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Welcome to your coming out party. I am so glad that youâ€™ve found your way here.
This is an invitation for you, if youâ€™ve been feeling restless in a life that has gotten a bit too small.
This is an invitation for you, if there is a part of you â€“ wild and unruly and deeply gorgeous â€“ that is fighting for a seat at the table.
This is an invitation for you, if you are ready to begin the work of repairing your relationship with yourself, so that you can welcome more of yourself into your everyday life.
I know that there is a part of you that feels unseen. The part that hasn’t yet found itâ€™s place.
A part that is afraid to move forward, even when all signs point to YES.
A part that is careful not to take up too much space or worries about being too much.I see your potential, because I see how beautiful and brilliant and insightful you are. Not because I am awaiting for you to be more or do more. I see who you are, already.
Too often we tell ourselves…
Iâ€™ll only love you when youâ€™re good. Iâ€™ll only love you when you lose 10 lbs. Iâ€™ll only love you when you are following all of my rules â€“ sealing up your messy parts and denying your peculiarities.
You are good and lovable already.
Our best and worst parts are fused together. Until we welcome our messy parts into our lives, carving out a cozy space for them in our hearts, we cannot access our deepest truth or beauty, either. They are one and the same.
Iâ€™m after that deep truth. I am lit up by helping you cultivate a life that allows you to feel really good â€“ a life where you love yourself and allow yourself to be loved by those around you.
I will teach you how to trust show up, prioritize your needs, and take supreme care of yourself. This is the process of actively participating in your life, instead of sitting back and letting your life happen to you.
I will hold space for you to tap into your inner wisdom, and begin to create a life that truly reflects you. I will witness your becoming.
This is about what lights you up from the inside.
This is about taking practical, actionable steps towards the life and career that you want, while curating the belief system and daily practice of reverence that provides the emotional underpinning.
In other words, when you love yourself and have your own back â€“ anything is possible.
Real beauty. Real conversation. Real sadness. Unbridled laughter. Living in technicolor.
It all begins with the love and acceptance that you have for yourself.
I am here to support that part of you – the part that is ready and waiting to be ignited, turned on, leaned into, and invited.
This is your official invitation.
What are you ready for?
How do you want to see yourself?
What do you want the world to know about you?
Ready? Here are the details.
Who: You + Me
What: Digging deep. Shining bright. Profound support for all of your parts. Celebrating the person that you already are, while inciting you to become who you were meant to be.
Where: Coaching via skype and telephone, anywhere in the world.
When: Just say the word (and click the button below).
Why: Youâ€™re hungry for a life that is truly yours. I want to help you get from here to there.
How: Click the bright shiny button below to schedule a sample session, where we will hop on the line and jam about your life for 20 minutes to make sure that we are a perfect fit.
A love note to those who are drawn to this work, but aren’t ready (yet) to RSVP:
Yes, you have a place here.
No, you do not need to RSVP right now.
I invite you to sign up here for weekly(ish) love notes from me. I will keep inviting you. I will keep sending all my love your way. I will invite you for 10 years if thatâ€™s how long it takes you to be ready. You are absolutely welcome to lurk around the periphery while your resolve builds and your heart starts to sing. There is a place for you here.
This sounds totally awesome, but.. uh… how does coaching actually work?
Youâ€™re matter of fact. I love that about you. Iâ€™m utterly matter of fact too, with a touch of woo.
Our work will look like this ::
You and me, hopping on the line for weekly 60-minute sessions. If we are beginning a new coaching relationship, I ask that you give yourself to the process for 3 months. Many of my clients are off and running (or dancing or singing or spinning or launching) by that time, but thatâ€™s when we will re-evaluate to see if you want to continue working after the 3 month mark.
Your investment for working with me weekly is $600 per month (4 sessions/month) and bi-monthly is $300 per month (2 sessions/month). This can be paid in a solid chunk with a bit of a discount or monthly installments.
Our work might also look like this ::
Homework. Soul searching. Email support between sessions. Crying. Â Invitations to stretch your boundaries. Getting messy. Â Big, HUGE celebrations. Fits of laughter. Breathing deep on both ends of the line. Taking photos of yourself. Writing prompts and journalling. Book recommendations. Tiny adventures. Open communication. Supreme self-care rituals. Deep permission to be yourself, as often as you need it.
Big, big love from previous clients
|When I started working with Mara I was struggling with general feelings of being “lost” and unable to move forward with my decision on grad school, along with the constant struggle of confidence/body love.I would describe working with Mara as: a caring push. The very next goal I am going to tackle is – being aware and asking myself the questions to stay mindful and get to know myself better.
- Amy W., Illinois
Working with Mara has been an absolute pleasure and privilege. To feel so safe when talking about such deeply personal issues and to be met with such genuine care, kindness and warmth has been an incredible experience.
Mara is the best friend that listens objectively, reflects what you’ve said, and prompts you to answer the important questions that you know need to be answered.
Mara creates a safe and encouraging space to explore these answers and truly believes in her client’s strength to create any life that they imagine.
-Â TamarÂ S. 25, Canada
|Over the time I have spent working with Mara, I have been pushed via her open-ended writing prompts as well as her loving listening style to be more honest. Not just with her, but with myself. I had to examine what routines, patterns, and habits were working, and which patterns weren’t…furthermore we got to the root as to why those habits existed in the first place.I feel like our sessions are more like secret-swapping, where I am discovering that I wasn’t the alien weirdo I always thought I was. I am starting to give myself permission to be and love the woman I am right now.Â This journey into cultivating the kind of life I want, digging deep within the self I already am has been made phenomenally easier with the support and care Mara doles out by the gallon. That kind of unconditional acceptance is truly priceless.
- Stephanie R., Illinois
|Working with Mara has been wonderful. Â I approached her about a couple of issues where I felt very stuck in my life… and now it feels like everything is ticking along. Â Mara’s combination of writing exercises and calls worked really well. Â The exercises gave me somewhere to focus and Mara’s feedback was always thought provoking in the best way.Â As I’ve been dealing with big issues,Â Mara has been both a sounding board and an enthusiastic cheerleader. Â I couldn’t recommend her more.
- Kristin Milton, Australia
|The thing I love about working with Mara is that I always end up feeling like I’ve just gotten a booster shot of energy and inspiration after each interaction. It’s the kind of thing I think everyone should experienceÂ especiallyÂ if you’re diving into the business of working for yourself. Â Taking that flying leap into the unknown has a giant fear factor for me, and the terror of it all can sometimes sweep me under.Mara has this way of being my own personal cheerleader without the over-the-top cheers and pompoms. Her coaching is a gentle reminder that that even when it’s scary, I’ve got this. And it helps to know that not only do I have someone in my corner but I have someone in my corner who’s full of juicy tidbits to keep me inspiredÂ and excited while I’m at it.Mara is without a doubt a key reason I found enough confidence to finally put my ducks in a row, figure out what I needed and turn my little dream of a creative business into a reality.Â Her energy is infectious, and that is especially valuable when you’re tied up in the nitty-gritty of the land of business and your life in general.|
|I just love working with Mara. She holds a space for you to think and guides in a way that is honest and open.Â After three sessions I am moving forward from a place of confidence to build my own business. Working with her has also helped me to clearly communicate what it is I want to do. She is a great coach!
- Nicole Gelinas,Â life coach, Cape Cod
|Do you have dreams and goals that youâ€™ve never shared with anyone because in the back of your mind youâ€™re worried youâ€™d sound crazy or unrealistic? Do you wish that your family and friends would â€śget youâ€ť and help you live the authentic beautiful life you dream of for yourself? I can see your head shaking up and downâ€¦Â Talking to Mara was an amazing and extremely effective way of helping me clear away the clutter and roadblocks in my mind so that I could open my heart and mind to all of the possibilities and opportunities around me.Â Working with Mara helped me understand how to make my true dreams â€“ my big life-altering changes â€“ a reality. Her insightful comments, bold questions, daring advice and brilliant guidance helped shape the way I viewed myself, my goals and my future. Mara is lovely to work with and definitely worth your time.
- Erin Madore, Holistic Health Warrior atÂ Creative Soul in Motion
|My conversation with Mara left me with a sense of huge possibility. I felt affirmed and heard-the work I want to do in the world is not only possible-itâ€™s doable! Iâ€™ve had some big changes in the past year and Iâ€™d been in such a hurry to get on to the next thing, I forgot to notice.Mara gently helped me to acknowledge what Iâ€™ve already done and since then I have slowed down a little, honored my progress.Â Â At the same time, I am chipping away at my list of â€śactionable stepsâ€ť that Mara sent me after our talk. This is immensely helpful in knowing my next manageable step.One little thing at a time I am building the life of my dreams. I needed to connect with a wise woman who is walking her talk. If you are thinking of working with Mara, donâ€™t hesitate for a second! Highly recommend!
Â - Molly, Nurse
|Talking to Mara was like talking to my best friend. It was easy, laid back. The topics just sort of developed on their own, and I felt free to say whatever I needed to. She asked questions, led my thinking a little, and helped me understand what I was trying to say.Â I felt understood. I felt heard. I felt lighthearted in a way that I havenâ€™t in a long time.Â I would highly, HIGHLY recommend signing up for a coaching session with Mara sometime soon. Itâ€™s just such a natural way to work through your thoughts.Â Even after one session, I felt so much more at peace in my own head.She gave me the opportunity, the permission to just be myself, to feel and think the things that I do without judgement. It was such a powerful experience.
- Heather Hurd,Â Yummy Sushi Pajamas

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) -- In the past week, three airlines have announced ambitious new routes for the
787, a signal that the aircraft is finally starting to realize its potential to break new ground in commercial aviation.
On Aug. 25,
said it would fly a 787 from San Francisco to Chengdu, China, starting in June. On Sept. 3,
said it would fly London-Austin starting in March, and
Norwegian Air Shuttle
said it would fly from Stockholm to Los Angeles in March, from Copenhagen to Los Angeles in April, from Oslo to Los Angeles in June, from Stockholm to Oakland in May and from Oslo to Oakland and Orlando in May.
"People are gaining confidence in the aircraft and as they do so, they are able to make new route announcements and open new markets," said Richard Aboulafia, vice president of consulting firm Teal Group.
The carriers are each using the airplane in different ways, all of them ambitious. United wants to open new routes in China -- it will begin the first-ever non-stop service between the U.S. and China's fourth-largest city. British Airways will fly non-stop from London Heathrow to a medium-sized U.S. city. Norwegian will be breaking the mold for European and U.S. low-fare carriers, which historically have flown only domestic and close-in international routes.
Aboulafia said the variety of new routes shows the 787's versatility. The United and British Airways efforts are similar, he said, in that they involve "long, thin routes" that could not be well-served with predecessor aircraft. Before the 787, no long-range aircraft was small enough to develop routes that have "thin" or limited traffic.
"The challenge was always to combine range, small size and good economics," he said. "The goal was to get range to migrate downward" to a smaller aircraft. For Boeing, the 767 began the process, he said. An extended range 767 typically has 181 to 245 seats and a range of 5,625 to 6,600 miles. By contrast, the current version 787-8 typically has 210 to 250 seats and a range of 7,650 to 8,200 miles.
United is using San Francisco, the best West Coast hub and the U.S. hub with the most flights to Asia, to
to Chengdu, but that is just the start of what it can do with the 787 in Asia, said Brian Znotins, United's vice president of network, in an interview. SFO-CTU is about 7,000 miles, a 14-hour flight.
"We're looking deep into China, looking at what the next best destination in China is," Znotins said. "China is full of cities of 6 to 10 million people. With this airplane, we can be a first mover."
787 order has been deferred to 2020, while deliveries to
are scheduled to begin next year.
United has 216 seats on its 787s, and already uses the aircraft on Denver-Tokyo Narita and Houston-Lagos, which Aboulafia said is "an intriguing idea, (carrying) high-value oil industry (passengers) between Houston and Lagos without a change at Heathrow."
British Airways' London Heathrow to Austin flight would begin in early March, with five weekly flights aboard a 787 seating 214 passengers. "This new route presents an important opportunity for business growth across the Atlantic, particularly in the thriving technology sector," said Sean Doyle, BA executive vice president for the Americas, in a prepared statement. It would be Austin's first trans-Atlantic flight. BA has taken delivery of two 787s and began Heathrow-Toronto service on Sept. 1.
"London Heathrow-Austin seems a great choice," said aviation consultant Sandy Rederer. "Austin is not so small any more, has a strong business sector and is a strong market for American Airlines. Also, hub-to-small-city routes are attractive because the carriers can generate good yields, and there are lots of routes that fit the model from the big international gateway hubs."
On both the Chengdu and Austin flights, the carriers will benefit from their partnerships. British Airways will operate its flight as part of its trans-Atlantic joint venture with American, and the carriers will be able to take advantage of code-shares at both airports, spokespersons for the two airlines said. United will code share with its Star Alliance partner, Air China, which has a Chengdu hub, Znotins said.
Norwegian has taken delivery of two 787s -- as of Thursday, one was grounded in Sweden with a brake malfunction, and the carrier was leasing Airbus A340s to fly in its place. Norwegian had intended to begin flying the aircraft from Oslo to New York Kennedy and to Bangkok, as well as from Stockholm to JFK and Bangkok.
In March, it will begin Stockholm-Los Angeles and Copenhagen-Los Angeles. In May, it will begin Stockholm-Oakland, Oslo-Oakland and Oslo-Orlando. Norwegian is not a hub carrier but it has frequent service in Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm, said spokesman Lasse Sandaker-Nielsen.
In an interview, CEO Bjorn Kjos said the 787 is "an incredibly efficient aircraft, with very low operational cost, and we have the possibility to have high utilization. The high utilization definitely can lower the cost." Sandaker-Nielsen said, "Our goal is to utilize the 787 for 18 hours, which is the highest of any aircraft type today."
While United and British Airways will operate 787s with 216 and 214 seats respectively, Norwegian will operate with 291 seats. "We don't have flatbeds (but) we have a business class -- we sell (it) as premium economy," Kjos said. "We go for the leisure market."
Aboulafia said Norwegian's 787 plans are the biggest and riskiest of the three concepts. "It's a surprise, and it's awfully optimistic," he said. "Here you have a low-cost European carrier breaking the mold, operating somewhere between a low-cost carrier and a large network carrier, going far afield."
Currently the 787 operates on about 19 routes. From Tokyo Narita, Japan Air Lines serves four cities -- Boston, Helsinki, Denver and San Diego -- while ANA serves San Jose. From Delhi, Air India serves Birmingham, England; Melbourne and Sydney. From Addis Ababa, Ethiopian serves Washington Dulles. From Doba, Qatar Airways serves Delhi and Bangalore. Norwegian operates the airplane on four routes, United on two and British Airways on two.
"Even before the 787 Dreamliner was launched, we talked about how it would allow airlines to open hundreds of new, more direct routes between cities - particularly what are known as 'long, thin' routes," said Boeing spokeswoman Lori Gunter. "These routes require the distance that had only been possible with bigger airplanes like the 747 or 777 but didn't have the passenger demand to fill one those airplanes and create an economically viable route for the airlines.
"Today, less than two years after it entered revenue service, we are seeing example after example of how this (aircraft) is being used in the market place," she said.
-- Written by Ted Reed in Charlotte, N.C.
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She could feel the heaviness of sleeps’ embrace upon her eyes as she slowly fluttered awake. The stone she was resting on was cold and hard, which chilled her the bone. Something wasn’t right, she knew she had gone to sleep in the sweet embrace of a bed. Why was she on a stone floor?
Aubrey sat up swiftly and glanced around taking in her surroundings. She was in a large chamber and the rest of her new group of adventurers were also in the room. The odd thing was that they were laid out in a form of a pentagram. No one knew exactly what had happened.
As we began to move about we noted that there were whispered and hushed voices on the other side the single door that was in the room. The language was unknown to Aubrey but it didn’t sound good. Long story made short we found out that they were goblins on the other side of the door. They had been employed by someone they referred to as The Master.
It seemed that the Master was away and they did not know how we arrived. As things got even odder a floating skull that spoke to us arrived. We explained on how we had fallen asleep and yet found ourselves here upon awakening. Our new mission seemed to have begun.
Search out one called The Forsaken. Why? Because he was the one that knew where the keys to the portal doors were. It seemed that floating skull could not remember where they were and stated that The Forsaken would have a set. Well, the Forsaken is an Andros Sphinx. It was going to be our job to find him and get what we needed to get home. What a mess.
On our travels we decided that we would need a place to stay in this very odd city. I state odd city as it was not normal. The ground was the sky and sky was the ground. It was like a giant sphere that we were trapped inside of. The stars were nothing more than lights of other buildings.
We found the Sphinx and he was about as helpful as a bag of rocks on a drowning person. He gave us a cost for the keys, but no one had the beer that he wanted. Off to the tavern we headed. The tavern wasn’t any more different that most taverns that I have manage to visit. The dwarf that ran it was actually kinda handsome. But I stray in my thoughts. He was also one to employ adventurers such as ourselves. Having a bit of coin would not be a bad thing at this point in time.
Time passed and we had a bite to eat and drink to fill our bellies. Our bard sang a song, but it seemed that a few patrons were offended by the content of the song. Now we needed a place to rest. The temple was where we were going to try and seek refuge.
As we began to hunt for Berronar Truesilvers temple, we encountered the disgruntled patrons. We were attacked by a large group of what ended up being half dragons. What a way to impress Bahamut. It seems the dreams are getting more involved with dragons. I still keep my faith to Berronar Truesilver despite my odd sense of being tested.
We fought and with great effort managed to be victorious. I get a feeling that Tiamat is becoming very unhappy with us.
Berronar Truesilvers temple was a humble home in the temple district. It seemed that the High Priest had been gone for several years and only an alcolyte was maintaining the premises. I was proud of the group as everyone pictched in to help restore the temple and slowly but surely we filled the guest chambers with furniture and beds. This is where we were going to rest and stay for the duration.


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Beacon Place was originally built in 1905 and was located directly across the street. It was a caretaker's home on the Hardman Estate. The house was moved to it's present location and rennovated in the 1990's.
We are located to many North Georgia outdoor activities; zip lines, whitewater rafting and hiking.
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Travels with and without the Brexton set.
Wednesday 18 September 2019
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Today's pictures are views around and looking towards Genoa. A ride up the valley and Lyn eating a Gallette outside at our appartment
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Andrew Durante’s comments post-match against Adelaide United may land him in hot water, but he can take solace from the fact that he’s right.
Too often are players, coaches and the media cautious to attach the unmentionable label of ‘cheat’ to their analyses of players. The word is, apparently, that one step too far in the cut-throat, highly competitive environment of modern professional football in which incidents of cheating are rife.
And it seems this caution has flowed through to the A-League’s match review panel and their treatment of the incident to which Durante was referring – Jeronimo Neumann’s second half dive that earned Durante’s teammate Ben Sigmund a red card, and the Reds a huge advantage.
Durante’s words weren’t too far off the mark. Diving is cheating. Plain and simple. It’s not necessarily a condemnation of Jeronimo’s character; we’ve seen enough of the Argentine in the first month of the season to know that his contribution to the …

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Codieck was one of nine euphonium
players on Saturday.
While teenagers playing button accordions and mouth organs can now qualify for a place on national television, those studying the euphonium
are having their entries rejected.
Performers at the concert included Dave Thornton - principal euphonium
player with the renowned Black Dyke Band - and Leslie Niche, who is a recent graduate from the Royal Northern College of Music.
It's mostly compositions of my own creation for a very large brass ensemble - six trumpets, four French horns, four trombones, two euphoniums
, two tubas, harp, percussion, piano and drum.
Prior to each concert performance, a small ensemble of DWS brass musicians-trumpets, horns, trombones, euphoniums
and tubas--performs one brief fanfare in the lobby of the Meyerson Symphony Center.
Cornets, flugelhorn, tenor horns, baritones, trombones and euphoniums
all make up a brass band.
The instruments, all from the wind section of the orchestra, include alto saxophones, clarlnets, trumpets and euphoniums


I ran into an interesting problem with my new server the other day.
Due to a hardware problem with an external USB hard drive, I had to reboot the XEN host.
I had to do the reboot remotely … so I couldn’t intervene if something went wrong. Yes, you guessed it, something did go wrong.
When I finally got home I found the system trying to boot ‘bree’ … which is one of the XEN guest machines.


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WikiLeaks is seeking an explanation from Google over why the search giant took two-and-a-half years to tell three WikiLeaks staffers that it had shared details of their email communications with the US government.
WikiLeaks has written to Google chairman Eric Schmidt and the US Department of Justice to complain about the search company turning over emails and metadata to the US government as part of an investigation into WikiLeaks staff.
Details of the warrants emerged after Google notified WikiLeaks investigations editor Sarah Harrison, section editor Joseph Farrell, and senior journalist and spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson on Christmas Eve 2014 that it had handed over content from their personal accounts.
The main complaint from WikiLeaks is that Google's failure to notify them earlier prevented the three staffers from protecting their right to privacy under the Privacy Protection Act.
"The 'take everything' warrants are unconstitutionally broad and appear to violate the Privacy Protection Act so would have a good chance of being opposed; however, Google handed everything over before that was possible," the organisation said. Details handed to the US government included email content, metadata, contacts, draft emails, deleted emails, and IP addresses connected to the accounts.
WikiLeaks noted that its journalists do not use Google services for internal communications or for communicating with sources.
Under the warrants, Google was placed under a gag order and could not disclose any details of the investigation to those targeted by it. However, WikiLeaks argues that Google could still have fought the constraint as Twitter had done in 2011, when it revealed that several people, including Julian Assange, were the target of a criminal investigation related to the leaking of hundreds of thousands of documents from US army private Chelsea Manning. In that case, Twitter's legal department managed to have the gag order lifted.
In the letter to Schmidt, WikiLeaks' lawyers at the Center For Constitutional Rights said they were "astonished and disturbed that Google waited over two-and-a-half years to notify its subscribers that a search warrant was issued for their records".
The letter also outlines a request by Assange that Google should argue that WikiLeaks be informed of a search warrant if one existed. Schmidt confirms that he'll pass the request to Google's general counsel.
WikiLeaks' lawyers now want Google to cough up a full list of all material handed over to the US government and details of any pending legal proceedings. They're also demanding an explanation for why it took so long to inform the three staffers about its actions.
ZDNet has requested comment from Google and will update the story if it receives one.
A Google spokesperson told The Guardian that it follows the law like any other company. "When we receive a subpoena or court order, we check to see if it meets both the letter and the spirit of the law before complying. And if it doesn't we can object or ask that the request is narrowed. We have a track record of advocating on behalf of our users," the spokesperson is quoted as saying.
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A Review of the Naturepedic Crib Mattress
Barry Cik is an environmental engineer and was unable to find organic crib mattresses that were water-proof. His search led him towards Naturepedic that offers breathable mattresses for both adults and children. The company offers organic mattresses and bedding for seniors, children and adults. The company’s name is a tribute to the Cik family who are all environmentalists. The company’s goal is to create a safer and healthier future for people everywhere.
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A naturepedic crib mattress offers many advantages. They are a perfect fit in the majority of regular American cribs. The CPSC has certified that the company’s products are safe and do not contain any questionable substances or chemicals. The company aims to manufacture their products sustainably and using top-quality craftsmanship. It is made from organic cotton which is better for your baby’s health as well as the environment than synthetic foam. It is made of non-toxic, water-proof polyethylene, which is safe for your baby’s health. As opposed to other brands Naturepedic’s mattresses also feature an Amish-made finish.
A Naturepedic crib mattress is a fantastic option for a baby who is more environmentally friendly. Its materials are made of natural materials and free of toxic chemicals like perfluorinated, as well as polyurethane. The mattresses are also made from food grade polyethylene and are UL/Greenguard Gold Certified. A waterproof wool puddle pad could be used with a naturalpedic mattress. The company also takes part in various environmental advocacy organizations, including the Greenguard Certification Program.
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The Naturepedic Mattress is an eco-friendly alternative to conventional mattresses. It is made from organic cotton, which is compressed and it is rolled to meet strict environmental and social standards. This mattress has been certified greenguard gold, which means it has passed rigorous testing for chemicals and VOCs. The company is able to source organic cotton from U.S. farms, and adheres to USDA certification standards. This mattress comes with a natural, durable, and waterproof cover constructed from organic cotton fabric.
The Naturepedic mattress is also made of organic cotton that is USDA certified organic. The organic cotton fabric is stretch knit, and is extremely breathable. The waterproof side is made from organic cotton and an LDPE coating which meets food contact standards and is derived from sugarcane. The mattress is packaged in a convenient roll-pack to allow easy storage. It is organically certified and safe for everyone in the family. This eco-friendly, organic mattress is a joy for both children and parents.
Mattress Naturepedic is a great starting point for a new mattress. Their website is free shipping and they offer a 90-night trial without risk. Naturepedic stands behind their product’s quality, and this is evident in the 20-year warranty. Naturepedic provides free shipping to the United States in addition to a money-back guarantee. The company also offers free installation for its mattresses.
Naturepedic makes use of GOTS certified organic wool batting. The natural antimicrobial properties of wool will keep dust mites off from your mattress. You don’t need to worry about your child having allergic reactions. It also meets the federal test for flame retardants. The mattress is also covered with a thin layer of organic cotton certified by GOTS, sourced from Texas which makes it comfortable.
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Naturepedic Changing Pad
Naturepedic Organic Cotton 2-Sided Changing Pad is made from 100% food-grade polyethylene, with a non-toxic waterproof coating. It also has an organic cotton filling. Snap-screws allow you to attach the pad to the dresser. It can be easily cleaned with a damp cloth. It has snap-screws for child safety and snap-screws that connect it to the dresser.
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As Election Day draws near, Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican candidate Governor Mitt Romney have inundated the media with their positions and plans to address many issues. These issues range from health care to taxes to gender equality to energy sources. But, noticeably absent from the barrage of talking points is the candidates’ view of the Child Welfare system.
This is not at all surprising. Many American citizens have come to accept the government’s interference in family life for the touted goal of “protecting children”. Any claims of bias, personal persecution, racism, classism, abuse of power, or over-reaching by caseworkers, are routinely met with justifications, rationalizations, explanations and/or exaltations that such claims are either isolated or are a necessary evil given what’s at stake. Consequently, few people are offended by the State’s actions taken in the name of child protection… and even fewer people even care to investigate, let alone question these actions.
So, then, how does one make an informed decision when it is time to vote if neither candidate is even cognizant of the issue? Democrats tend to be more policy-oriented toward those disproportionately affected by the child welfare system – i.e., the poor. Yet, Republicans tend to be more policy-oriented toward limited government intrusion into the autonomy of individuals. There is no right answer.
Perhaps, the question to be answered is not which candidate will be best equipped to improve the Child Welfare system, but rather, which candidate will be open to becoming educated about the inequities of this system. And, truth be told, no political party has a track record to warrant support from those involved in this system if policies designed to improve the system are our measuring stick.


UW-Milwaukee expansion projects have been tabled, and tuition hikes may come in the school’s future, according to school officials during Friday’s budget update meeting.
Capital projects at UWM have all been brought to a halt in response to last year’s $250 million budget cut to the UW-System. It has been estimated that 90 percent of capital projects system wide have been denied in the last year.
Among the projects that have been “zeroed out” at UWM is work on the Northwest Quadrant, which Chancellor Mark Mone called a “critically important piece of real-estate” for the school. This is due to long-term planning that sees eight schools and colleges either permanently or temporarily housed in the building.
Other projects that were not approved include a basketball practice facility, expansion at the innovation campus, work on the union and a chemistry building.
Mone also addressed the current tuition freeze, saying it is not an effective long-term strategy. “The reality is costs do go up,” he said.
Due to the financial constraints put on UWM by last year’s unprecedented budget cut, UWM will at some point require tuition increases, said Mone. The question then becomes: what is a “reasonable tuition increase,” he added.
According to Mone, “reasonable” does not resemble the tuition increases seen in response to past budget reductions. These hikes have seen tuition going up by eight or nine percent, and in some cases percentages in the double digits, Mone said.
Mone clarified that the tuition task force has not begun to make recommendations about possible tuition increases.


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As UCSC continues to push toward “zero waste by 2020,” paper towels are now in the crosshairs of campus environmentalists. Beginning next year, Cowell College will no longer supply paper towels in the dorms or the apartments.
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The contract for the supply of 100 artillery systems worth $ 710 million was concluded in May 2017.
"According to the contract, the first ten K9 Vajra-T self-propelled guns are delivered from South Korea from Hanwha Techwin within 11 months from the date of signing the contract, and the remaining 90 are to be assembled at L&T in Khazira with a 50 percent localization level," the material says.
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Resource reference: “Within the framework of production, L&T will produce a hull, a turret, an ammunition supply mechanism, a fire control system, a radar for measuring the speed of a projectile, a system of protection against weapons of mass destruction, air conditioning and fire extinguishing. Also, the Indian industry will supply the BEL FOG navigation system, the thermal night vision system and the STARS-V Mk 3 radio communication system (a total of 13 Indian-made systems are planned to be used). Thus, the swinging parts of the howitzer themselves will apparently be entirely imported from South Korea, and the engine and transmission from Germany. 12,7-mm NSV machine guns (probably meaning "Kord") will be imported from Russia ”.


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The film about slavery that the United States apparently really wanted in 2012 wasn’t Django—it was Lincoln.
Lincoln’s main cast was entirely white, even though Frederick Douglass (who is not depicted in the film at all) played a pivotal role in the historical debates at the core of the film’s narrative.
Lincoln ends with a disturbing scene in which U.S. Senator Thaddeus Stevens (played by Tommy Lee Jones) presents his black servant (played by S. Epatha Merkerson) with a copy of the freshly passed Thirteenth Amendment as a “gift.” She’s so grateful that she falls right into bed with him.
Candie’s widowed sister, genteel southern belle that she is, is responsible for delivering Hildy to King Schultz’s room for what everyone involved (except Schultz and Django, of course) expects is an afternoon of sexual favors being provided to an honored houseguest.
Gone With the Wind is perhaps the most widely revered of Hollywood’s many historically dishonest representations of the antebellum South.
Blazing Saddles is one of the tiny handful of mainstream Hollywood movies prior to Django that attempted to tackle Hollywood’s history of racially problematic representations directly.
Saddles’ political critique was vital and important, but it was also considerably softened by the film’s use of comedy as its primary weapon against racism.
Casablanca was perhaps the last major U.S. film in which a white male hero willingly sacrifices his chance to be reunited with his one true love for the sake of a larger, more noble cause.
Noel Ignatiev and John Garvey, editors of the new abolitionist journal Race Traitor, call for a minority of white folks “to undertake outrageous acts of provocation” as a way of helping to dismantle white privilege and systemic racism.
Apparently, the film about slavery that the United States really wanted in 2012 wasn’t Django: it was Lincoln. Directed by Steven Spielberg, with a masterful performance by Daniel Day Lewis in the title role, the film tells the story of Lincoln’s embattled month surrounding the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment. Both films were written and directed by white men, but—tellingly—all seven of the principal actors in Lincoln are white, while three of Django’s five principal actors are black. Lincoln also somehow manages to erase Frederick Douglass from the historical debates that led to the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, opting instead to focus on white abolitionist and congressman Thaddeus Stevens. The only black characters in Lincoln come to us as nameless soldiers, slaves, or—most troublingly—Stevens’ lover, whose only appearance in the film comes after the Thirteenth Amendment’s passage. She’s so grateful that she falls right into bed with Stevens. [open endnotes in new window]
The sharp differences in the ways that Django and Lincoln were (or were not) celebrated also tell us something significant about the sad state of contemporary U.S. racial politics. Perhaps the most obvious example of this differential treatment comes from Oprah Winfrey. In her latest television series, Oprah’s Next Chapter, Winfrey dedicated an entire episode to Lincoln, which she prefaces by telling her audience:
Two weeks later, Winfrey aired a two-part episode on Jamie Foxx, in which Django went unmentioned until the second hour of conversation. Tellingly, when Winfrey finally broaches the subject, she does so in clearly disapproving tones: “Everybody had read the script, a lot of people felt that this movie shouldn’t have been made. . . . How are you going to react when people say ‘what’d you do that for?’” Foxx responds with conviction:
Even after this eloquent defense of the film, however, Winfrey still seems unwilling to take the film anywhere near as seriously as she does Lincoln. All she can manage is the vague and awkward statement: “You can’t imagine the conversations we’re having today after seeing it.”
Meanwhile, Lincoln was widely praised, not just as a major cinematic achievement, but as a significant political intervention. New York Magazine published a lengthy list of laudatory comments on the film from a bipartisan range of politicians (Rich, 2013). Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus seemed to think that Lincoln could somehow fix everything that is broken about the U.S. government:
In this “Oprahfication” of Lincoln, the racial significance of the historical events that (supposedly) lie at the core of the narrative—the end of chattel slavery—is pushed to the side, in favor of a less threatening set of lessons: how powerful white men can protect the nation (and their own power) while keeping the culture’s major racial hierarchies firmly in place. In contrast, Django’s far more pointed lessons about the horrors of institutional racism have largely been ignored, and the film itself pushed to the margins of the “national conversation” on race (the one that we never quite seem to have) because the film is (allegedly) too controversial to take seriously—as art or as politics.
Django begins with an astonishingly huge historical gaffe: a factual error so blatant, obvious, and easy to correct that it almost has to be deliberate. After the opening credits finish, a title appears indicating that the year is 1858—“Two years before the Civil War.” And, of course, the Civil War didn’t begin until April 1861. It is possible that somehow no one connected with the film’s production knew their U.S. history well enough to have caught this basic mistake. Or, perhaps, that no one cared enough to fix it.
More plausible, however, is the notion that Tarantino knew that the opening title was historically inaccurate in ways that millions of filmgoers would spot, and that he chose to keep the mistake in place deliberately. From the very start, he is signaling that he’s more interested in telling a good story than he is in showing rigid fealty to historical facts. There is historical precision to be found here, but it revolves more around Tarantino demonstrating how thoroughly he knows cinematic history than it does around capturing the realities of mid-nineteenth century southern life.
In part, Django demonstrates the depth of Tarantino’s knowledge of, and love for, the B-movie genres from which he borrows so heavily. But the film is also a lesson about the problematic history of mainstream cinematic representations of blacks, slavery, and the (antebellum) south (Marcotte, 2013). What Django underscores—brutally so, at times—is the degree to which Hollywood has spent the past century producing outrageously dishonest visions of Dixie. Django doesn’t do this, however, by presenting us with a painstakingly researched quasi-documentary account of what southern life in the 1850s was really like. Instead, it takes those old stereotypes, places them on the screen before us, and systematically shows us the social and political horrors that hide beneath their surfaces. Glamorous scenes of happy slaves enjoying the pastoral beauty of the land are merely Django’s feverish fantasies of being reunited with his wife. A lush shot of a sumptuous cotton field is sullied by a violent splattering of blood from off-screen. The perfectly mannered, aristocratic southern gentleman first appears in a private club where he is watching two slaves try to beat each other to death with their bare hands. The genteel southern belle turns out to be little more than a glorified sex trafficker. And so on.
Very few mainstream Hollywood films have attempted this sort of frontal assault on Hollywood’s history of racially problematic representations. Probably the best known (and, more sadly, probably the most recent) of such efforts is the 1974 comedic send-up of Hollywood westerns, Blazing Saddles. Most of the film’s humor revolves around the appointment of a black man as the new sheriff of the all white town of Rock Ridge: a set-up that allows for ninety-five minutes of non-stop satirical jabs at bigotry and racial stereotypes. The film fared so well upon its initial release that it was re-released six months later to help boost a sluggish summer at the box office for Warner Brothers. In 2006, the Library of Congress deemed it worthy enough to preserve in the National Film Registry. Tellingly, though, Saddles was almost never released, because Warner Brothers executives were scared that the film’s racial politics were too controversial, and that the film’s use of “the n-word” would make it box office poison. As director Mel Brooks tells the story (Davis, 2012), what ultimately saved the film was a wildly successful in-house screening of a rough cut for studio underlings, and the fact that Brooks’ contract gave him control over the film’s final cut.
Arguably, part of what allowed Saddles to succeed—and still be heralded decades later as a classic—is that it used comedy as its primary weapon against “racism.” Also, it framed the problem as one rooted in individual bigotry, rather than as a structural, institutional force that shapes the entire culture. We don’t want to downplay the degree to which Saddles, like Django, was a politically dangerous film to make. But if a film that skewers racism as gently as Saddles does was almost too risky to release, then it’s not surprising—though it is disappointing—that it took nearly forty years before another mainstream Hollywood film would dare to tackle the subject so directly again.
Many observers have criticized Django for what it doesn’t do in terms of portraying racial solidarity between blacks, or in terms of gesturing, even minimally, towards collective rebellion. And there’s some truth to be found in such critiques. Django is not a selfless martyr, choosing certain death over personal freedom because he cannot bear to leave his brothers and sisters behind in chains. Nor is he a remade Nat Turner, leading armies of slaves into open rebellion against white supremacy. His mission is purely personal (though not entirely selfish), and he is never distracted from it by even a moment of sympathetic solidarity for the obvious suffering of other black folk around him.
And that’s okay by us. At least for now. Django gives us a vision of racism as a cancer that permeates the entirety of U.S. society, top to bottom—and that is an extraordinarily rare thing for Hollywood. We can live with Django, the fictional man, getting to live out his personal revenge fantasy and ride off into the night with his one true love, because Django, the movie, doesn’t let audiences pretend that slavery was really just some sort of pleasant Gone-With-the-Wind-style costume drama after all.
More importantly, there’s a cruel, racialized double standard to the complaints that Django “fails” to present a sufficiently revolutionary narrative of black liberation. Hollywood hasn’t exactly demonstrated much desire, after all, to make feature films that portray anyone’s collective rebellion against systematic, institutional oppression. Sergei Eisensteinmight have been able to make that sort of thing work in the heyday of Soviet silent film (Battleship Potemkin, Strike, October), but Hollywood invariably transforms collective political struggles into purely personal battles between individuals. Class struggle gets reduced to the heroic efforts of lone individuals to win a symbolic fight against a singularly evil boss (Norma Rae). Feminism gets reduced to the heroic efforts of lone individuals to win a symbolic fight against a singularly evil man (9 to 5). Anti-racism gets reduced to the heroic efforts of lone individuals to win a symbolic fight against a singularly evil bigot (Driving Miss Daisy). So why is it that people of color—both in real life and in fiction – are routinely expected to sacrifice their personal desires and ambitions for the sake of the collective? White people who work hard and overcome obstacles to rise out of poverty are never expected to “give back” to the impoverished communities they left behind—much less be publicly excoriated for “failing” to do such a thing in the ways that people of color are (Boyd, 2003; Gates, 1997).
Similarly, one of Hollywood’s oldest and most popular tropes is the man (or, occasionally, a woman) who sacrifices everything—family, friends, career, home, etc.—for the sake of his one true love, because “love conquers all”. . . though, significantly, this trope only really gets applied to white love. Hollywood, after all, rarely gives us love stories about people of color at all, and it certainly doesn’t give us any such tales where the love in question is celebrated for being selfish and all-consuming in the way that white love routinely is. How many Hollywood films are there about white men who have somehow lost their one true loves, and where the driving force behind those narratives is a purely personal quest to rescue/reclaim those lost women, rather than a political mission to repair/destroy the broken criminal justice system, military-industrial complex, capitalist economy, or whatever systemic inequity it is that has separated the happy couple? Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands? Casablanca may be the last major Hollywood movie where a white hero willingly sacrifices his chance to be reunited with his one true love for the sake of a larger, more noble cause—and that is arguably because, for all its charms, the film functions more as a form of historical war propaganda than as a love story.
This begs the question: if Django were a white action hero, would we be having this debate at all? When Hollywood starts routinely giving us mainstream films dedicated to collective political agendas, then—and only then—can we start worrying about why more black heroes aren’t positioned as the leaders of such efforts. In the meantime, however, expecting Django to (deep breath here) rise up out of slavery, learn to shoot better than anyone else in the South, scour the countryside for his lost wife, free her from bondage, organize and lead a massive slave revolt, destroy the plantation system, and bring about an end to white supremacy across the land (you can exhale now) is an unfair burden to place on any hero—or any film.
There are people (e.g., Kaplan, 2012) who want to open up a long overdue conversation about slavery in the United States, but who insist that the proper way to do so is with sober, serious ruminations on the historical realities of slavery and its aftermath: not with foul-mouthed, blood-soaked bits of commercial entertainment. We’ve got nothing against sober, serious debates about racial politics—the nation could stand to have more of those—but we cannot fully accept this particular line of argument.
For starters, we reject the assumption that popular culture is an inappropriate ground on which to wage serious political struggles. “The popular,” after all, is one of the major sites where such battles have been waged for decades: far too long now to pretend that it doesn’t matter in this regard (Berlant, 1996; Grossberg, 1992; Hall, 1981; Kipnis, 1992; Penley, 1997; Radway, 1997; Rodman, 1996). It’s true that “the popular” isn’t the only place where such debates need to occur, and that many (though by no means all) of the necessary solutions to the problem of systemic racism need to be implemented in other spheres. But if anti-racist critics refuse to fight on this turf, then they—we—are effectively ceding it to the other side. Which, in turn, almost certainly means that we will lose those struggles. “The popular,” after all, is often the site where people’s hearts (rather than their minds) are won or lost. And we will not win the fight against racism simply by appealing to people’s intellects.
We also reject the assumption that this conversation can only take place in polite, bourgeois language and contexts. We’re not interested in chaotic free-for-alls, where everyone shouts as loudly as they can, nobody listens, and nothing is ever resolved. But the topic at hand is ugly, brutal, and painful. It demands a sense of outrage and anger—especially if we’re still struggling with the topic 150 years after the formal end of slavery—and to pretend otherwise is to diminish the scope and the importance of the problem.
Django is not a perfect film, nor is it a perfect representation of either the horrors of U.S. slavery or the realities of black resistance. But then again, no such perfect representation exists. Or could. For all of its faults, Django puts a much stronger, much more forceful condemnation of institutional and structural racism in the public eye than anything that, say, Barack Obama has managed to accomplish from the White House. We don’t believe that Django can fully resolve the political problems at stake here—that’s an impossible burden to place on any single film—but we do believe that it pushes the conversation along in valuable and productive ways.


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The company say the software on show includes Laminate Analysis Program (LAP), Component Design Analysis (CoDA) and Laminate Tools, as well as Anaglyph’s PlyMatch technology for ply placement.
According to Anaglyph, Laminate Tools addresses the entire geometry (CAD surface import), design (draping simulation), FEA (pre- and post-processing) and manufacture (ply-book preparation) sequence of design work.
Anaglyph says Laminate Tools interfaces with most industry standards, both CAD and FEA. LAP analyses any type of composite laminate subjected to in-plane loads and moments. Typically, the software is used in preliminary design for tailoring a stacking sequence and optimising the design by inspecting the laminate behaviour layer by layer. Finally, CoDA deals with preliminary analysis of sub-components with plate, beam, joint, flange or laminate geometries.
The company explains that, as a natural extension to the software products, and based on their customers need for accuracy in composites manufacturing, Anaglyph developed PlyMatch, a visual technology for hand lay-up composites manufacturing and repair. Anaglyph say it is easy to use, compact and mobile, and that PlyMatch is an alternative, or a complement, to existing ply-placement methods. It is ideal for complex, highly curved parts, or those including cavities. It also states the upgraded PlyMatch 2014 offers improved accuracy, deviation measurement features and even better ease of use for the operator.
Visitors will be able to try PlyMatch on moulds lent by users in automotive and aerospace at Anaglyph’s stand S48 in Pavillion 7.3.
Photo provided by Anaglyph.
Siniat’s newly launched Securtex integrates Chomarat laid glass scrim into its gypsum plasterboard. According to the dry construction material specialist, it is the first plasterboard-only system certified to Loss Prevention Standard (LPS) 1175 and accredited by the Secured by Design Police Initiative.
Near Glendale, California, sits a brand new multi-story housing complex which blends outdoor living with industrial style. The complex provides studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom floorplans to those interested in urban living.
Holland Composites has been selected to speak at the 2019 Composites in Construction Conference this year in Amsterdam, Netherlands.


Bruno Fernandes feels the world should not forget the "real Paul Pogba"
Bruno Fernandes believes Paul Pogba’s critics have forgotten how talented the World Cup winner is and cannot wait to play alongside him at Manchester United. Pogba has often faced criticism from pundits and has been the subject of scorn since he returned to Old Trafford in a £90 million deal from Juventus in August 2016.
Fernandes, who has made a flying start to his own United career since joining from Sporting CP in January, feels Pogba will benefit hugely from the Red Devils’ growing confidence when football returns once the suspension of the Premier League due to the coronavirus pandemic is lifted.
In a Q&A with United’s website Fernandes said,
“I’m looking forward to playing with him. I think we have a lot of good players in midfield. Obviously, Paul is injured for a long time and we all know he has a lot of qualities. We can say in football that people normally forget what you do good when you have a mistake. You can do good for 34 games and one game you do bad and everyone will remember that.”
Fernandes also spoke about how important Pogba is for the club and that fact that people expect from him as much as Juventus expect from Cristiano Ronaldo and Barcelona expect from Lionel Messi.
The Portuguese international was also seen confident about the fact that the atmosphere in the United dressing room now will definitely lift Pogba and that will reflect on his performances very soon.
Fernandes has three goals and four assists in just nine Manchester United appearances prior to football being halted, his numbers have been exquisite but it’s more about the attitude, something that has always been reported as a problem for the Frenchman. He also opened up on the fact that he has been with Paul on the field but when the World Cup winner was at Juventus.
The Portuguese midfielder highlighted the fact that it is not a cakewalk to play against Pogba, especially when you have to mark him. Pogba’s vision, power, and technique are as good as any midfielder and that is something the former Sampdoria man feels the world shouldn’t forget.
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It is an activity that started even before the civilization of human beings even so, over a period of time, as technology advanced, accordingly different modes of communications also developed like telecommunication and wireless communication. This list of examples of examples of communication technology highlights just some of the technologies that maintain us connected in the 21st. The UK and cable technologies – Although the United Kingdom had utilised cable technologies for the transmission of television to the men and women of the nation, it was not until the 1990s ahead of they made good use of the technologies for the transmission of telephone messages.
For instance, some analysts argue that, since the late 19th century, Canada has followed a path of “technological nationalism” and blithely promoted the improvement of technological systems â€” and particularly communication networks â€” as a implies of binding the country together without sufficient consideration of the content material that would be communicated over those systems.
Internet technologies has changed the way in which enterprise is getting accomplished today. Net genuine-time communication framework facilitates customers with high-quality voice and video authentication and encryption with the use of safe Actual-time protocol. In absolute terms, the GVA of telecommunications grew from INR317.8Â billion (EUR7.6Â billion) in 2000-1 to INR930.7Â billion (EUR16.3Â billion) in 2007-eight, with a CAGR of 14.four%. The GVA of computer-related solutions enhanced from INR269.3Â billion (EUR6.5Â billion) to INR1.five trillion (EUR25.5Â billion) in the course of the exact same period, with a CAGR of 23.four%.
The technologies to implement these towers did not exist at the time, but by the 1960s Bell Labs had developed it. 1973 was the 1st mobile telephona get in touch with, produced by Motorolla’s Martin Cooper to AT&T’s Dr. Joel S. Engel. All of it can live below the banner of ICT, as we move forward with innovations such as UC, virtualization, AI and the Web of Issues, which begs for a lot more evolved networking systems.
Nonetheless, with the recent developments in ICT, these practices have been replaced by the use of typical understanding databases (CKDBs) (Jantz, 2001), net-based ready-reference databases (RRDs) (Stover, 2004) and understanding banks (Branin, 2003). The contemporary type of telecommunication requires computer technology and it is capable of transferring wide variety of data such as audio, video, textual, several other personal computer files.


Exceptionally designed projects that instil a sense of community and capture the spirit and beauty of where we live are key, not just for the present generation but for future generations as well. This is the only truly sustainable model. Connection to the outdoors along with efficient designs, allow you to rediscover the natural world and in doing so truly connect with a place and community.
Guided by our design philosophies, we use leading-edge materials, building technologies and tried-and-true traditional/vernacular approaches to create projects that withstand the test of time.
We draw on a rich supply of talent from a variety of disciplines to see each development through to successful completion, while keeping a steady focus on you, our client.


Although the Nissan Titan has a long history of being a hard-working truck that can get the job done, there is one adjustment that some owners have reported needing after a few years of ownership. Being the Titan aficionado’s that we are, we have taken the time to scour forums and other FAQ boards to find out where owners need help and one of the most requested areas of assistance involved headlight adjustment.
HOW TO AIM YOUR NISSAN TITAN HEADLIGHTS
When your headlights are not shining in the right direction, the road will often become a dark and scary place. Not just for you, the Titan driver, but for all other drivers on the road as well. If you are tired of feeling like you are blinding all other drivers or lighting up the side of the road, let us show you how to adjust your Titan model’s headlights quickly and easily.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
Garage door or wall with 25 ft of clearance Tape Measure
LET’S GET STARTED
Before you get started on this manual adjustment be sure to check your Nissan Titan owner’s manual for the location of the headlight vertical and horizontal adjusting screws (Be sure that you are not mixing up these adjustment screws with the screws that hold these parts in place).
1) Pull your full-size Nissan truck onto a level surface: In front of a garage door or a wall with more than 20 feet of space, be sure that your headlights are facing either the door or wall.
2) Turn the headlights on low beam: Make three separate markings with the requested masking tape and mark where the low-beams centerlines are appearing on the wall. Be sure to also mark where there is no light in the middle as well to help determine side by side alignment.
3) Back it up: After making one set of markings back this truck up a bit so that your Titan’s front end is at the previously marked 20 to 25-foot line.
4) Check your bright spot: After backing up it is time to begin checking your bright spot. If each headlight’s brightest spot is two inches below and just to the right of the marked horizontal and vertical headlight centerlines, then there are no adjustments needed. If one headlight is pointed upwards or downward, use your screwdriver to turn the horizontal or vertical adjusting screws or both, as needed, to begin positioning them properly.
For those who have a newer Nissan Titan model, you will not have to worry about all these manual adjustments. Instead, just climb behind the wheel and begin using the self-adjusting headlight software. This switch has three settings that allow you to manipulate the height adjustment to assure that your truck’s headlights are always operating at their optimal level.
GET BACK ON THE ROAD
Now that your headlights are properly aligned, get that beastly Nissan truck back on the road for all the adventures that lie ahead. Be sure to stay tuned to Titan Tutorials to keep your popular Nissan model running at its peak level for years to come.


SmallParts.com is a pretty handy website for prototype builders - I stumbled across them when looking for nylon fasteners and found lots of other interesting stuff - gears, belts, cables, springs, bearings, shafts, tools, etc. Prices are reasonable, though freight is a bit expensive - it cost $8 to get $15 worth of parts via UPS, but otherwise, no complaints. In any case, the site is worth a visit.
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Stanford computer scientists have developed an artificial intelligence system that enables robotic helicopters to teach themselves to fly difficult stunts by watching other helicopters perform the same maneuvers. The result is an autonomous helicopter than can… Continue
Doing traditional datalogging with Arduino is a pain. It only has 1k of RAM, and half of that is used by the program, so you can't store any significant data in its own memory. Meanwhile, writing to a SD card, as the Adafruit GPS logger does, takes pretty much all of its computational power, leaving little left for useful work. This is not unique to Arduino--it's true for any 8-bit embedded processor. You can add… Continue


Bluetooth Sun glasses – What You Need to Know
Bluetooth glasses are a great accessory to any kind of cellphone or PDA. They are cordless, which indicates that you do not have to fret about running wires around your bag or any place you could be. A common Bluetooth headset will certainly come with a set of Bluetooth glasses, yet if you actually wish to go for it, you can even get Bluetooth glasses that function as headsets. These are wonderful if you have to make use of a Bluetooth headset a lot, or if you such as to take a trip a whole lot with your PERSONAL ORGANIZER. This kind of glasses is additionally nice to utilize when you need to speak to a person outside of your range, such as in a crowded coffee bar or at the airport. The Bluetooth sunglasses include a conventional slim, clear display and microphone on the top fifty percent frame. The top display screen panel has five switches as well as a power light. The lower structure is made from flexible plastic as well as is compatible with a bone transmission layout. This bone conduction modern technology offers a tighter hold on the glasses, which assists protect against the eyes from rolling around. The Bluetooth sunglasses likewise consist of a neat, tiny button that allows you to switch over the screen from monochrome to diner light. One attribute of many Bluetooth sunglasses is an integrated, automatic polarization lens. This is a huge benefit over basic lenses, which have a tendency to either be poorly lined up or have an irregular level of emphasis. If you have a lot of glare coming your means, or if you typically have intense lights or outside weather condition disturbance, then you’ll value how swiftly the polarized lenses secure on to your eye. This is why several of the more recent Bluetooth spectacles designs come with this innovation as criterion. An additional prominent feature located in a few Bluetooth glasses is echo structures. It’s extremely hard to have clear hearing when you’re outdoors, but you’ll value having the option to clear your hearing by just pressing a small switch. The resemble structures of some Bluetooth glasses versions are constructed of a solid, sturdy rubber product, as well as they aid transmit seem much better than common earbud earphones. Several of the far better models also have small quantity buttons, so you can easily turn up the volume to compensate for ambient noises. A favorite amongst motorists, resemble frames let you detach your phone without having to cut your conversation brief and without having to fidget with the phone. If you’ve ever before intended to make certain that your hands don’t get smeared by your mobile phone or your hands do not get clammy after holding a phone, then these structures are perfect. Perhaps the most vital part of any kind of Bluetooth headset is its sound high quality. Most Bluetooth headsets utilize sophisticated technology to make sure clear audio high quality despite where you’re going. The modern technology is particularly valuable when you’re driving. The current headsets feature noise-canceling capabilities and can be used in loud as well as distracting conditions like a cars and truck, subway, or crowded airport. One final feature found on a few excellent quality Bluetooth glasses is polarized lenses. Polarized lenses are great at lowering glow and at making certain that your vision is clear no matter what you’re doing. Although some older Bluetooth sunglasses have out of balance polarizing lenses, several modern-day versions feature well balanced, unblocked polarised lenses. This ensures that everybody within a short variety can see the exact same thing, despite what they’re looking at.


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Family Therapy with Blended Families
• Stepfamily Defined
– A household in which there is an adult couple at least one of whom has a child from a previous relationship
• To provide atmosphere in which important needs of all adults and children are met, stepfamily individuals first must move from diverse previous family cultures to an integrated stepfamily culture
• Transitional conflicts arise when individual or family subsystems do not adapt to the new culture in a synchronous manner
Tasks of stepfamilies according to characteristics
General Stepfamily characteristics (the first 8 tend to remain constant)
General Stepfamily characteristics (the last 7 changes as a stepfamily grows and develops)
• The marital relationship – marital satisfaction in a stepfamily does not ensure family satisfaction.
• Stepparenting – while boys exhibit more problems than girls following divorce, girls have greater difficulty than do boys following a remarriage, with the stepmother/stepdaughter relationship being the most difficult relationship to develop
• Adolescent stepchildren – their individual task is to develop independence conflicts with the stepfamily task to bond. Difficulty especially in the area of discipline. Adolescents tend to leave their stepfamilies to live on their own at an earlier age than in biological families.
• Stepfather families are less stressful than other types of stepfamilies
• Stepmother families exhibit much more stress than stepfather family. Implication for therapy – support stepmothers as new stepfamilies are forming
• Complex stepfamilies – when both parents in a stepfamily come into the relationship having children, this increases the likelihood of divorce.
• Enhance self-esteem – stepfamily members tend to have lower self-esteem
• Use genograms – this helps family members identify the complexity of their situation and gives a sense of direction
• Make educational comments – specific knowledge is particularly helpful in the initial stages of counseling
• Fill in past histories – Help family members become acquainted with one another
• Reduce a sense of helplessness – setting rules and boundaries can increase sense of control in their own lives. Get all family members to do age-appropriate responsibilities
• Relate past family experiences to present situations
– Losses, couple and parent-child relationships in adult’s family of origin, child-rearing in the family of origin, past marriage experiences (often underestimated)
• Teach Negotiation – members will assault one another’s views. A good place to start negotiating is household chores – who will do what.
• Separate feelings and behavior. A good example is a grandparent who may not feel the same toward stepgrandchildren, but can learn to behave similarly in the interest of maintaining personal relationships.
• Restructure and Reframe – turn a “problem” into a “challenge.” For example, a child who pushes his way between two parents may be seen as “trying to come between us.” Reframe to “trying to find his place in the family.”
• Make specific suggestions – anxiety frequently blinds us from seeing alternatives, and stepfamilies have higher anxiety than bio families.
• Encourage dyadic relationships – couples need time alone, fathers need time with their daughters, etc. “The events of today become the memories of tomorrow, and the pattern of the present become the traditions of the future.”
• Reduce therapeutic tension – Biological families have a loyalty that helps them stick it out during times of crisis. Not so with stepfamilies. Chaos and tension can lead to fragmentation along biological lines. Fragmentation augments the dynamic of two families living in the same house.
• Use accurate language – Don’t try to fit a stepfamily into a biological family mold. Listen to what the children call the parents and use their terminology rather than “mom” and “dad.” Using the word “visitation” sounds like the non-custodial parent is an acquaintance, rather than an active participant in the parenting of his or her child. May feel more like a “household” than a “family” to some stepfamilies.
• These Intervention Strategies are all important. This is not a hierarchy, but a list of suggested strategies for working with stepfamilies.
• Visher, E. B. & Visher, J. S. (1988). Old loyalties, new ties: Therapeutic strategies with stepfamilies. New York: Brunner/Mazel.
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What experiences have you had working with (or being a part of) a step-family? How might the information presented here have assisted in the challenges faced in this particular family system?
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