans, specifications and cost estimates for 6,300 feet of widening of a two-lane roadway to a four-lane closed section roadway. The work includes:
In addition, SWA provided a wide range of hydraulics and hydrology including storm drain design, erosion and sediment control design, various BMP stormwater management design services including grass channel design, bioretention design, underground facility design. SWA also provided delineation of drainage maps, investigation of several points of drainage interests, pre- and post peak discharges, soil maps, surface SWM ponds, evaluation and inspection of existing SWM ponds using TR-55 software, and utilizing new SWM design approach such as Filterra Design system, preparation of storm management plans and report.
Bus Stops and ADA Evaluations - 2012
Prince George’s and
Montgomery Counties, Maryland
Sabra & Associates, Inc. provided evaluations of approximately 25 existing bus stop facilities over the last two years to see if they comply with ADA guidelines. In addition, SWA has evaluated ramps, driveways and sidewalks. As a result of the evaluations, upgrades were designed.
Resurfacing & ADA Improvements - 2012
Montgomery and Prince George’s Counties, MD
Sabra & Associates, Inc. (SAI) provided highway, drainage and traffic engineering design services for this safety improvement from the conceptual stage to construction documents and provided design support during construction. The project included:
All design was performed to meet the latest ADA design guidelines, MD SHA design criteria, “SHA Accessibility Policy & Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities along State Highways dated December 2005” and “Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG).”
MD 197 / US 301 Intersection Resurfacing
and ADA Improvements - 2012
Prince George’s County, Maryland
Sabra & Associates, Inc. (SAI) prepared the Special Provisions and the supporting documents for resurfacing MD 197 from US 301 to Evergreen Parkway, approximately 0.72 miles.
The project included field measuring existing slopes and width of all pedestrian ramps, sidewalks and driveways, and consequently upgrading pedestrian ramps, sidewalks, driveways, intersection islands to meet the latest ADA design guidelines, MD SHA design criteria, “SHA Accessibility Policy and Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities along State Highways dated December 2005” and “Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG).
SWA investigated all existing fire hydrants and utility poles within sidewalks that conflicted with the above design guidelines and proposed design alternatives such as providing
bump-outs to avoid relocating fire hydrants and utility poles. The recommendations were summarized by preparing ADA waiver applications that were submitted to MD SHA for review and approval.
SWA designed the upgrades for all existing W-beam traffic barriers and end treatments to meet the latest MD SHA design requirements. Prepared construction bid documents for roadway milling and resurfacing. Investigated existing storm drain pipes and upgraded pipes, inlets and manholes. Prepared erosion and sediment control plans, stormwater management plans, and maintenance of traffic plans and details. Such cases are illustrated in these pictures where ADA waivers were required.
Reconstruction of South East Corridor Streets - 2012
Baltimore City, MD
Sabra & Associates, Inc. (SAI) provided highway design services to the City of Baltimore for various streets within the City that includes street widening, reconstruction, resurfacing, drainage and ADA upgrades.
Survey and Engineering Services
Parking Lot Improvements - 2012
City of Hyattsville, MD
Sabra & Associates, Inc. (SAI) provided highway, drainage and traffic engineering design services for three parking lots located in the City of Hyattsville. The parking lots had been in service for many years and needed to be repaired and upgraded to current standards. The City’s goal was to provide formal traffic and pedestrian egress circulation with the redevelopment of the lots. The project included:
All design was performed to meet the latest ADA design guidelines, MD SHA design criteria, “SHA Accessibility Policy & Guidelines for Pedestrian Facilities along State Highways dated December 2005” and “Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG)”
Ritchie Avenue Traffic Calming
and Intersection Improvements - 2011
City of Takoma Park, MD
Sabra & Associates, Inc. performed planning analysis of traffic calming improvements along Ritchie Avenue between Piney Branch and Maple Avenue. Evaluated existing traffic and geometric characteristics and developed alternative concepts including bicycle lanes, chicanes, chokers, mini-roundabouts, and retrofit sidewalks along Ritchie Avenue from Piney Branch to Maple. Prepared renderings and facilitated public outreach.
US 1 ADA, Sidewalk, and Safety Improvements:
Albion Rd to Paint Branch Pkwy. - 2011
Prince George’s County, MD
Sabra & Associates, Inc. (SAI) has provided design services for the US 1 project that included:
SWA also investigated the existing fire hydrants and utility poles within sidewalks that are in conflict with the aforementioned design guidelines. In cases of design conflicts, SWA proposed alternatives, such as providing bump-outs to avoid relocating fire hydrants and utility poles. Such recommendations were summarized by preparing ADA waiver applications that were submitted to MDSHA for review and approval. SWA was also responsible for:
Resurfacing and Rehabilitation of Streets
at Various Locations - 2011
BC # 1074
City of Baltimore , JOC Sector 1-5
Sabra & Associates, Inc. (SAI) provided civil engineering design for the resurfacing and rehabilitation of City streets. Scope of work included design of new sidewalks, ADA ramps, storm drains, streetscape , maintenance of traffic, traffic signal,, signing and pavement marking and CADD design support.
SWA completed the inspections, inventories, assessments, designs and engineering quantities and estimates for the following 18 roadway segments identified by the City’s Traffic Division for the 5 JOC Resurfacing Contracts.
Sector 1: Four roadways; 19,650 ft.
Sector 2: Four roadways; 11,250 ft.
Sector 3: Two roadways; 9,800 ft.
Sector 4: Three roadways:19,450 ft.
Sector 5: Five roadways; 19,000 ft.
US 50 at Walston Switch Road - 2013
Sabra & Associates, Inc. (SAI) has provided design services for intersection improvements at the US 50 and Walston Switch Road intersection. Responsibilities included preparing roadway plans, construction estimate and specifications for resurfacing US 50, roadway widening to provide deceleration and acceleration lanes off and onto US 50, constructing two new off- and on-ramps within the existing wide median along US 50 in Wicomico County.
Hawkins Point Road Widening Project - 2013
Baltimore City, MD
Sabra & Associates, Inc. (SAI) was responsible for designing and developing plans, specifications, and cost estimates for relocating and converting BG&E’s overhead electrical system to an underground conduit system (to be owned by the City), new streetlighting, new drainage structures, MOT and pavement marking.
This project is located in the southeast corner of Baltimore City, east of Curtis Creek and just south of I-695. The project encompasses approximately one mile of Hawkins Point Road between Chemical Road and Quarantine Road and involves the realignment / reconstruction / widening of Hawkins Point Road over CSXT RR tracks, including the replacement of the existing deteriorated bridge (built in 1932).
The design phase is approximately 90% complete and is currently on hold pending the City’s acquisition of the remaining ROW easements.
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ResearchMatch is an online, nationwide registry of potential research volunteers sponsored by the National Institutes of Health. Through the site, Duke researchers can search for and contact registered volunteers who are a good match for their research studies.
DEDUCE™ (Duke Enterprise Data Unified Content Explorer) is a self-service, web-based clinical research and quality improvement query tool. It allows for flexible searching of Duke patient data comprising nearly 4 decades of patient care. This tool allows researchers to estimate study recruitment potential by counting specific Duke patient populations using various inclusion and exclusion criteria available in clinical records.
DEDUCE allows users with no previous database experience to identify cohorts of patients and extract data while maintaining patient privacy. It is possible to extract PHI for research purposes from DEDUCE, but this can only be done within Duke’s Protected Access Computer Environment (PACE) if the study team has a DUHS-approved waiver or alteration of consent and/or HIPAA authorization.
Within Maestro Care is a self-service reporting tool called SlicerDicer. This tool is an Epic® application that queries patient data captured by Maestro Care. It also allows users to create a targeted patient population or cohort using data related to patients’ demographics, medications, diagnoses, encounters, lab values, provider information, and more.
Study teams with an approved protocol that has a waiver or alteration of consent and/or HIPAA authorization can view PHI for research purposes within SlicerDicer. Any PHI extracted using SlicerDicer cannot be exported out of the Maestro Care environment.
Although they can be used for similar purposes, SlicerDicer and DEDUCE are not comparable applications and each defines and filters data differently. Because of these differences, a study’s inclusion and exclusion criteria must be considered to determine which application is more appropriate to use.
A query and analysis tool called i2b2 allows researchers to use a simple, drag-and-drop interface to query the Duke EHR and obtain patient counts within the ACT Network. Using this same network, a complementary application called SHRINE can explore and query the populations of the other participating health systems inside the ACT network. Users may not extract PHI with i2b2 or SHRINE, but they are very useful tools that can obtain patient counts to assess a study’s feasibility and design or desired site locations.
For further explanation of each of these applications along with use cases to help researchers determine which might be most applicable to their needs, please visit our DiscoverData@Duke pages.

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Karachi: Standard Chartered Bank in limelight
We initiate our coverage on Standard Chartered Bank (Pakistan) Ltd with a perspective that bank’s earnings propensity has increased in CY11
According to Standard Capital, the reason why we wish to cover SCBPL is the amount of disbursement under the dividend head which we feel is impressive as against any other corporate in Pakistan. Rs 1/share dividend announcement means payment of nearly over Rs 3bn which is commendable. On the flipside, the majority holding in SCBPL is also rest with SCBPL foreign owners and hence there will be some of capital as external outflows. The profit after tax of SCBPL has increased to Rs 5.5 billion in the year CY11 as compared to Rs 3.6 billion earned in the year CY10.The bank’s EPS increased to Rs 1.41 in the period under review against Re 0.93 in the same period a year back. The board of the bank in its meeting held yesterday recommended a final cash dividend at Re 1.0/share, i.e. 10 % for the year as against Re0.6/share given last year.
Operating results improved due to better interest rates and flat admin cost
Bank’s interest earning increased to nearly Rs 32 billion in CY11 against Rs 28 billion in CY10 while interest expenses increased to Rs 11.4 billion against Rs 10.7 bn. The bank’s non-interest income increased to Rs 6.2 billion in CY11 against Rs 6.2 billion in CY10 while bank’s non-interest expenses increased to Rs 13.8 billion against Rs 13.5 bn. Unlike other Pakistani banks, SCBPL was a bit better off in terms of not so huge increase in admin cost (imagine MCB’s admin cost increase as against SCBPL). SCBPL profit before taxation increased to Rs 8.4 billion in CY11 against Rs 5.6 billion in CY10.
Some good silver lining recovered from loan write offs and shown resilient core income during CY11 in the wake of spike in interest rates. SCBPL is known for premium pricing and hence its core earning has increased.
SCBPL is sitting with a one of the highest paid up Rs 38.7 billion after NIB bank (which is still under distress); we see SCBPL ROE to increase in coming years from present level of 7% in the wake of increase in earnings assets since bank could be one of the efficient players in treasury finance.
Hence SCBPL passed on dividend payout of Re 1/share (CY10E: Re 0.6/share) and hence we see a good dividend yield of 10%.
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Announcement - Street photography coming soon
I've been sitting on a lot of my street photo's threatening to add them to a street gallery on the site. Rather than just dump a load of photos into the gallery and hit the publish button I'd like to add a sense of occasion with it.
So here's the plan...
Every day this week I will post one of my favourites on the blog, along with my experience of taking the image. Then at the end of the week (Sunday) I will open the street photo's galley to the world.
How does that sound? Sounds like fun to me.
So here's the 1st photo to kick off the proceedings. Think of this as a warm up to the official event starting tomorrow!
Photo - Take a break
I choose this one because I think is does a great job of showing you what I love about street photography. It's about freezing a moment in time. By doing that it gives you an opportunity to go back really look and dissect it, whilst letting your imagination run riot. You look at the people in the photo and wonder what are the thinking? Where are they going? or why are the doing that? Sometimes you just think "what the f*$k?"
This is one of my earliest street shots. I remember roaming the streets of Blackpool with my camera in hand nervous that someone would see me taking their photo and immediately want to knock my block off. Thankfully that has not happened yet (never, say never). I remember looking up at this group and I instantly knew there was a shot I wanted to take, lifted the camera and took the shot as quickly as possible to keep the chances of awkwardness to a minimum.
Street photography can do a great job of both capturing emotion and also inspire emotion, I hope some of my photo's do that for you.
Don't forget if you click the photo you can see a bigger version of it.
Thanks for looking


Why Doesn't 25 Years of an Evolving Energy Code Make More of a Difference?
New and more stringent building energy codes are implemented with the assumption and expectation that significant energy conservation will occur. While simulation and various analysis methodologies may be reasonably sound at estimating the energy impact, the actual impact is largely dependent upon new code enforcement and occupant behavior. This work is based upon the research question: Do homes built to a newer energy code deliver measurable energy savings compared to homes built to a much earlier energy code? This residential research study was focused on comparing measured energy use of new code to old code homes. The new code group represented homes built to the 2007 Florida energy code, with 2009 supplement. The old code group were built to the code in effect from June 1, 1984 to Dec. 31, 1985. Energy monitoring equipment was installed to measure whole house, space heating/cooling, and domestic hot water energy use. Interior temperature and relative humidity were also monitored. Using utility bill and end-use monitored data, savings for the new code homes were determined to be 13% for cooling energy, 39% for heating energy, and 5% for domestic hot water energy. The overall annual energy savings of space heating, cooling and domestic hot water were 13%. This paper presents the methodology of the research along with reasons why the measured savings are far less than predicted by simulations of homes built to the two codes. The results may be useful in policy decisions or evaluating the long-term implications of residential building energy codes.


For all the talk of modern American employees as rootless free agents, lots of them seem inclined to stick around for the gold watch. In a poll fielded in December for Accenture, 55 percent of workers said they plan to stay at their jobs for at least 10 years. This suggests, among other things, that workers don't expect their jobs to disappear into a global-economy black hole. Indeed, just 11 percent of the 500-plus full-time workers surveyed by International Communications Research said they think the positions they now hold won't exist in five to 10 years. Forty percent hope they won't be around to find out, though, as they plan to leave their jobs within five years. Still, plans can change. The chart indicates some factors that might dissuade people from quitting. Their desire for improved training might be the most fanciful of these wishes. Just over half of the workers said their employers "are not providing training to expand their skills."


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Gislingham summer fete relives English Civil War
The English Civil War was brought to life on the fields of Gislingham Primary School at the weekend, as the annual village summer fete brought in around £3,000.
Approximately 600 people of all ages turned out to the event on Saturday, once again organised by a consortium of five local groups, to enjoy reenactments and weapon demonstrations by regiments of the English Civil War Society.
During the day, there was also a vintage car display, various stalls, games, tombola and a barbecue, with proceeds from split between the Friends of the school, Friends of Gislingham Church, the WI, the village hall and the local playgroup.
Philippa Read, chair of the Gislingham Summer Fete Committee, said: “It was fantastic. The general reaction is that it’s the best one so far.
“There’s a variety for everybody from the little ones to adults. They felt the atmosphere was really nice.”

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Veusz is a scientific plotting package, designed to create publication-ready Postscript, PDF, or SVG output. It features an easy to use graphical interface as well as a command line interface and can be scripted or embedded in Python scripts. Graphs are constructed in a modular fashion from separate components. Datasets can be interactively modified or created from within the program.
CFITSIO is a library of C and Fortran subroutines for reading and writing data files in the FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) data format. It simplifies the task of writing software that deals with FITS files by providing an easy to use set of high-level routines that insulate the programmer from the internal complexities of the FITS file format.
The cptutils package contains a number of utilities for the manipulation of color gradients; mainly for translating between different formats. Formats supported include ggr (GIMP gradient), cpt (GMT color palette table), avl (Arcview Legend), lut (xmedcon), svg, and version 3 of the grd format.
glNetViz is a tool for visualizing computer network topologies with WebGL. With the abilities of real time visualizing network traffics flowing around the local network and to/from the Internet, you can manage the various network more easily and efficiently. glNetViz is intended to be a convenient tool that can easily visualize the network topology from the serialized data in YAML or JSON.
Libpointmatcher is a modular "Iterative Closest Point" library, useful for robotics and computer vision. This library is designed with modularity and performance in mind. It provides building blocks to construct various ICP chains often seen in research. These chains can be tuned without any recompilation, and new modules can be added without modifying the core of the library.
Asymptote is a powerful descriptive 2D and 3D vector graphics language for technical drawing, inspired by MetaPost but with an improved C++-like syntax. It provides for figures the same high-quality level of typesetting that LaTeX does for scientific text. Asymptote is a programming language as opposed to just a graphics program. It can exploit the best features of script (command-driven) and graphical user interface (GUI) methods. High-level graphics commands are implemented in the language itself, allowing them to be easily tailored to specific applications.
BRL-CAD is a powerful constructive solid geometry solid modeling system that includes an interactive geometry editor, ray-tracing support for rendering and geometric analysis, path-tracing for realistic image synthesis, network distributed framebuffer support, and image and signal-processing tools.


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Victoria Beckham has revealed her top tip for achieving clear skin and it isn't what you may think.
The 42-year-old fashion designer told The Edit that she eats fresh salmon every single day (no cheat days allowed) after her dermatologist vowed that daily consumption of the fish would result in clear and healthy skin.
"I see a dermatologist in LA, called Dr Harold Lancer, who is incredible," she told the magazine. "I've known him for years - he sorted my skin out. I used to have really problematic skin and he said to me, 'You have to eat salmon every single day.' I said, 'Really, every day?' And he said, 'Yes; breakfast, lunch or dinner, you have to eat it every single day.'"
The mother-of-three decided to share the sacred skin clearing tip because she wants all women to have as much knowledge about beauty as she does.
"There are two types of women out there: there's the kind of woman who finds something nice and likes to keep it to herself, and then there's the other type, which is me, who wants to share," she said.
Yep, that's definitely the kind of woman we like.
"I have worked with the best makeup artists, hairdressers and stylists, and I've learned so much. I haven't always got it right, but when I've got it wrong, I've actually learned an enormous amount from that, too. I want to share everything I know."
And we love you for it, VB.

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