The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) represents a pivotal shift in providing Australians living with a permanent or significant disability, the necessary support they need to live their life to the fullest. As the scheme continues to evolve, a critical decision for service providers is whether to become a registered NDIS provider. In this blog, we dive into the crucial differences between registered and unregistered NDIS providers, outline the benefits and obligations of each, and offer a detailed guide on how to become an NDIS provider.
Understanding NDIS Providers
What is an NDIS Provider?
An NDIS provider is an individual or organisation that delivers a product or service to an NDIS participant. Providers play an essential role in the support ecosystem, offering a wide range of services and supports designed to help participants achieve their goals, including independence, community involvement, employment, and well-being.
Registered vs Unregistered Providers
The choice between becoming a registered or unregistered NDIS provider hinges on several factors, including the types of services offered and the provider’s willingness to undergo scheduled audits. Registered providers have met strict government requirements to ensure they can deliver quality services to NDIS participants. In contrast, unregistered providers are still bound by these standards, but offer more flexibility but less access to the full NDIS participant market.
Registered NDIS Providers
Benefits of Being a Registered Provider
Becoming a registered NDIS provider offers numerous advantages. It signals to NDIS participants that the provider meets high quality and compliance standards, instilling confidence in the services offered. Registered providers can also cater to a broader audience, including participants who are agency-managed, thereby expanding their potential client base.
Requirements and Process for Registration
The journey to becoming a registered NDIS provider involves several steps. Providers must choose the types of support and services they wish to deliver and meet specific requirements, such as undergoing background checks, providing evidence of qualifications, and demonstrating compliance with the NDIS Practice Standards. This process ensures that registered providers are equipped to offer high-quality support safely and ethically.
Obligations of Registered Providers
Registration comes with the responsibility to uphold the NDIS Practice Standards, focusing on rights and responsibilities, governance, operational management, and the provision of support. Registered providers must implement robust systems for incident management, risk management, and complaint resolution. They are also required to adhere to the NDIS Code of Conduct, ensuring respectful, safe, and effective service delivery.
Unregistered NDIS Providers
Operating as an Unregistered Provider
Unregistered providers offer flexibility and an alternative for NDIS participants who manage their funds or have a plan manager. While they are not required to undergo the NDIS Commission’s verification or certification audit processes, unregistered providers must still ensure the safety and quality of their services. They can serve a niche market, particularly participants looking for specific, personalised services that registered providers might not offer.
Responsibilities of Unregistered Providers
Despite the lack of formal registration, unregistered providers are expected to uphold the NDIS Code of Conduct. This includes providing safe, respectful, and competent services.
They should have processes in place for incident management, risk planning, and effective complaint resolution processes. While the oversight is less stringent than for registered providers, the expectation to deliver quality services and support remains paramount and equally important
How to Become an NDIS Provider
Steps to Becoming a Registered Provider
For those interested in becoming registered NDIS providers, the process involves several key steps:
● Understand the NDIS Provider Requirements: Familiarise yourself with the NDIS Practice Standards and the specific requirements for the services and supports you intend to provide.
● Complete the Application: Get your NDIS provider registration easily sorted with Healthcare Consulting.
● Undergo an Audit: Depending on the types of support you offer, you’ll need to undergo either a verification, certification or specialised certification audit to assess
your eligibility and ensure compliance matches with the NDIS Practice Standards.
● Address Audit Findings: If the audit identifies areas for improvement, you’ll need to address these before you can be registered. These are known as Non-Conformities
● Receive Approval: Once you’ve met all requirements passed the audit, and received your response from the NDIS Commission, you’ll be officially registered as an NDIS
Tips for Unregistered Providers
For those opting to remain unregistered, maintaining a high standard of service is crucial for success and reputation in the NDIS marketplace:
● Adhere to the NDIS Code of Conduct: Ensure your services are safe, ethical, and respectful.
● Implement Risk Management Practices: Have plans for managing risks and dealing with incidents or complaints.
● Stay Informed: Keep up-to-date with NDIS policies and practices to ensure your services remain relevant and valuable to participants.
Choosing the Right Path for You
Deciding whether to become a registered or unregistered NDIS provider depends on various factors, including your business model, the services you offer, and your target market.
Registered providers benefit from greater market access and the trust of meeting NDIS Commission standards. Unregistered providers enjoy more flexibility but face limitations in the scope of participants they can serve.
Ultimately, the choice should align with your goals, capabilities, and the needs of the NDIS participants you aim to support. Both paths require a commitment to quality service delivery and adherence to the NDIS Code of Conduct.
Understanding the differences between registered and unregistered NDIS providers is crucial for anyone looking to deliver services under the NDIS. Visit our NDIS provider registration page to learn more and take your first step towards making a significant impact in the disability sector and your community. Contact us today to discuss how we can help you deliver the highest quality of NDIS support and services to participants. We provide free consultations to new NDIS providers and established providers.


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Transitional Country Cottage with Home Office and Media Room
About This Plan
- This Transitional Country Cottage presents a blend of siding materials with a pop of stone to complete the look.
- The heart of the home flows into the adjacent dining and living areas, where a fireplace surrounded by builtins serves as the focal point.
- Guests will naturally convene at the elongated prep island with seating for five, or slip through the sliding doors and enjoy the back patio.
- Pocket doors in the master bedroom part to reveal a pass-thru closet that leads to the 5-fixture ensuite. Down the hall, a second bedroom and home office offer forward-facing views.
- The lower level doubles the square footage and delivers play, media, and exercise rooms, along with two additional bedrooms and a 3/4 bath.
Square Footage Breakdown
- Total Heated Area: 3,258 sq. ft.
- Lower Level: 1,629 sq. ft.
- 1st Floor: 1,629 sq. ft.
- Bedrooms: 2, 3, 4, or 5
- Full bathrooms: 3
- Standard Foundations: Basement
- Optional Foundations: Monolithic Slab, Slab, Crawl
- Standard Type(s): 2x6
- Width: 49' 0"
- Depth: 36' 0"
- Max ridge height: 26' 3"
- Floor / Height: Lower Level / 8' 0" First Floor / 9' 0"
- Primary Pitch: 10 on 12
- Framing Type: Truss

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Behavioral Health Services of Virginia offers Crisis Stabilization Services.
A mental health crisis can happen to anyone with a mental illness, at any time.
Dealing with these crises effectively and quickly can mean the difference between remaining safe and comfortable in your home, and ending up in a hospital while your life goes unmanaged.
Crisis Stabilization services provide help where you need it most…your home, your school, and your community. BHSVA provides mobile crisis stabilization to adults and children so that those who suffer from mental health crises may continue with life as planned.
BHSVA’s Crisis Stabilization Provides;
-Temporary Housing Provided for 15 Days
-Connection To Additional Resources
-Supportive Crisis Staff
To learn more about BHSVA’s CRISIS STABILIZATION and OTHER SERVICES, http://bhsva.net/services/

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Promoting the advancement of women in Ethiopia: Beijing + 5 country report
Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa;
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The Women's Policy primarily amis at institutionalizing the political, economic and social rights of women by creating an appropriate structure in government offices and institutions so that the public policies and interventions are gender-sensitive and can ensure equitable development for all Ethiopian men and women.Consistent with the above policy, Article 25 of the new Constitution guarantees all persons equality before the law, and prohibits any discrimination on grounds of gender. In addition, Article 35 reiterates principles of equality of access to economic opportunities, including the right to equality in employment and land ownership.Based on the principles taken prior to Beijing, Ethiopia is not only one of the countries that endorsed the Beijing plan of Action without any reservation during the IV World Conference but also played a very important role in the preparatory process of the document at sub regional and regional level.

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The Food World-anchored shopping center in McCalla has a new owner.
The Atlanta office of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler said Monday it brokered the sale of the Shoppes at Letson Farms from Centro Properties Group to DLC Management Corp. for $12.7 million.
The 95,092-square-foot shopping center sits on 15.8 acres at 4750 Eastern Valley Road off Interstate 459. In addition to the Food World, the center is 95 percent leased with tenants such as Movie Gallery, H&R Block, Subway, Curves, San Antonio Grill and others.
The sale closed last month.

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Take a look around your office. Does everyone look busy? Are they really busy, or just sending each other emails, criticising colleagues and complaining about management? Do they constantly talk about how awful work is, and how they wish they could leave, but never do? This is what the modern British workplace is all about, according to CRASH!, organisers of a new art exhibition at London's ICA.
Traditionally the worlds of work and art have not had much to do with each other. Artists have been seen as separate from the rest of us; work, in the nine to five sense, has not been a primary activity or subject for them. They busy themselves putting dead cows in formaldehyde while the workers do the serious business of earning money. The irony nowadays, of course, is that the artist putting a farm animal in a tank of preservative earns more than the entire staff of your local Sainsbury's.
The worlds of work and art are no longer mutually exclusive. They are interested in learning from and exploiting each other, and the aim of the ICA exhibition is to hold up a mirror to the modern workplace.
To give you a flavour of what to expect, the CRASH! policy statement goes like this: "1990s corporate 'lifestyle' culture has spawned a useless generation of kitsch fetishists and facile careerists. Content has given way to irony, while the culture of the workplace... continues to erode the existence of our day-to day lives." It continues: "Britain runs on bureaucracy, memos and circulars - shifting money from one company to another to the benefit of shareholders and nobody else. The soft surfaces of the office, the hum of the PC and the partitions that segregate the workers both reinforce and express our alienation."
The ICA exhibition is not all polemical. There's a piece by a team of artists called Szuper Gallery which looks at internet trading of stocks, futures and bonds - artists will be trading live from an office in the gallery, trying to turn a £5,000 donation into a fortune. Ben Kinmont's Promised Relations is a collection of contracts devised by and for artists, and there's even a temping agency, called The Art of Work, set up by artist Rachel Baker, to provide casual work for artists.
Baker, who has worked in market research and telesales, says that far from being detached from the workplace, artists are constantly having to confront the issue of work - most, after all, have to do some form of it in order to fund their art.
"On the whole there is an antipathy towards employing artists as normal workers or temps - people consider artists to be unemployable. But work is becoming more and more of an issue. Avoiding it is very, very difficult. The artist has opted not to subscribe to the conventions of the workplace, but that's now less of an option."
As a result, artists are increasingly using the workplace as material. "When I was temping I would find myself fairly bored. So it became interesting to exploit my situation as a temp and find ways of using that in my art practice. I keep coming across more and more artists who are doing that."
Baker is also interested in the way business learns from and exploits the arts; for example, managers now learn theatre skills to improve their powers of communication, while architecture, art and design increasingly play a part in the way offices look and operate. "There's no doubt that creative industries such as advertising pilfer from the art world," she says.
"The Young British Artists used tactics that were very business-oriented: they used marketing tools to promote an art movement. Previously the world of art has tended to be anti-work, now it has more of a function in the workplace - consider someone like Charles Saatchi."
Matt Worley, one half of CRASH! (Creating Resistance to Society's Haemorrhoids), was inspired to put on an exhibition about corporate culture after a two-year stint from 1993 to 1995 working in the record library of the BBC.
"When I worked at the BBC, what struck me was that it was completely somnambulant. People were falling asleep at their desks. All they did was talk about leaving, but they never left.
"We're not criticising the workers themselves, but the work structure. It's a critique of the structure of capital," says Worley, who now teaches history at the university of Reading.
He and Scott King, former art director of i-D magazine and the other half of CRASH!, were also interested in the blurring of boundaries between work and home life. With the growth in home-working, live/work spaces and flexitime, work is becoming all-invasive: it can no longer be left at the office.
"At the start of the century people were envisaging a future with a three-hour working day - the rest of the time would be leisure. But it's gone completely the other way. Even leisure is now part of the corporate structure," says Worley.
Emma Dexter, ICA director of exhibitions and co-curator of the show, says that half the artists taking part in the exhibition have 'serious' jobs. "Traditionally artists have done quite boring jobs to fund having a studio; now, working in new technology, they can have quite well-paid jobs. And their own private work and the work they do in the public realm cross over much more."
Carey Young, one of the exhibitors, also works as an IT consultant with a large multinational corporation. The roles of artist and businessperson inspire and feed each other. "They are assumed to be separate, but they've merged," says Young, whose ICA piece is a video of a performance at Speaker's Corner in Hyde Park, in which she gives a skills workshop on corporate communication.
Young fizzes with enthusiasm when she talks about the artist as cultural entrepreneur. "The most far-sighted business organisations use artists as skilled communicators who are able to think laterally and provide them with different ways of seeing their own business."

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The hot water pressure that is applied to the grinds is not precisely described by the numbers 19-bar or 15-bar that are assigned to these machines.They instead focus on describing the pressure that is generated by the pump inside of the machine.It is important to note that the hot water will likely need to pass through a few additional components of the coffee maker before it can reach the portafilter.
During the brewing process, the pump of the espresso machine is capable of applying a pressure of up to a maximum of 15 bars. Even though it is the maximum pressure that can be applied, that does not indicate that espresso should be extracted at such a high pressure. The extraction pressure that is recommended is around 8 or 9 bars.
When discussing espresso machines, the term ″15 Bar″ refers to the pressure of the pump.When making espresso, the ideal pressure applied to the coffee grounds is between 8 and 9 bars.Some machines employ high-pressure pumps to compensate for the pressure that is lost between the pump and the group head, as well as to ensure that they function correctly with pressured filter baskets and grind sizes that are bigger than optimum.
What does 15 bar pressure mean on an espresso machine?
When you hear that a device has a pressure of 15 bars, what the manufacturer is really saying is that the pump generates a pressure equal to 15 times 14.7 psi. To put it another way, the pressure it creates is 217 pounds per square inch. What kind of bar pressure is appropriate for an espresso coffee machine? The goal should always be nine bars (at the brew head).
What is bar in espresso machines?
Atmospheric pressure, sometimes known as ″the weight of air,″ is equivalent to one BAR when measured at sea level.For instance, a coffee machine rated at 9 bars may generate a pressure that is equivalent to nine times the standard atmospheric pressure at sea level.This refers to the pressure (or the force) that is applied to the espresso machine in order to propel water through the coffee grinds.
What is a 15-bar pressure pump?
Historically, a bar is the unit of measurement for atmospheric air pressure, and the standard measurement of atmospheric air pressure is established (at sea level) as 1 bar, which is equivalent to 1.47 pounds per square inch (psi).It can be summed up like that.When you hear that a device has a pressure of 15 bars, what the manufacturer is really saying is that the pump generates a pressure equal to 15 times 14.7 psi.
Is 15 bar or 20 bar espresso better?
When it comes to the taste and quality of your espresso, does a pressure of 20 BAR actually make it superior than a pressure of 15 BAR? The correct response is ″yes″ When it comes to the quality of the espressos you make and the crema that you produce, the choice of whether or not to utilize a 15 BAR Espresso Machine as opposed to a 20 BAR Espresso Machine does make a difference.
Is 15 bars of pressure good for espresso?
The pressure range of 7-15 BAR is usual, and it should be taken into consideration by individuals who want outstanding tasting espresso.Coffee makers of the highest quality typically have a pressure of 15 BARS.It’s possible that having 15 BARs will be quite helpful, since this would give the machine sufficient range for an initial kick of 10-11 BARs, after which it will reduce to 9-10 BARs while it’s brewing.
How many bars of pressure is good for espresso?
Pressure 101 When producing espresso, the pressure in the machine should be set to nine bars, which is equivalent to nine times the weight of the pressure at sea level.Stephen explains to me that espresso has a long history and that the greatest espresso is produced at a pressure of nine bars.Consider the process of inflating the tire of your automobile or bicycle to acquire some perspective on this topic.
Is 9 bar or 15 bar better?
Conclusions and Remarks According to the findings of our investigation, it appears that you will find it more beneficial to maintain a pressure of 9 bars as opposed to 15 bars.Bear in mind, though, that by the time you draw the shot, you were probably already at 9 bars regardless of whether the box indicates it’s a 15-bar machine or greater.This is something to keep in mind even if the box states so.
How many bars of pressure does Starbucks use?
Features of the Starbucks Verismo include a pressure of 19 bars, which produces an espresso that is of café grade. In just 15 seconds, the machine reaches the temperature necessary for brewing.
What is the correct pressure for espresso?
To provide an overview, the optimal brewing pressure for producing excellent espresso is around 9 bars. When looking for a new machine, though, you shouldn’t concern yourself too much with the number of bars that are advertised. If you are interested in the more technical aspects of brewing, you should seek for a machine that has a pressure gauge and pressure that can be adjusted.
How many bar is Nespresso?
By utilizing a high-pressure pump, Nespresso machines are able to drive water of the correct temperature through the coffee grounds. The pressure of up to 19 bars is what creates the unparalleled crème that is able to contain all of the nuanced flavors that are present in the Nespresso Grands Crus.
Why is pressure important for espresso?
They are ground considerably more finely, providing a texture more akin to a powder as opposed to the sandy grain that is typical with drip coffee.Additionally, during the brewing process, the water is heated to a considerably higher temperature and subjected to a significantly higher pressure.This results in an entirely unique beverage that is able to extract a greater amount of the taste from the beans.
Why do you need 9 bars of pressure for espresso?
To put it another way, it’s the weight of air at the same level as the sea.A bar is a metric unit of measurement, and its value is roughly equivalent to the atmosphere’s pressure at sea level.When producing espresso, you should aim for a pressure of 9 bars, which is equivalent to nine times the weight of the pressure at sea level.The coffee grinds should be subjected to this degree of pressure.
How hard do you tamp espresso?
Applying pressure ranging from 20 to 30 pounds, polish the surface.However, some baristas use as low as 20 pounds of pressure, despite the fact that the standard is 30 pounds.A growing number of people are coming to the realization that applying excessive tamping pressure is unnecessary since it strains the wrist and results in an over-extracted and bitter brew.To ″polish″ the puck, as you draw up on it, twist your wrist in a circular motion.
How do I increase espresso pressure?
When making espresso, it is essential to maintain as much control over the variables as is humanly feasible in order to achieve results that are repeatable. It’s possible that in order to repair this, you’ll need to do one or more of the following:
- Adjust the setting on the grinder to get a finer powder
- Raise the dosage, which refers to the amount of coffee
- Tamping should be done with a greater amount of pressure
What is the best professional espresso machine?
Best Value: DeLonghi Stilosa Espresso Machine The Choice of Coffee Enthusiasts: Gaggia Classic Pro Magnifica Automatic Espresso Machine and Cappuccino Maker is the Best Fully Automatic Model with a Grinder.
What is the most expensive espresso machine?
- Prices range from $16,650 to $19,350 for Majesty Coffee (depending on the number of groups)
- The kind of the machine is automatic
- Boilers: Multiple
- Yes, we do use pre-infusion
- Groups: 2-3
- Energy Efficiency: The Eagle One is one of the most energy-efficient espresso machines you can buy as a result of its thermal energy recovery technology and its engine’s optimization.
Which espresso machine to buy?
– What is your financial plan? Do you wish to produce cappuccinos and lattes in addition to espresso, or do you only need a reliable espresso machine? What kind of appliances do you have in there? Do you want to be in charge of your coffee, or would you rather have a machine that takes care of everything for you? What is your level of expertise when it comes to preparing espresso?


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‘What the Fluff?’ fest
Games, food, a fair, live music, and need we say more? Well, maybe one more thing — fluff! For all those marshmallow fans out there, pay tribute to the Massachusetts invention in Union Square, Somerville.
Fluff was invented by Somerville resident Archibald Query in 1917.
Pictured: Sue Geller and the workers at the Fluff Fear Factor booth offered a variety of delicious snacks featuring Fluff and a wide range of ingredients during the annual Fluff Festival in Union Square on Sept. 24, 2011.
For dates and more information, check the official website.

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Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato and more performed at President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Wednesday, January 20th.
Lady Gaga delivered a powerful performance of The National Anthem.
Jennifer Lopez performed a medley that includes “This Land is Your Land” and “America the Beautiful.”
Demi Lovato sang “Lovely Day”
and Katy Perry finished the night with “Firework.”


Or, Why I Won't Be Doing That Again Any Time Soon: A Postmortem
So the last three posts comparing and contrasting five different Mega Man games required rather a lot of screenshots. It took a long time to get them all, for a number of reasons I'll get into in a moment. It wound up taking a lot longer to get those posts done and posted than planned, and it really wasn't a whole lot of fun.
The other day on Brontoforumus, I described it as taking two things I enjoy doing -- playing video games and talking about video games -- and turning them into work. More specifically, work I don't get paid for.
I like how the whole thing turned out, but it took hours and hours to put together, and playing a game to farm for screenshots is a pretty different and altogether less fun experience than playing it just to play it.
Some of it may be down to the tools I'm using, or just my lack of proficiency with them.
I opted to grab all the screenshots myself, rather than try and find a resource that already had them (or close enough). I think this was probably the right call; VG Museum has a perfectly good shot of the floating platforms in Ice Man's stage that I could have used, but it doesn't really have any other grabs of the Mega Man screens I needed, and it's got next to nothing from Mega Man X and nothing at all from the other three games I was capping.
So I could have poked around the Internet trying to find the screens I was looking for, either as static images on websites or as caps from Let's Play videos on YouTube. But I think that would have taken just as long as getting the damn things myself.
The next decision I made that made my life more difficult was to try and grab all the images at each device's native resolution, with graphical filters turned off.
Here are some of the screenshots I used in the last three posts:
And here are what those games look like when I play the game scaled up for a 1080p screen and with a graphics filter turned on:
Now, first of all, those images are pretty big. In fact, unless you've zoomed this page in, you're not even looking at them at full size right now, because they've been scaled to fit the content area of this post. That's 892px wide (unless you're viewing it on a mobile device, in which case it's less), whereas the images are between 1157 and 1920px wide.
And they're PNG's, which means they're also pretty big in terms of filesize (except the Mega Man Xtreme one). Unnecessarily big; you just loaded a 1920px-wide image just to display a scaled-down 892px version. Or less. If you're reading this on a 3G connection, then I probably owe you an apology.
Now, there are things I could do differently. I could set my emulators to output as JPEG instead of PNG, but that would result in a visible decrease in quality. I could resize the images manually, but that would be more work for me. I could set up a script to scale them automatically, but we'd still end up with a bunch of images all scaled to the same width. Which isn't really ideal; it doesn't make a lot of sense for the Game Boy screenshots to be the same size as the PSP ones, and 892px is just too damn big to get multiple images onscreen and get a good comparison anyway.
So, instead of that, what I did was turn off the filters and, when I was ready to take a screenshot, toggle fullscreen off to take it.
This is a pain in the ass, not just because it interrupts the flow of the game but because it's fucking difficult to set up a good screenshot in a tiny 160x144 window on a 1080p TV when you're sitting on the couch across the room.
And that's before you get into weird shit like this:
I don't know why the fuck RetroArch did this. I told it to size the window to native NES resolution, and it gave me these monstrosities instead. That is not native NES resolution. And it's not a problem with the core I was using, because I tried it with two different cores. (I thought it might be some weird leftover setting from when I'd done the Game Boy screen grabs, but that doesn't make sense; the Game Boy screen grabs were 160x144, while these are 205x191.)
And I took a bunch of screenshots before realizing what it had done. I had to go back and replay fucking Ice Man's stage and do it all over again.
So I think the best solution would be to use emulators that output screenshots at native resolution and without filters, regardless of what scaling and filters are applied as I'm playing them. I know I've used emulators like that before, but I can't remember which ones they were offhand.
And there's another requirement: I want to be able to take a screenshot without having to use the damn keyboard. I want to be able to use one of the buttons on my controller to take the screenshot. Because having to stage a shot and then quickly take my hands off the controller to hit F12 on a keyboard doesn't just interrupt the flow of the game, it's a good way to get yourself killed if you're trying to grab a screenshot of a particularly difficult section of game.
Snes9x let me map the screenshot button to my controller, and I think FCEUX did too, but I couldn't find any feature like that in PPSSPP or RetroArch.
So I guess what I'm looking for is an emulator that lets you output screenshots with no scaling or filters applied, and lets you map that function to a button on your controller.
That would make the whole exercise a lot quicker and easier, but it wouldn't fix a number of other problems -- I'd still have to wade through a bunch of files with names like ULUS10068_00017.png and RetroArch-1011-165734.png and find the ones I wanted, and then realize "Fuck, I forgot to take a screenshot of Spark Mandrill's stage" and have to go back and replay that section, and seriously, you have no idea how many times I did that.
And that's without even getting into the editing portion.
Remember this guy from the first post, with the measurements?
I added those rulers and numbers myself, manually, in Gimp (and it probably shows). And it wound up being way more fiddly and time-consuming than it should have. I guess I probably should have gone looking for plugins to see if somebody had already coded up a tool to draw a shape like that automatically so I wouldn't have to do it myself; that is what I ended up doing for this graphic, with the arrow in it:
So, I dunno. Like I said, I'm pretty pleased with how the feature turned out (and it's gotten a positive response from the Brontos, which is nice), but it just took so long to put together, and it was not very fun. I might try it again sometime -- especially if somebody can steer me in the right direction and help make it easier next time -- but for now I'll probably go on back to my usual Wall of Text posts.
Course, in the old days I used to enjoy doing shit like this:
But there's a pretty important difference: we were already just fuckin' around and essentially posing for photos anyway; it's not like I was taking screenshots in the middle of a difficult mission. (And even if I were, it was pretty easy just to reach over and hit PrtScn without breaking stride in the game.) I wasn't trying to get a grab of any specific gameplay element -- let alone compare and contrast across five different games.
Maybe if I do this again I'll just pick an easier topic.
In the meantime, I think I'll go back to just playing games. Maybe I'll replay some more Mega Man X games. I never did get around to finishing X8. Fucking vehicle levels.
Mega Man ® 1989 and © 1987 Capcom Co, Ltd
Mega Man X ™ and © 1993 Capcom Co, Ltd
Mega Man Xtreme © 2001 Capcom Co, Ltd
Mega Man Powered Up and Mega Man: Maverick Hunter X © 2006 Capcom Co, Ltd
City of Heroes © 2004 NCsoft
I took all the screenshots myself.
I used the following emulators:
NES: FCEUX and Libretro with the FCEUmm and Nestopia cores
SNES: Snes9x and Libretro with the Snes9x Next core
Game Boy Color: Libretro with the Gambatte core


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In large saucepan, combine fat drippings and vegetable oil making 1/2 cup total. Add flour and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly until mixture comes to a boil, let boil 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in broth, evaporated milk, dill and pepper and continue to cook until gravy comes to a boil and slightly thickens. Add meatballs. Serve over noodles.
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The Afghanistan anniversary ended with silence and inaction
It has been more than a year since I realized the government of Afghanistan was about to collapse. During the first week of August 2021, I kept scrolling in disbelief as the Taliban started taking over major cities that were previous strongholds of the Western-backed government. Meanwhile, messages from those inside the country who feared being targeted by the Taliban poured in, fearing the absolute worst.
A year later, those messages haven’t stopped. While the Taliban rendered women second-class citizens, closed girls’ schools and ethnically cleansed parts of the country, millions cling to hope from broken promises made by the U.S. Afghanistan’s youth, who were once encouraged by the U.S. to break glass ceilings in a conservative society, are losing the hope President Biden gave them when he declared last year, “there is a home for you in the United States if you so choose, and we will stand with you just as you stood with us.”
Meanwhile, the one-year anniversary of the withdrawal has come to pass with a serious lack of public attention and accountability. While the entire world was witness to the shameful debacle last August, there have been no public congressional hearings on what transpired and no government official has resigned due to the failures.
The occupation is over, but in the aftermath of its 20-year ordeal, America seems eager to pretend Afghanistan has ceased to exist when it’s indeed responsible.
The rushed withdrawal and abandonment of those desperate to flee the country is not the only mistake the U.S. has made since last year. We’ve pursued economic warfare on the Taliban with zero consideration for the collateral damage it has inflicted on regular Afghans.
The United States’ seizure of sovereign Afghan assets, hard-hitting sanctions and abrupt end to foreign aid has led to the world’s most dire humanitarian disaster, leading more than half the country to the brink of famine. Afghans seeking evacuation now not only live in fear of arbitrary arrest or execution from the Taliban, but they are also jobless and going hungry. Many others, especially young women and girls, mention suicide if no help reaches them soon.
The double standard between how the U.S. treated Afghans and Ukrainians is tough to swallow. While the White House created a special parole program for Ukrainians with a free-to-use online portal that will allow 100,000 Ukranianians to enter the country, Afghans who stood alongside America’s two-decade military occupation despite the risk of Taliban retribution were not given the same treatment. A recent report by Reveal exposes government data that points to a racist immigration system: Out of 66,000 humanitarian parole applications, the government approved only 123 while collecting roughly $20 million in fees.
Despite all this, it is not too late for America to live up to its moral obligation and promises to the Afghan people.
First, the Biden administration must ensure that at-risk Afghans who got left behind are allowed to seek refuge in the United States. It can do so by establishing an Afghan parole program, which it historically has done for Vietnamese, Kosovar, Iraqi Kurds and other refugees from areas where the United States has been involved militarily. Many Afghans remain in Afghanistan or a third country, such as Albania, awaiting processing of their special immigrant visa (SIV) or priority-2 applications. The administration, once and for all, should stop making excuses for bureaucratic delays and ensure Afghans find a dignified welcome in the United States.
Second, Congress and the administration must fulfill one of its promises by passing the Afghan Adjustment Act with no excuse or delay so that President Biden can sign it into law. This bipartisan piece of legislation, which has support from both Democrats and Republicans in both the Senate and the House, would allow newly arrived Afghans to have a pathway to permanent protections inside this country. The asylum process is expensive, traumatic and deeply burdensome; many did not have the chance to bring all their documents in their quest to be evacuated and find safety.
Third, there must be a renewed focus on welcoming Afghan refugees with dignity. Thousands of newly arrived Afghans continue to live in temporary housing such as hotels, motels and Airbnbs, with the prospect of finding affordable housing for them increasingly daunting in an inflationary economy. Countless others are unable to access healthcare, given America’s confusing and shallow social safety net. Community organizations are overwhelmed while inaction by the federal and state governments is failing new arrivals.
While the chaotic airport scenes at Kabul airport last summer have ended, Afghans are still in need of refuge and safety. President Biden ran on a campaign of welcoming refugees and made solemn promises to Afghans in need of refuge ahead of the withdrawal. Millions of Afghans’ lives have been upended at the hands of the United States, both through its unfulfilled promises and the humanitarian crisis it is partially responsible for.
Afghans are no strangers to being betrayed, forgotten, or abandoned, and recent history is rife with examples of the world doing exactly that. But America made a promise and must live up to it. Otherwise, the calamity that will unfold will be America’s responsibility. Time is running out.
Arash Azizzada is the co-founder and co-director of Afghans For A Better Tomorrow. He is a writer, photographer and community organizer in the Afghan diaspora. His work has been published in The New York Times, Newsweek and more.

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Method that explains how to cook lamb in the oven, recipe with bacon among the necessary ingredients, with detailed preparation procedure and tricks to obtain a more intense flavor.
Ingredients 6 people
- 1 kg leg of lamb
- 2 or 3 sprigs of rosemary
- 2 or 3 cloves of garlic
- 3 slices of bacon
- half a glass of olive oil
- salt and pepper
How to cook lamb in the oven
With a pointed knife, make 5 or 6 holes on the piece of lamb by pushing, then push a tuft of rosemary, a slice of garlic, half a slice of bacon, salt and pepper into each hole.
Sprinkle the whole surface of the piece of lamb with salt and pepper and put it in a pan with half a glass of olive oil.
Bake at 180 degrees for about an hour and a half.
During cooking, at regular intervals, with a spoon sprinkle the meat with the sauce that forms in the pan.


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Tanisha Long and Esther Ku from the hit MTV comedy series Girl Code are teaming up for an unforgettable show of stand up comedy and hilarious commentary. Each performing their own unique brand of diverse and unique comedy, this is not a show to be missed!
Tanisha Long has been seen all over television appearing on Comedy Central, VH1, and Fuse TV before starting up as a regular on Girl Code. She is also a regular sketch, improv, and stand up performer at the famous UCB Theater in New York City.
Esther Ku exploded onto the national comedy scene after being a finalist on season 6 of the hit NBC reality series Last Comic Standing and hasn't slowed down since. A regular cast member on Girl Code, Esther can also now be seen as the newest cast member joining Nick Cannon on the hit MTV2 comedy improv series Wild 'N Out.


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Cinesite: Reimagining John Carter For 21st Century
Disney’s John Carter hasn’t had a very good reception at box office or among critics. But that shouldn’t detract from the achievement of Cinesite, which completed 800 visual effects shots and converted 87 minutes into 3D.
Cinesite created the majority of the film's environments, including the cities of Zodanga and Helium, and the Thern Sanctuary, as well as a big air battle and full-screen CG digi-doubles of John Carter and Princess Dejah. In addition, the firm populated these environments with CG crowds and numerous CG props.
Cinesite spent over two and a half years working on John Carter, the first live-action feature film from Andrew Stanton. Senior visual effects supervisor Sue Rowe headed Cinesite's efforts, working with Stanton and spending several months on set in the UK and Utah.
Rowe and a team of 300 people took Stanton's vision for the Edgar Rice Burroughs series of novels to deliver Cinesite's most complex and creative work to date.
Due to the volume and complexity of the work Cinesite divided the shots between four additional visual effects supervisors - Jon Neill, Christian Irles, Ben Shepherd and Simon Stanley-Clamp. Artemis Oikonomopoulou was overall 3D supervisor. For the travelling city of Zodanga, Jon Neill and his team created the mile-long myriapod-like rusty metal tanker that roams the surface of Mars extracting the vital fuel element 'radium'. Cinesite populated the city with an arsenal of warships and troops, before furnishing it with 200 CG props.
Christian Irles oversaw Princess Dejah's city, Helium, which houses the Palace of Light. Seen from various angles and used as the backdrop for the final battle sequence, Helium has a clean and elegant look and feel. The team created a matte painting of the outside of the city and, using photogrammetry projections, built up the terrain using high-res stills taken on location in Utah.
Ben Shepherd supervised the huge aerial battle between Zodanga and Helium. His team created each side's airships, which use solar wings to travel on light, as well as explosions, cannon fire, digital people, a CG Thark City environment and set extensions based on photogrammetry. The giant airships are seen at close proximity so the detailing needed to be precise.
Simon Stanley-Clamp led Cinesite's work on Thern, the mysterious power controlled by the Thern priesthood which appears in various guises throughout the film. Briefed by Stanton to create something "that has never been seen before", the initial challenge was defining what the effect would look like. The Thern effect system was built using a combination of Maya, Houdini and in-house software. Based on principles of nanotechnology, it provided a semi-automated way to "grow" Thern into any environment and geometry. It took a full year of development time to evolve and bring to the big screen.
For the stereo conversion Cinesite hired one of the industry's most respected stereographers, Scott Willman and built a new pipeline based on Nuke and proprietary tools. Scott's team meticulously rotoscoped and rotomotioned each object in every shot to achieve the highest possible 3D quality.
"Working on John Carter has been an epic journey for us," said Antony Hunt, managing director of Cinesite. "We've pushed our creative ability to a new limit with outstanding visual effects, and our pipelines have been well and truly put to the test. John Carter is our first full stereo conversion of a feature film and the feedback we've had from Andrew and Disney on conversion quality has been fantastic.”


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India makes clean energy push at G20 with global biofuel alliance
(Reuters) - India announced the launch of a global biofuel alliance at a G20 summit in New Delhi to boost the use of cleaner fuels.
The alliance, with the United States and Brazil as its founding members, would help accelerate global efforts to meet net zero emissions targets by facilitating trade in biofuels derived from sources including plant and animal waste.
"We are launching the Global Biofuel Alliance. India invites all of you to join this initiative," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his remarks to leaders from the Group of 20 major economies at the summit.
The push for a biofuels alliance mirrors the International Solar Alliance launched by New Delhi and Paris in 2015 to bring clean and affordable solar energy within the reach of all.
The International Energy Agency estimates in a July report that global sustainable biofuels production would need to triple by 2030 to put the world's energy system on track towards net zero emissions by 2050.
India, the world's third-biggest oil importer and consumer, imports about 85% of its crude needs and is gradually building capacity to increase its output of biofuels.
India is targeting to become carbon neutral by 2070 and is expanding use of biofuel in its transport sector. It has advanced the deadline by 5 years to 2025 for doubling nationwide ethanol blending in gasoline to 20%.
The alliance will help by encouraging global biofuels trade, developing concrete policies on lesson-sharing and promoting provision of technical support for national biofuels programs worldwide, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said in July.
The South Asian nation plans to build 12 bio-refineries to produce fuel from items including crop stubble, plant waste and municipal solid waste.


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GW Men's Hoops Hosts La Salle, Looks to Extend A-10's Longest Win Streak
GW (10-9, 4-2 A-10) vs. La Salle (14-6, 4-3 A-10) | Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 | Charles E. Smith Center | 2 p.m.
Feb. 1, 2013
WHO: GW Men's Basketball (10-9, 4-2 Atlantic 10)
WHAT: Game #20, Atlantic 10 Game #7 vs. La Salle Explorers (14-6, 4-3 A-10)
WHERE: Charles E. Smith Center (4,338), 600 22nd Street NW
Gameday at GW | Directions to Smith Center | Parking Options | Public Transportation
WHEN: Saturday, Feb. 2 at 2:00 p.m.
HOW: Buy Tickets
AUDIO: FederalNewsRadio.com, 1500/820 AM (Byron Kerr)
Extended pregame at 1:30 p.m. with GW Athletics Director Patrick Nero and GW women's basketball assistant coach Diane Richardson previewing Homecoming Weekend Feb. 9-10.
TWITTER: @GW_MBB | @GWGeorge | #RaiseHigh
PROMOTIONS: Armed Forces Day - U.S. Air Force Drill Team performance at halftime
Tailgate at Veteran's Park starting at 12 p.m. - Free food & drinks for ALL fans!
WASHINGTON - George Washington men's basketball will put its three-game Atlantic 10 win streak on the line on Saturday when it hosts La Salle at the Charles E. Smith Center. GW's current three-game streak is tied with Saint Louis as the longest active streak in the A-10.
A victory would give the Colonials four straight wins for the first time since a five-game streak from Dec. 31, 2010 to Jan. 12, 2011, a stretch which included their last home victory over La Salle - 72-67 at Smith Center on Jan. 5, 2011.
After winning a pair of A-10 road games at Massachusetts and Rhode Island, GW returned to the Charles E. Smith Center last Saturday and dismantled then conference co-leader Charlotte, 82-54. Freshman Patricio Garino made 6-of-6 shots, including a pair of three-pointers, and led the Colonials with 16 points and a game-high four steals. Senior reserves Lasan Kromah and Bryan Bynes each scored 12 points. The Colonials limited the 49ers to 31.6 percent shooting and just six assists while forcing 17 turnovers. GW also torched the A-10's leading field-goal percentage defense for 53.2 percent shooting (25-47), marking the first time this season a Charlotte opponent shot better than 50 percent.
Last Saturday's victory over Charlotte put Coach Mike Lonergan within three wins of 400 career victories in his 20th season as a head coach. Lonergan trails only Temple's Fran Dunphy (458) and La Salle's Dr. John Giannini (430) as the A-10's winningest head coaches. Lonergan and Giannini met once prior to last season's home-and-home series - as coaches at Division III powers Catholic and Rowan, respectively. Lonergan led Catholic to a 92-88 upset of then No. 1-ranked and eventual D-III national champion Rowan - then coached by Giannini - on Jan. 15, 1996.
GW was swept by La Salle in a pair of meetings last season, but still owns a 20-12 advantage in the all-time series, including a 13-3 edge at Smith Center. Each of the last three meetings in Foggy Bottom have been decided by single digits, most recently a 60-56 loss at Smith Center last February 29. The teams will meet twice for the fifth consecutive season, with GW visiting La Salle's Tom Gola Arena on March 6.
La Salle, the reigning ESPN.com and SportsIllustrated.com National Team of the Week following last week's victories over Butler and VCU, dropped a 61-60 decision to Massachusetts at home on Wednesday night. It marked only the second loss in 11 home games this season for the Explorers, who enter Saturday's game 5-4 on the road.
Head coach Dr. John Giannini relies on a balanced seven-player rotation in which all average at least 22 minutes per game. No other Explorers' player averages more than eight minutes an outing.
Ramon Galloway leads four double-digit scorers for La Salle with 17.1 points per game, third-best in the A-10. Starters Tyreek Duren and Jerrell Wright add 14.3 and 10.4 points per game, respectively. The Explorers have been aided by the addition of Virginia Tech transfer Tyrone Garland, who has averaged 12.2 points in a reserve role since becoming eligible after the fall semester.
Galloway (2.5 spg) and Duren (2.1 spg) are fourth and sixth in the A-10 in steals, respectively, to pace La Salle to second in the league with 8.6 steals per game.
Outside of A-10 play, GW and La Salle shared one common non-conference opponent in Sacred Heart. Both teams posted lopsided home victories over the Pioneers, with the Explorers winning by 29 (100-71) on Dec. 22 and the Colonials winning by 39 points (77-38) eight days later.
GW will travel to Duquesne on Wednesday for a 7 p.m. tilt that will be broadcast live on FederalNewsRadio.com, RaiseHigh.tv and 1500/820 AM.
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Men's Basketball Wraps Season in CBI Quarterfinals
In a CBI Quarterfinal match-up in Chicago, Illinois, Tyler Cavanaugh and the George Washington men's basketball team rallied to overcome significant deficits...
Men's Basketball Faces UIC in CBI Quarters
The GW men’s basketball team continues its quest for a second consecutive postseason championship as it travels to Chicago to take on the Flames of UIC...
Men's Basketball Topples Toledo in CBI, 73-69
Shooting for its 20th win of the season in a first round CBI matchup against the Toledo Rockets on Wednesday night, GW men's basketball found its mark and...
Men’s Basketball Plays Host to Toledo in CBI
TIPPING OFF: The GW men’s basketball team is set to appear in the College Basketball Invitational for the second time as it plays host to Toledo in the...
Men's Basketball to Host Toledo Wednesday in CBI
The GW men’s basketball team has accepted an invitation to play in the College Basketball Invitational and will host a first round game against Toledo ...
Men's Basketball Falls in Heartbreaker, 70-67
Inbounding under Richmond's bucket trailing by one, 68-67, with :05 on the clock, GW men's basketball had an opportunity to avenge a pair of losses at the ...
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Watanabe led all scorers with 18 points on 8-of-17 shooting, while Roland's 10 came on a 4-of-6 effort in 19 total minutes. Tyler Cavanaugh had a game high...


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2017 Mock Election
The purpose of the activity was to educate students on the various steps of the voting process. For example, students filled out voter registration papers and researched the candidates in their social studies classes. This prepared them to go the school’s auditorium where students would then need to approach their correct table to sign-in next to their registered name. Students would then receive a ticket to hand over to a poll worker.
Students then voted electronically by computer in private cubicles. Following their votes, students received an “I Voted” sticker to conclude the process. Results from the mock elections were announced on Monday, November 6th.
The results were Phil Murphy 55.1%, Kim Guadagno 28.6%, and 16.3% for third party candidates.


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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Reference librarian Carey Hagan has begun her long envisioned online record of booktalks. A booktalk is a brief introduction to the characters and plot of a book with the intention of enticing a reader. Teachers and librarians often use booktalks to promote reading. Carey is writing her booktalks as she reads, and recording them on BooktalkThree for others to use.
Friday, July 2, 2010
Today while writing about W. S. Merwin, the newly announced 17th Poet Laureate of the United States, I discovered a poetry treasure on the Library of Congress' Website. Poet Charles Simic shares "A few things to keep in mind while sitting down to write a poem." His seven guidelines are simple, yet profound. I know some of us like to try our hand at writing poetry, and that students are given poetry writing assignments. Simic's list is an inspirational aid.
(Photo: Lydia and me in the stacks at the Library of Congress, February 2010.)
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Can You Keep a Secret? This romantic comedy by Sophie Kinsella, read by Kate Reading on the Books on Tape version, is an excellent listen for a long drive or a daily commute. As always, Kate Reading is outstanding.


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2. Increase healthy protein consumption. This is how you build lean muscle tissue, which in turn increases up your metabolic rate. Examples are fish, lean meats, low-fat dairy products, beans, and soy products.
3. Eat fiber-rich foods. They will fill you up and make you feel less hungary. In this food category are: Veggies, fruits, whole wheat baked goods, bulger wheat, oatmeal, seeds and nuts, skin of potatos, bran cereals, beans, and peas.
4. Minerals. Various minerals such as Calcium and others are "secret weapons" against weight gain and body fat. They can be found in low-fat dairy products, small or canned fish, soy tofu, green vegetables, nuts, seeds, bran cereals, and calcium fortified orange juice, and avoid processed, salt-loaded foods.
5. Eat fish and beneficial fats. Omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid in some fish, and in oils and nuts is a good fat. Eat moderate amounts of salmon, herring, mackerel, sardines and other oily fish. Soybeans, nuts, pumpkin seed are excellent sources for Omega-3.
6. Eat less harmful fats - saturated and trans fats. Food products containing these are not only high in calories; but also contain to much harmful fatty acids that promote disease.
7. Consistently eat a adequate breakfast for a number of reasons: it will accelerate up your metabolism earlier in the day and additionally when you do skip a morning meal, it helps to make it harder to manage the appetite later on in the day.
8. Reduce or eliminate alcohol. It is high in calories. A healthy amount is one glass of beer. or perhaps wine, a day.
9. Keep away from junk carbs - glucose and additionally processed flour are really dietary plan killers in most all amounts.
10. Progressively lower the calorie consumption because extreme and unexpected dieting causes the the body to conserve, not burn calories, and additionally it slows fat loss.
11. Snack instead of eating big dinners - larger, higher than average caloric dinners tend to be stored as fat, instead of being burnt for energy. Better, you should think about eating five or six smaller, nourishing snacks each day instead than big dishes.
12. Move! An individual must exercise to build up lean muscle tissue that burns fat. As little as 2 or 3 hours each week of brisk walking at minimum, and you will see a a greater impact on your weight loss.
13. Lessen stress. It produces adverse fat-producing chemistry in your body. Try takin warm baths, meditation, deep breathing, yoga, massage, and rest.
14. Be outside in the sunshine at least twenty minutes each day - sunshine helps to create vitamin D and that works with calcium to improve health and body weight control.
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Life is simple rather effortless if a human is biologically not related to anyone, as of robot . In this way people live single, independent, unrestricted, self governing etc . Being single makes him empty within. Independent makes him ignorant of his responsibilities .The word responsibility is an unknown stranger. Unrestricted makes him wild ,undisciplined. Self governing makes him a beast deprived of feelings. A moron defines his own abilities eventually defying himself . However, a true leader is born from within just like Phoenix rising from its ashes.
How ‘Pride in himself’ contradicts ‘Everyone is proud of him’.
‘Faith in his abilities’ contradicts ‘Faith in someone’s abilities’
‘confident in his skills’ contradicts ‘Ignorant of other’s skills’
Life is a very tough journey where failures meet us day to day. Trying and learning to face failures in an ordinary thing in every person’s life. Trying to make someone else rise above their expectations is an extra-ordinary thing. As a human is liable to err, it might feel quite unfortunate to brighten up someone’s life by swallowing our ego. But the one who lifts up someone’s life will definitely get glorified and this marks the difference. The outcome might not be fruitful immediately but definitely. Value of rising high in life is known to a person who has fallen down a number of times.
Hunger and slavery is not poverty, but it arises due to stone-hearted people around us. Helping others, getting good in return might sound like a magical fairy in fairy-tales but the satisfaction is everlasting. What else can give the pleasure of boosting the confidence and ambitions of a person to support himself and his family. Helping others need not be a measurable or a physical quantity. Even mental support stands high in life because the effect of a Tsunami is actually known to helmsman and not to the reporters. Hope is a bliss created in someone’s life. Why don’t we help others to paint their lives as we paint ourselves on our endless journey…

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Grant to expand BRAVE program comes through
BATON ROUGE - Mayor-President Kip Holden announced today that a $1 million federal grant was awarded recently to the Baton Rouge Area Violence Elimination Program, or BRAVE.
Holden said the grant would help the crime-fighting program expand from the 70805 ZIP code into the 70802 area of the city, and be part of a three-year violence elimination program.
The BRAVE project has been focused in high-violence portions of Baton Rouge and targeted street gangs in those areas. Metro Council member Tara Wicker recently voiced concerns that rather than eliminating crime, the crackdown was pushing criminals into different ZIP codes.
City-parish and law enforcement leaders scheduled a press conference discussing details of the grant for Monday afternoon.

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Birdman Planning 20th Anniversary Cash Money Tour Without Lil Wayne
According to TMZ, the trek will “put Diddy’s Bad Boy Reunion Tour to shame.” An insider told the website that former Cash Money rappers Juvenile, Turk and Mannie Fresh are joining the trek. The proposed tour will also feature up-and-coming artists on the CMB roster.
The source said that an open invite was sent to Lil Wayne to join the tour. However, until they settle their ongoing legal dispute, it's very unlikely that Wayne will accept it.
Birdman is planning this tour because next year will be the 20th anniversary of Cash Money Records. But the question remains - will Lil Wayne put his beef aside and join the rest of the Cash Money family?
Also, will anyone go to a Cash Money concert if Weezy is not on the bill?
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FEATURED STORY: Philly Lawyers Wins Million Dollar Claim For Levittown Man In Motorcycle Accident
Type: Car Accident/Motorcycle Case
Injuries: Permanent Leg Injury
Location: Levittown, Pennsylvania
Scenario: The plaintiff was driving his motorcycle through a green light when the defendant made a left turn in front of him.
The plaintiff suffered a permanent Leg injury that required hospitalization. The injury also required surgery and rehabilitation followed by a painful recovery.
The team at Kats, Jamison and Associates went to the scene to investigate the accident. They worked diligently by requesting a police report, perforned interviews with the plaintiff & plaintiff’s family to get a full understanding of the situation and the fallout of the accident.
The Verdict + Settlement
The Philly Lawyers team was able to achieve a Settlement worth 1,055,000 and constitute the policy limits of defendant & underinsured motorist portion of proceeds from the plaintiff’s insurance policy.
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The Reviewers Club Records
Scope and Contents
The collection documents the activities of the Reviewers Club and includes meeting minutes, yearbooks, and scrapbooks. The meeting minutes date from 1911 to 2009. They include hand-written records and newspaper clippings of events. The yearbooks include lists of officers, meeting hosts adn locations, the constitution and bylaws, club policies, and lists of active and inactive members. These records date from 1916 to 2009. The scrapbooks, dating from 1945 to 2002, include photographs, yearbooks, newspaper clippings and tributes to deceased members.
- 1911 - 2012
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The Reviewers Club was established in Greensboro, North Carolina, in January 1895, for the purpose of mutual improvement and the promotion of closer fellowship. The oprganization meets monthly from May through October to discuss various topics of literary, historical and social significance.
The collection documents the activities of the Reviewers Club and includes meeting minutes, yearbooks, and scrapbooks.
The collection is arranged by type of material and then chronologically within each type.
Method of Acquisition
Gifts of the Reviewers Club in January, 2011.
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Top 10 Kitchen Utensils
When it comes to your kitchen, we believe there are 10 must have tools each chef should have. These are not in any order because they are all important on your cooking journey. Hope you find this helpful! Need to order one of the items? Check out our list on Amazon.
#1. Wooden Spoon
The wooden spoon is the most used item in our kitchen. It reaches the corners like a spatula can, it has a higher heat resistance than plastic but unlike the popular metal spoons it will not break down pans or burn your hands!
#2. Silicone Whisk
Simple to use and easy to clean. This utensil gets used for creating all kinds of tasty meals. Whisks....not just for baking!
#3. Kitchen Scissors
Literally the most used item in my kitchen....they are so handy and perfect when you need something opened or to do a quick cut. Unlike regular scissors....please wash after each use!
#4. Silicone Spatula
This little guy is so helpful when cooking, it ensures you can get all of your batter, cream sauce, etc from point A to point B without much waste. The silicone helps with flexiblity and keeping great care of your pots/pans/bowls too!
#5. Cutting Board
I love my butcher block cutting board. I use it daily for things big or small. It is super easy to clean, just wipe down with warm water and soap! I also have a smaller plastic cutting board that is red that I use for cutting meats (it is dishwasher safe). We highly recommend a cutting board to ensure safety while cooking in your kitchen!
#6. Knives...Chef and Paring
Knives, you know the sharp pointy things. The most important two knives are a Chef Knife (for meats, larger veggies, epic chopping parties, really all the things) and a paring knife (best used for fruits/veggies/herbs).
#7 . Deep Measuring Spoons and Cups
We love the cute measuring spoons and cups, but the deep stainless steel ones are our favorites. Easy to clean and simple to store!
#8. Slotted Spoon
Perfect for all the sauces, pastas, etc. The slotts in the spoon allow for liquids to pass through while keeping solids intact.
#9. Glass measuring bowl
When your measuring cups just won't do or you need a wonderful place to hold all of your measurements too! I use my glass measuring bowl for both measuring and as a mixing bowl of dry ingredients when baking, or a quick place to make a marinade or sauce since it is so easy to pour from. Super versatile.
#10. Corkscrew/Bottle Opener
Let's be honest...this might be the most important. Who doesn't love a great beverage when cooking?
Other frequently used items:
A good set of pots and pans--Review of my new ones soon!
A can opener
A vegetable peeler
Be sure to take photos of your top kitchen essentials and tag us in it!


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Private one-day tour to medieval town of tallinn
Let’s go to Tallinn, the pearl of the oldest towns in the Baltic!
See the old town with narrow cobble-stone alleys, magnificient jugend-style buildings, medieval time churches and the old center of the town, the castle!
This tour includes private pickup and guided escort from hotel in Helsinki to the harbour terminal and travel with a luxurious ferry travel from Helsinki to Tallinn, Estonia. In Helsinki, we will ride a tram to reach the harbour.
Tallinn is the center of Estonia's idyllic districts. We will arrive to the Tallinn harbour and have a walk through the old castle gate to reach the old center of the town.
The streets and alleys are very narrow and paved with cobble-stone, so good shoes are recommended.
Some of our places to visit are dependent of the day of the week, as many museums are closed on mondays.
We will stroll along the narrow cobblestone streets and visit local café or shops.
In Tallinn there are plenty of nice little shops that do have for instance beautiful wool products, funny T-shirts and one Tallinn's speciality, the Martzipan candy shop.
In the evening we will return back to Helsinki with the ferry. The sail takes approximately 2,5 hours depending on the line selection.
This tour ends by driving back to your hotel with a tram.

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It’s all happening for Marcelo Burlon. Tonight is the French premiere of his autobiographical documentary, Uninvited. He’s got collaborations coming out of his ears—this season with Disney and the NBA—and another biggie soon to follow. The next few months will see the opening of his second store in Hong Kong, plus stores in Macau, Manila, and a site on the Chinese mainland.
For this collection, Burlon worked with the imagery of those collaborators—a track jacket whose side stripe was a film reel from the Mickey Mouse short Thru The Mirror was particularly inventive, and a Wicked Queen hoodie cast a spell—as well returning to his own codes.
The Mapuche cross played neatly against the NBA logo on velvet crop tops and jersey tracksuits, and his bird-in-flight design returned as embroidery on sweatshirts and a burgundy velvet bomber. There were gold floral embroideries on black leather bomber jackets and shorts, plus a black leather denim trucker jacket. Also, Burlon returned to his tarot motifs.
Some of the long pleated skirts on offer integrated tags inspired by a rewatch of Tony Silver’s 1983 graffiti documentary Style Wars. Burlon was once part of a Milan graffiti crew himself, he recalled; alongside artists called Dumbo and Panda, his street name was Pluto. “The problem was, I couldn’t tag—but it was about good company, you know?”


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William Daley: Obama signals shift to center with pick for chief of staff
Obama brings aboard William Daley, a moderate Democrat and fellow Chicagoan, as his new chief of staff. Daley, seen as a tough but fair manager, could help White House ties to the business community.
President Obama’s selection Thursday of William Daley as his new chief of staff brings a senior, politically experienced figure into the White House inner circle, and sends a clear signal of the administration’s shift toward the center.Skip to next paragraph
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Mr. Daley, who served as commerce secretary under President Clinton, is currently a senior executive at JP Morgan Chase in Chicago, and could help Mr. Obama in his efforts to improve relations with the business community. A scion of the storied Chicago political family, Daley comes from the moderate wing of the Democratic Party, a point that irritates some liberals.
Daley’s selection also invites charges that Obama, also a Chicagoan, is retooling his administration around the city’s political “machine.” But in fact, Obama and Daley don’t know each other well, and it may be fairer to suggest that Daley brings an outsider’s eye to a White House that has been accused of insularity.
Still, Obama didn’t shy away from the Chicago connection – and Daley family history – in his announcement from the East Room of the White House, calling Daley “an experienced public servant, a devoted patriot, my friend, [and] fellow Chicagoan.”
“He possesses a deep understanding of how jobs are created and how to grow our economy,” Obama said. “And needless to say, Bill also adds a smidgen of awareness of how our system of government and politics works. You might say it is a genetic trait.”
Daley, too, brought his family – and President Kennedy -- into his brief remarks. He recalled a visit to the White House 50 years ago this month with his parents and brothers and sisters “to visit a young president, who went on to show great strength, leadership, and vision in the face of enormous challenges in those times.”
“You, Mr. President, have proven your strength, your leadership, your vision during a most difficult time for our nation and for the world,” Daley continued. “You have also shown through your example that public service is an honorable calling and I am pleased to answer your call.”
Daley replaces interim chief of staff Pete Rouse, who will return to his position as a counselor to Obama. Mr. Rouse took over for Rahm Emanuel, who resigned in September to run for mayor of Chicago. The retiring mayor, Richard M. Daley, is William Daley’s older brother; both are sons of the late Mayor Richard J. Daley.


A solid September with a 4 percent increase in year-over-year monthly revenues helped Northwest Indiana's five casinos whittle down their overall decline so far this year.
"We've chipped away at some of our shortfalls," Dan Nita, senior vice president and general manager of Horseshoe Hammond Casino, said Oct. 11.
The casinos together are showing a 1 percent drop in revenue as of the end of September, compared to the same time period last year, he said. Heading into May, the casinos' revenues were down 2.9 percent.
Nita said the five casinos had five months of declining year-over-yer revenues, and four months of growth.
Both Nita and Matthew Schuffert, vice president and general manager of Ameristar Casino in East Chicago, said having one extra weekend day last month, compared to the previous September, helped improve revenues. Schuffert said another bonus was having the full Labor Day weekend last month.
The two exectives were especially excited about their casinos' growth in both slots and table games.
"We're seeing a nice trend on the slot side of business. We haven't seen this consistency for awhile," Schuffert said.
Nita said Horseshoe saw growth in all the main areas — slots, visitor count and table games.
"We've had five consecutive months of growth at Horseshoe compared to 2016," Nita said.
He's also exited that with 6.7 percent year-over-year monthly revenue growth, Horseshoe was the region leader in September.
In the short-term, it appears slots are trending upward, he said, but he is also seeing continued growth of the video gaming terminals in Illinois, which have consistently hurt slots in the Indiana casinos.
According to the monthly revenue report provided by the Indiana Gaming Commission, the region's five casinos saw their collective year-over-year revenues jump 4 percent in September, having raked in a total of $77.4 million compared to $74.18 million in September 2016.
Ameristar Casino in East Chicago took in $17.12 million in September, a 3.6 percent hike over the $16.54 million it brought in the same month last year. R-venues at Blue Chip Casino in Michigan City rose 2.8 percent, from $13.37 million to $13.75 million, Horseshoe Hammond revenues jumped from $31.64 million to $33.94 million and Majestic Star II in Gary saw its revenues inch up by .4 percent, from $5.12 million to $5.14 million.
Majestic Star I in Gary posted the only decline in revenues, going from $7.5 million to $7.43 million, a .9 percent drop.
There were five Fridays and Saturdays last month, compared to five Fridays and four Saturdays the previous September. Weekends tend to draw larger crowds at the casinos.
Chicago-area casinos in Illinois saw their year-over year revenues grow by 3.5 percent in September, Nita said.
Karen Caffarini is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.


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Category Archives: Workshops
What is Opportunities in October?
The City of Memphis has an important role to play in building a deeper pool of qualified workers and fueling economic growth. For our city to grow, we need an employable workforce that meets the needs of our city as well as address the issue of poverty. A pathway out of poverty is to obtain a skill that will lead to gainful employment and/or place youth on a career path.
A collaboration with the City of Memphis Youth Services Division and Mayor’s Office of Communications, this all-day session for young people ages 16-24 will orient participants with soft skills as well as provide them with access to area community colleges and trade schools.
Memphis Urban League will host an Informational Meet and Greet event on Thursday, August 15, 2019 See flyers from more additional information.
Upcoming Event: Memphis Community and Veterans Financial Empowerment Workshop scheduled August 15,2019- 3040 Walnut Grove Rd Memphis, Tn
This is a FREE event will be an open forum discussion for those dealing with issues ranging from driver licenses, child support, and expungement.
Call 901-359-9188 to register.