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Are you in the market for office and/or retail space in Thornton, CO? If so, then the commercial property we have for lease at 8933 and 8947 Washington St. just might be exactly what you're looking for. It is located in The Village Center, which is home to many long-term tenants – including a restaurant, a carniceria, retail space, and offices. At The Sherman Agency, we are your premier Denver commercial real estate brokers. We believe that our tenants deserve a good place to conduct business, and we make every effort to make sure that goal is achieved.
This commercial complex enjoys excellent exposure on Washington St., offers distinctive signage, and has a well-established mix of tenants. The Village Center boasts and allows awnings with signage on all the windows, giving this space a homey, comfortable feel and look. It also has a parking lot that is in excellent condition, where there is plenty of parking. The area is easily accessible via public transportation. This commercial building is located in the heart of a retail corridor, which boasts 90 shopping centers within one mile – including Walmart, Walgreen's, Wendy's, McDonald's, and many more.
And if demographics do it for you, dig this. To give you an idea of the possible business in this area, counts show that within one mile of 8933 and 8947 Washington, the total population is over 18,000 folks. Within five miles, there are over 302,000 people. The average household income in the area is between $51,000 and $66,200, and the population within one mile is 56% Hispanic. A vehicle-per-day count from 2014, puts that number at about 29,400 vehicles, which can have only increased since then. It is located just a few blocks from I-25 and I-270.
At 8933 Washington Street, suites three and four are available on the second floor as office space. They become available on November 15, 2016. This commercial space offers a good mix of long-term, well-established tenants, with most of the offices up on the second floor. The available space upstairs for offices totals 403 – 1124 Sq. ft. and leases from $470/month. The lease includes all utilities.
If you are looking for retail, storefront, or a larger office space, consider the downstairs available space of 1561 sq. ft. It is C-R (Community Retail District) and is located in the Enterprise Zone (Tax Credits). It leases for $2,341.50/month + NNN and comes with a 3 – 5 year lease term.
If you are looking for prime office space and/or retail space, then this location in the City of Thornton may be for you. Surrounded by so many neighborhood's, main thoroughfares, and other major retail shopping centers, you would enjoy plenty of passers-by. Take a look at our property brochure to get some visuals and a better idea of the lay of the land. Contact us for a showing: 303-572 8778.


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Hello & Welcome to CHRMEDIA!
CHRMEDIA is a visual communications company based in Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada. We eat Illustrator, drink Photoshop, and get positively giddy over building presentations in Apple’s Keynote (vastly superior to the M$ is Evil's PowerPoint) … and mix a mean martini.
This is an example of (our version of) a "Basic" End Credit Sequence for a Hollywood feature film: White text on black background, Helvetica font, scrolling at the After Effects "Magic Scroll" speed. This was originally created at 2K. All audio and logos are owned by their respective owners.

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Kyrgyzstan offers many surprises. My favorite was on our drive from Kazarman to Arslanbob when after admiring beautiful green and white scenery, we encountered a group of horses and cows between two walls of snow.
Around Jalal Abad the roads are in very good condition.
After Jelal Abad take the high speed road M41 towards Kochkor.
Kazarman is a very quiet town right in the middle of Kyrgyzstan. It is located near a gold mine which is not providing enough employment anymore. Plus it has one of the most extreme weather in Kyrgyzstan due to is 'low' altitude of 1200m and its surrounding mountains.
We walked a little and drove to get some gas. There are many abandonned cars and the building are not in good conditions. Our small guesthouse was nice with an outside area to relax.
Not long after leaving Arslanbonb we stopped at a statue in the middle of nowhere surrounded by beautiful landscapes.
The beignning of the road to Jalal Abad was not easy. The unpaved tracked was not in good condition and it turned a lot with poor visibility.
As we appraoched the mountain pass, there was more and more snow creating impressive walls on the side of the road (I visited mid- June). At this stage to road was very wide and although turning a lot, it was a pleasant drive.
We even stopped to taking the beautiful constrasts of the intense gree with the white of the snow.
As we turned and turned we reached a mountain path with huge walls of snow on each side. And then surprise! A group of horses followed by cows were arriving accross from us taking the whole road. What a great sight! Plus one of the men leading the animals was obviously as excited to see us as we were to see them.
The area around Jelal Abad is less mountainous and at lower atitude allowing some agriculture. It is hence a richer region. theat was quite obvious based on the houses, the good condition of the roads and the cars.
Horses between 2 walls of snow: crazy, don't you think?
thx so much for all your guides on Kyrgyztan. Found you via pinterest (and made sure to repin your artciles).
Thanks for taking the time to comment Norman.
Nice gift from your dad!
I am glad you are finding useful information in my guide. Enjoy your trip!

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« Are Tiger to Snow Leopard Upgraders Violating the User License?
The Snow Leopard Report: Still Safe From Malware?
The spin about whether or not Mac OS X is susceptible to the malware scourge that has inundated the Windows platform will never stop. Whenever Apple releases a security update for Macs or the iPhone, or when a security researcher breaks into a Mac system, lurid headlines will be written.
Recently, for example, there was a story suggesting that Apple missed out on some serious opportunities to harden Snow Leopard and make it less vulnerable to malware. I won’t go into the specifics. I’m not a security expert and don’t play one on TV. But what Apple has done so far demonstrates they are committed to providing a secure computing environment to Mac users. Indeed, some of the suggestions may require tons of back-end work to deliver, and there’s nothing to say that these additional features can’t be rolled in via maintenance updates before the next major Mac OS X release.
One of notable new feature consists of a basic check of file downloads for potential malware. It wasn’t actually an announced feature or refinement for Snow Leopard, but it didn’t take long for the early adopters to discover it as they downloaded various and sundry stuff online.
At best, though, it’s a bare-bones tool. It will use a database to check against and put up a warning notice. It’s up to you to decide whether to trash the file, and it won’t repair any system damage after the fact. Well, at least it’s a start. I realize the companies that market security software are using it as evidence that Apple is beginning to recognize the potential for a malware problem, and maybe it’s a good idea for you to buy one of those products now and get robust protection.
For the time being, The Night Owl disagrees. You see, it’s not as if there’s a known virus threat for Mac OS X users that’s actually spread far and wide. So far, there have been proofs of concept, and a few mild infections. But a lot of what you’ve read about fits into the Trojan Horse category, where you actually have to physically download a file and launch it to allow it to deliver its payload, whatever that might be.
You’d probably categorize that form of malware as a form of social engineering. The same applies to phishing scams, where you get an email purporting to come from your financial institution, and you are asked to login via a link in the message to fix an account problem. If you do make that mistake, you are taken to a site that is cleverly (or not-so-cleverly) designed to mimic the real site. You enter your username and password and the keyloggers on the site record that information, so that the online criminals can login to the real account and steal your money.
Problems of that sort aren’t restricted to any computing platform. A Linux user can become a victim just as well. Yes, all the major browsers offer some measure of anti-phishing protection. The latest edition of the iPhone version of Safari has it too, but they generally work in the same fashion as anti-malware scanners. They check against a database of known scams, or evidence of suspicious behavior. The criminals, alas, are often a step ahead, so by the time updated databases are available, lots of people may have already become victims.
On a more expansive level, it’s quite true that Microsoft has invested a lot of energy and cash to make Windows less susceptible to malware. Certainly it’s a lot harder to infect a properly updated version of Windows XP, or even a Vista PC, and no doubt Windows 7 will be more secure. But you still have to possess an active security software subscription to protect you, since no operating system is perfect.
For now, Internet criminals take advantage of the fact that tens of millions of homes, and even small business PCs, are not well protected. So they have plenty of potential victims from which to create networks of spambots. Even if a PC owner takes the hint and fixes their computer, there are lots more unwary victims waiting their turn.
Yes, some fear merchants want you to believe that the Mac will soon become a major malware target. Just give it time, as Apple’s market share continues to grow, and you’ll see problems that are equal in scope to those facing Windows users.
What they don’t want to tell you is that Mac OS X is just one of a number of Unix and Linux style operating systems, and they have been out there for decades. The first computer virus was actually created on the Unix platform and you don’t see loads of infections on those ubiquitous Linux-based Web servers, do you?
Yes, there are problems of a different sort, such as the occasional DDOS attacks on sites, but such things happen regardless of computing platform. Even networks with special hardware security devices might occasionally succumb to such onslaughts if sufficiently intense.
But when it comes to regular home and business personal computers, the fact remains that Windows users remain highly vulnerable without protection. Mac users are still relatively safe. The latter situation may worsen over time, but few, except those who have a vested interest in selling bad news, believe the situation will ever become serious on the Mac. That’s not what they want to hear, but it appears to be the truth.
This article was posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 at 6:00 PM and is filed under News and tagged with: Internet criminals, Iphone, Linux, Mac Os, Mac Os X, Macintosh, Malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Vista, Microsoft Windows, Operating System, Operating Systems, Safari, Security Software, snow leopard, Unix, Web Servers, Windows 7, Windows Xp.
Your last paragraph hits the nail on the head.
Various Microsoft shills and antivirus vendors will come up with all sorts of lame excuses which boil down to “Macs are only safe because there aren’t many of them”.
I don’t buy the argument for a second, but let’s say that it’s true. What if the ONLY reason Macs were safe today was because they were in the minority?
Does anyone expect Mac OS X to overtake Windows any time soon? If the obscurity argument is correct, Macs will remain safer as long as Macs are in the minority. Since I expect that Macs will be in the minority for as long as I own any computer I buy today, then their logic says that Macs will remain safer for the life of my new computer purchase.
(Again, I don’t believe the argument. If someone develops and releases a virus that affects Macs, it could be devastating and since most Mac users don’t use AV, it could overnight become extremely destructive. I’m simply pointing out the logical consequence of the security through obscurity argument).


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We’ve been in the thick of the school year for a few weeks now, and even though school mornings often make me want to pull the sheet over my head and stay there forever, I would say that overall, we’re glad for the routine and the structure that the school year brings. It’s a needed and welcome change from the lazy, hazy days of summer.
But our life is busier than ever. Everything I wrote in my last post still holds true – there’s not much that’s simple for us these days. We value a life of simplicity, we work towards it in many ways, but life circumstances beyond our control are making the pursuit of simplicity an uphill battle. What’s a girl to do?
I still look for ways to simplify where I can. For us, one big area of simplification lately has been meal planning. Or, as I like to call it, meal non-planning. What do I mean by that?
Well, meal planning is one of those areas that easily gets over-complicated for me. I like the idea of it, but I often end up choosing recipes with too many ingredients, that are too fussy, too time-consuming – you get the idea.
For example: a casserole might sound easy, and I know my family will enjoy it, but if I have to pre-cook this and pre-cook that and chop a million things and put it all together and then I still have to bake it…nope. Not for this season of my life. No way.
And don’t even get me started on those recipes that call for 1/2 cup of chopped leeks, but you have to buy the whole bunch, and then the rest of them just rot away in your crisper drawer…I’m sure you have no idea what I’m talking about, right?
At the same time, we wanted to get back to some healthier eating habits – more veggies and more real, unprocessed foods. After a summer of too many chips, guacamole, and frozen margaritas, we needed a little kick in the pants.
So, lately we’ve been trying something new, and so far, it’s working out really well.
I’ve heard a lot of people say that they don’t like the idea of a CSA because it makes meal planning difficult. And if you’re making lots of complicated recipes with very specific ingredients, then of course I can see why that would be true.
However, we are loving the assortment of veggies that arrives on our doorstep each week – the surprise element, the opportunity to try new foods, and the built-in accountability to eat seasonally and locally. But what are we eating alongside all those veggies?
Simple: we choose one or two of the veggies from the CSA box, and then we add a protein and cook it deliciously. That’s it. Our dinners are simple and fresh, fast and healthy. Really.
Here’s an example: our box this week contained, among other items, red potatoes and green beans. So, we simply boiled the potatoes, roasted the green beans with some garlic and coconut oil, and added a protein of cod fillets sautéed in butter in a cast-iron skillet.
It was delicious and easy. Add basic condiments such as parsley and salt and pepper, and you have a tasty and simple dinner.
Another example from last week: boiled corn on the cob from our CSA box, plus sliced tomatoes (from the box) sprinkled generously with salt and pepper, lettuce (also from the box) with dressing, and chicken sausages heated under the broiler.
Often, we only prepare one veggie with the protein. If we do that, we make sure it’s a green, not a starch. We add the starches when we’re feeling hungrier, have a little more time to cook, or want something a little fancier. And we usually try to cook enough food to make sure that my husband can take leftovers to work for lunch the next day, so adding a starch will often help stretch the meal to that end.
I know that for many of you who live farther north, the growing season will be over soon, but you could easily implement these same ideas with produce from your local grocer.
You could even use frozen veggies, if you’re nervous about them going bad before you eat them all up. But I recommend switching to fresh once you get into a rhythm – you’ll notice a big difference in the flavor and texture.
We still prepare the occasional fancy, complicated meal with lots of ingredients…but not on weeknights. Definitely not on weeknights. And usually not on Sunday nights either (those are most likely to be composed of leftovers, smoothies, and maybe some popcorn).
If meal planning has seemed daunting to you, or if you can’t figure out how to make it work in a simple and efficient manner, try the meal non-planning approach. Forget the long lists of complicated ingredients and the multi-step recipes.
Just pair a protein with a veggie or two, and let go of any guilt or stress when it comes to meal planning. Bon appétit!
That’s just what we do. I buy dried beans and periodically cook up a bunch in the crockpot to freeze in meal sized portions. I buy chicken breasts in bulk and freeze individually (1 lrg is plenty between me and hubby). I buy bags of fish fillets from Aldis or the fish market and trays of large eggs at the green grocers. We rotate through these proteins – red meat is an occassion treat. Then we get veg and fruit every week at the green grocer -usually a bit too much – and then race to eat it all before it goes off. Stir fries are our go-to choice, also omelettes and casseroles. I almost never use recipes and when I do I almost never stick to them, but substitute with what I have. I don’t buy leeks, I would use onions instead. My meal planning happens on the day when I pull some protein out of the freezer and check that we have a few colourful veg on hand.
It’s funny how the more regimented my meals are the more money I spend on food and for some reason the less healthier they become. I have a monthly budget that I try to stick to and buying unnecessary ingredients ( such as a spice I may use once) really adds up. Now I keep things simple. A protein, two vegetables if we are really hungry and that’s it. Sometimes oven roasted potatoes or a grain. Chicken breasts or a large turkey breast are great for lunches the next day. We hardly ever eat beef……maybe a pot roast once a month when it’s colder out. The simpler I keep meals the healthier they are and my budget is healthier too.
We love leeks so we buy the bunch and chop them up and store them in the fridge ready to go. Throughout the week we add them to everything like soups, scrambled eggs, stir frys, etc. When they are clean and chopped and ready to go, we end up having a lot less waste.
My meal plan is similar – “Whatever’s on special when I get to the market” is what we eat for the week, and on Fridays it’s “whatever’s left in the fridge because I’ll be shopping again tomorrow”.
I try to cook double quantities when I can, to save time the next day. Sometimes that plan is foiled by a hollow 16yo boy, but usually it works.
The kids are on a schedule for who helps with dinner each night. The younger two help, and the older two cook (but I tell them what there is, and advise if necessary). The goal is that by the time they move out they will know various ways of cooking most things. And having helped prep makes the little ones far more likely to at least try things.
I lIke to precook proteins. On one day we’ll throw a roast in the crockpot, chicken and bacon in the oven, and steaks or pork chops in the sous vide. Individual portions can be frozen for later. In the summer these often go on salads; in the winter they become stir-frys that take even less time and energy since the meat is already cooked. The steaks sometimes get seared on a hot griddle and served with baked potatoes and salad to make a special meal. We find that varying the sauces makes us feel like we are eating a wide variety of foods even when they are made from the same basic ingredients so we sometimes make a few sauces on a cook-up day as well.
Simple! Love this! Thanks for sharing. I tend to plan, but this sounds healthier and easier.
Thanks for the reminder about how simple delicious meals can be. I needed this!
We too are CSA people, Northern Folk (MN) and our CSA goes through February. I want to use your ideas to see if that simplifies things for me. I also belong to a meal swap group that has 10 families that prep freezer meals and swap every 6-8 weeks. I have worked for a long time to meal plan and it is hard to predict what is going to go south in the frig throughout the week. I have a hybrid where I plan and shop 2x per week based on when I find out what is coming in the box and about 4 days later when I need to plan based on what is starting to droop. I also have a base recipe for quiche, stir fry and soup that make for a easy variety based on the vegies coming in throughout the seasons. I have had to search (and it has taken a couple years) for our family friendly go recipes for cabbage. We get those in our box a bit more than the kids like and the purple cabbage cannot be disguised. I now have a new goal of making a simple protein make ahead day.
I like this idea but sometimes lack inspiration for how to prepare sides (veggies). And during busy work seasons I often don’t have time or energy to cook each day, so I like to make a couple of big meals (like a big soup/stew or curry) to have leftovers throughout the week. Still, the idea of simplifying is definitely appealing because I too can overcomplicate meal planning and never get past that stage! Thanks for sharing.
Yea! Finally, some validation for my hob-nob approach to meals. We live in MA, where farm stands and CSAs abound, so I just go pick out what vegetable and fruits look good, and pair them with a carb and protein. Often the protein is cheese, because I’m not a big meat eater.
Thanks for the ideas (and support)!
I am intrigued by these meal planning services that I keep hearing about. They sound wonderful but… they aren’t going to work for me right now. I’m pretty confident that on any given day, I could not find all the ingredients called for in this part of rural Argentina.
Even if I visited every grocer in town.
When the selection is limited, you figure how to eat what is available and it ends up working much as you’ve described here. Thanks for reminding me that this is not a lesser approach. It’s just what works.
You are eating like we do a lot of the time. Not only is it easier and quicker, but it takes so much hassle out of cooking and the taste of fresh veggies is addicting.
This is normal growing up in the Netherlands. We buy the veggies in season or what’s on sale, and add a protein. Multi-ingredient meals are for birthdays, weekends, or holidays.
I am generally a fan of more traditional meal planning. Like a couple other commenters I usually decide on a protein for the week (usually a version of chicken: breast, thighs, bone-in, whole, etc) cook the whole batch once in the oven or crock pot and I have 1 meal that night and then divide the rest into containers for other meals based on what I planned for the week. Having it planned out ahead of time takes the “what am I going to do with this?” Question out of my evenings. I also admit I love reading recipes as much as old novels and I enjoy my meal planning evening. It makes me feel prepared and organized for the week.
That being said, this approach does sound lovely and graceful and practical. I may give it a whirl the next couple weeks.
I’ve had the wrong mindset about a CSA box, even though I love the thought of it. I love your approach!
We’re from Europe (after the election we’ve had family in the US if there’s room for them over here :)), living out in the countryside and, as of late, are building house as part of my hubby’s birth farmhouse… We are surrounded by apple, walnut, cherry, etc. trees and are enjoying many meals with nuts and apples right now. Katie, your article could have been written by me! Though we don’t make use of our local organic CSA-type deal, I spontaneously get what’s on sale, local and in season …. always intrigued by meal-planning systems but this way turns out to be the one I deal with best and is most affordable. I like to have the pantry stocked well, so I can be very spontaneous with the fresh goods. Milk products and many cheeses like Feta keep in the fridge REALLY long.

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The Lord Mansion, better known as the State Capitol Museum, will shortly come under the control of The Evergreen State College.
While the actual use of the building is still up-in-the-air, many ideas have been floated. The college could move it’s Master of Public Administration to the facility. It could move some college staff. It has floated the idea of a small art museum or a home for visiting lectures.
For the most part, the mansion (or museum) could operate as the “front door” for the college in the Olympia community, offering many services including rental of the Coach House for meetings or parties.
Evergreen will take over the building when the new fiscal year begins on July 1.

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Most experts at EE want to solve problems, not make their answers look pretty.
Sure and I'm not for a second advocating that everyone should go around spending time on their questions and answers just to make them look pretty. That would be silly. Some may want to go to such efforts and that's fine too. It's all up to the individual where questions are concerned.
As the very first heading in my article states - "Create nicer looking borders in Articles submitted to Experts Exchange"
Asking and answering questions isn't the only thing that Experts Exchange is about. It's also a learning center. A place to share your knowledge and in turn, also learn from your fellow peers.
So this article is "mostly" aiming at those who write tutorials, how-to's and other types of articles, who may want to take a little bit of pride in how their work is presented to the world. I edit many articles at EE and I wrote this because I've been asked the question many times. Now rather than write the same answer multiple times, I can just point future askers with a link to this article. Make sense?
Nuance's PaperPort may display this error message: PaperPort appears to be running Windows XP Compatibility Mode which may result in errors. We recommend disabling Compatibility Mode for the PaprPort.exe program, see Technote 6629. This article provides a possible solution to the problem.
This tutorial shows how to create a greeting card by combining two image layers and a text layer on a PC using a free image editing app.
All of the resources available today make learning a new digital media easier than ever-- if you know where to begin. This is a clear, simple guide to a few of the basic digital art mediums and how to begin learning them on your own.
Microsoft Office Picture Manager was included in Office 2003, 2007, and 2010, but not in Office 2013. Users had hopes that it would be in Office 2016/Office 365, but it is not. Fortunately, the same zero-cost technique that works to install it with Office 2013 also works with Office 2016/Office 365.
Just wanted to thank you for the clear process for installing the Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Office Picture Manager.
Upgraded from office 2007 to 2016, a couple of days ago, and like many others found the picture manager missing, not so good when you are taking 1000's of pics.
This article shows how to convert a multi-page PDF file into multiple image files, with one image file created for each page of the PDF. It does this by utilizing an excellent, free software package called GraphicsMagick. The solution is amazingly simple — a single line of code!
A crucial factor for some folks. Acrobat is expensive software — not everyone can afford it. You'll notice in the original question here at EE that inspired this article, the asker said, "If anyone has another free option, let me know."
Acrobat is also "external" in the sense that it is not part of Windows. For many users, Acrobat is not part of their "original software".
> "Export / (choose which type)" or "Save as/Save as type (choose which)"?
PaperPort 14.5 Patch 1 update is often not detected or downloaded automatically. This article provides direct download links to solve the problem for retail (non-bundled) versions of the Standard and Professional editions, as well as the Professional edition in Nuance's own OmniPage Ultimate bundle.
Thank you so much. This should be on the Nuance support page just as it is. You are wonderful.
In a previous article here at Experts Exchange, I presented a solution to the question of creating a multi-page PDF file containing contact sheets (aka a montage of thumbnails) for all JPG files in a folder. A recent question here at EE asked for a solution, in essence, to the reverse problem, that is, creating a JPG (or PNG) from a multi-page PDF file. In this case, the solution requires all pages of the PDF to be incorporated into a single image. At the question, I posted a relatively brief solution that uses the same GraphicsMagick software and approach as discussed in the article referred to above. Then I decided to write this new article with a more comprehensive explanation of the solution, including some interesting options.
PaperPort is among the most important applications that I run on my Windows computers. I use it every day, for nearly all of my document and photo scanning, as well as most of my document and photo imaging, including OCR via its built-in OmniPage capabilities.
Disclaimer before going further: I have no affiliation with Nuance and no financial interest in it whatsoever. I am simply a happy user/customer.
I've been using PaperPort for around 20 years on every version of Windows since Windows 95. With the Windows 10 release date coming up in two days, I thought it would be worthwhile to document my experience with PaperPort on the Windows 10 Technical Preview, including some tips for successful deployment on W10.
And as you mentioned the best buy I ever did to manage my PDF files as well.
Thanks for joining Experts Exchange today and reading my article — Welcome Aboard! As my PP14.5/Patch1 article shows, your BUILDID of PP-1313-011-15264.1154 means that it is PaperPort 14.5 Standard (retail) with Patch1 installed — good news!
> The button "get latest updates" don't work.
In a previously published article here at Experts Exchange, I explained how to achieve duplex (double-sided) scanning in Nuance's PaperPort software with a hardware-capable duplex scanner, that is, a scanner which has an Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) capable of scanning both sides of a document. A recent question here at EE prompted me to write this additional article, which explains how to achieve duplex scanning in PaperPort with a simplex scanner, that is, a scanner whose ADF is capable of scanning only the front side of a document.
As with the previous article, this one applies to the three most recent versions of PaperPort, i.e., 11, 12, and 14 — yes, Nuance got superstitious and did not release a version 13.
Select a Scanner and a Scanning Profile.
Tick the Show Capture Assistant box.
Place the document in the (simplex) ADF and click the Scan button.
Remove the document from the output tray, turn it over so that the last page is on the top, place it in the ADF, and click the Scan Other Side button.
This article provides the solution to a question posed here at Experts Exchange. The asker of the question has many JPG images in many folders, and all of the folders are subfolders of one root folder. For each folder, the asker wants to create a PDF file containing thumbnail images (sized to 240 pixels wide) of every JPG in that folder. This is commonly known as a contact sheet or montage.
In that test run, all of the JPGs in the folder fit well on a single page in the output PDF file. But if there are too many images to fit on one page, the asker wants the resulting file to be a multi-page PDF. Also, the file name of each JPG should be shown below its thumbnail. All of this needs to be accomplished with a fully automated, unattended method, capable of being run by the Task Scheduler without user intervention.
This article was inspired by a question here at Experts Exchange. The requirements stated in that question are (1) reduce the file size of a large number of JPG files in an extremely large number of subfolders; (2) perform that function without user intervention; (3) store the compressed files back into themselves, that is, after compression, each file overwrites itself.
The solution presented in this article meets those requirements. It is based on the excellent software package, GraphicsMagick (a fork of ImageMagick). GraphicsMagick is free (in every sense of the word), distributed under the MIT License.
Thanks for this article, Joe! I haven't taken a look yet but... Do you know if there is a switch to preserve the file date and time of modified files?
I haven't tried this and am curious about it, so if you give it a spin, please post your results.
In a previous article published here at Experts Exchange, Signature Image with Transparent Background, I explained how to create a graphic image of your scanned signature with a transparent background. As discussed in that article, having the transparent background is crucial so that the signature may be placed on a document without overlaying the surrounding text.
In that article, I mentioned putting the signature on PDF documents via the Stamp feature in Adobe Acrobat. I recently received a message from an EE member who thanked me for that article, but asked me to explain exactly how to create such a Stamp in Acrobat. This article shows how to do it.
I don't know how far back the Stamp feature goes in the history of Adobe Acrobat releases, but I do know that it exists in Acrobat X and Acrobat XI, both Standard and Professional. The screenshots in this article are from Acrobat XI Pro on a W7 Pro 64-bit system.
In a previous article (now deprecated), I discussed how to upgrade — at no cost for licensed users — Nuance's PaperPort Version 11 (hereafter, PP11) and PaperPort Version 12 (PP12) to the latest "point" releases, namely, 11.2 and 12.1. At the time of that article's publication, PP11 and PP12 were the two latest versions. Now the latest version is PP14 (yes, Nuance was superstitious and skipped 13), and its latest "point" release is 14.5.
I decided that adding PP14 to the previous article would result in a long, unwieldy article. In addition, a user of one version is not going to be concerned about the other two versions, so I decided to create three separate articles for PP11, PP12, and PP14 users. This is the PP14 one.
The earlier point releases of PP14 — 14.0, 14.1, 14.2 (there was not a public release for either 14.3 or 14.4) — are known to have bugs that were fixed in 14.5. This article provides links to 14.5, as well as other useful information on upgrading.
You're right! It's NAPS2. I may try to fix Paperport later, but it's taken me so much time that I need a break from it. The NAPS2 was easy and meant the immediate need that I had in scanning a document.
I decided that adding PP14 to the previous article would result in a long, unwieldy article. In addition, a user of one version is not going to be concerned about the other two versions, so I decided to create three separate articles for PP11, PP12, and PP14 users. This is the PP12 one.
The earlier point release of PP12 — 12.0 — is known to have bugs that were fixed in 12.1. The links in the previous article for 12.1 no longer work. This new article provides working links for 12.1, as well as other useful information on upgrading.
I decided that adding PP14 to the previous article would result in a long, unwieldy article. In addition, a user of one version is not going to be concerned about the other two versions, so I decided to create three separate articles for PP11, PP12, and PP14 users. This is the PP11 one.
The earlier point releases of PP11 — 11.0 and 11.1 — are known to have bugs that were fixed in 11.2. Although the links in the previous article for 11.2 still work, Nuance informed me that they may soon stop working. This new article provides working links for 11.2 that Nuance says will continue to work after the other ones have been taken down. This article also provides other useful information on upgrading.
The update wants a serial number, which I do not have as I lost my software CD that came with my MFC-7340 Brother printer. Is there a way to install the update without this?
Thank you for joining Experts Exchange today and reading my article — welcome aboard! The PaperPort software that comes with Brother MFCs is an "SE" version, which stands for Special Edition. It is a trimmed-down version that Brother OEMs from Nuance for bundling with their devices and it is not considered to be a commercial/retail edition. This means that updates of the software, such as the 11.2 upgrade discussed in this article, will likely not apply to those bundled SE versions. So even if you had the serial number, it is unlikely that the 11.2 upgrade would work on it.
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It may feel daunting or even overwhelming when developing a new idea for a project or task, but it is beneficial to break it into smaller attainable pieces.
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This article discusses the PaperPort 14 Scanner Connection Tool, which Nuance provides at no charge in order to fix scanning problems in Windows 8. Furthermore, users of PaperPort 14 in Windows 7 and Windows 10 have reported that the tool works in those versions of Windows, too.
Thanks again for all your help . I tried scanning in Irfanview ,which I already use as my default photo viewer. All the scanner dialogues stay on top unlike paperport. I also use use several database programs from Fnprogramvare, Catvids & Catraxx which I frequently scan from and they keep all the scanning windows on top too. So I think it is something in Paperport 14.5 that was changed from Paperport 14 but I am not knowledgeable enough to find it since I know nothing about coding. The support person at Epson told me that there are sometimes settings in programs to keep a program on top (which I knew) but that there was not such a setting in the Epson driver. I cant find one in Paperport if there is one hidden somewhere. He suggested using one of the little programs available that let you select an open window to keep on top. I downloaded Turbotop and it will keep the Scanner dialog on top but doesn't remember that setting so you have reset it every time you run Paperport and the scanner. This all leads me to believe that there is a registry setting somewhere that controls this behavior and maybe some one will find it sometime. Meanwhile I'll just have to reduce the size of my Paperport window and keep it to the right side of my screen so that the scanner dialogue will remain visible on the left.
This is one of those long-standing PP issues and I'm wondering if you know of a solution. It doesn't affect me much because I have a separate computer that does scanning with PP14.5. But it drives many users nuts and I'm trying to help one right now. The issue is that when scanning a multi-page document, the PP scanning manager (with both Display scanner dialog box and Show Capture Assistant unchecked) steals focus on every page. It makes it just about impossible to use your computer for any other purpose while PP is scanning a large document. Do you know of a fix or work-around?
Nuance has determined this behavior cannot be changed in 14 and will be investigated for inclusion in 15.
Done! - I've found some of your other stuff on Paperport v. useful in the past, so kudos to the guru!!
The standard (non-Professional) edition of PaperPort from Nuance Communications (previously known as ScanSoft) is limited to five Scanning Profiles, but in a previous article, I discussed how to overcome this limitation. The technique presented in that article may also be used to address an issue that I've been asked many times by PaperPort users, namely, how to reorder the Scanning Profiles in the Scan or Get Photo pane.
For users with many Scanning Profiles, it is desirable to order the list such that the more frequently used ones are at the top. Unfortunately, PaperPort 12, the previous release, offers no ability to rearrange the order of the Scanning Profiles. PaperPort 14, the current release (yes, Nuance got superstitious and skipped 13), added a little-known, undocumented feature that helps: drag-and-drop of the Scanning Profiles. However, it works poorly, in my opinion, as I find it difficult to drop the profile exactly where I want it.
Also, in both PP12 and PP14, there is no ability to search for a Scanning Profile, so the user must scroll through the list to find the desired profile. This article presents an approach for reordering the list, using the same method presented in my previous article, PaperPort - How To Achieve More Than Five Scanning Profiles in the Standard Edition.
PaperPort is a popular document imaging/management product from Nuance Communications, previously known as ScanSoft. PaperPort is in widespread use by both individuals and businesses.
The current version of PaperPort is 14. The previous version was 12. Yes, Nuance got superstitious and skipped 13. Both of these most recent versions come in two editions, Professional and Standard, although the Nuance folks do not call it Standard – they simply leave Professional off the name, i.e., PaperPort 12 and PaperPort Professional 12; PaperPort 14 and PaperPort Professional 14. In this article, I refer to them as PP-Std and PP-Pro, and all such references are valid for versions 12 and 14.
As shown in the documents above, one of the differences between PP-Std and PP-Pro is that the former allows only five Scanning Profiles to be created, while the latter allows an unlimited number. However, it turns out that PP-Std will properly handle an unlimited number of Scanning Profiles. The problem is that it won't let you create them. This is easy to overcome by creating the file containing the Scanning Profiles outside of PP-Std. This article describes two ways to do it.
2. Notepad++ great free app for viewin/editing xml files.
Sorry I'm just replying to your 25-Mar-2016 comment now. I don't recollect seeing it when it first came in and only just now saw it when I received a notification that you endorsed the article today — btw, thanks for that!
You will also find it at C:\Users\All Users\Nuance\PaperPort\14\Profiles.xml in W10. That's because C:\Users\All Users\ points to C:\ProgramData\. In other words, C:\ProgramData\ is the "real" folder and C:\Users\All Users\ is simply a pointer to it — technically known as a junction or symbolic link. So if you look at C:\ProgramData\ and C:\Users\All Users\ in your file manager, they'll show the identical contents, because they are one-and-the-same folder.
> Notepad++ great free app for viewing/editing xml files.


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Manafort has pleaded guilty to some charges, avoiding a separate trial.
He was convicted of financial fraud in August, relating to his work as a political consultant in Ukraine.
He then accepted a plea deal on other charges in return for co-operating with Mr Mueller's investigation.
In her ruling on Wednesday, Judge Berman Jackson said there was evidence that showed Manafort had lied about three different topics, including his contacts with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian political consultant. Prosecutors claim Mr Kilimnik had ties to Russian intelligence.
However, the judge cleared Manafort, 69, of allegations that he lied on two other subjects.
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WASHINGTON, Jun 3 2011 (IPS) - Today one billion people are living in hunger, not because of scarcity of production or a shortage of food on shelves in the global marketplace, but because they “lack the most basic purchasing power needed to acquire it”, Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, said Thursday.
At a panel entitled "Feeding the World While Caring for the Planet", representatives from the U.S. Agency for International Development joined with De Schutter to discuss the U.S. government's latest Feed the Future Initiative.
While seemingly aligned with the policies and recommendations of leading ecological and environmental experts, the initiative has generated tremendous controversy since Rajiv Shah, USAID's chief administrator, announced in January that "large-scale private sector partnerships" would lead the way to a world free of hunger.
Identifying 17 global "champions", Shah named transnational giants Archer Daniels Midland, BASF, Bunge, Cargill, The Coca- Cola Company, DuPont, General Mills, Kraft Foods, Metro, Monsanto Company, Nestlé, PepsiCo, SABMiller, Syngenta, Unilever, Wal-Mart Stores and Yara International as leaders in the fight against food insecurity.
Heavily featured on watchdog websites such as GRAIN, CorpWatch and Food and Water Watch, these companies have notorious track records in human and environmental rights violations.
"Feed the Future... needs to think a lot harder about what it will mean for small- scale farmers when they partner with transnationals to push GMO seeds, even drought-resistant varieties," Karen Hansen-Kuhn, international programme director of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, told IPS. "It's... almost certain that they would lock farmers into even more dependence on imported inputs, rather than building local self- reliance through agroecologal methods."
She added, "This [initiative] is funded by the U.S. government, so they need to make sure those public funds support public interests. We hear a lot about 'value chains' and relying on markets, but hardly anything about market failures, and the fact that supply chains are often rigged against small- scale farmers."
"De Schutter is right that what's important is to re- localise food systems, so that supply chains are shorter and geared towards local communities. It's hard to see how these corporate alliances can play any role in that process," Hansen- Kuhn concluded.
Currently, 35-40 percent of harvests are lost due to inadequate transportation and storage facilities, while a further 35-40 percent goes to wealthy Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries.
According to experts like De Schutter, the inability of 10 percent of the world’s population to feed itself is also a reflection of unsustainable patterns of consumption and deeply flawed models of industrialised agricultural production which, if allowed to continue, will divert 50 percent of global cereal harvests towards feeding cattle by the year 2050.
“From the food crisis in 1974, to the crisis in 2007-2008, and even now during the food crisis of 2010-2011, governments have had the same Pavlovian reaction – to increase production in order to lower prices and alleviate the burden of food price inflation on the population,” De Schutter said at a panel discussion in Washington.
He added that while the reaction was understandable, it has been undeniably proven to be incomplete, short-sighted and based on an inadequate diagnosis of the complexity of the problem.
In his recent report “Agroecology and the Right to Food”, which was presented to the Human Rights Council in March this year, De Schutter outlines the global hunger catastrophe as an amalgamation of three distinct but inherently inter-related problems.
These are poverty, caused by trade policies that dump heavily- subsidised produce from developed countries on third world markets, thus rendering local farmers jobless; environmental degradation brought on by industrialised farming, which now accounts for nearly one-third of global green house gas emissions; and an epidemic of malnutrition caused by the colonising effects of mono-crops and a flood of processed food from the global north to the global south.
Only by examining these three challenges together can a strategy for ending hunger be successfully designed and implemented, he argues.
A study released Friday by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)’s programme on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) bolstered this argument by identifying future climate change “hotspots” in countries already crippled by severe food shortages and chronic hunger.
By consolidating detailed maps of scores of different agricultural regions across the world, the seven scientists behind the study tracked the impacts of climate change on food security and identified highly-vulnerable populations – principally in Africa and South Asia, with dark clouds hanging over China and parts of Latin America as well – that would suffer the double blows of hunger and environmental crisis.
“When you put these maps together they reveal places around the world where the arrival of stressful growing conditions could be especially disastrous,” Polly Ericksen, lead author of the study and a senior scientist at the CGIAR’s International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) in Nairobi, Kenya, told the press in Copenhagen Friday.
“These are areas highly exposed to climate shifts, where survival is strongly linked to the fate of regional crop and livestock yields, and where chronic food problems indicate that farmers are already struggling and they lack the capacity to adapt to new weather patterns,” she said.
Swathes of South Asia, including virtually all of India’s territory and vast areas of sub-Saharan Africa are home to 369 million food- insecure people, all of whom live in climate-vulnerable, agriculture- intensive areas.
De Schutter believes that even the problem of corporate interests can be overcome if governments seize the opportunity to assert their influence in prioritising sustainable systems.
"One problem that has existed since the 1980s is the weight that international trade has exercised on the development of policies," De Schutter told IPS.
"Though it concerns only 9-10 percent of the food that is produced globally, international trade has had a decisive influence on the way decisions are made, on the way infrastructure develops and on how farmers are being supported - but governments can change that."
He added that another part of the problem has been the political disenfranchisement and disempowerment of the majority of small-scale farmers.
"This is why it is key in my view that Feed the Future should include a specific focus on the organisation of farmers into cooperatives that can have a stronger bargaining position on the food chains, and that it should address the problem of concentration and abuse of buyer power in the food chains, in particular by a more assertive use of the powers that the authorities have under existing antitrust legislation," De Schutter told IPS.
"Today, too many policymakers still see hunger as a problem of supply and demand, when it is primarily a problem of a lack of access to productive resources such as land and water, of unscrupulous employers and traders, of an increasingly concentrated input providers sector, and of insufficient safety nets to support the poor."
He added, "Empowerment of farmers and the strengthening of their position in the food system is vital, and I do hope that the Feed the Future initiative will not ignore this issue simply because of those companies which contribute to funding it."
Over 56 million hungry and crop-dependent people in West Africa, India and China inhabit areas which, in less than 40 years, will likely experience daily growing season temperatures of 30 degrees Celsius – virtually impossible conditions for essential crops like corn and rice.
In 2006, a team of researchers from the University of Essex carried out a study on “agro-ecological” approaches to farming and development.
Spanning 57 developing countries and 286 different models of sustainable farming techniques in an area covering 37 million hectares – three percent of cultivated land – the study unearthed how low external-input farming that utilized surrounding ecosystems and cyclical practices resulted in a 79 percent yield increase, more than double the average yield under the normalised agricultural system.
Agro-ecology, which includes systems that produce their own fertiliser using materials and waste from the surrounding environment, is being increasingly viewed as the only viable solution to the hunger crisis. Since prices of fertiliser doubled during the 2008 food crisis, continents like Africa that import 95 percent of their chemical fertilisers could see radically different outcomes in production by adopting agro-ecological techniques.
Analysing the data from the 2006 study by region, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) found that in some parts of Africa the yield increase was a stunning 213 percent.
However, De Schutter warned, this agricultural “revolution” will not come about by chance but will require swift and determined government action.
In addition to investing in education, gender-sensitive solutions and public goods and services such as the infrastructure required to nurture farmers’ unions and peasant cooperatives, De Schutter’s recommendations to governments include an urgent appeal to revolutionize markets to reward best-practices rather than short-term profit.
“The market as it exists today is too focused on global supply chains and does not give enough importance to local farmers, and producers of diversified crops,” De Schutter told IPS.
He added that governments should set solid agendas, which development agencies and private sector actors would align with, that incorporate a cultural shift away from a broken structure and towards a visionary, resilient food future.

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Recap of today… (Thu) | 5-6-7-8 Dancing My Way to a Healthy Me!
I’m tired and about to go to bed so, here’s the run down.
Dinner was a Jenny Craig entree (Salsbury steak with veggie medley) to which I added more veggies: beets and beans.
Tomorrow will have to be a shopping day because I’ve gone though all my fruits that I bought earlier in the week.
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I've posted to the restaurant list updated gluten-free menus from two Jose Garces restaurants, Chifa and Amada. His new place at Philadelphia's Cira Centre, JG Domestic (2929 Arch Street, 215-222-2363), doesn't yet have a similar menu, although requests can be accommodated.
Good Eatz Green Cafe in West Reading (701 Penn Avenue, 610-670-4885), the sister business of Rick Allebach's Good Eatz Bakery, offers plenty of gluten-free options for breakfast, lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch.
If you're flying in or out of Terminal E at Philadelphia International Airport, you can grab a quick bite off the gluten-free menu at Cantina Laredo in Terminal E (215-492-1160).
Connie at The Pop Shop in Collingswood let me know that the restaurant now uses bread from Miller's Gluten Free for its grilled cheese and other sandwiches. We stopped in last Saturday night, and our older son gives it a thumbs-up. The bread is now sliced thicker so that there's one large sandwich rather than two smaller ones.
Philadelphia's all-gluten-free Sweet Freedom Bakery is now taking orders for Thanksgiving goodies, including pumpkin and apple pies and pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes. Order before November 18 by calling 215-545-1899.
The Mag Bar, located at Maggio's in Southampton (400 Second Street Pike, 215-322-7272), serves New Grist beer and two varieties of Woodchuck ciders.
Acme Markets is offering customers with gluten sensitivity a tool to help them shop for gluten-free foods. The new program will begin in this month and roll out in phases during the next three months. As part of the program, select stores will have signage and special merchandising sets to help make it easier for customers to find gluten-free products. Shoppers can also stop at the customer service desk at any Acme to pick up an in-store shopping list/guide to gluten-free products. More extensive gluten-free shopping lists as well as recipes and snack and meal solutions are available at Acme's gluten-free website page.
Allergen-friendly Ian's Natural Foods keeps the new products coming, and this one looks particularly promising. Now available are gluten-free chocolate-covered wafer bites, similar to Kit Kat candy bars. The treats are available at glutenfree.com ($4.99 a bag) and will soon be in stores.
Shabtai Gourmet Gluten Free Bakery has just won the Kosherfest Best New Passover Product Competition for the fourth time. The winning product this year is Yidels Mini Swiss Chocolate Rolls, which will be available in time for Passover next Spring. The bakery will be participating in A4A.
The gluten-free muffins and cakes from Butterfly Bakery, which until recently were available at Wegmans, have been discontinued.
Tomorrow at Big Blue Marble Bookstore in Mt. Airy (551 Carpenter Lane, 215-844-1870), author Jae Steele will read from her new cookbook, Ripe From Around Here . The book, which emphasizes the importance of local, sustainable eating, has many gluten-free recipes for meals like Polenta Spice Pudding, Love Muffins and Springtime Tabouleh. The event begins at 3 p.m.
The next Chester County Gluten Intolerance Group meeting is scheduled for Monday, November 1 at Paoli Hospital, with guests Keith J. Laskin, M.D. (medical director of the hospital's Celiac Center) and dietitian Nancy Patin Falini (author of Gluten-Free Friends: An Activity Book for Kids ) set to speak. The event will be at the hospital's Potter Room (Zone B, Level 1) beginning at 6:30 p.m. Register by calling 1-866-CALL-MLH.
I hope everyone has a great weekend, particularly if you're attending A4A!
It's too bad about the gluten-free muffins and cakes from Butterfly Bakery - we really liked them. Unfortunately Wegman's did a lousy job of displaying them - they were in the "regular frozen muffins" section instead of the GF section so we had to really hunt for them. Any info on why they were discontinued so quickly?


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I am often asked about my motivation for co-founding the #TechDiversity alliance, and it does go further than simply my being a woman.
My other strong passion is for industry development. We need to embrace the talents of all members of the community for Australia to take the lead in technology and to experience the diversity other countries enjoy.
But, it must be said the fact that I am a woman in an industry in which women continue to face an uphill battle for voice and recognition, makes the establishment of #TechDiversity deeply personal for me.
It can be tiring running a business as a woman — and NOT due to the clichéd assumptions of running a family or raising children. It’s because, in my experience, women have to run a few hundred metres before even getting to the start line.
Women in tech industries are almost always significantly outnumbered in any business situation – whether we’re only two out of the 12 people in a meeting, or 15% of delegates at a conference, listening to male-dominated panel discussions. At times, I feel I need to prove I deserve to be there – let alone have a voice.
Because there are certain underlying expectations of what women should be, how we should act. This “head trash” is unfortunately founded in deep-seated cultural biases that determine how girls and boys are raised to act and think and speak.
Combating these expectations takes courage and self-belief and the type of cultural change we are targeting with #TechDiversity.
I know it’s not for want of trying by industry and education institutions to get greater female involvement. But do men understand how tiring it can be as a woman in business facing these subtle (often not-so-subtle) battles every single day? No wonder women leave corporates mid-career to focus on entrepreneurial work that can be so fulfilling and kinder to one’s own self.
Education and awareness are key — formal and informal. The greater awareness of issues impacting diversity, the more we can learn that they do exist and how to combat them.
Consider the recent controversy when certain Triple M radio personalities, in particular Eddie McGuire, made disparaging and violent comments about journalist Caroline Wilson. The comments and lack of true remorse from McGuire were appalling; however, one positive outcome has been to raise the issue that women do take the back seat.
Everyone, both women and men, has become desensitised to the problem. We take incidental discrimination in our stride, thinking “it’s ok”, “that always happens” or “I expected that to happen”.
Why is it acceptable to think being a girl is something to be ashamed of and to make fun of? And it’s not just men. It’s women too. This insidious discrimination has to stop.
So I have worked hard to get #TechDiversity off the ground. I have learnt so much from the inspiring men and women in the team, making me a more effective businesswoman and a much better mother and role model. I intend to keep learning as much as possible from all members of the alliance.
Recently, I called someone out on their “uninclusive” behaviour for the first time. This man’s behaviour hurt me and, just like Eddie McGuire’s comments, was absolutely accepted by the men around him. Before my journey with #TechDiversity I would never have had the courage to do that — but I made the hard phone call. Even though I was nervous, I did it for me and all the women that will encounter the same discrimination.
This is our vision for #TechDiversity: helping others and ourselves to be courageous and committed enough to act, to take initiative and demonstrate leadership, with the long-term view to achieving true equality and a voice for all.
This post first appeared on the Mia website and blog.
Nominations for the inaugural #TechDiversity Awards close TODAY Tuesday 28 June (midnight). It’s free to enter — submit nomination form here.

industry_corpus2: Technology & Research


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Welcome to His High Call Ministries!
His High Call Ministries (HHCM) is a ministry founded by Lisa and Stephen O'Quinn in Raleigh, North Carolina.
The mission of HHCM is to bring healing to the bodies, souls and spirits of individuals so they can live in real relationship with Father God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit, and cultivate healthy relationships with others. When we walk in real relationship with the God-head and one another, then we can achieve the great destiny God established for us from the beginning of creation.
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text: This test is a good screening tool because of the diversity of the information it gives. From a urine sample, the laboratory measures several dozen different biochemicals which, when present at abnormal levels, are associated with metabolic dysfunction and a variety of symptoms. The causes include: disturbance of acid-base balance, suboptimal carbohydrate metabolism, inflammation, toxin exposure, impaired detoxication, oxidative stress, imbalances of neurotransmitters, and deficiencies of B vitamins, minerals, lipoic acid, carnitine, amino acids, glutathione, and coenzyme Q10. Most of the organic acids are compounds produced from normal metabolism. However, some are produced by bacteria, yeast, and parasites residing in the small intestine. When these chemicals are found in high concentration in the urine, it means that there is an overgrowth of these organisms in the intestines, their metabolic waste products are being absorbed into the bloodstream, stressing the liver, activating the immune system, circulating throughout the body, poisoning it, and then being eliminated in the urine. Some of these microbial organic acids are structurally similar to the organic acids used by the body in cellular energy production. It is theorized that the close resemblance of these microbial compounds results in a "jamming" of the body's cellular energy machinery, resulting in fatigue. In fact, patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome have a unique organic acid elevation in their urine. This organic acid has been found to be of bacterial origin.

industry_corpus2: Health & Medicine


text: If you have a Disney Movie Rewards account, and you should :), please check to see if you have at least 500 points. If you do, you can request a $5 Starbucks card. I had a little over 600 points so just requested one for my husband.


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New project by Cass Professor Bob and Roberta Smith explores story of women artists at the Royal Academy through the lens of his own family history.
The Secret To A Good Life, a special project by Bob and Roberta Smith RA, Associate Professor in Fine Art at The Cass, opened at the Royal Academy today. The show explores the story of women artists and the Royal Academy – through the lens of Bob and Roberta Smith's family history.
Bob and Roberta Smith’s sculpture, This is Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA, 2015, previously exhibited in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park, will also be on display, along with painted text panels that he has created especially for this project.
Image: Bob and Roberta Smith RA, Secret to a Good Life: Get a Good Pencil, 2018. ( Detail), Signwriters enamel on found material. 449 x 300 cm approx.. Photography: John Bodkin / DawkinsColour.


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Inorganic solid waste is any solid substance that has not come from animals or plants. It consists of materials that are not biodegradable. Inorganic rubbish comes from non renewable natural resources such as minerals and petroleum, or from industrial processes. Some of this material was not found in nature such as plastic and aluminum.
Many inorganic solids are recyclable, and this is one preferred method of disposal as it reduces the environmental impact of filling landfills with material that doesn't break down, and reduces the need to mine fresh materials to make more inorganic goods.


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hand on my hip to steady the rock.
an appellation of the appreciative.
I have enjoyed Richard Rohr’s writings. Yes, I have definitely begun a cross-over of sorts, at least stepped my foot over some invisible threshold. I was just thinking today about your comment about mysticism and my poetry. Writing is a great way to apply some hemming tape to the rough edges while sewing together seams. I just never know exactly what will emerge. Thank you for your comments, Ray.
Good suggestion. Now that is one I have yet to read. Thank you!

industry_corpus2: Literature & Emotions


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This paper is an expansion of a previous work (DeLorenzo et al., 2006) exploring the bridge between culture and business education. In this work, a research conception (influenced as it may be by the authors' own shared systems of meanings) is developed, based on Hofstede and Hofstede's work (2005). Its purpose is to enable qualitative and quantitative research on the claim that a society's culture effects theories of management and organizations. People living in different societies view organizational behavior and structure differently. These views vary according to the dominance of either the power distance dimension or the uncertainty avoidance dimension. Different cultures have different models of management and ideas of the nature of organizations (Hofstede & Hofstede, 2005). In light of this claim, the conception raises the issue of the effects of a society's culture on the globalization of business and information systems curricula (theories of organization, management, and information use). As Hofstede and Hofstede (2005, p. 63) write: "The authors of management books and the founders of political ideologies generate their ideas from the background of what they learned when they were growing up." Hofstede and Hofstede (2005) are skeptics about any organization's or person's ability to ignore and not be affected by the enduring and stable shared systems of meanings and values (culture) surrounding them. According to Hofstede (2001), "[n]ationality constrains rationality" (p. 381).The conception also assumes that any organization is an infoscape; a place of information flows and use. An infoscape or informational landscape is a view of an organization that envisions people, information flows, and business processes as constituting a holistic and dynamic multidimensional system (Skovira, 2004). Of course, the metaphor of an organization as an informational landscape is culturally bound.
In this era of extreme globalization (sometimes called the Information Age), businesses pursue strategic advantage by shifting from being multinational to being transnational organizations (Drucker, 1997; Friedman, 2000; Friedman, 2006). The idea of globalization represents an evolutionary and integrative system that pulls people and societies together into a common market of not only goods and services but also knowledge. The common backbone of this interconnectivity is the World Wide Web. Globalization enables quicker, more in-depth, more economically efficient, and more individualized access to and use of markets and knowledge. The hegemony of nation-states over their internal markets is destroyed by global competition which forces deregulation and privatization. Globalization generates a conflict-oriented tension between individuals and their societies' cultures and the shared systems of meanings inherent in the "dynamic ongoing process" of globalization (Friedman, 2000; Friedman, 2006). As Friedman (2000) writes, "...globalization has its own dominant culture, which is why it tends to be homogenizing to a certain degree" (p. 9).
Business and information system curricula must also change to face the "new world." It can be argued that business education in its attempts to make business a science, objectifies its theories and their application essentially homogenizing them. Essentially formulas of success are studied and applied in multiple formats in a variety of cultural environments with varied success. With the standardization of the MBA, for instance, through accreditation such as The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business--AACSB International the homogenization is insured without regard to when, where, how and why it is applied.
Publication information: Article title: Analyzing the Effect of Culture on Curricular Content: A Research Conception. Contributors: Bureik, Vladimir - Author, Kohun, Frederick G. - Author, Skovira, Robert Joseph - Author. Journal title: Issues in Informing Science & Information Technology. Volume: 4. Publication date: Annual 2007. Page number: 381+. © Informing Science Institute. COPYRIGHT 2007 Gale Group.


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Most teens start talking about college in 11th grade. But a better time to begin to seriously consider college is 9th grade. The beginning of 9th grade.
In ninth grade, senior year and college seem light years away. In reality, at the beginning of ninth grade a student has 36 months to get ready for college.
For students who will apply to college during early admission, the beginning of ninth grade is six semesters away from the end of the transcript that colleges will use to decide college admission. Ninth graders who are aware of that and what courses and GPA they need to get in to college, will have extra motivation to take the most challenging courses and do their best.
I admit to not being a fan of the "gap" year. Gap year refers to the idea of high school grads taking a year off before starting college. The concept sounds like a good idea to exhausted high school seniors and maybe parents worried about paying college tuition. But students who take a gap year are cutting themselves out of some scholarships.
There is an even larger risk involved. Research shows that students who take time off during college have a 26% chance of not going back.
Most college application deadlines occur between October and February. Students often wait until close to published deadlines to begin college applications probably thinking "how long could it take?" The answer is that it is likely to take several hours depending upon the application. Some students spend days on one application because they don't have all the answers at hand.
Answers to some questions on college applications involve information only parents have and they often have to look up those answers.
Parents and students, haunted by college admission deadlines, ask wonderful questions about what deadlines actually mean. For example, does November 1 mean that the application needs to be at the college by Oct 31? The answer is that students can actually hit the "send" button on their computer to send applications to a college with a November 1 deadline on November 1. However, it is best to try to send applications the day before or early on the day that they are due in case of unexpected things like power outages and website issues.


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"Radio-Frequency Breast Cancer Imaging Results for a Simplified Cylindr" by Giuseppe Ruvio, Raffaele Solimene et al.
10th International Conference of the European Bioelectromagnetics Association, 2011, Rome.
is useful in numerous applicative diagnostic noninvasive contexts. This paper focuses on two aspects. First, we perform a numerical investigation to assess the role played by fundamental parameters (i.e. number of sensors, operating frequency bandwidth) on cancer detection. To this end, a simplified cylindrical phantom probed by ideal two-dimensional dipoles (i.e. infinitely long along the axis of invariance) is considered. Second, in order to focus on the role of the antennas, we analyze, still by numerical simulations and for a simplified breast model, how performances vary when a realistic antenna is adopted.


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This Baked Butternut Squash Macaroni and Cheese is perfect for holiday parties and any cozy winter meal!
The holidays means different things to different people. One of the main focuses for me is the wonderful food. Preparing food is is way for me to express myself to friends and family, and I love sharing the flavors of the season with them.
This baked butternut squash macaroni and cheese is everything I love about the autumn and winter months. It highlights seasonal produce, and it’s cozy, filling, comfort food.
The butternut squash adds subtle sweetness to contrast the earthiness of the sage, the savoriness of the Wisconsin Cheddar, and the saltiness of the Wisconsin Parmesan. It’s a great dish to prepare in advance if you’re entertaining guests, up to 24 hours beforehand. You can build the whole thing and then bake it while serving appetizers.
You can also easily transport it to someone else’s home. Simply follow the recipe as written, but instead of baking it as written in Step 7, wrap the casserole dish in plastic wrap and chill until you’re ready to continue. Then bake according to the instructions in Step 8 for perfect, gooey macaroni and cheese.
Looking for more butternut squash recipes? Check out my Chicken Pot Pie with Butternut Squash and Bacon!
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F, and line a large baking sheet with aluminum foil. Set aside 2 cups of the butternut squash, then toss the remaining squash with the olive oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon black pepper. Spread evenly on the baking sheet and roast for 20 minutes, stirring once during the process to prevent sticking.
While the butternut squash is roasting, steam the reserved squash until fork tender, approximately 10 minutes, then mash and set aside.
Prepare the macaroni according to package instructions, then drain and rinse in cold water to prevent sticking. Set aside.
Combine the cheddars and parmesan cheese in a medium-sized bowl. Remove 1 cup and set aside.
In a large Dutch oven or heavy bottom sauce pot, melt 1 tablespoon of butter over medium-low heat. Add the onions and garlic, cooking and stirring until translucent, approximately 3-5 minutes. Stir in half the sage and cook until fragrant, approximately 30 seconds. Add the remaining butter and melt, then add the flour to form a paste. Using a spatula, stir the paste for approximately 1-2 minutes, then ladle in some of the milk, stirring. Slowly add in the remaining milk, stirring, and turn the heat up to medium-high.
Whisk constantly as the sauce heats up and thickens. Once it is thick, remove the sauce from the heat and whisk in the cheese until smooth, omitting the reserved cup. Whisk in the mashed butternut squash and remaining salt and pepper.
Combine the macaroni, cheese sauce, and roasted squash, then spread evenly into a 9x13 casserole dish. Top with the reserved cheese and sage. (Note: if you are preparing the dish in advance, cover with plastic wrap and store in the refrigerator until it’s time to cook).
Bake in a 350 degrees F oven for 40 minutes, or until the top is melted and the sides are beginning to bubble.
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For me holiday is a comfort food. And movies :) And people I love around. I love the recipe!
I love the natural sweetness of the butternut squash. Great way to sneak some veggies in with a comfort food.
So creamy! One of my favorite comfort food dinners!


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Compared to the insane meetings recently at Mt. Dora (firing the City Attorney), Groveland (tried to fire the suspended Finance Director but reached an impasse), and Eustis (3 Council Amigos trying to investigate the residency of a fellow Councilman), the Tavares City Council implemented sanity, world peace, new Warner Bros. Christmas Train events, fancy Christmas lights and initiated an ordinance to allow mini-pigs.
The City Police Chief, Stony Lubins, swore in three new police department members, and parents and friends went nuts taking pictures.
The Council voted down a proposal to buy and maintain a fallow golf course at Bay Tree Estates, saving existing taxpayers from a most likely boondoggle. Staff created a WELL researched guide on the dubious future of golf courses and the City Council listened.
The City Council also denied a request from the now rundown Baytree golf course owner, who can't find a buyer, to waive cutting the overgrown grass. Baytree residents complained of bugs, high grass and enroaching water mocassins.
An ordinance to allow mini-pigs in yards moved through the first reading. Next time, public input will be taken. Bring your mini-pig.
A new kinesthetic performance arts and culture event is coming, according to City PARTY planner (er, Community, Parks & Rec.) Director Tamera Rogers.
The new Polar Express Train is coming, which is a major Warner Bros. developed, franchised event for Christmas. 40,000 are expected to attend. As a consequence, the Council authorized the City Manager, John Drury to research hiring a third party Christmas Light provider and "find the budget".
The meeting concluded with finalization of six budget issues for the upcoming budget approval hearings.
Finally, the meeting ended with no bickering (Mt. Dora, Groveland and Eustis take note), history lessons from Betty Burliegh, Bob Grenier and Kirby Smith and World Peace oozed from Tavares.

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The Central Otago District Council wants water supply charges equalised across the district.
Central Otago District Council chief executive Phil Melhopt has written a report on the topic, to be considered at community board meetings this month. He has recommended boards agree to a change in funding, so the cost of schemes is spread equally across all council-run water and wastewater scheme users in the district.
As well, he suggested boards should give up their delegated authority on water services and hand decision-making over to a council committee. Boards effectively made all the decisions on water services in their respective areas, including how drinking water schemes were funded, Mr Melhopt said. Most water schemes were funded by targeted rates, which meant those who were connected to the scheme, paid for the scheme costs.
The targeted rates for water connections this year ranged from $52 a year in Clyde to 14 times that amount, $729, in Omakau. Wastewater annual charges ranged from $261 a year in Naseby to $534 a year in Alexandra.
A decision on a different funding method would come down to ''whether or not it is fair for everyone to pay the same for water services or whether it's fair to ease the cost burden for those paying the highest rates for similar services,'' he said.
The district was facing significant expenditure in coming years to bring drinking water and wastewater schemes up to standard. Some water schemes frequently had ''boil water'' notices because of turbidity and needed to be upgraded and several wastewater schemes were being improved or due for an upgrade to meet improved discharge quality standards.
''In recent times questions have been asked as to the fairness of the wide variation in targeted rates,'' Mr Melhopt said.
Boards had to make their own funding arrangements to cover the capital costs of renewals and upgrades.
The funding could be spread across all the wastewater and water schemes in the district, on an average connected cost, Mr Melhopt said. Under the system, based on this year's figures, Alexandra, Omakau, Naseby, Ranfurly, Pisa and Roxburgh would all pay lower combined water and wastewater rates while Clyde and Cromwell communities would have an increase in rates. Another option was to partially fund it at district level and subsidise the scheme costs. He suggested the council's infrastructre committee was the appropriate group to govern a district-wide water infrastructure.
Central Otago Mayor Tony Lepper mentioned the report to Cromwell Community Board members last month and warned them not to ''rush into an opinion'' on the topic.
''Think clearly and get views from the public before you rush into giving your thoughts on it,'' he told board members.

industry_corpus2: Water Resources & Marine